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Local Artist Completes Aquatic Centre Mural in Time for West Kelowna’s 10th Anniversary | By Mike Straus | There’s a brand new work of art adorning the Johnson Bentley Memorial Aquatic Centre on Old Okanagan Highway. The new mural, designed by local artist Matthew Brown, was commissioned by the Suk’wtemsqilxw West Kelowna Arts Council (SWAC) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Westside District Municipality’s incorporation. Brown says that he submitted a design for the mural after hearing about the opportunity from Rebekah Wilkinson, the arts council’s original vice chair. Taking inspiration from Claude Monet’s Wheatstacks, Brown created a concept for an impressionist landscape work portraying the view of the lake from the top of Mount Boucherie. “I took a photo from the top of Boucherie to get a clear shot of the area we live in,” Brown says. “I added in the blue and orange colours to present a feeling by capturing different kinds of light. And then I started adding in symbols from Okanagan mythology, and finally I created a lot of negative space to make it look as if you’re walking into the mural.” Brown designed his vision for the mural with a variety of practical considerations in mind, knowing that if his design were chosen, he’d be required to paint the mural on a short timeline. The fact that the mural is a community project also meant that Brown’s paint budget would have a hard upper limit. This restricted the number of colours in play, so Brown would need to choose his colours carefully to ensure they contrast well with black and white paint. With these constraints in place, Brown set out to incorporate into the mural a variety of important figures from the Syilx oral traditions, emphasizing the connection between the SWAC and the Westbank First Nation. Syilx spiritual figures features in the mural include the Saskatoon Berry, the Bear, the Ogopogo, the Salmon, and the Bitter Root.
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“I wanted to make sure I planning, making it imposrepresented Okanagan culsible for traditional art real ture,” Brown says. “(In Syilx estate to flourish.” mythology) there are four Eventually, the team setFood Chiefs, which are spirtled on the Johnson Bentley its that preside over the land Memorial Aquatic Centre. and the food. The Ogopogo The mural design process is the guardian water spirit.” also presented a variety of In Syilx culture, the four other challenges. The team Food Chiefs – named Siya initially ordered the wrong (Saskatoon Berry), Spitlem kind of plywood for the (Bitterroot), Skemxist project, some painters were (Black Bear), and Ntyxtix called away to attend to PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED (King Salmon) – have variother matters, and Brown Artist Matthew Brown unveiled the Suk’wtemsqilxw West ous different attributes that ran out of primer partway Kelowna Arts Council’s new mural following the Canada Day together serve as a spiritual through the painting proParade on July 1. The mural was commissioned to mark the framework for well being. cess. But with generous 10th anniversary of West Kelowna’s incorporation as a city. One major challenge support from the donors at Brown and the SWAC faced was in finding real estate Cloverdale Paint, Brown et al finished the mural on for the mural. West Kelowna is home to few publicly time. owned buildings, and even fewer of those buildings The mural was dedicated on July 1 following the are ideal for a mural. Canada Day parade. Brown says that he’s very pleased “There are insurance issues with a mural, and one with the final product. building where we wanted to hang the mural had “The mural looks almost exactly like my design. asbestos. We don’t have much of a downtown core The colours are a little bit different, but that’s to be here – the art scene suffers greatly from a lack of city expected. I was very happy with how it turned out.”
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Students at Mount Boucherie capped their season with a 3-night run of William Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. | By Mike Straus | Mount Boucherie acting and filmmaking teacher Kieran Emmond directed a true-to-its-roots production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The local production, which ran from April 27 to 29, saw a positive community response, keeping in line with past drama productions the school has organized. “When I first came to Boucherie six years ago I was a little leery about how theatre would fly on the Westside,” Emmond says, “but we’ve sold out every seat of every show that we’ve done. We’ve been turning away people at the door. This show was no different – people enjoyed it, even those who didn’t understand a word of it.” A self-described Shakespeare geek, Emmond says that he didn’t expect his students to be so passionate about the play as they would eventually become. But his growing program put him in search of a play with a large cast of characters, as the popularity of the drama program has made smaller plays impractical. The students, he says, did quite well with the play, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Emmond points to the play-within-a-play, Pyramus and Thisbe, as one of the students’ favourite parts of the production. “Pyramus and Thisbe was the most successful part of the production. It’s funny – at our first table read, kids were rolling on the floor laughing. They really enjoyed it.” Emmond says he did his best to maintain the original Shakespearean version of the play, though he did trim some of the longer monologues. The original A Midsummer Night’s Dream can run for up to four hours, he says, and the Boucherie production retained about 80 percent of the original play. “We trimmed off a bit from the longer monologues. But the original language was still intact. I was a little worried about it, but I must admit, the students were into it.” Emmond says the key to getting students to engage with Shakespeare – especially in the face of long stanzas and unusual line breaks – is in letting the students make the play their own. During rehearsals, Emmond actively encouraged students to deliver lines in creative ways, with any necessary adjustments happening after the fact. It’s this spontaneous personalization of the original Shakespeare that Emmond says made the production a success, as the play itself is already quite eclectic. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream has some wonderful contrasts. There are these moments where the lovers
are quarrelling or embroiled in hi-jinks, and it’s quite dramatic. And then, a few minutes later, you have Pyramus and Thisbe being completely absurd. The great strength of the play is that it runs the gamut from darker scenes to lighter ones.” Emmond says Shakespeare’s comedies aren’t given enough attention in school curriculum, and drama productions like this one are great opportunities for students to learn about the comedies. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream has a little bit of all of Shakespeare’s plays in it,” he says. “It’s very funny, but it also has lots of layers of meaning. There’s an array of emotions, and at the end the play has a really nice catharsis. It’s not a one-note piece - it’s a journey.” Emmond says he plans to continue growing the drama program at Mount Boucherie, and he already has nearly 70 students who wish to be part of productions in the fall. Shakespeare, he says, will definitely be on the programme. “I’m probably going to make Shakespeare an annual challenge. I’m thinking about doing a version of Hamlet that has a female lead – we’re going to call it Hamlette.”
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The Rotary Club of Westbank shut its doors for good on July 1, closing the chapter on a four-decade stretch of fundraisers and community building projects that have shaped West Kelowna.
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| By Mike Straus | The Rotary Club of Westbank may not be hosting meetings or working on new projects, but its legacy and work can still be seen throughout West Kelowna. The club’s most significant community contribution to date is the many parks and walkways along Gellatly Bay and Powers Creek, which Westbank Lions Club President David Knowles says was a passion projPHOTO PROVIDED BY ROTARY CLUB OF WESTBANK. ect of the Rotary Club’s Westbank Town Centre spray park behind the Holiday Inn. first president. “That project produced over $1 million worth of trails and parks,” Knowles says. “That work happened over the course of the first 12 years that the club was in existence, and the maintenance is still happening. 2nd Occupant The club has extended the mandate to go further down Powers Creek, and they’ve been building more for 6 to 12 months (depending on suite size) and more walkways and trails in West Kelowna.” SAVE Knowles has been a Rotary Club member since $375/month! 1979, and he served as President of the Rotary Club of Westbank during the 1998-99 term. Knowles says that the park and trail project was just one of many community infrastructure projects that the Rotary Club tackled. The Rotary Club has At The Heritage, we create opportunities for our residents also contributed to the purchase and operation of Gelto discover new things about themselves, the people latly Nut Farm Regional Park, the construction of the around them and the world we live in, helping redefine Kids Care Spray Park in Westbank Centre Park, and a what it means to be aging, together. variety of Rotary International initiatives. To learn more about the Verve difference at “It took us two years to raise the money for the The Heritage. Call us today at 250-768-9926 spray park, and then we built it. You could fill a book with what we’ve accomplished, and we’re actually working on something like that.” The Rotary Club of Westbank recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with a celebratory evening that included guest speakers, presentations looking back at 3630 Brown Road, West Kelowna, BC V4T 7Y9 the last four decades, and an address by the son of the www.verveseniorliving.com
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After 40 Years of Community Projects Rotary Club’s district governor. The club shut its doors on July 1, ending a 40-year legacy of community projects. Knowles did not explicitly state the reason why the club is shutting down, but he did say that the club has been losing members. Knowles says that immediately prior to shutting down, the Rotary Club of Westbank had just 12 members, down from 33 members who were active during the club term ending in 2011 (the latest year for which membership data is publicly available). A June 12, 2017 post on the Rotary Club of Westbank’s Facebook page states that the West Kelowna Daybreak Rotary Club is still active and accepting new members, with club meetings taking place every Thursday at 7 AM.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY ROTARY CLUB OF WESTBANK. Breakfast with Santa Christmas fundraiser for famine relief in Africa. (Hosted by Mount Boucherie Rotary Interact Club, sponsored by Rotary Club of Westbank)
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Keeping mosquitos at bay this summer This summer is bad for mosquitos so here are some tips on how to avoid being attacked. It’s mosquito season and a few helpful, easy-to-follow tips may help keep the pests from breeding around the home. Anyone who’s been doing yardwork or enjoying the great outdoors lately has likely noticed that mosquitoes are out in droves. This is the result of wet spring weather, warming temperatures and pools of standing water that haven’t dried out or been properly drained and cleaned. Interior Health and Health Canada offer great mosquito prevention tips on their websites. Visit https://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourEn vironment/CommunicableDiseaseControl/ Pages/Mosquitos.aspx or https://www.canada.ca/ en/public-health/services/diseases/west-nile-virus/ prevention-west-nile-virus.html To keep mosquitoes from breeding around the home: • Eliminate all standing water around your property – it’s prime mosquito habitat • Clean and keep dry eaves, pool covers, tires, wheel barrels and other items where water collects • Tip over fishing boats, canoes and kayaks or keep them tightly tarped or in a covered area to keep water from collecting in their hulls • Clean bird baths once or twice a week, filling them with fresh water each time • Keep water moving in ornamental ponds and water gardens by installing aeration pumps • Put tight lids or screens on rain barrels • Keep emptying and wiping out any saucers under flower pots and urns To keep from being bitten: • Install tightly woven, untorn and property fitted screens in all door and window frames • Keep indoors at dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most active • Wear light-coloured clothes as mosquitoes tend to be attracted to darker colors • Wear long-sleeved, collared shirts, pants, high socks and hats as weather allows • Use suitable repellants containing DEET or Icaridin and follow instructions for use
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garding proposed WFN laws or law amendments; • Reviewing the Local Government Services Budget, which sets property taxation rates and spending; • Receiving and considering petitions from (non-WFN Member) residents; • Advocating on behalf of special interest groups; and • Meeting once per month at the WFN government office. To learn more about the election process and the role of the Advisory Council, consider attending the next Advisory Council meeting at the WFN Government building. For more information, visit the WFN Advisory Council webpage at www.wfn.ca/advisorycouncil. htm.
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