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LAST FRIDAY OKANAGAN car enthusiasts Alex Burdett (left, shown with a 32 Ford Roadster) and Brent Chapman (right, shown with his 1966 Corvette Roadster) gave Peachlanders along Beach Avenue a glimpse of two beautiful vintage vehicles. The duo cruised into Peachland last Friday for a fish and chips lunch from Ships A-Hoy, which they enjoyed in Heritage Park.

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Trepanier Creek interconnect project to go ahead as planned JOANNE LAYH Last week Peachland council heard from two members of Friends of the Park, a group of citizens concerned about the removal of trees to make way for the construction of the Trepanier Creek Water System Interconnect project.

Back in 2018 the district was awarded a $4.9 million Federal Gas Tax Fund grant for the construction of the interconnect project.

The interconnect, which consists of approximately 2.5 km of water main, is a component of the water treatment facility project (currently under construction) that will connect the Peachland Creek and Trepanier Creek water systems.

The Trepanier Interconnect wasn’t originally scheduled to be completed until 2023 or 2024, director of operations, Shawn Grundy said, but staff, council and Interior Health had concerns about only half of the town having access to treated water when the treatment plant comes online, so those plans were expedited.

It wasn’t until stakes appeared in the ground earlier this year that resident Louise Williams became aware the project would impact trees in the park area behind 6th Avenue.

In a letter addressed to the mayor and councilors dated June 16, Williams said the area is used by people to jog, walk, watch birds and enjoy a green area. Williams suggested that a new path should be moved a few yards from the original cut line where younger trees exist.

“This way would minimize the disturbance of old growth and leave trees for many birds that come to perch,” Williams wrote.

Attached to her letter was a petition, signed by 30 people, expressing strong opposition to the destruction of the trees in the park behind 6th Avenue.

“The decision was made without consultation with the people who live in this area,” the petition reads. “We are angry to have been ignored and we do not agree with the power of decision without consultation by the administration of the city.”

John Youngblut, a member of the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance, spoke on behalf of the Friends of the Park and said he was there to voice the concerns of the PWPA, residents of 6th Avenue and the park users.

“As stakeholders, we are all concerned with the district plan to remove a large number of semi-mature and mature Interior Douglas-Fir and Ponderosa Pine trees in the park area just north of 6th Avenue and also on the west slope of the Trepanier Creek Ravine,” Youngblut said.

Youngblut said it was their understanding that the removal of these trees is necessary to facilitate the installation of a water main connecting the Ponderosa distribution system to the Trepanier

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It is always a difficult decision to remove even one tree. It’s sad to see trees come down, it absolutely is. We want to provide all of the residents with clean, healthy, safe drinking water.

That’s our ultimate goal. . . we’re not villains who have little regard for trees.”

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distribution system, however, he echoed Williams’ request that the municipality select an alternative route just north of the staked corridor where there are far fewer trees.

Youngblut requested that the municipality revisit the plan to install the water main at that location; that information about the project be supplied to all residents of 6th Avenue; that the environmental assessment of the park and Trepanier Creek Ravine be made a public document; and that the public be provided with information regarding the rehabilitation of the construction area, including what types of trees will be planted and what size.

Grundy said the location was chosen by a design team that consisted of professional engineers from Urban Systems, an environmental consultant from Northland Consulting and district staff, and identified cost as a major factor in the selection of the location. If it were moved elsewhere, he said, the municipality would either have to purchase land or establish statutory right of ways through properties, which would be almost a two-year process.

Grundy said the alignment the environmental consultant identified maximizes the footprint of the project within disturbed areas, avoids frag-

mentation and helps serve as a fire break.

Grundy addressed the group’s concerns about habitat restoration by saying that for every plant that is disturbed restoration planting will occur to ensure there is no net loss of habitat.

Changing course at this point would cost roughly anywhere from $45,000 to $105,000, Grundy said, adding that currently, the project is out for tender and will close in July with construction slated to begin later in the month. Construction is projected to end in November, in time for the grant deadline at the end of the year.

Grundy said missing the deadline could result in losing the grant funding for the project.

“We’re kind of on a shoestring budget already,” Grundy said.

While members of council empathized with concerns about the trees, the consensus was the project must proceed as planned.

“What I heard is all of the issues that have come to my attention have been dealt with in one way or another, and that the added bonus is we get a bit of a firebreak,” Councillor Terry Condon said, adding that a thorough environmental assessment has been done and the residents should be invited to read it.

Grundy said wherever possible they will try to spare the trees wherever they can, especially the more mature ones.

“We’re not planning on going in and completely clearcutting everything,” Grundy said. “If we can keep some mature trees there we absolutely will.”

Councillors Patrick Van Minsel, Mike Kent and Pete Coolio agreed it would be a good idea to make the environmental assessment public.

“We need to put weight and consideration into the professional opinions of environmental assessors,” Coun. Kent said. “These are people who are experts in their field and that’s why we pay them good money.”

“We don’t rashly go out and ruin forests or people’s areas that they enjoy. There’s always a rational idea. I’m sorry that sometimes falls where people don’t like it,” Councillor Pam Cunningham said.

“Rest assured, Peachland likes to keep as much green as we can.”

“It is always a difficult decision to remove even one tree. It’s sad to see trees come down, it absolutely is,” Mayor Cindy Fortin said. “We want to provide all of the residents with clean, healthy, safe drinking water. That’s our ultimate goal. . . we’re not villains who have little regard for trees.”

The environmental assessment has since been posted on the municipal website at peachland.ca/ trepanier-interconnect.

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B.C. farms producing less Changes coming soon to business licence bylaw JOANNE LAYH fruit due to COVID-19 ABERDEEN PUBLISHING Food security in B.C. is being threatened by the crushing weight of COVID-19, according to worried fruit growers.

A member survey by the B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association (BCFGA) suggests that more than 67 per cent of farmers have reduced fruit production as a result of uncertainties and risks created by COVID-19.

The group says the survey paints a stark picture of the devastating impacts of the pandemic as producers are forced to cut crops to stay afloat.

“We knew things would be bad coming into the growing season this year, but these numbers are extremely troubling,” said Pinder Dhaliwal, president of the BCFGA. “These numbers should worry anyone concerned about where their food will be coming from this fall, and how much it’s going to cost.”

The BCFGA laments that the fruit industry was already facing stiff headwinds entering the 2020 growing season.

For example, apple prices have been “so depressed” for three years running that the cost to produce has actually been higher than the price farmers receive for their crops.

Four out of five survey respondents say they are concerned about being able to cover the additional costs associated with following all virus-related public health guidelines. Seven out of eight are concerned they will not have enough hired labour to bring in their crops.

“What is important to recognize is this pandemic has really highlighted the tenuous state of the whole agriculture sector in B.C.,” said BCFGA general manager Glen Lucas.

“If we don’t start to address some of the structural issues in our industry, food security and the food supply chain are at the mercy of whatever the next natural disaster is to come along,” he added.

The interior tree fruit industry represents 800 growers operating orchards that generate $118 million in wholesale revenue and contribute $776 million in economic activity.

Business owners in Peachland may want to be aware that there will be some minor changes coming to the district’s business licence bylaw.

The updated business licence bylaw is one of several steps required as part of moving forward with cannabis regulations in Peachland.

Last June council passed a resolution directing staff to develop a modified business licence process for the approval and ongoing operation of recreational cannabis stores in Peachland. Then in November council gave third reading to a zoning amendment bylaw for cannabis zoning regulations that triggered the review and update of some supporting bylaws, including the business licence bylaw.

“We have done a complete review of the bylaw and looked at the history of it. The core content of the bylaw was developed in 2002, so it is a bit dated,” said Matt Faucher, planning and economic development technician, in his presentation to council last week.

In addition to addressing the regulation of cannabis operations in Peachland, a few other notable changes are coming to the bylaw.

Non-profit organizations will be required to have a business licence under the new bylaw, however, it will have a nominal fee of $1. Requiring non-profits to apply for a business licence will help the municipality track what organizations are operating in the area, Faucher said. As well, it was also noted that fire inspections are trigged by business licence renewals, so it will function to assist the fire department in their operations.

Under the new bylaw, business licences will no longer auto renew, so business owners will need to take the initiative to renew their licences each year.

“I think the proof of the pudding is in the eating,” Councillor Keith Fielding said. “We’ll figure if this is doing the job we want it to do over the next several months or even years and I imagine it will be necessary to revisit from time to time to tweak it and tune it up.”

Councillor Terry Condon said the new bylaw was a great body of work but expressed objection to wording that invites people to come before council anytime they disagree with the bylaw officer. Condon argued any resident or person doing business in town already has the option to petition council for whatever reason they have.

“My preference would be to see the authority stop at the bylaw office,” Condon said.

“I’m very impressed with the work you did,” Councillor Patrick Van Minsel said, adding one concern.

“Putting the onus to renew the business licence to the licencee, we’ll wait and see how that works out,” Van Minsel said.

The updated business licence bylaw will return to council at a later date for final adoption.

Water quality advisory removed for Star Place PEACHLAND VIEW On Tuesday, the Regional District of the Central Okanagan, in consultation with Interior Health, rescinded a water quality advisory that had been in place for customers of the Star Place water system since May 6.

“Turbidity in the system water source is once again within the acceptable and safe Canadian guidelines for drinking water quality,” said Bruce Smith, RDCO com-

munications & intergovernmental affairs officer.

The Star Place water system services approximately eight active connections and eight parcels in the service area and is located on Star Place off of Trepanier Road, approximately 3 km north of Peachland, within the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area.

It is one of six community water systems the regional district maintains and operates. In total, the RDCO serves just over 1,000 properties in the Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West Electoral Areas.

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Park experience sullied by geese Oh my goodness. We had lunch in our beautiful Heritage Park yesterday, one of the nicest in the valley I am sure.

The downside is the geese. I have not seen this many in our park ever. It is impossible for anyone with a stroller, walker or wheelchair to navigate the lovely walkways without rolling in goose poo. And all the little children running through the grass!

I came home and scrubbed my shoes, even though I had been very careful where I stepped.

There must be a solution to keep our park a little cleaner.

Sylvia McCallum, a longtime Peachland resident

Wheelchair accessibility impacted Is this why we have our beautiful park? For the geese to leave their droppings all over the grass and walkways?

We were there today trying to have a picnic and had a wheelchair. It was impossible to wheel either on the walks or grass.

Can something not be done about this?

Madeleine Patterson, Peachland

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Goose poop fails to impress visitor

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Love coming to Peachland every year until this year!

Kids love to go to Swim Bay but it’s covered in goose poop!

I would have thought a beautiful place like this would take the time to make it a little cleaner.

This is what the poor kids get to play on?

This is not the way to get tourists to come back!

Pam Ruhr, Cloverdale

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Resident says highway speed limits in Peachland need to be lower Driving from Gorman’s Mill toward Peachland the speed limit is 90 km/h although some like to do 130 km/h.

Then the highway splits to a single lane at the connector.

The speed limit stays at 90 through Drought Hill - or what should be called Bloody Hill.

At the same time you have to yield to traffic coming off the south connector exit, then further down you have passing allowed before Huston Road and Buchanan Road.

People have passed me doing over 90km and if someone turns left from Huston or right from Buchanan it’s truly scary.

This should be a 70 km/h zone from the connector to just past Huston and Buchanan, then should slow to 60 through downtown Peachland and move back up to 90 km/h past Princeton, dropping to 70 km/h at Antlers Beach.

Just past Antlers Beach the speed increases to 80 km/h and because left turns are allowed from the two-lane highway, there is no room to squeeze by.

Accidents have happened with serious injuries when going north on Highway 97 and where it turns into three lanes.

It seems like the Indianapolis 500 checkered flag goes down as speeds exceed 120 km/h.

People have had their life changed forever as the two lanes open up and drivers move too far over into a single lane heading south.

Again, until the connector 70 km/h should be the speed limit.

How many people need to be hurt or killed before common sense can prevail?

Take away this third lane and use it to place concrete barriers, only having two lanes until just past the connector.

Just going south on 97 from Huston the speed changes to 70km hr.

Very, very few do the speed limit and when making a left turn from Trepanier Bench Road it can get scary.

It should be 60 km/h to give people a fighting chance.

The NDP like radar. I suggest hiring private companies to use photo radar equipment that is tested everyday for accuracy.

I don’t mind people speeding but I don’t like reckless driving.

Mike Polvere, Peachland

Citizen questions Liberal plans to buy firearms and extend CERB If Trudeau is trying to showcase his artistic credentials by creating another one of those gut-wrencwhing afternoon political ‘soaps’, and if he were to call it ‘Who Gets the Most’ he might just be on the right track.

Grabbing literally millions of firearms from an unsuspecting populace, and without due process, has to be considered an unprecedented class act.

Insisting it was borne out of a desperate need to improve public safety has been proven bogus, as he has done absolutely nothing to stop the flow of illegal firearms into our country, and criminals are still walking our streets, armed.

To try and understand Trudeau’s obsession with firearms, perusing the status of ownerships in other countries for clues that might cause so much concern produces no results.

While there are only three countries that consider gun ownership a constitutional right, more than 175 countries allow their citizens to own firearms, many with some restrictions.

In Russia, a first-time owner would be allowed to own up to five shotguns, after five years of ownership, and then up to five rifles after another five years of ownership.

They could all be semi-automatic, and with magazine capacities pinned at ten cartridges.

There are only two countries in the whole world where guns are banned.

Countries like Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, and other NATO member countries have some kind of civil defence systems, made up of private citizens and current and retired service people who are long-term, seasoned, and safe owners and users of firearms.

Proposing to spend billions of dollars to try and buy all our firearms makes absolutely no sense, and for more than one reason: There are about 2.3 million registered gun owners in Canada, and many of them will have as many as five firearms.

Then there are all those firearms that have been buried over the years.

They could easily double that number.

How about the cost of closing down and disposing of the assets of those gun shops, ammo included?

As of June 4 this year, CERB has paid out $43.51 billion to 8.41 million people. That’s almost 25 per cent of Canadians getting this handout – without applying a means test to determine if

any of those people really and desperately need this money.

An extra $17.9 billion for extending those CERB benefits will put an incredible strain on the federal trea-

surer, and our Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is the only pool of money left for Trudeau to draw that money from!

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LEGION BOTTLE DRIVE: The Peachland Legion will hold its annual Bottle Drive on Saturday, July 11 at the Peachland Shopping Centre parking lot in front of IGA from 8.30 am – 3 pm. People are invited to drop off their refundable pop or beer cans, wine, liquor or beer bottles, plastic water, and pop and juice bottles. The Legion will donate 15 per cent of net proceeds to the Peachland Food Bank and Peachland Wellness Centre.

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Three members of the Peachland Art Group, Julie, Chris and Millie, will finish off the month of July with a variety of paintings.

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235-5165 Trepanier Bench Rd - Outstanding views of Okanagan Lake can be enjoyed from this beautiful rancher walkout in desirable Island View Villas! Large windows to showcase the amazing views, gorgeous hardwood floors, granite, S/S appliances, gas fireplace, large pantry, spacious laundry/mud room, family & rec room, storage room, large covered deck, covered patio, double garage with two additional parking spots, clubhouse and minutes to all amenities. Perfect place to enjoy the Okanagan lifestyle! MLS® 10201725

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#30 6663 97S Highway, Peachland

Easy living in this semi-lakeshore mobile home park in Edgewater Pines This home has a new modern look on the exterior, spacious yard and patio space for entertaining , The interior has been renovatedspacious with the sunroom (new vinyl plank flooring) and it shows beautifully. A nice clean well maintained home steps away from the Beach. Edgewater Pines is a great place to retire and put your feet up MLS 10208135 in a relaxing lifestyle you can call your own.

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#112 - 4000 Trails Place

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