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The second Challenge Penticton race is still six months away, but the City of Penticton has announced plans to find a private individual or group to take over operation of the race.

“Challenge Penticton Canada is seeing steady increases in registrations, sponsors and business partners and we feel that now is a good time to investigate options for the future of our stellar race,” said Litke.

The request for expressions of interest asks for community-minded entities that have the qualifications needed to organize the race, including appropriate experience, financial capacity, and commitment to a quality race experience.

“The ideal operating model will see an individual or private entity with a vested interest lead this race to its maximum potential,” said Paulette Rennie, president of the Penticton Triathlon Race Society.

Financial capacity may end up being the most important of those qualifications.

The inaugural 2013 race lost $377,000 and Mayor Garry Litke said prospective operators will need to take on the race’s debt.

“The expression of interest that is going out is asking that consideration be given to that,” said Litke, adding that if they can’t find an operator willing to address the debt, they will continue on with the current structure.

The race society, to which the city assigned the licence it obtained from the Challenge Family in 2012, will continue to operate the race through this year’s event, then assist with the transition to the new operators as of Aug. 26, the first day of registration for the 2015 race.

The city’s press release announcing the change in direction paints a positive picture, thanking the volunteers who invested their time on the race society board and referring to the first year as a success.

Pointing out that it takes time to build a race up to the large event that the Penticton Ironman became, Litke defended describing the first Challenge Penticton as a success.

“The last week in August, this town was abuzz with activity, restaurants and hotels were full, businesses were thriving, our local business community is very happy with the fact this race continues in this community. That is a success,” said Litke.

“The reason we are so adamant about making this race survive and thrive in this community is because without the race, this town will roll up the streets the last week of August.

“If we can keep people in this town, and keep businesses active and making money, that is a success.”

Rob Appelman, president of the Penticton Hospitality Association and owner of the Lakeside Villa, disagrees with Litke’s sentiment.

“We were far from full,” said Appelman.

“A lot of the accommodators had very few, if any, people come in for the race.”

But though he questions the $5.7 million in economic impact that Challenge Penticton is attributing to the inaugural 2013 race, Appelman said it still has potential.

“It is our race and we should all embrace it and work with it as best as possible and try and get people to come to the Penticton for the race,” he said.

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Council mum on public garden lease Steve Kidd

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Representatives from the Penticton Urban Agriculture Association didn’t find out Monday whether or not they were successful in their bid to get Penticton city council to renew their lease.

That’s because council decided to take discussion of the lease behind closed doors, which is where council turned down the renewal on Feb. 17, the first time it came before council. And because that decision was made in camera, the association was never told why they were turned down.

“Transparency and accountability are important to this council,” said Penticton Mayor Garry Litke while talking about another matter before council.

But lack of communication seemed to be more the order of the day, as two councillors openly admitted they were not fully informed about the association’s activities before make their decision in February. Under a temporary use permit, the association leases a portion of an empty lot at the corner of Ellis and Nanaimo, where they teach people about how to grow food in the city and conduct other educational programs.

That was laid out in a letter to city staff, which also outlined plans for continuing to grow their operations.

And as a byproduct, the association has been able to contribute several hundred pounds of food to the food bank and the Soupateria.

EvA DurAnCE, past president of the Penticton urban Agriculture Association, works on cleaning up some of the plant beds last September. The association has asked council to reconsider their Feb. 17 decision not to renew the group’s lease.

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It turns out council had concerns about clutter in the association’s end of the lot — the rest is used as a parking lot — and whether the group should be weeding the entire lot, or just the northern end, where their Centre for Urban Agriculture is located.

“I didn’t realize what great work your group was doing in the community,” admitted Coun.

Helena Konanz, addressing association president Kathryn McCourt and past president Eva Durance,

who were making a presentation to council. “I thought your group was aware that council was concerned about what was happening aesthetically.”

“We’ve had no written or verbal communications there was any problems,” said Durance, noting that though the rest of the lot isn’t included in the temporary use permit, their association had gone to the effort of xeriscaping around signs on the opposite side of the lot from their compound to help

control noxious weeds.

McCourt said the group has worked on the project for three years and it is an ongoing process to continue building their operation, which is entirely done with volunteer labour and limited funds.

“Rome wasn’t built in a day, and they had slave labour,” said McCourt. “It would be a great pity if all the volunteer effort and donations and involvement were to be wasted.”

Coun. John Vassilaki, who

visited the garden area to discuss the operation with Durance, also admitted he hadn’t been fully informed at the February in camera meeting.

“There was a misconception around the table from some of the councillors that this was going to be a community garden and not an urban teaching garden, because there is a huge difference between the two as I found out. I had no idea,” said Vassilaki.

Litke said that council had received the association’s letter, but had no explanation for why council members still seemed uninformed about the group’s activities.

“It was in our hands. Some may have (read the letter) and some may have forgotten,” said Litke, who tried to explain why they were taking the discussion in camera again.

“Because the lease was originally approved in camera, the recommendation was that we need to go back into camera to change the resolution that was made,” said Litke.

“We can’t come out into public and change a decision that was made in camera.”

Corporate officer Dana Schmidt confirmed that council could choose to make the discussion public, but added that it might end up involving an evaluation or a negotiation.

“Sometimes you are halfway through the conversation before you realize there might be a problem, so that is why it is done in camera,” said Coun. Katie Robinson.

City council hopes to divest of Challenge licence by April CHALLENGE from p.1 Even when a new operator is in place, according to Litke, the city won’t be able to just turn over the licence to them.

“The licence is held by the Challenge family in Roth, Germany. If there is a local group that is willing to operate that licence, we will co-operate with them in their bid to obtain that licence from Challenge Family in Roth,” he said.

“They have been part of this conversation throughout, so they are well aware of what is happening here tonight.”

“The Challenge Family has committed to working with the City and future organizers to ensure that Penticton’s legendary race

continues,” said Challenge Family CEO Felix Walchshöfer.

According to Litke, reviewing the governance structure of the race was always part of the plan. Former mayor Dan Ashton agreed review was always part of the process, but said the original intention was to focus on

keeping community ownership.

“We had to set it up, but it was going to remain a community event,”said Ashton. “We were bringing a race back to the community that the community could have and prosper from.”

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The scope of the losses became apparent in February 2014, when the society released its financial statement showing the total loss was $377,000.

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Penticton airport lands GPS approach system Steve Kidd

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The push is still on to get more flights in and out of Penticton airport, especially a direct flight to Calgary and Nav Canada is planning to make the airport a little safer and easier to use.

Later this year, Nav Canada will be introducing a GPS approach system for Penticton. But unlike upgrading to an Instrument Landing System with a radio beacon, a GPS approach doesn’t require any new equipment at the airport itself.

“That is the beauty of it,” said David Allen, manager of the Penticton airport.

“Instead, pilots will be given a series of GPS co-ordinates to guide them.

“With your GPS, you can hit those coordinates and not hit anything,” said Allen, adding that this is a better method than the ILS as well as being less expensive, since there is no

equipment on the ground.

“Whether anything on the ground is working or not, as long as the GPS in the cockpit is working, you should be able to make a safe approach.”

“There will be a GPS approach designed, which gives it a more precision approach,” said Ron Singer, spokesperson for Nav Canada.

“There is certainly opportunities for improvement to the accessibility of the airport. In mountainous regions, it’s always a challenge.”

Right now, the flight path is based on visuals. When you don’t have visuals, say during the snowstorms, the airport may be inaccessible.

“You don’t need visuals with GPS, you are going on points.

If you know where your obstacles are, that’s there on your GPS,” said Allen. “So you build your route so you fly around the mountain and if you follow those GPS points you will fly around the mountain.”

“It should bring the limits way down, because on a cloudy day like today, they have to high limits simply because they can’t see,” said Allen. “If they can’t see, they can’t come in, but if they have a GPS, the limits should go way down.”

Singer said Nav Canada isn’t sure yet how much the safe flight ceiling will be lowered, since the process of setting up the GPS approach is just beginning.

“We will be designing a GPS approach for the airport, for each end of the runway. That will have potential for opportunities to lower the minima so it would be more accessible in difficult weather conditions,” said Singer, adding that work is expected to begin on the design shortly, though it won’t be finished or published until later this year.

“There is nothing to install, it is all satellite based and equipment on board the cockpit,” said Singer.

“The challenge is the actual designing of the approach and the angles.

“That is the difficult part and has to be tested.”

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The Okanagan Skaha School District has now honoured its initial cost estimate for a freedom of information request related to the four employees whose expenses last year totalled $83,000.

“I apologize for all the rigamarole and we just want it resolved,” said school board chairman Bruce Johnson.

The school district initially sent the Western News an invoice for $182 to complete the request, the cost of which it had estimated at $40 and for which it settled this week.

The FOI response package shows the bulk of employee expenses were related to travel, mostly within B.C. but also to New York and Las Vegas.

It appears, however, that credit card report forms were redacted for unspecified reasons, while personal information, including social insurance numbers and birthdates of 37 employees, was left in.

Secretary-treasurer Bonnie Roller Routley did not respond Tuesday afternoon to an email seeking clarification.

Facilities director Doug Gorcak, superintendent Wendy Hyer, and director of business development Ron Shongrunden each spent over $20,000 last year for a

combined $61,508.22, triple their 2012 total.

Johnson said the increased costs were related largely to the district’s attempts to generate revenue by attracting more international students and selling technology services, and saving money on energy efficiency improvements.

School trustees became aware of the expense amounts in December with the release of the annual statement of financial information, he continued.

“We asked and we said, ‘What’s going on?

And the explanation we got is everything’s transparent, everything’s up front, it’s the price of doing business,” Johnson said.

The fourth employee on Okanagan Skaha’s $20,000-plus list is former payroll manager Lynda Warr, whose $17,326.68 retirement allowance was recorded as an expense.

“Should it be on the expense ledger? Probably not,” Johnson said.

Only two other school district employees elsewhere in the Okanagan topped the $20,000 mark for expenses last year, but Johnson noted that a secretary-treasurer in Salmon Arm booked $46,920.22.

Check the Western News on Friday for a full report on the FOI release.

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Fruit growers look to seed research fund Joe Fries

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Despite the plan failing in a vote, the B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association is not giving up on the idea of an industryfunded Apple Research and Promotion Agency.

“We aren’t anywhere near developing a new proposal, but I think what we’re saying is the concept is alive,” said BCFGA general manager Glen Lucas.

The aim of the proposed agency was to fund marketing and research for the apple industry to help improve profitability. It would have been funded by growers through a levy of two-tenths of a cent per pound of apples produced.

Growers narrowly agreed to the creation of the agency by a 135-133 vote in February, but the initiative needed 65 per cent approval to pass.

Lucas said the BCFGA is taking the affirmative vote to mean it should continue working to implement the agency.

He said future ef-

Twin goals of apple research and marketing will continue to be met by a mish-mash of existing programs after a vote to establish an apple Research and Promotion agency failed. such agencies exist in other provinces and allow for the application of tariffs on imported fruit.

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forts will be focused on explaining how the levy, estimated to raise about $316,000 yearly in B.C, would unlock a matching — but more lucrative — charge on imported apples.

“We need to keep letting growers know that by not passing this they’re (foregoing) $1 million in levies on imported apples. We need to get that message out,”

he said.

Naramata orchardist Peter Simonsen, who produces about one million pounds of apples annually and would have been levied $2,000, said he was disappointed with the result.

“It would have made growers money, but they just couldn’t see it,” said Simonsen, also a member of the

BCFGA executive.

“And I would sort of blame myself for not explaining it better. There were a lot of what-ifs and, to be kind, I’ll say the growers rejected the what-ifs.”

B.C. Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm said in a statement the government “respects the B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association’s choice to not establish a provincial apple council.”

“The B.C. government will continue to support B.C. tree fruit growers’ efforts to increase their competitiveness and profitability,” Pimm said.

The ministry was in support of the agency and its staff had done some work with the BCFGA to explain the regulatory process required to establish it.

According to a briefing note prepared for Pimm in August 2013, the B.C. tree fruit industry shrunk from about 20,000 acres planted in the early 1990s to 14,000 by last summer.

Over that same timespan, the fruit production area in Washington

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Vaccination is the best strategy to avoid measles outbreak in okanagan Steve Kidd

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There hasn’t been any cases of measles in the Okanagan yet, but that doesn’t mean the outbreak in the Fraser Valley won’t make into the Interior.

“There certainly is a possibility for spread, in particular during this time when it is spring break and we expect that children and their families are doing some travelling between regions in the province,” said Dr. Sue Pollock, medical health officer with the Interior Health Authority.

The outbreak, which began at a Christian school with a low vaccination rate and now accounts for an estimated 100 cases of measles in Chilliwack and Agassiz, has spread into the general population, according to a Fraser Health Authority report. This is the second outbreak in two years in Fraser East.

Measles spreads by touch or through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes.

“In North America, it is no longer a common childhood disease and that is due to our immunization programs,” said Pollock. In the Interior Health region, she added, immunization rates average 88 per cent for children entering the school system.

“It is still important that people are aware there are risks associated with measles. It isn’t common now and maybe people don’t realize that children can become quite sick with measles and, very rarely, even die from measles.”

Complications from measles include ear or respiratory infections like pneumonia, and in extreme cases, brain inflammation, blindness and deafness.

“One in about 3,000 individuals with measles may actually die from it,” said Pollock.

Early symptoms include a high fever, cough, run-

ny nose and red eyes. The trademark rash develops a few days later.

“They will be infectious from about four days before that rash develops to about four days after,” said Pollock.

The last outbreak of measles in the Interior Health region was in 2011, a cluster of eight cases. In the past, though, the disease was much more common, accounting for 500,000 deaths worldwide in the year 2000. Mass immunizations have drastically reduced that figure.

“For the last 14 years we have seen a real reduction in the number of measles deaths,” said Pollock, noting that in 2012, the number of measles deaths had been reduced by 80 per cent.

Adults are also susceptible to the disease. Interior Health recommends that anyone born after 1970 check their immunization records to make sure they have had two doses of the measles vaccine. Those that haven’t and also haven’t had the disease, said Pollock, should contact a health unit.

“We do encourage people to check their immunization and get themselves updated with the two doses so we can protect those around us who are more vulnerable.” she said.

“For individuals born before 1970, we consider them immune because there was much more measles circulating during that time and they probably have been exposed.”

The side effects of the vaccine, Pollock explained, are generally minor— a sore arm or a little bit of a fever, potentially a rash.

“But compared to the risk of getting measles itself, and some of the potential complications, the risks are much less with the vaccine than the actual disease,” said Pollock.

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New liquor laws make sense Liquor sales in retail stores are one step closer, with the provincial government unveiling some details about the standalone outlets which can be located within existing grocery stores.

Liquor will not be sold in corner or convenience stores, which removes one of the concerns of those who opposed selling liquor beyond the existing sales network.

Those who currently hold private liquor store licences, which generally go to those with pub licences, will be able to move their licences (presumably via sale or lease) into grocery stores.

The current restriction that licences must be for businesses within a five-kilometre limit will be lifted. Wisely, the government realizes this move gives an economic benefit to licence holders, and wants them to pay a transfer fee.

The standalone stores will be in larger grocery stores, and within the same building — not in standalone buildings. This makes a lot of sense, customers will be able to put groceries and liquor in their carts, but pay for their liquor in designated checkout lines.

This move brings an era of civility to liquor sales not seen before in B.C. It wasn’t that long ago that we had to go into government liquor stores, ask for the product we wanted, and received it in a brown paper bag. Then we got government stores in shopping malls, and then a mix of private and government liquor stores.

It will be wonderful to be able to pair liquor, particularly wine and beer, with food and get some expert advice on those pairings within stores, as is the case at some U.S. grocery stores.

One step towards promoting B.C.-made beer, PENTICTON WESTERN wine and spirits is to allow for point-of-sale demonstrating, tastings and advice. While this does take place in liquor stores now, it can be expanded greatly within the confines of a larger grocery store selling a wide variety of products.

Sales of liquor in grocery stores begin in 2015.

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Green machine gathers in B.C. Canada’s sleek, imported green propaganda machine rolled into the capital last week for a couple of days of meetings.

You wouldn’t have heard about it, because they didn’t stage any protests or press conferences.

Instead they met quietly with selected reporters as well as politicians from both sides of the aisle.

They didn’t invite me for some reason, but from what I can gather, it was a friendly networking session.

When I speak of our U.S.-directed environmental movement, many people still don’t know what I mean.

They see the sign-waving on TV and assume it’s all spontaneous, driven by passionate volunteers.

Nuke the Whales for Jesus, as we used to joke in the 1970s.

It’s an industry now, and as with our automotive industry, Canada is a branch plant of the U.S. The Victoria event was an annual conference called

Organizing for Change, sponsored by Tides Canada.

Thanks mainly to the work of B.C. researcher Vivian Krause, this offshoot of the U.S. Tides Foundation now at least identifies itself while it pulls B.C.’s political strings.

Tom Fletcher Organizing for Change currently B.C. Views includes Ecojustice, Greenpeace, Sierra Club B.C., ForestEthics that nefarious gas Advocacy, ForestEthics drilling technology Solutions, Georgia Strait so demonized in fake documentaries and Alliance, Dogwood celebrity protests.

Initiative, Pembina Tides no longer Institute, West Coast attempts to hide its Environmental Law, strategy of targeting Wildsight and Seattleenergy development in based Conservation B.C. and Alberta.

Northwest.

Its tactics are Tides is itself a front well known, too. for wealthy charitable Environmentalists need foundations based high-profile wins, and mostly in Seattle and the economic pain is California, funded by best inflicted outside billionaires who see of the U.S., the biggest saving B.C. as their polluter in world personal eco-project. history.

Their hired activists Organizing for met with Environment Change’s stated Minister Mary Polak priorities for the year to discuss her justare the last stand of the introduced Water Great Bear Rainforest, Sustainability Act. the Sacred Headwaters This was to demand and the Water heavy fees and choking Sustainability Act. regulations on water Professional used for fracking,

protesters are mainly just taking credit for the 2012 buy-back of Shell’s coalbed gas licences around the headwaters of the Nass, Skeena and Stikine Rivers.

Tahltan Central Council declared that territory theirs in 1910, and having pros roll in with slogans and graphics wasn’t exactly crucial to the outcome.

Their greatest marketing success so far is the Great Bear Rainforest, which is continually portrayed as being in peril from hunting, logging and of course, oil and gas development.

One of the documents Krause unearthed is a 2008 plan entitled Tar Sands Campaign Strategy 2.1 that has proven remarkably prophetic.

As Greenpeace, Sierra and ForestEthics were negotiating the 2007 Great Bear land use plan, other network members were preparing to raise the negatives and market Alberta as a unique threat to planetary integrity.

I’ve written before

about the distortions and evasions required to present such a fossil fuel fairy tale.

Suffice it to say that while we have busloads of protesters in B.C., you don’t see them in those benevolent petrostates Angola, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela, Kuwait or Algeria.

They’re not saving the whole planet, just the safe and lucrative parts.

And as I mentioned after the protesterstaged Neil Young concert tour, it’s amazing how American oil and gas interests and Alaska oil tankers remain invisible to this sophisticated network.

NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert met with the green machine too.

He wants all of B.C.’s groundwater mapped and measured deep into the Earth’s crust. That should take a while.

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Do as I say not as I do

The Americans have spent over $5 billion trying to foment revolt in Ukraine and install a pro-West government in Kiev (at gunpoint) to help undermine and destabilize Russia and now they’ve got what they wanted.

It’s the same old story of the Americans sticking their noses into the internal politics of other country to help spread freedom and democracy also known as American imperialism.

I wonder how long till the new government in Kiev asks for an IMF loan to help structurally adjust their economy?

Same old story.

Of course with the Americans it’s do as I say not as I do.

Good example, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned Russia’s invasion of Crimea, meanwhile in Iraq irony is living the high life.

President Obama and the civilian leadership of the U.S. are war criminals. Same goes for Vlad Putin and what he did in Chechnya.

So more than likely what’s going to happen in Ukraine is that it’s going to split in two.

Putin’s not playing, he’s using power to get what he wants, while all Prime Minister Harper and President Obama can do is unfriend him on Facebook.

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APTN worth the watch

First of all, I am not related to any aboriginal peoples, but I do periodically check out the TV viewing of the APTN channel.

I am now in my senior years, and am absolutely amazed at what I see on some of the documentary programs.

How many Canadians are aware of how many millions of dollars of tax payers money was spent on fighting the natives from their legal rights to go fishing.

And I’m not talking about massive humongous fishing boats either.

Boats so small that the RCMP were able to run their boats right

over the tops of the little fishing boats of the natives.

Not just to keep them from fishing, I believe it was done just to show the power of the government.

And this was done in the early 2000s.

It is so very easy to see the government is doing everything in its power to continue to keep control over the native peoples.

So you readers out there, don’t just take my word for it, check out that channel for yourself, APTN. In Penticton, it’s on channel 117.

You will be surprised at what you’ll see and learn.

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Canada Post being mismanaged

The Canadian Postal Service snow job outraged Canadians a short while ago but melted into a puddle as soon as our Conservative government rained on war veterans.

Canada Post president and CEO Deepak Chopra needs to cut operating costs? CEO Chopra is getting rid of employees?

Why is Canada Post bleeding so much red?

I know, Bank of Canada has been allowed to quietly steal our money with a simple scam called usury.

Chopra claims door-to-door delivery is going to bankrupt the company.

This seems bizarre if you know anything about accounting and

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postal delivery. About 8,000 postal workers will lose their jobs but I heard executives recently received up to a 33 per cent bonus and there are 22 acting vicepresidents.

Chopra must know when you make good profits in one quarter, nothing in the next; there is no cause for alarm! Profits ebb and flow like the tides on a seashore.

Canada Post executives decided implementing a costly and critical grievance system to help weed out lazy postal workers.

How to add stress out loyal posties?

Get them to turn on each other. Imagine what this does to family life? Fear of losing a job and being overworked increase the odds of mental breakdown.

another dominant, albeit quieter, point of view on nature Thank you to all those other people who came forward

letters to offer their support, and I would ask you to be ready to speak up and act when this issue resurfaces, as it will, since we live in a

valley surrounded by nature and not highrise concrete, and the honourable Wes Hopkin and Andrew Jakubeit are determined to limit

or eliminate human error on our roadways by doing something with our deer.

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Deer need our vigilance

As someone said to me during the present deer debacle, “for every person who complains about the urban deer, there are probably two people who are content living with them.”

The human problem here is that we make news and interesting reading from unhappy people and catastrophizing situations.

Then, the unhappy peoples’ situation is addressed and perceived as the norm.

It is partly because of this human dynamic that I felt morally obligated to act on this situation, and give a voice to

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Several members of the South Okanagan Breast Cancer Survivorship Dragon Boat Team presented the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation with a donation of $1,650 to be designated towards the new Patient Care Tower or on medical diagnostic equipment. As well as training for the dragon boat races, team members work hard to help newly diagnosed breast cancer patients get back to excellent physical condition and fundraise to support medical equipment used for breast cancer patients. Since 2001 this amazing group has donated more than $27,000 towards equipment and programs at Penticton Regional Hospital. On behalf of the board of directors, medical staff, patients and their families, our thanks to all of the members.

Mr. Jaswinder Singh Grewal and his family, on behalf of the Lachi Fine Indian Cuisine restaurant donated $5,000 towards the Penticton Regional Hospital for the purchase of Digital X-Ray equipment. On behalf of the board of directors, medical staff and patients, we would like to thank everyone involved.

The Royal Canadian Legion #40, Poppy Chairman Al McNeil and President Murray Grandy presented a cheque for $5,000 from the Poppy Fund for medical equipment at the Penticton Regional Hospital. The goal is to designate these funds to the new Patient Care Tower (PCT), when the announcement is official. This will be the first Legion gift for the new PCT campaign.

We would like to thank all the individuals, service organizations and business groups for their dedication and thoughtfulness by making donations to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation.

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Terry Lindsay knows not all heroes fight fires or crime, some just literally give part of themselves.

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“I had been waiting for a donor for almost two years, but was told it could take up to 10 years to get one. I just didn’t have that kind of time,” said Lindsay. “Then she stepped in.”

She being the Penticton woman who did not want to be identified in the media, and was only acquainted to Lindsay through slo-pitch.

A community that rallied around Lindsay last year when they held a fundraising tournament for him for just this moment when he would need money for transportation, accommodation and other necessities of life while he goes through surgery and recovery.

He doesn’t plan to let anyone down in

the fight to regain his life back.

“I was an umpire, I wasn’t a player. I am supposed to be hated. Here are all these people in a moments notice pitching in, donating and taking part. For me that is very humbling,” he said.

“The community has been supportive of me and continue to be. I am going to do my damndest to make sure everything comes out well.”

Depending on how well the kidney takes, his hope is it will mean 15 to 20 years without having to even think about dialysis.

Things have been going well since he was admitted to St. Paul’s hospital in Vancouver.

About one week after surgery Lindsay was released to live in nearby suites as they continue to monitor him.

He said he is lucky he is still at a stage in his life where a transplant had the capacity to improve the quality of his life.

“If I waited too much longer it may not,” he said, days before going in for his surgery. “It takes a special person who would do this.

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“Especially for someone they know, but even more so for someone maybe they don’t know that well. It takes quite an individual to do that and she is. It is a gift that I definitely appreciate and she knows that.”

Having worked as a teacher giving back to youth and volunteering his time in various capacities, Lindsay is very much a believer in what goes around comes around.

“Now here is the situation where the community has come together to help me.

I guess I couldn’t ask for anything more positive than this. I am blessed, I truly am blessed,” he said.

March just happens to be kidney health month. On Wednesday, Penticton area residents who have been the recipient or have donated a kidney will be speaking at the Penticton Newcomers Club, 260 Brunswick St. from 7 to 8 p.m.

They also remind people that becoming an organ donor is not done on B.C. drivers’ licences anymore and it is simple as completing an online registration form to legally record your decision at www.transplant. bc.ca.

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Norman finds true meaning of cool in Discovery House Mark Brett

Western News Staff

Not long ago 37-year-old Cary Norman didn’t have a future. His substance abuse had robbed him of his life, leaving him in a downward spiral.

Now, thanks to his faith and the help he received at the Discovery House men’s recovery centre, all that has all changed.

Not only has Norman turned his own life around he is currently working two jobs to provide the same help for others in situations he is all too familiar with.

“I started using LSD when I was younger, about 14, which is not really the usual sort of thing and that carried on through jails and institutions, institutions meaning psych wards and going on to adult jail after that,” recalled Norman about the first time he began experimenting with drugs and the results. “I was trying to be cool and stuff, I guess it all starts somewhere.”

During those years in between, during the intermittent stays in institutions, he made a number unsuccessful attempts to clean up his life, including one which lasted three years.

It was during one of those stays in jail he learned about Discovery House.

“I actually heard about it through one of the guards and decided to see what it was all about,” said Norman who was lucky enough to get a bed when he was released. “Getting baptized at the church helped a lot and Discovery House gave me a place to live drug and alcohol free which has changed my life in a way that I don’t want to use (drugs or alcohol) anymore.

“If it wasn’t for Discovery house I probably would have gone back to using. I can almost guarantee that and who knows where I would be now.”

Discovery House is a spiritually-based, 12-step recovery facility for men.

The 90-day open-ended program provides access to a wide range of services ranging from basic life skills training to free counselling and education about the physical and psychological aspects of addiction.

Operating funds come entirely from private donations and special events like eighth annual gala dinner and music night.

Norman will be the guest speaker at this year’s fundraiser which is March 29 at the Penticton Seniors Drop in Centre at 2965 South Main. St. “I’m not sure how far back I’m going with my story (bad part) I think it’s more about what good things Discovery House can do,” said Norman.

Like others who the facility has helped, Norman is doing some work at the house with clients.

His other job is with Portage B.C., a drug addiction rehabilitation centre for adolescents near Keremeos.

“It’s funny because I never saw myself working with adolescents,” he said. “I never saw myself being that type of a person, but following God’s way has all been a part of it. It’s new path of life. it’s a good fit for me.

It also helps me working with the kids, it inspires me to help people that want to change their lives.”

Norman’s other approach to staying clean is not worrying about the future.

“I get up and pray and start my day with an open mind and take it one step at a time, the rest will look after itself,” he said. “That will be my future.”

Tickets for the dinner and evening of entertainment which gets underway at 6 p.m. are still available. For more information call 250-462-1388.

Cary NormaN, 37, works two jobs so he can help others rid drugs from their lives.

Norman is the guest speaker at the eighth annual gala dinner and music night in support of Discovery House.

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Maggie teachers see students Through A Different Lens Joe Fries

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Adopting new classroom strategies that play to students’ unique strengths has earned some local teachers recognition from the Canadian Education Association.

Those teachers for the Okanagan Skaha School District have spent parts of the past three years on a project called Through A Different Lens, which helps them rethink their

Princess Margaret secondary school principal terry grady and teachers anita Mosher and naryn searcy are celebrating an honourable mention for a canadian education award that recognizes an innovative approach in use in this district.

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“The traditional method of school — which is the teacher standing at the front of the room lecturing, students taking notes and writings tests — that is not the best way for a lot of kids to learn,” explained Naryn Searcy, an English teacher at Princess Margaret Secondary School.

“Traditionally, in English class you might read a novel or study a poem and then you have the option of writing a paragraph or a standard test.

“Now we’ve opened it up so that in an English classroom you respond by performing a song, which shows your understanding of the poem, or making a video or scripting a play.”

Colleague Anita Mosher said Through A Different Lens helped her imagine new ways to engage kids.

“I’m a language teacher and you want to teach vocabulary, so you could have cards with pictures on them and you could play card games, you could throw the words on a board and have kids point to them,” she said.

“There are other ways that you can teach

something besides saying, ‘Here’s the list of words, sit here and memorize them.’”

Through A Different Lens program was funded by the Vancouver Foundation, which awarded the district $50,000 in each of the past three years to help offset staffing costs and other expenses.

Although the Vancouver Foundation grants will end this year, Searcy is optimistic teachers will continue to use the program.

Through A Different Lens is in operation at schools throughout the district, although nearly half of the roughly 70 teachers currently on the program are based at Princess Margaret.

That earned the entire staff there an honourable mention for the CEA’s 2014 Ken Spencer Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, which will be presented at the school in May. “It represents a collective effort from our staff, from our district at recognizing the different learners that are out there and addressing their needs,” said principal Terry Grady.

“I think that is the reward more than the award.”

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Ash cooks for the soul and community Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

ExEcutivE chEf Jordan ash of flambé catering at work in the kitchen of his Kaleden restaurant this week. ash is this week’s top 40 under 40 recipient.

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As a kid, Jordan Ash enjoyed cooking.

He would join his parents and family to prepare meals. When he was very young, Ash recalls his mother, Rita Terriff, teaching him how to make a beshamel sauce, which is like a cream sauce.

“That was one of the things I remembered starting it all,” said Ash, who also satisfied appetites with pizza and simple meals.

Watching food being made professionally and tasting them made Ash, this weeks Top 40 Under 40 recipient, want to pursue a career as a chef. The owner and executive chef of Flambé Catering in Kaleden, Ash said his path began when he took culinary classes as a student at Pen High and then pursued an apprenticeship working under Patty Dyck at the Country Squire in Naramata. Ash describes Dyck as amazing.

“Even watching her, not being so hands-on at that age, was just so inspiring,” said Ash, 29. “To see what she did just made me want to do the same thing.”

He was also been inspired by chef Heinz Schmid of Catering Done Right in Kaleden.

Ash worked in a kitchen since he was a teenager and paid his dues, starting from being a dishwasher.

He loves everything about the business and said the cooking aspect keeps him going.

“I just can’t imagine myself doing anything else,” said Ash, even when he has to put in 12 to 16 hour days.

The reward for long days is the feedback Ash gets from happy customers. That feedback is crucial because he said in a small community like the Okanagan, specifically Penticton, “word of mouth is everything.”

“Your reputation is everything,” he said.

Ash started Flambé Catering in February of 2010 and had it operating later that summer on a part-time basis. Ash maintained a full-time cooking job the first year.

In that time he did catering and worked weddings and parties out of the 1912 restaurant location in Kaleden.

In his second year, he shifted to working more part-time to dedicate himself more to his catering business. He eventually took the plunge in 2012 to focus on his business. Ash admitted it was a scary leap to take, but he said he got busy enough to make that decision.

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With word of mouth, social media and his website, Ash’s business has started to take off. In 2012 Ash worked weddings and other events every weekend consistently from May to October. He added the Thursday night barbecue each week in July and August and that helped 2013 be successful. He anticipates that continuing this year with the bookings he already has.

“It’s definitely going to be our busiest year yet,” said Ash. Flambé Catering isn’t open on a day-to-day basis like a restaurant and there are no plans for that as Ash is happy with how things are going. That feedback from customers is how he came up with the idea for the Thursday night BBQ in the summer.

Each week he has a themed menu that isn’t planned until the last minute. Ash makes the menu based on the local organic products available and that is what inspires him. Along with hosting events and catering weddings, Ash hosts Valentine’s Day dinners and Mother’s Day. Being a professional chef, Ash does have friends asking him to make meals from time to time. It’s also hard for them to pass one up when he says he’s making dinner and is having friends over.

“It generally draws a pretty good crowd quickly,” said Ash, whose wife Vanessa cooks the odd meal for him.

Ash is an avid hunter and loves giving back to his community and he does it with food. Ash has donated to soup kitchens regularly in the summer for three years. He has also supported the Kaleden Community Church donating kitchen equipment and gift certificates for fundraisers and the SPCA. “I try and donate as much food as I can to the soup kitchen and some families that are in need,” he said.

“I think that’s just kind of part of being a business owner. You kind of have to look out for everybody.

Food to me is what I do. If I can contribute that to the community, than perfect.”

A situation close to Ash’s heart involved helping a Kaleden family he learned about through an employee that attends the local church. Ash learned they were going through tough times.

“We had put together a few meals and donated some dinners to them,” he said. “I think that kind of meant the most to me. They were very appreciative about the whole thing.”

Ash said doing that starts with being caring.

“I just kind of wanted to look over other people as much as I could,” said Ash, who is honoured to be chosen to join the group in the Top 40 Under 40.

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ICONIC 70S CANADIAN rock band, The Stampeders, will be playing at the Penticton Peach Festival this summer as one of the headlining acts.

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One of the most successful groups in Canadian music history will be headlining at the 67th annual Penticton Peach Festival.

The Stampeders, known best for their hit Sweet City Woman, will be on the main stage on Saturday, Aug. 9.

“We’re really excited to have The Stampeders at Peachfest,” said entertainment director Bill Kolter. “Thanks to sponsors, including Peters Bros. Construction, we can provide topnotch entertainment with no admission charge.”

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By the time their charttopping days had ended, The Stampeders had recorded 10 Top-10 hits in Canada and three in the U.S. Hit The Road Jack, a collaboration with legendary DJ Wolfman Jack, also reached No. 1 in Canada. They had American tour appearances with Santana, Joe Cocker,

Steve Miller, The Beach Boys, ZZ Top, The Eagles and many more popular acts.

The Stampeders won three Juno Awards and were nominated as Canada’s top group four times. In 2011, they were awarded the Society of Composers, Artists and Musical Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Penticton Peach Festival recently announced that country group Emerson Drive will be the headliner on opening night. Peachfest, which is the largest free festival in Western Canada, is scheduled Aug. 6 to 10. For more information go to www.peachfest.com.

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The warm sounds of Mexican music will bring a festive atmosphere to Centre Stage Theatre later this month.

El Mariachi los Dorados will perform on Saturday, March 22.

The concert will feature music from the band’s new album, Si Tu Te Vas (If You’re Going to Go.) The 12-piece ensemble performs traditional Mexican music, but includes some new compositions, said Diego Kohl, who plays the guitarrón, a bass instrument.

The band has performed for 10 years but continues to make some changes. This year, the band features a new singer, Ricardo Ochoa, who also plays the viuella, a small guitar-like instrument.

Band leader Alex Alegria said the music has strong roots in the band’s Mexican heritage.

“All of it is very traditional,” he said. “We want to keep the tradition going.”

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Los Dorados are well known through Western Canada for their mixture of Canadian and Mexican talent.

The musicians deliver the passion, love and respect they feel for Mexico and its culture. One of the missions of Mariachi Los Dorados is to maintain and promote the beauty of Mexico through its traditional and uplifting music.

For over a decade, Los Dorados have played at events and festivals across Western Canada, in the U.S. and Mexico, with feature performances at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the 2011 and 2012 Calgary Stampede and a

number of times at the Guadalajara International Mariachi Festival.

Los Dorados have been sharing the passion, love and respect for this internationally recognized art form.

“There is something very mystical about mariachi music,” said Alegria. “It always tells a story, with its great mixture of culture, history, romance and elegance.

It’s a musical style that brings people together, no matter who they are.”

They have shared the stage with many international acts including Big Sugar, Mariachi Vargas and Mariachi Los Camperos, widely hailed as Mexico’s top mariachi groups.

Their distinct look has landed them in commercials and they have been featured on CBC CTV, City TV, Global TV, Omni TV, Shaw Television and National TV stations in Mexico TV Azteca and Televisa.

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Versifiers, rhymesters and sonneteers from throughout the region will congregate on all four Okanagan College campuses on Thursday, April 3, to put their deftness with doggerel and love of lyric to the test in the first annual Okanagan College Three-hour Poetry Contest.

Beginning at 6 p.m., aspiring poets who are Okanagan College students or high school students in Grades 11 or 12, will have 180 minutes to create up to three original poems in the poetic form revealed at the beginning of the contest.

Instructions will be provided.

“We’re launching the Three-hour Poetry Contest in response to the success of the Threehour Short Story Contest we hold every fall,” said Okanagan College English professor Kerry Gilbert. “We thought it would be valuable to reach writers who prefer working in verse over prose.”

Five prizes are on offer. Each campus will declare a regional winner who receives a $250 Okanagan College tuition credit.

A grand prize winner will then be selected from among the four regional winners and awarded an additional $250 tuition credit.

“As a writer, I’m a poet first,” said Gilbert.

“I love to experiment with other genres, but they don’t feel as natural as poetry does. There’s something about capturing large ideas within brief moments through imagery that’s appealing. I think it appeals to a lot of writers.”

English department faculty from Okanagan College will judge the poems. Judging will be blind, names of contestants will not appear on poems. All entries may be published and used

by Okanagan College for promotional purposes.

“The benefit for students of participating in a contest like this is to flex their writerly muscles,” said Gilbert. “It’s a true test of a writer, poet or otherwise, to work in demanding writing situations. Sometimes the best work comes out of those moments. The prizes and recognition are good motivators, too.”

Registration is free.

Visit www.okanagan. bc.ca/3hourpoetry to sign up. Registration closes at noon on Wednesday, April 2.

Those who enter will receive a confirmation email. Closer to the day of the contest, Okanagan College will send specifics about what to expect, inlcuding the room location.

Okanagan Arts Awards gala Okanagan Arts Awards 7th Annual Celebration goes March 22 at the Rotary Centre For The Arts’ Mary Irwin Theatre in Kelowna.

Founded in 2008, the Okanagan Arts Awards underlying purpose is to recognize individuals and groups for their outstanding achievement in the arts; for their significant contribution to the arts; or to their noteworthy support of the arts. The 2014 Okanagan Arts Awards have 13 categories, 12 are nominated with the 13th category of Lifetime Achievement selected by the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan.

Nominations arrive from throughout the Okanagan and Thompson regions. This includes those from the South Okanagan who recently won awards in Penticton. Among those nominated are Elizabeth Lupton, arts educator, Okanagan Dance Studios — dance; Timothy Tweed — graphic arts; Shane Koyczan — literary arts; Dave Mai — media arts; Sound Stage Productions — theatre; Glenn Clark — visual arts and Beamer Wigley — youth arts.

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Critteraid puts out call for new logo Mark Brett

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Artists are being asked to put their pens to pads (paper or electronic) to help come up with a new design logo for the animal help organization Critteraid.

The society’s board of directors which oversees the non-profit operation, has asked for submissions from the public with the only stipulation being the logo must contain the word Critteraid and look good on the colour red.

“We’ve had a few submitted but they (board members) didn’t care for them. They just wanted it to have some sort of wow factor,” said director and long-time society president Deborah Silk.

“It is a difficult one because it’s very subjective, it’s like when you go shopping and you say, ‘I’ll know it when I see it,’ it is really a difficult thing. It’s just time we have our own logo, actually registered something and trademarked it.”

WhIsKy (rIght) and BrandI get some help from Critteraid volunteer dianne McKeon with their costumes for a fundraising walk. Critteraid is currently accepting submissions for a new logo.

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Up until now, the group which was formed in 1992, has been using a variety of other types of identifiers.

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Silk has confidence however with the quality of artists there are in the region, the

board will soon see the design it is hoping for.

“We’re sure somebody’s going to come up with something but we have to make a decision and we have a short period of time to do it,” she said. “We’re probably looking for something that we like that we would not even have considered otherwise.

“There are a lot of very talented people out there.”

There are really three main components to the organization, including, the Dog House, Summerland Cat Sanctuary and the Critteraid Farm.

Located on Giant’s Head road, just south of Summerland, the farm, a 10-acre spread, provides love and caring for everything from pigs to hamsters, horses to donkeys and everything in between. The Canadian Disaster Animal Response Team is the emergency animal rescue division of Critteraid and provides training for those interested.

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Tourism Penticton office suffers second resignation this month comes hard on the heels of CEO Jessie Campbell, who handed in her papers earlier this month.

Taken with the resignations of Miranda Halladay and Sally Pierce, chair and vice-chair of the organization’s governing board in January, this is the fourth high-profile resig-

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Another staff member at Tourism Penticton has handed in her resignation.

Promotions and sales manager Tracy Clark’s resignation last week

nation from the organization in this year.

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Vees showing no quit Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Cody DePourcq came up big for the Penticton Vees in Game 3.

The Penticton Minor Hockey Association product helped the Vees erase a Vernon Vipers 3-1 lead and take the third game of the BCHL’s Interior Division final at Vernon’s Kal Tire Place, 4-3 for a 2-1 series lead.

Never shy to battle along the boards and take a hit, the 5-6, 160-pound forward (as listed on the BCHL website) won a battle behind the Vipers net.

DePourcq then did a wraparound and tucked the puck past the outstretched Austin Smith to knot the game 3-3 with 4:27 remaining in the third period.

“You can always count on him coming out of the corners,” said Vees captain Brad McClure, who collected an assist on the goal. “He’s got a heart of gold. You have to expect that from him.”

“He’s a great example for what really matters,” said Harbinson.

“You could be the biggest guy in the world, but if you don’t have the heart, you’re in trouble.

This kid is the complete opposite. He’s not very big, but he’s got a massive heart. You could see he was very determined. I had actually thought he had lost the puck. All of a sudden he kicked it back up to his stick and made the play.

Energized our group.”

The Vees’ winning tally came from Matt Serratore, who also scored their first goal.

McClure started the play from behind the Vipers net and circled to the front where he fired a shot at the top of the

slot area. It bounced off a Viper leg and right to Serratore, who banged it home.

Harbinson said that Serratore plays hard all the time. While he only scored five goals in the regular season, the Vees coach said he was second or third in grade A chances.

“He got the ones to go tonight for him,” said Harbinson of Serratore’s third playoff goal.

“I’m really happy for him because he plays really hard.”

Things didn’t start well for the Vees who found themselves behind 1:43 into the game when TJ Dumonceaux tucked a shot under Miska. Serratore tied it less than three minutes later, but the Vipers got goals from Brendan Persley and Brett Mulcahy to end Miska’s night after three goals on seven shots in the opening 10 minutes. Once Harbinson pulled Miska in favour of Mantha, who saved all 12 shots he faced, it sparked a turnaround.

“We’ve had good goaltending all year.

When one guy has a rough night, we need to pick him up,” said McClure. “That’s what the boys did tonight.”

McClure said the Vees did get a momentum boost from killing off a four-minute penalty for high sticking on Dumonceaux given to McClure, who wasn’t sure if he touched him.

“You see a lot of guys, they are throwing it all on the line to block shots,” said McClure.

“That gets guys pumped up to score a goal for them. That’s what some guys did, they stepped up tonight.”

Both McClure and Vees coach Fred Harbinson called it a character

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win. Harbinson said big mistakes his team made were costly and he credited the Vipers for coming out strong.

“They came out guns a-blazing, which we warned our guys they would,” said Harbinson.

“It just seemed liked every mistake we made ended up in the back of the net. We had a couple of posts we hit in the

first period. Luckily for us it was only 3-1. We kind of reset between the first and second.

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“Our top players, they had good games but I think they can give us more.”

In completing the comeback, the Vees outshot the Vipers 8-4 in the third period and 33-19 in total. Game 5 will be at the SOEC on Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Apex Mountain is hosting the B.C. Alpine under-16 Can Am championship Thursday through Sunday.

The Super G, Giant Slalom and Slalom competition has 80 top male and female skiers from Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. The event kicks off Thursday as the Osisko Speed Camp, which prepares skiers for competition, ends Wednesday.

Representing the Apex Ski Club are Reece Howden, Ella Pasin and Belle Grant. ASC coach Jorgen Anderson said he wants to see the trio push it and have a great series against a large contingent of athletes.

“It’s our home hill so it’s to their advantage,” said Anderson. “That always feels good to a skier.”

Anderson said while results are important, so is having fun.

“When you have fun and enjoy the process, you get results,” said Anderson.

The goal is for Howden to finish in the top 10 and for Grant and Pasin to be in the top 15. Howden has earned top-five results provincially all season.

So far Anderson’s skiers have enjoyed the speed camp, he said. Ander-

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At provincials in Mission, Coombes earned an 11-save shutout against Greater Trail in their second game.

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son said it helps them go through the process of ski racing, which he added is difficult as the athletes hit speeds of up to 120 kilometres an hour.

“They are up for the task,” he said. “Have fun with it and focus on good technique and the results will come.”

The Can Am event has proven to be a training ground for World Cup and Nor Am skiers. Morgan

Pridy, who placed 10th in the Super G, 33rd in Giant Slalom and 20th in Super Combine during the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, got his first speed skiing experience at Apex.

“It was awesome,” said Pridy, a Whistler Mountain Ski Club member who has come to Apex Mountain for 10 years. “I have always really liked Apex just as a place to go skiing. As I got older, they

started running the speed series there and it kind of kickstarted my whole speed skiing career.”

Pridy said he recalls the course being a little intimidating at first.

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Pridy said he really appreciates what Apex is.

“A really important building block for speed skiing in Western Canada,” he said. “If we’re going to want to have, 10 years from now, athletes interested in downhill and Super G and have the skills to go fast, it starts at places like Apex.”

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No repeat for Vees Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

The Penticton Quiznos midget Tier 2 Vees had their hopes of back-to-back provincial championships dashed by Smithers Monday.

Lance Vaillancourt’s team lost 3-2 to Smithers and went into their final game Tuesday night against Vancouver wanting to finish on a high note.

“You want to win your last game,” said Vaillancourt, adding that was the message he gave his team.

The coach also wanted his group to put in the same effort as they did in the loss to Smithers.

“It was an excellent game. Our boys played really well,” said Vaillancourt. “We took the game to them early in the first. Probably our best game of the year.”

Having lost to Smithers 6-0 earlier in the season in a Kelowna tournament, Vaillancourt said, “it gives you an idea of the growth that we’ve achieved over the course of the year.”

The Vees simply wanted to follow an 8-3 loss to Greater Trail on Sunday with a better showing.

Vaillancourt said his players felt they were competitive and added they would like to have the Trail game back.

“That’s a tough place to be. You’re in your home town, the opening ceremonies, and I’m very proud of the way the team has carried themselves, representing our community,” said Vaillancourt. “They have done a remarkable job. It’s about that as much as anything else.”

Following the loss to Smithers, Vaillancourt said, people approached him and said had they played against Trail like they did against Smithers, it would have been a better game.

Vaillancourt picked Kelowna to win the championship. In their first game against Prince George,

Kelowna won 7-2, then handed Ridge Meadows a 7-3 loss Monday morning. Vancouver and Kelowna were the only teams at 2-0 heading into Tuesday afternoon action.

“I have said all along from the moment we started our season that Kelowna would be the benchmark,” said Vaillancourt, adding that they have several returning players being guided by the same coach. “It wouldn’t surprise me if Kelowna won. That just says something to the hockey in the Okanagan.”

Semifinal games are Wednesday at 8 and 11 a.m. at Memorial Arena. The third-place game is at 5 p.m. and the championship will be played at 8 p.m.

In other provincial action, Penticton’s Sherwood Trophy peewee Tier 2 Vees opened the provincial championship with a 7-4 win over Greater Trail in Juan de Fuca on Vancouver Island. With 1:38 remaining in the game, the Vees scored three goals.

In their second game, the Vees lost to Williams Lake 5-3. Their final game of the round robin is Wednesday against Juan de Fuca. The Murray GM bantam Tier 2 Vees opened their provincial championship in Mission with a 3-3 tie against the North Shore Winter Club. Josh Maser scored twice, while brother Tyler added a single. Matts Bratton made 18 saves. In a 6-0 win over Greater Trail, Cairo Rogers scored twice, while Morey Babakaiff, Liam McLaren, Josh Maser and Manny Bahniwal also scored. Alyck Coombes stopped 11 for the shutout. The Vees earned another shutout in a 6-0 win over Saanich Tuesday morning. Their next game is Wednesday at 11 a.m.

In Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association recreation playoff action, the Penticton peewee Game Action Photo Raptors won the District Super League in Clearwater. The Raptors defeated the Lumby stars 5-4.

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Moguls skiers medal at junior nationals Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Apex Freestyle Club members returned from Junior Nationals Le Relais Ski Centre in Lac Beauport, Que. last weekend with 12 medals while representing B.C. The national championship had 176 athletes from seven provinces and one territory.

Winning medals from AFC were Brayden Kuroda, Madison Parker, Joe Durham, Kassidy and Max Todd and Matt Finlayson. Brayden took gold in moguls, dual moguls, aerials as well as combined aerials and moguls. Parker earned bronze in moguls and dual moguls, while Todd won the aerials and combined aerials and moguls event. Durham took bronze in the combined aerials and moguls for M3. Todd also took second in combined aerials and moguls and Finlayson earned silver in big air and combined slopestyle/big air.

“The B.C. athletes really did well. Apex really showed mogul skiing as their favourite event,” said Kenni.

Brayden said it was awesome to win gold as the competition was hard. Helping him have success was his ability to stay calm and contain his nerves.

“Don’t freak out. Do your best,” said Brayden, who felt he was pushed by the other athletes. “I knew that I had to perform to my best. Really good kids there.”

Brayden was also impressed with his aerials win against tough competition.

Durham said competing was a lot of fun.

“It’s cool to be against everyone in the whole country,” he said. “That’s pretty sweet. I felt I put down the best runs of my ability.”

Durham also said it was just a good experience to see the calibre of athletes he was up against.

“It really gives you a perspective of everyone out there,” he said.

Koleton Phipps, who finished 15th in moguls and eighth in aerials, was happy with his performances. Phipps was pleased to advance to the second round of dual moguls. In aerials, he made mistakes on his jumps affecting his results.

“It was a really good experience,” said Phipps.

“I was super happy to just be there. Put down good runs in my single moguls. It was really good for me.”

In slope style, Brayden finished fourth, while Finlayson was 12th and Cam Kapusty 21st. In big air, Brayden was sixth and Kapusty 16th. In moguls, Todd was fifth, while Mackenzie Schwinghamer was eighth, Max Todd eighth and Durham 14th. In aerials, Max Todd was fourth and Durham seventh.

AFC alumni Jordan Kober took gold, while Mason Barzilay was 10th and second in dual moguls.

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Juniors developing passion for curling through program Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Curlers are being developed at the grassroots level thanks to the Penticton Junior Curling program.

Under the watchful eye of coaches, newcomers and experienced kids learned about the sport and improved their skills every Thursday afternoon.

The weekly sessions averaged 35 kids, half of them being new to curling, such as Maia Doherty.

“It was a good experience for me,” said Doherty, a rookie who praised the coaches for helping her with technique.

Doherty enjoyed learning the sport and discovered her favorite part is delivering the rock for a head shot in the house. While it was a bit hard to learn, Doherty said she improved

and wants to keep learning. She also enjoyed sweeping.

Sherrie Burechailo, organizer of the junior curling sessions, said the year was fun and she had a great time with the kids. With the help of seven coaches, Burechailo talked to the kids about the game and taught them everything they needed to know starting with the basics.

Bailey Ouellette, 15, was among the group of coaches. He said coaching the kids reminded him of when he first started five years ago.

“It was fun educating the little ones. It was fun watching them starting. At first they couldn’t even slide,” said Ouellette, who was introduced to the sport by his grandfather.

Ouellette became a better player from coaching as it helped him better

understand the rules.

“I think that it’s a really fun thing to do,” he said of curling. “It gets kids into a sport that you can play pretty much forever. As you get better, it gets even better.”

Zack Kuechle, a fourth-year curler, just enjoyed being out there playing and improved his game as a skip.

“I like having last rock,” said Kuechle, who also became a better player thanks to the coaching. “They have new techniques I haven’t tried yet.”

Nate Collins, 10, enjoyed the season playing with friends. What he liked most is that it wasn’t a big competition.

“I like how it’s just for fun,” said Collins, who improved at sweeping and rock delivery. “My first year was pretty hard when I didn’t know

how to do it that well. This year was easier.”

Caz Markus-Pawliuk said the season was exciting, especially since he played in bonspiels and faced strong teams.

Roan Bachmann, a second-year curler, enjoyed the bonspiel experience, too.

“I’ve got a lot better at putting weight on the rock, improved at curling the rock and sweeping,” said Bachmann.

Burechailo said some players entered adult bonspiels and played well while having fun. When asked about the improvement of the experienced players, she said, “their skills have changed, their skills have enhanced.”

“I definitely see an opportunity for us to begin to become more of a com-

petitive club and start to take kids to more bonspiels,” she said. “If that’s the direction the kids want to go, then I’d certainly like to be able to help support that.”

Burechailo is also the local Rocks and Rinks provider visiting schools to recruit new players to the Junior Curling program.

“That’s really fun for me,” said Burechailo. “We work on enhancing their skills through the years. We start with beginner level stuff with the new ones, teach about equipment to game etiquette … rules and how to play.”

Burechailo said the newcomers began to understand the game and their skills improved.

“They are better at takeouts, they are making some really nice draws,” said Burechailo.

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It is the perfect way to spend the day sampling a smorgasbord of food within the confines of a parking lot and a local entrepreneur is hoping to keep it a regular thing.

“When I say rally, the food trucks say point us the way. It is pretty cool,” said Ian Locket, co-owner of Surf Side California who was behind a rally held at Skaha Ford last weekend. “The rallies are a big draw because it is a free event for the business hosting it and it gets a lot of people coming down and willing to try new things. We have this following of food trucks now that travels around.”

Locket got immersed in food culture while living in southern California for eight years working in the plumbing industry.

“I was working regular days and eating off the trucks,” said Locket, who grew up in Winfield and moved to Penticton last year with his wife Heidi Mecham, who has a catering background, and their son who plays minor hockey and is an associate player for the Osoyoos Coyotes Junior B team. “I just love food and eight years in California I also fell in love with the whole West Coast surf culture. Food trucks fits right in with that.”

So when the family re-located back to the Okanagan, it seemed like a natural fit.

The couples passion for food and Locket’s ability to build things, they came up with Surf Side California.

“We decided to bring that flavour from the southern West Coast here and everyone seems to be loving it. These rallies help introduce people to what we love and everyone gets it right away. Maybe it is just a trend, but I think it is because you are outside on a nice day and you can walk around and try all this different food from a variety of vendors. You aren’t just going through a drive through, it is different,” said Locket.

At their last food truck rally in Penticton, if you weren’t quick many of the favourite items on the menus were gone. Not having a single location is part of the fun, said the Surf Side owner. Developing a following on Facebook and other social media keeps them in touch with fans of their food who seem to come from all over to hunt down one of Locket’s famous fish tacos.

“Some days we have people come back to us three times. That is when you know you put out a good product. It is pretty cool because you get to meet all these people who are stunned how amazing the food is that comes off the truck,” he said.

Locket said it is an easy assumption to make that they make lots of money in a short amount of time but running a food truck is the farthest thing from being easy.

“Look how big that truck is and see there isn’t a lot of room. It can be up to 40 degrees in there and there is a lot of prep work that needs to be done before you open that window. No, it is not easy, but when you believe in what you are doing so much and love it then how can you complain?” he said.

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just too extravagant. Having worked in the food industry for 15 years, it was on a friend’s request to have some of her baking delivered, that the idea clicked to start her own roving eatery. After a test run that sold out almost immediately, she went to Community Futures who helped lay out a business plan to open The Food Tank and set her on the right track.

“I actually think doing this out of the truck is a lot more fun, “ said Teichroeb, who was a mainstay in Rona’s parking lot last summer. “I was one of those people watching all the food truck shows on the Food Network and thought maybe this is just a fad. As more and more people learn about food and take care in what they are eating they realize that what we provide in these trucks is fresh ingredients that they can trust.”

The Food Tank owner said she tries to

keep her prices in line for what a family can afford and run about the same as what you would find eating at a fast-food restaurant.

“People are drawn to trying something new and outside the box of a restaurant or a drive through. I don’t have to explain to someone that what they are eating I roasted myself all night, you can taste the difference, you get full and it is good homemade food,” said Teichroeb.

But, the hurdles can be immense. Teichroeb admits you have to be a problem solver, with location being the number one thing to work out.

“That is why social media becomes important. You must love what you do and I can honestly say I do. Even though it can run you ragged, I love it when people come up to me and say ‘that is the best thing I ever ate.’ It makes me come back every day,” said Teichroeb.

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Sales

Financial Services

Garden & Lawn

CUSTOM manufacturer needs a motivated individual to develop and maintain corporate B2B clients across north america in the Point of Purchase advertising industry.

This is an in house position with limited travel to major US destinations. Generous salary plus commission offered. email resumes to: bigk@shawbiz.ca

DROWNING IN debt? Cut debts more than 60% & debt free in half the time! Avoid bankruptcy! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1-877-556-3500 BBB Rated A+ GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

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HERBARIA GARDEN AND LAWN. Over ten years exp.

Call to prune, hedge, aerate, power-rake, fertilize, weed and mow in Penticton. herbariagardenandlawn@gmail.com 250493-3362

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HOME RENOVATIONS

Trades, Technical AUTOMOTIVE Technician needed immediately in Vernon BC. We are a busy independent shop doing all types of diagnosing, maintenance and repairs. Wages are $25/hr but negotiable. We are located in the desirable North Okanagan. obcauto@gmail.com 250-545-3378

ENSIGN IS looking for Assistant Drillers, Drillers, Night Tour Pushes, and Rig Managers for our Australian Division. Recruiter’s will be in Nisku, Alberta, March 31 - April 9 to conduct interviews. If you want to hear more about our International opportunities please contact our Global group and apply online ensignjobs.com.

Call 1-888-367-4460.

GPRC, FAIRVIEW Campus, Alberta needs Power Engineering Instructors. No teaching experience, no problem.

Please contact Brian Carreau at 780-835-6631 and/or visit our website at www.gprc.ab.ca JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC is required for coastal logging operations near Woss, BC. Year round employment with full benefits.

Further details can be found at www.hdlogging.com Please fax resume to 250-287-9259.

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

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Carpet Cleaning Owner - Operator

Small local paving Co. looking for an exp. roller man, exp. in parking lots & driveways pref., exc. pay & full benefit pkg., call (250)462-9488

Work Wanted Driver looking for P/T work, Penticton & area, Class 1 with air, 30 years exp., Super B & Semi, call (778)476-4945

Home Improvements

• Bathrooms • Kitchens • • Basements •

250-488-5338 ARE YOU WANTING TO RENOVATE? Framing, gyproc, painting, ooring, bathrooms, decks, windows and doors 35 years experience home/business References Available Licensed, Insured, WCB Ted Lund (250)490-7991

Green - Clean - Thorough Dry in 2 hours only!

CALL 250-809-4965 or visit:

www.greenvalleycarpetcare.ca

Contractors MEADOWVALE CONST. Window and Door replacements Renovations. Call Mark 250-809-8425

Telephone Services DISCONNECTED PHONE? National Teleconnect home phone service. No one refused! Low monthly rate! Calling features and unlimited long distance available. Call National Teleconnect today! 1866-443-4408. Or visit online: www.nationalteleconnect.com

Pets & Livestock 1 Black Angus Bull, 1 York/Landrace X Boar & 1977 Ford 500 single axle grain Truck with a drill fill for sale.

(250)546-9766 Premium Wood Shavings New supplier of Animal bedding, starting at $250 for 54 cubic yards delivered, (250)770-0214 REGISTERED Polled Hereford yearling bulls call Ed 250365-3270 or Murray 604-5823499 or visit our website www.kootenayph.com

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GREEN VALLEY CARPET CARE

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

licensed, insured, WCB

Len (250)486-8800

Moving & Storage U1ST - MOVING 2 men on a two ton truck. $70/hr.

Call 250-859-8362.

FAMILY Movers. Moving?

Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance trips. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687

Countertops

Painting & Decorating

REFACE Countertops.

1/2 the Cost of Replacing. Granite & Corian Designs. 470-2235.

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

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or read what you neighbour thinks. Be a part of your community paper.

Comment online.

Homes for Rent AFFORDABLE LUXURY BETTER THAN NEW Completely redone beauty, over 2100 sq ft on one level. Many features not found in an new home in this price range. 9 new app. 4 rooms with fireplaces, huge birch kitchen, hardwood and tile flooring, built in wall to wall entertainment centre, huge garage, lots of parking. Country setting, Vernon area. Compare value $479,900.

403-540-2991 www.vernonrural.com

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Livestock

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

For Sale By Owner PENTICTON 4 bdrm, 2 ba, 2nd kitch, XL deck/yard/parking, newer high eff. gas furnace, a/c, appl., heated workshop, close to shopping, bus, great area, call to view 778476-6239 day or 250-4909890 eve. or open house Sun Mar 16 noon-2pm. 170 Pineview Place. $379,900 photos on Craigslist Mar 11

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Garbage hauling, metal hauling, batteries, furniture/appliances hauled to dump, dirty jobs too! (250)462-2146 PENTICTON Junk Removal!

Anything goes!

Household waste, furniture and appliances to the dump 250-770-0827

Pets REG Bluenose APBT puppies for sale. Razors Edge/Gotti bloodlines, all blue/white markings. 250-8773564 or email northernflower9@hotmail.com for pics/info

Merchandise for Sale

Real Estate

Suites, Lower Furniture Queen pillowtop mattress & boxspring, $150, single pillowtop mattress & boxspring, $100, Washer & dryer, $175, delivery avail., 250-770-0827 SLIDE INTO COMFORT w/ A BRAND NEW QUEEN MATTRESS $160. Still in plastic, mfg. warranty.

250.870.2562

Heavy Duty Machinery SCRAP PAPPY Will pay cash for oversized scrap steel, cats, yarders, saw mill equipment, farm equipment, etc., All insurance in place to work on your property. www.scrappappy.ca 250-260-0217.

Misc. for Sale FOR sale misc. 2 paliser love seats and a large chair light brown & ottoman $950.

Portable electric oven w/2 top burners & 50,00 bakers rack $50.

Teak Armoire w/3 shelves & 3 drawers $150.

250-493-1953 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 available online: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT or call 1-800-566-6899 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 at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Misc. Wanted

A-1 Firewood, Full cords, Fir, $250, split & delivered, 1/2 cords & 1/4 cords avail., free delivery, 250-770-0827, 250809-0127 eves.

Coin Collector Looking to Buy Collections, Estates, Gold & Silver Coins + 499-0251Chad 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 Royal Canadian Mint, Franklin Mint, US Mint & others. Todd 250-864-3521 I make house calls!

FIREARMS. ALL types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation.

Licensed Dealer 1-866-9600045 www.dollars4guns.com.

Apt/Condo for Rent

Apt/Condo for Rent

Building Supplies NEW OWSJ METAL ROOF TRUSSES; 10 @32’ SPAN BY 22” DEEP AND 3 @ 38’-6” SPAN BY 30” DEEP; DESIGNED FOR OKANAGAN @ 6’ C to C spacing; $200 each or make offer ken@a1machine.bc.ca or 250-558-8667

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REALTY EXECUTIVES VANTAGE APARTMENTS: $675

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Dry firewood, pine, $200/cord, split & delivered for free, partial cords also avail. ,call (250)462-7476

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LICENSED PLUMBER/ GAS FITTER

Req. at Canuck Mechanical in Prince George Must have exp. doing service work & be proficient with trouble shooting heating systems & plumbing problems.

Top wages & benefits Email resume to: canuckm@telus.net

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

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

P.A. Design, Interior Decorating consultations, for appointment call 250-490-6756

Merchandise for Sale

One bdrm condo, 1 bath, f, s, coin-op laundry, elevator, np, ns, close to Skaha Beach. Avail. NOW (A342) $675 1 Bdrm, 1 bath, f, s, newer kitchen cabinets, coin-op laundry, elevator, close to Skaha Beach. Avail. April 1 (A341) $700 Skaha Pl., 1 bdrm, 1 bath condo, f, s, a/c, recently painted, includes heat and hydro, elevator, coin op laundry. Avail.

April 1 (A428) $1000 Corner 2 bdrm unit at The Ellis, 2 bath, 6appl, elec fp, laminate floors, sec’d parking. Avail. NOW (A425) $1500 Exe. 2 bdrm and den, near Skaha Beach, single car garage, open concept, vaulted ceiling, 6 appl. No pets, no smoking, 1 year lease. Avail. April 15 (OT611)

HOUSES: $975

Recently reno’d, 2.5 bdrm, 1 bath, grd flr, of duplex, 5 appliances, unfinished bsmt. No pets, no smoking. Avail.

NOW (H691-4) $1000 Near Cherry Lane, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, upper duplex, laminate floor, newer kitchen, f, s, d/w, w.d. Avail. April 1 (H721-2)

FOR SALE - A MUST SEE! 1/2 Duplex family home on McGraw St. • Beautifully well kept 1/2 duplex, 3 bdrm, 2 bath • Fully fenced yard, garage • Perfect location between malls, close to school and on bus route • New roof and HW tank • Excellent price $319,900 Call Randall to view @ (778)931-2343

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts Used Tires, Huge Selection of used tires and wheels in stock.

We might have what you need. Prices vary according to size and quality. Starting at $25.00. Call us or drop in to Larsens Excel 555 Okanagan Ave East 250-492-5630 Penticton

Other Areas 20 ACRES $0 Down, Only $119/mo. Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas. Beautiful Mountain Views! Money Back Guarantee Call 1-866-8825263 Ext. 81 www.sunsetranches.net

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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1 & 2 bdrm apt.’s avail. immed., $650-$800, central Penticton, no pets, water incl., 250-490-1707 1 & 2 bdrm, newly reno’d suites. Secured access, util incl, near hospital, bus route and close to all amenities, n/p, n/s 250-938-3626 1bdrm $650, 2bdrm, $750, adult/senior oriented, clean, quiet, cat ok, 250-492-7328 2 bdrm, 1 bath, quiet, bright, cheery condo available now. 1 block from Cherry Lane mall, transit. Designated parking outside your door. No smoking, no pets. One-year lease. $800 includes hot water. 198 Roy Ave, Penticton. Call 778997-5517 (Vancouver #).

2bdrm, great location, private parking, quiet, secure building, large storage room, laminate floors, $800, heat/cable incl., cat ok with dep., ns, 250-4887902 50+, fully reno’d, larger cozy, corner unit. Close to Skaha Lake. 2bdrm, 2bath, 5 appl’s, NS, NP, underground secure parking. Avail Now. $1100/mo.

Call Larry: 250-462-2658 Clean 1bdrm suite, full size f/s & a/c, , $625/mo +util., 250492-7129 DAWSON Place 1 or 2 bdrm apt in clean, quiet NS NP 55+ building near Cherry Lane.

Balcony, parking, in-suite storage, f/s/dw/ac, coin lndry, elevator, 6-month lease then month to month. $675 / $750 + utils. Avail now. 250-462-6745 Summerland studio unit, 6appl., wall bed, quiet, reliable, ns tenant, $700 (util incl.), (250)494-7488

Commercial/ Industrial APPLE PLAZA, Prime Central location, 2300sqft. in busy plaza, ample parking, also 5821100 sqft. shared office space avail., call Barb 250-492-6319 For Lease: 2000 sqft. retail space, Main St., Keremeos, avail. June 2014, 250-4992382 or 250-499-6167

Auto Loans. All Credit Approved. Bad Credit Guru. www.badcreditguru.com or call 1.844.843.4878

Recreational/Sale 1982 Okanagan 5th wheel, nice condition, sleeps 5-6, all amenities, $1200, 778-4762046

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

Trucks & Vans 1984 GMC Truck, dually, rebuilt 454, Turbo 400 transmission, new int. headers, cowlhood, lots of work done, flat back, $3500, 778-476-2046 1995 Dodge Club cab, 4x4, V8,auto, p/w, a/c, $3000. 250492-1154

Boats 18 feet fiberglass boat with trailer. 115 hp mercury outboard. Both required a little work. Have gaz tank and more. Just got to go. Will take $200.00 with manual shop.

Good boat for Okanagan lake.

Water ski...etc...250-496-5547

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2bdrm 2bath unit, laminate floors, central location, private parking, cat ok with deposit, $900/mo., 250-488-7902 SUMMERLAND, near town, 2bdrm, 1bath, ns, np, $800+ util., (250)494-9331

MALE 4 Male Erotic Massage $95., Winfield, 9-9 Daily 250-766-2048 SOOO SEXY SANDY The Original K-Town Girl. 38D, 29, 34. Let’s Play! 878-1514 Vernon’s Best! New Grand Location! Discrete, Upscale, Beautiful Attendants. In/out Spoil yourself! 250-307-8174.

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Only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Heritage Hills, new house, 1 floor, large 1bdrm+den, $1150, np, adults only, (778)515-1616

280 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, B.C. V2A 5B2 PHONE: 250-493-4372 - www.rentalspenticton.com

2bdrm basement suite, Wiltse area, avail. immed., np, ns, $825 (incl. cable & util.), 778476-2007 2bdrm, close to school & bus, sep. laundry/entrance, np, ns, avail. April 1, 250-492-6325

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The NaramaTa ScoTTiSh Country Dance Club has classes at 7 p.m. Please bring soft-soled shoes to wear for dancing.

For more information call Davina at 250-4871272. Classes are held Wednesdays through April from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Shatford Centre.

Neither Scottish background nor a partner is required. alcoholicS aNoNymouS haS Nooners meetings Monday to Friday noon at 352 Winnipeg St. Call service 24 hours is 250490-9216. Night group meets in the Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. at 1498 Government St. The Summerland group meets at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the basement. o kaNagaN S ouTh and i mmigraNT Community Services is offering free English classes. For more info, stop by the office at 508 Main St. or call 250-4926299.

The BereavemeNT reSource Centre at 626 Martin St. hosts weekly drop-in grief support sessions Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. For more information on other available programs or support in

the loss of a pet, please call 250-490-1107. care cloSeT ThrifT Store at 574 Main St. has weekly specials and special auctions. Open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

All proceeds to the local hospital and hospice. Donations and new volunteers always welcome.

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

Painters of all levels welcome. Workshops available. Contact Mary at 250-494-5851 for info. foSTer care iNfo sessions every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at MCFD Resource Office. For info call Moe at 250770-7524 or visit www. fosterbc.ca or www.mcf. gov.bc.ca/foster.

PeNTicToN duPlicaTe Bridge cluB holds weekly games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1 p.m. and the Under 100 Club Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Penticton library.

Call Birgitta at 250-7701154 for info.

P eNTicToN T he academy of Music String Orchestra rehearses from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. in the lounge of the Leir House, 220 Manor Park Ave. New members welcome. Please call 250493-7977 for more info.

New To The Oliver Senior Centre: Zumba lessons, all-around active exercise. Every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.

Call 250-498-6142 for more information.

BiNgo every wedNeSday in the Legion hall with the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m.

Lunches are available. okaNagaN fallS SeNiorS’ Centre has music and coffee from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and carpet bowling at 1 p.m. al-aNoN for frieNdS and family of alcoholics at 7:30 p.m. at United Church, 696 Main St. Call 250-490-9272 for info.

SeNiorS’ recreaTioN and Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday

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from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Call Betty at 250-4900468 for more information. elkS cluB oN Ellis Street has a management meeting at 5:30 p.m. and a lodge meeting at 7:30 p.m. oliver douBle o Quilters have drop-in activities Wednesdays. haNd aNd fooT caNaSTa at 1 p.m. in the Penticton Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. Lessons available for those who have never played before. Call June evenings at 250-492-7630 for info. aNaveTS haS humP Day with dinner by Stu at 5:30 p.m. and entertainment by Shindigger at 6:30 p.m. kiwaNiS cluB haS a lunch meeting every Wednesday at noon at 390 Brunswick St. 65-PluS SiNgleS coffee cluB meets at 10 a.m. at the Penticton Golf and Country Club. For info call 250-492-0459 or 250-770-1018.

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

The order of St. Luke meets on the first and third Wednesdays in St. Saviours’ Church at noon for healing prayer. eagleS have a $5 lunch from noon to 2 p.m.

Members and guests welcome.

THURSDAY March 20

elaiNe STeveNS of Art Knapp’s Garden Centre will speak on the wonderful world of seeds at the monthly Penticton Garden Club meeting at 7:30 p.m. on March 20 in the Penticton Library auditorium.

Visitors welcome. are you New to the Penticton area? Come join Penticton Newcomers Club. Develop new friendships and learn about the area through many activ-

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ities such as walking, bocce, crafts, lunch , pool, coffee, golf, scrabble, picnics, and more. General meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at Penticton Lawn Bowling Club, 260 Brunswick St. For more info call Dan at 778-4763831.

ToPS B.c. 1640 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Bethel Church basement at 945 Main St. Phone Beverley at 250493-5968 or Liz at 250493-7997 for more info. mad haTTer BaSh at the Best Damn Sports Bar on March 20 at 6 p.m., a fundraiser for Martin House, a support program for youth and young adults living with a mental illness.

Tickets are $20 (includes a burger, fries and beverage) and entertainment, door prize silent auction, 50/50 draw. Get your ticket at the Best Damn Sports Bar or call 250-493-7338 or at the door.

ToPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 523 Jermyn Ave. Call Merle at 250770-8093. deSerT Sage SPiNNerS and Weavers Guild meets at 10 a.m. at the Oliver Community Centre.

Visitors are always welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member stop by or contact Gail Erickson at rgerickson@ telus.net or 250-498-4959.

SouTh maiN droP-iN Centre has Spanish conversation and carpet bowl at 10 a.m., bingo, improver line dance and crafters meet at 1 p.m. Call 250493-2111 to confirm line dance activities. alcoholicS aNoNymouS NighT group meets at 8 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre.

The Okanagan Falls group meets at 8 p.m. at 5328 Hawthorne St., and the men’s book study group runs at 7:30 p.m. at 102 1825 Main St. Vineyard Church. elkS cluB oN Ellis Street has darts at 7 p.m. All skill levels welcome. okaNagaN fallS SeNiorS’ Centre has Scrabble at 10 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m. and crib at 7 p.m.

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March 21 the PentiCtOn PubliC Library has spring break programs for kids ages 5 to 12. Spring Things on March 21 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and Insectology on March 25 from 10 to 11:30 a.m., both in the children’s library. Both programs are free. For more information, call Julia Cox, at 250-7707783.

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Sherry Ure on the overlap of MS, lyme disease and metal toxicity on March 21 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Adidas Sportsplex, 550 Eckardt Ave. Call Sherry at 250-493-6564 or email sherry.wezner@mssociety.ca.

OkAnAgAn fAlls legiOn has a meat draw at 5 p.m. followed by a Ladies Auxiliary dinner. fridAy sOCiAl dAnCe at South Main DropIn Centre, 2965 South Main St. Join us for music by Peaches and Cream starting at 7:30 p.m. $6 per person. All welcome. rOyAl CAnAdiAn legiOn branch 40 has daily lunches from Monday to Thursday, with fish and chips on Friday at 11:30

a.m., dinner at 4:30 p.m. and Bob the DJ at 7 p.m. the Oliver seniOr Centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo with a loonie pot every Friday at 1 p.m. seniOrs singles lunCh Club welcomes 65-plus each Friday. For location call 250-496-5980 or 250770-8622. tOPs b.C. 4454 has weekly meetings from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 445 Ellis St. Use back lane entrance.

Meetings are downstairs.

Phone Susan at 250-4965931 or Sally at 250-4926556. t he f untimers bAllrOOm Dance Club holds a dance most Fridays upstairs at the Elks Club on Ellis Street. Ballroom and Latin American dancing is featured from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Non-members welcome. For more information visit www.pentictonfuntimers.org or call Brian 250-492-7036. elks Club On Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts, poker and pool at 7 p.m.

890 Wing Of South Okanagan Air Force Association meets at 4 p.m. in the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. eAgles hAve dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. and entertainment by Affordable Music from 7 to 11 p.m. seniOrs PentiCtOn COmPuter Club dropin sessions Monday and Friday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. People may sign up for memberships, classes or have computer problems solved. Lectures on Saturdays at 10 a.m. on computing-related topics.

AnAvets hAs kArAOke by Jack Ramsay at 7 p.m., Scotch doubles pool at 6:30 p.m. the bereAvement resOurCe Centre at 626 Martin St. hosts weekly drop-in grief support sessions Fridays at 10:30 a.m.

For more information on other available programs or support in the loss of a pet, please call 250-4901107.

eral meeting on March 25 at 11:30 a.m. in the Penticton Buffet meeting room, 2987 Skaha Lake Rd. Incentive draws and lunch buffet. united ChurCh WOmen are having a spring luncheon on March 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Bake table and small candy baskets. Free admission Luncheon tickets are $6. tO CelebrAte their 50th anniversary of service in Penticton, the Kiwanis Club is holding a Name That Tune contest on March 29 at 7 p.m. in St. Saviours church hall, with fourperson teams battling it out for fun and prizes.

Tickets are $25. For more information or to register call Peter Armstrong at 250-492-0279 or email peterjarmstrong@telus. net. bridge tOurnAment At the Oliver Senior Centre on March 30 at 9 a.m.

Bring your partner, tickets are $15 couple, lunch included. For more information, call Fern at 250 498-6453 or the centre at 250-4986142. mixed POOl tOurnAment at the Oliver Senior Centre on March 31 at 9:30 a.m. Lunch included with your entry.

To register, call Ross Aston at 250-485-4360.

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AnAvets hAve fun pool at 7 p.m. and 269 dart club at 7:30 p.m. frAternAl Order Of the Eagles has musical trivia bingo at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. Al-AnOn fOr friends and family of alcoholics meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Summerland United Church. Call 250-4909272. rOyAl CAnAdiAn legiOn branch 40 has crib at 7 p.m. in the Legion hall at 502 Martin St. fitness friends meet at 10 a.m. in the Legion hall at 502 Martin St. Come get in shape. Call Dot at 250-492-5400.

PeACh City tOAstmAsters meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Penticton United Church.

Toastmasters improves speaking abilities and leadership skills. Call 250492-2362 for info.

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Warmer temperatures send butterflies flitting The butterfly season is underway in the Okanagan.

A sunny day with temperatures above ten degrees is enough to rouse our hibernating butterflies to be up and flying. These early-birds pass the winter as hibernating adults hidden in bark crevices, brush piles and unheated buildings.

For me, seeing the first butterfly signals the end of winter, so on Sunday I took a detour along River Road.

On my first pass I saw nothing, but returning, a Mourning Cloak butterfly flew by and landed to sun itself on the gravel road ahead-my personal spring had arrived.

Why they take wing so early is a bit of a mystery.

Except for a few intrepid sage buttercups there is nothing in flower, outside of gardens which may have a few snowdrops and early crocuses. In the fall these butterflies may be seen nectaring on flowers, at sap leaks on damaged trees and on rotting fruit.

But in early spring it is unusual to see Mourning Cloaks feeding until our apricots are in flower, so they must have a store of fat to carry them through these early days.

Males set up territories in spring and vigorously defend them against intruders. It may be that the opportunity of establishing “ownership” of a choice spot brings them out of

A mourning cloAk warming by basking on the ground. The mourning cloak is among the first butterflies to take flight in the spring.

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hibernation so early.

On the other hand, when these butterflies enter dormancy in the fall they are sexually immature.

It may take several days at warm body temperatures for the sex organs to develop, and this may best be accomplished by basking in sunlight on warm earth or rocks.

At any rate it will be well over a month before the willows, on which the butterfly caterpillars feed, leaf out. By the last week of May, in most years, Mourning Cloaks will have largely disappeared from the valley bottom, but higher up they can be quite abundant.

It seems likely that this butterfly,

like some of its relatives, undergoes a vertical migration following the advancing spring to higher altitudes. In the flatter regions of eastern North America, and in Europe, there is circumstantial evidence that Mourning Cloaks may undertake latitudinal migrations.

Eggs are probably laid from

around mid April at low elevations and by late June newly emerged adults can be seen.

This new generation can be easily distinguished from their elders by the pale yellow margins of the wings, while those borne a year earlier will have faded to grayish white.

From mid June to mid-July, we can come upon small groups of Mourning Cloaks at scattered locations but they seem to disappear at lower elevations, entering a summer dormancy, from late July until around the middle of September when they feed on flowers, fruit, and sap leaks, before going into hibernation for the winter months.

These are versatile little creatures. They can warm by the sun, or heat up by shivering like you and I. They can ride thermals and soar.

Should a predator grab one they will play dead looking much like a decomposed leaf. No wonder they can be found from Alaska to Mexico and from France to Siberia.

South Okanagan Naturalist Club meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of the month, September to May (except for December) at 7:30 p.m. in the basement of the Penticton United Church, 696 Main St. (blue church on the corner of Main and Eckhardt).

Submitted by Dennis St. John, a consulting biologist and naturalist.

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The BC Government is proposing to offload the province’s world-class recycling programs, run by local municipalities, to an association led by big multi-national corporations.

The idea is that we’ll get a better, more efficient program that costs taxpayers less.

Currently, BC homeowners only pay, on average, $35 a year for curbside recycling. Under the proposed regime, you’ll pay more. Every time you bring home a pizza, buy toilet paper,

Unfortunately, what we’ll really end up with is anyone’s guess.

How much more? Well, nobody’s saying.

The association isn’t guaranteeing that we’ll get a better program, or even one as good as the current Blue Box program already in place. Since the association is led by big businesses outside of BC, many of whom are not even headquartered in Canada, one could presume that profits will come before environmental stewardship. They usually do. They also won’t guarantee that there won’t be any job cuts here in BC.

Here’s the only thing anyone does know: we already have a Blue Box program that works, is efficient, managed locally and puts the BC environment first. So why is the BC government flipping a coin, bringing in a questionable recycling program that some of our local elected officials are already calling a “scam?”

And how is this supposed to make things better for BC?

or pretty much anything else that comes in a package, businesses will be passing their increased costs on to you.

It’s time to contact Premier Clark and ask her.

What’s going on here?

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