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After hearing from petitioners opposed to leasing a portion of Skaha Lake Park, Penticton’s Mayor Jakubeit held out an olive branch.

Near the end of the Aug. 17 council meeting, Jakubeit introduced a notice of motion, that he plans to call for a new parks master plan at council’s next regular meeting on Sept. 8.

“While we are moving forward with the Skaha Marina waterslide project, now is the time to initiate a community dialogue about parks,” said Jakubeit. Based on that dialogue, he continued, a new parks master plan would be developed to outline community needs and desires, appropriate uses and potential parkland acquisition.

Jakubeit said the document would take over a year to develop, including putting together a parks master plan select committee and doing extensive community consultation. The result, he said, would provide more clarity for future council decisions.

The last parks master plan was developed in 1993, but was never adopted as part of the Official Community Plan. Jakubeit wouldn’t guarantee the same thing might not happen to this plan.

“There are a lot of variables. Through community consultation we will get to something that is palatable for the vast majority of the community and this council, I think, would be happy to endorse and that staff would create our policies around that,” he said.

Earlier in the meeting, council heard from a delegation opposed to leasing of a portion of Skaha Lake park to Trio Marine group, who are planning to develop the existing marina, and build a waterslide complex in what is presently greenspace.

The seven councillors listened without comment or question as the delegation castigated them for their handling of the proposal.

Dr. Gerry Carr, a health activist who helped found the Okanagan Similkameen

PRIOR TO THE AUG. 17 COUNCIL MEETING, Hannah Hyland and Doug Maxwell prepared to gther more signatures on petitions opposing the leasing of land in Skaha Lake Park and asking for a recall of Penticton City Council.

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Healthy Living Coalition, spoke about how parks and green spaces contributed to community health, pointing out that Penticton is well above provincial averages when it comes to diabetes, depression and anxiety.

The remedy, he explained, is not drugs and doctors, but the promotion of a healthy lifestyle.

“Natural, green parkspace is a powerful tool for the promotion of mental health,” he

said. “When you chose to turn Skaha Lake Park into an amusement park, you got it all wrong from a health perspective. This park is the perfect model of a natural park. It doesn’t need enhancement.”

Karr’s comments that the process followed by council in approving the project was an embarrassment to the city was echoed by former Mayor Jake Kimberley, who questioned the process in detail in his remarks.

“Parkland should be free to everyone who lives in this community and pays taxes,” said Kimberly. “This decision is going to haunt the rest of you for the rest of your term. I have never seen a division in this community like I have seen in these last few weeks.”

The third member of the delegation, Carolae Donoghue, presented council with petitions representing close to 4,000 signatures.

“Each day we gather more,” she said.

“This public park will not be public. We will never see it again as it stands today.”

The delegation, however, was very nearly not on the agenda, and was only added at the last minute after the delegation with Jakubeit privately earlier in the day.

“Last week, their application was very vague, it was just ‘we want to talk about Skaha Park, democracy, process and park usage,’” said Jakubeit. He explained that since the agreement with Trio has been signed, there wasn’t reason to keep discussing Skaha Lake Park.

He had hoped the delegation would focus more on moving forward and what they wanted council to do in the future with greenspaces and parks.

“I thought 80 per cent of the conversation would be about moving forward and 20 per cent would be rehashing their points of view from before,” said Jakubeit.

Jason Cox, president of the Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce, came forward during the question period at the end of the meeting to voice his support for council, that there was a segment of population in support of the project in Skaha Lake Park.

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Rescue group recovers animals from wildfire Dale Boyd

Western News Staff

It was a hectic scenario with two major wildfires burning, but Canadian Disaster Animal Response Team (CDART) crews were able save pets and horses with the help of

generous volunteers.

Four cats, nine dogs, one bunny and nine horses were able to be pulled from the Rock Creek fire, as crews and volunteers began responding to the blaze Aug. 13 supporting Emergency Social Services (ESS) in

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“We were so grateful for the support of the Kelowna riding club, that’s where we have the horses,” said Deborah Silk, Commander with CDART. The club members weren’t the only ones to step up to the plate

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“We had tremendous support from a boarding facility in Kelowna called Whiskers and Woofers. The services of a veterinary hospital in Winfield called the Tri Lake Animal Hospital.”

Teams with trucks and trailers, most of them volunteers, went in late Thursday night to load up the horses.

“They had a very limited window of opportunity that we were given by the EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) and they went in and they were able to evacuate these nine horses to a staging area in the (evacuation) alert area,” Silk said.

A search and response team was pulled out from the Rock Creek fire because of

fires starting up near Oliver.

“Their homes were being evacuated so we had to pull them out,” Silk said.

Volunteers from Kelowna then came in to pick up the horses.

Then around midnight Friday CDART began setting up to support Emergency Social Services “We had an incredible search and response team and the Oliver riding club took the training a couple of years ago, so they are all part of our search and response team,” Silk said.

The situation was frantic. One woman moved her horses from the Sidley Mountain fire to Oliver, and had her horses re-evacuated to Sidley Mountain once again.

Pets have been making their way home since the highways started becoming safe to drive again.

“Most of them are returned, they opened up Highway 3 and a lot of people were able to get back to their homes. We still have some dogs out and we still have some cats out,” Silk said.

Around 30 volunteers at the Rock Creek fire and 20 volunteers at the Oliver-area fires helped pull the operation together as well as local ranches the DBar-K Ranch in Oliver helped with evacuations and Silk said the Thordason family was especially helpful with their property.

“We used their property as a staging area and they were unbelievably kind, and

generous and skilled,” Silk said. “But they have used up every bit of (horse) tack that they have.”

They are still looking for donations of horse tack which can be dropped off at the Penticton Lakeside Resort.

“Thank you to all the people who donated hay, dog food and supply food,” Silk said.

Unfortunately, not every animal can be saved.

“Sadly there are lives lost, some livestock has been lost,” Silk said.

CDART has a mortality team on standby to support those who lost pets or livestock if required, Silk said.

If you’re looking for a lost pet call the CDART emergency line at 250-809-7152.

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Eight helicopters and five fixed-wing aircraft that were fighting both the Testalinden Creek and Wilson’s Mountain Road wildfires were grounded due to an unauthorized drone in the area on Sunday, Aug. 16.

The aircraft supporting firefighters on the ground were grounded and the BC Wildfire Service said it “significantly impacted fire suppression operations” in a release.

“This is something that is really, really frustrating,” said Steve Thomson, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister. “We happened to be at the airport in Oliver when the helicopters, the people that are providing all the support for the firefighting in terms of bucketing, all had to return to the airport.”

“You could really see the visible frustration of the pilots and our wildfire team when that happened.

Ticked off would probably be too mild a term to talk about their reaction. It is really something that is not acceptable as we have these assets in the air supporting and protecting our communities.”

The Oliver RCMP is working with the BC Wildfire Service in relation to the incident. The operation of any aircraft not associated with firefighting crews is illegal as all wildfires are considered to be flight restricted due to the Canadian Air Regulations. The restricted airspace is 3,000 feet above ground level and a radius of five nautical miles around the fire.

Transport Canada and the BC Wildfire Service prohibit the use of drones of any size near a wildfire, saying that the activity is dangerous and poses a significant safety risk to personnel, especially low-flying firefighting aircraft.

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Reports of a video showing a smoker igniting the volatile fire west of Rock Creek have not been confirmed, Thomson said.

He asked for anyone with video or other evidence of careless smoking or hazardous activity to contact their local police or the B.C. Wildfire Service (1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on mobile phones).

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quired to pay an administrative penalty of $10,000 or, if convicted in court, fined up to $100,000 and/ or sentenced up to one year in jail.

The Rock Creek fire is estimated to be about 3,750 hectares as of Tuesday and has destroyed 30 homes.

Chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek said the fire has not spread significantly since it was reported last week, but with hot days ahead that could change.

Premier Christy Clark went to Rock Creek and Oliver on Sunday to see the damage first hand.

“Some people only had minutes to leave their homes or campsites, many with only the clothes on their backs. In speaking with evacuees and volunteers today, I have been inspired by their stories of kindness for others,” said Clark. “Our government will do everything possible through all available support programs to stand shoulder to shoulder with these communities in their time of need.”

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‘Hell of a night’ for Oliver residents

WILDFIRE in Oliver on Friday night.

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As darkness hit Friday night, John Pullen thought he was watching his livelihood going up in flames.

“It was terrifying,” said Pullen, marketing manager of his family winery Church and State located south of the town of Oliver. “We really thought it was going to burn down. We took photos of everything, grabbed our winery notes and computers and hoped for the best.”

For about an hour on Friday night, Pullen said he sat at a safe distance in the Church and State tasting room nervously looking at a lower section of the hillside where fire seemed to be moving rapidly. Surging flames appeared to be right where their property is located, including an orchard, vineyard, two residential properties and their cellar and production facilities. At daybreak on Saturday morning, the charred ground was evidence the fire came within 15 metres of one of the homes and possibly damaged some of the orchard. Everything else remained intact.

“It was one hell of a night,” said Pullen.

“We were super lucky. Absolutely the firefighters did an amazing job. Walking around this morning, I can see leaves curled over and the tops burned brown. It was that close.”

The Testalinden Creek fire is an estimated 1,600 hectares as of Tuesday afternoon and 40 per cent contained. An evacuation alert remains in place for approximately 100 homes.

I describe it like you were looking into the eye of these flames.

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The Wilson Mountain fire is estimated at 317 hectares and is 70 per cent contained. The cause of the Testalinden Creek fire is believed to be a lightning strike, while the Wilson Mountain fire is still under investigation.

Tinhorn Creek winery owner Sandra Oldfield said she, like hundreds of others on Friday night and into early Saturday morning, were tuned into the online streaming of the firefighters radio broadcast. She ventured out early Saturday morning from her winery, just south of the town of Oliver, to assess the situation of her neighbours. While she found several close calls, wineries and orchards were relatively unscathed. Wineries remained open over the weekend.

“Certainly the people in town dodged a bullet. For a volunteer firefighter department they are great. They have had a lot of fires to deal with the past few years. Everyone I have talked to today is taking everything in stride,” said

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“At night it looked like a volcano had erupted. There were trees still going up in flames at 6 a.m. This was too close,” she said.

Frightening pictures of glowing orange hillsides from the two fires bearing down on the northwest and southwest of the town of Oliver were being shared on social media.

But for Monika Reich the terrifying evening started before that.

“My neighbour phoned me and said you have a fire coming over your ridge right behind you. I walked down my driveway to look and the fire trucks were screaming up,” said Reich, who lives near the Wilson Mountain fire. “For me it was real when I saw that fire.

It takes your breath away, you know it is for real.”

While she was lucky to go back to her house still standing, her neighbour, three houses down, wasn’t. He lost his hand crafted subterranean home and most of his belongings. Reich, like many Oliver residents, could not thank firefighters enough for their tireless efforts over the weekend.

On Thursday an appreciation event is planned at Oliver Community Park at 6:30 p.m. to thank all the South Okanagan fire departments who assisted, the search and rescue teams and emergency services along with the BC Forest Service Wildfire Management and volunteers who operated the evacuation centre on the weekend.

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Oldfield, who added good-humoured Rustico Winery owner Bruce Fuller joked he was having a fire sale Saturday.

The two fires, Testalinden Creek (seven kilometres south of Oliver) and Wilson Mountain (one kilometre north of Oliver), which started on Friday evening forced evacuation orders. By Saturday afternoon those living in the Wilson Mountain area were told at an information meeting they were allowed to return home.

Oliver Mayor Ron Hovanes broke down at the meeting while thanking the volunteers who kept the community safe from two wildfires and saying it could have been a “huge, huge disaster.”

“You look up in this room full of people and there is my pharmacist, friends and neighbours — it just choked me up,” said Hovanes after the press conference. “It is emotional. I take our little town pretty personal.”

Hovanes said he was watching a windstorm develop outside his window on Friday night when the wildfires were brought to his attention. He hopped in his car to get a closer look.

“It was absolutely unreal. I describe it like you were looking into the eye of these flames.

It was only a matter of feet from these houses on the west side of Oliver. It was really, really close.”

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A 12-year-old Calgary girl has become the second drowning victim in Osoyoos Lake this summer.

According to Cpl. Jason Bayda of the Osoyoos RCMP, police responded to the emergency call about 7:32 p.m. on Aug. 17 after the unidentified girl who was camping with her family at Swiws (Haynes Point) Provincial Park slipped into deep water and did not surface.

The victim had been walking with a friend in the shallow water along the sand spit at the Swiws Point when several waves reportedly caused her to loose her balance.

The friend held onto the girl’s hand for as long as she could but was unable to do so after a while.

Police say the victim did not know how to swim and was not wearing a floatation device.

A number of people on shore, several boaters, four RCMP officers, members of the Osoyoos Fire Department and three helicopters working nearby converged on the scene in a frantic effort to find her.

After nearly 40 minutes of searching, Bayda said a “heroic” camp-

ground employee located the girl in about 10 feet of water, brought her to the police boat and she was taken to shore.

Despite the efforts of the emergency responders she did not survive.

The other drowning happened June 28 when a North Vancouver man died after falling off his personal watercraft.

His body was located Aug. 16 by the private firm Ralston and Associates of Boise, Idaho using side scan sonar. Two cadaver dogs from California assisted in the recovery and helped narrow the search area.

The man was not wearing a life jacket.

The BC Coroners Service has since confirmed the identity of the man as Samen Pirzadeh-Tabaei-Zavareh, 34, from North Vancouver.

He was the driver of the watercraft with passenger onboard when they encountered strong winds in the late afternoon and capsized.

The survivor was rescued by a passing boat, however, they failed to locate the victim.

He was recovered by the RCMP dive team after his location had been identified.

Utility Rate Review Open House The public is invited to attend a Utility Rate Review Open House meeting on the following dates: Monday, August 24 - 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm - City Hall Council Chambers (171 Main St.) Tuesday, August 25 - 9:30 am to 5:30 pm - Cherry Lane Mall Wednesday, August 26 - 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Penticton Public Library Foyer (785 Main St.) The purpose of these meetings is to present preliminary results that relates to the rates for Electrical, Water and Sanitary Sewer. A copy of the presentation material will be available after August 24, 2015 on the City of Penticton website www.penticton.ca under the City Spotlight Banner. For additional information please contact Mitch Moroziuk, Director of Operations at (250) 490-2515.

Trade and Convention Centre 50th Anniversary In celebration of 50 years of meetings and conventions, the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre will be hosting a community celebration on Saturday, August 22, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. During the community event, a symbolic legacy art piece by Clint George will be revealed.

Police and the coroners service continue to investigate the death.

Head-on collision

Three people were sent to hospital after a head-on collision on Beaverdell Road on Aug. 16.

Police are investigating a 43-yearold man, they believed to be intoxicated, who lost control of his vehicle and collided head on with a couple’s 2005 four-door Honda. Police said the couple were saved by their airbags. The male driver was trapped and had to be extricated by the jaws of life.

The male driver hasn’t had a license since 1998 and his car hadn’t been insured since 1999.

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A man was deported back to the U.S. after he was reported walking on the highway near Summerland in bare feet with a blanket wrapped around him on Aug. 16.

He told police he was doing a “dharma walk” or a meditative pilgrimage. The man was from California and entered Canada illegally on July 1. He said he walked from Salmon Arm to Summerland.

This art will be a focal point in the North Lobby, and enjoyed by delegates and event attendees for the next 50 years.

Fall/Winter Rec Guide The Recreation Penticton Fall/Winter Recreation Guide is on its way to Penticton mailboxes on Aug. 19 and is chocked full of fun new programs, helpful fitness tips and articles on what’s happening in the community.

Visit www.penticton.ca/recguide to view the Recreation Guide online. Active members enjoy early registration starting Aug. 14 and discounts on programs – so this is a great time to become a member. To register by phone, call 250-490-2426. Those who prefer online registration can visit www.penticton. ca/e-reg.

Pool Shutdown July 27-Sept 14 Penticton Community Centre users should note that the annual pool shutdown begins on Monday, July 27, and will last for seven (7) weeks. The annual shutdown has been extended to accommodate the tile replacement. The pool is scheduled to reopen on Sept. 14. During the shutdown,

stickhandling court Dale Boyd

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The two men who allegedly frauded a group of hockey parents are still deking their way through court.

Loren Reagan and coaccused Michael Elphicke are charged with theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000 and the unauthorized management of a lottery relating to the now defunct Okanagan Elite Hockey Association.

Reagan and Elphicke have both pleaded not guilty, Elphicke in May and Reagan in June, though neither have appeared in open court in person as of yet.

The date of the trial centred around a failed hockey trip to Europe has yet to be set, but it should last up to three weeks and will hear testimony from 21 different families.

A pre-trial conference took

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We apologize to all of our customers for the inconvenience. For questions or more information, call 250-490-2426 or visit www. penticton.ca/recreation.

Save water - reduce your use by 30% Due to the very dry conditions, the Government of B.C. has announced a Level 4 drought rating for the South Okanagan.

Residents are asked to reduce their water use by 30%: If you normally water your lawn for one hour, only water for 40 minutes.

• Decrease the frequency of when you water from 3 times a week to 2 times a week.

• Avoid washing your car for a few weeks.

• Bylaw Services has begun stepping up enforcement of the Irrigation, Sewer and Water Bylaw. Continue following Stage 1 water restrictions (the odd-even address system) to avoid any penalties. Every drop counts! For more information, visit www. penticton.ca/water or call 490-2565.

place on Monday at the Penticton courthouse between Crown commercial crime prosecutor Todd Follett, defence counsel for Reagan — Kim Ross out of Calgary and defence lawyer James Pennington — representing Elphicke.

The Okanagan Elite Hockey Association was involved in a civil suit in 2012 with parents who had raised over $100,000 through fundraising efforts to send minor hockey players to Europe, when the trip was abruptly cancelled.

Reagan is also tied to the failed hockey dormitory project on Eckhardt Avenue in 2012.

Witnesses affiliated with the City of Penticton as well as an unspecified company will be called as well.

The trial is expected to take place sometime in 2016 and will be before a provincial court judge.

Grant Applications In accordance with the provisions of section 8(2) of the Community Charter, public notification is hereby given that the application period for the City of Penticton community grants is now open. The City of Penticton invites all eligible societies to submit applications for assistance in 2016 under its community grants program. The policy on community grants including eligibility criteria and application form is available on the City’s website at www. penticton.ca/grants.

This year, the City is offering an optional workshop for interested grant applicants on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. to help answer application questions. This workshop will cover grant expectations, the budget process and how funds are obtained once approval is granted. Applicants are invited to bring questions specific to their organization. The workshop is not mandatory, but will help applicants with questions or those new to the process.

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Two Penticton fountains are being shut down due to the drought conditions.

Although they are recycling existing water, the fountains at the library and at Nanaimo Square will be turned off in light of the current drought rating, according to Simone Blais, the city’s communications officer.

The move by the city comes after residents started noticing the fountains were still running last week.

Since early August, the Okanagan has been in level 4 drought conditions, and the city has been campaigning for residents to reduce their water usage by 30 per cent since July.

Jakubeit said council hasn’t sat down as a group to discuss what the city can do to conserve water.

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I am sure going through this summer, we will look at some policies on what we do with our parks, watering and use of water,” said Jakubeit.

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“When our area reached Level 3 Drought Conditions, we began asking people to reduce water consumption by 30 per cent for domestic and irrigation uses,” said Blais.

“The Water Treatment Plant has been monitoring water usage closely before and after the increased awareness efforts. They have seen an average 13 per cent reduction in water usage in total – not even half the level requested.”

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Walking down a dangerous path One of the easiest, and probably most common, ways to dismiss an argument you don’t agree with is to say the other person “doesn’t understand.”

It’s an argument that Penticton city hall has been using for a while to dismiss the concerns being brought forward by those opposed to leasing public land in Skaha Lake Park to a private company.

The fallacy to this line of reasoning, of course, is that your opponent might understand quite well, and maybe even understands more than you. For it to be otherwise in all cases, you would need godlike omniscience, which doesn’t usually come with being elected to public office. At least, the last time we checked, our city councillors were as human and fallible as the rest of us.

Granted, there has been some misinformation spread about Trio Marine’s proposal for Skaha Lake Park. Some of it may have even been spread willfully to create more opposition.

But the opponent’s core argument, that they don’t want to lose green spaces to a private interest, is not one that could or should have been dismissed.

But it was, and since the contract with Trio Marine has been signed, the debate is really over. Mayor Andrew Jakubeit and other councillors have acknowledged that public consultation was not well done on this proposal, so we can hope that they will ensure future proposals go to the public before, not after, council PENTICTON WESTERN makes up its collective mind.

City council has walked down a dangerous path by categorically dismissing the concerns brought to them about the marina/waterslide project. Let’s hope they have learned something from this debacle and will be less willing, in future debates, to rush to a position they can’t back down from.

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With more time, will more voters care?

Several readers took me to task for last week’s commentary on the beginning of our long, hot federal election campaign.

They pointed out, among other things, that there are substantial cost increases to Elections Canada as well as higher spending limits for the parties.

And thanks to generous tax deductions for political donations, taxpayers subsidize all party spending whether they want to or not.

That’s the system as it is today, so rather than rail against it, it seems more useful to ask what we’re getting for our forced investment in this exercise.

First, more leader debates. The traditional main event organized

by TV networks for Oct. 8 appears to be a bust, with only Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and Green Party leader Elizabeth May expected to attend. Conservative leader Stephen Harper declined,

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BC Views prompting NDP leader Thomas Mulcair to say he will only take part in debates that include Harper.

Harper, Trudeau and Mulcair have agreed to a Sept. 17 debate hosted by The Globe and Mail and Google Canada. This one is to be focused on the economy, which should force participants to get beyond their talking points and pointing fingers.

On Sept. 28 there will be a debate focused on foreign policy hosted by Munk Debates, a charitable foundation.

Harper, Trudeau and

Mulcair have accepted.

May and Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe were not invited to either of these.

The national media have decided that the biggest issue currently is the trial of suspended senator Mike Duffy, but this has turned out to be a rehash of facts and assertions heard many times over by those who care.

The expense account abuse has pushed the issue of senate reform to the forefront.

Harper declared his intention to starve the Senate by refusing any more appointments, after most provinces ignored his call to elect their nominees.

Trudeau, having expelled all Liberal senators from the party caucus, has warned that Harper’s plan and Mulcair’s long-standing position to abolish the Senate are both unworkable, if not unconstitutional. Trudeau has promised changes to the senate appointment

process, but no specifics so far.

Party policies are being doled out one bit at a time, and the national and local candidate debates may help clarify them. Here are a couple that could use closer scrutiny.

Harper has promised to revive a stimulus program from the 2009 economic crisis, offering a 15 per cent tax credit for home improvements between $1,000 and $5,000.

This sounds great if you’re a homeowner, but does nothing for renters, drives up the cost of housing in already overpriced urban markets and encourages more consumer debt.

Trudeau has promised an additional $2.6 billion over four years for First Nations education on reserves, and accelerated spending on school infrastructure.

Mulcair has promised to hold a national inquiry into missing

and murdered aboriginal women. Mulcair and Trudeau both pledge to reverse the Conservative moves to eliminate what’s left of door-to-door mail delivery, and to extend the age of eligibility for the Old Age Security pension from 65 to 67.

All of these promises are presented in the most appealing way possible by the parties that promote them, and all involve spending and taxation trade-offs that the parties would prefer not to discuss.

Another possible dividend from a formal campaign stretching more than two months is that more voters will pay attention to the real issues and actually take the time to cast a ballot.

If that happens, and the long decline in voter turnout is reversed, it’s a good investment.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress. ca.

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Seniors not turning away young families Many times have I heard these words “we need more young families in the city,” or “we need jobs for young people” and “everything is for the seniors in Penticton.”

Do those who so often make these statements ever consider the number of young families who have found employment here caring for seniors? Working in retirement homes, in health care and at the hospital in mostly professional, well paying jobs?

The services and employment the senior population create a considerable amount of economic activity to the city and please don’t overlook how much the seniors themselves put back into our local economy. Many retired professionals come here with disposable income over and above their pensions, purchasing new cars etc. Yes, Penticton is very

Seasonal at best Mayor and council, chamber of commerce are losing a lot of respect over this issue. I have not talked to anyone in favor of the waterslides in the park, tourist or resident. Marina and restaurant yes. All residents and tourist are for a waterslide on private land.

Mayor, council and chamber must be only talking amongst themselves, there are other citizens in town.

The whole proposal seems seasonal at best. Marina — four to five months; restaurant — four to five months (when tourists are around); Waterslide — three to four months (when tourists are around). Not a business the city should be partners with.

This issue will follow the mayor, council and the chamber around like a bad smell, unless some of them call for a referendum.

The walkway was done by the city not a private company. It took plus or minus a year of discussion to come up with what we have, many different proposals were considered from no cars, one way, no parking, paving Power Street parks for parking, etc.

Mike Pearce’s comment about covering up the Mona Lisa nailed it.

People and business interests will come if we have an abundance of green parks and beaches. The city does not have to give away park land for hotels and waterslides.

I could go on and on.

Please keep the town livable. Call a referendum. We can raise the money on social media.

Garth Bathgate Penticton

Going backwards The town’s population is growing, so removing parkland potential for up to two generations is preposterous.

All for the sake of a few Wally World slides. And, for even fewer people, a marina Most towns throughout North America want more park lands and are adding. Why does city council insist upon going backwards? This was not your mandate when you were elected.

Is there more than meets the eye?

This project will benefit a very few, as opposed to the majority of Penticton citizens being opposed. I would take a guess in the 75-80 per cent range opposed.

And then we (the taxpayers) have to pay to use those services again. Yet, we have paid for the park lands over much time.

fortunate to have the employment and the additional economy that the retired seniors provide to the city. So let’s stop suggesting the senior population is turning young families away from wanting to live here, they encourage many young families to come here for employment.

Having therefore considered the seniors contribution to our local economy, I have a difficult time accepting the Chamber of Commerce statement, “that we need a waterslide to support our economy and encourage young families to move here.”

Don’t they realize the business their members derive from the senior population is so much, much more year round than a waterslide? I know the chamber has a responsibility to encourage new businesses, but I do take Let that developer find private land to cobble together their version of Wally World.

And why are they not?

Is the monetary reward for them that big that they cannot afford to give it up on the park land, and find private land?

We are not opposed to progress, but this is not progress, but rather regress.

Save our park lands.

Georges and Cheryl Jansen Penticton

Catchphrases I think that the only sure and certain reason we are not having a referendum on the waterslide park issue, is that the outcome will result in the proposal being defeated.

A catchphrase seems to be that the park is being under-utilized as it is. Council chambers in City Hall could, with some justification, be placed in this category.

Maybe they should be better utilized, something like an amusement arcade will surely draw more tourists to Penticton.

We already have “Ashton’s Folly” on Eckhart as a unique must see place. In the future we may have a windblown pile of plastic pipes and tubes in Skaha Lake Park we can also add to Penticton’s attractions.

“Jakubeit’s Folly” wouldn’t be a bad name for it.

John McLeod Penticton

A fishy odour Much has been said about the current proposed parkland giveaway.

The responses range from a nine year old girl’s “that’s not right” or “something is rotten in Denmark” to several poignant, well-aimed letters expressing dissatisfaction with the whole process.

All are legitimate in message and presentation. They appear to stress the fact that no direct consultation with the majority was entered into and that democracy has been done a great disservice.

Lately there has been a smog-like veil over the city. Presumably this is from the surrounding area proximity fires. At times, the veil is fairly heavy and the pungent, smoky cover affects us as we search for the fresh, Okanagan air that we cherish.

I wonder if, indeed, the tainted air comes from the surrounding area fires or does it come from somewhere else?

I am wondering if it might be coming from the local fish-processing plant at the north end of the city.

exception that a seasonal waterslide will be a great new business and is going to boost our local economy. Let’s consider what has been done for the young families. The biggest investment made by any council since the city’s incorporation was the South Okanagan Events Centre. Which was promoted as a project for future and younger generations and was to replace the Memorial Arena, which was constructed many years ago for just the same reasons.

The SOEC serves the younger population more so than the seniors and yet the seniors helped to pay for it. It also does more year round for the local economy and chamber members than any seasonal waterslide operation ever will. The SOEC also employs 45 full time, well paid employees, plus addition-

Wait, what fish-packing plant? I can hear some of you say “there isn’t one, have you lost your mind?” While there is not in reality, such a building, there appears to be a “stench that would be second to none coming from any commercial fish packing plant.” That fish packing plant in metaphorical language might be City Hall, where the supposed big fish lurk.

It would appear that these big fish are satiated as they are not taking any type of lure or food associated with the “R word” (referendum) or “D word” (democratic, open dialogue and discussion). They just lie in the shoals and try to blend in with the surroundings, seemingly oblivious of the anglers. They must be waiting for the anglers to go home with their creels empty.

What they don’t seem to realize is that dedicated fisher-folk don’t give up easily.

With the current area fires and the accompanying smoke, there is relief from time to time. However, the fish packing plant appears to exude an odor that is undemocratically stifling. The one fortunate thing here is that the local anglers don’t need an angler’s licenses and can fish all year long, 24/7.

How long can the lunkers stay submerged and not react?

Ron Barillaro Penticton

al jobs for the events.

Persons working at waterslides and those using them two months of the year are not going to stimulate Penticton’s economy and bring in the tourists as being suggested by the chamber. I can’t imagine a family planning a vacation to Penticton just because we have a waterslide.

They come here because we are one of the only two cities in the world between two lakes, which I might add, I have never seen promoted in our tourist advertising.

Waterslides are certainly enjoyed by the younger generation and families that can afford them; public parks are enjoyed by the young and old for free.

Jake Kimberley Penticton

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Results: 1. No — 49% 2. Yes — 51%

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Burning question Apparently B.C. has overspent its budget for fighting wildfires again this year.

Next year will probably be more of the same, so I have a suggestion: lower our politician’s exorbitant yearly salaries to equal what every “regular Joe” gets paid per month. The excess we will have left over at the end of every year will more than likely cover our forest fighting expenses, with lots left over to feed the hungry and supply our kids with proper education.

So, here’s a challenge going out to all of our Canadian politicians: use your campaign funds to fight fires in your electoral coverage, instead of fighting one another and littering our media and beautiful province with your useless campaign signs and back-stabbing, throat-slitting tactics. Perhaps then you all will be worthy of anyone’s vote.

I wonder just how many or how few of our politicians will actually do that?

Probably none. So much for moving forward to a decent way of life for Canadians.

Natalie Leffler Penticton

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Time to form a watchdog group

A selection of comments on Penticton Western News stories found online:

On Oliver and Rock Creek fires:

“Couldn’t thank (firefighters) enough for putting their lives on the line for all us.”

— posted by Alex Tramp

“Prayers go out to the people in Oliver and a big thank you to all the firefighters, equipment operators and anyone connected in trying to put out this fire.”

— posted by Judie Johnson

“Glad to hear everything worked out OK ...

Thanks to the courageous firefighters. What gets me is how many people say they prayed but how many actually will say publicly.

Thanks to answered prayer? No wonder some prayers have a delayed answer, more praise is needed”

— posted by Susan Turner

On Gas prices high despite oil’s dive:

“Theft! If there is no relationship between crude oil prices and retail gasoline, how come the instant crude goes up on the markets the price goes up immediately at the pump? We are getting ripped off. When is the government going to do something about this?”

— posted by Dan Adam

“It would be nice if there were government incentives for alternate fuel sources, then we could tell the oil companies to frack it!”

— posted by James Palanio

“Really bugs me as they just have a monopoly and have us over a barrel (literally).”

— posted by Arlene Niemi

“It sucks that the prices are inflated but all the environmental constraints on the drillers and refiners and distributes is astronomical! I get it everyone wants to be green but it comes at a very heavy price”

— posted by James Kozak

On Web poll - Are you tired over the debate on the Skaha Lake Park watersides?: “I’m tired of how it has divided the town.”

— posted by Kristine Lee

“If council and the mayor wouldn’t have been so sneaky and allowed the taxpayers young and old to know what their plans are for this city it wouldn’t have come down to this. Taking it to a referendum vote everyone would have got a say!”

— posted by Dawn Hanson

“Most definitely tired of the waterslide debate and the lies and misinformation surrounding it.”

— posted by Jocelyn Dari Lagrange

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Penticton taxpayers, thankfully the commercialization of your city parks has awakened many citizens of Penticton.

You elected these pro business councillor’s and you must never make this mistake again, residential taxpayers have lost representation at the council table. Residential taxpayers need to wake up and form some form of residential watch dog organization to fight City Hall. We need to run a slate of fair minded council members in the next election. Many of the policies adopted by the current members of council will need to be reversed or amended by a fair minded council in the future.

Demand that every current council member explains to you how the tax burden is allocated today and how they envision that the tax burden will be allocated after the next five years. Demand an answer from each council member. Demand that council meets with the citizens prior to signing contentious city issues. Another three years of the cur-

Respect opinions In response to the letter to the editor from Mr Strohmann (Western News, Aug. 14, The four way test), you are the one that needs to review, not quote the four way test.

You clearly do not follow the four way test. As one that has travelled to work on International projects, chairperson for Ribfest, and the president-elect, I am a true Rotarian and have been a member for 16 years.

Whether one agrees with this development or not, does not make them a good or bad Rotarian. There are members in my club that do not wish to see this project go forward, and others of us that do. We respect each others opinions and treat each respectfully. I am thoroughly insulted by your letter, and believe you owe all Rotarians an apology.

Barb Hoolaeff Penticton

Failed test Comments like the ones in Mr. Strohmann’s letter to the editor (Penticton Western, Aug. 13, The four way test) are precisely why the four way test was developed a century ago to promote business ethics and integrity and to shield the public against unscrupulous people.

Mr. Strohmann instead chooses to wield the test like a sword in an attempt to create bitter divisions among Rotarians by claiming if you disagree with him you are not a “true Rotarian.” I am glad Mr. Strohmann is no longer a Rotarian, and even more glad that he is no longer in a leadership role in Rotary.

The letter published by the Penticton Western News is not a good example of the way in which Rotary embraces a diversity of opinion within its ranks.

Rather, Mr. Strohmann’s “true Rotarian” comment is an egregious example of the politics

rent dictatorial council must be stopped now.

Mayor Jakubeit and each current councillor needs to answer to their conscience, have we been honest with the residential taxpayers of Penticton? If council cannot answer in the affirmative, then reverse your current stances on matters that have a direct consequence to the citizens of Penticton.

Immediately, the citizens need to force council to fund a taxpayers group to the tune of $100,000 to hire a chairman, pay a staff member, pay legal fees and set up an office.

If we sit back and do nothing, council will download further property taxes onto the backs of residential taxpayers. Many taxpayers cannot afford any further down loading of the property tax burden from the business and commercial property tax owners.

We need to elect councillors that understand a fair balance of allocating the tax burden.

These pro business councillors are intent on screwing the residential taxpayers at every turn. The tax multiplier must be ex-

of division and discrimination that led us into the First World War and again two decades later. The irony is that he is attempting to use politics to create dissension and disharmony in a non-political organization; the danger is not that he will succeed in turning Rotarians against one another, but that he will succeed in creating a politicization of Rotary in the public’s mind, leading to a reduced ability of Rotarians to continue the philanthropic communitybuilding of which he writes.

Mr. Strohmann, you have indeed fallen far from the Rotary tree.

Paul Varga Penticton

Take democratic action One mayor, six councillors and three businessmen do not have the right to destroy Skaha Lake Park.

Upgrade the marina on its current property and build a waterslide on purchased land.

Many past and present citizens of Penticton dedicated their personal time, energy and money to create a legacy of natural beauty in our park. Residents and visitors of all ages should continue to enjoy our exquisite green space free of charge, all year round.

Mr. Mayor and council, I urge you to take democratic action by calling a referendum.

You were elected by the people of Penticton to listen to the voice of every taxpayer, not just a “trio.”

Elizabeth Stewart Penticton

Play ball leaders How unfortunate that Tom Mulclair has chosen to follow in the track of Stephen Harper in refusing to participate in the consortium debate.

What does it say about Mulcair’s potential as a national leader – about his ability to up-

plained in detail to the residential taxpayers.

The sharing of the costs on the downtown core revitalization needs to be explained by competent bureaucrats from City Hall. The cost to be borne by residential taxpayers on the Economic Investment Zones needs to be explained in detail to the residents. Obviously, the current council is blind to the rights of residential taxpayers.

Demand a change from the current dictatorial council or demand their resignation.

Mayor Jakubeit, Councillor’s Konanz, Sentes, Martin, Picton, Sayeed and Campbell need to come out of hiding and explain why they feel they have been fair and honest with the residential taxpayers in Penticton on all issues.

All councillors need to explain their immense dislike of residential taxpayers and their never ending onslaught on the bank accounts of residential taxpayers.

hold Canadian values in foreign relations, or to defend forwardlooking policies at home – when, in the very first moments of the election campaign, he caves in to Harper’s example and refuses to play ball with the other leaders unless the Big Conservative Bully plays too?

This is not a game of course.

And Mulcair’s arrogance in suggesting that it’s not worth his time to debate just with Trudeau and Elizabeth May is an insult not just to the other leaders but to the people of Canada as a whole. Could Mulcair be fearful of weaknesses in NDP policies that a debate among moderates might reveal, which would be masked by the overwhelming presence of Harper on the stage?

Certainly Mulcair’s decision proves how right Justin Trudeau has been, in his wariness of coalition overtures.

Happily in South Okanagan-West Kootenay, our Team Trudeau Liberals have a candidate -- Connie Denesiuk – who looks forward to turning up at all the debates across our huge riding, rain or shine, whether other candidates appear or not.

That’s what democracy is all about.

Barbara Lambert Penticton

National park worthy of consideration On Aug. 12 the Province of British Columbia took an innovative and well-thought out approach to protecting key parts of our critically endangered ecosystem and the endangered species that live there.

We have advocated long and hard for the establishment of the South Okanagan National Park Reserve and recognize that, although there is a strong majority of support for the park, there remain some voices of dissent.

We feel that Minister Polak has developed an approach that

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could result in outcomes that could work for everyone.

We will be responding to their Intentions Paper and encourage others to do the same.

The paper is worthy of consideration by everyone.

Doreen Olson Coordinator, South Okanagan Similkameen National Park Network (SOSNPN)

Why vote?

At the moment I can’t see voting in the coming election maybe some of your readers can help me out.

I’ll list why I don’t care for each party. The Conservative. party brought in the GST so I feel over time they cost me a lot of money. I can handle the tax on goods but am irate at paying tax on someone’s labor.

The Liberal party destroyed our judicial system. Trudeau felt it cost too much money to keep criminals in jail so reduce the jail time and have them walking around in society. In the 50s and 60s a murder once a year was the average. He also allowed railways to pull up the rails and sell all the free land they received and with that went a lot of good paying jobs. The last NDP MP that represented me told me he didn’t care what his constituents wanted, he was our leader so we should just follow him.

Now the Green Party. Years ago chicken little ran around the barnyard telling all the animals the sky was falling down. Years later a politician ran around the world telling everyone the world was burning up and the first group, like the barnyard animals running around the world telling every one the world is burning up, was the Green Party.

When I step out side and the temperature is 90 to 100 degrees I know we can’t turn off the sun.

Ralph Wand Penticton

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Silver screen coming to Dream Dan Walton

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Audiences will rarely find a screen inside the Dream Cafe, but an exception is being made this weekend for an oldfashioned musical duo who have reinvented man’s earliest moviemaking methods.

The Silver Screen Scoundrels are Brandon Isaak and Keith Picot, and they’ll be providing the café its entertainment on August 21 and 22.

Their unique vintage style goes back to the early 1900s, when film was in its infancy – and still needed the production of live music to match the picture.

Although filming and recording techniques have advanced considerably in the past century, Isaak and Picot see their approach as an untapped resource.

“They’re mostly all kinds of 1900s slapstick silent film style,” said Picot. “During the

show, we’ll play each of our songs that we have a movie for which projects up on the screen.

It’s like a music video in a way – not word for word as to follow the bouncing ball, but more of a song inspired clip.”

Picot, who handles more of the video production, said viewers won’t notice anything on screen that seems any more modern than the era it emulates.

“I have no use for the modern, so I keep the

movies fairly vintage.

I’m a bit of a relic and I like it that way.”

Isaak on the other hand – the duo’s lead songwriter – keeps some of the music modern, though it always fits the sound of the characterized time period.

“Brandon mentioned eBay and Craiglist and texting on his latest record,” Picot said.

“In that way he always seems to bring the modern into the present.”

“I always try to give them a modern theme or edge that brings them up to date with what’s really going on today,” Isaak said. “It was an easy fit to add our films to the music.”

Picot’s noticed that people are increasingly focusing more on visual components of communication, so the addition of silent film seemed natural for him.

“The majority of the North America population loves having their eyes fixed on screens.

We’ve played enough bars, some leave sports on while you’re playing.

People are listening and watching friggin’ swimsuits on TV. We know from experience that people love screens, and we love making movies.”

But despite the attention that will be paid to the Charlie Chaplinstyle chuckles, the silent films don’t overpower the musical elements of their performance.

“We just hope to give

THE SILVER SCREEN SCOUNDRELS will be projecting silent films at the Dream Café on Aug. 21 and 22, which they use to compliment their music of a similar culture.

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them a bit of a laugh.

They don’t have to watch the screen, they can watch us play.”

Isaak’s music was recently recognized by the Maple Blues Society in Toronto, which awarded him with the Acoustic Act of the Year.

“Music and silent film are both universal languages,” Isaak said.

“We use hardly any dialog cards in our short films. When you see it in silent moving pictures, even if you can’t understand the words in the song; you sure get what the drift of what it’s about.”

The scoundrel’s began their musical-silent film career four years ago after a majorly successful experiment. After taking their act on the road across Canada, they travelled to share it with audiences in Europe and China.

They stayed extra busy during their time across the Atlantic, recording their latest album at Redemption Guitar Studios in Germany.

Pinot said the shows were just as well-received in Europe as they are in Canada, and the best response ever came from China. He said Ca-

nadian audiences are easier to connect with however, as the people have a better time understanding cultural references.

In Europe, some crowds had trouble understanding why the husband of an irate wife was literally in a doghouse.

“With silent films, a lot of times there are cliches that we’ll understand through our culture, where they’ll have different things.”

Showtime is at 8 p.m. both nights. Tickets cost $25 and can be reserved by calling the Dream Café at 250490-9012.

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IN BRIEF Balance now open for registration

It’s registration week at Balance School of Performing Arts. The new studio is operating out of the Orchard House to offer lessons in singing, acting and dancing for ages four-and-a-half to 40.

Registration takes place at the Orchard House on Aug. 19, 20 and 21 from 10 a.m. until noon.

Depending on their level of commitment, students will attend classes for two to six hours each week. Contact instructor Ashlie Atkinson at 250-486-2107.

Painting on premise

The Penticton Art Gallery is inviting painters to take part in this year’s En Plein Air event.

Artists will capture landscapes in action – of Penticton’s downtown; the KVR trail; and from the Hillside Winery.

The event takes place Sept.

12 and 13, and the pieces will be on display at the gallery until Sept. 20.

There’s currently an early registration fee of $20. Registration forms can be found at www. pentictonartgallery.com.

PTCC turns 50

The Penticton Trade and Convention Centre is celebrating its 50th birthday on Aug. 22. The community is invited to come together for an afternoon of sharing memories and reminisce over old photographs.

There will also be an unveiling of a legacy art piece created

by Clint George which will be on display in the front lobby for the next 50 years.

The event takes place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and will be held in the north lobby.

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Ponderosa music festival still on Dale Boyd

Western News Staff

It was a tense couple of nights for Kia Zahrabi and Kris Hargrave as fires near Rock Creek and Oliver burned. The two co-founders of the Ponderosa Music and Arts Festival grew up in the area.

“I went to high school in Oliver, so my dad and stepmom were very close to the fires that happened in Oliver too,” Zahrabi said. “Since Thursday we’ve been on edge; haven’t slept very much because it’s so close for us, we grew up in the area. We know the people – Kris knows a lot of these families personally.”

A silver lining to come out of the property loss and devastation from the fires is that the music festival is still on, and it might bring some

PONDEROSA MUSIC AND ARTS Festival co-founders Kia Zahrabi and Kris Hargrave surveyed the grounds last weekend before assuring ticketholders that nearby forest fires won’t ruin the weekend.

welcome business and relief to the area as well.

Zahrabi and Hargrave visited the site of the music festival at the Rock Creek Fairgrounds over the weekend, which was not affected by the

fires, and discussed with the festival board and locals what the best plan of action was.

“We all agreed it was still a good option to proceed with the festival because the fires had not impacted the festival grounds, and the risk of fire to the area is actually quite low right now,” Zahrabi said.

He and Hargrave had made the trip from Vancouver to test the waters and see how people felt about going ahead with the festival and the reaction was better than anticipated.

“Locals were asking us if the festival was going ahead, and we were in Midway and we said we kind of wanted to talk to you guys first to see what you think. It’s been a really positive response, all the people we spoke to want to have it go ahead,” Zahrabi said.

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For the next two months, the works of three South Okanagan painters will be exhibited at Tree to Me in Keremeos – and they will be at the gallery for the exhibit’s opening day, Aug. 22.

The works of Kate Kimberley, Carolyn Jager and Judy Millar will be displayed at the gallery until Oct. 22.

“Tree to Me has such a beautiful interior – it’s like a coffee shop, bakery, gift shop and produce retailer all in one – plus an art gallery,” said Perma Harris, who recommended Kimberley as a feature artist.

“It’s such a respectful manner in which they hang the art.

They’ve created a really neat venue for artists to show their work.”

Harris suggested Kimberley’s work be a part the gallery because of gentle use of watercolours to illustrate South Okanagan landscape, and the pieces stand out further because of substitution for glass surfaces. “(Kimberley) mounts her watercolour paper on a rigid board, sub straight, and then she puts a UV protective spray over the whole thing,” Harris said. “She uses a matte thats been plasticized so that there’s no glass required to display her work. The spray adds almost a sheen to the water colour so instead of a matte finish, there’s a little luster to the water colour so it blings it a bit.

It’s really quite effective – your eyes can go right to the artwork without the glass coming in between.”

“In watercolour, the light comes from within, transformed by layers of pigment,” Kimber-

Clockwise from the top left: A pine forest by Carolyn Jager using acrylic; a cliff in the foreground of an Okanagan landscape by Kate Kimberley with watercolour; and a colourful bunch of yellow tulips by Judy Millar using an encaustic medium.

ley said. “I attempt to show that the delicate medium of water can be bold, rich and dynamic.

“As artists we are here to share our gift with others, a healing experience for both the creator and observer.”

Also capturing the regions vineyards, lakes and mountains is Jager, who didn’t launch her painting endeavour until later in her career; her first painting just five years ago and Tree to Me will be her second art show.

Now living in Twin Lakes, the local landscapes have always had a massive appeal to her since moving from Brooks, Alberta. Among the countless benefits she enjoys as a painter,

Jager’s favourite element is the connection it brings her with other artists.

“I’m a very social person… the enjoyment of art and the sales are just extras,” Jager said. “The shows and opening receptions have brought me great joy and many new good friends – I have so many artist friends right now, I just love it.”

Just two years ago Jager met Millar, and the two have been great friends since.

Through the trailblazing works of Thea Hubrich, Millar adopted the practice of encaustic art, which allows her to mix paint, hot wax and other elements from nature to create endless combinations of colour and texture, which are layered onto flat surfaces.

“Other techniques such as scraping, gouging and photo transferring can be employed – often with magical results,” Millar said. “Inspiration for my work comes from nature, photographs and my association with other artists. My focus is colour, texture, and allowing the wax to lead the creative process.”

Similar to the artistic career of the other featured artists, Jager didn’t embark upon her creative journey from the starting gun – she first spent 35 years working as a wildlife biologist and forest techincian, and she now runs a bed and breakfast in Penticton.

All three artists will be at Tree to Me to share their secret on Aug. 22 from 3 to 6 p.m. Everybody’s welcome to meet the artists and rub elbows with other art enthusiasts. There will also be a wine pouring from a surprise Similkameen winery.

lief efforts by getting guests coming to the festival to help out and donate to those who have lost their homes and livelihoods. With the hillside still smouldering, the plan isn’t clear yet, but it will be in place.

“As people come into Rock Creek they’ll see the impact of the fire on the hillside. The whole hillside is charred, it’s pretty devastating to see.

It’s an eye opener and just kind of a reminder that things can change so quickly in life,” Zahrabi said.

The festival runs from Aug. 2123 and features artists like Canadian supergroup the Mounties, Vancouver’s The Harpoonist and The Axe Murderer, Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party and the Gay Nineties.

“We’re just trying to bring good vibes and positivity to the area and to add on to our list of things to do we’re actually trying to work

out some kind of fundraising campaign,” Zahrabi said.

“I think it’s going to help boost some business in the area which is needed and also try to add a positive twist to it. Even though it’s very tough times for these people we want to show we’re here to help, and people are on board.”

Zahrabi assured that safety is a priority and the festival wouldn’t be able to go ahead if the site was unsafe. There will be an anticipated slight, smoky haze in the area.

Highway closures and more up-tothe-minute information will be updated and those looking for tickets or more information can visit www. ponderosafestival.com.

“Our thoughts are with the people who have been impacted and we want to do whatever we can to improve the situation,” Zahrabi said.

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Locals jump to help wildfire victims Steve Kidd

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Debbie Ramsay spent a sleepless night worrying about the people driven from their homes in the Oliver area by two wildfires threatening the town.

“I can’t handle people that are suffering,” said the proprietor of Houndogs Restaurant, next to the Okanagan River Channel.

Ramsay had already decided she needed to do something to help the people affected by the still-growing Rock Creek fire, and the need in Oliver made her even more resolved.

“I keep thinking about the people that were running from the campground (in the Rock Creek area), running for their lives. They left everything,” she said.

Ramsay is setting up a GoFundMe page under the name Houndogs Fire Evacuee Fund, and is encouraging people to chip in.

“If we could get everyone from Penticton and surrounding areas to donate one hour of their wages, we can help all the people in all the fires,” said Ramsay, noting that homes have been destroyed in all of the fires.

“These people have lost every-

thing. Insurance covers it, if you have it, but it doesn’t cover anything right now,” said Ramsay.

Funds raised in her campaign, she said, could go to a variety of uses, for food and clothes or even to help the people who are hosting evacuees with food bills.

“We want to help as much as we can and we also have a drop off box here (at Houndogs) if anyone is willing to donate,” said Ramsay, adding that her staff is going to help, and the youth working at Coyote Cruises have also volunteered to chip in.

Ramsay said she doesn’t know anyone that has been affected by the fires, but she has a very straightforward reason for wanting to lend a hand.

“I just love people,” she said.

For more information on how you can contribute, drop by Houndogs Restaurant.

Efforts are also being made

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From barges to helicopters, Douglas Dewar’s business background extends well beyond the picturesque locale of the Banbury Green campground in Kaleden.

Dewar has made an incredibly generous $500,000 donation to the South Okanagan Similkameen (SOS) Medical Foundation’s $20-million campaign to provide medical equipment for the new Patient Care Tower at Penticton Regional Hospital.

Dewar’s family involvement with the Banbury property extends back to the early 1940s when the lakefront plot was purchased by his parents.

Living in Vancouver, Douglas’s mother, Amy, developed a lung ailment while his father was away during the Second World War. Seeking a drier climate, she came to Penticton and stayed at the old Incola Hotel.

“Out of pure boredom, she took up horseback riding. One day she rode down here (to Kaleden) and found Banbury Point.”

Captain F.C. Banbury was killed overseas during the First World War and irrigation water to the farm had been shut down.

The nearly 70-acre property was basically abandoned. Amy Dewar contacted Banbury’s parents in England and they agreed to sell the

Douglas Dewar, a former Canadian Helicopters director whose family has owned the picturesque property at Banbury Point in Kaleden since the 1940s, has made a $500,000 donation to the south okanagan similkameen Medical Foundation. The money will help provide medical equipment for the new Patient Care Tower at Penticton regional Hospital.

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Kaleden property.

Construction of the Dewars’ home was completed in 1941. Douglas attended Penticton High School in 1942 and ’43, before he went to live with his grandmother in West Vancouver where he graduated from high school and went onto UBC for five years.

Douglas Dewar found employment with the Standard Oil Company in 1952. In 1960, he married Looe Baker, whose father, Ralph Baker, was the president of the company. “I didn’t think that it was a good thing to work for

a company where your father-in-law was the CEO,” he said with a laugh.

Dewar then went into the oil barge business, serving remote communities and logging camps up and down the B.C. coast. He also became involved with several other companies over the years, including Okanagan Helicopters, which would later become known as Canadian Helicopters (now HNZ).

Douglas Dewar served as a company director from 1967 to 1981. He and partner

John Pitts eventually acquired control of the helicopter firm even though they only owned about 6.5 per cent of the shares at the time.

“In the late 1970s, it became a top 100 Canadian company on the TSX,” he recalled.

“When we sold that company, I think we had over 100 machines (helicopters).”

All the while, Douglas and his family would travel up to Kaleden each summer to stay at his family home at Banbury Point.

By the mid-1980s, taxes on the lakefront property jumped dramatically and they opted to open the Banbury Green campground as an additional source of income. The beautiful treed property includes a vineyard and 65 campsites with three full-time year-round employees.

Now retired at age 87 and residing most of the year in the family’s 75-year-old house, Douglas is pleased to donate to the SOS Medical Foundation’s campaign.

His mother Amy died in Penticton Regional Hospital in 1960, while his wife Looe passed away at PRH in May 2014.

“I believe charity should always begin at home,” he said. “I’m quite happy to spend my money in Penticton.”

Construction of the new Patient Care Tower at PRH will get underway next spring and

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Refugee goes on Sentimental Journey Mark Brett

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HARRY KAPEIKIS and wife JoAnn Kapeikis look over his first book about his war memories of fleeing from his homeland. The retired pastor recently had a chance to fly in a B-17 bomber, the same aircraft which terrified him during their bombing missions over cities the family passed through.

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In life it’s often said what goes around comes around and for retired Penticton pastor Harry Kapeikis it took over a half century, but the wait was worth it.

As a child living in a war zone he vividly remembers fleeing with his family from his Latvian homeland and the clutches of the encroaching Red Army.

Ironically, it was not the Russians but the freedom fighters who often posed the greatest risk.

Kapeikis recalls the terror he associated with the droning sound of the B-17 bombers high overhead.

“Our paths often lead through cities that were the targets of the B-17’s,” he said. “Hundreds of them flying at me, over me, they were the embodiment of trepidation. We homeless refugees were not the enemy, but from their high altitude we were undistinguishable from the enemy.”

Kapeikis recently got a different perspective of the B-17.

He flew on the Commemorative Air Force bomber Sentimental Journey while it was at Penticton Regional Airport.

“Riding in it for me was kind of like a full circle experience in life, you know these machines had their jobs to do and their orders and I was in the way and they didn’t notice I existed,” said Kapeikis, 80. “These guys flying the airplane (Sentimental Journey) weren’t there and to have somebody like myself who has seen it in action and now gets to experience just a little bit of what it was like was interesting.

I’ve gone from being an insignificant target accessory to the fact, to all of a sudden being right there.

“Hanging onto the machine gun for balance was reminiscent in a way except before I was seeing them from below.”

THE B-17 BOMBER Sentimental Journey in flight. Retired pastor Harry Kapeikis of Penticton was one of the people who flew in the plane when it was here. His previous views of similar bombers were from the ground as a child fleeing his homeland in Latvia during the Second World War.

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Hundreds of them flying at me, over me, they were the embodiment of trepidation.

— Harry Kapeikis

Organized by the Penticton Flying Club, the visit was the second time the Arizona-based CAF had brought bombers to the city.

Part of the tour is to keep alive the memories of those who risked and gave their lives for freedom.

“For me it was a significant closure of a war fought to defend democracy,” said Kapeikis.

In 1944 he was nine years old and on the run with his family. Fortunately none of the B-17 bombs came close, but there were other dangerous incidents.

One in particular stands out, when they were at a railroad station where a train loaded with ammunition was stopped.

“We got out of there and we hadn’t gone two blocks when the sirens signalled air raid. Luckily there was a shelter nearby and we got into it. We hadn’t even closed the door when the

bombs hit the station,” he recalled. “It’s hard to believe how you can live life like that. At that time there was a lot of us refugees, a lot of hungry people who lived day by day thinking, well thank the Lord I’m alive this morning will I be alive tomorrow? Who knows?

“As a child you grow up very fast.”

Eventually the family were taken into custody

by American forces and spent nearly four years in a displaced persons camp in Germany, which actually seemed like luxury.

“We had shelter over our heads, our clothing was replaced and we were well taken care of, but we knew this was a temporary situation because in 1950 the camps were to be closed so we had to get out of there,” said Kapeikis. “We just didn’t know what was going to happen to us.”

Luckily a machinist’s job opened up for his father in Tacoma, Wa. and they were soon on their

way by boat across the Atlantic Ocean, arriving at New York City in March 1949. Standing on the deck of the ship that night, looking up at the Statue of Liberty basking in the glow of huge spotlights he heard the U.S. national anthem and realized his journey from “survival to opportunity” was over.

Exile from Latvia was his first of three books, telling of his struggles during those years and also providing some needed personal therapy.

“I have not been back to my homeland. Once I left Europe, Europe was gone. The experiences we had, I simply sort of buried them, did not deal with them so I did not want to go back,” he said.

“Then I wrote a book and after publishing and reliving it, I was ready to go but at that point my health gave way.”

He feels many people don’t appreciate the freedoms they enjoy although that changes with age and knowing about the past.

“That’s why I wrote the books, so I could leave behind my experiences, that we can’t take democracy for granted because it can melt away, like the snow melts in spring and you might never get it back,” he said.

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KISU’S ANDREW COOKE swam in seven events during the 2015 Para Pan Am Games in Toronto. Cooke’s best result was a fourth-place finish in the 100-metre breast stroke.

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KISU swimmer has mixed experience at Para Games Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Andrew Cooke enjoyed nearly everything about his Para Pan Am Games experience in Toronto, Aug. 7-15.

The only thing that took away from it a bit is that his performances were impacted by a skin condition caused by an allergic reaction.

“It was hard,” said Cooke of having to deal with the itchiness.

Cooke, a member of KISU, competed in seven events, with his best result being fourth in the 100-metre breaststroke and he reduced time in the 50-m butterfly, in which he placed eighth.

“Not as good as I wanted,” said Cooke of his performances.

Cooke was a substitute on the 4x50-metre

freestyle relay team that earned bronze, however he did not receive a medal. He finished sixth in the 50- and 100-m freestyle, seventh in the 50-m backstroke and eight in the 200m freestyle. He was disqualified from the 200 individual medley.

Competing in his second Para Pan Am Games, Cooke said Toronto’s games were more difficult then when he went to Guadalajara, Mexico in 2011, where he placed fifth in the 100-metre breaststroke, and had two strong results in the 50-m and 200-m freestyle.

“It was hard because they are a bit faster than me,” said Cooke, 24, who has cerebral palsy.

Cooke said his results do affect his chances of making Team Canada for the Para Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but said it is still a pos-

sibility for him to go. Cooke said it will come down to training and getting his skin problem under control.

Among the things that he enjoyed about being in Toronto was the atmosphere.

“The crowd was amazing,” he said. “It gave an energy boost.”

Cooke also liked being in the athletes village, which had a games rooms, and the volunteers, who he said were amazing.

Canada’s swim team won 24 gold medals, 39 silver and 28 bronze, which was good for second overall behind Brazil. As a whole, Canada was second overall in the medal count behind Brazil with 168, 50 of those being gold with 63 silver and 55 bronze.

The swim competitions had 228 athletes from 19 countries.

Registration is up for 2015 Valley First Challenge Penticton Canada.

Along with increased numbers, a competitive professional field stand to make this year’s event a too-closeto-call race. Among the athletes signed up for the halfdistance triathlon are defending two-time champion Jeff Symonds, Jen Annett, Nathan Killam, who finished eighth in the race last year, as well as Vernon’s Nathan Champness, Chris Bagg and Karen Thibodeau, who took second at Subaru Ironman Canada in Penticton in 2012.

Overall, registered entries currently stand at close to 1,300 athletes across all categories. The biggest jump has been in the half-distance triathlon which has a field of almost 600 individuals and more than 110 team entries. The half-distance has the cash prize purse to attract more pro athletes. Last year the event attracted 743 athletes.

“We’re really happy to see our registration numbers continue to grow,” said Challenge Penticton co-owner and race director Michael Brown in a press release. “There’s been a significant boost in the half field and we’ve got a great line up of pros coming in for the event. It’s going to be a tight race ... which will add to the excitement we’ve been building around Challenge.”

Even after extending the registration deadline, Brown said they’ve continued to receive enquiries and late entries and expect the field to grow further as Aug. 30 draws closer.

“It’s terrific to see the interest and participation in Valley First Challenge Penticton on the rise,” said Valley First president Paulette Rennie. “Challenge is a race that continues to evolve and the strength of this year’s field shows it is still a must-do on the multi-sport calendar.

“It’s with great pride that Valley First, a division of First West Credit Union, is again partnering with Challenge to present such a terrific event,” she continued.

“We’ve built a strong reputation as a community supporter and innovator; putting our name to Valley First Challenge Penticton shows our commitment to ensuring this event remains an ongoing success story.”

Penticton is home to oldest long-distance triathlon in North America. The 2015 Challenge Penticton will be the third running of the event. In 33 years, spectators have seen more than 60,000 athletes cross the finish line since 1982. The week-long family festival culminates on Aug. 30 with the triathlon featuring a 3.8-kilometre swim, 180-km bike and 42.2-km marathon run as well as a shorter Challenge Half and relays over both distances. Challenge Penticton Canada is part of the Challenge Family, which is known for providing superior athlete experiences and memorable events.

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Vees help Canada win tournament Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Days after helping Canada win its eighth straight Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup, Tyson Jost and Dante Fabbro are still soaking up the moment of their big win.

“It was pretty crazy. Being able to win gold with Canada, most people don’t get to do that their whole life,” said Fabbro, the Penticton Vees defenceman who helped Canada cruise past Sweden 7-3 to win the championship in Breclav, Czech Republic on Aug. 15. “Guys were definitely pretty happy after the game.”

“You could see the clock just counting down to zero. Everyone started getting butterflies. There was kind of an electric feeling on the bench,” said Jost.

After coming up empty in his first two stints with Canada (World Under-17 Championship and World Junior A Challenge), Jost experienced winning on the international stage.

“It was a huge honour obviously. Representing Team Canada again was an honour inside itself,” he said.

Canada’s victory was jolted by four first period goals. Pierre-Luc Dubois scored the first two goals.

Canada’s final goal was scored by Okanagan Hockey Academy alum

TYSON JOST (7) potted a hat-trick en route to helping Team Canada whip Switzerland 9-2 during the 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup. Jost, captain of the Penticton Vees, helped Canada win the tournament with a 7-3 win over Sweden.

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by Jost and Dubois. Jost said the championship was good, but he expected it to be closer as they played their best against Sweden.

“Everything we shot seemed to go in. They had a really good goalie (Filip Gustavsson) from what we knew,” said Jost. “Our goals were just get lots

of pucks on net, use our speed. It was a pretty cool way to win.”

“I thought we played really well from start to finish,” said Fabbro.

“There was a point we had taken a penalty and Sweden scored two quick ones in the third. We played a complete game.”

Jost said playing in the

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Penticton dumps Vernon in 55 soccer

Penticton busted out to a 3-0 lead against Vernon II in the opening 20 minutes of the Capri Okanagan Oldtimers 55 Soccer League.

That hot start led to a 5-0 Penticton win. Tony Munoz got the offence going with two goals on clear breakaways. Daryl Pace, Peter Toth and Keith Johnston scored Penticton’s other goals. Penticton’s defence was solid in limiting Vernon’s chances. The win gives Penticton TC Auto its 13th straight victory.

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three goals and four points in five games. Jost scored a hat-trick in a 9-2 shellacking of Switzerland.

“I think I delivered pretty good. I put up some numbers,” he said. “You are playing for Team Canada. You have one goal, one team. You are all trying to accomplish the same thing. Any role the coaches

put you in you are looking forward to.

“I thought I had a really good tournament. Same with Fabbro,” he continued.

Fabbro was tasked with shutting down the opponents’ top lines. Fabbro was happy with his play and said he had a great partner in Calgary Hitmen D-man Jake Bean. The two quickly became friends and it resulted in strong chemistry on the ice.

“I thought we really showed that we belong there and that even though we are not playing in the CHL, that we do belong there, that we showcased our skill,” said Jost. “Proved to them that the BCHL isn’t just some knock off league — that it is a really good league.”

Canada finished a perfect 5-0 in the tournament, outscoring its opposition 23-7.

Not long after getting back to Edmonton, Jost, considered a top prospect for the 2016 NHL Draft, announced on Monday afternoon via Twitter, his commitment to the University of North Dakota.

“Excited to announce I will play for @UNDmhockey in 16/17,” wrote Jost on his Twitter account, @josty_17. “Thank you to my family, @PentictonVees @OkanaganRockets & @POE_Hockey #support.”

Steam’s KIJHL camp opens Friday

The Summerland Steam junior B hockey club is holding its training camp at the Summerland Arena Aug. 21-23. Registration is Aug. 21 from 9:30 to 10 a.m. There will be three scrimmages between teams Red, Black and White. The first game is between Red and Black at 11 a.m. The final game is at 5 p.m. On Saturday, scrimmages resume between Black and Red at 8 a.m. The next game is at 11 a.m. with the final game at 2 p.m. There will be cuts for the Red team only after the second game on Saturday. On the final day, Red and White clash at 10:30 a.m. Admission is a food bank item.

All games are one hour, 15 minutes with three 20-minute run time periods. Teams do not switch ends after periods. The Red and White game will be the only full game situation.

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A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to support White Spot’s 8th annual Pirate Pak Day on Wednesday August 12th. You helped raise $92,358 for the Zajac Ranch for Children, a BC charity dedicated to giving children and young adults with life-threatening illnesses and chronic disabilities a chance to enjoy an extraordinary summer camp experience. See you next year!

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sports PEACH CITY CLASSIC — At left, Maya Venkataraman of the Pinnacles U18 Excelsior girls shows off some fine ball control as she dodges an attack by Zoe Garadakis of Surrey Guildford United in the first place final of the 2015 Peach City Classic Sunday. The local girls won in a shootout with a 2-1 final. Below right, Brady van Ryswyk, keeper for the Pinnacles U18 Excelsior boys, runs through Manpal Brar and Ravin Aujla of the Canadian Eagle Selects to scoop up the ball and cut off their scoring chance in the round robin. The game ended 2-2.

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KidSport tees up for kids Western News Staff

It was all about kids at the Penticton Golf and Country Club on June 18.

The golf course hosted the 14th annual Rona KidSport and Friends Golf tournament, which raised more than $25,000 thanks to supportive local businesses and 172 participants who hit the links to whack a few balls.

“Once again the KidSport Penticton committee members are sincerely grateful for the tournament organizers, the local business community, the many volunteers, the Penticton Golf and Country Club and of course the golfers who opened up their wallets to help the kids in our community,” said tournament organizing committee member Dave Lieskovsky. “This tournament is a primary source of funding for KidSport Penticton and has become essential to the program as the need for funding has increased each and every year. It truly is an example of how it often takes an entire community to help in raising a child.”

BOB CAMPBELL tees off during the Kevin Flebbe, one of the participnts, played 14th annual Rona KidSport and Friends minor hockey, as well as baseball, soccer and was Golf tournament at the Penticton Golf a junior member at Penticton Golf and Country and Country Club.

Emanuel Sequeira/Western News Club. The memories Flebbe had from playing

were “fantastic.”

“Memories that will last forever. Growing up with guys you played hockey with and now 10 or 15 years down the road you get to see them again,” he said.

Flebbe said it’s a great thing that KidSport is doing.

“It’s good in the whole growing up factor of being a kid,” he said. “I have got two young kids of my own. Growing up in Penticton too, the charities, you always want to give back to your community.”

Surrounded by friends, Brian Christopherson was asked why it was important for kids to have a chance to play. One of his friends piped up saying, “So they can grow up to be golfers like Brian.”

“It’s a great thing, to learn team sport,” he said.

“If you don’t have enough money, that shouldn’t be a barrier to getting out and having fun.”

This year’s event was highlighted by Dave Newsted’s hole-in-one on hole 13. He received a $10,000 prize that was shared with his team members and the charity.

KidSport Penticton has helped kids play soccer, hockey, Tae Kwon Do among others.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Finn Halladay played for Team B.C. in the Canadian peewee box lacrosse championship and came back with a silver medal. Halladay was his team’s second leading scorer with nine goals and six assists. He was 12th in the tournament in scoring. Halladay cared about his team and his coach said he brought a great attitude and was always positive.

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Born in Springside, Saskatchewan. Don passed away with his family by his side to be with the Lord, after a long battle with cancer. He will be remembered and dearly missed by his loving wife of 63 years, Felicia and 7 children; Monica Catalano (Kim), Kathy Kunstar (Aaron), Connie Bennett (Neil), Darrell Bennett (Shelley), Ady Bennett (Nona), Gary Bennett (Anne), Judy Mlikotic (Peter, deceased) along with 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, all of whom he loved and cherished dearly.

Don is predeceased by his parents, Arthur and Lou, brother Harvey Bennett and sister Pearl James, survived by siblings, Laurie Bennett, Betina Kasie and Beatrice Tanisichuk. Don lived in Yorkton, Saskatchewan and worked for Korb Motors as a mechanic/service manager.

Moved to Merritt in 1967 then to Kelowna in 1969. Don spent 23 years in the automotive mechanical field for Victory Motors and Don Folk GM. He started a new venture by opening his own business, D & B Automotive in 1977. Retired in 1984 travelling for three months across Canada with Felicia always making sure to visit family along the way.

Don was a gentle, kind, caring, hardworking, loving man with an infectious smile. He was a long time member of the Knights of Columbus. He thoroughly enjoyed walking, camping, family gatherings, love for old cars and computer. Don had a great sense of humor. No matter how much Don may have been in pain, he always wanted to make sure everyone was doing well. Don was strongly devoted not only to his family but also to his religion. He will be missed immensely. The family would like to thank all home care and hospice staff that assisted in his care. Mass will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Keremeos on August 19, 2015 at 10:30am. Interment will follow at Keremeos Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes may be made to the Moog and Friends Hospice House, Penticton. www.pentictonhospice.com or to the Covenant House Vancouver. www.covenanthousebc.org.

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Naramata Fire Truck Acquisition Loan Authorization Bylaw BYLAW No. 2698, 2015

In general terms, the bylaw is to authorize borrowing upon the credit of the Regional District a sum not more than four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the purpose of acquiring and have installed all such materials as may be requisite or desirable in connection with the purchase of a fire truck in and for the Naramata Fire Prevention and Suppression Local Service.

The alternative approval process applies to qualified electors within the Naramata Fire Prevention and Suppression Local Service Area.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Regional District may proceed with the approval of Naramata Fire Truck Acquisition Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2698, 2015 unless at least ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors (those meeting the criteria below) within the Naramata Fire Prevention and Suppression Local Service Area indicate their opposition by signing the Elector Response Form.

The Regional District has estimated the total number of qualified electors in the service area to be 1420 and that 10% of that number, or 142 qualified electors, must submit signed Elector Response Forms to prevent the Regional District from adopting the bylaw without the full assent of the electors by referendum.

An elector response form must be in the form established by the Regional District. Elector Response Forms are available from the Regional District office, including by mail, fax, or email, on request or on the Regional District website at www.rdos.bc.ca.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 86 of the Community Charter, that the Board of Directors of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen seek the approval of the electors with the boundaries of the Naramata Fire Prevention and Suppression Local Service Area of the Regional District for the adoption of Naramata Fire Truck Acquisition Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2698, 2015.

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In general terms, the bylaw is to authorize borrowing upon the credit of the Regional District a sum not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the purpose of acquiring and have installed all such materials as may be requisite or desirable for or in connection with back-up generator power for the community water utility.

The alternative approval process applies to qualified electors within the Naramata Water System Local Service Area.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Regional District may proceed with the approval of Naramata Water System Back-Up Power Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2696, 2015 unless at least ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors (those meeting the criteria below) within the Naramata Water System Local Service Area indicate their opposition by signing the Elector Response Form.

The Regional District has estimated the total number of qualified electors in the service area to be 1420 and that 10% of that number, or 142 qualified electors, must submit signed Elector Response Forms to prevent the Regional District from adopting the bylaw without the full assent of the electors by referendum.

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Resident electors must: (a) be 18 years of age or older; (b) be a Canadian citizen; (c) be a resident of British Columbia, for at least 6 months; (d) be a resident of the Naramata Fire Prevention and Suppression Local Service Area for at least 30 days; and (e) not be disqualified by an Provincial enactment, or otherwise disqualified by law, from voting in an election.

Resident electors must: (a) be 18 years of age or older; (b) be a Canadian citizen; (c) be a resident of British Columbia, for at least 6 months; (d) be a resident of the Naramata Water System Local Service Area for at least 30 days; and (e) not be disqualified by an Provincial enactment, or otherwise disqualified by law, from voting in an election.

Non-Resident property electors must: (a) not be entitled to register as a resident elector of the Naramata Fire Prevention and Suppression Local Service Area; (b) be 18 years of age or older; (c) be a Canadian citizen; (d) be a resident of British Columbia, for at least 6 months; (e) be a registered owner of real property in the jurisdiction for at least 30 days; (f) not be disqualified by any Provincial enactment or otherwise disqualified by law, from voting in an election; and (g) only register as a non-resident property elector in relation to one parcel of real property in a jurisdiction.

Non-Resident property electors must: (a) not be entitled to register as a resident elector of the Naramata Water System Local Service Area; (b) be 18 years of age or older; (c) be a Canadian citizen; (d) be a resident of British Columbia, for at least 6 months; (e) be a registered owner of real property in the jurisdiction for at least 30 days; (f) not be disqualified by any Provincial enactment or otherwise disqualified by law, from voting in an election; and (g) only register as a non-resident property elector in relation to one parcel of real property in a jurisdiction.

The bylaw is available for public inspection at the Regional District Office 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5J9, during regular office hours, or alternatively, on our website at www.rdos.bc.ca.

The bylaw is available for public inspection at the Regional District Office 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5J9, during regular office hours, or alternatively, on our website at www.rdos.bc.ca.

For more information on the alternative approval process please contact: Christy Malden, Manager of Legislative Services 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC V2A 2A5 250-490-4146 1-877-610-3737 [toll free] cmalden@rdos.bc.ca

For more information on the alternative approval process please contact: Christy Malden, Manager of Legislative Services 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC V2A 2A5 250-490-4146 1-877-610-3737 [toll free] cmalden@rdos.bc.ca

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Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (Boardroom) 101 Martin Street, Penticton, B.C.

PURPOSE: To undertake a “voluntary discharge” as well as an “early termination” of Land Use Contract No. LU-3-D registered against the title of 62 properties comprised within the “Vintage Views” neighbourhood of Electoral Area “D” in accordance with Section 914.2 of the Local Government Act, and to amend the Electoral Area “D-2” Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2603, 2013, and the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Electoral Area “D” Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008, to designate and zone the subject property.

Amendment Bylaw No. 2603.05 2015: proposes to amend Official Community Plan (OCP) Bylaw No. 2458, 2008, to designate the subject properties Low Density Residential (LR).

Amendment Bylaw No. 2455.21 2015: proposes the voluntary discharge of Land Use Contract No. LU-3-D and to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008, to zone the subject properties Residential Single Family One (RS1).

Amendment Bylaw No. 2455.22 2015: proposes to terminate Land Use Contract No. LU-3-D and to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008, to zone the subject properties Residential Single Family One (RS1).

NOTE: if adopted, Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2455.22, 2015, will come into force one year and a day after the date of its adoption.

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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that City of Penticton from Penticton, BC has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Thompson-Okanagan, for a lease for Ferry Moorage purposes situated on Provincial Crown land located at portions of Block A, DL 3968s, DL 4039s, 219s and unsurveyed Crown foreshore fronting DL 202, all Similkameen Division Yale District.

The Lands File for this application is 3413446. Comments on this application may be submitted by one of two options: Option 1: Online via the Applications and Reasons for Decision website at: http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp where details of the application and maps can be found.

Option 2: by mail to Senior Land Officer, Thompson-Okanagan, MFLNRO, at 441 Columbia Street Kamloops BC V2C 2T3.

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Event celebrates all things pinot noir Kristi Patton

Western News Staff

Thin-skinned, difficult to cultivate and needing lots of attention — pinot noir grapes are not for the faint of heart.

“With pinot, you either like it or you love it,” said Jak Meyer, owner of Meyer Family Vineyards in Okanagan Falls which specializes in pinot and chardonnay. “Ever since the movie Sideways with Richard Dreyfuss pinot started getting lots of attention. He had this big dialogue on how merlot is so bland and pinot is the holy grail of wine.

It had a huge impact on the wine industry and pinot noir itself.”

So much so that festivals for the specific varietal are popping up around the world and people from across Canada and beyond will be attending the third annual B.C. Pinot Noir Celebration in Kaleden on Aug. 22. The event showcases wineries from the valley and across the province.

“Not only are we having media from New York and London coming, but we have seen tickets being sold across the country. It is a great way to showcase our wineries, but also to give people another reason to come to the beautiful Okanagan,” said Meyer, who hosted the first event at his winery in 2013. “They come for the pinot festival but what brings them back is the whole package of wine tourism, lakes and all the other things there are to do here.”

Widely considered to produce some of the finest wines in the world, the grapes have found an area to thrive in the Central Okanagan. The B.C. Pinot Noir Celebration had steady growth over the past three years with just over 100 people

The Third annual B.C. Pinot noir Celebration takes place at linden Gardens in Kaleden on aug. 22. The event includes a blending session, canapé competition and a family-style dinner prepared by artisan Culinary Concepts.

attending the inaugural event. Meyer expects 300 this year.

“It is something that we hope really becomes a signature event in the Okanagan. This varietal does very well here and we want to let the world know it,” said Meyer.

Producers in the valley know the varietal is being taken seriously and the industry is striving to elevate and improve the quality and reputation of B.C.’s pinot noir.

“We’re seeing more of an emphasis and a thirst for the delicate, subtle, elegant pinot noir,” said Howling Bluff Estate Winery’s Luke Smith, who along with Meyer and David Paterson from Tantalus Vineyards created the event. “More than any other wine, it reflects the terroir authentically, meaning the dirt it is grown in and the seasons. It is a very difficult grape to grow, requiring lots of attention and control, but when

you achieve a beautiful pinot noir it is very gratifying as a winemaker.”

This year’s event is

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the most ambitious yet.

The wineries were selected by blind tasting by the Vancouver Chap-

ter of the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers.

The celebration has partnered with Visa Infinite and the BC Wine Institute. As part of their Wine Country Program, Visa Infinite is hosting a celebration dinner with Decanter Magazine’s Steven Spurrier at Liquidity Winery on Aug. 21, featuring chefs Rob Walker, Vikram Vij, Trevor Bird and Dilan Draper. Spurrier is arguably one of the top wine critics in the world.

At the main event, held at Linden Gardens in Kaleden, guests will enjoy a Summerhill Pyramid Winery sparkling wine reception with guest speaker Spurrier, followed by breakout sessions alongside the pinot noir winemakers. A blending session will give those in attendance the experience of making pinot noir. Following will be a canapé competition with celebrated Okanagan chefs Chris

Van Hooydonk (Artisan Culinary Concepts), Alex SIelmann and Jason Leizert (Gorgeous Georgia’s Homemade Ice Cream) and Calgary chef Draper (Avec Bistro). Capping off the evening will be a family-style dinner prepared

by Artisan Culinary Concepts, paired with pinot noirs, accompanied with live music by the Young’Uns. For more information about the B.C. Pinot Noir Celebration, or to purchase tickets, visit www.BCPinotNoir.ca.

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Tubs ready to roar Mark Brett

Western News Staff

Organizer Jim Cavin of the Summerland Yacht Club at the controls of his bathtub on Okanagan Lake.

The first annual great Ogogopo Bathtub race takes place aug. 22.

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Rub a dub dub, it’s time to tub.

According to Great Ogopogo Bathtub Race organizer, Jim Cavin of the Summerland Yacht Club, everything (as much as possible) is in place for the premier of the event on Aug. 22.

“It’s going great and we’re really looking forward to the event,” said Cavin, who expects about 15 competitive racers in what is hoped

to become an annual event. “It’s getting to the exciting part to see all the planning and all of the anticipation coming together for one, sixhour period.

“It won’t go off without a hitch, we know that, but hopefully it goes off with a minor amount of hitches and we raise some money for the hospital.”

The club is looking at bringing in about $15,000 which will go to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation to help equip the new Penticton Regional Hospital tower when it is constructed.

Much like Nanaimo’s Marine Festival and World Championship Bathtub Race, the Summerland version has fun and competitive races as well as a wide variety of onshore activities. At Peach Orchard Park the day begins at 9:45 a.m. with a fleet parade of entries and introduction of the skippers and sponsors. Shortly afterwards will be the blessing of the racers followed by the first round robin race of the B (fun) class event. Those skippers will do a two-mile circuit course just off the park with the top tubbers meeting in the final.

At 10:30 a.m. the A division race to Penticton and back will begin.

They are expected to reach the midway point

at Okanagan Lake Park in about 15 to 30 minutes and be back by about 11:15 to 11:30 a.m.

Following the conclusion of the event, kid’s activities, including the firetruck slide, Ogopogo Crawl and Dino Bound will begin.

There will also be face painting and kids and parents tub races.

Also at that time the Tubber’s Barbecue and beverage tents will open.

Proceeds from all activities go to the hospital foundation.

At 1 p.m. the Kids Paddle Tub Race will take place in what the organizers are calling “a fight for the supremacy of the seas.”

Wrapping up the day will be the awards dinner, dance and silent auction at the yacht club.

Awards are at 6 p.m. and dinner is at 6:30 p.m.

There will be live entertainment with vocals by Wendy.

“Everything is shaping up, the forecast looks good, nice weather, not a lot of wind, the stars are lining up,” said Cavin.

“Hopefully if it goes good this year and it will encourage some more people to pull out the stops next year.

“If it’s too good that’s a problem we’ll gladly handle.”

More information can be found on the race website at: ogopogobathtubrace.com.

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The PenTicTon Public Library has sessions with two B.C. children’s writers: Kallie George (suitable for ages three and up) from 10 to 11 a.m.; and Lee Edward Fodi (ages eight and up), a multi-talented author and illustrator of the Kendra Kandlestar series, from 1 to 2 p.m.

These are free sessions, but registration is required as the author are giving free books to each child. To register, call Julia Cox at 250770-7783, or ask in the children’s library.[0819p] b ereavemenT T he resource Centre at 129 Nanaimo Ave. W has drop-in grief support sessions Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Adults welcome. For more info, call 250-490-1107.[fr] senior singles, 65 and over, meet from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Penticton Golf and Country Club for coffee. Call 250-4927078 for more info on this event.

T he P enTicTon academy of Music String Orchestra rehearses from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. in the lounge of the Leir House, 220 Manor Park Ave. New members welcome.

Please call 250-4937977 for more info. a l c o h o l i c s anonymous has daily meetings in Penticton and area. Call 250-4909216 (24 hours) for more information. care closeT ThrifT Store at 574 Main St. has weekly specials and special auctions. Open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

All proceeds to the local hospital and hospice.

Donations welcome. anaveTs has humP Day with Stu’s kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon.

Dinner by Stu at 5:30 p.m. and entertainment

by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m.

Kiwanis club meeTs at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at 390 Brunswick St. Call 250-493-8901 for info. oliver double o Quilters have drop-in activities Wednesdays. hand and fooT canasta at 1 p.m. in the Penticton Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. Lessons available for those who have never played before. Call June evenings at 250-492-7630 for info. e v e ry bingo wednesday in the

Legion hall with the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m.

Daily lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. carPeT bowling from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Recreation and Wellness Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. oKanagan falls seniors’ Centre has music and coffee from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and carpet bowling at 1 p.m. souTh main droP-in Centre has bocce and beginner line dance at 9 a.m., medical Qi Gong at 10 a.m., coffee social 10 a.m. to noon, intermediate line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m., pilates at 3:30 p.m., ukulele strum-along at 6:30 p.m.[we] summerland arT club meets Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Summerland Library.

Painters of all levels welcome. Workshops available. Contact Mary at 250-494-5851 for info. fosTer care info sessions every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at MCFD Resource Office.

For info call Moe at 250770-7524 or visit www. fosterbc.ca or www.mcf. gov.bc.ca/foster.

PenTicTon duPlicaTe bridge Club has games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1 p.m. and the Under 100 Club Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Penticton Legion on Martin Street. Call Birgitta at 250-770-1154 for more information. al-anon for friends and family of alcoholics at 7:30 p.m. at United Church, 696 Main St. Call 250-490-9272 for info. seniors’ recreaTion and Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Call Jeanne at 250-4927266 for more info.

THURSDAY August 20

souTh main droPin Centre has Spanish conversation at 10 a.m., bingo and a crafters meeting at 1 p.m., improver line dance at 9 a.m., introductory ukelele at 2 p.m.[th] ToPs b.c. 1640 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bethel Church basement at 945 Main St. Phone Beverley at 250493-5968 or Liz at 250493-7997 for more info. line dancing wiTh Claire Denney every Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Oliver Seniors Centre, 5876

Airport St. Call Claire at 778-439-2070 for information. c anadian r oyal legion branch 40 has lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., crib at 7 p.m., 502 Martin St. fraTernal order of the Eagles has tacos at 5 p.m. and musical trivia bingo at 7 p.m.

Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. deserT sage sPinners and Weavers Guild meets at 10 a.m. at the Oliver Community Centre. Visitors are always welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member stop by or contact Gail Erickson at rgerickson@telus.net or 250-498-4959. line dancing aT the Oliver Senior Centre at 10 a.m. Get moving with Claire Denney. Call 778-439-2070 for more info. a l c o h o l i c s nighT a nonymous group meets at 8 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre. The Okanagan Falls group meets at 8 p.m. at 5328 Hawthorne St. and the men’s book study group runs at 7:30 p.m. at 102 1825 Main St. Vineyard Church. elKs club has Crib Wars at 1 p.m. and snowball darts at 7 p.m. al-anon for friends and family of alcoholics meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Summerland United Church. Call 250-4909272.

PenTicTon fly fishers meet the first Thursday each month at 216 Hastings St. at 7 p.m.

They welcome new individuals and family memberships. For more info, visit www.pentictonflyfishers.ca.Th01 ToPs (TaKe off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 523 Jermyn Ave. Call Merle at 250-770-8093.

FRIDAY

baked potato dinner with all the trimmings at 5:30 p.m. anaveTs has KaraoKe with Shawna at 7:30 p.m. singles lunch grouP for 65-plus seniors meets at noon. Meet new friends and chat.

Call 250-496-5980 or 250-770-8622 for more info. b ereavemenT T he resource Centre at 129 Nanaimo Ave. W has weekly drop-in grief support sessions Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Adults welcome. For more information on other available programs or support in the loss of a pet, please call 250-4901107.[fr] The oliver senior Centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo with a loonie pot every Friday at 1 p.m. Everyone welcome. al-anon meeTs aT the Bethel Pentecostal Church at 945 Main St. from 6 to 7 p.m. For info call 250-490-9272. a l c o h o l i c s has a nonymous Nooners meetings Monday to Friday noon at 1265 Fairview Rd. Call service 24 hours is 250-490-9216.

Friends group meets at Bethel Church at 7:30 p.m., 945 Main St. The Summerland group meets at 7:30 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the basement.

PenTicTon seniors comPuTer Club dropin sessions Monday and Friday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 439 Winnipeg St. People may sign up for memberships, classes or have computer problems solved. Picture class Mondays at 2:30 p.m.

SATURDAY August 22

eagles club has member appreciation day, burgers and fries at noon, beaver races at 4 p.m.

a l c o h o l i c s anonymous has daily meetings in Penticton and area. Call 250-4909216 (24 hours). chariTy boTTle drive with all money going to the Penticton Regional Hospital paediatric ward, SPCA, Critteraid and the Summerland food bank. Drop off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays at Penticton and Summerland IGA stores. elKs club on Ellis Street has crib at 10 a.m., drop-in darts and early bird draw at 4 p.m., a meat draw at 4:30 p.m. and dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by karaoke with Anita. c anadian r oyal legion branch 40 has crib at 10 a.m., beef dip lunch at 11 a.m., meat draw and Ladies Auxiliary 50/50 draw at 2 p.m. a l c o h o l i c s anonymous has its 12 bells group at noon at the Heritage Centre on the Penticton Indian Band. The Saturday night group meets at 8 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. and in Summerland, the Grapevine meeting is at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. Call service 24 hours is 250-490-9216. anaveTs has The kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon, drop-in pool at noon, dinner by Stu at 5:30 p.m. Entertainment

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at the South Main DropIn Centre, 2965 South Main St. $3 per person, all welcome. alcoholics laKelands church holds Sunday services at 1265 Fairview Rd. (the Greek Orthodox Church) at 10:30 a.m. Everyone welcome. For more info contact info@lakelandschurch.com.

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August 21 elKs club on Ellis Street have drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m. eagles club has Friday Night Live dinner at 5 p.m. and entertainment at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome. souTh main droP-in Centre has bocce and yoga at 9 a.m., Tai Chi at 10:30 a.m., Mah Jong at 1 p.m.[fr] r oyal c anadian legion branch 40 has fish and chips lunch at 11:30 a.m. Steak and

meets at 11 a.m. at the Eagles hall at 1197 Main St., side door, upstairs.

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