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ton Flying Club, said the repaving work shouldn’t unduly impact the 50 members of his group, since they fly mostly during the A $9.5-million repaving job at the Pent- daytime. icton airport this summer will “A nice, shiny paved runway interfere with two daily comwould be nice,” he said, noting mercial flights. though that there doesn’t appear Air Canada spokeswoman to be anything wrong with the Angela Mah said Transport tarmac now.

Canada will close the airport “It’s probably regular mainfrom 10:45 p.m. to 6:45 a.m., tenance,” he said, “and it’s like every day between July 3 and else: If you wait too Aug. 31, in order to repair and A nice, shiny anything long it ends up costing money.” repave the runway.

Taylor added that the work “While we support Transport paved runway also won’t affect the club’s plans Canada’s decision to renew the would be nice. to host a Second World War-era Penticton airport runway, we are B-25 bomber from July 21-27 — Larry Taylor disappointed the runway will be at the airport, where it will be closed daily for eight consecuavailable for viewing and rides. tive hours, which will impact Transport Canada spokesthis year’s peak summer schedwoman Andrea Moritz said in a ule, temporarily causing inconvenience to statement the repaving is expected to begin passengers,” she said in a statement.

As a result of the work, the first flight out July 14, and “it is hoped the major runway of Penticton will take off at 6:45 a.m., rather work can be completed prior to Aug. 31, althan 6 a.m. as it does currently, while the last lowing a return to normal operations.”

Her statement did not explain why the job flight in will land at 10:29 p.m., rather than is being undertaken at the height of the tour11:39 p.m.

Mah said rescheduling the late flight will ist season, but noted the “decision to close interfere with evening connections through the runway for night paving during summer Vancouver for passengers on their way into months was made in order to minimize imPenticton from 17 destinations, including pacts on aviation users at the airport.

“The remaining paving of taxi way and Toronto, Calgary and Los Angeles.

Passengers whose bookings will be af- other airside pavements can occur during the fected by the rescheduling should contact day, with little impact on pilots and passenthe airline and may receive a refund, change gers of the airport,” she said.

The paving contract was awarded to local their travel time or be rerouted through Kelowna and then transported by ground to firm Peters Brothers Construction, accordPenticton. ing to the Public Works and Government Larry Taylor, president of the Pentic- Services Canada website.

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WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ — Christopher Blaine performs Saturday during the 13th annual Penticton Pacific Northwest Elvis Festival at Okanagan Lake Park. Blaine, the only local to enter the contest, finished in the top five on the non-professional side. Story on page 9.

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GRAD SALUTE — Adam David was in high spirits last Thursday as he and 150 classmates from Princess Margaret Secondary School got ready for their convocation ceremony at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre.

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Council refines finances for 2013 Steve Kidd

Western News Staff

Mayor Garry Litke says that the high expenses incurred by council in 2013 won’t be repeated in 2014.

Litke defends the $32,729 in council expenses for 2013 — up from $18,369 in 2012 — as an aberration, due to a larger than usual amount of travel by councillors, including trips to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Union of B.C. Municipalities meetings held in Vancouver this year.

Litke said the high cost for the UBCM, was partly due to the Penticton delegation being booked into the Pan Pacific at $1,601 each.

However, Litke’s own expenses for the year are the highest on council at $8,167.

“I don’t know what happened,” said Litke.

“In 2013 I had to go to Prince George and FCM was here (in Vancouver), so we decided

to go to that. I know it will be less this year.”

Litke’s expenses are actually higher than those for Abbotsford Mayor Bruce Banman, who billed his city $7,117 in 2014.

Altogether, Abbotsford city council’s expenses were $7,436 less than Penticton at $25,293.

“Comparison to a Lower Mainland mayor is not really fair, because they don’t have the travel expenses,” said Litke.

Prince George Mayor Shari Green did bill a much higher amount, $20,057 of her council’s total of $48,671 in expenses.

By comparison, Revelstoke Mayor David Raven only expensed $3,318, the major portion of his council’s $4,186 total.

According to Litke’s expenses, he attended four major conferences in 2013, for a total cost of $7,040.52 to Penticton taxpayers.

UBCM stands out as a high expense for Litke, who expensed $2,781.24 for the meet-

ing, only $610 of which was the registration fee.

That holds true for Coun. Helena Konanz, who had the second highest expenses on council at $6,682.

She billed $$2,794 for UBCM, $745 of which was registration.

Like Litke, Konanz said her expenses will be lower in 2014.

“I don’t want my expenses to be that high,” said Konanz.

“We really need to look at how many councillors we send to each event.”

Konanz said city councillors can be more selective about which conferences they choose to attend, but argues they are important.

“I would never recommend many councillors going to FCM unless it was local,” said Konanz.

UBCM, however, is different, Konanz

said. There, MLAs are part of the convention, and are approachable, not just at scheduled meetings but even is the hallways.

At the FCM, she said, the MPs aren’t walking around; they are only there to give their speeches and press interviews.

“I am not sure I would ever go again,” said Konanz.

The information delegates to these conferences gain, she said, is invaluable, but admits that some of it could be gained in other ways — seminars could be presented over the Internet, for example — but there is also the value of being able to lobby other decisionmakers, as delegates do at the annual UBCM conferences.

Konanz isn’t sure when she will be able to introduce it, but said she plans to introduce a notice of motion that council expenses should be posted for the public to view on a quarterly basis.

Government postpones decision on funding for new hospital tower Joe Fries

Western News Staff

A decision on funding for a new tower at Penticton Regional Hospital that was expected by the end of June has been pushed back without explanation.

“I understand that government is in the final stages of the review of the business plan and hope to be able to share information on the plan and next steps in the very near future,” Health Ministry spokeswoman Kristy Anderson said via email Monday.

She told the Western News in May that she expected the B.C. government to “complete their review (of the business case) and make their decision by the end of June.”

Anderson said Monday she didn’t have “exact details” about the reason for the apparent delay, nor the definition of “very near future.”

Janice Perrino, who has led the push for the expansion project, took news of the extended wait in stride.

“Patience at this point is hard, but we know it’s coming,” said Perrino, chairwoman of the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional Hospital District.

“I’m very optimistic, not concerned.

We’ll keep checking.”

Penticton MLA Dan Ashton, who sits on the B.C. government Treasury Board that will have to OK the project, said he was unable to say if the group had even seen a funding proposal for the hospital yet.

He said only, “I expect a decision ASAP,” and, “Things are progressing very, very well,” The initial concept plan for the tower called for a four-storey ambulatory care tower with space for a medical school, surgical suites, outpatient clinics and an oncology centre, plus a new five-storey parkade nearby.

As conceived, the project would cost $300-million. The hospital district has committed $120 million, while the local hospital foundation has pledged $20 million. The B.C. government is expected to cover the balance.

ARTIST DRAWING of proposed new tower for the Penticton Regional Hospital. The provincial government has postponed a decision on the business plan for the proposed hospital expansion.

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For many Canadians, the thought of residential schools is something vague and distant, a terrible chapter in the country’s history, but long past.

The Penticton Museum’s latest exhibit, A Long Journey Home: Life After Residential School, presents that experience through the personal stories of First Nation survivors of the residential school system.

Dorothy Ward, a member of the Syilx nation, remembers being taken from her Okanagan home at age 7 and being put on a train to the St. Eugene Residential School in Cranbrook, along with her three siblings.

“I didn’t know why we were going there or what, we were just going on a train trip, that is what my mom said,” Ward recounted.

“Later on, I said I want to go home. And they said you can’t go home.”

It was a traumatizing experience. Ward remembers the rules, and the harsh punishments, other children in the dormitory crying at night and being cut off from her family and culture.

“I couldn’t talk to my siblings, because we were in different groups. That was hard,” said Ward. The children were kept to a strict timetable, waking at 6:30 a.m. for prayers, washing up, morning mass, breakfast; kept to a daily rhythm by the clapping hands of their overseers.

“Most children went to two schools: they went to Cranbrook, or they went to Kamloops. The idea was that the schools would be far distances from their communities so that the connection to

their communities would be disconnected,” explained Peter Ord, curator of the Penticton Museum.

It was 1879 when it all began, with the Davin report recommending the creation of a industrial school system, where First Nations children were intentionally separated from their parents to reduce the influence of “the wigwam.”

The system was implemented in 1883, and by 1889, the first reports of sexual and physical abuse at a residential school surfaced.

Yet the last federally run residential school — in Punnichy, Sask. — only closed its doors in 1996.

And for First Nations people, the memory and effects of the residential schools are still a part of daily life.

But a Long Journey Home goes beyond stories of the traumatized children.

Through the stories of six Syilx elders, it focuses on the experience of survivors in their adult years, a time of personal struggle to endure and reconcile the memories of their time at school.

“It seems like the experience has made some survivors more determined to learn their language, to pass on their language, to ensure that the younger generation do not become victims again,” said Ord. Ward, a social worker who also visits schools to speak to children about the residential schools, agrees. They were taught to hate their language and culture, she said.

“We were made to feel ashamed. Having winter dances or doing things like that were of the devil, they were evil.

“Now we are realizing those

things are God-given. God gave everybody a culture and that was ours.”

A Long Journey Home is presented in three parts, starting with a history of residential schools in Canada by the Legacy of Hope Foundation’s installation, 100 Years of Loss.

The second section presents videos of six residential school survivors from the Okanagan Syilx community, sharing deeply personal stories of life after returning home.

The recording and presentation of these stories were done by members of the indigenous artists’ group the Ullus Collective.

The third part of the exhibit displays illustrations and paintings from young students who attended the Alberni Residential School on Vancouver Island and the Inkameep Day School in Oliver, provided by the University of Victoria’s Legacy Gallery and the Osoyoos Museum on behalf of the Osoyoos Indian Band.

“It deals with the theme of First Nations culture within the eyes of the child; how it forms an important part of their identity,” said Ord. “What is significant about that is when they become adults, there is no real visual record of their experience in the residential schools. So the artwork becomes the record, this visual memory in the absence of photographs and it has quite a cathartic effect or influence.”

A Long Journey Home officially opens on July 2 from 4 to 7:30 p.m. with traditional Syilx foods, followed by a presentation by those involved in the preparation of the exhibit. The exhibit runs until Sept. 5.

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Cannery Brewery lounge readies to serve suds Steve Kidd

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The Cannery Brewing Company is on its way to a new venture, having received the unqualified support of Penticton city council for their brewery lounge application.

The local craft brewery is applying to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch for permission to operate a 50-person lounge where customers will be able to purchase and consume not only the Cannery Brewery’s products, but experimental brews and food from local purveyors.

“We are looking forward to having a new direction for the brewery.

As the liquor regulations are changing, we have to kind of change and adapt with them,” said Ron Dyck, one of the owners of the brewery.

“We are not changing dramatically, we are not talking about a club or anything like that. We are talking about an area where our customers and visitors can come and have a glass of beer, that is what we are talking about.”

In a letter to council, co-owner Pat Dyck de-

scribed their plans as not being to create a “drinking bar,” but to provide a place where customers can taste and sample locally-made products.

“Those products will include food, music and art as well as the beers that we produce,” she wrote.

The lounge will also have an educational component.

“We see this new expansion of our business to allow us to have a conversation with our customers. To explain to our customers, this is what craft beer is about, this is why it is different,” said Ron, adding that it will also be an important way for them to test new brews.

“We like to do experimental beers, we are constantly making them — it’s 25 litres of beer.

So what it will allow us to do is get feedback from our customers,” said Ron. And as the craft brewery sector continues to grow, Ron said, so will its importance as a tourism driver, as wineries have become.

“It is going to be awesome. People will come here and we will be a destination. They will spend a day, they

Campaign begins to make water work Western News Staff

Their neighbours were aghast when they scraped away the front lawn and replaced it with 25 yards of sand, 25 yards of peat moss and a pile of big rocks, admits dietician and fibre artist Janet Armstrong of Vernon.

It was 1992 and no one in the Okanagan had even heard of xeriscape.

“Lawns take time, water and energy, so I wanted to look at alternatives.

“As a science guy, I recognize that we live in a semi-desert, so it just made sense,” explained her partner, Lloyd Davies, a retired Okanagan College instructor.

Today, that xeriscaped front yard is a riot of lush growth and colour that they enjoy year-round from their verandah and windows.

And, other than a little hand-watering in midsummer, they never use the hose on it.

They’re stellar examples of Okanagan residents who make water work!

With 24 per cent of all Okanagan water used on household lawns and gardens, and less water available per person than anywhere in Canada, valley residents are encouraged to reduce outdoor water use.

This summer, take the pledge to: • Water plants. Not pavement.

• Water between dusk and dawn.

• Leave lawn 5-8 cm (2-3 inches) tall.

• Leave grass clippings as mulch.

Make Water Work is an initiative of the Okanagan Basin Water Board and its Okanagan WaterWise program.

will spend two,” said Ron. “Everyone can’t just come here for the wine all the time.

“You will find that breweries and wineries, we get along. We work together, we support each other. We are all floating on the same raft.”

Council voted unanimously to support Cannery Brewery’s application for the lounge, which now moves on to the LCLB for approval.

ANNELISA SIMONSEN of The Cannery Brewing Company relaxes in the existing seating area of the local business Monday. Penticton City council has voted to support the brewery’s application to get provincial permission to operate a 50-seat lounge.

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Cash over safety It’s easy to imagine why Penticton city council is unwilling to spend $28,000 to make a section of railing along the newly refurbished waterfront a bit safer for toddlers.

After all, they have been getting a lot of heat lately for some of their spending choices: $150,000 to replace the tiles around the community pool, $12,000 to send out new tax notices after billing taxpayers the wrong rate on the first ones. Both expenses, it can be argued, were necessary. Taxpayers needed to clearly understand the tax they needed to pay, and as for tiles in the community pool, well, the cost is high, but then so was the maintenance going to keep the original tiles from being so slippery that a serious injury was inevitable.

Then, too, so is fixing the problem with the open railings at the waterfront shown by an incident in March, where a three-year-old slipped through the railing and fell into the lake below.

The toddler, luckily, was uninjured, but it pointed out a serious problem with the railings. Council, however, had no taste for spending the between $14,000 and $28,0000 to fill in the gaps as recommended by the Waterfront Enhancement Select Committee. That would have seen the lower half of the railings filled with perforated metal panels to, hopefully, prevent another child from having a similar accident.

That in itself might have been enough. But coupled with the warnings from staff that not taking action might expose the city to unknown liability, it should have been a slam dunk. It wasn’t. Instead, the city’s councillors argued that they can’t childproof the whole city, and children could still climb over the new railing and fall in.

True enough. But even if that should happen, resulting in an accident and lawsuit, at least they PENTICTON WESTERN city could show the judge it acted responsibly and tried to mitigate the problem. That’s not an argument it will be able to use after deciding no action is the best action. Which is worse: spending $28,000 now or ending up with a injured child and a $1 million lawsuit a few years from now?

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Life after the Tsilhqot’in decision The Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark decision on aboriginal title held by the Tsilhqot’in Nation leaves many questions to be answered.

Perhaps the biggest is this: Will British Columbia exist as we know it today by the end of this century?

Or, will it devolve into dozens of semiautonomous regions, through treaties or similar court actions, as the only Canadian province that never completed historic treaties?

The Tsilhqot’in decision appears to uphold the key finding of the 2007 trial, that 1,700 square kilometres of the Nemiah Valley west of Williams Lake are essentially owned by the people who occupied it hundreds if not thousands of years ago.

It’s not quite ownership. Federal and provincial jurisdiction still applies, and their authority varies with the strength of the aboriginal title claim.

Chief Justice Bev-

erley McLachlin ruled that the province overstepped its authority by issuing logging permits in the valley in 1983.

McLachlin noted that lawyers for B.C. first argued that the logging was to control mountain pine beetle, then dropped that argument in its first appeal.

She also upheld the decision of the trial judge, one-time NDP leadership contender David Vickers, who rejected B.C.’s position that the economic value of the timber to the province overrode the then-vaguely defined aboriginal title.

Here’s McLachlin’s definition: “The nature of aboriginal title is that it confers on the group that holds it the exclusive right to decide how land is used and the right to benefit from those uses, subject to the restriction that the uses must be consistent with the group nature of the interest and the enjoyment of the land by future generations.”

Tom Fletcher

B.C. Views That’s not land ownership in the fee-simple sense of the term.

It locks in communal ownership, which I and many others have argued is at the root of the poverty seen in many aboriginal communities.

Another big question: Is there any future for B.C.’s 20-year-old treaty process, or will this precedent-setting case send more First Nations to court, or to the barricades as the Tsilhqot’in did on a logging road in 1983?

One of the unique

advantages emerging from the handful of modern treaties in B.C. is that aboriginal communities have more options in land ownership.

By voluntary agreement, they can convert land to fee-simple ownership, making it available for mortgage or sale.

Modern treaty holders also get out from under the federal Indian Act, which remains in force despite this latest decision.

One of the big questions asked in the days after the Tsilhqot’in decision was this: Is the Northern Gateway pipeline project dead?

None of the aboriginal communities along the pipeline route has this kind of declared aboriginal title.

Few if any would have a similar strength of claim as the Tsilhqot’in, who fought a small war to defend their territory from a wave of gold seekers in the 1860s.

One that does is the

Haida Nation, whose occupation of a beautiful group of islands was long defended militarily, and never challenged by any other aboriginal group.

Among others, the Haida Nation was represented in the Tsilhqot’in case as interveners.

Council of the Haida Nation president Peter Lantin said after the decision that his team is preparing its own aboriginal title case for trial.

Few doubt that this assertion of title will be successful, either by negotiation or court ruling.

But there is a unique aspect to the Haida claim that would set another precedent.

They claim title to the ocean around Haida Gwaii, a challenge to anyone wishing to sail tankers through.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@ blackpress.ca

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Excited for Boonstock opportunity The Penticton Wine Country Chamber of Commerce has chosen to support the Boonstock Music and Arts Festival, and is excited to see the opportunity it provides to our city.

Boonstock Music and Arts Festival will be taking place in Penticton, Aug. 1 to 3. The chamber of commerce believes this music festival will generate massive economic impact for Penticton, both in the short and long term. It is time to do away with short-sighted thinking and sabotage, and act as a community with vision in partnership with our First Nations neighbours.

We understand Boonstock has had some challenges with a few of our community’s emergency responders and the media has reported much of that conversation. The chamber believes all events should be measured and held to a firm standard that does not change with the weather. It is unfortunate that one event is subjected to a significantly higher standard, particularly when they are located on our neighbouring community.

Having attended the most recent update from Boonstock to the Regional District’s Protective Services group, I can attest to the significant planning, preparation and expenditures that the organizers have completed.

At any large scale event, additional policing and security are a budgeted part of the plan. The national average for RCMP officers at a festival or event is one officer per 500 attendees. This is a standard formula used by the RCMP. Pemberton Music Festival is held to this, Squamish Music Festi-

Event gridlock unacceptable

I enjoy seeing old vehicles as do many other people, but traffic movement needs to be a much better handled during the Peach City Beach Cruise parade than this past Friday.

There appeared to be no provision for vehicles to cross Main Street at intervals so that anybody going east-west was stymied during the time it took a few hundred vehicles to travel, slowly, from Skaha Park north to Lakeshore Drive.

This is unacceptable.

Even during the annual triathlon or other such events, cross-street traffic is allowed at suitable intervals. The difference may be that in the latter the RCMP are usually involved whereas on Friday I saw no officers at the intersections.

I was picking up a friend living off South Main to attend a 7 p.m. event in Summerland and so had to cross Main Street twice at about 5:45 p.m.

At Green Avenue, a long line of vehicles was waiting to cross, so I went down to Yorkton Street. Again, there was a bottleneck, but the traffic manager there at least was sensible enough to allow us to get across when someone ahead pleaded with him.

On our way back to the Channel Parkway, however, my friend and I again got stuck at Green Avenue.

When she went to the men stopping traffic at the intersection and asked them to let us and other vehicles across, she was told that nobody was crossing until the parade was past.

Clearly this person was much less understanding (putting it politely!) than the other man, but just as clearly no provisions had been made to allow cross-street traffic during the parade.

This situation needs to be improved for next year. The Peach City Beach Cruise isn’t the only event in the area.

Eva Durance Penticton

Canada should reap the benefit

Excellent letter from Clifford Martin, June 20, Penticton Western News. I thoroughly

It is time to do away with short-sighted thinking and sabotage val is similar, but have opted to bring in 90 RCMP officers, bringing their ratio to 1:400 attendees. However, Boonstock is being forced to adhere to an expensive standard of one officer to 200 attendees, in addition to extensive private security.

This festival is facing demands to meet an unheard of level of preparation, not seen by festivals in other jurisdictions around British Columbia.

In the short term, the Boonstock Festival will bring over 8,500 visitors to Penticton and inject a massive boost to the economy and the tourism industry. More than half of Boonstock guests are staying in local accommodations who will be taking advantage of local amenities.

That is reality. In the long term, if welcomed and treated right, those 8,500 visitors will become repeat customers of the

agree, but would like to add a few things.

There is no question that we need to export our oil, however, it must be done in an environmentally safe way.

At least as safe as possible, and I don’t think that Northern Gateway satisfies those concerns. It must also be done with the consent and participation of First Nations.

As Mr. Martin correctly asks, “Why should China get the benefit of permanent jobs refining our oil while we shoulder the huge risks of shipping raw bitumen?”

It is our resource and we should reap most of the benefits, not some other country!

Let us not be apathetic about this issue.

We had a referendum in B.C. regarding the HST not so long ago and we pushed back that legislation.

We have that power.

Marion A. Nordquist Penticton

More RCMP presence needed during events

As an accommodation property operator on Lakeshore Drive in Penticton for the last number of years, I cannot begin to express my disappointment regarding the lack of RCMP presence during the Peach City Beach Cruise weekend.

In particular on Saturday evening when the burn out fiasco between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. was taking place, endangering the huge crowds gathered on both sides of the street, and some cars almost out of control with their irresponsible activities.

The out-of-town car club we host every year, with 20 rooms booked for the Cruise weekend, which had paid for spots on the street to show their cars moved them all onto our lot out of concern for damage, and expressed their disgust with the lack of police for this event, and I wholeheartedly agree with them.

So much for “feet on the street” from the new sheriff in town. Talk the talk, you better be prepared to walk the walk, because the ball was dropped on this one.

If this is the manner you plan to be more community involved with your members on

amazing things Penticton has to offer.

Additionally, we must recognize the huge investment that has gone into creating a true festival grounds for the community. There are dozens of municipalities that would love to have the space and infrastructure to develop a festival grounds of this magnitude.

How lucky are we that a corporate citizen provided just such an investment without burdening taxpayers to build it?

And the Penticton Indian Band, along with their locatee families, had enough vision to support the organizers and make this happen.

The potential and possibilities of this festival and the surrounding grounds are unlimited. Let’s pull our heads out of the sand, be thankful for this economic opportunity, act as united communities, and do what we can to support business.

Chamber members are invited to attend our members forum on July 8 with the organizers of Boonstock and representatives of the Penticton Indian Band. This will be a forum where issues of public safety, transportation and other pertinent items can be discussed and questions answered.

The forum will be held in the main board room of the chamber of commerce offices starting promptly at 6 p.m. on July 8.

Campbell Watt President of the Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce

the street, I shudder to think what is going to take place for Boonstock!

John Webster Penticton

A penny saved is a penny earned

The pundits at City Hall seem to have shot themselves in the foot again. All of a sudden what might, in reference to the Lakeside project, be a paltry sum for peace of mind and safety, is not important and too costly?

Let’s create an analogy of the city pundits being an auto manufacturer. They produce a luxury automobile with all the bells and whistles and then some. It is very appealing to many individuals and the market potential seems pretty good and the product itself looks good.

The vehicles come off the assembly lines and gradually get into the hands of drivers.

The price tag on these various models will vary, depending on the amenities that the customer orders.

The vehicles look good, perform well and are accepted reasonably well by consumers.

But wait! Safety seems to have been compromised somewhere in that not one of these prestigious vehicles has any seatbelts, an important safety feature. No, they were not forgotten, they were just not installed at the time of manufacture.

Wow, imagine that, a very nice vehicle with no seatbelts!

What to do is the question! Seatbelts should not be a large cost factor. However, irrespective of the fact that they may not be deemed as a large cost factor, they are a huge safety factor.

The manufacturer has two choices. First, they can pony up the money to install seatbelts in these vehicles or they can face possible legal action down the road due to accidents and other possible safety violations.

The answer here is pretty obvious.

Back to real issues. The monies (over $2 million) got the job done. The project has appeal and comments from out-of-towners have been favourable.

However, they don’t live here and they don’t pay for these projects. The city has

sold us “a vehicle” with all of the trimmings.

However, now that there are safety issues, it seems that the recall of about $30,000 is too high a price to pay for something that should have been identified before the project was completed.

What’s the cost for safety? What about accidents as a result of an oversight? Is there enough insurance to deal with any accident claims? Who knows?

The logical answer would seem to indicate that spending these “additional funds,” that the City seems so reluctant to spend, might be likened to the old adage: “An ounce of medicine is worth a pound of cure!”

Ron Barillaro Penticton

Simply put

A good teacher is priceless.

Does not place a dollar value on the head of the student.

Never fades away.

Joe Schwarz, Penticton

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Charging stations not getting jolt for dollar Joe Fries

Western News Staff

Two electric car charging stations in Penticton that cost taxpayers at least $8,000 were used just eight times in their first year, although proponents insist the payoff will come later.

Okanagan College flipped the switch on the stations in April 2013.

Each unit cost $5,000, with threequarters covered by the

B.C. government’s $2.7 million Community Charging Infrastructure Fund and the balance by the school.

The eight charging sessions lasted a total of 21 hours and four minutes, according to data supplied by the college.

Another eight stations installed at three other campuses were also infrequently used, but a spokeswoman for the school said it expected to be ahead

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of the curve on electric cars.

“We’ve seen this with other initiatives that we’ve undertaken, when we start maybe a little bit earlier than the general trends among the population, then people catch up,” said Christine Ulmer.

According to ICBC, there were 662 electric cars insured in B.C. in 2013, but just 27 of them in the Southern Interior, including one in

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He purchased a high-end Tesla last year for “over six figures,” and said it has a range of about 400 kilometres that can be travelled with only $8 worth of electricity.

The financial advisor paid $2,000 to have a charging station installed at his house, so he only uses public facilities while travelling out of town.

He said units like those at Okanagan College are underpowered and inconveniently located.

“They’re just there for a pinch if you can waste two hours and get a 30-, 50-kilometre range just to get home,” said Johnston.

“It should be at a hotel, What’s under the hood? In Lance Johston’s tesla electric sedan, instead or where people can do of having an engine up front all there is extra cargo space. the high-perother things. It should formance, energy saver is definitely not what many people expect an of be in a public spot. You electric vehicle. can’t go and park at the Mark Brett/Western news college and do anything. timated 100,000 electric the need for more public then giving them free It’s the right idea; it’s power and free chargterminals. vehicles on the Pacific the wrong place.”

Not so, according ing,” he continued.

Coast.

But a spokesman for to the head of the B.C. “They’re really trying to “There’s a huge marthe Vancouver Electric create a market where keting opportunity right branch of the Canadian Vehicle Association none exists.” now, and it’s bigger than Taxpayers Federation, said there needs to be a who thinks building According to data free WiFi in hotels ever critical mass of public such infrastructure provided by the Mincharging stations before was, and it’s to make should be left to the istry of Environment, sure that every bedthe cars gain more there have been 30,700 and-breakfast and every private sector. widespread acceptance.

“We’re big believcharging sessions at hotel in your tourism s “It’s the chicken-andr ache destination has a charg- ers in the free market, e t 330 stations built since egg thing. People will r fo April 2013 through the and if there’s a market be reluctant to buy elec- ing outlet,” he said.

Community Charging for electricity to power At the moment, tric cars when there’s Infrastructure Fund. cars, every gas station however, many lowerno infrastructure,” said It estimates those in the province would end electric cars would John Stonier. plug-ins negated the be jumping on it,” said Growing the network be unable to make it need for 71,000 litres Jordan Bateman. here from the Lower is even more important of gasoline and thereby “But instead, you Mainland due to a lack in tourist areas like the have government first of avoided 170 tonnes of of charging stations en South Okanagan, he greenhouse gas emisall subsidizing electric route, Stonier added, continued, which is car purchases… and sions. relatively close to an es- which he said points to

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Chamber throws party for top 40 Western News Staff

After nine months, the Top 40 under 40 campaign has drawn to a close with Mark Melissen, the final inductee into the group.

To finish things up in style, the organizers are throwing a party Thursday as an opportunity for the entire community to celebrate the successes of the recipients of all 40 weeks of the campaign, along with members of the Chamber, JCI Penticton and other community organizations.

“We are very excited to be bringing the year-long campaign to a close with a celebration at Poplar Grove Winery,” said John Devitt, general manager at the Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce. “We are looking forward to having all of our Top 40 recipients in one place to be recognized by the Chamber and JCI Penticton.”

Top 40 under 40 began in September 2013 with a different recipient profiled each Wednesday in the Western News, recognizing outstanding community

leaders who have contributed to Penticton and demonstrated achievement in community service, entrepreneurship, innovation and success.

The program was a partnership between the chamber of commerce and JCI Penticton, sponsored

by Prospera Credit Union, Canadian Youth Business Foundation, Community Futures and White Kennedy Chartered Accountants.

“We have been honoured to be part of showcasing some of Penticton’s best and brightest this past year,” said Monica Horning, president of JCI Penticton. “The celebration of July 3 at Poplar Grove will be the perfect capstone to the campaign.”

The event gets underway at 6 p.m. and tickets include one complimentary glass of Poplar Grove wine, appies and a silent auction with prizes donated by local businesses. Tickets are available for purchase by the general public for $40 at the Chamber of Commerce office, 250-492-4103, or by contacting JCI Penticton by email at jcipenticton@hotmail. com. Tickets are not available at the door.

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Just his ability to mask his thick European accent while channelling the King should have been enough to crown Oliver Steinhoff as the winner of the 2014 Penticton Pacific Northwest Elvis Festival.

But the 40-year-old German man also gyrated his way through a string of high-energy performances that saw him named the event’s top professional, which earned him $20,000 and a berth in the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest this August in Memphis.

Having performed twice previously at the Collingwood Elvis Festival in Ontario, Steinhoff just knew he had to come out west.

“I heard a lot about this festival, and think this is an absolutely fantastic festival for Elvis and to compete,” he said moments after leaving the stage following Sunday’s finale at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre.

Steinhoff has been working as an Elvis tribute artist for 12 years, although the scene in Germany is “not so big as in Canada or the U.S.,” he said.

“Since I was eight or nine years old, I grew up with Elvis music and started the career first just for fun, and right now it’s a full-time job and I’m very pleased and honoured to be able to do this.”

He’s at loss to explain how he’s able to utterly transform his voice on stage to drop his German accent and take on Elvis’s southern drawl.

“Everybody asks me about this,” he said with a laugh. “I learned from the best: Elvis Presley.”

Penticton man Christopher Blaine also made his debut at this year’s festival, but on the nonprofessional side.

“It was a lot of fun,” he said following his first performance Saturday at Okanagan Lake Park.

“It’s a great brotherhood. I met all the guys for the first time, and it’s so wonderful to be a part of it.”

Blaine, 50, works from home and moved to Penticton from the Lower Mainland two years ago in advance of his retirement from his job in the wholesale footwear business.

Although he’s been a lifelong fan of Elvis, the closest Blaine ever got to performing was at karaoke contests. But after his late aunt began pushing him to test his mettle as a tribute artist, he found the last bit of motivation he needed upon arriving in Penticton.

“It’s always been in me, but I guess timing is everything, because I moved here and I thought, ‘When in Rome, go for it,’” he said.

Before he took the stage in front of hundreds of fans, plus his girlfriend and friends, Blaine had to remind himself it was OK to be nervous.

“Elvis always had butterflies every time he went on, and that adrenaline is that extra rush you get,” he said. “I can’t explain it, but it’s not a bad thing.”

Blaine’s debut was good enough to earn him a spot in Sunday’s top-five showcase, but he finished out of the top three.

Nanaimo native Rob Knight won the nonprofessional category, while Washington residents Paul Rodriguez and Randy Klein placed second and third, respectively.

Ben Klein and Roger Anderson, also from Washington, were second and third, respectively, on the professional side.

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Clockwise from top left: Princeton man Darrell Douglas performs Saturday; Professional winner Oliver Steinhoff belts out one last hit at the finale; Headliner Bill Cherry had a full band behind him for his performances; Local artist Adam Fitzpatrick didn’t compete in this year’s festival, but did perform during the gospel showcase.

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Many Hats Theatre Caught In the Net Kristi Patton

Western News Staff

Four men, three women, one set and a whole lot of laughs.

Many Hats Theatre Company’s newest show, Caught In The Net, is the sequel to the comedy Run For Your Wife where the audience met the resourceful bigamist John Smith. He manages to manage two wives in two separate London suburbs.

“It is a pretty ram-

bunctious comedy,” said director Eleanor Walker.

“There is a lot of action, misunderstanding and general confusion.”

It’s about eight kilometres from Wimbledon to Streatham in London’s South End but with wives and kids in each place, at times they seem too close for John’s comfort.

Both John’s son Gavin and daughter Vicki spend lots of time surfing the Internet. The kids meet in a chat room

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and quickly figure out that they both have dads that are taxi drivers, are 43, and are named John Smith. The kids are determined to meet. John, on the other hand, is equally determined that they never meet.

“He enlists me in keeping those two apart and all hell breaks loose, to put it mildly,” said Eric Hanston, who plays Stanley Gardner, the goofy boarder.

Throw in John’s eccentric father and the

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recipe for the farce is complete.

“My mood swings between senility, awareness and passiveness, so I have been told,” said James Wood, who plays Stanley’s decrepit old father.

Austan Paquette (Gavin), a recent graduate from Penticton Secondary School, is a firsttime player for Many Hats Theatre Company.

“It’s a bit different than doing a school play, it’s a bit more like work.

I’m not just rehearsing after school now,” said Paquette, who recently played the lead in Jack and the Beanstalk with Pen High Arts Media Entertainment.

“My teacher in school had this big personality and now I am working with a group of people that have that same type of thing, so it has been a lot of fun.”

He brought along Grayce Overhill (Vicki), also a graduate this year from Penticton Secondary School. Overhill also was in the PHAME production of Jack and the Beanstalk, as the whimsical fairy godmother who earned a lot of laughs from the audience.

Caught In The Net was written by British playwright Ray Cooney.

His biggest success, Run For Your Wife, ran for nine years in London’s West End and is its longest-running comedy. He had 17 of his plays performed there and wrote the original screenplay for the film Identity starring John Cusack.

Many Hats Theatre director, Walker, said she jumped at taking on the role under a few stipulations.

“Oh, I knew exactly

Caught in the net is the newest production from Many hats theatre Company, now playing at the Cannery theatre. the comical farce includes James Wood (left) who plays the absent-minded father of Stanley gardner played by eric hanston (right).

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it is a pretty rambunctious comedy. there is a lot of action, misunderstanding and general confusion.

— Eleanor Walker

who I wanted to be in this. I had it all pictured in my mind the perfect people to play these characters,” said Walker.

Caught In The Net is produced by Norman Lunch and features Many Hats veterans Kathie Hemmingson (Mary Smith, Vicki’s mother) and Rudy Nemechek (John Smith).

The production also features a number of

newcomers to the Many Hats stage at the Cannery with Sharon Moriarty (Barbara Smith, Austan’s mother) who most recently appeared alongside Nicola Cavendish in Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

Wood is also new to Many Hats and brings more than 50 years of performing experience in the UK and Canada.

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Company’s production of Caught In The Net runs until July 26.

Shows are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $22 for adults and $19 for students. They are available at the Penticton and Wine Country Visitor Centre or can be reserved by phone at 250276-2170.

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Jiu-Jitsu athletes grapple for medals Joe Fries

Western News Staff

PeNtictoN’s cLay DaViDsoN, fighting for Goes Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, took silver in the superheavyweight, brown belt, no gi at the Western canadian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu championship held in Penticton over the weekend.

Photo courtesy of Pauline Davidson

Local grapplers were able to expand their horizons without leaving home last weekend as 400 athletes visited Penticton for the Western Canadian Brazilian JiuJitsu Championships.

The sport sees combatants spar for up to five minutes using a variety of holds and take-downs to earn points or force a submission. It’s one of the disciplines favoured by mixed martial artists.

Erik Lund, instructor at Goes Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Penticton, said the event, held Saturday at the South Okanagan Events Centre, was the biggest such tournament the city has even seen.

“I’ve been doing this sport since I was 16 … and to finally see the Western Canadians in Penticton is literally a dream come true for me,” he said.

Lund’s gym had eight athletes in the tournament, including Dustin Frostad, who won silver in super-heavyweight teen colour belt, gi and no gi.

In what was his third-ever tournament, but first at home in front of his friends and family, the 13-year-old worked to maintain his focus on his opponents and Lund, who shouted instructions throughout the matches.

“He was just telling me to get into positions if I slip up a little bit, or even just to help me through,” Frostad explained.

This was Frostad’s first time in the 13to 15-year-old division, so he tried to keep his expectations in check.

“If I win, I win. If I don’t, I have two

more years to make up for it,” he said.

The sport helps people learn to perform under extreme pressure, according to Lund.

“It helps them deal with, admittedly, a very stressful situation. It’s just them in there. It’s a sport, and it’s a team sport — we train together, we prepare together — but ultimately one guy goes out on the mat or one girl goes out on the mat by himself or herself,” he said.

Besides the tournament helping showcase the sport in Penticton, Lund said it was also good for his students, who got to grapple with previously unknown adversaries.

“I’ve seen some of my guys who normally don’t have any trouble at all with certain positions struggle a little bit because they’re seeing unfamiliar things for the first time, or maybe different styles that are popular elsewhere, and it does help us to grow,” he said.

“One of the big challenges in a small town trying to run a high-level program is there’s really not that cross-pollination and access to higher-level people.”

Other members of Goes Brazilian JiuJitsu in Penticton who took home medals were: Clay Davidson, silver in superheavyweight, brown belt, no gi; Mason Poon, gold in light-featherweight, blue belt, no gi; Michael Poon, gold in juvenile featherweight, blue belt; Egzon Emini, three golds in medium-heavyweight, white belt, gi and no gi and no gi absolute; Stephanie Lund, gold in women’s lightweight, white belt; Tyler da Costa, two bronzes in featherweight, white belt gi and no gi.

NHL Draft day a dream come true for pair of Vees players Kristi Patton Western News Staff

Miles Gendron got the best 18th birthday gift a hockey player could ever ask for, his name called at the NHL Draft.

“It is a pretty incredible birthday present, love it,” said Gendron, in a press conference following the draft in Philadelphia.

The forward, who will join the Penticton Vees for the 2014-15 season, after playing high school hockey in Massachusetts, was selected in the third round, 70th overall, by the Ottawa Senators. He was sitting with his family in the audience when he heard his name called.

“It’s pretty crazy I didn’t see it coming. It is just an unbelievable experience,” said Gendron, who will join the University of Con-

necticut Huskies after his year with the Vees.

The puck-carrying defence man played for Rivers School in Massachusetts last season where he was named the Independent School League’s 2013-14 MVP, won the Sportsmanship award and was named a league all-star.

He also won the John Carlton Award, given annually by the Boston Bruins to the best senior boy’s hockey player in Eastern Massachusetts.

Gendron will carry on the Vees tradition of defencemen who like to jump up into the play and produce points.

“Duncan Keith played there, Mike Reilly who was a draft pick and I know they have a good history of offensive defencemen, so I am looking forward to getting out

there this summer,” said Gendron of the Vees.

On the Senators website regional scout for the team Bob Janecyk commented on Gendron.

“We’re really excited about the upside and potential of this kid.

He’s playing in prep school, he’s young, he’s raw. he’s an elite skater with terrific hands and vision as an offensive, puck moving defence man,” said Janecyk.

Another Vee also had his name called at the NHL Draft, held in Philadelphia on Friday. Jack Ramsey was taken in the seventh round, 208th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks. Unsure when, or if, he would be drafted the Vees forward decided to stay glued to his TV at home in Minnesota to see how things played out.

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sure if I was going to get drafted or not but I had butterflies leading up to it thinking about the possibilities,” said Ramsay, who is the son of former NHL defenceman Mike Ramsey.

“My family was watching with me and were freaking out a little bit.

It was exciting for everyone. I think my mom had the most excitement she was jumping up and down, screaming and shouting.”

“When I saw my name come up it was surreal. Chicago called me and we had a short conversation.

The whole moment went by in a blur,” said Ramsey.

“I didn’t think I was going to get picked and the fact that an organization like the Hawks called it was pretty cool.”

Next month he will attend the Blackhawks prospect camp.

Ramsey said playing with the Vees has improved both his physical game and in the defensive department.

“I want to have a good defensive impact this year and play a lot on the penalty kill.

Hopefully I can increase my offensive support for the team and put up some bigger numbers than last year,” said Ramsey.

The returning Vees player said he is looking to become a leader on the team this season.

“Today was the culmination of the hard work Jack put it last year, as he constantly improved his game throughout the season,” Vees coach Fred Harbinson said in a statement.

“He finished on a high note in the playoffs and we expect him to be a key piece to our leadership group next season.”

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The new Ronald McDonald House BC opens in June.

A home away from home for seriously ill children receiving treatment at BC Children’s Hospital, the new and bigger House has enough room to welcome 73 families every day, keeping 2,500 families per year together when it matters most.

Pinns soccer on the heels of first Kristi Patton

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The Pinnacles next face West Vancouver FC on the road on Saturday then Chilliwack FC on Sunday.

“These are two big games for us. West Vancouver FC tied us 1-1 last time and took points away from us at home. Hopefully we can do the same to them,” said Seddon-Johnstone.

After dealing with a number of injuries this season, including James Frasier who booted in a few goals in his first game before suffering a season ending injury, Seddon-Johnstone said the squad is looking forward to having a few players joining them from Vernon.

They also will see the return of Rico Patrocinio mid-July.

He attends school in Mexico and played with the Pinnacles in their Pacific Coast Soccer League Reserve Division Challenge Cup win last season.

“He is a really good player, good defender and it will be nice to have him back to add to our numbers,” said SeddonJohnstone.

PeNTicToN PiNNacles U21 player Javier solorzano loustalot attacks the ball during their last game against West Vancouver Fc. The two teams will meet again this weekend.

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Apex Freestyle Club put the spotlight on their top athletes with an awards ceremony.

Earning the junior competition most valuable athlete male and female awards were Alec Henderson and Rhya Covert, respectively. The top freestyle development athlete was Ryan Paulhus, while Jesse Howden is the male rookie of the year.

Kaelan Covert was named the most improved male with Anna Spence named the most improved female. James Naude took home the sportsmanship award.

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winners were Rhys Swenson and Shaina Finlayson. Brayden Kuroda won the Top Gun moguls. Mackenzie Schwinghamer was the female winner for the same award.

Koleton Phipps is the male Top Gun dual moguls winner, while Madison Parker is the female winner. The male and female winners of the Top Gun Park and Pipe award went to Cam Kapusty and Kassidy Todd. Mark Anthony is the Top Gun Freeride athlete. Sam Holinaty and Chloe Kober received the male and female personal achievement award. Matt Finlayson was named the Top Gun Combined athlete.

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IN BRIEF Local soccer player gets provincial invite

Penticton’s Issac Boehmer has been invited to B.C. Soccer’s under-13 boys provincial team.

Boehmer, 12, will be training in Vancouver through July and competing in the CSA Western Regional event, July 21-27, at UBC. Boehmer played club soccer for the Thompson Okanagan Football Club in the EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League.

In the past, Boehmber has participated in the B.C. Soccer Provincial Development Project in January as well as the Vancouver Whitecaps FC pre-residency combine during spring break.

Keith wins second NHL Norris Trophy

Penticton’s Duncan Keith has won the Norris Trophy again.

“Obviously, it is a pretty surreal feeling,” Keith told NHL. com, less than an hour after winning the award for the second time in his career in Las Vegas.

“Like I said in the speech, there are so many good defencemen in the league and I’m proud to represent all the defencemen.”

Keith also won his second Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey in Sochi, Russia, earlier this year.

Baseballers fall short in league playoffs

Penticton’s AA peewee Thunder baseball team fell short of their goal of finishing in the top four during league playoffs in Kamloops.

After losing their opening two games to Rutland and Kamloops, the eventual league winners, the Thunder rolled over Kelowna 10-1 and West Kelowna 8-5 to finish fifth on the weekend.

Thunder coach Aqil Samuel said his team played well all year, especially when Vernon, Rutland and Kamloops, strong teams, played at the 3A level.

“I liked how they competed,” said Samuel. “It was good to end the season with wins against Kelowna and West Kelowna.”

moving up to the B.C. Freestyle Mogul development team, but will still work with the club and receive enhanced training and competitive opportunities.

Moving up are Kassidy Todd, Shaina Finlayson, Max Todd, Hayden Person, Joe Durham, Koleton Phipps, Sam Cordell and Brayden Kuroda. Cameron Kapusty and Matt Finlayson have been named to the B.C. Freestyle Pipe and Park Team begins their first camp July 5 in Whistler. Alumni Riley Culver is returning for his fourth season with the team and will compete nationally and internationally.

Among the highlights for the Thunder was the performance of A.J. Reiter on the mound, which earned him an MVP honour, as did Kevin Zoeller, Ethan Konno and Michael Hansen.

Expos baseball rough playoff start

The Penticton Expos peewee A baseball team had a rough playoff losing both their games in Salmon Arm last weekend.

The Expos opened against the Rutland Vikings and were in it until the open inning. Expos coach Matt Nelson said they were plagued by fly balls and aggressive base running by Rutland.

“We had strong pitching early on from Jordan Picheniuk, Dylan Hickson and Miguel Monteiro,” said Nelson.

Monteiro earned MVP honors in that game. Against Kelowna, the Expos lost 9-7.

An inability to get runners on base hurt the Expos’ chances of coming back.

“We had good pitching from Zach Amyot and Taylor Jones,” said Nelson, adding that they also had good bats during the weekend but also several grounders and pop-ups.

The main bright spot from the games was Monteiro hitting

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The Penticton Art Gallery will be dishing up artwork and an amazing selection of food for its annual art auction, which was renamed Tastes of the Palette last year.

“I am very excited at the incredible breadth of items up for sale this year and it will promise to be our fastest paced and most fun-filled and inspired event to date,” said gallery curator/director Paul Crawford of the event held Saturday.

After 35 years of hosting the annual art auction, last year the Penticton Art Gallery shook things up with Tastes of the Palette held in the Ikeda Japanese Gardens. The format has changed a bit again this year to get the business end of the evening done first, then allow guests to enjoy the amazing cocktail party in the Japanese Gardens.

Doors for the event open at 5:30 p.m. with a host bar until 7:30 p.m. The live auction will take place in the main gallery from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The cocktail party and Tastes of the Palette portion of the evening runs from 7 to 9:30 p.m. It is followed by a special fashion show and live auction in the Japanese Garden.

Items up for bid will be featured on the Penticton Art Gallery’s webpage at www. pentictonartgallery.com and in the gallery.

Listed in the online catalogue are pieces of artwork from just over 30 artists, including Glenn Clark, Kindrie Grove as well as designer dresses and clothes. Tickets are limited, as will be reserved tables for the live auction. They are available for purchase at the Penticton Art Gallery or online at www. eventbrite.ca. Tickets are $55 and include food and the host bar from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Reserved tables for eight can be purchased for $440. These include a plate of hors d’oeuvres and two bottles of wine.

PentiCton CheF’S served up colourful appetizers at last year’s Penticton art Gallery tastes of the Palette fundraiser. the event takes place again this weekend at the ikeda Japanese Gardens.

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For the first time since the launch of the Oliver Festival of the Grape in 1997, there will be dedicated tents featuring wine and food pairings from Okanagan wineries that have associated restaurants or that provide a unique food offering at the winery.

“We are thrilled to offer a new wine and food tasting experience for FOG goers that will feature Okanagan wineries from Kelowna to Osoyoos,” said Luke Whittall, chair of FOG’s wine committee. “Each of these wineries will be pairing a selection of their best wines with bite-sized food samples assembled on site by expert food vendors and chefs.”

More than 50 Okanagan wineries participate in the one-day celebration that includes food from local chefs.

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The festival includes something for everyone to make it a family affair.

There is live music, the grape-stomp competition, a separate Kid Zone

play area that has activities and farm animals and an arts and crafts trade show.

Organizers said everyone who comes works up an appetite during the event.

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have 15 food trucks (outside of the wine and food pairing tents) to provide our hungry event goers with a wide selection of food that ranges from Thai to Tacos and ice cream to doughnuts and everything in between.

We have something to satisfy almost every palate,” said Bonnie Dancey, CEO of the South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce that organizes the Festival of the Grape.

Tickets for the festival can be purchased on line through PayPal www.sochamber.ca/ oliver-festival-of-thegrape.html, prices are $23 in advance or $25 at the gate.

Tickets can be purchased at the following Okanagan venues; Imperial Office Pro in Osoyoos, South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce in Oliver, the B.C. Wine Info Center in Penticton and at Shopper’s Drug Mart in Oliver.

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This salaried position includes Black Press’ comprehensive benefits package.

To apply, please send resumés and clippings to: Tracy Hughes, Editor, Salmon Arm Observer PO Box 550, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N7 or email: newsroom@saobserver.net

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Employment

Employment

Employment

Help Wanted

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

Medical/Dental

HD MECHANIC is required locally! Full time 40 hrs per week.

Resume & Abstract to:

D & L Environmental 670 Beaver Lake Rd Kelowna, BC V1T 1S7 or Fax 250-766-3254 or Email: info@dlenviro.ca

NOW HIRING

426889 BC Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons 1077 Westminster Ave, Penticton 1697 Fairview Road, Penticton #100-2695 Skaha Lake Road, Penticton 8907 Main Street, Osoyoos, BC 185-5717 Main Street, Oliver, BC 7710 Prairie Valley Road, Summerland BC Food Service Supervisor (NOC: 6212) 6 Vacancies Flex Position: Permanent, Full-Time, Part-Time, Shift, Weekend, Day, Night, Evening, $12.53 Hourly + Medical Benefits Start Date: ASAP 1-2 Years Experience Required.

Education not required Apply now to b.sym@shaw.ca Fax: 1.778.476.5991 Mail: 331 Martin St, Penticton, BC, V2A5K6

CASUAL Cook - Assisted Living Penticton and District Society for Community Living is now hiring a casual cook for our Assisted Living complex.

Grade 10, plus graduation from a program in institutional or residential quantity cooking.

One (1) year recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Candidate under the direction of the Cook, assists in the development of menu plans, the preparation of meals, and assists in the operation of the eating and cooking facilities.

Assists the Cook to develop a lunch and dinner menu plan in accordance with accepted nutritional guidelines such as Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Food Guide for Healthy Eating and the individual dietary needs of the residents. Prepares, cooks and serves meals and snacks, including those for special dietary needs and special occasions, in accordance with safety and health standards and the menu plan. Interested applicants can forward resumes to: Penticton & District Society for Community Living Attention: Tarra Kenney, HR Manager 180 Industrial Avenue W. Penticton, BC V2A 6X9 Email:tarrakenney@pdscl.org We thank everyone for their interest but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses Resource Ability is hiring RNs and LPNs to work 1:1 in home with medically fragile children in the Penticton area: mornings, afternoons and nights.

Pediatric experience preferred. Union wages, benefits, training & full support provided. Please fax your resume with cover letter to Debra Leverrier at 1.250.762.9898 or email: dleverrier@western.ca

Trades, Technical AUTOBODY TECHNICIAN. Fix Auto Vernon/Star Autobody is seeking a autobody technician, successful applicants must possess high quality standards, be motivated and contribute to a team atmosphere. We offer full benefits and flat ratepay structure with bonus. Email resumes to tgares@fixauto.com or fax to 250-545-2260

MACHINIST WANTED Vancouver Island Company requires a machinist immediately. Must be proficient in the operation of boring mills and lathes.

Union position with comparable wages and excellent benefit package.

Submit resumes via fax to: 250-656-1262 or email to: rmwltd@ramsaygroup.com

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services LINE COOKS - Now open!

The Naramata Pub & Grill is looking for energetic line cooks seeking experience in a fast, upbeat environment. Apply: info@naramatapub.ca

Services

Financial Services

Garden & Lawn

Home Improvements

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HERBARIA GARDEN AND LAWN. Spaces available for weekly lawn care. Other services available include pruning, hedging, weeding, mulching, edging and more. Free quote (for mowing) or estimate (all other services). Call Paul at 493-3362

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s That Simple.

Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

UNFILED TAX Returns? Unreported Income?

Avoid Prosecution and Penalties.

Call a Tax Attorney First! 1855-668-8089. (Mon-Fri 9-6 ET)

REFACE Countertops.

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

2 Days a Week - Early Mornings

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- Balsam Ave/Pineview Rte 11C - Pineview/Craig Dr. Rte 13 - Greenwood Dr. Area Rte 10B

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circulation@pentictonwesternnews.com

WANT A REWARDING CAREER? Penticton Toyota is ready for you. We offer comprehensive training and coaching. Full time position available with competitive compensation package and full benefits $45,000 - $65,000 plus full benefits. Email a cover letter and resume or drop off in person at 2405 Skaha Lake Road, Penticton, to the attention of Clif Martins, Sales Manager.

APPLY IN PERSON AT 2405 SKAHA LAKE ROAD OR SEND A RESUME TO CMARTINS@PENTICTONTOYOTA.COM

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

Home Repairs FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.

Community Newspapers Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at the heart of thingsâ&#x201E;˘

Painting & Decorating

U1ST - MOVING 2 men $80/hr.

Local and long distance. Call 250-859-8362.

HERE COME THE PAINTERS, 13 years experience, Interior/Exterior, 250-486-2331 Painting; Interior - Exterior, decks, fencing, landscaping, cleaning (home/business), 250-487-1384, 250-488-6707

Financial Services

Financial Services

Moving & Storage

Help Wanted

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Professional/ Management

Professional/ Management

Publisher/ Editor The Princeton Similkameen Spotlight is looking for the right person to be the Publisher/Editor.

Princeton is located in the Similkameen Valleyâ&#x20AC;Ś.truly an outdoor loverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream with world-class hunting, fishing, hiking and snowmobiling.

In addition to having a strong understanding of news gathering and meeting deadlines, the successful candidate will represent the Spotlight at social and client functions. They will also have strong organizational skills and be able to work without direct supervision.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: â&#x20AC;˘Work closely with the sales consultant to develop new sources of revenue â&#x20AC;˘Create a newspaper that represents the community

â&#x20AC;˘Produce 10-15 stories per week, plus photos as necessary

LIFEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TOO SHORT FOR THE WRONG JOB!

rooď&#x192;&#x17E;ng, painting, tiling, ď&#x192;&#x;ooring, kitchen/bath renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, carpentry ď&#x192;&#x17E;nishing,

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â&#x20AC;˘Manage all expenses and wages

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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

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â&#x20AC;˘Account for all business activities in a prompt manner

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Concrete & Placing

ARE YOU $10K Or More In Debt? DebtGo can help reduce a significant portion of your debt load. Call now and see if you qualify. 1-800-3511783.

The Penticton Western News has Routes available in these areas for Wednesday & Friday:

Home Improvements HOME Renovations. Bathrooms, Basements and Landscaping, Decks, Fences. Licensed and Insured. Serving West Kelowna to Osoyoos.

Call 250-488-5338

B & C Cleaning, residential, commercial & construction cleaning, yard clean-ups & maintenance, licensed & bonded, Bill & Cheryl Watson, owner operators, (250)4887964

Countertops

Carriers Needed

Painting, fences, decks, renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, garbage hauling, site & yard clean-up, cleaning (home or business), Call 250-4871384 or 250-488-6707

A) MISS MOP Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; TASKER. Licensed, bonded & insured professional house cleaning service. Contact 250-809-7522

Financial Services

Be Part of Our Team.

Handypersons

Financial Services

Cleaning Services

Start to Finish - Small Jobs.

Patios, Sidewalks, Walls and more. Jack the Bear Const., (250)490-5702

426889 BC Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons

Help Wanted

Services

Services

NOW HIRING

1077 Westminster Ave, Penticton, 1697 Fairview Road, Penticton, #100-2695 Skaha Lake Road, Penticton Food Counter Attendant (NOC: 6641) 25 Vacancies Flex Position: Permanent, Full-Time, Part-Time, Shift, Weekend, Day, Night, Evening, $10.25 Hourly + Medical Benefits Start Date: ASAP No experience or education required Apply now to: b.sym@shaw.ca Fax: 1.778.476.5991 Mail: 331 Martin St, Penticton, BC, V2A 5K6

Services

â&#x20AC;˘Allocate print space for story, text and photos according to space parameters and copy significance. â&#x20AC;˘Plan the contents for the Spotlight according to the publicationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s style, editorial policy and publishing requirements. â&#x20AC;˘Verify facts, dates and statistics using standard reference sources â&#x20AC;˘Develop story and feature ideas â&#x20AC;˘Read, evaluate and edit press releases, Letters to the Editor and other materials submitted for publication. â&#x20AC;˘Upload stories to the website â&#x20AC;˘Participate in community events Please e-mail resume by July 8, 2014 to: Don Kendall, Regional Publisher, South Okanagan Email: dkendall@blackpress.ca

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The Penticton Minor Hockey Association is looking for a contract administrator, reporting to the President of the association, from August 15, 2014 to March 31, 2015, handling the pre-season, in-season and post season administration. This paid contract position will be reviewed for extension on an annual basis by the board of Penticton Minor Hockey. The work centres on membership management and communication. This contract requires an average of 20 hours a week commitment.

Administrator responsibilities: â&#x20AC;˘ Provide and manage email communication to membership division directors and coaches â&#x20AC;˘ Manage and maintain registration lists using input from the on-line registration system as well as the manual form registration â&#x20AC;˘ Organize and communicate with volunteer managers and coaches regarding certifications requirements â&#x20AC;˘ Act as a liaise between OMAHA, BC Hockey and Hockey Canada for all correspondence including creating and managing team rosters â&#x20AC;˘ Tournament coordinator for all tournament registration duties â&#x20AC;˘ Manage website information and changes as required â&#x20AC;˘ Act as a liaise between PMHA and Sponsors â&#x20AC;˘ Attend monthly board meetings â&#x20AC;˘ Respond to Inquiries in a timely manner Required Skills: â&#x20AC;˘ Good oral and written communication skills â&#x20AC;˘ Self-motivation and good attention to detail â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent organizational skills â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to provide positive phone and email support â&#x20AC;˘ Basic computer skills, including fluency in Word and excel â&#x20AC;˘ Experience with website management and Hockey Canada Registry (HCR) system an asset â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge of the game of hockey is an asset If you are interested in applying for the position, please submit a resume and cover letter outlining your qualifications for the position via email to the PMHA Hiring Selection Committee @ hockeymom1.pmha@gmail. com no later than July 3, 2014. All questions should be directed to the above email address.

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Penticton Western News Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Services

Pets & Livestock

Painting & Decorating 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!

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts

Misc. for Sale

Misc. for Sale

For Sale By Owner

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-5666899 Ext:400OT.

COZY & CUTE 2Bdr, 1Bth, Sep. Office, 6 app, FP,Window Coverings, Fir Flr Thru out, Screened Prch, Landscaped, Lg Fenced Lot/MANY UPGRADES. A MUST SEE! Asking 359,900. Call 250-4926235 ask for PATTY

2 Arborite restaurant tables 2/$75, 1 Fabric covered rocker w/wood arms &legs, $45, 1 solid wood drop leaf table, $55, 1 dark solid wood cabinet, $45, 1 Vilas maple dresser with mirror $85, 1 Queen bed and metal frame, $95, 1 Solid maple entertainment centre, $25, 1 Maple dk. green “shabby chic finish” hutch top, $275, 2 as new window air conditioners 2/$215, 1 Roxton solid maple bar/dry sink, $295, 2 Vilas maple wood framed love seats w/new upholstery, 2/$270, call 250495-5065, Osoyoos Stair Steppers (exercise equipment), $10-$25 each, phone Bill 250-494-7978

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!

DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each.

Also JD 544 &644 wheel Loaders Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com Freezer beef, grain fed, no hormones, no antibiotics, by the side, $3.50 lb. CWF. 250307-3430 or 250-546-6494 KILL BED Bugs & Their Eggs!

Buy Harris Bed Bug Killer Complete Treatment Program or Kit. Available: Hardware Stores, Buy Online: homedepot.com KILL ROACHES! Buy Harris Roach Tablets.

Eliminate bugs- guaranteed. No mess, odorless, long lasting.

Available at Ace Hardware & The Home Depot.

Tenders

Tenders

HAVANESE/BICHON X puppies, vet checked, 1st set of shots, delivery available.

(250)804-6848 WOLF Hybrid Cubs. Reserve now. Sun Valley Wolf Kennels Kelowna. $1000. 250-765-4996 www.sunvalleywolfkennels.com

Jassar Fruit Stand is OPEN, Van and Bing cherries, 350 Upper Bench Rd. South U-pick cherries, $1.10/lb, call (250)492-5653, 1099 West Bench Dr., 7am-8pm

Pets & Livestock

s

Real Estate

Medical Supplies

Fruit & Vegetables

Dodd

Merchandise for Sale

Shoprider Mobility Scooters and Power Chairs, New & Used. Stairlifts, Vertical Platform Lifts, Platform Stairlifts. www.okmobility.ca Kamloops: 250-377-3705 Kelowna: 250-764-7757 Vernon: 250-542-3745 or call TF 1-888-542-3745

Garbage hauling, metal hauling, batteries, furniture/appliances hauled to dump, dirty jobs too! (250)488-6707

Furniture

Custom cross country cart w/leather single horse harness. $2,500 obo. Call 250546-6968

Merchandise for Sale

Pets

Merchandise for Sale

Equestrian

Merchandise for Sale

2 six month old pit bull pups for sale, $300 each, 250-4990558 or 250-499-0106

Rubbish Removal

PENTICTON Junk Removal!

Anything goes!

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

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twin bed, good cond., $175, 6 dining room chairs, wrought iron, wood seats, paid $1000, want $400, (250)490-9966

Misc. for Sale

Auctions

BAILIFF ON-SITE Dodds

Commercial Picture Framing: Equipment, Office Furniture & Inventory Over 900 Frames, Over 150,000 LF Moulding, Saws, Glass & Matting Cutters, Forklift, Plus Much More.

Place: 3376 Sexsmith Road, Kelowna Viewing: Friday, 9am - 5pm, Saturday, 8:30 - 11am

Apt/Condos for Sale Condo for sale in Oliver,19+, close to all ammen. 2bdrm, 1.5 bath, $140,000. Great rental investment, renters pay $750 and want to stay. 250-4983354

Sale subject to additions or deletions or cancellation

Legal Notices

Legal Notices

NOTICE OF OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC HEARING Zoning Bylaw Amendment

Strata Lot 1, DL 211, SDYD, Strata Plan K644 together with an interest in the common property in proportion to the unit entitlement of the strata lot as shown on Form 1. As part of this application process, the RDOS will also be amending the designations for Lot 2 & 3, DL 211, SDYD, Strata Plan K644; Lot 2 & Lot 3, DL 211, SDYD, Plan KAP12051; Lot 1, DL 211, SDYD, Plan KAP28750; and Portion of Lot 2, District Lot 211, SDYD, Plan KAP27775, except Plan 28750.

4785 Mill Road, Electoral Area ‘E’ Date:

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Time:

7:00 p.m.

Sporting Goods Stair Steppers (exercise equipment), $10-$25 each, phone Bill 250-494-7978

Real Estate

Sale conducted by Dodds Auction Vernon 250-545-3259 • View photos at doddsauction.com (Specialty Auction)

Legal Notices

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent Tiffany Gardens, 3140 Wilson, 1bdrm loft, np, $750/mo., (250)492-0413, 250-462-5854

APPLE PLAZA, Prime Central location, 2300sqft. in busy plaza, ample parking, also 220 sqft. shared office space avail., call Barb 250-492-6319 WARREN Ave. 1000&1500sq’ units of comm/industrial w/ compounded yard & overhead doors. 250-765-3295

Shared Accommodation Wanted, senior lady (pensioner) to share 2 bdrm furnished apartment, reas. rent, for company and go for drives, etc., (250)493-0185, Penticton

Suites, Lower 1BDRM bsmnt, daylight, near Wiltse school, n/s, n/p, util incl, $650, mature working person, Avail. July 1, 250-492-7312

Legal Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Covenant Amendment Application

650 Ellis Avenue, Naramata, Electoral Area ‘E’ Lot 1, Plan KAS3884, District Lot 210, SDYD

PURPOSE: To remove the ‘Right of First Refusal’ covenant CA1646856 on Strata Lots 14, 15, 16, & 18.

650 Ellis Ave

PURPOSE: To amend the zoning designation from Small Holdings One (SH1) to Small Holdings Five (SH5).

Amendment Bylaw No. 2459.14, 2014: to amend Schedule ‘2’ of the Electoral Area ‘E’ Zoning Bylaw No. 2459, 2008, by changing the zoning designation from Small Holdings (SH1) to Small Holdings Five (SH5).

Strata Lots 14, 15, 16, & 18

4785 Mill Road

VIEW COPIES OF THE DRAFT COVENANT & SUPPORTING INFORMATION AT: Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC on weekdays (excluding statutory holidays) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed amendment can present written information or speak at the public hearing. All correspondence for the public hearing to be addressed to: Public Hearing Covenant Amendment, c/o Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. No letter, report or representation from the public will be received after the conclusion of the public hearing. This public hearing has been delegated to a Director of the Regional District.

VIEW COPIES OF THE DRAFT BYLAWS & SUPPORTING INFORMATION AT: Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC on weekdays (excluding statutory holidays) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed bylaw amendments can present written information or speak at the public hearing. All correspondence for the public hearing to be addressed to: Public Hearing Bylaw No. 2459.14, c/o Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen.

No letter, report or representation from the public will be received after the conclusion of the public hearing. This public hearing has been delegated to a Director of the Regional District.

Please note that all correspondence submitted to the Regional District in response to this Notice will form part of a public record and will be published in a meeting agenda when this matter is before the Regional Board or a Committee of the Board. The Regional District considers the author's address relevant to the Board's consideration of this matter and may discuss this personal information. The author's phone number and email address is not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence if the author does not wish this personal information disclosed.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES:

Telephone: 250-490-4107 Fax: 250-492-0063 Email: planning@rdos.bc.ca Web: www.rdos.bc.ca

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES:

Donna Butler, MCIP Manager of Development Services

Donna Butler, MCIP Manager of Development Services

We’re on the net at www.bcclassified.com

Telephone: 250-490-4107 Fax: 250-492-0063 Email: planning@rdos.bc.ca Web: www.rdos.bc.ca Bill Newell Chief Administrative Officer

Cars - Sports & Imports PORSCHE Boxster S Covertible. Custom Painted. Looks Brand New. 2001/140,000Km $15,800. (250)801-3761 isaac.kamen@gmail.com

Recreational/Sale 5th Wheel trailer hitch, $250, 778-476-2046

Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Old Age Pensioners Hall 330 3rd Street (corner of Ritchie Avenue) Naramata, B.C.

Location: Naramata Old Age Pensioners (OAP) Hall rd 330 3 Street (corner of Ritchie Avenue), Naramata, B.C.

Auto Financing

Commercial/ Industrial

Guy’s Delight: Shop tools: saws, routers, drills, compressor, boxes of electrical & plumbing stuff, nuts and bolts galore. Buy separately or take all. Also new in pkg. 13 maple stair treads and risers$400, 250-496-5065 Osoyoos

CLASSIC GALLERY FRAMING

PRIME LAKEVIEW LOTS from $140,000. www.orlandoprojects.com Also: Spectacular 3 acre parcel owner financing. 250-558-7888

Misc. Wanted BUYING Coin Collections, Estates, Antiques, Native Art, Silver, Jewelry 250-499-0251

Tools

AUCTION SAT., JULY 5 • 11AM

Legal Notices

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

STEEL BUILDINGS. Summer meltdown sale! 20x20 $5,419.

25x26 $6,485. 30x30 $8,297.

32x34 $9,860. 40x48 $15,359.

47x68 $20,558. Front & back wall included. Pioneer Steel 1800-668-5422 or online at: www.pioneersteel.ca

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

Bill Newell Chief Administrative Officer

Scrap Car Removal *1AA Scrap Removal. We will beat all competitors pricing, 250-801-4199

Trucks & Vans 1984 GMC Dually rebuilt 454, cammed, new carb., alt., starter, headers, 3 core rad., dual batteries, water, oil, fuel pumps, cowl hood, new interior, dumpers, hitch, flat back, lots done, runs excellent, $3000, 778-476-2046 1991 GMC V8(375HP) ExtCab 4X4 Dual Fuel, Gas/Propane,Fully Loaded w New Tires, Projector Head Lamps,Sony Stereo System w JBL Subwoofer, Satellite Radio, GPS Built In, Truxedo Cover & Towing Hitch. Good Condition. Asking $3199. 250487-8024 or james.green3@yahoo.ca 2008 Ford F350 Lariat 6.8L, V10, gas, 5spd, auto, 4x4, ext. cab, longbox, loaded, tonneau cover, 51,000 km, like new $30,000. 250-499-0093

Boats Tanzer 26’ Sailboat (1983), 3 sails, 10 hp Yamaha, self furlling head sail, Tandem Trailer incl. $16,000. (250)558-2991

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

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S outh o kanagan and I mmIgrant Community Services is offering free English classes. For more info, stop by the office at 508 Main St. or call 250492-6299. t he B ereavement reSource Centre at 626 Martin St. hosts weekly drop-in grief support sessions Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Adults welcome. alcoholIcS anonymouS haS Nooners meetings Monday to Friday noon at 1197 Main St. Call service 24 hours is 250490-9216. Night group meets in the Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. at 1498 Government St. The Summerland group meets at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the basement. care cloSet thrIft Store at 574 Main St. has weekly specials and special auctions. Open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

All proceeds to the local hospital and hospice. Donations always welcome. elkS cluB on Ellis Street has happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday.

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

Painters of all levels welcome. Workshops available. Contact Mary at 250-494-5851 for info.

PentIcton duPlIcate BrIdge Club holds has games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1 p.m. and the Under 100 Club Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Penticton library. Call Birgitta at 250-770-1154 for info. foSter care Info sessions every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at MCFD Resource Office.

For info call Moe at 250770-7524 or visit www. fosterbc.ca or www.mcf. gov.bc.ca/foster. al-anon for frIendS and family of alcoholics at 7:30 p.m. at United

Gold Tip Nail Spa RELAX . REFRESH . REVIVE

Manicure $20 Pedi $35 Mani Shellac $35 Pedi Shellac $50 434 Main Street

250-493-7888

Loyalty cards available

BUY 10 SERVICES

get a FREE PEDICURE! (min. $25 service)

Mon. - Sat. 10am - 7pm / Sun. 10am - 5pm FREE PARKING IN BACK

~ if our fish was any fresher it would still be in the ocean ~

2 CAN DINE

32

for... $

O P E N Tues-Sa t. 11:30-7:30

pm

Includes soup, 2 pieces of Halibut, coconut shrimp, prawns, scallops, breaded shrimp & french fries.

Award Winning Fish & Chips 6240 Main St. Oliver, BC

250-498-0456

www.auntieagsseafoodcafe.com

HELPING HANDS — Penticton’s firefighters turned out last week to thank the staff of Scotiabank for helping them get to their annual fundraising goal of $25,000 for the Burn Fund. Funds raised in Penticton, and from fire departments across the province, are helping pay for the new $13.1 million Burn Fund Centre to be built in Vancouver, which will provide eight short-term stay units to meet the critical shortfall in accommodation for burn and trauma patients and their family caregivers.

Steve Kidd/Western News

Church, 696 Main St. Call 250-490-9272 for info. okanagan fallS SenIorS’ Centre has music and coffee from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and carpet bowling at 1 p.m. t he P entIcton academy of Music String Orchestra rehearses from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. in the lounge of the Leir House, 220 Manor Park Ave. New members welcome.

Please call 250-4937977 for more info. new to the Oliver Senior Centre: Zumba lessons, all-around active exercise. Every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Call 250-498-6142 for more information.

Everyone welcome.

SenIorS’ recreatIon and Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Call Betty at 250-490-0468 for more information. the order of St. Luke meets on the first and third Wednesdays in St. Saviours’ Church at noon for healing prayer.

BIngo e v e ry wedneSday in the Legion hall with the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m.

Lunches are available. olIver douBle o Quilters have drop-in activities Wednesdays. hand and foot canasta at 1 p.m. in the Penticton Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. Lessons available for those who have never played before.

Call June evenings at 250-492-7630 for info. anavetS haS humP Day with Stu’s kitchen open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Entertainment

by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m.

South maIn droP-In Centre has beginner line dance at 9 a.m., a coffee social and medical Qi Gong at 10 a.m., and easy to intermediate line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m. Call 250-4932111 to confirm line dance activities. kIwanIS cluB meetS at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at 390 Brunswick St. Call 250-493-8901 for information.

THURSDAY July 3

nankama drum and dance at Music in the Park. West African rhythms and moves from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Oliver Community Stage bandshell. 6359 Park Dr. Admission by donation. Bring a lawn chair. Art market and food vendors from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more info, email OliverCAC@ gmail.com. the legIon ladIeS Lunch Bunch meets at the Barking Parrot Bar at the Lakeside Resort. food addIctS In Recovery Anonymous, a free 12-step recovery program for anyone suffering from eating disorders meets at 6:30 p.m. in the social room (ring #206 for admittance) at 1820 Atkinson St. For more information call 778-476-0374 or 250-809-3329 or visit www.foodadddicts. org. c anadIan r oyal legIon branch 40 has an international dinner

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at 5:30 p.m., crib and drop-in pool at 7 p.m. in the Legion hall at 502 Martin St. toPS B.c. 1640 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bethel Church basement at 945 Main St. Phone Beverley at 250-493-5968 or Liz at 250-493-7997 for more info. fraternal order of the Eagles has musical trivia bingo at 7 p.m.

Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. al-anon for frIendS and family of alcoholics meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Summerland United Church. Call 250-4909272.

South maIn droPIn Centre has bingo, improver line dance and acrafters meeting at 1 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance activities. cIty Peach toaStmaSterS meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Penticton United Church. Toastmasters improves speaking abilities and leadership skills. Call 250-4922362 for info. a l c o h o l I c S nIght a nonymouS group meets at 8 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre. The Okanagan Falls group meets at 8 p.m. at 5328 Hawthorne St., and the men’s book study group runs at 7:30 p.m. at 102 1825 Main St. Vineyard Church. toPS (take off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene,

523 Jermyn Ave. Call Merle at 250-770-8093. deSert Sage SPInnerS and Weavers Guild meets at 10 a.m. at the Oliver Community Centre. Visitors are always welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member stop by or contact Gail Erickson at rgerickson@telus.net or 250-498-4959. elkS cluB on Ellis Street has darts at 7 p.m.

All skill levels welcome. f allS o kanagan SenIorS’ Centre has Scrabble at 10 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m. and crib at 7 p.m.

FRIDAY July 4

the PentIcton PuBlIc Library has summer story times for infants and children. Baby songs and rhymes for infants to 15 months on Fridays until Aug.15 and storytime for ages two and up on Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 to 10:30 a.m. until Aug. 20. These programs are free and registration is not required. For more information, call Julia Cox at 250-770-7783 or ask in the children’s library. eagleS have a $5 lunch from noon to 2 p.m.

Guests welcome.

SenIorS PentIcton comPuter Club dropin sessions Monday and Friday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. People may sign up for memberships, classes or have computer problems solved. Picture class on Mondays from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

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calendar 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 250-770-8622.

AnAveTS hAS kArAOke with Shawna at 7:30 p.m. Stu’s kitchen open for breakfast and lunch.

B ereAvemenT T he reSOurce Centre at 626 Martin St. hosts weekly drop-in grief support sessions Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Adults welcome.

For more information on other available programs or support in the loss of a pet, call 250490-1107. c AnAdiAn r OyAl legiOn branch 40 has fish and chips lunch at 11:30 a.m. and all-youcan-eat spaghetti at 6 p.m. elkS cluB On Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m.

SummerlAnd PleASure PAinTerS meet every

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

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.

SOuTh mAin drOP-in Centre has beginnerplus line dance at 1 p.m.

890 Wing Of South Okanagan Air Force Association meets at 4 p.m. in the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave.

SATURDAY July 5

SOuTh mAin drOPin Centre has partner cribbage on the first and third Saturdays of the month. r OyAl c AnAdiAn legiOn branch 40 has crib at 10 a.m., meat draw at 2 p.m. and a Scottish festival after party at 8 p.m.

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all money going to the Penticton Regional Hospital pediatric ward, SPCA and Critteraid. Drop off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays at IGA on Government Street. elkS cluB On Ellis Street has crib at 10 a.m., drop-in darts at 4 p.m., meat draw at 4:30 p.m. and dinner at 5:30 p.m.

AnAveTS hAS STu’S kitchen open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Entertainment by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m.

A l c O h O l i c S hAS A nOnymOuS its 12 bells group at noon at the Oasis United Church at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. The Saturday night group meets at 8 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. and in Summerland, the Grapevine meeting is at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. Call service 24 hours is 250490-9216.

SUNDAY July 6

cOme dAnce TO the greatest dance music ever made with D.J. Emil, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the South Main DropIn Centre, 2965 South

Main St. $3 per person, all welcome.

P enTicTOn T he cOncerT Band will be performing on July 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Gyro Park in Penticton. The band has been working hard at a new repertoire;

the concerts will include a variety of styles and tunes, including classical, Irish music from The Lord of the Dance, movie soundtracks (Gladiator), rock classics (The Beatles, Queen), and even some disco.

AfricAn children’S chOir on July 6 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Summerland Baptist Church, 10318 Elliott St. Free will offering.

Email info@summerlandbaptist.ca or call 250-494-3881 for info.

LAVENDER FESTIVAL July 12 & 13, 2014

Family Activities Live Music BBQ Lunch Farm Tour & U-Pick Culinary Arts with Lavender All Things Lavender

Events Schedule: 1217 Hwy 3A, Keremeos 9 am - 5 pm 250-499-9271 www.treetome.ca

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Getting better with age Join us on our new patio!

We’re thrilled to unveil big improvements at Cherry Park, from an outdoor oasis to updated windows, sprinklers and furniture. Come in to see our new salon, movie theatre, dining room, country kitchen, bistro and more.

Plus, next month we’ll unveil a new fitness studio, hobby room and lounge area. Experience carefree retirement living at Cherry Park—book a tour today.

Book a personal tour and lunch to see for yourself.

Call Cherry Park today at 250.492.2447.

317 Winnipeg Street Penticton, BC V2A 8J9

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PHASE 2 OPENING NEXT MONTH!

SATURDAY, JULY 5 KINGS PARK

W

E INVITE all pipe bands, drummers and solo pipers to come and compete.

This one day festival will feature many of the traditional elements found at a Highland Games, like piping and drumming, dancing, and athletic events such as the caber toss, and will include activities for the whole family. Spectators will enjoy the festival’s broad scope of Celtic entertainment including The Blakey School of Irish Dance, Scottish Folk Songs by Gord McLaren, The Naramata Scottish Country Dancers, and sword fighting demonstrations by the Society for Creative Anacronism. A children’s area will have activities and a fun, safe competition the kids can try with our “End-Of-The-Roll Kids’ Caber Toss.”

Visit our website www.PentictonScottishFestival.ca for more information or contact Brian Johnston at PentictonScottishFestival@Shaw.ca, 250-492-2215

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