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ENDANGERED LANGUAGE Mark Brett

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For thousands of years the Syilx language has been the brush strokes painting images of life for Okanagan First Nations people.

From the whispering winds in the tree tops to the babbling brooks, those words vividly told the stories of the hunters and gathers who lived on and from the land.

Not written down, the language was instead passed along to new generations through legend and song.

But over the last few centuries the language has been forcibly taken away and otherwise disappearing.

To prevent further erosion there is currently a concerted effort to bring it back.

One of those people doing this is Arnie Baptiste of the Penticton Indian Band, head of the Outma Sqilx’w Cultural School cultural language department.

He was fortunate to be immersed in the language and heritage of the Okanagan Nation while growing up.

His personal goal and passion is to now give that to the children he works with every day.

“Sitting in a room full of young people, the thought is overwhelming that we’re on the verge of losing that language,” he said while waiting for class to begin. “Something so ancient, it would be so devastating not to remember, the birds, the fish, the human beings,

OUTMA SQILX’W Cultural School instructor Toni Gallicano-George helps Karlie Skookum (left) and Menia Wilson with their English literacy work during class. Over the past year the school has been focussed on improving literacy and numeracy skills of its students, including a summer reading camp.

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our relatives. It is a heavy weight on our shoulders how few of us speak it fluently.

“Our language, it ties directly to our soul, our being, our breath our existence and it is what links us to the creator. It is what links us to life. It instills in us we are

Okanagan people.”

Baptiste chuckles as he tries to explain his native language in what, to him, is a foreign tongue.

“It’s kind of difficult you understand,” he said with the familiar wry look and ever-present twinkle in his eyes. “If you are a person

who understands the language and listens to someone who speaks the language it is very much like watching a movie that strikes your heart or a cartoon that makes you laugh, it is vivid and colourful.

It’s not the words we see in our minds but the pictures these words

create and paint for us.”

The word Syilx itself means the process of making many into one much like using a stranded fibre to create a single piece of material or object.

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Major projects expected to keep economy buoyant last year.

Colleen Pennington, Penticton’s economic development officer, admitted that the economy in one Okanagan Valley city has an effect on the others, whether it is a strong performance or a weak one.

“A neighbouring city doing really well is always beneficial to its neighbours because there is always opportunities for more jobs for everyone,” said Pennington, noting that more money in one local economy tends to

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A rising tide may float all boats, but the same can be said for a tide moving the opposite way.

Kelowna got some bad news earlier this week when a BMO labour market report pegged that city as the worst place in B.C. to find a job and the second-worst in Canada.

Perhaps more startling was the extent of theplunge, with Kelowna dropping 31 ranks over

ty, whether it is Kelowna or Osoyoos. It is to the benefit of everyone if the region does well.”

Pennington said that upcoming major projects will help keep Penticton’s economy buoyant, noting that work is expected to begin this spring on the $300-million expansion of Penticton Regional Hospital, the new casino and a major expansion of the Lakeside resort, and a three-tower residential project in south Penticton.

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT officer Colleen Pennington hopes major projects like the hospital will help the economy.

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major projects and the timing of them, it is really nice to have a bit of that buffer that helps us get through, hopefully, the more challenging period,” said Pennington. “We couldn’t have timed our major projects better.”

Pennington added that about 45 per cent of the employment on the hospital expansion is expected to be with local firms and contractors, but the 55 per cent, mostly specialty trades, from out of town will still contribute.

“You still have those people spending money on hospitality and food and supplies.”

Mayor Andrew Jakubeit said there are a few other large developments in the pipeline.

“I think there is a fair bit of construction activity happening, and some investor confidence, which will hopefully translate into more spinoff jobs, and the economy having a bit more confidence, people having a bit more confidence with their money and spending more,” said Jakubeit. “There is growth, but the Okanagan is a tougher nut to crack and we are trying to change that. We are trying to invest in an atmosphere for economic development to happen and be successful.”

BMO’s Labour Market Report Card ranks 33 Canadian cities in terms of how their job market is performing. It attributes these changes in the job market to the weakening of Alberta’s oil sector and the strength of the B.C. economy.

“We’ve witnessed a stark turnaround in migration flows between B.C. and Alberta in response to better relative job prospects,” reads the report.

Both Penticton and Kelowna had been pursuing oil sector workers, encouraging them to take advantage of regu-

lar flights to Alberta and make their homes here.

Jakubeit said Kelowna’s success in that field may have contributed to their labour market problems.

“I think Kelowna had more people living there and working up north than we did. We are trying to diversify and create an environment where businesses can grow,” said Jakubeit.

“It drives home the importance of focusing on building economic development initiatives.”

Pennington said local companies working in the oil sector are feeling the pullback, noting there were major changes between when the start and finish of Penticton’s own labour market survey last fall.

“A lot of what our survey identified in the oil and gas market isn’t actually true right now at this moment, but there are other firms that are doing really well, that have picked up big contracts and are actually scrambling to figure out how they are going to deliver,” said Pennington, adding that the survey still showed an ongoing mismatch between the employers finding people with the skills they need and job seekers finding the jobs they are looking for.

The next step, she said, is a meeting planned for March 18, where the business community will be asked to prioritise the work they want the city to take action on from the labour market study. They will also be presenting information on best practices, sharing the techniques being used to deal with labour market issues, whether it was shortages, retention or finding the right candidate.

“We are pulling together a panel of real business people doing real things around the labour market and they will be presenting at that March 18 meeting,” said Pennington.

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Rebirth of a language From SYILX on PG. 1 In its broadest perspective the language has a universal application to everything in life from hunting and fishing to growing and gathering.

“We understand that the words that we use actually came to earth before we human beings, so the language is older than us,” said Baptiste, who is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Okanagan band conference. “Something that old and that beautiful and that strong is that important.

He added the language goes much deeper than just communication and losing that would be debilitating to not only the individual, but the souls of his people.

“It is the breath we take. It is the love we share,” said Baptiste. “We believe our language transcends life in both this place we call the living land and in the place we will go when we are done here and we cannot allow that to happen (the loss of the language).”

Language is Our Breath

In an effort to preserve culture, heritage and the spoken word of the Syilx, Outma Sqilx’w School is hosting the Okanagan Band School Conference Feb. 18-19.

Language is Our Breath is a series of workshops and presentations for teachers, parents, learners and leaders with the intent of inspiring and helping the professional growth in those who are responsible for the education of First Nations students.

“I’ve worked at other public schools in the South Okanagan and we lost a lot of (First Nations) kids who dropped out,” said Outma school principal Phil Rathjen. “There was kind

of a struggle in terms of their own identity, just an insecurity. Coming into the public system they didn’t have a strong sense of pride, so here they’re getting exposure to their cultural heritage and developing a sense of pride and a sense of confidence in it.”

He believes cultural schools like Outma have a dual responsibility to young people in both providing a solid educational base along with a critical cultural component.

With grades kindergarten to 8 and nearly 100 students, Rathjen recognized early on the need at Outma for increased focus on reading and numeracy.

“We identified 24 kids who were struggling and we ran a summer reading camp last year,” he said. “It involved students, staff and parents and when the kids came back in September they were far above where they were and now we’re well above the national average.”

With that in place, he feels the cultural aspect will have that much more value.

“What’s interesting about the Okanagan language that I’ve come to know is that it is very tied to the land, the kids are tied to a living calendar, around the seasons and growth. This conference is about the delivery of language and the revitalization of language. The language is the breath of the culture.”

Special guest speakers at the conference will include Jeannette Armstrong, director of the En’owkin Centre, a cultural and educational facility, and co-founder of the En’owkin School of International Writing.

Arnie Baptiste and Kathryn Michel, both culTural laNguage instructor arnie Baptiste, and grade 2 student Darian Bapspecialists and educators in their native lan- tiste, sing a traditional song at outma Sqilx'w cultural School recently. The school guage, are also scheduled to give keynote will be hosting an okanagan bands conference later this month. mark Brett/Western News addresses.

Sicamous project may be docked for downtown revitalization Steve Kidd Western News Staff

Plans for a upgrades to the area around Penticton’s iconic SS Sicamous continue to take place, but it may be some time before they become a reality.

City council was told on Feb. 9 that both grants requests for the next stage of downtown revitalization have been turned down, resulting in the city needing to find over $2 million in order to proceed with that project this year.

Director of operations Mitch Moroziuk said reconfiguring the city’s finances to support the downtown

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project would also reduce city’s ability to undertake other projects, such as the SS Sicamous master plan projects and facility master plan upgrades.

This comes after council approved a series of additions to the Sicamous plan at their Feb. 1 meeting, based on public input on the jetty walkway portion of the project. Plans are to build a wooden walkway along the length of the existing jetty, culminating in a deck at the northern end.

That deck could feature amenities like a gazebo, viewing tower, or even a restaurant. Plans also show a day moorage area for

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The SS SicamouS upgrade plan may not be possible until 2017 said the city director of operations.

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small boats.

Council approved finalizing the detail design of the first phase including a

timber boardwalk, benches and railings with a heritage theme for lighting and street furniture, as well as design-

ing the end of the jetty to support future development concepts.

Moroziuk explained to council that completing the detailed design was actually a 2015 project.

“This will provide direction to the consultant doing the detailed design. The intent is they finalize the design, they make the application for permits with a several year window to actually do construction,” said Moroziuk at the Feb. 1 meeting. “They provide us with the documents and then it simply sits, until such time as council includes the construction of the project in their budget,

which could be 2017.”

At the Feb. 9 special council meeting, Moroziuk pointed out that phase one of the Sicamous project may not be possible in 2017.

“We weren’t able to move forward in any one year with two strategic priorities, so that is why we have been going back and forth between waterfront and the downtown project,” said director of operations Mitch Moroziuk.

“This may then have to push it back from 2017 to 2018. And that is a project that is funded over a fiveyear period and broken into phases.”

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A 47-year-old Summerland woman is dead and a Kelowna woman is in the hospital after a threevehicle collision on Highway 97 near Buchanan Road in Peachland.

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Animal control bylaws may get more teeth when it comes to dangerous dogs in the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen.

Board members decided not to rule out other animals, including livestock, when they directed RDOS staff to prepare a new animal control bylaw for further discussion at the RDOS board meeting Thursday.

The proposed bylaw would amalgamate the three bylaws currently in place throughout different areas in the RDOS into one.

As it stands now, a dog has to bite somebody, has to be declared dangerous by a judge and an order has to be made for it to be destroyed, leaving bylaw officers with little power and recourse when it comes to dangerous dogs.

The proposed bylaw would define an “aggressive dog” as a dog who without provocation has displayed aggressive behaviour toward another dog, person or animal, has a known tendency or disposition to pursue vehicles and cyclists and without provocation cause minor injury to a person or animal.

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There would be multiple restrictions on private property for aggressive, vicious and dangerous dogs including keeping the dog in a locked compound.

Cawston director George Bush disagreed with the age limits placed on owners of dogs deemed dangerous and vicious.

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Mayor of Osoyoos Sue McKortoff said the town is currently updating animal bylaws as well.

“One of the things we did talk about, we haven’t passed it, was what are dangerous dogs? Are there certain breeds that are more dangerous than others? We did have a report from staff saying we should not allow pit bulls in the town,” McKortoff said.

“We felt that was a little bit too extreme.”

Greg Ivens, an experienced animal control officer for the RDOS, said aggressive dogs can come in all shapes and

laws be rewritten specifically for dogs didn’t sit well with director of Okanagan Falls, Tom Siddon.

“When we have a complaint about any animal off their own premises, or even within their own premises harassing neighbours, where do we take it?” Siddon said. “I would not want to see us just arbitrarily rule everything out of our jurisdiction except dogs until we had some public meetings or public feedback before we did that.”

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Both Ministry and school district policy indicate that the Board of Education, as part of its school closure consultations, shall consider alternate potential uses of the facility. The Board will hold this meeting to receive input for alternate uses of the facilities being considered for closure: Carmi Elementary, McNicoll Park Middle, Parkway Elementary, and West Bench Elementary in Penticton and Giant’s Head Elementary and Trout Creek Elementary in Summerland.

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EDITORIAL Family Day events should be free Family Day is a great holiday. Not only does it come at the perfect time of year, that long stretch between New Year’s and Easter when there were no long weekends, but the concept of a holiday devoted to encouraging families to spend time together can’t be argued with.

And unlike many of the existing statutory holidays, Family Day comes without any religious or commercial overtones. It’s simply a day for families to have fun.

Since the holiday was first celebrated in 2013, the City of Penticton has enthusiastically supported Family Day through the Community Centre, with a day of events and games for families to enjoy together. Kudos to community partners like Coldwell Banker who sponsored 32 complimentary family passes and Penticton IGA pitched in food to add a free barbecue.

Many Penticton residents probably wouldn’t feel the $25 fee the city charged is too high a price for a day of fun with their family, especially when it included everything from access to the swimming pool to family movies in Cleland Theatre. For some families, that $25 is a major stumbling block (even at the discounted fee of $15 for single parents); money they can’t afford to pay out.

Keeping the community centre open for a day does cost money, and the city should be commended for trying to not operate at a loss.

But Family Day is a special case. If the city is truly interested in supporting families, then it should do it wholeheartedly.

There are a couple of ways this could be accomplished for next year’s Family Day: the event at the community centre could be free of PENTICTON charge, or the city could ensure there are an WESTERN assortment of free events to complement what is going on inside the building. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not such a big investment.

We have lots of special days — some statutory holidays, some not — where commerce threatens to overwhelm the sentiment of the day. We shouldn’t let Family Day become like Valentine’s Day or Halloween.

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Satisfaction not guaranteed

It turns out we Canadians are a pretty happy bunch.

At least, the majority of us claim to be satisfied with the way our lives are unfolding.

But the ones who aren’t — well, it seems they’re downright miserable.

These are the findings of a survey published last week by Angus Reid. The life satisfaction survey broke respondents into four distinct groups: Golden Oldies, the Lonely Hearts, the Harried with Kids, and the Unhappy (no great mystery where the last group stands on the issue).

The happiest people among us, it appears, are senior citizens, three quarters of whom characterized themselves as “very satisfied” with the overall quality of their lives.

That shouldn’t come

as a huge surprise. For the most part, they’re done working and have finished raising their families. Now they can focus on travel and enjoying their grandkids, secure in the knowledge that when things go pear shaped they can send little mites home to mom and dad.

Seniors have also had the opportunity to develop a bit of perspective and, with it, the wisdom to no longer sweat the small stuff.

For the Lonely Hearts and Harried with Kids it looks to be a classic case of the grass is always greener ...

Lonely Hearts, not surprisingly, expressed some dissatisfaction with their love lives, while those who did marry and have kids describe themselves as being stressed and cite worries about money.

No doubt parents of

Brenda Anderson

Guest column young children would also give their left arm for 10 uninterrupted minutes in the bathroom.

The one in six Canadians who fall into the Unhappy category are generally dissatisfied with all aspects of their lives — from romance to money and everything in between.

Among their complaints, one supposes, is that they don’t get invited to many parties.

I couldn’t find any indication of when the survey was actually con-

ducted, so we should allow for the possibility that respondents answered pollsters’ questions in the midst of January’s post-Christmas doldrums, during the coldest, darkest wettest days of winter.

These are factors that will definitely colour your outlook on life.

It might also explain why Quebecois, who famously embrace winter — throwing a giant festival in its honour each year — topped the list of happiest Canadians with a “very happy” rating of 22 per cent.

B.C., where half of all residents could conceivably go an entire winter without glimpsing a snowflake, came second at 20 per cent.

Atlantic Canada and Alberta were at the bottom of the “very happy” pile, with nine and 12 per cent, respectively.

It’s not surprising, as

one colleague noted: “They don’t have jobs.”

No question the economy is going to play into our overall happiness.

Poor health, finances and relationships are major sources of stress and unhappiness for many of us. So the question is, what do we do about it? Do we carry on fretting or make a serious effort to change the things about our lives that we don’t like?

Perhaps we follow the lead of the Golden Oldies and focus on the aspects that give us the most satisfaction.

But is mind over matter enough? Can we simply will ourselves to be happier?

Then again, it may be best to come back and ask us that in the spring.

Brenda Anderson is the editor of the Langley Times, a Black Press newspaper.

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Questioning the revitalization of downtown I was relieved to hear that our representatives at city hall have reversed their decision to spend over half a million dollars on a decorative light canopy for the 100 block of Main Street.

It was unfortunate, however, to also learn that the city lost its bid for a $2.7 million grant for the proposed ‘revitalization’ of the 100 and 200 blocks of Main Street.

I have never been in favour of the ‘revitalization’ plan, as it stands, but it would have been nice to get the funding. What concerns me now is the fact that the city is still proceeding with this project, just as if they had actually received the funding.

Open for business?

City council would have us and others believe that their mantra is “Open for Business.”

While this may be stated, let’s see what the implications might be as a prospective business person looking at Penticton as a relocation site or a new business start up.

After looking at such things as weather, geography, population, market share, recreational amenities, schools, housing availability and such, on the outside, things look inviting.

Now comes the question of governance and issues surrounding local government. These areas have to be addressed.

Let’s say that you are an entrepreneur considering establishing your business in Penticton. You have found the above amenities to be to your liking.

Next, you look into local government. What would you find?

An in depth look would show the following: An active lawsuit and another one possibly pending involving the city: disrespect for citizen’s democratic rights and dispensation of public property and its use and a local business being sued by the city for a $600,000 plus/minus power bill that was not the fault of the business.

Retrieval of funds paid to firefighters through an arbitra-

Apparently this $2.7 million can be cobbled together by diverting funds from other projects, or by borrowing against what I can only assume will be future tax hikes.

This bulldog determination to proceed, as planned, begs to ask one important question: if funds can now be magically found to proceed with this two-block ‘revitalization’ project, then why were they not on the table when the 5.5 per cent tax hike was being proposed?

Is anyone else wondering what the total cost would be if the city did just what was necessary. By only replacing the pipes, and resurfacing the asphalt, the remaining

tion process that was agreed to by both parties involved.

Council shows total disdain for the principles of democracy where public property is concerned in awarding a business long term access to public property and redevelopment of same without consultation with the public or other local businesses.

The fact that it is public knowledge (BCTV report) that Penticton Council is not noted for its fiscal management in that it is labeled as the 6th worst controller of the purse strings of municipalities in B.C. Accountability and transparency appear to be words that council has yet to get a true dictionary meaning for. Case in point: The proposed $500,000+ Overhead light canopy downtown informing the taxpayers after the fact.

After discovering all of these issues, the question might be, with all of this bag and baggage, why would I want to look at setting up a business in Penticton?

This might give credence to the often stated “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” that is, until you have thoroughly looked at its table of contents or you have read the entire book.

In summary, if council’s mantra is so strong, one might think that there would be many new business ventures waiting at the door to get established.

funds — now being so generously offered up to ‘revitalize’ — could then be used for chopping the proposed 5.5 per cent tax hike down to a more reasonable level. After all, the economy and the Canadian dollar have both tanked so it’s not a good time for a big tax hike.

Going forward, it sounds like the federal government has earmarked a bucket full of money to ‘invest in infrastructure.’

Is the city working with our MP to source funds federally for such projects? If not. Why not?

However, there is truth and there is reality here, no thanks to council’s mantra.

Ron Barillaro Penticton

Pet peeves

I just want to write a short little note to all the people with dogs.

I live in the seniors complex and we have a beautiful condo next to us that allows dogs. The only problem with this people seem to think that they can walk past our place with their dogs and let them leave their waste all over.

This irritates me to no end when the people who do that.

Don’t they realize that the residents have to clean this up? I sit and i watch a 72-year-old woman that is waiting for a hip operation cleaning up these people’s messes. I’m sure the walkers and their dogs do not realize this but it’s time they knew.

Is it really fair that an old woman should have to be bending down for an hour week to pick up their dogs waste? It’s hard enough for us to pick up our own dogs droppings even being in a wheelchair, as I am. I can make arrangements for someone to pick up what I can’t, but if we don’t we’re unable to keep our dogs and this would be devastating.

So I would like to take this opportunity to ask the people

David Korinetz Penticton

that are walking their dogs to pick up after them.

How would they like it if they saw their mother or grandmother picking up dog droppings that aren’t from her dog and paying the price with pain for the next day or two? This is not fair and I’d like to see it stop. So please if you have a dog pick up after it. It only takes a second and after all it is your responsibility as a good pet owner.

PS — it would be nice if they’d stop leaving their cigarette butts all over our grounds as well.

Regina Parker Penticton

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What impression does Penticton give to visitors and business wanting to come to this town?

Yes, town. Smallminded thinking by the council and negative thinking by the townsfolk, do not help sell this city.

Events Centre to be city hall, What maroon came up with that asinine thought?

Every time one opens a newspaper the slagging off goes on both ways.

Council was voted in because the voters wanted intelligent, forwardthinking persons, not fat cats squabbling with the very people who voted them in. Remember council your mark on Penticton is for everyone. The faux pas you

make will come to bite you on the derriere.

Can someone please appoint a referee to listen to the citizens and council of this once good city?

If council can not work with the public, I would ask all council to quit now. Remember the French Revolution was started over loaves of bread.

Let 2016 be a great year for Penticton. We have people from all over the world wanting to come to Canada, because Canada gives the best. We all should rally Feb. 14 downtown and call it Penticton Day of Love.

Like Dr Crain said, Penticton are you listening?

Rob Robert Penticton

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Dragon should stick to his den, not politics When James Baird, former Conservative Foreign Affairs minister resigned last year to seek greener pastures with Barrick Gold and pursue other cushy endeavours, I was elated that our country would be rid of the belicose sputterings of such a blustering buffoon. But alas, this has been a much too brief reprieve.

News articles appearing in sundry media across the nation report that Kevin “Legend in his own Mind” O’Leary is making noises that he may en-

ter the political arena, and just might seek the leadership of the Conservative Party.

This man’s economic philosophy is straight from the Austrian school of economic theory that has gifted our world with such notable economists as Hjalmar Schacht, Hitler’s finance minister. The underpinnings of his world outlook and approach to political economy revolves around the Darwinian concept of survival of the fittest. His philosophy, unlike that of true

leaders like Lincoln, FDR, or Prime Minister Mackenzie King does not at all appreciate the need to maintain and increase the productive capacity of labour.

A political doctrine that promotes the increase of corporate and government wealth and power at the expense of working men and women. Mr. O’Leary claims that he is concerned about the lack of opportunity our economy affords aspiring engineering students and such,

yet his steadfast belief in an austerity-driven economy is antithetical to creating an expanding manufacturing base.

O’Leary, like too many politicos and public figures is a champion and preserver of the one per-cent, not everyday working-class Canadians. He should stick to reading more Ayn Rand novels and in these times of economic collapse he would be wise to just keep his opinions to himself.

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when I walked into the Olympic village in Vancouver in 2010. It was just that real Canadian pride. Connecting with all the other athletes.

We have such a strong respect for each other.”

The Summerland native said going to the BC Games, the opening ceremony and everything that surrounds it is what makes the experience so special. The Apex Freestyle Club grad said competing prepares athletes for future international competitions.

Athletes get that first sense of media attention, of having a bigger event around their sport.

“It’s not just about your sport, it’s about dealing with all the pressure, all the social commitments, your family and friends. Everyone that is cheering you on,” said Richards. “It’s a different kind of feeling.

It’s a different pressure that just kind of being out there on your own.”

Richards, 34, encourages the athletes to open themselves up to an experience without expectations.

“Go in with that willingness to experience the magic,” said Richards. “It is not only special for the athletes, but like we saw in 2010 for the Vancouver Olympics, it’s really special for the community. It’s a time to get together and support something that is all positive.”

Two other athletes who competed in the BC Winter Games and advanced to the Olympic stage are Kelowna’s Kelsey Serwa and Fort St. John’s Bo Hedges.

Serwa, like Richards, developed friendships that remained.

“I think the coolest

part about the friends I made at the BC Winter Games is that many of those girls continued on to the Canada Winter Games and further on the Olympic Games with me,” said Serwa, a ski racer on the Canadian national team.

“Those that made it to the Olympic games include Georgia Simmerling and Elli Terwiel.”

The 26-year-old remembers the long bus ride from the Okanagan to Williams Lake in 2002 like it was yesterday. It was packed full of young and eager competitors, parent volunteers and coaches.

She remembers the excitement of signing in at the Games and receiving her accreditation (which she still has in a collection of keepsakes). She recalls eyeing up her competition.

“It was a great experience and loads of fun,” said Serwa, who won a gold medal at the BC Winter Games. “Too often we find ourselves trying to figure out the perfect recipe for building the next generation of successful athletes, losing sight of the true

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Kristi Richards’ path to the Olympics was paved by competing in the BC Winter Games.

“It was that little spark of what’s to come,” said Richards, who will the keynote speaker at the BC Win-

ter Games opening ceremony in Penticton, Feb. 25. “The real spirit of the Games and that kind of an event — it’s an energy unlike anything else. It’s absolutely magical, uplifting and energizing.”

Richards also remembers feeling the pride and spirit of the

Games in Comox Valley in 1995, the year she competed.

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purpose of sport — to have fun, create meaningful relationships, and to build long-lasting skills including teamwork, perseverance, goal-setting, living a healthy lifestyle and more.“ Serwa’s career highlights include a 2010 Winter X Games Aspen bronze medal, 2011 Winter X Games Aspen champ, 2 0 1 1 F I S world champ and 2014 Olympic silver medal.

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Avoiding the ‘B word’ Dale Boyd

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Penticton has a wealth of local talent, and many local celebrities are taking the stage to inspire kids to avoid using the “B word” in the latest show being put on by Children’s Showcase.

“There’s no shortage of things to do. So what we wrote into the show was ‘the B word.’ Bored,” said Jake Evans, local hip-hop dance instructor who’s son, Damien, is the main character in the Big Fish Variety Show which takes place at the Cleland Theatre Feb. 21.

Damien plays himself, a typical eight-year-old Penticton kid, as the main character who finds himself bored at home playing video games.

“There’s nothing wrong with games, but that doesn’t always have to be the only option.

There’s music, there’s dance, there’s sports,” Jake said.

A cast of local character take Damien on a journey through the local arts community, showing him just how much there is to do after putting down the iPad. Music, dancing, magic and much more is in store.

“It’s not all the local talent in town, it’s some, and it just goes to show that there’s even more,” Jake said.

Jake and Damien will also throw down some hiphop dancing skills during the show, something the two are used to performing having released a hip-hop dance kids book in the past and

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performing in Jake’s troupe JEDI (Jake Evans Dance Instruction).

The Princess Margaret Secondary senior jazz band is set to act as the house band for the show, with students showing off some of their hidden talents.

Staving off boredom is a theme that rings true with Maggie senior and band member Matthew Mackay, who plays a neighbour who helps Damien discover all the things to do in Penticton.

“I remember for most of my life I felt really bored, I played video games, I just sat around and didn’t get around to doing that much. But in the last few years I’ve really picked up music and volunteering and all these things that I didn’t realize were actually there until I went out looking for them,” Mackay said.

Former Maggie grad Kadin Bergen will also help expose Damien to the wonderful world of the arts. He currently volunteers teaching music at Princess Margaret and will be performing a few musical pieces.

He remembers going to Children’s Showcase shows fondly.

“As a kid I remember my mom always taking me to Children’s Showcase shows.

I still remember them super clearly because they were some of the coolest parts of my childhood, so it’s fun to be able to be that person now,” Bergen said.

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by Children’s Showcase. The variety-style show will feature a ton of local talent proving it’s impossible to be bored in Penticton.

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Bergen feels the message can apply to anyone.

“There’s music, dance, drama and visual arts. I think everyone owes it to themselves to get into the arts at some point just because it’s such a cool, unique experience you can’t really get anywhere else,” Maggie band teacher Don Grant came up with the concept after chatting with Children’s Showcase organizers about featuring local talent on the showcase stage.

“A lot of the kids in there have a lot of other talents,” Grant said. “I just draw from that group of kids to make it a real variety show.”

“When you’re dealing with high school-age, teenage kids there’s usually a lot of variety and this year is certainly no exception.”

Grant said the variety format is a good fit for children, having played band concerts at elementary schools for years. Unicycles, skipping ropes, gymnastics and much more will take centre stage at some point in the show, and local percussionist Mike Treadway will be performing in a variety of capacities including music, magic and what has been described as the “circus” part of the show.

“Younger kids don’t want to sit and watch the same kind of thing for 45 minutes.

They want variety,” Grant said.

Tickets are $12 at the door and are also available in advance at the Tumbleweed Gallery and the Oliver Veterinary Hosptial. For more information contact Jacinta Ferrari at 250-493-0475.

Feb. 12 — Stephen Fearing reaches hearts and minds through his exquisitely wrought lyrics and music at the Dream Café.

Feb. 13 — The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra presents Heroes and Heroines from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Cleland Theatre, with special guests the OS Youth Orchestra and James Campbell, one of the world’s foremost clarinetists as they juxtapose the classics with jazz.

Feb. 19 — Country musician Kip Moore will perform at the SOEC. Tickets available at the SOEC box office and valleyfirsttix.com.

Feb. 19 — Award-winning guitarist Joel Fafard performs southern roots and blues at the Dream Cafe.

Feb. 25 — Bandidos Cerveza Rides Again, the 22-piece symphonic classic rock band performs at the Cleland Theatre. Show is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at bandidoscerveza.com.

Feb. 26 — Jack Semple performs at the Dream Cafe.

Feb. 27 — Laura Smith’s distinct singing voice has been a mainstay of the Canadian music scene for many decades. She is performing at the Dream Cafe.

March 3 — Renowned Canadian singer-songwriter Lennie Gallant is at the Dream Café.

March 5 — Megadeth kicks off the Dystopia World Tour at the SOEC with special guests Suicidal Tendencies, Children of Bodom and Havok.

Tickets at www.ValleyFirstTix.com.

events Feb. 13 — Support local schools at the SS Sicamous with a chocolate fountain, wine and dancing to the music of DJ Shakes. Tickets are $10 and enter you in a raffle for two tickets anywhere WestJet flies. Pick up your tickets at Minute Man Printing 130-564 Main St. or contact Terisa at 250-488-0025 or terisa@livealiveandfree.com.

Feb. 13 — Red wine and chocolate at Tinhorn Creek from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. An afternoon of Valentine’s Day fun, including the incomparable Ingrid Schellenberg coaxing sweet music from her golden harp from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Feb. 14 — Matt Duffus will be performing at Shades On Main on Valentine’s Day at 5 p.m.

Feb. 14 — Burrowing Owl Winery has dinner music with Ingrid Schellenberg playing romantic tunes on the harp.

Feb. 14 — The Penticton Swing-N-Jive Valentine Day dance at the Orchard House, 157 Orchard Avenue, starts with free swing lessons at 7:30

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Armchair Book Club: Shakespeare in context Heather Allen Armchair Book Club

It’s been 400 years since William Shakespeare died. You’d think after so long, there would be little left to say about the bard. But in the new book, The Year of Lear, author James Shapiro begs to differ.

Shakespeare wrote the play King Lear in 1606, a particularly tumultuous time in English history. Queen Elizabeth had died three years previously.

The English were petrified about what was going to happen with-

out their virgin queen.

Would Catholic Spain or France sweep into England and rule over them?

In fact, King James I of Scotland took over the throne keeping Protestant order, and rule within the British

Isle. But this relatively peaceful transition caused unrest, particularly among the persecuted Catholics.

In fact, in 1605, a group of Catholics plotted to blow up Parliament, kill the king, the royal family, and all of the country’s leading political figures. This event, called the Gunpowder Plot, would likely have set fire to most of London, killing thousands. Just hours before lighting the stacks of gunpowder, the still-notorious Guy Fawkes was caught redhanded in a room under Parliament.

Although the Gunpowder Plot was foiled, the cultural implications on England were huge. The near calamity

changed England much the way 9/11 changed the United States. The Jacobean era became different in tone and outlook than the previous Elizabethan period.

Many people refer to Shakespeare as an Elizabethan playwright, but Shapiro argues that after the death of Elizabeth, Shakespeare was more in tune with the changing Jacobean mindset.

It’s an entirely new way to understand his plays and the times that he lived through.

It’s brilliant. Not much is known about Shakespeare’s personal life, but by connecting Shakespeare to important historical events, we can see significant changes in Shakespeare’s writing, use of

language and even his choice of material to put on stage.

Although written in an engaging style, The Year of Lear isn’t an introductory book. Unless you’re somewhat familiar with Macbeth, you’re not going to appreciate a full chapter about the introduction of the word equivocation in that Scottish play.

I fully admit to being a bard-o-phile — so much so that back in high school, my sister once stabbed me with a fork at the dinner table in an attempt to get me to stop me quoting Hamlet. For readers with a similar level of interest, you’ll love this fascinating new look at Shakespeare’s plays.

Registration open for youth writing camp Western News Staff

The Penticton Writers and Publishers, organizers of the annual British Columbia Youth Writers Camp held at Okanagan College, Penticton campus, are accepting registrations and anthology submissions from young area writers, readers and illustrators ages eight to 18.

The 2016 camp will run from July 3 to 8.

Presenters at the camp are set to include Adam Lewis Schroeder, who lives in Penticton with his eight and 10-year-old boys, and teaches novel writing at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus. He is author of the historical-fiction

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novels Empress of Asia (2006), finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, as well as the Amazon.ca Books in Canada First Novel Award, and In the Fabled East (2010), a finalist for the Commonwealth Regional Writers Prize. His literary zombie novel All-Day Breakfast was selected

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Books of 2015. Adam is a former tree planter, youth hostel desk staff and CBC Radio One columnist.

The camp is also going to feature a workshop entitled Plot Plus What Else? For younger levels this will consist of fun exercises in describing people and places, while older levels will receive more emphasis on how details define character which in turn defines plot, with further exploration of narration defining characters, and even how we can make characteristics deliberately misleading.

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A few years ago Joël Fafard was looking at getting out of the music business, with his eyes on one last album.

“I just played it as if I was never going to sell a copy and just quit when I finished it, but because I put my heart into it the album kind of took off on its own and I just followed it. I would have been a fool not to,” Fafard said.

He is now coming off the release of his latest album, Fowl Mood, released Jan. 21.

“I learned that lesson a long time ago to follow my heart. I think the first couple of records I made I was in my mind thinking ‘how am I going to sell this’ before I even made it. I think that hurt those records,” Fafard said.

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wasn’t the end of his career, in fact it changed his entire music-making process.

“That’s the way I look at every record now.

What do you want to do?

What’s next?” Fafard said.

Fowl Mood looks to take on more traditional tones, however simplicity in music is a bit of an illusion according to Fafard.

“I think a lot of songwriters will tell you that the simpler the song the harder it is to get there,” Fafard said.

Fowl Mood is his eighth album, which Fafard describes as bluesy

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Park info released early spring Tara Bowie Black Press

The provinCial government expects information about the comments collected for new proposed guidelines for a national park in the South okanagan-Similkameen will not be released until spring.

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It will be early spring before the province releases a summary of comments received about the new proposed guidelines for a National Park in the South Okanagan and Similkameen.

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MLA Linda Larson for Boundary-Similkameen attempted to strike a separate committee to go through the correspondence received. After public outcry regarding secrecy surrounding the identities of those on the committee, Larson folded the group just shortly after it was formed.

The province’s intentions paper detailed policies related to three distinct areas in the region. The province proposes a large area, west of Osoyoos and south of Highway 3 to the U.S., be considered by Parks Canada for inclusion in a South Okanagan National Park Reserve.

Likewise, part of the White Lake basin and extending down past Willowbrook, west of Highway 97, is also being put forward for national park status.

Between them, the two cover several protected areas, including the White Lake Grasslands, Spotted Lake, the Osoyoos Desert Centre and the South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area sites of East and West Chopaka.

A third area, covering west of Oliver towards Cawston, and north of Highway 3 to the southern border of the White Lake Grasslands, is being recommended as a conservancy under the B.C. Park Act. — With files from Black Press

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“I don’t have a date.

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More than 400 responses were received from an online survey about the proposal the province quietly released in August 2015.

Deadline for the online survey was Oct. 31, 2015.

In addition to the online survey, several hundred letters and emails and more than 800 postcards were received by the ministry.

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Homes in the Carmi Road area, east of Penticton, will start receiving curbside garbage and recycling collection as of Friday, March 4.

The 87 homes have for over 10 years been using a drop-off depot located in Penticton.

In a report submitted to The Regional District of OkanaganSimilkameen board in December, RDOS Staff point to the start of a new province-wide recycling program as a major reason for the change.

Multi-Material BC (MMBC) helps pay for the curbside collection of recyclables but doesn’t contribute to the depot used by Carmi residents.

In 2015 the net cost per year to provide this depot was $26.54 more per home than the cost for curbside collection. Moving to curbside collection will save over $2,300 per year for

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The Carmi depot was originally set up due to concerns that garbage would attract bears to the area. The regional district will require that residents place out garbage only on the day of collection, use bear-proof garbage carts or set up bear-proof garbage enclosures at the end of their driveways.

These requirements were implemented in Naramata and resulted in a dramatic reduction in bears being killed from five to seven per year to only two in the last five years.

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Lowe’s and RONA come to sale agreement Heather Colpitts Black Press

The boards of Lowe’s Companies and RONA have agreed to the sale of Rona to the U.S. home improvement giant.

The total transaction value is C$3.2 billion (US$2.3 billion).

Lowe’s will retain the RONA stores and brand, and most staff.

The owner of RONA Penticton declined to comment on the purchase.

Lowe’s Canada and RONA stores expect 2015 revenues from Canadian operations of approximately C$5.6 billion.

“We are very excited

about this transaction as it leverages the strengths of two great companies, positioning us for continued success in Canada’s over C$45 billion and growing home improvement industry. The strategic rationale of this transaction, for both companies, is very compelling,” said Lowe’s chairman, president and CEO Robert A. Niblock.

“The transaction is expected to accelerate Lowe’s growth strategy by significantly expanding our presence in the Canadian market through the addition of RONA’s attractive business and excellent store locations across the country,” added Niblock. “Importantly, the

transaction also provides Lowe’s with entry into Quebec, where RONA is the market leader and we have no presence. We have committed to maintaining RONA’s operations in Boucherville, where we will headquarter our Canadian businesses, and plan to continue to operate RONA’s multiple retail banners and distribution services to independent dealers. With our shared customercentric values and a steadfast commitment to the Canadian market, we expect to generate significant long-term benefits for shareholders, customers, vendors, employees and the communities we serve.”

Record year for cherry exports Western News Staff

British Columbia cherry exports saw a significant rise over the past year.

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick said exports increased from 2014 to 2015 by 56 per cent, a value of $91.7 million. He added in 2014 he lead the B.C. delegation with B.C. cherry industry representatives on a federal trade mission to China that led to full, unimpeded access for fresh cherries into China.

Letnick said as a direct result of their efforts, the export value of fresh,

sweet cherries to China has more than doubled from 2014 to 2015, rising from $9.9 million to $24 million.

“We are going to build on this momentum. Thanks to the close working relationship with our provincial cherry industry, we look forward to exploring new opportunities with Pacific Rim countries that recently signed the Trans Pacific Partnership,” said Letnick.

“British Columbians have always known about this tasty, sweet fruit from the Okanagan. The secret is out.

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Regency celebrates first anniversary Mark Brett Western News

There’s something special about a first birthday and that was true at Regency Southwood Retirement Resort recently.

“It feels awesome, we’re very, very lucky. Penticton has received us with open arms and we have extremely wonderful residents and staff. It’s been great,” said Sheri MacKenzie-Gibson, Regency master host.

Located on Wilson Street, just north of Skaha Lake, Southwood is one of the company’s newest of its

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According to MacKenzie-Gibson the initial response when the doors first opened to the Penticton facility was a strong indicator the company’s reputation preceded it.

“We were so successful at first that my staff had to work day and night to get everything worked out,” she recalled. “Usually in buildings like this you maybe get two or three people a week, we had something like 30 move-ins in 15 days. We just exceeded all our expectations and we kept up with it. There are certainly some things we have fixed along the

way and made better but the staff were outstanding.”

Southwood is a living-assisted facility with the goal of helping people remain as independent as possible, but also providing healthy, chef-prepared meals and other services.

Southwood also boasts many amenities to keep people active ranging from a small golf course, a bocce court and a swimming pool which will be open later this year. As well, on the birthday residents got their own present from Regency in the form of a no-charge bus. It will be available for a wide variety of transportation needs within the city.

Master host sheri MacKenzie-Gibson (right) of regency southwood retirement resort spends a moment with Joyce Clark the first resident of the facility which recently celebrated its first anniversary.

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Alyssa MacMillan, Alley Rempe and Chloe Cook of the Okanagan Hockey Academy will play in the Junior Women’s Hockey League all-star game.

MacMillan, of Penticton, has netted 18 points (5-1318) in 25 JWHL games this season for the Female Prep squad, while Rempe also finished with 18 points (8-1018) in 25 games. Cook, from Summerland, registered 11 points (6-5-11) in 25 games to lead all OHA defencemen.

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In 25 games, the OHA went 10-13-2 to sit fourth in the Major Junior North division. The OHA is in group C for the playoffs and open the the playoffs against Alberta’s St. Francis, Xavier. On Saturday, they play Honeybaked from Michigan and New York’s Nichols School.

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KISU’s Avery Barnett bears down on his butterfly stroke during practice this week in preparation for the for Swim BC 2016 Short Course AA Championships in Penticton. Action begins Friday Feb. 12 and will wrap up Sunday evening. Over 400 competitors are expected to take part in the KISU-hosted event.

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Looking to impress at provincial meet Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

More than 400 swimmers will hit the pool at the Penticton Community Centre for the Swim B.C. Short Course AA championship Friday to Sunday.

The event features athletes in the age groups of 11 and under, 12 to

13, and 14 and over. The KISU swim club has 16 swimmers competing and coach Tina Hoeben can’t help but sport a grin when talking about the event.

“I think it will be a rare treat to have the meet in your home pool,” she said. “I think there’s lots of advantages. You’re comfortable, you’re

relaxed. You get to sleep in your own bed. You don’t have any travel.

Plus, this will spark their pride in being the host as well.”

This is Hoeben’s favourite meet because she has witnessed athletes “blossom.”

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strength that they never really knew they had,” she said. “It’s always an amazing meet for that.

Not just our swimmers.”

Hoeben is confident their swimmers will perform well. Among them will be Avery Barnett.

“I think he’s due for a big improvement. He’s looked really good in the water,” said Hoeben.

“He’s been training really strong. He’s really been hungry. He will jump at swimming the harder set. That’s really going to show up in the water and in those races for sure.”

Annmarie LangHodge, 16, is excited as it’s one of the big meets of the year.

“One of the meets where I swim my fastest,” she said.

Lang-Hodge is coming off a strong performance in Kelowna at the end of January.

“I took off a lot of time in a lot of my races,” she said.

Lang-Hodge added that for each swimmer, this weekend is more than just performing for themselves, it is for the club.

For Sean Peters, 10, it is his first championship. He has enjoyed putting in the training and feels good about how he is doing.

“I look forward to getting medals, best times and making AAAs,” said Peters, who is strong in the 50- and 200-metre freestyle.

Competitions for Friday and Saturday are scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Finals are from 5 to 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, morning competitions start at the same time,

EMMY CARUSO is another member of KISU expected to do well in the Swim BC AA championships which take place this weekend.

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while the finals start at approximately 4:30 p.m.

There are 40 clubs competing.

Not only has Hoeben been impressed with her swimmers, but the club’s

organizing committee and the work they have put in.

“I really think that they will accomplish the goal of hosting the best AAs ever,” she said. “Some of the prep work they have done,

I’ve never seen other clubs do that. I’m really hopeful that the visiting clubs walk away feeling like they want to come back to Penticton for another AA in future years.”

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Skier set for challenge VICTORIOUS VEES — Ronan Nuttgens, back left, skates to centre ice while teammates Koehn Obuck and Maddie Aubie, right, celebrate a goal. The Vees finished third in the Winter Classic Jamboree for the Sick Kids Foundation over the Family Day weekend. The SeaFair Islanders from Richmond won the tournament against the West Kelowna Warriors. They were among six teams that raised $17,113 for the foundation.

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Competing in his one and only BC Winter Games is special for Fred Albrechtson.

In cross-country skiing, athletes are only eligible to compete once in the Games due to age restrictions. The 13-year-old Pentictonite will hit the cross country track on his home turf at the Nickel Plate Nordic Centre as Penticton hosts the Games Feb. 25-28.

Fred made it his goal to qualify for the Games since joining the Nickel Plate Nordic Centre three years ago after wanting a change from being a mogul skier.

His mother Jenny is excited about what her son has accomplished, especially because she competed in the Games in Nelson in 1989 as an alpine skier.

“I just remember it being so much fun,” she said.

“For me it was all about the social aspect. Being

around all the other teammates. We could walk to other venues and watch other friends compete. It was a good goal for my son to have to qualify for cross country skiing.”

She has seen her son put in the work to get better. While Fred didn’t perform as well as he would have liked in his qualifier in Revelstoke, placing sixth, he’s striving for a top-five finish.

“I think I can do that.

That would be amazing to do better than top 5,” he said.

Since joining Nickel Plate, Fred said he’s learned a lot from coach Jerome Jang. He said skiing at Nickel Plate with the

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Weekend critical for Lakers season Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Discipline and confidence are two keys for the Pen High Lakers senior girls basketball team leading to three weekend matches.

On Friday, the Lakers welcome the South Kamloops

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After starting well, Hyde said they didn’t play well for two quarters.

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Being a young team, he said they lack discipline and confidence at times. The Owls, Hyde said, pressure the wing making it difficult to initiate any set play.

The Lakers offence did manage to score from three point range, but Hyde said most of those buckets were from broken plays and offensive rebounds.

Other chances were created from openings.

“They are good, they play tough perimeter defence,” he said.

“We just didn’t execute what we needed to do. The girls knew that KSS was going to be tough.”

Hyde said this weekend is big for the team. Depending on their results, they could climb as high as third in the league.

The Lakers senior boys also had a tough matchup with the Owls, losing 88-41.

They got back in the win column against the Rutland Voodoo with a 61-55 win on the road.

The Valley quarterfinals for the senior girls is set for Feb.16 with the Valley championship on Feb. 19 to 20. Provincials are March 2-5. For the boys, the Valley championship is in Kelowna Feb. 24-25.

KYLER PHILLIP of Pen High’s senior boys team, ducks around Salmon Arm’s Aaron Hicks during a Feb. 4 home game. After coming from behind, the local boys defeated their rivals 69-61, with six points coming in the last 30 seconds of the game.

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Devils fans give Brodeur the chills Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Anthony Brodeur experienced a crazy feeling as the New Jersey Devils retired his father’s No. 30 on Tuesday.

That feeling was from more than 17,000 fans at the Prudential Centre in Newark, N.J... chanting “Marty” for minutes. They wouldn’t let his dad talk.

“It gave me the chills,” said Anthony during a phone interview before returning to Penticton on Wednesday night. “16, 17,000 (16,514) people just screaming his name, that’s my dad. It was a little weird to see that. It was really cool.”

After the Penticton Vees swept their Vancouver Island road trip last weekend, Brodeur hopped on a plane and made the trip to meet his family as the Devils made Martin the fourth player in franchise history to have his number retired. He joins Scott Stevens, Ken Daneyko and Scott Niedermayer. Martin is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, the NHL’s all-time winningest goalie with 691 regular season victories. He broke Terry Sawchuk’s record of 103 shutouts ending his career with 125 while adding 24 in the playoffs. He won four Vezina Trophies as the NHL’s best goaltender, five William’s Jenning’s Trophies for best goaltending tandem, the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year in 1994 and is a twotime Olympic gold medal winner.

The days spent with family celebrating was fun

for Anthony, especially since he had not seen them in some time. Watching his dad have the spotlight was amazing and Anthony praised the job the Devils organization did in honouring his father.

“It was really cool to see, just the amount of recognition they felt he deserved,” said Anthony, a seventh round selection by the Devils in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Among the activities planned was the unveiling of a statue on Monday night in front of thousands of fans. The ceremony prior to the game against the Edmonton Oilers lasted roughly an hour. Anthony enjoyed listening to the speeches and the atmosphere was “super loud,” he said.

“I lived through this,” said Anthony, who was three weeks old before his father won his first Stanley Cup in 1995. “It’s really crazy to hear what people have to say and how highly people speak of him.”

Growing up Anthony watched his father play a lot. He loved watching games. He recalls going to Dallas in 2000 and wearing a cowboy hat with a devil on it and flying across the country to Anaheim in 2003.

“It was really cool to just watch my dad play, do his thing,” he said.

“At the end, you get to go on the ice, go with my dad. We would sit around the cup. We would touch the Stanley Cup.” His other favourite memories include going to the Olympics in Salt

PENTICTON VEES GOALIE Anthony Brodeur, middle back, poses for a photo with his family as his father Martin Brodeur, far right, had his No.30 jersey retired by the New Jersey Devils, where he won three Stanley Cups.

New Jersey Devils/Andy Marlin photo

Lake City, Torino, Italy and Vancouver.

“When I was younger I didn’t appreciate it as much as I would now,” said Anthony. “It’s really cool that this, to look back to see what a great career he had.

Warriors, Smoke Eaters next Ranked No.1 in the Canadian Junior Hockey League again, the Penticton Vees welcome the West Kelowna Warriors and Trail Smoke Eaters to

the South Okanagan Events Centre, Friday and Saturday respectively.

The Vees clinched their second straight BCHL regular season title after sweeping their Vancouver Island road trip.

“We’re obviously real-

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ly proud of what our team accomplished with the President’s Trophy,” said Vees captain Tyson Jost.

“That was one of our goals at the beginning of the year. We’re not done yet, we still got to keep going.

We just want to keep playing well and hopefully hit a peak here when we go into playoffs.”

The Vees learned some lessons from two come-from-behind wins over the Victoria Grizzlies, 7-5, and the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, 3-2.

“I know we weren’t too pleased with how we played in the first and second period,” said Jost of their game against the Grizzlies.

Jost spoke to his teammates during the second intermission and simply said for them to play the way they know.

“Play with some pride for that logo on the front of our jersey, play with respect,” he said, “I think we did that very well. We came out flying in the third period.

“It’s a learning experience,” continued Jost. “It’s something that everybody

can take a few things that they learned from that game.”

In facing the Warriors (33-16-2-1), the Vees take on a group looking to solidify second place in the Interior Division.

While the B.C. Ford Dealers Road to the Fred Page Cup doesn’t begin until March 4, Jost said they are getting a taste of the near future.

“Right now everybody is fighting for a playoff spot,” he said.

“They are fighting to get into the mix. Right now we’re getting a taste of what it’s going to take and what playoffs are kind of like. That’s something that we really saw against Victoria there. A team that came out hard in the first two periods. I think it is a good experience. Use it and put in our little bank there.”

Off the ice, Vees forward Scott Conway was named the CJHL’s first star for January. Conway racked up 18 goals to go with 11 assists to help the Vees go 10-2 to secure top spot in the Interior Division.

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I’ve led such a privileged life. Firstly in my choice of husband Jake, and secondly in our choice to emigrate to the Okanagan in 1966. Jake and I have raised two fine sons here; Sean (wife Megan) and Kevin (wife Veronica). We are extremely proud of both of them. Our two grandchildren, Abigail and Benjamin, have been a delight. A ray of sunshine in our golden years.

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Dentist pulling teeth to get more help at free clinic Steve Kidd Western News Staff

For more than a year, the vision of a dental clinic to help out the needy in Penticton was a reality, but since September, the doors to the Henning Emergency Clinic of Kindness (HECK) have been closed.

The problem is the lack of a dentist available to hold regular hours at the clinic. During its first year of operation, that was Dr. Amal Ayoub, who initially contributed two days a week.

“We got so busy, she ended up going to three days a week,” said Greta Henning, the driving force behind the clinic.

Ayoub was the first dentist Henning worked with, back in 2011 when she organized the first free clinic, held in a room at the Penticton United Church. On that August day, they treated 18 patients, extracting 14 teeth and 18 root tips.

Those clinic days eventually grew into a permanent location for the HECK program, which opened its doors in March of 2014. In the 18 months that followed, Henning said they treated between 700 and 900 people, who came to the clinic from not only Penticton, but surrounding communities as well.

Without a dentist, though, the HECK program is pretty much dead in the water. Henning said they have had dentists, like Dr. Cindee Melashenko of Summerland, come forward and volunteer to do clinics.

“They were for just like four hours and we didn’t have any trouble filling the spots,” said Henning. “Our next is March 11, and we just see priority patients.

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The ones that are really struggling.”

Little has changed since Henning began her campaign for a free-standing clinic.

There is still great need in the community, and while there is a good on-call dentist system through Interior Health, it doesn’t always fill the need for dental service, especially for patients that can’t have the full treatment right away.

Often, they are just given a prescription for antibiotics to relive infection, according to Henning, but while that relieves the immediate effects, it doesn’t address the real problem.

“Oftentimes, that is a band-aid. Once they get a prescription, it starts to feel better. But the next time it flares up, they are in the same shape,” said Henning. “And living off antibiotics or painkillers is not good for a body.”

Henning said she is doing her best to find a dentist, or a rotating schedule of several, that are willing to donate their time on a regular basis, so the clinic can reopen on more than an intermittent schedule.

“I have done my best to make the dental community aware we are closed, and I do need volunteers,” said Henning. “If someone is coming on a regular basis, we are prepared to pay a stipend for the work they do.”

Henning said it was an incredible feeling for herself and her volunteers operating the clinic and helping people whose circumstances kept them out of the mainstream system.

“Finally, we can make a difference,” she said. “Some of them have had significant work. Some of them are just a filling here, or filling there.”

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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13 Red Wine & Chocolate at Tinhorn Creek featuring the incomparable Ingrid Schellenberg, coaxing sweet music from her golden harp, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.[0213p] Alcoholics Anonymous hAs daily meetings in Penticton and area. Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours).

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Proceeds support local schools and youth with social and emotional learning. Tickets are $10 each and available at Minute Man Printing, 130-564 Main St.[0213p] V Alentine ’ s d Ay sWeetheARt Dart shoot at the Elks Club. You must play with your sweetie.[0213p] Pub night fundRAiseR with silent auction at the Copper Mug Pub at 6 p.m. for a high school humanitarian trip to

Tanzania in June. Tickets are $20, which includes dinner, drink, live band and are available at the pub and Princess Margaret Secondary.[0213p] south mAin dRoPin Centre has a social dinner on the second Saturday of the month at 5:30 p.m.[sa] elks club on Ellis Street has crib at 10 a.m., dropin darts and early bird draw at 4 p.m., meat draw at 4:30 p.m., dinner at 5:30 p.m.

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Meditation and healing at 10 a.m. followed by presentation at 10:30 a.m. at the South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965 South Main St. Contact aggiewrites@ gmail.com for more information.[0214p] RoyAl cAnAdiAn legion branch 40 has meat and 50/50 draws at 2 p.m.

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the Bereavement Resource Centre, 129 Nanaimo Ave. W. Call 250-490-1107 to register.[mo] south mAin dRoP-in Oliver Senior Centre has a general meeting at 1:30 p.m. Call 250-498-6142 for more information.[0215p] centRe hAs imPRoVeR line dance at 9 a.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., computer dropin from 1 to 3 p.m. and introductory ukelele at 3:15 p.m. Call 250-4932111 to confirm line dance activities. [mo] 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 a.m. flooR cuRling eVeRy Monday from 1:30 to 3 p.m., with coffee after, at the Seniors’ Recreation Centre, 439 Winnipeg St.[102s] AnAVets hAVe theiR kitchen open for dinner at 5 p.m. Pool and dart leagues at 7 p.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.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16 bRoWn bAg lectuRe at the Penticton Museum from noon to 1 p.m. with Jordan Coble offering an insight into the background of the Okanagan First Nation with particular reference to the Westbank First Nation.

Presentations are in the museum auditorium, 785 Main St., and include coffee, tea and confections. Suggested donation is $2 for adults, $1 for children.[0216c] south mAin dRoP-in Centre has ultra-beginner line dance at 9 a.m., social bridge at 9:15 a.m., sing-along 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.

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Al-Anon meets At 10:30 a.m. in the Concordia Lutheran Church, 2800 South Main St. Call 250-490-9272 or visit www.bcyukon-al-anon.org for more information.[tu] bReAstfeeding suPPoRt gRouP meets at 10 a.m.

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