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September 24, 2014
Camp gets makeover
Inside Back to school
Call it extreme makeover Easter Seal Winfield edition. Hundreds of volunteers showed up on Saturday morning at the Easter Seal Camp Winfield and surprised the camp with a huge makeover. It all started when Relish Transport owner Rob Ellis saw the 25 acre site was getting run down. He approached 10 friends who have played ball together for years and formed a committee to get started on this huge Easter Seals Camp Winfield extreme makeover. Within the first couple of weeks they had collected around $100,000 in donations from businesses in Lake Country, Kelowna, Vernon and Armstrong as well as companies out of
RCMP remind drivers and cyclists that the school zone speed limit is 30 km/h. Watch for children on all roads leading to schools. ...............................
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Lake Country Food Bank needs young people to step up to the plate and make longterm commitments to help other people in the community less fortunate than themselves. ...............................
LISA VANDERVELDE/VERNON MORNING STAR
BRANDON Keir and Alea Wilson, of Rock Hard
Excavating, volunteer their services for landscaping.
Vancouver, Calgary, and as far as Quebec. These businesses have stepped up to donate materials, building products as well as labour. In total approximately $250,000 in materials were donated as well as all the man-power needed to pull it off. Organizers believe the total donation is around
$500,000, impressive for a group of friends with a vision to put smiles on kids faces. The makeover was a complete secret and was pulled off with great flourish by everyone involved. More details will be coming in a future edition of the Lake Country Calendar.
ANDREA SMITH (left) spruces up an obstacle on the mini putt course over the
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LISA VANDERVELDE/VERNON MORNING STAR
weekend. She volunteered with more than 200 other people for the Extreme Makeover Easter Seal Camp in Lake Country.
▼ LAKE COUNTRY DISTRICT
Flyers ■ Bulk Barn
Oyama Legion granted full district tax exemption
■ Coopers
KEVIN PARNELL
■ Hometown
After an impassioned plea from the Oyama Legion, Lake Country councillors went against a staff recommendation and have granted Legion Branch 189 a full tax exemption for the next five years. The Legion had received a 50 per cent exemption last year but appeared at the Lake County council meeting Sept. 16 to ask for the full exemption, a
■ Jysk Linen
& Furniture ■ Shoppers Drug Mart ■ Staples ■ Summit Tools
move that will save the local organization close to $1,500 a year. Staff had recommended only the 50 per cent savings due to the fact the Legion operates a pub. But Legion house and bar manager Rob Nairne said the pub serves about 10 people per day with profits allowing the Legion to continue to work on their charitable donations. “There seems to be a view that the Legion is a bunch of old folks sitting
around drinking too much,” said an emotional Nairne. “While we may have a veteran imbibe too much the odd time, we get him home safe because that’s what we do. We have taken an oath to serve our veterans and there is a huge need for services and assistance.” Housed in the Oyama Community Hall, membership in the Oyama Legion continues to decline. This year membership is down 23 per cent, to 177 in 2014 from 230 members in
2013. One of the issues raised by staff was the Legion is a pub and could be in competition with other drinking establishments that do not receive tax exempt status. Nairne said the pub acts as a gathering space where Legion members meet, hold charity meat draws and work on plans for Remembrance Day.
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