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Homeniuk and Jim Grindlay (left to right), who climbed Pincushion Trail last Sunday as part of Trail Awareness Day. Over 85 people registered for the event. Unfortunately, the threatening weather early in the morning discouraged some. The rain relented and the clouds lifted, and those who turned out experienced a beautiful fall day – perfect for hikes! Many participants expressed appreciation for the opportunity to learn more about the trails around Peachland. Afterwards, the Peachland Lions hosted a by-donation hotdog barbecue, and the West Kelowna branch of Wildsafe BC offered bear safety tips and a bear spray demo and practice. Peachland’s Bosley’s by Pet Valu turned out with giveaways and free samples, and the Trail of the Okanagan Society provided a history lesson of the Fur Brigade trail and their efforts to promote the development of a trail from Oliver to Vernon and beyond.

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Council supports structural flood mitigation grant application JOANNE LAYH Last week Peachland council supported an application to the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) for a structural flood mitigation grant to mitigate further shoreline damage at vulnerable sites.

In her presentation to council director of community services Cheryl Wiebe recommended that council support the application to UBCM for a $750,000 grant and that the district commit $100,000 towards the project and oversee the grant management.

Wiebe told council that although there is no matching component required for the grant, there will be construction efficiencies to manage the shoreline unit as one continuous section. It was also suggested that a municipal commitment would shed a positive light on the ADCANADA MEDIA funding application.

INC The grant is in follow up to the flood risk assessment D004839701 and flood mitigation planning grant the district received PV01 this spring.

Wiebe said the area between 4th Street and Swim Bay breakwater was identified as at a very high risk and the number one grant priority for the following reasons: • Temporary emergency works are challenging and expensive; • Significant damage was sustained to Swim Bay in the 2017 flood; • High tourism impacts; • Temporary emergency rip rap located between 5th and 6th Streets is ineffective and dangerous; • Construction costs for this continuous section of

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foreshore is expensive for the tax base of Peachland to afford; • There are efficiencies gained in working on these sites as a single package for design and construction. Economy of scale will also provide better value; and • The area is an archeological zone, which adds a layer of complexity to the project.

Peachland council previously committed $150,000 toward mitigating further shoreline damage.

“That $100,000 would include the $150,000 commitment we made previously for $150,000. It wouldn’t be an additional $150,000,” Mayor Cindy Fortin said.

If the municipality is successful in receiving the grant funding, planning and permit applications will begin in 2020 with the construction works scheduled for March 2021.

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Regional Parks to hold VIP info session

Spooky event JOANNE LAYH The Halloween Spooktacular event returns to Peachland Oct. 26.

“It’s usually one of our biggest events of the season,” recreation program coordinator Ben Stringer told the View. “Typically we expect between 150 to 200 kids.”

The dance party event is targeted to kids 12 and under and will include carnival games, a DJ, a dance contest and prizes, a concession, pumpkin carving, a spooky haunted house as well as some quiet activities next door at the Boys and Girls Club.

There will also be a bouncy castle outside, weather permitting.

Early bird tickets sales are $7 until Oct. 26. Admission on the day of the event is $8 (cash only). Admission is free for adults with a food bank donation. Adults are welcome to dress in costume, but are asked not to wear masks.

The Halloween Spooktacular Dance Party will take place at the community centre on Oct. 26 from 1:30 p.m.

– 3:30 p.m. To register call Peachland Recreation at 250 767 2133.

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GELLATLY BAY TRAILS and Parks volunteers.

If you are an outdoor enthusiast looking for a unique volunteer opportunity, the regional district may have the thing for you. The RDCO is currently seeking participants for its Volunteers in Parks program for a “wide range of volunteer opportunities.”

“If you like being outdoors, regularly visit regional parks and enjoy people, the Regional District of Central Okanagan would like to hear from you,” said Bruce Smith, communications officer for the RDCO. Smith says the volunteer opportunities are perfect for those people who like to get out and explore regional parks, are handy and creative and like to meet other like-minded interesting people.

Some of the volunteer opportunities available are suitable for families and for service organizations looking for hands-on projects that benefit the community.

Details about these op-

portunities can be found at an upcoming information session to be held in the basement of the Environmental Education Centre for the Okanagan, located in Mission Creek Park at Springfield and Durnin Roads in Kelowna.

Attendees are asked to enter the EECO through the downstairs backdoor.

The information session is organized by the parks services department and will take place on Sunday, October 27. The session will begin at 1:30 p.m. with a 45-minute presentation followed by a question and answer period.

Successful applicants will receive training, identification and other

Peachland MLA Office MLA Dan Ashton or staff will be at the Chamber/Visitor Information Centre on Wednesday afternoons.

Drop ins welcome or call 250-487-4400 for appointments

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Governments are betraying youth LYONEL DOHERTY Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg is an instant hero to many of the world’s youth today.

Even to many adults, after listening to the Swedish activist address the United Nations on climate change recently.

It was truly inspiring.

“I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean, yet you all come to us young people for hope.

How dare you,” she said.

“You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.”

Thunberg said people are suffering and dying from climate change, yet world leaders are still ignoring 30 years of science.

“Entire ecosystems are collapsing.

We are at the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!”

Thunberg accused our leaders of not being mature enough to tell it like it is because the climate change “numbers” are too uncomfortable.

The girl is right when she says that governments are betraying youth by their inaction.

“The world is waking up and change is coming whether you like it or not,” she said, concluding her speech.

Too bad Thunberg wasn’t old enough to occupy one of those United Nations or presidential seats. Would be nice to see her with that kind of power.

What our so-called leaders don’t seem to realize is that if we destroy the earth with our continued greed, there won’t be any economic growth to prosper from.

What good are Trans Mountain pipeline jobs when you don’t have a healthy, sustainable planet? Is this the legacy we want to leave our children and their children?

Climate change is happening faster than we think, with global warming having devastating effects all over the world year after year.

We can’t afford the lip service any longer; it’s time to get serious.

Let’s put our federal election candidates on the spot by asking them how their party will curtail climate change to ensure a sustainable future.

Thumbs up to our youth for staging climate strikes to get the government’s attention.

It is time we listened and stopped letting our greed get the better of us.

Lyonel Doherty is the editor of the Oliver Chronicle.

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Beach Avenue walker grateful to those who helped after painful fall Dear Editor, My husband and I have been residents of Peachland for 39 years. I love to walk so every day I drive down from Trepanier area, park at the IGA and walk along our beautiful waterfront.

On Thursday, September 26 I was walking along Beach Avenue enjoying the most beautiful day. I walked past the Bliss Bakery on my usual route, admiring the beauty and thinking of how fortunate we are to live in such a place. The next thing I knew I was lying on the ground unable to move. All I remember is I was in the most excruciating pain and hoping and praying someone would stop and help me. I had fallen and broke my right arm between the elbow and shoulder. A very nice couple in a truck stopped to see if I was okay. They helped mobilize me, called the ambulance and while someone else had gone to pick up my husband, there were a group of ladies who stayed

Taxpayer tired of complaining

As a tax paying citizen, I am writing about all of the complaining about forestry job loss. Why does this now, after 40 years of inaction by any government to control what happens in our forests, to control the forest corporations, come as a surprise?

There are forestry acts (Private Managed Forests Lands Act, Forest and Range Practices Act) and regulations that have done nothing for we the citizens. They have done nothing to save our watersheds from clear cutting that is, in fact decimating many drinking water watersheds across this province.

The lack of regulations to control corporate forestry practices has left us all screaming for our forests to be saved, screaming for our wildlife to be saved, screaming for the streams where the salmon spawn to be saved and screaming for our drinking water sources to be saved.

While I feel empathy for the forest reliant communities, they, along with the loggers and the fallers knew this was coming. The lost jobs need to encompass retraining in renewable resources. Our forests as we knew them are not renewable, our drinking water watersheds are not renewable, our wildlife that is going extinct is not renewable. Jobs are.

Sincerely, June Ross, Nanaimo

by my side until the ambulance arrived. They were helping me stay calm and never left me. I am so grateful and wish to send my thanks and appreciation and give a big hug to all of those individuals who helped me that day.

I was very traumatized from the fall, however with the help and caring of all of those wonderful people I am now at home recovering and plan to be back walking very soon.

Thank you on my behalf, and on behalf of my whole family, Charlotte Albrecht, Peachland

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NOTICE OF PERMISSIVE TAX EXEMPTIONS The Council of the Corporation of the District of Peachland intends to adopt ‘2020 Permissive Tax Exemption Bylaw Number 2268, 2019’ at a meeting of Council to be held October 22, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Peachland Community Centre, 4450 – 6th Street, Peachland, B.C. Pursuant to Section 227 (1) & (2) of the Community Charter, the following information is provided with regard to the Bylaw:

2020 Tax Exempted Properties Term (years)

Estimated Property Taxes

Parcel A, Block 4, Public Worship Plan 44, ODYD, DL490

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St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

Lot 1, Plan KAP62699, Public Worship ODYD, DL 490

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$2,611

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Peachland Baptist Church

Lots 12 & 13, DL 220, Public Worship ODYD, Plan 9704

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$2,899

Electoral system is the problem

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Peachland Wellness Centre

Lot H, Plan 22267, ODYD, DL 490

A centre to facilitate the quality of life for groups & individuals residing in Peachland

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$2,333

Greta Thurnberg is right about one thing – it is our world, and we are going to take it back, one election at the time.

Fearmongering and misinformation will keep the issue on the front pages, as climate change has turned this election into a war of fact versus fiction.

There is no doubt millions of tons of pollutants are changing the soil, the air, and our water, but massive seismic activities are most likely not man made.

Taxes will never reduce consumption until there are competitive alternative sources of energy, and billions of dollars invested in research have produced remarkable results. Pipelines are still safer than trains, and leave very low carbon and aesthetic footprints.

Policy discussions have been replaced by talking points as politicians are attempting to seduce the voters, promising us the world they have taken away from us, instead of telling us how they are going to use fact-based research and a healthy dose of common sense, to bring sustainable resolutions to the many challenges we are facing.

An extremely dysfunctional and undemocratic electoral system is pitting parties against each other instead of promoting teamwork to finding solutions.

That has changed the question on the ballot to who do we trust while we are contemplating who to vote against. This is because Trudeau denied us a ballot that finally would have allowed us to vote for the candidates with the integrity and commitments to open the doors for open and unfettered input from the people.

That will not happen until such time we have another electoral system in place that will take control away from the politicians and give it back to the people, and the Harpers and the Trudeaus of the world will never allow that to happen.

Andy Thomsen, Kelowna

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Peachland Riding Club

Lot 17, Plan 410, ODYD, DL2538

Not-for-profit horse riding facility

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$1,550

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District of Peachland Lot G, Plan KAP22267, Community crime Community Patrol ODYD, DL 490 prevention Office

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$2,694

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Peachland Visitor Lot A, Plan KAP40524, Information Centre ODYD, DL 490 and Peachland Boys and Girls Club

A centre to promote tourism within Peachland; and to offer community and recreation opportunities and develop new services for children, youth and families in the municipality

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$13,141

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Peachland District Lot A, Plan 38807, Retirement ODYD, DL 490 Society

A centre to promote activities for seniors

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$6,526

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Maple Springs Bible Camp

Bible camp

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$7,209

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$2,599

12 Okanagan Regional Unit #40, Lot A, Not-for-profit library Library Plan KAP58976, services ODYD, DL 220, Except Plan KAP60348

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$2,593

13 Peachland Chamber Lot 3, Block 1, Plan A centre to promote of Commerce KAP44, ODYD, DL 490 economic development within Peachland

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$3,962

Climate change considerations Are our grandchildren’s lives not worth $400 or $500 per year more at the pumps and a few more dollars for heating to do our part?

Kathleen North, Peachland

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10 The Nature Trust of BC

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11 Peachland Branch Lot 6 & 7, Block 2, of the Royal Plan 44, DL 490 Canadian Legion

Doug Pryde, CPA, CGA Director of Finance

A centre to promote charitable fundraising events

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LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES: Send information for your Peachland event to admin@peachlandview.com Fall Family Forest Field Day at Greata Creek Camp in Peachland Sat. Oct. 19 11-2 pm ALL WELCOME Peachland Art Gallery is invited the public to the opening of Heidi Thompson’s exhibition The Light Within You on Saturdays 12 to 3 pm. The exhibition features an art installation consisting of light-filled mono and multi-chromatic paintings inspired by Mark Rothko’s famous non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas. Refreshments will be served and the artist will be in attendance. The exhibition runs until Nov. 3.

MONDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am-10 pm Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8-9 am Community Centre PICKLEBALL (3.5-3.5) 9:05 am-11 am Community Centre DAWN BOYS YOGA 8:30-9:30 am Karma contact for location 250-878-6342 VARIETY SINGERS 9:30 am 50+ Activity Centre TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY 9:30 am 50+ Activity Centre LADIES MONDAY MORNING COFFEE 10-11 am Peachland Wellness Centre ASHTANGA YOGA 10-11 am Community Centre PICKLEBALL (1.0-2.5) 11 am -1 pm Community Centre TAI CHI Noon 50+ Activity Centre by donation ZUMBA GOLD 11:15 am -12:15 pm Community Centre MEDITATION GROUP 11:30 am-12:30 pm Peachland Wellness Centre Check for location Starts again Oct 28 PICKLEBALL (1.0-2.5) 1-3 pm COMMUNITY CENTRE NEEDLE ARTS/QUILTING 1:15 pm 50+ Activity Centre BRIDGE 1:15 pm 50+ Activity Centre ENERGY BURN 3:45 pm -4:30 pm Community Centre PICKLEBALL (3.5) 4:30 pm-6:30 pm Community Centre MINI BATTERS T-BALL 4:30-5:15 pm registered Cousins Park

SPIN, CORE, STRETCH 5:15 pm-6:15 pm Community Centre KARATE CLASS 6 pm-7 pm Peachland Little Schoolhouse YOUTH BOXING CLUB 6 pm-8 pm 4th St Place PICKLEBALL (all levels) 6:30 pm-9 pm Community Centre WOOD CARVERS 7 pm 50+ Activity Centre YOGA 8 am & 9:30 am 5:30 pm & 7:00 pm Harbour House Yoga

TUESDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am-10 pm Community Centre KCR COMMUNITY RESOURCES IMMIGRANT SERVICES Every third Tuesday of the month, by appointment.

Call 250-763-8008 Ext. 151 Hosted by the Peachland Wellness Centre FLOW YOGA 9-10 am 4th Street Place MID-WEEK STUDY AND CONVERSATION COFFEE 9:30 am St. Margaret’s Anglican Church THERAPEUTIC YOGA LEVEL 2 10-11 am Community Centre CAPC CREATIVE PLAYTIME (0-6 yrs), 10 am-noon Community Centre CARPET BOWLING 10 am 50+ Activity Centre COMPUTER LITERACY 10-11 am, by appt: 250-767-0141 Peachland Wellness Centre FUNCTIONAL FULL 60 10:30-11:30 am 4th Street Place THERAPEUTIC YOGA LEVEL 1 11:30 am,- 12:30 pm Community Centre AA Noon-1 pm 50+ Activity Centre PICKLEBALL (3.75+) 1-3 pm Community Centre

Peachland Art Gallery is pleased to present Stories Around Our Historic Schoolhouse by Richard Smith on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7pm. with a wine and cheese reception to follow. Tickets are free and can be picked up at the Peachland Art Gallery from Tuesday to Saturday 9:00- 4 pm. and Sunday 10-4 pm. Get your tickets early as there are only 50 available.

Peachland Art Gallery is hosting The Pastel/Coloured Pencil Series with Brenda Grate. The program start on Saturday 19 Oct and run till 23 Nov. at the Little Schoolhouse. This beginner series is open to all adults Please see peachlandarts. ca for info or call Sharon at 250-767-6556

MEN’S COFFEE & CRIB 1 pm-2:45 pm Everyone welcome Peachland Wellness Centre MAHJONG 1:15 pm 50+ Activity Centre POWER UP & OPEN GYM Grade 4-5, 3-6 pm Boys and Girls Club LINE DANCING 4:30 pm, Intro 50+ Activity Centre LINE DANCING 5:30 pm 50+ Activity Centre ZUMBA 5:30 pm-6:30 pm 4th Street Place POUNDL 6:45 pm-7:45 pm Community Centre PICKLEBALL DROP-IN $3.50 (all levels) 8 -9:30 pm Community Centre YOGA 6 am, 8 am, 9:30 am & 11 am Harbour House Yoga

WEDNESDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am-10 pm Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8 am-9 am Community Centre DAWN BOYS YOGA 8:30 am-9:30 am Karma contact for location 250-878-6342 STRETCH, BALANCE & CORE 8 am, $5 drop in 50+ Activity Centre Bring mat, beginners welcome PICKLEBALL (1.0-2.5) 9:05-11 am Community Centre 50+ FITNESS 9:15 am $5 drop in, bring mat 50+ Activity Centre FREERIDE SPIN 9:30-10:15 am Community Centre BARGAIN BIN 9:30 am-3 pm Peachland United Church WELLNESS CIRCLE 10 am-11:30 am, 2nd and 4th Wed. of each month Peachland Wellness Centre

DEMENTIA CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP 10 am-11:30 am Peachland Wellness Centre To register: 250-767-0141 COFEE BEAN 10:30 am 50+ Activity Centre PICKLEBALL DROP-IN (3.0+) 11 am-1 pm Community Centre PICKLEBALL (3.0-3.5) 1-3pm Community Centre CHESS 1 pm 50+ Activity Centre BRIDGE 1:15 pm 50+ Activity Centre SUNSHINE SINGERS 1:15 pm-2:15 pm Peachland Wellness Centre MINI KICKERS SOCCER 4-4:45 pm Cousins Park TWEEN DINNER NIGHT Grades 4-7, 4:30 pm-7:30 pm $3/session or $10/month Boys and Girls Club SPIN, CORE, STRETCH 5:15-6:15 pm Community Centre CLOG DANCING 6 pm-7 pm 50+ Activity Centre KARATE CLASS 6 pm-7 pm Peachland Little Schoolhouse YOUTH BOXING CLUB 6 pm-8 pm 4th St Place LIONS DEN MEETING 7 pm 4440 5th St. every 2nd & 4th Wed Gary 250-767-3491 CENTRAL OKANAGAN MODEL RAILWAY COMPANY GROUP 7 pm Peachland Museum YOGA 6 am, 8 am & 9:30 am 5:30 pm & 7 pm Harbour House Yoga

THURSDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am-10 pm Community Centre BARGAIN BIN 9:30 am-3 pm Peachland United Church

Peachland Artisan Indoor Market The markets will run on the following Saturdays: Oct. 19, Nov. 9 & 30 and Dec. 14. Each market will again be held in the Peachland Visitor Centre with no admission fee and will run from 10:30 am – 3 pm. There will be a special Christmas market held on Nov. 30 with additional vendors added to the mix.

The Peachland Wellness Centre is having Lila Elliot for their Wellness Circle.

The topic is Live Blood Microscopist. Lila was trained at the PH Mircacle Center in California and will be speaking on the benefits of MUD. Wednesday Oct 23, 10 to 11:30 am in the Oltmanns room at the Residences on 6th. Everyone welcome.

TAI CHI FOR WELLNESS 9:15 am at The Peachland Legion. Hosted by Peachland Wellness Centre Beginners welcome BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 10 am-12 pm Peachland Wellness Centre PICKLEBALL (3.5) 10:30 -12:30 pm Community Centre FUNCTIONAL FULL 60 10:30-11:30 am 4th Street Place IRON & SILK 10:45 am 50+ Activity Centre ROTARY CLUB PEACHLAND Noon-1:30 pm Gasthaus on the Lake Everyone welcome AA Noon-1 pm 50+ Activity Centre PICKLEBALL (3.75+) 1-3 pm Community Centre ENERGY FOR WELLNESS 1 pm-3 pm 3rd Thursday of each month Peachland Wellness Centre UKELELE 1:15 pm 50+ Activity Centre TEEN DROP IN Grade 8+ 4 pm-8 pm, free Boys and Girls Club MEAT DRAW 4 pm-5 pm Royal Canadian Legion #69 HIIT FIT 5:30 pm-6:30 pm 4th Street Place PICKLEBALL DROP-IN (all levels) 6:30-9:30 pm Community Centre BINGO 6:45 pm 50+ Activity Centre (doors open 5:30 pm) YOGA 6 am, 8 am & 9:30 am 5:30 pm & 7 pm Harbour House Yoga

FRIDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am-10 pm Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8-9 am Community Centre

50+ FIT/STRETCH 9:15 am, $5 drop in, bring mat 50+ Activity Centre FLOW YOGA 9 am-10 am 4th Street Place BARGAIN BIN 9:30 am-3 pm Peachland United Church THERAPEUTIC YOGA (Level 2) 10 am-11am Community Centre LIBRARY FALL STORY 11:20 am-Noon Peachland Library CAPC CREATIVE PLAYTIME (0-6 yrs) 10 am-noon Community Centre EXPRESSIVE DANCE 11 am- Noon Residences on 6th Hosted by The Peachland Wellness Centre PASSION 4 ART Noon-4 pm 50+ Activity Centre PICKLEBALL (3.0-3.5) 1 -3 pm a Community Centre CANASTA 1 pm 50+ Activity Centre LADIES COFFEE & CRIB 1 pm-2:45 pm Peachland Wellness Centre LEGO TIME (ALL AGES) 3 pm-4 pm Peachland Library FEEL GOOD FRIDAYS Grade 4-7 4 pm-8 pm, free Boys and Girls Club YOGA 6 am, 8 am & 9:30 am 5:30 & 7 pm Harbour House Yoga

SATURDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am-10 pm Community Centre DAWN BOYS YOGA 8:30 am-9:30 am $10 drop in Heritage Park Peachland YOGA 9 am & 10:30 am Harbour House Yoga BARGAIN BIN 9:30 am-3 pm Peachland United Church

CARPET BOWLING 10 am 50+ Activity Centre MEAT DRAW 3-5 pm Royal Canadian Legion #69 DROP IN Grade K-7 1 pm-5 pm, free Boys and Girls Club

SUNDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am-10 pm Community Centre SUNDAY BREAKFAST 8 am-11 am (no long weekends) Peachland Wellness Centre YOGA 10:00 am Harbour House Yoga PEACHLAND UNITED Service 10 am Peachand United Church ST. MARGARET’S ANGLICAN CHURCH WORSHIP 10 am St. Margaret’s Church EMMANUEL CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 10 am Emmanuel Church, West Kelowna PEACHLAND BAPTIST CHURCH Service 10:30 am Fellowship 11:30 am PICKLEBALL (2.5-3.5) 12-2 pm Community Centre THE PEACHLAND WALKING CLUB 1 pm For details visit peachlandtrekkers.ca UKULELE 1:15 pm 50+ Activity Centre PICKLEBALL (3.75) 2-4 pm Community Centre MEAT DRAW 2 pm-4 pm Royal Canadian Legion #69 MUSICAL JAMMERS 2 pm-4 pm 2nd and 4th Sundays 4th Street Place Presented by the Peachland Wellness Centre PEACHLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday worship 2 pm St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

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BEEPS to host full slate of activities for International Bat Week DARLENE HARTFORD

Hartford will tell about a day in the life of BEEPS. Also, on Saturday, October 26 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. kids can come to the Visitor Centre for bat mask making as part of the community spooktacular event.

Interactive Bat Chats will be presented at various schools throughout Kelowna and Peachland during Bat Week and there are still some openings available for clubs and schools to reserve. Contact BEEPS at peachlandbats@gmail.com.

In addition to BEEPS events, bat educators and enthusiasts throughout the Okanagan encourage families, groups and individuals to celebrate International Bat Week by following all or any of these four easy steps: • Learn more about bats in BC by visiting bcbats.ca or beepspeachland.com; • Attend or organize a bat event or party; • Visit a bat roost or bat house, in a building, or in nature; and • Write your elected officials about bat habitat preservation and protection.

You can join BEEPS at the Visitor Centre on the final day of International Bat Week on October 31 from 2 p.m.

– 4 p.m. for the wind-up celebration of trick or treats, bat masks and mural painting, taking in all four steps.

International Bat Week is celebrated October 24 – 31 and Peachland’s Bat Education & Ecological Protection Society (BEEPS) is promising a full slate of activities to celebrate the role of bats in nature. Bat Week is organized annually, worldwide, by teams of conservation organizations, government departments and grass root volunteers like BEEPS. Peachland Historic School will promote educational and interactive bat displays, open to the public throughout the week.

The opening will take place Thursday, October 24 at 10 a.m. Paint a bat image to be part of the Bat Week 2019 Mural and learn about bats through interactive displays.

For nature enthusiasts who enjoy an outdoor morning walk, join us for a 1 km easy trail walk, at Todd Road and Beach Avenue on Friday, October 25 at 10 a.m. Facilitators Ella Braden from Okanagan Community Bat Program and Tony Sali, BEEPS’ bat house builder of Tony’s Woodshed, will be on the trail for a fun, informative morning. The Bat Trail Interpretive Walk will be followed by refreshments at Peachland Visitor Centre. Matt Faucher, District Planner for Peachland will discuss bat friendly lighting and gardens and Darlene

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Candidate Q&A: Strategies for curbing corporate welfare

The Peachland View asked the five candidates running for the Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola riding in the federal election the following question: “Many Canadians feel they’re bearing too much of the tax burden and large corporations aren’t paying their fair share. What steps do you think need to be taken to address federal corporate welfare?” Below are their responses.

Mary Ann Murphy, Liberal Party

To ensure that we continue to have the resources needed to invest in people and keep our economy strong and growing, we will move forward with a transparent and publicly reported review of several existing tax measures and will take action to make taxes more fair. A Liberal government will implement initiatives, including: a crack down on corporate tax loopholes that allow companies to excessively deduct debt to artificially reduce the tax they pay; undertake a new comprehensive review of government spending and tax expenditures, to ensure that wealthy Canadians do not benefit from unfair tax breaks (a similar review, we committed to in 2015, identified more than $3 billion/year that could be reinvested in the middle class); and, modernize anti-avoidance rules to stop large multinational companies from being able to shop for lower tax rates by constructing complex schemes between countries. In addition, we will also make sure that multinational tech giants pay corporate tax on the revenue they generate in Canada. This will also include working to achieve the standard set by the OECD to ensure that international digital corporations whose products are consumed in Canada collect/remit the same level of sales taxation as Ca-

nadian digital corporations.

Robert Mellalieu, Green Party

I and the Green Party feel the same way. Large corporations often get tax breaks in the form of subsidies as well. However, sometimes these subsidies and tax breaks are used to lure businesses into Canada when they wouldn’t normally come to Canada. In the business world we use a different method. We call it value-added. Value added means that we promote the other features of our product, in this case Canada. Many businesses want to move to Canada because of our health care, educated population and lifestyle. These value-added items do not show up on a balance sheet and therefore are hard to calculate. But, we have a better workforce for corporations and therefore they can make more profit.

Another factor is that the tax system hasn’t kept up with the new ways of doing business. There are many large corporations that pay few taxes, like Netflix. We will update the tax code to close those loopholes so that all businesses will be taxed on an even playing field.

The government can also use taxes as a punishment. This is a method of taxing a business for its pollution or its damage to the environment or people. Using these types of taxes will

encourage businesses to change their ways. The use of taxes as a punishment was very successful with reducing the amount of smokers.

Taxes can also be used as an incentive to businesses. We can provide a lower tax rate or subsidies to businesses that help people or the environment.

For instance, we could remove subsidies from oil companies and use those subsidies for electric car companies instead.

One must keep in mind that changing the tax system arbitrarily or too quickly can cause a lurch in the business world. None of these tax changes should happen without consultation with businesses affected.

Dan Albas, Conservative Party

Corporate welfare has gotten out of control under Justin Trudeau.

As one example Blackberry was given $40 million from the Trudeau Liberal government. $40 million that Blackberry CEO John Chen candidly admitted Blackberry did not need. Another example was Mr. Trudeau giving $12 million to Loblaws for new refrigeration when at the same time Loblaws posted net earnings of $800 million.

A new Conservative government under Andrew Scheer will eliminate $1.5 billion in corporate handouts. It is time that taxpayer money is treated with respect again in Ottawa. The days of sending handouts to Canada’s wealthiest and most politically connected

insiders must come to an end. We cannot afford four more years of Justin Trudeau.

Jesse Regier, Libertarian Party

Taking justly earned money or property without consent through threat of force is theft.

The Libertarian Party would seek to eliminate all forms of compulsory taxation including the income tax, corporate tax, carbon tax, capital gains tax, etc. Revenue would be raised through a voluntary head tax and other voluntary means such as crowd funding and direct payment for government services. The ability of individuals to keep all the money they justly acquire will supercharge the economy as billions of dollars kept in the pockets of Canadians can be deployed for saving, investment, production and consumption. While transitioning to this voluntary tax structure we will maintain a 5 per cent GST to pay for military, police and courts. Consumer taxes are pseudo-voluntary in that you can choose to make purchases and therefore choose to pay tax. Crown corporations will be sold to eliminate the $700 billion dollar federal debt, and federal services will be transferred to the lower levels of government. Individual entrepreneurship in all industries including healthcare and home building will be decriminalized, cutting annual federal expenses from the current $330 billion to roughly $30 billion dollars a year (the approximate income of the GST).

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Allan Duncan, People’s Party

To address the unfair advantage that some companies have over others because of corporate welfare programs and to invigorate competition in the marketplace, the PPC has some bold proposals. These are taken from the PPC website’s (peoplespartyofcanada. ca) section on policy. Ottawa should stop taking billions of dollars from the private sector to redistribute them through subsidies. A People’s Party of Canada government will eliminate all corporate subsidies and other inefficient government interventions (bailouts of failing companies, regional development grants, conditional loans and loan guarantees with an implicit subsidy, tax credits) that unfairly support some companies or business sectors. This will generate savings of between $5 billion and $10 billion a year. We will gradually reduce over the course of one mandate the corporate income tax rate from its current 15 per cent down

to 10 per cent. When completed, this measure will make about $9.5 billion available to businesses, allowing them to increase salaries or invest in productivity improvements. The PPC, through one mandate, will gradually abolish

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Emergency preparedness is an all-year, regional effort DISTRICT OF PEACHLAND While the risk of severe wildfires and flooding has passed for the year, municipalities across the Central Okanagan Regional District – including Peachland -- certainly aren’t letting out a sigh of relief. Emergencies can happen at any time of year, which is why government is always prepared.

According to Emergency Management BC, a local state of emergency is “when an emergency or disaster within a jurisdiction requires access to the extraordinary emergency powers of the Emergency Program Act.” In addition to wildfires and flooding, events like landslides, dam failures, power outages and chemical spills could also result in the declaration of a state of emergency.

Yet few realize the extent to which Peachland and the other municipalities in the Central Okanagan are ready to respond to emergencies.

Peachland has a comprehensive emergency management plan and emergency preparedness in the Central Okanagan is a regional and team-based effort. Simply, Peachland is part of an emergency preparedness network, working alongside trained staff in Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country, Westbank First Nation and the Regional District of the Central Okanagan. That means when there’s an emergency in Peachland, people from the entire region assist, and when an emergency happens outside Peachland in the Central Okanagan, Peachland staff will assist those other communities.

This regional approach has existed for more than 15 years; its first major activation was in 2003 in response to the Okanagan Mountain Park fire. This team-based approach has been tested over the years as municipalities responded to various emergencies.

As such, municipalities know what’s involved for an emergency response to be effective.

In the event of a local emergency, staff from Peachland and the other communities are called to the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), located in Kelowna. Trained people from across the region then gather in the EOC to offer help: there’s the emergency coordinator who runs the EOC, communications staff to keep the public informed, staff for GIS and mapping, and finance staff organizing equipment, food, fuel and anything else required by

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1162 Hudson Road West Kelowna, B.C. 250-769-5685

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“Let Us Worship Together”

Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

Tuesday Morning

9:30 a.m. Study, Coffee & Conversation

Office Hours 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Monday to Friday

Rev. Robin Graves 4th Street & Brandon Ave

250-767-3131 www.stmargaretspeachland.org

(P.A.O.C.)

Sunday Worship 2 pm

Lake Ave at 13th St 250-767-9237

Pastors: Kate & Steve Hobbs 250-460-2555 call John 250-767-2221

Sunday Mornings Sunday Morning Service

10:30 am

Pastor: Ian McLean

Wednesdays Sept to May

10 am

BELONG, BE LOVED, BELIEVE, BE JESUS

4464 4th Street

(St. Margaret’s Anglican Church building)

all are

welcome For rentals, call Donna

250-767-6156

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 am Dr. Gord Denison PASTOR

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Computer key 4. Periodical (abbr.)

7. Hot beverage 8. Capital of Ghana 10. Shrek is one 12. Behemoth 13. Good friend 14. Form of “to be” 16. Where travelers rest 17. European country 19. Everyone has one 20. Pop 21. Feelings of anxiety 25. Small amount 26. Moved quickly 27. Common name for a type of frog 29. Free from psychological disorder 30. 8th month (abbr.)

31. Basics 32. Transcending national boundaries 39. Natives of Kashmir 41. Returned material authorization (abbr.)

42. Cigar wrapper 43. Brew 44. Popular video game series 45. Abba __, Israeli politician 46. Jewelled headdress 48. French cleric 49. Bizarre 50. Unit of measurement 51. Foul-mouthed Hollywood bear 52. “Partridge Family” actress

CLUES DOWN 1. Type of bomb 2. Smooth 3. Clothing pattern 4. Defunct phone company 5. Something to take 6. Type of piano 8. Consumed 9. “Pitch Perfect” actress Kendrick 11. Ray-finned fish 14. Heat storage stove 15. Shrink back 18. Yukon Territory 19. Connects words 20. Sound unit 22. Furniture with open shelves 23. Cool!

24. 007’s creator 27. Source of the Nile River 28. Not safe, but …

29. Helps little firms 31. Comedienne Gasteyer 32. Conceptualize 33. Root mean square (abbr.)

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COMMUNITY

Interior Health to host Flu Clinic at Fifty Plus Activity Centre HEIDI SLYNGBOM

50+ ACTIVITY CENTRE The 50+ Activity Centre is gearing up for the season of beautiful colours, crisp weather, turkey, pumpkins and of course, Halloween.

Speaking of Halloween, we welcome you to join us this month for two Halloween themed activities. On Friday, October 25 we will be hosting our Halloween Party Potluck and will be starting the evening off with a Halloween dish contest. There will be prizes for most creative and ghoulish entrees and desserts.

After the potluck the evening will continue with fun activities, music, dancing and a costume contest (yes, more prizes). We will also have a cash bar available serving beer, wine and cider. Come and show off your creative talents or come and vote for your favourite foods and costumes. The evening is guaranteed to be a lot of fun. Attendees are asked to bring their own cutlery, dishes and an entrée or dessert to share.

Everyone is welcome, but come early to secure your seat as this will be a popular event.

On Thursday, October 31 you won’t want to miss our special Halloween bingo. The bingo will feature the same great gaming fun with some special Halloween treats and surprises, including prizes for the top three costumes. We will also have a potluck of appetizers and sweets, so do bring something to share. Bingo takes place every Thursday night. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and bingo starts at 6:45 p.m. Marie Langlois was the winner of the most recent jackpot of $800 and the current jackpot is already over $300.

Zumba Gold classes will resume October 21 and will take place every Monday through December 16 from 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. The cost to participate is $5 per session. RSVP to Aisha at 780-805-6388.

On Tuesday, October 29 Interior Health will be hosting a Flu Clinic at the 50+ Activity Centre. Flu shots will be available from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Our September potluck was a great success. The food was good and the dance floor was full. In fact, about a dozen people were still dancing after all the tables and chairs had been put away. We are grateful to Paul and Elaine of Just Friends for the wonderful entertainment. We look forward to having them back.

We had a couple of milestone birthday parties celebrated at the 50+ this month, and why not? We have a great venue for a variety of functions available for

full and half day rentals. If you are interested in booking space, contact the office for further information.

Although Thanksgiving has now passed, we the directors of the 50+ Activity Centre would like to

express how thankful we are for all the wonderful memories we have made with our members and guests thus far, and look forward to those memories yet to be created.

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

PAUL SMITH AND Elaine Boechler of Just Friends perform at the Fifty Plus Activity Centre.

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