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BOXING INTO SPRING — Austin Tongue goes a round on the heavy bag at Spitfires Kids Athletic Club this week as part of the PacificSport XploreSportz Camp through the Penticton Parks and Recreation. The spring break program gave kids an opportunity to try out a wide range of recreation and sports activities available at local facilities. In the background watching is fellow camp participant Linden Sproule.

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Another crossing over the Okanagan River channel could open up land for new development later this year, according to Penticton Indian Band Chief Jonathan Kruger.

“I’m pushing hard for a set date of building this bridge by September,” he said this week after the federal government confirmed it would contribute $500,000 for design and engineering of the long-awaited crossing at Green Avenue.

“We’re tired of talking about this; we want to make this happen,” said Kruger.

Satikw Crossing is intended to provide access to 60 hectares of land sandwiched between the river and the Penticton airport.

The development area would be leased to builders by the locatee owners and the PIB would collect property taxes, Kruger said, while the broader community would benefit from new jobs and increased economic activity.

A funding announcement from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada noted the site is expected to one day boast a 150-room hotel, 23,000 square metres of retail space and 25,000 square metres for a business park.

Kruger said no lease agreements have been signed yet, but “once we start seeing the reality of a bridge being built, I’m sure we’ll see those tenants start lining up.”

It’s unknown how much need there is for new business space in the city.

“I haven’t heard that there’s demand for retail like that, but certainly I’ve heard that nicer hotel rooms are something people would like to have,” said Andre Martin, president of the Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce.

He also noted new retailers in Penticton

could help stop the flow of local shoppers to larger centres like Kelowna.

“And this makes us a hub for Oliver, Osoyoos, Keremeos, Princeton,” Martin added.

The city’s economic development officer believes there’s still plenty of room for growth because Penticton “is pretty much landlocked” with hills on two sides and lakes at either end.

Colleen Pennington said the city has probably reached its limit in some retail sectors, such as groceries, but could handle more variety in others, like outdoor sporting equipment.

She also thinks a top-notch development along the Channel Parkway would perk up the city’s image.

“It’s a gateway to our town. It’s part of the impression you form as you drive in,” said Pennington, “and it’s one more reason to have people look at Penticton as a destination.”

Construction of the bridge is contingent upon the PIB receiving associated land tenure for the project from the B.C government. The tenure application was filed in February and is still under review.

“The land tenure does need to be in place before funding for the next phase, the construction of the bridge, (will) proceed,” Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada spokeswoman Jehan Casey said in a statement.

The band’s application also notes the need for traffic lights at a new intersection on Channel Parkway and a water supply to the development area.

Access to the land that would be serviced by the bridge was cut off when the Okanagan River was channelized in the 1950s to help control flooding.

Okanagan-Coquihalla MP Dan Albas said federal support for the project recognizes the loss of access and is intended to help the PIB make better use of its assets to become more self-sufficient like neighbouring bands in Osoyoos and West Kelowna.

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able to set this issue to rest, to give it a chance,” said Litke.

“If it fails, I will be the first one to say pull the plug. But I think we need to give people a chance and a choice.”

The discussion got tense when Coun. Wes Hopkin made a foul comment insulting Coun. John Vassilaki.

Vassilaki, an opponent of the trial project, was telling council chickens can be noisy and dirty, listing the large number of animals he had grown up in close proximity to.

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Wes Hopkin to quip “which one were you?”

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Grow up.” Vassilaki told Hopkin in quiet tones while the mayor called for order.

Coun. Judy Sentes was the most passionate defender of the pilot project.

In her view, the hens would be no more a nuisance than a barking dog, or a cat turned loose to roam the neighbourhood.

Neither of those, she said, require special permission from a neighbour, which the pilot project would under temporary use permits.

“Some of the reasons … for opposition are not based on fact, it is based on fear more than on understanding.,” said Sentes. “A pilot project would allow all of these things to be proven or not.”

Coun. Helena Konanz was equally passionate in her opposition.

“We don’t have the manpower to monitor it,” she said, pointing out that Penticton’s small bylaw enforcement department is already busy.

“They are out there, looking after those barking dogs, when they can.

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“I just don’t think it fits into our community and I don’t think council should have to work on this, and staff, anymore.”

Coun. Katie Robinson didn’t see the need for the pilot project, preferring to use existing zoning.

“If people want to raise hens in their backyard, why don’t they buy property that is country residential? It is for people that want to live in the city, but feel like they are living in the country,” said Robinson.

“I guess I am a city girl at heart, but I don’t want chickens next door to me.

“We do have noise bylaws in place for parking dogs, and I hope we don’t have to put them in for chickens as well.

“I think our bylaw officers are busy enough as is.”

For his part, Hopkin said he wasn’t interested in backyard hens, but it seemed the community is in support of the concept.

“It may be sort of frivolous that we spent an hour and God knows how much time talking about chickens, but it is what people want. You have to listen to that,” said Hopkin.

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Merchants coping with revitalization Steve Kidd

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Businesses along Westminster Avenue are still facing a lot of construction work before their street is restored to normal.

“We should be somewhere around two to three weeks before we are complete on Westminster Avenue and then we will move on to Martin Street. We won’t start the other project until we are done this one,” said Barb Haynes, chair of the Downtown Revitalization Committee.

“It’s exciting. This has been coming for a lot of years. There have been a few times the community has tried to move this forward.”

But in the meantime, the shops and restaurants are still open and doing their best to conduct business as normal.

For Angela Eun, the new owner of Lee’s Overseas Delights, this is her first March.

While she doesn’t have anything to compare the current traffic to, she said it seems slow.

The first Monday was so slow, she decided to close the next two Mondays.

“If it is still not really busy, then I might decide to close another Monday until the construction is done,” said Eun, who is hoping the improved streetscape will help draw business.

“It might be prettier than before, that is what we are waiting for,” said Eun. “Hopefully the sidewalk will be better than before so more people walk on the streets and come in my restaurant, so that is what I am looking for.”

Maureen Mayes, owner of Beadz, said her

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customers seem to be still finding their way into the store.

“I’ve been very blessed, my customers have managed to find their way in, albeit with a little frustration. But they are making an effort,” said Mayes.

Frustrated includes one customer who parked on the other side of the street, only to find the construction fence didn’t have any openings in it and she had to walk to one end of the block to get around the fence.

“I know they are doing the best they can for what it is they have to do and I am just really appreciative that it is being done now and not in another month or so,” said Mayes,

who stayed with her winter schedule of closing three days a week a little longer this year.

“I did stay closed those first two tuesdays, simply because it was fairly mayhem down here and I thought there was no sense worrying about it,” said Mayes.

One unfortunate side effect was her beads jumping off shelves when workers were flattening ground for the paving stones.

“It was pretty entertaining one day when they were out there with a thumper thing.

That was a little frustrating, but in the overall sense, I will be happy when it is done,” said Mayes, who is hoping the new streetscape will be a little prettier and more inviting.

“I want to think that it is just another way that we can try and encourage tourism,” she said.

One person that is very happy with the work down so far is accessibility advocate Doug Pichette, who has already taken his scooter through the newly finished sidewalk.

Use of square paving stones make for a smooth ride he said, and the curb letdowns are also smooth, unlike the several bumpy ones he demonstrated to Mayor Garry Litke last fall.

“They have it nicely ramped down, nice and level (to the crosswalk),” said Pichette.

“It’s the way they should have been in the first place.”

Mayes doesn’t have any advice to offer Martin Street merchants for when the revitalization project moves to their street, but did say she would have preferred to have been better informed about the project and the ongoing work schedule.

“I feel a little in the dark as to what the whole thing is. I thought that we were supposed to be getting some sort of a scheduling idea what exactly was happening,” she said.

Haynes said she has been receiving good feedback from the merchants on the project and thinks there is good communication between the contractor, the city, businesses and the community as a whole.

“We try to make sure we’re on top of it as much as possible and that we check with the businesses as regularly as possible,” said Haynes, adding that the schedules sometimes change when work crews encounter unexpected problems.

Top cop has new duties in mind for Crime stoppers boss Joe Fries

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penTiCTon RCmp supT. kevin hewco speaks privately with mayor Garry Litke on Thursday following a closed-door meeting about the future of the Crime stoppers program.

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Despite a warning against doing so, Mounties appear set to hand additional duties to the region’s top civilian Crime Stopper as part of a restructuring at the Penticton detachment.

Supt. Kevin Hewco confirmed Thursday he wants Crime Stoppers co-ordinator Al Sismey to take on new responsibilities for regional community policing. Those responsibilities would include some of the work currently handled by Penticton community policing co-ordinator Jim Porteous, whose position will be terminated at the end of April as a cost-saving measure.

“I felt that we could deliver the same programs at lesser cost by combining one position,” Hewco said after a 30-minute closed-door meeting with the board of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen.

Crime Stoppers, which solicits anonymous tips for police, is a regional program funded by the RDOS at a cost of $65,000 a year.

Hewco said he completed an “efficiency and effectiveness review” in the region following his arrival six months ago and believes Sismey, with the support of an RCMP officer, could handle other outreach work, such as recruitment of auxiliary officers and citizens on patrol.

“So for the same money that we’re funding this employee here, I believe that we can provide an enhanced service to the region,” he said.

Sismey, who couldn’t be reached for comment Thursday, warned the RDOS board two weeks ago that combining Crime Stoppers with a policing program would harm its effectiveness.

“If we’re an arm of the police our information isn’t as well-protected and we couldn’t stand up in front of anybody and say, ‘You can call us anonymously.’” he said.

Sismey also said his Crime Stoppers branch received 376 tips last year, making it a full-time job in combination with other duties like fundraising and community relations. Hewco said he’s seen the combined model work in other communities.

“I understand and respect the arm’s-length position of Crime Stoppers and why it has to be that way … and this will not jeopardize that,” he assured.

“I’m just trying to be a little more effective with public monies. I understand the angst that creates for people.”

Sismey’s earlier presentation to the RDOS board worried some local politicians, including Penticton Mayor Garry Litke, who was concerned about a lack of prior consultation.

Hewco “should have let us know before the fact that he was doing this. Now after the fact he’s trying to bring us up to speed — the city, Mr. Sismey, all of us — so he’s apologized for that,” Litke said Thursday.

The mayor, who spoke privately with Hewco outside RDOS headquarters, said he now has a “higher degree of comfort” with the proposed restructuring.

“That’s what (Hewco) thinks is the best way of doing things,” said Litke. “And he’s providing a cost savings, which we all like.”

Hewco said it will be up to the RDOS to approve the change: “I’m just here to tell them that I think that position can do more in your region.”

The RDOS board resumed closed-door discussion of the matter Thursday following its regular public meeting.

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School board justifies trip to Las Vegas Joe Fries

Western News Staff

News that three Okanagan Skaha School District administrators each had $20,000 in expenses last year did not come as a surprise to local teachers.

“A lot of members have commented to me that they’re very concerned that there’s a lot of international trips

being made and money being spent when we’re being asked to do without in the classroom,” said Leslea Woodward, president of the Okanagan Skaha Teachers’ Union.

“It’s upsetting when you hear somebody’s gone on a big international trip at great expense and we don’t have the money to hire

an extra teacher or put support in the classrooms.”

According to the district’s statement of financial information for 2013, facilities director Doug Gorcak, superintendent Wendy Hyer and retired secretarytreasurer Ron Shongrunden had combined expenses of $61,508.22, triple their total for

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2012. Details of the administrators’ expenses are laid out in documents obtained by the Western News through freedom of information legislation: • Shongrunden, who retired last summer but was hired back as director of business development, attended two technology-related conferences in Las Vegas, one of which cost $2,107.91. He also went to New York for a leadership forum, plus received a $250-amonth vehicle allowance. * Nearly half of Hyer’s expense total resulted from her $650 monthly vehicle allowance.

She also attended the leadership forum in New York at a cost of $1,802.24, but spent just $350.74 on a trip to China to sign deals for the international student program. Hyer said previously the Chinese government covered most of her costs there.

Bruce Johnson, school board chair, for sD 67, is satisfied unusually high expense claims by senior staff are justified.

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* The bulk of Gorcak’s expenses were associated with attending conferences in B.C. He also receives a monthly vehicle allowance of $325 for travel within the district, but during one three-month period claimed $1,276.56 for out-of-town mileage at 54 cents a kilometre.

School board chair-

man Bruce Johnson said attendance at conferences and meetings is an important part of administrators’ jobs because “that’s how they learn and continue to grow.”

He explained the increased expenses as the result of the district’s efforts to have staff raise revenue by attracting

more international students and selling technology services, and to cut costs through energy efficiency programs.

“Of course the board, when we see a $20,000 expenditure, it gets our attention, but we’re not concerned about it because we believe in our staff,” said Johnson.

“And this money, in all three of those cases, was an investment in the future and designed to generate revenue for our school district so we can balance our budget in these very difficult times.”

The international student program is expected to produce a $120,000 profit this year and the technology division should save the district $100,000, while energy improvements recently earned a $98,500 rebate from FortisBC, according to information supplied by the district.

The district is facing a $1.2-million budget shortfall for 2014-15.

Man acquitted of assault with hammer Kristi Patton

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An Okanagan Falls man was acquitted of a slew of charges, including assault with a weapon, that were alleged to occur during a feud between families in 2012.

Michael Lillis was accused of striking a woman in the head then again in the hand with a ball peen hammer after attending a residence in Okanagan Falls on Sept. 14, 2012.

The woman needed four staples in her head and her hand was broken in three places.

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between someone he knew and Okanagan Falls man Jessie Kochems, albeit the complaint was unfounded. He brought Lillis along to Kochems’ residence to back him up. Delve plead guilty to a single charge of assault with a weapon (a baton) and will be sentenced at a later date. Crown John Swanson said he expects to be asking for a six-month jail sentence.

Kochems took the stand during Lillis’ trial held at the Penticton courthouse on Wednesday. He testified he saw one friend get hit

by Delve with the baton and that Lillis hit his mother with the ball peen hammer.

Under cross-examination by defence counsel Don Skogstad,

Kochems admitted he did not see either of the blows. Further hurting the Crown’s case was the fact the woman hit with the ball peen hammer, Kimberly Snow, could not identify Lillis, who was sitting in the courtroom gallery.

Another witness involved in the fight pointed out a man sitting next to Lillis, who was not present during the incident, as the perpetrator.

“I sit here saying it probably was Lillis, but probably does not make proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Judge Gail Sinclair.

Sinclair agreed with defence counsel that Kochems’ testimony may have been clouded based on what other people involved later told him.

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Zebra Mussels stopped at Osoyoos border crossing Joe Fries

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Another near-miss involving invasive mussels on a boat headed for B.C. underscores the need for senior governments to get moving on new laws to block unwanted visitors, said Osoyoos Mayor Stu Wells.

Last week, a Canadian border guard at the Osoyoos crossing spotted what appeared to be zebra or quagga mussels on a boat being transported by a commercial hauler, who told officers the boat, which was on its way north from Texas, was going to be moored in Okanagan Lake.

The trucker voluntarily agreed to stop and allow the vessel to be inspected. Border guards then alerted B.C. conservation officers, who travelled to Osoyoos to decontaminate the boat Conservation officer Barb Leslie said the mussels were later determined to be dead.

“We’d like to express our gratitude to Canadian Border Services for their ongoing vigilance,” Leslie added.

She noted that while it’s an offence under provincial law to transport or possess invasive species, there is no federal legislation that allows border guards to stop infested boats from entering the country.

The Okanagan Basin Water Board has been pushing senior governments to implement new rules to formalize the system that was put into action last week.

“The challenge now is we just have to legitimize this,” said Wells, a former chairman of the OBWB, told the board of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen on Thursday.

“This was all done right from the Canadian Borders Services (but) they had no right to stop

this boat.”

He said senior governments are “dragging their feet,” but that the OBWB’s public awareness campaign about the dangers posed by invasive mussels has proven to be effective.

“If we can just keep this high level of interest out there, we can maybe force the federal government into taking action,” Wells said.

Invasive mussels foul in-lake equipment, such as water intakes, and destroy ecosystems.

An OBWB-funded

study estimated damage from zebra mussels could cost $40 million to repair in the first few years of colonization in the Okanagan.

The mussels, which entered North America in the 1980s through the Great Lakes, have been detected as far west in Canada as Lake Winnipeg, but have reached California in the U.S. In 2012, dead mussels were found on a boat in Shuswap Lake.

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An OBWB-funded study estimated damage from zebra mussels could cost $40 million to repair in the first few years of colonization in the Okanagan. Last week a boat from Texas, headed for Okanagan Lake was stopped at the boarder when several zebra mussels were found lodged on its hull. file photo

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Measles a public responsibility It didn’t take long for the furor to erupt after it was learned the source of the latest measles outbreak in Chilliwack was a local Christian private school.

The school – and the church that supports it – has been in the spotlight before over its aversion to vaccinations. Past outbreaks of measles, mumps and whooping cough have all been tied to the community. And that association once again drew an immediate rebuke from people across the country.

And rightly so.

Religious freedom is a fundamental part of our Canadian identity. But that freedom should not excuse parents from denying their children the simple tools that can protect them from life-threatening, or life-altering diseases. More so, choosing not to vaccinate has implications that extend beyond one community.

It leaves others – particularly children too young for vaccination – vulnerable to a disease they might otherwise escape. But while it was a particular religious community that has drawn the most fire over the outbreak, it cannot be overlooked that others are also guilty.

Fraser Health estimates the percentage of the population in the Chilliwack area with adequate immunization is around 70 per cent. That leaves a significant chunk of the population either choosing not to vaccinate, or failing to ensure their inoculations are up-to-date.

There are no good reasons for either.

Fears that vaccinations carry some harm have long been exposed for what they are: paranoia cloaked in junk science. The bigger concern is complacency. come to expect that the PENTICTONWe’ve WESTERN childhood diseases that were once so common have disappeared. What we forget is their absence is due to a stringent vaccination regime. By failing to maintain that regime we are welcoming back illnesses that we have fought long and hard to protect our families from.

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Afghanistan: mission not accomplished Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron rambled a bit on his visit to Afghanistan last December, but ended up sounding just as deluded as U.S. President George W Bush had been when he proclaimed, “Mission accomplished,” six weeks after the invasion of Iraq.

British troops were sent to Afghanistan, Cameron said, “so it doesn’t become a haven for terror. That is the mission ... and I think we will have accomplished that mission.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was equally upbeat when addressing Canadian troops just before they pulled out in 2011. Afghanistan no longer represents a “geostrategic risk to the world (and) is no longer a source of global terrorism,” he said.

Both men are technically correct, since Afghanistan never was a geostrategic risk to the world or a haven for terror, but they must both know that the whole war was really a pointless waste of lives.

Obviously, neither man can afford to say

that the soldiers who died in obedience to the orders of their government (448 British troops, 158 Canadians) died in vain, but Barack Obama has found a better way to address the dilemma: he just doesn’t offer any assessment of the campaign’s success.

“I never doubted Obama’s support for the troops, only his support for their mission,” wrote former Defence Secretary Robert Gates, and he was right.

So was Obama, in the sense that he realized the mission, whatever its purpose (the definitions kept changing), was neither doable nor worth doing.

But in fact he did support it, at least to the extent of not pulling the plug on it – and 1,685 of the 2,315 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan died on his watch.

Could do better.

Now there’s another election coming up in Afghanistan (on 5 April), and at least three-quarters of the remaining foreign troops (perhaps all of them) will be gone from the country by the end of this year, and the whole

palace, but he’s probably wrong.

It’s not that the Taliban will sweep back to power all over Afghanistan once Western troops leave.

They really only controlled the Pashtunmajority areas of the east and south and the Gwynne Dyer area around the capital Dyer Straits even when they were in power in 1996-2001, thing is getting ready to while the Tajiks, Uzbeks fall apart. and Hazaras of the This will pose no Northern Alliance ruled threat to the rest of the the rest. world, but it’s going to That pattern is likely be deeply embarrassing to reappear, with the for the Western leaders Taliban and the northern who nailed their flags to warlords pushing politithis particular mast. cians like Karzai aside The election is to – probably not at once, replace President Hamid when most or all of the Karzai, who has served Western troops go home two full terms and canat the end of this year, not run again. but a while later, when It will be at least the flow of aid (which as crooked as the last accounts for 97 per cent one in 2009: 20.7 milof Afghan government lion voters cards have spending) finally stops. already been distributed The new partin a country where there Taliban Afghanistan are only 13.5 million that emerges will be people over the age of no more a source of 18. international terrorism Karzai is so confithan the old part-Taliban dent of remaining the Afghanistan was. power behind the throne It was Osama bin that he is building his Laden and his merry “retirement” residence men, mostly Arabs and next to the presidential a few Pakistanis, who

plotted and carried out the 9/11 attacks, not the Taliban.

True, bin Laden et al. were guests on Afghan soil at the time, but it is highly unlikely that they told the Taliban about the attacks in advance.

After all, they were probably going to get their hosts’ country invaded by the United States; best not to bring it up.

And there have been no international terrorist attacks coming out of Afghanistan in the past eight years, although the Taliban already control a fair chunk of the country.

The election will unfold as Karzai wishes, and his preferred candidate (exactly who is still not clear) will probably emerge as the new president, but this truly is a case of rearranging the deck-chairs on the Titanic. The second long foreign occupation of Afghanistan in half a century is drawing to a close, and Afghanistan’s own politics and history are about to resume.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Tourism Penticton needs a rethink (re: Sparks fly at council over tourism funding, Western News, March 5) “The ski club’s event and the planned promotion are worthwhile, but don’t fit with tourism’s objective of drawing new people to the area. It’s a great opportunity for tourism in the area, but it doesn’t fall under our mandate,” said James Shalman, who is also general manager for Apex Resort.

“They are going to come, regardless of whether they fly into Kelowna or the Penticton airport.”

How arrogant for Mr. Shalman to assume people are going to come anyway. It’s just unbelievable, particularly coming from a person who sits on the board of Penticton’s self-professed tourism body.

With friends like him who needs enemies. Wouldn’t it be better for the City of Penticton to have competitors and spectators come via Air Canada and boost numbers through our airport?

Could this not help the city get WestJet, or another carrier

Transparency needed at school board

(re: SD 67 quiet on $20,000-plus expense club, Western News, March 14) If it takes the school board 8.9 hours to copy the documentation on expenses of $83,000 for four civil servants at the school board it is pretty obvious that they are in drastic need of a core service review and efficiency study. Their bookkeeping and storage of documents must be erratic and in shambles.

It is also pretty obvious that the people elected to the school board are not interested in ensuring accountability to the taxpayer, otherwise when contacted by the Western News on this matter they would have ensured that the request was fulfilled at the estimated cost.

The school board estimated the FOI cost at $40. Yet expects to get paid $182.27. Only a non-accountable civil servant-based organization would dare operate in this manner. Compare this to going into a business to make a purchase being quoted one price but then when you take it to the checkout and the clerk rings it up you find the price has more than quadrupled.

What elected members of the school board signed off on these outrageous expenses and what were these expenses for?

The school board chairman Bruce Johnson could easily have ensured that in the interests of preservation of capital for student use that all expenses by civil servants and the elected members of the school board be immediately released to the newspapers by placing

to fly here on a regular basis?

Short-sighted is all I can say.

Wouldn’t you think after losing money last year, and showing up at city council after the fact, they would have gone to the Penticton Hospitality Association and asked for help in marketing, or at least told the PHA about the event so they could do marketing of their own. But then the CEO of Tourism Penticton, of which Mr. Shalman is a board member, turned down money from the PHA for external marketing last year.

What about the non-competitors, spectators from say Vancouver, Seattle or Calgary that might be interested in this type of event?

Would it not be worthwhile marketing to these people? Is that not the point of tourism marketing?

That has been a big problem with the current tourism Penticton group, they seem to have a very narrow focus on which groups or demographics to market to.

They focused on the wine industry and forgot about the

all expense documents online.

If Penticton city council can do it then what is wrong with this school board and what are they hiding?

Elvena Slump Penticton

Money better spent than on bike lanes

There seems to be a bicycle mentality at city hall. Or, at least, that would seem to be the appearance.

It seems that irrespective of a large audience of taxpayers against a proposed bike lane on Ellis Street, council pundits went ahead with a feasibility study.

More money wasted on a study.

What’s to study anyway? Have we suddenly become flush and looking for ways to unload dollars with make work programs?

The reality of these projects is they all command feasibility studies and then council, in all probability, decides to get the project done anyway. True democratic process in action, you say?

True, council was elected and in theory carry the wishes of the majority. However, when bike lane projects and their inherent costs are factored in, the majority is not getting good dollar value.

Nobody can say for sure how many cyclists actually use these lanes as no statistics have been forthcoming from council.

I suspect there might be one to two per cent of city residents that ride their bikes to go into the downtown core to shop or conduct other business.

Even with these figures I believe

I am being generous.

While the all important study is being done, the focus is on getting the project going and done.

However, no prior thought seems to have been given to projects that don’t require a feasibility study such as road conditions on Main Street and West Industrial Avenue and the Atkinson-Industrial intersection to mention but a few.

These areas are well used by motorists, yet bike lane implementation takes precedence it seems.

Special interest groups (cyclists) seem to get what they want. I wonder if we should start a special interest motorist group?

Ron Barillaro Penticton

I wrote many moons ago about a simple solution to help relieve the pressure on an overloaded medical system.

I am quite sure most people know when their body or mind need medical attention.

Why does a person need to see a doctor every three months, as in my case, to get a prescription filled for the same darn pills I have been taking for 10 years plus?

The waiting time which exceeds over an hour in many cases is ridiculous when the doctor tends to say hello and good-bye while filling a prescription that takes hardly a minute.

My unpaid time while sitting idle in medical waiting rooms on this planet could be given up for those in real need!

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beaches, ads that I’ve seen in publications focus on one or two specific businesses, not the broader spectrum. An example, Hoodoo Adventures was the only business mentioned for kayaking. Are there no others? What about other activities?

There were none mentioned in the ads.

The mayor says he thinks Tourism Penticton does a great job (you are here?). This from a man whose council has more legal issues (Eckhardt dorm, PHA), and bad decisions (relocate deer, bike lanes) that make Penticton a laughing stock.

How can we believe what comes from the city or tourism with regard to the numbers? It’s getting very difficult.

From what I understand it’s things like this that have been a recurrent reason in why the PHA wanted control of the two per cent tax.

This is exactly why a city appointed or hired Tourism Penticton is a waste of hard-earned taxpayers dollars.

Keith Bevan Penticton

I just went through the experience again with the long wait when finally the doctor arrived and chatted for about a minute before the cellphone went off and the doctor left the room only to return sometime later to ask me again what my concern was — just then the darn cellphone went off again and so did the doctor along with my patience Ongoing prescriptions could be filed with the pharmacy for say one year and then perhaps see a doctor for a yearly check up if one feels the need.

Tom Isherwood Olalla

Tulameen primed for boom

Is that snow? Two metres in Tulameen-Coalmont, one metre in Princeton and a short half-metre in the suburb of Penticton.

It’s great to live in snow country and have the toys.

The joy of doing aerobics with a snow shovel. Male or female. Wonderful to have the foresight and wisdom to know where to invest. No shortage of water like California and prepared for any flood.

With new facilities in Tulameen, it has the potential of becoming the ordinary folks Whistler.

The future Winter Olympics.

All that’s needed from the coast is a four-lane highway from the Hope-Princeton Westgate via, in part, the Tulameen River Road to Princeton, providing a quick outlet for the bursting Lower Mainland city folks and voila — lots of business.

There will be homes on the

benches along the Tulameen all the way to Hope. The Similkameen Okanagan will thrive.

Yes an enviable place for you and the sweetie to raise a family or if you are among the growing number that are over the hill — to retire.

Be happy. Be super happy.

Joe Schwarz Penticton

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Penticton’s Lynn Kelsey is living proof of the value of fundraising.

Since being diagnosed with diabetes nine years ago, the ability to monitor and maintain her blood-sugar level with the emerging new technology has literally given her a new lease on life.

“Recently I got a new glucometer so it does all my calculations for me so I’ve been able to get my blood sugars down to a much healthier range,” said Kelsey who is involved in a wide range of diabetes support programs locally.

“This is all because of the research which is funded by those donations that people make.

“You spend the money for proper management and prevention and then you’re not spending it in the hospitals for people with heart attacks and strokes and kidney dialysis and other serious complications of diabetes.”

Because of her vested interest and a the desire to help the growing number of people who get diabetes, Kelsey works hard to raise awareness and money for the cause.

During the month of May she will be joining other volunteers who will be hitting the streets for the door-to-door fundraising campaign in support of the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Cheryl Stone, residential campaign coordinator (Interior BC) said recruiters are currently busy trying to find about 2,000 people in her region, which includes Kelowna, West Kelowna, Vernon, Kamloops, Penticton and

Lynn KeLsey with her new glucometer which represents a significant improvement in her ability to monitor and maintain the correct blood sugar level in her system compared to previous methods.

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Williams Lake who are able to donate a couple of hours during May to raise money.

“This work is especially important because we’re not funded at all by the government,” said Stone.

“It’s also important because it gives people an opportunity just to be involved in a community service for a very worthwhile cause.”

She added this is also an excellent opportunity for students looking to earn volunteer credit hours for the school year.

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about the improvement in the lives of people with diabetes that are among the other benefits.

That included the recent government advocacy program by the association which resulted in the cost coverage of the insulin pump rising from age 19 to 25.

The pump is worn by the person and is a much more convenient and effective alternative to multiple, daily injections.

“That pump is a $7,000 item, so raising that to age 25 is a huge thing,” said Stone.

Kelsey added because her new meter uses similar technology to the pump, she has noticed a substantial improvement in her overall health.

“I have more energy, my moods are more stable, I don’t get headaches or that draggedout feeling all the time,” she said.

“This fine tuning is cumulative as well,

by lowering my blood sugar about three to four points.

Statistics that show for every point you lower your chance of heart attack by 39 percent, so I’m saving the government a ton of money by not having a heart attack.”

The pumps and meters are especially important tools for young people and others who are particularly active, including athletes where the glucose levels can change very quickly and monitoring can be difficult.

Proceeds from the campaign will also be used to help send children with Type 1 diabetes to the association’s Camp Kakhamela on the Sunshine Coast, one of 12 camps across Canada where kids and families learn to live with the diabetes.

To volunteer for the campaign or other opportunities contact Stone at 1-888-6289494 or cheryl.stone@ diabetes.ca.

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For the love of music Kristi Patton

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After 25 years at the helm of the Penticton Community Concerts, president Irwin Hobden will be stepping down after this year.

Down, but not too far away.

“We need some new people to take over and inject some new life, but I will still be around helping.

I don’t know if I could ever completely leave,” he said.

Hobden said he originally got involved because of his wife who joined in 1952 as a teenager. She “dragged” him to concerts, well, not quite.

Hobden admits he did have a passion for classical music, joined the executive and continued on from there.

“I like classical music compared to anything else and I really enjoyed going. I just got hooked right from the beginning,” he said.

Hobden has long been a volunteer with youths.

He spent years as a Boys Scout of Canada volunteer before he joined the Penticton Community Concerts.

Growing up on a farm, Hobden never had opportunities that many kids have, whether that be sports, music or in clubs.

“Part of what keeps me enthused is seeing all these talented young people we have here. The quality of the young artists in Penticton and going on in the musical field is amazing,” he said.

“People quite often ask me if the kids back in the day were better than they are now. I say no, they just keep getting better.”

Hobden remembers bringing in a Hungarian brass band that toured North America and one Penticton music student had the opportunity to rub shoulders with the artists after the concert.

“I remember seeing her up on stage and I thought she is so thrilled with this opportunity that she is walking a foot off the ground. The look on her face and in her eyes actually warmed my heart to the point where it brought tears to my eyes,” he said.

“Her mother called me about a month later thanking us for doing that.

“The girl decided that exact night she rubbed shoulders with the band that she was going to commit to school for music.”

The reaction he got from young people challenging themselves and overcoming barriers to complete something they never thought they could gives energy to Hobden. He fondly remembers a canoe trip that he took a bunch of Scouts on in 1957.

“About eight months ago I went to the Shatford Centre for an event. One of the young people who was on that trip had died of leukaemia about two years prior, and I ended up sitting beside his wife.

She told me that a month never went by in his life that he didn’t talk about that canoe trip. Those are things that just stay with you as a volunteer and makes volunteering worthwhile,” said Hobden.

Penticton Community Concerts continues to make it possible to hear performers you may never have heard before while keeping music affordable for the average person.

It is part of the affinity Hobden has for the group.

He has seen all kinds of ups and downs in his 25 years, still he maintains a vision of growing the number of people involved behind the scenes, finding the perfect venue to host concerts (a 750-seat theatre is what he dreams about) and constantly evolving what type of talent they bring in to match their audiences.

“People from other communities look at how we run and copy it. We sell season tickets and single seats and it seems to work and allows us to bring in this amazing talent that we do,” said Hobden.

“There is about one per cent of the total population of Penticton that will go to a classical music concert, the national average is 1.1 per cent so we are right on.”

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When setting up their season they now concentrate on getting exciting groups that bring something unique to attract a younger demographic.

Last season they brought in popular comedic-opera diva Natalie Choquette, who Hobden said blew everyone’s mind Hobden said he isn’t the one that should be getting any kind of standing ovation for Penticton Community Concerts, rather that should go to the other volunteers.

“Our volunteer ambassadors are the foundation of our success. Please join me in thanking them at any opportunity you may have. Their service is greatly appreciated,” he said.

The long-time Penticton resident also volunteers with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind as a motivational speaker.

He began losing his vision years ago and now is left with about two per cent sight, but he keeps busy in his woodworking shop making all types of things.

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On a cold, clear night in the middle of winter, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways and the Summerland Singers and Players invite you to watch.

The acting troupe is bringing the series of nine vignettes called Almost, Maine to Centre Stage Theatre March 27 to 30. Almost is described as a town that is so far north, it’s almost not in the United States — it’s almost in Canada.

And, it almost doesn’t exist because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it’s just, Almost.

The play is performed by four actors (James Fofonoff, Colleen Fox, Christa Phillips and Vance Potter) who take on 17 different roles telling of love and loss in the remote community.

Knees are bruised, hearts are broken, love is lost, found and confounded. The life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same.

“This play is quite new in the world of theatre and I was brought to the attention of it by my friend as something I should read,” said director Jacqueline Koenig. “I took it with me on a flight to Ottawa and literally was laughing and then crying every 10 minutes. It is so great.”

Almost, Maine was written by playwright John Cariani and received its world premier at Portland Stage Company, where it broke box office records and

Vance Potter and christa Phillips rehearse a scene from Almost, Maine, a Summerland Singers and Players production on the Janet ritchie centre Stage theatre in Summerland March 27-30.

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garnered critical acclaim.

To date, it has been produced by over 2,000 theatre companies in the U.S., and by dozens more internationally, making it one of the most frequently produced plays of the past decade.

Cariani has been nominated for a Tony Award and appeared on and off Broadway, in several films and televisions shows. He became known for an offbeat comedy show Cariani and his friends would perform and noticed many of them were surreal love stories set in Maine.

He said, “there’s a play here. Almost.”

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The director said the play is about how love comes in all different shapes, sizes and forms.

“The actors need to have a really good relationship on stage to work off each other and trust each other to get through the emotional scenes. We are lucky to have four fantastic actors that are dynamic and have a great chemistry,” said Koenig.

With so many different story lines, Koenig said Almost, Maine offers something for everyone.

“I definitely believe

that even the men that get dragged to the theatre by their wives will find something to connect with,” she said.

The play runs from March 27 to 30 at Centre Stage Theatre in Summerland.

Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with a matinee on the Sunday at 2 p.m.

Tickets are available in Summerland at the Summerland Arts Centre and Good Omens and in Penticton at Dragon’s Den. Summerland Singers and Players will be entering the production into the Theatre B.C. Okanagan Zone Festival in Vernon held May 11 to 18.

The winner of the zones festival will proceed onto the Annual Provincial Theatre Festival.

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Wings a gripping story Readers most likely remember Sue prominent national figures in the fight Monk Kidd as the author of The Secret against slavery, and also for the equalLife of Bees. ity of women.

This, her first novel, became a literInstead of writing a biography about ary phenomenon that sat on the New these unique sisters, Kidd chose to inYork Times bestseller lists for 2.5 years, tegrate their story into an imagined ficwon several awards and tional world. The character adapted for stage and film. of Handful is completely A decade later, her third fabricated as no informanovel The Invention of tion was recorded about Wings seems set to garner the Grimke slaves, other the same worldwide atthan being listed as chattention. Just as in her first tel in a log book of family novel, it focuses on slavery possessions. Although ficand inequality in America’s tional, Handful is the more south. realized and comHeather Allen fully It’s 1803 in Charlespelling character, probton, South Carolina, and Armchair Book Club ably because Kidd wasn’t the daughter of a plantahemmed in by historical tion owner, Sarah Grimke, is turning facts.

11. Her mother happily gives Sarah a Although I like reading fictional special birthday present, her very own memoirs, or about historical characters slave. Sarah, to the astonishment of her placed into fiction, I often wonder if family, refuses to accept. Sarah writes a there is something not quite right about letter of freedom for the slave, but is ul- them. Do they alter the truth by becomtimately unable to endure the wrath of ing the new accepted fact? her family, and keeps her slave, a young The Invention of Wings is a powerful girl named Handful. story, but fictionalizing the story may As Sarah and Handful grow up, the have rendered it too neat, sewn up like story reveals the intricacies of their the storytelling quilts made by Handwarm but uneasy relationship. Over- ful’s mother and other slaves. Whatever time the harshness and hatred in a the case, many millions of people will society based on slavery eats away at now know the fictionalized account of Sarah, until finally, at the prompting of the Grimke sisters, especially because her sister, she begins a personal crusade The Invention of Wings is, not surprisagainst owning slaves. ingly, being showcased on Oprah WinSarah and her sister Nina are in frey’s book club.

Heather Allen is a book reviewer fact historical figures who grew up in Charleston, moved north and became and writer in Penticton.

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The Penticton Art Gallery has a fundraising event that has the makings of what is describe as a “ridiculously fun night.”

“In the Eye of the Beholder II is a unique event that guarantees every attendee a piece of art work and a lot of laughs,” said art gallery president Nicholas Vincent.

The fun art extravaganza invites the public to unleash their inner art critic. The event is a fundraiser for the Penticton Art Gallery and every ticket purchased is guaranteed to take home a oneof-a-kind masterpiece carefully curated and gathered from the dark recesses of the gallery, thrift store, auction houses and donations.

“We try to keep it light and fun. We came up with funny artist statements using art speak and nonsense for the descriptions of the work. It is just a way of poking fun at the art world a little

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bit,” said art gallery curator Paul Crawford. “It’s fun to watch. We draw tickets to give each person a chance to choose from the wall and there will be collective sighs when someone chooses something everyone wants or applause when they go for something funny. It is very interactive.”

In fact, Crawford said anyone who wants to come down and just enjoy the evening without taking home a piece of artwork is welcome to come in and just watch.

“We want people to have fun and not be so concerned with who the artist is and just on the idea that they are choosing something because they simply like it,” said Crawford. “Who knows, you might actually research one of the pieces and it could be a treasure.”

The art gallery has a number of upcoming fundraising events including an antiques and fine art appraisal day featuring Peter Blundell and Anthony West-

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March 22 — Penticton and District Community Concerts presents ARC Ensemble performing a collection of rarely heard works at the Cleland Theatre 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are sold at the Shatford Centre or single tickets on performance night at the Cleland Theatre pending availability.

March 22 — Los Dorados, Canada’s premier 12-piece mariachi ensemble at the Centre Stage Theatre in Summerland at 7:30 p.m.

March 22 — Musicianship, musicality, humour and their swinging Van Django sound transports the Dream Café audience back to 1930s Paris.

March 22 — The Elite is hosting gypsy-jazz blues band Red Haven from Vancouver on their west coast tour. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 9 p.m. Entry by donation.

March 22 — Multi award winning tribute artist, Adam Fitzpatrick as Elvis at the Royal Canadian Legion branch 40. Tickets are $22. Show starts at 7 p.m.

March 29 — Live music by Gord McLaren at the Barley Mill starting at 7:30 p.m.

March 29 — Canadian jazz songstress Jaclyn Guillou with her Dinah Washington tribute at the Dream Café.

Until May 3 — 88th Penticton Kiwanis Music, Dance and Speech Arts Festival. For schedule of events visit www.pkmf.com.

bridge on May 8. Cost for a 15-minute verbal appraisal is $40 with partial proceeds to benefit the gallery.

Those interested are asked to contact the gallery to make an appointment by contacting the art gallery.

Unique items are also being sought for the art gallery’s annual fundraising auction on July 5.

Paintings, prints, vintage books, photographs, clothing, drawings, sculptures, models, instruments, furniture and many other items can be picked up and a tax receipt given in exchange.

In the Eye of the Beholder takes place on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 for members and $40 for members.

The event is all ages and there will be beer, wine and light refreshments served.

Tickets can be purchased at the Penticton Art Gallery, or for more information phone the gallery at 250-493-2928 or visit www.pentictonartgallery.com.

events March 27 to 30 — Almost, Maine a romantic comedy presented by the Summerland Singers and Players, runs on the Janet M. Ritchie Centre Stage Theatre. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. and a 2 p.m. matinee on March 30. Tickets are available at the Summerland Arts Centre, Good Omens Coffee Shop and The Dragon’s Den. March 28 — Full gallery exhibition, Styx and Stones opens at the Penticton Art Gallery 7 to 9 p.m. Featuring two key components: a juried call for artists and non-juried public program which invites the community to come in and add their own experience to the exhibition.

March 29 — Live comedy returns to the Copper Mug with Carter Hortie and Danny Polishchuck.

April 4 — A collection of monologues by worldrenowned authors and playwrights will be performed at A Memory, A monologue, A Rant and A Prayer taking place at the Frank Venables Theatre in Oliver. Tickets are $25 and include a refreshment. Must be 19 years or older.

April 4 to 5 — Okanagan Fest-Of-Ale at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre. Bringing beer lovers and brewers together to celebrate. Live entertainment, local restaurateurs and 35 brewers.

Friday from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. Tickets available at Days Inn or online at www.fest-of-ale.bc.ca.

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Cruze Diesel The popular compact from Chevrolet now comes in an even more efficient setup: the Cruze Diesel.

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Lincoln ready to challenge again Zack Spencer

When you think about a premium brand, Lincoln probably doesn’t come to mind.

The once mighty domestic luxury brand has been left too long without any unique offerings to distinguish itself from the parent brand Ford.

For decades Ford would take existing models, make a few changes and call them a Lincoln.

This drove the brand to almost irrelevance in a highly competitive marketplace.

Well, there are big plans afoot at Lincoln to change all of that.

With a lot of hard work, unique designs, engines and marketing, Ford is hoping to make Lincoln relevant again, not just taking on rival Cadillac but also the best of the import luxury brands.

I had a chance to catch up with Jim Farley, executive vice president of global marketing, sales and service for Lincoln and Ford at a recent auto show.

Getting to spend time with one of the driving forces behind the new Lincoln was eye opening.

He told me, “All you need to know is two facts: “The first fact is that we sold all of our premium brands, (Jaguar, Aston Martin, Volvo and Range Rover) we have no other luxury brand than Lincoln.

“So if you want a luxury brand and you’re an executive at the company, you’re going to be driving a Lincoln.

“The second fact that you need to know about is that we have already spent the resources on the product, for fully differentiated products that the company has not done in decades.

So, this is kind of the first time, in probably 20 years, that the company has really, in Lincoln, to be truly global.

“And the decision to go to China is very important for Canadian customers because it is the ultimate example of our commitment.”

There is a four-vehicle onslaught of new products

that Lincoln hopes will bring them back.

The first was the MKZ sedan that came out in 2013.

It has been selling well, and the hybrid version has been a surprise, with buyers choosing it in volumes Lincoln had not expected.

The second vehicle will be the all-new MKC compact luxury SUV, based on the Ford Escape that will arrive this summer. Farley describes the MKC this way: “It’s a subcompact, Escape-sized true luxury product but it has even more exclusive features compared to the Ford product than we have ever done

at Lincoln before.

“Exclusive engine, exclusive design, the roof is much lower than the Escape.”

In describing the MKC, Farley said, “It has all the comfort and feature-functions that you would expect from a world-class luxury brand.”

Powering the MKC is an all-new 2.3L turbocharged EcoBoost 4-cylinder engine with an estimated 300hp and 300lb.-ft. or torque.

This is the same engine that will be available in the all-new Mustang.

The design of the new MKC has a very European silhouette but with a stylized Lincoln grille.

The back of the MKC was a major engineering an design challenge due to the wrap around tailgate that brings to mind the Audi Q7.

What Lincoln is hoping to do is offer more for less than the German competition. $39,940 is a great starting point for any small luxury crossover.

With 300hp and a great starting price the MKC should find an audience.

This new MKC will arrive this summer and should get attention from buyers who want luxury but at an affordable price. zack.spencer@drivewaybc.ca

Confessions of a Curber My next vehicle came from a used car wholesaler*.

There was nothing wrong with it, but he couldn’t find a dealer who wanted it. I gladly took it off his hands.

How hip was I? I had a new source of newer vehicles that would come right to me.

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Shortly after, I got a call from a young man.

His car had just broken down, and he needed a new one fast. He agreed to meet me at the local construction site where he worked.

He was just finishing up his lunch when I arrived. He was wearing his construction uniform and I immediately noticed his tired eyes.

I felt bad for the poor fellow, and I was glad that I was selling him a reliable vehicle. He didn’t need another headache on top of everything. I even knocked $500 off the price I wanted.

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Riley Alferd said the playoffs is when everyone brings their best.

That’s what the Penticton Vees forward has been doing following a regular season that didn’t go as he hoped when it comes to offensive output. In 57 BCHL regular season games, Alferd scored seven goals and 24 points. In the 2014 BCHL playoffs, the Vancouver, Wash., product has four goals and seven points in eight games, including two goals and three points against the Vernon Vipers, who they were tied 2-2 with going into Thursday’s Game 5 action at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

Alferd said he hasn’t done anything to improve his play other than playing hard.

“I think communication is a huge thing that has helped us play better,” said Alferd, who lines up with Matthew Serratore and Jack Ramsey. “Talking more on the ice, that’s the huge key to our success.”

Vees coach Fred Harbinson said that Alferd has been outstanding.

“His game really elevated in the last quarter of the season. He’s carried it into the playoffs,” said Harbinson. “He’s stepping up with a little more opportunity. He’s creating some offence along with his strong defensive play.

That’s been there all year long.”

Harbinson has never been disappointed in the play of the former Muskegon Lumberjack and added he’s not sure anything has changed in Alferd’s play.

“He’s been a great player for us all year.

Just for whatever crazy reason, he didn’t get a lot of points for the first three quarters of the season,” he said. “He’s one of the best skaters in the league. He’s very quick and has great edges. He can come out of corners with the puck. He’s versatile. He can play on the back end too if you need to throw him on defence. He’s done that before. “ Harbinson added Alferd is a perfect example of why people need to be patient at times.

“He’s stuck with the process and he’s reaping the benefits, getting success out of it,” said Harbinson.

Alferd has noticed his improved play and said he loves playing with Serratore and Ramsey. With Serratore possessing speed, he feels they are the same type of player, while Ramsey is a big body (6-2, 185 pounds) that makes room for them and scores. Alferd feels better about his play, especially because he’s producing. He said players have to keep trying and it will eventually go their way. While he is a bit surprised by his offensive totals, he doesn’t want to stop.

“I want that to keep happening,” said Alferd. “It’s not all about scoring. As long as you are playing hard and doing the right things.”

When he’s not scoring, Alferd wants to be tough to play against. Right now, he intends to keep using his speed and creating scoring chances.

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RILEY ALFERD has been a key forward in the Penticton Vees championship push during the BCHL playoffs. In eight games since March 18, Alferd has four goals and seven points.

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“This series is more of a dog fight, inyour-face hockey,” said Alferd of facing the Vipers. “Lots of hits and stuff. I love the playoffs, I think it’s the best time of year to play hockey.”

Following the Vees’ 4-3 loss in Game 4 at Vernon’s Kal Tire Place on March 18, Harbinson said the Vipers came out hard. The Vees were outshot 14-6 in the opening period, then flipped it firing 14 shots at Austin Smith, while Olivier Mantha faced nine. Harbinson said his players responded and things were going in the right direction as they led 2-1 early in the second until they gave up the two late goals.

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Mantha said that he and Hunter Miska can give more, but added the team can give more defensively, too. Mantha was chased from Game 1, while Miska was yanked in Game 3, a 4-3 win for the Vees in Vernon. Mantha said the team needs to block more shots from the point. The Vees goalie also said he’s a bit surprised by the offence in the series, but said that games have been going back and forth.

Should there be a Game 7, it will return to Penticton Saturday at the South Okanagan Events Centre at 6 p.m. Check www.pentictonwesternnews.com for stories on Games 5 and 6.

Alyssa MacMillan’s sophomore season with the Okanagan Hockey Academy female team has been about becoming a top forward.

At the same time, she wanted to improve her offensive output in the Junior Women’s Hockey League from last year’s rookie season in which she scored once and had seven points in 28 games. This year the 15-year-old finished with eight goals and 14 points in 28 games.

“Watching videos from last year and from this year, the im- Alyssa MacMillan provement is crazy,” said MacMillan, who skated with the OHA three years ago but didn’t play. “I don’t think I would be anywhere from where I am if I didn’t come to OHA.” MacMillan, a Penticton minor hockey product, has learned a lot from assistant coach Gina Kingsbury and coach Rebecca Russell.

“Just skill-wise I’ve gotten a lot better with skating and puck handling,” said MacMillan.

MacMillan mostly played forward, but also pitched in on the blueline depending on the situation.

It was a switch she took a liking to as sometimes she experienced frustration up front. MacMillan considers herself more of a playmaker as she loves moving the puck and setting up teammates for the glory.

MacMillan said she got off to a slow start this year then picked it up.

Playing in the JWHL against most of the top under-19 players has been good, said MacMillan. One aspect of the league she has enjoyed is the travel, which has taken the team to Boston, Syracuse, Hartford, Winnipeg and Vancouver, where the JWHL championship playoffs were held at UBC. MacMillan helped the OHA defeat the Boston Shamrocks, Alberta’s Warner School, Colorado Selects and Edge School before losing in the championship final to the North American Hockey Academy 6-0.

“It’s pretty cool. Most kids at 15 wouldn’t be able to see most of the things that I have gotten to see already,” said MacMillan, who looks up to teammate Emily Clark, former Canadian national team member Tessa Bonhomme, as well as Olympic gold medal winners Caroline Ouellette and Marie-Philip Poulin.

MacMillan said the playoffs were good and that they couldn’t have asked for a better round robin.

She said she felt her performance was good, but that it’s hard to feel that way during a loss.

With a busy hockey schedule, MacMillan still managed to do well with her studies. A lot of time was missed, but MacMillan got things done during study hall and teachers are helpful. MacMillan usually completed her work before a trip and then would finish her homework during it.

“As long as you keep up with your work, and are pretty good with your homework, it’s not that big of an effort,” said MacMillan, who has an A average.

When asked what it’s like to be the only local player on the team, MacMillan said it’s kind of cool having girls from all over Canada in her hometown.

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A change in their forechecking helped the Vancouver Spirit upset the Kelowna Rockets 2-1 in overtime to win the 2014 B.C. Hockey midget tier 2 championship.

Spirit coach Mischa Polzin had a trick up his sleeve as he utilized a forechecking system other team’s hadn’t seen. The move paid off when Ian Creamore beat Rockets goalie Jordan Reynolds five-hole with 1:11 remaining in overtime Wednesday night at Memorial Arena.

As Creamore dropped to a knee and pumped his fist, some Rocket players bent forward in disbelief that the championship slipped away. It was a season finale that featured physical play, a defensive chess match at times with tremendous goaltending.

Polzin said he felt his players were a little tired after defeating Saanich 4-3 in double overtime earlier that day. With several third-year players on the Spirit, Polzin told them was their last chance to win something. The year before, they lost the championship to Penticton in West Kelowna.

“You just have to work through every pain. You have nothing else to do tomorrow except drive home,” Polzin said to his players. “Enjoy this moment. Go out and earn it.”

Creamore, who was fighting a scoring drought, buried the winner while playing with a separated right shoulder sustained against Saanich.

“You hesitate sometimes in the corners, but you just have to battle through,” he said of playing through the injury.

“Pain doesn’t last forever.

Pride lasts forever, just had to get it done.”

Creamore did just that after taking a feed from Travis Beaubien.

SMITHERS STORM netminder Clay Kiiskila looks around his defenceman Braydon Karrer and Kelowna Rockets forward Ryan Pereverzoff for this shot from the point during the first period of Wednesday morning semi final of the midget tier 2 B.C. Championships at the Penticton Memorial Arena. The Storm lost a hard-fought 2-0 decision and defeated the Saanich Braves for third place later in the day. The Rockets faced the Vancouver Spirit and lost the championship game 2-1 in overtime.

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Creamore said he felt a sigh of relief upon watching his shot trickle in.

“I had a monkey on my back for the whole tournament, nothing was going in,” he said. “I was glad we could pull it off.”

The Rockets had chances to pull away, especially when given a twoman advantage during the last minute of play in the second that carried into the third period. The Rockets had a few chances on the power-play but Forster was there to deny them.

“They had some really good opportunities there to bury some,” said Spirit net minder Alex Forster.

After killing off penalties in the first five minutes of the third, Creamore said they knew they needed to get it done.

Spirit forward Joey Guzzo tied the game beating Reynolds high blocker with three minutes remaining on a setup up

by Creamore and Adam Zielinski.

“After we got that goal we just started pound-

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Olympians coming to Apex

Apex Mountain is hosting the 2014 Canadian national championship for moguls March 27-30. Among the athletes competing are Alex Bilodeau who won gold in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, along with silver medal winner Mikael Kingsbury, Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, who captured gold and silver, respectively, for Canada and the rest of the Canadian national mogul team, including Pentic-

ing away,” said Cremore, adding that the players believed they could win.

“Kelowna, give them credit, they were unbelievable,” said Polzin. “Their goalie was phenomenal.”

The Penticton Quiznos midget tier 2 Vees ended their season bowing 5-0 to the Spirit.

It was the final round robin game for the two teams Tuesday night.

Vees coach Lance Vaillancourt said his team played well. A five-minute penalty for checking from behind made it tough to battle back.

“That five-minute penalty just took the wind out of our sails,” he said.

“I thought the boys did really well in keeping their composure. They did a good job in terms of representing their community.”

Vaillancourt said he didn’t feel it was a 5-0 game as his team trailed 2-0 going into the final period. The Spirit blew the game open on the power play. Vaillancourt said it was tough to create offence

since the Spirit played a very structured game. In the last half of the game, the Vees only managed a few scoring chances.

Forward Spencer Hook said part of that was due to the Spirit’s ability to move the play up ice quickly, adding they have a good transition game.

“Their D-men were doing really good today,” he said.

“I think we tried as hard as we could,” said Vees captain Liam Hutcheson.

Forward Jesse Keylock said they played hard.

“I think they are a bit more skilled than last year,” he said.

For Hutcheson, Keylock and Hook, it was their final minor hockey game.

“It’s kind of sad,” said Hutcheson, who is excited to possibly make the jump to the junior B level with the Osoyoos Coyotes after playing with the team as an affiliate player. Keylock said he’s going to miss it

ton’s Andi Naude. Eligible to compete from the Apex Freestyle Club will be Brayden Kuroda and Koleton Phipps on the men’s side, Madison Parker, Mackenzie Schwinghamer and Kassidy Todd on the women’s side. AFC will also be represented by alumni which includes Connor Spence, Jordan and Joshua Kober and Kyle Parker and Mason Barzilay. The women’s side has 39 competitors, while the men’s has 57. The event is free to attend with single moguls on March 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Dual moguls is March 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:15. Apex Mountain is a 30-minute drive from Penticton.

while Hook said it was pretty emotional.

“It was kind of nice to play in front of the home crowd,” said Hook.

Along with Keylock and Hook, Dennis Zoeller were the returning players from last year’s provincial championship team.

In other provincial action, the Sherwood Trophy peewee tier 2 Vees faced Williams Lake for third-place after they defeated Juan de Fuca 5-0 on March 18. The thirdplace game was a rematch as Williams Lake defeated Penticton 5-3 on March.

17. The B.C. Hockey website was not updated with the result as of press time and coach Greg Berkholtz couldn’t be reached for comment.

The bantam tier 2 championship featured the Vees and North Shore Winter Club at 5 p.m.

Thursday. They met in the opening game of the tournament which ended 3-3. The Vees went 4-0-1 while outscoring their opposition 18-3.

Coyotes, Storm split games

The Osoyoos Coyotes and Kamloops Storm have split the first two games of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference final. In the opening game on March 17 in Kamloops, the Coyotes earned a 3-0 shutout.

Penticton’s Lawrence Langan made 31 saves, while Colin Chmelka scored the winner and Luc Gradisar scored twice.

Penticton’s Rory Neary and Jackson DeMatos each collected an assist. The Storm picked up a 4-2 night two nights later at McArthur Park Arena.

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GETTING SEASON READY — Rajiv Dasanjh of the Penticton Harlequins Rugby Club gets squished by Ben Garrod on top and Glen Burlingame on top of him during a practice. The Harlequins trained at the Adidas SportsPlex during the winter as they get ready for another season of Okanagan Rugby Union action.

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Footballer commits to Heat Western News Staff

The meeting will take place:

Cole Kingzett is joining the UBC-O Heat’s first class in Canada West for men’s soccer.

Kingzett is a Penticton product who played the last four years for Thompson Okanagan Football Club (TOFC) in the Super Y league and the recently formed BC Soccer Premier League (BCSPL).

Heat head coach Dante Zanatta had his eye on the 6-2, 170-pound Kingzett for a while now.

Zanatta first noticed Kingzett when they crossed paths at the TOFC when Zanatta was a technical director. Kingzett impressed Zanatta at 16 playing with an under-18 squad in their first matchup against the Heat and was named man of the match by his coach.

“I’m very happy that Cole has committed to our school and our program,” said Zanatta in a team statement. “I’ve been tracking his progress over the last three years while he has been playing in the BCSPL. “Cole has a very good technical package with an eye in going forward and helping in the attack, which fits well into the style of soccer that we are developing at UBC-O,” continued Zanatta, entering his fourth year with the men’s soccer program at UBC-O. “I look forward in helping Cole develop into a very productive player in Canada West over his career.”

As for being a part of the Heat’s jump from PACWEST to Canada West and Canadian Interuniversity Sport level competition, Kingzett added, “I am pretty confident I can adapt to the increased speed of the game.”

April 23, 2014, 6:30 p.m. at Penticton Secondary School Library 158 Eckhardt Avenue W., Penticton, BC Members of the public are invited to attend this meeting and provide their feedback on the budget.

In addition, feedback related to the budget can be made on-line at the district’s website, www.sd67.bc.ca.

PENTICTON’S COLE KINGZETT, who trained with Pinnacles FC Excelsior soccer program, has secured his soccer playing future with the UBC-O men’s soccer team for the fall.

Alyssa Kroeker has added another wrestling medal to her collection.

The Pen High student lost to Alex Schell of Smithers in the final of the 47-kilogram weight class during the B.C. Secondary Schools Wrestling championship in Prince George March 1.

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“My biggest strength is ball skill and control and I hope this, along with my positive attitude and work ethic will be greatly beneficial to the squad,” said Kingzett of what he brings.

Also a strong academic in high school, Kingzett has already set his sights on an academic All-Canadian achievement for his rookie season.

Kingzett intends to study general sciences as he explores further career options for his post-university life.

Kingzett will join Summerland’s Ryan Jerry, another high school recruit inked by Zanatta out of the Southern Okanagan region and the rest of Heat soccer this fall when they embark on their inaugural Canada West campaign.

Kroeker settles for silver in wrestling bout Western News Staff

The Board of Education School District No. 67 (Okanagan Skaha) will hold a PUBLIC MEETING to present and receive feedback on the proposed 2014-15 budget.

Robert Kroeker, Alyssa’s coach, said it was a great final match as his daughter faced Schell, who she defeated to win the Golden Bear tournament in Edmonton recently. Schell got the better of Alyssa, winning 8-5.

“It was back and forth,” said Robert.

“Their fight won the Outstanding Female Match of the tournament. They got tro-

phies for that. It’s voted on by the officials. Overall, I was quite happy with the match.”

Robert said his daughter wrestled well and managed to throw Schell down twice.

Next, Alyssa will train for the national championship, which she will compete at in early April.

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Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

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

Countertops REFACE Countertops.

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

Garden & Lawn

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

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

Contractors

Contractors

HOME IMPROVEMENTS REPAIRS PAINTING PLUMBING FULLY LICENSED & INSURED CALL TED

250-809-9068

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Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Garden & Lawn

Free Items

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.

FREE, 46” TV, 2 Lazy Boy chairs, 1 chesterfield, 2 beds, 1 dresser, 1 table with 4 chairs and leaf, call (250)490-9678 all must go!

Heavy Duty Machinery

Home Improvements

HOME RENOVATIONS

Bathrooms • Kitchens Windows and Doors Decks/Fencing • Vinyl Decking Landscaping

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

BELCAN

Painting & Reno’s

licensed, insured, WCB

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

Len (250)486-8800 www.belcan.ca lenmass@gmail.com

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

Painting & Decorating HERE COME THE PAINTERS, 13 years experience, Interior/Exterior, 250-486-2331 P.A. Design, Interior Decorating consultations, for appointment call 250-490-6756 WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM

(1) 250-899-3163

3 Rooms For $299, 2 Coats Any Colour

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

Rubbish Removal 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 & Livestock

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

Merchandise for Sale

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

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

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

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

Garage Sales 11222 Quinpool Rd., Summerland, Sat., March 22, 8am, Ikea nesting tables, dresser, entertainment unit, easy chair.

Garage Sale, 112 Penrose Crt., Sat., March 22, 8amnoon Garage Sale, 8am-2pm, Sat., March 22, 2635 Roblin St., Penticton Household & sporting goods, Sat., March 22, 8am-1pm, 497 Jermyn Ave. Moving & Garage Sale, tools, clothing, toys, furniture, SatSun, 273 Scott Ave., 8-4 Okanagan Falls Flea Market, open 6am-4pm, Sat/Sun., outdoors, (HWY 97), new and old vendors welcome, for info call 250-497-5762 Oliver Indoor Flea Market Saturday, 8am-4pm Sunday, 9am-3pm 12,000 sqft of treasures Turn downhill at Chevron New vendors welcome call Cory 250-408-4222 Sat. Mar. 22nd, 8:30-2:30.

1422 Montreal St. Penticton.

Furniture, tools & hardware, reno items, garden stuff, stereo equip., household items, books, decor & much more! No Early Birds Please.

Saturday, March 22, 9am12:30, 1052 Killarney St., garage & household items, kayaks, Coca Cola Collections, no early birds please.

Yard Sale, Sat/Sun, March 22-23, 8-3pm, 331 Douglas Ave., lots of toys, kids/adult clothing, Universal home gym & other household items.

Heavy Duty Machinery A STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’ 53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock.

SPECIAL Trades are welcome.

40’ Containers under $2500!

Also JD 544 &644 wheel Loaders JD 892D LC excavator Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com 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.

Apt/Condo for Rent

WANTED:Construction Equipment, Excavators, Backhoes, Dozers, Motor graders, wheel loaders, Forestry Equipment. Any condition. We all so do scrap metal clean up and Estate clean up. References available. 250-260-0217.

Medical Supplies Brand new recl. wheel chair reg. $1800 sell for $600, also used walker. 250-494-9647

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 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper?

Misc. Wanted 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!

Wanted, Suzuki Sidekick or Tracker type 4x4 with hardtop, no rust buckets, (250)454-6756, evenings

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

Real Estate For Sale By Owner

483 Maurice St. - Penticton Open House, Sat., Mar. 22 10 AM - 12 PM Investment Opportunity Now selling below cost Top 5 nalist for Okanagan, Provincial & National Awards.

Luxury 2BR, 3 bath townhouse, Lg. dbl. garage.

Low Strata fees.

250-492-6756

Mobile Homes & Parks RETIRE IN Beautiful Southern BC, Brand New Park. Affordable Housing. COPPER RIDGE. Manufactured Home Park, New Home Sales. Keremeos, BC. Spec home on site to view. Please call 250-4627055. www.copperridge.ca

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1bdrm $650, 2bdrm, $750, adult/senior oriented, clean, quiet, cat ok, 250-492-7328

REALTY EXECUTIVES VANTAGE APARTMENTS: $635 $700

Top floor walk-up, large Bach suite near IGA, f,s coin op laundry, Balcony. Avail. April 1(KBD302) Top floor, reno’d 1 bdrm includes heat, hydro, 3rd flr walk up, coin-op laundry, near beach. Avail. April 15 (WGA301)

HOUSES: $800

Unfurnished Term rental 2 bdrm, f,s, w.d close to SOEC, and college. Avail. from NOW until June 28/14 (H679) Prospective tenants must complete an application form at:

280 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, B.C. V2A 5B2 PHONE: 250-493-4372 - www.rentalspenticton.com Only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Rentals

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Commercial/ Industrial

Auto Accessories/Parts

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 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 Apartments for rent, low income, util. incl., np, Sun Valley, Skaha Lake Rd., Bach., $550, Mayfair, Skaha Lake Rd., 1 & 2 bdrm, $695-$950, Meadowlark, Skaha Lake Rd., 1 bdrm, $695, laundry facilities on site, contact Stanmar Services, (250)493-5072 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 Ground level, 2bdrm condo, 5appl., avail. April 1, ns, np, $950/mo., (250)487-1354 Pent., 2bdrm, quiet, adult oriented 8 plex, great view, patio, freshly painted, np, ns, $725+util., 250-494-0668 Summerland studio unit, 6appl., wall bed, quiet, reliable, ns tenant, $700 (util incl.), (250)494-7488

Commercial/ Industrial 800sqft shop/whse space, Industrial area, Commercial Way, O/H door, avail. immediately, phone 250-492-8324 or 250-809-0727 APPLE PLAZA, Prime Central location, 2300sqft. in busy plaza, ample parking, also 5821100 sqft. shared office space avail., call Barb 250-492-6319

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

For Lease: 2000 sqft. retail space, Main St., Keremeos, avail. June 2014, 250-4992382 or 250-499-6167

FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

Duplex / 4 Plex 1 & 2 bdrm, 40+, large bright suites, ns premises, large private patios, close to everything, $700-$800+util., water incl., 250-492-0274 (mornings) SUMMERLAND, near town, 2bdrm, 1bath, ns, np, $800+ util., (250)494-9331

Cars - Sports & Imports

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1992 Honda Civic, high kms, well-maintained, p/w, sunroof, ac, c/w extra set of tires, $1200 obo, (250)462-2272

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

Suites, Lower 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 Ground level suite in Summerland, 1350 sq ft, 2 bedrooms plus den/office, W/D, F/S, carport/garage. N/S, N/P. $850 per month (negotiable) plus utilities. Close to town. 250-494-8617.

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

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

Auto Financing

Scrap Car Removal *1AA 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

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

Adult Escorts 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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New partnership supports cleantech Western News Staff

The Centre of Excellence at the Okanagan College Penticton Campus played a big part in the college’s latest partnership.

Okanagan College and Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre recently signed a memorandum of understanding focused on supporting and growing the cleantech industry, which is worth an estimated $2.5 billion annually to the B.C. economy.

Cleantech is an emerging field encompassing a range of products, services, and processes based upon renewable materials and energy sources.

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

Foresight is a not-for-profit Canadian company, formed in 2013, with a mandate to help cleantech entrepreneurs form and accelerate their companies in B.C. Foresight and the college are looking to make the most of each other’s expertise, facilities, connections and interest in cleantech to help grow the industry and integrate post-secondary institutions in the development of the sector.

The Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation is one of the most sustainable buildings of its type in the world, and incorporates space intended for use by industry for pilot projects and testing.

The building was designed to Living Building Challenge standards, including targets of netzero energy and water consumption. It features a solar panels for power generation, solar thermal hot water system, a geothermal system for heating and cooling and a variety of other cleantech features.

“This is an excellent opportunity for Foresight to expose our entrepreneurial clients to the firstclass facilities and testing and R&D services of Okanagan College,” said Neil Huff, managing director of Foresight. “We look forward to working with the college to help foster the growth of local technology solutions in green buildings and advanced energy.”

The agreement between Foresight and the college is to create a framework for collaboration in a number of areas: • Identifying clients that can benefit from Foresight’s acceleration services as well as Okanagan College’s sites for testing and R&D services; • Helping foster corporate relationships by providing joint solutions to companies’ challenges and identifying markets for the companies; • Exploring funding opportunities to support applied R&D in cleantech; • Sharing ideas and strategies about the development of a cleantech ecosystem in the province; and • Creating opportunities for students to engage with client companies.

The benefits of this collaboration are creating jobs, intellectual property and growing B.C.’s (and Canada’s) the sector by helping cleantech businesses thrive through access to advanced infrastructure and mentoring services.

The partnership will also enable students and instructors to engage with the cleantech industry and real world issues.

“I am excited by the opportunity to engage students, staff, instructors and professors with cleantech companies and let them further develop our advanced clean technologies in the Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence building in Penticton,” said Dr. Andrew Hay, vice president of education at Okanagan College.

CREATING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES

ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN 2014 works by controlling spending and putting Canada on the road to balanced budgets in 2015.

Balancing the budget protects our economy and keeps it strong. Economic Action Plan 2014* includes proposed investments in things that matter to Canadians like: • Enhanced broadband internet service for rural and Northern Canadians • A new Search and Rescue Volunteers Tax Credit • The New Horizons for Seniors Program • New measures to support apprentices in the trades • Improved and expanded snowmobile and recreational trails across the country • Over $90 million to help the forestry industry grow and innovate *Subject to Parliamentary approval

Find out more about how Economic Action Plan 2014 can help you at ActionPlan.gc.ca

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Visit www.bealifesaver.net. Read the life-changing stories, and please, donate today.

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One month after I was diagnosed with colon cancer, the tumours were successfully removed. Unfortunately, during that surgery it was discovered I also had liver cancer and would need to return to the operating room. In nine months, I beat two types of cancer. With gratitude, my parents gave a gift which purchased a new surgical retractor used in liver cancer removal.

the capital campaign in support of the

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March 21 The PenTicTon Public Library has spring break programs for kids ages 5 to 12. Spring Things this afternoon 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.

PresenTaTion by Dr. Sherry Ure on the overlap of MS, lyme disease and metal toxicity 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. 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 250-496-5931 or Sally at 250-492-6556.

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 drop-

in 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 250-490-1107.

SATURDAY March 22

The PenTicTon raDio control and model aviation clubs are hosting their second annual buy, sell and swap from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 375 Warren Ave. E. The house is a Rockin’ at Orchard House from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Host band The Yard Katz welcome musicians and singers to join their Saturday afternoon blues jam session. Admission $5. Cash bar. Everyone is welcome. Great local talent to be heard.

okanagan Falls legion has drop-in darts games and prizes starting at 2 p.m., a meat draw at 5 p.m. followed by a fundraising roast beef dinner for the dart team at 6:30 p.m. and entertainment

by Terri Bremner. Supper tickets are $10. royal canaDian legion branch 40 has crib at 10 a.m., a meat draw at 2 p.m. and sing-along at 4 p.m. dinner/dance at 5:30 p.m. and an Elvis tribute show with Adam Fitzpatrick. elks club on Ellis Street has crib at 10 a.m., dropin darts at 4 p.m., meat draw at 4:30 p.m. and dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by Karaoke with Anita.

FraTernal orDer oF Eagles have hamburgers from noon to 4 p.m.

Beaver races at 4 p.m.

Guests welcome. al-anon meeTs aT the Oasis United Church at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. from 6 to 7 p.m. For info call 250-490-9272. summerlanD Pleasure PainTers meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. New members and drop-ins are welcome. Contact Ruth at 494-7627 for info.

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SUNDAY March 23

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. fraternal order of Eagles has pub dart league at 7:30 p.m. elkS Club on Ellis Street has Monday night pub league at 7:30 p.m. Nonmembers welcome to join. royal Canadian legion branch 40 has dart dolls at 11 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m. and a darts at 7 p.m.

WellneSS mental Centre has Brown Bag family support group from noon to 1 p.m. weekly and individual support for family members from 2 to 4 p.m. weekly. Call 250493-7338 for more info. iode thrift ShoP at 464 Main St. is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Clothing, kitchen wares, china items, pictures and more. floor Curling at 12:45 p.m. every Monday except holidays in the Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. alCoholiCS anonymouS nux group meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Heritage Centre at Green Mountain Road and Penticton I.R. Road. Summerland 12 and 12 group at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the United Church basement.

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Charity bottle drive with all money going to the Penticton Regional Hospital pediatric ward, SPCA and Critteraid. Drop off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at IGA on Government Street. the rdoS iS offering a worm composting for beginner’s seminar at 1 p.m. at Art Knapps in Penticton. alCoholiCS anonymouS haS a group meet in Naramata at 8 p.m. at 3740 3rd St. in Community Church hall.

In Summerland, the step study meeting is at 7:30 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. Friends Friday night at 6:30 p.m. at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. at Oasis United Church. anavetS haS fun pool at noon, dinner by Stu at 5:30 p.m. and entertainment by Roland at 6:30 p.m.

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