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Guerrilla gardeners look to beautify landscape Kathy Michaels

since then it traveled the world, eventually finding its way to this cozy corner of the Okanagan by way of McClain and Ingbritson.

Of course, they weren’t aiming to start a gardening revolution, or even aware of what a guerrilla garden really is.

“We just wanted to do something back here…it was all weeds, and they were this high,” Ingbritson said, gesturing to plants in what’s now Kings Garden, that reached as high as her torso.

Ingbritson lives adjacent to the stretch of Rails and Trails project that runs parallel to Enterprise Way and she and Glenmore based McClain started their plan to turn that bedraggled stretch of dirt into something the community could

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When they’re given a chance to talk about flowers, what their blooms signify and the role gardens play in building a community, it’s almost impossible to imagine Alma Ingbritson and Coleen McClain would ever be labeled guerrillas.

Given their propensity to use the sharp end of a spade to beautify land that really doesn’t belong to them, however, that’s exactly what they are—guerrilla gardeners.

It’s a term created in New York during the 1970s, when groups of people clambered over fences by flashlight to till and sow a neglected space.

The movement grew roots and

enjoy six years ago.

“You’ll never grow a garden here, they said,” said Ingbritson.

“But I said if God can make a dessert bloom in Israel then he certainly can make this bloom.”

There’s also been a lot of time spent helping flowers bloom in intricate designs—including a Maple Leaf pattern with colourful flowers in the centre, representing multiculturalism—digging out rocks and placing them back in tidy patterns, so they’re pretty, not pesky.

Both women said they’re married to the garden once summer roles around. Watering, dead heading and general upkeep can take upwards of five hours a day.

It’s “exhausting” work, said McClain, but completely worthwhile.

“When someone comes by and says, ‘this is beautiful,’ you get so energized,” McClain said.

“Everyone feels like they can be part of it, and that’s great,” added Ingbritson.

Cyclists, pedestrians, dogs and all manner of creatures that wander through have embraced the garden.

Of note are a young man who was wanting a bouquet for his girlfriend; Bucky the beaver; some challenging deer and over the course of this interview on Thursday, a porcupine wandered by.

The latter prompted a cyclist to tell the two women that he’d never seen anything like that in the wild.

Community really does bloom on the pathway.

While the women say it’s a labour

of love, six years, hundreds of hours and countless dollars in, they’re now hoping to find some helping hands and a few donations.

“We’d really like some volunteers to share in watering, weeding or gifted people with a desire to share their talents and creativity,” said McClain.

The list of donations and work needed includes: Top soil, brick, light weight garden houses, weeds sprayed, lattice, organic compost, campy to work under during the hot weather, lawn chairs, lawn edging, ground covering, decorative solar lights and two small benches for people to gather.

To get in contact with the women, call 250-860-3463. @kelownanewsKAT

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Growth is helping West Kelowna deliver more services to its residents this year.

According to the district’s chief financial officer Tanya Garost, new growth identified by a review the B.C. Assessment Authority did in West Kelowna in 2014, has resulted in the ability of the municipality to hire more people to deliver more servives.

“While the average homeowner will not see a huge difference, service levels are being raised,” said Garost.“It’s more about maturing as a municipality.”

West Kelowna held its annual budget open house to gather feed back from the public Wednesday, and this year added a few more topics of discussion for those who attended—the move to reclassify West

Kelowna as a city from a district municipality, its plan to offer reductions in development cost charges in the Westbank Town Centre area for the next three years to help spur development there and its newly reorganized strategic plan priorities.

The budget anticipates the municipality will take in $85.9 million in revenue this year, $26.9 million of which will come from property taxes.

The strategic plan, broken into four parts, contains priorities such as the new West Kelowna civic centre/municipal hall, a tourism strategy review, a plan to attract investment to agricultural lands adjacent to the Westbank Centre, local business promotion and technology sector development in the number one rated section, titled economic development.

As is the case for each priority, the timeframe for

completion ranges from this year to 2018. The overall plan, and priority placing, will be reviewed each year.

In the number two section, community enhancement, initiatives such as a recreation facilities master plan, a parks master plan, a transit review, access to Interior Health services in West Kelowna, community wildfire protection and evacuation, a neighbourhood hub/ centre and connectivity plan, a cultural plan, waterfront land acquisition and a bylaw enforcement review are included.

The third section includes development services enhancements, a review of the Good Neighbour bylaw, an external review of council, establishing a recreation reserve fund, public process for development, a review of water

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and sewer utilities for efficiencies and a social policy for the district.

The fourth and final section, with timeframes ranging from 2016 to 2018, includes regular community consultation sessions and initiatives, an official community plan review, a community recognition policy, the continuation of building what the district calls a “collaborative” relationship with the Westbank First Nation and a new grant in aid category for sports travel for teams representing the district elsewhere.

District chief operating officer Jim Zaffino said while many of initiatives are already known by the public, there are some new ones that council felt were important to add.

One of the initiatives that rose up the ranks of importance was the cultural plan, which is now in the second category.

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That was good news for open house attendee Kimberleigh Trops, a member of the new Suk’wt’msqilxw West Kelowna Arts Council.

“I’m really happy to see it gaining prominence,” said Trops.

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The district plans to use the alternative approval process to seek resident approval.

While district officials say nothing will change other than the official name— City of West Kelowna

instead of District of West Kelowna—there is a prestige value that will be gained. And that could help with economic development.

Zaffino said the cost will be minimal—he estimated $3,000— and he noted changing signs and other identifiers of West Kelowna will only be changed as they need to be replaced.

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Lake Country council passed a motion this week to move to referendum on the question of whether it

can borrow $2.6 million toward the purchase of the CN Rail corridor between Kelowna and Coldstream along with partners Kelowna and the

North Okanagan Regional District (NORD).

Residents of Lake Country will be asked the same question as was put to voters in a

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Beginning Monday, March 9, at 7 a.m., Ellis Street will be closed between Doyle Avenue and the north side of the Library Parkade (mid-block from Cawston Avenue) until April 10 to continue utility upgrades.

During this construction period, parking for businesses and services north of the Library Parkade, including Interior Health, can be accessed from Cawston Avenue during the road closure.

The Okanagan Regional Library and the Library Parkade will remain open and can be accessed via the Doyle Avenue entrance. Pedestrian access to the library and parking along Ellis Street and Doyle Avenue will also be maintained.

Construction hours are scheduled Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Water service tie-ins and sidewalk excavation will mainly be done between midnight and 6 a.m. to mitigate impact to businesses and pedestrians.

A new all-way stop at the intersection of Doyle Avenue and Water Street has been installed to facilitate traffic movement, particularly at peak times.

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purchase agreement with CN is March 31, but the closing date is June 1, 2015,” said Michael Mercer, director of engineering and environmental services.

“We will be working with CN in the coming days on any agreement amendments that may be necessary to accommodate the referendum.

“To date CN has been very understanding of our challenge and is willing to work with us.”

The other half of Lake Country’s $5.2 million share of the deal will come from Kelowna as the city will purchase part of the corridor through Lake Country and allow the district to pay it back over time.

Kelowna will pay $7.6 million and NORD $1.9 with both groups able to fund the purchase through their financial reserves.

Lake Country will also hold advance voting days in the referendum in each of its wards leading up to the general referendum voting day on April 25.

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failed alternative approval process that failed last month when more than 10 per cent of the electorate voted no to the borrowing bylaw.

Now, both the yes and no sides will get a chance to vote in the referendum that will take place on April 25 in Lake Country.

“This is our only option moving forward,” said Lake Country Mayor James Baker.

“We have received a lot of support from people who want us to buy it. It would be a great benefit to our community.

“It is critical for all residents to come out to vote, to ensure they have their say in shaping our community’s future and to be informed in making that decision.”

While it was expected Lake Country was going to have to raise its portion of the $22 million tentative deal by March 31, the district’s point person on the deal says there is some wiggle room in the process and they continue to work with CN. “The end of the due diligence period on the negotiated sales and

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Tourism Kelowna spent over $800,000 on a marketing campaign spotlighting the Central Okanagan in 2014 but says it was able to

leverage that money into nearly $3.5 million dollars in advertising exposure through a strategy that included the use of freelance journalists, social media as well as targetted online marketing.

The advertising strategy leveraged ways to add value to the dollars spent through traditional marketing avenues like television and print while getting its message out with online campaigns that interacted with

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“Our external advertising creates that urge to visit the area,” said Nancy Cameron, president and CEO of Tourism Kelowna. “We’re trying to convince people to book their trip here and once they get here we have in-venue guides to get people to visit more attractions.”

Cameron laid out Tourism Kelowna’s marketing strategy and the results of it to Lake Country council this week in an annual presentation.

Last year was the third year Lake Country joined the regional marketing group and Cameron said many Lake Country attractions are popular with tourists, including one of the most popular in the entire region, the Kangaroo Creek Farm in Lake Country.

As part of its marketing plan Tourism Kelowna spent $150,000 to bring 100 journalists to the Central Okanagan to write travel and tourism stories in a variety of different magazines. Two full-time tourism staff members work to attract travel writers to the area throughout the year.

“We bring those journalists here and they write stories about the area,” said Cameron.

“They wrote 129 articles with a circulation of over 25 million. If we had to purchase that advertising it would have cost over $2 million.”

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“It’s been quite effective.”

Advertising online also allows Tourism Kelowna to quickly change its focus if a certain message doesn’t appear to be working, added Cameron.

“We can see how our advertising resonates and if the pickup is not strong then we will shift it,” she said.

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Other strategies Tourism Kelowna continues to use is marketing its golf partnership that is into its fourth year, marketing the region as a golf destination with 12 championship golf courses involved in the partnership.

Not surprisingly, traffic on Tourism Kelowna’s social media platforms is also growing rapidly with traffic on Facebook (27 per cent increase), Twitter (up 32 per cent) and You Tube videos (up 37 per cent), all showing significant growth. @KP_media1

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marketing is also allowing the group to be able to create more engaging content such as ads in online magazines or websites like theweaternetwork. com where visitors would click on an ad and be sent to a video on the Tourism Kelowna web site.

Cameron said the advertising with web sites such as the Weather Network allows for a targeted approach that went after people living in places that might not have the same weather patterns as the Okanagan.

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City in Action Council received a report on the progress made in 2014 and the plans for 2015 to meet the City’s climate action goals in order to fulfill the public reporting requirement for the provincial Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program grant. The City is requesting a return of $234,832, the total amount of carbon tax the City paid directly in 2014, which will be used for capital or operational projects that help lower energy and greenhouse gas emissions.

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After Tuesday’s public hearing, Council approved development of a new 58,000 sq.ft. brewery facility with accessory brew pub and tasting room. The building will be located on the north side of Clement Avenue, adjacent to its intersection with Ethel Street. Construction is expected to begin later in 2015 and is expected to be complete by mid-2016. kelowna.ca/council

PubliC notiCes spring into Action with City programs Registration is open for all spring activities and programs. Spring into action with a new fitness routine or activity – like painting, cooking or photography!

To view the complete list of activities and programs or to register online, visit kelowna. ca/recreation. Set up your online registration by calling 250-469-8800 to get your account pin and client barcode.

notice of Disposition

Pursuant to Section 26 of the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Kelowna intends to enter into a Land Exchange Agreement involving 559 & 579 Truswell Road, PIDs 008-531-935 & 008-532-010, Lot A & B Section 1 Township 25 Osoyoos Division Yale District Plan 15736 with Paul & Agnieszka Bereznicki.

Requested zoning change: From the RU1 – Large Lot Housing zone to the RM3 – Low Density Multiple Housing zone. owner/Applicant: Simple Pursuits Inc. / Shane Worman

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Lot A, Section 32, Township 29, ODYD, Plan 40890, Except Plan KAP74909 Bylaw No. 11065 (Z14-0034) The applicant is proposing to rezone a portion of the subject property in order to facilitate a subdivision into two (2) lots.

The public may review copies of the proposed disposition at the Office of the City Clerk at City Hall 3rd Floor City Hall, from 8am-4pm, Monday to Friday.

Requested zoning change: From the A1 – Agriculture 1 zone to the RR1 – Rural Residential 1 zone (See Map “A”) owner/Applicant: Emil Anderson Construction Co. Ltd.

inFo: 250-469-8610

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Comments can be made in person at the public hearing, or submitted online by email to cityclerk@kelowna.ca, or by letter to the Office of the City Clerk, 1435 Water Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 1J4.

Notice is given that City Council will hold a Public Hearing on: tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 6pm Kelowna City Hall, 1435 Water street Council Chambers

Presentations at the public hearing are limited to a maximum of five minutes. If a person has additional information they shall be given further opportunity to address Council after all other members of the public have been heard a first time.

Council will hear representations from the public who deem an interest in the properties affected by proposed amendments to Zoning Bylaw 8000 for:

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no representation will be received by Council after the conclusion of the public hearing.

Lot 1, Section 19, Township 26, ODYD, Plan 29557 Bylaw No. 11064 (Z15-0004)

Correspondence, petitions and e-mails relating to this application must include your name and civic address. Petitions should be signed by each individual and show the address and/

The applicant is proposing to rezone the subject property in order to permit row housing.

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The public may review copies of the proposed bylaws, Council reports and related materials online at kelowna.ca/council or at the Office of the City Clerk at City Hall from 8am-4pm, Monday to Friday, as of March 3, 2015 and up to and including March 17, 2015. inFo: 250-469-8645

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PubliC Meeting Notice is given that City Council will hold a public meeting on: tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 6pm Kelowna City Hall, 1435 Water street Council Chambers In compliance with Council Policy No. 359, the following food primary liquor license amendment application is currently under consideration by Kelowna City Council:

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Lot 1, District Lot 139, ODYD, Plan 2733 LL15-0001 The applicant is requesting Council support for the proposed Food Primary Liquor License amendment application.

Proposed Change of Hours: From the current hours of operation of Sunday to Saturday 9am12am to Sunday to Saturday 9am-1am. owner/Applicant: George Peter Boychuk / Luigi Coccaro Comments can be made in person at the public meeting, or submitted online by email to cityclerk@kelowna.ca, or by letter to the Office of the City Clerk, 1435 Water Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 1J4.

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Correspondence and petitions received between March 3, 2015 and 4pm on Monday, March 16, 2015 shall be copied and circulated to City Council for consideration at the public meeting.

Any submissions received after 4pm on Monday, March 16, 2015 will not be accepted.

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Fuhr: Our PM is failing Canadians

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Fuhr, a pilot whose work regularly takes him to the Egyptian capital, is particularly touched by the story of Fahmy, given that he’s met with him twice in recent months and has been able to hear his story first-hand.

“I wanted to see first hand, from the source, if what I was reading was the case,” he said.

Fahmy, along with two other journalists— Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohamed—were

coming to their aid if the need were to arise given what’s happened to journalist Mohamed Fahmy, says the federal Liberal candidate for Kelowna-Lake Country.

“For some unknown reason the prime minister and the government of Canada are not putting their back in to getting this guy home and as a Canadian, I don’t feel good about that,” said Stephen Fuhr, from his hotel room in Cairo.

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Stephen Fuhr, (right) federal Liberal candidate for Kelowna-Lake Country riding, with journalist Mohamed Fahmy. arrested for giving support to the Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt labels a terrorist group.

The journalists denied they were terrorists and argued they were just doing their job during their trial—a perspective the international community has largely supported— but in December 2013 they were convicted and sentenced to seven years in jail.

Last month Fahmy, a dual citizen of Canada and Egypt, was released on bail after 400 days in jail.

He’d expected to be home in Canada by now. Instead, explained Fuhr, the Egyptian court ordered a second trial for his case and Fahmy remains in Egypt.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird could have used their influence to get Fahmy home, but they haven’t, said Fuhr.

Fuhr explained that Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott had intervened on Greste’s behalf, speaking to the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi three times.

“Harper did not speak with the Egyptian president to secure his release,” he said.

“If you watch question period, you get the impression Harper sent emails and letters…

People have asked, ‘Have you phoned?’ and they skirted the question.”

In addition to the prime

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minister’s perceived lack of action, Fuhr has been told that Baird has failed Fahmy.

During a recent visit to Cairo, Baird had said Fahmy wouldn’t have to serve the rest of his sentence if he were to be deported to Canada.

“That flies in the faces of an agreement being made,” said Fuhr, explaining that the agreement with between governments would see Egypt release foreigners convicted of crimes there to be deported to their home countries for trial or detainment.

Fuhr is also concerned Fahmy has yet to get back his Canadian passport, something he surrendered early on in this process, as it limits his freedom in the security-oriented country.

Although it may seem like a problem far removed from every day life in the Okanagan, Fuhr said that he’d like to see Canadians start putting pressure on the government to ensure that citizens abroad are protected.

“They need to reach out to their MPs, if they feel that Canadians abroad deserve better from the government,” he said. “Most people feel if there’s a problem, the Canadian government will come to their aid…

We need to get the guy a passport and the Prime Minister needs to step up, get personally involved, and assure (Fahy) that the government is doing everything that we can to

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Entrepreneur hopefuls make their best pitch Kathy Michaels

grants.

“We work with them to provide a business in a box so they can buy and generate their own income from a minimal investment,” he said.

Ungaro says there are no other food bikes in North America, only food trucks. And, if it isn’t already obvious, the environmental benefits to literally pedalling one’s wares are significant.

“You save approximately 100 pounds of CO2 emissions over a food truck, daily,” he said, adding that the bikes use biodegradable materials and are powered by battery, propane and human strength.

Although Ungaro felt good about the interview, there were more than 30 other Kelowna entrepreneurs vying for business support, said Dragons’ Den producer Nicole MacKay. On average, each year producers send anywhere from 10 to 15 Kelowna residents to Toronto to make their pitch to the real Dragons, said producer Whether any of them will make it beyond the cutting room floor,

Donnie Ungaro walked away from his audition with the producers of the CBC program Dragons Den Wednesday, feeling pretty confident.

“It couldn’t have gone better,” said the socially minded entrepreneur behind Culinary Ink at the open-call the national broadcaster annually holds in Kelowna.

“I hit the targets I wanted to hit—I feel really good.”

The amount of time the Dragons’ “gate keepers” spent with him indicated they had similarly positive feelings.

After Ungaro made his argument for $50,000 in exchange for 10 per cent ownership of his food bike business, he and two producers left the curtained-off audition space at Okanagan College to take a look at the bike he parked in the common area. There, producers went quite a bit over the standard fiveminute interview, asking questions and checking things out.

If that time out front translates to Dragon approval down the road,

Two local churches join under one roof Kelowna is about to be engaged by a newly formed community of faith.

The congregations of St. Aidan’s Anglican (Anglican Church of Canada) and Faith Lutheran (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada) have joined together to form a parish that will primarily serve the community of Rutland and the surrounding area.

Rev. Richard D. Schulz will serve as the pastor for this new parish.

Schulz began his ministry in this community on Feb. 12, 2015, and will now be formally inducted as the amalgamated church’s first minister.

This service of worship will take place on Friday, March 13, 7 p.m.

The service will be held at Faith Lutheran Church, 250 Gibbs Road West in Kelowna. A reception will follow.

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Donnie Ungaro, of Culinary Ink, is hoping the Dragons will buy into his ethical food bike business model.

Ungaro could be soon rolling his food bikes across North America, helping those most in need along the way.

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however, remains to be seen. Only 100 of the 200 chosen from across the country ever do.

“Chances are OK, but it’s all about the passion and how great the idea is,” said MacKay. And, chances are, the great ideas from Kelowna will likely have an Okanagan flavour.

“Every city you go to, you see a different kind of market that people are targeting,” said MacKay.

“So I’ve seen a lot of outdoor activities, a lot of golf, boating and that sort of thing… all the fun stuff that people like to do in the Okanagan.”

There were plenty of people with those kinds of ideas, to boot.

“For Kelowna we do really well, considering the size of the city,” she said. “It’s actually comparable to our Vancouver and Calgary auditions… you have

some good entrepreneurs here and some good ideas here.”

Those chosen to go to Toronto to pitch with to the Dragons are expecting a call in the next two weeks.

If you or someone you know have been selected, call or email the Capital News and share with us your story. @kelownanewsKAT

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Long-term benefits to CN Rail trail idea To the editor: I am thrilled to hear that there is a possibility that the old abandoned rail line from Kelowna to Vernon may be converted to a trail.

I moved here last year after selling my waterfront home on Georgian Bay in The Blue

LETTER OF THE WEEK Mountains of Ontario. The buyers were attracted to this four-season recreational area for lifestyle living and to my surprise their first question was about the Georgian Trail.

Some of the information I gave them may be interesting to the residents of Lake Country as it relates to the current rail acquisition debate.

The Georgian Trail was developed in 1989 and celebrated its 25th anniversary last year. It is a 34 km trail described as a linear

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park, a ribbon of green following the route of the old Northern Railway Line traversing from Collingwood Harbour on the east along the south shore of Georgian Bay through The Blue Mountains, Thornbury Harbour & ending in Meaford Harbour on the west.

The hard-packed granular surface is ideal for walkers, joggers, cyclists and is wheel chair accessible. In the winter months, the trail is used by crosscountry skiers and snowshoers.

No motorized vehicles are allowed on the trail. It is not only a great asset for residents who use the trail but also has a positive effect on property value appreciation.

The Georgian Trail is maintained by volunteers. Donations are acknowledged with a family name on stone plaques for sections of the trail or on benches and tax receipts are issued.

To me, the Okanagan is nature inspired living and the trail along the beautiful lakes of Lake Country will be a great addition to our lifestyle.

Harry J Dolan, Kelowna

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Will the ‘no’ side please stand up and speak But it didn’t work out that I tried to get a hold of one of the way in Lake Country, partly organizers of the ‘no’ campaign No Boundaries due to a campaign that in Lake Country’s failed AAP on began late in the five week borrowing money to purchase the process with a door-to-door CN Rail corridor last week, to ask KEVN distribution of some “facts” about the opposition to the district’s PARNELL on the proposed borrowing attempts to purchase part of the bylaw. corridor.

Whoever was distributing And while I was successful in the sheets also came forward to the Lake Country finding at least one person responsible for floating Calendar, purchasing an ad that had all of the same what the district said was misinformation out into misinformation as the hand-outs you may or may the community, getting him to talk on the record not have received in your mail box. was a different matter.

This campaign came after the district had held It is hard to quote a dial-tone, don’t you know. two open houses on the AAP and also posted the When Lake Country decided to hold an information on its website.

Alternative Approval Process to try and gain voters Confident that most Lake Country taxpayers were assent to borrow $2.6 million, it was assumed, in support of the proposal, the district allowed the at least by the media, that the process would be process to move forward, only sending out more successful. public information and a fact sheet once it realized Termed controversial anytime it is used, an AAP the no side had taken steps to thwart the process only needs 10 per cent of the public to say no to with inaccurate information. vote it down.

So after the AAP failed, it felt like a legitimate Those in favour of whatever the AAP is asking, question to the ‘no’ side to get their comment. need not do a thing.

But apparently they don’t want to talk.

It’s a cheaper, and some would argue easier, way When I phoned the man who purchased an ad to get voters to approve something.

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in the Calendar, I was hung up on after asking for a comment on the process.

When I phoned back and asked a few more questions I had the same response.

I have the man’s name and address sitting right in front of me. I’ve confirmed it and could post it here in this column but I won’t do that.

What I can tell you is when he came into the Calendar office, he didn’t seem to have accurate information on the potential purchase.

He even asked those in our office what might be some reasons to oppose the deal. It was at this point, as a reporter, I decided I did not wish to discuss the issue with someone who was not informed.

He then decided to buy an ad but was adamant his name not be used and instead it was noted he was a concerned taxpayer. We probably should have shown him the door at this point.

Contacting him on a Vancouver cell phone, I asked the man whether he was a full-time Lake Country resident and received a no comment.

I asked why he didn’t want to talk. Nothing. I said I thought he would be happy the process failed, and

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Hunting regulation changes finalized

After more than 10 years of review and negotiations, it’s time to put the issue of wildlifeharvest allocation behind us and have some certainty.

At the end of the day, all stakeholders want the same thing—healthy wildlife populations that can be sustainably used by all groups.

Obviously the issue is contentious, with a middle ground that was hard to find. If it weren’t, it wouldn’t have taken a marathon 18 months of intensive negotiations to determine how to allocate the 7,500 big-game animals affected by allocation.

Under the decision, an estimated 60 total animals have been moved to guide-outfitter hunts. Regardless of this decision, resident hunters will continue to harvest about 92 per cent of the approximately 48,000 big game animals taken annually by hunters.

Many popular big-game species are not affected at all, including mule deer, white-tailed deer, most Rocky Mountain elk populations and black bear. This is because allocation is required only for species in areas that

cannot be managed solely MLA’s Report by general open season and only in the STEVE parts of British THOMSON Columbia covered by guiding territories.

Hunting and fishing are key parts of many British Columbian families’ lives and I am committed to keeping it this way. In fact, the increase in resident hunters from 82,000 10 years ago to over 102,000 today is in part because of resident hunter recruitment and retention strategies introduced and implemented by our government.

The decision on wildlifeharvest allocation also reflects this commitment. Under the decision, resident hunters continue to be recognized as having priority over non-resident hunters. Resident hunters make an important contribution toward the economy in this province by pursuing their passion for hunting and fishing, and it is anticipated this will

continue. They also make large and ongoing contributions to wildlife stewardship.

The guideoutfitter industry also plays a valuable role, encouraging tourism and providing income for British Columbia residents and families.

Out-of-province guide-outfitter clients are some of the highestspending tourists per capita in British Columbia.

I am also committed to maintaining the viability of the guide-outfitter industry, and to do that, this allocation decision was required. That said, I am sensitive to concerns of resident hunters. It was for this reason that I revisited my December 2014 determination and found strategic ways to reduce the transfer of animals from 110 down to 60. Guide outfitters were not happy about this shift, but I felt it was important to balance the priority of resident harvest with the need of business certainty for guides.

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To the editor: Re: the purchase of the CN rail bed Just what are the tax payers buying? I have been told that CN never purchased the land nor have title to it. If CN were given a rightof-way easement to lay their tracks, is it transferable?

I think it would be very,very prudent to check this out closely.

Can you just see the court cost adding up, if local governments try to go ahead with this?

I would like to see this project go ahead, but as a joint provincial-federal park or parks Canada to step up to the plate.

In my opinion the local taxpayers just can’t afford to foot this bill.

Frank Adams, Vernon

Tax on the poor shameful To the editor: I read with interest the letter by Monika Hudecova on the subject of the B.C. tax system (No fan of our politicians, Capital News, March 4), and I would like to address a few issues she has raised.

I moved from Alberta to B.C. in 2013, and have prepared tax returns for other people since 1981.

The reduction in the basic personal amount from $11,354 in 2012 to $10,276 in 2013 and $9,869 in 2014 is an injustice to low income earners in the province.

A reasonable argument can be made to have the threshold at the federal basic personal amount of $11,138 in 2014. It is appalling that anyone who has a taxable income of less than $10,000 in 2014 be subjected to paying any amount of provincial income tax while being exempt at the federal level.

By point of comparison, Alberta has a basic

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he said that may be true but he wasn’t going to say. I said I just want to talk to someone on the no side. He said he would find someone and get back to me. Then all I heard was a dial tone. And I’m still waiting for the callback from the group.

Or maybe it was just a one-man show to attempt to scuttle the process with misinformation. Maybe he wants to purchase part of the corridor himself, what could be the next step if the municipalities can’t make a deal.

In the end, the process failed by less than 30 votes. Some people were talked into a no vote, then asked for their ballot back when

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they were given the proper information.

Many people called the district and were confused about the facts.

The no campaign had its desired effect. The AAP failed and now the process is continuing as the group tries to find another way. Maybe a referendum. Maybe not.

But whatever you receive in your mail, or read in your newspaper, it might be best to question it before following along blindly.

As for the no side, there is still time to stand up for what you believe in and answer a few questions. For now, your no comment is speaking volumes.

Kevin Parnell is a reporter for the Kelowna Capital news and Lake Country Calendar. @KP_media1

personal amount of $17,787in 2014, and this will increase to $18,214 in 2015. Why should someone with a taxable income of $17,750 in Lethbridge pay no provincial income tax, while a resident of Vernon with the same income will pay hundreds of dollars to the B.C. tax coffers?

While tax rates among provinces vary among different income ranges, it is evident that low income residents in B.C. have been shafted by their government.

Lowering the basic personal amount in successive years is nothing less than a tax grab punishing the poorest citizens. It is shameful and disgusting tax policy while promoting the myth that no tax increase has actually occurred.

Bruce Gajerski, Kelowna

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Kelowna airport eying European routes Alistair Waters awaters@kelownacapnews.com

YLW wants to be your link to Europe.

Kelowna International Airport, which uses the slogan “Your Link to the World,” in it’s marketing as a nod to its identification letters, is seeking public input about possible future European direct routes.

The airport is asking the travelling public to fill out a survey that asks about where in Europe people here want to fly to, how frequently they would travel, if they have family or business connections in Europe that would make them travel more frequently and where they fly out of now if heading to Europe.

According to airport director Sam Samaddar, with a runway now long enough to handle the large jets needed for direct fights between Kelowna and European

airports, it’s time to start building a case for future flights that can be made to potential airline clients.

But, he warned, securing routes anywhere—whether it be in Canada, North America or Europe—can take years. One example is the current Kelowna to San Francisco route, which took five years of lobbying. It was originally Kelowna to Los Angeles but was changed by United last fall to San Francisco (Kelowna’s first choice) because San Francisco is the U.S. airlines West Coast hub.

The now wellestablished Kelowna to Seattle route, operated

by Alaska Airlines, nearly six years to secure, said Samaddar.

In the case of direct flights to Europe, it could take even longer as larger aircraft are needed to service the routes— planes carrying at least 250 people—and as a

result the commitment of an airline would be even greater than an airline flying to West Coast destinations in North America from Kelowna.

But Samaddar said the airport is committed to extending its flight network and is starting the process of gauging the local travelling public’s appetite for European routes.

“When we (extended) the runway in 2008, we said we wanted to develop our intercontinental reach, and that’s what we are doing,” he said.

Kelowna’s airport, the 10th busiest airport in Canada, hit the 1.6 million passenger mark in 2014, a year ahead of schedule. During the recession, when other airports were losing passengers, Kelowna,inexplicably, saw a slight increase. Since the end of the recession, those numbers have just

gotten stronger and 2014 ended with the 24th straight month of record passenger numbers.

While it would be a coup for a mediumsized Western Canadian airport such as Kelowna to secure a direct European route, airport management say they are not only focussing their attention on that part of the world.

Samaddar said at the same time, the local airport has three other “thrusts” underway, more interprovincial routes in Canada, trying to get year-round direct flights to Toronto—currently they are seasonal—and securing a direct route to a Mid-Western U.S. major airport to allow better connections to Atlantic coast cities.

To participate in the airport’s European route survey, go to YLW’s website: ylw.kelowna.ca or directly to the survey at ylwgoeurope.ca.

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As part of Interior Savings Unplug and Play Week, Extra Foods at the Capri Centre Mall presents $1,000 generated from the book sale to the School District 23 to support literacy programs for young children.

Kasugai Gardens has re-opened Kasugai Gardens is now open again.

The gardens, located next to Kelowna City Hall, will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. up until Victoria Day weekend in May. Throughout the summer months, the gardens will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. until Labour Day weekend.

The gardens were completed in 1987 to symbolize the friendship between Kelowna and sister city Kasugai, Japan, sister cities since 1981.

The United Way of the Central and South Okanagan Similkameen (CSO) officially closed the 2014 campaign last week after extending the campaign deadline.

The final total of $1,313,482 represents one of the highest campaign achievements in the 65-year history of United Way CSO. The United Way would like to extend sincere thanks for the generosity and trust of the community, including employee workplace campaigns, corporate and individual donors, corporate and media sponsors and volunteers who invested time, money or both in the various campaign events and fundraising efforts in 2014.

The breakdown for 2014 donations is as follows: • Workplace/Employee Payroll Deductions: $578,900 • Corporate donations: $328,268 •Individual Donations: $323,483 • Special Events: $82,831 “This was an extraordinary year that has the potential to make extraordinary impact throughout the Okanagan Similkameen,” said Shelley Gilmore, executive director.

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The impact teams are dedicated and skilled volunteers who are entrusted with thoroughly assessing requests for funding, and in making recommendations that honour the generosity and intentions of United Way supporters.

“The organizations we work with are addressing important issues in our region,” said Avril Paice, community investment director.

“We assess each application against stringent criteria to ensure that our investments produce impact on priority needs.

“Once an investment is made, we track the results to ensure that a measurable and lasting difference is being made in our community.”

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Passing on seed starting knowledge I will be conducting a short workshop on Saturday on the topic o starting seeds and cuttings at home.

This workshop is another installment of the seminar series put on by Bylands Garden Centre.

I grew up in the greenhouse business owned by my parents Ernie and Evelyn Burnett on Ethel Street, across from where Cottonwoods exists today.

When my grandpa began to farm the little 10-acre piece of land, it was a big change from farming his large prairie farm in Weyburn, Sask.

And the plants he grew were a far cry from grain.

Onions, potatoes, corn and of course tomatoes were our local mainstays.

In order to plant out tomatoes in the field, he needed seedling plants.

In the beginning, he purchased them from various local greenhouse operations. I can name a few off the top of my head—Charters Greenhouses were on Bordon Avenue, Beblows Greenhouses on Cadder, across the street from Beblows was Cadder Avenue Greenhouses owned by the Ueda family, and the Richter Street Greenhouses on the corner of Harvey and Richter.

The largest operation was right across the street from Grandpa Burnett’s land, the Lysons Greenhouses, owned and operated by Hubert B.D.

From The Ground Up DON BURNETT Lysons, a then state-ofthe-art setup with coal fired hot water heating and automatic ventilation systems. By 1925, grandpa had built his first greenhouse attached to the family home. It was about 18 feet wide and 50 feet long and was actually sunk into the ground about three feet.

In this greenhouse, he grew the seedlings needed to plant in the fields so he didn’t have to rely and buy from other growers. It wasn’t very long until he needed to grow more plants than this little greenhouse could produce, with demand from other field growers for seedlings.

So he built his first full-sized 125-foot-long greenhouse and then decided to go into the hot house tomato and cucumber business.

He then built two more. By then, my dad had joined up with my grandpa in the operation under the name A. Burnett and Son. By the time I came into the picture in the 1950s, the business had grown to six 27-by125 foot greenhouses and five 27-by-60-foot greenhouses producing thousands of pounds of product as well as

bedding plants and nursery stock for the retail customers in Kelowna, the population at that time being about 10,000.

Even as a young child, I took a keen interest in the greenhouse activities and chores. I can still remember the sounds and smells of the greenhouses, especially in the early spring when they would gradually be filled with plants.

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session this Saturday at Bylands will be so special for me, as I can share all those years of experience growing plants from cuttings and seed.

You don’t need to own a greenhouse to benefit from this session although it may set the stage for one as time goes on.

See you this Saturday at Bylands Garden Centre, 1600 Byland Road in West Kelowna, starting at 1:30 p.m. The following Saturday, March 14, I will be repeating my popular pruning session.

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Reusable cutlery and reusable drink containers are also helpful to have.

The right gear makes it easier to pack healthy and safe food for you and your family.

Second, have easy to grab pack-and-go items ready in your fridge, freezer and pantry.

Here are some of my favourites: • Gourmet home-made lunchables: Sliced chicken breast, cheese cut into triangles, whole grain crackers, red pepper strips and apple slices. Use leftover chicken, turkey or roast beef instead of deli meats to save money, and cut the amount of salt by more than half.

• Rainbow veggies and dip: Wash and cut a variety of colourful veggies and store them in sealed containers in the fridge. Pack into baggies or containers as needed with pre-portioned dip. Plain Greek yogurt mixed with a bit of salad dressing makes an easy, protein and calcium loaded dip. Bean dips are also terrific and provide long lasting energy.

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Travel NATION IN FLUX

Gail Rosenblum Contributor

Young adults gathered outside the large front windows of the opulent Hotel Parque Central, in the cultural core of Old Havana.

Many wore designer jeans. They raised their arms high.

For a moment, I thought they were holding lit matches, rockconcert style. Then I moved close to see what glowed in their hands.

Smartphones.

Those teens and 20-somethings, whose entire lives were shaped by the United States’ 54year embargo, had come to access the hotel’s Wi-Fi. They were using 21st century technology to connect to a vast world, just as we giddy Americans arrived to devour the lost-in-time mysteries of their long forbidden island.

Of every marvelous, multicolored memory I could share about my September trip to Cuba, this one is my favorite. Even then— three months before President Barack Obama’s dramatic call to “chart a new course” through the re-establishment of diplomatic ties and the easing of sanctions—I sensed profound change.

During an eight-day “people-to-people” educational exchange, my group of 18 saw a nation in flux.

That was evident as we walked beneath blockslong scaffolding abutting architectural restoration projects.

We tasted it at numerous privately owned restaurants, called “paladares,” springing up throughout Havana.

We heard it straight from the Cuban people, gracious, welcoming

and surprisingly candid about their political and economic frustrations.

The new rules, in part, allow U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba without a special government license, though they will still need to declare one of 12 purposes, including family visits, professional research, humanitarian projects and educational activities.

U.S. travelers can bring back up to $400 in souvenirs, including $100 worth of rum and cigars, two no-nos before December.

But as exciting as Obama’s announcement is, “Planet Cuba,” as our captivating Cuban tour guide called it, will remain elusive, and expensive, at least until the country’s infrastructure catches up with pent-up demand.

With the exception of high-end options, hotel rooms are limited.

The bed-and-breakfast industry is promising, but young.

Many city streets remain torn up. Few shop owners have the capacity to process credit card charges, though U.S. citizens are now free to use theirs.

Then there’s getting there: U.S. airlines won’t be flying regular commercial routes for a year at the earliest, according to predictions from those in the know.

Airlines seem keenly interested in expanding commercial service to the Caribbean’s largest island, a mere 90 miles from U.S. soil, but they cannot rush in.

Delta Air Lines operates about 250 charter flights to Cuba annually, “and seeds have been planted to allow things to start moving forward” on the commercial end, said spokesman Anthony Black.

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Enjoying the opulent bar inside a “paladare,” one of a growing number of privately owned restaurants or private homes.

“But we will have to take aircraft from somewhere else, allocate slots, determine the price of tickets and flight times.”

Sun Country also takes charter flights to Cuba; the airline did not respond to questions about whether it plans to offer regularly scheduled air service there.

For now, most people who want to travel to

Cuba will need to go with a tour company, and those prices can be steep.

According to our knowledgeable Cuban tour guide, an estimated 250,000 Americans visited Cuba in 2013, about half of them on sanctioned tours. (The other half likely entered illegally through Canada or Mexico, which could lead to sizable fines and serious heart-racing while

clearing U.S. customs.)

Former U.S. diplomat William Bundy, who has traveled to Cuba for 15 years, predicts that a complete end to travel limits would send five million U.S. tourists to Cuba in the next three years, and that would not be good for anybody.

“The tourism infrastructure isn’t there to support an influx like that,” he said.

“Tourists would be sleeping in the streets.”

“The last thing you want to do is advertise a product that everybody wants to buy and you can’t provide that product.

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The U.S. embargo was imposed in 1960, shortly after the Americansupported Batista regime was deposed by the Cuban revolution. And there Cuba remains.

It’s that Cuba— of horse-drawn carts galloping down highways, immaculately preserved 1950s car bodies painted turquoise and bubble-gum pink, ubiquitous street music, and not a single McDonald’s anywhere (with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base)—that drew us there like children to an ice cream truck.

The Cubans don’t want a Starbucks on every corner any more than we do.

“I do think the Cuban people will try to maintain their culture,” said Bob Stacke, who has absorbed Cuban rhythms during five trips there.

Stacke is the retired chairman of the music department at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.

Former diplomat Bundy agreed. He believes that even with an influx of money, Cuba will not turn into just another tourist destination.

“I am quite convinced that the Cubans are well aware of this problem and will not open the country willy-nilly,” he said.

Still, say many, don’t wait to find out, and if you can afford it, go now.

“People want to go now because you’re going to see the authentic Cuba,” said Robyn Hawkinson, Cuba product manager for international tour company Go Next.

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“This is such a historical time,” said Popper, whose organization offers six types of tours annually with 170 departure dates.

Since Obama’s Dec. 17 announcement, Popper’s Web traffic has increased sixfold, and bookings have tripled.

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82-year-old mother, Estelle. Our peopleto-people exchange was developed for the University of New Mexico Alumni Association, in partnership with Go Next.

Don’t let “educational exchange” scare you.

Yes, we were required to put in eight hours daily of engaging with the country and its citizens in Havana, Cienfuegos, Trinidad and Santa Clara.

But “engaging” with Cubans was generously interpreted. At 9 a.m. on our first Sunday, we were welcomed with our first lesson: a tall glass of “Vitamin R,” which stands for rum.

Our days included a concert by the world-class Orquestra de Camara and a demonstration by elite young dancers at an art high school. We practiced our salsa skills at lunchtime (prompted by Vitamin R consumption), shopped at open-air markets and visited master novelist Ernest Hemingway’s retreat, largely intact since he left it in the early 1960s: We stepped inside Che Guevara’s somber mausoleum, visited a coffee plantation and an organic farm. We toured the massive Christopher Columbus cemetery, where the guide joked that, “until four years ago, this was the only place in Cuba where

you could own private property.”

On our many scenic bus rides, our 26-yearold Cuban guide, Laura, regaled us with an encyclopedic knowledge of her country, the good and the challenging.

Education is free, through graduate school.

Everyone enjoys excellent government-funded medical care. Literacy is reported to be nearly 100 percent. Voter turnout is 97 per cent. Forty-five per cent of legislators are female.

But with jobs scarce and the average salary $40 a month, people rely on ration packets to make ends meet. Surprisingly, we had lots of time to venture out on our own once our educational day was complete.

Toward the end of the week, others in my group and I piled into a taxi, held together with duct tape, it seemed, and took a laugh-inducing, nonsanctioned taxi ride to the beach.

I saw the future there: North Americans traveling in droves to finally experience a country that is safe, rich in history, abundantly gifted with artists and musicians, fiercely independent and capable because it had to be, and warmly welcoming.

Go now to Cuba. Or go when you can. But go.

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Last Saturday night, the West Kelowna Warriors had doubts as to whether they’d even be in the B.C. Hockey League playoffs.

Less than a week later, Rylan Ferster’s club is in the thick of an Interior Division first-round battle with the first-place Penticton Vees.

After splitting the first two games this week in Penticton, the Okanagan rivals shift to Royal LePage Place tonight and Saturday for Games 3 and 4 in the best-of-seven matchup.

West Kelowna needed double overtime to grab the series opener 4-3 on Tuesday night in Penticton, before the Vees answered back with a 3-2 overtime verdict on Wednesday.

Scott Patton was solid in goal on both nights for the Warriors, stopping a combined 95 shots.

Warriors head coach and GM Rylan Ferster

said there hasn’t been much to choose between the two teams so far and looks for much the same this weekend.

“We’re playing a very good team and we’re playing well, too, so I’d say being tied up 1-1 is pretty indicative of the series,” said Ferster.

“This weekend is probably going to be similar to what we’ve seen the first two games.

They’re a really good offensive team so we want to try and limit their zone time, and not get into a run-and-gun situation with them.

“It’s a best-of-five now,” he added.

The Vees won five of seven meetings during the regular season and finished 27 points ahead of the Warriors in the standings. But, as they say, playoffs is a whole new season.

West Kelowna captain Andrew Johnson expects the series to simply come down to which team wants it most.

“I don’t think we can out-skill them, so outworking them would be the key to our success,” Johnson said.

“This time of year, it’s all about who wants it more.

“The hockey is fast and competitive and I wouldn’t expect anything different this weekend.”

Johnson and the Warriors went 5-0-0-1 in their last six games to sneak into the playoffs, one point ahead of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks who had the inside track but lost their last two games.

Based on the way their regular season ended, Johnson said the Warriors have been in a playoff mindset for a while now.

“It was a real testament to the character of the guys in the room that we were able to get in,” he said.

“Now we want to take advantage of the opportunity we’re getting.”

Face off for Games 3 and 4 between the

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Jonathan Desbiens (middle) and his West Kelowna Warriors will host Dominic Hannoun (right) and the Penticton Vees this weekend at Royal LePage Place in Games 3 and 4 of the first-round BCHL playoff series after the two teams split a pair of games in Penticton to open the series earlier this week..

Warriors and Vees Friday and Saturday at Royal LePage is 7 p.m.

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with a sixth game, if needed, Tuesday, March 10 in West Kelowna.

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As the No. 2-ranked team in the Canadian Hockey League, the Kelowna Rockets look to be in relatively good form with the WHL playoffs just around the corner.

Still, head coach Dan Lambert insists there’s room for improvement over the final two weeks and eight games of the regular campaign.

The Rockets are coming off back-to-back setbacks for only the

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second time this season, falling 2-1 Saturday at home to Calgary and 3-2 in overtime in Everett Tuesday.

With a busy schedule consisting of 13 games

over the last 25 days, practise time and fine tuning have been at a premium for the Rockets.

“I think with the number of games we’ve had the last month, we’ve been a little sloppy at times,” said Lambert.

“We haven’t been as sharp as we’d like, so we’d like to use these last eight games and practise time to clean things up, and get playing the way we need to be going into the playoffs.”

Injuries to key players have added to the

challenge for the Rockets over the last couple of weeks, but there are some lights at the end of the tunnel.

Lambert was hopeful Rourke Chartier would be cleared to play at some point this weekend.

The 19-year-old centre, who leads Kelowna with 46 goals, has missed the team’s last five games with what’s described as an upper body injury.

Neither defenceman Josh Morrissey nor forward Justin Kirkland are expected back from

lower body injuries before next week, but are getting closer.

“The good thing is we’ve got three full weeks before the playoffs begin, so hopefully that will give some of our guys a chance to get over the bumps and bruises,” Lambert said.

“As a coach you can’t do much about (injuries), you just have to go with lineup you have.

Hopefully we’ll be healthy for the playoffs, but that’s something you can’t control.”

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best season offensively with Kelowna, with 17 goals and 21 assists for 38 points in 56 games.

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Goulbourne, 21, was a third-round selection of the Flyers (72nd overall) in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Currently in his fifth full season with the Rockets, the 6-foot, 200-pound Goulbourne is having his

The Rockets will open the WHL playoffs March 27 and 28 at home against an undetermined opponent.

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Three Canada Games medals month.

Mckenna Colthorp opened in fourth position after the short program, but finished with the bronze medal after a second place free program. The 13-year-old OKMSS student nailed 3 triple jumps of her own for a total score of 107.79 points.

Kelowna’s Ajsha Gorman had a comeback of her own, as she opened in eighth place after the short segment, but finished 5th in the free skate. Her score of 96.74 points would leave her in 6th overall.

In the Pre-Novice Women’s event, 11-yearold Olivia Gran captured the silver medal thanks

to a 94.83 points finish, less than 2 points shy of the gold medal winner, Sarah-Maude Blanchard of Quebec. Gran had opened with a national record short program score of 41.37 points, but made a few errors in the free program on difficult triple jumps.

“Obviously, these results are amazing as they came against most of Canada’s top skaters,” said KSC Director Jason Mongrain.

“What makes it very special is that they all had high pressure events for the past few months, and really dug down to produce these performances so late in the season.”

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Kelowna Skating Club members made a vivid impression at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, winning a trifecta of medals last week in Prince George.

In the Novice Women’s event, 15-year-old Rachel Pettitt skated a flawless free program including three triple jumps to finish with a personal-best total score of 115.87 points and the gold medal.

Although Pettitt trains in Kelowna, she competed for Yukon as she hails from Whitehorse. It was her second major win of the season, as she also captured the Novice Women’s title at the Canadian Nationals last

Kelowna Skating Club members (left to right) Olivia Gran, Mckenna Colthorp and Rachel Pettitt were medal winners at the Canada Winter Games.

The Okanagan College Coyotes will celebrate baseball and spring with their season openers this weekend at Elks Stadium.

The Coyotes will host Eastern Washington University in a four-game set, beginning with a twin bill at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

“We are excited to be home, we had a great spring trip. We are looking forward to getting closer to conference,” said OC head coach Geoff White.

The Coyotes are coming off a 13-day road trip that saw them play 14 games in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Las Vegas, facing some very tough competition along the way.

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A trio of Big White Racers took to the slopes at Nakiska Mountain Resort Feb. 24 to 27 for the U18 national junior alpine championships.

Ryan Moffat, Meg Cumming and Simon Bernard competed in the four-day FIS event that featured Super G a single run speed event, Giant Slalom and Slalom both of which are two run combined time technical events.

On Day 1, Moffat, starting in the 93rd position, put in a strong effort to finish 22nd overall, 3.96 seconds behind the leader.

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leader. Cumming and Bernard each unfortunately fell and did not finish the race.

On the final day, Cumming laid down a strong run in the women’s slalom finish in ninth place with a two run combined time of 1:48.23, 7.90 seconds behind the leader. Moffat had his best finish of the series with an eighth place result in the men’s Slalom. He put down the fourth fastest time in the second run to finish

with a two- run time of 1:46.88, 4.18 seconds behind the leader.

“I’m really happy with the skiing of all our group,” said head coach Derek Trussler. “All three showed good speed and competitive results against an extremely fast field. It’s reassuring to know that Ryan continues to prove to be among the fastest for his age in the country.”

The threesome will compete this weekend at the Kuerig Cup in Rossland.

BWR TO CANAMS… Thanks to their performances at the Teck Alpine provincial ski races Feb. 26 to March 1, six Big White Racers have qualified for the U14 CanAms later this month.

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be successful. We had flashes of what we are capable of which is encouraging,” added White.

EWU has made one other trip to Kelowna in the past where the Coyotes took three of four in the fall of 2013.

The Coyotes expect

Marcus Drewry and Joel Lamont to lead the way on the mound.

“Marcus and Joel really established themselves as

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our go-to guys,” White explained. “Both have had impressive outings to start 2015 and we will look for them to continue that over the spring.”

Drewry (Senior, RHP, Parksville, BC) will get the nod in the opener while Lamont (Junior, RHP, White Rock, BC) will follow him in the night cap.

Offensively, the Coyotes have been led

by Ryo Shidido, Tony Olson, and Brandon Graham. Shishido is hitting .429, while Olson is right behind him at .348 while leading the team with six stolen bases.

“Both Shishido and Olson are guys who can run and make things happen offensively for us, they have a chance to get on with any ball put on the ground.”

The series with Eastern Washington will wrap up Sunday at 11 a.m. with a double header.

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OK Rockets square off with GV Canadians

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The defending champion Okanagan Rockets open the B.C. Major Midget League playoffs this weekend at home to the Greater Vancouver Canadians.

The best-of-three quarterfinal series starts tonight with Game 1 at 8:15 p.m. at CNC. Game 2 goes Saturday at 5:15 p.m., with a third, if necessary, set for Sunday at 10:15 a.m.

The Rockets (23-12-5) finished fourth in the BCMML, while the Canadians (21-16-3) were fifth, six points back of the Rockets. The Rockets went 1-2-1 against Greater Vancouver during the regular season.

BARRY COMMITS TO CLARKSON…

Former Okanagan Rockets goaltender Brendan Barry has earned an NCAA Div. 1 commitment from the Clarkson University Gold Knights for the 2016-17 season. Barry led the Rockets to the 2013 Telus Cup in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan after a sensational first season with the club.

Barry joined the BCHL’s Penticton Vees in the offseason and has continued his stellar play with a 10-2-00 record in his rookie season.

“We are extremely proud of Brendan and it’s nice to see the on-ice work he has put in over the years pay off,” said Rockets general manager David Michaud.

“Brendan is just the second 1997 goalie in Canada to receive a commitment, and the first in Western Canada, so that should put things in perspective on just how special it is for a 17-year-old goaltender to receive this commitment.”

The Golden Knights hockey program, located in Potsdam, NY, is one of the oldest in college hockey, dating back to 1921.

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Kelowna midget Rockets forward Juanre Naude chases down a loose puck against Kamloops in Game 3 of the Okanagan Mainline tier 1 final Sunday afternoon at CNC. The Rockets won the league title with an 8-1 victory to advance to the B.C. midget tier 1 finals March 15 to 20 in Comox.

The Kelowna Curling Club will play host to Curl B.C.’s provincial mixed championship from March 19 to 22.

The eight-rink field includes former B.C. men’s champ Dean Joanisse from Victoria, who was a runner-up to Jim Cotter at the B.C. men’s finals.

On Joanisse’s team are a pair of provincial bronze medalists— Shannon Aleksic who played with Kelowna’s Kelly Scott and the B.C. women’s championship, and Tyler Orme, who played with Kelowna’s Brent Pierce at the provincial men’s in Vernon.

The winner will represent B.C. at the Canadian mixed championship next fall.

Why You Need Vitamin C and Lysine for Heart Health and More...

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itamin C is arguably the single most important water soluble antioxidant in the human body. Antioxidants play a key role in protecting cells against free radicals, which can cause damage and play a role in heart disease, cancer and other diseases.

It’s tragic that researchers are unaware that high doses of vitamin C and lysine cannot only prevent, but reverse atherosclerosis in coronary and other arteries in the body.

Vitamin C is needed for the manufacture of collagen, the glue that holds cells together. A lack of vitamin C means poor collagen, resulting in cracks appearing between coronary cells thus setting the stage for fatal blood clot.

Recently, Dr. Sydney Bush, an English researcher, made this monumental discovery. He took photos of the retinal arteries and then gave patients 6,000 milligrams of vitamin C and 5,000 of lysine (lysine adds strength to coronary arteries just like steel rods increase the strength of concrete). A year later he repeated the pictures. To his surprise, he found atherosclerosis fading away.

The essential amino acid lysine is probably best known for its use in those with herpes simplex infections but several other benefits have been ascribed to the molecule, including favourable effects on blood pressure and stroke prevention but also a positive influence on mood and anxiety.

In addition to providing healthy collagen production and a healthy cardiovascular system, vitamin C and lysine supplementation helps support: • Immune system health • Vision • Teeth and gums • Wound healing • Bones and cartilage • Recovery from shingles • Recovery from herpes outbreaks This is why I’ve been taking high doses of vitamin C and lysine for the last 16 years following a heart attack. I believe it saved my life. Medi-C Plus™, containing high doses of vitamin C and lysine, is available in powder and capsules.

Millions of North Americans also suffer from osteoarthritis. Without sufficient vitamin C to produce collagen, a major component of cartilage, bone eventually grinds on bone. There would be fewer joint replacements if more vitamin C were available to produce healthy collagen.

Rheumatoid arthritis, the inflammatory type, also requires large doses of vitamin C. Every moment of the day our bodies are using oxygen to keep us alive. But oxidation results in metabolic ash, known as “free radicals”, which are believed to trigger an inflammatory reaction in joints.

Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that helps to reduce damaging free-radicals.

Patients often appear surprised when I tell them that vitamin C will help them keep their teeth a lifetime. By age 65 one in five North Americans has lost all their teeth and many of their teeth were normal. Rather, it was the gums that could no longer hold teeth firmly in place in part due to inadequate amounts of vitamin C. This vitamin is needed in large amounts to produce healthy collagen, the glue that holds cells together and keeps gums healthy.

Without good mortar bricks fall apart and the same happens when gums lacking collagen lose their grip on teeth.

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Bronze medal for U18 Kelowna KaPow boys’ squad The Kelowna KaPow U18 boys volleyball squad turned in a solid effort at the Super Series tournament last weekend in Kelowna, winning a bronze medal.

Team KaPow, from the Kelowna Volleyball Club, finished first in its pool, then defeated Kelowna’s U17 Kracken in the first

round of the playoffs.

In the semifinals, KaPow put up a fight before going down to defeat against a dominant Agoge team from the Fraser Valley, 2522 and 25-23.

In the bronze medal match, Kelowna rebounded for a 2-1 victory over the Vernon

Sky team. KaPow coach Paul Thiessen was happy with the overall results.

“We finished with a 5-1 record and we manage to give all players lots of playing, this was good for player development and made for lots of close matches,” said Thiessen. “We now know that we have

improved our standing since last years finish and we are among to the top two or three teams in the province. Now the hard work begins to close the gap and improve the most obvious weak areas of our game.”

Thiessen said Devon Cote and Spencer Kingzett provided great

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passing and attacks, while Sam Parks and Thomas Anton were dominant blocking and hitting out of the middle.

He added that Eli Risso, Tanner Thiessen and Tyson Meraw shared setting duties throughout the event and “did a great job learning to run our new offense.

“Liberos Ryan Bednard and Riley Berthaudin

were solid all weekend on defense, and backup utility guys Oliver Wicklund and Ethan Elliott were awesome at coming in playing multiple roles as blockers, hitters and serving specialists. Nice way to open the season KaPow.”

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The Kelowna Jr. Chiefs celebrate the Okanagan Mainline’s Atom Development division championship on Sunday at Royal LePage Place.

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Tax tips on how feds are trying Province exercising fiscal discipline to save money for families BALANCED BUDGET

People love their hockey analogies, and B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong recently made a ‘Great One’ (pun intended) in the legislature on Budget Day. He noted British Columbians have scored a ‘fiscal hat trick’—for the third year in a row, B.C. will have a balanced budget.

The significance of this can’t be overstated. Our province may be one of the only ones in Canada to table a balanced budget for 2015.

But getting there wasn’t easy. Fiscal discipline, and the tough decisions that go along with it, helped us achieve this goal.

That discipline remains at the heart of the 201516 provincial budget, despite the fact we’re able to find room for modest investments that strengthen and encourage growth in key economic sectors and sustain core public services.

Some of these investments will also make life a little easier for families and those in

MLA’s Report NORM LETNICK need. Starting April 1, 2015, about 180,000 families will begin receiving the BC Early Childhood Tax Benefit.

It provides up to $660 a year for each child under the age of six, to help offset the cost of child care.

Also coming on line in 2015 is the Training and Education Savings grant—a one-time payment of $1,200 for every child resident born since Jan.1, 2007, to support future education needs. That future might include a stint at Okanagan College’s new trades training complex, made possible through a $33 million share of the $2.1 billion we’ve earmarked for infrastructure spending for post-secondary education, skills and trades training.

B.C. families also

enjoy one of the lowest overall tax burdens in Canada including income taxes, consumption taxes, property taxes, payroll taxes and health care premiums.

Provincial personal income taxes for most taxpayers have been reduced by 37 per cent or more since 2001, and today an additional 400,000 people no longer pay any B.C. income tax.

When it comes to the tax credits that support a strong and diversified economy, Kelowna’s growing tech sector will benefit from our extension of the Interactive Digital Media tax credit to 2018.

It is a 17.5 per cent refundable tax credit on eligible salary and wages, for eligible companies that develop video games and other interactive digital media products.

Agriculture is another significant sector, and we are committing a further $2 million to our Buy Local program, which helps farmers and food

processors promote their B.C. products.

In the coming year, our government will also explore options to give farmers credit for the thousands of pounds of fresh, nutritious food they donate for those who need it most.

The new budget also allows for $1 million in additional funding for the B.C. School Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Program, which provides milk, fruits and veggies free of charge at participating schools.

We’re pleased to be able to make these very modest investments, but will continue our prudent and cautious approach.

Next year we’ll have a surplus of $1 billion, which will be applied directly to the debt so it doesn’t burden our children and grandchildren.

It’s a balanced budget that not only looks after present needs, but takes into account our future generations as well.

Norm Letnick is the Liberal MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country.

Regional commissions seeking volunteers The Regional District of Central Okanagan is currently looking for volunteer members to serve on the Environmental Advisory Commission and the Central

Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West Advisory Planning Commissions.

For more information about the role each of these commissions

play in regional planning, see the website regionaldistrict.com/ advisorycommissions or call the regional district office in Kelowna at 250-469-6227.

Tax time is not necessarily everyone’s MP’s Report favourite time of year, but it might help to know that since 2006 RON the federal government CANNAN has cut taxes over 180 times.

I have posted an annual tax guide online at www.cannan. ca, which outlines the tax cuts available to you, including information on the newest family tax benefits proposed by the government.

The new tax package for families will benefit every single family with children under the age of 18 in Canada. The measures include: • Introducing the Family Tax Cut, a federal tax credit that will provide tax relief—capped at $2,000—for couples with children under the age of 18, effective for the 2014 tax year. Income splitting is helping seniors across the country, which is why the Government is now proposing similar relief for families.

• Increasing the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) for children under age six. As of Jan. 1, 2015, parents will receive a benefit of $160 per month for each child under the age of six—up from $100 per month. In a year, parents will receive up to $1,920 per child.

• Expanding the UCCB to children aged six through 17. As of Jan. 1, 2015, under the expanded UCCB, parents will receive a benefit of $60 per month for children aged six through 17. In a year, parents will receive up to $720 per child.

• Increasing the Child Care Expense Deduction dollar limits by $1,000, effective for the 2015 tax year. The maximum amounts that can be claimed will increase to $8,000 from $7,000 for children under age seven, to $5,000 from $4,000 for children aged seven through 16 and to $11,000 from

$10,000 for children who are eligible for the Disability Tax Credit.

• Doubling the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit for 2014 and making it refundable in 2015. *** Some 80 per cent of individual tax returns are now filed electronically.

If you are thinking of filing online for the first time, the Canada Revenue Agency provides information to help you at cra.gc.ca/electronicservices.

For those of you who prefer filing a paper return, forms are available from the CRA at cra.gc.ca and at Canada Post outlets and Service Canada offices. You can also call the CRA directly at 1-800959-8281.

If you need help filing your income tax, assistance is available through the CRA’s Community Volunteer Income Tax Program.

In Kelowna, the Seniors Outreach Services Society located at 102-2055 Benvoulin Court, will help seniors living on a modest income with their tax returns for the current taxation year.

For more information please call 250 861-6180 or send an e-mail to seniorvi@ telus.net.

The clinic location is wheelchair accessible and clinics are held year round.

As always, if you have further questions or comments regarding this information, please don’t hesitate to contact my office at ron@cannan.ca or 250 470-5075. My staff is always ready to help.

Ron Cannan is the Conservative Party MP for Kelowna-Lake Country.

Good hearing, poor comprehension?

The number of people who can hear well, but can’t understand what’s being said, is increasing. This is most evident in conversations and watching television. A newlydeveloped hearing chip is designed to restore speech comprehension without being noticeable in the ear.

A lot of people have poor comprehension, though they actually still hear well. It becomes noticeable in conversation, watching television and asking family to repeat what’s been said. A potential cause can be undetected loss in the high-frequency range. This means the sensory cells in the cochlea that hear high-range sounds are damaged as a result of circulatory disorders, diabetes, sudden hearing loss or workplace noise. Hearing loss in the highfrequency range makes speech sound muffled and unclear. The person with hearing loss mixes up, or can no longer hear, consonants like s, f, t, k, h and g.

Speech comprehension is particularly impaired when there is background noise or when television programs have background music. The dilemma is that people with hearing loss in the high-frequency range do not

Ginette van Wijngaarden, at Connect Hearing, advises people with hearing loss on the new hearing chip, together with her colleagues. consider themselves to have a hearing problem. They can hear deep tones with no issue, and often put difficulty understanding speech down to unclear pronunciation. However, the time soon comes when problems with comprehension become annoying.

A new hearing chip has been developed.

and speech comprehension analysis is done. Where inner-ear damage is present, a software program analyzes the difference relative to normal hearing. These values are then input into the new Venture hearing chip in the Audéo V, which precisely takes into account and balances the frequency range of the person being tested. The test phase in particular is designed to clarify how speech comprehension can be improved in various situations and what role a new technology called “Autosense OS” plays. The chip recognizes where the person being spoken to is located and amplifies only his or her voice, while ambient noise is lowered and the optimum hearing programs are seamlessly adjusted. Thanks to several synchronous microphones, the hearing system can detect sound in all directions and select the direction that speech is coming from within milliseconds. According to Swiss researchers, this significantly augments speech comprehension, especially in conversation.

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City councillor brings back ‘Chat with Charlie’ sessions Now that I am back in the swing of things at Kelowna City Hall, I have renewed my ‘Chat with Charlie’ sessions.

Kelowna residents are invited to join me on Friday afternoons to discuss issues of concern regarding their work or play in Kelowna.

During my previous tour of duty on council, I established the open communication meetings with interested residents and business folks on Friday afternoons at City Hall or in area coffee shops or pubs.

The majority of those were held at the Grateful

Fed in downtown Kelowna, and Fed owner Kamel Abougoush jokingly tagged the afternoons ‘Chat with Charlie.’

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Hodge Podge CHARLIE HODGE residents, however the majority will take place at either the Grateful Fed or Sturgeon Hall downtown, between 1 and 4 p.m.

Both feature wonderful staff and food so either location is terrific.

At least three of four Fridays each month I will make myself available somewhere in our community to hear your concerns, ideas or just answer questions.

Contact me by email or telephone to set up a meeting. Call 250808-0674 or 250-4698896 or by email at chodge@kelowna.ca or charliehodge333@gmail. com and we can set a date. *** In our ongoing quest for yummy food, Tez and I recently discovered a tremendous yet relatively unknown dining delight in Kelowna’s north end. (Wisdom dictates I should not let readers know about it, however,

it seems a tad wrong to hide such a great discovery.)

The gem is titled PCH Central Kitchen & Bar, is subtly tucked away within the domed PCH sports facility at 1155 Ellis St. (close to Clement).

While the location is not obvious, the search is well worth it since the restaurant’s new owners serve up delightful pub style food with a unique flair and zest.

Favourite standard staples such as burgers, sea food, noodles, and pizza are offered but all with a delightful culinary spin by the talented chefs.

“We try and offer something a little different and enjoyable for Kelowna and so far we are hearing good things,” said a modest Jared Lee, the co-owner and founding partner.

Now, I admit to generally being a ‘boring’ diner, so when my steak sandwich first arrived on odd looking bread and with a red coloured sauce on the side, I put on my concerned face.

But my first exploratory

bite quickly went from hesitation to delight. I devoured the meal in mere minutes. I look forward to a return visit. *** Even in the high stakes competitive world of pro sports, a truly hearttugging human scale type story pops up once in a while.

Such was the case within the fuss and fury of the NHL trade deadline earlier this week. While the 30 NHL clubs were jockeying for that ‘gem’ player needed to help one club or another win all the marbles, a young girl managed to steal the spotlight.

Young Jordyn Leopold, daughter of NHL defenceman Jordan Leopold, had written a letter to the Minnesota Wild hockey club imploring the team to make a trade for her daddy, who was toiling with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

A 12-year veteran player, Leopold played his college hockey in his home state of Minnesota before joining the NHL. In her letter to the team’s management, Jordyn wrote: “My dad

is very lonely without his family. We are living in Minnesota right not and I am lost without my dad, so is my mommy two sisters and brother… your team has not been winning a lot of games lately, which you lovely coaches are most likely mad about. But your team needs more D men so could you guys please, please ask the Jackets if you can get him. “ On trade deadline day the two teams completed a deal that fulfilled the little girl’s big wish. Now that’s enough to melt one’s heart. *** So with the NHL trade deadline now passed, here are my playoff predictions: The final four teams coming out of the Eastern Conference will be New York Rangers, Montreal, New York Islanders and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

In the Western Conference, it will be St. y Louis Blues, Nashville, Chicago and the Anaheime j Mighty Ducks. t St. Louis will edge Pittsburgh for the Stanley D Cup. e t f e f e influence reality. Believe h in yourself and your entrepreneurial venture Y idea and your energy and s passion will attract others i like a magnet to help you h w to succeed.

• Put your ideas down t In writing—there is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that as you are reading this column, there is an idea burning inside of you, waiting to be born.

It’s there when you awake in the morning and when you lay your head to sleep. It feels like a restless friend.

So grab some paper, a napkin, a ticket stub, your personal notebook and write it down.

• Buy yourself time— pick a specific time each week to work solely on your idea. Let nothing distract you. This is your special time.

Commit yourself to the time and you will find yourself moving closer to bringing your entrepreneurial dream.

• Keep an open mind and trust your instincts— this is not the time to judge yourself or other people.

Don’t let your dream fade away

The economy has moved a dark cloud over the world, leaving some people without hope of sunshine. But others see a light between the clouds.

These optimistic individuals have an opportunity to pursue their entrepreneurial dream like never before.

It’s no surprise that unemployed workers, professionals and

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We are taught that if we follow the rules of the world, we will achieve our measure of happiness and reward.

Unfortunately, these rules do not always stimulate creativity and passion. Rather, they demand conformity.

So don’t be afraid to break the rules, have some fun with your business aspirations, follow your heart and be ready yourself to unearth your entrepreneurial dream.

Discovering your entrepreneurial dream and following through to its launch is unquestionably an adventure. While you may not be absolutely assured of where it will lead you, achieving each step along the way is amazing.

With each step outliined below, your journey brings you closer to your entrepreneurial dream.

• Believe in yourself— know that you will make the right decisions for you to turn your passion into your reality.

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Don’t let left lane hogger issue derail focus on road rage Our provincial leaders have identified a road safety issue and they are addressing it.

B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone has promised legislation that will arm police to punish that scourge of road safety—the left lane hog.

We need strong leadership when it comes to road safety and our police forces need effective tools to deal with dangerous driving behaviours.

Left lane hogging ranks high on the list of such behaviours and needs to be eliminated from our roadways.

Those familiar with my writing style might be detecting my sarcasm.

To be clear, those words were absolutely

Achieving Justice PAUL HERGOTT dripping with gobs of gooey sarcasm.

“Hogging” the left lane isn’t the problem. There is nothing dangerous about driving in the left lane.

The rationale for cracking down on left lane hogs was expressed

by Stone: “We know that a good number of collisions are caused in part by driver frustration related to people being in the left lane.”

He was talking about road rage. We’ve all seen road rage behaviours such as tailgating and

aggressive passing.

I handled a case where a left lane hog slammed on his brakes at highway speed because he was pissed off about the tailgater behind him. The tailgater lost control and careened into oncoming traffic.

Deliberately maneuvering a motor vehicle in a dangerous way, which is what road rage behaviours amount to, is totally unacceptable.

It is not only unacceptable, it is criminal (see section 249(1)(a) of the Criminal Code).

What is the most effective way of dealing with criminally aggressive

behaviour? Do we figure out what most triggers some people into the criminal behaviour of intentionally dangerous driving and eliminate those triggers?

Have we somehow, as a society, come to the point of being accepting of criminally aggressive behaviour if the aggressor was frustrated?

Do we address domestic violence by encouraging victims to stop infuriating their aggressors?

Consider that punishing the left lane hog might do the opposite of pacifying road ragers, and instead add fuel to their fire by adding validation to their frustrations.

The message to our

driving public needs to be a clear, strong one that road rage is not acceptable.

Instead of coming up with laws against hogging the left lane, we should use the laws already on

Believe in your passion behind an idea YOUNG FROM A26 Listen to others around you that you may have engaged in your dream journey and learn from them • Make a “Why I Can’t Do This” List—include everything that you think may impede you from implementing your entrepreneurial dream from “I am not sufficiently educated” to “I do not have enough money.”

Then tear the list up.

Yes, I know what you are saying but realize there is nothing on this list to hold you back if you are willing to work hard and take chances.

So with conviction, tear

up the list and throw the small pieces over your shoulder for good luck.

Then tell yourself: “The only barrier to achieving my dream is me.”

• Create your own To Do List every night—keep those lists in a book for ready reference and to check off what has been accomplished.

Attack that To Do List with gusto and courage.

And prioritize your list do the harder tasks first.

• Keep your word to others and yourself because your credibility can take you places and reward you beyond your imagination • Create your idea sanctuary—set up your

comfortable space surrounded by those tools that you feel you will need to keep you focused and assist your progress on your personal “idea train.”

• Don’t delay—most important to start today, your imagination awaits.

If you allow yourself to procrastinate, the chase of your entrepreneurial dream may be lost.

Please always

remember if you dare to take this journey of journeys, the beginning starts with your heart and your passion.

These suggestions can help you identify your heart’s motivation and build a solid foundation under your dream.

Joel Young is founder of the Okanagan Valley Entrepreneurs Society. eagleyoung@shaw.ca

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Paul Hergott is a lawyer at Hergott Law in West Kelowna. paul@hlaw.ca

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Robot story with emotional tug A few years ago, Hugh Jackman starred in a robot movie called Reel Steel, which was moderately successful with critics and better received by audiences.

To do another robot movie so soon may not seem like a good career move, but in Chappie, Jackman goes from the protagonist fighting with a robot to antagonist fighting against one.

Set in the near future, at a time when the police are mostly replaced by robots, at first glance the movie looks like a cross between two 1980s classics—Short Circuit and Robocop.

However, under the deft direction of Neill Blomkamp, who created the rich sci-fi with social commentary movies District 9 and Elysium, you will get an emotional experience along with stylish action.

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Chappie starts developing consciousness and although he does not want to do harm, there are others who view him as a threat to humanity.

Sigourney Weaver costars with Sharlto Copley (The A-Team, Elysium) doing the motion capture performance for Chappie.

Dev Patel goes “double-fisted” this weekend as he returns for The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Also returning is Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton and Celia Imrie with Richard Gere joining the cast in the “hotel for the elderly and beautiful.”

Patel is back as Sonny who this time has expansionist dreams for his hotel, but with the imminent marriage to the love of his life, he has more going on than he has time. Meanwhile, the other residents are dealing with burgeoning relationships of their own.

Director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) is back and while it looks like more of the same, if you liked the first movie that is actually a very good thing.

Vince Vaughn is back in another crude comedy bringing along Dave Franco (Neighbours) and Tom Wilkinson (the first Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). In Unfinished Business, the three businessman travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives but what begins as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable and unimaginable way.

Expect outrageous situations at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit as they desperately try to win over the client and save their business.

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Authentic homage to Led Zeppelin by tribute band CONCERT EH440 Friday, March 6 7:30 p.m.

Creekside Theatre 1024 Bottom Wood Lake Rd. Lake Country Eh440 started harmonizing together in 2012.

Using just their voices, this Toronto-based a capella group has wowed audiences across the U.S. and Canada.

Last year brought them to the next step in their journey, the release of their debut album, Turn Me Up. But their journey really started over a decade and half ago.

As kids, Janet Turner and Stacey Kay used to compete against each other in singing contests.

The first time they met, Stacey was just 8 years old and Janet a little older.

Over the ensuing years, they each took their turn winning various contests and became lifelong friends.

Luke Stapleton (aka Human Record) started beatboxing as a kid too.

Coming from a “show biz” family, Stapleton would listen to his dad play the drums in their house and recreate the sounds using his only his mouth.

Mike Celia and Joe Oliva started their musical journeys a little later than the other three.

Already into their teens, Celia taught himself to play guitar and sing while Oliva joined his high school choir, just for fun, in his final year.

After coming together through the Toronto Independent Music Awards and mutual musician-friends, Eh440 was born—a mix of five people from five very different backgrounds and musical genres.

For information about tickets check out the website creeksidetheatre. com.

CONCERT Led Zepagain Saturday, March 7 7:30 p.m.

Mary Irwin Theater in the Rotary Centre for the Arts 421 Cawston Ave. Kelowna

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IN THE LOOP ART GALLERY Quick Talks Friday, March 7 1-3 p.m.

Kelowna Art Gallery 1315 Water St. Kelowna The Kelowna Art Gallery presents Quick Talks in conjunction with the gallery’s current exhibition, Ron Shuebrook: Drawings.

Shuebrook will be joined by local artists Johann Wessels and Myron Campbell to talk about the role of drawing in their work, and reflect on the role of drawing in the post-skills, post-postmodern world we inhabit.

The artists’ presentations will be back-to-back, after which artist Katherine Pickering will moderate a discussion between the panel and audience. Quick Talks are free to attend and open to the public.

For more information visit the Kelowna Art Gallery online at kelownaartgallery.com or call 250-762-2226.

them before ultimately hiding herself.

Her musical journey to self- acceptance is complete when she discovers that her classmates missed her while she lived undercover.

They teach her that everyone is different and the most important thing is to have friends. With an inspiring plot, catchy music and energetic dancing numbers you are sure to enjoy an uplifting show for all ages.

This show is truly breathtaking,” said Randy Leslie, artistic managing director of Kelowna Actors Studio.

Showtimes are: Friday, March 6—6 and 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 7—11a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m.

Sunday, March 8—2 p.m.

CONCERT Chris Antonik March 11 8 p.m.

Minstrel Cafe 4638 Lakeshore Rd.

The musical legend of Led Zeppelin is carried on by the tribute band Led Zepagain, performing Saturday at the Mary Irwin Theater in the Rotary Centre for the Arts.

Kelowna Toronto-based Chris Antonik was nominated for Best New Artist at 2011’s Maple Blues Awards after the release of his debut album.

He has since become one of Canada’s fastestrising blues artists.

Blending innovative, thoughtful songwriting with stunning blues guitar work, some music critics have already drawn comparisons to Eric Clapton.

In 2013, his sophomore album release Better For You was hailed by some critics as “the best Canadian blues-rock album of 2013,” and “the sound of someone taking the blues to a new place.”

THEATRE Freckleface Strawberry Until March 8 Kelowna Actors Studio 1379 Ellis St. Freckleface Strawberry was written by Academy Award winning actress Julianne Moore, a touching story about accepting yourself the way you are.

Strawberry is teased about her freckles constantly, so she tries different ways to hide

Blues guitarist Chris Antonik will perform in Kelowna at the Minstrel Cafe on March 11.

THEATRE The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon Until March 8 7 p.m.

Kelowna campus of Okanagan College A comedic curling match with the devil takes the stage in upcoming Red Dot Players production What could be more Canadian than W.O. Mitchell, a curling competition with the devil set in the Prairies and curling stones that can be used in any season?

This is what you can expect on stage as the Okanagan College Red Dot Players present Mitchell’s comedy The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon at the Kelowna campus. This will be the theatre company’s fifth production.

Based on the classic literary tale of Faust’s deal with the devil, a curling match sets the stage for this humorous, clever and Canadianized version of the ultimate battle between good vs. evil.

This two-act play delivers quirky characters, clever dialogue and takes a fond look at the obsession with curling so typical of a prairie town.

Performances take place at the Kelowna campus theatre on

March 6 and 7, each at 7 p.m., with an additional matinee on Sunday, March 8, at 2 p.m.

Tickets are available at the Okanagan College Campus Store, Mosaic Books in downtown Kelowna and at the door.

The Red Dot Players is a theatre troupe for Okanagan College students, alumni, and employees based on the Kelowna campus.

For more information, visit the Red Dot Players website kalwriters.com/ rdp.

CONCERT Big Sugar Friday, March 6 Mary Irwin Theater in the Rotary Centre for the Arts 421 Cawston Ave. Kelowna Performing a mix of raggae and rock’n roll, Big Sugar makes a stop in Kelowna as part of the band’s cross-Canada tour to promote their new album, Yardstyle.

Their latest album is described as 13 tracks of languidly-paced, percussion-heavy acoustic reggae, the songs running the gamut from the group’s big hit “Turn The Lights On” to brand new cuts such as “Calling All the Youth” and “Police Bway the Vampire.”

Led Zepagain performs a tribute show to the music of Led Zeppelin, with the endorsement of the group’s founding member guitarist Jimmy Page: “It’s as close as you’ll ever get to the real deal” From the high-energy electric classics to the beautiful acoustic works, LED ZEPAGAIN captures the heart and soul of what many consider the greatest rock’n roll band ever.

Lead singer David “Swan” Montgomery delivers an uncanny portrayal of Robert Plant.

Taking on the role of Page is Jimmy Sakurai, a self-described “musical stalker” who adheres to the philosophy, “Anybody can follow musical patterns, and everybody ends there, but for me, that is a starting point.”

Having studied drums and percussion with Carmine Appice, Joe Porcaro, and at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Jim Kersey takes on the task of filling the role of John “Bonzo” Bonham.

Jim Wootten, nephew of the legendary guitarist Les Paul fills the demanding role of John Paul Jones, covering bass, keyboards, mandolin, acoustic six- and 12-string guitars, and backing vocals.

For more information about Led Zepagain see the website zepagain. com.

Tickets are available at the RCA Box Office or online at selectyourtickets.com.

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feature the music of High Brown Boots.

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Bar and light food will be available. Tickets available at eventbrite. com or at the community hall.

Wednesday, March 11 7:30 p.m.

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Burton Cummings and his band will be embarking on a mini-B.C. tour which will see him play a series of intimate concert venues for the most loyal fans.

Opening for the “In Your Backyard Tour” will be Vancouver based musician, WiL. Cummings’ tour will consist of dates at eight smaller cities for a string of unique concert experiences with the legendary Canadian singer.

Cummings started out with The Guess Who back in the late ‘60s, enjoying success with that band through the ‘70s

CONCERT Lynyrd Skynyrd Thursday, March 19 Prospera Place Kelowna

A familiar face to Kelowna classic rock fans from his past appearances here, Burton Cummings will return to Prospera Place next week for a concert on March 11. before embarking on a productive solo career.

He reconnected with Randy Bachman to revive a new version of The Guess Who and

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Lynyrd Skynyrd rose to prominence in 1973, full of regional pride and stressing cocky, boisterous hard rock and openended blues.

Their signature song, “Freebird,” complete with it fiery five-minute, three-guitar solo, is easily the most requested live song in existence.

The band also recorded the seminal “Sweet Home Alabama” which was actually a musical retort to the negative tone to southerners portrayed

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The Minneapolis a capella singers Home Free are winners last year of the NBC “Sing-Off” show.

The country vocal quintet won the $100,000 grand prize in an a capella vocal competition.

They also earned a recording contract with Sony Music and have released two albums so far, Crazy Life in February 2014 and a Christmas album, Full Of Cheer, last October.

Founded by rothers Chris and Adam Rupp during their college years more than a decade ago, Home Free had been perfecting their live show for years leading up to their appearance on The Sing-Off. The group’s highenergy show is peppered with quick-witted humour that meshes Nashville standards with pop hits dipped in country flavour.

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Why recesses are vital The students in Mrs. Stringer’s (and student teacher Miss. Johnson’s) grade five/six class at Rutland Elementary School have recently been occupied with a particular writing assignment. The students were tasked with writing a persuasive piece about why they want, and more importantly need, a second recess for themselves and the other students at Rutland Elementary. With the intent of gaining the support of their community members, and possibly influencing school administrators

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in regards to a second recess, the students have stepped forward with some valid arguments that you are going to want to take a minute to consider.

The students’ writing not only features their strong stance towards gaining a second recess, but their mature and honest obligation to their own physical health and intellectual well-being. The young students’ writing featured below is eleven-year-old Olga, and ten-year-old Alexa.

“Dear Parents, Teachers, and Principals, Recess is obviously the most important part of our day here at Rutland Elementary School. I have three important reasons to tell you why a second recess is so important.

First reason is, students get more physical exercise. It’s healthy, and students can focus better in class. Usually I like getting some fresh air and exercise after sitting in class for about an hour or more. Parents, your kids might even get better grades!

Second reason is, students can play or hangout with kids from other classes/grades. Sometimes I like to hang out with my little sister and her friends. Also, students can meet new kids, and make new friends.

Finally, third reason is free time!! Sometimes kids need time without rules, or at least without classroom rules. From my personal experience, I can focus better in class when I have more time to hang out with friends. Also, students will want to go to school more because I bet some students think school would be boring if you couldn’t hang out with your friends at all.

That’s why a second fifteen-minute recess is so important. Now, I hope you changed your mind about a second recess if you thought it wasn’t important at all.”

“Recess is obviously the most important part of our day at Rutland Elementary. It’s what keeps the rest of our day going.

Recess gives us more free time to let our imagination run. Playing is a big part of our lives, and we just want to get the most out of it. It’s not like we can play every second of our lives! Besides, you get to hang out with your friends from different classes. When else would you be together? You wouldn’t really be considered friends, and that means there are less people that can stand up for you. That’s no fun.

We need to get more exercise. School is the only place we get it because at home all we have is more and more screen time.

You see, another recess would be a good idea. It could make a difference in our lives; just a small extra fifteen minutes can do that!”

Yours truly, Olga

Alexa

Rutland is full of superheroes. In the month of January students and teachers focused on being kind and helpful.

(Emily, Henna & Namrita grade 2) To celebrate, on February 6th students were encouraged to dress up as their favourite superhero or to create their very own superhero. The halls and classrooms were filled with many students with super powers!

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Mrs. Church’s blended class of grade ones and twos had the following to say about kindness: Kenna (Grade 2) - “Kindness is helping my papa plant the garden.”

Emma (Grade 2) - “Kindness is taking my dog for a walk.”

Carter (Grade 1) - “Kindness is helping my friends.”

Students in Mrs. Whitehead’s blended grade 2 and grade 3 class created colleges to show what Harmony means to them. Adam, Taylor G., William and Brock all worked very hard to design their Harmony collages.

Muskaan (Grade 2) - “Kindness is a choice because I make the world a better place because I pick up garbage.”

Bryce (Grade 1) - “Kindness is helping my friends.”

Students describe one of their favourite foods Grade Two students in Miss Robertson’s class created shape poems describing pizza. Students focused on using adjectives to describe one of their favourite foods.

Hot, Yummy, good, Spicy, amazing, sweet, Red, yellow, green, delicious Pizza

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Doughy, Good, yellow, Floppy, flat, sweet, Red, delicious, green, spicy Pizza

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Crunchy, Chewy, good, Flat, Spicy, Yummy, Green, red, yellow, sweet, Pizza

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Crunchy, White, stretchy, Spicy, floppy, flat, Green, sweet, delicious, wet Pizza

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Learning about social responsibility

Aryanna, Sammy, Nikolas and Walker, Grade 2

Lego Club is a Social Responsibility club that once a week meets to learn friendship skills and have some fun playing with Lego. Students from grade one and grade two work on communicating with each other to create elaborate structures as well as following directions.

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Kia has only been in the Canadian marketplace for sixteen short years but in that time they have been able to utilize the resources of its parent company Hyundai to help carve out its own distinct brand.

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sold as a five passenger or seven passenger versions utilizing the same vehicle dimensions. Hyundai has a different approach; it uses two separate models to achieve the same result, a shorter Santa Fe and a larger Santa Fe XL. Since Kia straddle the two, it makes shopping simpler for buyers.

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The Nissan BladeGlider concept will contribute to the promised sizzle at the upcoming all-new Vancouver International Auto show – now just three weeks away.

This revolutionary electric car, based on the DeltaWing race car introduced a few years ago, is described by the manufacturer as an “exploratory prototype of an upcoming production vehicle.”

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Hundreds of new production cars will populate the all-new floor layout of exhibition space. The show floor is growing 25 percent to almost 28,000 square metres by taking over the Ballrooms.

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The design is more athletic and solid thanks to a wider, longer and lower body that is accented by a new grille, headlamps, optional LED fog lights and new rear lighting treatment. Unfortunately, to get navigation, LED marker lights, Xenon headlamps, LED taillights and the 19-inch wheels, the buyer needs to choose the top SX trim, these are not offered on lower models.

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Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Offer ends March 31, 2015. ΩLease payments must be made on a monthly or bi-weekly basis but cannot be made on a weekly basis. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. *Lease credit for 2015 Rio LX MT (RO541F)/2015 Forte LX MT (FO541F) is $800 and available on lease offer only. Consumers can elect to take an additional 10,000 km allowance in lieu of the Lease credit. Lease credit varies by model/trim and is deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. **$500 Competitive Bonus offer available on the retail purchase/lease of any new 2015 Forte, 2015 Forte Koup, 2015 Forte5, 2015 Rondo and 2015 Optima from a participating dealer upon proof of current ownership/lease of a select competitive cross-over vehicle. Competitive models include specific VW, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Hyundai, Honda, GM, Ford and Chrysler vehicles. Some conditions apply. See your dealer or kia.ca for complete details. ∞Cash purchase price for the new 2015 Sorento LX AT (SR75BF) is $22,982 and includes delivery and destination fees of $1,665, $22 AMVIC fee, A/C tax ($100, where applicable) and a cash credit of $5,800. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Offer ends March 31, 2015. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2015 Forte SX (FO748F)/2015 Rio4 SX with Navigation (RO749F)/2015 Soul SX Luxury (SO758E)/2015 Sorento SX V6 AWD (SR75XF) is $26,695/$22,395/$27,195/$42,095. Highway/city fuel consumption is based on the 2015 Rio LX+ ECO AT/2015 Forte 1.8L MPI 4-cyl AT/2015 Soul 2.0L GDI 4-cyl MT/2015 Sorento LX 2.4L GDI 4-cyl AT. These updated estimates are based on the Government of Canada’s approved criteria and testing methods. Refer to the EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving habits and other factors. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.

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Slipping and sliding safely on ice Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec – Certain car brands are synonymous with certain traits.

Say the word “performance,” and you’ll likely get a group of people talking about German engineering.

Say the word, “safety,” and chances are a certain Swedish automaker will be at the top of the list. What brands come to mind when you think of an all-wheel drive system? – I’m guessing Japanese, also German but how about Korean?

Okay, Hyundai is not the first automaker to come to mind when it comes to their AWD technology. It probably isn’t the second or

even third. That said, they’re on a mission to change peoples’ minds.

Hyundai offers two distinct types of AWD systems. One is used with platforms designed for front-wheel drive systems to enhance traction while maintaining fuel efficiency; the second is for rear-wheel drive based platforms and is programmed to increase performance while maintaining control and drivability in slippery road conditions.

I had the chance to test both them out in extreme winter conditions and Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, certainly delivered on that promise! – I’m not entirely

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sure how much snow fell in the time my driving partner and I left the hotel for our morning exercises at Le Massif de Charlevoix ski area, but it seemed like 30 centimetres or more.

No, we didn’t shuttle people up and down the mountain to prove its capabilities.

A closed course was set up with more than enough ice underneath to make things very interesting.

We’d put both the Genesis sedan and Santa Fe XL Crossover to the test.

Let the slipping and sliding commence. Part of winter driving, especially in these blizzard conditions, is largely about the tires. No matter

how good an AWD system controls the torque split between the front and rear axels, if you don’t have grip, well, then it can get really interesting. Like, Santa Fe XL meet the snow bank.

Snow bank meet the Santa Fe XL. Luckily, this wasn’t the case.

Each vehicle had its own play area. The Genesis sedans played more on a skating rink-like surface while the Santa Fes romped in the snow. However, the icier surface was soon heavily covered in snow and visibility became quite grim.

The activities were cut short but our drive route wasn’t.

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®/™The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. ‡Dealer Invoice Price of $14,558/$16,275/$23,286/$27,381/$30,315 available on all new 2015 Accent 5-Door L 6-speed Manual/Elantra L 6-speed Manual/Tucson GL FWD Manual/Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD/Santa Fe XL FWD models and includes price adjustments of $636/$719/$473/$1,313/$1,479. Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,595/ $1,595/$1,760/$1,795/$1,795. Prices exclude registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. Delivery and Destination charge includes freight, P.D.E. and a full tank of gas. *The customer prices are those reflected on the dealer invoice from Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. The dealer invoice price includes a holdback amount for which the dealer is subsequently reimbursed by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. ΩPrice adjustments of up to $636/$719/$473/$1,313/$1,479 available on all new 2015 Accent 5-Door L Manual/Elantra Sedan L Manual/Tucson GL FWD Manual/Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD/Santa Fe XL FWD models. Price adjustments applied before taxes. Offer cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other available offers. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be assigned. No vehicle trade-in required. ◊Leasing offer available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2015 Accent 5-Door L 6-speed Manual/Elantra L 6-speed Manual/Tucson GL FWD Manual/Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD/Santa Fe XL FWD with an annual lease rate of 0%/0%/0.9%/1.9%/3.99%. Bi-weekly lease payment of $67/$75/$119/$149/$178 for a 60-month walk-away lease. Down Payment of $0 and first monthly payment required. Total lease obligation is $8,710/$8,450/$15,470/$19,370/$23,140. Lease offer includes Delivery and Destination of $1,595/$1,595/$1,760/$1,795/$1,795.

Lease offer excludes registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. $0 security deposit on all models. 20,000 km allowance per year applies. Additional charge of $0.12/km.†Finance offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2015 Accent 5-Door L 6-speed Manual/Elantra L 6-speed Manual/Tucson GL FWD Manual/Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD/Santa Fe XL FWD with an annual finance rate of 0% for 84/84/60/60/60 months. Bi-weekly payments are $80/$89/$179/$211/$233. $0 down payment required. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Finance offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,595/$1,595/$1,760/$1,795/ $1,795. Finance offers exclude registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. Financing example: 2015 Accent 5-Door L 6-speed Manual for $14,558 at 0% per annum equals $80 bi-weekly for 60 months for a total obligation of $14,558. $0 down payment required. Cash price is $14,558. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Example price includes Delivery and Destination of $1,595. Finance example excludes registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. ♦Prices of models shown: 2015 Accent GLS Auto/Elantra Limited/Tucson Limited AWD/Santa Fe Sport Limited AWD/Santa Fe XL Limited AWD are $21,144/$26,794/$35,759/$41,444/$45,094. Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,595/$1,595/$1,760/$1,795/$1,795, levies and all applicable charges. Prices exclude registration, insurance, PPSA, license fees and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. ▼Fuel consumption for new 2015 Accent GLS (HWY 6.3L/100KM; City 8.9L/100KM); 2015 Elantra Limited(HWY 6.7L/100KM; City 9.7L/100KM); 2015 Tucson Limited AWD (HWY 9.3L/100KM; City 11.6L/100KM);2015 Santa Fe Sport Limited AWD (HWY 9.8L/100KM; City 12.9L/100KM); 2015 Santa Fe XL Limited AWD (HWY 9.7L/100 KM; City 13.0L/100 KM) are based on Manufacturer Testing.

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Mercedes-Benz B-Class earns an A in safety

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The MercedesBenz B-Class is probably the safest compact car sold in Canada.

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Mercedes-Benz Canada went (adventurously) solo and brought the B-Class (not sold in US) to Canada in 2006, just as did with the

original Smart Car. The tall, compact, frontdrive hatchback, is a different kind of Mercedes. Yet many Canadian buyers like it and typically buy about 3,000 of them annually.

We join the B-Class story when it got a modest redesign for the 2009 model year. Styling revisions included a new radiator grille with an extra-large Mercedes-Benz star in the centre. The front bumper has a larger air intake and the hood was also modified. Rear revisions included two-piece tail light assemblies, a new hatch release and a new-look rear bumper.

B-Class vehicles have a

unique safety feature builtin to its elevated floor-pan design. Mercedes calls it the “sandwich principle” and during a severe frontal impact the powertrain assembly is cleverly engineered to slide downward, under the cabin compartment, to avoid intrusion into the passenger space.

The ‘09 B-Class came in B200 and the B200 Turbo models. A B200 comes with a 134-hp, 2.0-litre inline-4 engine mated to either 5 speed manual transmission or a CVT (continuously variable transmission) automatic. The reliability of this CVT is questionable and in 2011 model year vehicles it was the spotlight

of a major recall. It can be an expensive repair, if not covered by Mercedes.

This torque-rich gas engine is a frugal fuel user that’s rated at 10.5 litres/100 kilometres in the city and 8.6 litres/100 kilometres on the highway with the CVT and using the new 5-cycle rating method. The manual transmission allows slightly better highway fuel economy.

The turbocharged variant of the 2.0 litre engine boasts an impressive 193-hp, and is paired with a 6-speed manual transmission or the optional CVT automatic.

This engine is rated at 10.9 litres/100 kilometres in the city and 8.8 litres/100 kilo-

Hired Equipment Registration Final Notice

Okanagan Shuswap District

The Okanagan Shuswap District of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is creating its list of registered Equipment for Hire for the fiscal year of 2015/2016, which begins April 1, 2015. This district geographically covers the area from the United States border, east to Osoyoos, west of Princeton and north of Salmon Arm. All individuals or companies registered in 2014 will have received invitations by mail to re‑register hired equipment for 2015. If you have new equipment to be added to your profile, you can register online at www.bcbid.ca or contact the District Office in Kelowna to obtain the appropriate forms. Any individuals who were not registered in 2014, but wish to have equipment listed are hereby invited to contact the District Office, either in person or by phone, to obtain the appropriate registration forms.

Note that while you do not need to have Commercial (Comprehensive) General Liability Insurance or up‑to‑date WorkSafe BC coverage to register, you will have to meet these requirements prior to working on any ministry projects.

Only owned or lease‑to‑own equipment is eligible for registration. Equipment may only be registered in one area in any given year. Seniority is not transferable from area to area.

The deadline for new registrations is midnight on Wednesday, March 18, 2015.

Late registrations will be accepted, but may appear at the bottom of the open list.

Note that there is no charge for registering new equipment, or for changing or deleting equipment information already listed.

Register through the Okanagan Shuswap District Office at: 1358 St. Paul Street, Suite 300, Kelowna, B.C., V1Y 2E1 You can also phone at 250 712-3660 or send a fax to 250 712-3669 to have the forms mailed or faxed to you.

metres on the highway with the CVT and using the new five-cycle rating method. So you should get a lot better performance with almost 2013 Mercedes-Benz B250. the same fuel economy.

B-Class went essentially unthe only powertrain combo changed for the 2010 and offered (no CVT). This 2011 model years and was engine can also produce temporarily discontinued an impressive 258 lb-ft of for the 2012 model year. It torque and it can move a returned as the completely B250 to 100 k/hour in less redesigned B250 for the than eight seconds.

2013 model year and there While this engine does like were no major changes for pricey premium fuel, it’s 2014. rated at 9.2 litres/100 kiloStandard features in 2013 metres in the city and 6.6 included a fuel saving auto litres/100 kilometres on the stop-start system, LED dayhighway using the 5-cycle time running lights, leather rating method. The new seating, 11 airbags, run-flat automatic obviously has an tires, plus Attention Assist, important role in attaining and Collision Prevention those impressive highway Assist systems. Yet, it still economy numbers. had an under-$30,000 start The Mercedes-Benz B-Class price. is probably the safest comA new direct-injection MoTI Ad #1076 F pact car sold in Canada. four-cylinder turbo engine OKSH Hired EquipmentIts brand-new (2015) start (208 hp) linked to new price is still under $30,000, seven-speed dual-clutch however, popular add-on automatic transmission was Kelowna Capital News option packages can quickly

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push its end price into the high thirties and this also influences typical resale values.

Prices vary depending on a used vehicle’s condition, mileage, usage and history.

A complete mechanical check should always be performed by a reliable auto technician prior to purchase.

Safety Recalls: 2009 to 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class: 2011: An internal transmission drive belt may fail on vehicles equipped with a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the CVT gearbox assembly. bob.mchugh@drivewaybc. ca

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Genesis did work at getting us out of some sliding situations. As a bonus for 2015, the Genesis sedans come standard with all-wheel drive. So, if you happen to find yourself stuck in a snowstorm, you need not panic.

HTRAC also has some cool features associated with it. The AWD control logic is different according to driving mode selection for enhanced drivability and efficiency.

For example, with the vehicle set in “Normal” mode, HTRAC defaults to a 40:60 rear-wheel biased torque distribution. The system can shift as much as 90 percent of engine output to the front axle in slippery conditions or 100 percent to the rear at higher speeds for reduced driveline drag and improved fuel economy.

At speed in “Sport” mode, HTRAC gives Genesis a

distinctly rear-wheel drive character by sending 80 to 90 percent of power output to the rear wheels.

The latter part of the drive day was in the comfort of the Santa Fe XL (XL meaning it has a longer wheelbase, room for up to seven passengers and

2015 Hyundai Santa Fe. comes with a V6 engine.)

The AWD system in Santa Fe models incorporates Active Cornering Control (ACC), an element within the Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) system, which helps the vehicle manage acceleration in a

corner. To improve traction and cornering performance, braking force is applied to the inside rear wheel when accelerating through a turn.

Regardless of which vehicle we endured the storm, it’s certain that Hyundai has a good thing going on.

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yourself in the belly of a blizzard, the peace of mind is still with you every time you get behind the wheel of these vehicles.

For more information, visit www.hyundaicanada.com alexandra.straub@drivewaybc.ca

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Gracious open foyer leads you to the elegant formal living room & dining room with tray ceilings. The kitchen has an island, maple cabinetry with soft close hinges, silestone counters and a nice bright corner sink area to enjoy the view. This home has undergone some impressive and thoughtful updates, re-surfacing of all the hardwood, new carpeting and paint plus much more! 2057 Spyglass Way, West Kelowna, MLS®10093741, $569,000. Call Karen Guy at 250-878-3605 or visit online at www.connectwithkaren.com.

Full pkg. Gorgeously renovated, Estate-home! 4.1acres. 5200sf Custom Hardwd, Tile, Granite, Lrg Ensuite, 5 Beds, Rec & Theatre-room. Pond, field. Barn/Grg! Municipal water, new septic. Horses, or want to work or vehicles? Toys, or business? 3131 Harold Rd, West Kelowna, MLS®10093499, $1,499,000. Call Christian Kirschke at 250-863-2000 or go to www.KelownaHomeChoice.ca.

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DESIRABLE GLENMORE AREA!

Nearly 4,000 sq.ft. gorgeous 5 Bedroom Family Home with large dining room, soaring ceilings, covered patio and semi walkout basement. Great cul-de-sac location. 617 Peridot Place, Kelowna, MLS®10094328, $699,900. For more information on Kelowna Real Estate call Jaime Briggs at 250-215-0015 or go to www.BriggsOnHomes.com.

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With an amazing lake view, car collectors check out the 4 car tandem garage also lots of outdoor parking, huge view deck finished in stamped concrete, in-law suite or would be great for a home based business, large and private .38 acre lot, many updates 4 bdrms, 3.5 baths, natural setting no fuss yard with many interesting rock formations, 2 gas fireplaces, attractive exterior design with large pillars with a southern plantation feel. 6268 Thompson Dr, Peachland, MLS®10094089. $584,000. Call Cecile Guilbault to view at 250-212-2654 or for more info go to www.cecileguilbault.com

Best price, 2 bdrm/2 baths, spacious 1330 sq ft, gas F/P, granite counter in kitchen, large great room, SS appliances, large deck gas BBQ hook up, mountain view towards the back of the building, outdoor pool, gym, guest suites, secured parking & entry, storage locker, pets and rentals allowed with restrictions. Wonderful location for beach walking, shopping mall close by, public transportation.

236-3996 Beach Ave, Peachland, MLS®10093090, $298,000.

Call Cecile Guilbault to view at 250-212-2654 or for more info go to www.cecileguilbault.com

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3080 sqft West Kelowna Home, with beautiful lake view, 5 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, 3 livings rooms, 2 full kitchens and 2 large sundecks.

Functional basement suite includes 1 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 living room and 1 kitchen with walkout access. Luxury Yard with beautiful conversation areas, such as gazebo and koi pond. Strata community with 99 year prepaid lease.

2-1525 Bear Creek Rd, West Kelowna, MLS®10094343, $429,000. Call Bill Raine at 250-870-6210 to view or go to www.BillRaine.Info

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Located just across the bridge close to shops and all amenities.

Spacious 3 bedrooms and den, 2 baths in mint condition. Bright open concept with lots of windows. Built in 2006. We are open to offers! 66-610 Katherine Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10084365, $174,900.

Call Renee Boucher to view 250-470-1388. I speak your language, English, French and German.

Do you require a Property or Strata Manager for your property? Call our office for a presentation.

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION IS POSSIBLE • •

Renate Boucher 250-470-1388

Located in one of the nicest 55+ parks in Kelowna. Features include 2 bedrooms + hobby room, attached garage/workshop, lots of storage. Upgrades include newer roof, furnace, electrical, vinyl siding/ windows, laminate floors and central air. Lowest pad rent in Kelowna. #54-133 Findlay Rd. MLS®0088745 $55,900. Call Renee to view 250-470-1388. I speak your language, English, German & French. E-mail: kelownarealtor@shaw.ca

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SPECTACULAR LAKE VIEWS! • • • • • • • • • •

Situated above wineries and walking trails. Sit on the front deck and enjoy the Okanagan life. Stucco redone. 3 bed/3 bath, open floor plan with lots of light. Great family backyard with a beautiful garden. Central air, 2 gas fireplaces, gas barbecue hook-up, hot tub, underground irrigation, RV parking. A must see! 1318 Gregory Rd, Westbank, MLS®10094552,$589,900. Call John Mandoli at 250-718-1864 or Brian Wright at 250-681-0198.

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SANDPOINTE LIVING!

Bright 3 bedroom top floor 33 corner unit in family friendly complex. Nicely updated with newer counter tops, slate backsplash, laminate floors, paint and trim. This well maintained unit also includes a private patio, outdoor pool, secure underground parking, in-suite laundry and storage locker located right beside your unit for convenience! 349-715 Leathead Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10092767, $179,800 Call Erin at 250-864-5877 or Marcelle at 250-470-9189 to view or go to www.24-7openhouses.com

This is adult living at it’s finest!!

35 You won’t be disappointed with this beautiful home in the highly sought after Sandpointe complex backing onto the WATERSCAPE!!! This 2 bedroom + den, 2 bathroom property shows A+++ with a large island kitchen, full ensuite bathroom, walk-in closet, updated hardwood floors, central air, vaulted ceilings, skylights, two gas fireplaces & double garage. The tranquil back patio takes the cake… enjoy the sound of the waterscape, watch the quail run in the gardens and unwind! 219-595 Yates Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10089325, $469,900. Call Erin at 250-864-5877 or Marcelle at 250-470-9189 to view or go to www.24-7openhouses.com

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DESIRABLE CAPSTONE ESTATES!

34 Charming 1940’s character home with a deck overlooking the low maintenance landscaped yard. The main house is presently being used as a Spa. There are 2 bedrooms, hardwood flooring throughout, kitchen has a walkout to a private deck. Carriage house 1 bedroom on the main level, full bathroom and laundry in the bathroom. The kitchen has slate countertops, dining room has lots of windows, living room boasts a cozy stone fireplace and a walkout to a balcony. 1557 Ethel St, Kelowna, MLS®10092619, $499,800.

Call Erin at 250-864-5877 or Marcelle at 250-470-9189 to view or go to www.24-7openhouses.com

Beautifully finished and well 36 kept townhouse. This property has more than enough space for a young couple, a growing family or empty nesters that want to lock up and GO! With 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, a single attached garage, a large bonus room downstairs, tonnes of storage and a back patio for entertaining… you wont be disappointed with this one!! Pets and Kids are welcome. 128-914 Craig Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10092909, $318,800.

Call Erin at 250-864-5877 or Marcelle at 250-470-9189 to view or go to www.24-7openhouses.com

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She said will look at all reasonable offers. WANTS IT SOLD. 2 bed, 2 bath, bright open floor plan. Unit comes with 1 underground parking spot and a storage locker. In suite laundry. 1 cat or 1 dog (14 inches at shoulder height) is allowed. Great area...close to shopping, H20 center, beach, restaurants, coffee shops, schools...everything you need.

This unit faces Gordon offering nice views of the mountains. 207-688 Lequime Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10077929, $255,000. Call Cathy Cherka at 250-215-2956 for more information or go to www.cathycherka.ca

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From this 5 bedrooms walkout Rancher. Can be one or two bedrooms self-contained suite in basement. Large Sun Deck with Hot-Tub accessible from Breakfast Nook and Master Bedroom. Covered Lower Patio leads to pool sized backyard with Mature Apricot and Peach trees.

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4 Bedroom (3+1) plus Den, Family Friendly Home. Kitchen opens directly out to your large fenced backyard! Fully finished lower level. Great location close to Elementary School and minutes to Downtown West Kelowna. 2090 Rose Tree Jaime Road, West Kelowna, MLS®10093606, $459,000, For more Briggs information on Kelowna Real Estate call Jaime Briggs or 250-215-0015 go to www.BriggsOnHomes.com.

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LAKE VIEW RANCHER IN KETTLE VALLEY • • • • • • • •

Exterior stucco, stone with modern glass doors on garage. Open concept from foyer allows for Okanagan lake view from entry. Quality granite island kitchen with top of the line appliances. Seamless transition to great room, dining and lake view balcony. Over 3400 sq.ft with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths plus main floor office. Possibility of Roof top deck to enjoy the sparkling lake views if desired. Level back yard with room for a pool. 5344 Signet Cres. Kelowna, MLS®10092363, $798,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

You’ll love the location of this renovated home in Golfview Estates! Lovely views of the valley, golf course and lake. Ultra private backyard, geothermal heating system, hardwood, custom kitchen, ensuite and more. Great location for busy families - 15 minutes to YLW, UBC-O, Aberdeen Hall and city centre. 4 bdrm, 3 bath, 0.38 acre, 3155 sqft ft. Double garage plus extra parking for guests and RV/Boat. 981 Augusta Crt. Kelowna, MLS®10093375, $749,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

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Most sought after Crystal Springs MHP. Come view this wonderfully cared for 2 bedroom 2 bath home. Added brightness with plenty of skylights, and Central Air to keep you cool in the summer. This 14 ft wide Single Wide has a 12 x 26 Addition. Also a Storage room of 8 x 18 built onto the end of the unit. Plenty of room in the 1286 sq ft living area. 5 Appliances included so ready to move in. New Furnace 2012, Hot Water Tank 2014 and Dryer 2014.

201-1850 Shannon Lake Rd, West Kelowna. MLS®10093402, $139,900.

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low bare land strata fees of $75 per month. RV parking also available & offered by strata at $10 per month. Nicely renovated and decorated unit with newer roof, furnace, hot water tank, flooring & décor, appliances & more. Open concept design in main living area with gorgeous rock fireplace. Two bedrooms have an ensuite bath. Large wrap around deck offers both sun and shade. 35-1750 Lenz Rd, West Kelowna, MLS®10091511, $265,000.Call Dave Collins at 250-870-1444 or go to www.davecollins.ca

Completely rebuilt w/$8,000 of up-grades. Kitchen back splash,crown moldings, laminate floors in entrance, kitchen, hallway and living room, stainless steel appliances,wooden blind package. California bdrms. (opposite ends). 9 ft. ceilings. Best location on 4th floor near rear of building, away from Rutland Rd. Spectacular view looking south and west overlooking church grass field. Brand new with No GST on top floor with open plan. 404-770 Rutland Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10091110, $229,900. For more info call Walt Reglin at 250-470-0919.

ENJOY THE OKANAGAN LIFESTYLE!• • • • • •

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LARGE 2 BEDROOM PLUS DEN! • • • • • • • •

Walt Reglin 250-470-0919

By owning this Dainty fully furnished 1bed 1bath recreational condo at Lake Okanagan Resort. Awesome Lake and Mountain views, New Deck and Railings, Fully equipped Kitchen, First Unit up from the Parking Lot and closest to elevator to 4th floor Roof-Top Patio and BBQ Area.

Unit is located by the Waterfront area of the Resort, and fully rentable.

543-2751 Westside Road, MLS®10091752, $96,500. To arrange a showing call Karen Stephens at 250-575-2387

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GORGEOUS EAGLES VIEW • • • • • • • • • • • • •

A rare “Owl” unit on the level closest to the lake offering spectacular lake view/ town view/ valley view vistas for your enjoyment from lower and upper sundecks. You get both middle and upper floor in the building in this unit.

Upstairs is located a large master bedroom with 12’ ceilings big enough for all your furniture plus large luxurious 5-piece ensuite bath. Main floor offers open concept design with island kitchen, living room and two more bedrooms. Unit boasts in-floor heating, hardwood floors, granite countertops, central vacuum.

207-4350 Ponderosa Dr. Peachland, MLS®10090005, $525,000. Call Dave Collins at 250-870-1444 or go to www.davecollins.ca

AFFORDABLE RETIREMENT LIVING WITH TWO DOGS! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Pinewoods Villa 45+ community allows two small dogs and boasts private ownership &

REDUCED! MOVING! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

LUXURIOUS LIVING ON BEACH AVE. • • • • •

In this modern upscale townhome at Lakeview Estate overlooking Okanagan Lake. Granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, hardwood, ceramic tile, double heated garage, many extra’s. Central air, central vac, heated garage, low strata fees, alarm system. Live your dream in this picture perfect immaculate beach home close to the water, beach, and the wonderful walking along the trails of Peachland. 4-4356 Beach Ave, Peachland, MLS®10087368, $644,900. Call Larry Guilbault at 250-826-2047 or go to www.kelownaokanaganrealestate.com

Immaculately kept corner unit with spectacular mountain views, backing onto Walking Trails. 9 ft. ceilings throughout, Hand Scraped 4” hardwood floor. Tiled bathroom floor/ heated in Master Ensuite. Granite Tile Kitchen and Bathroom Counter Tops, Stainless Steel Appliances, Spacious living room with rock f/p plus large L-Shaped covered deck with Natural Gas BBQ hook-up. In-Suite Laundry with Up-Right Freezer, storage and secure underground parking. French doors leading from Kitchen and Master Bedroom onto Deck. 207-2780 Auburn Rd, West Kelowna, MLS®10090203, $399,600. To arrange a showing call Karen Stephens at 250-575-2387

LOWER MISSION BEAUTY! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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MONTICELLO IN WEST KELOWNA • • • • • • •

Karen Stephens 250-575-2387

With walk out basement and Legal Suite. Vaulted ceilings and fireplace in the great room and separate, formal dining room. Island kitchen features breakfast nook with easy access to over sized view covered deck. . Lower Level games room with sink and counters easily adapted to a wet bar if desired. Separate entrance accesses spacious 1 bedroom legal suite, full kitchen, bath and living area. 1169 Starlight Cres, West Kelowna, MLS®10093211, $549,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

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IMMACULATE RANCHER • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

2 storey family home with 3 bdrms up, den/bedroom on main floor and a 4th bedroom in the basement. Bright rooms, timeless design and quality construction. Granite island kitchen with walk in pantry and spacious eating area. Basement has 2 storage areas, a large family room, oversized bedroom with large window and a full 4 piece bathroom. 552 Knowles Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10093178, $749,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

and 4 bathrooms in this 4508 sq.ft. home. Open concept main floor great room, kitchen and dining easily transition to the outdoor patio and balcony. Upper Balcony features outdoor fireplace and built in stainless barbecue encased in river rock. Lower Level features spacious family room complete with wet bar and island. Geothermal heating. 286 Clear Pond Pl. Kelowna, MLS®10092179, $929,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

AWARD WINNING WILDEN NEIGHBORHOOD • • •

This luxurious residence features an open concept from the dramatic foyer, grand great room, casual dining and gourmet island kitchen. The main floor living area features Nana doors that allows for a seamless transition to an over 530 sq.ft lake view deck. Wide plank walnut floors, linear fireplaces, quartz surfaces and high gloss timber beams are just some of the high end finishing’s. Just shy of 4000 sq.ft of living with 3 bdrms + den. 234 Lost Creek Lane, Kelowna, MLS®10093346, $1,139,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

FOR MORE DETAILS, CALL JANE HOFFMAN AT 250-860-7500. FOR MORE PICTURES GO TO www.janehoffman.com

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Spacious 3 bedrooms and den, 2 baths in mint condition. Bright open concept with lots of windows. Built in 2006. We are open to offers! 66-610 Katherine Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10084365, $174,900.

Call Renee Boucher to view 250-470-1388. I speak your language, English, French and German.

Do you require a Property or Strata Manager for your property? Call our office for a presentation.

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION IS POSSIBLE • •

Renate Boucher 250-470-1388

Located in one of the nicest 55+ parks in Kelowna. Features include 2 bedrooms + hobby room, attached garage/workshop, lots of storage. Upgrades include newer roof, furnace, electrical, vinyl siding/ windows, laminate floors and central air. Lowest pad rent in Kelowna. #54-133 Findlay Rd. MLS®0088745 $55,900. Call Renee to view 250-470-1388. I speak your language, English, German & French. E-mail: kelownarealtor@shaw.ca

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SPECTACULAR LAKE VIEWS! • • • • • • • • • •

Situated above wineries and walking trails. Sit on the front deck and enjoy the Okanagan life. Stucco redone. 3 bed/3 bath, open floor plan with lots of light. Great family backyard with a beautiful garden. Central air, 2 gas fireplaces, gas barbecue hook-up, hot tub, underground irrigation, RV parking. A must see! 1318 Gregory Rd, Westbank, MLS®10094552,$589,900. Call John Mandoli at 250-718-1864 or Brian Wright at 250-681-0198.

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Christie Fisher

Property & Strata Manager

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Peter McKenzie

Glen Mehus

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John Mandoli 250-718-1864

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Shirley Mehus

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Janet McDonald

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250-470-9189

24-7openhouses.com

24-7openhouses.com

MACINTOSH HOUSE

SANDPOINTE LIVING!

Bright 3 bedroom top floor 33 corner unit in family friendly complex. Nicely updated with newer counter tops, slate backsplash, laminate floors, paint and trim. This well maintained unit also includes a private patio, outdoor pool, secure underground parking, in-suite laundry and storage locker located right beside your unit for convenience! 349-715 Leathead Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10092767, $179,800 Call Erin at 250-864-5877 or Marcelle at 250-470-9189 to view or go to www.24-7openhouses.com

This is adult living at it’s finest!!

35 You won’t be disappointed with this beautiful home in the highly sought after Sandpointe complex backing onto the WATERSCAPE!!! This 2 bedroom + den, 2 bathroom property shows A+++ with a large island kitchen, full ensuite bathroom, walk-in closet, updated hardwood floors, central air, vaulted ceilings, skylights, two gas fireplaces & double garage. The tranquil back patio takes the cake… enjoy the sound of the waterscape, watch the quail run in the gardens and unwind! 219-595 Yates Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10089325, $469,900. Call Erin at 250-864-5877 or Marcelle at 250-470-9189 to view or go to www.24-7openhouses.com

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LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION!

DESIRABLE CAPSTONE ESTATES!

34 Charming 1940’s character home with a deck overlooking the low maintenance landscaped yard. The main house is presently being used as a Spa. There are 2 bedrooms, hardwood flooring throughout, kitchen has a walkout to a private deck. Carriage house 1 bedroom on the main level, full bathroom and laundry in the bathroom. The kitchen has slate countertops, dining room has lots of windows, living room boasts a cozy stone fireplace and a walkout to a balcony. 1557 Ethel St, Kelowna, MLS®10092619, $499,800.

Call Erin at 250-864-5877 or Marcelle at 250-470-9189 to view or go to www.24-7openhouses.com

Beautifully finished and well 36 kept townhouse. This property has more than enough space for a young couple, a growing family or empty nesters that want to lock up and GO! With 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, a single attached garage, a large bonus room downstairs, tonnes of storage and a back patio for entertaining… you wont be disappointed with this one!! Pets and Kids are welcome. 128-914 Craig Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10092909, $318,800.

Call Erin at 250-864-5877 or Marcelle at 250-470-9189 to view or go to www.24-7openhouses.com

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She said will look at all reasonable offers. WANTS IT SOLD. 2 bed, 2 bath, bright open floor plan. Unit comes with 1 underground parking spot and a storage locker. In suite laundry. 1 cat or 1 dog (14 inches at shoulder height) is allowed. Great area...close to shopping, H20 center, beach, restaurants, coffee shops, schools...everything you need.

This unit faces Gordon offering nice views of the mountains. 207-688 Lequime Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10077929, $255,000. Call Cathy Cherka at 250-215-2956 for more information or go to www.cathycherka.ca

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From this 5 bedrooms walkout Rancher. Can be one or two bedrooms self-contained suite in basement. Large Sun Deck with Hot-Tub accessible from Breakfast Nook and Master Bedroom. Covered Lower Patio leads to pool sized backyard with Mature Apricot and Peach trees.

This is a must see! 2119 Shamrock Dr, West Kelowna, MLS®10090210, $430,000. Call Karen Stephens for a private viewing at 250-575-2387.

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4 Bedroom (3+1) plus Den, Family Friendly Home. Kitchen opens directly out to your large fenced backyard! Fully finished lower level. Great location close to Elementary School and minutes to Downtown West Kelowna. 2090 Rose Tree Jaime Road, West Kelowna, MLS®10093606, $459,000, For more Briggs information on Kelowna Real Estate call Jaime Briggs or 250-215-0015 go to www.BriggsOnHomes.com.

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LAKE VIEW RANCHER IN KETTLE VALLEY • • • • • • • •

Exterior stucco, stone with modern glass doors on garage. Open concept from foyer allows for Okanagan lake view from entry. Quality granite island kitchen with top of the line appliances. Seamless transition to great room, dining and lake view balcony. Over 3400 sq.ft with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths plus main floor office. Possibility of Roof top deck to enjoy the sparkling lake views if desired. Level back yard with room for a pool. 5344 Signet Cres. Kelowna, MLS®10092363, $798,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

You’ll love the location of this renovated home in Golfview Estates! Lovely views of the valley, golf course and lake. Ultra private backyard, geothermal heating system, hardwood, custom kitchen, ensuite and more. Great location for busy families - 15 minutes to YLW, UBC-O, Aberdeen Hall and city centre. 4 bdrm, 3 bath, 0.38 acre, 3155 sqft ft. Double garage plus extra parking for guests and RV/Boat. 981 Augusta Crt. Kelowna, MLS®10093375, $749,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

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Most sought after Crystal Springs MHP. Come view this wonderfully cared for 2 bedroom 2 bath home. Added brightness with plenty of skylights, and Central Air to keep you cool in the summer. This 14 ft wide Single Wide has a 12 x 26 Addition. Also a Storage room of 8 x 18 built onto the end of the unit. Plenty of room in the 1286 sq ft living area. 5 Appliances included so ready to move in. New Furnace 2012, Hot Water Tank 2014 and Dryer 2014.

201-1850 Shannon Lake Rd, West Kelowna. MLS®10093402, $139,900.

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low bare land strata fees of $75 per month. RV parking also available & offered by strata at $10 per month. Nicely renovated and decorated unit with newer roof, furnace, hot water tank, flooring & décor, appliances & more. Open concept design in main living area with gorgeous rock fireplace. Two bedrooms have an ensuite bath. Large wrap around deck offers both sun and shade. 35-1750 Lenz Rd, West Kelowna, MLS®10091511, $265,000.Call Dave Collins at 250-870-1444 or go to www.davecollins.ca

Completely rebuilt w/$8,000 of up-grades. Kitchen back splash,crown moldings, laminate floors in entrance, kitchen, hallway and living room, stainless steel appliances,wooden blind package. California bdrms. (opposite ends). 9 ft. ceilings. Best location on 4th floor near rear of building, away from Rutland Rd. Spectacular view looking south and west overlooking church grass field. Brand new with No GST on top floor with open plan. 404-770 Rutland Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10091110, $229,900. For more info call Walt Reglin at 250-470-0919.

ENJOY THE OKANAGAN LIFESTYLE!• • • • • •

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LARGE 2 BEDROOM PLUS DEN! • • • • • • • •

Walt Reglin 250-470-0919

By owning this Dainty fully furnished 1bed 1bath recreational condo at Lake Okanagan Resort. Awesome Lake and Mountain views, New Deck and Railings, Fully equipped Kitchen, First Unit up from the Parking Lot and closest to elevator to 4th floor Roof-Top Patio and BBQ Area.

Unit is located by the Waterfront area of the Resort, and fully rentable.

543-2751 Westside Road, MLS®10091752, $96,500. To arrange a showing call Karen Stephens at 250-575-2387

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GORGEOUS EAGLES VIEW • • • • • • • • • • • • •

A rare “Owl” unit on the level closest to the lake offering spectacular lake view/ town view/ valley view vistas for your enjoyment from lower and upper sundecks. You get both middle and upper floor in the building in this unit.

Upstairs is located a large master bedroom with 12’ ceilings big enough for all your furniture plus large luxurious 5-piece ensuite bath. Main floor offers open concept design with island kitchen, living room and two more bedrooms. Unit boasts in-floor heating, hardwood floors, granite countertops, central vacuum.

207-4350 Ponderosa Dr. Peachland, MLS®10090005, $525,000. Call Dave Collins at 250-870-1444 or go to www.davecollins.ca

AFFORDABLE RETIREMENT LIVING WITH TWO DOGS! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Pinewoods Villa 45+ community allows two small dogs and boasts private ownership &

REDUCED! MOVING! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

LUXURIOUS LIVING ON BEACH AVE. • • • • •

In this modern upscale townhome at Lakeview Estate overlooking Okanagan Lake. Granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, hardwood, ceramic tile, double heated garage, many extra’s. Central air, central vac, heated garage, low strata fees, alarm system. Live your dream in this picture perfect immaculate beach home close to the water, beach, and the wonderful walking along the trails of Peachland. 4-4356 Beach Ave, Peachland, MLS®10087368, $644,900. Call Larry Guilbault at 250-826-2047 or go to www.kelownaokanaganrealestate.com

Immaculately kept corner unit with spectacular mountain views, backing onto Walking Trails. 9 ft. ceilings throughout, Hand Scraped 4” hardwood floor. Tiled bathroom floor/ heated in Master Ensuite. Granite Tile Kitchen and Bathroom Counter Tops, Stainless Steel Appliances, Spacious living room with rock f/p plus large L-Shaped covered deck with Natural Gas BBQ hook-up. In-Suite Laundry with Up-Right Freezer, storage and secure underground parking. French doors leading from Kitchen and Master Bedroom onto Deck. 207-2780 Auburn Rd, West Kelowna, MLS®10090203, $399,600. To arrange a showing call Karen Stephens at 250-575-2387

LOWER MISSION BEAUTY! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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MONTICELLO IN WEST KELOWNA • • • • • • •

Karen Stephens 250-575-2387

With walk out basement and Legal Suite. Vaulted ceilings and fireplace in the great room and separate, formal dining room. Island kitchen features breakfast nook with easy access to over sized view covered deck. . Lower Level games room with sink and counters easily adapted to a wet bar if desired. Separate entrance accesses spacious 1 bedroom legal suite, full kitchen, bath and living area. 1169 Starlight Cres, West Kelowna, MLS®10093211, $549,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

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Spectacular Lake & Mountain Views from this lovely 2 Bedrooms + Den, 55+ condo in West Kelowna. Offers over 1300 Sq. Ft. of Immaculately kept living space plus Large L-Shaped covered deck to enjoy the views and outdoor living. Short walk to Shopping Centre. Owners currently have 2 assigned+garden plots to maintain their own Vegetable Garden that can be assumed through the Strata. 212-3890 Brown Rd, West Kelowna, MLS®10092303, $345,000. To arrange a showing call Karen Stephens at 250-575-2387

IMMACULATE RANCHER • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

2 storey family home with 3 bdrms up, den/bedroom on main floor and a 4th bedroom in the basement. Bright rooms, timeless design and quality construction. Granite island kitchen with walk in pantry and spacious eating area. Basement has 2 storage areas, a large family room, oversized bedroom with large window and a full 4 piece bathroom. 552 Knowles Rd, Kelowna, MLS®10093178, $749,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

and 4 bathrooms in this 4508 sq.ft. home. Open concept main floor great room, kitchen and dining easily transition to the outdoor patio and balcony. Upper Balcony features outdoor fireplace and built in stainless barbecue encased in river rock. Lower Level features spacious family room complete with wet bar and island. Geothermal heating. 286 Clear Pond Pl. Kelowna, MLS®10092179, $929,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

AWARD WINNING WILDEN NEIGHBORHOOD • • •

This luxurious residence features an open concept from the dramatic foyer, grand great room, casual dining and gourmet island kitchen. The main floor living area features Nana doors that allows for a seamless transition to an over 530 sq.ft lake view deck. Wide plank walnut floors, linear fireplaces, quartz surfaces and high gloss timber beams are just some of the high end finishing’s. Just shy of 4000 sq.ft of living with 3 bdrms + den. 234 Lost Creek Lane, Kelowna, MLS®10093346, $1,139,000. Call Jane Hoffman for more details at 250-860-7500 or go to www.janehoffman.com for more pictures.

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Baby & Snickle-Fritz are 2 adorable lil’ guys who are a bonded pair... meaning they MUST go to their ‘forever’ home, together. They are very sociable, easy to handle (Baby will need a lot more, as he is still quite shy, but coming around nicely). If you are looking to add a couple of low maintenance cuties to your family, then look no further.

Burt is a very lucky boy, he has had a much needed eye surgery & is now ready to be adopted to his forever home. He is really friendly, and just wants a family that will love him, as he has so much to give. Burt is a real cuddle bear and wants to know if you could find it in your heart to give him a chance to have a real nice life. Please ask the staff to set up a one on one meeting with him.

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Drop off location will be at Anchor Thrift Store store #189 Hwy 33 Visit our blog for more info: bowtiesandlittleguys.com Kelowna Minor Hockey Assoc., is searching for an Executive Director to oversee the operations, administration, staffing and strategic direction of the association. See kelownaminorhockey.com for the complete job description.

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WALTER, GERDA Passed away on February 28, 2015 at the age of 74. Survived by her loving daughter Angelika Walter of Kelowna, son Michael (Holly) Walter of Kelowna grandchildren Ashley (Shayne), Briana and Felicia Walter; sister Helga Seeliger of Crystal Lake, USA; brother Horst Seeliger of Germany. Predeceased by her husband Siegfried Walter.

You were a gift to all those whose lives you touched. A Celebration of Life will be held on April 11, 2015 at 2:00 pm at the German Club in the upstairs hall, 1696 Cary Road, Kelowna, BC. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Kelowna SPCA, 3785 Casorso Road, Kelowna, BC V1W 4M7 or the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com 250-860-7077.

PANUSA, CARMELA

August 12, 1913 - March 3, 2015 After 101.5 years of a wonderful life Carmela passed away to join her beloved husband Paolo. Pre-deceased by her son-in-law Giacomo Anfuso in 2003. Survived by her daughters Rosa, Silvia (Roberto), and son John (Angela), grandchildren Maria (Tony), James (Railene), Cristina (Adrian), Tina (Joe), Paolo (Kristine), Gianpaolo (Jeina), and Stefano (Nicole). Carmela was very fortunate to also have 14 great-grandchildren whom she enjoyed immensely.

Carmela was blessed to have her daughter Rosa be a constant in her life. Rosa devoted herself to visit her mother and bring homemade food every day at Cottonwoods, for just over two years. Special thanks to Dr. White, her family physician and the nurses and staff on B and C wards at Cottonwoods.

Prayers will be held on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 7:30 pm with a Mass to follow on Monday, March 9, 2015 at 10:30 am both at Immaculate Conception Church, 839 Sutherland Ave., Kelowna, BC. In lieu of flowers donations could be made to the of Kelowna General Hospital Foundation – Children’s Care Fund, 2268 Pandosy Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 1T2 or www.kghfoundation.com.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.

UHDE, ELKE (OSTI)

JUNE 30, 1940 – FEBRUARY 25, 2015 “If I should go before the rest of you, break not a flower nor inscribe a stone; Nor, when I am gone speak in a Sunday voice, But be the usual selves that I have known.

Weep if you must, Parting is Hell, But life goes on, so sing as well.”

By Joyce Grenfel

Dieter lost the love of his life. Debbie, Brenda, Terry and Kelly lost their Mom. Ashley, Jamie and Duncan lost their Oma. Christel and Marte lost their sister.

Elke was predeceased by her parents at a very early age, and by her young son Ricky in 1988. In respecting Elke’s wishes she was cremated and there will be no service and no flowers please.

The family would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those involved in our mother’s care. A very special thank you to Dr. Steinruck and Sylvi for their exceptional kindness.

“With love to my family and friends: Life for me has truly passed.

I loved you all to the very last.

Weep not for me, But courage take and love one another for my sake.”

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.

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HART, EDWINA LILIAN (NEE BAALIM) Passed peacefully away at KGH on February 26, 2015, one month and one day shy of her 100th birthday. Edwina was the only child of Charles and Jessie Baalim, born on March 25, 1915 in Barons Alberta. After Charles untimely passing in 1924, Jessie and Edwina moved to the M.P. Williams Ranch in Lake Country where Jessie was hired as the cook and homemaker. There Jessie met and eventually married Archie Weighton who Edwina loved dearly. After graduation Edwina moved to Vancouver to attend the VGH Nursing School. While there she met and married the love of her life, Al Christie. Tragically Al died in WW II. Edwina eventually did marry again and gave birth to her treasured daughter Ferne in 1953. Again tragedy struck when Ferne died at 3 years of age. Edwina never got over losing her. Determined to go on with her life, Edwina went back to school, this time to UBC where she obtained her degree as a Public Health Nurse. She served in this career in Grand Forks and the South Okanagan and later in Kelowna. Edwina was a talented pianist and she loved to dance and socialize with her friends. Upon retirement Edwina travelled the world, with many trips to visit her family in Scotland, England and New Zealand. Edwina leaves behind many treasured friends, especially her neighbor Dave and her friend Betty and family. She is also survived by her family Geord Holland (Jo), their children Chessa, Keda (Jack), Taylor and Tanner, and many other cousins near and far. A Service will be held at 2pm, Friday, March 6 at First Memorial Funeral Services , 1211 Sutherland. In lieu of flowers please send donations to the Central Okanagan Hospice, #104-1456 St. Paul St. Kelowna, V1Y 2E6.

Condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.firstmemorialfuneralkelowna.com.

Arrangements entrusted with First Memorial Funeral Services, Kelowna. 250-762-2299

SISLER, JAMES MARTIN (JIM) The family of James Martin (Jim) Sisler are sad to announce his passing on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. He leaves in mourning his wife of 57 years, Alice, and his two sons, Murray (Vivian) of Richmond BC and Jeff (Cathy) and their children, Rebecca, Danny and Julia of Winnipeg. He leaves his three siblings, Barbara Smith (Maurice), Roddy Sisler (Marianne) and Sandra Schjerning (Nick), and sisters-in-law Betty and Berenice Sisler, Luella Rutledge, and their families. Dad was predeceased by his brothers Bill and George and his brother-in-law Bill Rutledge. Jim was born in 1927 in Winnipeg and attended Glenwood, Lord Selkirk, and St. John’s Tech High Schools. He graduated from the U of Manitoba with a BSc in Agriculture in 1950 and from the U of Michigan with a MPH degree in 1953. Jim met Alice in 1955 when she caught his eye, of course, playing the piano.

They married in 1957 and raised their two sons in a very close neighbourhood in Winnipeg and at their cottage at Tannis Lake, Ontario, where Dad built their family cottage in 1969. Jim worked as a Public Health Inspector, and was passionate about improving food safety standards. He retired in 1990, and he and Alice moved to Kelowna, where they formed lasting friendships in the Newcomers Club, Parkinson Rec Centre, St Paul’s United Church and the B.C. Old Time Fiddlers. The love of music marked every aspect of his life. Dad sang and played the banjo ukulele, and with Mom on the piano, they performed at parties, family gatherings, and with “the Fiddlers”. For their 50th wedding anniversary, Dad and Mom recorded a CD of their music which is treasured. Dad was grateful for his many caregivers, especially his family doctor, Dr. W. Mackle and his office staff Kathy and Julie; Interior Health Home Care (Devon and Georgia); and Dr. Josh Wiesenthal. He spent his final days in the warmth of Hospice House. Special thanks to Margaret and Darrell Porubanec for their help and devotion through Dad’s illness. A memorial service will he held on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Springfield Funeral Home, 2020 Springfield Road, led by Rev. Wayne Laurie. Interment will occur later in Winnipeg.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the charity of your choice.

Condolences may be left at www.springfieldfuneralhome.com.

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Farm Workers

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Retail

Financial Services

NORTHVIEW Orchards requires seasonal orchard workers from April/15 to Nov./15 Duties may include: planting pruning, thinning, harvest and general farm work. Wages: $10.49/hr, 40hrs/wk.

Apple harverst on a piece work basis. Call: 250-765-9068 or Email: bwit@telus.net

SUN City Cherries, 4759 Lakeshore Rd. Req’s farm labourers FT. Duties incl: Pruning, packing, sorting & picking.

40hrs/wk, $10.49/hr/pce rate $.224/lb. Starting Apr 1, 2015.

250-764-1872

OKANAGAN Store Manager

Wireless World Solutions loc’d at Orchard Park Shopping Ctr,

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LOST: Set of 3 keys on small chain in Superstore or Value Village area. 250-868-4848

Place of Worship Unitarian Fellowship of Kelowna, 1310 Bertram St., invites you to join us for Sunday service, 10:30 am on March 8th. Topic- “My Journey To Islam” Muhammad William tells the story of his journey of discovery into the eternal guidance of the Qur’an.

Home Bible study every Thursday 7pm. Rutland. Food and Fellowship. Phone June (250)807-7810

Employment Business Opportunities ESTABLISHED in the Okanagan in 2000. Pressure Washing Business for sale. Repeat yearly clients in place including property management & commercial clients. Includes all equipment and contact numbers. Dave 250-863-0306 Multi-Billion Dollar Anti Aging Skincare Opportunity! Looking to be an entrepreneur?

Get Your Career Started Today! 250.809.1468 For more information please visit: www.good therapyrandfproducts.ca consultant ID: 06340710

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking We require qualified US capable Class 1 drivers immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacific Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid.

Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

HIGHWAY OWNER OPERATORS $3500 SIGNING BONUS Van Kam’s Group of Companies requires Highway linehaul Owner Operators based in our Kelowna terminal for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain, driving experience/ training.

We offer above average rates and an excellent employee benefits package.

To join our team of professional drivers, email a detailed resume, current driver’s abstract & details of your truck to: careers@vankam.com Call 604-968-5488 Fax: 604-587-9889 Only those of interest will be contacted.

Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

SHOP LOCALLY Farm Workers Boparai Orchard req’s, Pruning, thinning & picking. MarchOct. $10.49/hr, 250-862-1025 Farm Labourers Req’d, 5 - 6

SEASONAL Farm Labourer required by Julius Kish in Kelowna Beginning June 10 to Oct 31. 40hrs/week. Work includes thinning, picking and pruning. Pay $10.50/hr Contact Julius at 250-765-6039 SEASONAL Farm labourers required by David Kish in Kelowna beginning June 10- Oct. 31. 40hrs/wk. Work includes thinning, picking,pruning. Pay $10.50/hr contact David at 250-317-5797 Seasonal Farm Workers needed in Lake Country and Armstrong for Factors Farms.

Duties include greenhouse work, field work, installing irrigation system, picking by hand and loading. Requirements are listed on our web site at: www.naturalfactors.com 16 positions start from March 1, 2015 and end October 31, 2015 (35 weeks).

Minimum of 40 hours per week.

Must be available Monday to Saturday 7 am – 3:30 pm. Pay: $12/hour.

Please email resumes to: CareersKelowna@ naturalfactors.com or fax to (250) 766-7178.

Apple thinning, picking cherries & apple picking. Starts approximately June 10th. Drop off resume at: 3630 Fitzgerald Rd., Kelowna BC V1W 4G5 or email: dbullach@shaw.ca

SUN City Cherries, 4759 Lakeshore Rd. Req’s farm labourers FT. Duties incl: Pruning, packing, sorting & picking.

40hrs/wk, $10.49/hr/pce rate $.224/lb. Starting June 25, 2015. 250-764-1872

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Terance Coderre Assistant Manager

1211 SUTHERLAND AVENUE

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BEAUCHAMP, EDMOND GEORGES CLAUDE Claude, 89 yrs, passed away peacefully, March 2, 2015.

Memorial Service will be held on March 16, 2015, 1:30 pm at the Kingdom Hall, 1039 KLO Road, Kelowna, BC Special thanks to Dr. Hart, Interior Health (community services) and the staff on 5B at KGH for their loving care.

NESBITT - CATHY 58 of Kelowna left us the same day she arrived March 1. She was born March 1,1957 to Robert Nesbitt and Jean Dell.

Married Richard Romolock September 23, 1995. Cathy had two passions in her life. She was a Certified Celebrant and dog trainer. She helped so many in there time of need as a celebrant. Her love of animals had no limit. She loved the sport of dog agility and was a Masters Agility judge. She touched many lives 2 legged and 4. Cathy was a very vibrant person and will be missed by many. Cathy is survived by her husband Richard, Father Robert, mother Jean, sister Carol and many other family and friends. Cathy is also survived by her dogs Pearl, Chiquita, Ariel, Buttons, Quinn, Baba Loey, Boris and Mojo. Cats JR, Ringo and Rusty. A Celebration of Cathy’s life will be held on Saturday March 14 at 11:00 am at First Memorial Funeral Services, 1211 Sutherland Avenue. Kelowna. In lieu of flowers please donate to the Kelowna SPCA or animal cause of choice in memory of Cathy. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.firstmemorialfuneralkelowna.com.

Arrangements entrusted with First Memorial Funeral Services, Kelowna.

250-762-2299

BOUCHERIE Bottle Depot.

West Kel. FT Cashier required. Apply with Resume to Ken @ 2711 Kyle Rd. EI CLAIM Denied? Need Help? 22 yrs experience as an EI Officer. Will prepare, present, reconsiderations & appeals. Call me before requesting reconsideration: Bernie Hughes, Toll Free at : 1-877-581-1122.

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You will work on the repair & upkeep of bucking mills post peelers and wheeled mobile equipment. Must have 10 years exp. including hydraulics, welding & minor electrical repairs. Will have the ability to work unsupervised, be able to problem solve and prioritize jobs.

Competitive Compensation Package w/ Profit Sharing!

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Help Wanted

We are recruiting for a Store Manager. The successful candidate will have previous, relevant grocery experience.

Applicants must possess excellent interpersonal skills, take a genuine interest in people and have a strong commitment to customer service while delivering budgeted results consistent with store operating standards in merchandising excellence, quality and presentation.

We offer: Competitive Wages with starting rates based on experience Company match RRSP Program.

Benefits include: MSP, Dental, Extended Health, Life and Wage Indemnity.

Please email resume to:

1981 – 2015 Sadly on February 26th 2015 Lianna couldn’t see her way clear to keep going on life’s journey. Ultimately she chose to take the last exit to her final destination. We trust she is smiling and happy there. We’ll see you down the road babe; Love us always, Mom, Dad, Eric, Corry and Rylie. An informal visitation will be held on Saturday March 7th, 2015 at Everden Rust Funeral Services from 1:00pm to 3:00pm, 1910 Windsor Rd. Kelowna, BC.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.everdenrust.com 250-860-6440

Public Notice

Cemetery Spring Maintenance Families are requested to remove all winter offerings from any graves within lawn areas of the Cemetery grounds by March 15.

Any offerings not removed by families will be stored at the Cemetery Office for pickup until April 15, after which they will be disposed of. Only fresh cut flowers, wreaths or other natural floral offerings shall be placed on lawn area grave sites from March 16 – October 31.

Thank you for your cooperation in making Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery a place where beautiful memories rest.

4030-2271 Harvey Ave Kelowna

BC, requires 1 Retail Supervisor to start ASAP; Full time/ Permanent. Min 1 year exp.

Wages $18/hr. Duties: Supervise & co-ordinate sales staff, oversee the store operation, assign duties & prepare work schedules etc. Email resume retailjobs@mywirelessworld.ca

Work Wanted I am a senior looking for part time work. Light duty only. Call 250-317-1031

Services Mind Body Spirit ARE you looking for excellent full body work, clean, comfortable environment and affordability? Linda 862-3929 ASIAN MASSAGE. Lovely & Peaceful Setting. $60/Hour, $100/2 Hours. 250-317-3575 BLISS Deep & French Massage, 10 years experience.

Call 4 appt. 250-859-2272 THAI Massage. Totally relax & energize your body & mind.

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Home Care

MARY-LIN’S Senior’s Home Support. Bathing, shopping, housework, appnts. Loving, honest & reliable. 808-0830

Personal Care GREAT Footcare. In Call 778-754-1544

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Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

Job Postings The City of Kelowna currently has opportunities for: • Property Manager • Business Systems Analyst • Energy Specialist – Term • Accounting Assistants – Casual • Parking Operations Coordinator Apply online at kelowna.ca/careers kelowna.ca/careers

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SPECIALIST Local Insurance Restoration Company is seeking an Accounts Payable Specialist to join our team.

The Candidate will have at least 5 years experience with all aspects of Accounts Payable. Preference will be given to candidates with Accpac 2014, Excel skills and Payroll experience.

Responsibilities; • General Ledger coding for three separate locations in a job costing system • Data entry, reconciliation of statements and supervision of a store supplies inventory system • Tracking Worksafe Eligibility and Insurance Liability Coverage for Active Vendors Please reply to Box #100 c/o The Kelowna Capital News, 2495 Enterprise Way, Kelowna BC, V1X 6X2.

Circulation Representative Duties include: • Carrier Recruitment • Distribution Audits • Data Entry • Customer Service • Telephone Surveys Position is 4 days per week with benefits and profit sharing package.

Interested applicants may drop off resumes to: Kelowna Capital News c/o Glenn Beaudry 2495 Enterprise Way Kelowna, BC V1X 7K2

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Accounting/Tax/ Bookkeeping KEVIN Blucke, CPA, CMA. An accountant with over 20 years exp. specializing in full cycle bookkeeping for small and medium sized companies at very comp. rates. Visit www.blucke.com or call (250) 718-1556 for more info.

The Tax Pros. Income Tax Service. Orchard Park Mall.

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Cleaning Services ALLTERIOR CLEAN - The Superior Interior and Exterior Clean!! MARCH SPECIALS FOR POWER WASHING AND WINDOW WASHING!! Call 778-214-1027, or email allteriorclean@shaw.ca We’ll MEET OR BEAT our competitors pricing!!

SPRING Cleaning now or weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, move in or out. (250)763-2377 WILL do all cleaning. $25/hr.

Office/Gutters/evenings / property mgmnt. 250-765-8500

Carpentry/ Woodwork

Contractors DCR Contracting, Summer outdoor kitchens, pergolas,....etc , int/ext. Free est. 250-862-1746

Courier/Delivery Services GEORGE’S DELIVERY. Pick-Up Truck for HIRE. $40.

(250)-212-5034

Electrical ALAN Dignam Electric. Resid/ Comm., Service Calls, Reno’s, Upgrades. Lic’d, Bonded & Insured. Alan: 250-808-6595

Garden & Lawn

Landscaping

Moving & Storage

Moving & Storage

JIM’S MOWING. Book your Spring clean up. Lawn Maintenance & more!! 250-310-5467

#1 DECORATIVE ROCK, www.bcrocks.com, Compost Soil - $25/yard, 250-862-0862

AAA Best Rates Moving $59+.

FLAT Rates long dist. Weekly trips BC/AB. 250-861-3400

Home Improvements

CUSTOM YARD CARE. Call Today For ALL Your Lawn Care Needs!!! 250-862-0821

Allow Payless Moving to do the lifting for you. 1 man + truck $49/hr - 250-808-2938

JOE’S MOVING Reasonable Rates, Fully Equip’d Trucks, Local-long Distance, Storage Available. No Job Too Small!

Free Estimates. Call Joe Anytime at: 250-470-8194

ECO-SCAPES Landscapes, fall clean-up, snow removal, retaining walls, 250-864-2991

DanMel Moving 2013 4 Ton Cube-Power Lift -Local Movers Dan 250-215-0147, 766-1282

TERRA Nova Landscaping can help with all of your landscape needs! Design & Construction, for more information on all our services Contact Chad @ 778-215-3130

U1ST MOVING 2 men $90/hr.

Local and long distance.

Call 250-859-8362.

KITCHEN & Bathroom Renovations. Best price in town.

Call Joe, 250-859-5032 www.paintspecial.com.

3 rooms for $299! Price incls.

Cloverdale Premium Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT until the job is completed! Free Est. (1) 250-899-3163

RETIRED Carpenter. Decks, fences,windows, doors, siding, painting,drywall. 250-870-8851

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Cleaning Services

Concrete & Placing

Floor Refinishing/ Installations

Kitchen Cabinets

Machining & Metal Work

KATHY’S HOUSE CLEANING. weekly/biweekly and spring cleaning. $20. (250) 212-7003

DANFORMS Concrete offers certified tradesman for all concrete needs. 250-863-5419

Flooring installations. Over 20 yrs experience. In the Okanagan Valley 778-215-rugs (7847)

Kitchen & Bathroom Renovations. GEMINI BATHS: 250862-6991. Free Estimates.

GET BENT Metal Fab, fences, gates, railings, stainless, steel 863-4418www.getbentmetalfab.ca

FAMILY Movers. Moving?

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 FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

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Canopy West Automotive “Thank you for your business in 2014. We look forward to taking care of your automotive needs in 2015!”

247 Adams Rd. • 250-469-3031

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CARPENTRY

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CONTRACTORS

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DCR Contracting

THE OLD PROS PAINTING & DRYWALL

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MARTINSON ECO Landscaping

Spring clean-up, weekly lawn maintenance. Landscaping, irrigation, patios, retaining walls, water features & fencing

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ROOFNOW SAVE BIG $$$ NOW before our spring rush

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•Artificial Turf •Brick •Decks •Design •Excavating

•Fences •Firepits •Pergolas •Planting •Privacy Screens

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CONTACT Chad @ 778-215-3130 OR silvester.c@hotmail.com

Diamondback Landscaping

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MOVING & STORAGE PAYLESS MOVING 250-808-2938

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ROOFING Your torch on & shingle professionals Fully insured, WCB coverage, seniors discounts - plus references.

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Summer Exterior Kitchens, pergolas & gazebos, concrete/wood decks and stairs, new construction, reno’s int./ext. FREE est.

(250) 862-1746

Licensed & Insured.

Call Barry @ 250-826-2599

LANDSCAPING

LAWN & GARDENING SPRING SERVICES

sidewalks, floors, foundations, retaining walls, stairs, wheelchair ramps.

250-870-8851

HAIR CUTS TASHA’S CUTS & COLORS **NEW OWNER!**

Certified Tradesman for driveways,

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‘From a hole in your roof to a whole new roof.’

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• Local/long distance • Storage Available • No job too small • Free Estimates Call Joe Anytime 250-470-8194

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TIRES

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TILE SETTER

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Travertine, marble, granite & ceramic. Decks, kitchen, baths. Guaranteed work.

Credit accepted.

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TILING Artistic Ceramics

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Promote your business in Kelowna’s Community Newspaper delivered FREE every Wednesday & Friday to over 45,000 homes.

Call for Full Service Rubbish Removal

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3 rooms for $299 (2 coats any colour)

Joe’s Moving Service

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• Lawn Mowing • Maintenance • Pruning • Hedging • Roto Tilling • Bark Mulchers • Yard clean up available NOW HIRING

PAINTING/DECORATING

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CUSTOM YARD CARE

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• Fences • Gates • Railings • Rollcages • Ornamental Iron Work • Aluminium • Stainless & Steel.

Tube Bending Specialists. www.getbentmetalfab.ca

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•Artificial Turf •Brick •Decks •Design •Excavating Chad @

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Furniture CHERRY wood china cabinet, matching table, 6 chairs, made in Canada, excellent shape. $1000. Like new sofa & rocking armchair, $225. 250-769-3056 PATIO Table, 142” round, bamboo w/glass top, 4 cushioned chairs, asking $250.

250-769-0624, 250-212-3730

Rubbish Removal 2GirlsOneTruck Rubbish Removal. Your cheaper option.

Call us and save 250-878-5210

Tiling TILE SETTER Artistic Ceramics. Custom tile setting. Call (250)-870-1009

Tree Services ALL Exterior Hedge & Tree Service. Insured. For a free quote call Dave: 250-212-1716 www.hedgeabovetherest.ca

Trucking/ Bull Dozing

Window Cleaning JB’S Window Cleaning. Pressure washing, eavestrough cleaning & snow removal. Call Jodey Shea @ 250-317-4525

Pets & Livestock

Hauling ATTENTION The Capital News cannot be responsible for errors after the first day of publication of any advertisement. Notice of errors on the first day should immediately be called to the attention of the Classified Department to be corrected for the following edition.

Livestock 20 young Angus bred cows $3,000.; 1-3 yr old Angus bull $4,000.; 250-546-9766.

Merchandise for Sale

Auctions CodyAuctions.com

ON SITE SALE Saturday, March 7 @ 10AM at 2840 East Boundary Rd. West Kelowna.

100’s of Skids of Roof Tile, Floor Tile, Stone & Brick Facing.Viewing Friday March 6th,4pm-6pm Ph: 250-868-CODY(2639) Check our website for pictures & details: CodyAuctions.com

$100 & Under 2- P235 75R 15” Tires 5 bolt rims $100 Call (250)717-0581 60’s Record player/radio $99 Call (250)717-0581 60 VHS & 25 Beta tapes for $60 obo 250-764-2349 6 Piece Silver set w/ a tray for sale, $40 Call 250-860-6840.

BLACKBERRY Curve 3G 9300. Charger/belt clip/no contract. $55 obo. 250-764-2349 Older set Ice tire chains $ 50 Call (250)717-0581 OSTER Food processor set w/ all the attachments. good condition $50. Call 250-860-6840

$400 & Under 2 guns, JC Higgins, Marlin Model 80 22 repeaters. Must have PAL $350 250-764-3067 40” Sony Bravia Flatscreen TV. $400 Call (250)717-0581

Firearms Quality Firearms Buy & Sell.

Weber & Markin Gunsmiths The Best Little Gunshop Around 4-1691 Powick Rd Kel 250-762-7575 Tue-Sat 10-6 facebook.com/WeberMarkin

Flea Markets RUTLAND Centennial Hall Community Market, Every Sunday 8:00am-1:00pm Call Ken or Alf 250765-6516. Full breakfast available.

Fruit & Vegetables

HAZELDELL ORCHARDS Apple Juice For Sale 5 litre boxes • 2 varieties Call 250.862.4997 for pickup

For Sale By Owner $205,000 OWN THE LAND

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock.

Trades are welcome.

40’Containers under $2500!

DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

2 bedroom, 2 bath Moduline home. 45yrs plus, 2 small pets, gas fireplace, all kitchen appliances. 2 extra parking stalls. C/A. 10x18 rear deck, 6x20 side deck. $75/mo. strata fee. 14x32 insulated garage with large storage area.

Call 250-769-6446 SxS Dplx. L Mission 2bd+den 2F-bths #3585-87 Scott Rd. $675,000 Ph. (250)-862-3456

Misc. for Sale

Houses For Sale

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ATTENTION The Capital News cannot be responsible for errors after the first day of publication of any advertisement. Notice of errors on the first day should immediately be called to the attention of the Classified Department to be corrected for the following edition.

CERAMIC Urns for your loved ones or pets, hand painted.

Phone Colleen: (250)766-4405 For Sale- Refrigeration Equipment and New Parts for Everything! It All Must Go! Call Chuck 250-765-6104 On Now! The Pro Life Thrift Shop at 1157 Sutherland Avenue is holding their Spring $5 bag Sale. All the clothing you can stuff into one of their bags for only $5, the rest of store 50% off marked prices! Call 250 762-9266 for more details.

to advertise in the Capital News, the Vernon Morning Star and the Penticton Western News! Call 250-763-7114 or email your ad to classified@kelownacapnews.com

Mobile Homes & Parks MORE HOME FOR YOUR MONEY, SIERRAS You can walk to big box stores, shops & entertainment.

Attractive home designs set back from a wide street-scape.

Brand new 3bed/2bath homes starting at $199,900.00 with $10,000.00 down & $795.00 Bi-weekly O.A.C. We take trades for down payments, so give us a call about your trades. See show homes at 1680 Ross Road where you’ll discover your next home.

ACCENT HOMES 250-769-6614 accenthomes@shaw.ca

Misc. Wanted

Rentals

BUYING USED JEWELRY. Call 250-864-3521. Thank you I’m searching for old fifty cent pieces! 250-864-3521 I want to buy the coins from your safety deposit box or safe! Todd - 250-864-3521 Old Jewelry Wanted. Gold or Costume + Sterling Tableware Call Christine: 778-281-0030 Private Collector Looking to Buy Coin Collections, Silver, Antiques, Native Art, Estates + Chad: 250-863-3082 Local

Acreage

Musical Instruments 5 Boom microphone stands, $30ea, small profile amp, $40.

Yamaha PSR-70 Porta tone keyboard with folding stand & seat, $250. Chrome folding music stand, $15. Solid music stand, $15. 250-769-0624, 250-212-3730

Tools

Free Items FREE Horse Manure. Mail Rd Glenmore Area. Self Serve.

(250)-765-3093

Real Estate

Firewood/Fuel

Houses For Sale

DRY Firewood. Delivered. Full size pick up w/rack $120/load.

250-878-5710, 778-480-1173

DO YOU want professional advice to buy or sell? Call Grant, at Premiere Canadian Properties at (250)-862-6436 FREE EVALUATION.

Suites, Upper

5BD, 3bth, Mission. Lrg yard, prking, newly reno’d. Private, near school. 250-862-6991

ATTENTION The Capital News cannot be responsible for errors after the first day of publication of any advertisement. Notice of errors on the first day should immediately be called to the attention of the Classified Department to be corrected for the following edition.

MORE HOME FOR YOUR MONEY, SIERRAS You can walk to big box stores, shops & entertainment.

Attractive home designs set back from a wide street-scape.

Brand new 3bed/2bath homes starting at $199,900.00 with $10,000.00 down & $795.00 Bi-weekly.

We take trades for down payments, so give us a call about your trades. See show homes at 1680 Ross Road where you’ll discover your next home.

ACCENT HOMES 250-769-6614 accenthomes@shaw.ca PRIVATE Orchard setting 1200 sq ft 2 bdrm bsmt. NS, NP, Available March 1st $1000 +utils. Call Nick (250)575-7867 or (250)868-8276 SPRINGFIELD SPALL2 bdrms, 1 bath, 1200sq ft, not furnished, NP/NS, 5 appls, separate laundry. Avail Mar 1. $1275+ 60% utils. 1885 Barlee Road. 250-868-5912.

Heavy Duty Machinery

GENERATOR Yamaha 3000 Watt w/RV Adapter. like new. $2000 OBO. 250-212-1369

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AFFORDABLE LUXURY Completely redone, 2148 sq ft on 1 Level. 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths, 4 rooms with fireplaces, built ins, attention to detail.

Flat lot, large garage, lots of parking, nice country setting, great community. You won’t be disappointed. $427,900.

Vernon area. 403-540-2991 vernonrural.com MORTGAGES LOW RATES. 5YR. 2.79% Variable 2.35% Trish at (250)470-8324

Homes for Rent

Rooms for Rent Furnished Bdrm w/shared use of rest of dwelling includes wifi, internet, cable TV, laundry & utils. Use of kitchen. NS. NP. Close to bus rte $500/mo DD req’d (250)762-6591 email:menghini@hotmail.com

Shared Accommodation 1BD Westbank, Fully Furn’d share kitchen, W/D, Cable, Int. & Utilities Incl’d. $575 + DD. Call (250)-768-8301 RESPONSIBLE Female pref.

Large Lovely, Quiet, Furnished House with Lovely View, a Balcony, Washer & Dryer, Cable & Internet with Private bath $500/mo 250-769-0661

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Suites, Lower 1BD suite in Rutland. Close to bus, priv ent., own driveway, shr’d lndry. Avail now. NP. NP. NS. $850 utils incl. 250-8688941

Transportation

Preb’s Retreading now supplying brand new tires in 11r22.5 & 11r24.5 rims sizes at the lowest market price. Repairs & pick up & delivery. www.prebstire.com

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Auto Services CANOPY West Automotive For all your Automotive needs!

Give us a Call: 250-469-3031

Upscale Condos Conveniently Located.

Units ranging from 1bd & 1bath to 2bd, 2.5bath + den.

(778)484-5847

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CENTRE of Kelowna. New affordable lux 1&2bd, 5appls, ug prking, NS/NP. 250-763-6600. www.rentcentrepoint.com

Commercial/ Industrial FOR LEASE 1000 sq.ft. Office Trailer fully serviced on fenced 1/2 acre. Zoned Heavy Industrial Including Auto Wrecking. $3000 triple net incl. Fenced 1/2 acre service industrial lot available. Central Westside Location. will build to suit.

250-769-7424

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Tenders

Tenders

Cars - Domestic 3 lines of text for 3 days!

ONLY $19.99!!!

Add a picture for $5.00/day.

(These prices do not include tax)

Trucks & Vans 1997 Ford F150XL 5spd 4X4 Supercab 4.6 V8 Air 222km Well maintained w/canopy $3300 (250)-870-3533 2007 GMC 2500 HD Classic, 4x4, CC, short box, auto diesel leather 209K, $17,500.obo 250-307-0505

Adult Adult Entertainment

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Apt/Condo for Rent

Apt/Condo for Rent

BEST DEALS IN KELOWNA!

Affordable 1, 2 & 3 Bdrms. AC, near schools, shopping & bus route. Insuite laundry H.Up’s.

Across from Park. Clean Quiet & Spacious.

Sorry NO Pets. Well Managed Building (250)-861-5605 or (250)-861-5657

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Apt/Condo for Rent

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VINEYARD For Lease, 10 Acres. Variety of chardonnay, & Gewurztraminer. Call 250766-3041 for more information

2 BDR Townhome- in Rutland Bench Overlooking city. Newly Reno’d, 5 appl. NS/NP Ref. Req’d. $1050/M Available April 1st. Call 250-860-1011 to view

Moments to Remember

Auto Accessories/Parts

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TNT TRUCKING. No load too small. Junk removal, sand, gravel & Moving 250-862-0821

TEAK, VINTAGE AND MODERN HOME FURNISHINGS MANY IN-STORE SPECIALS! OK Estates FURNITURE & more 1960 Springfield Road, Kelowna 250-868-8108 facebook.com/okestates

Houses For Sale

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Roofing & Skylights RYDER Roofing Ltd. ‘From a hole in your roof to a whole new roof.’ Call: 250-765-3191

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811 Royal Pine Dr. House Sold. Leaving the country, entire house of items must be sold this weekend. SUNDAY March 8 10-3pm. Full Kitchen with high end sets of dishes, plates pots/pans. Garage full of tools and “garage stuff” Bedroom suite, electronics, Hundreds of items (this is not a junk sale) everything works and is in GREAT SHAPE!!

Bring your boxes and load up.

NO EARLY BIRDS CENTRAL. SPCA (AUX) Sale.

Saturday, Mar 7th, 10-1.

Lunch, White Elephant, Linen, Books, Clothes, Jewellery, Baking. Donations of Sale items Appreciated. First United Church, 721 Bernard Ave.

GLENMORE #25-218 Glenpark Dr. Sat, Mar 7th 9-2pm.

Moving sale, tools indoor & patio furn., lady’s designer clothes, teen clothes & More!

HUGE fundraising Garage Sale March 6, 7, 8, 9am to 4 pm. 124 2005 Boucherie Road. Call to donate items 250-769-7930 SPRING PARKING LOT ESTATE SALE Complete estate full of everything PLUS a ton of fine collectibles,and 2 thousand FREE LP RECORDS! SUNDAY MARCH 15th 10:00AM,OK Estates 1960 Springfield Road

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$AVE $AVE Auction Every Saturday at 10am 3953 Hwy 97 North • 250-765-5282

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most units sold unreserved

TRUCK MONTH EXTENDED

AWARD YOURSELF WITH A TRUCK FROM THE LINEUP FULL OF AWARDS

ALL-NEW CHEVY COLORADO 2015 Motor Trend Truck of the Year®

$

UP TO CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 Awarded The Lowest Total Cost of Ownership in its Class by Vincentric ‡

Includes $4,500 Delivery Credit, $2,420 Package Discount, $2,080 Cash Credit, $1,000 Owner Cash.

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MyLink†with Remote Start Class-Exclusive Rear Vision 4G LTE WI-FI® †† Camera Automatic Locking Rear Differential

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2

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5

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TRUE NORTH EDITION INCLUDES: AND MORE!

2015 SILVERADO 1500 DOUBLE CAB TRUE NORTH EDITION

ON 1500 DOUBLE & CREW CABS

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Call Don Folk Chevrolet at 250-860-6000, or visit us at 2350 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna. [License #6639] **

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ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the purchase, lease and finance of a 2015 Silverado 1500 Double Cab 1WT (G80/B30/H2R) equipped as described. Freight ($1,695) and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, administration fees, dealer fees, PPSA and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. ‡ Based on Vincentric 2014 Model Level Analysis of full-size pickups in the Canadian retail market. ‡‡ The Chevrolet Silverado HD received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among large heavy-duty pickups in the proprietary J.D. Power U.S. 2014 Initial Quality Study.SM Study based on responses from 86,118 new-vehicle owners, measuring 239 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed in February-May 2014.

Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. * $10,000 is a combined total credit consisting of a $4,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive) for 2015 Silverado Light Duty Double Cab, $1,000 Owner Cash (tax inclusive), a $2420 manufacturer to dealer Option Package Discount Credit (tax exclusive) for 2015 Chevrolet Silverado Light Duty (1500) Double Cab 1LT equipped with a True North Edition and a $2,080 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) on Silverado Light Duty (1500) Double Cab LS Chrome Edition, LT and LTZ, which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $2,080 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. † MyLink functionality varies by model. Full functionality requires compatible Bluetooth® and smartphone, and USB connectivity for some devices. †† Visit onstar.ca for coverage maps, details and system limitations. Services and connectivity may vary by model and conditions. OnStar with 4G LTE connectivity is available on select vehicle models and in select markets. Customers will be able to access OnStar services only if they accept the OnStar User Terms and Privacy Statement (including software terms). OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers. After the trial period (if applicable), an active OnStar service plan is required.** 0% leasing for 36 months available on 2015 Silverado 1500 Double and Crew Cab 1WT on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Limited time offer which may not be combined with other offers. See your dealer for conditions and details. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice.*** Offer available to qualified retail customers in Canada for vehicles from March 3rd through March 31st 2015. 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, Scotiabank® or RBC Royal Bank for 48 months on all new or demonstrator 2015 Silverado 1500 Double and Crew Cab 1WT. Participating lenders are subject to change. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $40,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $833.33 for 48 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $40,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight and air tax ($100, if applicable) included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ®Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. <> U.S. government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). + Based on wardsauto.com 2014 Large Pickup segment and latest competitive information available at time of posting. Excludes other GM vehicles. 5-year/160,000 kilometre Powertrain Limited Warranty, whichever comes first. See dealer for details. ~ 2015 Silverado 1500 with available 5.3L EcoTec3 V8 engine equipped with a 6-speed automatic transmission has a fuel-consumption rating of 12.7 L/100 km combined (4x2) and 13.0 L/100 km combined (4x4). Fuel-consumption ratings based on GM testing in accordance with the new 2015 model-year Government of Canada approved test methods. Refer to vehicles.nrcan.gc.ca for details. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. Comparison based on wardsauto.com 2014 Large Pickup segment and latest competitive information available. Competitive fuel-consumption ratings based on 2014 Natural Resources Canada’s Fuel Consumption Guide. Excludes other GM vehicles. ^ The 2-Year Scheduled LOF Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada who have purchased, leased or financed a new eligible 2015 MY Chevrolet, Buick or GMC vehicle (excluding Spark EV) with an ACDelco oil and filter change, in accordance with the Oil Life Monitoring System and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four lube-oil-filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. Fluid top-offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc., are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ^^Whichever comes first. See dealer for details.

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