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PIB Chief expands on Skaha Lake development assessment

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WAITING GAME FOR BUSINESSES Mark Brett

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A dozen downtown businesses are still waiting to see the damage caused by a fire on Monday.

“If it was our choice we would definitely be reopening. Fibonacci’s has been our lives for the past decade, so it would be very hard to walk away from,” said co-owner Trisha Paseska, who is still waiting on the decision if the building will get repaired or torn down. “There are so many memories, events, memorable visitors and stories that have been made there, and many more to come. The fire is a shock to everyone and may take a few months to recover, but it will come back even stronger when it reopens.”

The cause of a morning fire in the 200-block of Main Street on Sept. 30 remains undetermined at press time.

Investigators were still at the scene the day after the fire which closed the ground-floor tenants, Hooked on Books and Fibonacci Roastery and Café along with 10 second-floor offices. Those business owners were all left trying to find ways to continue serving their respective clients as best they could following the fire.

No one has yet been allowed inside as crews inspect the structural integrity of the building which was constructed in 1946, and search for a cause.

“I haven’t had access to the building myself, nor have I been able to view it inside, nor have I been told what the cause was,” said Nikos Theodosakis, who owns the buildings and watched the efforts of firefighters from across the street that morning. “So right now anything would be a guess, but the fire department have been very helpful they were excellent yesterday (Sept.

30).”

PENTICTON FIRE RESCUE crews work to put out a hot spot at the back of 219 Main Street the morning of Sept. 30. The structure houses Fibonacci Café and Hooked on Books as well as several upstairs offices.

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Fortunately, unlike many other downtown buildings, there were no residential units upstairs and no one was inside.

The initial report of a structure fire came in at 4:42 a.m. at which time two trucks and six firefighters responded.

“They had some visible smoke in the Hooked on Books and when they investigated they found they had fire in the floor space between the first and second floor,” said deputy fire chief Dave Spalding. “It

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Firefighters remained on scene until early afternoon mopping up the hotspots caused mainly by the sawdust insulation. At one point nearly 30 firefighters were on scene and shortly afterwards fire investigator Ken Barbour began searching for clues to a possible cause.

The majority of the firefighting efforts were concentrated at the back of the building and on the roof where smoke continued to escape and flames could occasionally be seen through the upstairs window into the late morning.

Marcel Zubriski and wife Judy, who operate Hooked on Books, are also waiting to see the extent of the damage.

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“We’re endeavouring to get the (telephone) lines transferred over to our residence so people can call our regular number and another line so we can answer people’s questions and get them their book orders as best we can. We’re still in business.”

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Roberts sentenced to six months Dale Boyd

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A Summerland businessman has received six months in jail for sexual exploitation involving a minor.

Joshua James Roberts, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation on March 23 in Penticton Provincial Court and was sentenced on Sept. 30.

The incidents spanning from Sept. 15, 2012 to Aug. 15, 2013 involved a person under 18 whose identity is protected by a routine publication ban.

Roberts, a father of six, said nothing throughout the sentencing and showed little emotion after hearing the sentence. He hugged his mother and shook his father’s hand before being taken into custody.

Ed Stacey, national president of the Urban Bulldogs Against Kids Abuse association, who provide support to young victims and

victim’s families, read a statement from the family of the victim to the media outside of the Penticton Courthouse Wednesday.

“The victim and (their) parents have been through hell at the hands of a predator and are all victims (of) this convicted sex offender,” Stacey said.

The parents of the victim said in the statement they were grateful for the support from the Summerland RCMP, the Okanagan Victim’s Assistance Society and the Urban Bulldogs Against Kids Abuse.

“They hope this encourages other victims of abuse to come forward against the person or persons who have hurt them. That’s the only way we’re going to stop this epidemic of child abuse in which we live,” Stacey said.

The family said in the statement they were proud of their child for persevering through the ordeal and “exposing the sexual crimes of a prominent member of

the community.”

The sentence is three months over the mandatory minimum of 90 days in jail for sexual exploitation. Defence counsel for Roberts, Tyrone Duerr, suggested a sentence of 90 days to be served intermittently on weekends.

Prior to the charges coming to light, Judge Greg Koturbash said that Roberts had an “excellent reputation in the community.”

He noted that Roberts had helped with reading programs in the local school district and volunteered his time at local junior hockey games. He was also responsible for the hiring and training of over 200 young people.

“Crimes against children are always committed behind closed doors. Although I agree with counsel that Mr. Roberts actions were opportunistic rather than predatory, it was his good character that persuaded (the victim’s father) to place his trust in Mr. Roberts,” Koturbash said.

Oliver man ordered to pay damages Dale Boyd

Western News Staff

A man who popped the back window out of an Oliver police cruiser will have to pay back the damages.

Marlon Orlando Wright, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of mischief under $5,000 and one count of breaching recognizance on Sept. 30 in Penticton Provincial Court.

On Dec. 6, 2014 Oliver RCMP received a report of a domestic dispute at the Park Rill Inn in Oliver.

Wright was intoxicated when police arrived, and eventually agreed to leave the hotel. Wright was initially arrested for assault. Police attempted to roll up the back window of the cruiser with Wright inside and he stuck his hand in the way.

“Go ahead and break my arm,” Wright told police.

On the ride back to the station, Wright wedged his feet between the window bars and the back window of the police cruiser. He was warned by officers to stop attempting to break the window or he would be pepper sprayed, to which Wright responded “go

ahead (expletive) spray me, I don’t (expletive) care (expletive) shoot me.”

Police heard a pop and saw glass shards as Wright had popped the driver-side rear window out with his feet and shattered it.

While being held in the holding cells of the Oliver RCMP detachment, Wright removed small, metal clamps from a mat in his cell and scraped the window of the cell with the metal pieces. He also removed a small, metal seal from the in-cell video camera and was observed yelling and screaming obscenities at the police officers in the detachment.

Defence counsel for Wright, James Pennington, said that his client’s behaviour was the result of “foolishly mixing his medication with alcohol.”

Wright was given a suspended sentence by Judge Greg Koturbash with 12 months probation, and was ordered to pay the $442 for the cost of the window and was ordered to pay $100 for each count, for a total of $742 in fines.

Wright has no prior criminal record.

“I’m really sorry for what has happened I just really want to get my life back together,” Wright said.

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Chief expands on assessment request Steve Kidd

Western News Staff

Plans for developing the Skaha Lake Marina and an adjacent piece of parkland hit two snags recently when the Penticton Indian Band requested more consultation and an opposition group filed a civil claim.

Chief Jonathan Kruger said the Penticton Indian Band’s request for archaeological and environmental assessments of the area came after they realized the extent of Trio Marine Group’s plans. Earlier consultations with Trio and the city about the project, Kruger said, hadn’t included the controversial waterslide complex to be built where the children’s splash pad currently sits.

“We supported the expansion of the marina, working with the Okanagan Nation Alliance

Fisheries Department, and we didn’t have a problem with the restaurant,” said Kruger. “We didn’t know anything else that was going on with the Trio group, the waterslide and all that stuff.”

Kruger said the band is just following their policy, developed after a 2014 Supreme Court decision clarified First Nations rights to be consulted about uses of land under claim. In this case, the PIB has an unresolved timber claim covering the area the city has leased to Trio.

“We are not taking a political stance on this.

We are just trying to do our due diligence,” said Kruger. “We wrote a letter because we do have a concern with regards to a specific claim.”

Kruger said that area would once have been wetlands, and an important source of food and

During a rally on Sept. 27, lisa Martin, secretary for Save Skaha Park, reiterated their mandate. Two setbacks for the project came to light at city council on Monday.

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resources for the band.

“I hear stories that back in the day, there was 40,000 people living here. That was Syilx people,” said Kruger, also pointing out that in more recent times, the PIB reserve was much

larger.

“Half the city was actually reserve lands, if you look at maps from 1910,1911. Not saying that we are going to take it away, but we certainly have a position there that we want to negoti-

ate, get something from that,” said Kruger. “We just want to do our due diligence and make sure we are involved in the future of any developments in Penticton.

“We do that with the province, we do that in

our territory throughout the Okanagan Nation, We need to be consistent with the city of Penticton and the regional district.”

Taking into account the band’s request and the recent receipt of joint lease agreement with the province for the marina, Trio requested and was granted a one-year extension to their development agreement for the marina portion, and now are not required to submit a detailed financial plan until Oct., 1 2016.

Another factor is the civil suit in B.C. Supreme Court by the Save Skaha Park society, which was filed on Sept. 25. The 11-page claim states that at least two lots that make up the park, acquired in 1942 and 1954, have trust conditions that the city operate and maintain them as public park.

The suit rests on 10

legal points, arguing that the city does not have the authority to permit Skaha Park to be used except as a public park, and that the 29-year lease with Trio Marine is a form of disposition and can not go ahead without public approval.

Trio Marine issued a press release late Tuesday acknowledging the difficulties, but confirming they plan to move forward with their plans.

“We would like to recognize people’s passion for this project, both the positive and the not so positive,” reads the release. “Trio Marine Group will continue to work together with the City of Penticton, Save Skaha Park society, and the Penticton Indian Band to discuss concerns of all parties involved while working towards a positive advancement of the Skaha Lake project.”

Businesses affected Provincial money ‘not likely’ to help deer issues tal hoops to go through, more provincial If it has been vacant for more than a by downtown fire than municipal. However, he said it can number of years, your rate goes up unSteve Kidd

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From FIRE on PG. 1 His Main Street office contained web servers that ran a number of his customer’s websites. In a message to his clients he wrote: “the effect to our server infrastructure is totaled and is unlikely they will be online again within a week, if at all.”

He estimated about 30 to 50 per cent of those who subscribe to his services were impacted which included mainly clients in the Okanagan, a few in the United Sates and a couple overseas.

“They range from small businesses to personal websites,” said Vincent who is looking after some of his customers from the Cowork Penticton location he runs with wife Jennifer. “We have off site backup and I have some degree of contingency plan in place which I’m working through now and talking to all of my clients to see what the best way forward is. Basically, I have a few blanket-type fixes I can put into place to get about 70 per cent of services back but for most clients it’s a case-by-case issue.”

He estimated the value of the hardware in the office at about $15,000. Having owned the business, which actually began at that location over a decade ago, for 14 months, Vincent said he will probably move to a new office in the future.

At this point it’s not known when owners will be allowed inside.

Penticton isn’t likely to see much benefit from promises the province made last week to help communities deal with urban deer, according to Mayor Andrew Jakubeit.

Responding to recommendations made by the Union of BC Municipalities, the province promised to create a provincial Urban Deer Advisory Committee and provide up to $100,000 for future urban deer management operations.

“There is a number of communities that are wanting to get together a working group on it and the province dedicated a small amount of money to making that happen,” said Jakubeit, adding that $100,000 wouldn’t go very far.

“Invermere spent more than that on their lawsuit trying to defend it. It’s $2,000 a deer for trying to trap and release,” said Jakubeit. “This is a bigger problem than $100,000 can fix and we need more commitment from (the province).”

Jakubeit said the issue of urban deer hasn’t been in the forefront lately because people have given up complaining about it, realizing there are a lot of governmen-

be a problem.

“They have no fear. I have encountered them in the alleyway and had to change my route because they wouldn’t move and I didn’t want to walk past them.”

Another of the premier’s announcements that Penticton won’t see much benefit from is a promise to distribute $75 million in dividends to communities with populations under 25,000 over three years. Penticton’s population is estimated at nearly 33,000.

Jakubeit said that if a surrounding community, like Summerland, gets some improvements that attracts people to move or live there, Penticton may get some residual benefit of people coming into the city for shopping or entertainment.

“Penticton is still the hub, so there is some benefit,” said Jakubeit.

The mayor was more positive about talks with Peter Fassbender, minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. Among other things, Jakubeit said they bent his ear on a proposal to all communities to step up tax rates on vacant lots and brown fields.

less you can beautify it, make it a pocket park or something that is more of a community asset than a community eyesore, explained Jakubeit. He added Penticton would like to propose a test case or pilot project on the concept.

“It is sort of putting a bug in the minister’s ear and getting them excited. If we can make some headway, it would benefit a lot of communities,” he said. “We do have a number of brown fields here and vacant lots in high profile areas.”

Stable and consistent capital funding, affordable housing and legislative restrictions were also topics of conversation as Penticton councillors met with B.C. government representatives at the UBCM. That included a proposal that municipalities obtain regular capital funding if they have implemented an asset management plan, and allowing more flexibility in providing economic incentives, like the economic investment zones the city currently employs to encourage businesses to move here or expand existing operations.

He said the city would like to see incentives for smaller scale expansion, such as purchasing a major piece of equipment.

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GoMedia unveils ‘secret gem’ of a city Dale Boyd

Western News Staff

The response to the GoMedia conference held in Penticton this past week was so good, some journalists and destination delegates from around the world are sticking around for a few more days.

Rob Taylor, vice president Tourism Industry Association of Canada, who helped organize the GoMedia Canada Marketplace in 2015 with Destinations Canada, said there are no shortage of reasons to stay.

“When you look around the world some of the most highly sought after experiences are culinary, wine tourism, cycling, hiking, natural experiences and you’ve got them all here nestled in a gorgeous little community,” Taylor said.

Around 145 delegates from destinations around the world representing resorts, ski destinations, tourism organizations and other industry reps joined 120 travel writers, bloggers and journalists to do a “speed dating” style of connecting, with Penticton as the picturesque backdrop.

Word around the conference was that many people didn’t know what was in store

GoMedia conference was in Penticton this past week bringing over 250 tourism industry professionals and travel writers to the city.

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for them as they flew into Penticton “Penticton is kind of this secret gem,” Taylor said. “Everybody knows about Vancouver when it comes to British Columbia, everybody knows about Whistler and the Rockies, but a lot of people didn’t know just the incredible beauty.”

“Some of the people from Europe were making reference that it’s like a Tuscan ad-

venture here, but with beauty that far surpasses, in terms of physical beauty,” Taylor said.

Delegates and media were taken on tours giving them the typical taste of the Okanagan including wine tours, outdoor activities like rock climbing and cycling and much more of what Penticton and the Okanagan have to offer.

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“This put us on a worldwide stage,” said Kelly Hopkins, executive director of Tourism Penticton.

“It was phenomenal. The calibre of tours that were provided to our media were topnotch and the feedback in regards to the event, food and wine and hospitality in our community so far exceeded any expectations of both partners and media,” Hopkins said.

Not only will the experiences shared here spread the word about Penticton, but the money spent by those touring the area has already cancelled out the cost of sponsoring the event for the city.

“It will recoup an amazing amount of coverage specifically for Penticton and Wine Country,” Hopkins said.

Tourism delegates paid their own way including hotels and accommodations, almost instantly paying for the $125,000 sponsorship from the city, which is the only cost to the city aside from the nominal cost to bid for the role of host.

“In terms of return on investment (the $125,000 sponsorship) is a small drop in a large bucket,” Hopkins said. “We’ve more than made our money back just even bringing those partners in.”

Penticton city council decided to sidestep a bit of annual controversy at their regular meeting this week.

Every year, Penticton city council is faced with a list of nonprofits and service groups that don’t meet the city’s requirements for being granted a permissive tax exemption. In past years, the city has disallowed these groups, which has resulted in public outcry, and city council reversing its decision when the group’s appeal.

“I want to remind council that in years past, we have stuck with table B as being non-conforming and excluded them, only to have them come back the following meeting to say ‘we do great community work,’” said Mayor Andrew Jakubeit.

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This year, the list of non-conforming applicants include the Salvation Army, the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, the Fraternal Order of the Eagles and the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society, for a total of about $31,000 in taxes.

Coun. Helena Konanz made the motion to pass the exemptions, including the non-conforming groups and was supported by Coun. Judy Sentes.

“The services they provide to our community in a scenario of social need is remarkable, something that wouldn’t happen otherwise,” said Sentes. “As we see the downloading from our federal government, from the provincial government, I think these organizations do a great service for us.”

Council voted unanimously to pass the exemptions, resulting in forgiving $306,221 in taxes.

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Troy steps up for Green Party in the riding Mark Brett

Western News Staff

Since announcing her candidacy for the Green Party in the upcoming federal election, Rossland’s Samantha Troy has literally been run off her feet.

That’s not because it’s her first shot at public office, but just the sheer size of the South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding which she has been criss-crossing for nearly two weeks.

“It really is a lot of area to cover, but it’s really been great to be able to get out and talk with people about what the local issues are,” said Troy, 46.

Troy decided to run when she learned there was no Green Party candidate for the riding. She liked the Green platform and so decided to fly the party colours in the election.

“With the world as it is, we need to start making some really concrete ... choices,” she said. “ I sure like the way Elizabeth May (Green Party leader) has presented herself over her time in parliament, and not too much research to go look up the Green Party platform and go, ‘Wow, that really makes sense, and it’s

Rossland Resident samantha troy is running in the south okanagan-West Kootenay riding as the Green Party candidate.

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actually pretty doable.’ And for all those reasons we should have a candidate in this riding, and I can be that candidate.”

Among the main issues she sees for this region is the controversial establishment of a national park.

“I do stand in support of a national park, it definitely falls in line with our Green Party mandate to support biodiversity and there’s no doubt that area is an important ecological area we need to preserve,” said Troy, acknowledging there is valid

opposition as well. “I have confidence that by getting all the parties back to the table, that being the federal, provincial and particularly the local First Nations and municipal bodies would go a long ways to hacking out an agreement.

“It seems to me if we

could get park status that would mean a lot of federal money could be available for that area and that money could be used to, not just be protecting species with park status, but to also to insure that ranch owners, for example, would be compensated and other user groups and rights could be compensated and respected.”

Troy has lived in Rossland since 1996 and has one more visit to the valley scheduled for Oct. 13 when she plans to be at Penticton Secondary School.

A self-professed “outdoor person” when not trying to keep up with her son Zachary on the mountain bike, she is busy in the community on skiing and boarding trips to Red Mountain where she works.

As a teen, Troy also volunteered with a local theatre company in Kamloops and she said a recent stop in Oliver at the Frank Venables Theatre brought all those memories back.

“I learned so much stuff there (Kamloops), and it was a pretty big responsibility,” she said. “It really instilled a good sense of teamwork and being in that theatre (Venables) gave me a lot of flash-

backs.”

For Troy, the most important issue this election is changing the election system.

“I think I feel most strongly about working hard with all the parties to get proportional representational voting,” she said.

Moving away from a fossil-fuel-based economy is also important to her.

“I’d really like to see us branching out into more sustainable options, embracing new technology,” said Troy.

— With files from Chelsea Novak/Black Press

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Editor’s note: This is the final of our South Okanagan — West Kootenay federal election candidate profiles. As part of our federal election coverage we also have a weekly question and answer from all candidates appearing each Wednesday in the Western News.

High school students get their chance to test the candidates Dan Walton

Western News Staff

Most students at Penticton Secondary School aren’t old enough to vote, but they will be sharing their opinions with the community just in time for election day.

Students will face the same choices on their ballot as eligible voters in South Okanagan-West Kootenay, and sharing their results before the election. Despite their youth, students will be casting informed votes as an in-school, allcandidates forum takes place on Oct. 13 — a day before casting their mock votes.

Jozsef Barga, the Grade 12 organizer of Student Vote (a network that enables every school in Canada to run its own parallel election) at Pen High, said questions will come from students locally and nationally, and he expects topics to focus largely on the affordability of education and youth employment.

“The issues that really affect us right now,” said Barga. “We’re ex-

i’m hoping that if students learn what the voting process is like in high school, that can carry forward to the next election ...

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cited to have the Green candidate (Samantha Troy) there to talk about her party’s platform, especially the promise of zero tuition for post secondary,” Barga said.

Brian Gray an independent candidate, has also been invited — and though they haven’t confirmed, Barga is hoping to hear political perspectives from outside the mainstream.

“I haven’t heard a great deal about the independents, but it would be really nice to have them show up because they could provide a different opinion than what we’re used to with our three major candidates and the Green,” said Barga.

Students won’t be hearing Conservative

views, however because the party’s candidate Marshall Neufeld declined the invitation.

Barga believes the snub to be part of a broader strategy.

“The Conservative candidates are supposed to participate in as few debates as possible because (Prime Minister Stephen) Harper’s position has always been to not acknowledge or respond to public dissent, so as few debates would be great for their campaign.”

Barga hopes that by adding pressure Neufeld will reverse his decision.

One of the reasons Barga is spearheading Student Vote at his school is an effort to counter the poor voter turnout by 18-25

year olds. He believes a major reason for low participation among young voters is a lack of engagement by major parties and their candidates.

“They’re not engaging us at all compared to people over 25 years old … Marshall is a great example of someone who doesn’t make kids want to vote,” he said.

Neufeld said he will not change his mind on the student-run forum because it is scheduled in the final week of the campaign and he will be fully engaged in getting people out to vote.

He encourages any students who want to get involved to come to debates already scheduled across the riding.

“We’re more than happy to participate in a social engagement class of any kind following the election, and even during the election if it fits into the schedule, but that can’t be the priority,” he said. “We’re in the middle of an election campaign and we need to keep running this race.”

Barga believes it will be more effective if the politicians come to the students.

“I’m hoping that if students learn what the voting process is like in high school, that can carry forward to the next election and maybe they’ll learn about the candidates and they’ll actually go to a debate or two.”

Barga said his 18th birthday was a big deal for him because of voting eligibility. He isn’t sure what the effect a lower voting age would

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have on democracy, but he’s following the results of certain regions in Germany where they’re experimenting with a minimum voting age of 16.

Leslie Lacroix, the teacher overseeing the project, and moderator of the school’s forum, emphasizes the importance of voting to see that democracy isn’t taken for granted.

“By choosing not to show up, we are saying we’re content with a dictatorship; that they don’t want any input or say in

it,” said Lacroix, who expects environmental issues and the laws surrounding marijuana will likely be hot topics at the forum.

If her students aren’t satisfied with any of the eligible candidates, she encourages them to spoil their ballots.

“That way at least you’ve participated — a spoiled ballot is an expression of anger; frustration.”

The Oct. 13 forum is open to the public and begins at 11:45 a.m. at Pen High.

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Drop in the bucket Last week’s provincial government announcement that it would step up in the urban deer challenge facing numerous B.C. municipalities was met with favourable reaction on a number of fronts.

In particular, it was seen as an acknowledgement that the deer — wildlife, not domesticated animals — were a provincial responsibility.

The measure comes after repeated pleas from local governments for assistance with the growing urban deer population, a request supported by the Union of B.C. Municipalities.

In response, the province has finally committed to creating the Provincial Urban Deer Advisory Committee and providing other resources to help affected communities.

Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, said the committee will help ensure greater collaboration between municipalities and the province “and provide the resources necessary for communities to make informed choices about how to resolve urban deer issues.”

In addition, the province has committed $100,000 a year to help make it happen.

Really?

We’re all for co-operation and collaboration – goodness knows many things would get done a lot more efficiently with more of it. And we completely agree the often contentious debate around local deer will be better served with current, factual information about how best to control the urban deer population.

But $100,000? For the entire province?

This is a drop in the bucket for the various PENTICTON initiatives andWESTERN measures that municipalities, farmers, homeowners and private organizations have laid out in an effort to mitigate the negative effects of urban deer.

Let’s hope once the province gets to the table, it also steps up the financial support to make the other resources workable.

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The danger of the careless share Those perusing through their Facebook feeds this week may have noticed friends posting a long paragraph saying that they are protecting their right to privacy on the social media site. It was fake, incorrect and telling of the current climate of information.

You enter and essentially agree to a privacy contract with Facebook when you sign up, it’s outlined, ever-changing and easy to opt out of — also not really the point.

The post is not new, in fact a similar post was making the social media rounds just three years ago, people’s memories are short, but that is not what has me worried. It’s endemic of our current knee-jerk culture to see something that seems like it could be true, have an emotional reaction and quickly share or repost and go on with our day.

Remember those chain emails that said a little girl would die if you didn’t forward to three people? It’s like that but the consequences are much worse.

Who could it hurt? Better safe than sorry right? Not really. It has never been easier in the history of humanity to get instantaneous information, and the yang to that yin is that it’s never been easier to distract and enrage folks worse than a cell phone in a movie theatre.

As the old saying goes: It is a poor musician that blames his instrument, and as the say-

Dale Boyd Ramble On ing I just made up goes: It’s a bad human that blames the internet. Misinformation, my longtime nemesis, is of course not new but the medium is. We as humans always like to pretend we’re on top of things, but when it comes to mass information sharing like social media, it’s unprecedented and going to be a bumpy road on the way to figuring out how to verify information and ensure it’s credible.

You may have seen the post showing a Syrian holding an ISIS flag after being accepted into England as a refugee making the internet rounds. It was misinformed, incorrect and used an old photo, but that didn’t stop thousands from posting and accepting the in-

formation as fact.

It disheartens me to think that many likely saw this post, let it influence their world view of a complex issue in a simplified manner and went on thinking it was true for the rest of their days, despite posts debunking the photos which were likely not shared nearly as much.

We as a society are entering into an era of immensely complex issues that don’t have simplistic, right-or-wrong answers and need considerable thought and input.

It took me under a minute to find out that the latest Facebook privacy posts were full of false information (despite the fact I was 99 per cent sure it was fake the second I saw it, I still checked).

By posting and reposting information without taking a second to check for credibility (also never been easier to do), you are effectively taking human discourse and the progress of humanity backwards one click at a time.

Credibility, and some good ol’ fashion working folks are the remedy, but everybody else has to get on board.

We as a society need to be vigilant and the average person now has the onus of being a full-time fact-checker. It sounds intimidating, but the bare minimum is pretty easy. As I mentioned before, I was able to find

out the privacy post was fake quickly. Even still, I cross-referenced multiple sources and critiqued their credibility.

You have to ask yourself, who is relaying this information? What could they have to gain? Is this information being reported by an organization with employees who could lose their jobs if it was factually incorrect? Is there contact information on the website for those who put forward the information? Is there information out there that disagrees? If so why?

You could ask these questions, or continue to post unreliable, unsourced info from noncredible sources and continue to be part of the problem.

As a journalist I hear the many, many critiques of the media, sometimes right to my face. We are human and make mistakes, but there is a difference. If we continually present misinformation it would lose us our jobs, and the advertisers that pay for those jobs.

This balancing act is still working its way through the tumultuous dive in newspaper revenues, but what a free society cannot lose is the watchdogs and those whose careers rely on credibility.

Share and repost this column to all your friends if you don’t want the world to end.

Dale Boyd is a reporter with the Penticton Western News.

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Which superhero will you elect?

As we move toward the federal election, most people have eyes on the party leaders.

The three main party leaders have exhibited super powers during the campaign and before. We can discern what super power a particular leader may possess by observing their behaviours. Since this discussion is about superheroes we see them dressed in their superhero spandex outfits.

The blue hero is the incumbent leader and we notice that only his spandex includes an ankle length cape. Over the term of this hero’s party leadership we have seen amaz-

ing things. The blue hero has changed laws without needing any other support. Just zap, changed with his super power.

Quite the thing. Another super ability that we have seen is that he can see things in a whole new way, not the way we mortals see them, but in a new way (think Senator Duffy). One wonders what is hidden under that cape.

Next, the red superhero has tread into the dark forest where no sane politician would go (some say), the jungle of increased debt and deficit. Those two ‘d’ words are anathema to most political aspirants, but not our red superhero. This

guy is taking notice of the interest rates these days and seeing an opportunity others refuse to acknowledge because of ‘d’ word paralysis. It seems that he has the super power to see beyond the bounds selfimposed on other politicians and more than that, he blatantly and unapologetically tells the truth about those ‘d’ words. Another super power, it seems.

Finally, we have our superhero clothed in orange spandex (quite the image). He seems to have a super ability to not answer any question he does not like, as when Peter Mansbridge asked the dread-

ed ‘when will you keep that promise?’ Orangeman would not answer, even though Mansbridge asked more than once.

He is also a master at substituting the words ‘will have’ for the word ‘has,’ as in the promise that he will have a plan, instead of, simply, he has a plan.

Superheroes change things with their super powers. Mark Twain says it well when he states, “what you are doing is speaking so loudly, I can hardly hear a word you are saying.” What they do and have done, tell us what to expect in the future. Zap! Joseph Seiler Oliver

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Short walk to a great show

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Penticton Western News, our favourite newspaper, for the tickets we won to see Weird Al. We had great seats to see this fantastic, hilarious show. We totally enjoyed the show, from start to finish.

Our only complaint was when we went to park in the SOEC’s large, beautiful parking lot, they wanted to charge a $10 parking fee (another money grab). Later I heard this is only at “special events.”

Don’t people pay enough for tickets, soon they will start charging for parking at all events. Now there’s a great big half full parking lot with people complaining that they have nowhere to park in the streets of their neighbourhood.

Well, we parked on a side street — had a little walk for a great show.

Harry Devlin Penticton

Theatre co-op moving forward

The Penmar Community Arts Society has recently created a co-operative in order to buy the building and the land at 391 Martin St. from the current landowners.

This is a wonderful opportunity for us to come together and truly make this a community theatre, or as we like to say, your community theatre. I want to thank everyone who has been coming to the information sessions — the feedback has been great and the support overwhelming.

We have only had a couple of sessions and both have been full of enthusiasm and support for our vision. We are proud to present the plans for three movie auditoriums and now the Black Box Theatre, which is a 1,000 person auditorium with state-of-the-art sound and lights and a beautiful stage.

Buying the property will allow all the plans to come together and offer an amazing product in our downtown core. The sessions are ongoing, and the next one is Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. at Cowork Penticton.

Future sessions will be announced on our website: www.penmar.ca.

The society knew the community wanted this, but we had no idea just how beloved the old building is, and how passionate everyone is on having their own community theatre.

Thank you to the board who has

worked tirelessly to bring this idea to the public.

Jennifer Vincent Board member, Penmar Community Arts Society

Can anyone win?

On Sept. 27, I attended yet another save the park demonstration at Skaha Lake. I’m sure all of the newspaper readership is aware of the proposed project of using public park land to facilitate the unpopular construction of privately owned waterslides.

The area in question had been cordoned off with yellow tape, entirely surrounding the perimeter of the proposed project. Until that moment, I hadn’t realized the extent of this area. It’s enormous.

All the trees and foliage destined for total removal were also identified by the yellow tape fastened to them. Some stalwart dissenters had gone to a lot of trouble to do this.

As with all the previous gatherings generated by the opposition to this project, there was a decided atmosphere of unity, sincerity, integrity and a determination to see this through.

With all this unrelenting protesting and countless letters to the editor in the newspapers, you continue to steadfastly ignore this movement. Many of these same people elected you as the mayor of Penticton in a show of complete trust and good faith. Yet you and the council continue with your own agenda.

You are also making a public spectacle of yourselves among other B.C. communities who are no doubt, “taking in the show.” With all this rancor, you stubbornly persist. I have to wonder, can anyone actually win.

Lynn Guttman Penticton

Council making assumptions

Have the mayor and council truly lost their collective minds?

Proposing to build a commercial waterslide in some of B.C.’s other waterfront parks, like Beacon Hill Park in Victoria or Stanley Park in Vancouver, would get you tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.

Go ahead, dress up the marina, build a nice waterside restaurant but leave the park alone. That park has been acquired as a legacy for all of the residents of our town,

not just a few profit motivated special interests. I personally have no objection to a waterslide per se. There are many possible locations in town given the number of empty properties throughout our city. The most obvious location in my mind would be on the Penticton Band lands adjacent to the new bridge and proposed shopping centre. This would be a high visibility draw to all the people using the highway to travel to various destinations in the Okanagan during the tourist months.

Skaha Park is already popular, it does not need chain link fences and garishly painted waterslides to get people to use it.

Mayor Jakubeit says he sees lots of support, yet the petition currently circulating in our city has already surpassed the numbers of individual votes obtained by half the current sitting council and is rapidly closing in on the rest.

Use some common sense, listen to the dissent, call a referendum or risk becoming the most embarrassing one-term mayor in Penticton’s history. Do not assume that because the entire city is not marching with pitchforks and torches on city hall that this somehow means the majority are in favour.

You know what they say about people who assume. If you haven’t heard the saying, Google it.

Mike Hanley Penticton

Great letter

RE: letter to the editor (Western News, Sept. 9, Not all rainbows and lollipops). A very well written and thought out letter that expresses the wishes and concerns of many residents and taxpayers.

Penticton, as well as Summerland should pay attention to what is being pushed into our society. Graffiti such as this is not something everyone accepts. Leave the rainbows and lollipops for the parade on Davie Street.

G. McDonald Penticton

Read up on the leaders

Before you vote, it would be wise to think of what Canada has lost during the Harper years. A summary was printed in The New York Times on Aug. 16 under the heading: The Closing of the Canadian mind.

I urge you to read it and spread the word, Leo Pedersen Oliver

On Moratorium wanted on B.C. grocery store wine licenses:

“Ontario grocery stores have been selling local wines for a number of years and the sky has not fallen.”

— posted by Harry Kaufmann

On Candidates take stand on marijuana issue at forum:

“If prohibitionists really want to protect families from a drug proven to destroy lives and families, then they should be up in arms, protesting the legality of booze.”

— posted by Brian Kelly

On Skaha Lake battle headed to court:

“The whole purpose of elected officials is to make the decisions for the people and not to have the people vote every time. If a referendum was called every time someone wasn’t happy or called for one governments would grind to a halt.”

— posted by Brad Hansen

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‘Anybody but Harper’ says Grand Chief Kathy MIchaels Black Press

“Anybody but Harper.”

Grand Chief Phillip Stewart didn’t mince words when it came to the message he has for Okanagan voters.

“Clearly, after nine and a half years of fighting, the Harper government has demonstrated that the Conservative Party of government is very hostile and adversarial to First Nation rights and interests,” he said, Thursday.

“Right from the time they took power, they completely trashed the Kelowna Accord, which presented $5.1 billion in funding for desperately needed new health, education, housing and infrastructure.”

The Harper government, he said, has pursued a unilateral legislative agenda that has not served the interest of aboriginal people in this country.

“They have been very consistent in their campaign

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip (at right) of Penticton reaches out to an audience member during the grand entry of the delegates to the 2014 BC Elders Gathering at the South Okanagan Events Centre Monday. Phillip is urging Okanagan voters not to vote for the Conservatives.

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against the interests of aboriginal people,” he said, pointing out that they are the only party that absolutely refused to consider a federal inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.

Stewart also takes issue

with the Harper government’s misuse of the term ‘surplus.’

“This so-called surplus was achieved by defunding and underfunding programs to aboriginals and veterans, and the most marginalized groups in Canada,” he said.

Phillip’s view on the government is clear, but while he encourages aboriginal people to vote for anybody other than Harper, he stops himself short at offering his personal pick for prime minister.

“I guess in many ways,

my wife and I honour the memories of aboriginal veterans that fought for the democratic rights for our people,” he said, explaining that aboriginal people in B.C. didn’t get the vote until 1949 and in Canada until 1960.

“That was a hard struggle, so I vote in every election. I urge all people to go out and express themselves at the ballot box.”

A rise in First Nation voter turnout is something that he expects to see happen, given recent grassroots efforts for political change.

The momentum from Idle No More, a 2012 grassroots mobilization of aboriginal and non aboriginal Canadians against Harper, is still noticeable, he said.

“It was inclusive and it brought Canadians together,” he said, saying he believed that energy would continue in years to come.

It’s an exciting time, for the veteran politician, who’s been fighting for aboriginal rights for over four decades.

“It was exciting because it brought so many different diverse groups together, native and non native alike, for a common purpose—to speak out against the Harper government,” he said.

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Hilma LaBelle isn’t going to be able to set up an Incredible Edibles garden around the new Pickleball courts off South Main, but she’s even happier with the site city council chose to dedicate to it.

Council voted unanimously Monday to give the society a short term licence to use vacant land in front of the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre. During construction of the pickleball courts, LaBelle had suggested that instead of standard landscaping, the city make room for the group to set up a garden.

The land around the pickleball courts wasn’t considered suitable, according to Len Robson, manager of public works, who suggested the nearby vacant lots in the corner of the Drop-in Centre property as an alternative.

Incredible Edibles is a movement started in the UK, where volunteers take unused land and construct a food garden, which is then open for anyone to work on and help themselves to the food produced. In Penticton, the group has constructed a successful project at the Village by the Station care home, and reclaimed a piece of land along the 300 block of Main Street that was going to weed.

“It is part of the food-for-free initiative of Incredible Edibles,” said LaBelle. “Any excess will go to the food bank.”

LaBelle was happy with the council’s support and a one-year licence, saying that it was even more suitable.

“We have Incredible Edible volunteers that live in that area and they are already committing to work at that garden,” said LaBelle.

Though the directors of the Drop-in Centre had some concerns about the garden, LaBelle said the concept of a garden in the area has been received enthusiastically.

“I have had people phoning me and emailing me, they want that site. We’ve had people coming forward saying ‘that is so close to where I live’ or ‘there is so many single family parents down there, that is going to be awesome,’” said LaBelle.

The city will need to improve the lot a little to make it suitable, installing a water spigot and supplying topsoil. Robson estimated that will cost the city about $2,000.

To support the new garden, Incredible Edibles has a fundraiser coming up on Oct. 10. at the Downtown Market. LaBelle said there will be a variety of activities including a silent auction with artist donated works.

“We have some returning donors, because in spring, when we had our spring fundraiser, the pieces of artwork were so well received and there was a huge bidding war on some of the pieces, so they have kindly donated more of their work,” said LaBelle. There will also be plants and vegetables for a donation along with gardening related products.

Topping off the fun is a scarecrow contest.

“We are inviting kids and families to come down and bring a scarecrow they have made. We will have supplies there for people that want to join in and build a scarecrow at the table there,” said LaBelle. “We have the world’s biggest Hubbard squash as the prize. It was just too wonderful to let it go out on its own. We will also be encouraging people to join the newly formed, Incredible Edible Penticton society.”

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October 26th at 6:30pm

As of October 1st, Joeanne and Danielle will be the new owners of Gina’s Hair Salon. Having worked as a team for over 20 years I know they will continue to provide excellent, professional and skilled service. Best wishes to you both. Thank you to all my loyal, kind and generous customers and friends throughout the years.

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MANY HATS THEATRE COMPANY is readying for the opening night of Doubt, A Parabale on Sept. 10. Pictured from the left is producer Ed Schneider, and actors Rob McCaffery, Jean Padwick, and Marlena Dolan.

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Poppa Dawg coming to howl at the Dream Dan Walton

Western News Staff

Blues musician Poppa Dawg is coming to Penticton to perform at his favourite venue in the Okanagan – the Dream Café.

“I’ve been there as a musician and in the audience – and the interaction is so immediate,” he said “It’s not like a big giant bar where you can’t see the people in the back; you’re right there. You can have a personal conversation with like, 100 people.”

Such rich conversations rarely occur at other venues, he said.

“Dream Café is a pretty special place.

My favourite thing about it, not a TV set to be found. You want to watch TV? Go home. Want to play keno? Go to the casino. I hate that stuff in bars. But this place – it’s all about the music.”

Nonetheless, he said all live performances offer invaluable feedback.

“They either clap, boo or tell you to go home, so you get that instant satisfaction.

It’s really hard to translate that to recording. A live performance is something you share with the audience.”

Poppa Dawg’s songwriting, he said, often makes tongue-in-cheek observations about the mundane.

“I like writing songs about people I know,” he said. “My song Nobody Here Feels Sorry for You is about somebody who was whining and bitching about their first-world life. ‘You complain an awful lot, like every day.’ And I thought hmm, this’ll be a good song.”

Blues music has proven itself as the only avenue for Poppa Dawg to share his work, though it wasn’t until he was in his mid 20s before he could fully appreciate the genre.

“I was playing all kinds of music on the road; new age punk, classic rock.”

He said after a few years playing for a band called The Psychedelics, which put heavier emphasis on the visual aspect of his performance, it was time to shift his focus.

“I got tired of it. It wasn’t doing anything for me and the blues did.”

He especially became interested in the rich histories which are intertwined into blues music.

“It’s real stories. I don’t care if I don’t make any money doing blues, this is the only music that speaks to me. There’s something earthy about it, something real about it.”

In telling a story of his own, Poppa Dawg wrote a song about JW-Jones, a successful Canadian blues musician, who’s often referred to as ‘Dub’ as a shortened version of JW. At the time he was unaware of the emerging electronic genre of music and titled the song Dub Step.

It wasn’t until after he recorded Dub Step that somebody told him about the style of music with the same name.

After orally imitating the sounds of electronic music, he said he never had a clue that it existed, and then joked about a collaboration with Skrillex.

His show begins at 8 p.m. on Oct. 4.

Tickets cost $12 and can be purchased by calling 250-490-9012.

“Of the thousands of talented people out there playing blues, rock, funk soul jazz, I just want to encourage people to please go out, pay the cover charge and support any type of live music.”

Oct. 2 — Gritty and dynamic blues musician Pappa Dawg will be performing at the Dream Café. Tickets cost $12 and can be purchased by calling 250-490-9012.

Oct. 3 — The Tenors come to Penticton on the Under One Sky tour at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

Oct. 10 — Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band come to the South Okanagan Events Centre.

Oct. 16 — A pair of friends from Puerta Vallarta who go by Katmandu will be performing at the Dream Café, with support from Canadian musician Jenny Allen. Katmandu features a lively blend of Indian raga/rock, Latin jazz and blues. There’s no cover charge.

Oct. 24 — After taking home four awards from the 2015 Maple Blues Awards, one-man band Steve Hill will be sharing his music at the Dream Café. Tickets cost $26 and can be purchased by calling 250-490-9012.

Oct. 29 — Locarno will be at the Dream Café to share their blend of Mexican folk, Cuban son and latin Soul for $30. To reserve tickets call 250-490-9012.

Oct. 31 — Harmonica and guitar duo Dave Sinclair and Keith Bennett will be playing a mix of blues, gypsy jazz and pop at the Dream Café. Tickets are $22 and can be ordered by calling 250-409-9012.

Nov. 13 — Western Canadian blues and roots music artist Ken Hamm has an international reputation, and he’ll be performing at the Dream Café for $18. Tickets can be reserved by calling 250-490-9012.

Nov. 17-18 — Folk trio the Good Lovelies will be performing at the Dream Café. Tickets cost $30 and can be ordered by calling 250-4909012.

events Oct. 3 — Take part in the ribbon cutting and opening celebration at the Summerland Library at 9:30 a.m.

Oct. 4 — The 2015-2016 Children’s Showcase’s debut performance, The Light of Mu, takes place at the Cleland Theatre at 2 p.m., a show developed for Science World that magically blends art and science. Single tickets are available at the door for $12, and tickets for all four shows this season costs just $30, and tickets are transferable. They can be purchased at Tumbleweed Gallery and the Visitor Information Centre in Penticton; The Beanery Coffee Co in Summerland; and Oliver Veterinary Hospital.

Until Oct. 7 — The Naramata Arts Studio presents their 17th annual show and sale in the Naramata Community Church Hall at Robinson and 3rd St., Naramata. Open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.

Oct. 9 — Okanagan Pop-Up Gallery invites you to come and meet the two artists currently featured at Perseus Winery: Libby Parsons and Ingrid Winkler. The artists will paint on-site from 2:00 until 5:30 pm. The exhibition of their paintings that are currently hanging on-site will continue until Oct. 31.

Oct. 9-10 — Cropped, B.C.’s largest wine tasting and farmers market comes to Penticton.

Featuring over 80 wineries, a real farmers market and an educational pinot bar. Tickets are available at the SOEC Valley First Box Office, Wine Country Visitor Centre or by phone at 1-877-763-2849.

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Wine affairs abundant during fall festival Dan Walton

Western News Staff

Organizers have taken the climax for the Fall Okanagan Wine Festival’s 35th season to a new height.

The festival is running now until Oct. 11, with over 120 events scheduled at wineries from the north end of the Okanagan to the south.

The longstanding Grand Finale Consumer Tasting, a signature event which was traditionally one of the concluding festivities, has been transformed this year into Cropped… by Valley First.

“We’ve completely changed the format,” said Lori Pike-Raffan, Okanagan Wine Festivals Society public relations director.

“Given the huge popularity of supporting local and farmer’s markets, and the fact that B.C. wines are now allowed at farmers markets – what could be more fun than trying to recreate that atmosphere?”

Cropped takes place on Oct. 9 and 10 at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre between 6 and 9 p.m. Wine producers will be joined by other vendors, including local farmers, who will arrange the large room into a downtown-style layout.

“We’re creating a farmers market, in effect, within the PTCC and coming to it we have farmers, bakers, produce sellers – you name it,” she said. “They’ll be setting up a Main Street within the convention centre, and then on top of that of course we’ll have over 80 B.C. wineries pouring some fabulous wine.”

She said the collaboration is seamless, as wine producers are farmers too.

“We have to grow the grapes and we’re at the mercy of Mother Nature just the same.

It’s just natural that we would have this affinity for other farmers, and then of course wine and food are a natural pair. Fresh local ingredients with local B.C. wine – it’s the perfect pairing.”

After intriguing many guests last year at the finale, students from the Okanagan College Sensory Lab will return to demonstrate the different tastes of pinots.

“It’s a fun, educational tasting bar where they characterize the differences,” PikeRaffan said. “And the Okanagan produces such incredible pinots.”

Also returning are the Dairy Farmers of Canada, who are very well-versed in the art of pairing.

“They offer fantastically entertaining, and very tasty I may add, wine and cheese

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She said the market won’t be as large as the one downtown every Saturday, but the same atmosphere is being sought.

“Instead of one live big band we used to have at the Grand Finale, we’re going to have bunch of buskers that are going to be performing different styles of music throughout the Main Street.”

Another signature event in the South Okanagan – this one completely new – is the Thanksgiving Sparkling Brunch at Watermark Beach Resort.

Guests attending the brunch will enjoy naturally-smoked Okanagan Sockeye from Osoyoos Lake; organic omelettes; local artisan cheeses, house-made charcuteria and a

chef’s carving station – all of which to be carefully paired with sparkling wine.

Tickets for Cropped cost $65 for one night or $110 for both, and can be bought through valleytixfirst.com or 877-763-2849.

For the Thanksgiving brunch, tickets cost $35 and can be purchased by calling 866-307-2224.

Throughout all the festival’s events though, connoisseurs are excited to experience the effects of an ideal growing season.

“We are absolutely delighted by this spectacular season,” said Pike-Raffan. “Summer was beautifully long and hot; started nice and early, and the precipitation was low, so it’s the ideal conditions for grapes.”

She said many wineries in the Okanagan

will have wrapped up their harvest season more than a month early, which she said is unprecedented in the Okanagan.

“If things continue, this could be one of the most outstanding vintages ever,” she said.

And a local producer was able to verify those comments.

“There was a lot less disease pressure because it’s been so hot and dry,” said Lyndsay O’Rourke, winemaker at Tightrope Winery.

“Some wines have some pretty amazing flavours in them so far, even white varieties that I wasn’t expecting to do well in the heat.”

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This season’s debut performance will be The Light of Mu, a show developed for Science World that magically blends art and science.

“It’s kind of like a Cirque du Soleil show where it’s all the visuals and can be very abstract and artistic,” said technical director Charity Zapanta.

The story starts by showing the protagonist, Mu, burst out from “the shadows of doubt” into a new world of light.

Her journey sees her travel through the spectrum of the rainbow, where her perspectives continually grow and change.

“There’s no one way to see things.

If the world is like a rainbow, there is no one colour that’s better than the others; they all have their own perspective – just as each person and each culture has their own perspective.”

The underlying theme is presented through visual representations of what harmony could look like. Zapanta said the message may not sink in it right away or be consciously identified, but it has a strong effect.

“She journeys through the whole spectrum of the rainbow,” she said.

“Each scene goes from red to orange to green and continues, and there’s a different prop for each scene, and the props help express the emotion that can be used with the dance.”

The show was developed in Vancouver, and coincidentally, the producers crossed paths with Michelle Taneda from Penticton, who’s been living in the city for the past three

years. Taneda will be featured in the Light of Mu as a supporting character, and is well-known for her involvement through the Chitu Ryo Karate Club.

“She’s a local superstar in the Okanagan,” Zapanta said. “Michelle’s a martial artist by training, but she’s also such a beautiful performing artist that’s coming to her own. Coming home and showcasing her skills on a different level and a more artistic level is going to be really exciting for everybody.”

The Light of Mu is considered a stage show, but Zapanta said the performance will fully immerse the audience.

“It’s considered four-dimensional.

As they say in theatre the fourth wall is broken, so the performers actually interact with the audience.”

To keep the audience’s attention from wandering, she said the live performances are balanced with alluring light and shadow tricks.

“The characters really come out and play and interact with the kids, and the props represent different elements, although sometimes the props come alive, so they can have their own personalities too – it’s this beautiful dance between these inanimate objects and the actors.”

The Light of Mu kicks off the Children’s Showcase season on Oct. 4. The showcase will feature four performances throughout the season, all take place on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Cleland Theatre.

Although single tickets are available at the door for $12, and tickets for all four shows costs just $30, and tickets are transferable. They can be purchased at Tumbleweed Gallery and the Visitor Information Centre in Penticton; The Beanery Coffee Co in Summerland; and Oliver Veterinary Hospital.

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John Pankiw, president of the Cantex Group of Companies, has become the latest major donor to support the new Patient Care Tower at Penticton Regional Hospital.

Pankiw donated $100,000 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s campaign to supply the medical equipment for the PRH expansion.

Pankiw founded Cantex in 1971, four years after he and his family moved to Penticton from Lillooet as the new district highways engineer for the Ministry of Highways.

Cantex now mainly concentrates on heavy construction and mining services, but is also involved in aggregates, paving and real estate.

Although he retired in 2006, Pankiw remains company president. He admits it has

been very gratifying to see the company grow over the years.

“It has been a fun trip,” he said. “Not without its challenges, but at the same time there’s a lot of satisfaction.”

Pankiw’s career with the Highways Ministry saw him work in various communities around the province.

Eventually the ministry asked him to serve in the Fraser Canyon community of Lillooet.

The Pankiw family spent eight months in Lillooet before he was transferred to Penticton.

“Penticton is an absolutely great community to raise a family. There’s not many places that can match it,” he said.

Pankiw found the Okanagan very much to his liking. Although retired, he remains an active outdoorsman.

He has four children with two of his three daughters being engi-

Vital Signs survey to be released Western News Staff

More than 1,500 people completed the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan 2015 Vital Signs survey – that’s double last year.

The results will be released Oct. 6 as part of the organization’s bi-annual Vital Signs report.

“We’re very pleased with the level of engagement. Through social media, we’re reaching more people in the South Okanagan and Similkameen, and they’re eager to have a say. The more responses we get, the better quality the results,” said Aaron McRann, CFSOS executive director.

The Vital Signs survey is conducted by Community Foundations in 22 communities across Canada.

It is an impartial way of measuring how people feel their community is doing in 11 key areas including health and wellness, the environment and housing.

The CFSOS survey, available on-and-offline, received 1,502 responses from local citizens. In addition, a review of official statistical research was completed to gather the most relevant and current data available.

“The Vital Signs report is a compilation of public opinion and statistical data. It provides readers with a balanced summary of where we’re at as a community,” says McRann. “The report also helps CFSOS decide how to distribute grants. For example, if an issue area gets a poor grade, the Foundation may look at creative ways to provide more support in that area. It is also meant to educate and inspire citizens to tackle an area of interest to them, personally.”

This year’s report includes a new challenge called “Three things you can do.” Readers are invited to make a list of three actions they can take to make a difference in the 11 key areas.

The Vital Signs report will be launched on Oct. 6 at the Shatford Centre. The public is invited to attend the free event from 4 to 6 p.m. The report will also be available in print and online at www.cfso.net.

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gineering daughter has considerable experience with hospital projects in Alberta.

John Pankiw, founder and president of the Cantex Group of Companies in Penticton, has donated $100,000 to the South okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s $20-million campaign.

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in Penticton. Coincidentally, his other en-

“Interesting enough, my daughter in Calgary was a project manager for a number of years on hospital construction projects,” he said.

She, of course, is totally onside with her dad’s decision to support the Penticton Regional Hospital expansion.

Pankiw added he is fully confident the SOS

Medical Foundation will reach its $20-million campaign goal.

“I find Penticton to be a very generous community. We’re known for our volunteers and that’s just another form of generosity.”

Pankiw is a member of the Penticton Rotary Club, which also intends to contribute a considerable amount to the PRH campaign.

This is not the first time Pankiw has made a major donation for the community, hav-

ing previously donated $100,000 to Okanagan College’s fundraising campaign for the Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence at the Penticton campus.

“I consider both the hospital and the college to be very significant entities in the community,” he said. “So I thought they were very worthwhile causes to contribute to.”

Construction of the new tower at PRH is set to get underway in the spring of 2016.

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Diane Fru is set to Walk a Mile in Her Shoes to support the South Okanagan Women In Need Society (SOWINS), but it is a mile she has walked before.

“As a young mom I was abused in a relationship,” Fru said.

Over the past few months she went from volunteering with SOWINS to becoming the event coordinator for Walk A Mile in Her Shoes, which aims to raise funds and awareness to end domestic and gender-based violence by getting Pentictonites to strap on some heels on Oct. 8 at Rotary Park.

“I didn’t know of an organization like (SOWINS),” Fru said. “I think in a small city like Penticton often it’s thought that maybe we don’t have a problem because we’re so small and these issues exist in larger communities, and that’s just not so.”

She hopes the event will help raise awareness and let people know that the issue of abused women and children does exist in this community.

“The police know we have a problem, SOWINS knows we have a problem and the women living on the street or being abused know we have a problem too,” Fru said.

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never done fundraising before so it was quite an emotional thing to send out these emails and within three minutes I had three people. Within 10 minutes I had 10 people, by the end of the day I had 24,” Fru said.

Her goal is $5,000, 10 per cent of what SOWINS hopes to raise with the event.

So far, Fru has raised $3,630, and SOWINS has raised $11,000.

Fru also plans to match the donations made, at a cap of $4,500, at the Earls Walks for You event on Oct. 3. The Main Street restaurant will have door prices, happy hour pricing all evening and a live DJ, with funds going towards SOWINS. For SOWINS, Fru has been a blessing.

“She’s been amazing. You love people like that who have this endless energy,”

Debbie Scarborough, executive director of SOWINS, said. “We love her.”

The event is a fundraiser for the SOWINS’ second stage housing project while simultaneously raising awareness for the cause of marginalized women.

“You and I get to go home and turn a key and feel safe. There’s so many of our women and children in our community that don’t have that right, and it is a right not just a privilege,” Scarborough said.

Women and children fleeing abuse can reside in transition housing for 30 days, but as Scarborough said “there’s still nowhere to rent here, we’ve got less than one per cent vacancies.”

“Our second stage housing will allow these women and their children to stay a year to two years in their home and they don’t have to worry about housing. They can get on with their life, get back to work, back to school,” Scarborough said.

The Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event (Oct. 8) includes competitions for costumes and dressing up at the walk, which starts at 3 p.m. from Rotary Park. There will be a pre-walk welcome program and fundraising awards following the walk.

Donations or pledges can be made to a specific walker, to a team or to the event itself. Visit www.sowines.com/wamso for more information.

“It’s a serious topic yes, but it’s more about creating awareness and creating empathy,” Scarborough said.

There will be an after party at the Barking Parrot at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $15.

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PRINCESS MARGARET MUSTANGS Connor Graham sets the ball as teammate Brett Van Os watches the play during senior boys volleyball league action at Maggie, Sept. 20. The Mustangs defeated the Summerland Rockets in two straight matches, 25-20, 25-19. Top right, Hunter Linder of the Mustangs smiles as he watches his shot go over the net in the first game against the Rockets.

Behind him is Graedon Freeman (16).

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Getting aggressive Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Playing back-to-back-to-back games was no problem for the Princess Margaret Mustangs senior boys volleyball team Wednesday night.

The Mustangs used home court advantage to sweep the Summerland Rockets (25-20 and 25-19) and the Oliver Hornets (25-16 and 25-5), before losing to the seventh ranked George Elliot Coyotes. Mustangs coach Rich Corrie joked his group is a well-oiled machine young enough to handle that many games. It also helped that he used his entire roster. Against the Rockets, co-captain Connor Graham said they lacked focus.

“We made a lot of mental errors and a

lot of physical ones,” said Graham. “Just a lot of stuff that we didn’t need to do.

Gave them a lot of points they didn’t really earn.”

Against the Hornets, the Mustangs had a slow start before becoming more aggressive in the second set. Corrie said his players attacked the ball when the chance arose and dug the ball well.

“We are playing well as a team defensively for this early in the season, moving well and covering blocks effectively,” said Corrie. “We are not a tall team, so we need to play strong defence and keep a lot of rallies alive to be successful.”

The Mustangs are second in the sixteam Okanagan/Kelowna League and received an honourable mention in B.C.

Mustangs senior girls show their potential at TRU volleyball Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

The Princess Margaret Mustangs senior girls volleyball team stepped up against a stronger school in Kamloops last weekend.

The Mustangs, a 2A school, finished third among 32 teams, which featured 3A and 4A schools at Thompson Rivers University.

“We wanted to do well and prove to ourselves that we knew we could compete with bigger schools,” said Mustangs coach Shawn Lum, who guided the senior boys volleyball team to provincial bronze last season. “We have some players on our team that are playing po-

sitions that they do not normally play so it was also about getting them experience playing in these positions and getting comfortable.”

The result showed the Mustangs that they possess talent and are capable of doing well. The tournament became a confidence booster for a lot of players, and as Lum added, has them hungry to be better for the next tournament, scheduled at Kelowna’s Aberdeen Hall, this weekend.

It will be a different season for the Mustangs, who switched to a Kelowna league this season as Lum said making the move was in the best interest of the players. It was a decision based on the fact if the Mustangs remained in their usual AA South Okanagan league, they would have little competition.

Among their season goals is to improve as players and learn to play with each other.

“As for big picture, and for the season, we feel that we have a strong team that can compete provincially,” said Lum. The leadership roles on the Mustangs won’t rest on the shoulders of a couple of players.

Sydney McKinlay leads by example, as does Jordyn Lilley, said Lum. Sisters Shinaz and Fernaaz Johal as well as Leighton Vaillancourt and Laura Ciancone bring energy.

“We have so many leaders,” said Lum. The Mustangs next league game is Oct. 7 at Aberdeen Hall, then on Oct. 14, they face Okanagan Mission, IHS on Oct. 21 and KCS on oct. 28 for their final league game. The Mustangs will play in Penticton on Halloween weekend as the Pen High Lakers host a tournament. The Valley Championship are the weakend of Nov.13-14 with provincials at George Elliot Nov. 26-18.

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Player support brings results on ice Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Training camp frustrations from learning an adjusted system have faded from the Penticton Vees.

Fresh off sweeping their fourth straight Bauer BCHL Showcase, the Vees used this week to prepare to host the Merritt Centennials (3-4-0) at the South Okanagan Events Centre on Friday at 7 p.m., then hit the road for Prince George to take on the Spruce Kings (1-4-0-1) at the Coliseum on Saturday.

“It’s been good,” said Vees coach-general manager Fred Harbinson, whose team is ranked 12th by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. “Since the first few periods of the pre-season and the regular season in Salmon Arm, since then on we’ve been good. Obviously we want to get some more secondary scoring, that has been slightly spread around. We want to get more consistent with that.”

Scott Conway leads with five goals, while Easton Brodzinski and captain Tyson Jost are hot on his heels with four each.

After that, eight players are tied with one goal and the rest of the roster has none.

DIXON BOWEN (22) SCORED his first BCHL goal during the Bauer BCHL Showcase last weekend in Chilliwack against the Chiefs.

Bowen’s marker was the winner for the Penticton Vees in a 2-1 overtime decision.

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Harbinson and his staff have a few things up their sleeve they want to add to their systems.

“There will be some different layers to our game,” said Harbinson.

“It’s going to be fun to play at home. It’s our first Friday night at home.

Hopefully everyone is out excited to watch.”

Jost, who made the Players to Watch list by NHL Central Scouting, along with teammate Dante Fabbro, likes what he sees from this group.

“We’re growing as a team. You could see it

first hand as we’re putting together a lot of wins,” he said. “We’re looking forward to this weekend here.”

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product Tyrell Buckley and Osoyoos’ Tyler Holz, who was traded to the Centennials by the Vees during the Showcase.

Harbinson said having “seven outstanding defenceman,” he left it up to Holz to decide where he wanted to go.

“There was a couple of teams that had interest,” said Harbinson. “He thought Merritt would be a good opportunity.

Hopefully it works out for him there. For us, you got Sam Jones who didn’t play last weekend who has been outstanding. He looked great in practice. Has been working his butt off. It’s going to be hard enough getting seven guys involved, never mind eight.”

The Centennials earned a split in Chilliwack defeating Surrey 5-3 then took a 6-0 pounding by Nanaimo. Holz collected an assist against Surrey.

The Centennials also recently signed former Kamloops Blazers goalie Coke Kehler of Altona, Man. In adding Kehler, the Centennials released Anthony Pupplo. The Spruce Kings also earned a split last weekend, doubling up Trail 6-3 then losing 2-1 in overtime against Victoria.

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Serves deliver Birks Cup to locals Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Stellar serves led tennis players Porfirio Gonzales and Norm Card to a straight set victory over Kelowna’s Rob Algren and Gary Sequin to capture the Birks Cup. Card loved playing with Gonzales, who he said is amazing and plays at another level.

“He’s played some really good tennis. When he bring his “A” game, it’s pretty hard for anybody in the valley to beat him,” said Card. “It makes my job real easy. If you have two really big serves, it helps you really take charge of the point. I think with Porfirio and I both being such prolific servers, it just allows us to really take charge of a lot of points.”

The duo won 6-3 and 6-1 in the final.

“I think our team, we just had the bigger serves,” said Card. “It allowed us to attack all of our games. The team we played, their serves weren’t as powerful. It allowed us to attack their serve a little more.”

Making the victory sweeter was having a crowd of nearly 70 watching.

Card said with the sport being strong in Penticton and many local teams competing, they had a crowd of nearly 70 watching — making their victory sweeter.

“That made it really fun,” he said.

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PORFIRIO GONZALES AND Norm Card had reason to smile after they won the Penticton Tennis Club’s Birks Cup men’s doubles championship. The PTC pair defeated a Kelowna team to win.

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“It’s always exciting because it’s in your hometown and it’s such a long-

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The pair faced Algren and Sequin earlier in the weekend and earned a split so they didn’t know what to expect heading into the championship. Card said they simply had to play at the best level possible.

“We came out firing. It really helped us get through it pretty efficiently,” said Card.

Winning the B division was Vernon’s Ralf Stevens and Morris Vandebasso defeating PTC pair Jamie Johnston and Chad Henderson.

PTC pairs also won the C and D division. Taking the C side was Colin Motterhead and Eduardo Penaflor over Bryan Lakosta and Dave Thibeault of Kelowna, while D was won by Mark Petry and Ralf Aggarwal against fellow PTC members Dennis Klat and Yasan Athukorala.

PTC president Ken Naylor said the tournament is returning to its past glory with more teams entering. The Birks Cup features players from all over B.C. as well as Washington State.

“Hopefully next year we’ll have it up to 32 teams,” said Naylor. “During its strongest years there were up to 40 teams and involved renting all the tennis courts in Penticton. It even featured players such as world No. 46 Vasek Pospisil before he entered his professional years.”

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An 11-3 thrashing of the Shuswap Outlaws gave the Penticton Heat U11 teams its first win in three years.

“This is pretty neat for them,” said Heat coach Chris Danby.

The players started doing things on the field Danby had them work on in practice, including moving the ball, that led to the convincing result.

“The kids were passing a lot,” said Danby, who received praise from the Heat’s older age group coaches on their play. “Defensively we didn’t give them a lot of opportunities.”

Danby used brothers Connor and Liam Danby, Ben Coombes, Griffin Semple and Keegan McGifford in various situations and the players made solid contributions to limit the Outlaws’ chances. Chay Gettens and Liam led the Heat offence with hat-tricks, while Cylis Charlton and Semple scored twice and Orion Jack scored once.

Penticton picked up a 6-4 win over Kamloops and demolished the Outlaws 23-6 to improve to 4-0. In the first game, Ben Olsen scored two goals, Beau Chetner a goal and an assist and a goal each

by Kale Lawrence, Colin Duffield and Brendan Craig. In the offensive explosion against Shuswap, Chetner scored five while collecting four assists. Matt Carson had four goals, while Olsen had three plus an assist, Craig and Duffield netted hat-tricks, Nash Moog scored twice. Kale Lawrence scored once and added an assist, while Logan Cote and Hayden Marschall each scored once.

Coach Dan Chetner said their defence showed improvement, but to reach their potential they need to improve immensely at both ends of the field.

“Some of what is required is practice time to address the technical issues of defence and offence, but we also need to address our intensity,” said Chetner.

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U13 picks up another split

The Heat’s U13 team got pounded 13-1 by Kamloops, then bounced back to victory over Kelowna 15-7. Rhys MacDonald scored in the loss, then in the win. He and Keegan Allen netted four goals. Isaac Jack potted a hat-tirck, Cody Heydenfeldt had two goals along with one goal each for Jacob Stewart and Michael Preston.

Coach Dan MacDonald said his team played really well. The Heat rotated players as a goalie because they don’t have a designated player for that position.

“This creates challenges as not all players have prior goal experience and don’t have significant time to practice the position,” said MacDonald.

Practice this week focused on defence and positioning on the attack.

“They are starting to gel as a team, understand their positions and running plays,” said MacDonald.

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KEN MICKEY’S classic-styled, front engine dragster was a special events car at Richter Pass Motorplex Sept. 27 in Osoyoos. The final race of the Wine Country Racing Association will be on Oct. 11 starting at 11 a.m.

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The Osoyoos airport was transformed into the Richter Pass Motorplex on Sept. 27 for the Wine Country Racing Association (WCRA).

More than 600 racing fans flocked the site to watch 94 drivers from four clubs in action.

The Kelowna Kustoms, Okanagan Rodtiques and Oliver’s Coachmasters welcomed the Cam Jammers from Vernon into the mix. Oliver’s Cliff Meeds was able to even up the score for the Coachmasters. The Kustoms, Rodtiques and Coachmasters all boast two wins. Meeds snatched the trophy and prize money in his 1949 Ford pickup over Kelowna Kustoms’ Darren Williams’ 1937 Buick coupe.

The winner of the “Fast Eight” challenge was Reg Krutom in his 1958 Yeoman station wagon, which returned to Kelowna with $100.

Results for brackets are as follows: Street Warrior: Trevan Zimmer (Kelowna - 1988 Mazda RX7) took the win over Kevin Clarke Penticton - 1973 Camaro) Street Bracket: Glenn Taylor (Osoyoos - 1951 Mercury pick-up) took the win over Tyler Sopel (Lumby - 1965 Beaumont) Pro Bracket: Ron Carlson (Kelowna - 1970 Nova) took the win over Lee Orsborn (Rock Creek - 1982 Mustang) Super Pro: Rae Caswell (Lower Nicola - 1927 Ford Roadster) took the win over Brad Heppner (Malakwa, BC - 1989 Dragster) Bike/Sled: Warren Brown (Oliver - 2002 Kawasaki) took the win over Terry Soluk (Ok Falls - 2007 Kawasaki) Reaction Time: Brad Heppner (Malakwa, BC - 1989 Dragster) grabbed up the best reaction time with a perfect .500 light.

For spectators who couldn’t make Sunday’s event, the WCRA is hosting one more race on Oct. 11. Gates open at 9 a.m. Racing starts around 11 a.m. Elimination round starts at 1 p.m. Check www.winecountryracing.ca for more details.

Disc golfers set to throw at Skaha Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

On a forecasted sunny Saturday, Skaha Meadows Golf Course is doing something no other golf course in the Interior area has done — welcomed disc golfers to play on its course.

“Playing disc golf on a golf course is a unique thing,” said Penticton Disc Golf president Shawn Black. “Skaha Meadows is kind of an innovative little golf course. They recognize that traditional golf is a game that’s challenging for some people to play, either time wise or economics. They are looking at expanding and growing different segments of golf to better utilize their property. This is a great natural extension.”

For Skaha Meadows, this is not the first time that they have offered their golf course for a different form of golf. Last year, they hosted a day of soccer golf.

Mayhem at the Meadows is a disc golf tournament expected to attract 30 players from Penticton, Vernon, Kelowna and Kamloops and the Lower Mainland.

The nine-hole course will be converted into an 18-hole disc course with the addition of temporary basket and tonal targets. Players will compete for cash and prizes during the one day, 36-hole tournament. see DISC GOLF on pg. 21

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OHA 15s show desire to learn Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

The win-loss column wasn’t the only focus for Okanagan Hockey Acadmey Elite 15 coach Craig Bedard last weekend.

“I thought the goal of the showcase at the beginning of the year and in any of our games is to get better each and every game,” said Bedard of the Canadian Sport School Hockey League Showcase Penticton hosted. “I thought at the end of the weekend we accomplished that goal.”

They just didn’t accomplish a lot of winning, earning one victory in five games, which isn’t something he liked seeing. The OHA opened with a 6-0 loss to Edge School from Calgary on Sept. 24. The next loss was 5-2 to Pacific Coast Sea Devils from

Victoria, then a 4-1 loss to Delta and a narrow loss to the Burnaby Winter Club 3-2. Connor Bouchard set up Matthew Byrne for a 2-1 overtime win against Yale Hockey Academy at 4:13 of the extra frame on Sept. 27. Cairo Rogers scored the other OHA goal, while Brandon Peacock made 27 saves.

“Each and every game we have a hard working group. They compete hard,” he said. “I thought our structure got a lot better throughout the weekend. I thought we had the opportunity to win a couple more hockey games as we went along. It was a learning process. We got a group that cares about what they are doing. They want to learn.”

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Puck drops on tournament play Western News Staff

Penticton Minor Hockey Association is hosting its first tournament of the 2015-16 season.

It will be a 12-team midget Tier 2 event at the South Okanagan Events Centre, Memorial Arena, McLaren Park Arena and the OHS Training Centre from Oct. 2-4.

Penticton starts the weekend against Coquitlam at 5 p.m. at Memorial Arena on Friday. Their second game is a 6:30 a.m. puck drop on Saturday against Kelowna at Memorial Arena, then they face Chilliwack, also at Memorial Arena at 1:15 p.m.

The playoff round begins Sunday with first versus third playing at Memorial Arena at 6:30 a.m, while second versus fourth meet in the OHS at the same time. The championship will be at 1:15 p.m. at Memorial Arena.

The winners of the opening two games on Sunday will meet in the championship.

Golf course changes disc game from DISC GOLF on pg.20 “We look forward to welcoming the disc golfers to play on the course. Unique events like this help Skaha Meadows, particularly during the off season for golf,” said owner Tony Patrocinio in a statement. “We hope to host more disc golf events in the future.”

When it comes to playing, Black said it will be different compared to usual courses that are in forests and feature elevation changes and rugged terrain.

“It’s going to be challenging for us to get big long throws,” said Black. “It’s going to be fun in that it’s a long challenging course. It’s going to be open so you can really throw those discs far and see them fly.”

Interested participants can register online at disccellar.ca until Friday or at the course the morning of the event, which starts at 9:45 a.m. until 4 p.m. Spectators are welcome to the event sponsored by Greenscape Landscaping, Skaha Meadows Golf Course, the Barley Mill Brew Pub, Cannery Brewing, Ace Runners, Disc Cellar and Burger55.

will be competitive. There isn’t a team they can go in thinking they just have to show up. Being at the top of their game is key while being mentally and physically ready to go.

“It’s an exciting league that way. Anybody can beat anybody on any given day,” he said.

This weekend OHA travels to Lake Country to take on the Pursuit of Excellence at the Winfield Arena.

“They will be another very competitive hockey team that we need to be on top of our game to play against,” said Bedard. “We normally have good hockey games against Pursuit.”

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OHA GOALIE Brandon Peacock faces down a sniper from the Delta Hockey academy during a Canadian Sports School Hockey League showcase at the SOEC Sept.24-27. Delta won the match between the two Elite 15s teams 4-1.

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BCAA expands to auto servicing Dan Walton

Western News Staff

BCAA’s automotive expert and general manager Stu Miller is pictured in the service bay of the BCAA’s new Auto Service Centre in Penticton.

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Growing its services beyond roadside assistance, BCAA has opened a new building at the Cherry Lane Shopping Centre to provide auto servicing.

The Penticton location is the second to launch through BCAA with more auto service centres slated around the province. The first BCAA auto service centre opened in Kelowna in October 2014.

“The one key thing

about our shops is that we are open to the general public, it’s not just a member based service here,” said general manager Stu Miller.

“BCAA’s goal is to be as transparent as possible. We invite our customers inside of the shop, and our technicians actually talk to our customers about what’s required on their vehicle – they explain why each part would need replacing – there’s no hiding.

We work behind glass walls to be transparent 100 per cent of the

time.”

Having opened in the early fall season, technicians at the new location are keeping busy by preparing drivers for the looming winter months.

“There are many aspects of a vehicle that need to be prepped for the colder months and our technicians are fully up to date with what needs to be done,” Miller said. “Our technicians are red seal trained technicians, so they are able to winterize vehicles without a problem.”

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Miller said winter tires are essential during all cooler months, even when there’s no ice or snow on the roads.

“Your basic all-season tire stops performing below seven degrees Celsius. So if the temperature drops down to one degree, the rubber compound inside that tire becomes hard, and as soon as it becomes hard you’re not going to have a lot of traction.”

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure applies new rules to drivers in the province every year on Oct. 1, requiring all vehicles to be equipped with winter tires before travelling on many highways.

“Oct. 1 is typically when we start to see a decline in temperatures,” Miller said. “Especially going up the mountain passes, that’s when those temperatures drop quite a bit, and there’s a higher possibility of snow, sleet or frost on those roads.”

The Ministry has defined winter tires as those labelled with either the Mountain Snowflake symbol or the Mud and Snow symbol, and must be in good condition with a minimum tread depth of 3.5 millimetres.

It’s also important for drivers to carry an emergency kit inside of their vehicles, he said, which should include a flashlight, blanket, water and food.

While the auto service centre is open to all drivers, members of BCAA are subject to a few extra perks – a 10 per cent discount on parts and labour, and two-year, limited warranty on parts opposed to one year.

“A membership pays for itself fairly quickly,” Miller said. “If somebody comes in needing an $800 job, it makes sense for them to explore getting a basic membership, because that $800 job will essentially pay for that membership.”

The new Penticton location spans 7,500 square feet, holds 10 hoists and employs 12 staff. One dock features a state-of-the-art alignment machine, “which we can essentially perform any kind of alignment on any type of vehicle.”

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EDI blessed us with her presence on April 27, 1952 in Prince Albert, near her childhood home of Wakaw, Saskatchewan. After a 3 ½ year battle with cancer (multiple myeloma), she left all those who loved her for her ‘special place’ at the tender age of 63 years on September 3, 2015. Born EDITH GAIL ZUK, she was always simply known as EDI. She married MIKE on October 14, 1972 (Thanksgiving weekend) in Kelowna.

She was the daughter of Morris Zuk & Olga Zuk (nee Bilyk) - both deceased, sister to Morris Jr. (deceased) & Marian Zuk (Saskatoon), Kenn Zuk (Trail), Wayne & Carole Zuk and Rob & Brenda Zuk (all of Saskatoon). She was also Aunt Edi to Tracey Lenz (John), Tim, Cristi and Brodie Zuk (Lindsay), and Hallie & Meghan Zuk. She was sister-in-law to Wayne & Lou Watkins (Brentwood Bay), Chris & Kathy Watkins (Port Alberni), and Dawn & Red Lawrence (Duncan) – all B.C., and a wonderful aunt to their children.

Her Education degree began at the U. of S. in 1970 and was completed years later at U. Vic. She completed her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction ‘with distinction’ in 2003 at Gonzaga. She taught 20–30 students to a high standard every year in the Kamloops and Penticton school districts. Teaching was her passion and her calling. Reading and music were her specialties. She instilled a love of learning in her students and taught them to be, and do, their best at all times.

Edi loved her career, her home, garden & patio, and her ‘little blue Miata’. She loved her family & friends and loved to share good food & wine with them. She loved to travel – Arizona, Australia, Japan, Mexico (many times), Montreal (Rotary World Congress), San Francisco (honeymoon), Holland, Belgium, & England and on cruises to Central America/ Columbia and to Quebec/Maritimes/Boston. She also loved her MIKE for which he is eternally grateful.

She was incredibly giving to all. She was a master teacher who was inspirational to her students and colleagues. She was extremely friendly, strong willed, kind, gifted, hardworking, compassionate, energetic, witty and positive. She was a wonderful, special and amazing woman and a beautiful, dedicated, loving wife to Mike for almost 43 wonderful years. She will be greatly missed by all those whose lives she touched.

We told each other countless times...”I will love you forever, and a day!” Rest in Peace, my Love!

Edi last wishes included no flowers! In lieu, please donate blood to the Red Cross and/or register as an organ donor.

A ‘Celebration of Life’ will be held on Oct. 11, 2015 at the Penticton, B.C. Trade & Convention Center between 1 - 4 PM. Please bring your stories and memories to share with others.

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MILLIE 1920 – 2015

Millie completed her Life’s Journey in Penticton on September 29, 2015 at the age of 95. She spent her early years in Alberta where she trained and worked as a teacher and met and married Harry. They moved to BC in 1946, settling on T6 Ranch outside of Penticton in 1953. From ranching to auctioneering in Kelowna, Millie then returned to Penticton in 1980. She settled in Athens Creek Retirement Home when it first opened in 1997 and lived well there. She was predeceased by sister, Ruby (Sis) Morrison; husband, Harry and great friend, Jack Elliott. She bid goodbye to son, Lynn (Connie); daughter, Janet (Dennis); grandsons, Chad and Ryon (Narel) Kusler; granddaughters, Janice (Maynard) Angus and Annelise Kusler Iversen and 5 great grandchildren, Rylin, Seanna and Kailie Kusler and Leland and Madeline Angus. No service at her request. Cremation. Condolences may be shared by visiting www.everdenrust.com In Memorium Grieve not for me Nor mourn the while, For happier would I be To see you smile.

Let no tears fall Since I have passed away, But miss me and Remember me each day.

Live you your lives As I would want you to, And treat thy fellowman As I would do.

And when the time has come, Your lives be through, I shall be waiting here For each of you.

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MERCHANDISING AND SALES Part-time position in merchandising and customer service suitable for a self-directed person with basic merchandising experience who is motivated to continue training and grow with the business. Apply in person at Riverside Pharmasave, 114300 Riverside Dr., Penticton, or send resume to: tara@ riversidepharmasave.com

Financial Services GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

Joanne’s Residential Cleaning Service, 25 years experience, (250)488-6761

Countertops REFACE Countertops.

1/2 the Cost of Replacing. Granite & Corian Designs. 470-2235.

Garden & Lawn BOUNDARY TREE & HEDGE Removal, toppings, pruning.

Reasonable rates, free quotes, (250)490-0522 Family Yard & Lawn Care.

Free Estimates. 250-770-0827 HERBARIA GARDEN AND LAWN. Landscape maintenance services in Penticton: including pruning, hedging, weeding, mulching and more.

Trees that can be pruned this time of year include: Beech, Birch, Elm, Goldenraintree, Honeylocust, Linden and Mountain Ash. Call Paul at 250-493-3362

LARGE FUND Borrowers Wanted Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts.

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Personal Care THE HEALTHY WEIGHT SPECIALTY SERVICE is a 10-week program in the UBCO’s Inter professional Clinic which includes individual and/or group treatment services for weight loss, obesity and diabetes, binge-eating and emotional eating disorders, pre- and post-bariatric weight loss and maintenance, weight gain prevention, nutrition and physical activity changes, long-term weight management support. Cost for treatment is typically $200 (includes all treatment materials and a Fitbit for activity monitoring). A sliding scale fee structure and/or payment plan is available based on participant income. Call Marlis in the Clinic at 250-807-8241 today to see if this program is right for you.

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Misc Services STAMP COLLECTOR Looking to buy stamps stampcollector@shaw.ca

Moving & Storage FAMILY Movers. Moving?

Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance trips. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687

Painting & Decorating HERE COME THE PAINTERS, 15 years experience, Interior/Exterior, 250-486-2331

Valley Wide Lawn Care, Fully experienced landscape, evergreen hedge & fruit tree pruner, (250)493-5161

Home Improvements ARE YOU WANTING TO RENOVATE? Framing, gyproc, painting, ooring, bathrooms, decks, windows and doors, 35 years experience, home/business, References Available Licensed, Insured, Worker’s Insurance Ted Lund (250)490-7991

BELCAN

Painting & Reno’s

licensed, insured, WCB

Cleaning Services Cleaning lady, experienced, reliable, ref’s avail., has openings, (250)493-5209

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Len (250)486-8800

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CONSIGN YOUR ANTIQUES TODAY

ESTATE • ANTIQUE • COLLECTIBLE SUNDAY OCT 18 • 1PM Large Selection of Furniture Including Dining & Bedroom Suites, Settee Sets, Clocks, Lamps, Radios, China, Crystal, Sterling Silver, Gold & Silver Jewellery, Watches, Coins, Primitive Tools, Toys, Plus Much Much More.

CONSIGNMENTS NOW ACCEPTED Viewing Saturday Oct 17, 9 am - 5 pm and Sunday Oct 18, 9 am to sale time

Garage Sales 390 Greenwood Drive, Moving Sale on Saturday October 3 from 7am to 1pm. Furniture, toys, crockery, tools, knick knacks, all must go.

459 Duncan Ave West. Oct. 3, 8:30-2:30.

ESTATE SALE: furniture, appliances, sporting goods, patio, plant pots and much much more, Oct. 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 292 South Beach Dr., if you see it, its for sale, house is being demolished!

Garage Sale, 2901 Juniper Dr., Sat., Oct. 3, 9am-3pm

Garage Sale, Sat., Oct. 3rd, 8am-noon, misc. household goods, pool table, doors, tires, bread maker, 8411 Victoria Rd., Summerland

Rubbish Removal

Indoor Garage Sale BLDG B, Richmond Place 3595 Skaha Lake Rd. Sat., Oct. 3rd, 8am-2pm

PENTICTON Junk Removal!

Anything goes!

Household waste, furniture and appliances to the dump 250-770-0827

Moving Sale, 2423 Wiltse Dr., 9am-2pm, Sat., Oct. 3rd, lots of everything!

Trainor Family Hauling. Will haul your junk, big and small, to the dump. Will also do small jobs. We’re here to serve you with a smile. Call Pat with your needs. 250-486-4867

Security/Alarm Systems A&C Security Systems Ltd. Alarm systems, CCTV, access control, enterphone/intercom.

Monitoring. Call 250-864-0537 acsecuritysystems@shaw.ca

Pets & Livestock

Livestock Government inspected free range chicken; AAA grain fed beef, no implants or hormones; butcher hogs. Taking orders. Call 1-250-546-9766 Kiln Dried Wood Shavings, 54, 60 and 110 cu. yd., bulk loads, delivered starting @ $200 load, (250)770-0214

Shavings & Sawdust Friendly service from Summerland since 1972 Les Porter 250-490-1132

Pets WOLF Hybrid Cubs. Reserve now. Sun Valley Wolf Kennels Kelowna. $1500. 250-765-4996 www.sunvalleywolfkennels.com

Merchandise for Sale

Yard Sale, Sat., Oct. 3, 8am, 2635 Dartmouth Dr. Yard Sale, Sat., Oct. 3, 8am4pm, 177 Blairmore Cres.

Heavy Duty Machinery A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200DMG. Huge freezers.

Experienced wood carvers needed, full time. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 or 1778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale 22” gas lawn mower, Blue Ember BBQ w/side & back burner, set of Spalding golf clubs w/cart, 7ft sofa, 778-476-4904

SALE CONDUCTED BY DODDS AUCTION VERNON

Fruit & Vegetables

250-545-3259 • 1-866-545-3259

SPARTAN apples, $8 per box, (bring your own box) call (250)492-8854

Business Opportunity at APPLE PLAZA, furnished & equipped upscale office space, 1500 sqft. up to 2300 sqft. ready for occupancy, call for details, Barb 250-770-0536

Cottages / Cabins AVAIL. mid Oct until April 30, 2 bdrm, 1 bath furnished cottage, N/S, no laundry, pets considered. Mature adults only.

Kaleden acreage. $650 plus utilities. 250-497-6399 or 250488-2371.

Homes for Rent Exec. Waterfront Home W/ Prvt. beach, Fully Furn., cable, LED T.V. & wi-fi, 4bdrms, 2.5ba, 5 min. walk to Skaha Beach. $1800/mo+util., avail. now-May 30th, Ph: 778-4762079, 604-788-4979, or email: elaineallison01@gmail.com

Recreation SNOWBIRDS/RETIREES, Lot 158 for sale at Sun Katchers RV Co-op, Keremeos area, with 2009 Park model, etc., $105,000, (604)910-5097

Townhouses 2bdrm, Baskin Gardens, reno’d, painted, f/s/w/d, fenced yard, large storage room, close to school, kids welcome, 1 small pet, ref’s req., $1050, Avail. Oct. 1, 250-490-9082

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts FIRESTONE, 4 Winter Studded 17” Tires used 4 seasons 3/4 Life left, 245/65R17 Pr.$300, Ph 250-495-6905, Osoyoos.

Used Tires, Huge Selection of used tires and wheels in stock.

We might have what you need. Prices vary according to size and quality. Starting at $25. Call us or drop in to Larsens Excel, 555 Okanagan Ave East 250-492-5630 Penticton

Cars - Domestic

Cars - Sports & Imports

Misc. Wanted

2001 Audi A4 Quattro, recent major service, exec. cond., 164k, $6,500. Call 1-250-5450269 evenings only

BUYING coin collections, silver coins, antique coins, old money, sterling silver, gold jewelry. Todd - 250-864-3521 Private Coin Collector Looking to Buy Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins, Estates + Chad: 250-499-0251 Local.

Guitar Lessons; private and group, Classic Guitars, Penticton, (250)492-5007

Dodd’s Auction, 3311 - 28 Avenue, Vernon BC

APPLE PLAZA, Prime Central location in busy plaza; ample parking. 2300 SF build to suit; 220 SF shared office space; 600 SF up 1100 SF, call Barb 250-770-0536

Maple d/r suite, $200, Buffet $250, El. slow cooker w/stand $50, Maple coffee table OBO, free TV, Call 250-490-3911

Local Okanagan Resident looking to purchase firearms, fully licensed, will travel, Call or text, (250)809-9664

Flea Markets

1000 sq ft of Industrial/Commercial space for lease. Warren Ave. 250-765-3295

2013 Toyota Prius 5dr, 9,000km, extra new winter tires. Like new. $24,000 obo 1250-542-4115 leave msg

Musical Instruments

Wanted to buy: 243 caliber long rifle. (250)308-5481

Commercial/ Industrial

Air bed, frame & pump, give me an offer, massage chair, $47, new microwave, still in box, $55, (250)493-3469

Firearms

Okanagan Falls Senior Centre Fall Flea Market, Saturday, October 3rd 9am -1pm., 1128 Willow Street.

View photos at www.doddsauction.com (Specialty Auctions)

Furniture Side by side Frigidaire, $175, Kenmore stacking washer and dryer, $175, can by delivered (250)770-0827

Garage Sale, Sat., Oct. 3, 7am-noon, 1402 Montreal St.

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls. Cloverdale Premium Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT, until job is completed!

Valley Wide Lawn Care, Fall lawn core aeration plus fall fertilizer application, only $79.99 most size lawns, Call 250-4935161

Apt/Condo for Rent 1bdrm, $700, 2bdrm, $850, clean, quiet, building, 55+, non smoker, NP, 250-492-7328

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Valley Wide Lawn Care, Call Gerald for prompt, curtious, reliable service, 250-493-5161

Firewood/Fuel

Valleywide Painting Services Residential & Commercial, quality work at competitive rates, 250-809-1779 or 250770-9026

3 Rooms For $299

Rentals

A-1 Firewood, Fir, $250/cord, mixed, $225, Pine, $200, full cords split & delivered, 1/2 cords & 1/4 cords avail., Free delivery locally 250-770-0827, 250-809-0127 evenings.

Garage Sale, household items, records & collectibles, tire chains, ladders, water softener, 1980 Honda Civic, much more, early birds welcome, 1416 Abel St., Sat., Oct. 3, 7am-2pm

(1) 250-899-3163

roong, painting, tiling, ooring, kitchen/bath reno’s, carpentry nishing,

Auctions

Remodeling interiors/exteriors, additions, kitchens, bathrooms, basements, mold and asbestos remediation. Certied/Insured.

Merchandise for Sale

Real Estate Apt/Condos for Sale CHERRY LANE Towers, 1240sqft, 7th floor NE corner, by owner, Appts. to view, 2bd, 2ba, 778-476-2018

For Sale By Owner Summerland, 3bdrm single level home, lots of upbrades & ample parking for RV’s, private enclosed backyard, 10517 Julia St., (250)494-3465

Recreational/Sale 2012 Polaris RZR 900 XP with plow, many extras 1,172km $13,500. 250-549-0644

Scrap Car Removal #1 GET the MOST for Your Junk Vehicle and scrap steel.

A Portion of proceeds to your LOCAL FOOD BANK. Call 778-581-cars (2277)

Adult Escorts JANICE, A delightful mistress for the discerning gentleman.

Attractive, clean & affectionate, afternoons, Penticton, appointments only, 250-4601713, No text messages MALE 4 Male Erotic Massage $95., Winfield, 9-9 Daily 250-766-2048

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† Full kitchen includes purchase of a refrigerator, cooking appliance, and 2 other regularly priced GE Monogram appliances. Advantium can count as “cooking appliance” or “other” for the 20% offer. * See sales associate for details and list of eligible appliances. Offer available on select GE Monogram major appliances only. 'Cooking Appliances' include range, cooktop, wall oven or AdvantiumTM. Offer excludes floor models, obsolete products, microwaves, & accessories. Cannot be combined with any other offer unless specified. Offer available to Canadian residents only. Offer is not available to dealers, builders or contractors.

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calendar loading e-books and e-audiobooks. Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be served.[102p] the iode iS holding a bag sale from Oct 1-7.

Come and fill a grocery bag for $3 or a garbage bag for $6, You will be helping us make room for our fall/winter collections.

The store is located at 464 Main St. Hours are from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.[107p] the Penticton Public Library has fall story

FRIDAY

October 2 Friday Social dance with About Time at the South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965 South Main St. starting at 7:30 p.m. $7 per person. learning at lunch presents Michelle Camelford at noon in the Penticton library auditorium for a free presentation about using Library2Go, the public library e-reading program. This is a free event to introduce down-

time sessions, with Baby Songs and Rhymes for ages up to 15 months on Fridays from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. through to Dec. 4; Toddlertime for ages 16 months to three years (with caregiver) on Fridays from 10 to 10:30 a.m. through to Dec. 4; Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5 on Wednesdays from 11 to 11:30 a.m. through to Dec. 2. For more information, call Julia Cox at 250-7707783.[0916p] eagleS club haS Friday Night Live dinner at 5

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250-492-2020 sunvillagepenticton.com 1147 Main Street, Penticton Across from the RCMP Bldg.

p.m. and entertainment at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome. elkS club on Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m.

SingleS lunch grouP for 65-plus seniors meets at noon. Meet new friends and chat. Call 250-4965980 or 250-770-8622 for more info. the oliver SeniorS’ Centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo at 1 p.m. every Friday and regular drop-in pool Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12:30 p.m.[091c] 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] anavetS haS their kitchen open from noon to 4 p.m., mixed doubles at 7 p.m., karaoke with Shawna at 7:30 p.m. royal canadian legion branch 40 has fish and chips lunch at 11:30 a.m.

Steak and baked potato dinner with all the trimmings at 5:30 p.m. bereaveMent Walking grouP from 9:45 a.m. to noon. Meet at the Bereavement Resource Centre, 129 Nanaimo Ave. W. No registration required. Call Andrea at 250-492-9071 (ext.2203) for more information.[0918c] al-anon MeetS at the Bethel Pentecostal Church at 945 Main St. from 6 to 7 p.m. For info call 250490-9272. the bereaveMent 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 250-490-1107.[fr] the oliver Senior Centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo with a loonie pot every Friday at 1 p.m.

Everyone welcome. alcoholicS anonyMouS haS Nooners meetings

DON’T BE DOWN...

Longs Floorall Ltd. Locally owned & operated.

IN BUSINESS FOR 41 YEARS AT THE SAME LOCATION. 1397 Fairview Rd., Penticton 250-492-0627 www.nufloors.ca

Monday to Friday noon at 1265 Fairview Rd. Call service 24 hours is 250490-9216. 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.

SATURDAY October 3

ok FallS Senior Centre Flea Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1128 Willow St. Lunch available, silent auction and raffle, misc. new and used items for more information call 250497-8199.[103p] tina bootSMa and all the staff at Kids Connection would like to invite the people of Penticton and area to the grand opening of our new child care centre from noon to 4 p.m.

After much controversy and hard work we were able to convert a residence at 96 Yorkton Avenue to a licensed child care centre. Please come and bring your kids or grandkids!

Have a tour of the facility and join in many games and activities.[103p] alcoholicS anonyMouS haS daily meetings in Penticton and area. Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours). the oliver SeniorS’ Centre, 5876 Airport St., has dancing at 10 a.m. to the Oliver Seniors Volunteer Band.[0912c] eagleS club haS member appreciation day, burgers and fries at noon, beaver races at 4 p.m. elkS club on Ellis Street has crib at 10 a.m., dropin darts and early bird draw at 4 p.m., a meat draw at 4:30 p.m. and dinner at 5:30 p.m. 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. royal canadian 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. alcoholicS 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 by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m.[sa]

SUNDAY

October 4 Julio cochoy, an indigenous Maya-Quiche human rights activist and economist from Santa Lucia Utatlan in Guatemala, will be the guest speaker at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1370 Church St., at 10 a.m.[104p] PeoPle helPing PeoPle fill pantries, a food drive for the Salvation Army food bank by the Penticton Eagles, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1204 Main St. Free hot dog or hamburger with non perishable food donation. All donations will go to the Salvation Army food bank. Also accepting cash donations. More information at https:// www.facebook.com/pentictoneagles.[104p] elkS club on Ellis Street has dog races at 2 p.m., food draw and door prizes, Last Man Standing, pool and darts. coMe dance to the greatest dance music ever made with DJ Emil from 7 to 9 p.m. at the South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965

South Main St. $3 per person, all welcome.[su] anavetS haS horSe races and meat draws at 2 p.m.

Hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch. 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.

SurvivorShiP’S Flea Market runs every Sunday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. weather permitting at Fairview Plaza, 1652 Fairview Rd. For info, call 250-493-6604. alcoholicS anonyMouS MeetS in OK Falls at 10:30 a.m. at 5328 Hawthorne St., then in Penticton from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in July and August for the women’s group at the Lawn Bowling Club, 260 Brunswick St. The Sunday 123 group meets at 8 p.m. in the Education Room in the basement of the Penticton hospital. The closed men’s group meets at 11 a.m. at the Eagles hall at 1197 Main St., side door, upstairs. royal canadian legion branch 40 has Sports Sunday with the Ladies Auxiliary catering food and beverages, in the hall 502 Martin St., meat and 50-50 draws at 2 p.m. in the hall, 502 Martin St.

MONDAY

October 5 South Main droP-in Centre has bocce and improver line dance at 9 a.m., computer instruction at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Scrabble and Mah Jong at 10 a.m., carpet bowling at 10:45 a.m., intermediate line dance and duplicate bridge at 1 p.m. the Penticton legion Ladies Auxiliary has a general meeting in the hall, 502 Martin St. at 2 p.m on Oct. 5.[105p]

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calendar AnAvets club hAs the kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon, dart and pool leagues at 7 p.m. elks club on Ellis Street has crib at 7 p.m. and pub league darts at 7:30 p.m. hAve you or a loved one had a stroke? The Heart and Stroke Foundation’s free Living with Stroke program starts Oct. 5 for seven weekly, two hour sessions in Penticton. Call to register at 1-888-4734636.[105p] royAl cAnAdiAn legion branch 40 has lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., dart dolls at 11 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m., Fitness Friends Ladies Fitness class at 10:30 a.m. iode thrift shop at 464 Main St. is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Clothing, kitchenwares, China items and more. line dAncing At the Oliver Senior Centre at 7 p.m. Get moving with Claire Denney. Call 778439-2070 for more info. frAternAl order of the Eagles has league darts at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. Alcoholics Anonymous nux group meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Heritage Centre at Green Mountain Road and Penticton I.R. Road.

Summerland 12 and 12 group at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the United Church basement.

Weekly support group at the Penticton Regional Hospital Mood Clinic for family or friends of any person who has a mental illness from noon to 1 p.m. Call 250-493-7338 for details. so sAid so Toastmasters meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at the Penticton United Church, 696 Main St. at noon for an hour.

For more information call Bobby at 250-493-3835 or Aggie at 250-462-0422.[0928s]

TUESDAY

October 6 the penticton concert Band practices weekly, September through June from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 205 Martin St. Intermediate to advanced players welcome to audition. Call musical director Dave Brunelle for more information or visit www.pentictonconcertband.ca.[092s] contrAct bridge At St. Stephen Anglican Church in Summerland every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m.

Everyone is welcome to join in the fun, refreshments available. For more information, please call Sheila at 250-494-8996.[106s]

broWn bAg lectures return every Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Penticton Museum Auditorium. This week’s lecture is presented by historian Gary McDougall.

Suggested donation for admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children and includes include coffee, tea and confections.

Everyone welcome.[092c] penticton tune-Agers choir practice with conductor Gordon Dawson on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon at the Shatford Centre 760 Main St. Over 50 and enjoy singing?

Come and check us out, or call Gordon at 250-4929844.[098s] toAstmAsters, Where leAders are made. Drop in to South Okanagan Toastmasters any Tuesday at 7 p.m. at 5876 Airport St., Oliver. See and hear what we are all about.

Contact Bill at 250-4850006 or stillbill938@ gmail.com.

AnAvets hAs their kitchen open from noon to 4 p.m. yogA meditAtion/vegetAriAn supper is upstairs in the Elks Lodge at 344 Ellis St. in Penticton on Tuesdays at 6 p.m.

Donations accepted.

Everyone welcome. penticton toAstmAsters meet from 6 to 8 p.m. in room 200 of the Shatford Centre, 760 Main St. Have you ever want to improve your public speaking skills? More information at 2392.toastmastersclubs. org.[0915s] vispAssAnA (insight) meditAtion for beginners or mature practitioners every Tuesday evening from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m.

Please call Debora for details at 250-462-7340 Everyone welcome. south mAin drop-in Centre has ultra-beginner line dance at 9 a.m., social bridge at 9:15 a.m., singalong at 10:30 a.m., lunch at 11:30 a.m., partner bridge at 12:45 p.m., knitting and crocheting at 1 p.m.,square dance at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. tops b.c. 4454 has weekly meetings from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 445 Ellis St. Use back lane entrance.

Meetings are downstairs.

Phone Pat at 250-4937887 or Sally at 250-4926556. frAternAl order of the Eagles has drop-in euchre at 7 p.m.

Wellness mentAl centre has individual support for family members in Summerland from 10 a.m. to noon at 13211 Henry St. elks on ellis Street has yoga at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday

Dart League and 10-card crib at 7 p.m. royAl cAnAdiAn legion has lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., service officer at 1 p.m. and wings night at 6 p.m. Jam contest hosted by the Surf Cats at 7 p.m.

890 Wing of South Okanagan Air Force Association gets together for a gab and coffee every Tuesday at 9 a.m. at 126 Dakota Ave. the south okAnAgAn and Similkameen MS Society has an informal coffee group that meets at 10 a.m. Tuesdays at Cherry Lane Shopping Centre. For more info, call Sherry at 250-493-6564 or email sherry.wezner@ mssociety.ca. penticton photogrAphy club welcomes all photographers for slide shows, speakers, tips and networking every fourth Tuesday of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Shatford

Centre. More info at pentictonphotoclub@gmail. com. $5 drop-in, $50/year.[tu04] mother-to-mother breAstfeeding support with the Penticton/ Summerland chapter of La Leche League Canada.

Meetings on the third and fourth Tuesday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon. Call 250-494-1894 or email pentictonlllc@ gmail.com for the location of the meeting. All mothers and babies are welcome. More info at www. lllc.ca.[tu034] Alcoholics Anonymous young person’s group at 7:30 p.m. in the Skaha Lake gazebo for the summer. Call/text Guy at 250460-2466 or Niki at 250460-0798.

Al-Anon for friends and family of alcoholics meets at 10:30 a.m. at the Concordia Lutheran Church, 2800 South Main St. Call 250-490-9272 for information.

UPCOMING EVENTS heAling service on Oct. 7 at noon in the Chapel of St. Saviour’s Church.

Everyone welcome. Please join us at 10 a.m. for lesson no. 20 on DVD of the 26 Healings of Jesus.[107p] burger And beer night on Oct. 8 at 5:30 p.m. in the Barking Parrot to help support SOWINS annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes fundraising event, which is working to break the cycle of domestic and gender-based abuse.[108p] incredible edible penticton Society is holding a “Fun”draiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the Downtown Penticton market with a silent auction, scarecrow competition and face painting. All proceeds go to society costs and items for their new garden on South Main Street.[10p]

find out About the scope of programs, services, employment and volunteer opportunities offered by the Penticton and District Community Resources Society at their job fair on Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m., 399 Main St.[,secondflr.[105p] i llness m entAl AWAreness Week fundraiser from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 7 at the Bufflehead Pasta and Tapas Room in the Penticton Lakeside Resort.

The event will include dinner, silent auction and variety entertainment.

Goal is to raise $72,000 to keep the Martin House support program for youth suffering from mental illness going and to heighten awareness about mental illness in the community.

Call 250-493-7338 for more info.[107p] penticton blood donor Clinic from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 7-9 at the

Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 2965 South Main St. Be sure to take the eligibility quiz before donating at www.blood.ca or call 1-888-236-6283 to prescreen yourself prior to your donation. Visit www. blood.ca for more info about blood donation.[108p] everyone is Welcome to the Penticton Legion Ladies Auxiliary Pancake Breakfast in the hall, 502 Martin St. from 8:30 a.m. till noon on Oct. 11. For $5 you get pancakes, ham, sausage, orange juice and coffee and 50 cents more will get you strawberries and cream.[10p] the penticton legion Ladies Auxiliary have a Fall Tea in the hall, 502 Martin St., from 1 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 24. There will be sandwiches and lots of yummy sweets, huge bake sale, 50/50, custom jewelry table, raffles with a lot of prizes and a door prize.

Tickets are $ 5.[1024p]

If you got this card, you’re ready to vote!

Federal election day is October 19.

Did your voter information card arrive in the mail? It tells you that you’re registered to vote, and explains when and where you can vote.

If you didn’t receive one, or if it has the wrong name or address, check, update or complete your registration at elections.ca.

Or call 1-800-463-6868 ( TTY 1-800-361-8935).

Elections Canada has all the information you need to be ready to vote.

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BCAA OPENS ITS SECOND AUTO SERVICE CENTRE IN B.C.

Full-service auto maintenance and repair – the BCAA way For over 100 years, British Columbians have relied on the trusted roadside assistance of BCAA to get them back on the road safely.

From minor nuisances like locking keys in the car to more severe instances of mechanical failures, the solution is just a phone call away.

The company has now expanded

to provide full auto service and deliver an experience that’s very BCAA: trustworthy, friendly and helpful.

BCAA opened its first Auto Service Centre in Kelowna last year, offering warranty-approved mechanical repairs and regular maintenance for anything your car or

truck needs – all according to your vehicle owners’ manual. Open to all motorists, BCAA has plans to open more Auto Service Centres throughout the province.

On September 28, the company opened their second location in B.C. at the Cherry Lane Shopping Centre in Penticton.

From roadside assistance to full auto service.

Now you can trust BCAA for all your auto repairs and service.

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Visit us or book an appointment: #162-2111 Main Street, off Warren Avenue Penticton, BC bcaa.com/autoservice 250.487.2430

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For Eric Hopkins, BCAA Senior Vice President and Chief Business Unit Officer, the Auto Service Centres are a natural extension of BCAA’s world-class Road Assist service.

“For years, Members have asked us to get into the business,” he says. “BCAA will always be there to rescue our Members in a time of need, but now, we want to work with them to ensure their vehicles are safe before they head out on the road.”

BCAA has a large and loyal Member-base in Penticton, which is why Hopkins felt it would be the perfect location to expand on the already great synergy.

“By supplementing that [connection] with auto services, we can better serve our Members and the market in general,” he says. “We had reason to believe that Penticton would be a great market because the response in Kelowna has been strong, with people coming from across the Okanagan to use the Auto Service Centre.”

The 7500 square foot facility in Penticton has ten service bays and features clear glass walls so customers can watch as their vehicle is serviced, similar to the Kelowna location layout. Customers will also have full access to detailed information on the completed work and if any additional work is required.

“Our core [values] are to be trustworthy, friendly and helpful,” says Hopkins. “We bring these values to every interaction with our customers and always stand behind everything we do.”

He adds that, although BCAA is a wondrously Member-driven organization, with Members-only perks at the Auto Service Centre including saving 10 per cent on services, a 2-year warranty and a free car wash, all drivers are welcome to bring their vehicles to BCAA’s Auto Service Centres.

The inception of BCAA’s Auto Service Centres are a unique opportunity to build off the trusted brand, forge new relationships and strengthen connections with existing Members. Everyone is welcome at the Kelowna and Penticton locations to experience the beginning of a better future for auto service.