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Five companies with international reach have been selected to make the Okanagan Correctional Centre a reality, but local officials are confident businesses here will be enriched too.

The B.C. government announced Friday that a consortium dubbed Plenary Justice has been invited to enter into final negotiations to deliver the 378-cell jail north of Oliver on land owned by the Osoyoos Indian Band.

“I’m just glad to see there’s finally some movement happening, because on these big projects … things don’t move as quickly as you would hope,” said Chief Clarence Louie.

“It’s good to see that they have finally chosen somebody and hopefully we can work with them.”

He said jail-related economic opportunities for band members and businesses will be the subject of upcoming meetings with the project team.

Construction of the $200-million jail is expected to begin this spring and wrap up in 2016.

“I’m very happy that BC Corrections is keeping to the timeline they laid out. It seems like everything’s progressing as they said it would,” said Oliver Mayor Ron Hovanes.

He noted there have been “very, very few negative comments I’ve heard about this facility going in, and I think it’s going to be huge for Oliver. It’s going to be huge for the whole area.”

Holly Plante, president of the South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce, expects an immediate benefit to the local economy as planners begin their advance work.

One of first large groups of visitors is expected in Oliver for a Jan. 30 meeting at

which officials from Plenary Justice and the B.C. government will meet with local businesses to discuss available opportunities.

Plante said 230 local businesses that are already on the project registry will be invited, plus any others that sign up by Jan. 28.

She’s been told similar infrastructure projects elsewhere have seen up to 40 per cent of capital costs spent with local companies.

The B.C. government has said the jail will create up to 1,000 direct and indirect construction jobs, plus 240 full-time corrections positions once it opens.

Five firms make up Plenary Justice: Plenary Group (Canada) Ltd., PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc., Honeywell Limited (Canada), DGBK Architects and Jug Island Consulting Ltd. Plenary Group, which will lead the build, has offices in four countries, according to its website, and has previously arranged financing for B.C. projects like the Interior Heart and Surgical Centre in Kelowna. A spokesperson for Plenary Justice declined comment Tuesday while his group works out a final agreement with the B.C. government.

The request for proposals for the Okanagan Correctional Centre indicated the government is seeking a 30-year agreement to finance, build and maintain the facility.

A similar pact was struck for a $90-million, 185-cell expansion of a jail in Surrey.

That 30-year agreement will cost taxpayers $231 million over the life of it, according to B.C. government budget documents.

Justice Ministry spokesperson Cindy Rose said in a statement that details of the Plenary Justice contract will be made public when negotiations are complete, likely this spring.

Two other consortiums that were shortlisted for the jail project could each be awarded up to $250,000 to compensate them for expenses incurred preparing their bids, Rose said.

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You’ve spent the day at Okanagan Beach, frolicking in the water and tanning on the beach, what better way to finish up the day than a short walk into downtown Penticton for a beer and a slice of pizza at the city’s newest craft brewery.

That’s one of the scenarios envisioned by Martin Lewis, manager of Kettle Valley Station pub and his partner Robin Agur, for Bad Tattoo Brewing, set to open in May with their first brews.

“That is our goal, in early May, to be producing beer,” said Lewis, who describes the location of Bad Tattoo as “a block from the Peach and a block from

Landmark Cinema.”

Along with the brewery, the design incorporates a pizzeria-style restaurant and outdoor patio.

The building permit for the lot on the corner of Martin Street and Estabrooke Avenue was issued in late December, according to Anthony Haddad, director of development services.

“They have done a great job on that patio on the corner, obviously to attract people from the beach and down on Winnipeg and Martin Streets where we are doing the street improvements,” said Haddad, adding that the brewery is a perfect fit with the city’s investment in revitalizing the downtown.

“We are seeing a number of private

developments coming into downtown right now, which is a sign the economy is on the up,” said Haddad.

Lewis isn’t ready to give out specifics of the beers yet, but said they are planning four main beers, along with eight seasonals. The choices will run the gamut, including North American and European style lagers, ales and pilsners.

“Once we get into seasonals, there is no set format. It will be all over the place,” said Lewis. The concept is to stay as local as possible, including the labels for the brews.

“All of our label designs were commissioned from local tattoo artists. and we already have the artwork for those in process,” said

Lewis, adding that they have three artists already working on designs.

Neither Lewis nor Agur have tattoos themselves, good or bad.

The name Bad Tattoo comes out of wanting a name that both had marketing potential, and that they could have fun with.

“We thought, here’s a concept that is not out there yet in the beer world and we could leverage in our marketing plans.” said Lewis.

“It’s not supposed to be taken in a negative connotation. We will certainly spin that to be a positive name choice, so bad means good in this case.”

One the food side of the development, Lewis said they are installing a wood-fired pizza oven.

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Co-owner Martin Lewis holds up an artist’s drawing of what the new Bad tattoo Brewing Company will look like when construction of the restaurant and brewery is completed, later this spring. the business will be located on estabrook avenue, just off of winnipeg street.

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“It’s a really simple restaurant concept. The food will be designed to enhance the flavours of the beer and we’ll have unique pizzas that match well with the beers,” said Lewis.

“We are not going to be a full service restaurant, we are going to be a pizzeria inside the brewery.”

The idea, he said, is to keep the concept simple, something that fits the lifestyle around the beach in the summertime, and that can easily be scaled back in the winter season.

Along with their beers, Lewis said they

will feature a local winery along with some non-alcoholic choices.

“We are also planning to make a couple of sodas for children and people that don’t drink, so we are going to make a brewed root beer and an apple soda as well as beer,” he said.

Lewis is hoping to have the bad tattoo beers available at Kettle Valley Station Pub as well. Previously brew pubs could only serve their products on site, but Agur and Lewis have applied for an exemption under revised provincial regulations.

Lewis is a strong

proponent of craft brewing, saying it is the only sector of the liquor industry that is growing at an exponential rate.

And there is plenty of room in Penticton for another craft brewery, alongside the Cannery Brewing Company, the Tin Whistle Brewing Company and Barley Mill Brew Pub. “Craft is a very collaborative industry.

The guys at the Cannery were very aware of what we were doing.

They were the first people we talked to and they are very positive about it as well,” said Lewis.

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Just as the town slogan suggests, Osoyoos quite literally had Canada’s warmest welcome on Monday.

While Old Crow Airport in Yellowknife dipped to spine-shivering -47.3 C, Osoyoos was sitting at 16.1 C getting the title from Environment Canada as the hottest spot in the country.

“We are actually in an upper ridge setting up. This year we have been staying in a block pattern and it takes a long time for these patterns to move or change,” said Cindy Yu, Environment Canada meteorologist.

“This ridge has stayed over the Pacific and that warm air is accumulating over the ocean and shifting east wards. That mixing with the air above has warmed up a lot of the valleys.”

With very little snow in the valley and the warm air breezing in off the Pacific into the Southern Interior, the slightly warmer temperatures are

expected to linger for a few days.

Penticton broke a 69-year-old record high when the city reached 15.1 C on Monday, the previous record being 11.7 C in 1945. On the other end of the spectrum, the record low for that day was set in 1950 at chilly -24.4 C. “A pretty warm day for sure,” said Yu. “A lot of that cold air we are supposed to get in the winter has been moving east across the Prairies into eastern Canada.

“The ridge is going to stay for a bit and we are looking at staying in the high single digits until at least Thursday.”

The rest of the week will be a mix of sun and cloud with temperatures hovering around the 4 C mark. Heading into the weekend Environment Canada shows cloudy weather with highs ranging from 1 to 4 C. “I don’t know if you really need your long johns but it won’t be quite T-shirt weather either this week,” said Yu.

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District considers increasing tipping fees Joe Fries

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Tipping fees at regional landfills could increase by a third later this year, which would more than double the cost of dumping from what it was less than a decade ago.

Staff at the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen have proposed hiking the tipping fee for ordinary waste from $72 per tonne to $95. It would be the fourth such increase since 2006, when the per-tonne cost was $45.

The need for additional revenue is driven mainly by the decreasing amount of material dumped at the landfill and the need to set aside cash for the possible cost of a methane gas capture system at Campbell Mountain, chief administrative officer Bill Newell told an RDOS board committee last week.

“We’re going to pay for this one way or another,” he said.

“It’s a matter of whether it’s tipping fees or taxation. We favour tipping fees because of the incentive then for increased (diversion) from the landfill and increased recycling.”

Finance manager Sandy Croteau said Campbell Mountain Landfill is projected this year to generate tipping fees totalling $1.9 million, about $400,000 shy of the budget estimate, which means there won’t be money available to build up reserves for the gas capture system or to decommission the site in 25 to 36 years.

Solid waste co-ordinator Cameron Baugh-

en said the $95 per-tonne fee was derived from a consultant’s recommendation that considered all of the challenges facing his department.

The calculation also included the decrease in the amount of garbage buried at Campbell Mountain from 40,000 tonnes in 2006 to 24,000 tonnes in 2012.

Baughen also proposed that tipping fees for some other waste streams, such as concrete and asphalt shingles, be reduced from $50 to $20 per tonne since those materials are used for road-building at the landfills.

And he unveiled a two-tier fee system for demolition and renovation waste that would grant a reduced rate for loads certified as asbestos-free.

“Right now the haulers are just signing whatever they need to get the loads into the landfill and that’s not good enough for WorkSafeBC or our own workers,” said Baughen.

“The materials that we receive are going to be moved around, crushed, buried in the ground … so we need to make sure that the health and safety of our workers is paramount when we receive these materials.”

Tipping fees for mixed demolition waste would be lowest at the Okanagan Falls landfill, where equipment and personnel is in place to sort the loads. Fee changes would also apply at the Oliver dump.

Baughen said RDOS staff will work with counterparts at the area’s municipal landfills to co-ordinate tipping fees or implement outof-town surcharges to prevent people from

Vehicles exit the campbell Mountain landfill. the regional district board considering increasing tipping fees at the site and others.

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shopping their waste to the cheapest available depot.

Tom Siddon, the director for Okanagan Falls-Kaleden, said he’s worried that bumping up tipping fees will hinder local governments’ cleanup efforts.

“Contractors are going to get hit and we’re

trying to get people to clean up eyesore properties, derelict waste and all of that, but increased rates and tipping fees provide a disincentive,” he said.

The RDOS board will debate the proposed changes to tipping fees during budget deliberations in the coming months.

Judge gives alleged gangster the boot from province Joe Fries

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Nearly five years after he was sent home to Ontario on a Con Air flight, an alleged gang member has again been banished from British Columbia.

Steven Phillip King, 40, was convicted Friday in B.C. Supreme Court in Penticton of a single count of drug possession and ordered to pay a $750 fine.

King was also sentenced to one year of probation, a key condition of which forbids him from entering the province during the term.

Vancouver police alleged in 2008 that King was the founder of the Game Tight Soldiers, a street gang active in that city’s Downtown Eastside and later in Prince George.

King was flown back to Ontario in April of that year by police to face charges in that province.

steVeN PhilliP KiNg, 40, was fined $750 and banned from B.c. for one year for a single count of drug possession.

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King declined comment following sentencing Friday, but his lawyer brushed off questions about his client’s involvement with the gang.

“That’s what the police say.

Gossip. Innuendo,” said James Pennington, who also side-stepped questions about the gang’s current status.

“I don’t have a clue,” he said.

“There is no gangs in Penticton.”

Pennington said his client now resides in Ontario, but lived in Penticton off and on for several years and still has family here.

King is allowed to stay and visit for one week before his probation begins and he returns to Ontario, where he “is trying to be a law-abiding, respectful citizen of Canada,” his lawyer added.

Pennington said King was “relieved” by the verdict, “but it goes to show that that’s the reason why we have judges and trials.”

Originally charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, King was instead convicted by Justice Susan Griffin of

the lesser offence of simple possession.

Court heard during trial this week that police executed a search warrant at King’s rental townhouse on Maple Street in Penticton in June 2010 and discovered 6.7 grams of crack cocaine, packaged into eight spitballs, hidden in the armrest of a couch on which he was seated.

In her reasons for judgement, Griffin said she heard evidence that other known drug users and dealers frequented the home and that King forbid anyone from bringing drugs into the residence.

But “it is not rational to think that a visitor to Mr King’s residence, unbeknownst to him, would store eight pieces of crack cocaine wrapped professionally in individual pieces in a baggy in the sleeve of his couch,” Griffin said. “I find that the only rational explanation for the cocaine being in the couch,

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given Mr. King had control of the residence, is that Mr. King knew it was there,” she concluded.

Griffin did, however, have a reasonable doubt about whether the drugs were for personal use or trafficking. She gave no weight to testimony from a police drug expert who suggested others items discovered at the home, like scales and alleged scoresheets, were evidence of trafficking.

“The evidence is also capable of supporting the conclusion that this particular quantity and package could have been for Mr. King’s own consumption,” Griffin said.

King apologized to the court prior to sentencing.

“I’m sorry to waste the court’s time with this matter,” he said.

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French immersion will continue to operate as a limited-entry program in local schools, despite an effort to throw open the classroom doors to every student who wants in.

The board of the Okanagan Skaha School District on Monday rejected Trustee Walter Huebert’s motion to guarantee space in the program, which for the 201314 session offered new students spots in four Grade 6 classes.

Huebert, who registered the lone vote in favour, said in an interview Tuesday he was disappointed with his colleagues’ decision.

Nonetheless, Huebert said he understood why his colleagues defeated the motion.

Of primary concern is the unknown financial implications of such a guarantee.

“I guess the other board members were quite cautionary about that,” he said, noting that a separate policy change will give trustees more input into how many sections are offered each year.

“During budget time the issue will come up again,” he said. “It’s not lost.”

Assistant superintendent Dave Burgoyne told the board that a high attrition rate in late French immersion, plus the variable number of applicants from year to year, makes guaranteeing spaces difficult and possibly expensive.

Walter Huebert He explained that teachers are entitled to additional compensation of $2,400 for each student over the class-size limit of 30, but that there’s little room beyond that number.

“If the decision was the class or classes that had 32 kids in them were not appropriate for learning, then it would require another division, and that extra division would cost $93,300,” Burgoyne said.

The board also heard that in the past five years, the number of students who dropped out of late French immersion has ranged from six to 29, including 18 so far this year, and finding homes for those kids in English-track programming could be tough once classes are set.

Trustee Ginny Manning said that in addition to budgetary is-

sues, she was concerned that guaranteeing French immersion seats could be seen as giving preferential treatment to one group of kids.

“I’m worried that someone, if we went ahead with this, would complain that they were discriminated against because their child didn’t get the same consideration with another program or another course or another class,” Manning said.

She also urged colleagues to allow time for the policy amendments approved Monday to be given a chance to work.

Among the changes is a move to award all seats in French immersion by lottery, which will end the practice of guaranteeing spaces to students who have siblings in the program.

The board will also be required to confirm at budget time the number of classes in the program that will be offered the following year.

“I think that we’ve really moved forward on this whole French immersion situation,” said board chairman Bruce Johnson.

As of Dec. 20, there were 671 kids enrolled in French immersion from Grades 6-12 at schools in Penticton and Summerland, representing about 11 per cent of the district’s entire student body.

The board last year considered adding early French immersion to begin in kindergarten, but opted against doing so because of unknown startup costs.

Foxes have eye on Camp Creek Station Pub Steve Kidd

Western News Staff

Len Fox has some good news for Naramatians — he has found a buyer for the Camp Creek Station Pub. The popular Naramata pub operated for more than two decades, most recently with owners Larry and Esther Knight, but it closed and went into receivership last year.

Fox said they have found a buyer for the pub, which, since it is a court-ordered sale, they will be taking before a judge for approval later this month.

“It’s been a long time, we do have to get court approval before the sale is finalized. My understanding is the buyer wants to have it up and running in the spring,” said Fox, adding that he hears lots of questions and rumours

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about the sale.

“If I go to Naramata and go in the coffee shop, I just get inundated,” said Fox. “We continually get asked when is it going to be up and open. Of course there are rumours and things.”

While he wasn’t willing to disclose the name of the purchaser, Fox did say the prospective buyer is an individual rather than a group.

“The intention from the present buyer is to get things up and running as quick as pos-

sible,” said Phillip Fox, Len’s son and partner at Fox & Fox. “I would think any buyer would have the same objective. Summertime is when you make money in a pub.

“There has been a lot of interest in the pub,” said Len. “The Naramatians are really anxious to get this meeting place, this social centre, up and running again.”

Because of the nature of the sale, the Foxes also weren’t willing to put a figure to the

price they are taking before the judge.

The pub was originally listed at $459,000 and lowered to $450,000.

“Obviously, the accepted offer is below that. But it includes the building and all the equipment,” said Len. Philip explained the selling price becomes public knowledge when it goes to court, at which time there is an opportunity for other buyers to step in.

“There is an opportunity for other purchasers to come to court to make an offer at that time. It could sell to someone else, it could sell for more money. We simply don’t know until that date,” said Philip.

“If there are no other offers at court, unless the judge said this isn’t enough money for some reason, which is very unusual, then the property will be sold.”

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RCMP point to accident as wake-up call Mark Brett

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Police are urging the public to use extra caution at a high-risk corner on Highway 97 at the north end of the city.

Prompting the warnings was the single-vehicle accident Dec. 23 in which a logging truck dumped its load across several lanes of the highway.

Although Penticton RCMP determined the incident was likely mechanical in nature and not speed related, Cpl. Bryce Petersen of the RCMP’s South Okanagan Traffic Services feels the crash should serve as a wake-up call to all motorists.

“Tell me why the general population is not prepared to slow down, and I don’t just mean the commercial drivers, I mean everybody,” said Petersen.

“Especially now when you start getting the road conditions that we get in the winter time and as good as the maintenance people try to be as far as the roads are concerned there are limitations to the products they can use.

“People just need to learn to slow down.”

Police at the scene of the logging truck accident say it was lucky no one else was driving through the area just before 8 a.m.

A number of concerns about fully-loaded logging trucks travelling along the Eckhardt Avenue West route to the highway have been raised.

Penticton RCMP have had complaints from other motorists about high rates of speed and other dangerous driving complaints involving those vehicles.

A spokesperson for the provincial Ministry of Transportation’s Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement division are also aware of speeding concerns and complaints in the area relating to the activity of the logging trucks.

“Safety is the ministry’s highest priority,” said Elizabeth Thomson. “Staff regularly monitor and will continue to monitor and patrol this section of Highway 97 and adjacent municipal streets to enforce speeding and aggressive driving violations.”

This was the second incident involving a Webber Logging truck in just over a year, the other happened in the late fall of 2012 on Highway 3A near Yellow Lake in which another truck dumped logs on that section of roadway.

“In over 90 per cent of these accidents driver input not mechanical is the cause,” said Petersen. “I remember one time when I was up north and driver error was the cause of an accident and the logs land-

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“Here’s a thing to think about, it’s not about you and how you drive but if you’re going down the road at 50 kilometres an hour and the guy’s coming at you at 70 kilometres an hour and a log falls off and comes at your vehicle that log is coming at you at a 120 kilometres an hour and I don’t know of a lot of vehicles that will withstand a 120-kilometre-an-hour hit and not have substantial damage.”

In spite of the known danger of the corner and the southbound signage warning truckers of the potential for flipping there continues to be accidents involving large commercial vehicles.

“So it begs the question, why aren’t those drivers adhering to the suggested speed limit?” he said.

Petersen added members of his department regularly watch the traffic signals at Red Wing, not just for speed but drivers who go through the red light.

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Walkway a success After much debate and delay, the Okanagan Lake Walkway, from the Peach to the SS Sicamous, is complete.

During the planning process, city council was lambasted for the project for one reason or another.

Rumours of a price tag hovering around $7 million for one proposal certainly raised eyebrows, but in terms of volume, parking earned the top prize in criticism.

The city planned to install plazas along the walkway and replace the angle-parking scheme with parallel parking.

The idea for plazas was quickly quashed and critics argued parallel parking, in addition to reducing the number of parking spots along the beach, would also change the appeal of Lakeshore Drive as a top-notch cruising site.

The angled parking is also key to the success of the Peach City Beach Cruise, which draws thousands of people keen on checking out close to 800 cars decked out in their Sunday best, for the three days of the show.

Credit to city council for admitting parallel parking was a mistake.

An important improvement to the walkway is accessibility.

Letdowns to the street are now even with the street pavement, making access much easier for wheelchair users. The new walkway also allows wheelchair and scooter access to the beach.

The more than one-kilometre walkway, toPENTICTON WESTERN gether with other amenities such as benches may seem like an insignificant improvement to the city, but judging by the number of people using the walkway on the weekend, the project can only be considered as a tremendous success.

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Harper rapped for wrong reasons Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s latest visit to B.C. was portrayed as these things are today: besieged by protesters, hiding from an ever-vigilant media, cynically campaigning for the 2015 federal election.

TV couldn’t get enough of the two “environmental activists” who dressed as waiters to slip on stage at a business breakfast in Vancouver.

They’re not environmentalists, just all-purpose protesters using the flavour of the month.

They are associated with a group calling itself No One Is Illegal, a collection of anarchist kooks that wants to do away with national borders, and of course capitalism.

As their now-famous sign said, they want “climate justice now.”

Organizer Brigette DePape explained to a co-operative CBC TV host that the recent typhoon in the Philippines that killed thousands of people was caused by global

warming, which of course is caused mainly by the Alberta “tar sands.”

I won’t dwell on this routine idiocy, except to say the number of hurricanes that struck North America in 2013 was zero, and that hasn’t happened since 1994.

Also, “climate justice” is like “social justice,” in that both require confiscation of earned wealth.

DePape is the former Senate page fired in 2011 for a similar sign stunt. She’s now a professional Harper hater, with support from the U.S.-based Tides Foundation among others.

One of the issues Harper didn’t take questions on was the consolidation of 11 federal fisheries libraries into two, one of them in Sidney, B.C. This is portrayed as part of Harper’s socalled war on science, and has been compared with the Romans burning the library of Alexandria in ancient Egypt.

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B.C. Views Fisheries Minister Gail Shea defended the cost-cutting measure by pointing out that almost all access to these libraries is now digital, so maintaining 11 duplicated sets of printed reports is a waste of taxpayer dollars.

An anonymous federal scientist fired back on his blog that the head of one of these libraries retired before the contents could even be catalogued, much less completely digitized for online access.

So this material wasn’t even properly organized?

Users were supposed to browse until they stumbled on something pertinent?

The ministry reported that the average number of people other than federal fisheries staff who used these libraries averaged between five and 12 per year.

That’s for all 11 facilities combined.

And if anyone has even one example of information that was available and isn’t now, they should identify it.

Harper’s got plenty to answer for, no question.

To take one of many examples, spending our borrowed money on TV ads for a Canada Job Grant program that hasn’t even been introduced in Parliament, much less set up, isn’t just wasteful. It’s dishonest and cruelly misleading to the unemployed people the ads pretend to offer help.

Harper’s visit to B.C. added a couple of scripted events, starting with softball questions at the Vancouver

business breakfast.

Then he was off to a photo op at the Kinsol trestle on Vancouver Island, where he announced three more years of funding for the Trans-Canada Trail.

I’m as relieved as anyone that Harper is not killing this modest federal project that started in 1992, but this is not news.

It was a fake public event to justify the cost of a trip so Harper could address a new Conservative riding association.

And how is the federal deficit after eight years of tight-fisted Conservative rule?

We’re only borrowing about $1 billion a month now, down from the Harper government all-time record deficit of $55 billion in 2009.

Some cost cutting is in order all right.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress. ca.

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Big thank you for health centre

This is a big thank to all the staff (Cheryl, Cora, Jenna and Tracy) at the C. A. T. clinic (wound clinic) at the Penticton Health Centre on Carmi Avenue.

I had a small surgery done on one of my legs and it was not healing well. My doctor suggested the clinic would be able to assist in the healing process.

They took one look and took the right course for the healing process and today I was informed it had healed and there would be no need to continue treatment.

The staff at the centre are truly professional and sure know what they are doing.

If your doctor doesn’t know of the clinic and you are having a problem healing due to a recent surgery, bring it to his or her’s attention.

I thanked my doctor for sending me there.

Again thank you ladies for your wonderful skills and help.

Bernard Miron Penticton

Donations help community

On behalf of the Penticton and District Stamp Club I would like to wish all your staff and readers a happy, healthy new year.

Some of your readers may like to know that our regular club meetings will start this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at 2 p.m. at the Blue Church on Main Street.

All are welcome.

Memberships are $10 per annum for adults and $5 per annum for children.

Donations of stamps and stamp material can be made by contacting Gus Boersma at 250492-3875 or gboersma@telus.net.

Donated material is auctioned off and proceeds will go to our chosen charities, cancer research, Moog & Friends Hospice House and or the Hospital Foundation.

During December 2013 we donated $500 each to the Moog House and cancer research and $2,000 towards the Xray fund of the hospital.

With your generous

donations we hope to do much more in the future.

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Good reminder to check your smoke detectors

In this day and age when many people can not afford regular furnace maintenance, I thought the following should be brought to the public’s attention as well as replacing the batteries in one’s smoke detector.

During a recent cold snap, I went home to find my home very warm. Thinking the furnace would soon shut off, I carried on with other activities.

After a while though I was sweating just sitting, so checked the thermostat. It was up to 23 C although it was set to turn off at 20 C. Soon it was up to 26 degrees and I phoned the heating company that had serviced my furnace a month earlier, then sat with the doors and windows open until they arrived and fixed the problem.

Turns out on of the batteries we had installed was defective.

I would hate to think what would have happened if I had been away for a few days.

I would recommend that the thermostat batteries be checked and or replaced regularly.

Bob Richards Penticton

Many benefits to national park

It’s time for the province to respect all parties regarding the creation of a national park.

Since 2010, the province has acknowledged the results of an eight-year feasibility study that showed a national park is feasible, and have stated they need support from regional districts and municipalities, tourism, business, and First Nations in order to transfer land (i.e. the Grasslands Protected Areas) to the federal government to be part of a national park.

These governing bodies have expressed support through formal

resolutions. Most of the resolutions have two parts, to encourage the province to return to discussions with the federal government, and to consult them throughout the process.

Why is this important?

They want the province to negotiate a national park that allows cattle grazing and flight training, as promised.

And they want to be consulted so that they can help develop a tourism-community benefit package, which the province can negotiate when they re-engage in the process with Canada.

These benefits could be substantial.

When the Rouge National Park was established in Ottawa in 2012, Canada allocated $140 million dollars to be spent over ten years to establish the park and $7.6 million per year to operate the park.

Compare this with what the province is currently providing in the existing South Okanagan Grassland Protected Areas — one part-time summer staff person and a budget of

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“I’m a poster person for that fear.

“I never wanted to talk to my kids about this stuff, I thought that I would freak them out. Well, guess what? Kids are smart, they understand safety.”

Bott is making other stops in Victoria, Kelowna, Vernon and Salmon Arm to install similar pieces of equipment.

So far in North America over one mil-

lion children have been served by Operation Kidsafe. Huber Bannister’s Jody Sanders is overseeing the program for the dealership and with four and six-year-old kids of her own, knows the feelings of having children go missing, even briefly.

“Your heart drops and you want to throw up and then they come running around the corner,” she said. “No we don’t have an emergency plan so we’re definitely going to have it done.”

The Kidsafe kickoff at the dealership located as 933 Westminster Ave. West is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. and people are welcome to bring their children.

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A parent’s worst nightmare.

Often, when children go missing the outcome is a happy one.

When it’s not, it is critical to have the necessary resources, but even more important is preventing those situations in the first place.

Enter Mark Bott and Operation Kidsafe.

Bott is an internationally-known childsafety advocate and was instrumental in development of programs like Amber Alert in Canada and the United States and worked for years with John Walsh of the television program, America’s Most Wanted, in the defence of children.

As part of his swing through British Columbia, Bott will be in Penticton Monday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. to drop off some state-ofthe-art identification equipment at Huber Bannister Chevrolet that will remain there for a year.

“Will a set of fingerprints ultimately save a child? Probably not, but attracting them to getting this done gives them pertinent information and allows them to impart this advanced information to the child,” said Bott in a telephone interview from Victoria. “We use the same machine that FBI and secret service use. It will digitally photograph and fingerprint a child in about 60 seconds or less. No ink, no film and no mess and the parents take home the only record of the visit called a bio-document.”

On the back of the document are the key components which Bott, a 59-year-old father of seven, hopes parents and kids will turn into their own safety action plan which he says 80 per cent of families don’t have.

“The biggest myth in the child-safety business is that kids are afraid of safety,” he said.“Not true, adults are afraid to talk to their kids about safety. I was.

Penticton city council gave the nod to Greyback Construction this week, moving ahead with a planned renovation of city hall at a special council meeting Monday.

The contract is in the amount of $153,562, out of a $250,000 budget for the project.

It was approved for the 2013 fiscal year, but didn’t get done.

Work has already begun, with offices and staff being shifted around to make way for the construction crews.

Mayor Garry Litke said the renovation will increase accessibility in a couple of

ways, concentrating services to the public on the first floor.

“We get a lot of complaints about people who can’t really physically make it to the second floor. We have an elevator, but it’s not ideal for a lot of folks, especially if they are in a power chair,” said Litke.

“But equally important is the concept of the one-stop shopping. Right now, people end up going to two or three different desks. If you have never been to city hall before, it’s a bit intimidating. “It’s not a very friendly kind of reception the way it is structured right now. One- stop shopping is the idea, all services on the first floor that are easily accessible to the public.”

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“As far as the exact cost at this point, we haven’t finalized that yet. The external contract was the big question mark as far as how much that could come in at,” said communications officer Simone Blais.

“With that in place, we now can begin working on those costs as far as keeping them under budget.”

Blais said city hall will be open during renovations, and though there will be “noise and banging here and there” they hope customers will be patient with them.

The renovation is expected to be finished by the end of March.

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Making it big from a small town Steve Kidd

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Jim Cressman admits he spends a lot of time in places like Nashville, Vancouver and Toronto.

“I am still a huge believer in the old school, face-to-face, sit down … develop a rapport,” said Cressman, president of Invictus Entertainment Group and the latest inductee into the ranks of the Top 40 under 40.

But though Invictus has handled dates and tours with the likes of Carrie Underwood, Bob Dylan, Mötley Crüe, Great Big Sea, Loretta Lynn and many others, the promotion and booking agency makes its home in Penticton.

That, said Cressman, is a lifestyle choice for himself, his wife Kristie Marleau (co-founder and owner of Invictus) and their two daughters.

“The world is changing, we are more accessible than we have ever been in terms of communication. I live in Penticton, this is my home, I am happy to raise my family here but I am on a plane when I need to be,” said Cressman. “We are in a unique business, but we’ve proven that we can do what we do from here. A lot of people are doing it as well, it’s not just us.”

Cressman has some hard evidence that he is succeeding with Invictus, which he and Marleau formed 18 months ago, after his previous company, Cressman-Sakomoto, dissolved.

From the revenue perspective, Cressman said 2013 with Invictus has been the best year he’s had in the 15 years he has been in the business, and they have received some serious industry recognition as well.

At this year’s Canadian Country Music Awards, Invictus was named the Booking Agency of the Year and Cressman was awarded the Talent Buyer/Promoter of the Year award. Pollstar magazine, in a list of the top 100 concert promoters, ranked Invictus at No. 79 worldwide.

Considering that there are thousands of concert promoters working in the industry, Cressman said that was an amazing ranking,

Award-winning Penticton promoter Jim Cressman (above) at work in his office with his awards and the tools of the trade he uses daily with his company Invictus Entertainment Group; Left: Cressman at the Canadian Country Music Awards, accepting some top honours for Invictus, which has only been operating for 18 months.

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putting his new company alongside agencies that have been going for decades.

“For us to be able to be in that company is also a huge honour,” said Cressman.

“We are doing our best to compete and trying to find our niche, which for us, successfully has been promoting shows in secondary and tertiary markets across Canada.”

Markets like Penticton and its South Okanagan Events Centre,

he said, were being ignored.

“I think a lot of artists and a lot of the people that surround the artists had no idea that these markets were as capable as they are until Invictus started making the case to them,” said Cressman. “We’ve been able to go in and put together great deals that were aggressive for the artist and worked well for the venue.”

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“It’s got capabilities beyond what really should be in a market of this size,” he said. That means, they don’t have to ask performers to make many compromises in terms of their show.

“They can bring in a big show and play it for an audience that is less than a third or a quarter of what they would see in a major market.”

Cressman has diversified Invictus, launching a record label, Big Star Recordings, currently

featuring Canadian country music star George Canyon. He’s also expanding into television and film production with Coming Home for Christmas, which aired on Country Music TV in December and featured performances from Canyon, Aaron Pritchett, Britt and Carly McKillip (One More Girl) and Jordan McIntosh.

The secret, he explained, is loving what he does.

“I have a passion for the arts.

I am not a singer, I don’t play an instrument. I want to be close to it, I want to help people that are talented,” said Cressman. “I think at the end of the day if your are going to be successful, your heart has to be in it.”

“I am a small-town guy. I was raised on a ranch just outside Stettler, Alta. and I love the idea of bringing artists into small towns, to give the kids that grew up like I did to go see shows closer to home and grow that arts and culture scene in small town Canada.

“That’s a mandate of mine, that’s something I get a lot of joy from.”

Another part of the work Cressman finds rewarding is stepping into a crowded venue and watching a performer interacting with the audience.

“It’s an incredible thing to know that you’re a catalyst to put those two entities together,” he said. “I love it, I’ll never get tired of it. I am a lifer in this business.

“When it comes to the concert industry, it’s not a quick-buck business. Sprinters do not do well, it’s the marathon competitors that do well. You have to be in it for the long haul and you have to have the temerity to stick with it.”

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Grand production for Les Miz Kristi Patton

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For Aidan Mayes the chance to sing I Dreamed A Dream in a production of Les Misérables is a something she has always dreamed of.

Being chosen to play the character of Fantine in Soundstage Productions performance of the musical which runs at the Penticton Lakeside Resort Jan. 22 to 25 seemed a little like destiny.

“It was destiny, yes,” she agreed and explained why. “This is actually my favourite musical of all-time because the music in it is so spectacular. Fantine sings I Dreamed A Dream which is my favourite song in the whole show.

When I was younger I sang it at the Kiwanis Music Festival and I won first place.”

Fantine, the single mother who raises Cosette, has a shorter role in Les Misérables but one that Mayes feels is very poignant.

“It is such a meaningful role because it really adds so much to the other characters after you meet Fantine. The whole feeling in the show is so real and is about the human spirit and makes you want to root for the underdog,” said Mayes.

The singer/actress has been part of a couple of previous Soundstage productions, but said this is one of the biggest and quite possibly the best she has been involved in.

“It’s so moving, even in rehearsals I have to wipe away tears because I am so blown away by the talent in this cast that I can’t believe it is community theatre. I think definitely some of the people in this show could be doing this on Broadway,” said Mayes, adding she has seen Les Misérables in the West End of London. “We have a lot of new talent joining us, including the lead Dan Shaw who plays Jean Valjean and I feel so lucky that we found him. That character is the heart of the whole show and

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Soundstage Productions director Lynne Leydier said she has been waiting on a list for the rights to Les Misérables full production, rather than the junior reduced score production that was available. The Tony-award winning play is beloved by many across the world from stages on Broadway to London.

“I think it is the music and I think people do grasp the characters and what they are going through fairly easily. Unrequited love, losing a child, poverty, what you are willing to risk for your child, choices in what is the right way to go and justice. This show explores all these things,” said Leydier.

The director believes because the topics and themes are so relatable to many of the events in people’s lives today the musical is a classic.

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Local ensemble lifts production LOCAL from p.10 Her cast and chorus of about 50 people have filled out the roles but performing the full version also has meant a larger budget to create a three-tier stage, detailed sets, costumes and pay royalty fees.

“All the money that comes in to Soundstage is on that stage. People are seeing where their money goes on that stage and I don’t think they will be disappointed.

The costumes are fantastic, the sets are fantastic and the backstage crew is doing a phenomenal job and the orchestra is fantastic,” said Leydier.

“I think we will do Penticton proud.”

Soundstage’s Les Misérables runs three hours with an intermission in the middle, one of the longest productions the theatre group has put together. Because Leydier does not believe in singing along to prerecorded music, the cast will be accompanied by live musicians including Dennis Nordlund on the piano, Stefan Bienz on bass, Sandy Andres on strings, Dillys Richardson on brass and Scott Gamble on drums.

Leydier said the cast has been putting in long hours on the weekend to prepare and the younger portion of the ensemble is having a great time.

“The kids have been great and I think it will be an experience of a lifetime for them. Everyone is getting excited for this,” said Leydier, who added one of the youth, Beamer Wigley, was so excited to be involved he created a Lego version of the barricades set at home.

One of Leydier’s favourite moments of the musical is the performance of One Day More.

“It is pretty powerful with everyone singing and in full voice. I really

like the ensemble and they are really strong, as is the cast.

Soundstage Productions was first conceived in 1990 with varietystyle formats that featured a diversity of talent form the community.

Gradually more complex and professional productions have been staged and the level of talent in the community that has risen to the challenge continues to grow.

One example of that is Dustin McGifford who is playing the role of Marius. Originally from Penticton, and now living in Kelowna, he is becoming well known in the music world as part of the duo Honest Woods with his girlfriend who is also in the theatre production. After taking a break from theatre to focus on school, McGifford returns to the stage.

“The music and melody lines repeat upon themselves that is why I love Les Miz. Then there is the story of redemption. It is amazing to be part of this show because it is so big, everyone has become like extended family,” said McGifford.

Other performers who have taken on lead roles in the production include Michael Welsh as Javert, Mandy Cole as Eponine, Saige Carlson as Cossette, Pat Brown as Enjolras, Randall Robinson as M. Thenardier, Beth Scott as Mme. Thenardier, Beamer Wigley as Gavroche, Maya Lefebvre as Little Cossette, Ray De Blasi as Bishop, Paul D’Aoust as Forman and Tyler Evans as Bamatabois. Les Misérables runs from Jan. 22 to 25 at 7 p.m. at the Penticton Lakeside Resort. A Saturday matinee will run at 1 p.m. on Jan. 25. Tickets are $45 (plus taxes) and available at the Lakeside front desk

Les MisérabLes ladies hanging out on scene of soundstage Productions’ rehearsal on sunday including from left to right Yanti rowland, Lana Corbett, ainsley Harrington, aidan Mayes, sarah senecal, Michelle Younie, Teigan Litke and Lisa baxter.

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Penticton Minor Hockey Association hosted the Frozen 16 atom tournament last weekend.

Along with four host teams, the tournament featured teams from West Kelowna, Kelowna, Kamloops, Lake Country, Hope, Vernon, Ridge Meadows and Chilliwack.

Hope won the tournament, defeating the Kelowna Winter Hawks, while the Chilliwack Warriors were third. Penticton Voltage was fourth, the Penticton Mighty Minions were fifth, the Penticton Rockets seventh and the Penticton Chiefs, 11th.

INSIDE ATOM HOCKEY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Carter Milton, above, fights for the puck with a Ridge Meadows player. Above left, netminder Ethan Konyi is mobbed by teammates (left to right) Emma Wilson, Josh Roy and Kieran Roy following the 5-4 victory over Ridge Meadows Gladiators. Below, Milton relaxes in the dressing room after the game. Members of the Penticton atom Rockets (front to back) Hayden Krause, Devon Beyer and Carter Holmes head to the ice for their final tournament game Sunday. Emma Wilson, bottom left, watches the play of her teammates from the bench.

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960 Railway St., Penticton Ph: 250-492-3576 PENTICTON VEES forward Travis Blanleil gets caught by Vernon Vipers defenceman Dylan Chanter in BCHL action at Kal Tire Place in Vernon on Friday night during a 2-1 Vees win. On Wednesday, the Vees will host the West Kelowna Warriors.

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team that much more dynamic,â&#x20AC;? said Harbinson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shane has also played in two Memorial Cups.

That type of experience is invaluable come playoff time.â&#x20AC;?

After spending last season with Memorial Cup host Saskatoon Blades, McColgan dressed in just 10 games this season with the Portland Winterhawks due to injury.

McColgan is happy to join the Vees. A friend of former Vee Beau Bennett growing up in Manhattan Beach, Calif., McColgan would like nothing more than to win a championship in his final junior season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flown by, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to go out with a bang,â&#x20AC;? he said.

On Monday, he took part in his first practice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a good practice, some good flow,â&#x20AC;? said McColgan, who skated with Brad McClure and Nic Pierog. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got some good touches on the power

play. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited for things to get going on Wednesday.â&#x20AC;?

McClure, the Vees captain, said while it was difficult to see Butzow traded as he was a big part of the team, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something they have to accept. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for the better of the team,â&#x20AC;? said McClure.

McClure said getting McColgan is huge, especially with his experience. McClure was impressed by what he saw from the newcomer in his first practice and his presence in the dressing room. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He seems like a good character guy in the room,â&#x20AC;? said McClure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He already seems pretty comfortable.â&#x20AC;?

When it comes to bolstering the forward groups, McClure said anyone can be played from the first to fourth line. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just pushes us all to be good every night,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will push us to be better players.â&#x20AC;?

After getting road wins in Vernon, 2-1 on Friday, and Trail, 3-2 on Saturday, the Vees are set to host the West Kelowna Warriors Wednesday at the South Okanagan Events Centre at 7 p.m.

McClure said the two losses to the Warriors prior to the Christmas break have not been forgotten.

In other Vees news, Jack Ramsey, Brett Beauvais, Hunter Miska and future Vee Warren Foegele are on the list for the NHL Central Scouting rankings for the 2014 NHL Draft. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s huge for those guys,â&#x20AC;? said McClure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it will help them the further we go. Good for them and for the team.â&#x20AC;?

Foegele, who is playing high school prep hockey for the Varsity squad at St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College in Aurora, Ont., is ranked 62nd and has 29 goals and 56 points in 26 games. He is committed to the University

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Welcome, Shane McColgan, the Penticton Veesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; newest and final addition this season.

Vees general manager Fred Harbinson made the move before the BCHL trade deadline Jan. 10 to add the last piece to what he hopes turns into a championship puzzle.

The Vees traded 20-year-old defenceman Blake Butzow to the Cowichan Valley Capitals for future considerations.

Harbinson said that move cleared their earlier deal that brought Steen Cooper from Cowichan Valley, but also allowed them to make room to eventually sign McColgan. It also enables them to give Jarod Hilderman a bigger role. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We thought that Jarod Hilderbrand really progressed over the course of the year, he probably deserved a little better ice time,â&#x20AC;? said Harbinson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By moving Blake, it gave him an opportunity to play top minutes in Cowichan.â&#x20AC;?

The addition of McColgan, who spent three full seasons with the Kelowna Rockets in the WHL, gives the Vees more depth up front.

Harbinson said the move does leave the team with six defenceman, but the staff feel their blue line is capable of carrying the load. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have done a good job of keeping pucks out of our own end, out of our net and hopefully that will continue,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Harbinson likes that McColgan was a pointper-game player in the WHL, and also played five games in the American Hockey League with the Connecticut Whale.

In a team statement, Harbinson said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shaneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior numbers (84 goals, 270 points in 287 games) speak for themselves.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adding him to our top line, that already includes two of the BCHLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top three goal-scorers, will clearly make our

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Beauvais is ranked 134th. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty exciting,â&#x20AC;? said Beauvais. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good to see some other guys on there as well.â&#x20AC;?

Beauvais said the rankings isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t something he thinks about. If he does, it just creates stress. However, Beauvais is using his ranking as a motivator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a big stretch going with the team.

When you see personal achievements like that as you go, it definitely motivates you,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Ramsey is ranked 151st, while Miska is ranked 32nd among 34 goalies.

Vees notes: The BCHL division leaders are now ranked ninth in the Canadian Junior Hockey League, climbing from their No.11 position. Brad McClure ranks 19th in Canada for scoring with 32 goals and 60 points in 41 games.

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Brian Lebler is taking a break from everything that he loves about Austria, including an occasional Stiegl beer, when he heads to Sochi, Russia next month.

The former Penticton Vee, said the beers in Austria are amazing, he’s getting the chance to fulfill a long-time goal in playing for the Austrian men’s Olympic hockey team. Being named to the squad earlier last week, he follows in his father’s (Ed), footsteps who also played hockey for Austria in the Olympics.

“When I came to Europe, I wanted to try and be one of the top Austrians and play for the national team,” said Brian by email. “Have something to strive for and keep bettering myself. I look forward to playing against the top players in the world and seeing what it takes to be the best.”

Brian, who was born in Austria and moved to Canada at age four, feels Austria has a strong lineup that features NHLers Michael Grabner and Thomas Vanek of the New York Islanders and Michael Raffl of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Brian said they are not being given much of a chance, but he hopes they will surprise teams.

Ed, who also played professionally in Austria, is excited by his son’s selection. He thinks they will have a decent team.

“I think it will be fun to watch them,” said Ed, who was born in Vanderhoof, where his parents moved to from Austria. “I think they will do OK, but obviously they are not expected to be in any kind of medal contention or anything like that.”

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BRIAN LEBLER, a former Penticton Vee in the BCHL, was named to the Austrian’s men’s Olympic hockey team thanks to a successful season with the EHC Liwest Linz Black Wings in Austria.

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strong season he is enjoying in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. He is 10th in league scoring for the Linz Black Wings with 26 goals and 43 points in 43 games. The Black Wings are in a tight race for first place leading up to the playoffs.

Brian pursued a career in Europe after he experienced an injury-riddled year in the

American Hockey League with the Syracuse Crunch of the Anaheim Ducks in 2010-11. He felt he wasn’t able to play to his potential.

“In Austria, I was able to establish myself and earn ice time by playing and not (being) in the training room,” said Brian, who played four years of Division 1 hockey in the National Collegiate Athletic Association with the University

of Michigan Wolverines, where he tallied 33 goals and 59 points in 145 career games.

“The style of play in Austria is faster with the big ice surface but the physicality for sure is not the same. The AHL is a very hard league in that aspect,” he said.

Playing internationally has helped improve Brian’s skills.

“The big ice surface has challenged me with my skating and I believe I have learned a lot over the past three seasons,” he said.

Brian has enjoyed playing professionally in Europe, saying it has been such a positive experience.

“The crowd atmosphere is actually pretty amazing,” he said. “My first practice in Linz, half of the arena was full and they chanted the whole practice and lit flares. For the games, we sell out every game.”

The road trips are also great in the EBEL, which has only two teams that require the Black Wings to stay the night before. Travel to most teams is an hour and a half to four hours.

“My wife (Kelsey) loves it here as well,” he said. “I get to see a lot of the world I wouldn’t be able to see. As well, I get to play hockey, the game I love, while doing it.”

Brian hangs out with his teammates, but not as much since becoming a father 10 months ago to daughter Blakely. The Leblers have a family that has taken care of them, who they call their aunt and uncle, and spent Christmas together.

“My neighbour’s mom works for Stiegl (which brews a light lager or Hefeweisen), which is an added bonus whenever she comes to visit,” he said.

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Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie, owners of the Okanagan Crush Pad, home to Haywire wine, are known and awarded for its innovation.

They have introduced a guide pairing B.C. wines with Asian cuisine and are offering a specially labeled Haywire wine crafted for B.C.’s Asian community to celebrate 2014 as the Year of the Horse.

A limited release of only 688 bottles of the 2012 Haywire Pinot Noir has been labelled with good fortune in celebration of the Lunar New Year.

With grapes grown on Secrest Vineyard, a 35-acre cool mountain site above Oliver, the wine was gently aged in old French oak barrels and bottled in its purest state giving it a cherry aroma and fruit-forward flavour with soft texture and light tannins.

The delicious initiative teamed up Haywire with food author and broadcaster Stephanie Yuen and journalist and food stylist Nathan Fong to develop a program and guide of how to pair flavours from various parts of Asia with the flavour profiles that emerge from B.C. wines. They say there are mis-

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Master of wine uncorks charitable side Feeling hopeless watching close friends diagnosed with breast cancer, James Cluer decided to tap into what he knows best.

“You feel totally hopeless — like there’s nothing you can do to really help. An email, or a phone call, or even a visit doesn’t really cut it. But then I had this idea,” said Cluer. “I should create a wine that gave 100 per cent of the profits to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.”

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Having been in the wine business for 21 years and one of only 300 in the world holding the master of wine designation, Cluer knew exactly what the first charitable wine should

be. Naturally, a rosé.

Pink, he indicated, says it all since it is the official colour representing breast cancer awareness initiatives.

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After a long, slow fermentation process and aging they bottled and labelled it The Girls which is produced and distributed by TIME winery.

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bodied with a thread of acidity giving a beautiful refreshing quality to the wine and helping to create a clean lingering aftertaste.

The first vintage of The Girls sold out in two days and Cluer said the next vintage will be released in April. His next goal is to raise $100,000 for breast cancer research.

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Pierce, Stewart - passed away peacefully at the Penticton Regional Hospital on December 14, 2013 at the age of 98. He was stationed at N06 SFTS Dunnville, Ontario, where he met and married Daisy. In 1971 they moved to Penticton where he was a part of the 890 Wing RCAF association for many years. He will be sadly missed by his daughter Rosemary Braun (Fritz), 3 granddaughter’s Sandra Pierce (Sean Turner), Linnette Pierce, Monique Brown (Jeff), 8 great grandchildren, Christopher Lambert, Jason Lambert, Craig Lambert, Stacie Staples (Mark), Tristan Lambert, Justin Pierce, Pierce Brown, Quinn Brown and 1 greatgreat granddaughter, Emily Staples and many more extended family. He was predeceased by his wife Daisy in 2002, and his only son Ted in 1992. No service by request, Cremation.

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A Memorial Celebration for Dodi Morrison will be held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 157 Wade Ave. West, on Monday, January 20th, at 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Stephen Lewis’ Grandmothers for Africa campaign.

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Ed & Lorranine Jacy of Penticton are celebrating their 60th Anniversary on January 16, 2014. Married in Edmonton on the coldest day of the year. Looking forward to many more year’s to come.

COLLINS John Wesley 1928 – 2014

When Irish eyes are smiling, Sure they steal your heart away!

John passed away January 10, 2014 at Penticton, B. C. Born in Saskatoon January 16, 1928. John grew up in Gladstone and Winnipeg. He worked in Winnipeg for the CN Railway and Retail Credit Corporation, and in Regina for Dunlop Tire and General Tire. He also owned Combined Sales and Service in Regina. Later, John and Betty lived on an acreage near Regina where he enjoyed his greenhouse, garden and horses. John appreciated the opportunity to explore new interests while he lived in Qualicum Beach and Penticton. He especially enjoyed golfing, curling, baking and singing. John was a former member of the Banner and Corinthian Masonic Lodges and the Wa Wa Shriners. John’s vitality will live on with his wife Betty, his children Wayne, Jacquelyn, Tim and Maureen, as well as 9 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, his sisters Mildred Gillespie and Irene Smith and brother Jim (Willina). He is predeceased by his parents Caroline and William, and brothers William and Clarence (Pat). A celebration of his life will take place at a later date.

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Francis Joseph

March 12, 1918 ~ January 10, 2014

Our dear Father and Papa passed away on January 10, 2014 surrounded by loved ones.

After 95 years, Fran is now at peace, reunited with his cherished wife Joyce (1919-2012).

Fran was admired as a cheerful, loving, wise example to all. Born on the homestead in Valley Centre Sask. in 1918, he later trained at Normal School in Saskatoon. He taught in many small prairie schools, eventually bringing his young family to Penticton in 1948. He then taught at Pen High and at Argyle SS in North Vancouver, retiring back to Vernon and Kelowna communities in 1982.

Highly resourceful, Fran enriched his life with family and friends, music, poetry, gardening, travelling, faith and helping of others. His children, Karen Self (Brian), Doug Lacina (Nelma), Gwen Doi (Gary), his grandchildren, Rodger, Michael, Darren, Renee, Carolyn, Heather, and their families, will miss him deeply. The family thanks the Good Samaritan staff at Mountainview Village, Kelowna for their great kindness and caring over the past six years. Many thanks also to Fran’s church family for their unending friendship and support. To remember Fran, a memorial service will be held Thursday, January 16th, at 12:00 noon at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 696 Glenmore Rd, Kelowna, BC. Public viewing is at 11:00 and graveside service at 2:00 p.m. at Lakeview Memorial Gardens (2850 Dry Valley Road). Please make donations payable to Good Samaritan Canada. Condolences may be sent to the family through the guest book at www.valleyviewfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements entrusted to: Valleyview Funeral Home, Kelowna, BC 250-765-3147

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Farm Workers Fox Vineyard on Riddle Road, Penticton, is looking for an experienced vineyard worker (2yrs min.) for tying, thinning, diverse plant maintenance and more. This is for 6-8 months starting in March. $10.25/hr.

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Canadian Tire is looking for an experienced automotive technician for our successful service center.

Competitive compensation package offered to the right candidate.

Apply in person to: Rob Johnston 960 Railway Street Penticton or e-mail: ctautoservice@ hotmail.com Forestry - experienced processor operator needed in North Okanagan. Fax resume to 250-503-1148

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PART-TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR for Birthright of Penticton Centre. 6 mo. position but may lead into permanent P/T. Exec. Dir. manages the centre, coordinates & trains volunteers, provides clients w/support or referrals. Birthright info avail. at www.birthright.org. To obtain a job description or submit resume & cover letter, contact Jean at 250-770-1323, or email: allon733@hotmail.com or Nella at 250-493-8944.

Closing date Thurs.,Jan. 16

We are looking for an experienced Electrical/Estimator Manager to join our firm. The successful candidate must be skilled in electrical design, and be able to manage the day to day operations of a small to medium-sized firm, including dispatching, purchasing and cost accounting. Excellent benefit package including a vehicle.

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Peter’s Bros. Construction has positions open for Apprentice Mechanics & Shop Helpers with a mechanical background. Positions are also open for Experienced Paving Personnel. These are full-time positions with a full benefit package. Please pick up applications at 716 Okanagan Ave. E., Penticton, BC, V2A 3K6 between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

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Trades, Technical JM ELECTRICIAN- 3-4 yr apprentice wanted email resume: okelectricresumes@gmail.com RED SEAL LICENSED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN REQUIRED. Minimum 5 years experience. Must have experience in Automatic Trans. Diesel Engines, Electrical Diagnostics and Fuel Injection, and have C.V.I.P. Send resume with references to Sabyan Automotive in Oliver email: sabyan01@telus.net

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VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22 (VERNON) ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER School District No. 22 (Vernon) is inviting applications for the fulltime excluded position of Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, responsible for assisting the Secretary-Treasurer with the management of financial, payroll, accounting, purchasing, and information technology management for Vernon School District. We are seeking an experienced and accomplished business leader to take on this important and challenging role. Previous BC school district experience would be considered an asset. Start date is expected to be in April 2014.

A complete job description is available on the district website www. sd22.bc.ca. Follow the links to Human Resources, Opportunities, Administrative positions. Interested candidates are invited to submit their application, complete with resume, cover letter and three (3) professional references, with permission to contact each with confidence. Applications will be accepted until 4:00 PM on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. Interested applicants must apply electronically to: Lynn Jameson, Executive Assistant School District No. 22 (Vernon) 1401 - 15 Street Vernon, B.C. V1T 8S8 Email: ljameson@sd22.bc.ca While we appreciate all submitted applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Must have ref, coin laund, cable & hot H2O incl. Bach $525, 1bdr $700, 2bdr 750.

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Large 2bdrm, 1st floor, Penticton Ave., close to schools/transit, $750, call Dennis at Realty Exec’s (250)493-4372 Large 2 Bedroom, 3rd floor, $850/ month plus utilities, 40+ Building, 250-487-1136 Tiffany Gardens, 3140 Wilson, 2bdrm, no pets, $800/mo., (250)492-0413

800 SQ.FT suite in Summerland overlooking the lake, sun deck front and back fully furnished cable interenet air conditioned in an orchard setting $825/month suitable for retired single or couple. Email: karlos257@gmail.com

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Countertops REFACE Countertops.

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Garden & Lawn Valley Wide Lawn & Yard Care. Fully experienced fruit tree and landscape pruner.

Now booking 2014 lawn care packages. Mowing, power raking and aeration. NO charge fertilizer program, free estimates. Phone Gerald at 250493-5161. Serving Penticton to Osoyoos areas.

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Finish carpentry, concrete, framing , windows, doors, full kitchen/bath, basements, garages, tile, hardwood & laminate. No job too small, licensed & insured, Chris 250488-4147 HOME IMPROVEMENT, Addition, Renovation, Finishing and more, call Adolf, # 250809-4027

Moving & Storage U1ST - MOVING 2 ton. Prices starting at $65/hr. Call 250859-8362.

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Painting & Decorating HERE COME THE PAINTERS, 13 years experience, Interior/Exterior, 250-486-2331

Moving Sale; Craftsman 24” 2 stage power propeller snow blower, used very little, $800 new, asking $450 obo, electric fireplace & TV stand combo, $195, clean queen bed, $125, 2 night stands, $25 each, blanket box, $25, 5 drawer dresser, $75, (250)487-7522 STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or find us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca STEEL BUILDING. “The big year end clear out!” 20x22 $4,259. 25x24 $4,684. 30x34 $6,895. 35x36 $9,190. 40x48 $12,526. 47x70 $17,200. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. Wanted COLLECTOR looking to buy a coin collection. Also looking for coins, bars, medals, ingots from RC Mint, Franklin Mint, US Mint & others. Todd 250864-3521 I make house calls!

Inversion table. Call Wayne 250-497-6163 OK Falls Private Coin Collector Buying Collections, Estates, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins, Bills etc.

Confidential 250-499-0251

Real Estate For Sale By Owner

Duplex / 4 Plex Grnd fl, garden, 2bdrm. 6 appl, cat neg., NS, on bus route, central Penticton, $900/mo. +util., (water incl.), storage, 2 parking, avail. Feb. 1, call 250488-3340 or 250-493-3141 New very large 2bdrm, walk-in closet, 2.5ba, large garage, a/c, 6appl., on White at Government, $1300, Dennis at Realty Exec’s, (250)493-4372

Lots

By Owner 1 acre Okanagan Lake View Lot off Tronson Rd, serviced, secure w/private lake access. Offers. 250-275-1626

Recreational 35 FT Prairie Schooner 2004 RV with 3 slides in Yuma in great RV Park. $32,000 with everything included. Phone me for pics and all details 250490-8832 Florence

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Pets Hamster supplies wanted: cage, games, mazes, toys etc., free if possible, call 250486-0861 Wolf Hybrid Cubs. Available now. $1000 Sun Valley Wolf Kennels. Kelowna Go to: www.sunvalleywolfkennels.com or Call (250)-765-4996

Merchandise for Sale Firewood/Fuel A-1 Firewood, Full cords mixed, $250, Pine, $200, split & delivered, 1/2 cords and 1/4 cords avail., free delivery, 250-770-0827, 250-809-0127 eves.

1800 sqft. shop, o/h door w/office, free rent for January on 12 month rental agreement, $1800/mo., (250)490-6332 APPLE PLAZA, Prime Central location, 2300sqft. in busy plaza, ample parking, also 5821100 sqft. shared office space avail., call Barb 250-492-6319

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The purpose of the Economic Investment Zone (EIZ) Bylaw is to: 1. Stimulate and encourage the construction of new building and major renovations or existing buildings within the following areas: a. the Downtown Economic Investment Zone, b. the Industrial Economic Investment Zone, c. the Waterfront Economic Investment Zone, d. the Tourism, Sport & Culture Economic Investment Zone, and e. the Commercial/Industrial Economic Investment Zone; as well as 2. Encourage the timely introduction of key commercial and industrial land uses which will contribute particularly to the vibrancy, economic growth and live ability of each Investment Zone.

The EIZ Bylaw is intended to accomplish the Council’s objectives by: 1. Providing property tax relief for eligible construction within certain areas of the City, and 2. Providing special tax reductions for Key Land Uses within certain areas of the City.

Where a development is eligible for incentives under this Bylaw, the development shall be eligible for a property tax exemption on the value of eligible improvements for a maximum term of 5 years.

Where Key Land Uses are eligible for incentives under this Bylaw, the development shall be eligible for: 1. 100% of property taxes payable on land and eligible improvements, for a maximum term of 3 years; and 2. 100% of property taxes payable on the value of eligible improvements for a further term of up to 2 years.

The extent, amounts and maximum terms of the program are outlined in specific detail in the Bylaw.

DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC INVESTMENT ZONE BYLAW 2014-04

Pursuant to Section 227 of the Community Charter, the City of Penticton gives notice that Council proposes to adopt Downtown Economic Investment Zone Bylaw No. 2014-04 at its Regular Council Meeting scheduled for 6:00 p.m., Monday, January 20, 2014 at Penticton City Hall. This bylaw establishes a Revitalization Tax Exemption Program.

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The reasons for and objectives of the Revitalization Tax Exemption Program are to: 1. Stimulate and encourage the construction of new buildings and major renovations of existing buildings within the following areas: a. Downtown Core Economic Investment Zone, being those properties within the area shaded red on the map attached as Schedule “B” of the Bylaw; and b. Downtown Periphery Economic Investment Zone, being those properties within the area shaded orange on the map attached as Schedule “B” of the Bylaw; 2. Encourage downtown landowners to support the creation of valued infrastructure and amenities on City streets that are within the Downtown Core Economic Investment Zone and the Downtown Periphery Economic Investment Zone; 3. Encourage downtown landowners to support the creation of valued infrastructure and amenities in parks and public spaces which are those areas shown in green on the map attached as Schedule “B” of the Bylaw; 4. Encourage the timely introduction of key commercial and residential land uses which will contribute particularly to the vibrancy, economic growth and live ability of Downtown.

The Revitalization Tax Exemption Program is intended to accomplish Council’s objectives by: 1. Providing property tax relief for eligible construction within the Downtown; and 2. Withholding incentives for developments that are not critical to the revitalization of the Downtown.

The kinds of property that will be eligible for tax exemptions under the Revitalization Tax Exemption Program are: grocery stores, new multi-family residential units, new family-oriented multi-family units, cultural facilities, façade restorations, new commercial construction or renovations, temporary community amenities, greyfield redevelopment, brownfield redevelopment, valued infrastructure and amenities, office buildings, bakeries, butcher shops, hotels, heritage restoration and live-work units.

The extent, amounts and maximum terms of the tax incentives varies for each development.

Tax exemptions on land and improvements range from 0-100% of the municipal portion of a property’s taxes. The term of tax exemptions for land and improvements ranges from 0-20 years. The extent, amounts and maximum terms of the program are outlined in specific detail in Schedule A of the Bylaw.

The staff reports to Council and Bylaws 2014-03 and 2014-04 will be available for public inspection from Friday, January 10, 2014 to Monday, January 20, 2014 at the following locations during hours of operation: Penticton City Hall (171 Main Street), Penticton Library (785 Main Street), and the Penticton Community Centre (325 Power Street).

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T he C ommuniTy FoundaTion of the South Okanagan Similkameen is offering a free grant writing workshop in Penticton from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Ramada Inn. Learn the tips and tricks for successful grant writing.

Register by Jan. 14 at 250-493-9311 or by email at admin@cfso. net. A second workshop will be held in Oliver on Feb. 23.

T he P enTiCTon aCademy of Music String Orchestra rehearses from 7:15-8:45 p.m. in the lounge of the Leir House, 220 Manor Park Ave. New members welcome. Please call 250493-7977 for more info. n aramaTa T he SCoTTiSh Country Dance Club has classes at 7 p.m. Please bring softsoled shoes to wear for dancing. For more information call Davina at 250-487-1272. Classes are held Wednesdays through April from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Shatford Centre. Neither Scottish background nor a partner is required. okanagan FallS SeniorS’ Centre has music and coffee from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and carpet bowling at 1 p.m.

Summerland arT Club meets Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Summerland Library.

Painters of all levels welcome. Workshops available. Contact Mary at 250-494-5851 for info. b ereavemenT T he reSourCe Centre at 626 Martin St. hosts weekly drop-in grief support sessions Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. For more information on other available programs or support in the loss of a pet, please call 250-4901107.

FoSTer Care inFo sessions every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at MCFD Resource Office. For info call Moe at 250770-7524 or visit www. fosterbc.ca or www.mcf. gov.bc.ca/foster.

PenTiCTon duPliCaTe bridge Club holds weekly games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1 p.m. and the Under 100 Club Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Penticton library.

Call Birgitta at 250-7701154 for info. al-anon For FriendS and family of alcoholics at 7:30 p.m. at United Church, 696 Main St.

Call 250-490-9272 for info. oliver double o Quilters have drop-in activities Wednesdays.

Everyone welcome. bingo every WedneSday in the Legion hall with the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m.

Lunches are available.

SeniorS’ reCreaTion and Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Call Betty at 250-4900468 for more information. anaveTS haS humP Day with dinner by Stu at 5:30 p.m. and music by Shindigger at 6:30 p.m. kiWaniS Club haS a lunch meeting every Wednesday at noon at 390 Brunswick St. hand and FooT CanaSTa at 1 p.m. in the Penticton Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. Lessons available for those who have never played before. Call June evenings at 250-4927630 for info. alCoholiCS anonymouS haS Nooners meetings Monday to Friday noon at 352 Winnipeg St. Call service 24 hours is 250490-9216. Night group meets in the Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. at 1498 Government St. The Summerland group meets at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the basement.

65-PluS SingleS CoFFee Club meets at 10 a.m. at the Penticton Golf and Country Club. For info call 250-492-0459 or 250-770-1018.

SouTh main droP-in Centre has beginner line dance at 9 a.m., a coffee social and medical Qi Gong at 10 a.m., and easy to intermediate line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance activities.

The order oF St. Luke meets on the first and third Wednesdays in St. Saviours’ Church at noon for healing prayer.

S ouTh o kanagan and i mmigranT Community Services is offering free English classes. For more info, stop by the office at 508 Main St. or call 250492-6299.

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FiTneSS FriendS meeT at 10 a.m. in the Legion hall at 502 Martin St. Come get in shape. Call Dot at 250-492-5400.

SouTh main droPin Centre has Spanish

conversation and carpet bowl at 10 a.m., bingo, improver line dance and crafters meet at 1 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance activities. anaveTS have Fun pool at 7 p.m. and 269 dart club at 7:30 p.m.

F allS o kanagan SeniorS’ Centre has Scrabble at 10 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m. and crib at 7 p.m. elkS Club on Ellis Street has darts at 7 p.m.

All skill levels welcome.

ToPS b.C. 1640 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Bethel Church basement at 945 Main St. Phone Beverley at 250-493-5968 or Liz at 250-493-7997 for more info.

ToPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 523 Jermyn Ave. Call Merle at 250770-8093.

FraTernal order oF the Eagles has musical bingo at 7 p.m. All members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. a l C o h o l i C S nighT a nonymouS group meets at 8 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre. The Okanagan Falls group meets at 8 p.m. at 5328 Hawthorne St., and the men’s book study group runs at 7:30 p.m. at 102 1825 Main St. Vineyard Church. deSerT Sage SPinnerS and Weavers Guild meets at 10 a.m. at the Oliver Community Centre. Visitors are always welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member stop by or contact Gail Erickson at rgerickson@telus.net or 250-498-4959. al-anon For FriendS and family of alcoholics meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Summerland United Church. Call 250-4909272.

C anadian r oyal legion branch 40 has crib and drop-in eightball pool at 7 p.m. in the Legion hall at 502 Martin St. PeaCh CiTy ToaSTmaSTerS meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Penticton United Church. Toastmasters improves speaking abilities and leadership skills. Call 250-4922362 for info.

annual bridge tournament on Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Penticton United Church. Entry is $15 per person and includes a lunch. Pre-registration is necessary, call Lynn at 778-476-0609 by Jan. 15. You may register with a partner or individually. All proceeds benefit the Stephen Lewis Foundation, helping the African grandmothers to raise their orphaned grandchildren.

Friday SoCial danCe at South Main DropIn Centre, 2965 South Main St., Join us for music by Glory Days starting at 7:30 p.m. $6 per person, All welcome.

WinTer STory Time for preschoolers at the Keremeos Library, 638 7th Ave., runs from Jan. 17 through March 14

on Friday mornings from 11:15 a.m. until noon. No registration is required for this free program.

F allS o kanagan legion #227 has a meat draw at 5 p.m. oliver Senior CenTre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo with a loonie pot every Friday at 1 p.m.

C anadian r oyal legion branch 40 has daily lunches from Monday to Thursday, with fish and chips on Friday at 11:30 a.m.

Friday dinner at 4:30 p.m.

Summerland PleaSure PainTerS meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. New members and drop-ins are welcome. Contact Ruth at 494-7627 for info.

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HELPING PAWS — Relief supervisor Stephanie Salsnek (front) of the Penticton SPCA with (left to right) Judy Worth, Pat Shaver and Glory Sly of the Seniors Drop-in Centre line dancers who donated $700 to the SPCA they raised during an auction.

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AnAvets hAs kArAoke at 7 p.m. with Smartass Entertainment, Scotch doubles pool at 6:30 p.m. seniors singles lunch Club welcomes 65-plus each Friday. For loca-

tion call 250-496-5980 or 250-770-8622. elks club on Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m. b ereAvement t he resource Centre at 626 Martin St. hosts weekly

drop-in grief support sessions Fridays at 10:30 a.m. For more information on other available programs or support in the loss of a pet, please call 250-490-1107. skAting, food, hot drinks, music and fun.

Public skate at the SOEC in support of Penticton students going on a humanitarian trip to Tanzania. Admission for this fundraising event is $5 and includes a pair of rental skates.

890 Wing of South Okanagan Air Force Association meets at 4 p.m. in the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. t he f untimers bAllroom Dance Club holds a dance most Fridays upstairs at the Elks Club on Ellis Street. Ballroom and Latin American dancing is featured from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Non-members welcome. For more information visit www. pentictonfuntimers.org or call Brian 250-4927036.

Penticton seniors comPuter Club dropin sessions Monday and Friday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. People may sign up for memberships,

classes or have computer problems solved.

Lectures on Saturdays at 10 a.m. on computingrelated topics.

A l c o h o l i c s Anonymous hAs a group meet in Naramata at 8 p.m. at 3740 3rd St. in Community Church hall. In Summerland, the step study meeting is at 7:30 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. Friends Friday night at 6:30 p.m. at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. at Oasis United Church.

Al-Anon meets At the Oasis United Church at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. from 6 to 7 p.m. For info call 250-490-9272. eAgles hAve dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. and Karaoke at 7 p.m. okAnAgAn fAlls seniors’ Centre has music and coffee from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and crib at 1 p.m.

SATURDAY January 18

oliver senior centre, 5876 Airport St., has dancing to old-time music from 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. the house is rocking at Orchard House, 157 Orchard Ave. 1:30 to 5

p.m. Musicians can join host band the Yard Katz.

Everyone welcome.

Admission $5. Cash bar available. okAnAgAn fAlls legion #227 has a meat draw at 5 p.m. followed by Robbie Burns supper at 6.30 p.m. with haggis and entertainment by Rusty Copeland and the Summerland Pipe and Drum Band. Tickets are $12 and go fast, order by phone at 250-4978338 or pick them up at the bar.

AnAvets hAs fun pool at noon, dinner by Stu at 5:30 p.m. and entertainment by Shindigger at 6:30 p.m. 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. Entertainment from Flashback at 7 p.m. frAternAl order of Eagles have hamburgers and fries from noon to 4 p.m. Beaver races at 4 p.m. chArity bottle drive with all money going to the Penticton Regional Hospital pediatric ward, SPCA and Critteraid.

Drop off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at IGA on Government Street.

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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.

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UPCOMING EVENTS s outh o kAnAgAn Club n AturAlists ’ meets on Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Penticton United Church. Speaker Anne Kiefer will give a talk: A Camping Safari in Botswana. literAcy noW so-s is hosting a Plain Language Workshop in Penticton at the Wine Country Visitors Centre on Jan. 23 and in Oliver at the Okanagan College on Feb. 26. Both events run from 9 a.m. to noon.

Come and learn the skills to make your communications easy to read and understand. RSVP by Jan. 17 or Feb. 18. the nArAmAtA scottish Country Dancers are hosting a full-scale Robbie Burns supper at the Shatford Centre on

Jan. 25 with all the traditional ceremony, finery, speeches, and lively celtic entertainment, including dancing by Naramata Scottish Country Dancers and local highland dancers, traditional songs by a quartet of singers and instrumental music from pianist Kristi Lind and violinist Elizabeth Lupton. the greAt gAtsby Party, A Roaring 20s party on board the SS Sicamous paddlewheeler on Jan. 25. Dress up, drink fine wines and dance the Charleston (with the Penticton School of Dance!). Nibble on appetizers inspired by the era, and listen to electro-swing, from DJ Captain K. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30, and are available from Cannery Brewery, the Grooveyard, and from www.SSSicamous. ca.

Penticton lions texAs Hold’em Charity Poker Tournament on Jan. 26 at The Copper Mug, 1301 Main St. Tickets are $60, and the prize pool is 60 per cent of ticket sales. Tournament starts at 1 p.m. and runs till about 6 p.m.

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