SUMMERLAND REVIEW THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1908
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Cairn project finished Mark Brett/Black Press
Long service
Long-time volunteer awarded for her community service work with Summerland Health Care Auxiliary.
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House prices
Now is a good time to buy said real estate board president.
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Business Buzz
Find out what businesses are expanding, who is new to town and what businesses are growing.
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Canada Day
Organizers for the Canada Day in Summerland events are building on last year’s successes. Find out what is in store for this years event.
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Giant runners
Giant’s Head Elementary students complete marathon running task.
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YOUR SMILE What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.
Welcoming the future through the past was the highlight of Tuesday’s official unveiling of the Summerland roadside marker in Trout Creek. In 1939 two fieldstone cairns were erected at the original north and south entrances to Summerland by lumber executive John (Jack) McDonald of New Westminster. The Lower Mainland resident fell in love with the region during regular visits to the area with his family and decided to express his appreciation through the structures. Some time ago the Summerland Heritage Advisory Commission took on the $10,000 project to restore the two markers. Included in the work was moving the one in Trout Creek about one kilometre north of its original location where it had been barely visible to motorists. A special crane was used to lift the 15,000-pound rock structure to the Trout Creek tourist pullout. Funding for the work was supplied largely through the generosity of the Summerfair Shopping Centre, owned by John McDonald’s grandson Bruce McDonald, the Amm families and other donors. Bruce McDonald and Jack Amm, first cousin to the lumber executive, were at Tuesday’s ceremonies. The second marker is still located on Bentley Road, which until 1956 served as the old highway and the northern entrance into Summerland. The markers originally featured two attractive appleshaped signs on each side: one
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Bruce McDonald with the storyboard sign which describes the roadside marker restoration project which was officially unveiled Tuesday in Trout Creek. The stone marker was one of two that were erected in 1939 welcoming visitors to Summerland through the generosity of Jack McDonad, Bruce’s grandfather.
reading Welcome to Summerland, and the other reading Good Luck. Replicas of the signs were created locally and installed earlier this month. The restoration work was particularly important to Bruce
McDonald. “First of all this is simply nice to see something that I thought was gone and to have a little bit of history restored,” he said. “It is also wonderful to have this family connection and even though I don’t live here I still
feel like a part of the community and this re-inforces that.” Summerland Mayor Janice Perrino also spoke to the small gathering saying the community should never forget the importance of the past as they move ahead to the future.
Scammers target local seniors Scam artists calling seniors for money by John Arendt Scams aimed at the elderly continue to target Summerland residents. Cpl. Richard Schumacher of the Summerland RCMP detachment said variants on the grandparent scam con-
tinue to circulate in the community. The caller claims to be the target’s grandchild who needs money to cover bail costs following an impaired driving arrest. A variant of this call, which has targeted several Summerland residents, originates from a penitentiary in Louisiana where prisoners have been mak-
ing collect calls asking for money. Schumacher urges residents not to accept a collect call from an unknown caller. The scams continue to have some success. Earlier this month, an 84-year-old West Kelowna woman was taken for $1,500 in the grandparent scam. Other scam attempts
circulating in Summerland include requests to send in money in order to claim a large deposit and a mystery shopper scam. Under the mystery shopper scam, the target receives an unsolicited letter detailing how to earn extra money as a mystery shopper. The letter also contains a cheque and a list of how it is to be distributed. However, the
cheque is counterfeit and the victim who deposits it and then sends money to others on the list would lose out. This scam also has been reported in the Okanagan Valley earlier this month. Information on frauds and scams is available through the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at w w w. a n t i f r a u d c e n t r e centreantifraude.ca.