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COLUMNIST Joel Young introduces you to two local women who have used the current popularity of kick boxing to create a fitness centre specially designed for women.
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▼ DANCE COMPANY
Ballet Kelowna takes a spin with fresh-faced leader
By Jennifer Smith
STAFF REPORTER
Ballet Kelowna’s new visionary sees her space in the world as a cultural leader, training body and mind, balancing creative and practical as she assumes the reins of the dance company. This particular organization was on the brink of collapse just over a year ago, but finished this year with a $30,000 surplus, and the retirement of founding artistic director David LaHay, making way for Simone Orlando’s appointment. LaHay was known for his diehard dedication, often sewing costumes before the dancers arrived at dawn, and Orlando professes a similar passion for the company. “My choreographic career really started with my first professional commission from Ballet Kelowna, so the company is very dear to me and certainly has been very significant in terms of my career,” she said. Like LaHay, Orlando enjoyed a successful dancing career, which grew to see her add choreographer to the résumé. She danced with the National Ballet of Canada and Desrosiers Dance Theatre before joining Ballet British Columbia, where she was
Simone Orlando the principal artist. But, unlike her predecessor, she intends to run the business side of the company, serving as CEO, and she returned to business school to be able to manage that task. “I realized a few years ago that to successfully run a dance company, I would need to augment my skills and abilities beyond my experience as a dancer and choreographer,” she said, noting she surveyed the opinions of several key leaders in the cultural community before making the move. Working through the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s business management program, she drew on advice from mentors like Reid Anderson to pursue those business talents; he is also the person who brought her into the dance world. “What I felt and See Ballet A5
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TRAFFIC WAS DELAYED on Highway 97 between Summerland and Peachland Sunday after a rockslide spilled debris onto several lanes of the highway.
▼ TRAFFIC
Highway 97 rockslide clean-up proceeds Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER
B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure officials expected Highway 97 traffic to be back to normal Tuesday morning after Sunday’s rockslide forced lane closures two kilometres north of Summerland. Crews were still on scene Monday, cleaning up the rocks and dirt that came crashing down just after 11 a.m. Sunday. One vehicle was damaged by the falling debris
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and a passenger was sent to Kelowna General Hospital with minor injuries. Murray Tekano, district manager of transportation with the ministry, said Sunday’s incident was the first major rockslide to occur on that stretch of highway since it was rebuilt and widened into four lanes in 2008. “There was a rock issue during construction that resulted in the old highway being closed for a number of days. But since then…there hasn’t been a highway closure, related to rockfall, of this
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WE CAN’T ELIMINATE IT, SO WE USE THIS ROCK MESH TO CAPTURE IT AND DIRECT IT INTO THE ROCK CATCHMENT AREAS.” Murray Tekano
nature,” said Tekano. The area where the slide occurred Sunday has rock mesh installed.
“That’s intended to capture rock and debris that comes down those slopes,” said Tekano. “We can’t eliminate it, so we use this rock mesh to capture it and direct it into the rock catchment areas.” Tekano said the falling rocks stayed behind the mesh Sunday; however, the overwhelming quantity exceeded what the ditch could handle. The debris breached the concrete barrier and spilled onto Highway 97. The highway was fully closed for about an
hour following the incident as engineers assessed the site, causing vehicles to back up for several kilometres. Traffic personnel were able to direct single lane alternating traffic shortly after noon. An additional lane was opened around 3 p.m. Tekano said he expected the highway to be cleared and four lanes of traffic fully operational by this morning. wpaterson @kelownacapnews.com Twitter: @PatersonWade
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