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Thursday, July 23, 2015
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Serving the communities of Keremeos, Cawston, Okanagan Falls and Kaleden
Rockslide fix on way
Stef Laramie
Memorial Park was turned into an oasis of collector cars Saturday afternoon when participants of the Collector Car day cruise of the South Okanagan stopped for lunch. Drivers and passengers in about 37 vehicles involved enjoyed a lunch prepared by the Keremeos Elks. The group then went on to a garage tour in Cawston then to Osoyoos, Oliver and back to Summerland. A proclamation was given across BC to mark July 11 as Collector Car Appreciation Day and the month of July as Collector Car Appreciation Month.
Work will soon start so rocks will roll into a wider ditch instead of across a stretch of road on Hwy. 3 about 12 kilometres west of Keremeos. About 700 metres of the slope adjacent to highway will be excavated to create a wider ditch to allow for a rock fall catchment. The kilometre of road has been the site of at least three major rockslides in the last 18 months. In two cases the rockslides closed the highway overnight and left many drivers stranded. In March 2015 a couple from the Lower Mainland had their vehicle destroyed when a 35-pound rock fell on their car. The couple was checked over by paramedics but neither was seriously injured. The work is expected to start in August and should be completed by November. This is the second-phase of the rock fall stabilization project. The first phase saw a three-metre high catchment wall constructed last fall. The $418,000 contract to complete excavation work was awarded to Timbro Contracting.
Restaurant ownership dispute heats up Review Staff
A disagreement over payments has led to the closure of a longtime Keremeos restaurant and a pending civil lawsuit. On July 1, Shane Dayman from Nelson took over operation of the Branding Iron. But just 21 days after he planned to walk away from the business. Several months ago Dayman found a listing to lease the Keremeos restaurant on the internet. He visited the Branding Iron several times before entering into a contractual agreement to purchase the business and hopefully eventually the building. One of the former owners Karl Schorb and his partner Suzanne Seimens were to continue working at the restaurant, which Schorb opened 17 years ago. The two were no longer
employed at the restaurant at the time of its closure. In seperate interviews, Dayman and Schorb both agreed there had been several unresolvable conflicts that had arisen since new ownership took over. Dayman said he had contacted a lawyer and planned to file a civil suit against Schorb for slander, defamation and to recoup any losses. He admitted he had not paid the owners since taking over. Although he says he attempted to but he was unsuccesful as one cheque did not clear because of a banking error on his part, and another he later stopped payment on as conflicts became heated. The RCMP has been to the Branding Iron several times in the last week. At press time no charges had been laid.
In late 2013, Dayman and a business partner were to re-open a well-known restaurant and night club called The Royal in Nelson, B.C. The Royal only opened a handful of times in December 2013. In an interview with the Nelson Star, Luke Menkes, owner of the building at the time, would not reveal the specifics of why the business deal ended so quickly, but did say, “We were so excited with his initial enthusiasm that, admittedly, we did not research this individual as thoroughly as we probably could have, in hindsight.” Dayman said he was closing the Branding Iron at the end of business Tuesday evening and that ownership would return to previous owners. He planned to return to Nelson.
The RCMP attended the Branding Iron Tuesday afternoon.
Tara Bowie