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OKANAGAN FALLS

2nd MON: Communities for Kids OK Falls Table Mtg., 2:45 pm at StrongStart Early Learning Ctr., 250-498-8433 for more info.

TUESDAY: South Okanagan Toastmasters 7 - 9 p.m. at Best Western in Osoyoos. Call 498-4412, 499-2144.

TUESDAY: Bingo at the Senior Citizenís Centre on Willow St. 1p.m. (except last Tues.).

3RD TUESDAY: Legion Branch #227 Gen Meeting 7 p.m. Jack Hill Room, OK Falls.

WED. & SAT.: Carpet Bowling 1 p.m. Seniorís Centre.

WEDNESDAY: Join the Stroke Recovery Club for stroke survivors and caregivers, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society office, #2-996 Main Street, Penticton..Call Tina at 490-0613.

1st WEDNESDAY: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary General Meeting 1:00 p.m., Jack Hill Room, OK Falls.

3rd WEDNESDAY: OK Falls Womens Institute meeting, Falls Community Centre. Call Betty for more info - 497-6665.

THURSDAY: Bridge 1 p.m. Seniors Centre.

THURSDAY: Crib 7 p.m. Seniors Centre.

THURSDAY: Computer classes 9 a.m. Seniorís Centre.

FRIDAY: Arts group painting 1- 3 p.m.

FRIDAY: Whist 7 p.m.

2ND & 4TH FRIDAY: A Wellness Clinic is held at the Seniors Centre, on Willow Street, 9 to 11 a.m. Have your blood pressure, heart and weight checked by a retired registered nurse. Open to everyone.

1st FRIDAY: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary Dinner and Entertainment 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw.

3rd FRIDAY: OK Falls Legion Ladies Auxiliary Steak Fry Dinner 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw.

FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: The Okanagan Falls Legion Branch #227 has meat draws from 5:00 p.m.

SATURDAY: OK Falls Legion Branch #227, Dinner and Dance 6:00 pm.

1st SATURDAY: Ladies Auxiliary Branch #227. Drop in Bingo 1-4 p.m. Jack Hill Room. OK Falls.

3rd SATURDAY: Drop in bingo at OK Falls Senior Centre. 1128 Willow St.

KEREMEOS

MONDAY: N.A. meets at 7:30 p.m. at the South Similkameen Health Centre.

MONDAY: Keremeos Bellringers, 7:30 pm, Cawston United Church, for info call Herma @ 499-5292, Joan @ 499-2450.

4th MONDAY: Orchard Haven - Friends and family council monthly meetings. Making a difference to residential care.

MON, WED, FRI: Boot Camp 6 - 7 am, Sim. Rec. Centre. For more info call Annette 499-2238 2nd TUESDAY: Similkameen COPS, 7 p.m., Ranch Restaurant. Ben Gumm for info 499-0216 TUESDAY: Tumble Bumble, 10:00 - 11:30 am upstairs at the Legion Hall. AGes 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106.

TUESDAY: Every 2nd, Caregiver Group, Activity Room, Orchard Haven 1:30 - 3 p.m. For info 499-3020 TUESDAY: AA Meetings, 7:30 p.m., in the Health Center Activity Room, info call Diane 499-1177 or Bill 499-5995 TUESDAY: Handguns 5:30 pm Fly Tying/22 Shoot, 7 pm, KCSA Club House. More info call 250-499-7027. Nov. to Mar. WEDNESDAY: Mother Goose 10:00-11:30 am, Strong Start at Cawston Primary. Ages 0-6. For info 499-2352 ext. 106.

WEDNESDAY: Qigong exercise 9 a.m. Cawston Church Hall. 499-7852 for information.

WEDNESDAY: Kyokushin Karate at Legion Hall from 5 - 7 p.m. Phone Lyle for info 292-8565.

WEDNESDAY: Diabetes Clinic, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Similkameen Health Centre. RN & Reg. Dietitian in attendance. Dr. referrals or self referral. Appts. necessary. Phone 1-800-707-8550.

WEDNESDAY: Keremeos Search & Rescue meetings, 7 pm, little brown building behind the Village Office.

WEDNESDAY: Songster Sing-a-long, 10 - 11:15 am, Keremeos Seniors Centre, Starts October 8th.

1st THURSDAY: South Similkameen Museum Society Meeting, 7 pm, at the Ecumenical Church in Keremeos THURSDAY: Tumble Bumble, 3:00 - 4:30 pm upstairs at the Legion. Ages 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106.

THURSDAY: Positively Pregnant, 10:00 - 11:30 am at the Family Centre. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106.

THURSDAY: AA meetings at 7:30 pm Health Centre activity room. Info. call Eleanor 499-5982 or Hugh 499-2273 THURSDAY: KCSA Monthly meetings the last Thursday of each month at clubhouse 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY: Afternoon dances at the Keremeos Seniors Centre from 1:30 - 4 p.m (starts in October). Whist 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm THURSDAY: Weight Watchers, 5 pm, Elks Hall. More info call Sarah at 250-499-2878.

THURSDAY: Learning about Stroke by the SOSBI. FREE Starting April 24th. Call 250-490-0613 for more information.

FRIDAY: Keremeos TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 9:00 a.m. at the Health Centre. Call Georgina at 499-0202 FRIDAY: Elks and Royal Purple bingo. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

FRIDAY: Keremeos Seniors Centre Bingo, 1:00 pm. - THURSDAYS until October.

SUNDAY: KCSA Trap Shooting, 10:00 am to ?, Weather permitting.

SUNDAY: AA Meeting at 10:00 am in the Health Center Activity Room. Info call Eleanor at 499-5982 or Marilyn 250-506-3026.

3RD SUNDAY: Legion General Meeting. 2:00 p.m. Keremeos Legion Hall.

3rd MONDAY: Kars Under the K Meeting, 7:00 pm, Meeting Room at Health Center, Call Marcel Morin for info 499-7775.

2nd TUESDAY: Can-Do General Meetings. Everyone Welcome. Phone 499-2420 for more information.

1ST WEDNESDAY: Regular meeting of the Keremeos Seniors Centre, at 2 p.m. Keremeos.

1ST & 3RD WEDNESDAY: Search & Rescue meet 7-9 p.m., 8th Ave. & 4th St. Call 499-6067 or 499-5429.

2ND WEDNESDAY: The Similkameen Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Keremeos Seniors Centre, 2ND AND 4TH THURSDAY: The Royal Purple Lodge meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. Info: 499-7073.

LAST THURSDAY: KCSA Club meeting.

1ST AND 3RD THURSDAY: The Keremeos Elks meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall.

1ST SUNDAY: Jam Session. Keremeos Seniors Centre. 1 p.m. Everyone Welcome. Starts in September. 499-0112.

Keremeos Alzheimer Caregiver Support Group We meet at the Keremeos Health Centre at 1:00 pm on the third Wednesday of the month. Next meeting is: December 16th For more information please call Laurie at 1-888-318-1122

Elks & Royal Purple Friday Night Bingo Doors Open at 5:30 pm Proceeds to local charity.

~ No Registration or AGM Notices ~ Keremeos Branch #192

The Similkameen Elders Club

invites you to our lunch & loonie auction 12:00 noon, 1st Wednesday of every month at Keremeos Elk’s Hall Everyone Welcome!

Saturday, November 28

5 pm Dinner

Lasagna & Caesar Salad, dessert. $7 Followed by music by THREE PIECE!

No Lunch in August (too Hot)!

It is estimated that Did you know? millions of trees in the world are accidently planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.

The Okanagan Falls Branch 101 - 850 Railway Lane Ph: (250)497-5886

There is always lots going on at the library.

Check it out to see what activities are coming up!

HEDLEY

TUESDAY: Once a month Soup and Sandwich. Hedley Seniors’ Center on Scott Ave. THURSDAY: Library 2 pm - 7 pm Hedley Seniors’ Center, free computer use.

1ST MONDAY: Hedley Heritage Museum meeting, 6:00 p.m. at the Museum, Everyone welcome to attend.

2ND SUNDAY: Pancake Breakfast, Hedley Seniors’ Center, 8:00 am to 10:00 am.

3RD MONDAY: Monthly meeting at Seniors’ Center, 2 pm.

3RD MONDAY: Community Club meeting at 7 pm at the Club.

DAILY: Coffee & good conversation at the Seniors’ Center 6:30 am - 8 am.

Every Mon./Wed./Sat. Exercise at 9 am.

SUNDAY: Church Service at 9:30 am, Hedley Grace Church. Sunday school for the children.

SUNDAY: Hedley Farmers Market 9-1, July - Oct. DAILY: Hedley Heritage Museum - Closed for season - open in May. TUESDAY & THURSDAY: Exercise at 9:00 am.

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SVPS continues tourism strategy Tara Bowie Review Staff

Members of the Similkameen Valley Planning Society (SVPS) decided to continue with a valleywide tourism strategy until at least spring 2017.

During last week’s SVPS meeting all members excluding chief Kieth Crow from the Lower Similkameen Indian Band committed to continuing an agreement with Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA).

Crow abstained from voting in the resolution that saw the remaining five members of SVPS (Area H, Princeton, Area G, Keremeos and Area B) vote in favour of committing $3,600 each for a total of $18,000 towards the valley-wide plan.

The SVPS, which primarily deals with economic development related issues, is made up of elected officials including mayors, area directors and the chief from the LSIB. The Upper Similkameen Indian Band is currently not an active member.

Crow declined to comment on why he would not fund or vote in favour of the plan.

Although a commitment on the project was needed to give time to apply for grants from DestinationBC, Crow was told the LSIB could buy into the project later.

The Similkameen Wineries Association committed $5,000 for the ongoing tourism project that includes an up-to-date valley-wide website, social media accounts, annual tourist guide and administration by TOTA of the project.

Simone Carlysle-Smith from TOTA explained the program offers the valley a chance to leverage funds to obtain grants from the province that individually each community would not be eligible for.

“You’re basically pooling your money together, taking your investment and leveraging it with your partnership with Black Press for the guide and receiving a grant from the province for a tourism strategy you could not afford on your own,” she said.

Black Press is responsible for the advertising and the distribution of the tourist guide while TOTA manages the content and layout of the project, which is produced each spring.

Keremeos Mayor and SVPS chair Manfred Bauer said with leveraging, the value of the multi-faceted project is about $73,000.

“When we started out we basically had nothing.

For such a small investment we receive a lot. With the website we are now players in a global market,” he said.

Carlysle-Smith said in 2014 at least 25,000 unique visitors visited the website and it is the page that comes up first when searching for Similkameen Valley on the internet.

In addition to the valley tourism strategy, members of SVPS were asked to consider joining a larger regional tourism strategy that includes a total $3,000 buy-in from SVPS. The money will be leveraged with other tourism boards in the South Okanagan to develop a larger scale tourism project.

Communities that might also be included in the group include Destination Osoyoos, Osoyoos Indian Band, Oliver Tourism Association, Tourism Penticton, Summerland Chamber of Commerce and Discover Naramata.

Carlysle-Smith explained Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen staff suggested a South Okaganan board could be established including representatives from each area’s tourism groups so that they could establish a collective voice.

“There isn’t one particular group that speaks for regional tourism,” Carlysle-Smith said.

As there is a small amount of money leftover from previous years projects, SVPS could enrol in the regional organization by using those funds.

LSIB chief Crow and Area G director Elef Christensen abstained from voting during the recent SVPS. Crow declined to comment on his reasons for abstaining.

Christensen said he would like more time to make his decision.

He was expected to email his vote in by this Wednesday.

To establish the Okanagan Similkameen Tourism Alliance other communities would need to sign on and fund the initiative as well.

MP Albas named interprovincial trade critic

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Crossman top bowler this week

In Alley Oops action Pam Crossman scored an impressive 266 to earn top bowler and top of the Ladies category. Madeleine Pruden scored a 205 in the same category Monday November 16.

In Mens Wayne Ritchie scored, 204, 201, while Paul Herchak bowled 216, Norm Boucher, 222, and John Merriman 212.

In the previous week in Alley Oops top bowlers were Harold Desjardins, 205, Bruce Crossman, 219, Frank Shiels, 226, Wayne Ritchie, 221 and Norm Boucher, 214.

Earning top scores in the Thursday morning coffee league were Tim Austen 229-232, and Wayne Ritchie 205.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Voluntary Discharge and Early Termination of Land Use Contract No. LU-3-D; and Official Community Plan & Zoning Bylaw Amendment “Heritage Hills” and “Lakeshore Highlands” (Electoral Area “D-2”) Date: Time: Location:

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Okanagan Falls Community Centre, Meeting Room 1141 Cedar Street, Okanagan Falls, B.C.

PURPOSE: To undertake a “voluntary discharge” as well as an “early termination” of Land Use Contract No. LU-3-D registered against the title of approximately 227 properties comprised within the “Heritage Hills” and “Lakeshore Highlands” neighbourhood of Electoral Area “D” in accordance with Section 914.2 of the Local Government Act, and to amend the Electoral Area “D-2” Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2603, 2013, and the Regional District of OkanaganSimilkameen Electoral Area “D” Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008, to designate and zone the subject properties.

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Amendment Bylaw No. 2603.06 2015: proposes to amend Official Community Plan (OCP) Bylaw No. 2458, 2008, in order to designate those parcels not in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) as Small Holdings (SH) and those parcels in the ALR as Agriculture (AG).

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Amendment Bylaw No. 2455.19 2015: proposes to terminate Land Use Contract No. LU-3-D and to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008, to zone the subject properties Small Holdings Five Site Specific (SH5s). The purpose of the site specific regulation is to exclude “agriculture”, “animal hospitals”, “forestry” and “home industries” as permitted uses and to increase the maximum parcel coverage to 35%.

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Amendment Bylaw No. 2455.20 2015: proposes the voluntary discharge of Land Use Contract No. LU-3-D and to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008, to zone the subject property Residential Single Family One (RS1).

NOTE: if adopted, Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2455.19, 2015, will come into force one year and a day after the date of its adoption.

Terminate Land Use Contract LU-3-D AND Amend OCP Bylaw No. 2603, 2013: to: Small Holdings (SH) AND Amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008: to: Small Holdings Five Site Specific (SH5s)

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Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola MP Dan Albas plans to continue squashing barriers to domestic trade in his new role as opposition critic for interprovincial trade.

Albas was named critic by interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose last week.

He plans to continue his efforts in increasing access to BC wines to everyone in Canada.

“One of my achievements for the last session was C311 better known as the Free My Grapes legislation. We were able to get legislation that allows family wineries to ship direct to consumers in Nova Scotia and Manitoba but many provinces have yet to sign on,” Albas said during a phone call from Ottawa late last week.

“Part of my role is to work on this file and on files of other Canadian manufacturers and producers... we need to take advantage of a singe community market.”

Albas noted that Canada appears to be moving forward with the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, which many are hailing as the largest and most comprehensive trade agreement in history.

“Right now Keremeos and Similkameen Valley vintners have an easier time getting their products to Tokyo and Texas than they do to Toronto and Montreal. We have 43 different trade agreements but there is no more important issue than making sure Canadians have access to a fair and single market.”

On the home front Albas and his staff are currently working on a solution so that residents of the Similkameen will not have to drive to Kelowna if they need to speak to someone at his constituency office.

Albas said he and staff want to make things as easy as possible for constituents.

Details will be released in the coming weeks.

In his weekly column, Albas wrote about the federal government’s commitment to bring 25,000

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Terminate Land Use Contract LU-3-D AND Amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008: to: Residential Single Family One (RS1) Terminate Land Use Contract LU-3-D AND Amend OCP Bylaw No. 2603, 2013: to: Agriculture (AG) AND Amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008: to: Agriculture Three (AG3)

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MP Dan Albas

Syrian refugees to Canada before the end of 2015.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that the government has re-aligned it’s goal and is now anticipating 10,000 refugees will be settled in Canada before the end of the year and the goal is to have a total of 25,000 settled by the end of February 2016.

In his column Albas noted that he’d heard concerns from many constituents regarding proper screening of refugees.

He stated he and his Conservative colleagues would bring those concerns to the government.

“While the need for screening and security is clearly understandable, we must not overlook that the vast majority of refugees are only looking for a safe and welcoming country where they will not be in harm`s way. Many of these families undertook significant risks and left everything behind in the hopes that a better future could be possible for them and their families,” he wrote in his column.

VIEW COPIES OF THE DRAFT BYLAWS, THE LAND USE CONTRACT, THE RESOLUTION DELEGATING THE HOLDING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING & SUPPORTING INFORMATION AT: Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC, V2A-5J9 on weekdays (excluding statutory holidays) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed bylaw amendments can present written information or speak at the public hearing. All correspondence for the public hearing to be addressed to: Public Hearing Bylaw Nos. 2603.06, 2455.19 & 2455.20, c/o Regional District of OkanaganSimilkameen at 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC, V2A 5J9.

No letter, report or representation from the public will be received after the conclusion of the public hearing. This public hearing has been delegated to a Director of the Regional District.

Protecting your personal information is an obligation the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen takes seriously. Our practices have been designed to ensure compliance with the privacy provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (British Columbia) (“FIPPA”). Any personal or proprietary information you provide to us is collected, used and disclosed in accordance with FIPPA.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES: Telephone: 250-490-4107 Fax: 250-492-0063 Email: planning@rdos.bc.ca Web: www.rdos.bc.ca

Donna Butler, MCIP Manager of Development Services

Christy Malden Manager of Legislative Services

Bill Newell Chief Administrative Officer

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Conservatives want to compete in 2017

B.C. Conservative leader Dan Brooks stopped in Victoria last week on a tour of the province to prepare the party for the next election. Here are excerpts from his conversation with Black Press legislature reporter Tom Fletcher.

TF: There was a rumour that you’re in Victoria to join the B.C. Liberal Party.

DB: I don’t know where that started. It’s false. I’ve never talked to a Liberal about anything of that nature, ever.

TF: I only bring it up because the eternal question is whether your party and your efforts can only help the NDP. DB: On the contrary, I think what we’re doing is critical to the health of B.C.’s political system. We need Conservatives in that legislature. It’s more important now than ever before. This is the opportunity to make wholesale change in B.C. It’s always been the lesser of two evils, the NDP and the Liberals. With a Conservative alternative, this is a chance to change the whole province.

TF: What’s the first thing you would change?

DB: Let’s strengthen our democracy right off the bat by banning corporate and union donations. That would take a lot of the power out of the hands of big unions and big corporations and their influence in the ministers’ offices. Let’s catch up with the rest of the world and modern democracies that do it too, including the federal government.

TF: Are you recruiting candidates? We’re up to 87 constituencies for the 2017 election. Can you field candidates in all of them?

DB: We are recruiting candidates, and we’re in the process of finding people who are going to help us build a better province, and help us win that election in 2017.

I’m touring the province to listen to British Columbians so we can develop a platform that really speaks to what they want to see in the next government, and with the platform and candidates in place, we’re going to be prepared well in advance.

TF: The B.C. Liberals have a big push on for industrial development, particularly in the North. Do you support what they’re doing there?

DB: I support some aspects of what they’re doing.

The liquefied natural gas dream, if it ever comes to fruition, I think is a good thing for B.C. I support pursuing that dream.

But the B.C. Liberals have really neglected northern communities, and the reason is you’ve got communities that are in decline. You’ve got population declines, schools closing.

You’ve got a timber supply that’s in crisis, and they’re a decade behind in dealing with that crisis. They’ve been solely focused on LNG and they’ve excluded all the other economic opportunities in northern B.C. And that’s the problem with the B.C. Liberals up there.

We’ve got to get a new economic vision for the North, for the Interior, that’s going to see a diverse economy, secondary value-added manufacturing, that looks at how we’re going to sustain communities long term, and not just a one-off, one project that’s going to result in shortterm employment for construction and then a couple of people in operations.

TF: What else would you like to see in B.C.?

DB: We need alternatives in B.C. politics. The B.C. Conservative Party is the best hope for British Columbia to make real, substantive change, economically, politically and I believe even socially.

These old recycled ideas from the NDP and the B.C. Liberals are going nowhere. The B.C. Liberals have really poisoned the well, so to speak, with this open government and triple deleting and all those scandals. They’ve overstayed their welcome. People are looking around for alternatives, and they don’t trust the NDP.

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Lights out for opponents of Site C VICTORIA – The fall session of the B.C. legislature petered out two days early last week, as the ruling B.C. Liberals and the opposition NDP agreed to turn out the energy-efficient lights and head for home.

NDP leader John Horgan skipped the last day and headed to the B.C. Institute of Technology campus in Burnaby. There he announced “PowerBC,” billed as the NDP’s “bold, progressive plan for the future of B.C. energy, with a strong focus on jobs.”

Reporters asked, how many jobs? Horgan said retrofitting public buildings and homes for energy efficiency would create jobs all around the province, but he can’t say how many.

How much does the plan cost, and does it include subsidizing homeowners to fix their windows and insulation? “The costing will be more apparent when we get closer to the election,” Horgan replied.

Whatever the cost, the NDP plan apparently rests on the assumption that the $9 billion Site C dam project on the Peace River can be stopped by an NDP government after

the 2017 elecSite C contract. tion. That money West Moberly would be used to Chief Roland build wind and Willson staged a solar generation, dramatic protest at and to install a the legislature last sixth and final spring, bringing a water turbine at cooler of frozen Revelstoke dam. bull trout from TOM FLETCHER The chanca river below the es of Site C two existing Peace being stopped dams, telling are approachmedia they were ing zero. too contaminated Construction of an access road with mercury to eat. started two months ago, site Flooding land for hydro clearing and work camp con- dams does elevate methylstruction a month before that. mercury levels in water, but Energy Minister Bill Bennett BC Hydro provided me with says the main dam construc- the latest study that included tion contract will be let shortly, fish samples collected by West followed by the powerhouse Moberly members. It shows contract next year. average methylmercury levels Horgan said remaining legal remain below federal guidechallenges could slow or stop lines for limiting consumption the project. of commercially sold fish.

The West Moberly and It’s an odd coincidence that Prophet River First Nations Willson suddenly made this have lost their case against Site claim, 47 years after the first C twice, in the B.C. Supreme Peace dam was completed, and Federal Courts, and are when he happened to be in appealing. The Doig River and court trying to stop Site C. McLeod Lake Indian Bands A coalition of U.S. and dropped their challenges, and Canadian environment groups McLeod Lake’s construction is also demanding that Site company has started work on a C be stopped, using typical

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arguments to appeal to their low-information donor base.

According to the Sierra Club and others, Site C is not renewable energy because the (largely idle) farmland it floods is a “carbon sink.” Forests do store carbon, albeit temporarily, but farmland where the trees have been cleared? This is glutenfree gobbledegook.

They also trot out the claim that Site C will be used to power liquefied natural gas operations. Most proponents so far have said they will use gas for LNG processing, and if they don’t have hydro available for ancillary power, they will have to burn more gas.

BC Hydro has just finished its latest grid upgrade, a second high-voltage transmission line from Merritt to Coquitlam. It adds disaster reliability to the system that brings power from the Peace and Columbia dams to the Lower Mainland.

If you’re arguing that hydroelectricity isn’t renewable power, you’ve already lost.

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

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Cleaning up with integrity in vacuum sales brow. “Your old vacuum must be about due for retirement,” I suggested hopefully.

“Oh,” she replied, smiling sweetly, “I don’t think it’s that old. In fact, the warranty might still be on it.”

Although I hadn’t seen her vacuum, I knew my high roller manager would have dismissed it as a piece of junk. But just the same, her words didn’t encourage me.

“Why don’t we go to your kitchen table anyway, and I’ll show you how it looks on paper,” I suggested.

She followed me willingly, but when I pulled out a contract and pen, and asked for her name, she protested.

“Oh my gracious, you mustn’t waste your paper on me. I’m not buying anything.”

“Don’t worry about the paper.” I said, chuckling at her frugality.

She gave me her name but said, “You really shouldn’t spend your time on me.”

She got up and poured us each another cup of tea while I filled in the contract. I then laid it and the pen in front of her, albeit, rather half heartedly.

She glanced at the bottom figure with no apparent interest. Then, inexplicably, that little butterfly lady picked up the pen, signed the contract and wrote a cheque for the entire amount.

My stunned expression produced a mischievous smile and she said, “You don’t think I invited you in just for your company, do you? I knew all along I wanted the vacuum. I had to be sure you weren’t a slick operator, like that manager in your store. I was in there the other day, and when I saw all the jewellery on him, I thought he’d scam me.”

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There was a time in my life when you might say, I lost touch with all things rational. I confess I once signed up with a doorto-door vacuum sales company.

Not just any vacuum company, mind you.

I signed up with the best.

I knew it was the best because my smooth talking, clean shaven, spicy smelling manager assured me it was the best. “These vacuums sell themselves,” he told me very confidentially my first day. It was as though he was Warren Buffet, sharing with me his personal formula for financial success. How I dreamed of being just as confident and sophisticated as that manager.

But after my first week of knocking on doors, my tail twitching between my trembling legs, I had sold nothing.

“Don’t sweat it, Tiger,” the great one confidently assured me, his jewel bedecked arm around my slumping shoulders. “Once you get the knack of it, your picture will hang in our company’s hall of fame.”

One wet, dreary evening at about 9 o’clock, I knocked on the door of an older house at the very end of a dead end street.

Dead end. That’s where I felt my sales career was.

A little silver haired lady appeared at the door. And, as luck would have it, a monstrous, grouchy looking yellow dog at her side.

I could see right off I’d better make peace with that big jowled canine.

“Hey buddy,” I said, trying to sound nonchalant. “Relax, I don’t bite.”

He dismissed me with the careless contempt the omnipotent reserve for mere peons.

Next to that pugnacious appearing hound, the little silver haired lady was like a lovely, delicate butterfly.

“Oh,” she said very sweetly when I had explained my mission. “Really, I do have a good vacuum.”

How my heart plummeted within me when I heard that. But then, pointing a firm finger at yellow old El Groucho, she banished the beast to a fittingly lowly spot in the hallway. “Young man,” she said, “you look like you could use a cup of hot tea. Won’t you come in for a few minutes?”

Dispirited from the cold and lack of

success, I accepted. Before long she said, “Now tell me, what’s so special about your vacuum?”

“Just one minute,” I said, jumping to my feet and almost spilling my blackberry tea on her light coloured carpeting.

I rushed out and proudly carried in a sleek

new gray and blue machine. In less than 15 minutes of frenzied activity, I’d surrounded the little silver haired butterfly lady with a half moon arrangement of black cloths, each with a small mound of grey dust from her carpet.

Ceasing my labours, I wiped my sweating

Getting the sale was awesome. But, it was cranky, conniving yellow El Groucho that got the last word. He’d been sulking, biding his time in the hallway. Now, while the silver haired butterfly lady admired her new acquisition, and I was bending over to tie my laces, the old cuss leapt up with unexpected vigour. Before I could slip through the door, he nipped me smartly in the behind.

Once outside, I consoled my bruised ego with the thought that I’d gotten a sale my high roller manager had missed.

Open the door, close your eyes, and let them go Choose your battles.

It is without doubt the most significant parenting advice a young mom can embrace.

And it always comes up at this time of year, as the morning mercury sinks to several degrees below brrrrrr.

The relative benefits of having children leave the house properly dressed for the weather are far outbalanced by the familial stress that conversation creates on a daily basis.

Zip up your coat. NO. Where’s your hat? IT’S ITCHY. Don’t forget your mittens. MITTENS ARE FOR BABIES. By late June the futility of these demands is always apparent. Any school hallway north of 49th parallel looks as though it’s suffered the explosion of a Wal-Mart winter clearance rack.

All those clothes you thought your kids were actually wearing out for recess are retrieved from their hidey holes and piled up for parents to pick through, take home, and fight about again in six months time.

Keep your eye on the ball. It is far more important to raise a child who is smart enough to come in out of the rain than it is to

grow one whom you can force two – lunches need to be into a pair of rain boots. packed, homework has to be When their hands are red, signed, toast and toothpaste raw and numb, they will at least fly in every direction. As long shove them in their pockets. as their attire wasn’t actuThe cold, you know, does not ally breaking any laws it was give children colds. Those are sheer survival to push them germs. out the door.

The young have rapid metabOverheard in the DeMeer kitchen at 7:40 a.m.: But why olisms. They don’t feel chill in CAN’T I wear my pajamas if the same way as adults.

ANDREA DEMEER I want to?

Also, when kids hit a certain old dog Silence while Mom tries age it is generally accepted that new tricks to think of a sustainable it’s not “cool” to be dressed argument as to why a kid “warm.” There is no acceptable can’t wear pajamas all day. explanation for that fact, but it You know something? There remains true.

At least, those are the things I tell myself isn’t one.

Over the years this approach resulted Monday to Friday as the DeMeer boys head out to meet the bus in their sneakers with their in some truly bizarre ensembles and more laces trailing behind them and their jackets than one phone call home from the teacher’s flapping open, bending their uncovered heads lounge. (Well, the pajama day for starters.)

On the bright side closing your eyes and against the elements.

Irrespective of cold weather, the DeMeer biting your tongue buys a lot of peace in a cubs have dressed themselves from the time family. Always I limited comments to nonthey were each able to open a bag of pull-ups. judgmental, fact-based observations, ie: Your Do the math. A typical morning for one shirt is on backwards.

Some days were harder than others. mom and four kids, – that’s eight hands to

There is always at least one Mom and tot in every Kindergarten cloakroom who arrives every morning looking as they just stepped out of a photo shoot for the Sears catalogue.

Colors coordinated, seams are pressed, accessories match and they are smiling.

Don’t take pity looks from these people.

Think: Stepford called, they want their foundation garments back.

There was an awkward Sunday morning, when the DeMeer’s own tiny princess sat, knees akimbo, on the steps of the chancel for “Children’s Time,” frocked in a frothy dress with a tooled skirt and absolutely no underwear.

Perseverance is the key. Today each of the next-generation DeMeers is capable of putting together a smart outfit without assistance.

For those parents who still insist on stressing about what their kids wear when they go out of the house, consider the most important suggestion might be... ...condoms.

Oh, and don’t come home in handcuffs.

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Park plan endangers peace, tranquility in Similkameen Valley

To the Editor:

I applaud Alyce Coggan’s letter (which appeared in the November 19 edition of the Review). I to was quite offended by the Penticton business owner’s view. His letter hit the heart of why I don’t want the park.

We live in the Similkameen for the peace and tranquility of the valley.

Have you ever been to Banff or Jasper?

It’s a zoo.

Too many people, too many cars, no parking and high crime rates.

Maybe if money is all you’re really after you should move to Banff.

Sorry, but we like Eden the way

it is.

The provincial government decided that enough people didn’t want the park so they broke off talks. It should be decided by the people that are directly affected, not by people in Kelowna.

We don’t want a federal park in our backyard.

It’s been over 15 years, I just put my No National Park sign away, must I put it back up bigger and better.

Don’t forget over 6,000 locals signed a petition against the park.

It’s time to bury the park.

Pat Sanderson

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Everyday doesn’t need to be designated to be special To the Editor: As Black Friday looms followed by the impending Christmas season I begin to worry about my days.

I am fully in support of various causes and events of awareness but our 24 hour slots are quickly being consumed by ‘special days’.

Failing to stem the tide we risk finding ourselves with a day shortage.

Cyber Monday, Toonie Tuesday, Superbowl Sunday and Seniors Thursday leave only Wednesday, Friday and Saturday unclaimed.

‘Floater’ days remove a vast number more. Boxing Day, Halloween, Valentines Day, Worldwide Celebration of Weights and Measures Day, Wookie Life Day and others are quickly eliminating ordinary twenty four hour stretches.

Weeks are also falling prey to unilaterally declared causes, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Global Entrepreneur Week, Worldwide Breast-feeding Week are examples. With fewer weeks available conflicts are arising.

The UN-declared World Space Week finds itself at odds with with

the Marijuana Users Association which wants to use the same time slot for World Spaced Week.

However, Geography Awareness Week organizers have gone into talks with their counterparts at the Directionally Challenged Week offices. Both groups are hoping for a mutually productive collaboration.

Months are no exception to the onslaught. October was declared 4-H Month, as well asAmerican

Cheese Month and Menopause Month. Novembers competition sees Banana Pudding Lovers, Pecan Eaters and Novel Writers all vying to have this same slot as their own.

Future conflict can be assured.

I submit that we end this penchant for special days, weeks and months. To have a simple Saturday where there are no concerns other than sitting would be satisfying.

A mundane Monday where I do no more than mumble about the morons around me would be marvellous. Weeks without World Alliance groups waving placards and months devoid of declarations of various sorts seems desirable.

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Push is on for Hedley cenotaph restoration Tara Bowie Review Staff

It’s not easy to find someone qualified to work on an almost 100 year-old monument and it certainly isn’t cheap.

For about a year a group of dedicated volunteers in Hedley have been working to raise funds and secure a contractor to restore the Hedley cenotaph.

“Although we looked we were unable to find artisans in the Okanagan Valley that were able to work to restore the cenotaph so we had to go to Vancouver. We’ve found two monument companies in Vancouver and they’ve visited the site and they offer two very different options. It’s very difficult to find people who are qualified to do this kind of work nowadays,” Jennifer Douglass, member of the Hedley Cenotaph Committee said.

Over the years the lead lettering has either fallen off or been pulled off and portions of the granite have been damaged with time.

In addition to restoring the cenotaph, the committee would like to add two names Lcp. William H. Henderson and Pte. John W. McLintock to the cenotaph. Through research and using the Hedley Gazette it’s been determined the men were from Hedley and fought and died in the First World War. “We’ve found evidence, documents that prove these men were Hedley residents and they died in the war and we would like to add them to the cenotaph,” Douglass said.

The committee received two quotes from two companies that are very different from one another, Douglass said.

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The first proposal is to cover the existing lead lettering with granite plaques and re-engrave all the soldiers’ names onto the granite. This method would prevent vandals or age from removing letters in the future.

The cost is about $19,500.

The other option is to replace the lead letters, keeping with the original design and adding the two new names also in lead letter.

The cost would be about $22,000.

Residents who attended a meeting scheduled for Wednesday afternoon had a chance to decide which direction to go.

At this point almost $5,000 has been raised for the restoration project and a grant from Veterans Affairs has been established to match up to $10,000 raised.

“So we’re about half way there right now,” Douglass said.

Two families that took part in a commemorative weekend this past August of the 100-year anniversary of 17 Hedley men enlisting in the First World War on the same day, have stepped forward and stated they would match funds donated up to $1,800 for a total of $3,600.

“They want to remain anonymous but they did generously come forward and say they would match funds raised up until the end of the year. So, the push is on.”

Anyone interested in donating funds to restore the Hedley cenotaph can mail checks to the Hedley Museum with checks payable to the Hedley Cenotaph Fund.

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This winery opened a brand new tasting room in June, where you can taste their elegant Bordeaux-style wines, or wander through their certified-organic vineyard.

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This winery, nestled along the banks of the Similkameen River, is a certified organic tree fruit farm, vineyard and nature estate.

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This winery features a pair of entangled willow trees on the lawn, which inspired their winery’s name.

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This is the only BC cidery to make cider from organic estate grown cider specific apples and is the first stand-alone cidery in the Similkameen.

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This is Canada’s only strawbale winery. The ecofriendly, solar-powered design consists of two buildings adjoined by a breezeway.

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This winery gets its name from ancient Rome representing a festival in honour of the goddess Ceres, the Goddess of Harvest.

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This winery sports a par 3 golf course nestled amongst their vineyard offering beautiful views of the Valley.

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This winery makes a speciality wine called “Vin Gris” which is made from the Pinot Noir grape in a white wine style.

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This winery uses the Geneva Double Curtain Trellis style which allows the grapes to become optimally ripe producing intense and unique flavours.

10. This winery is the only Similkameen winery to win two back-toback Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in BC Wine.

11. This winery features underground caves where their wine ages in barrels while classical music plays in the background.

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This BC Parks cabin at Joe Lake was used by hikers, skiers and hunters. The cabin burned down sometime this fall. It will most likely not be rebuilt.

A Cawston man along with his longtime friend were killed when an SUV crashed into the golf cart they were riding in at a mobile home park in California.

Neil Karran, 77, died November 18 following the collision at Desert Moon and Colonial drives in the Tri Palms Estates mobile home park in Thousand Palms, California, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s office.

It’s been reported Karran was in California helping his longtime friend Ronald Little, 76, of Lac La Hache, BC ready his mobile home to put it up for sale.

Little and his two dogs also died at the scene of the horrific collision.

The men’s wives were at home in British Columbia at the time of the col-

lision.

The collision occurred at about 3:15 p.m. November 18, when the SUV slammed into the golf car from behind.

The men were ejected from the golf cart.

A 32-year-old Palm Desert, California woman has been charged with two counts of DUI second-degree murder, animal cruelty and driving on a suspended license.

The Desert Sun newspaper reported the woman pleaded not guilty in California court last week and remains in custody. She is expected to appear in Riverside County Superior Court later this week.

Karran leaves behind a wife, two adult children and several grandchildren.

BC Parks cabin burns to ground at Joe Lake Andrea DeMeer Review Staff

A backcountry tradition of providing shelter for hikers, skiers and hunters came to a sad end recently when a cabin at Joe Lake burned to the ground.

“I was just sick to think about it,” said Roy Harker of Princeton, who has maintained the cabin as a volunteer for BC Parks for the past two decades.

As recent improvements including a new stove and new chimney pipe were made to the cabin, Harker is convinced the place was deliberately torched.

“I’m disgusted and shocked that anyone would do that,” he said.

“This thing didn’t burn down by itself. Even if it was just an accident

someone should come forward and say ‘Guess what we had an accident and burned down the cabin.’ But nobody is going to come forward.

I’m sure of that.”

The cabin – which according to its logbook received as many as 30 visitors each year – was originally constructed as a survival shelter for game wardens in the 1950s.

There are only two ways to access Joe Lake – one 2.5 hour trail and one seven-hour trail – so the spot was popular among people who liked to spend a night or two in the bush, he said.

The site can only be reached by foot or horseback.

“It got a lot of hikers and the horse people, but not as many of them as there were in the past. And

of course there were hunters during the season because there are Bighorn sheep in the area.

There were no locks on the doors, and the cabin was equipped with cots, foam mattresses, dishes, pots, pans and even containers of dried food. In September it received a fresh coat of paint.

Almost all of the materials purchased for the cabin were courtesy of Harker and a group of his friends, who travelled to the area at least four times a year to maintain the building and haul away garbage. In 1998 the team won a Volunteer of the Year award from BC Parks for its efforts.

“Because we loved doing it, that’s why,” he said by way of explaining the hundreds of hours of

labor that went into maintaining the property each year. “It was to help people.”

The cabin was destroyed between October 20 and October 30. Its charred ruins were discovered by hunters from Keremeos who had intended to bunk there overnight.

Harker has already posted signs at access points to the trails leading to Joe Lake to warn people the cabin is no longer an option for shelter.

“That’s the main thing here is to get the word out. Cross country skiers often go out that way to Joe Lake and stay the night. They get there late in the day and if all they have is their day packs they are stuck for the night.”

Harker said there is no chance the cabin will be rebuilt because of the costs involved. Even if the materials were available, they would have to be moved to the area by helicopter.

The fire was reported to Princeton RCMP. While Sergeant Barry Kennedy told the Review the incident is unfortunate, there is little police can do to investigate.

Harker believes that at some point the mystery of the fire will be solved.

“People talk. Sooner or later someone will say something. It might take a month, it might take a year or it might take ten years for eventually someone will brag about it.”

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Elks holding second annual breakfast with Santa Claus Review Staff

The Keremeos Elks are wrapping up one of their busiest years in recent history with a visit from Santa.

The Elks are holding their second annual Breakfast with Santa Saturday, December 5 at the Elks Lodge.

The hot breakfast of pancakes, sausage, and eggs starts at 8:30 a.m. and runs to 10:30 a.m. and is free for everyone (adults must be accompanied by a child).

“It’s just our way of giving back. We want to do something for the kids and give everyone a chance to have fun,” Bundie Page, longtime Elks member said.

This year the group is hoping to grow on the success of its first year of Breakfast with Santa event.

Last year about 40 or 50 people came out to the event but they’re hoping for more this year.

“We’re hoping to maybe do a little craft so the kids can take it home with them. We’re going to have music. We just want it to be a bit bigger,” Page said.

This year the Elks have been hopping with a variety of new and old events.

Each year kicks off with a garage sale in the early spring followed quickly by the famed Elks Rodeo during the May long weekend.

This year the Elks added a Blue Grass Festival to its roster of events and a street dance.

“The festival went really well and we’re working to make it even bigger this coming year,” shes said.

The Elks are also do breakfast and lunch during Canada Day and Similkameen Sizzle.

This year they also held their first haunted house at the Elks Lodge on Halloween. The event was a success and organizers have plans to make it scarier next year.

“For a small group we’re really busy,” Page said.

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Cleanup started late last week at the site of the former Riverbed Bistro. The restaurant burned down about five months ago. At the time the RCMP deemed the fire as suspicious but no charges were laid and the investigatin is closed.

Ministry keeping eye on rockslide area Review Staff

It’s a wait and see approach for the rockslide just west of Keremeos.

Despite a large two-phase project completed just about a month ago that saw the construction of a retaining wall and excavation of about 700 metre of the slope rocks still came tumbling down at the site about 9 kilometres west of Keremeos.

The highway was closed for about four hours in the evening of November 17.

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Geotechnical engineers have reviewed the slide area.

“Our geotechnical engineers are reviewing the recent improvements to ensure that the ministry is doing everything it can to prevent serious impacts from rock fall,” the spokesperson stated.

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Larson wrapping up busy year in BC politics Linda Larson MLA, Boundary-Similkameen

As we move into the end of another year, 44 bills have passed through the Legislature in Victoria.

Some of them generate more citizen interest than others. The Tobacco Control Amendment Act changed the availability of flavoured tobacco and e-cigarettes to youth. The Electoral Districts Act will affect the boundaries of this riding for the 2017 election by adding Princeton, and the Local Elections Campaign Financing Amendment Act creates more transparency and fairness for all seeking local government positions.

The changes to the Liquor Control and Licensing Act has enhanced the experience our local wineries can offer their customers and made access to B.C. wine, beer and spirits easier at farmers markets, etc.

There are always bugs to be worked out with new legislation, but the ultimate goal is to improve it. Some of the acts are housekeeping ones where old legislation is revisited and revised, and many are new. To see all the legislation for 2015, please go to the legislative W ATM NO LE! B A L I A V A

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The communities and businesses in the riding continue to be recognized on many fronts. The B.C. Destination Marketing Organization Professional Excellence Award was presented to the Destination O s o y o o s Development Society for the great job they have done marketing Osoyoos to the rest of the world.

Keremeos was one of only four communities in the province to receive a FortisBC Community Giving Grant for LED lighting for the village walking trail.

Money for programs related to environmental stewardship have also been received by the Osoyoos Desert Society, the South Okanagan Thursday

Friday

2 pm GUCCI CARDS

Rehabilitation Centre for Owls (SORCO), the Christina Lake Community R e s o u r c e Stewardship Centre and the Boundary Invasive Species Society for the good work they do.

Funds have also been distributed to several schools in the riding to do MLA Linda Larson much-needed upgrades.

As always, regardless of the season people continue to raise funds and hold events to help those in need in our area. I recently attended a Habitat for Humanity event in Greenwood to help raise money to build a home for one of the families in Westbridge. This event was attended by close to 200 people and raised $10,000 for this worthy cause.

The Desert Valley Hospice

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they will pass on their findings to Environment Minister Mary Polak.

I am hopeful that in January the minister will be able to move forward on some common areas of interest and support.

I want to thank a very special group of volunteers who keep my Food for Thought Muffin Program at South Okanagan Secondary School alive and well in my absence. Muffin bakers Christina Ruddiman, Irene Covey and Pam Dunn, who also, with her husband Lawrence, are the friendly faces at the school twice a week.

Thanks also to the Kiwanis Club of Oliver, Buy Low Foods and the BC Tree Fruits Co-op who continue to donate money and goods to this program.

The Christmas season is nearly upon us once again. On behalf of the staff in the Oliver office, Colleen and Patt, and myself and my husband Larry, I hope you all enjoy time with friends and family and take a moment to share with someone less fortunate. Join staff and I for Christmas goodies at our open house on Dec. 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. at 6369 Main St., in Oliver.

Society held its annual wine and cheese social and auction at the Frank Venables Atrium. Thanks to Janet Shaw for her leadership and hard work in raising the profile of Hospice and all the wonderful volunteers who help the people of the South Okanagan in their time of need.

The Desert Sun Resource Centre holds an annual fundraising event for the women’s shelter and just completed a very successful “Empty Bowl” event in Osoyoos.

A sold-out crowd enjoyed gourmet soups prepared by a dozen of the valley’s chefs served in a beautiful pottery bowl made by the Osoyoos Potters (with a little help from an Oliver potter) which we then were able to take home as a gift. A unique experience for all.

Thank you to all who took time to send in thoughtful and innovative ideas on managing the sensitive environment of the South Okanagan through the website and in emails and letters. This was not a poll. A small focus group will only review and summarize all the comments and suggestions; they will not be making recommendations.

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HEALTHY HERBAL HINTS

Herbs have been around, helping us since…even before my time. Here are a few tips about plants and some of the benefits one can expect from them: Garlic – Many times, I have suggested this one for hemorrhoids. Yes, hemorrhoids. In order to use it effectively, you peal off the outer layers of a clove, and then coat it with a natural, healthy substance like Vitamin E to lubricate it. Next, you insert it in the anus and leave it there – overnight! I have been told that by the next morning, all is back to normal.

Ginger – Motion sickness or travel sickness got you down? Try grating a little ginger (or putting a few drops of liquid extract) into a glass of water. Add a few shakes of cayenne pepper, if you are daring. Drink it down and notice just how quickly your unhappy tummy begins to smile, once again. It’s also very good for morning sickness and is one of the few herbs safe to take during pregnancy.

Arnica Montana – This one is generally referred to, simply, as Arnica. It is one of the most effective remedies for strains, sprains and injury. (I gave an extract to my daughter when she had her wisdom teeth removed and she experienced very little discomfort.) Athletes use copious amounts of it, generally in a cream or ointment, to help with their muscle aches and strains. You can also find it in tablet or liquid form.

Aloe Vera – This is one of the most healing of plants. Apply it to sunburns, burns of any other variety, scrapes, abrasions and any other skin condition that has been influenced by an outside source. Use the gel for topical (on the skin) applications and the juice for internal use (to assist with digestion and other digestive tract complaints.)

Horsetail – This plant is very high in silica content and has been shown to really speed up the healing process, especially when used for bone fracture. Years ago, whilst indulging in a rather…assertive game of Wally ball (volleyball played in a racquetball court), I – somehow – managed to break an ankle. After ‘loading up’ on horsetail, I was back on the court in just five short weeks!

Tea Bags? – Okay, not exactly herbs, per se, but they have their place. For example, were you aware that a (regular, not herbal) tea bag makes an excellent poultice? Well, it does, and experience has shown me that it can take away the pain from a sting by bees or wasps or any other type of nasty bite.

Simply moisten a new tea bag, squeeze out the excess water, then apply directly to the bite or sting. Pain vanishes almost immediately as the tea bag poultice goes to work!

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By the time the last month of pregnancy comes around, new mothers-to-be often feel the baby grows by many pounds. In actual fact, the average fetus gains about 250 grams (a little more than half a pound) during the last month of gestation.

HOW ABOUT BALLROOM DANCING...

When we talk about exercise in the column, walking is often mentioned. However, one we haven’t mentioned is ballroom dancing. Walking is boring to some people but dancing is fun and good for your heart. It also helps to improve your coordination and balance, strengthen your legs and even help you lose weight.

BMI or BAI

Body-Mass Index (BMI) is a ratio of your weight to height.

It gives an idea of the amount of fat in your body. The result should be 25 and under. A new method is being introduced that may be more accurate. It is Body Adiposity Index (BAI).

This index relates hip size to height. You’ll hear more about this in the future.

HEEL FISSURES

Some people experience heel fissures which can be caused by wearing open-heeled shoes and sandals. To prevent this sometimes painful condition, wear closed heel shoes and use a pumice stone to smooth some of the rougher areas. You can also apply a skin moisturizer. Look for those containing ingredients like urea, lactic acid or glycolic acid.

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CAPRICORN: Capricorn, there’s not much more you can pile onto your plate without it tipping over. This week lighten your load by asking family to help. They are more than willing.

AQUARIUS: Make an effort to restore some order to your finances, Aquarius.

It may be time to curtail your spending, but a close examination of your finances won’t cause much panic.

PISCES: Pisces, some mysterious news has piqued your curiosity, and now you may not be sure which direction to go for a few days.

ARIES: Aries, things go well this week, but expect a few bumps along the way as well. Learn how to clear these hurdles and you will stay on track.

TAURUS: Taurus, keep your eye on the prize, resisting the temptation to get swept up in distractions. The longer you can maintain your focus this week, the more likely you are to be successful.

GEMINI: Luck puts you in the path of someone you have been anxious to meet, Gemini. Use this opportunity this week to ask all the questions you have been wanting to ask.

CANCER: Persistence is your best ally this week, Cancer. When others give up early, you have the tenacity to continue.

Don’t be surprised if others notice your hard work.

LEO: Other people appreciate your ability to put a positive spin on things, Leo. Use that talent to help two friends overcome their differences in the next week.

VIRGO: Keep an open mind when someone comes to you with a suggestion, Virgo. Even though you are quick to dismiss it outright, give it a second thought.

LIBRA: Libra, some big challenges are coming your way, but it’s not anything you can’t handle. However, you may need to bring in some reinforcements. Enlist some friends to help out.

SCORPIO: Scorpio, after many weeks of putting in your best effort at work and at home, it very well may be time to take a break. Here’s a chance to book a vacation before the holiday rush.

SAGITTARIUS: Sagittarius, even though you are quite persuasive, you cannot always make miracles happen.

If someone isn’t moved by your call to action, don’t take it personally.

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Left, A group of enthusiastic children gathered at the Keremeos Library Saturday to partake in a zentangle class. Students posed for a picture with their art. Included in the picture is Arabelle Wiebe, Havalah Wiebe, Aran Menzies, Brianne Robins, Maren Williams, Aija Otto, Rylan Eastin, Nathan Frasch, Madeline Pender and Elodie Pender.

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