Peachland POST
By Jeff McDonalD
Taxes. No one wants to pay them, but that’s how we in Canada fund our roads and schools and parks and hospitals and police.
In this province, municipalities and regional districts have to pass an annual budget by May in order to levy property taxes on homeowners in July.
And public feedback on the draft budget is, by law, part of the process. The District of Peachland mayor, council and staff hosted an open house on Peachland’s draft 2025 budget last Tuesday at the Peachland Community Centre.
Generally speaking, a municipal budget contains three spending areas: operating, capital and utilities.
The operating budget includes staff salaries and costs that are relatively fixed (cutting the grass in parks, gasoline for fleet vehicles).
The capital budget is money for updating existing infrastructure (replacing the historic school house’s HVAC system, for example) and investing in new infrastructure (a new protective services building). The utilities budget in-
cludes water treatment and sanitation.
The 2025 provisional budget proposes a tax increase of 6.65 per cent. That translates into an $111 increase in property taxes for an average assessed home in Peachland.
The tax increase is necessary to fund ongoing operational expenses and services, and to contribute to reserves for future expenditures, according to the document. The document goes on to note that Peachland’s infrastructure is aging, and repairs and replacement will be required in the future.
The provisional budget was drafted by staff and approved by Peachland council in December 2024. Nothing has changed since then in terms of council support, but how do residents feel about the proposed budget? The Peachland Post spoke to a number of attendees at the budget open house to get their thoughts on the amount of the tax increase and on the district’s stated budget priorities.
Ray Nault is generally supportive of the proposed tax increase but has some concerns about one council spending priority in particular: the Okanagan Trail.
“I think the budget is more than fair. I don’t see any real aberrations,” he said.
BRIEFS
Award-winning author speaking in Peachland
The Peachland Community Arts Council is hosting a special evening with award-winning author and wildlife biologist Wayne McCrory. It’s a book-signing event to celebrate the publication of his new book Wild Horses of the Chilcotin.
The Chilcotin’s wild horses are romantic and beautiful, but they are also controversial: they are seen by government policy as intruders competing for range land with native species and domestic cattle. They have been subject to culls and are not officially protected. In the book, McCrory draws upon two decades of research to make a case for considering the
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Chilcotin’s wild horses, called qiyus in traditional Tŝilhqot’in culture, a resilient part of the area’s balanced prey-predator ecosystem.
Wally Shusheski is a member of the Peachland Art Group and was commissioned to do the painting of the wild horses for the book’s cover.
The event takes place Monday, March 3 at 6:30 P.M. at Our SPACE (the yellow school house).
Tickets are $5 and are available at peachlandarts.ca.
50 Plus Centre potluck and meeting Friday
The 50 Plus Activity Centre’s annual general meeting is Friday, February 28 at 7 P.M. at the centre on Beach Ave. The event will start with a potluck at 5:30 P.M. Please bring a dish to share and your own dishes to dine on. All are welcome.
Coroners Service shares 2024 drug death data
There were 105 deaths from unregulated drugs in the Central Okanagan last year, the B.C. Coroners Service said in a recent release, up from 118 in 2023.
The number of deaths per 100,000 people in the Central Okanagan fell to 41.0 last year from 47.8 in 2023.
Across the province, 2,253 lives were lost in 2024, with a slight decline in many communities toward the end of the year.
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“The information collected by our coroners during their investigations into unregulated drug toxicity deaths, indicates a decline in fatalities over the last several months of 2024. This is consistent with reporting from other jurisdictions in Canada and internationally, said chief coroner Dr. Jatinder Baidwan in the release.
Residents “blindsided” by FortisBC gate
By Jeff McDonalD Staff RepoRteR
Agroup of Peachland homeowners are upset with FortisBC’s plans to put a locked gate on a right-of-way at the north end of Pincushion Place which they say will prevent them from accessing the rear of their properties as they’ve been doing for decades.
In a letter sent to 15 homeowners dated January 9, 2025, FortisBC said the unpaved roadway is a statutory right-of-way over an underground gas pipeline,, and installing the gate will protect the pipeline’s safety and integrity.
line for leaks, which is required by the B.C. Energy Regulator.
About a dozen homes on 6th Street use the right of way to access the backs of their properties. Ken Gilbert lives on 6th Street and said losing access to the rear of his property means he will no longer be able to park his boat in his back yard during winter. Residents were blindsided by the FortisBC letter, he said. “I don’t know what I’m going to do,” he said. “If they’re going to do a gate, we need access to a key.”
Some homeowners on 6th Street have spent money on backyards that they soon won’t be able to access, he said. “We’ve got another neighbour that just spent a whole
This road behind homes on 6th Street is a FortisBC right-of-way. Residents will lose access to it during the week of March 10.
“We will be installing this gate the week of March 10, 2025,” the letter states. “This should provide you with adequate time to remove your vehicles, trailers and debris from our SRW (statutory rightof-way). No vehicles, trailers or debris will remain in our SRW.”
The letter also says the gate is necessary to allow the utility to safely fly regular aerial patrols over the area to inspect the pipe-
bunch of money and fixed up their backyard and made a slip for their trailer and boat,” said Gilbert.
FortisBC’s approach is heavy-handed, he said, and a better solution would be for the District of Peachland to install no-parking signs and then have bylaw officers make sure people don’t park on the right-of-way.
Marv Norden lives on Pincushion Place beside the spot where the
gate will go. He said he won’t be able to properly access his driveway if the gate is installed. He also said users of the Pincushion Mountain and Trepanier Creek trails will no longer have access to the small parking lot on the other side of the proposed gate. “People can’t get in here anymore. This is a designated wilderness park, with no access,” he said.
FortisBC said residents will be able to walk around the gate to reach the backs of their properties, but did not address the impact on trail users. “FortisBC’s right of way is registered on title and passes through land owned by the District of Peachland, so we are working together with the District on this project. Once the
gate is installed, residents will be able to walk around the gate to access the back of their properties on foot,” said FortisBC spokesperson Lauren Beckett in a statement emailed to the Peachland Post. Contrary to FortisBC’s statement, District of Peachland CAO Joe Creron said the land is owned by FortisBC, but agreed that the issue is safety. “It’s really a shame for those residents, but FortisBC has the right-of-way and it is fully within their rights to install a gate,” he said. “I recognize that it’s not a good outcome for residents but something heavy travelling on the line could puncture the line and there could be an explosion. It’s all about safety.” ••
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Pincushion Place resident Marv Norden standing where the FortisBC gate will be installed and where trail users park.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Wastewater plan means better public health, environmental protection and increased property values
By Patrick Van Minsel
As part of our commitment to improving local infrastructure, Peachland council is close to adopting the district’s new Wastewater Master Plan and the long-awaited phasing plan to expand sewer servicing into all Peachland neighbourhoods. While directly benefiting the over 1,600 properties on septic, this project will also ensure that the entire community of Peachland has better environmental protection, improved public health, and increased property values. Over $35 million is needed for this undertaking. Some of the costs will fall on the property owner, develop-
MAYOR’S MESSAGE
Patrick Van Minsel
ment cost charges will pay some, and a grant through the Okanagan Basin Water Board’s Sewage Facilities Assistance Program will help offset a small portion of the overall costs. However, it is clear to the council that it is essential that we receive funding support
NO HISTORY? KNOW HISTORY by
RICHARD SMITH
How the Blind Angler got its name
Peachlander Jack Wilson was a man of many talents. He was a decorated officer in World War I, was wounded and gassed at the front line trenches, came home and was a logger, ran a dairy, and had an orchard. In World War II he was the officer in charge of the Peachland guerrilla unit of the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers formed to defend against any attack by the Japanese. We were bombed here by the Japanese but not in a conventional way…by hydrogen-filled balloons launched from Japan intended to start the forests ablaze. Jack investigated one nearby. His passion in later life, while losing his vision from World War I gas injury, was fishing. Thus the historic name attached to Beach Avenue’s iconic restaurant The Blind Angler.
from our provincial and federal governments to complete the plan.
We are poised to do all we can to make this happen. Our provincial and federal representatives are very aware of our intentions for their support, and I have already begun the lobbying we need directly to provincial ministries and their federal counterparts. We are also researching the possibility of private sector involvement, liaising with other communities that have implemented this approach.
As we finalize the master plan, we will conduct a general survey this spring. This survey is a crucial step in our decision-making process. We are asking residents whose properties are still on septic systems about their interest in sewer servicing for their property and what they would be willing to pay for the construction, among other things.
The results of this survey will help us determine phasing and approaches, and it is essential that we hear from as many impacted residents as possible. Your input is invaluable and will help us ensure residents are well-informed before the official Local Area Service (LAS) process.
If we successfully secure the funding, we will develop the LAS as required for sewer expansion in a neighbourhood. This process will be transparent, and properties that would benefit from the service will be polled, ensuring that all affected residents have a say in the project.
The new master plan considers historical promises in the proposed phasing and factors such as environmental impact and population density. We will also consider adjusting our bylaws (timeline) to allow residents who recently updated septic systems time before being required to connect to the new system.
Since its first strategic planning meeting, sewer expansion has been a priority of this council as it continues to be a top priority for almost half of our residents. We will soon have the plan, and the council is laser-focused on getting the funding support Peachland needs to make this project happen. Stay informed about upcoming consultation opportunities; subscribe for e-notification at peachland.ca/services/subscribe.
Patrick Van Minsel is mayor of Peachland.
Contributed Photo Jack Wilson, the Blind Angler.
Jeff McDonald photo Sewer expansion remains a top priority for Peachland council.
60-SECOND RANT
Let’s be clear about the weather
We may have become used to driving on a parkway and parking on a driveway but the time has come to put an end to the misuse of language. What we need is clear, accurate, unambiguous ways to communicate our meaning.
For example, when did it become legitimate to say you will bring something to your neighbour’s pot luck rather than take it, or (unless you are a flat earth believer) to speak of going across the world instead of around it?
Too picky? Not so! It is the thin end of the wedge and representative of errors often inspired by writers and professionals who should know better. Take for example the way that some engineering types speak of cement when they really mean concrete. Buildings can collapse because of a mistake like that!
Part of this trend towards confusing use of language we can blame on the weather - or more accurately on those who report on it. In their quest for the dramatic we now have to contend with a barrage of new weather terms designed to inspire shock and awe - not that those two things can exist simultaneously.
Yes, a bomb cyclone carried on an atmospheric river is being accompanied by a firenado and closely followed by thundersnow trapped under a heat dome caused by a polar vortex. How about just partly cloudy with risk of showers?
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Water management with U.S. needs re-think
The Columbia River is the fourth-largest watershed in North America, and much of the water that flows from B.C. into Washington state are governed by the Columbia River Agreement. It was negotiated in 1961 and updated last year but not ratified.
The agreement let Washington and Oregon generate large amounts of hydroelectric power, which it still does. B.C. got and still does get half the revenues but had to control water flows on the Columbia by building dams that flooded over a quarter million of acres of provincial land, destroying First Nations communities and displacing 2,000 residents.
But now that we know Donald Trump sees free trade agreements as not worth the paper they’re printed on, what value could any treaty with the U.S. truly have?
B.C. energy minister Adrian Dix said in a recent interview that angry and Trump-weary British Columbians frequently tell him the province should withhold
power or water flowing south. That’s not something the province is considering, he said.
From the editor
Jeff McDonald
Well, why not? The U.S. continues to threaten big tariffs on Canadian and Mexican products, contrary to the letter and the spirit of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, renegotiated after a Trump trade tantrum in his first presidency. The new agreement is just five years old but already doesn’t exist in Trump’s mind, so it’s hard to see why the Columbia River Agreement should exist in ours.
I’m not saying we should
immediately start dismantling the dams and reclaiming those flooded acres. I am saying that we need to start thinking about shared resources like the Columbia River in a different way. If we’re going to put Canada first, we need a new paradigm. Maybe in the future we don’t jump to increase flows on the Columbia when Washington and Oregon hydroelectric production drops during dry years. Maybe we take care of our own hydroelectric and environmental needs first.
Why should Peachlanders care? Because Okanagan Lake is in the Columbia Basin, which is covered by the socalled treaty, and the river that drains Okanagan Lake runs into the Columbia. So it matters.
That’s especially true if we start thinking about the U.S. as an adversary rather than an ally, which some observers think we need to do.
Jeff McDonald is the editor of the Peachland Post.
COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY
Bears, fish, plants all connected in web of life
Iwas having a leisurely peruse of the wide shallow valley across the lake on Okanagan Mountain when my attention was hijacked by clouds. Tendrils of water vapour would break off, flow in an arc, and then recombine with others. New shapes were constantly forming against a backdrop of towering clouds that seemed stationary. The active system was a wonder to behold.
there is a healthy growth of saskatoons, high-bush cranberries, and other edibles. Same as the bears, the people fertilized the bushes along trails and the seeds helped to spread the berry bushes. Berry plants and humans help each other.
And then there’s our own bodies which host a variety of other life forms.
For indeed clouds are systems, made of water vapour, part of the water cycle that rules the planet. If there is drought somewhere, there is rain elsewhere. Those clouds churn, travel, and spread more than wetness. Dust from Africa is picked up and deposited as far away as Finland and North America. Ash spewed from volcanoes can disrupt airplane travel.
Clouds, people, volcanoes are all connected on this planet. What happens in one part affects others. This is reflected in ecosystems, areas where species live in close relation to one another. Bears live in the forest, a river with spawning fish flows through it, the bears eat the fish, poop out what their bodies don’t want, and the forest’s trees and bushes benefit from the fertilizer. That reminds me of a story my cousin Eugene told me. He was a student of nature. All along the Fir Brigade Trail, even nowadays,
Forty-odd trillion microbes living in and on our bodies help with digestion and immunity, among other things. Eat something that unbalances your microbiome and they tell you about it with a tummy ache or worse.
A little sapling is planted. Whether it survives and thrives is determined by its environment. By everything there. If a human comes along and plucks it up it dies. If the soil enfolding its roots is dry and it doesn’t rain for weeks, it dies. If it is shaded for part of the day by alders, it survives longer. If a storm comes along and drops rain, it stays alive and grows. Where it is and what happens there matters.
The forest around our town is a threat and a blessing. We worry about wildfires. But the forest exhales oxygen during the growing season, soaks up carbon dioxide, cleans our air, adds humidity. It is a wonderful place to hike and bike and quad. Everything changes, but things have accelerated in recent years.
Life seeks balance, and human behaviour has led to massive overconsumption and ecological degradation. Every protected ecosystem helps the greater good. Let’s work to protect our planet.
Judy Wyper is involved with the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance, Seniors for Climate, First Things First, and the South Okanagan Chapter of the Council of Canadians.
Judy Wyper photo
A mushroom is the fruit of the underground web of fungus that links other species. NATURAL WONDERS
JUDY WYPER
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Spending decisions driven by council priorities
BUDGET FROM PAGE 1
“The only thing I’m really wondering about is the funding being
ture in this town,” he said. Tayor agreed, and said she supports the new protective services building as a spending priority. “It’s a core piece of our community, and we all have a part in it. I’m a hundred per cent on board with that,” she said.
Beverly Andrews said she’s okay with the proposed tax increase, but just. “I think it’s
given to the Okanagan Trail. I don’t see an end in sight because what we’ve seen so far for a total of $400,000 is just a hill and we still have another 15 or 20 kilometres to get out of Peachland, so are we biting off something that we really don’t understand.”
Nault applauded council for their budget support for the new child care in Peachland. “I can do nothing but praise council for the day care centre. That’s a phenomenal thing that will bring young families to Peachland,” he said.
Greg Allan and Trina Taylor were less happy about the proposed tax increase, and said their area of town hasn’t received much maintenance.
“I actually think it’s a little high. I understand that this community is growing, and infrastructure needs improvement. But year after year, where we live personally, we don’t see a lot of improvements,” said Taylor.
Allen said staying ahead of infrastructure should be a priority. “There’s a lot of old infrastruc-
okay; I wouldn’t want to see it any higher. I think some of the things aren’t split up the way they should be split up,” she said. “I’m thinking that there’s some things missing that I don’t see and there’s some things on there that I don’t like. The sewer is one. Some of the roadwork, some of the sidewalks, things like that,” she said. “There’s also no funding for the climate change task force, so that’s a concern.”
Jim Carpenter said he has been asking council to pave Thorne Road, where he lives, for 15 years without success. “I’m surprised to see new projects go ahead when they haven’t finished old projects,” he said.
As for the tax increase, Carpenter said it’s not large but put together with tax increases from other levels of government, it adds up. “They keep putting up taxes, a hundred bucks here, a
hundred bucks there, and you start to wonder where’s the accountability and deliverables, where does all that money go?” he said. “I know costs go up, it’s a growing community, there’s not a lot of industry, but they’ve got grants so why aren’t they finishing the previous projects?”
District of Peachland chief financial officer Gary Filafilo said people should look at the dollar amount of the increase rather than the percentage.
“We put the dollar amount there so you can see that and you can compare that with the other communities and we’re lower, even though the percentage may be the same. Percentages can skew the conversation whereas $111 is pretty easy to understand and it’s less than $10 per month.”
Filafilo said council’s strategic plan drives spending priorities and the proposed tax increase, and then”...it’s what can we afford. It really comes down to that.”
Jeff McDonald photo Ray Nault: the budget is fair but he’s concerned about the Okanagan Trail expense.
Jeff McDonald photo
Peachlanders gathered at the community centre
Jeff McDonald photo Greg Allan and Trina Taylor: the tax increase is a little too high.
Peachland kids’ baseball and soccer registration not far away
The Peachland youth soccer and baseball season starts early April and goes until late June.
For soccer, having had a boys and girls team in U7-8 minis for the first two seasons, we are now offering boys and girls soccer this season in a number of age groups: Tots, for under 3-4 year olds (20212 births); Tykes for under 5-6 year olds (2019-20 births); Minis for under 7-8 year olds (2017-18 births) and Youth for under 9-10 year olds (2015-16 births). Registration is now underway at pinnaclesfc.ca
For baseball, we are hoping to have a Peachland T-Ball team (ages 6 and under, 2019 births) Registration is now underway at www.westkelownabaseball.ca.
We have booked Cousins Park for baseball Monday and Thursday 5:15-6:30 and for soccer Tuesday and Wednesday from 5-6:45
For soccer, games will be on Saturdays. For Minis and Youth age groups they will be played in Penticton in the huge 5 field complex at Kings field, where Peachland teams have competed successfully for two years now against teams from Penticton, Osoyoos, Oliver, Summerland, Naramata, and Keremeos.
For our younger Tots 3-4 year old and Tykes 5-6 year soccer old teams, we will interlock with Summerland, with games on Saturday morning either at Cousins Park in Peachland or Dale Meadows field in Summerland. I negotiated this with Summerland so the younger kids don’t have to travel as far to Penticton but can still have a variety of nearby teams to play.
For baseball, we will have TBall games also on Saturday mornings at Cousins and West Kelowna.
Turner Park will not be available for the kids until June, but once it opens we hope to have some soccer and baseball games/tournaments for the Peachland kids there too.
Twenty five years ago there was an active Peachland 7 team little league at Turner Park and at least one Peachland youth soccer team playing at Cousins.
With a number of like minded Peachland parents and grandparents, we are bringing this back;
Peachland kids on Peachland teams playing on Peachland fields.
And we will do this right, so every boy and girl feels good about playing, enjoys the games and continues to come back to play the following year.
Because if we do this right, someday when these kids grow up, they will remember team sports fondly and will teach their children how to play team sports too.
If your young son or daughter is interested in playing soccer or baseball, drop me a line at randey_brophy@telus.net
Randey Brophy has coached youth soccer and baseball for 32 years. He spearheaded the drive for Turner Park to be redeveloped as a multi-use field in 2022 and formed the Peachland Youth Soccer club in 2023. He also manages and plays on a Peachland seniors slo-pitch team.
Bridge club looking for players
Peachland and area bridge players are invited to a weekly game at the 50 Plus Activity Centre.
The Peachland & District Retirement Society holds contract bridge every Monday from 1 to 3:30 P.M. It’s a friendly, non-critical group with about 20 active members and they welcome anyone who may be a bit rusty and wants to get back into playing. Just drop in any Monday afternoon at 5872 Beach Ave. or call 250767-9133 for more information.
If there is enough demand from people new to the game and who want to learn, they may try to organize a class for beginners. Membership in the society is $25 per year and lets you participate in many activities offered.
Peachland Places of Faith
Lake Avenue at 13th Street 250-767-9237
Sunday Morning Service: 10:30 am Pastor: Lyle Wahl peachlandbaptistcanada.com
There is a sermon audio available on our website each week.
Monika Skeith photo The cold has broken but summer at Swim Bay is still months away.
Maria Bandol photo
This Beach Ave sunseeker wanted to escape the snow and go tropical.
Jody Gorski photo Subi and Annie waiting for Cibo and Vines to open up for dinner.
Jeff McDonald photo Phase 2 of the seniors’ housing building has reached the fifth floor.
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Joke of the Week
A young proton walks into a bar and orders a beer. Bartender says, “Hey, you sure you’re old enough to be in here?” Proton says, “I’m positive.”
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POST EVENTS
March 1-7
Reservations or registration may be required for the following activities or events. Please phone the number provided for more details.
Saturday
50 Plus Centre 250-767-9133
Carpet Bowling 9:30-12 PM
Peachland Legion 250-767-9404
Meat Draw & 50-50 Draw 3-5 PM
Everyone Welcome
Sunday
Peachland Community Centre
250-767-2133
Pickleball 2.5-3.5 12-2 PM
Pickleball 3.75 plus 2-4 PM
Monday
Peachland Arts Council
My Space
Wild Horses of the Chilcotin
Peachland School House
6:30 PM
Admission $5
advance tickets: peachlandarts.ca
Peachland Community Centre
Indoor walking 8:00-9:00 AM
Yoga for your back level 2 1-3PM
*NEW* Zumba 6:30-7:30 PM
Blood Donor clinic 9 AM-4 PM
50 Plus Centre
50 plus fitness 8-9 AM
Variety singers 9:30-11 AM
We Art Here 12 PM
Bridge 1 PM
Tae Kwon Do 5:30-8:30 PM
Peachland Wellness Centre
250-767-0141
Ladies Coffee 1-2 PM
Peachland Boys and Girls Club
250-767-2515
Peachland Preschool 8:30-12:15 PM
Family Tot play time 9:30-1 PM
School’s out 2:30-5 PM
Tuesday
Peachland Community Centre
Flow Yoga 9-10 AM
Remedy yoga (Level 2)
10:30-11:45 AM
Therapeutic yoga 12-1:15 PM
Blood Donor clinic 9 AM-4 PM
50 Plus Centre
Yoga 8:30-9:30 AM
Carpet Bowling 9:30-12 PM
Fellowship (AA) 12-1 PM
Mahjong 1-4 PM
Passion 4 Art 1-4 PM
Line Dancing 4:30-5:30 PM
Cloggers 6-7 PM
Peachland Classic Car Club
Monthly meeting
Peachland Little Schoolhouse 7PM
Peachland Wellness Centre
Ladies Coffee & Cards 11-12 PM
Men’s Coffee & Cards 1-3 PM
Wednesday
Peachland Community Centre
Indoor walking 8-9 AM
Pickleball 3.0 11 AM-1 PM
($5:25 drop in)
Quilters 8-4 PM
50 Plus Centre
50+ Fitness 9-10 AM
Chair Yoga 10:30-11:30 AM
Bridge 1:00-3:30 PM
Tae Kwon Do 5:30-8:30 PM
Peachland Boys and Girls Club
250-767-2515
Peachland Preschool 8:30-12:15 PM
School’s Out 2:30-5 PM
Element Club 6-8 PM
Peachland Wellness Centre
Tia Chi 10-11 AM
Sunshine Singers 1-2 PM
Thursday
Peachland Community Centre
Art group 8-4 PM
Pickleball 3.5 10:30 to 12:30 PM
Volleyball 5-6:15 PM ($5.25 drop in)
Pickleball all play 6:30-8:15 PM
($5.25 drop in)
50 Plus Centre
Yoga 8:30-9:30 AM
Iron & Silk 11 AM
Ukulele 1-2:30 PM
Bingo doors open 5:30 PM
start 630 PM
Peachland Library 250-767-9111
Winter Story Time 11 AM
Stay & Play 11:45 AM
Peachland Legion 250-767-9404
Meat draw & 50-50 3-5 PM
Everyone Welcome
Friday
Peachland Community Centre
Indoor walking 8:00-9 AM
*NEW* yoga for athletes 12-1 PM
Creative playtime (FREE kids 0 to 6)
10 AM-12 PM
Pickleball all play 3-4:45 PM
($5.25 drop in)
Peachland Boys and Girls Club
Peachland Preschool 8:30-12:15 PM
Schools Out 2:30-5 PM
T.G.I.F. 6-8 PM
Peachland Library
LEGO Builds 3-4 PM
50 Plus Centre
50+ Fitness 9-10 AM
Coffee Bean 10:15-12 PM
Chair yoga 10:30-11:30 AM
Canasta 1-4 PM
Knitting 1-3 PM
For information on more programs at Peachland Community Centre, find the Peachland Recreational Guide - Winter 2024 online. For additional
information re: Pickleball lessons and games, contact Zoe at 250-767-2133.
Okanagan Folk School events
Stained glass for beginners - March 2
Tila bead bracelet - March 8
Needle felting - March 9
Collage quilt - March 13
Learn to knit - March 29
Rope basket weaving - March 29
HalfTila bracelet March 26 and 29
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