sCapital News Wednesday, November 11, 2015
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Economy PETITE SWEETS
MAXINE DEHART Back in July 2013, I wrote about Petite Sweets, owned and operated by Robert and Judy Basha, a business that specializes in delicious gourmet mini single serving cheesecakes. At that time, the Bashas were renting a commercial kitchen at 1880 Baron Rd. to do their baking. Now, the couple have their own commercial kitchen, with their bakery and retail space all under one roof. That gives them the opportunity to be open five days a week, Tuesday to Friday, from noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Their cheesecake business is unique, as customers can choose as many different flavours as they like to make up a box of single serving mini-cheesecakes or now larger cakes as well. The beauty about this is that you can buy a small sampler and then order whatever flavour you like in a seven or 10inch cake. There are lots of flavours to choose from—banana cream pie, chocoholic, cherry almond, lemon drop, lime twist, café au lait, rum and eggnog, turtle or wild blueberry to name a few. The cheesecakes are
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made from scratch with no added preservatives. Call 250-317-3499; online www.petitesweetskelowna. com. For the 8th consecutive year, MNP LLP has been named one of the Best Employers in Canada for 2015 in the Aon Best Employers in Canada study. MNP is one of the largest national accounting and business consulting firms in Canada with a local team of 80 employees located at 600-1628 Dickson Ave. Call 250-763-8919. Relocating from Vancouver, Scott Murray has joined the firm of Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP in Kelowna as an associate in the litigation group. He has had a general litigation and dispute resolution practice, with a particular focus on commercial, family and estate law. Call 250-869-3885. Ian Rudling has joined Rutland Physical Therapy at 145 Asher Rd. Ian graduated from the European School of Osteopathy with a master’s degree. As a practitioner, he enjoys working with all types of patients and is also qualified in acupuncture for musculoskeletal– derived pain and Swedish massage and uses the full range of osteopathic techniques such as cranial, visceral and manipulations, along with acupuncture. He
Robert and Judy Basha, owners of Petite Sweets on Baron Road in Kelowna. has a special interest in a multi-modal approach to managing patients in acute and chronic pain. Call 250-765-2665 Randy Sheehan, the former manager of Sears, is now the new operations manager for Quality Greens, owned and operated by Chris Holmes and Lisa Taylor-Holmes. Randy previously had 15 years of produce management experience prior to working for Sears. He will oversee the Kelowna, Vernon, Penticton and West Kelowna locations in operations for Quality Greens. Shelley
Brodeur is the marketing coordinator for Quality Greens. Call 250-7638200. Kelowna Cell Repair, 103-1125 Bernard Ave. in downtown Kelowna, owned by Sebastiaan Pynappels, has been repairing thousands of cellular phones for the past eight years. Before this, Sebastiaan worked in his father’s electronic repair shop, All Tronics Sales and Service. When the demand for that industry faded, he opened Kelowna Cell Repair, which now employs three full-time technicians for cellular
devices, iPods and tablets, repairing any make, model or damaged devices, even those damaged with liquid. The shop also does warranty work using only original equipment manufacturer parts with the repairs done by certified technicians. Call 250469-1600; online www. kelownacellrepair.com. Jamie White, a hair stylist for the past 15 years, with nine of those specializing in men’s hair, has opened her own business—Jamie’s Men’s Hairstylist in the space at the back of Tan on Studios at Unit G-2009
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Cheesecake bakers open their own kitchen
Jamie White, owner of the new Jamie’s Men’s Hairstylist shop in Kelowna. Enterprise Way (across from the Telus Building) in Kelowna. Jamie previously was with MVP Modern Barbers on Harvey Avenue for over six years. Call 250-718-0751. Happy 60th anniversary Gary and Rose Topham (Nov. 12). Congratulations to the City of Kelowna for being recognized by The Southern Interior Construction Association at their award ceremony. The Queensway Transit Exchange received an award of excellence in the category of Community
Institutional Construction, which highlighted the new canopy structure of the exchange. The Kelowna Family Y also received an award of merit in the category of Renovation Construction. The Okanagan Tourism Association has a new board of directors for 201516: Bryan Pilbeam, chair (Kamloops); Chris Bower, vice-chair (Osoyoos); Christine Latimer, secretarytreasurer (Valemount)
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