sCapital News Thursday, August 21, 2014
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▼ MARSHALLS
New store features big brand fashions at low prices STRAIGHT FROM DEHART
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Maxine DeHart
eading off-price retailer Marshalls opens its new store in Kelowna today, located across from Superstore. The first 300 customers will receive a gift card. Marshalls is known for providing a wide selection of big brand fashions, a footwear department with more than 3,000 pairs of brand name boxed shoes and home decor items for the entire family. The store has a fresh, contemporary design with a bright layout and easy-to-locate departments, receiving thousands of new items weekly so every store visit is a new shopping experience. The Kelowna store is part of the company’s 11-store expansion scheduled for 2014. To mark the Kelowna store’s grand opening, Marshalls will donate $5,000 to Kids Help Phone. Marshalls currently has 33 stores. Kris Brewer is the manager of the Kelowna outlet. Well-known former Cabana Grille partner/ owner Jay Blackford has now ventured into the world of leasing and financing. After selling Cabana and its catering operation in March, Blackford has now joined the team at West Coast Auto (WCA) as the business development officer and sales manager. WCA is located in the new Canem
Auto building, 884 McCurdy Pl. Aside from overseeing the in-house leasing for Canem Auto, WCA has become a major lease resource for many B.C. auto and recreational dealerships. Keep a social media eye open for WCA and Canem Auto’s ‘Family In Need Campaign.’ Canem plans to give away a vehicle to a local family in need every two months. Call 250-575-2070; email jay@wesstcoastauto.ca. A Men In Kilts Window Cleaning franchise has come to Kelowna. Owned and operated by franchisees Gareth Rider and Stacey Steele, who relocated from Calgary, this is the 11th location to open since 2010 and the third in B.C. The new franchise will service the Okanagan Valley in residential, commercial and highrise buildings. Men In Kilts also offers gutter and siding cleaning, pressure washing and snow removal for residential and commercial customers. Call 1-800-7775458 (Kilts) to book or to receive a free estimate on any of their services; online atmeninkilts.com. After many years of owning and operating Heart & Sol Tours, Sherry Cote has sold the business to Bill Walraven and Kerry Logan. Walraven was born and raised in Kelowna and is a professional driver, while Logan has an extensive background in the travel industry. Cote will now focus her attention to her other business, A Vista Villa. Call 250-762-7167; email heartandsoltours@ shaw.ca or contact Cote
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STORE manager for Marshalls Kris Brewer (left), joined by store staff members Jacqui Halls and Sharla Palmer along with regional manager Leslie Berg.
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HIGH SCHOOL graduate students Larkin Dunn Warren and Hanna Turner-Gervais with Kimco Controls business owner Mark Hartwick in front of a mural at the Kimco office which was designed by the two students. at 250-762-7837; email avistavilla@shaw.ca. The John Howard Society has a new executive director. Gaelene Askeland, who grew up in Kelowna, has relocated from Winnipeg to take the position. With a back-
ground mostly in human resources, she has worked in both the profit and non-profit environments. Most recently, she was executive director of Initiatives for Just Communities in Winnipeg. She looks forward
to working with her team and other agencies to provide services to people who have been involved in the criminal justice system. Call 250-763-1331; email gaelene.askeland@ jhscso.bc.ca. The Heritage Retire-
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Check out www.okanaganlifestyle.ca website and their great Okanagan logo. This is a great story. Kimco Controls Ltd., 104-171 Commercial Dr. in Kelowna, owned by Mark Hartwick, approached School District 23 to select an art student(s) to work with Kimco on a mural concept. Students Hanna Turner-Gervais and Larkin Dunn Warren, who graduated in June, were selected from creative arts classes by their art class instructor. Hanna and Larkin devoted evenings and weekends for more than six weeks, even during exams, to complete the mural, an enlarged circuit board which incorporates a few of Kimco’s actual building automation components and equipment. It measures 243 square feet. Both students received $1,000 post-secondary education bursaries. Hanna is enrolled at UBC’s Point Grey campus in the bachelor of science program. The students filmed, edited and posted their own time line lapse video of the mural being painted. Check it out at www.youtube. com/watch?v=kS_VktnUXZQ. Kudos to Dockside Marine for seeing the merit in joining with the Okanagan Basin Water Board and it’s Don’t Move a Mussel Campaign, helping keep the Okanagan invasive zebra and quagga mussel-free. These mussels which often hitch a ride on boats or other water re-
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