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URBA CONTINUES TO GROW COMMUNITY The Uptown Rutland Business Association is shifting its focus for the new year.

URBA has been around since around 2006, “it’s a natural progression for any (Business Improvement Area,)” she said.

URBA helps support businesses in the area as well as works to attract new businesses to Rutland.

The URBA Improvement Area currently has around 203 storefronts and 100 property owners, stretching from Hollywood Road, following Highway 33 to Prior Road, and from McIntosh Road to Robson Road on Rutland Road.

“We work on physical changes. We do events and activities to promote the area to get people to shop local. We work towards beautification. We also work on safety and graffiti removal and stuff like that,” said At the end of executive director Laurel D’Andreas.

URBA will continue helping with events, but as URBA progresses, the focus is shifting from events to beautification.

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businesses that are here, they’re here because want to be here

“We will still do all the events. But we’ve kind of fine-tuned them so now the focus on the new board coming in will be beautification and safety. If you have beautiful streets and the streets are clean and it looks safe to walk and be around, then you’ll have more businesses that want to be a part of that,” said D’Andreas.

There’s also a shift to looking at a student market.

“There’s lots of stuff we’re looking at to try and get businesses to market to students as UBCO is just right over the hill there. We’re looking at trying to get some of the developers to look at student housing up here, and do joint retail-student housing.”

Current URBA president Mike Koutsantonis has discussed putting his name in for a second term, but nothing will be decided until the Annual General Meeting in March, said D’Andreas.

“We will be having some board members step down and some new ones step up… We’re definitely changing and growing.

Rutland is an amazing community.

At the end of the day the businesses that are here, they’re here because they want to be here. It’s a really community focused area, always has been, always will be.” she said.

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SOLID GOLD COLLISION KEEPS IT PERSONAL Rutland collision shop loves being a small business in a family oriented community

By Carli Berry Rutland business Solid Gold Collision is 31-years-old.

Proud owner Richard Dion bought the shop 13 years ago and moved with his family from the Lower Mainland.

It’s more of a father-and-son shop, Dion said, as his son Erik, 20, helps out.

Located on Dougall Road South in Rutland, the small autobody-repair shop works on an average of seven to 10 cars at any given time, said Dion.

He’s seen Rutland grow from when he started, both with his customers and in the surrounding area.

“We are definitely busier than the time we bought the shop.

The area is growing, it’s growing and changing which is awesome. Rutland was such an affordable place,” he said, adding he’s seen many young families move to the area.

Two years ago, Solid Gold sponsored a car show in the area and they’ve been working on expanding their network.

But Dion wants to keep his business small.

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shop. It’s the necessary thing of being a small business,” he said.

He enjoys being able to have one-on-ones with the customers.

“It’s the customer, it’s the familiarity type of thing. I’m the face of it. Its a perfect model for living a balanced lifestyle.”

Solid Gold has four main employees: Dion, his son, a body technician and painter.

“My painter has been here longer than I have, I inherited him with the shop,” said Dion.

The ICBC approved shop fixes all makes and models but their most popular vehicle to work on is Kia, he said.

They also do restorations and can paint anything from tricycles, bathroom stalls, coffee tables and more.

Dion comes with a trove of experience, starting as an apprentice in an auto-body shop with 65 courtesy cars.

“I learned a lot of things from every guy,” he said, at one time earning a manager position before moving on to a dealership.

“I went from no experience to thrown into a dealership that was a million-plus-dollar body shop,” he said.

Before moving to Lake Country, he ran a chain store for five years and bought the Rutland collision shop in 2004.

Dion also supports little mom-and-pop stores when he’s out and about in the community.

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MAY DAYS FESTIVAL: POPULAR FESTIVAL IS BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR May Days is back for another fabulous year in 2017.

The 57th annual May Days will be held Victoria weekend, May 20 to 22.

“When we think of May Days, think of the May Queen and Princess… a ball tournament on the field, barbecues, and music… To this day many of us hold true to that tradition of being childhood friends and the fact we share our old

memories with our children. This is what May Days was, childhood memories,” said the Rutland Park Society website.

Every year, Rutland residents gather to partake in May Days, which kicks off with a parade Saturday, full of decorated cars, jeeps, farm tractors, candy giveaways, live music, marching bands and more.

Family favourites like the May Pole and May Pole Royalty, chill cook offs and Rhubarb pie contests are some of the events listed on the event website for this year.

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RUTLAND SOCIETY MEETS GRANT DEADLINE Despite concerns that recent turmoil on the board of the Rutland Park Society could scuttle a federal grant to help refurbish the aging Rutland Centennial Hall, it appears at least the first half of the grant is safe.

According to RPS president Ross Kulak, the society met its Feb. 1 deadline for providing updated information to the federal government about planned work associated with the renovations, a requirement to keep the grant.

“I’m confident we’ve done what’s needed,” said Kulak.

He said the information included quotes collected to show the society will spend about $100,000 on the first phase work—include a new audio-visual system, new lighting, new curtains for the stage, refinishing both stage surface and the hall floor, refurbishing existing office space and adding another office and improving the venting system from the furnace.

The full Canada 150 grant is for $274,000, with the first half to be awarded based on information received a week ago.

The deadline for the society to provide that information was extended by Ottawa in light of fighting within the society that saw all members of the previous board, with the exception of former president Todd Sanderson and treasurer Wendi Swarbrick, quit en masse last year. After Sanderson subsequently stepped down and only Swarbrick was left, the old board was replaced with an interim one until the society held its annual general meeting last fall.

With a new board in place and a new president—Kulak— one of its first decisions made was to scrap consideration of

New audio-visual system, new lighting, new curtains for the stage, refinishing both stage surface and the hall floor among the improvements By Alistair Waters building a new hall to replace the existing 50-year-old one despite having spent $25,000 on a consultant’s report to look at both options.

If a new hall had been built, it would not have qualified for the federal grant.

Kulak said work under the first phase of the renovation plan must be done by the end of March. To qualify for the second half of the grant, all remaining work must be done by the end of the year.

Last month, several board members expressed concern about the society meeting the Feb. 1 deadline to secure the first half of the grant, feeling nothing had been done regarding the renovations to the hall since the new board took over.

The society owns and operates the hall.

Last year, the RPS sold the adjacent Rutland Centennial Park to the City of Kelowna for $800,000 and a promise to improve the park. It said it planned to use the money from the city to help pay for hall renovations.

The city budgeted $400,000 to start work on the park and has said more will be spent in future years.

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RUTLAND REP FOR MISS KELOWNA LADY OF THE LAKE

By Carli Berry

The Rutland community has a contestant for the Miss Kelowna Lady of the Lake pageant.

The Uptown Rutland Business Association is sponsoring Bethany Kover, a Grade 11 student at Rutland Secondary School.

Kover described herself as a caring individual, who started volunteering at age 10 at the local YMCA and at the Child Care Centre when she was older.

“I decided to join (the pageant) because I wanted to get better at public speaking,” she said, adding she also wanted to get involved with the community.

The contestants have already been through their first sponsorship event where they donned their sashes.

“During the first speech at sponsor night I was super nervous,” she said.

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said Bethany has always been involved with volunteering and she is proud of her daughter.

“She’s that kid who will do anything to help somebody,” she said.

Bethany is one of eight contestants competing to earn the title of Miss Kelowna Lady of the Lake. The pageant consists of five publicly judged events: Sponsor night, a speech and talent show, a fashion show, presenting a historical tea, and the final evening judge event.

For the talent show, Bethany thinks she’ll perform a dance, after being involved with dance in her school Her main goal with the events is to develop confidence.

“When I walk into the room I want to feel (confident.) I was bullied in the past and it kind of put me in a box,” she said, adding she had feelings of anxiety in the past.

Kover is currently involved with the Wellness Team at RSS, which speaks to kids about anti-bullying and she has the other pageant contestants to support her and help overcome her nerves.

“I feel really comfortable with the other girls. We get along really well together. It’s nice to have people to support you. I really appreciate that,” she said.

Being an active member in the community is another part of Miss Kelowna.

Bethany attended a Knights of Columbus’ annual dinner and didn’t know what to expect.

“I didn’t know what I was going in for but I ended up sitting at a table with the mayor,” she said.

The contestants will also be volunteering at local events including the May Days parade and the Canada Day celebration.

The final pageant is held in July and the winner will travel across B.C. and to Washington to participate in floats, she said.

“You’re kind of the face of Kelowna,” said Bethany, adding you also get to travel to Japan as well as earn scholarship money.

She thinks Japan would be a cool adventure as Miss Kelowna is a participant of a Japanese festival in Tokyo, she said.

Ambassador coordinator Betty Cleland said the program’s “mission is to mentor young women, enabling them to learn new skills and empower them.”

Candidates partake in weekly training sessions, listen to guest leaders from the community, learn social media safety and more, she said.

“We want to highlight the diversity of training. Some people think this is a beauty pageant, it’s not,” she said.

Miss Kelowna will be chosen on July 14 at the community theatre.

Bethany hasn’t decided on what her future entails, whether it’s an early childhood educator, following in her mother’s footsteps as a hairstylist or working in the health field, but she knows she wants to help people.

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Kelowna city council community had a look at the plan for the second time earlier this year. After sending the proposal back to the developer last summer, council was much happier with the more recent proposal and approved a permit to move forward with the new design.

The revamped plan, which moves the buildings closer to the street and even calls for a 16-story residential tower to be added to the site in the future, had no problem finding support from council early this year.

Council approved a development permit for the first phase of the three-phase project, a plan to build a six-storey Marriott Courtyard hotel on the site.

The second phase, expected to follow the first about a year later, will see a second six-storey hotel added. Currently, the residential owner, a possible phase three, has yet to have plans drawn up for it, say city planners.

Last summer, the two-hotel proposal was rejected by council because nearly all the parking was proposed for the front of the buildings, right up to and along the very busy, and highly visible corner, considered by some on council as a northern gateway into the city.

So the proponent, with the help of city staff, went back to the drawing board and on Monday council was presented with a new plan that city staff say is more in keeping with development permit guidelines for properties along Highway 97 in the city’s Official Community Plan.

“There is a stronger street presence and the the overall layout is better,” said Coun. Tracy Gray in supporting the development permit.

She wasn’t alone in praising the reworked plan.

Mayor Colin Basran said it was hard to say no to the proposal last June given the investment the developer was making in the community. But he praised the redesign, noting it will now see higher density on the site, something he likes.

But while it won support from a majority on council, not all councillors were as high on the new look.

Coun. Brad Seiben said he did not feel the rearrangement of the buildings on the site was an improvement. He liked the previous configuration, with the two hotels set farther back and the parking lots running up to, and along, both the Highway 33 and 97 frontages of the property.

“I appreciate the application coming back but I thought the original was a much better layout,” he said.

The first hotel will have 120 rooms and will form the shorter part of a larger L-shaped building once the second phase is complete.

The longer part of the L, running along Highway 33, will be the second hotel.

The future residential tower, a possible phase three of the project, would be built alongside the Highway 97 frontage.

There would also be landscaping features at set entrance points to the site at the corner, which Coun. Luke Stack called an “iconic” corner in the city.

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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SUPPORT COMMUNITY

By Carli Berry The Knights of Columbus in Rutland are continuing to chivalrously offer donations to local food banks and other nonprofits.

The Father DeLestre’s district is one of five Knights in the Kelowna community, located in Rutland.

The Knights pride themselves on serving the community by: Providing bursaries to high school and university students, donating to women’s shelters, Girls Guides, Cubs and other nonprofit groups, said past Grand Knight (past president) John Bannick.

The Knights in Rutland are also making adjustments to their hall.

A proposal is currently being drafted for their current hall, located at 130 McCurdy Road, to include another nonprofit organization.

“There’s nothing really concrete on that yet,” said Bannick, adding the building is not for sale.

The Rutland branch also donates funds to their larger operations overseas.

They contribute to the head office in New Haven to provide support for charities worldwide.

The organization was founded in 1882, in New Haven, Conn.

Currently the Rutland Knights council merged with the Holy Spirit Parish council, to create around 160 members.

“We have merged the two councils because we were basically the two that were in the Rutland area,” said Bannick.

The Rutland non-profit will continue to perform charity work and sell their province-wide Charity Appeal Lottery tickets to fundraise between October to January, said Bannick.

The Knights raise around $30,000 a year which goes back to local charities, said treasurer Vic Ukrainetz.

They Knights provide insurance for their members, which is one of the ways the organization generates funds.

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MLA NORM LETNICK JOINS VALLEY FIRST IN CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF SERVING MEMBERS

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Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick joined Susan Ewanick, President of Valley First, a division of First West Credit Union, along with employees and members at the Rutland branch to celebrate Valley First’s 70th anniversary of improving the financial lives of members.

Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick joined Susan Ewanick, President of Valley First, a division of First West Credit Union, and employees and members at the Rutland branch to celebrate Valley First’s 70th anniversary.

“Valley First is a staple in our Okanagan communities, and has provided so much more than financial services over the years, including raising $1 million for our food banks

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between 2010 and 2016,” said MLA Letnick. “I would like to congratulate everyone at Valley First on reaching this significant 70th anniversary milestone.”

On Feb. 7, Valley First commemorated 70 years of improving the financial lives of members and making an impact in the communities it serves with celebrations at branches across the Thompson, Okanagan Similakameen valleys.

“Valley First’s success over the last seven decades is a testament to the strength, spirit and community values of the Southwest Interior,” said Ewanick. “Thank you for helping us get to 70 years, here’s looking forward to 70 more. #70YearsStrong” Valley First is a premier provider of banking, investment and insurance services for residents and businesses in the Okanagan, Similkameen and Thompson valleys. As a division of First West Credit Union, B.C.’s third-largest credit union with 54 branches and 38 insurance offices throughout the province, Valley First brings innovative products, an extensive branch network and local decision making to the banking experience. Visit valleyfirst.com for more information.

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