Kelowna Capital News, February 25, 2014

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Pink shirt day focus is to stop bullying Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER

If you happen to be in downtown Kelowna Wednesday afternoon, you may notice a wave of pink shirted people walk by.

The inaugural pink shirt day walk is being put on by the Okanagan Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs to raise awareness of bullying.

According to Richelle Lawrence, events coordinator with the Okanagan Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, pink shirt day originated in Nova Scotia after a high school student was bullied and harassed for wearing a pink shirt to school.

Two young men purchased 50 pink shirts from a discount store and enlisted fellow students to wear them at school in support of the bullied student.

For six years, the Okanagan Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs have been getting local businesses, schools and politicians to participate in pink shirt day. This is the first year the organization has incorporated the walk as well.

“I certainly think that it’s grown in its scope, as See Bullying A4

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FELINE FRIEND…Nishat Tasnim, an international student from Bangladesh, volunteers each year during UBC Okanagan’s Days of Caring program which

runs during Reading Week. This year, she’s helping out at the Kelowna SPCA. See story on A5.

▼ KELOWNA

Council says no to growing licensed pot on farms Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR

As expected, Kelowna city council has made its first move to restrict new federally licensed medical marijuana growing operations to industrial land.

Council voted to give initial acceptance to a recommendation from city staff Monday after being told three areas of industrial land—those zoned for general industrial (I-2 zone), heavy industrial (I-3 zone) and

central industrial (I-4 zone)— are more suitable for the type of operations Ottawa is now licensing than farmland would be.

City staff said they considered allowing the new operations in the I-1 zone but felt that could create too many conflicts as the I-1 zones allows for light industrial that is often located too close to residential areas.

While the federal government has already started to

shut down previously licensed home medical marijuana growing operations, it is not known exactly how it will proceed with the new commercial operations that will be allowed after April 1.

The federal changes started to take place last July and will be fully implemented as of April 1.

But while council agreed the new, larger commercial operations would be better suited to industrial areas—where the in-

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Council was told the RCMP and city bylaw officials are currently putting together a plan but Heath Canada has not told the city where all the licensed home operations are located.

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Coun. Maxine DeHart was more blunt in here summation of the problem.“I don’t know it (Health Canada) thought this through. “It’s really appalling.”

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▼ POLITICS

Premier: B.C has climbed out of a fiscal hole Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR

B.C. Premier Christy Clark says the government’s latest budget shows it has now dug itself out of the “fiscal hole” the province found itself in after losing $2 billion in revenues in 2009 as a result of the world financial crisis.

Earlier this week her finance minister, Mike DeJong, delivered the province’s second balanced budget in a row, prompting Clark to boast her government’s decision to cut spending instead of raising taxes was obviously the right way go.

Speaking to an audience of about 300 at a Kelowna Chamber of Commerce lunch on Friday, Clark said one of the biggest focuses of spending reduction for her government was to not give public sector employees any more money.

And she hailed labour contract negotiations with unions representing more than 70,000 public sector workers that were concluded without wage increases as key to that success.

Clark publicly thanked the workers for accepting the deals, noting the government has now made them “partners” in B.C.’s success by offering in-

creases in future if the province exceeds its economic growth targets.

“We did it slowly, we did it deliberately and we did it carefully but we were determined to spend less,” Clark told her audience.

While touting the province as one of only two in Canada with balanced budgets (the other being Saskatchewan), Clark said she believes that economic recovery had to start with balancing the budget.

But she noted the length of time it has taken to achieve that.

The budget predicts growing surpluses in each of the next three years.

But while Clark predictably touted her government’s latest budget, she also returned to familiar territory in pressing for support of the liquified natural gas industry that she wants to build up in B.C. She said even if B.C. is only successful in attracting one of the 12 LNG projects currently up for grabs, it will pay huge dividends for the entire province.

More than 100,000 jobs will be created by the arrival of LNG, she said, and she wants them to go to British Columbians.

But to be ready, the premier said the province

Clark finds a home in her riding Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR

ALISTAIR WATERS/CAPITAL NEWS

PREMIER Christy Clark, the MLA for the Westside-Kelowna riding, speaks to the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce luncheon crowd last Friday about the state of B.C.’s provincial economy. must improve its trades training.

“And to do that we need programs that people use rather than what’s offered at post-secondary institutions—programs that people don’t use.”

Later she clarified her remarks saying it was not

a swipe at universities because in many cases, the training people who will work in the LNG industry will need, such as engineers, will be offered through universities.

But she also pointed to other programs offered in university, such as teach-

ing, saying 30 per cent more teachers are trained in this province than there are jobs for.

In recent years, the province has provided more funding for trades training programs and program infrastructure, such as a major expansion

at Okanagan College.

According to Clark that is an example of Victoria spending public money better given the type of jobs that will be available here in future. awaters@kelownacapnews.com

Premier Christy Clark says she is close to finalizing a deal for a home in her Westside-Kelowna riding.

“I have found a residence,” Clark confirmed Friday. “I’m thrilled.”

Clark, who is believed to have been renting here since being elected MLA in a by-election last July, has said in the past she wanted to find a home in the riding to go along with the one she already has in Vancouver.

As a local MLA and B.C.’s premier, Clark has to split her time between the riding, Vancouver and Victoria, as well as across the province and abroad to foreign countries.

On Friday neither Clark nor her staff wov ld divulge exactly where she will be living, citing security concerns.

But it was confirmed her new home is located in West Kelowna.

Declining to discuss details of her impending acquisition, she described the home as “beautiful,” with all the best this area has to offer included.

▼ FATALITY

Kelowna driver facing charges stemming from accident that killed a pedestrian Chris Bryan CONTRIBUTOR

A Kelowna man faces traffic charges in relation to the death of Gemma Snowball at the intersection of Sixth and Sixth in New Westminster last March.

Ryan Follack, 29, has been charged with Motor Vehicle Act offenses of driving without due care and driving without reasonable consideration.

The charges were approved by

Crown counsel last Friday Feb. 21.

Snowball, 25, was heading home from work at Royal City Centre Safeway on March 11, 2013 when she was hit by a vehicle as she was walking across the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Sixth Street at about 10:30 p.m. The driver remained at the scene.

She was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital but died two days later, with her family donating her organs for transplant.

Last year, Snowball’s mother

expressed frustration with the lack of information, and the delay of having any charges laid in this case.

“At the moment Gemma’s family is in limbo—we do not have the full details of how and why she died—we know the basics but that is all,” said Margaret in an email to the New Westminster News Leader, sister newspaper to the Capital News.

The first scheduled court appearance for Follack is scheduled for March 26 in New Westminster.

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▼ BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CLUBS

▼ KELOWNA

Downtown walk targets bullying

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Bullying from A1

far as people recognizing it,” said Lawrence.

“I think there is still room to grow, obviously, because (bullying) hasn’t stopped.”

The events coordinator said the walk was added this year to increase awareness and get people in the community talking.

“We don’t know what to expect, this is the first time we’ve done the

walk,” Lawrence said.

“We’ve invited everybody who has purchased shirts to come out…we’re hoping there will be lots.”

Through the proceeds of shirt sales, the Okanagan Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs are able to provide ongoing programs that foster self esteem, social engagement, academic success and connection to the community.

“At boys’ and girls’ clubs, we know that vic-

tims of bullying, witnesses of bullying and bullies themselves all experience the very real and longterm negative impacts of bullying regardless of its forms: Physical, verbal, written or online.

“We also know there are constructive and supportive ways to help children and youth develop skills to prevent bullying and to thrive.

“We know that by developing those skills in a

supportive environment, the emotional and psychological scars from bullying that haunt and shape people’s futures can be avoided.”

Wednesday’s walk takes place at 3 p.m., beginning at the Okanagan Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs downtown youth centre, 1633 Richter St., and ending at the Sails. wpaterson @kelownacapnews.com Twitter: @PatersonWade

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To date only eight of the new commercial licences have been approved— five in Ontario, one in Saskatchewan and two in B.C. The B.C. licenses are in Maple Ridge and on Vancouver Island.

Kelowna city clerk Stephen Fleming said its unclear if any will be approved for this city.

Despite that, he said, City Hall has heard from about 20 potential applicants, some more serious than others.

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▼ DAYS OF CARING

UBCO students use Reading Week time to volunteer for community groups

For many university students each year, Reading Week is a welcome interlude.

It’s a time to catch up on lecture notes or assignments, see old friends, or simply veg out at home.

Some opt for ski trips and others head south to vacation hot spots, to get away from it all.

But for many UBC Okanagan students, Reading Week—which ran from Feb. 17 to 21—is a chance to get involved in community initiatives, collaborating with both the young and the old, and in some cases, the fourlegged kind.

Nishat Tasnim, an international student from Bangladesh who lives on the UBC Okanagan campus, is one of many students who participated in the Days of Caring Community Service Learning program last week.

She volunteered at Ke-

lowna’s SPCA—helping to build condos for the shelter’s adoptable cats.

“I was thrilled when I was asked to participate at the SPCA,” said Tasnim.

“I have always wanted to volunteer there but could not fit it into my schedule. And I do love cats. We’ve had 11 cats at one point in our house.

“It was a bit crazy, but we loved our pets.

I’ve missed having pets around since coming to university.”

This is Tasnim’s third year volunteering during Reading Week and she says her volunteer experiences have helped her learn how to paint large walls, help at registration booths, ask for donations, prepare food, organize inventory, and mentor middle school students.

She’s thrilled to be able to find some spare time to help out the community around her, and

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while it may sound corny, she openly admits, giving her time to help others is simple payback for the great things going on in her own life.

“I volunteer to fill my heart with joy and hear stories, and feel inspired by all the good things that are taking place in our community,” she added.

“Reading break pro-

jects make me very happy and I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

Phil Bond, community service learning program manager at UBC Okanagan, says the popularity of the program has grown phenomenally in three years.

He’s happy to help match students with volunteer opportunities.

When Days of Caring Reading Week started three years ago, he had a hard time filling the volunteer positions. This year, students are on a waiting list.

“Our students are hungry for opportunities to engage with the community, but also to connect with each other,” said Bond. “Volunteering during Days of Caring provides so many benefits for the students, whether it’s learning how to work as a team, or leading a project for the first time.”

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another purpose in the midst of renovating a heritage home on Lawrence Avenue. Suzette Sandrin found several old copies of the Capital News, which date back to between 1942 and 1944, under the floor boards of the house, which she says were apparently used to eliminate creeks in the flooring. The house Sandrin and her husband are renovating was built in 1907 and is listed as a heritage house, the childhood home of the Ritchie brothers, who grew up in Kelowna and went on to establish a worldwide auction business empire. Sandrin had previously operated her spa business, Heaven On Earth, for 10 years out of the house before the business moved to Towne Centre Mall and she eventually sold it. The Sandrins, who live in West Kelowna, are in the midst of a four-month renovation of the house, and plan to move into it as their permanent residence upon completion. Besides the Capital News copies, many other old artifacts have been uncovered from under floorboards and behind walls including a Life magazine dating back to 1950, old copies of newspaper publications the Family Herald & Weekly Star and Free Press Prairie Farmer dating back to the 1940s, a small drawer that included a porcelain matchbox with matches, bottle opener, a gold-plated compact box and an empty beer bottle. The renovation project started in January and the Sandrins hope to be moving into the house by April.

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Final phase of Bernard revitalization starts March 3 Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR

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The final phase of the $14-million revitalization project on Kelowna’s main downtown street, Bernard Avenue, will get underway on Monday, March 3.

The work will take place on Bernard between Ellis and Pandosy streets.

“This Bernard Avenue project has really led the way in the revitalization of our downtown,” said Bill Berry, director of design and construction services.

“We’re starting to see the beginning of a lot of really exciting developments and plans that will make downtown a hub for the community.”

As was the case during the three previous phases of work, during construction it will be business as usual for the restaurants, retail outlets and shops along Bernard Avenue. Walkways and access to businesses will be maintained.

“We’ve had successes as well as challenges in the delivery of this project but in the end hope we have met the expectation of residents and the business community,” said Berry. “I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say we can’t wait to see the finished product.”

Completion of the project was delayed for several months due to the lockout of FortisBC employees by management during a lengthy labour dispute.

Part of the underground services work required on the revitalization project had to be done by the Fortis workers but they

were not available.

The contractor doing the work on the project made such good time during the first two phases that the city had expected to have the entire project wrapped up by now. But when the Fortis labour dispute dragged on, the city split the third and final phase of work in two, completing the first part before Christmas.

The new schedule is actually a return to the original timeframe expected for completion. The Bernard Avenue improvements will see four lanes narrowed into two lanes with a centre turning lane, expanded outdoor retail and cafe space, wider sidewalks for pedestrians, street furniture, intersection plazas, landscaping and replacement of utilities.

The existing trees along the road were evaluated before the project started but removal was necessary because of their declining health and the need to improve sidewalk drainage and pedestrian circulation.

New trees—skyline honey locusts— were planted and are more appropriate for urban settings, say the city. A total of 140 new trees will be planted along Bernard Avenue as part of the project. The city says about 70 trees either have been, or will be removed.

Final paving, finishing work and permanent road markings of the third phase—between St. Paul and Ellis—will take place this spring with completion of the final phase scheduled for June.

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▼ CANCER SOCIETY

Daffodil Month donation Construction to begin on West appealing for volunteers Kelowna transit exchanges The Canadian Cancer Society urges British Columbians to join its team during April—Daffodil Month—a crucial fundraising time for the organization.

“Every three minutes a Canadian hears the words ‘You have cancer,’” said Randene Wejr, director, Canadian Cancer Society, Southern Interior.

“By volunteering this April you’ll be a part of a team working to change cancer forever so that fewer Canadians are diagnosed with the disease, and more survive.”

Volunteers are needed now, more than ever. Current statistics show that the number of new cancer cases continues to rise steadily as the Canadian population grows and ages.

Almost half of all Canadians are expected to develop cancer in their lifetimes and it is the leading cause of death in this country. In B.C. in 2013, about 23,700 new cases of cancer were reported.

While these statistics are sobering, the Society has contributed to making progress against cancer.

Today, over 60 per cent of Canadians diagnosed with cancer will survive at least five years after their diagnosis. In the 1940s survival was about 25 per cent.

“We’re at a point where we can see the difference our efforts are making,” said Wejr. “By volunteering for the society you’ll be helping to build a future where Canadians will no longer fear the word cancer, but we need your help to make it a reality.”

The society has an urgent need for more volunteers to sell the daffodil pins.

These volunteers will work in communities across B.C. during April to re-

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mind us all to buy and wear a pin to show support for those fighting cancer.

“The daffodil pin is a bright and hopeful emblem that says we’re all in this together and we won’t give up until all forms of the disease are defeated.”

Volunteering to sell the pins requires only three or four hours of your time during April—a small contribution of your time can make a big difference.

Other volunteer opportunities during Daffodil Month include canvassing door to door, selling daffodils and organizing special events.

Volunteering is a great opportunity for you to make a positive impact in your community, meet new people, be part of a dynamic team and learn new skills.

If you’re interested in volunteering for the Canadian Cancer Society please call Tessa at 250-762-6381 or go to cancer.ca and click “Join the Fight.”

By volunteering during Daffodil Month you’ll be helping the society raise funds so it can continue to fight cancer by: • Funding excellent cancer research • Providing information and delivering support programs and services to prevent cancer and to support people living with cancer, their families and caregivers • Advocating on behalf of Canadians on important health and cancer issues.

The Canadian Cancer Society fights cancer by doing everything it can to prevent cancer, save lives and support people living with cancer. When you want to know more about cancer, visit cancer.ca or call the toll-free bilingual Cancer Information Service at 1-888939-3333.

Construction will soon begin on the Westbank and Boucherie Mountain RapidBus transit exchanges in West Kelowna.

Portions of Elliott Road and Westgate Road will be closed for several months during the project.

Two RapidBus exchanges are being built in West Kelowna as part of the Kelowna RapidBus project. The Westbank exchange will be constructed on Elliott Road, between Main Street (Highway 97 South) and Dobbin Road (Highway 97 North).

The Boucherie Mountain exchange will be located on the western end of Westgate Road.

Beginning Friday, Feb. 28, Elliott Road, from Main Street to Dobbin Road, will be closed to vehicle traffic. Motorists are advised to use Hebert Road, Old Okanagan Highway or Brown Road (south of Main Street) to avoid this section of Elliott.

Also beginning Feb. 28, Westgate Road will be closed from Ross Road to the access to the Super 8 Motel. Motorists can access homes and business-

es via Cameron Road and Brentwood Road.

Construction on both exchanges is expected to be substantially complete by the beginning of July 2014. Pedestrian accessibility through the con-

struction zones will be maintained, as well as access to local businesses.

Signage will be placed around construction zones indicating road closures and detours.

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Kelowna thanks the travelling public for their patience during this construction project.

Find out more about transit service in West Kelowna at districtofwestkelowna.ca.

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MARCH 3 TO 7 | EVERYONE INVITED MONDAY DR. JIM (JAMES) HOGG Is there life on other planets?

7 p.m. | Rotary Centre for the Arts, 421 Cawston Ave., Kelowna A world leader in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease research, Dr. Hogg presents an intriguing talk on the adverse effects of atmospheric and personal air pollution.

Free registration: istherelifeonotherplanets.eventbrite.ca We gratefully acknowledge Manteo Resort Waterfront Hotel and Villas for providing accommodations for the speaker.

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TUESDAY

Herb is the Verb | 11:10 to 11:45 a.m.

A Twitter performance-poem by students that explores properties of plants and language.

Celebration of FCCS Authors and Books | 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Brief presentations by the faculty’s authors, along with a wine and cheese social.

School District 23 Science Fair | 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Students in Grades 6 to 12 interpret their science displays for judges and viewers.

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School District 23 Science Fair | 9 to 11:30 a.m.

K to Grade 5 join senior grades for Day 2 of the fair. Award presentations at 2:30 p.m.

Measuring Innovation in the Teaching Practice | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

EECO Story Time takes place each Tuesday morning for 3-5 year-olds until March 11 at 10 a.m., in the Environmental Education Centre located in Mission Creek Regional Park.

The free one-hour drop-in program features nature-themed stories and songs followed by an art or craft project. For more information call the EECO at 250469-6140.

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A faculty showcase of research in the field of The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) | 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Graduate student finalists have 3 minutes and 1 slide to present their research to judges.

Interdisciplinary Health Conference | 7 p.m.

Student poster presentations of research and public health initiatives, and reception.

THURSDAY

Quality of Life When There is Advanced Illness | 5 to 7 p.m.

IN KELOWNA: A moderated discussion with university experts and a patient’s perspective.

Free registration: qualitycafe.eventbrite.ca

Modelling Research as a Habit | 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

A brief showcase of the varied paths this research takes, along with wine and cheese.

FRIDAY

Quality of Life When There is Advanced Illness | 10 a.m. to Noon IN VERNON: A moderated discussion with university experts and a patient’s perspective.

Free registration: qualitycafe2.eventbrite.ca

Connections: A Digital Media Reception | Noon to 1:30 p.m.

A showcase of new digital media work by FCCS researchers.

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Order, Passion, Becoming | Open during Alternator Centre hours An exhibition that bridges two ideas: that of cultural mosaic and ecological health.

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NEWS B.C. SPCA’s Dr. Bettina Bobsien, an equine veterinary specialist.

Bobsien will provide information on Canada’s new code of practice for the care and handling of equines, which was recently updated and strengthened.

Topics will include nutrition, health management, breeding, housing,

humane training and other requirements and recommendations included under the new code.

Bobsien will also provide information on the SPCA’s approach to preventing and addressing situations of horse abuse and neglect.

Horse Council BC representatives will also be on hand to provide

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Also, all information relating to this project will be posted on the City’s website at kelowna.ca/cityprojects under the “Police Services Project” page. kelowna.ca/cityprojects

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Alternative Approval Process (AAP) elector response forms will be accepted only if they are in the form established by the City of Kelowna. The forms are available at the Office of the City Clerk at City Hall, Parkinson Recreation Centre at 1800 Parkinson Way and the City’s website, kelowna.ca starting on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Regardless of the location from which the form was obtained, the elector response forms must be submitted to the City Clerk at the following address:

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The City of Kelowna wishes to proceed with adoption of Bylaw No. 10900, being the Kelowna Police Services Building Loan Authorization Bylaw, authorizing the borrowing of Forty-Two Million, Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars ($42, 384, 000.00) for the construction of a new Police Services Building and related project work.

Animals Act. The SPCA encourages all horse owners to read the new Code of Practice thoroughly and to take advantage of the workshop.

Those interested can register online at spca. bc.ca/equine or request additional information by calling toll-free 1-800665-1868.

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keeping in Canada and goes back to the science to tell us what is in the best interest of the animals.”

The original Equine Code was written in 1998 and it had about 25 “should” statements. The new code has about 75 requirements—minimum standards of care that are enforceable under B.C.’s Prevention of Cruelty to

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“The new Equine Code is an excellent educational tool to help both new and experienced horse owners understand the new minimum standards of care for horses,” said Dr. Bobsien. “It does away with all the myths and opinions about horse-

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The workshop will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. at the SPCA animal shelter, 3785 Casorso Rd. The event features the

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Dog licensing deadline for dog owners is Feb. 28 Dog owners across the Central Okanagan have until Friday (Feb. 28) to renew licences for their dogs if they want to avoid paying a late fee.

Dog licenses cost $20 for a pet that’s been spayed or neutered and $60 for a pet that has not been spayed or neutered.

As of March 1, a $20 late fee will be added to the cost of all renewals say regional district officials.

Under current bylaws, all dogs must be licensed in the Central Okanagan.

Licensing fees help fund dog control services and pound operations and an annual $67,000 grant to the Kelowna SPCA branch for dog adoptions, its spay and neutering and education programs.

CORD communications officer Bruce Smith said that in spite of their owners best efforts, accidents do happen and dogs can get away.

“If a dog is wearing a license tag when it’s found and reported to regional dog control, our staff can easily reunite the family by making a few phone calls, saving a trip to the pound.”

The owners of dogs found not licensed are subject to a $300 fine.

Smith said if a dog does run off, owners should contact the regional dog pound as quickly as possible. The regional dog bylaw requires a dog be held at the pound for a minimum of 72 hours.

Dog licenses can be renewed online or in person at any local government office in the Central Okanagan and at the North Westside Fire Hall.

Locations and more information are available in the dog section of the regional district’s website at regionaldistrict. com/dogs.

▼ FILM FESTIVAL

Documentaries get screened A landmark on Kelowna’s cultural landscape for well over a decade is returning in March.

The Traveling World Community Film Festival will feature a selection of the best in vital new documentaries on a wide range of global social justice topics.

The majority of this year’s 30 films will screen at Okanagan College on Saturday, March 8, and Sunday, March 9.

Special screenings will take place March 5 and 7 at UBC Okanagan and at the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society on March 6.

Descriptions, maps, schedule details and links to film trailers can all be found at the festival site www.worldfilmfestkelowna.net.

Though the many inspiring, educational and sometimes disturbing films are the focus, the film festival organizers want it to be more than just sitting and watching.

Because of its cooperative nature, the pursuit of knowledge cannot be disentangled from a sense of community, where each participant acquires the ability to listen to different points of view, weigh their respective merits, and synthesize the best aspects of each view into a more sophisticated vision.

To this end an “activist arena” will be set up at Okanagan College on the Saturday and Sunday in the Student Centre Pit, where community groups can distribute their literature, make their causes known, and talk with filmgoers about films that tie-

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in with their areas of concern.

A children’s creative activity area will be provided nearby.

Another community convergence is the popular “Seedy Saturday” seed swap/sale, which will be running from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 8 in the

▼ KELOWNAY FUNDRAISER

FlowRiding to help local families The YMCA Strong Kids Megathon takes place on Saturday.

Mike Brodie and his two sons Morgan, 15, and Loklin, 10, are busy preparing for H20’s FlowRider Competition, which is part of the Y’s fundraiser to support local families in need.

As passionate and dedicated flow-boarders with nearly six months experience, the Brodie family drives from West Kelowna three to four times per week to practice their tricks and carves at H2O. Not only are they developing their core strength, balance, endurance, muscle mass and an arsenal of tricks in an extreme sport, Mike says they have grown closer as a family and have de-

Okanagan College “E” building atrium.

Continuing the festival’s “education is a right” policy, again this year admission to the festival is free of charge.

Donations will be accepted for the both the Kilow-na Friendship Society and Inn from the Cold.

veloped communication skills at the same time.

This is due to the competitive yet supportive nature of the FlowRider culture where, in his words, “everyone wants to see you succeed.”

Advanced riders helping and guiding more novice riders is a common sight at H20, where everyone’s goal is having fun and becoming a better rider.

This is only one of the many reasons Mike brings his kids to the FlowRider each week. Socializing, teaching one-another and getting feedback at the ‘Flow’ brings people of all ages and abilities together.

Come join Mike and his family at the H20 Adventure & Fitness Centre Saturday, March 1, from 1 to 5 p.m., for the Megath-

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THE BRODIE family—Mike, Loklin and Morgan Brodie— are passionate about flow-boarding and helping out the KelownaY’s Strong Kids initiative. on FlowRider Competition.

There will be tons of prizes, a live DJ courtesy of Airwaves Dj’s and musicians, snacks and fun

for everyone.

Visit the website www.ymcaokanagan.ca/ events-2/megathon/ to register for the competition.

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RENEW your Dog License before February 28th A $20 late fee is added to all renewals starting March 1st Licenses cost $20 for spayed/neutered dogs, $60 if not Take your renewal notice to any of these outlets or visit regionaldistrict.com/dogs for more locations.

In Kelowna visit: City of Kelowna Regional District of S.P.C.A. 1435 Water St. Central Okanagan 3785 Casorso Rd. 1450 K.L.O. Rd. Regional Dog Pound 890 Weddell Place All dogs in the Central Okanagan must be licensed or owners will face a $300 fine.

For more licensing options visit regionaldistrict.com/dogs or call your Dog Control Service at 250-469-6284.

Regional District News 1450 K.L.O. Road, Kelowna, B.C. V1W 3Z4 • 763-4918 • Fax 763-0606 • www.regionaldistrict.com

Financial Plan PreParation The Regional District of Central Okanagan is preparing its 2014 – 2018 Financial Plan.

The Governance and Services Committee will hold preliminary budget review meetings on Thursday, February 27th at 8:30am and Thursday, March 13th following the 8:30am meetings of the Committee and Regional Board to consider the fiveyear Financial Plan. Both meetings are open to the public in the Woodhaven Board Room, 1450 KLO Road in Kelowna.

In accordance with the Local Government Act, the Regional Board will hold a Special Public Budget meeting on Friday, March 28th, 2014 at 9:00 am for consideration and final adoption of the 2014 – 2018 Financial Pan.

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he 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics came to a close on Sunday, marking the end of our interest in sports like bobsledding, cross country skiing and the biathlon for another four years.

The performance of Canada’s athletes was nothing short of stellar. How far we have come in the past decade as a Winter Olympic medal contending country is the end result of our focus to simply be better than we have been.

That has meant an insur-

gence of money, from government and the corporate sector, to pay for the dedicated training required by our athletes, and a desire to win. It ultimately shouldn’t matter if we win gold or not, and we should never make Canadian athletes ever feel compelled to apologize for falling short of their medal winning aspirations in the heat of competition.

But there is nothing wrong with striving to be the best.

There is more to the athletic heart of our country other than

hockey players and curlers.

And speaking of hockey, there undoubtedly had to be some chest pumping going on around the Kelowna Rockets headquarters the past two weeks as three former Rockets were key components of Canada’s men’s gold medal winning hockey team—Shea Weber, Duncan Keith and Jamie Benn.

On a line-up full of stars from top to bottom, all three elevated their games to an even higher level. But in the end, the Olympics continue to be all

about money. t All that public relations blabber from the International a Olympic Committee about cele-2 brating the spirit of competition r isn’t worth the paper it is printed a on. The sad part is that still does a still hold meaning for the Win- b ter Olympic athletes who don’t S play hockey, curl or ski. n Russia reportedly spent $51 a billion to host the Sochi Olym- b T pics, an obscene amount of money for any country to spend as an Olympics host, but you won’t hear the IOC complain.

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limited-entry hunts for deer and other animals, only about a third of those hunts are successful in an average year.

The rally was sponTom sored by the CoastFletcher al First Nations Great Bear Initiative, the partnership with U.S.directed environment groups Sierra Club, Greenpeace and ForestEthics that has become so influential in B.C. affairs. It produced a survey showing that 88 per cent of B.C. residents oppose trophy hunting, and its California experts calculate a 10fold increase in value when bear hunting gives way to bear watching.

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ety has bought up half a dozen guiding territories on the remote B.C. coast. Combined with government restrictions, more than half the coast is now off limits to bear hunting. Naturally, activists want the whole province shut down.

Wildlife management is the responsibility of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson. He’s heard plenty from all sides and he maintains that bear watching and bear hunting will continue to coexist in B.C. Thomson has just introduced legislation to permit hunting guide territories to be operated by corporations as well as individuals. This is a long-sought change, allowing First Nations companies and others access to bank loans to expand the industry.

Non-resident hunters are required to hire a licensed guide-outfitter. Resident hunters pay $32 for a one-year hunting licence and $80 for a grizzly bear tag. Non-Canadians pay $180 for the licence and $1,030 for a chance at a grizzly.

Hunting in general is making a comeback in B.C. Ministry data show hunting licenses had declined to 85,633 in 2006, but recovered to reach 97,828 by 2013.

Thomson credits the work of the B.C. Wildlife Federation, which runs hunter training courses. Another program, Becoming an Outdoor Woman, has helped revive hunting and camping as a family activity, he said.

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The reopening of grizzly bear territories is marketed to urban residents as a horrible crime against nature.

In fact, it’s a sign of increasing population.

Problems in B.C. wildlife these days include the fragile mountain caribou herds of the Kootenays, I which have been subject to intensive l management including relocation of p animals.

The ministry has also begun a c five-year study of declining moose g populations across a vast area of the j t See Fletcher A11l

Grizzly hunt isn’t going away any time soon

A little-noticed protest tent sprouted up on the rain-soaked B.C. legislature grounds earlier this month.

Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver spoke, asking whether B.C. residents would tolerate trophy hunting of killer whales. That would be a federal matter, but the point is vividly made about the onset of B.C.’s traditional spring grizzly bear hunt.

It’s bigger this year, with Kootenay and Chilcotin wildlife management regions reopened after closures were enacted to preserve grizzly populations. In all, more than 1,000 grizzly bears are up for grabs. As with

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Charrette works to gag the public’s voice

To the editor: Re: Pandosy waterfront land charade In 2011, there was a public hearing on the waterfront land along Cedar Avenue and Abbott Street. Citizens from across the city crammed Kelowna city council chambers demanding that all of their precious waterfront land be kept for a park. The council of the day listened and turned down the foolish idea of selling most of it for commercial and residential development.

Despite this, the city is carrying on its agenda with a charrette on Feb. 25 and Feb. -26 to make decisions on using the land. Charrettes are usually slanted to favour the city’s agendas as well as the chamber of commerce and developers, etc.

These scheduled charrettes are a charade because the four waterfront lots along Walnut Street and the two city-owned lots east of Walnut Street are omitted. Also, citizens that want all the lakeshore property for park only, won’t be allowed to be represented at the charrettes.

The media and public aren’t allowed to wit-

ness the event.

Why all this closed-door discrimination and sneaky secrecy?

Why not simply have a public referendum to decide the waterfront land issues during the civic election this fall at minimal costs? The city doesn’t want real democracy because this forces it to do what the people want.

Our waterfront land is a rare beautiful gift of nature, best used as a park haven to uplift the souls of citizens and future generations. It is scarce. As the population multiplies, people will need more waterfront parks with sandy beach; not less. Already, there has been too much public waterfront land sold off and wrecked by commercial and residential buildings.

Why sell-off and wreck more rare public waterfront? There is plenty of land for commercial and residential development along the east side of Abbott and Walnut Street over to Pandosy Street and Lakeshore Road. Why not use the city-owned properties east of Walnut Street on Meikle and adjacent properties for

commercial development?

Many parks are created without development on site. Citizens, don’t believe the city’s phony story that development is needed to recover costs of the land and to create the park.

The cost of benches and grass seed is small.

The city bought the properties at bargain prices and the rents were steadily increased. If the land isn’t paid off by now, then something is haywire at city hall. Has the park fund and land reserve account vanished? Do we need a judicial inquiry?

The Mission Creek Greenway was built with donations from the public and service clubs, etc. So, why not do the same for our waterfront park? If the city can waste $800,000 on the silly iconic outhouse in City Park and on the obscene $250,000 salary for the city manager, then it can afford the park.

Citizens; send your concerns to Strategic Land Manager, Graham Hood ghood@kelowna.ca, phone 250-469-8469, fax 250-8623349, or to the mayor and councillors.

Robert Cichocki, Kelowna

Info gathering only allows for pro-city bias To the editor: Cedar Avenue Park, now arbitrarily renamed Pandosy Waterfront, even though Pandosy is one city street away from the waterfront, is the focus of much discussion locally.

Land that was purchased over many years with the intention of creating a new park in the South Pandosy district, is now under threat by those who believe that this should not be park for all the citizens of Kelowna, already paid for by all Kelowna taxpayers, but rather an area of mixed development with a public walkway through the land. The land in question is located in a cosy cove, teeming with wildlife, and offers many possibilities within the parkland concept.

City Hall is currently engaged in a process to gather information regarding what Kelowna citizens want, but the process is clearly flawed.

Their main tool for information is Mindmixer, a social media research tool, where one is invited to start a “conversation” or “share ideas” with others.

When presented with a photo, the options are “Love it!”, “Like it”, “It’s OK!” or “I’m “Neutral”, but nowhere does it offer

the option of “I “Dislike it”. When I queried City Hall as to the rationale behind no negative option for a response, I was told that “the platform does not provide a ‘don’t like’ option for the ideas.” How then was I able to find that other communities who had used Mindmixer were able to offer “Not Appropriate” as an acceptable response?

Similarly, a cursory trawl of the Internet indicates that whilst some cities use the soft photos/ questions/ ideas that Kelowna does, some of those cities, for example, Orlando, included tick boxes so that the city could clearly gauge public perception on a given project. Correspondence to me indicated that City Hall had decided not to include that option.

Why not?

Furthermore, Mindmixer is meant to generate qualitative information (touchy feely stuff, in my words) and not quantitative data (hard numbers).

What was City Hall afraid of? That the results would reflect something quite different from what they wanted to hear?

I have been told that these responses will serve as the basis of discussion for the charrette, a

two-day workshop with stakeholder groups represented, the goal of which is to come up with a consensus as to how to move the project forward. As someone who studied market research and used these methods to make decisions, I would suggest that the methods used by City Hall to determine the wishes of its citizens are flawed. I would also suggest that the sample used for their information gathering is flawed. If City Hall is actually planning on using the results of Mindmixer, they will not hear from those without a computer, those who are not tech savvy, and those who are not prepared to give their name, birth year, email address and postal code. I note that whilst many people have viewed Mindmixer, an insignificant proportion have actually joined the “conversation.” And that is not because people do not care. People have contacted City Hall, expressing their frustrations with Mindmix, but there have been no alterations to the chosen “conversation” tool.

Is it too much to ask City Hall to gather unbiased data before making an irreversible decision on

City dwellers get cartoon facts Fletcher from A10 Interior subject to salvage logging in the wake of the pine beetle epidemic.

Vancouver media recently highlighted a grizzly hunt by NHL journeyman Clayton Stoner. Typically, U.S. enviros promot-

ed the deceased bear by name, “Cheeky,” and photos showed its carcass stripped to the skeleton by scavengers after Stoner left with the hide, paws and head.

They don’t mention that the same fate awaits animals that die of starvation or other natural caus-

es, which increase when animals overpopulate. As with many B.C. issues, there’s a cartoon version sold to impressionable city dwellers, and then there’s the truth.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

this historically important and sensitive land?

I also question the indecent haste in which this whole information gathering and decision making is being done. City Hall has had almost three years to move on this, yet beyond allowing temporary use of one property for the Paddling Club for a nominal fee, and the placement of rip rock along the water’s edge, completely ruining the beachfront in the process, I am not aware of any communication with the public at large regarding this potential gem of a park.

If I were to wish to punch something through with the minimum of consultation, I would do exactly what City Hall has done. First, they changed the name from Cedar Avenue Park to Pandosy Waterfront, taking the “park” out of its name and replacing it with the name of a funky area with interesting “commercial” developments, but one not near the waterfront.

Second, City Hall provided minimum notification regarding the future of Cedar Avenue Park.

There was no active attempt to engage the public.

Third, a decision was made to use Mindmixer instead of a straightforward market research questionnaire.

Fourth, the timing is tight—from the first publication in local newspapers to the closing of comments on Mindmixer is barely a month—a month when many of the sort of people who are normally engaged with local issues, are on holiday.

Fifth, a charrette was organized for Feb. 25 and

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Beadle received the “Person’s Award” in recognition of improving status of women, as well the “Order of Canada” in 1986.

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NEWS It was a brilliant bookend to the one earned by our women’s team.

All of our Canadian athletes—whether they won medals or not—did

our country proud during these Winter Olympics.

We expect our athletes, as ambassadors of Canada, to put forth their very best effort, to behave professionally and to be gracious in victory or defeat.

With rare exceptions, they do. Competing on an Olympic stage is a pretty spectacular feat for anyone—and going for gold is a lot of pressure and it can be hard to keep it together.

In sports and in life our true character is revealed not in how we handle the big wins, but in how we respond when we fall short.

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Just as star athletes make breathtaking performances seem effortless, some people have a smoother ride toward their career goals.

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Career success is a journey not a destination.

There is no Olympic medal at stake so we can experiment, be bold, pursue a career that suits us, set goals and work towards them.

We also need to surround ourselves with people who support us and can spur us on when the going gets tough.

Once we settle on a career path it serves us well to be diligent about becoming very, very good at what we do.

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Aboriginal women the focus of recent college public forum Post-secondary institutions have a role to play when it comes to reminding the general public about murdered and missing aboriginal women.

That was the feeling expressed by aboriginal leaders, educators and supporters who spoke at an awareness event held Feb. 14 at Okanagan College.

“This event is about remembering these women, but it’s also about prevention,” said Gail Smith, the college’s aboriginal transitions planner. “Educational institutions like Okanagan College have a role to play in prevention.”

More than 50 people gathered at the college on Valentine’s Day to take part in an event that honoured aboriginal women and sought to promote awareness around issues of violence.

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Housing info for seniors

The next public forum on seniors’ housing will take place March 13, 10 a.m., at the Seniors Outreach & Resource Centre, 102-2055 Benvoulin Crt. in Kelowna.

This free information session will cover the various housing options available to seniors, including subsidized housing, supportive living, assisted living and residential care.

An Interior Health nurse will also be present to help answer housing questions.

Each session covers the same information and is offered the second Thursday of each month.

The next sessions after March 13 will be April 10 and May 8. Space for this free event is limited. To register please call 250861-6180 or email senior@telus.net.

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OLYMPIC FEVER…Westwood Retirement Resort residents allowed themselves to have some fun in getting caught up in the spirit of the Winter Olympics over the past two weeks. The West Kelowna facility residents participated in an array of their own Olympic activities such as baking Olympic Torch cupcakes, decorating their front doors, and keeping a huge Team Canada medal count display in their lobby. Last Friday morning many of them gathered in Westwood’s own Regency Movie Theatre wearing red and white to cheering Team Canada in the hockey semi-final game against the U.S. while enjoying Tim Hortons coffee and doughnuts.

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Confessing to the stress that comes with being a caregiver

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talk with many caregivers during the course of my work who are at different stages of their journey, dealing with the transitioning care needs of their aging loved one.

Frustration and being overwhelmed can enter the picture as a relative’s condition is worsening despite your best efforts and although it is necessary to shift gears when facing the new “norm” that is in front of you, it is not easy.

The inevitable path of end of life care is that you will lose that person you love. As you move through that process, your journey will change and shift and ultimately be more challenging.

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Over seven months, my mom and I have learned to forgive each other and then have a laugh as the guilty party confesses to behaving obnoxiously because today is “just a

bad day.”

Either she or I will say, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it, please forgive me for being impatient,” and we rest for a moment in arms wrapped around each other, laying on her bed in our spare room.

Underneath it all I know lays the grief we are both feeling as the natural cycle of life stares us in the face.

Sometimes the tears just can’t seem to come as I try to hold it all together and I am reminded by my dear husband to just let go.

It’s been two weeks since things very quickly began to dramatically

change in her condition and I notice it is difficult to ask for help and open up to let others in.

You develop a routine that works and as a shift occurs, it feels like the gears are stuck as you try to face that things are not the same and move with the continual process of adjustment.

I am intimately learning to fully recognize the signs of caregiver stress and how to surrender to taking action to express to others that I can’t do it alone.

What are the common signs and symptoms of caregiver stress? Anxiety, depression, irritability, feeling tired and run down, difficulty sleeping, overreacting to minor nuisances, new or worsening health problems, trouble concentrating, feeling increasingly resentful, drinking, smoking or eating more, neglecting responsibilities and cutting back on leisure activities.

OK, I’m guilty as charged. To prevent moving into caregiver burn-

out, some steps of action are necessary.

First, it is important to speak up.

No one else automatically knows what you need or how you are feeling.

Being upfront with what is going on with you and the person you are caring for requires that you get a dialogue going.

It you are in a state of stress, often you project and blame others. Step back, breathe and communicate.

Negotiate how to spread the responsibility with other family members or friends so that you do not move into feeling alone and isolating yourself.

Say “yes” when someone offers assistance and let them do it their way.

Relinquish control and more hands will be ready to step in.

Many demands on your time and the added stressors in a caregiving role can make it difficult to focus and find those few moments for yourself.

Book in 30-minute time slots during the day just to nurture yourself.

Give little gifts of small luxuries that will relieve some of the stress and boost your spirits.

Just sitting in a coffee shop and enjoying a snack and reading the paper is one of my moments of calm that lets me stop, breathe and let go.

Laughter is an excellent antidote to stress. Watch a funny movie or call a friend who helps you see the lighter side of life. It feels good.

And above all else, remember to cry. Beneath all of the pent up emotion is knowing that time is running out, that the outcome can’t be changed.

Give yourself the necessary moments to just be still and rest in your own heart’s grace and sustenance. No one deserves it more than you.

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Learn the early warning signs of bullying Children grow and develop their personalities in various ways. While many youngsters are teased or receive some good-natured ribbing at some point in their school careers, some teasing can eventually turn into bullying.

CYBER: Social media, email and text messaging has become a way for bullies to spread malicious messages or photos. In the era of digital media, this type of bullying has increased considerably.

PHYSICAL: Some bullies engage in physical attacks, including hitting, kicking, spitting, or other forms of physical confrontation.

Destroying personal property also is considered physical bullying.

Bullying can take many forms, and learning the warning signs as a parent can help prevent harassment and potentially dangerous situations.

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The biggest issue with Ask.fm is that questions can be submitted anonymously, and content is not monitored, so abuse of the service can be rampant with no repercussions to the user.

Even if someone is blocked, that person can still view profiles and see other interactions, and privacy settings cannot be increased as they can on Facebook and Twitter. According to RCMP Const. Tad Milmine, the Latvia-based website also sends daily spam with messages suggesting users kill themselves and calling them ugly, among others.

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BRIEFS FORUM

On April 2, 2014 Venture Okanagan will host the eighth Investors Forum at Okanagan College.

Venture Okanagan offers an opportunity to watch the entrepreneurs who made the cut to pitch their business to potential investors, business leaders, and members of the Venture Okanagan community.

The presentations will be followed by a catered networking reception where participants will get to meet the presenters while enjoying tasty treats from Okanagan College Culinary Arts students and a selection of complimentary beverages.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and presentations from the prescreened entrepreneurs start at 6 p.m. in room H115 at Okanagan College.

Tickets are $35 and include admission, appetizers and beverages at the networking reception after the presentations.

For more information on Venture Okanagan visit www.ventureokanagan.com.

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The Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society has been selected to build and operate up to 90 units of affordable rental housing for low to modest income families and individuals at the Central Green site in Kelowna.

“Creating affordable rental housing is just one of the ways our government is putting the needs of families first in Kelowna and around British Columbia,” said Premier Christy Clark, MLA for Westside-Kelowna. “We’re excited to be working with the city and the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society on the development at Central Green.”

The selection follows a Request for Proposal call issued by the B.C. government in September 2013.

The Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society brings more than 40 years of experience to the project providing support services and affordable housing for First Nations people and individuals in need in the Kelowna area.

The society is a non-profit organization working with/for First Nations people since 1973 to provide support services and affordable housing. The society is the Aboriginal Homeless Outreach Program provider in the community and also operated the White Buffalo Lodge in Kelowna.

Partnership supports cleantech industry Okanagan College and Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre are looking to make the most of each other’s expertise, facilities, connections and interest in cleantech to help grow the industry and integrate post-secondary institutions in the development of the sector.

The organizations recently signed a memorandum of understanding focused on supporting and growing the cleantech industry, which is worth an estimated $2.5 billion annually to the B.C. economy.

Cleantech is the rapidly emerging field that encompasses a diverse range of products, services and processes based upon renewable materials and energy sources.

The use of cleantech significantly reduces the dependence on natural resources and substantially reduces emissions and waste.

A 2011 study by KPMG found 202 cleantech companies operating in the province, with annual revenues estimated at $2.5 billion.

The memorandum of understanding between Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre and Okanagan College is to create a framework for collaboration in a number of areas: • identifying clients that can benefit from Foresight’s acceleration services as well as Okanagan College’s sites for testing and research and development services • helping to foster corporate relationships by providing joint solutions to companies’ challenges and identifying markets for the companies • exploring funding opportunities to support applied research and development in cleantech • sharing ideas and strategies about the development of a cleantech ecosystem in the province and • creating opportunities for students to engage with client compan-

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The benefits foreseen from this collaboration are anticipated to be creating jobs, intellectual property and growing B.C.’s (and Canada’s) cleantech ecosystem by helping cleantech businesses to survive and thrive through access to advanced infrastructure and mentoring services.

It will also enable students and professors to engage with the cleantech industry and real world issues.

One of the precipitants in the development of the memorandum of understanding is Okanagan College’s newest building in Penticton, the Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation.

It is one of the most sustainable buildings of its type in the world and incorporates space intended for use by industry for pilot projects and testing.

“I am excited by the opportunity to engage students, staff, instructors

and professors with cleantech companies and let them further develop our advanced clean technologies in the Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence building in Penticton,” said Andrew Hay, vice-president of education at Okanagan College.

“This is an excellent opportunity for Foresight to expose our entrepreneurial clients to the first-class facilities and testing/R&D services of Okanagan College,” added Neil Huff, managing director of Foresight.

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Creating an entrepreneurial culture starts with education F ‘‘ or a considerable period of time now I have been motivated to write about the growing entrepreneurial culture in our beautiful Okanagan region.

Encouraging the entrepreneurial spirit is a key to creating jobs and improving the competitiveness and economic growth throughout the Okanagan.

Although some may argue that variables like the number of new startups or the psychological attitude of our regional population towards self-employment may be influenced by a number of different factors, there is unquestionably a cultural aspect that needs to be taken into account.

The image of entrepreneurs as positive role models has never been as strong in Canada as in the U.S. For Canadians, becoming an entrepreneur at times has been seen as an unsafe and risky option, not particularly appealing and less socially rewarding than other, more traditional professions and careers.

The educational systems have not, in the past, been geared towards the development of entrepreneurship, but rather the self-employment option, the final goal of the educational path being to produce employees for a big company or public administration.

However, I’m very happy to report that, over the last number of years, the game has changed dramatically—there is a growing awareness in Canada that multi-faceted initiatives should be, must be developed in order to promote an entrepreneurial culture, to encourage risk-taking, creativity and innovation.

Entrepreneurship has been rekindled as an engine and basis for socio-economic growth and reach out folks, because it is here to stay.

As a result, the importance of entrepreneurship as one of the basic skills to be provided through lifelong learning is genuinely recognized today.

The Okanagan, and indeed our province, needs to foster the entrepreneurial drive more effectively.

We need more new and thriving firms willing to embark on creative and innovative ventures.

ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

Joel Young Encouraging the entrepreneurial spirit is a key to achieving these objectives.

Education can contribute to encouraging entrepreneurship, by fostering the right attitudinal and behavioural mindset, by raising awareness of potential opportunities as an entrepreneur or a self-employed person, and providing the right venture

creation skills.

When we speak of creating an entrepreneurial culture in the valley, we first must recognize that entrepreneurial skills and attitudes provide benefits to our regional society, beyond just their application to new venture/business activities.

Personal qualities that are relevant to entrepreneurship, such as creativity and a spirit of initiative, can be useful to absolutely everyone in their working activity and daily life.

But that philosophy being said, we have not yet led to making entrepreneurship a common feature or a widespread

subject in our education systems, nor has the training of our teachers on how to bring the concept of entrepreneurship into the classroom been sufficiently explored.

The establishment of indicators and the collection of qualitative and quantitative data in this field is also still lacking as it pertains to our region, making it difficult to monitor any progress that may be achieved.

So only by working together—all of the relevant economic and social organizations alike—will we be able to promote the development of entrepreneurial attitudes and skills in our Okanagan society.

SO LET US PLEASE EMBRACE THE NOTION THAT… WORK IS MORE THAN A JOB, IT’S A LIFESTYLE.

This will offer, in the longer term the clarity toward the creation of an Okanagan Valley entrepreneurship culture which will be our collective legacy to creating more jobs and improving economic growth and prosperity for the many years to come.

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neurial culture is about, in part, instilling a way of thinking, doing and believing.

It’s not that difficult but it doesn’t happen just because we may include “we will be entrepreneurs” in our vocabulary.

An entrepreneurial culture is created to a significant degree by our collaborative spirit and leadership.

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A trio of the best players to ever wear the colours of the Kelowna Rockets helped their country to golden glory in Sochi.

Defencemen Shea Weber and Duncan Keith, and forward Jamie Benn all played key roles as Canada captured the gold medal Sunday in men’s hockey at the 2014 Olympics in Russia.

Rockets assistant GM and head scout Lorne Frey, who saw all three players come through the WHL organization, was thrilled to see Weber, Keith and Benn wearing the gold medal.

“Everybody in our organization is pretty pleased to see what these guys have done,” Frey said. “There were a lot of people along the way at different levels who deserve credit for their success, we were just lucky and happy to be part of it.

They were all good kids when they were here and they enjoyed success with us. Kudos to all three of them.”

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The 6-foot-4, 230-pound Weber, was a defensive stalwart along the Canadian blue line and also displayed his heavy, powerful shot as the Sicamous native scored three goals—second most on the Canadian team— during the Olympic tournament.

Weber tied with Drew Doughty for the most points by a Canadian player with six, and led the way in total ice time with 131 minutes in six games.

Frey was pleased but not at all surprised by Weber’s steady and consistent play.

“It was typical Shea,” Frey said. “He was very solid throughout the tournament, he made very

few mistakes and really played within himself.

The respect he’s gained and the success he’s had, he’s certainly one of the top players at this position in the world.”

Keith, a product of Penticton, was another stabilizing force for Canada along the blue line at the Olympics. He was second only to his partner, Weber, in ice time for Canada at 126 minutes.

“One thing about Duncan is, he competes,” Frey said. “He’s smart with the puck, and when he does get beat, he recovers very well. He makes plays that most other players don’t make…he’s definitely one of my favourites because of the way he

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FORMER Kelowna Rockets’ defenceman Shea Weber (right) celebrates Canada’s gold medal win in men’s hockey, along with Kevin Lowe, a member of Team Canada’s management group. plays.”

Benn, who played his way on the Canada’s roster thanks to a solid first half of the NHL season, teamed up with Ryan Getzlaf and Cory Perry to form one of Canada’s most effective forechecking lines at the tournament.

Benn, a Victoria native, scored two goals in the tournament, including the lone marker in Canada’s 1-0 semifinal win Friday over the United

States. “(Jamie) was maybe the surprise of the tournament for Canada,” Frey said of Benn. “There’s was a question whether he would be a good pick, but he proved he was and he was just outstanding.

He was solid offensively and defensively and I just thought he was excellent, maybe Canada’s best player against the U.S.” Weber, 28, who was a Memorial Cup all-star when the Rockets won the

CHL title in 2004, played 190 games over parts of four seasons in Kelowna, scoring 26 goals and 91 points, while adding another 39 points in 54 playoff games.

Keith, 30, who transferred to Kelowna from Michigan State in mid-season, had 46 points in 37 games with the Rockets in 2002-03, helping lead the club to the WHL title and a berth in the Memorial Cup that year in Quebec City.

Benn, 24, was a prolific scorer during his two-year stint in Kelowna, notching 79 goals and 147 points in just 107 games. He led the Rockets with 33 points in the 2009 playoffs as Kelowna won the WHL title.

One other former Kelowna Rockets defenceman, Alex Edler of Sweden, also played in Sunday’s gold medal game.

Rockets wrap season series with Cougars Tuesday Warren Henderson STAFF REPORTER

The Kelowna Rockets’ push towards the Western Hockey League’s overall title continues with a pair of midweek games—one at home and one on the road.

The Rockets will host

the Prince George Cougars Tuesday, before heading for Kennewick, Wash. on Wednesday night for a date with the Tri-City Americans.

“Having the home game Tuesday is nothing different for us, but the challenge comes in turning the page quickly and

being ready to play on the road the next night,” said Rockets head coach Ryan Huska. “We have to make sure we’re mentally sharp and have moved on from the previous night’s game.”

Kelowna (48-9-0-4) leads the surging Portland Winterhawks (46-12-2-3)

by just three points for top spot, but the Rockets do have two games in hand.

The Winterhawks have won 20 consecutive games.

On the subject of Tuesday’s game, the Cougars and Rockets are about to meet for the fourth time in the last five games—over

a span of 11 days—and the last of eight times during the regular season.

The teams split a pair over the weekend in Prince George, with Kelowna winning 4-2 on Friday and the Cougars rebounding for a 2-1 win on Saturday.

The Rockets are 6-1

against P.G. this season.

Kelowna could be getting a reinforcement back on the blue line this week as Joe Gatenby is close to returning from a lower body injury. Fellow blue liner Jesse Lees (lower body) is skating but remains sidelined on a dayto-day basis, while cen-

tre Tyson Baillie (lower body) remains three to five weeks away from a return.

The Rockets have 11 games left in the regular season, including four against the Vancouver Giants and two vs the Americans.

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Perseverance pays off for Kelowna’s Serwa

After suffering her second serious knee injury in just over a year last March, Kelsey Serwa seriously pondered retirement.

Instead, the 24-yearold ski cross racer from Kelowna chose to endure the long and arduous process of rehabilitation for the second year year in a row.

That commitment, grit and perseverance paid dividends for Serwa, who raced to an Olympic silver medal in women’s ski cross last week in Sochi.

In what was a solid mental and technical race for Serwa, the former Big White Racer finished second only to Canadian teammate and a gold medalist, Marielle

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“I’m just so baffled by what your mind can go through, what you can push your body through,” Serwa said. “The pain, the sacrifices, the training, the relentless hours in the gym, all that. This makes it all worth it.”

For Serwa, who also injured her back just prior to winning the 2011 world championship, the journey has been both difficult and satisfying, all at the same time.

“I have been on a rollercoaster the past two years,” Serwa said. “The last three years I have not made it through a full season. I have broken my back and blown my knee twice. I am so glad to be on the podium and in one

piece.”

Serwa was fifth at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, then won the world championship in 2011. She tore the ACL in her left knee in 2012, then again 13 months later in March 2013, at which time she considered stepping away from the sport.

“Once that came into my mind, I got really sad and I realized I wasn’t ready for retirement yet because I still had some energy left in the bank,” she said. “And I had some things I still wanted to fulfill with the sport so I’m glad I stuck with it.”

Serwa has 17 World Cup podium finishes since switching from alpine to ski cross racing in 2008.

Kelowna Warriors, Penticton Vees fight to the finish The West Kelowna Warriors and Penticton Vees are headed for a photo finish in the BCHL’s Interior Division.

Heading into the final weekend, the Okanagan rivals are tied for top spot with 74 points, with two games remaining for each team.

The Warriors will visit the last-place Trail Smoke Eaters on Friday, before wrapping up the regular season Saturday at home to Trail.

The Vees have two games with the Silverbacks—Friday in Salmon Arm and Saturday in

Penticton.

If teams remain tied at season’s end, the Vees would take first place based on winning the season series between the teams (4-3).

The Warriors, who have already clinched no worse than a second-place finish, will host the opening round of the post-season beginning Tuesday, March 4 against either Vernon or Merritt, pending the outcome of the final weekend of games.

West Kelowna won its 33rd game of the season Saturday night, knocking off Trail 5-2 at Royal

LePage Place.

David Pope scored twice to lead the Warriors attack. Carl Hesler, Adam Osczevski and Reid Simmonds also tallied in the victory.

Warriors head coach Rylan Ferster was pleased with the effort Saturday against a team with not much to play other than pride.

“I thought we had a pretty good 60 minute effort,” said Ferster. “We got some traction on our power-play and I thought for the most part we had some pretty good structure.”

For the last two weekends, Tyson Jost has been virtually unstoppable.

And the BCMML’s Okanagan Rockets are reaping the rewards.

The 15-year-old forward, who had seven points a week ago Sunday in a 7-4 win over the Greater Vancouver Canadians, scored seven times and added an assist over two games this past weekend to sweep the Cariboo Cougars in Prince George.

Jost now has a club record 39 goals and 80 points on the season to lead the BCMML in scoring.

On Saturday, with four players out of the Rockets lineup, Jost made four

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…WHAT MORE CAN WE SAY ABOUT TYSON JOST, HE THREW US ON HIS BACK AND MADE SURE WE WOULDN’T BE DENIED. David Michaud, Rockets GM

goals and added an assist as Okanagan routed the Cougars 9-2. Liam Finley added a goal and three assists to surpass the 100-point plateau in less than two full seasons with the Rockets. Cory San-

toro added a pair for the Kelowna-based midget squad.

On Sunday, Jost scored a hat-trick, including both the tying and winning goals in the third period to lead the undermanned Rockets to a 5-4 win.

The Rockets were already without Branden Wagner, Tanner Wishnowski, Linden Hora and Kristian Blumenschein, then lost Finlay to an injury in the first period Sunday and Mahlon Head to a game misconduct.

With just 12 skaters available over the last 40 minutes of Sunday’s game, Rockets GM David Michaud called it the

“gutsiest win the Rockets have had in my time.”

“To play as shorthanded as we were in a building that historically hasn’t been kind to us, was huge,” Michaud said.

“There just was no quit in all of the players we had available…and what more can we say about Tyson Jost, he threw us on his back and made sure we wouldn’t be denied.”

The Rockets (31-52) remain tied for top spot with the Vancouver Northwest Giants (31-52) who swept a pair from the Thompson Blazers.

The Rockets host the Northeast Chiefs Saturday (3 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m.) at the CNC.

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Another season of progress for Heat women The UBC Okanagan Heat didn’t realize their ultimate goal of reaching the CIS national women’s volleyball championship this weekend in Regina.

Still, it was another season of huge strides forward for coach Steve Manuel’s program.

The Heat finished up in fourth place at the Canada West Final Four playoffs over the weekend, after losing the bronze medal match 3-1 to Trinity Western on Saturday.

After winning the first set 25-18, the Heat couldn’t keep their foot on the gas as Spartans rallied back to win the next three sets—25-16, 26-24, 25-14.

“It was really close, and we battled well,” said Manuel. “We just couldn’t keep up the consistency for long enough.”

Megan Festival had 15 kills and eight digs against TWU, while Breanna Beamish had 11 kills for a Canada West Final Four tournament total of 24.

Lenai Schmidt playing in the final game of her career, had 15 of the Heat’s 45 total digs.

A night earlier, UBCO lost by the same 3-1 score to the defending champion UBC Thunderbirds in the semifinal.

After narrowly missing the playoffs in their first season of CIS competition (201112), the Heat reached the post-season in only their second campaign. Then this season, just their third in the Canada West conference, UBCO won its first conference playoff series ever, defeating the Brandon Bobcats.

Despite a disappointing conclusion to the season, Manuel is thrilled with the progress the Heat program continues to make.

“We have done better in our first three years in the CIS than any one in the history of the league,” Manuel said. “We are extremely proud of what we’ve accomplished, and we can believe we can do more and we will do more.

“I believe what we’ve done so far, I think, has been, spectacular...if I can say that word. From our fight, consistency, and

UBCO’S Megan Festival (left) led the Heat offense with 15 kills versus the Trinity Western Spartans in the Canada West bronze medal match Saturday in Vancouver.

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how we’ve built this program in just a short time in this league.”

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“Look out everyone, we’re coming back strong next year.”

In just three years of

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Three wrestlers from the Okanagan Similkameen Wrestling Club brought home gold medals from the Okanagan Zone Championship held recently in Kamloops.

All three Grade 11 students will compete in this week’s B.C. High School Wrestling Championship to be held in Prince George.

Emily Castro, from Okanagan Mission, pinned all of her opponents to capture the girls’ 75 kg weight class. She looks to improve on her fifth place standing from last year’s provincial championship.

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Kelowna Chiefs open playoffs Tuesday vs Osoyoos Coyotes

The Kelowna Chiefs will look to regain their winning ways as they open the KIJHL playoffs this week on home ice.

The Chiefs, who lost their last five games of the regular season, will host the Osyooos Coyotes on D Tuesday in Game 1 of the best-of-seven Okanagan Division’s semifinal series.

Kelowna (31-17-04) finished second in the division, four points back of Summerland, while the Coyotes finished in third, seven points back of the Chiefs.

Kelowna won three of seven games against Osyoos this season, losing one in overtime.

On Friday night, the Steam clinched top spot over the Chiefs with a 3-1 win at Rutland Arena, as Jordan Salahor scored the lone goal for Kelowna.’

Summerland won its last seven games to overtake the Chiefs for first eover the final three weeks -of the regular season.

On Saturday, the Chiefs dropped their final game of the regular season, 6-5 in overtime to the North Okanagan Knights in Armstrong.

Braeden Cyra led the Chiefs attack with two goals and an assist. T.J. Christensen scored the game winner in OT for the Knights.

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Gran, Colthorp golden in Mission Kelowna Skating Club members were a conspicuous lot at the B.C. Winter Games in Mission.

Kelowna skaters won both women’s singles titles with both B.C. and national record scores.

Local athletes also swept the medals in pre-novice women’s competition, while six of eight Kelowna skaters achieved a personal best score.

KSC results at the games were:

• Pre-Novice Women 1. Mckenna Colthorp - 102.07 Personal Best 2. Ajsha Gorman 91.96 3. Rochelle Reeve 82.93 PB • Juvenile Women 1. Olivia Gran - 42.11 PB (second place finisher scored 34.26) 10. Maya Rose 30.89 PB 11. Daria Carr - 30.85 • Juvenile men 2. Dreyton Nelmes -

28.95 PB 5. Carter Hiob - 24.58 PB To put some perspective on just how high the scores were, here are scores from BCWG at Vernon in 2012: The winner of juvenile women scored 32.62, while the winner of pre-novice Women scored 76.16.

“Both of which are very good scores for their levels,” said KSC coach Jason Mongrain.

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Choose appropriate exercises for improving core stability Krista Smith CONTRIBUTOR

One of the most common reasons people require physiotherapy is for low back pain.

Treating low back pain usually centres on the common goals of decreasing pain, increasing range of motion and improving function.

For the majority of low back injuries, a core stability exercise program is beneficial for improving function and returning to activities of daily living, work and sports.

Core stability exercises are a common and often successful treatment in physiotherapy for recovering from an injury, preventing a further in-

jury, improving general health and optimizing athletic performance.

We have three different systems that aid in the stabilization of our spine.

One is the passive system which includes non-contractile tissues such as bones and ligaments.

The second is the active system which in-

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cludes contractile tissues such as muscles and tendons. This active system of muscles that attach to the spine and pelvis is necessary for stabilizing the spine and producing motion.

The third is the motor control system. This can be thought of as our ability to turn on and off the required muscles to the correct degree at the appropriate time.

What causes someone to have poor core stability? A lack of stability is often seen when one of the above three systems is affected.

This could include factors such as an injury to the tissue itself, insufficient muscle endurance, muscle imbalance or poor motor control.

In fact, in many people with low back pain it is common to see atrophy of the spine stabilization muscles, poor muscle endurance, a muscle im-

balance or delayed activation of the stabilization muscles.

Physiotherapy focuses primarily on motor relearning, or learning to activate the correct muscles at the appropriate time, and improving the endurance of these muscles.

It’s important to begin by understanding what exercises to avoid, exercises that may be doing you more harm than good.

We determine the quality of a core stability exercise not only by how well it turns on the correct muscles but also by the amount of stress it puts through the spine, known as compression and shear forces.

For example, while a situp may be a great exercise to strengthen the core, specifically the rectus abdominis muscle, it requires excessive bending (or flexion) of the low

back and results in a high compression force on the spine.

Repeated bending of the back and high compression forces on the spine is a common mechanism of injury for tissue damage to the vertebral disc. This would make it a poor choice when designing a core stability program. It would also be unwise to do this exercise alone, as it will most likely result in a muscle imbalance which could potentially lead to injury.

It is advisable to start a core stability program with exercises that keep the spine in a neutral position and avoiding excessive bending and twisting.

Common exercises that I often teach to improve core stability include a front plank, a side plank and a squat.

Along with other exercises, these three challenge different muscle groups and have low-

er compression and shear forces through the spine which minimizes the risk of injury.

When designing a core stability exercise program it is important to focus on improving motor control and muscle endurance rather than trying to improve muscle strength at higher loads.

It would also be beneficial to include a cardiovascular exercise, such as walking, to your program.

Sun City Physiotherapy will be holding a free core stability seminar Wednesday Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m., Test your own core stability, learn how to do the above exercises correctly. Please call Sun City at 250-861-8056 to reserve your seat.

Krista Smith is a registered physiotherapist and associate at Sun City Physiotherapy’s downtown location. downtown @suncityphysiotherapy.com

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(B.SC., M. SC., PH.D.) February 7, 1936 – February 21, 2014 Born in Rossland, BC, predeceased by his parents, Percy (Tom) and Brigitte Buckley, his eldest brother Robert (Bob), youngest brother, Chucky and infant son, Gilbert George. He is survived by his beloved wife of 53 years, Antonia (Tonny), his pride and joy, Ingrid Trouw (Jake), Christopher, Timothy and Daniel, his most treasured grandchildren Erika, Gerrit; Jeremy, Daniel, Faith and their sister Nikki; and Amanda, Jaina, Ava and Leah and their brother Braydan. He also leaves behind siblings and their families, Wilma (Bob), George (Marilyn), Leonard, Cecilia, Mary (Syl), Paul (Theresa), Tom (Sue), and Imelda all of whom he loved and treasured.

Eric passed away peacefully, with family at his side, in the gentle care of the staff at Brookhaven, after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

He lived a busy and fulfilled, life and in his down time spent time in his garden, playing bridge, fishing and golf. His generosity, his guidance to those he taught, mentor to family and friends and most of all, his joy in the wonderful family times, as all gathered at his home during the summer and their favourite family hang-out at Gyro beach, will not be forgotten. Not to mention the “tickle-hugs” and giggles shared with his grandchildren.

He enjoyed life to the fullest, lived his faith and accepted what Alzheimer’s would do and trusted those he loved to care for him, right up to the end. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of BC. Prayer Service will be held on Friday, February 28, 2014 at 7 pm at St. Charles Garnier Parish, 3645 Benvoulin Road, followed by Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 10:30 am with Father Wayne Pfliger officiating.

For more about Eric’s life and to leave condolences please visit www.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.

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BILYK, MARGARET

With heartfelt sadness, we announce the passing of our dear mother on February 12, 2014 at the age of 88, in Aylmer (Gatineau), Que. Margaret is survived by her 4 children: Elaine Coutinho (Arthur); Glen Bilyk (Joyce); Lorne Bilyk (Sheryl)and Larry Bilyk (Jennifer); her sister Irene Carbonneau; 13 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband John, her parents Oswald and Mary Gutch, her sisters Rose, Betty, Edna, Esther, and her brothers Walter and Elmer.

Margaret was born in Wyngard, Sask., and grew up in Saskatoon. She married John in 1949 and they raised their 4 children in Prince Albert. In 1969 they moved to Kelowna, where they lived for 42 years. After John’s death in 2011, Margaret moved to Aylmer, Quebec and lived with her daughter & family. Margaret loved her family and was self-sacrificing for them. She was very hospitable and everyone loved her cooking. Margaret had a strong faith in Jehovah God for 66 years and studying the Bible with others brought her much joy. The greatest gift that Margaret and John gave to their children was a spiritual heritage.

On March 8th 2014 at 2:30 pm, a memorial service will be held at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at 1637 Cryville Road, OTTAWA, Ont.

ENGBLOM, PAUL Went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the age of 84.

Survived by his loving wife Eileen of 61 years, daughter Dawn (Don) Wilkinson of Kelowna, son Brian (Rebekah) of Denver, grandchildren Ashley Hudyma, Adam, April and Ainsley Wilkinson, great grandchildren Joel and Jude Hudyma, sister Marion (Dave) Bain of Creston, BC and his niece Karen Bain. Paul loved God, his family and carving cedar creations. Memorial service will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 2:00 pm at Springfield Funeral Home, 2020 Springfield Road, Kelowna, BC. Cremation.

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HOORNAERT, DALE LEON 1947-2014 It is with profound regret that we announce the passing of Dale Leon Hoornaert on February 18, 2014 at the Vancouver General Hospital where he was awaiting a lung transplant. Survived by his loving wife of 44 years Diane and daughter Jan (Darren) Lewis and their children, Josiah and Nevaeh, all of Windsor, ON; two sisters, Yvonne (Doug) Waines, Elaine (Dan) Thomas and his mother Jolane Hoornaert. Dale worked for many years as part of the production team at Hiram Walker & Sons Distilleries.

A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, February 28, 2014 at 1:00pm at Springfield Funeral Home, 2020 Springfield Road, Kelowna, BC. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, 47 Squire Bakers Lane, Markham, ON L3P 3G8 orhttp://www.canadianpulmonaryfibrosis.ca/donate/.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.

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RITCHIE, STEWART Passed away with his loving family by his side on Friday, February, 21, 2014 at the age of 62. Survived by his brother Robert, sister Marg Walls (Bill Paul) and nephews Braden and Daniel. Sadly predeceased by his parents Bud and Gertrude.

Stewart was a true trekkie, completely captivated by all things Star Trek. The family is confident that Scotty has finally beamed him up to the Starship Enterprise, that he is on the bridge, boldly going where no man has gone before.

“See you on the other side. Live long and prosper.”

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077

HAMILTON, JANET It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our mom Jan Hamilton on February 19, 2014. Jan is survived by her loving husband Wayne Stafford, daughters Terry (Doug) Hartley, Janine Ferguson, 5 grandchildren Alyssia, Chelsey, Robyn, Tamara and Tyler. As well as 2 sisters Fran (Gerry) and Norma Jean (Brian). Special thanks to the amazing staff on 5B and ICU, Drs. Welsh, Michaud, Banwell and Rolf for all their care. Celebration of Mom’s Life will be announced at a future date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to BC Kidney Foundation, #200 – 4940 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 4K6.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.

PARKER, DONNA JEAN (nee Wagg) 1941 ~ 2014 “The Voice of an Angel is now with the Angels”

Donna Jean Parker went to be with her Lord on February 22,2014 at the young age of 72. Donna’s life and memory will be forever cherished by her husband Ken of 52 years and her 4 children, (Pre-deceased Barbara Gail) Carolyn Werbitski (Dewayne), David Parker, Bruce Parker (Rebecca) and her 4 so very precious grandsons, Jefferey, Joel, Chase and Colby.

She loved her grandbabies beyond measure and will be their and our guardian angel for all time. Donna is also survived by 4 loving siblings.

David (Diane), Jim (Jolaine), Barbara and Ruth (Vern).

Donna was born on December 1, 1941 in Moose-Jaw, Sask. She was a farmer’s daughter and her love of the prairies was forever a part of her soul. Endless wheat fields, grain elevators and prairie sunsets...to Donna this was a peace and beauty that couldn’t be surpassed. Her natural talent behind the viewfinder and her love of photography and natures’ beauty brought this to life and has left behind countless memories to cherish.

She was blessed with a voice that touched so many hearts and now heaven is blessed with her sweet song.

She will be forever loved and deeply missed.

A celebration of Donna’s life will be held at Valleyview Funeral, 165 Valleyview Road, Kelowna, BC home on Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 at 1 pm. Donations to World Vision in Donna’s honor are requested in lieu of flowers.

Condolences may be sent to the family through www.valleyviewfuneralhome.com.

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

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RESPONSIBILITIES: · Manage all business aspects of parking operations for the operation · Maintain an excellent level client relations and customer service · Manage a team of employees, including responsibilities such as hiring, training and scheduling · Communicate pertinent company policies and operational procedures necessary to maximize employee performance · Assist in budget preparation and financial reporting · Procure materials/supplies necessary for maintaining optimal job performance · Provide effective leadership and communicate the vision and goals of the organization · Ensure that standards of excellence are maintained in all areas of the operation · Other duties as assigned QUALIFICATIONS: · 2+ years of business management experience with an emphasis on client relations, customer service and administration (parking industry experience preferred) · Self-motivated with strong client relations and staff management skills · Customer Service experience · Strong organizational skills · Excellent verbal/written communication skills · Strong problem solving skills and ability to ‘think outside the box’ · PC Literacy (Microsoft Office Suite), level II Excel · Hands-on approach to management · Bachelor degree in a Business related field preferred or equivalent amount of work experience Please forward your resume to Mike Dragic mdragic@impark.com or drop off at 100 – 586 Leon Ave. during business hours Monday – Friday 9 am – 5 pm

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Exempt — Full Time Due to a resignation, the City of Vernon is looking for a Director, Human Resources. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), this position works closely with the CAO and the Directors Team to develop and enhance organizational culture. The HR Director provides strategic leadership and direction to the Corporation and Human Resources Division in the areas of Organizational Design and Development, Human Resources, Labour Relations, Payroll and Benefits, and Occupational Health and Safety.

Please see our website at www.vernon.ca for a complete job description and method of application. Closing date is March 7, 2014. Please quote competition # 11-COV-14.

SENIOR SOLICITOR ASSISTANT Located in the beautiful Okanagan Valley, Nixon Wenger LLP is one of the largest, fastest growing law firms outside of Greater Vancouver.

Currently with 20 lawyers, we are a full service law firm working with clients across the province and into Alberta.

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We require long and short haul US capable drivers. We are an Okanagan based company with dedicated suppliers and customers and require drivers to fill their orders. Our short haul drivers primarily service the US northwestern with dedicated runs available and are home regularly, our long hauls drivers service the southwestern US and are home on a weekly basis for resets. We offer: Dedicated Tractors, US Medical Coverage, Company Cell phones, Direct deposit pay with no holdbacks. Dedicated lanes.

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Starting wage $10.33/hour, approx 40-50hours per week. Please fax resume to 780-577-5525.

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wanted at Coral Beach Farms Ltd, Lake Country. Seasonal position. Must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in Quality Control in the cherry industry, as well as experience operating a multi-lane cherry optical sizer with color variance programming and defect sorting. Applicant must be capable of working 6-7 days a week, 10-12 hours a day during harvest from July 7, 2014 to September 10, 2014. Accommodation provided if required. Pay rate $14.00$16.00/hour. Apply by fax at 250-766-0813 or email: jobs@coralbeach.ca S. Sundher Orchard Ltd. 4381 Old Vernon Rd, Kelowna, BC Looking for farm worker, $10.33hr up to 40hrs/wk 6 days. Apple pruning, thinning, picking, cherry picking/sorting 2014. Ellison, Glenmore, Rutland area.

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GET BENT Metal Fab, fences, gates, railings, stainless, steel 863-4418www.getbentmetalfab.ca

Moving & Storage

AAA Best Rates Moving $59+.

FLAT Rates long dist. Weekly trips BC/AB. 250-861-3400

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Merchandise for Sale

Moving & Storage

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Hauling

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FAMILY Movers. Moving?

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OK Roofing All repairs, maint., & re-roofs. Warranty on all work. Free Est., 878-1172

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ATTENTION The Capital News cannot be responsible for errors after the first day of publication of any advertisement. Notice of errors on the first day should immediately be called to the attention of the Classified Department to be corrected for the following edition.

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LOVE’S PAINTING Interior Residential Senior Specials 250-215-1327, 778-363-1468

2 Girls One Truck Rubbish Removal. Truck load $50 - $80 + dump fees. 250-878-5210

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3 Rooms For $299,

Nitro RUBBISH & Tree Removal.

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Now taking bookings for March 4th-10th Call 250-575-0196

Roofing & Skylights GERMAN MASTER ROOFER. Free estimate. BBB Member Call Steffen, 250-863-8224

(1) 250-899-3163

2 Coats Any Colour

Livestock 3 Black Angus Bulls and 1 York/Landrace X Boar for sale.

(250)546-9766

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Free Items

Sundecks

Trucking/ Bull Dozing

(4) 16” car tires. 616. Suitable for orchard trailer. Please call 250-860-0521 FREE: 5 month old cat, free to good home. Great cat but doesn’t play well with others.

Call (250) 869-2577 FREE pick up, appliances or any kind of metal, $10 for electronic PU. Phone: 801-9975

KELOWNA DECK & RAIL. Vinyl, Alum., Topless Glass & Picket Railings 250 -878-2483

TNT TRUCKING. No load too small. Junk removal, sand, gravel, etc. (250)862-0821 .

LARGE broken dresser mirror to give away. Would be good for crafts. Please call 250-4546685

Tree Services 111ALL Exterior Hedge & Tree Service. Insured, For a free quote call Dave: 250-212-1716

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Serge: 250-215-9273 FIR Firewood. Delivered. Full size pick up. $150/load. Dave (778)-480-1173, 250-878-5710

Call: 250-862-4997 for pick-up

Furniture SLIDE INTO COMFORT w/ A BRAND NEW QUEEN MATTRESS $160. Still in plastic, mfg. warranty.

250.870.2562

Misc. for Sale IPHONE CASE Brand new, never used Iphone 5 Lifeproof.Multiple colors. Asking $15.00.

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Senior’s Specials Experience & Quality New Homes & Repaints Ceilings Bondable. Insurance Work Call Terry

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250-870-8851

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Natural Stone Surfaces All One Piece Laminate

Visit our showroom at THE AIRPORT BUSINESS PARK Monday - Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm Family owned & operated for over 40 years

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Free estimates 250.979.8948

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Deck & Rail Kelowna

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250-878-2483

TRUCKING

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BOOK YOUR WINTER CLEAN UPS! Lawn Maintenance, Clean-ups, Pruning/Hedges, Rubbish Removal, Fertilizing, Aeration, Odd Jobs.

Call 310-JIMS (5467) www.jimsmowing.ca

Ceiling and trim extra

Price includes Cloverdale Premium Quality Paint NO PAYMENT Until Job Is Completed!

www.PAINTSPECIAL.com 1.250.899.3163 ASK ABOUT OUR MAID SERVICE

RUBBISH REMOVAL

ROOFING member of B.B.B. Fully insured, WCB coverage. All types of shingle roofing & torch on roofing systems.

‘From a hole in your roof to a whole new roof.’

250-765-3191

METAL FABRICATION LTD.

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Tube Bending Specialists. www.getbentmetalfab.ca

250-863-4418

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147.67

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250-763-7114

250-470-2235

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PAYLESS MOVING 250-808-2938

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1 man + truck - $49/hr.

2 men + truck - $69/hr Serving the Okanagan for over 20 years.

Complete packing & unpacking & junk removal available

RENOVATIONS

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Free Estimates

250-878-2483

250-212-5320

TNTTRUCKING

Kelowna

Vinyl decking up to 80 mil., all types of aluminum railings, topless glass railings, short & regular posts, fences & gates.

SPRING SPECIALS, power rake, aeration, fertilizer, tree & hedge pruning, irrigation, residential/ commercial grass cutting & property maintenance, retaining walls, rock work, yard overhauls & clean-ups. FREE QUOTES.

REFACE DON’T REPLACE 1/2 the cost of replacing Corian & Granite Designs.

The Green Alternative.

2 GIRLS ONE TRUCK

TEAM GERMAN MASTER ROOFER ROOFS OF ALL KINDS • • • • •

Free estimate, BBB Member Over 30 years experience WCB and Liability coverage VISA and Mastercard accepted Final roof inspector available

WWW.TEAMGERMAN.COM

250.863.8224

RUBBISH REMOVAL Truck load of junk or yard waste loaded and hauled to the dump, ranging from $50-$80 per load + dump fees.

250-878-5210

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TNTTRUCKING No load too small

• BARK MULCH • SAND • GRAVEL • YARD CLEAN-UP • JUNK REMOVAL LIGHT FLAT-DECK Nick Nixon - Trish Nebot Cell 250-862-0821 Office 250-765-2778

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1/2 acre with 2890 sq. ft. basement home in Glenmore. 2 out buildings with great exposure for home base business or property could be subdivided. $469,000. Wayne Judiesch Macdonald Realty, Kelowna 250-862-7539

CENTRE of Kelowna. New affordable lux 1&2bd, 5appls, ug prking, NS/NP. 250-763-6600. www.rentcentrepoint.com

2BDRM, 272 Asher Rd., near Plaza 33, NP, spacious/bright.

Avail Now, $900 incl gas & electric, Phone: 250-878-9252

Auto Accessories/Parts

Commercial/ Industrial

VERY cute newer 2bd, 1bth. $850 incl utils & WD. NS/NP. Glenrosa. Call 250-718-8182

2009 GMC Sierra SLE, reg. cab, full load, lots of extras, 21,000km. Still has powertrain warranty, $16,500 OBO. Phone: (250)768-2534

NOTICE is given to Rock Conley. You are in debt to Venom Motorsports $2134 for repair and storage of a Grizzly 600 ATV. The ATV will be sold on Feb 24 at 8-364 Lougheed Rd, Kelowna, BC.

AFFORDABLE LUXURY BETTER THAN NEW Completely redone beauty, over 2100 sq.ft. on one level. Many features not found in a new home in this price range. 9 New appls, 4 rooms with fireplaces, huge birch kitchen, hardwood & tile flooring, built in wall to wall entertainment ctr, huge garage, lots of prking. Country setting, Vernon area. Compare value, you won’t be disappointed. $479,900 403- 540-2991

5000sqft bldg. & fenced outdoor storage in Kelowna at a great deal! Call 250-878-6455 FOR LEASE 1000 sq.ft. Office Trailer fully serviced on fenced 1/2 acre. Zoned Heavy Industrial Including Auto Wrecking. $3000 triple net incl. Fenced 1/2 acre service industrial lot available. Central Westside Location. will build to suit.

250-769-7424

Suites, Upper

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PROFESSIONAL Restaurant tables & chairs, SS kitchen equip & numerous restaurant small wares. Ovens & stoves, etc. 250-870-3255 or can be viewed at Michaelbrook Ranch Golf Club SAWMILLS FROM only $4,897 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT or call 1-800566-6899 Ext:400OT. STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online: 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 or visit online: www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. Wanted Appliances Wanted Stacker washer Dyer in Decent working condition (250)764-7830 Coin Collector Looking to Buy Collections, Estates, Gold & Silver Coins + 863-3082 Chad Coin Op Washing/Dryer machines. Any condition. Can pick up. 250-549-0644 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!

PURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670 WANTED: Records. (1955+), turntables, hi-fi equip. We make house calls. Call 250862-8965, c 250-215-1226

Sporting Goods

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Want current value to sell your property? For professional info call Grant, Premiere Canadian Properties at (250)-862-6436 FREE EVALUATION.

Lots 81 acres, Fintry. Very secluded property next to provincial park. $459,000. MLSR 10072495, David Jurome, McDonald Realty, 250-862-1888

Mobile Homes & Parks ✰

Featuring SIERRAS family community, or single and multi-section homes for your property.

250-769-6614 www.accenthomes.ca

Revenue Property BUY FIXER UPPERS Bargains, Homes That Need Work Low Prices Free List & Report. www.KelownaFixerUpperHomes .com Royal Lepage Kelowna

Apt/Condo for Rent 1bdrm Pandosy. Very clean, fresh paint, adult building, NS, NP. Walk to DT or Hospital.

Laundry facilities & heat incl’d. $775. Phone: 250-878-0119

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EXECUTIVE, North Okanogan Lake access, Private Beach, Boat Launch, 3 Bdrm., 3 Bath, Stainless Appliances, Blinds $1400.00 per month Available March 1st, 2014.

Contact Don@604-319-3327 or Kathy@604-866-8126 kathybuchan@gmail.com

RETAIL/OFFICE on ground floor at 1511 Sutherland for lease. Sized at 1684SF. Base rent $12/SF + triple net of $3.95/SF. Central location. To view call Keith 250-448-6997 davidcurell@mac.com

Rooms for Rent 1Bd, shared kitchen & bath.

New, incl. internet NS, ND, no pets, nr. bus/school,for mature $430mo. Now, 250-899-5756 #1Capri Area, furn’d bd, cable, w/d, w.internet, quiet. Monthly only. Available. 250-862-9223

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YEAR/MAKE OF CAR

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts AAA Service 24/7, Cash For Cars.

Call Paul Haul.

(250)808-9593 Good to Great Summer Tires 3- 225/70R15” Continentals 2 - 225/70R15” Motormasters 1- 225/70R15” Michelin 2- 225/50R17” Michelins 2- 225 50R17” Goodyears Winfield 250-859-1599 LYLE’S TOWING. FREE REMOVAL of unwanted vehicles.

Pay up to $1000 for good vehicles. Lots of used parts for sale. (250)-765-8537

For Sale By Owner

Cars - Domestic 2006 Volkswagen Jetta, 2.5L, 38,353kms, mint cond, hardly used. $11,000. 250-768-4754.

Scrap Car Removal AAA SCRAP REMOVAL. WE WILL BEAT ALL COMPETITORS PRICING, 250-801-4199

AAA Service 24/7, Cash For Cars.

Call Paul Haul (250)808-9593

Towing AAA Service 24/7, Cash For Cars.

Call Paul Haul.

(250)808-9593

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Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: Estate of Ronald Edgar Mashinter, also known as Ronald E. Mashinter, also known as Ronald Mashinter formerly of Suite 203, 665 Cook Road, Kelowna, British Columbia V1W 4T4 Creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above deceased are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor, at 3011665 Ellis Street, Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 2B3, on or before March 20, 2014 after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to its having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice. BMO Trust Company Executor

by PUSHOR MITCHELL LLP Lawyers, Attention: MELODIE D. LIND Telephone: (250)762-2108

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST T14-004 Kelowna Wastewater Master Plan Update and North End Industrial Area Sewer Pre-Design Sealed Proposals clearly marked on the outside of the envelope with the words T14-004 Kelowna Wastewater Master plan Update and North End Industrial Area Sewer Pre-Design will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 1435 Water Street, Kelowna, BC up until 3 PM, Local Time, March 6, 2014. The RFEOI will not be opened publicly.

The City reserves the right to reject any or all responses, to waive defects in any submitted documents and to accept any submission which it may consider to be in the best interest of the City.

RFEOI documents may be obtained from the City of Kelowna website at no charge or from the City of Kelowna Purchasing Branch, 1435 Water Street, Kelowna BC V1Y 1J4, Telephone 250-469-8530 or Fax 250-862-3392. kelowna.ca

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NOTICE is Hereby Given that CREDITORS and others, having claims against the Estate of JOHN REGINALD ATKINS formerly of #80 3535 Casorso Road, Kelowna, BC, V1W 3E1, Deceased, are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Administrator, c/o Tia-Toni Wilson of 1351 Bentien Road, Kelowna, BC, V1X 7K3 on or before March 26, 2014, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

The purpose of this Request for Expression of Interest is to shortlist up to 4 proponents to be included on a subsequent Request for Proposal to provide an update to the Kelowna Wastewater Master Plan as well as provide a pre-design report for the North End Industrial Area Sewer.

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SELLING YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR VAN? $

Homes for Rent 3Bdrm house, 1281 Pheasant St. Close to all ammens, $1200 + utils, NS, NP, Avail NOW, 778-478-1254

Rentals

RUGER GP 100’s, American’s, 243, 308, 270, 30-06, Scout, Hawkeye, Glock 17, 20, 21, 22, CZ 527 & 452, all in stock at Weber & Markin Gunsmiths, The Best Little Gunshop Around 4-1691 Powick Rd Kel 250-762-7575 Tues-Sat. 10-6 facebook.com/ WeberMarkin

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Duplex / 4 Plex Feb/Mar 2bd, 1 bath, Duplex.

Upper Ok Mission, quiet area, 4 appl, $935 incl. water, NS, NP. Couple pref’d, DD. 250764-4786 or 250-801-1797 OLDER Spacious 2bd, Rutland sideXside 4plex. Carport, workshop. Pet ok. Rental ref’s req’d. $950+ utils. 250-7655578. View: 1020 Leathhead

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4.69 VIEW ACREAGE 1460 Gibson Rd.

10 min. to Airport, UBCO & Orchard Park Mall.

2,400 sqft. Walkout Rancher, 4 bdrms, 2bath, 2 fireplaces, N/G, Fortis, City/Irrg. water, on sewer.

Acreage suitable for: vineyard, winery, orchard, agri-tourism, hobby farm.

Open House: Thurs-Sun, 1pm-4pm Phone: 250-765-2740 Cell: 250-861-0564

******* OKHomeseller.com View Okanagan properties for sale by owner. Selling? No Commission. 250-545-2383, 1-877-291-7576

Licensed Intermediate Care Facility for 8 Kelowna. Turnkey, newly renovated. Care takers luxurious apartment. Calling on RN’s LPN’s or Care Aids Perect for seniors, or drug and alcohol treatments.

Realtors’ welcome with a sellers commission.

Priced to sell. Don’t wait!

$675,000 OBO

All offers considerd

Phone: (778)753-3425

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS T14-017 Lakeshore Road Upgrades - Construction Sealed proposals clearly marked on the outside of the envelope with the words T14-017 Lakeshore Road Upgrades – Construction will be received at the Office of the City Clerk, 1435 Water Street, Kelowna, BC up until 3pm, Local Time, March 6, 2014. The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) will not be opened publicly.

A site meeting will be held on February 27, 2014 at 10am local time at 579 Truswell Road, Kelowna, BC (White Buffalo Lodge).

The City is issuing this Request for Qualifications to pre-qualify companies to be invited to tender/submit proposals on the construction of the Lakeshore Road Upgrades. Substantial completion is anticipated to be achieved by October 31, 2014.

The City reserves the right to reject any or all responses, to waive defects in any submission and to accept submissions which it may consider to be in the best interest of the City.

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ADULT MINI PINSCHER NEUTERED MALE

Charlie is a handsome boy who loves to show his stuff. He is full of energy & life & has lots of love to give. He is an inside dog when the weather is nasty...but on sunny days he enjoys long walks & is very social. He gets along with other dogs & would do well with a buddy that will play with him. If you have the ideal situation and home for Charlie please ask the staff for a one-on-one meet and greet. He can hardly wait to find his forever home.

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PATCHES

ISIS

CHARLIE

Isis is a very sweet girl with logs of hugs and kisses to give her forever family. She loves to spend time curled on the couch or your lap just to chill out. She is OK with other felines which is good if you already have a lonely resident cat that could use a friend. Come down and spend some time getting to know her...she will be happy to WOW you!!

YOUNG ADULT DOMESTIC SHORT HAIR SPAYED FEMALE

Patches is a sweet little girl who would prefer a quiet home just to hang out, sleep, eat and of course nap in your lap occasionally. She is adjusted to an ADULT ONLY home, and likes being inside. She gets along with other cats and can hardly wait to become your new family companion. Please come down and spend some time getting to know her if you feel you have the ideal environment for Patches.

TOLL FREE ANIMAL CRUELTY HOTLINE 1-855-622-7722

Sat. March 8, 2014 1 – 2 pm

(BC SPCA) The call centre is open 7 days a week from 8am - 7:30pm.

If there is an animal emergency outside of these hours, please contact your local SPCA.

3785 Casorso Rd Kelowna Refreshments Provided To Elect members of the Community Council for the branch, as well to conduct any other business of the Branch.

Anyone can attend. Members are eligible to vote.

Cody is looking for his forever companion who can offer him an endless supply of love & cuddles. He would do great in a family with an active lifestyle, likes car rides & is good with children, other dogs...BUT DEFINITELY NOT CATS. He is easy going, enjoys daily walks & playing. If you think you are the right family for this young, active, loving canine, then ask the staff to set up a one-on-one meeting with him.

ADULT GUINEA PIG FEMALE

To report an animal in distress… call

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING KELOWNA BRANCH OF THE BC SPCA

ADULT LAB RETRIEVER/ COONHOUND X NEUTERED MALE

Tilly is a very interactive young lady, loves to cuddle with people and even knows a few tricks! She is a bit shy at first, but once comfortable she becomes a social butterfly. She is very low maintenance and will make a wonderful addition to a household that can give her warmth & lots of interaction. If you are interested in meeting Tilly please ask the staff to set up a time to sit with her.

TILLY

ID#324595

Annual Membership: $30 (ages 18-65) For further information on the meeting, Branch Membership, or to obtain a copy of the draft agenda, please contact Kelowna Community Council at cckelowna@spca. bc.ca or call the Shelter at 250 861-7722.

A copy of the Constitution and Bylaws of the Society is available at: http://www.spca.bc.ca/about/governance-accountability/ governance-docs/

RASCAL ID#324276

The Shelter is in immediate need of

TOWELS & BLANKETS

2014 WISH LIST

SPCA -

FOR THE ANIMALS: LOVING HOMES!!!

• Tin Dog & Cat Food (pate please for the cats) • “Greenies” Dog & Cat Pill Pockets • 6 ft. (+) Dog Leashes - Dog & Cat Toys -Timothy Hay• Dog Kongs (mostly large sizes) FOR THE OFFICE: All types of stationary

FOR THE SHELTER:

Toilet paper, paper towels, dish soap, tissues, XXXL garbage bags, and “HE” Liguid laundry detergent

ADULT DOMESTIC SHORT HAIR NEUTERED MALE

Rascal is appropriately named! He is a big handsome boy who can hardly wait to find his forever home. If you have been looking for a new addition to your family, he is good with other cats and would so love to show you how special he is. Ask the staff for a private viewing and spend some time getting to know him.

CHIEF

MAKENA

ID#319869

ADULT DOMESTIC SHORT HAIR NEUTERED MALE

Chief has a wonderful personality and is very handsome...especially his eyes. He adores having lots of attention paid to him and will totally return the love he gets. If you would like to get to know Chief better, please ask the staff to set up a meet and greet with him...he can hardly wait.

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MIMIEUX

ID#323551

ID#318773

ADULT DOMESTIC SHORT HAIR SPAYED FEMALE

Makena is super sweet and truly needs to find a super sweet forever home. She loves to interact and just wants to be loved. She is an expert and giving affection, kisses and purrs. She is good with other cats and would make a wonderful addition to a warm and happy home.

Ask the staff to set up a one-on-one private meeting so she can show you what she has to offer.

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YOUNG ADULT DOMESTIC LONG HAIR SPAYED FEMALE

Mimieux is a very quiet girl with lots and lots of love to give. Her sweet face with definitely win you over.

She gets along with other felines, so if you are looking to add to your feline family or just want a beautiful girl to call your own, please ask the staff to set up a meet and greet with her.

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