Lake Country Calendar, May 21, 2014

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May 21, 2014

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Spion Kop Lake Country’s hiking jewel is better than ever with new and refurbished trails linking it to Wood Lake, maps and trail markers. ...............................

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Public transit

Lake Country’s town centre and the Lake’s subdivision will be connected with bus service starting in September. ...............................

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Flyers ■ Bulk Barn ■ Rona ■ Home Depot ■ Staples ■ Shoppers Drug Mart ■ Save On Foods/ Coopers ■ Jysk ■ Popeye’s Fitness

George Elliot Secondary School’s environmental studies class has stepped forward to push local government and the citizens of Lake Country to become more environmentally conscious and take part in several community initiatives this year. Students Dylan Gubler and Sabrina Madsen appeared before Lake Country council earlier this month and spoke on a variety of topics. They asked questions of council on subjects ranging from the lack of sidewalks and biking areas in Lake Country to the number of recycling containers in public places and the number of people who continue to use cars instead of walking in the community. “We really want to help, we really want to be part of this town,” said Gubler. “This community is not very friendly to those that don’t drive. It’s hard to be a part of the place we live in.

“I feel powerless,” Gubler said. “We are doing our best but we, as the younger generation, want to work with the older generation so we can fix all the problems.” The pair of students appeared as a delegation and made no official requests of council although the wide-ranging presentation did ask tough questions of the district’s elected officials. “We’d like to question whether garbage audits have taken place (at municipal hall),” said Gubler. “One thing I’ve noticed is there is not a lot of recycling available,” added Madsen. “Pretty much anywhere you go there is only garbage bins.” Lake Country Coun. Penny Gambell jumped into the fray and said council does recycle. “Any written material, any pop cans are recycled (after meetings),” said Gambell. “We’re very keen to hear your point of view. What you say is great because you are just

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GEORGE Elliot environmental studies students Dylan Gubler (left) and Sabrina

Madsen spoke at a Lake Country council meeting earlier this month. coming into adulthood.” Also within the students’ presentation were the results of an aud-

it the class performed on area elementary schools where they observed how many children

were actually walking to school as opposed to being driven. The results point-

ed out that most kids are driven as the lone passenger, as opposed to walking or car-pooling. Coun. Rob Geier, who teaches the environmental studies class, observed the majority of kids at Davidson Road elementary were arriving by single vehicle. “The district put a sidewalk up Davidson Road but it doesn’t seem to get used that much,” said Geier. “There are a lot of kids that are driven to school. I don’t know if it’s because fear of roads or lack of sidewalks but we have to move forward and try to get more kids out of the cars and start walking.” A few other suggestions coming from the students included the possible operation of a new community garden, the upcoming Bike To Work and School Week (May 26 to 30) and the possibility of using the old Kelowna Pacific railway as a hiking trail linking the communities around the Okanagan. newsroom@lakecountrynews.net

George Elliot Secondary School environmental studies class projects GESS students took on a number of environmental projects in 2013 with more to come in 2014. 2013 Environmental Projects • Great Canadian Shoreline Clean Up Okanagan Centre green space • Milkweed plantings in Seaton Park to attract monarch butterflies • Destination Conservation workshops • Bottle drive and waste drop off • Seaton Park Trail clean up • Fish counting in Middle Vernon Creek along with the help of the Oceola Fish and Game Club • Middle Vernon Creek clean up August 2013

2013 Community Projects • ICSP District of Lake Country workshops • Bottle drive and waste drop off • Christmas Food Drive • Helping at the Food Assistance Society • Main Street Light Up • Children’s Toy Drive 2014 Projects • Establishing a Community Garden in co‐operation with SD23 and the Boys and girls club, on the old Winfield Elementary School site. • Annual Community Clean up at GESS May 6th

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• Continuing to work on stream remediation with Oceola Fish and Game Club to clean up Middle Vernon Creek (summer project) • Great Canadian Shoreline Clean up of north end of Wood Lake in Oyama • Work with the Elementary Schools in September to establish environmental clubs within the school • Recycling, reusing, repurposing sale May 10th GESS • Helping to spread the word regarding the Okanagan Rails to Trails project • Yellow fish project (painting next

to all drains especially along main street) • Building bird houses and bird feeders for our parks and schools • Bike Rally around Wood Lake along the new Pelmewash Parkway • Working with district to establish a recycling program and composting • Adopt a Park and Adopt a Road program in the district • Establishing new bylaws prohibiting smoking in public places especially parks • Establishing a bylaw to get rid of all plastic bags from stores in Lake Country

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