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Spending a lazy summer afternoon floating down the Okanagan River Channel is a little more expensive this summer. The $2 environmental levy being implemented by Coyote Cruises is aimed at improving the channel experience for everyone, cleaning up the channel, the walkway beside it, the landing zones and maybe even some shade tree plantings. Coyote Cruises is a Penticton Indian Band-owned company that provides both tube rentals and lake to lake bus service for people floating down the channel. Anona Kampe, one of the directors of the company, estimates that about 100,000 people from all over the world take the popular trip each summer. A majority of the people who float the river channel bring their own floatation devices, beverages and food, with the packaging from those items often winding up in the river. The idea of an environmental levy, Kampe said, is not a new idea. “Even before us it had been discussed, but nobody knew how to just get the ball rolling,” said Kampe. They took it first to the PIB administration and then to the City of Penticton, earning

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REPRESENTATIVES OF Coyote Cruises (left to right) Anona Kampe, Jullian Kruger, Cheryl Dekock and Cassandra Pierre sort through a day’s worth of trash at the lower pickup point on the Okanagan River Channel this week. The company has implemented a $2 levy to help with cleanup costs.

the support of both councils. Permission for a fence — intended to help collect the levy even from those not using Coyote Cruise services —- at the cruise starting point was denied. “We had thought perhaps erecting a fence would get the trafﬁc to go right through past the cash registers, but the fence was denied by the

City of Penticton. “I understand, erecting a fence in that area might not be cosmetically pleasing.” Kampe said they are proceeding with the levy regardless. “I would pay $2 myself to use the stairs, for the convenience,” said Kampe, noting that the channel is not easily accessible except at their

starting point. “If people are that upset about the $2 levy for the environment and they want to jump in down the way, then so be it,” said Kampe. Coyote Cruises understands that this initiative might be unpopular since ﬂoating the river channel has always been free for the ﬂoater, provided they use

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Byelection set for mayor Garry Litke intends to run for mayor Steve Kidd

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The date to elect a new mayor for Penticton has been set, but only one of the sitting councillors is planning to give up his seat to run in the byelection. Penticton city council voted Tuesday evening to set the ma-

chinery in motion for a Sept. 7 election to replace Dan Ashton, with a nomination period of July 23 to Aug. 2. That allows potential candidates in the community a bit more than four weeks to make up their minds, but elected officials have only until July 8, to hand in their resignation if they wish to run. While five of the councillors have said they won’t be seeking the mayor’s chair, act-

ing mayor Garry Litke intends to run for the vacant seat. Litke plans to delay his resignation until the last possible moment. “There are some significant things still left to be done,” said Litke, listing both electing a new chair and vicechair for the RDOS on Thursday. “The City of Penticton has four votes and it’s important all four of those votes are utilized,” said Litke, add-

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ing that he is also on the hospital steering committee, which is in the process of a request for proposals on the new expansion. “I needed to stick around for that,” said Litke, adding that there is also another city council matter to deal with. “There is at least three events that are happening this week that required me to stay on until I was actually required to resign,” said Litke. Council also moved their next regular meeting to July 22, because of concerns about having quorum on July 15. “If any councillor wish to run for mayor, they must resign, so that deadline for resignation will be next Monday,” said Litke. “And at least one other councillor will be out of town on that date, so that leaves only four left around the table. That is just barely a quorum and if someone should fall ill, we wouldn’t be able to operate.” Coun. John Vassilaki, a 10-year veteran of council, said he has never been tempted by the mayor’s position. “I won’t be able to say what I want to say if I don’t stay where I am,” said Vassilaki. “For the community, I can do more as a councillor than as a mayor.” Julius Bloomfield, who was only 146 votes behind Ashton in the 2011 municipal election, has said he won’t run for office. While he is not giving up his political ambitions, Bloomfield said his time is fully taken up managing the Naramata Inn, along with his real estate career. “I am happy and extremely busy running the inn,” said Bloomfield. “Not this time around.” Katie Robinson, who

came in third in the 2011 race, said she plans to run for the councillor seat vacated by Litke. As a former councillor, she feels she can easily fill the position for the year remaining in this mandate. “I’ve been on council before, so they are going to need someone who can hit the ground running,” said Robinson. The decision to hold the election on Sept. 7 did not come easily. Couns. Judy Sentes and Jakubeit voted against the day, concerned that voters would be too busy to pay attention during the busy tourism season. “It’s kind of chaotic and I don’t think we are going to get the engagement with our community that this position deserves,” said Jakubeit. The rest of council preferred to have the election done with sooner. Coun. Helena Konanz said that it has been election season for too long in Penticton, and the community needs to get this election over with, a sentiment echoed by Litke. He said he was tired of not having a clear answer when people asked. “I’ve been having to answer with a vague response for far too long. People are looking for an answer,” said Litke. Former mayor Dan Ashton resigned in June, following his election to the provincial government. Should Litke resign to run for the mayoralty, there will also be an opportunity to fill a councillor vacancy. To run as a candidate for Penticton mayor or council, candidates must be nominated by two people who are qualified to vote — either as resident or nonresident property electors — in the city. “Roofing Systems Specialists”

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Manisha Willms has built her life around helping special-needs children be all that they can be. That commitment goes beyond her professional capacity as an administrator and clinician and was a large part of why she was chosen to fill the role of OSNS Child Development Centre executive director. Willms recently returned from eight years in the Middle East and Asia and is taking over from Judy Sentes, who, in 20-plus years, has made the facility one of the best of its kind in B.C. “These are tremendously large shoes to fill,” said Willms who began her new job this week. “I’m just hoping for the community’s patience and support as I endeavour, or at least try, to do as much as I can of what Judy did. She has created a real legacy.” The new director even joked about getting a name tag that simply says; Judy’s replacement, until she becomes better known in her position. As well as the Penticton centre, OSNS staff work in many communities throughout the South Okanagan and Similkameen to help children with a variety of developmental challenges at the most critical time of their lives. Born and raised in Vancouver, Willms and her young family moved to Penticton in 1997 and to Summerland a short time later. It was during the stay in the Okanagan her real passion for helping kids blossomed. “I think all clinicians go into this field, not because of the money, but because there’s a personal commitment and a personal compassion for these children,” said Willms, who worked one summer at the centre “This is much more than a job to me, it has to be because you cannot lie to a child, kids can see through you. Kids definitely understand when somebody has their best interests at heart.” The OSNS board decision as to which of the 40 candidates was selected has already received one special endorsement. “I’m thrilled,” said Sentes, who also had some input in the selection process. “In retirement you always wonder who is coming in

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NEW ExECutivE dirECtOr -Manisha Willms of the OSNS Child development Centre laughs as five-year-old Jaren tenisci practices his driving skills in the centre playground thursday. the former Penticton resident is taking over the duties as director from Judy Sentes who is retiring from the position after 20 years.

your footsteps and for me I am so encouraged to be handing off to someone of this capacity. Manisha will definitely be taking the OSNS forward in the future. “She understands the OSNS because she has worked for us so I don’t have to teach her the compassion, the understanding, she gets it. She is a very warm, nurturing, approachable individual.” Sentes added the real bonus in this situation is getting someone with a clinician’s experience. Although she has officially stepped aside, the former director and her four-legged assistant Tucker will be helping out during the transition period. Willms spent the last five years overseas working as specialist, helping international

schools develop special education programs. While there she had an opportunity to see how important early intervention is, both in places where it exists and more importantly, in countries without those programs. “We have to understand that special education is never a lucrative business and all our partners need to understand the message why special education and early intervention are important, how it benefits us as a community and a society as a whole,” said Willms. “I really believe as a clinician as well as an administrator that early intervention changes the trajectory of these children’s lives and ability to reach their potential.” While her time away was valuable in terms of knowledge and experience, the new direc-

tor is happy to be back in her homeland working at a facility like the OSNS centre. “I’m so thankful to be coming home,” she said. “I am just so completely excited to again be a member of a team that is part of that intervention. “I am also thankful I am joining a community that is so aware of the importance of that early intervention for special needs children.” Two critical areas she plans to concentrate on initially will be the centre’s fundraising efforts and getting the families of children who attend the centre involved in the process. Today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. there is a special open house at the centre ( 103-550 Carmi Ave.) for those wishing to say goodbye to Sentes and meet the new executive director.

Major decision on SOEC contract coming Steve Kidd

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For two months, they’ve been behind closed doors, but indications are that the City of Penticton is ready to take the South Okanagan Events Centre contract discussion back into the light of day. A special council meeting has been called for July 8, with the SOEC management contract as the sole item on the public agenda. The special meeting coincides with the deadline for acting mayor Garry Litke to resign in order to run for mayor in the Sept. 7 byelection. Litke said a major decision like awarding the SOEC contract would be best dealt with before council is reduced to five members, just one above quorum, the minimum needed to vote on any issue. Since the request for proposals closed at the end of April, the

sifting of the proposals has been conducted behind closed doors by the SOEC Select Committee. “We are down to the fine strokes,” said Litke. “The RFPs have all been evaluated. The committee has made a recommendation to council.” That recommendation was made at a closed council meeting, since it involved proprietary information from the companies making the bid. Litke said details about the bids couldn’t be released for the same reason; the bidding companies operate similar facilities all over North America. “They don’t want one facility to know what kind of deal the other facility is getting,” said Litke. Mark Ziebarth, one of the committee members, described the selection process as detailed and rigorous, dealing with 250 to 300 page submissions from the bidders.

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“It was really good to see that the city was prepared to handle this process in a very professional way,” said Ziebarth. The SOEC committee consists of two council members, four city staff and four private sector representatives. “Six years ago, when the city first signed the contract with Global, there was nothing like this. This time, we were ready,” said Ziebarth. The proposals cover operations at the main 5,000 seat arena and the community rink as well as Memorial Arena and the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, which altogether had an operating budget of $4.2 million last year. Global Spectrum has operated the SOEC since it opened in 2008, under an initial five-year contract. The March 7 RFP issued by the city indicated that depending on value to the city, a 10-year contract would be considered.

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Two people whose car was involved in a three-vehicle crash that killed a man and sent 10 others to hospital have filed a lawsuit against the Okanagan Skaha School District and one of its teachers. The estate of John Borba is also named in the notice of claim filed in May in B.C. Supreme Court in Victoria. On the day of the June 2011 crash on Highway 97 near Summerland, Borba’s car crossed the centre line and collided head-on with a bus carrying 14 students from Princess Margaret Secondary School. Borba, 46, died at the scene, while nine students were sent to hospital along with Jennifer Mitchell, the pregnant teacher

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who was driving the 24-seat bus. A coroner’s investigation later found the rear tires on Borba’s northbound Chrysler Cirrus were nearly bald and, combined with water on the road, likely resulted in his vehicle hydroplaning and sliding into the southbound bus, which was returning to Penticton from a field trip in Kelowna. The third vehicle, an Oldsmobile Alero driven by Elaine Tanner, was also travelling southbound when it was sideswiped by the bus and pushed into the concrete guard along the road shoulder, according to the coroner’s report. Tanner’s lawsuit alleges 27 separate acts of negligence on the part of the three defendants, including: Borba failing to maintain his lane and operating a vehicle he knew was defective; Mitchell failing to reduce the bus’s speed to avoid the crash; and the school district failing to have the bus properly serviced and maintained. As a result, the notice of claim contin-

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board to soften that policy or remove it entirely before the plan is put to the public. Zinfandel wants to build 200 homes on the property that is says are required to make the rest of the project, featuring a mix of industrial and commercial uses, economically viable. The company has spent three years and $300,000 doing environmental work and is close to applying for the necessary rezoning, Morrison said, but the new OCP policy as written presents too much hassle and risk. “It wasn’t a maybe

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before, and now it is,” he said. Tom Siddon, the RDOS director for Okanagan Falls, noted afterwards the board could still amend or remove the OCP policy to which Zinfandel objects, or grant an amendment later. “I regret any decision they might make to pull the plug,” said Siddon, but “nothing in this process has denied them the opportunity to continue with their application.” He noted the RDOS spent two years drafting the new OCP for Area D-2 and followed processes established by law. “If we bring (the result of that) procedure to the front of the board then at the last minute we amend it for the sake of an interest like (Zinfandel’s), it looks like maybe it’s political interference.” However, if the company does walk away, “it means we have to reassess the whole thrust and focus of our economic development program for Okanagan Falls,” Siddon said. Morrison also complained that his company wasn’t brought into the process of creating the new OCP.

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It looks like there is no turning back for Backstreet Boulevard. Despite an impassioned plea from a Westminster Avenue East property owner, Penticton city council voted to give the strip connecting Front Street and Wade Avenue the new name of Backstreet Boulevard. A final vote to adopt the name change will take place on July 22. Jill Beaven says claims by other business owners along the street that no one can find their shops are false. “That’s not true, I know how busy the street is, there is lots of traffic, it’s right below my window. Burger 55 is extremely busy,” said Beaven, who has lived for 27 years in her building at 37 Westminster Ave., which has retail and residential spaces. “I thought my objection to the name would carry some weight, but it didn’t,” said Beaven. She is concerned that the name Backstreet will give the wrong impression of the area, linking it with drugs, prostitution and other crime. “There is nothing wrong with Westminster Avenue East and changing a name is the most costly and confusing

thing you can do,” said Beaven. However, her concerns didn’t stop council from moving forward with Backstreet. “This is something the business owners wanted. Victorian morals aside, I don’t think there is much of a problem with that name,” said Coun. Wes Hopkin. This is the third time the name change has been before council. It

was first dismissed, then approved at a subsequent meeting before being rescinded again in June because proper procedure had not been followed. With all property owners on the street now properly notified, most of the councillors were in support of the name change, which a number of the business owners had signed a petition in favour of. Coun. John Vas-

silaki remained firmly opposed, agreeing with some of Beavan’s points, while Coun. Andrew Jakubeit wavered before casting his vote against the name change. “I think the bigger issue is we don’t really have a policy. No matter what we decide, someone is not going to like it,” said Jakubeit. There will be no further opportunity for public input before adoption.

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EDITORIAL Floating levy bound to create controversy for channel-users Two dollars isn’t a lot of money these days. It might buy you an ice cream, or half a beer, or two songs from iTunes. And now, it’s also the basic charge for floating down the Okanagan River channel in the form of an environmental levy by tour operator Coyote Cruises. And with everyone asked to pay the levy, even if they aren’t using Coyote’s tube rental and ride services, it’s bound to create a lot of controversy. After all, floating down the channel has always been one of Penticton’s great free activities. But the flip side is that an estimated 100,000 people over the course of a summer leave a lot of trash, not the least of which is a number of cheap or broken floatation devices abandoned at the Skaha Lake end of the run. We think Coyote Cruises is taking a step in the right direction with the new environmental levy. Two bucks might not buy you much personally, but when it is collected from everyone on the channel, it should generate a substantial war chest for cleaning up after them. There are lots of reasons why this shouldn’t be free. Whether it’s the city collecting the levy or a private operator like Coyote, the money for cleaning up the channel and the facilities has to come from someplace. What remains to be seen is whether people are going to be reasonable about paying the PENTICTON WESTERN levy or try to slip into the channel at less optimum locations other than the Coyote Cruises building. We hope people will see that this levy benefits everyone and reach a little farther into their swimsuits and give up that spare twoonie to help keep the channel one of Penticton’s premier tourist destinations.

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Egypt and Turkey: Democracy in trouble Egypt and Turkey have the same basic political problem. Democracy can work despite huge ideological differences, but only if everybody is willing to be very tolerant of other people’s ideas and values. Three weeks ago the streets of Turkish cities were full of protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won his third straight election in 2011. Why? Because, they say, he is shoving conservative Islamic values down their throats. The Turkish protests have now died down, but this week the streets of Egyptian cities have been full of protesters demanding exactly the same thing for exactly the same reason. The Egyptian army has now intervened to remove the Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, and the very survival of the new Egyptian democracy is in doubt. Neither Erdogan nor Morsi could have come to power in a country that wasn’t fully democratic. Turkey has been a partly democratic country for sixty years, but if a politician with a religious agenda won, the army would remove him. It even hanged one prime minister in 1960. In Egypt, three generals had ruled the country in unbroken succession since the mid-1950s. Latterly they allowed “elections,” but their party always won, and the main religious party, the Muslim Brotherhood, was always banned. The Turkish and Egyptian

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generals were mostly devout Muslims themselves, but they were willing to kill to keep religion out of politics. Islamic parties were a vehicle for traditional and anti-modern values, and the generals’ goal was to modernise their countries so they would be strong enough to stand up to the West. In both countries, the generals’ modernising agenda had considerable success. Turkey is now a powerful middle-income nation, and at least half of its 75 million people are secular and “modern” in their political values. So they wanted the military out of politics, and ﬁnally the army withdrew — only to see the new Justice and Development (AK) Party, a “moderate” Islamist party led by Erdogan, win the 2003 election. The Turkish generals let the AK rule because it didn’t try to impose its own religious values on the whole population. It refrained because even in its best result, in 2010, the AK only won 50.3 per cent of the vote — and some of that support came from

secular voters who saw it as the best hope for permanently excluding the army from politics. Egypt is a much poorer, less educated country than Turkey, but at least a third of the 85 million Egyptians would also qualify as “modern” people with secular values. They were the ones who made the revolution happen in 2010 — but in the new democracy’s ﬁrst free presidential election last year the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won 51.7 per cent of the vote. The Muslim Brotherhood promptly started writing its conservative religious values into the new constitution. More recently, Erdogan’s AK Party in Turkey passed some laws that imposed its religious values too. It wasn’t a wholesale assault on the secular society (in Turkey they just placed some restrictions on the sale of alcohol), but in both countries it greatly alarmed the secular part of the population. So it took only the slightest pretext — a demonstration over the destruction of a park in Istanbul, the ﬁrst anniversary of Morsi’s election in Egypt — to bring huge crowds of protesters out on the street in every city. At that point, both Islamist leaders stopped pretending that they governed in the name of the entire nation. “Let them go into mosques in their shoes, let them drink alcohol in our mosques, let them raise their hand to our headscarved girls,” said Erdogan of the Turkish protestors.

“One prayer from our people is enough to frustrate their plans.” He blamed the protests on an international conspiracy by something called the “interest-rate lobby.” In Egypt, Morsi vowed to “give my life” to defend the new constitution written by his Islamist colleagues last year, and blamed the unrest on a plot by remnants of the ousted Mubarak regime. The Egyptian army has now suspended the constitution, but it is a “soft coup” that will almost certainly leave Morsi alive. Perhaps even free. The Islamists are to blame for this crisis in both countries, because their political programme does ultimately involve shoving their values down everybody else’s throats. But the secular parties are also to blame, because it is their inability to unite behind a single candidate and programme that has let the Islamists win power in both Turkey and Egypt. It is hard for democracy to survive in a country where large parts of the population hold radically different ideas about the purposes of the state and the rights of its citizens. Urbanisation will ultimately resolve this conﬂict, for in one more generation most of the recent immigrants to the fast-growing cities will have adopted secular values. But in the meantime, Egypt will have a very rough ride. Maybe Turkey too. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Penticton hospital belongs to the people Just think: If all proceeds from the hospital parking lot were to flow into a special fund for the hospital itself, a lot of financial woes would to be solved. This hospital was built by the people for the people, and no council or foundation should be allowed to literally give away potential earnings from this parking lot to a private company. There is only one description for this decision: “predatory capitalism.” This is a form of capitalism that is entirely aimed to benefit only a few. This type of capitalism is impossible under a social democracy where people actually have a say, but is allowed to flourish under any business-minded form of government and therefore borders close to fascism.

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With the election behind us, and the outcome not what was predicted, where do we go from here? There is a political horse but there is no authorized rider that can mount that political horse as yet. The rider has to win her political spurs to climb on to the noble steed’s back, so to speak. As we all know, she was unseated from that political horse a short while ago and since, has been looking for a place to remount. It seems that she has found a place to try to do that. A minion has stepped forward and offered her the chance to get back into the saddle. I guess the question here is, in so doing, are we going to get much of the same wishy, washy, political crapola, namely: Balanced budget; massive employment opportunities; economic improvements and economic stability and other idiosyncratic promises made by her nibs. Many of these, undoubtedly, will be shelved, downplayed or put on the back burner as being in the works or as works in progress. Where have we heard this before? With a few new faces in the ranks, and many of the old guard faithfuls we should be prepared for the same old same old of days gone by. Nothing much has changed except the day, the date and a short passage of time since the election. Leopards don’t change their spots, as we all know. As for our newly elected MLA, it’s anyone’s guess where Mr. Ashton will sit. As rookie politicians have to earn their way to caucus and further up-ladder points. Irrespective of that, I encourage you to put pen to paper expressing your interest in follow-through on the hospital development. Remember those famous campaign words: “I get things done.” Well Mr. Ashton, it’s time that the rubber hit the road with the wheels turning and no unforeseen detours. Let’s see if you are as good as you say you are. Ms. Clark, in her effort to get elected, has chosen a safe seat. There will, no doubt, be payback for the candidate who gave up that seat so that she could run. Given that the candidate garnered 58 per cent of the vote in the area, it will be interesting to see what she does there. Having been in radio for some time, she appears to be her own spin-doctor this time.

Hard words to swallow? Yes, anytime government allows itself to be dictated by business, it’s called fascism. So, imagine my horror when receiving the latest flyer from the hospital foundation begging us, the tax payer for extra donations for a new digital X-ray machine. We have been very supportive towards the hospital over the years but were never asked if we would like to pay for parking on our own property. Yes, the hospital parking lot belongs to us the people, not some foundation. But still, the proceeds should be going to the hospital itself to help finance those desperately needed upgrades. Heck, if I knew my parking fees and fines were to go to the hospital itself I might even consider using that lot and

provoking a fine to boot to help a good cause. But since it is very hard to convince people that we are the ones that have all the rights and the so-called foundations and politicians are only there to serve us and not the other way around there is only one solution. Grin and bear it and use a bike. My main concern is about all those people that have a large enough burden to bear by having to visit loved ones in the hospital and who should not need to worry about some parking fee and being harassed by an attendant that was observed while he was waiting and watching for someone’s time to run out. Robert Eichmuller Penticton

many other talented Summerlander’s, shared the stage. We all got along well back stage and supported each other as the competition increased. All the groups performed first and then nine were called back. Then five made it to the finals. The momentum and the level of talent kept getting better. I feel the businesses that sponsored the prizes for the top three contestants, deserve to be publicly acknowledged. First prize was $1,000 donated by Summerland Gold and Silver Exchange and the Sweet Tooth Café. Second prize of $500 was donated by Summerland Dollar Store, Sass Clothing Boutique, Suburban Princess, The Bead Trail, VP Grill, Prima Pizza, Summergate Winery, Zias Stonehouse Restaurant, Summerland Optical Clinic, and Murrays Pizza. Third Prize of $250 was donated by Summerland Credit Union. There were also special prizes donated by Summerland Waterfront Resort and Beauty and the Brit. Their support is greatly appreciated. I would especially like to thank the judges who volunteered their time for the auditions and for the final show. I sure hope that this talent show continues as an annual event. I think the people of Summerland need to know how much value there is in community events like this. Thanks again to Wendy and Ken from Sweet Tooth for all their work to make this event possible. Anyone who was at the final show at Centre Stage on June 8 got to see first-hand that Summerland sure has talent.

She is schmoozing up the area voters that the South/Central Okanagan is a spawning ground for Premier politicians with the likes of W.A.C Bennett and Bill Bennett. I guess the inference here is that when elected, she would form part of that triumvirate and be a part of the legacy left by these individuals. More smoke and mirrors, perhaps? In the end, we must take the blame for the abysmal response to this last election. It was, in my opinion, an abomination of democracy. So few (51.2 per cent) decided the fate of this province and those few have given almost absolute power to 50+ individuals who can and do what they want and when they want to do it! Depending on your political perspective, you will realize the significance of this. Democracy, as we were taught way back when, has morphed into something entirely different from what we were led to believe it to be. We have ourselves and our complacency to thank for that! Keep in mind, four years is a long time. The past is the past but it is not always forgotten. Ron Barillaro Penticton

Summerland talent on display

I would like to thank Wendy and Ken of the Sweet Tooth Café in Summerland for organizing the Summerland’s Got Talent Contest this spring. Our band, Silent Alarm auditioned in April and then had a call back to play at the Earth Day Celebration where we learned we would progress to the final talent night in June. The whole process of the talent show was a really good learning experience and I appreciated how honest the judges were in the initial auditions. It was good to get advice from people other than our parents. The judges gave us feedback to help us grow as both musicians and performers. I would also like to thank the Okanagan Wolfman, Kerry Martinson, for his guidance in helping promote our band in order for us to get experience performing. The night of the talent show was phenomenal. My sister was there with the Summerland School of Dance, and my friends from school and in Jo Jo and the Soul, as well as

Reduce government waste

According to recent news, government union workers are booking off sick nearly three times as often as private sector workers. It means that they are claiming sick days when they are not sick. I am not a fan of Mike Duffy because he helped himself to money he had no right to have. By the same token, union members are helping themselves to benefits they have no right to have. Stealing is stealing regardless of how it is done. Unions don’t want to believe that, but what qualifies them for special treatment? In my opinion, full pay for sick days needs to be discontinued. The problem would disappear in record time if the abuse were to cost workers’ money. An alternative would be for unions to pick up the tab for the workers’ sick days. As for the Senate, no band aid solution will work. The Senate needs to be abolished and the sooner the better. Our country is deeply in debt. It is time to cut back on government waste.

Daniel Raitt Summerland

Political double standard

MP Dan Albas stood up in parliament and spouted off about NDP leader Mulcaire going through a stop sign and then rambled on all about Justin Trudeau taking money for a speaking engagement (which I think is 100 per cent wrong as charities have no right spending that money on that as that is people’s hard-earned money) and yet you failed to mention that a female MP from the Conservative caucus was talking on her cell phone and received a $155 fine ... Talk about calling the kettle black. Doris de Grood Penticton

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Now the downtown revitalization is part of Penticton’s official community plan, the city is setting to work implementing the first of a number of improvement projects planned for the coming years. The city has already earmarked $1.25 million to upgrade Martin Street and a few blocks along Westminster Avenue where the two cross. Besides enhancing to the western entrance to the downtown core and Martin Street entertainment district, this project was selected to help build momentum and excitement about the downtown revitalization, according to Anthony Haddad, the city’s director of development services. “Enhancements are simple but have a significant impact over what exists today in this area of the downtown,” said Haddad. The enhancement includes new trees, street furniture, decorative street lighting and new sidewalk, made from decorative pavers that will extend into the parking areas along the 200 block of Martin, to create what Haddad calls a flex parking area. The concept is to let business owners make better use of the space in front of their buildings. Posts marking off the parking ar-

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eas can be shifted to allow room for sidewalk cafes, outdoor sales or other activities. “Martin Street is currently the fastest route to exit the downtown core. It is not a desirable or comfortable place to walk,” said Haddad. “The esthetic of Martin Street will be significantly improved with the enhancements of the flex space.” The city expects to recover about $300,000 of the $1,249,533 estimated cost of the project from property owners in the affected areas, charging them 25 per cent of the cost of the above-ground beautification works, from curb to property line, with a 15-year payback plan. Haddad said the proposal and funding formula has been greeted well by the majority of the property owners approached. But Philip Locke, a property owner along Martin Street, let his views be known when council adopted the downtown plan at their June 17 meeting. “Downtown is as beautiful as

any shopping centre I have been to. I don’t know why you would want to spend millions of dollars in this time of restraint, when that isn’t even the problem,” said Locke. “I’ve just finished paying for the last one. Now you are going to ask me to pay for the new one.” Locke and any other property owners opposed to the project will have a 30-day window to join in a petition to stop it, which would require 50 per cent of the property owners and 50 per cent of the assessed value to reject it. While the city can upgrade the street esthetics, Haddad said they are looking at incentives to encourage business owners to do the same and upgrade their facades to match. “It is difficult to require private owners to upgrade their buildings,” said Haddad. “We have heard from a lot of property owners who are interested in incentives that will help move them over the line to get facade improvements done.”

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After more than a decade under the same leader, someone new has officially taken the helm of the regional district. Mark Pendergraft, the director for rural Osoyoos, was elected by colleagues Thursday to serve as chair of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. As vice-chair, Pendergraft was pressed into service in May when Dan Ashton stepped aside to run for MLA. Ashton was into his 12th year in the top spot. “I’m happy my fellow directors saw fit to support me in the role of board chair and I look forward

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One of Canada’s most popular touring bands will perform twice at the 66th annual Penticton Peach Festival. The Steadies created island rock by taking popular Top 40 sound and mixing it with rocksteady and reggae influences. They have headlined countless festivals and have showcased at the 2010 Winter Olympics and the Grey Cup. This summer their performances include Canada Day in Ottawa, the

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Kolter. “They create an incredible party atmosphere every time they step on the stage.” Frontman Earl Pereira got his rock n’ roll pedigree as a founding member of Wide Mouth Mason, who had two gold records and

three Juno nominations. Pereira was named as one of Canada’s top bass players by Canadian Music Magazine and has been featured on MTV. The Steadies will be appearing in Penticton just in advance of their new full-length album, Starcity Shakedown, due out in September. The band will be on the main stage in Okanagan Lake Park on Aug. 8 and Aug. 10. For more information on the Penticton Peach Festival visit www. peachfest.com.

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A Kaleden musician is hosting Summer Sounds Flute and Piccolo Concert on Saturday as a fundraiser to attend two summer study programs. Misty Rose Knol has been accepted into the programs which take place this August in Europe with internationally renowned flute teachers and performers. Saturday’s concert will feature both flute and piccolo with a variety of music on both instruments from romantic compositions to newer works, including one recently composed for Knol by Vernon composer Glen Goerzen. She will be joined by accompanist Dennis Nordlund. Knol said the selected pieces will

show off the many characters and diversity of both instruments from playful to energetic to lyrical, sweet and rich expression. She recently performed with the Youth Symphony of the Okanagan, Kamloops Symphony, the Okanagan Symphony and the Penticton Community Band. She graduated with honours from the Bachelor of Music program in Flute Performance at the Kings University College in Edmonton. During her time there she studied with the principal flutist for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Liz Koch. Knol will be performing at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. Tickets are $12 at the door.

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It’s still a year away, but there has already been a wee look at the inaugural Penticton Scottish Festival. Last weekend the society putting on the event, to be held in July 2014, gave a sneak preview of the fun ahead with music and entertainment. Society chair Brian Johnston said they wanted to re-establish the popular Scottish cultural festival previously known as the Penticton Highland Games and expand its appeal by including other forms of Celtic entertainment. “The Penticton Scottish Festival will feature many of the traditional musical competitions found at a Highland Games, like piping and drumming, dancing and athletic events such as the caber toss; but the Penticton Scottish Festival will feature much more in the way of Celtic entertainment and activities for the whole family,” said Johnston. The Penticton Highland Games disappeared from the city about eight years ago, Johnston hopes to revive it with a more family-friendly and interactive event for all ages. “All of the people in the competition circuit want to come back to Penticton for a festival so everyone is on board for that part of the event. The only thing that would hold us up is the financial side of it. I don’t have gate money because there wasn’t a festival last year or funding from years before so I am starting from scratch,” said Johnston, who added the festival would be the first Saturday in July to fit in the competition circuit which travels around B.C., then to Alberta and Washington in the fall. Already the Copper Mug holds a 50-50 draw every other Saturday with proceeds to go towards the festival, but Johnston is in need of more corporate

sponsorship and financial contributions to ensure the festival can move forward. He said he expects to have an official announcement by the fall if it will go ahead, including the dates and venue. Confirmed participants in the Penticton Scottish Festival include Blakey School of Irish Dance, Scottish Folk Songs by Gord McLaren, the Okanagan Caledonian Pipe Band, the Naramata Scottish Country Dancers, Emily McDonald School of Highland Dance and a sword fighting demonstration by the Society for Creative Anacronism. Johnston said already the Simon Fraser University Drum and Pipe Band, who are six-time world champions, have demonstrated an interest in performing in Penticton. “They are amazing,” said Johnston, who estimates the festival will draw a few thousand people to the city. “I think when people hear the bag pipes and the hairs on the back of their neck stand up there is going to be a lot of interest.” For more info on how to get involved contact PentictonScottishFestival@Shaw.ca.

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KeviN MaSoN of the Shire of Danescombe, a branch of the Society for Creative anchronism, (at top) battles an opponent in a sword-fighting demonstration during the Scottish preview. (above) Cohen Michaud demonstrates the proper caber-toss technique with this cardboard caber under the watchful eye of Colton Worts

Strings The Thing faculty concert at Shatford Western News Staff

An amazing lineup of Okanagan musicians will be performing on Tuesday for the Strings the Thing Faculty concert. Okanagan Symphony Orchestra music director Rose-

mary Thomson will be joined by Calvin Dyck, Joel Stobbe, Elizabeth Lupton, John Suderman and Olivia Walsh. They will play the popular classics of Mozart, Boccherini, Leroy Anderson, guest composer Anita Perry and others. Strings the Thing is a pro-

gram run by the Okanagan School of the Arts for ages 12 and up and Strings the Thing Junior for ages 7 to 11 between July 8 and 12 for intermediate to advanced string players. Besides instruction, there is the faculty concert (July 9), barbecue and fiddling jamboree on

Wednesday (July 10) evening and celebration student concert on Friday (July 12) afternoon. Strings The Thing concert is on July 9 at 7 p.m. at the Shatford Centre. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students and available at the Shatford Centre of call 250-770-7668.

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turbed the boy, but on a larger scale disturbed the order of the universe. Something happened to unlock a portal so that shape-changing fantastical creatures could cross into our world. Soon after the crash, the narrator pulls one of these evil creatures from his foot. Shaped as a worm, it breaks as it’s tugged, and a piece of the other world is left inside the boy. That is not a good thing. Fortunately, the family who lives on the farm at the end of the lane, and who are strangely convinced their pond is an ocean, use their powers to protect the boy from more harm. The Ocean at the End of the Lane could have been nothing more than a jumble of fantasy clichés. Beyond the portals and scary creatures,

Creative writing contest announced Western News Staff

Penticton Writers and Publisher are pleased to announce the details for the 2013 Clem Battye Legacy Award Contest. The creative writing contest is open to emerging writers of short fiction and poetry. Manuscript must be printed on white paper, double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, with page numbers. Author’s name should not appear on the work. Please enclose a separate cover page listing author’s name, address, and phone number because blind judging is in effect. Short fiction (five pages) and/or five poems (one poem per page) are to be entered with a large (9x13) self addressed stamp envelope (SASE) for judges’

critiques and return of your entry. Please attach correct postage for envelope size. The entry fee is $10 per submission and writers can enter as often as they like as long as there is a fee for each entry. The deadline for this year’s entries is July 30, 2013. There will only be one winner in each category and they will be announced Aug. 31, 2013. Winners’ entries will be published, with the author’s/poet’s photo and bio, on the PWAP website (www.penwriters.com). Money Order or cheque of appropriate fee must be included with all entries and made payable to PWAP Clem Battye Contest. The prize for Best Short Fiction (ﬁve pages) is $100. For Best Po-

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Stalking “the father of abstract art,” a larcenous group of South Okanagan artists are ready to turn heads at the Quail’s Nest Arts Centre in Oliver. Known as the Ripoff Artists, a group of talented artists in a variety of media join forces every summer to interpret a masterpiece by a famous artist in their own way. “It’s always a challenge because we use so many different varieties of media in our group and the piece that gets chosen doesn’t always suite everyone,” said Marion Trimble, a collage artist. “We also learn a lot from each other because it is not often a group would work together and interpret the same piece quite like this. We get to see how other artists use their tools or materials and share how each other can use it in our own mediums.” For their seventh annual challenge, the artists will celebrate Wassily Kandinsky (1866 to 1944) as they delve into his piece Garden Of Love. This year marks 100 years since a major exhibit in New York, the Armory Show, changed the face of modern art. Many famous artists had works in the show, and the Ripoff Artists will be ransacking Kandinsky’s entry which is also known as Impro-

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visation #27. Each artist will also include the number 13 somehow in their individual pilfered piece. “Prior to this show everyone preferred classical art. Here you had all the new modern artists from Europe invited to New York and it was hated at the time, but it did change the face of art in North America,” said Trimble. The annual event began in 2007 when friends Terry Irvine and Trimble invited artists they knew to join them in interpreting one famous work of art, each in their own medium. The challenge has since expanded from one day to fill a week during the summer at Quail’s Nest Arts Centre in Oliver. Artists do the prep work at home, then bring their piece to the centre to work on during the week. On July 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. there will be an opening reception with each of the artists showing a different piece of work that they have already reinterpreted from the Armory Show along with a storyboard to explain what they did and who the original artist was. Starting Tuesday the artists get to work on the Kadinsky piece and the finale will wrap up at 3 p.m. on July 13. “People love coming in at the beginning of the week to see what we are doing and we developed quite a following. They return throughout the week and by the finale, the place is packed to see if we have completed the challenge by the time the bell rings at 3 p.m. on Saturday,” said Trimble. “We definitely encourage people to drop in and ask questions and come see what we are doing.” Artists stepping up to the challenge this year are Thea Haubrich, Enid Baker, Kurt Hutterli, Terry Irvine, Leo Petersen, Barb Levant, Marion Trimble, JoAnn Turner, Russell Work and guest artist Tara Hovanes. Previous exploits of the Ripoff Artists will be shown at venues around Oliver during the week.

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For ThoSe in need — South okanagan Women in need board director Maimie de Silva receives a $5,000 cheque presented by Scotiabank Branch Managers norma Lewis and Valerine Plourde. in addition to the monetary contribution, a number of Scotiabank staff volunteer at our Women Front and Centre Fundraising Gala. SoWin’s applauds their community spirit and generosity.

Tree fruit project stretches donation Steve Kidd

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It would be safe to add the tree fruit project to the list of groups that makes your donation stretch a long way. In their case, though, they’re not after your cash, but your time or fruit trees. The project, organized by the Summerland Asset Development Initiative, has been collecting fruit for more than a decade from backyards or trees set aside by orchardists. “We thought this would be great for the kids to get out and it brings a positive relationship between them and the community with them out there picking the cherries or whatever fruit it is that people are willing to offer,” said Val Wright, one of the organizers of the project. “We don’t like seeing fruit that is on the ground. There is just too many hungry people that are out there.” With the cherry season starting soon, Wright is on the lookout for volunteers, both returning and, especially, new recruits. Some of the fruit goes back to the owner of the tree, and some to the volunteer pickers, but mainly the tree fruit project redistributes the fruit: to the Food Bank, to seniors’ facilities and to schools. But Wright said they try to do much more with the fruit. “It’s not just that we pick it and we deliver it,” said Wright, listing

off some of the iniatives they support, like working with older community members at the seniors’ centre. “We do pie making, we do canning, we do drying,” she said, discussing how the youth work with the seniors to preserve the fruit. “What an interchange between the older people and the youth. It’s almost magical to watch.” That’s just one way to extend the use of the donated fruit. With the help of a local grower, Billy Boerboom of the Apple Barn, they are able to preserve more of the fruit. Boerboom, said Wright, has set aside part of his cold storage facilities for the use of the project, where they store a portion of the fruit earmarked for schools. “We actually have that fruit going until February. Kids are eating pears and apples in February when there is snow on the ground,”

said Wright, who operates a school breakfast program. It’s a program that has benefits all around, and not just the tangible benefits of the fruit or having your backyard fruit trees cleared. “When you look at it, we get so much back. It was a way to give back to the community and a way to meet new people,” said Wright. “We’re trying to teach, we are trying to build as many assets as we possibly can. We are trying to get the youth, the parents, to make this a better community that we possibly can and also

to share the wealth we have.” But it doesn’t happen without volunteers. Youth and families are very welcome to join in, said Wright, and of course, anyone with a fruit tree that needs to be picked. “We really do need more volunteers. And we need people to offer us a tree or two trees. Nothing goes to waste and we make sure the fruit goes to a good home,” said Wright. To volunteer, donate a fruit tree for harvest or more information call 250-494-9722 or visit www.sadi.ca.

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A three-goal second period helped the Penticton Heat bantam B lacrosse team advance to provincials. It wasn’t easy for the Heat against the North Okanagan Legends in Summerland Wednesday night. After earning a 5-1 victory in Armstrong on June 25, the Heat seemed to take their opponent for granted, according to coach Cliff Shortreed, who tried to warn them not to the game. The team won 5-4, but trailed 2-1 after the first period. “We came out flat, it was bad,” said Shortreed, adding that the win in Armstrong was among their best efforts. The second period ended up being a different story. “They played one of their best periods in a long time,” said Shortreed. Offence came from Aiden Canada with two goals, Jace Canada, Carson Shortreed and Ethan Finlayson with one each. The final period was mediocre in Shortreed’s opinion. The teams traded goals and then with five minutes remaining, the Legends were handed a five-minute major. “They still didn’t give up,” he said. “They scored shorthanded to make it 5-4. We basically rode it out.”

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BEN OLSEN of the Penticton Heat bantam B lacrosse team delivers a cross check on a North Okanagan Legends player attempting to knock the ball from his stick. The Heat won their best-of-three series, 2-0 thanks to a 5-1 and 5-4 win.

Shortreed told his players that there is no guarantee that provincials, being held in Delta July 19 to 21, was going to be any easier. One of the things that the Heat coach has stressed is discipline. During the series, they had to sit one player for a period after taking a bad penalty. “The kids came up with the team rule that if you are undisciplined, you sit out a period,” he

said. “Same thing goes for being late.” The Heat are slowly improving at controlling their emotions. It’s a young group (aged 12 to 14) that Shortreed coaches, with three returning players and three who were promoted from peewee. Between their series with the Legends, the Heat competed in Cranbrook’s Chris Watson tournament and earned silver.

“We had a great tournament,” said Shortreed. “I’m very proud of them.” The Heat’s peewee team has a play down in Merritt on Saturday. If they win, they advance to provincials in Kamloops July 10 to 14. The novice level doesn’t have provincials, but that Heat team is traveling to Burnaby for the Jack Crosby Tournament held July 4 to 7.

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HUNTER MISKA’S mask for the Penticton Vees on the back top has “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

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When Hunter Miska hits the ice for the Penticton Vees, he’s going to look good. He could very well cause jaws to drop with the saves that he makes, but his appearance will be sharp. Miska revealed on Twitter Wednesday the mask he will don this season. It took him two days to complete the mask, but most of the work was done by his father Todd Miska. Todd knows a thing or two about painting masks since he’s done it for NHLers Ed Belfour, Mikka Kiprusoff, Manny Fernandez and Josh Harding, among others. Miska said he wanted to get started on it before his father gets swamped working on masks for his clients. When it came to designing his mask, the goalie took a simple approach. “I just took the logo and made it big on both sides and then had Vees right down the side on each side and did 35 with the American ﬂag in the background,” said Hunter, admitting he doesn’t know a lot about the Vees’ history. “It looks more fresh from the stands too. People can tell what’s really on the mask. If I had too much stuff on there they wouldn’t be able to tell from far away.” He was very happy with the ﬁnished product. When asked if he is developing an interest in following his father’s

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footsteps, Hunter said it w o u l d be “kind of cool,” but admitted he doesn’t have the patience, though he said he has a creative side. “It’s really time consuming to do it,” he said. “There is so much stuff you have to do, masking the helmet, painting over, cut it with an X-Acto blade, paint it again. It’s fun. It’s a good little hobby but I don’t think I will be taking over.”

Hunter will keep his focus on stopping pucks. A draft pick of the Green B a y Gamblers in the United States Hockey League, Hunter, also had interest from the Austin Bruins in the North American Hockey League, the WHL and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Hunter chose the Vees because he said the organization is a good ﬁt for him. He ended up with the Vees as the Gamblers had a logjam between the pipes and the Vees contacted them about goalies. “I’m really excited. I think we’re going to have a great year,” said Hunter, who plans on arriving in Penticton on Aug. 12. “Hopefully get a college scholarship. “I’m just really excited to have a good season, win a championship.”

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Beecroft, who had only played a couple of times before, fell in love with the sport because of the program. Practice helped Beecroft become a better player. “The best part about it is getting out lots with everyone,” said Beecroft. “The students enjoy being outdoors, challenging themselves to learn and improve,” said Orioli. “They also really enjoy golfing with friends and students from SLMS.” Play was setup in a format allowing the students to rotate so they could learn from each other. “It’s great to hear all the stories at the clubhouse when students complete their rounds,” said Orioli. “We’ve seen rattlesnakes at Pine Hills, a bear at St. Andrews, turtles at Skaha Meadows etc. In the end, I think most students enjoy getting outdoors … and breathing some clean, fresh Okanagan air.”

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royal CanaDian legion branch 40 has crib at 10 a.m., a meat draw at 2 p.m. and sing-along at 4 p.m. and dinner. alCoholiCs anonymous has its 12 bells group at noon at the Oasis United Church at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. The Saturday night group meets at 8 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave., and in Summerland, the Grapevine meeting is at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. Call service 24-hours is 250-490-9216. anavets have Drop-in pool at noon., dinner by Stu at 5:30 p.m. and entertainment by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m. Charity bottle Drive with all money going to the Penticton Hospital pediatric ward, SPCA and Critteraid. Drop off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Marketplace IGA on Government Street. elks Club on Ellis Street have crib at 10 a.m., drop in darts at 4 p.m. and a meat draw at 4:30 p.m. pentiCton anD frienDs Charity Classic Golf tournament will be held to raise money for local charities. For more info or to join, contact Guy Dow at 250-492-8727 or email guy@pentictongolf.ca. pentiCton museum anD arChives will host an exhibition of work by Naramata Arts Studio artists, called Inspirations, until July 13. Hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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aL-anon for friends and family of alcoholics meets at 10:30 a.m. at 2800 South Main St. and 6:45 p.m. at 157 Wade Ave. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Call 250490-9272 for information. PiecefuL evening QuiLt Guild meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Penticton Seniors Drop-in Centre on 2965 South Main St. For more info call Sue 250-4920890, Fran 250-4977850 or Penny-April 250 493-8183. okanagan caLedonian PiPe band practises from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Legion hall on Martin Street. All

are welcome. n avaL P enticton veterans meet on the second Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m. at 502 Martin St. a L c o h o L i c s anonymous young person’s group at 7:30 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre. Call/text Guy at 250460-2466 or Niki at 250460-0798. As well, the beginners’ meeting runs at 8 p.m. at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church at 157 Wade Ave. yoga meditation/vegetarian suPPer is upstairs in the Elks Lodge at 344 Ellis St. in Penticton Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome and donations accepted. o v e r e a t e r s anonymous meets from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Concordia Lutheran Church at 2800 South Main St. royaL canadian Legion has an executive meeting at 10 a.m. and service officer at 1 p.m. fraternaL order of the

Eagles has drop in euchre at 7 p.m. All members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. okanagan regionaL LiBrary Kaleden Branch has bats for its summer reading program at 6 p.m. For more information and to register contact the Kaleden Branch at 250-497-8066 or visit www.orl.bc.ca/branches. The Naramata branch has Blast Off. Build a stomp rocket and compete for the longest flight from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The Summerland branch is having Aim High from 7 to 8 p.m. eLks cLuB on eLLis Street has crib wars at

1 p.m. Penticton whoLe foods Market has a free seminar with Lila Elliott discussing live-blood analysis and PH balance from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Penticton hosPice has Living with Dying for those who need to come to terms with how to talk about their end of life decisions. Call the Bereavement Resource Centre to register at 250-490-1107. They also have a group that explores a variety of teachings that are aimed at supporting individuals who are facing the loss of a loved one. Call to register.

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CONWAY Margaret

Margaret passed away peacefully at Haven Hill on June 30, 2013 at the age of 92. Margaret was predeceased by her husband Robert Derek Conway of 58 years. Born Margaret Duncan on November 22, 1920 at Penticton Hospital, she often reminisced about the changes she saw in the town she spent her whole life in. Margaret will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by her children Ray Conway of Penticton, Patricia Courtemanche of Richmond and husband Cam, nieces, nephews and friends. The family would like to thank the staff at Haven Hill for making mum’s stay happy and making it her home. By request there will be no service. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Haven Hill. Condolences may be sent to the family through providencefuneralhomes.com. Providence “Every Life Tells A Story”

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Education/Trade Schools

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In Memoriam

The Naramata Museum Society would like to invite all who knew

Carroll Beichman to a Celebration of Life at Manitou Park on July 7th.

It is to begin at 4 p.m. until dusk, bring a Picnic Supper, chairs and/or blanket to sit upon and share stories with Carroll’s family & friends.

In Memory of

Al Currie Who passed away July 5, 2012

Sunday, July 7, 2013 5 am - 6 pm KŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ͕ :ƵůǇ ϳ͕ ϮϬϭϯ͕ ƵƉ ƚŽ Ϯ͕ϴϬϬ ĐǇĐůŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ƐŬŝůů ůĞǀĞůƐ ǁŝůů ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϯƌĚ ĂŶŶƵĂů sĂůůĞǇ &ŝƌƐƚ 'ƌĂŶĨŽŶĚŽ ǆĞů DĞƌĐŬǆ KŬĂŶĂŐĂŶ ŵĂƐƐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ďŝĐǇĐůĞ ƌŝĚĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ heart of the South Okanagan. dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ;ϳ Ă͘ŵ͘Ϳ ŝŶ WĞŶƟĐƚŽŶ͛Ɛ 'ǇƌŽ WĂƌŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂǀĞůƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶƐ ŽĨ ^ƵŵŵĞƌůĂŶĚ͕ KŬĂŶĂŐĂŶ &ĂůůƐ͕ KůŝǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ <ĂůĞĚĞŶ͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǁŝŶĚŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ǁĂǇ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ 'ǇƌŽ WĂƌŬ͘ KŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ƚŚĞ &ĞĞĚ ƚŚĞ sĂůůĞǇ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǆĞů DĞƌĐŬǆ zŽƵƚŚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ /ƚ ĂůƐŽ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŵĂŶǇ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ KůǇŵƉŝĐ ŐŽůĚ ŵĞĚĂů ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚƌŝĂƚŚůĞƚĞ͕ ^ŝŵŽŶ tŚŝƞŝĞůĚ͕ ϯͲƟŵĞ /ƌŽŶŵĂŶ tŽƌůĚ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ͕ WĞƚĞƌ ZĞŝĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ KůǇŵƉŝĐ ŵĞĚĂůŝƐƚ ĂŶĚ KŬĂŶĂŐĂŶ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ ǆĞů DĞƌĐŬǆ͘ HOW DOES THIS AFFECT YOU? Z DW ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝǌĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ Ă ƐĂĨĞ ƌŽƵƚĞ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƌŽĂĚ ĐůŽƐƵƌĞƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ͕ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵƚĞƌƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ĚĞůĂǇƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ďĞ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƚĞ ƌŽƵƚĞƐ͘ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵƚĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌ ĨĞǁĞƌ ĚĞůĂǇƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐƌƵƉƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝĚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŝƚǇ ŽĨ WĞŶƟĐƚŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ KŬĂŶĂŐĂŶ͘ ^ĞǀĞƌĂů ƐŝŐŶĂůŝǌĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉƵƚ ŝŶ ŇĂƐŚ ŵŽĚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚƌĂĸĐ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůĞĚ ďǇ Ă dƌĂĸĐ ŽŶƚƌŽů WĞƌƐŽŶ Žƌ ƚŚĞ Z DW͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ŽŶ ƚƌĂĸĐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚ͗ ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ŐƌĂŶĨŽŶĚŽͲ ĂǆĞůŵĞƌĐŬǆ͘ĐŽŵͬĞǀĞŶƚͲŝŶĨŽͬƚƌĂĸĐͲŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƌŽĂĚ ĐůŽƐƵƌĞƐ ŝŶ WĞŶƟĐƚŽŶ͗ Road Closed ZŝǀĞƌƐŝĚĞͬ >ĂŬĞƐŚŽƌĞ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ ^ŽƵƚŚ DĂŝŶ DĂƌƟŶ DĂƌƟŶ ;>ĞŌ ůĂŶĞ ĐůŽƐĞĚͿ tĂĚĞͬ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ tĂĚĞ sĂŶĐŽƵǀĞƌͬ >ŽǁĞƌ ĞŶĐŚ dƵƉƉĞƌ DŝĚĚůĞ ĞŶĐŚ hƉƉĞƌ ĞŶĐŚͬ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶͬ ,ĂǀĞŶ ,ŝůů ^ŬĂŚĂ >ĂŬĞ ZĚ

;^ůŽǁ ůĂŶĞ EŽƌƚŚďŽƵŶĚ ĐůŽƐĞĚ. >ŽĐĂů ƚƌĂĸĐ ŽŶůǇͿ

Sadly missed everyday by his wife Rae, Daughter Diana (Don) Turner, Son Rob (Sherry) Currie, Grandson’s Mike and Zach Turner and his Mother Sigy Currie

Between &ƌŽŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŬŚĂƌĚƚ &ƌŽŶƚ ĂŶĚ tĂĚĞ tĂĚĞ ĂŶĚ <ŝŶŶĞǇ <ŝŶŶĞǇ ĂŶĚ ŝƚǇ >ŝŵŝƚ >ĂŬĞƐŚŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ tĂĚĞ >ĂŬĞƐŚŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŬŚĂƌĚƚ ĐŬŚĂƌĚƚ ĂŶĚ DĂƌƟŶ DĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ DĂƌƟŶ &ƌŽŶƚ ĂŶĚ dƵƉƉĞƌ >ŽǁĞƌ ĞŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ DŝĚĚůĞ ĞŶĐŚ dƵƉƉĞƌ ĂŶĚ hƉƉĞƌ ĞŶĐŚ DĐDŝůůĂŶ ĂŶĚ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŚĂŶŶĞů WĂƌŬǁĂǇ ĂŶĚ <ŝŶŶĞǇ

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ALSO NOTE͗ KŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ͕ :ƵůǇ ϲƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚƐ ĞŶĐŝƌĐůŝŶŐ WĞŶƟĐƚŽŶ͛Ɛ 'ǇƌŽ WĂƌŬ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐůŽƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ <ŝĚƐ͛ WŝĐĐŽůŽĨŽŶĚŽ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ϭ Ɖ.ŵ. ;ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ &ĂƌŵĞƌƐ͛ DĂƌŬĞƚͿ ƚŽ ϰ Ɖ.ŵ.

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Employment

Trades, Technical

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Help Wanted

Cleaning Services

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS?

Job opening for September 1st, live in stable worker, must be experienced with horses. duties include, stall cleaning, feeding livestock, general maintenance and cleaning of barn. Some riding possible.Salary includes 1 bdrm apartment in barn. Reply to Box # 11 C/O The Morning Star, 4407- 25 Ave, Vernon.

Restoration drywaller/taper wanted. Must have exp.,no criminal record, sub contract basis, immed. start, vehicle and own tools a must. Call between 10am-5pm. 250-4881613

MISS MOP N’ TASKER. Licensed, bonded & insured professional house cleaning service. Contact 250-809-7522

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Employment

Relief is only a call away! Call 250-979-4357 to set up your FREE consultation in Penticton. Donna Mihalcheon CA, CIRP 33 years experience. BDO Canada Limited. Trustee in Bankruptcy. 200-1628 Dickson Avenue, Kelowna , BC V1Y 9X1

Counter person position avail. at Westminster Equipment Rentals; full time counter person to assist customers rent or purchase necessary equipment for gardening & construction projects, experience with point of sale is important, some knowledge of garden & construction equipment would be helpful, exp. working with the public would be an asset, training provided, please drop resume off to 1875 Government St., Penticton Crew Leader to supervise student chocolate sellers. Cash daily, $675-$750 P/W. 1-855-543-9675 www.student1st.ca Edo Japan is hiring line cook and kitchen staff, email: edojapanpenticton@gmail.com ELDER CARE - for senior lady, PENTICTON, stay-over 2 days weekends, exp., OR, will train person w/great attitude, (housewives welcome), lve. msg. 604-200-1921 Experienced lawn mower/trimmer req., 5 days/week, starting wage, $15/hr, (250)493-4934 FOREST FIRE MEDICS & CLASS 4 DRIVERS. Min. 2 years remote camp experience req. for OFA3 Medics. Email resume to sarah@alphasafety.net or fax to 250.785.1896. $16/hr www.alphasafety.net Housekeeping staff req.’d, seniors welcome, Penticton 250-492-7205 ext. 0 Valley Star Motel Parkway Chevron is looking for full and part time staff, we are looking for self-motivated individuals who enjoy dealing with the public, Please drop off resume @ 697 Eckhardt Ave.

Progressive Waste Solutions (BFI Canada) is looking for 2 Commercial Account Managers. One for the South Okanagan – Summerland to Osoyoos Area, One for the North Okanagan Vernon to Enderby Area. Must have own Car & Valid Drivers License, Excellent Written & Verbal Skills, Computer Skills essential. Previous Sales Experience is essential. Must live in the territory they are servicing. Please send your Resume’s to john.snelling@bficanada.com Rooms To Go is looking for a FT delivery/warehouse person. Drop off resume 2498 Skaha Lk. Rd.

Volunteers

Garden & Lawn

Wanted Volunteers Looking for experienced horse riders to rob the KVR Steam Railway and become part of the Garnett Valley Gang. Please call Dana 250493-4792 cell: 250-809-9974

DAVE’S Garden Maintence Experienced Hedge Trimmer, Pruner, & Small Garden Renovations Call 250-493-1083, cavs@shaw.ca

Services

Financial Services GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

Need CA$H Today? Borrow Up To $25,000

HOUSEKEEPING staff needed at Riverside Motel, apply in person to 110 Riverside Dr.

www.PitStopLoans.com 1-800-514-9399

SAMARITAN’S Purse is hiring a Restaurant Cook in Dease Lake, BC Apply at employment@samaritan.ca or fax:1888-232-9633; Got Questions? Call 1800-663-6500

Hairstylists

Class 4 Engineer is required for Colonial Farms. Must be able to work Graveyard shift. Competitive Wages with Full Benefits. Drop Resume between 8am & 2pm. 3830 Okanagan Street, Armstrong. (250)546-3008

LTD.

LOT ATTENDANT REQUIRED for Automotive and Motorsport dealership. Must have valid drivers licence.

No Credit Checks!

Cash same day, local office.

We are looking for experienced stylists to take over an existing clientele base and walk-in traffic, (778)476-6001, ask for Kay

Appliance Repairs Murray’s Appliance Repair Repairs to all makes & models (250)493-5780

Please send resume to:

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING

154 Ellis Street, Penticton, B.C. V2A 4L5

250-492-3677

• RELIABLE • PROFESSIONAL • RESPONSIBLE

HVAC Refrigeration Mechanic

a. b. c. d. e.

Gas ticket Residential & lite commercial Furnace, A/C, H/P, Rooftops, MUA’s, Walk-in Coolers & Freezers experience Must have strong work ethic & customer service Diagnostic & electrical skills

Please send resume to: rprheating@shawcable.com or Fax: 250-490-0916

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING

154 Ellis Street, Penticton, B.C. V2A 4L5

250-492-3677

• RELIABLE • PROFESSIONAL • RESPONSIBLE

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. Honest Skilled Carpenter Available for all aspects of carpentry. Specializing in decks, pergolas, tile, framing,drywall, finishing. Reas. rates. 20 yrs exp. Photos & ref’s avail. Contact Paul 250-486-4739

Bobcat with operator $55/hour. (250)488-2471

CARPET CARE Dry in 2 hours only! Deep cleaning & environmentally friendly. Biodegradable and non-allergenic cleaning solutions. Uses cutting edge Encapsulation method! Great rates, ie: 1 Bed Rm + Living + Dining Rm + Hall only $99 CALL 250-809-4965

Moving & Storage

www.greenvalleycarpetcare.ca

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

For Sale By Owner

or visit:

OPEN HOUSE

2318 Baskin Street Saturday July 6th 10:00am - 12:00noon

3 bdrm, 2½ bath, one year old home Apt/Condo for Rent

Apt/Condo for Rent

REALTY EXECUTIVES VANTAGE APARTMENTS: $700 $800

RPR Heating is looking for...

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

Landscaping

rprheating@shawcable.com or Fax: 250-490-0916

licensed, insured, WCB

$900

WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM

(1) 250-899-3163

3 Rooms For $299, 2 Coats Any Colour

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

Rubbish Removal PENTICTON Junk Removal! Anything goes! Household waste, furniture and appliances to the dump 250-770-0827

Swimming Pools/ Hot Tubs PENGUIN MFG. HOT TUB COVERS. 250-493-5706

Window Cleaning $59 single storey, cleaned inside & out, seniors discount, (250)488-1956

Pets & Livestock

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

Merchandise for Sale

Appliances washer/dryer, apartment sized freezer, best offer, (250)4889217

Farm Equipment

Carpet Cleaning

Drop off resume at Suite 3-1031 W. Eckhardt Ave. SHEET METAL APPRENTICE (3 or 4th Year) OR JOURNEYMAN WITH RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL LAYOUT & BENCHWORK IS A MUST

BELCAN

Painting & Reno’s

www.belcan.ca lenmass@gmail.com

GREEN VALLEY

Help Wanted

Home Improvements

Len (250)486-8800

Own A Vehicle?

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

Trades, Technical

Handypersons Yard work & painting, fences, deck repair or new, garbage hauling, plumbing, roofing, licensed, ins., 250-462-2146

HERE COME THE PAINTERS, 12 years experience, Interior/Exterior, 250-486-2331

1 bdrm near Skaha Beach, balcony, f,s, coin-op laundry in building, NP, NS, lease req’d. Avail. Aug. 15 (A428) Top floor walk-up, spacious 2 bdrm, 1 bath, near OK Beach, fridge, stove. Avail. NOW (A334-4) 2 bdrm, near dwntwn, walk-up, coin-op laundry, small pet on appr, heat and hot water incl. Avail. Aug. 15 (APA3)

Surplus Farm Equip., 6’ wide Terra Nova rototiller, $1600, 6’ wide land roller, water filled, $1600, 3 bottom John Deere hydraulic plow, $600, Allis Chalmers PTO hay rake $200, assorted sheep fence, $200, 40lbs gopher getter, $200, call 250-498-3094

Fruit & Vegetables Trout Creek Fruit Stand, 6215 Hwy 97, across from Summerland Motel, Open every day, local cherries, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, potatoes, apricots, carrots, garlic, beets, pickling cukes, beans, jams, syrups, honey, 250-490-0046 U-pick cherries, $1.10/lb, call (250)492-5653, 1099 West Bench Dr., 7am-8pm

Furniture 6080011 PENTICTON

BARGAIN STORE OPEN 7 DAyS A WEEk 10:00 A.m. - 8:00 P.m.

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Check Out Our Elliptic Bike Rentals!

We Buy & Sell eStateS! DoWnSizing or Moving? give uS Call! Many one of a KinD & unique iteMS!

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NOW OPEN

55+ APARTMENTS: $775

Grd floor and 2nd floor apartments. H.W flrs, Incl heat, hot water and cable, extra storage. Avail. NOW (WT 105)

HOUSES: $700

Quiet street, 2 bdrm bsmt suite, f,s, shared laundry, large backyard, np, ns. Avail. July 15 (H673-2) $950 2 bdrm in 4 plex, upper suite, one bath, f,s coin op laundry, extra storage, ns, pet on apprv. Avail. Aug. 15 (H542-2) $1000 Top flr duplex, 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 5appl, laminate flrs, gas fp, on Vancouver Hill. Avail. July 15 (H746-2)

TOWNHOUSES: $1200 3 bdrm near Pen Hi and downtown, end unit of twnhse, 1.5 bath, laminate & carpet, wood fp, f,s, d/w, laundry hook up. Avail. NOW (OT582) 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.

Merchandise for Sale

Furniture

Misc. for Sale

MODERN RATTAN PATIO FURNITURE FOR SALE NEW Only few sets left. Huge discounts some minor damage. go to BOX24.CA or call 250864-2325

For quick sale, Sealy King Posturepedic, as new, paid $2400 Jan. 2013, sell $650, incl. $325 Sealy boxspring, (250)493-9334

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

Garage Sales Come see, giant garage sale, new & used, July 6 and 7th, 10am-5pm, Middle Bench Rd., Keremeos GARAGE Sale at First Baptist Church 1498 Government St. July 6, 7 am - noon.

GARAGE SALE & BAKE SALE

Crafts & Lemonade All proceeds go to Kid’s Cancer Ride Donations Welcome Freezer bread sale from Wouda’s Bakery 168 Yorkton Ave. July 6, 8am-noon Garage Sale, Sat/Sun, 6 & 7 July, 184 Eastside Rd., Ok Falls, 8:30-4pm, antiques, collectibles, tools, household furniture, pictures, kitchenware, sewing machine, toys, books, CD’s, DVD’s, clothes & more! Huge Kaleden Garage Sale, Sat/Sun, July 6 & 7, 8am-4pm, 665 Pineview Dr., access off Hemlock Huge Moving Sale, Sat. July 6th, 8am-3pm, furniture, antiques, household goods, 324 Carmel Cres., Skaha Estates (off Eastside Rd.) Moving Sale. Inside/outside, furniture, household items, 2days, Sat. July 06th, 8-3, Sun July 07, 9-2. 41 Greenwood Dr. Pent. Moving Sale, Sat., July 6, 8:30-noon, something for everyone, no early birds, 186 Chatham Pl. Moving Sale, Sat., July 6, 8am-4pm, 2619 Forsythe Dr., last chance! Multi family yard sale, 8am2pm, Sat, July 06. 843 Argyle St, Penticton Multi-family Yard Sale, Sunday, July 7, 9am-1pm, 225 Farrell St. Okanagan Falls Flea Market, open 6am-4pm, Sat/Sun., outdoors, (HWY 97), new and old vendors welcome, for info call 250-497-5762 Oliver Indoor Flea Market Summer hours Fri., Sat., Sun., 8am-4pm & Statutory Holidays Downhill from Chevron info 250-506-0000 Rain or Shine! Sat., July 6, 9am-3pm, 319 Carmel Cres., (Skaha Estates), OK Falls, household items, tools, treadmill Yard Sale & Fundraiser Saturday, July 6 Penticton Dog Pound 2330 Dartmouth Dr. Gates open at 8am, sharp Yard Sale, Sat/Sun, July 6 & 7th, 8am-3pm, lots of stuff, 1630 Duncan Ave. E.

Heavy Duty Machinery 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

Medical Supplies JuSt arriveD

Experienced Goods: Home Furnishings and Decor. Unique a huge selection of locally Finds! Affordable Staples! New, hand-crafted pine & birch Used, Consignment. New Items furniture: bookshelves Every If end we don’t have of allWeek. sizes, tables, what you’re looking we deacons bench and for, more! will Come find it.check it out!

2203 Dartmouth DARTMOUTH Drive DRIVE

Shoprider Scooters & power chairs, new & used. Stair lifts, platform stair lifts, vertical platform lifts. Kamloops: 250-3773705 Kelowna: 250-764-7757 Vernon: 250-542-3745 or call Toll Free 1-888-542-3745 www.okmobility.ca

(across from the SPCa) SPCA)

Misc. for Sale

Do you have company visiting you during the summer? Why not buy a futon for $110 o.b.o. for you to sleep on so they can enjoy your bed? Call 250-4625874 For Sale: Clubhouse furniture, Red Wing Resorts, 161 Heron Dr., Sat. July 6, 9am-noon

5ft Porcelain claw foot bath tub, good shape, taps/fixtures incl., $400 obo, 250-276-5415, 250-486-7300 (cell) Danby 8000 Portable AC w/remote, $175, 1 Bell HD Sat. Dish, HD receiver w/remote, 1 reg. Sat. receiver w/remote, all three units, $150, (250)770-7800

open Open tues.-Sat., Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper? We buy & sell it all: windows, doors, kit. cab., paint etc. Happy Harry’s Liquidations, 5201 27th St., Vernon, 250-549-7099

Misc. Wanted Looking for double-wide or house to move off land, 29x60ft or less, 250-488-9217 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

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

Real Estate For Sale By Owner 2bdrm, 1bath, big living room & kitchen, hardwood floors, ceramic tile in Kitchen & bath, between Cherry Lane & Safeway, 206-1820 Atkinson St., $190,000 (neg). 250-770-8730 House for sale, 3bdrm, 1.5ba, no carpet, oak floors, lot 60x210, garden, fruit trees, grapes, in the heart of the city, (250)487-2267 ******* 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

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1 & 2 Bdrm - $750-900/mth Clean, updated - move in ready. Central - Near Safeway Mall, on bus route. Senior incentive - only $299 deposit. Call Al - 778-476-0036 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 1bdrm, $650+util., 2bdrm, $800, adult/senior oriented, clean, quiet, cat ok, 250-4927328 2bdrm, adult oriented, quiet, ns, no pets, 285 Edmonton Ave., $795, Dennis at Realty Executives, 250-488-5678 Clean 1BDRM Apt, 680 Wade Ave. E, $625/mo. +util. for appointment call 250-492-7129 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. Large 1bdrm, DT at Orchard & Martin, util., incl., $750, ref’s, call Dennis at Realty Exec’s, (250)493-4372 Large 2bdrm, Penticton Ave., close to schools/transit, $795, call Dennis at Realty Exec’s (250)493-4372 Lg 2 bdrm, 2 bath suite in 4unit bldg, Summerland. Avail Aug 1. Walking dist to town. 45+, NP, NS. $850/mo + util incl W/D, F/S. 250-485-0125 Bright, spacious, 55+, close to shopping, garden/lawn care/ snow removal incl., $860, 250404-0327 or 250-490-1739.

Commercial/ Industrial 485 Warren Ave E, 2345 sq.ft., high profile corner building, shop, new lighting, new offices, 3-phase power, 10x10 o/h door, shop w/1 tonne center pole jib crane, etc., Penticton, (250)490-9016, for info email: dana@trucktransformer.com Commercial building for lease, 1300sqft, 462 Main St., can be split into 2 units, 250-460-2499

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Commercial/ Industrial PRIME Commercial Spaces: 2300sqft. in busy Plaza, ample parking, also 770sqft., in OK Market for food-related retail business, Barb 250-492-6319

Cottages / Cabins

Cars - Domestic 1994 Ford Taurus, runs good, good tires, a/c, tuned up, $850, (250)488-9217

997 WESTMINSTER AVE 250-493-1966 Formerly OK Sales & Service

Keremeos, 1bdrm units avail. immed.,all util. inc. $600/mo 250-499-5802

Homes for Rent 1bdrm house avail. now in Cawston, $650/mo. incl. util., 250-499-0558 296 Duncan Ave E, Pent., 5bdrm, full base 2200sqft., $1400, Vijay 250-490-1530 KEREMEOS - 3 bdrm house, fenced yard, no pets, no smoking, $1,000/month + hydro, must be gainfully employed, 250-499-5337. Save 40-50% of your rent Own your own home! With as low as $0 down. Call today 250-809-5004 Charlie Brooks

Cars - Sports & Imports 1980 Mercedes Benz 450 SL Soft top hard top for sale. $10,000. Will consider trades. 250-308-9368

Recreational/Sale

Duplex / 4 Plex 4bdrm, 2.5bath, yard, storage, parking available, np, ns, avail. immed., (250)493-6467

Transportation

Friday, July 5, 2013 Penticton Western News

‘05 SUBARU OUTBACK 6 Cylinder Boxer, Heated Seats. B5065

13,900 152

BI-WKLY

48 Months

‘05 DODGE MAGNUM V-6 Motor. B5066

9,955 102

$ $

Royal LePage Locations West

Summerland, new 3200sqft, 3bdrm, 2.5ba+den, ns, ref’s, avail. immed., $1650+util., (250)488-2471

BI-WKLY

48 Months

1978 Okanagan Camper, 8 ft (lightweight), comes with Ice box, 3 burner stove & aluminum folding steps, asking $850 OBO, 250-488-9899 1988 22’ Ford Econoline Motorhome, in great condition, new laminate flooring installed last year, everything works, AC, fridge, stove, furnace, toilet, shower, 3 beds (2 double, 1 king), 8 seat belsts, tons of cupboards and storage space, no leaks in roof, $4000, any questions call Casey, 250809-4802 1999 Four Winds 29’ Class C, Ford V10 Chassis, only 34,300 kms, sleeps 6-8, dual a/c, oven, MW gen, shower, Q-bed, sofa, $28,900, (250)495-3385 Osoyoos, cell/text: 250-4861565, karenchuck@eastlink.ca 38’ Class A Motor home, diesel Tow Bar + 2008 Matrix. $75,000. (250)260-1007

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Ofﬁce/Retail 1000sqft of Industrial/Commercial/Retail Space for lease compounded yard & overhead door. Warren Ave. 250-765-3295

‘06 TOYOTA MATRIX All Wheel Drive. B5062

Shared Accommodation

12,800 115

Room for rent, clean quiet person, $395-$475, includes everything. (250)492-2543

BI-WKLY

60 Months

Interested in Purchase of early 2000’s 26’ Class A Motor Home. 1-(250)498-7904

Suites, Lower 2 bdrm downstairs,share washer dryer and utilities. Fenced yard. long term only. $800 OBO. 250-487-0268 Paradise, 100 steps to beach, tennis courts & KVR trail in Kaleden, 2bdrm, bright, cheery basement suite, sep. entr., shared laundry, yard, fp, patio, f/s, mature person or couple pref., $800+ 1/2 util., avail. July 15, (250)497-6308

‘06 DODGE DAKOTA

Crew Cab, Matching Canopy, Local, 1 Owner. B5064

17,495 164

Suites, Upper 2bdrm. f/s, nice kitchen, sundeck, mature working personpref., $800, (250)492-7008 2bdrm suite in quiet neighbourhood, prefer mature working person, ns, np, $750/mo., (util. incl.), call 250-493-3428 Large bach. suite, private ent., across from PCC, avail. now, $550+util., (250)494-8741

4 Cyl., Gas Saver! B5031

15,624 $ 111

BI-WKLY

84 Months

2bd 2ba, den, fp, fenced backyard, 5appl., close to mall, bus route, $1200+util., mature working person pref., ns, small dog on approval, avail. immed., ref’s, 250-493-5032

The Penticton Western News is getting a new editor and he needs a place to stay that is dog friendly, bachelor to 2bdrm, 250-316-2183

BI-WKLY

60 Months

‘10 DODGE JOURNEY

Townhouses

Want to Rent

‘03 CHEVY SUBURBAN

1985 Horizon & ‘89 Jeep 4.0L, body & tires good, lots of new parts 250-809-4628 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

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

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

Westland RV Manufacturing 2012 Factory Demo Camper Clearance - 80W starting at $12,995 250-493-7445 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

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

Trucks & Vans 1989 Flat deck, propane, strd, low kms, 1 ton, 8x12 deck, $2800, (250)488-9217 1998 Ford Ranger, canopy w/roof rack, low kms, 2nd owner, nice shape, $4999 obo, (250)492-8955

5.3L, Front & Back A/C. B5070

7,990

Boats 1989 20’ Aqua Star Bowrider with trailer, 350 inboard/outboard GREAT Shape $9500, (250)488-2471

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts

Class A 28ft Vanguard Motorhome GM454 Engine duel fuel, 143,000 km’s excellent condition $10,500 250-492-0347

Adult ‘04 DODGE CARAVAN

Escorts

7,900 $ 78

BEACH BUNNIES Upscale Men’s Spa #32-2789 Hwy 97 www.beachbunnies.ca 250-448-8854 MALE 4 Male Erotic Massage $95, waxing, intimate grooming & skin care. Winfield, 9-9 Daily 250-766-2048 SOOO SEXY SANDY The Original K-Town Girl. 38D, 29, 34. Let’s Play! 878-1514

3.3L, Anniversary Edition. B5045A

BI-WKLY

48 Months

All payments shown are with a $2,500 Down Payment and 7.99% APR. OAC.

CREDIT MEDIC

GUARANTEED APPROVALS! Good Credit... Bad Credit... No Credit... Divorce... Bankrupt... IF YOU WORK YOU DRIVE! CALL 250-493-1966 TODAY!

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Vernon’s Best! Jayde 24, Stacy 40, Dallas 22,Savanna 21. Short notice appointments. For your safety & comfort, in/out 250-307-8174. DTWN. Hiring!

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Softsoap liquid hand soap 1.65 L or bodywash

Clear haircare

606641 UPC 6723885389

299930 PLU 7940033334

LIMIT 4 AFTER LIMIT

9.99

Pantene Expert haircare

375/381 mL or 2x381mL, where available selected varieties

591 mL, 709 mL

AFTER LIMIT

5.99

250/300 mL selected varieties 702565 PLU 80878005410

LIMIT 4

LIMIT 4 AFTER LIMIT

6.99

Pond’s facial cream 2x190mL or towelettes

LIMIT 4 AFTER LIMIT

10.99

Olay bodywash 700 mL, bar 8 x 90, or Secret Clinical deodorant 45 g,

selected varieties 899958 PLU 6565691812

selected varieties

137303 PLU 3700074036

LIMIT 4 AFTER LIMIT

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Axe deodorant 76-113 g, bodywash 473 mL, haircare 355 mL or shave gel 198 g

263702 PLU 5800000151

selected varieties

578918 PLU 7940012342

LIMIT 4 AFTER LIMIT

5.49

Tampax tampons 50-72’s or Always liners 160’s or Always pads 36-60’s,

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599279 PLU 7301000921

selected varieties

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1.99

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$ $

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Crest Pro-Health mouthwash 1L, 3D white Rinse 473 mL or Oral B battery powered toothbrush 1’s

LIMIT 4

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12.99

Teddy’s Choice baby toiletries

exact™ lip balm

250-592 mL, 624 g or

TC or PC® wipes

selected varieties

60-72’s selected varieties

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2.99

Atkins Advantage bars 40-55g

selected varieties

760210 PLU 63748004115

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2.49

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exact™ Vitamin C Orange 60’s or Multivitamin gummies 70’s

198 g selected varieties

St.Ives body wash 709 mL, Hand & Body lotion 600 mL or facial skincare 150-300 mL selected varieties

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selected varieties 629462 PLU 89299200230

506439 PLU7704367025

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2 3 4 47

350629 PLU 603837547

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1399

999

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1899

699

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1299

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329

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599

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699

999

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1699

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2,499

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999

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1349

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