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SCHOOLS CHOSEN FOR CLOSURE Steve Kidd

Western News Staff

It was while they were finalizing the decision to close three schools in the Okanagan Skaha School District that a small voice called out into the quiet of the auditorium.

“You’re doing the wrong thing.”

Judging by the applause from the audience, it was a sentiment shared by many. Emotions ran high throughout the two-hour meeting, with some of the trustees coming close to tears as they worked through 10 options, and settled on closing McNicoll Park Middle School in Penticton, Trout Creek Elementary in Summerland and Westbench Elementary School.

Grade levels at other schools will also be adjusted to better accommodate the student population.

All three will close as of July 1, 2016. The school district has faced budget shortfalls for several years, and expects to see them for some years into the future, until enrolment begins to climb again. In this case, the district is expecting to see a $1.025 million shortfall next year.

Though the three closures is expected to save the school district roughly $1.187 million, board chair Linda van Alphen wasn’t prepared to say whether closing these three schools was enough, or whether the board might have to consider other changes in coming years.

“I am just hoping this is the end of it, but I don’t know, because we have declining enrolment and it continues to decline,” said Van Alphen. “I just hope everyone realizes how serious that is.”

Tina Martin, a Trout Creek parent, hoped that the school board would reconsider, and look at the extensive changes the decision would entail for Summerland students, who will be redistributed among the remaining three schools.

“This option does not make Summerland attractive to new families,” she said. “This is not a change that needs to happen.”

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School trustee Barb Sheppard, flanked by fellow board members Shelley Clarke and Bill Bidlake, discusses one of the options for school closures. The board chose to close three schools and reconfigure several others Wedensday evening.

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Erick Thompson, also from the Trout Creek community, wanted to know if the closure could be reversed in the future should the situation change, either through more funding from the province or growing population.

“It is growing down there, we hope that Summerland will grow,” said Thompson.

“Once it is closed, is that it for there ever being an elementary school in Trout Creek again?”

The audience began filing into the IMC building, behind the school district offices on Jermyn Avenue, an hour before the scheduled

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start of the meeting. By 7 p.m., it was standing room only with about 200 people present.

The first option, maintaining the status quo and not closing any schools, was the first to fall. Trustee Bruce Johnson, a retired principal who spent his entire career in this district, was the sole supporter of that option.

He called the last three years some of the most challenging in education in B.C. but said the board was in good financial shape, and should continue the fight to keep the schools open.

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“I have been involved with this school district for a long time. I don’t think things are broken,” said Johnson.

He noted that mistakes have been made during the closure process and suggested that the board should take more time, and delay their decision to the next budget process.

“Most importantly, we will do the job we were elected to do, working together for student success,” said Johnson.

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Robotti’s to stand trial for second-degree murder Dale Boyd

Western News Staff

SiblingS grace Elinor Robotti (left) and Pier louis Robotti (right) will stand trial for the second degree murder of Roxanne louie.

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Grace Elinor Robotti and Pier Louis Robotti will stand trial for the second degree murder.

The charges against the brother and sister are that on Jan. 4, 2015 at or near Penticton the two committed the second degree murder of Roxanne Louie, a 26-yearold single mother and Osoyoos Indian Band member. Grace is the paternal great grandmother of Louie’s child.

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Crown argued, using evidence that cannot be published due to a routine publication ban, for the Robottis’ charges to be upgraded to first degree murder — indicating planning and premeditation.

Defence counsels James Pennington (Grace) and Don Skogstad (Pier) argued the accused be tried on the downgraded charge of manslaughter, a charge Skogstad noted is still a serious allegation.

“Manslaughter is a serious crime carrying life imprisonment as

well, so it’s not exculpatory to suggest manslaughter,” Skogstad said.

Dan Wilson, Louie’s uncle, said the supporters and family members who once again attended the courthouse are disappointed in the committal on second degree murder.

“We were hoping for murder one (first degree murder). We thought there was enough evidence there,” Wilson said. “Second degree, a lot of times perpetrators get a slap on the wrist.

We’re just disappointed.

We don’t think that they will serve enough time.”

The matter returns to Penticton Supreme Court March 21 to fix a trial date.

Traffic stop leads to sizeable drug seizure Western News Staff

A RCMP officer conducted a traffic stop which led to a sizeable drug seizure, the recovery of stolen property and several potential drug-related charges against a Penticton man and woman.

On March 2 at 12:07 a.m., a Kelowna RCMP officer on patrol spotted a vehicle being driven in a highly erratic manner south bound on Highway 97 near McCurdy Road. The officer conducted a traffic stop with the vehicle on the highway near Leckie Road.

According to RCMP, during the officers interaction with the driver of the vehicle he detected signs of possible drug intoxication. As a result a demand was made of the driver who subsequently failed the physical co-ordination tests conducted roadside. A second demand was made and the driver was taken to the Kelowna RCMP Detachment for additional testing. A Drug Recognition Expert (was called in to conduct a drug influence evaluation.

During searches conducted of the vehicle roadside police located suspected illegal drugs as well as stolen property.

In total Mounties seized 1.2 kilograms of suspected GHB (Gamma Hydroxybutyrate) from the travelling duo. The suspects were also found in possession of apparent brand new, un-opened electronics products which still had store security devices attached to them.

The driver, a 40-year-old Penticton man, is facing potential charges of impaired operation of a motor vehicle, possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of property obtained by crime. His passenger, a 36-yearold woman also from Penticton, is facing potential charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of property obtained by crime. Both are expected to appear in court on a later date.

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Hometown Hockey brings Moog back to his roots Mark Brett Western News Staff

This weekend will be a home coming with all the bells and whistles for native son Andy Moog.

Moog, who won three Stanley Cups with the powerhouse Edmonton Oilers of the early 80’s will be part of the traveling Scotiabank Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour which rolled into town Wednesday.

“I’m really looking forward to it, it’s really going to be a lot of fun,” said Moog Thursday in a telephone interview from Dallas, Tex. “My concern is the recreational player, the player who loves the game but doesn’t have the time or the energy to commit to that level of hockey but still wants to play. This program that Scotiabank offers is really directed at them, those players who love it.”

Moog was born and raised in Penticton, playing his minor hockey here before leaving for the big leagues.

At 56 he still remembers the fun he and his friends had playing road hockey in the Peach City.

“We tore apart that parking lot at McLaren Park for several summers in a row,” he recalled. “We had some wild pickup games in that place. That parking lot in the south end of McLaren Park

Andy Moog (above) =during his playing days with the Stanley Cup-winning Edmonton oilers. Moog will be among nHL alumni who will be at this weekend’s Scotiabank Rogers Hometown Hockey tour at the South okanagan Events Centre. Hometown hockey work crews were busy (above right) in front of the SoEC on Thursday.

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Arena was our little haven for street hockey in the summer, oh boy we played some games there. There were a lot of hurt feelings and few hurt shins when we left that parking lot.”

Moog will be among the

NHL alumni who will be on hand for the two days of fun and (hockey) games.

Inducted into the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame, fittingly located in the South Okanagan Events Centre, in 2000, Moog played 18 sea-

sons in the NHL. Activities will begin Saturday at the South Okanagan Events Centre starting at noon and going to 6 p.m.

During that time in the Scotiabank community locker room the local pro alumni,

Moog, Mark Rycroft, Ross Fitzpatrick and Dave McLelland will be available. There will be a commemorative youth hockey jersey giveaway, bubble hockey and custom signage for local community leagues.

A special community legacy presentation will take place at 1 p.m. at Rogers Main Stage when Scotiabank will give $10,000 to Penticton Minor Hockey, $2,500 to Summerland Minor Hockey and $2,500 to South Okanagan Minor Hockey.

On Sunday, the show will run from noon to 10 p.m. starting in the locker room, which includes the Scotiabank Hot Stove interview with Moog and Kirk McLean from 12:30 to 1 p.m.

The Hometown Hockey viewing party hosted by pop-

ular sportscaster, author and television personality Ron MacLean featuring the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings is at 4:30 p.m.

Joining MacLean in the Sportsnet mobile studio for the live broadcast of the game will be two Penticton Minor Hockey players, Aiden Hutcheson and Zoe Konanz.

Also taking place on the two days will be live music, autograph signing with Moog and McLean, hockey circus show and Dr. Oetker puck stack.

Fans can also visit the Sportsnet Be a Broadcaster booth where they can make a video and tweet it for a chance to win VIP tickets to a 2016 Stanley Cup playoff game.

City pushes for tourism groups to come under one brand Steve Kidd Western News Staff

Time is running out for the Penticton Hospitality Association and Tourism Penticton to reach a deal that will see one voice representing tourism in the city.

Both organizations have annual general meetings coming up next week, the PHA on March 15 at the Lakeside Resort and Tourism Penticton on March 18 at the Ramada Inn. “I know they have been having discussions. They have both indicated that is their intention to come together as one voice,” said Mayor Andrew Jakubeit, adding that the city has been very clear in conversations with both organizations that they want a single brand for marketing Penticton, and the better lever-

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“Our agreement with Tourism Penticton ends this year, so they know that there is a really heavy mandate to get together as one organization and collaboratively figure out how that shapes conversations,” said Jakubeit.

Stephanie Chambers, business development officer for the City of Penticton, has worked with both groups since January to facilitate an agreement. She said there is a proposal ready to present at the AGMs next week.

Chambers wouldn’t go into detail about how the agreement would be structured, but said they are looking for feedback to flesh it out.

“There is going to be a little bit of structure, but we are going to be asking for a lot of feedback on the 18th and the 15th,” said Chambers. “The idea is to provide some in-

sight and be able to say here are some things we are thinking about and then get the group feedback on it.”

Chambers said the conversation included other groups than the PHA and Tourism Penticton.

“We have had stakeholders from various organizations involved. So the boards have been represented, as well as outside parties.”

Jakubeit hopes there is some clarity on the future of tourism after next week.

“I think we have so much opportunity here and we could get so much further ahead if we were working together as one,” Jakubeit said. “If it is still the status quo, I think council will be looking at different options to best leverage any investment we make to tourism. We have a lot of fa-

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Johnston lone trustee holdouts on closures From SCHOOL on PG. 1 Trustee Bill Bidlake, also a former principal, said that the only alternative to closure was to start cutting staff positions, a view shared by board chair Linda van Alphen.

“Having been a trustee for 14 years, I know there is nothing left to pick at,” said van Alphen.

Penticton MLA Dan Ashton was not present at the special school board meeting Wednesday, though NDP education critic Rob Fleming came in from Victoria to attend the meeting.

Fleming said that the standing committee on finance, a non-partisan committee chaired

by Ashton, has recommended the government establish stable, secure and adequate multi-year funding for schools.

“The government has ignored those recommendations for three years in a row,” said Fleming. “This year is even worse because we are dealing with $54 million in so called administrative savings cuts being forced on school districts.”

When she announced the demand for three years of administrative cuts last year, Premier Christy Clark infamously said districts could accomplish it through trimming “low-hanging fruit.”

“What we see in Okanagan Skaha and districts across the province is that there is no such thing as low-hanging fruit,” said Fleming. “Districts have chopped down the fruit trees and used it for firewood.”

Fleming spent the day touring schools and meeting with representatives of Parent Advisory Committees.

“Parents are alarmed that schools that have stable enrolment and positive school cultures are being considered for closures,” he said. “Ultimately, funding decisions which impact cuts that school districts have to make are made by the minister of education and the premier.”

Trustees give their reasons

Options that would have eliminated one Penticton high school, including converting Penticton Secondary and KVR Middle

This board, financially, is in excellent shape. I don’t think this is the year to close any schools.

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schools into a dual-campus high school while Maggie took on middle school status, were universally opposed by the trustees.

“I do believe there should be a two high school system in Penticton,” said van Alphen, though she added it could come back on the table in the future, should more reconfiguration be needed.

Other trustees suggested re-purposing the schools would be a large and expensive job, and keeping smaller school populations was beneficial for students.

Closing Giant’s Head Elementary in Summerland, while reconfiguring age ranges at other Summerland schools was also not acceptable. Reasons included the cost of the retrofit and pushing the capacity of the schools in the municipality.

The second Summerland-oriented option, Option I, which would have involved closing Trout Creek Elementary, did get some support, starting with Summerland trustee Janet Planiden.

“I feel that option I is the better option for Summerland,” said Planiden. She believed concentrating students in a central location would be beneficial.

“Everything is in walking distance,” said

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Planiden, listing facilities like schools, libraries, galleries. “I think that is a rare occurrence in a community.”

Trustees Shelley Clarke and Barb Sheppard also supported option I. Bidlake opposed the Trout Creek option, saying it was added to the list late in the game, though it might be a consideration for the future.

Van Alphen said she had struggled with the concept of closing Trout Creek, but added that something had to be done in the area.

“We are down to 75 per cent capacity.

There are four schools in Summerland. That would tell anyone that one needs to close,” said van Alphen. “There is nothing that says to me that this isn’t the best option for Summerland.”

“No one can convince me that closing this school is a good thing for our communities. I think this would be a very bad mistake,” said trustee Johnson, closing the debate. “This board, financially, is in excellent shape. I don’t think this is the year to close

any schools.”

Closing Giant’s Head Elementary was defeated unanimously, but closing Trout Creek went through with a 5-2 vote.

Closing McNicoll Park Middle School received stronger support from many of the trustees. The school is considered to be running at about 42 per cent of its capacity.

“We have too much capacity for middle schools in Penticton,” said Clarke, while van Alphen repeated that not closing some schools would mean cuts in other areas.

“We are at a stage now, where we don’t want to make any more cuts,” said van Alphen, adding that this process was the end result of a decade of cuts.

Bidlake, who spent a third of his career at McNicoll Park and started his teaching career there, showed his emotion as he agreed that school should be closed. That motion passed 6-1, with only Johnson opposed.

Closing West Bench also brought emotional responses from some of the trustees.

“Aside from the McNicoll decision, I think this was my second most difficult,” said Sheppard, who suggested the school might find a better use as a community centre.

Johnson spoke against the closure of West Bench, saying that two closures is enough.

“We will be fine for now,” said Johnson, adding that the board should now stop looking at money and focus on the students and families at the school.

next steps on school closures The province’s French school district, which already leases Ecolé Entre Lacs from Okanagan Skaha, has already expressed interest in leasing McNicoll Park and expanding into it for the start of the next school year in September.

Secretary Treasurer Bonnie Rouler Routley said that might be possible, but there are several steps that have to take place first.

Now that the decision is made, Mayor Andrew Jakubeit said the city will pursue the concept of subdividing the popular sports fields and ball diamond at McNicoll Park Middle School so they can continue to be used by the community.

“We’ll wait a day or two for the dust to settle, then reach out to the school board,” said Jakubeit. “We’re optimistic they too understand these sports fields provide great community benefit, not just for organized sports but for neighbourhoods. That shouldn’t change moving forward but the logistics of it will have to fine tuned.

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Any person whose interest may be affected by the proposed amendments may appear in person, by petition or by attorney. Delegations and Submissions will be received no later than 9:30 a.m. on Monday, March 21, 2016 to Attention: Corporate Officer, City of Penticton, 171 Main Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5A9; Email: publichearings@penticton.ca . No letter, report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Please note that all

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A concept drawing for Satikw crossing. penticton Indian Band chief Jonathan Kruger said they are close to leasing to the first business.

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Band close to signing businesses Kristi Patton Western News Staff

Penticton Indian Band Chief Jonathan Kruger said an announcement will be made in a few weeks regarding businesses moving in to the Satikw Crossing development.

“We are in negotiations to sign some letters of intent and we hope that can be completed within two weeks,” said Kruger. “We are so close and are champing at the bit to get going. We are so excited and have been working really hard to get the infrastructure started.”

Construction of the bridge crossing the Okanagan River Channel at Green Avenue, opened up the estimated 140 acres of land between the channel and Penticton Airport to development. Kruger said there was delays in creating infrastructure for potential businesses to move into Satikw Crossing because of

the election but now he expects directional drilling for the waterline will begin within the next two weeks.

The work will not affect the airport runway or cause any traffic disruptions, said Kruger. He added once letters of intent have been signed with businesses and the locatee landowners (land owned privately by band members), the roads and infrastructure will be under strict deadlines to ensure that the businesses can have buildings up by April 2017.

“We can’t say anything about what businesses are expected to sign letters of intent, because of the legal considerations, but I think we would be looking at 30 jobs right away,” said Kruger.

“Our team has put in a lot of hard work and I am so proud of the locates, the band and our employees. The results will be coming soon and it will be accomplishments we can all be proud of.”

The PIB Development Corpo-

ration previously said the Satikw Crossing developments could create up to $2 million in annual revenues for the band and more than 600 local jobs over the next 10 years.

In July the Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernarn Valcourt announced the federal government was contributing $2.4 million to the project which, according to Chris Scott, a PIB economic development consultant, rings in at about a total of $8 million.

“Until we built the bridge we couldn’t have infrastructure.

Now that we have the bridge built, people will start to see machinery on the land in the next few weeks with intentions to start developing that land,” said Scott.

Property developers are still exploring opportunities on the available land and a masterplan of the site includes a mix of retail, wholesale/commercial, light-industrial and mixed-use residential.

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City and Lakeside in utility discussions Dale Boyd Western News Staff

The city has entered discussions with management at the Lakeside Resort in hopes of resolving a lawsuit involving over $600,000 in backpay on the electrical utility out of court, the mayor said.

Penticton Mayor Andrew Jakubeit confirmed informal discussions have taken place between city management and Lakeside owners or managers regarding the amount of electricity which went unpaid for a period of five years due to a faulty meter discovered in January 2013.

“I think both parties want to have this issue resolved and move on to bigger and better things,” Jakubeit said. “It’s a complicated matter in the sense that it’s a large nut to crack, it’s a big dollar figure we can’t just walk away from.”

David Prystay, general manager at the Lakeside Resort, said he had not yet been served any documents.

Filing notice of claim on Jan. 22 showed that the city was serious about trying to come to some sort of resolution, Jakubeit said.

“It’s a big number to just sort of walk away from or not try to acknowledge,” Jakubeit said.

Looking to resolve the issue out of court could save both the city and the Lakeside legal fees and

lengthy days in court.

“I think no one really wants to see things go to court, so I think if both parties can get together and try to find some resolution instead of going to the courts and leaving it up to a judge to decide, I think that’s the best process and I think that’s what’s playing out right now,” Jakubeit said. “The less we involve lawyers the better. I think the more our management and the hotel’s management or ownership can get in a room and find some common ground if common ground exists, I think the better we are, the more authentic those conversations are.”

The City of Penticton has one year since the filling of the statement of claim to serve the Lakeside with the court documents.

The faulty meter, the claim states, was located in a locked metering compartment which the city would not have access to without shutting off power to the entire resort, which Jakubeit previously told the Western News was part of the delay between the discovery of the faulty meter in 2013 and the federal investigator’s inspection in 2015 to determine how much power went unpaid.

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EDITORIAL

School closures The Okanagan Skaha School District was bound to be facing more condemnation than praise, no matter what decision they came to regarding school closures.

Unless, that is, they decided not to close any. That was never really likely and was voted down quickly, leaving the trustees with the unenviable task of choosing schools to mothball.

It’s been more than a decade since the district last closed a school — that was Nkwala Elementary in 2004 — and going through that again was likely something the school board wasn’t any more eager to take on than the students and their parents. We would like to commend them for facing up to an unpleasant reality, and doing something about it.

Though the consultation process on school closures only began four months ago, the story leading up to this decision goes back much further. It’s the inevitable result of coping with budget shortfalls and declining enrolment by trimming the fat, cutting services and some inspired financial management.

But eventually, there is nothing left to cut.

And while trustee Bruce Johnson was eloquent in his argument that the school district doesn’t need to consider closures yet, it was inevitable that the option would have to be considered, probably sooner rather than later.

Better to do it now, before cuts affected the students education in the classroom, rather than just what building that classroom is in.

It’s a reality that enrolment continues to drop, here and in many other school districts.

Populations also shift, and what was once a new residential area filled with young families eventually becomes an established neighbourhood filled with empty-nesters wondering PENTICTON WESTERN what they are going to do with their children’s empty rooms.

Those empty bedrooms could mean the theatre room Dad always wanted, but for the school board, empty classrooms are just a money pit, eating up funds that would be better spent on actually educating students.

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The debate on physician-assisted dying In Parliament we take up and debate issues from across the spectrum, from the relatively simple to the most serious of topics.

Recently one of the most serious issues in a long time came before us: Physician-Assisted Dying.

On Feb. 6, 2015 the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in the Carter case, finding that Canadians who are suffering intolerably because of a grievous and irremediable medical condition have the right to request medical aid in dying. The Supreme Court gave the government until June 6, 2016 to have a new law governing medical aid in dying in place.

Faced with that deadline, the federal government created the Special Joint Committee on PhysicianAssisted Dying to make recommendations on a legislative response to this decision. That committee heard from over 13,000 Canadians, more than 100 organizations, held 11 hearings, called 61 expert witnesses and received more than 100 written briefs from groups across Canada. The committee rendered its report at the end of February, making 21 recommendations to help craft a balanced bill on medical aid in dying. It also proposes 10 safeguards, including eligibility criteria and procedural

Richard Cannings

From the Hill checks, to ensure that vulnerable individuals are protected.

Of the report recommendations, those around the importance informed consent are obviously the most critical in my mind, and if advance directives are given they must be crys-

tal clear. The safeguards include a waiting period and a requirement that two doctors must conclude that the patient meets the requirements of the legislation.

I was happy to see that the report formally calls on the government to implement the NDP’s initiative to create a Pan-Canadian Strategy on Palliative and End-of-Life Care and re-establishing the secretariat on palliative care. It is important that citizens not be forced to consider assisted dying simply because they don’t have access to proper palliative care or suitable mental health supports.

We now await the government’s response

to the report in the form of the new legislation called for by the Supreme Court decision. I urge the government to move forward with balance, respect and sensitivity. Above all, the new act must protect the vulnerable in our society. As the government drafts legislation, they must continue to engage and communicate with Canadians. With that in mind, I invite everyone to read the report (available online at www.parl. gc.ca/Committees/en/ PDAM) and invite you to share your views with me richard.cannings@ parl.gc.ca.

Richard Cannings is the South Okanagan-West Kootenay MLA.

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Resident pleas to save Osoyoos schools I am a life-long Osoyoos resident, OSS grad, parent and I have many years experience on school committees.

Since the announcement of possible school closures in School District 53 I have worked tirelessly on this matter. I have overwhelming support from our community and many across the province.

In total, we now have 3,851 signatures online and paper petitions asking to keep both schools open and keep kindergarten to grade 12 education in our community.

There are many other school boards across B.C. facing school closures, however, we in Osoyoos are currently the only community of approximately 5,000 facing potential school closures. This is very wrong.

I put forward a survey asking, what would you do if OSS closes? Thirty-nine per cent have responded they will either move out of Osoyoos or their child will

seek other education outside of school district 53. According to February enrolment reports, of 555 Osoyoos students that would be approximately $2.1 million.

Therefor , half of those at 20 per cent actually leave the district that is a further $1 million loss to SD 53. This could leave a huge number of families to be negatively affected.

I put forward two questions for parents: what about a four day school week proposal? I received overwhelming positive response from families and teachers. I also asked about more blended courses at the secondary level and received overwhelming response from parents, the unique concern is for provincial exam course.

We would like these two options investigated completely. OSS is already blending classes with very positive learning outcomes. Our achievement rates and pro-

vincial exam results remain at or above the provincial average. OSS achieved higher percentage marks than SOSS in 5/6 course in 2014-2015 exams. This is thanks to the fantastic teachers, administration and support staff in our OSS school family.

You need to remember Osoyoos kids matter. Education in Osoyoos should be a priority for these trustees. Trustees, your job is to do everything and anything in your power to keep Osoyoos schools open. If you fail to do this, then this community of Osoyoos will do everything in our power to keep our kids educated right here at home.

Is School District 53 ready to deal with their consequences?

Osoyoos has united, we ask the trustees to unite with us and save our schools.

Give us disclosure

between 2008 up until today confirms that is exactly what has happened. Unfortunately, Ms. Slump did not take into account the cost of the severance cheques that were paid out to the senior management staff that were fired. It has been reported that the cost was almost $3-million.

Council’s practice/policy since 2008 has been to keep property taxes below inflation.

Anyone running a household budget knows that is impossible to maintain that approach and keep their standard of living and maintain their property.

Keeping city taxes below the annual inflation rate the city cannot support the annual escalating costs of operating the city and maintaining the city’s infrastructure.

This irresponsible practice over the last eight years is evidenced by the deplorable state of the city’s roads. If the surface of the road is breaking down, the service lines under the roads will eventually collapse and rupture. The result of which it is going to cost the city double the regular maintenance dollars to fix those service lines.

Since 2008, council’s have drawn on the city’s reserves to offset tax increases.

Any council can draw on the city’s reserves to offset taxes, but there is a limit. It has always been the practice of past councils (as advised by the staff who were fired) to maintain a high reserve account so that the interest can be transferred to offset property tax increases.

Council should never draw down on the principal beyond a certain figure so there’s money there to cover emergencies. Since 2008 councils have abused the reserve account. A minimum reserve figure was set back in the nineties. One positive financial picture to look forward to, the South Okanagan Events Centre will be paid for in 2017, thanks to Jack Kler, the treasurer who

was fired in 2008.

I have recently been asked whether there was a conflict by council members when voting for the revitalization of the 200 block of Main Street. Conflict of interest is when an elected official will “directly or indirectly” receive financial reward from their vote. A councillor must decide to exclude themselves from voting if they believe they do, failure to do so can result in being removed from office. The other conflict is a “perceived conflict” whereby the owner’s of the property is a friend, a relative or direct family member who will be rewarded financially or benefit by the councillors vote. Example, if re-zoning is approved, that councillor is in a perceived conflict and may be removed from office.

The councillor who has a conflict should bring it to the attention to staff before the council agenda’s are circulated. The councillor is also in conflict if they discuss their conflict with other councillors. This can be considered as persuading a councillor to vote in their favour. The onus is always on the councillor to declare their conflict.

Failure for a councillor to declare a conflict could bring a costly legal challenge for the city, or a costly byelection.

In summation, the smoke and mirrors has been exposed, second we need to know why the city’s grant application for the 200 block revitalization was turned down, is the city losing its credit rating? This year’s budget increase of 5.5 per cent will not be enough to cover what needs to be done, we can expect similar increases in the years ahead. Thanks to these past practices the city is rapidly losing its positive image.

PS: I applied to serve on the Downtown Revitalization and SOEC committees when this council was elected, I was rejected.

So, Mr. Campbell of Lumalex just wanders in off the street, approaches Spectra management and says “You have a need, I have the cure.” I think not.

Where was the need? The present lighting was only seven years old. The curling rink lighting and that of the rink at McClaren Park is 35 years old.

Is it at all possible to get full disclosure regarding the purchase of LED lighting for the South Okanagan Events Centre complex?

The mayor gives one story. It is contradicted by SOEC management. Who is telling the truth? I filed an FOI last September.

The package I received from City Hall contained no bid tender, and one bid only, not two, not three. SOEC management spent 18 months researching, testing and evaluating lighting and nobody at City Hall was aware of what was going on? That strains credibility almost to the breaking point.

The City’s budget estimated facility lighting upgrades at $150,000 for 2013, 2014 and 2015, not $500,000 as the mayor quoted in your article ofnMarch 9.

In addition, the mayor said “that perhaps council should have held a vote on whether to sole-source the contract.” Mr. Jakubeit informed me that he does not recall any mention of the purchase in chambers.

What about the City’s treasury staff?

Were they not alarmed at the size of the invoices coming from SOEC? And, what about the sizable energy rebate from Fortis — where did that money go?

Complete disclosure is called for, not “a mistake was made” quote from the mayor.

Chris MacKay Penticton

Losing our image

Thank you Elvena Slump for investigating the smoke and mirrors that has been going on at city hall since 2008.

The core review you referred to was the start of the smoke and mirrors. Apparently the first draft of the core review didn’t give some of the council members the answers they wanted. The report was returned and reworked to justify the firing and laying off of long serving city employees.

The smoke and mirrors, fire them today and when that news story dies down, hire new (inexperienced) management back at the same pay scale to fill the vacancies. Ms, Slump’s investigation of the city finances

Brenda Dorosz Chair of Save Our Schools committee Osoyoos

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On Okanagan Skaha closing three schools: “Well done Crispy Clark and the ruling Liberals. As always it’s ‘families first’.”

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“School closures announced in Mission and a plan to close 19 in Vancouver over some years as well — this is the nasty work of the BC Liberals. We must join together to vote them out in 2017.”

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“I don’t envy our school district trustees as this has to be tough with all the decisions they need to make and I’m confidant they will do what is right for our children. That is the reason they have the job they do.

It’s their job to be fiscally responsible and that’s exactly what they are doing. There is not one single decision that is going to be ideal for everyone.”

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Wildstone hits top 50 companies in the country Mark Brett

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The Penticton Wildstone Group of Companies added another feather to the growing plumage on its corporate cap with this week’s announcement it’s been chosen as one of the country’s 50 best managed companies.

“We actually knew about it a few months ago but we weren’t allowed to publicize it until today (Wednesday) and believe me it is was a hard secret to keep,” said Wildstone president Mark Melissen, who earlier this year was named as a finalist in the QuantumShift award for Canada’s top entrepreneur.

“It puts us in a different category, a thirdparty validation, we had to open up a lot of sensitive information in the judging process I think it gives us some validation to some large national clients that we’re here to stay and we’re a well-run company.

“There’s a lot of different things out there in contests for recognition and we thought best managed was the hardest to get, it’s exclusive, the competition is really fierce, it really makes you evaluate your strategic plan.

The recognition is huge.”

Since 1993, the Deloitte program has been one of the leading business awards competition, recognizing excellence in Canadianowned and managed firms with revenues in excess of $10 million.

Founded by CEO Jim Morrison 21 years ago, the family-owned business does construction work from renovations to mechanical and industrial contracting projects in

Wildstone Group of Companies staff (left to right) dave newsted, CFo, president Mark Melissen, Mike Melissen operations manager and Jp Giordano, construction manager. the penticton firm was chosen as deloitte’s 50 Best Managed Companies in Canada.

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Western, Central and Northern Canada.

In addition to the Penticton, there are offices in Yellowknife, Yukon and Whitehorse employing over 100 people.

Major projects for the firm include being the prime contractor for a $42 million LNG pipeline in the Canadian north and a nearly $20 million northern Arctic RCMP detachment built on thermopiles which keep the

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It was the first installation of its kind in Canada. To earn the accreditation Wildstone underwent a rigorous and exhaustive several month, multi-phase process but according to the president it was worth it.

“To put it in a nutshell, how do you differentiate yourself and what’s your strategic plan,” said Melissen. “This shows we’ve got

March madness for SOEC complex Western News Staff

The South Okanagan Events Centre and Penticton Trade and Convention Centre has welcomed a record number of people through their doors within the first two weeks of March.

“It’s been non-stop, just the way we like it,” said Dean Clarke, general manager and regional vice-president of Spectra.

“Starting with the Kip Moore concert (Feb. 19), Penticton Vees final regular season home game (Feb. 24), BC Winter Games (Feb. 25 to 28), Harlem Globetrotters (Feb. 29), B.C. Interior Division semi-finals, game one and two (March 4 and 6), Megadeth concert (March 5) and the 21st Annual Cana-

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a lot of great corporate values and if we stick to those and we keep doing things right and keep putting our staff first and they treat the customer right.

“We’ve got a lot of diversity in our product, training for staff, giving as much support and keep and keeping people motivated.”

This was Wildstone’s second attempt at the award, falling just shy of making the grade last year. Another recent milestone for Wildstone was the celebration of the firm’s fifth year without a time-loss incident, which equates to nearly 800,000 hours.

“That safety record is huge,” said Melissen, who works in tandem with his brother Mike, the operations manager. “It’s massive in the construction business to go that long without an incident.

“Our staff are paramount, everybody cares about everybody else.

We can write the policies and procedures but it’s the guys working on the sites that really deserve the pat on the backs because they’re the ones enforcing the policies and they’re the guys that are leading by example in making sure that all of the things we say are going to get done, actually get done.”

For the future he sees bright things on the horizon for the company and despite the downtown turn in the economy, he predicts Wildstone will continue to put Penticton at the contracting forefront.

“It’s a tough market out there right now, and lets face it, you have to be nimble but we’re going to keep growing and celebrating our wins,” said Melissen.

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dian Home Builders’ Association South Okanagan Home and Reno Show (March 5 and 6), we’ve welcomed over 35,000 people through our doors over past two and a half weeks. The diversity of the events, as well as the crowds, has certainly kept us hopping and we’re not slowing down.”

The 2016 Canadian Sports School Hockey League Championships kicked off yesterday and runs through Sunday. Tomorrow, the Penticton Vees look to clinch the Interior Division semi-finals versus the Vernon Vipers. It doesn’t stop there.

This weekend, the City of Penticton hosts Rogers Hometown Hockey on the SOEC Plaza.

Next door at the convention cen-

tre, the Okanagan Similkameen Healthy Living Fair takes place on Saturday.

“It’s exciting for us to host such a wide array of events on campus, but the most satisfying part of hosting these events is to see how well attended they have all been,” said Clarke. “Accommodations in Penticton are filling up quickly, the City is buzzing and attendance at these events has been record breaking. The 21st Annual Home and Reno Show reported a 25 per cent increase in attendance and the Megadeth concert sold out.

It’s all positive.”

For a full listing of events, please visit www.SOEC.ca and www.PentictonConventionCentre.com.

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There appears to be a rising tide around Cosmic Brew, especially after a big step up opening for Finger Eleven last year after winning a radio contest. Out of 25 bands, Cosmic Brew was voted by the public into the final five, which were reviewed by Finger Eleven themselves, picking Cosmic Brew as the winner, calling them ‘young guys playing good rock.’ They were the only band in the contest to enter a live recording.

“I guess they related to us,” Burns said. “We were all waiting because I was working. My dad was listening to the radio.”

Cosmic Brew joined Finger Eleven at the

Kelowna Community Theatre in October of 2015.

“Nothing is really nerve-racking for me anymore,” Marsel said. “You know you’re going to be playing. It’s all about getting there and how it’s going to happen that’s the scary part.”

Playing in front of a crowd isn’t a problem for the group.

“You’re first guitar lesson, that’s the scary part,” Burns laughed.

They have accrued a bit of notoriety since that show, easily recognizable due to their classic rock ’n’ roll hair. Think Jimmy Page, with a little more length.

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The group, consisting of Mason Burns on lead guitar and lead vocals, Kris Marsel on bass and Josh Visser on drums have been making trips back and forth from Kelowna every weekend, meticulously crafting their first EP, Cosmic Brew.

On sale March 15, the self-titled, debut EP will be available via multiple online distributors including iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play and Apple Music.

It’s a lot of online distribution, but they are still independent and self-produced.

“Hint, we need a record contract,” Burns laughed.

The album was recorded at the Centre of Arts and Technology in Kelowna with the help of producer Kayleb Burke, where Marsel had previously attended the audio engineering program. He was familiar with what goes into making an album and there was a lot of tweaking to get it just right. The band knew what they wanted. Some songs had nine versions before they were finished.

Refined down to six songs, the band wanted quality over quantity.

“That’s technically an EP. We could have put out more, but at the same time we’re thinking we want the best of right now and a good representation of what is now,” Marsel said.

The album covers the

spectrum of rock ’n’ roll.

Opening with hard rock and ending with a ballad.

“Every song has a different feel because they represent a different time in our lives,” Marsel said.

The production started in October, 2015 and the mastering was finished two weeks ago.

“It’s a lot longer than people think it takes,” Visser said. “It’s a lot more intricate.”

They take a heavy influence from their favourite era in rock, the early ‘70s and late ‘60s. Burns’ father describes their song Beach as “a cross between Led Zeppelin and the Beach Boys.”

They have also hit a niche in the Okanagan, specifically Penticton, with the mesh of fiery youth and an old-rock sound.

“We got lucky because there are a ton of awesome bands in Penticton, but most of them are more cover bands. There’s not too many bands that are doing original music that are younger. I think we’ve won over the older crowd too because we’re playing music they want to hear,” Visser said.

They are the quintessential garageband; forming in 2014 Burns put an ad out on Facebook for a bassist. Enter Kris Marsel.

“Within, I don’t know, two hours, he came to our garage, plugged in and we just hit one note and it clicked,” Burns said.

“We’re still rocking in the garage to this day.”

The group ended up changing drummers a few times until Visser was thrown into the hot seat, playing one show prior to 2015’s Penticton Peach Festival opening for Ca-

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Armchair Book Club: Pomp and circumstance with The Queen of the Night

Heather Allen Armchair Book Club

I go to the opera for the music, the fine costumes, the emotion, but not usually for the plot.

The same can be said of reading Alexander Chee’s latest novel The

Queen of the Night, which follows the fictional life of soprano Lilliet Berne, who dominates the Parisian stage of the 1870s.

Lilliet is an orphan from a Minnesota farm who manages to become a circus act — a settler’s daughter who can shoot, sing and perform acrobatics on horseback. With her circus troupe, she makes her way to Paris. The book’s evertwisting plot is often overblown and stretches believability,

which seems appropriate for the subject. In fact, the plot is loosely based on that of the opera The Magic Flute.

The Queen of the Night is stuffed with historical cameos, reminding me of the current trend in Hollywood blockbusters.

How many famous people can one director throw into a single movie?

But then, opera singers of the day were rather on the same level as today’s Hollywood stars.

Still, what are the

chances that an orphan girl would get picked out for special notice by the emperor, become the special spy for a comtesse, and brush shoulders with Giuseppe Verdi? Lilliet starts to feel like the Forrest Gump of this historical fiction.

I’ve grown a bit leery of the adage: Write about what you know. I prefer the less limiting advice: Write about what interests you. But The Queen of the Night doesn’t really

back up my preference.

In fact, I wonder if Chee may have strayed a bit far from his centre of knowledge.

I found descriptions of a teenager’s inner anxiety when pressed to enter into a life of prostitution lacking sincere emotion, and many of Chee’s descriptions of the physical experience of singing also fell flat.

If only Chee could have described Lilliet’s inner turmoil and her music with the same precision and enthusiasm as

he did the outrageously extravagant and expensive jewels and dresses of the day.

Like the multiple layers of the complicated dresses they wore, the themes, plot and characters come in a dizzying array in this novel. Chee’s plot graph, while writing the book, must have covered an entire room.

In the end though, these are minor quibbles. Chee animates an exciting time in Parisian history, sweeping

through the halls of Emperor Napoleon III, the Prussian siege, the overthrow of the emperor, and the bloody Paris Commune. The reader can’t help but be pulled along in Lilliet’s struggle to maintain her social status, ever on the verge of plunging back into her former destitute life.

Like any opera with a few questionable turns, The Queen of the Night is still a magical spectacle worth taking in.

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The site that many are hoping will be the home of the Penmar Community Arts Theatre is looking a little different.

Volunteers and Penmar Community Arts Society members took their paint brushes to the streets to raise awareness of the latest crowdfunding campaign to “open the doors.”

Over $16,000 has been raised towards the goal of the $165,000 needed to get a metaphorical foot in the door.

A crucial step that will get the ball rolling for the proposed theatre.

“There’s a line up of people wanting to book this. Dance schools, music recital people and so on. Once we can open the doors, then we have access to other committed funding,” Carol Munro, a volunteer and Penmar Community Arts Society member who was joined by her fellow painters on March 9.

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to make a visual impact on those passing by ensuring that the project is still afloat and creating some awareness in the community.

“So people walking by or driving by will say ‘hey, it’s changed.’

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Thomson said there are “constitutional” issues with a proposal to seize vehicles from people who toss cigarette butts out the window while driving, but the province is still considering its options.

A proposal to ban people from B.C. parks if they violate campfire restrictions is also being considered, but is not included in the current changes.

Thomson said the legislation will redefine “interference” with firefighters so it doesn’t mean intentional interference. That would apply to boaters who blocked air tankers from filling with water on Okanagan Lake, as well as the drone pilot who caused aircraft to land as vineyards,

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Oliver Mayor Ron Hovanes the battle against two fires threatening the community last August were likely due to a recreational drone flown because “somebody just wanted a closer look.

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“The idea of a food forest was so much more intriguing to me than a garden,” said Doyle. “Other teachers became excited for the interactive and hands-on learning it would provide for our students, and then community support from business and so many others came on board. We are hoping to show that we can do something viable with a small piece of land that enriches schools, the students, community, and will eventually save the school district money in maintenance.”

Foster said food forests are almost self-regulating and self-perpetuating. He reached out to Richard Walker of Incredible Edible to work on this as well.

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Getting silver in Moscow was “so cool” for Andi Naude.

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Doing her best included a personal best result in dual moguls as she beat out teammate Chloe Dufour-Lapointe.

“I was so excited to be able to beat her,” said Naude, 20. “She’s a very good skier. It’s always a challenge going up against her. I haven’t beat her yet. To be able to do that was definitely the highlight of my day.”

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ANDI NAUDE OF PENTICTON pictured at the World Cup event in Calgary earlier this year where she earned bronze. Naude finished the season by earning silver in Moscow and placed fifth overall in the FIS standings among women mogul skiers.

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After that, Naude will have a month off then returns to Whistler in May to resume training for a new season.

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4.Who is your favourite hockey player and why? Steven Stamkos, he brings it every night.

1. Which minor hockey coach made the biggest impact on you and why? Brad Herauf. He played me in all situations and allowed me to develop as a player.

2.What is your favourite hockey memory? Playing in the Mac’s final at the Saddledome.

3. What age did you start playing hockey? I started

5. Along with hockey, what other sports have you played that you enjoy? Basketball, football and lacrosse.

7. What do you consider your best hockey skill? My hockey smarts and faceoffs.

8. Why do you wear the number that you do? It’s the same as my birthday.

9. What are your superstitions if you have any? Tie the left skate before the right.

NICHOLAS JONES (8) of the Penticton Vees was a threat to the Vernon Vipers on the penalty kill. Jones scored two shorthanded goals to help the Vees cruise past the home team 6-2 at Kal Tire Place.

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Nic Jones helped the Penticton Vees dominate the Vernon Vipers 6-2 Wednesday night at Kal Tire Place with a two-goal performance.

Both Jones’ goals came on the penalty kill.

“I’ve never had that before,” said Jones, who scored one shorthanded tally in the regular season. “I felt I played good. My linemates are playing well with Luke Voltin and Demico Hannoun. I was able to get a couple of good bounces on the penalty kill. Got some chances and was able to finish.”

The Edmonton product has four goals and four assists to lead the Vees and the BCHL in playoff scoring. He feels that he’s been playing pretty well in the post-season, where he has noticed the intensity pick up.

Lining up with Voltin, as well as Brooks and recently Hannoun, the former Ohio State Buckeye said his line mates have been creating space for him.

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“I didn’t really even know until the day after. It’s nice to be recognized,” said Jones, who finished fifth in Vees scoring in the regular season with 21 goals and 63 points in 42 games. “It’s more about the wins right now.

“Last game was probably our best game of the playoffs,” continued Jones, the game’s first star.

Owen Sillinger potted what would be the eventual winner at 14:12 of the first period.

Jones said the Vees are going to have to come out harder than Game 4 for Game 5 at the South Okanagan Events Centre on Friday.

“They are going to be a desperate team,” he said. “We’re really going to have to bring it Friday.”

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Penticton goalie key for OHA Red Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Any success the Okanagan Prep Red team has in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League playoffs sit on the shoulders of Shane Farkas.

That was evident in his team’s opening game on Thursday against Okanagan Hockey Academy Prep White, who they defeated 4-3 in the 11th round of a shootout. Prep Red needed Farkas to make a few key saves, to say the least, to give them a chance to win.

Farkas said going into this one, he was determined to just make sure he could go out on a win, for himself and his team.

“They deserved it,” said Farkas, who finished with 26 saves. “I thought I was just OK. A couple of times bounces didn’t really go my way. The guys really rallied with me there. A couple of times they took away, what I felt, would be sure goals. I owe a lot to them.”

Since November Farkas has been coach Robert Dirk’s best player, his most valuable player, he said.

“He just changed his outlook on some certain things and his whole game turned around,” said Dirk.

“The way he has conducted himself has changed for the better.”

Dirk said last season Farkas put a lot of pressure on himself and was really intense. This season he is learning to be more easy going, low key. That has helped him as a person and as a player. Farkas went 14-7-2 and put up three shutouts. He had a .922 save percentage to go with a 2.56 goals against average.

“He’s just so much more relaxed in the net,” said Dirk. “He plays with such confidence now.”

Farkas, who is committed to play for the West Kelowna Warriors in the BCHL next season, is very good technically and has quick reflexes and anticipates the play extremely well. He also handles the puck exceptionally well.

“He can handle it like a third defenceman back there when teams dump the puck,” said Dirk.

Also working in his favour is his size (six-foot-

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one, 149 pounds) and athleticism. Dirk said what Farkas needs to work on is being mentally and physically stronger.

Dirk described Farkas as the team clown.

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laugh at himself, which is important for everybody,” said Dirk. “He’s very light hearted and he’s just a fine individual.”

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KISU swimmer has record-setting performances Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

A fifth-place finish for the KISU swim club at AAA provincials in Victoria was highlighted by Tyler Wall’s record-setting performances.

Wall, 14, broke three records in the 100-metre, 200-m backstroke and the 200 individual medley. All against competition a year older.

“I was excited,” said Wall. “I didn’t know I set them until they announced it. I was like ‘what?’

“I feel I performed the best I’ve ever performed.”

The previous record in the 100-m freestyle was 52.13 seconds and Wall bested it with 52.06. In the 200-m backstroke, the old mark was 2:04.52, which he topped at 2:03.39. In the 200IM, 2:07.54 was the previous record, which Wall topped at 2:07.31.

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– Tyler Wall, KISU swimmer “They were great swims,” said KISU coach Tina Hoeben. “He was pretty impressive. It’s quite a significant achievement. It’s significant to me because they (previous record holders) are still in the system. I know them and they are fast.”

Throughout the weekend Hoeben said that Wall looked great in the water. Wall also won

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Also performing well for KISU was Acacia Benn, who earned silver in the 200m backstroke. Benn and Wall have been selected for Team B.C. for Prospects West and will travel to Toronto to watch the Olympic trials. Elijah Kliever earned silver in the 200m backstroke and bronze in the 100-m backstroke. Sam Lasinski won gold in the 50-m fly, earned silver in the 100-m backstroke and bronze in the 200-m breaststroke and 50-m backstroke.

Jaren LeFranc earned silver in the 100and 200-m breast stroke and bronze in the 50-m breast stroke.

Ashley McMillan captured gold in the 400-m free, 50-m fly, 400m IM and 800-m freestyle; silver in 200m IM; bronze in 100-m freestyle and 50-m freestyle. Riley Wall won gold in the 100-m freestyle.

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Association sees growth midget AA Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

For a second straight season, the South Okanagan Minor Baseball Association is not fielding a midget AAA team.

The association wasn’t able to find a suitable replacement for Junior Deleon, who wasn’t resigned for last season. SOMBA president Aqil Samuel said they will again field a team in midget AA. “It actually worked pretty

WINTER BALL sessions offered by the South Okanagan Minor Baseball Association were aimed to help players be ready for the spring season.

SOMBA will field a midget AA team for the second straight year.

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This group right now wants to stick in AA. It’s a better fit for what they want to do.

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Last year the Tigers fielded a team with 13 players.

They have 19 kids right now and the association’s registration deadline for this season is Tuesday, March 15. Samuel said there is an outside chance they could end up with two teams, but that would require an additional five players to register by the deadline.

Samuel said playing midget AA requires less commitment and cost for families and is “more in line with the skill level of the kids.”

“This group right now wanted to stick in AA,” said Samuel. “They want to play, they love the game. It’s a better fit for what they want to do.”

What will be crucial to feeding the midget program and giving midget AAA ball a chance to return are the players in peewee and mosquito divisions eventually making their way to that level. However, it’s at the bantam level the association loses some players as kids ages 15 and under have different interests.

The association wrapped up its final winter ball session in the gym of the Penticton Community Centre on March 6 and Samuel liked how it went for all the levels. The program is designed to get the skill development of players going into spring. Create some momentum.

“They can come onto the field and they are not cold,” said Samuel.

Families interested in registering their kids for baseball can do so at www.sombatigers.com.

SOMBA will have tryouts for the rep teams in peewee AA, bantam AA and midget AA. The first week of April will be used as spring training to evaluate players with the season starting in the second week of April.

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George’ Sam’ Sutton passed away at the age of 75 at his home with his wife and children by his side. This sincere and gentle man is now at peace with his Saviour Jesus.

George will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 48 years, Margery, daughter Terri (Jean), son Bryan (Leigh), and grandchildren Brook, Landon and Allyssa. He is survived by one brother, Bob and four sisters: Margaret, Sylvia, Doris and Shirley along with their spouses and children. George is sadly pre-deceased by his parents James and Mary ‘Molly’ Sutton, step-father Fred Fellner, sister Diane, and brother Stan. George will be greatly missed by all his cherished family and friends.

He was born in Vancouver, BC, then as a young boy, grew up in Osoyoos, BC where he graduated from Oliver High School before attending U.B.C. where he graduated with a Bachelor of Education-Secondary. In 1985, he received a Master of Arts in Administration and Curriculum from Gonzaga University. The first 5 years of George’s teaching career were at Silver Creek Elementary School in Hope, BC, Seaview Elementary in Port Coquitlam, BC, and Nootka Elementary in Vancouver, BC. He ended up in Summerland, BC in 1968 where he taught at MacDonald Elementary. Eventually he became the Vice Principal at McDonald Elementary, then retired in 1997 as principal at Trout Creek Elementary. George was a long time, active member of Summerland Baptist Church. He was a Rotarian for 30 years and last fall he was made an honorary member of the Rotary Club.

He demonstrated his passion for history through the completion of his family tree and by compiling details and photos on the history of Summerland schools which he provided to the Summerland Museum. George was happiest when he was gardening, “puttering” around the house, and spending precious time with his children and grandchildren. He enjoyed one- on-one time with close friends and camping. He and his wife created fond memories dancing and travelling together. His family would like to thank the Kelowna Cancer Clinic, Dr. E. Allen, and Summerland Palliative Care nurses, Laurie and Lea. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, March 12th at Summerland Baptist Church, 10318 Elliot St., Summerland, BC. Donations in George’s honour can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 565 West 10th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 4J4 or the Gideons International in Canada, P.O. Box 3619, Guelph, Ontario N1H 7A2.

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Big Moving Sale, bedroom set, $295, living room set, $350, tables, plants, books, freezer, hide-a-bed, water cooler, household goods, baby change table, mounted deer heads, garden tools, lawnmower, offers invited, Sat. & Sun., March 12 & 13, 9am-4pm, 3352 Juniper Rd., Naramata, 250-496-4202

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Garage Sale, Sun., March 13th, 9am-2pm, 575 Main St., various items, household, crafts, collectables, Avon, baing, jewelry, free door prize give away! coffee & sandwiches.

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FRIDAY MARCH 11 ELKS CLUB ON Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m. Funtime Dancers upstairs at 7 p.m.

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Tickets are $30 and will not be available at the door, purchase at Cannery Brewing (198 Ellis St.) and online at eventbrite.ca. [0312p] OK FALLS SENIOR centre Spring Flea Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1128 Willow St. Silent Auction, raffles, Bake tables, etc.

For more info call Greta Jensen at 250-497-5669. [0312p] VISIT THE SAVE Skaha Park society’s booth (68) at the Healthy Living Fair and learn about the physical, emotional and social health benefits that natural parks offer to the community. [0312p] ANAVETS CLUB HAS the kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon, drop-in pool at noon, dinner at 5 p.m. and music

by Timeline at 6:30 p.m. [sa] ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS HAS daily meetings in Penticton and area. Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours).

SOUTH MAIN DROP-IN Centre has a social dinner on the second Saturday of the month at 5:30 p.m. [sa].

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION branch 40 has crib at 10 a.m., beef dip lunch at 11 a.m., meat draw with tur-

keys and Ladies Auxiliary 50/50 draw at 2 p.m.

ELKS CLUB ON Ellis Street has crib at 10 a.m., drop-in darts and early bird draw at 4 p.m., meat draw at 4:30 p.m., dinner at 5:30 p.m

Sunday with the Ladies Auxiliary catering food and bevarages, meat and 50/50 draws at 2 p.m.

ANAVETS HAS HORSE races and meat draws and an executive meeting at 2 p.m.

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PENTICTON LEGION LADIES Auxiliary has a pancake breakfast in the lounge, 502 Martin St. from 8:30 a.m. till noon. For $5 you get pancakes, sausage, ham, orange juice and coffee and 50 cents more will get you strawberries and cream. [031p] ST. PATRICK’S DINNER and dance at 4:30 p.m. in the Oliver Senior Centre, 5876 Airport St. Tickets are $12.50 each.Call 250-4986142 for more info. [031p] COME DANCE TO the greatest dance music ever made with DJ Emil from 7 to 9 p.m. at the South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965 South Main St. $3 per person, everyone is welcome to come enjoy the music. [su] THE MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY of Penticton has card games on Sundays from 2 to 6 p.m. at 135 Winnipeg St. Everyone welcome. Call 250-4939124 for more info. [su] ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION branch 40 has Sports

THE OKANAGAN COLLEGE Speakers Series takes place at the Penticton campus lecture theatre from 7 to 8:30 p.m. with Dr. Amy Vaillancourt on Benefits of Green Walls. Admission is by donation, benefitting the college’s emergency student bursary program.

Parking on campus is free for the events. For details of the speakers’ talks, visit www.ocspeakersseries. weebly.com. [0314p] SOUTH MAIN DROP-IN 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] ANAVETS HAVE THEIR kitchen open for dinner at 5 p.m.

Pool league at 7 p.m.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION branch 40 has lunch from

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IODE THRIFT SHOP at 464 Main St. is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday.

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ELKS CLUB ON Ellis Street has American crib at 7 p.m. and pub league darts at 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY MARCH 15 BROWN BAG LECTURE at the Penticton Museum from noon to 1 p.m. presents Karilyn Alex with Put The River Back: An Okanagan Nation Perspective on Restoring Ecological Function.

Presentations are in the museum auditorium (785 Main St.) and include coffee, tea and confections.

Admission is by donation. [0315c] PENTICTON LIONS TEXAS Hold’em charity poker tournament starting at 6 p.m. in the Copper Mug, 1301 Main St. Tickets are $60 with a prize pool of up to $1,000. [0315p] AL-ANON MEETS AT 10:30 a.m. in the Concordia Lutheran Church, 2800 South Main St. Call 250490-9272 or visit www. bcyukon-al-anon.org for more info. [tu]

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Breastfeeding support group meets at 10 a.m. in Penticton on the third Tuesday of each month and in Summerland on the fourth Tuesday in theatre room in the Seniors Village on Atkinson. All mothers and babies welcome. More info at www.lllc.ca, 250494-1894, pentictonlllc@ gmail.com or on Facebook at LLLC-Penticton/ Summerland. [tu] south Main drop-in Centre has ultra-beginner line dance at 9 a.m., social bridge at 9:15 a.m., singalong at 10:30 a.m., lunch at 11:30 a.m., bridge at 12:45 p.m., knitting and crocheting at 1 p.m. royal Canadian legion has lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., DVA officer at 1 p.m., jam contest hosted by the Surf Cats at 8 p.m. anavets have drop-in crib at 1 p.m. [tu] al-anon for friends and family of alcoholics meets at 10:30 a.m. in Concordia Lutheran Church, 2800 South Main St. Call 250490-9272 for info. elks on ellis Street has yoga at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday Dart League and 10-card crib at 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 16 suiCide survivors support group. Call the Bereavement Resource Centre for info and times at 250-490-1107. elks CluB on Ellis Street has a management meeting at 6 p.m. and a lodge meeting at 7:30 p.m.

CoMMunity volunteer inCoMe tax preperation on Tuesdays at the Salvation Army Church available to April 27, 9 a.m. to noon and at St. Saviour’s Anglican Church to April 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. [0324p] Bingo every Wednesday in the Legion hall with the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m., inhouse pool league from 2 to 4 p.m. Daily lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

the MultiCultural soCiety of Penticton has bocce on Wednesdays from 2 to 6 p.m. at 135 Winnipeg St. Everyone welcome. Call 250-4939124 for more info. [we] south Main drop-in Centre has beginner line dance at 9 a.m., medical Qi Gong at 10 a.m., coffee social 10 a.m., intermediate line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m., computer drop-in from 1-3 p.m., pilates at 3:30 p.m., ukulele strumalong at 6:30 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance and computer activities. [we] alCoholiCs anonyMous has daily meetings in Penticton and area. Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours) for more info. anavets has the kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon and 5 p.m. for dinner with entertainment by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m.

Care Closet thrift Store at 574 Main St. has weekly specials and special auctions. Open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds to the local hospital and hospice.

Donations welcome. al-anon Meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Penticton United Church, 696 Main St. Call 250-490-9272 or visit www.bcyukon-alanon.org for more info. [we] pentiCton dupliCate Bridge Club has games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1 p.m. in the Penticton Legion on Martin Street. Call Birgitta at 250-770-1154 for info.

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Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,695/$1,795/$1,895. Prices exclude registration, insurance, PPSA, license fees and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. ▲Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). ◊♦ΩOffers available for a limited time and subject to change or cancellation without notice. Dealer may sell for less. Inventory is limited. Visit www.hyundaicanada.com or see dealer for complete details. ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Limited Warranty coverage covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use and maintenance conditions.

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