Kelowna Capital News, August 16, 2013

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KELOWNA’S Keely Watts-Watling turned in a golden performance in the heptathlon at Canadian Legion track meet in Langley.

DECEPTION Pass State Park in Washington state is a great vacation escape for avid paddlers keen to paddle on ocean waters.

THE 2013 version of the Chevrolet Malibu has been given an engineering makeover, starting with being equipped only with fourcylinder engines.

JUDIE STEEVES says we need to get youngsters away from their electronic toys and experience the outdoors.

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FIRESTORM 2003 lessons learned from the okanagan mountain park fire

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t started as a small fire sparked by a lightning strike in the remote area of Okanagan Mountain Park. While the flames were visible a decade ago on Aug. 16, the idea that the fire could be whipped up by the prevailing winds and ultimately destroy 236 homes in Kelowna and force the evacuation of 27,000 Kelowna residents seemed very far removed. But as the blaze reached the city limits five days later, the Okanagan Mountain Park fire had everyone’s attention—a forest fire with the setbacks of hot, unpredictable summer winds and difficult geographic terrain made it difficult to bring under control. In today’s Capital News, we look back at the events surrounding the 2003 fire, what we learned from it and how prepared we are today for a similar emergency response. See stories beginning on A3

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