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LOCAL GETS SECOND SHOT AT LIFE Mark Brett

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Last month a Kaleden couple was thinking about a funeral not the future.

However, now Lisa Needoba and partner Mike Watson are once again looking forward to raising their young family together In an emotional interview this week from Hong Kong, the pair spoke publicly for the first time about their arduous journey and the 20-hour surgery to transplant a portion of Lisa’s healthy liver that Mike immediately needed to save his life.

“Back then, when I had a quiet moment, my brain would drift to what Mike would want at his funeral and now I’m imagining all of us back in Kaleden playing at the beach. It’s a massive change from what we were expecting,” said Lisa on Thursday prior to leaving her rented apartment to visit Mike at Queen Mary Hospital where he continues to recover.

“We had to go to great lengths to change that course.

I’m at a loss for words, both of us are, at the level of support that we’ve received and we’re eternally grateful. I’ve never been able to say that in a way that meant so much.

“I can now face my kids and say we did everything we could and we succeeded and these are the people who made that possible.”

That included Mike’s older brother Spencer who worked tirelessly to find a way to save him from dying, to the strangers who

Mike Watson (left) and his partner Lisa needoba (right) shown in Hong kong after surgery where a portion of needoba’s liver was transplanted into Watson.

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volunteered to be donors.

“Near death experiences can profoundly change your perspective on life,” said Mike from his hospital room. “This is just the beginning. I have a long way to go

with recovery. I know I have a second chance at life.

“At least there is hope I get to spend time with Lisa and my kids again.

“The support we have received

has reaffirmed my faith in the human spirit. It has been extremely humbling and overwhelming. It helped give me the drive to do what we did, and not give up. Dying would have been the easy way

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Tourism groups one step closer to unifying Steve Kidd and Kristi Patton Western News Staff

The Penticton Hospitality Association voted on Tuesday in favour to merge with Tourism Penticton as a unified organization to promote the city.

Now they wait for Tourism Penticton to host its annual general meeting on Friday to vote on the same issue.

“Hopefully Tourism will get the same mandate. We went out in September and talked to all our members and

heard loud and clear that people didn’t see the value in two organizations,” said Barb Haynes, PHA president. “They felt it was a waste in terms of cost and administration and confusing brands.”

With strong encouragement from the city, the two groups started talks to develop a plan in January.

“I am positive that if the vote is in favour then we will start working on this quickly. But, it won’t happen overnight. There are bylaws and constitutions and figuring out what the new organiza-

We are hopeful and optimistic that their stakeholders also see it as an opportunity to re-brand Penticton as that premiere destination.

– Andrew Jakubeit, Mayor of Penticton tion will look like. Then that will all have to be taken back to the members to vote on, so there will be some back and forth,” said Haynes. “It will be a lot of work but anything worth doing requires the energy.”

The PHA annual general meeting on Tuesday had 20 members in at-

tendance voting out of a possible 43, all were in favour with one person abstaining.

“We physically went out on the street to check in with the other members. Lots of them are small family operations and I think the overwhelming message has been lets get back to one

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If the merge occurs, Haynes said the marketing work already planned by both tourism groups will continue simultaneously until the new organization and structure is decided.

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owner of the Lakeside Villa, and past-president of the PHA, said he abstained from voting.

He remains concerned that not enough is being done to market Penticton now, and that putting together the new organization might take until September.

“Where are they advertising? What are they doing for this year to bring people in?” asked Appelman, adding that he didn’t receive any information at the meeting regarding PHA activities.

Haynes said both the PHA and Tourism Penticton have plans that have long been in motion for the upcoming summer tourism season. She added the PHA assisted in funding trips to U.S. trade shows to promote the area. In March a group representing Granfondo, Hoodoo Adventures, Tourism Penticton and the Lakeside Resort were at the Seattle Bike Show. According to the cycling show’s website, it ran concurrently with the Travel Adventure and Gear Expo, the Seattle Golf and Travel Show and the Youth Sports and Recreation Expo. They estimated 18,000 people attended the entire event, including all three of the expos, over the weekend. Haynes said she is excited for the potential of the upcoming summer tourist season.

“People will see a shift for a couple of reasons. The economy in Alberta will have some impact and certainly the low Canadian dollar will have an impact. We are hoping being at the U.S. trade shows will attract a market as well,” said Haynes. “Hearing back

from partner events, their sales are going well and they have great optimism about the market.

We are in a place that we feel people are wanting to come to and there is still a great opportunity to continue to introduce Penticton to people who have not been here before.”

Mayor Andrew Jakubeit said he is pleased the PHA voted in favour of the one voice initiative, and is waiting to see what happens at Tourism Penticton’s AGM on March 18.

“We are hopeful and optimistic that their stakeholders also see it as an opportunity to rebrand Penticton as that premiere destination,” said Jakubeit. “It is not just talk, it is actually action, it is actually sort of happening. I think everyone is sort of realizing that one voice can be better leveraged than several.”

Jakubeit isn’t concerned the city will lose a season of marketing as the deal gets put together.

“I don’t think everything has stopped, as some people asserted,” said Jakubeit. “There is still strategies in play now and everyone is eager to crack away at it.

“I think everyone is trying to not lose momentum.”

On Tuesday, the PHA also voted in board members for 2016 including Haynes (president), Jessica Agur Dolan (vice-president), Barb Schneiderat (secretary/treasurer), Christine Galloway (director), Jas Johal (director), Bing Wu (director), Paul Buttar (director) and Jackie Frederick (director).

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Waking up from surgery was the ‘best gift’ From LIVER on PG. 1 Despite their post-operative conditions, both remember their first visit after the March 1 transplant procedure.

The first time I saw Lisa after I woke up was the best gift I have ever received,” said Mike. “Going into surgery all I could think of was I just hope I wake up. I was certain that Lisa would be OK, I just didn’t want to go home in a tin can.”

Added Lisa: “I just said to Mike it was amazing to see both of us to come out the other side and to be able to see each other and have that incredible relief, like oh my God we made it through this hurdle, we’re both alive.

“That was the biggest hurdle, are we going to make it through surgery, I was pretty sure I would but I didn’t know if he would.”

Last December Mike suffered a sudden and massive internal hemorrhage, barely surviving the night.

Doctors in Vancouver determined he would need a liver transplant which would not be possible in Canada for at least six months.

That was six months Mike did not have and so the decision was made to go out of country, but it came with a quarter-million dollar price tag.

So far over $141,000 has been raised through the crowdfunding website, https:// www.youcaring.com/lisa-needoba-andmike-watson-493493/update/435993.

The couple has three children, Aidan, 10, Laila, seven, and four-year-old Shae who has osteogenesis imperfecta, a brittle bone disease often resulting in multiple bone fractures.

From the outset they had the very real concern either one or both would not return. Before leaving they did everything in their power to mitigate all the circumstances should the worst happen.

“I knew full well I wouldn’t see them again or be there for them if I didn’t go,” recalled Mike. “I chose my words very carefully for each one of them in our goodbye conversation before we left. I gave them each

Going into surgery all I could think of was I just hope I wake up. I was certain that Lisa would be OK, I just didn’t want to go home in a tin can.

– Mike Watson, transplant recipient

a Valentine’s card with those words written, down in hope they will be remembered.

I wouldn’t wish that situation on my worst enemy.”

Although they did not tell the children everything, the youngest were content with limited information, they had several long conversations with Aidan before leaving.

The 10-year-old, who is staying with family friends in Kaleden, had his first opportunity to see and talk to his dad via FaceTime just several days ago.

Lisa was told later by her friend the

Mike WAtson and partner Lisa needoba on the grounds outside of Queen Mary Hospital in Hong kong this week. According to doctors Mike is doing very well following the transplant surgery earlier this month. Lisa was the donor and has since been released.

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youngster was “over the moon” with excitement after the call.

Mike and Lisa first met in high school in Oliver where they were living and have been a couple ever since.

“Mike was graduating and I was in Grade 11 and I never ever, ever imagined that we would go through something like this togeth-

er, life has the craziest twists and turns it’s mind boggling what’s taken place,” said Lisa.

The good news now is they may be back in Kaleden early next month possibly in time for their oldest son’s 11th birthday on April 7.

Having both parents home will be the greatest gift, not just for Aidan, but the entire family.

Ancestral remains of at least five people unearthed in Cawston Tara Bowie Black Press

It’s believed the ancestral remains of at least five people were unearthed in a Cawston orchard late last month.

According to a press release issued by the Lower Similkameen Indian Band last week, the remains range in age at time of death from infancy to adulthood.

“We need to keep that in mind these are our grandparents, great, great, great grandparents and we need to make sure they are taken care of properly,” said LSIB

Chief Keith Crow.

Smәlqmix culture needs to be protected and taught to others said Chief Crow.

“Smәlqmix have a responsibility to take care of the land and all living things which includes our ancestors as they are a part of our lives and having them unearthed affects the entire community. It is critical to rejoin and repatriate our ancestors back to the land,” he said.

The remains were initially uncovered on Feb. 29. The skulls of two individuals were discovered on Feb. 29 during the excavation of a portion of the orchard. The contrac-

tor ceased all operations and notified RCMP immediately. All disturbed soil remained on site.

Crow attended the scene on March 1 after being notified along with an archeologist whose role was to determine the next steps for the band and property owner under the B.C. Heritage Conservation Act. Under the guidance of the elders and Chief Crow, exposed remains thus far have been collected for safekeeping and are being kept under temperature controlled conditions to prevent further damage until their repatriation to the land.

A Heritage Conservation Act permit is required to complete any additional land altering or soil removal, including the completion of an Archaeological Impact Assessment. The Okanagan Nation Alliance member bands have been contacted to support the expedition of the permit to complete to assessment.

With the co-operation of the property owner, Lower Similkameen Indian Band and the B.C. Archeology Branch are working together to ensure next steps are taken to respect, honour and protect the ancestral remains according to the press release issued by the Band.

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City looking to improve consultation processes Steve Kidd

Western News Staff

In the wake of the Skaha Lake Park controversy, the City of Penticton is moving slowly to

enhance their communication and consultation process with the public.

Last August, Mayor Andrew Jakubeit said communications with the public could have

been better in advance of a decision-making process that led to two rallies, ongoing protest and a civil suit in B.C. Supreme Court.

“We should have been

more diligent with providing, or demanding, a more robust engagement plan, maybe 60 days instead of 30,” said Jakubeit last August. “We are looking into strategies for public engagement and how that should roll out. What mediums can we use to engage a broad cross-section of the community.”

The public got a hint of that in late January, when Janis Magnuson of Sterling Five Consulting posted in some community Facebook groups that she had been hired by the city to “create a community engagement process that will allow residents more say and have more involvement

in decisions that are made by City Council.”

Magnuson, whose profile lists her as having 40 years of experience in education, law, dispute resolution, mediation and community engagement, said in a post she was creating a Facebook group, Engage Penticton, but was having difficulty. That group is not publicly available.

Jakubeit said Magnuson, a Naramata resident, was hired when she came to the city and offered her services, but that line of work was suspended when Magnuson went on medical leave.

“Her involvement with the process is in transition,” said Jaku-

beit, adding that the loss of the city’s communications officer, Simone Blais, also slowed the work.

“Her replacement, Tina Lee, just started this week. She will get formally introduced to the public on Monday’s council meeting,” said Jakubeit. “She has a fair bit of not just communications, but engagement experience and some ideas and strategies. I think that is going to continue the momentum we were going to create.”

Jakubeit was unconcerned with Magnuson’s difficulty working with Facebook, saying social media is only one ele-

ment of engagement and she was hired to help develop a plan.

“Building the plan and executing the plan are two different tactics,” said Jakubeit.

The other side of this coin is the consultation work the city does on major projects, like the rebuild of the waterfront walkway they did a few years ago, and the downtown revitalization, which work began on today. In both cases, Jakubeit holds them up as examples of good long term consultation with the community. In both cases, though, the designs met with opposition.

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OPEN TO LANDSCAPERS, CONTRACTORS & THE PUBLIC Heavy equipment has moved onto the 200-block of main Street as work began on underground infrastructure improvements. the initial phase of the construction is scheduled to be finished by June 15.

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Mayor looking at ways to engage From CITY on PG. 4 In the case of the walkway, two designs, developed through a public consultation process, met with immediate opposition, especially to replacing angle parking along Lakeshore with parallel parking. A Save Lakeshore Drive group sprang up, protesting that the initial round of public sessions wasn’t comprehensive enough and the public wasn’t in support of the parking changes. The city eventually came forward with the much simpler design that is in place now.

And though contractors have already begun work on Main Street revitalization, support for the changes don’t appear to be as strong as the city has presented.

One business owner, who prefers to remain anonymous, said the consultation sessions seemed to be more about pitching the project than gathering input.

Don Kendall, president of the Peach Festival Society, said they had been initially consulted on the project, but their objections to the narrowing of Main Street to two lanes had not been followed up by the city. Jakubeit said the lack of response to a reverse petition process, where a store owner would have to register their opposition, showed most property owners in the area were in favour of the project as it was presented.

“There were a few that were against it, but the vast majority did not respond,” said Jakubeit. “That sort of speaks to why having a more robust engagement strategy is needed.”

Jakubeit said it is often difficult for city staff to find a balance between implementing new practices and trends and finding a happy medium with the residents who are comfortable with the way it is now and think it is good enough.

“We do have a culture of resisting change, it’s been good enough the way it is, leave it alone, making a fuss over things and then when it is installed saying ‘this is awesome, why did you wait so long to make this in the first place?’,” said Jakubeit, adding that the city needs to do a better job at communicating or getting more information out there.

“You want them to buy into whatever you are doing and feel a sense of pride that the city is going,” he said. “Part of that is engaging with them to understand what their ideas and concerns are. And

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also putting out more or better information, so they have a comfort level with what is happening.”

Jakubeit suggested there might be better ways to gather public input than the standard town halls or public hearings.

“The times we were in the market on various initiatives … was way more impactful. You got more of a robust dialog with people and probably a better representation of what people had concerns about,” he said.

The question that needs to be answered, according to Jakubeit, is how does the city generate community dialog and have residents feel that their ideas and concerns are acknowledged or at least potentially considered or investigated?

“Part of that engagement process is also putting out more information. How do we ensure there is enough information out there that it gives you and others around enough information to make an informed decision,” said Jakubeit. “I

think that is where we have fallen in the past. We don’t use our website or social media enough to say here’s where we are with things.”

The mayor also said they need to give people better information to arm themselves with when talking about an ongoing decision.

“I think just as simple a thing as starting with our website,” said Jakubeit, adding that he has asked for updates. Up to last Friday, the pages dealing with the downtown revite had initial reports, but not the updates, changes or even the final design.

“Just simply putting more relevant and current information up on our website. It is probably going to be a big improvement,” said Jakubeit. “We need to do better. It sounds so simple but quite often it gets forgotten about.

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Tourism impacts The City of Penticton and other tourism stakeholders are trying once more to bring all of the city’s tourism marketing under a single umbrella.

On Tuesday, the Penticton Hospitality Association voted on a move to create a unified organization that would handle tourism marketing, and on Friday, Tourism Penticton is voting on the same motion. Those votes mark the fourth attempt, at least, to bring tourism marketing back onto a single page.

The first was the Penticton Business Development Group, led by Eric Sorenson, now CAO for the City of Penticton. That collapsed in Feb. 2012, about three months after it formed, marking the first bump in what is now a four-year long roller coaster ride, including a Supreme Court lawsuit and lots of petty bickering from people who should have a bigger vision.

So far, all attempts to bring these parties together have failed. This latest attempt may meet the same fate unless the core issue, control of what used to be called the additional hotel room tax, is addressed. The AHRT is a two per cent levy added to the bills of people staying in the city’s many accommodations and, at about $450,000 a year, it is a considerable chunk of change.

Despite broken contracts, mediation sessions, the aforementioned lawsuit and other problems, the PHA managed to do a fair job of putting those funds to use in 2013-14. But with the city investing $354,000 a year in Tourism Penticton, neither organization was making as much of an impact as they could have with those funds combined.

What is really lacking is a cohesive vision; WESTERN onePENTICTON that includes marketing for both small accommodators and large, as well as all the other sectors affected by tourism, which in Penticton, is everyone.

But we have to ask is enough being done in the meantime to market Penticton while we wait for the PHA, the city and Tourism Penticton to get their act together?

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A novel way to treat protesters — listening to them The U.S. version of Trudeau-mania 2 may have subsided now that the bromance visit of Canada’s new prime minister and U.S. president Barak Obama, his older but politically aligned new BFF, is over. But the comparisons to how we do things in this country compared with how they do it south of the border remain.

In the wake of the violent protests that canceled an election campaign rally by U.S. Republican frontrunner Donald Trump in Chicago Friday, a contrast in styles emerged when our PM, Justin Trudeau, was interrupted by protesters the other day.

Where Trump yells “get ‘em out of here,” to his security guards, then tells the audience—as he has done—he would like to smash the faces of protesters and would be willing to pay for

the legal defense of supporters who attack protesters at his rallies, Trudeau took another tack. He actually listened to what the protestors at his appearance had to say.

Yeah, I know, it’s a novel approach. But as many Americans are now learning thanks to increasing exposure to our strange northern ways given the aforementioned second coming of Trudeau-mania, we now do things a little differently north of the 49th parallel.

At the recent event in Toronto where Trudeau was speaking, two protestors carrying a sign about the proposed Energy East pipeline interrupted him. Rather than try to talk over the protestors or argue, Trudeau gave them the floor.

When they were done, he urged the crowd to applaud. Then

Alistair Waters Guest column he responded. That’s how you diffuse a situation, not incite it.

The comparison with both the sound and fury heard on the U.S. campaign hustings right now by both experienced and would-be politicians, and, for that matter, by Trudeau’s predecessor in this country, is stark. If you give people a chance to say their piece, they normally calm down. But if you shut them down with threats, violence and shouts, it simply el-

evates the anger and, as we have seen at Trump rallies across the U.S. lately, chaos ensues.

Trudeau’s response wasn’t antagonistic, it did not play to the worst in the people there to support him and it defused what could have turned ugly. Someone should show the tape to Trump.

It seems we now hear daily stories of how anyone who opposes Trump’s political or personal views is threatened, insulted or beaten at Trump’s rallies. He thinks it’s a show of strength.

In some cases rally participants have not had to protest at all to be threatened—they just needed to have darker skin. A black CBS reporter at one rally was accused of being an ISIS terrorist and told to go home. That despite the fact he was American born. A member of

the media, a photographer, was wrestled to the ground and injured for stepping out of a wall-less media area at another rally. And those were people doing their jobs. Everyday folk who disagree with Trump get treated even worse.

And it’s not just Trump’s security people who attack those in the audience. Other supporters hurl insults at those who disagree and those who they don’t like the look of. And Trump eggs them on.

It’s as if the billionaire businessman appeals to the very worst in those who claim to support him. But as Trudeau proved earlier this week, we are measured not by how we deal with those who agree with us, but rather by how we treat those who disagree.

Alistair Waters is the assistant editor of the Kelowna Capital News, a sister paper to the Western News.

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City needs to clear up mysteries The City of Penticton booted out Penticton Yamaha and Marine to open up a spot for Trio Marine Group.

The Yamaha dealer was a full time business providing good paying jobs and services to locals and tourists for many years. A well-respected and es-

tablished business. Trio comes out of nowhere and displaces the previous business for a part time seasonal restaurant and some rental services.

Smell funny?

The city wants to give Trio a huge chunk of our beloved Skaha Lake Park for another

Go Vees Go

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Our Vees have shown great courage, endurance and perseverance in the 2015/16 season leading the BCHL in scoring, goaltending, coaching and games.

What’s not to like about this team? Give them your support this Friday and Saturday night at the SOEC. See you there!

Diane Schlamp Okanagan Falls

Dear school district

We are writing to you in the hope that we can encourage you to reconsider your decision to close West Bench Elementary.

My son was slated to begin kindergarten in September of this year, and we have been looking forward to it since he was born, as he is a fourth generation to live here and would be attending the same school as his grandfather. His great grandfather was one of the veterans that received this land in the lottery and whose name is on the memorial in Selby Park.

It has been an emotional time for families that are affected by this closure, and as I can imagine, the staff as well. We have been told that the decision you made was purely a business decision and not a personal or emotional one. That is not the case for us.

By closing the school you are essentially carving out a piece of West Bench and leaving us hollow. We are a smaller school and it is beneficial for our kids. We are in walking and bike riding distance, which is beneficial for our kids. The teachers and principal know our children well and our families and go the extra mile, which is beneficial for our kids. Our homes are literally around the corner, which is beneficial for our kids.

Families choose this area to move to in large part because of the school and there are little ones waiting to go there, which is beneficial to our kids. The relationship with the Penticton Indian Band and the families that go to West Bench is beneficial for our kids. The book fair, Family Day, concerts and meetings that occur after school hours which gathers the community to the school is beneficial to our kids. It was said at the March 9 meeting that it is not necessarily the four walls that make a classroom successful, but the teacher, and while that may be the case a lot of the time, this time I feel it is not. This building and the teachers within these four walls is beneficial to our kids.

If this is supposed to be about our kids, then all of this matters and should be a factor in the decision, not just the money.

I was at the meeting on Wednesday March 9 and some of the reasons that certain trustees gave for choosing to close our school was disturbing to hear. Trustee

part-time, half-baked business venture.

Smell funny?

The city made a back door deal with an ex-associate of Trio for lighting.

Smell funny?

The city wants an exorbitant fee for a freedom of informa-

(Shelley) Clarke stated that she didn’t want to see any more city schools closed and that was part of why she decided to vote in favour of closing West Bench. I think any reasonable person would agree that it is easier to convert a closed school in the city into something useful for the community as opposed to our rural school. Another trustee encouraged us to talk to SD67 and the RDOS to come up with a use for our school — it is already quite useful as a school.

This, to me, felt like adding insult to injury.

When Trustee (Bruce) Johnson stated that there was as surplus of money after the decision of closure went through, a comment was made that this wasn’t about money and he seemed to be shut down quite quickly by the rest of the trustees. This does not sit well with many parents. There seems to be a lack of honesty and transparency with this process.

The consequences will be long felt by this community, not your board of trustees.

You are uprooting young children, affecting dozens of families, changing a vital part of our community, affecting the value of property and the willingness of people to buy up here because there will no longer be a school. We are imploring you to go back and reconsider your decision affecting West Bench school and the families and staff that rely on this school.

Jennifer Hill Penticton

Appeal to the city

Please let’s make the Penmar part of the downtown revitalization.

We do need good infrastructure and streets, but we also desperately need an affordable downtown space to gather in and to enjoy, available to performers, local groups, high school students, OUC students, all arts groups, filmmakers, dancers, theatre, video gamers, variety of fund raisers, multicultural events, First Nations events, the whole of the community.

Available now and affordable — a place to have fun and to do business.

With your help, in eight weeks the doors can open if we raise $165,000. The community has already invested $450,000.

Let’s finish the job Penticton.

Zuzana Kaufrinder Penticton

tion request related to the lighting contract. Does the city have something to hide? One would think they would be quick to release the documentation to absolve suspicion.

Smell funny?

Bill Munro Okanagan Falls

The elephant shudders

Like many Canadians, I have a close eye on this primary season in the United States.

So close to the American elephant, we border encrusted Canadians watch every move. Donald Trump is alarming. His competition is waning. Hilary Clinton is a known Washington operative. Bernie Sander knows Washington but is less “of” it. He’s a what? A democratic socialist.

Leonard Cohen in his poem, Democracy, presented the U.S. in this light.

It’s here they got the range and the machinery for change and it’s here they got the spiritual thirst. Cohen adds (and in this I see Bernie Sanders) I’m stubborn as those garbage bags that time cannot decay, I’m junk but I’m still holding up this little wild bouquet: Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. The elephant shudders.

Will it stand?

Dave Cursons Cawston

Word of warning

For those filing tax that have a loved one in extended care, please be aware that the classification of separated only applies to couple voluntarily separating and not for those having to go into care facilities.

I know that does not make sense and will make it an issue if it is not changed by the next election. If you do make this claim you will be billed for any tax credits received once your loved one passes away.

The wording on the forms is very poor.

Even my tax preparers once my wife went into care did not get this right.

Bob Richards Penticton

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On Resident concerned about Haven Hill corner: “If he thinks he can make money doing this why not let him? Seems too often we are regulating people out of business. Does this town really need the government shutting down business opportunities? Especially in this economy.”

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“People have too much time on their hands worrying about petty things, then pushing their silly worries on people trying to make a go of a business. It’s not like they’re crushing gravel, it’s a few trucks parked in a parking lot..”

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“Actually, until you’ve tried driving up this hill with all of the trucks in the parking lot I suggest holding off on commenting. Just did it today, made me seriously check my speed as I couldn’t see anything going up the hill and couldn’t see around the corner until I was on it. That many large vehicles the way they are currently positioned made it a literal blind corner.”

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“I have noticed reduced visibility on that corner because of the trailers parked at the outer corner of the lot. Turning left onto Johnson road or into the Haven Hill parking lot without being able to see oncoming traffic is a hazard..”

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“This is nuts. If he is zoned commercial and he gets a business license for that specific type of business, then there is nothing wrong. Blind corner? The trucks are parked on the farthest side of the lot from the corner. Most 90 degree turns are pretty much blind. Why do we have the need to bitch. Stay in your lane and slow down.”

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“Let him make a living for christ sake. Its not like they are large diesel semis idling all the time or something, it’s a couple UHaul trucks.”

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Let’s all start a business in a suburban area and to hell with the neighborhood!

Stupidity.” —posted by Dave Evan Hopkins

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Boost given to Penticton hospital tower campaign Western News Staff

The entire staff at Walmart Penticton has stepped forward with a generous donation to Penticton Regional Hospital.

The 300 store “associates” are directing $30,000 over four years to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation campaign to provide the medical equipment for the new patient care tower at PRH. Store manager Rory Williams said Walmart is donating $18,000 now, with a further $12,000 over the next three years. “We talked to the associates and the management team to discuss some of the local charities that were near and dear to them,” he said.

One of the top causes mentioned was the upcoming PRH expansion.

“At one time or another just about all of us have either had to go to the hospital or had a loved one there,” he said. “We take for granted that we live in a community that has a hospital.”

Staff at the Penticton Walmart Supercentre are directing $30,000 in charitable funding to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical foundation’s campaign to provide medical equipment for the new tower at Penticton Regional hospital.

The Walmart employees actually raised a total of $34,000 through various fundraisers like staff barbecues and other events.

Other charities will also receive funding and part of the donation was matched by Walmart Canada’s head office.

Williams emphasized that the credit for the donation should go to the entire Walmart staff.

“The associates raised that money and it was important to them that it stays in their community and we’ve made sure that happens,” he said.

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Williams moved to Penticton in 2013 from Trail, and previously served with the management team at the Walmart in West Kelowna.

Co-manager Cathie Peeren, who graduated from Penticton Secondary School, has worked with Walmart for 17 years. She

thinks the donation to PRH is a terrific idea.

“The hospital provides such a big need for my family and the community. All my kids were born there,” she said. “To be able to give back to that is something I’m really proud of, especially for our store.”

Peeren noted at a large store like Penticton, the staff have a wide range of interests which need support. Although it wasn’t a tough staff decision to give to the hospital, while still being able to help out other local charities as well. These organizations include the Salvation Army, SPCA, OSNS Child Development Centre, Penticton Soupateria, Dragonfly Pond Family Society, autism support, Dry Grad and others.

“In some way or another, each of those charities has touched or helped somebody in our building,” Williams said.

Construction of the hospital expansion will start this spring, with the new tower to be completed by late 2019.

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World-class dancers hit the stage for Dangerous Games Sawyer Klassen Western News Staff

The esteemed production Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games will be making a stop at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

Following performances on Broadway, in the West End of London, Europe and Australia, Lord of the Dance is currently wrapping up a tour in the United States before beginning one in Canada.

“I’m absolutely excited to be performing in Canada,” said Tom Cunningham, who plays the role of Dark Lord.

“This is the first time we’re bringing Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games to Canada.

Tom Cunningham, pictured above as the Dark Lord in Lord of the Dance: Dangerous games and in street clothes at above right.

I’m excited to return to Canada and show it off to a new audience. We also have several Cana-

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dian-Irish dancers in the troupe who are excited to get back to Canada.”

Dangerous Games

is a reworked version of Lord of the Dance, which brought Irish dance to the global stage with many performances over the course of two decades. In addition to world-class Irish dancing, the show features holographs, special effects lighting, dancing robots and world champion acrobats.

“Some people may be familiar with Lord of the Dance,” Cunningham

Celtic Thunder return to the SOEC Western News Staff

Storming onto the main stage are international megastars Celtic Thunder, with Legacy, a brand new show that celebrates the influence of Irish and Celtic music around the world.

Legacy is a live show featuring a mix of lively, fast paced and upbeat songs A Place in The Choir, Galway Girl and Raggle Taggle Gypsy that represent the fun loving nature of the Irish and slower classic ballads Danny Boy, Noreen and Buachaille On Eirne that portray a more nostalgic and romantic side.

Continuing their tradition of paying homage to the musical culture and traditions of Ireland, Celtic Thunder’s latest show is a depiction both their musical footprint over the past eight years as well as their amazing heritage of Irish and Celtic music.

Both the ensemble and solo performances in this thrilling evening of entertainment highlight the diversity of Irish music and song. Powerful anthems Ireland’s Call and Caledonia, heart-warming ballads Song For The Mira and Take Me Home and lively crowd favourites such as Seven Drunken Nights all serve to showcase the musical talent of each soloist.

Formed in Dublin in 2007, Celtic Thunder is a multi-dimensional musical and theatrical ensemble

iriSh muSiC phenomenon Celtic Thunder bring Legacy to the South okanagan Events Centre on nov. 24.

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celebrated around the world for emotionally powerful performances and a state-of-the-art production.

Billboard magazine has named Celtic Thunder the top world album Artist (in 2008, 2009 2011 and 2015) while the group has had LPs placed in the world album top 10 every year since 2008.

Celtic Thunder features five male vocalists backed by the amazing eight-piece Celtic Thunder band, ensuring that Celtic Thunder Legacy has something special to offer everyone.

said. “This new version Dangerous Games is bigger, brighter, faster and more engrossing than the original. Almost two years ago we went back to the drawing board and took apart Lord of the Dance. We were aware we wanted to keep the signature pieces, we just wanted to improve it. We came up with new material and new music. It all comes together, and it’s been blowing people away for the past 18 months.”

Loosely based on Irish folklore, Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games is a simple tale of love versus lust, and good versus evil.

Cunningham described the appeal of the performance as taking the audience on a journey, where each number is a stand alone they don’t have to think about but can just sit back and enjoy.

“I play the bad guy, and we have a couple standoffs between my

character and the Lord of the Dance,” he said of his favourite parts of the show. “They are the most fun parts to play, you can really sink your teeth into it and we really have a go at each other on stage. It’s just so much fun.”

Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games will be performed on March 24 at the South Okanagan Events Centre, and tickets are available through valleyfirsttix.com.

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Uncle Wiggly turns up the heat Sawyer Klassen Western News Staff

The Dream Café in Penticton will be hosting B.C.’s representatives at the 2015 Memphis Blues Challenge on Friday and Saturday.

Uncle Wiggly’s Hot Shoes Blues Band, who made the quarterfinals out of 280 acts in Memphis, will be appearing for the first time in Penticton for a pair of 8 p.m. shows on March 18 and 19. Originally formed in 1978, the band still features three original members over 30 years later, despite a 10 year hiatus from 1983 to 1993.

“We never lost the passion,” explained Hank ‘Uncle Wiggly’ Lionhart, the band’s lead singer of how they’re still together.

“Everyone still gets along really well, we’re all pretty good friends.”

Signed to RCA records in the 80s, Uncle Wiggly’s Hot Shoes Blues Band has put out three albums, with the most recent coming within the past two years. The band has also shared the stage with many fa-

mous blues bands, opening for Muddy Waters, Joe Cocker, James Cotton, Koko Taylor and George Thorogood and the Destroyers, amongst others.

During the 80s, the Victoriabased band toured across Canada, and today they still perform throughout B.C. and in Alberta every summer.

“The music we do is really traditional blues, but it’s very eclectic because we have a horns section trio,” Lionhart described. “It’s easy to dance and listen to, and it’s our own original stuff.”

Uncle Wiggly’s Hot Shoes Blues Band certainly has a unique name, and Lionhart explained where it came from.

“I was jamming with some guys, and one of the guys in the jam had his son with him,” he recalled. “He was about five years old, and he had this book with him called Uncle Wiggily.

I started singing some of the pages from the book, and just grabbed the name from there,” he said adding he changed the spelling. “It was a book from the 50’s about a rabbit, Uncle

t.g.i.f. music March 18 — Kornel Wolak and Chris Donnelly present a blend of classical and jazz at the Frank Venables Theatre.

March 19 — Hip hop artist Evil Ebenezer at The Mule Nightclub. Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets are $5.

March 29-30 — Steve Dawson, Russell deCarle, Alvin Youngblood Hart and Roxanne Potvin perform together as Black Hen Review at the Dream Café.

April 1 — Okanagan Symphony Orchestra chamber salon series with their professional woodwind quintet, 2 p.m. at the Summerland United Church.

April 2 — A night of classic country starring Patrick Ryley from the Louisiana Hayride as Hank Williams Sr. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Show at 7 p.m. at St. Saviour’s Church Hall. Tickets are $15.

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Wiggily, and much of the music we played was from the 50’s.”

Just as what seems status quo in the genre, many of the band members also have nicknames, such as Dave ‘The Duck’ Rowse, Mark ‘Westcoast’ Comerford, and ‘Lightnin’ Lonnie Glass.

“The nicknames came from each other, it was just kind of the thing to do in the 80’s,” Lionhart said. “Dave ‘The Duck’ Rowse is kind of a neat one, because we were together for almost a year when he joined.

We did a gig and someone wrote an article on it, and he said when Dave Rowse played the sax, the baritone sounded like the mating call of a three tonne duck. He decided to embrace it.”

The band is currently working on writing a new album, and is hoping to start recording in the fall. More information about the band can be found on their website, unclewigglyshotshoesbluesband.com. Tickets to the shows are $20, and can be Hank ‘Uncle Wiggly’ lionhart, lead vocalist for Uncle Wiggly’s Hot Shoes Blues reserved by calling the Dream Band, will bring his six-member group to the Dream café March 18 and 19.

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April 2 and 3 — Enjoy an afternoon of Young at Heart music with the Penticton Tune-Agers choir and orchestra. They will present their spring concert at 2 p.m. on both days at the Shatford Centre.

Tickets are $15 and available at the Shatford Centre and the Dragon’s Den. Proceeds will be shared between the Tune-Agers and the Shatford Centre.

April 3 — Penticton Thursday Nite Jazz Band is playing a benefit concert for Grandmothers for Africa at the Barking Parrot at the Lakeside Resort.

Tickets are $15 and available at the Lakeside.

events March 19 — Exhibition opening and steampunk dance party at the Penticton Art Gallery. Dig out your best steampunk attire and check out the work of Patricia Kushner, Meghan Hildebrand and Kristine Lee. Live music by Blackberry Wood, circus entertainment by Burns the Dragon and dance grooves by GWIL. Suggested $10 donation.

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Our first TEDx Okanagan College in 2011, we were among the first TEDx in the province,” said Hughes. “This time, it took months. It is getting more and more difficult to get these licences, which is good because it keeps the quality up.”

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. Under the slogan “Ideas Worth Sharing,” the conferences started in Monterey, California, and are now held annually in Vancouver.

TEDx is an offshoot, allowing organizers to set up local versions of the popular event.

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Brian HugHes at a TeDx event held in Penticton in 2014. He hopes to bring it back and include a TeDxYouth event.

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Penticton 2016. ”I just turned 60, so that is the kind of transition. So we are looking at transitions in life, we are also looking at transition in government policy,” said Hughes.

“Transitions in our society and in personal life, First Nations and how are they transitioning.

That is the broad theme of TEDx.” During the 2014 TEDx, the group organized a companion Ideasfest for local youth.

That has been expanded this year into a full TEDxYouth, connecting youth to the worldwide event, which Hughes said usually happens in the second week of November.

“There are TEDx events that are coinciding with this. We will have our own speakers, and then we will be dialed into this larger event so we can listen to some of their talks and just have a celebration around youth,” said

Hughes. “The idea is to connect the youth globally. Youth in Penticton get connected with youth in San Diego and Seoul and all around the world.”

Hughes attributes the continuing success of TED events to a desire to learn. With technology, people are moving more towards self education.

“One of the most important aspects to a healthy life is education.

More and more people are wanting to learn things as they get older,” said Hughes, noting that when people only lived to age 60 they didn’t have that luxury but now people are living longer.

“Education and learning things leads to a very high quality of life,” said Hughes. “That’s what TED allows people to do. If you can’t make it to a TED event, you can watch them the Internet.

You can learn about the cutting edge of everything, about technology, about social issues.

”I think that is why it is so popular know, because people crave knowledge.”

TEDx Penticton, Hughes said, has developed a fine archive of presentations from previous events, all available through YouTube, documenting talks on local history, social issues and many topics.

Hughes says he is looking for a team to help with developing ideas, speakers, and help with fundraising and events like TEDx salons. ”We will often do a TEDx salon, where we will get together once a month and watch some TED or TEDx talks and have conversations around them,” said Hughes. “I am looking for energetic imaginative people and especially younger people, because they may be taking this over one day.”

People that wish to help out can contact Hughes at 250460-1730.

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Sports Editor: Emanuel Sequeira • Phone: 492-3636 ext. 224 E-mail: sports@pentictonwesternnews.com

Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

For the second straight season and third time in four years, the Penticton Vees and West Kelowna Warriors will dance in the BCHL’s playoffs.

Penticton Vees assistant captain Scott Conway expects the series to be played with pace.

“They’re a good rush team,” said Conway.

Following Game 5 against the Vernon Vipers, Conway guaranteed their next series would be just as chippy. He then added that not many teams are going to out skill their team.

“They can out work us if our mindset is not there,” said Conway, who leads all BCHL players with 10 points in five games.

“If we bring our mindset everyday, everyday at the rink, everyday at practice and everyday during games, then it’s going to be hard to beat us.”

West Kelowna is making their second trip in three years to the division final. They got by the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in six games in their first round match up. The Vees had the edge in their regular season meetings, winning six of seven. Their only loss was a 2-0 shutout on Dec. 18, the only time

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4. What are some things you like doing in your spare time? I like golfing.

1. What is your favourite hockey memory?

Winning a national championship.

Minor hockey tournaments in Lake Placid.

2. What age did you start playing hockey?

When I was eight or nine-yearsold.

PENTICTON VEE Chris Gerrie gets off a shot on West Kelowna Warriors netminder Matthew Greenfield in BCHL regular season action. The Vees will see Greenfield and the Warriors in second round BCHL playoff action starting Friday and Saturday at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

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they were shutout this season. The Vees won all their games at the South Okanagan Events Centre, where the series starts on March 18 and 19, and outscored them 16-9.

Conway led the Vees in scoring against the Warriors, compiling six goals and 12 points in six games.

Conway credited his success to having a lot of net

pressure and driving to the net. Conway was followed by captain Tyson Jost, who put up nine goals and 10 points, while defenceman Dante Fabbro collected eight assists. Anthony Brodeur and Zach Driscoll split the duties in goal with Brodeur picking up four wins.

Jonathan Desbiens led the Warriors in scoring

against Penticton, bagging five goals and six points in seven games just ahead of Liam Blackburn, who also had six points (3-36). Warriors goalie Matt Greenfield started the final three games after being acquired in December, going 1-2. His lone win was the shutout performance.

Warriors coach Rylan Ferster told the Kelowna

Cap News his club will have its hands full with the Vees.

“Obviously we’re going from one great team to another, so it doesn’t get any easier,” said Ferster. “We’re well aware of who they are and what they’re capable of.

It’s no secret how good they are, their record speaks for itself.”

Getting gold and more

3. Who is your favourite hockey player and why? Martin Brodeur. He’s my dad, watched him growing up.

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

6. What do you consider your best hockey skill?

I would say my hockey sense.

7. Why do you wear the number that you do?

Thirty, because my dad wore it his whole career.

8. Who has the best sense of humour on the team? Why? Mitch Brooks.

He always knows what to say to make the guys laugh.

Stecher up for award Western News Staff

Former Penticton Vees defenceman Troy Stecher has been named a finalist for two awards.

Stecher, who helped the Vees win the 2012 RBC Cup, is a finalist for the National Collegiate Hockey Conference defenceman of the year and offensive

defenceman of the year.

Stecher was the University of North Dakota’s top-scoring defenceman in conference play, collecting five goals and 11 assists in 23 league games to rank third among NCHC defensemen. The Richmond native also paced all defencemen with 70 shots on goal.

Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Bryce MacKay had a golden performance against bigger and stronger opponents in the Calgary Cup Karate Championships March 12.

MacKay, five-foot-six, 135 pounds, said he fought well and was in his best shape ever as he won the knockdown men, 15-18 years, lightweight division. He is used to fighting bigger and stronger opponents. One of his opponents had six inches and about 15 pounds on him.

“Bryce excels at every tournament he participates in because of his hard work and dedication,” said Penticton Kyokushin teacher Brent Parker. “The kid’s a phenom. He never loses. The kid is such a dialled-in young man.”

MacKay felt nervous going into the Calgary Cup because he didn’t know anything about the people he was against. He focused on staying calm. After what he accomplished, MacKay said he feels he gained a lot of respect from other teachers and opponents. MacKay picked up the Top Spirit Award and Best Technical Fighter for the tournament.

The 17-year-old didn’t know how to react when he found out he was receiving those awards.

“After I talked to the head guy (of Kyokushin organization) they were talking about sending me over to Montreal and down in New York to do some tournaments there. I could get noticed more and maybe go to a world tournament,” said MacKay. “I didn’t know what to think. I was

I didn’t know what to think. I was shocked. I could barely talk.

– Bryce MacKay, Penticton Kyokushin Karate

shocked. I could barely talk.

“I thought it was a great opportunity to be able to do those things,” MacKay continued. “To me it was really nice to have those head guys of the organization start noticing me. It just felt really good.”

Parker said he wasn’t shocked his student earned those awards. Parker thinks the reason MacKay was chosen for the Top Spirit Award was from taking two shots to the groin. The officials were going to disqualify the fighter, but MacKay didn’t want that. He asked for a moment to regain himself to finish the fight.

“He could have said I’ve had enough, but that’s the kind of athlete he is,” said Parker, adding MacKay is so focused, talented and possesses drive.

MacKay started in karate at age seven and started competing in 2008, at age nine.

“I love how physically intense it is,” he said. “It teaches you a lot about yourself and it’s about pushing yourself to your limit and past that. It just helps you overcome things in every day life. It’s not just a sport, it’s a lifestyle too.”

BRYCE MACKAY of the Penticton Kyokushin Karate Club won gold at the Calgary Cup in the 15 to 18-year-old knockdown lightweight group. MacKay also won the Top Spirit Award and was named the Best Technical Fighter.

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Basketball program launched Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

DUSTIN HYDE, coach of the Pen High Lakers senior girls basketball team, announced with Chris Terris the creation of the Lake City Club Basketball program. The program has tryouts beginning on April 2.

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The Lake City Club Basketball program will hit the court at Pen High next month.

Lake City Club Basketball is a multiage, competitive program tailored to South Okanagan athletes. The basketball program has been created to rival any in the province and provides athletes who are passionate about the sport a chance to develop their skills in a competitive, nurturing environment.

“I’ve been coaching basketball in Penticton for 20 years now. It’s time for a program like this,” said Pen High Lakers coach Chris Terris, who came up with the idea for the program. “Some of our keenest athletes have been traveling to programs at the coast and Kelowna, but it puts a tremendous strain on parents traveling twice a week for practices. This will give them the same competitive opportunities but allow them to stay closer to home.”

Depending on interest, six teams will be offered for boys and girls ranging from under 13 to 17. Identification camps for all the teams will be on April 2. Teams will practice twice a week and play a series of highly competitive tournaments in Kelowna and Vancouver. These tournaments attract teams from all over Western Canada and the United States. It will give players a chance to play against some strong players in their age group.

“It’s the only way we can stay competitive with our rivals up in the north,” said Dustin Hyde, who is an organizer of the program with Terris. “What we found is our players kept leaving us to go there because they offer much more competitive programs.”

Hyde added that offering this under one umbrella is a better approach. Working with the players are some of the areas most suc-

It’s time for a program like this. Some of our keenest athletes have been traveling to programs at the coast and Kelowna.

– Chris Terris, Lake City Club Basketball

cessful, passionate and experienced coaches including Colin Cook, Andrew Knudsen, Russ Reid, Brian Hurst, Eron Labadie, Darsh Sidhu, Kevin Lodermeier, Todd Manuel and Mo Basso.

They will be assisted by several former players who are now playing at college or university. Hyde said they are hopeful they get players and that the program will grow over time.

He added the first year could be the hardest, but said as they offer teams, experience success, that it will grow.

“Hopefully you draw more and more talent to your program,” said Hyde.

Girls’ teams will practice on Mondays and Wednesdays and boys’ teams on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Pen High. Athletes and families that are interested in getting involved should visit the website to register for the ID Camp http://lakecitybasketball. weebly.com/. Questions can also be emailed to lake.city.hoops@gmail. com.

The program will operate from April until the end of June.

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Skaters carve up strong performances to medal Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Solid performances

by Glengarry Figure Skating Club members resulted in 13 medals in the BC/YK Super Series Final competition in Kelowna.

“It was really good.

We had some super strong showings,” said Glengarry skating coach Trevor Buttenham.

“They were good at the competition as well, but that also put us over the top on a couple of the Super Series rankings, which was great.”

The club picked up 10 silver medals and three bronze.

Saki Smith, a member of the Summerland Skating Club who skates in Penticton once a week, took first in the Super Series rankings in Star 5 girls under 13. Home

SAMANTHA MACNALLY of the Glengarry Figure Skating Club took second in the Super Series Final in Kelowna as well as the rankings in Star 5 under-10 category.

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club skater Samantha Macnally finished sec-

ond in the Star 5 girls under 10 category with a personal best of 19.46 and Kelowna Skating Club member Zoe Wu, who skates in Penticton twice a week, took third in the Star 5 girls U13.

Buttenham liked what he saw from Jordana McEachern, who finished second in scoring 24.67 points in juvenile women under-14, as well as Nadia Snyman, who earned a personal best performance in senior bronze women taking second with a score of 21.49 points. Buttenham said Snyman was “spot on, she skated a clean program.” Snyman competed against 31 skaters.

“For her to place second was fantastic,” said Buttenham. “She really had a knockout skate.”

Buttenham also felt that way about Macnally,

who he said had a solid performance. Buttenham said it was a good way to end the season.

Below are the remaining results:

Cloe Robert, silver (PB), Alex Jung, silver, Rachel Jung, bronze Star 2 Girls Ellen Ball, silver (PB).

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Gold Interpretive Sabrina Fortunato (SSC), eighth, 41.83 points (PB), Patricia Fortunato (SSC), 10th, 36.64 points (PB).

Silver Interpretive Jordana McEachern, third, 45.39 points (PB), Pankratz, sixth, 35.21 points (PB), Anutooshkin, 10th, 30.53 points (PB), Nadia Snyman, 38.70 points 11th, (PB), Tuckwood, 12th, 36.80 points (PB).

Gold Women — Meagan Pankratz, eighth, 23.90 points, Sabrina Fortunato, ninth, 21.73 points.

Star 5 Girls 13&O Keara Anutooshkin, sixth, 15.61 points (PB), Patricia Fortunato (SSC) eighth, 15.24 points (PB), Jasmeen Bajwa, 25th (tie) 10.63 points (PB) Star 4 Girls U13 Amy Slater, second (PB), Kaylee Fortunato (SSC), fourth, Giselle Weisheit, 10th (PB).

Star 4 Girls 13&O Isabelle Tuckwood, second (PB) Star 3 Girls

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Sr Silver Solo Dance Meagan Pankratz, second, 18.66 points, Tuckwood, third, 14.98 points.

Women’s hockey visits Penticton next week Western News Staff

The Okanagan Hockey Selects are playing Canada’s National Women’s team twice next week.

The national squad is opening its pre-International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship camp in Penticton March 19-25 at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

On Monday, Canada will hit the ice for its first of two pre-competition games against the OHA Selects at 5:15 p.m. then again on March 23 at 7:30 p.m. All games and practices are free and open to the public. Their first practice Saturday is at 1:15 to 3:30 p.m., then on Sunday it is at 10 to 11:30 a.m. On March 22, they practice at 2 to 3:30 p.m. and again on March sports in brief

Steam even series

The Summerland Steam evened its Okanagan/Shuswap Conference final with the 100 Mile House Wranglers at one.

The Steam defeated the Wranglers 2-1 at the South Cariboo Rec Centre. The Steam needed just 30 seconds to strike first as Jarrett Malchow popped in his sixth goal of the playoffs past Zane Steeves, assisted

by Riley Pettitt. With 7:39 remaining in the opening period, Steam captain Paulsen Lautard finished the setup by Jack Mills to give them a 2-0 lead. Justin Bond scored the Wranglers lone goal at 10:51 of the second period. Matthew Huber was named

23 at 10 to 10:45 p.m. Their final practice is March 25 at 10 to 11 a.m.

Canada is playing host to the eight-team world championship in Kamloops from March 28-April 4.

Team Canada will face-off against Sweden in a pre-tournament game on March 26 and opens the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship against the United States on March 28; it will also face Russia (March 29) and Finland (March 31) in preliminary-round action. Both the bronze- and gold-medal games will be played April 4. A complete tournament schedule and information on how to purchase pre-tournament game and tournament tickets can be found on the Hockey Canada website.

the away star as he made 25 saves in the win, while Steeves had 20.

The Steam will host the Wranglers at the Summerland Arena on March 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. In the Kootenay Conference, the Kimberley Dynamiters now have a 2-0 series lead on the Beaver Valley Nitehawks after a 4-2 win.

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After seven weeks, the Smokin Aces and Alley Brats are tied for first in the A division of the Penticton and District Dart Association Standings with 48 points. Clancy’s Arrows leads the B division with 35 points. They are two ahead of Penticton Legion DDT and Alley Crushers, with 33 points.

“This camp will provide a solid measuring stick for where our team sits heading into the competition,” said Laura Schuler, head coach of Canada’s National Women’s Team in a press release. “It gives us a great opportunity to build team chemistry and come together as a group as we prepare for the upcoming world championship on home ice.”

Canada’s roster includes three goaltenders, seven defencemen, and 13 forwards. It features 17 returning players from Canada’s 2015 world championship squad that won silver in Malmö, Sweden, along with 16 returnees from Canada’s 2015 4 Nations Cup team, and two players that will make their first appearance on the world championship stage.

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Next season the Okanagan Hockey Academy Female Prep team will play in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League.

The move keeps them in Canada, where coach Jim Fetter said they will play the best teams, but a bigger factor is this will cut down travel costs from playing in the Junior Women’s Hockey League.

“It’s crazy,” said Fetter of the amount of money spent in the U.S because of the exchange rate with the dropping Canadian dollar. “It’s going to be a pretty significant saving. We’re able to do more for our dollar.”

The change will also mean more games in Penticton and they will also host a showcase weekend every season. In a press release, Fetter said they are excited with the new teams added to the CSSHL with Edge School, Notre Dame Hounds, the Pursuit of Excellence and Warner School. Existing CSSHL members, Banff Hockey Academy, Northern Alberta Xtreme and Shawnigan Lake School will also be included, with divisional alignments yet to be determined.

The OHA Female Prep team played

its final games in the JWHL earlier this month.

The OHA squad went 1-3-0 in their playoffs in Buffalo March 4-6. Fetter said playing in the JWHL was good for the team in the past, but now that there are stronger teams in Western Canada, it is a great time for them to move forward.

Fetter said looking at the JWHL, the better teams mostly come from Canada.

“I think it’s going to be a lot stronger,” said Fetter of the CSSHL, as Notre Dame and Edge finished first and second in their JWHL Major Junior North division. “You look at some of the teams in the JW, that we’re playing, they are kind of weak.

Overall I think there is going to be a lot more parity.”

Fetter also said players will get more exposure. The OHA Prep coach has spoken to U.S. college coaches about whether they would still scout their games and the response was positive.

“They can’t wait to watch,” he said.

The OHA Female Prep team will be looking for its next set of players during a development showcase from March 31 to April 3 in Penticton. This is open to players born in 1998-2002.

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The Care CloseT is having its spring to summer changeover at 574 Main St. on March 21. Stop by and check ut all of their “new” items. Store opens at 10 a.m. Donations and new volunteers always welcome. All proceeds to the local hospital and hospice.[0321p] singles lunCh group for 65-plus seniors meets at noon. Meet new friends and chat. Call 250-4965980 or 250-770-8622 for more info.

The penTiCTon publiC Library has spring break activities for children ages 5-12 with stories, crafts and puppet shows, along with movies for the whole family. Regular programs for babies, toddlers and preschoolers are also running during spring break and are open to drop-in visitors.

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For more info and schedules, call Julia Cox, at 250-770-7783 or ask in the children’s library. [0318p] elks Club on Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m. Funtime Dancers upstairs at 7 p.m. royal Canadian legion branch 40 has fish and chips lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., steak or rib dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Mexican-Spanish guitar music by Evan Robillard from 6:30 p.m. souTh Main drop-in Centre has yoga at 9 a.m., Tai Chi Chuan at 1 p.m. and beginner plus line dance. Friday social dance at 7:30 p.m. with music by Vic and the Band Masters.

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gianT yard sale fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Penticton United Church, 696 Main St. Refreshments available. [0319p] inCredible edible penTiCTon Society is holding their annual general meeting and a

SUNDAY MARCH 20 bridge TournaMenT aT 9:30 a.m. in the Oliver Senior Centre, 5876 Airport St. Entry is $10 per person, lunch included.Call Fern 250-4986453 for more info. [032p] 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 a branch buffet breakfast at 8 a.m., meat and 50/50 draws at 2 p.m. anaveTs has horse races and meat draws and a general meeting at 2 p.m. penTiCTon Tune-agers Choir practice with conductor Gordon Dawson on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon at the Shatford Centre 760 Main St. Over 50 and enjoy singing?

Come and check us out, or call Gordon at 250-4929844.[098s]

MONDAY MARCH 21 The alzheiMer soCieTy has a support group for caregivers and family members of those with Alzheimer’s or other dementias, at 7 p.m. in their resource centre at 35 Backstreet Blvd. For more information, call Laurie Myres at 250493-8182.[0321p] T he p enTiCTon newCoMers Club meets at 7 p.m. at the South Main Drop-in Centre at 2965 South Main St. We will help you make friends and learn about your new home while indulging in a number of social activities.[0321p] The okanagan College Speakers Series takes place at the Penticton campus lecture theatre from 7 to 8:30 p.m. with Don Gayton, ecologist and author on an Overview of Okanagan Wetlands. 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. [0321p] 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 drop-in from 1 to 3 p.m. and introductory ukelele at 3:15 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 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 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., dart dolls at 11 a.m., Fitness Friends ladies fitness class at 10 a.m. General meeting at 1 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. elks Club on Ellis Street has American crib at 7 p.m. and pub league darts at 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY MARCH 22 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 information. [tu] 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, 250-494-1894, 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., sing-along 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 250-4909272 for information.

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potluck lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Leir House, 220 Manor Park Ave. More info at incredibleediblepenticton.wordpress.com. [0319p] 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 Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m. [sa] alCoholiCs anonyMous has daily meetings in Penticton and area.

Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours). souTh Main dropin 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 turkeys and Ladies Auxiliary 50/50 draw at 2 p.m. 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. followed by karaoke with Anita.

ChariTy boTTle drive with all money going to the Penticton Regional Hospital paediatric ward, SPCA, Critteraid and the Summerland food bank. Drop off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays at Penticton and Summerland IGA stores.

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Elks on Ellis Street has yoga at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday Dart League and 10-card crib at 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 23

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 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

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to 4 p.m. Daily lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. alCoholiCs anonymous has daily meetings in Penticton and area. Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours) for more info. 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 medical Qi Gong at 10 a.m., coffee social 10 a.m., cribbage at 1 p.m., computer drop-in from 1-3 p.m., pilates at 3:30 p.m., ukulele strum-

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