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TAKING THE PLUNGE — Participants in the 27th Summerland Kinsmen Polar Bear dip quickly exit the water at Sunoka Beach on New Year’s Day Sunday. Organizers estimate about 150 people took part in the event to ring in 2012. For story and photos see Page 3.

HEALTH FAIR TAKING A HIATUS Simone Blais

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Okanagan Similkameen Healthy Living Fair organizers are resolving to spend 2012 shaping up their offerings into a year-round program, not just one day marked on the calendar.

Dr. Gerry Karr, one of the event co-founders, told Penticton council last month that changes were ahead for the event, which has been held annually since 2008.

“We need a time out. The current one-day model we have had in the past is not sustainable,” he said.

The Healthy Living Fair evolved into a weekend event that drew 300 registered participants who were able to take part in various stations involving health screening and goal setting, in addition to speeches by nutrition experts, a public showcase with vendors and orga-

nized physical activity.

Karr said that while the event is popular, each year the fair ¿nds itself struggling to secure the funding required from sponsor and partner organizations grappling with tight budgets. He explained that those ¿nancial challenges come at a time when health concerns like obesity and diabetes are on the rise.

“It’s getting more dif¿cult for us, and yet we also know there’s a great need for what we do,” Karr said.

Karr detailed to council how he is seeking to tap into the fair’s pool of volunteers and partners to morph it into a year-long program that helps walk people through their desire to live healthy lives.

“This support is essential to help individuals be successful,” he said.

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of groups with various health interests — especially those looking to conduct work with evidence-based methodology. Partners like Interior Health, the school district, Okanagan College and UBCO could team up on research particularly dealing with high-risk groups, he said.

While they have received grants in the past, Karr explained that they are in the process of registering for a Canada Revenue Agency nonpro¿t number. Non-pro¿t status would make them eligible for foundation grants and other public donations, especially from those seeking charitable tax receipts.

Karr said the ¿rst phase of planning and development will last until May 2012, at which point the program would be launched. It will run for a year until May 2013, when the program’s work will culminate in a one-day fair event.

To get themselves through the ¿rst stage of

planning, however, Karr said the group was seeking one-time funding from partners. He asked the City of Penticton to contribute $6,000, which would be a portion of the $16,500 required for the ¿rst phase.

Local laboratories and doctors in town have contributed, Karr said, and once they have a charitable status they anticipate donations and grants to be readily accessible.

“We will never ask for this again,” he said.

“Your support is really an investment in a sustainable, long-term program that will be badly needed and that can really make a difference.”

Coun. Garry Litke said he was “sad” to hear the fair would not be held in 2012.

“I think it’s documented that over the years, you’ve probably saved lives,” he said.

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NDP leadership hopeful bridges partisan divide He is suggesting a Nathan Cullen hosts political boxing gloves vide to change and build at home. a sustainable economy, “one-time electoral coforum in Penticton Simone Blais

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Nathan Cullen is in the ring, but has left his

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One of eight candidates in the running for the NDP leadership to replace the late Jack Layton, Cullen will present his proposal for the cross-partisan approach in looking to defeat the Conservatives in 2015.

Although Cullen suggested many controversial policies, he says the NDP merging with federal colleagues from the Liberal and Green parties is not in his plan.

“It would consume such an amount of energy and would distract us from other things,” he said. “The merger, it’s a topic of interest for some in the parties on both sides, but not one I’m promoting.

It doesn’t accomplish what I want to accomplish. You spend a lot of time talking about yourselves, and not enough talking about the country.”

operation” is needed, and wants to bear the theory out in tonight’s forum.

“Any time someone suggests reaching out beyond partisan boundaries, in talking and working with other parties, Canadians like it,” he said. “Sometimes the party members themselves take a little bit of time getting used to the idea. It’s not typical.

It’s not common for a candidate for leadership to say, ‘I want to put Canadians ahead of my party.’ And not just say it, but do it.

“This is not a set of platitudes to make people feel we’re nonpartisan. I want to demonstrate it, show it and mean it in everything I do. It can take some time.”

He said there is an appetite in the Canadian political landscape for those types of discussions, noting he’s getting “great reviews” from discussing solutions to problems people

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face with childcare, affordable housing and the environment. While he wants to cover energy, environmental and natural resource issues, Cullen adds the evening is also about him listening to people who turn out.

“I want to talk about this region and want to talk about what people live, what their hopes are and how is it we can have politics again that is hopeful and purposeful and not just all about the parties and the polls,” he said. “I long believed that we’re not just in opposition, we must be in proposition. We must propose as much as we oppose, if not more.”

Cullen is the only leadership candidate

from B.C., and says hailing from Smithers has informed his awareness on how natural resources can dominate the provincial discussion. It’s also what helped him carve out a small slice of orange in a conservative region.

“As somebody who represents a rural place that was painted blue for a long time, to New Democrats I offer a plan,” he said. “Penticton’s a bit different, it has some of its own issues. But one of the commonalities is feeling shut out from the conversation in Ottawa.

“It feels like a long time since the Reform Party and their efforts to make the west more heard. I feel the current Conservative batch is becoming increasingly ¿xated on Ottawa and less so on places they come from. It’s a pendulum swinging thing, and it happens sometimes.”

The event is drawing interest from a variety of circles, including cultural: slam poet Shane Koyczan is slated

to attend and open the evening. Julius Bloom¿eld, a provincial Green party organizer, said he accepted an invitation to attend the event in part to hear what Cullen has to say about bipartisan politics.

“I’ve always been interested in talking about political process and ways to improve democracy and listening to what ideas he’s got,” he said. “It doesn’t matter what colour political stripe they have. If they’re having an open discussion about the process, I’m all ears.”

The NDP campaign wraps up on March 24, when party faithful meet to vote for a new leader.

“I want this party to have the right leader and I want this party to be ready to govern in four years. That might be me, but it might be someone else. I want to ask those tough questions today,” Cullen said.

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New year begins with a splash MARK BRETT Western News Staff

Reaching the half-century milestone is not necessarily cause for celebration for some people, but don’t tell Summerland’s Linnea Good.

The singer/songwriter brought in the year of her 50th birthday with a stylish splash Sunday at the 27th Summerland Kinsmen Club Polar Bear dip at Sunoka Beach.

Dressed in her ¿ery-red evening gown, Good joined about 150 other brave souls who took the plunge into Okanagan Lake as a fun(?) way to ring in 2012.

“This is actually my third polar bear swim, but this year is particularly important and I wore the dress because I wanted to make fun of the elegance I thought 50 was supposed to have,” she said afterwards. “I mean how do you celebrate turning such a huge number, a number you never imagined in your whole life you would ever turn.

“It’s a way to start the year off and bring on number 50. And no, I don’t feel bad at all. I just want 50 to know that I’m in charge of it, it’s not in charge of me.”

Her unique taste in apparel also caught the attention of the judges who voted her best in show when it came to costumed participants.

“I didn’t do it to compete, but to win a trophy on the ¿rst day of the 2012 cracks me up and it bodes really well for the rest of the year,” said Good, who added her only resolution is to better appreciate family and friends in the coming 12 months.

She admitted having second thoughts about going in during the countdown but found herself at the front of the large wave of humanity heading to the water with no turning back.

Her husband David Jonsson was along for moral support and to shoot the video they plan to put up on YouTube.

LINNEA GOOD of Summerland holds the trophy for best costume.

“I thought it was great, and if I wasn’t such a wimp I would have gone myself. Maybe in Hawaii yes, but not in the lake in January,” he said. “Linnea is a real go-for-it person. I’m a little more laid back, but I do get pulled along in the wake sometimes.”

Dressed in his Santa out¿t, Penticton’s Derek McGregor was one of the very few double dippers brieÀy making a second trip into the lake at the urging of those on the shore.

“It’s just a lot of fun with everybody getting up and doing something crazy to start the new year,” he said.

“And from where he (Santa) is from, this isn’t that cold.”

Kinsmen member Frederik Numsen, who helped organize the event, credited in large part the balmy 1 C temperature and a lack of snow, wind and ice for the jump in numbers.

“It was perfect and we didn’t have to push anybody out of the parking lot because there wasn’t any snow,” said Numsen during his post-swim debriefing. “I think there were a lot of people sitting on the fence, and with the milder weather they decided ‘let’s do it.’”

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CELEBRATING THE ARRIVAL of 2012, an estimated 150 people dash to the chilly waters at Sunoka Beach on New Year’s Day.

CHRIS MARTENS of Penticton keeps warm before the swim.

ticipants as most exited the water as quickly or quicker than they went in.

Volunteer divers stood by in the water during the dip and paramedics were also on scene in case of emergency.

PARTICIPANTS WARM themselves by the open fire following the dip in the cool waters of Okanagan Lake.

Regional district sets course for financial shift Kristi Patton Western News Staff

“Financial.”

That’s how Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen chair Dan Ashton simply summed up the biggest changes the board would see in the upcoming year.

“There are some dramatic changes coming forward in the budget process for municipalities and rural areas,” said Ashton.

For almost three years the RDOS has been working on a project that tracks the time of employees. More speci¿cally, it tracks how much time individual employees are spending in each community and municipality.

“That will produce a big swing in how much general governance is allocated between the municipalities and the rural areas,” said Ashton.

“We have been improving this process over the last couple of years and it is actually coming forward this year.”

He said that will lead to a dramatic swing in municipal contributions, with rural areas picking up a substantial amount of the time utilized at the regional district. “That in turn should

translate into savings for the municipalities.”

Ashton said he foresees this as the biggest issue in 2012 and the years ahead.

“This time tracker issue may cause some consternation for some of the rural directors, especially some of the new directors coming in and having to look at the new budget process,” said Ashton.

Warren Everton, manager of ¿nance with the RDOS, said there are 134 individual services offered in the regional district of¿ce.

“We spend most of our time really dealing with rural services versus municipal. There is not much we offer municipalities except the board, decision making, legal and that kind of stuff. The time tracking should take some of the pressure off the municipalities. They really shouldn’t be paying for as much of the general work as the rural areas because most of that work is concentrated on the rural areas,” said Everton.

“Every regional district struggles with this general governance and how to allocate that out.

The participating municipalities have their own structure, staff, costs of running their council and all the business of their municipalities. How

much should they pay for the sort of duplication of the regional district?”

The time tracking software was created by the RDOS information services department where employees compute their time bi-weekly. With three years of data in hand already, the RDOS hopes to project the budget a little better.

“The board really pushed for some way to track the time, and if there is one service area that needs a ton of work because it has a big project, it should pay for the staff time involved.

That was a board strategy and we have developed the software to do that,” said Everton.

The design isn’t without its pitfalls. Should one area need to use a large amount of staff time through no fault of its own, for example if it is mandated by an institution or senior government, they will still be charged for it.

There are several large projects underway for the coming year including a new wastewater treatment plant in Okanagan Falls, water issues on the West Bench and a possible lawsuit in Naramata over the old packing plant property.

Michael Brydon, director for West Bench (Area F), said like all organizations, the RDOS has to allocate its overhead.

“Penticton got a raw deal under the old allocation scheme because its assessed values are 43 per cent of the region’s total, even though the city uses relatively few RDOS services,” said Brydon.

The director points out that in 2011 Penticton’s share of the overall regional tax requisition was just under 13 per cent, and changes to the way in which general government is allocated means Penticton’s share will be just over nine per cent in 2012. But, he said, keep in mind that the general government/overhead budget is not that large.

“Of course the reduction in payments by Penticton will be made up by increased charges for managerial staff time to the rural areas. We will all see a fairly substantial increase in our taxes in Area F due to the allocation changes,” said Brydon. “But fair is fair. We should not expect the municipalities in the RDOS to subsidize rural areas.”

He said this logic cuts both ways, and there are some areas, such as 911 dispatch, in which an activity-based costing approach would see costs transferred from the rural areas to the municipalities.

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Penticton is hoping the province will pick up a majority portion of tab to upgrade the Kettle Valley Railway Trail from Sutherland Road to Vancouver Place, after submitting an application to B.C.’s 2011 community recreation grant program.

Mitch Moroziuk, Penticton’s operations director, explained during the ¿nal council meeting of the year that the estimated project cost would be $188,600, but the provincial grant would cover 80 per cent of the cost — or $150,800. That would leave the city to pick up only 20 per cent of the project cost, or $37,800, which would be factored into the 2012 budget.

The province began the grant program in October to invest in capital projects designed to make communities healthier and more physically active. Moroziuk explained the application will serve as an extension of the 2011 joint project with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources that saw the KVR upgraded north from Naramata to city limits and south from the city limits to Sutherland Road.

The 2012 plan, he said, is to continue the upgrade of a further 5.5 km of the KVR from Sutherland to Vancouver Place. Construction work would consist of levelling out undulations and creating a surface of compacted crushed asphalt millings.

Council endorsement was among the requirements for the application, Moroziuk added.

Coun. Helena Konanz said she had been running in the area that morning, and noticed the trail was passable enough for strollers.

“It’s actually a beautiful trail up to that point. I don’t see it needing a lot of ¿xing,” she said.

Coun. Andrew Jakubeit echoed her sentiments, adding the KVR Trail would bene¿t more from upgrades to areas that currently have loose gravel.

“It’s a tourism enhancement. I don’t have a problem supporting this,” he said, adding paving the Poplar Grove parking lot could encourage more than just mountain bike passage. “That’s where we need to put some emphasis on.”

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“It’s not very often we can purchase something for 20cent dollars,” Coun. Garry Litke said.

Coun. Judy Sentes said she was pleased to note that letters of support were being garnered from the local cycling association, Bike Barn and Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen after issues arose from some Naramata residents following the previous upgrades to the northern extensions of the trail.

Coun. John Vassilaki, the lone opposition to the grant application, questioned why the application was coming to council at such a late stage. Moroziuk explained staff had been working on the documents for only two weeks. The application was due on Dec. 28.

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Sgt. Rob Vermeulen, senior media relations of¿cer, said an independent investigation is being conducted by the Nelson Police Department into the arrest of the man on New Year’s Eve in Penticton.

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Deductions diminish economic recovery

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e may have turned the page over on a new year, but all too many Canadians are facing a very familiar situation.

The vast majority of Canada’s working class will have to struggle just a little harder to make it to the next paycheque as both the B.C. and federal governments have extended their reach into taxpayers’ wallets.

Ottawa has increased premiums for both Employment Insurance and the Canada Pension Plan. The increase will total $306 a year for the average employee in 2012, with just over half the increase covered by employers.

Meanwhile, a typical B.C. family will have to fork over an additional $84 in Medical Services Plan increases in 2012.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation notes this is the third signi¿cant jump in MSP premiums in the past two years, while the increase in federal payroll taxes is the second largest since the federation began tracking these taxes in 1994.

Add to that the anticipated hikes in electricity rates, basic automobile insurance and the July 1 increase in B.C.’s carbon tax, and it becomes easy to see why so many families are falling deeper into debt.

While politicians at all levels continue to promise support for Canada’s fragile economy, they ¿nd themselves unable to resist the temptation to shovel more money into government coffers at the expense of Canadian workers.

And those workers are the best hope for turning the country’s economic fortunes around.

Governments at all levels should be looking for ways to provide incentives for Canadians to spend money and stimulate the economy. But the constant stream of increasing deductions is reducing the purchasing power of Canadian workers, taking away the most important weapon in the country’s economic ¿ght.

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Harsh year ahead for B.C. politics The B.C. Liberal government enters 2012 with the weight of its “golden decade” heavy on its shoulders.

Having delivered a throne speech and a raft of legislation last fall, the government must pick up where it left off and build a February budget from the wreckage of the harmonized sales tax. This takes place as growth and revenue projections decline, and demand for government services continues to rise.

The NDP opposition ¿nds itself in a front-runner role, and now faces pressure to detail its long-promised practical alternative. A revived B.C. Conservative Party must also move beyond protest to problem solving.

Here are some of the immediate problems that will face the legislature when it resumes on Valentine’s Day. Education: It seems inevitable that the B.C. Teachers’ Federation will once again have a new contract imposed. In December, school support staff joined the parade of public-sector unions that accepted the two-year “net zero” wage mandate.

De¿cits that forced that mandate have ballooned again due to the HST mess, and the October

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Little noticed amid the usual labour noise, Education Minister George Abbott has launched a broad plan to “transform” education. Along with “personalized learning plans” and “Àexibility and choice,” the plan promises “regular teacher performance evaluation sessions.” Buckle your seatbelts, parents.

Health care: Premier Christy Clark hosts the annual premiers’ conference in Victoria Jan. 16-17.

The provinces divided sharply in December, as the three western ones backed Ottawa’s imposition of a new funding formula, while those from Manitoba east

protested the news that six per cent annual increases will slow a bit in ¿ve years.

B.C.’s more immediate problem is a shift to per-capita funding that phases out targeted money for things like our dedicated hip and knee surgery program.

Provinces are now supposed to create such innovations for their own sake, without further federal intrusion into provincial jurisdiction.

That change costs B.C. an estimated $256 million a year, starting in 2014. The B.C. Liberals have this year to ¿nd savings, or face the task in an election year. And NDP leader Adrian Dix is restricted by his vow to make only spending promises that add up.

Energy and environment: As with the minimum wage, the B.C. Liberals are forced to tinker with the carbon tax. Taxing schools and hospitals to fund natural gas and cement companies’ emission projects has to stop, as Environment Minister Terry Lake has admitted.

Clark and Finance Minister Kevin Falcon must be tempted to borrow an NDP suggestion that carbon tax revenues be redirected more broadly to transit and energy-saving re¿ts. But

this means spending the money instead of reducing income taxes, as legislation currently requires, and both parties must face the fact that this entails a tax increase.

A storm is about to begin up north as federal environmental hearings open on a proposed oil pipeline to Kitimat. Clark remains carefully non-committal, the NDP bitterly opposed.

But the parties actually agree on lique¿ed natural gas exports from the same port. The NDP signalled cautious support for the plan before Christmas, with greater scrutiny of drilling and water use.

We in the media do a poor job of reporting when parties agree. Debate will soon resume on B.C.’s new Family Law Act, aimed at avoiding courts and conÀict, with bipartisan support.

Fixing B.C.’s impaired driving legislation, to keep that out of our clogged courts, should also be expedited.

B.C.’s traditional blame game won’t make the problems of 2012 go away.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews. com. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Canada’s drug policy out of touch with times I agree completely with the letter from Dave Cursons of Cawston. A recent Western News editorial said it most clearly: “Crime stance brings bene¿ts to criminals“. Previous to that, Gwynne Dyer called for a cease¿re. Even the smarmy Tom Elliot is no monger for the so-called “War on Drugs”. We should applaud the Western News for spreading this social enlightenment. Sad to think: Canada’s staunch leader repeats the same old American talking points. “Not on my watch,” says the warlike Harper, as if there’s nothing more to say.

People who are against decriminalization should not be trusted. They are ill-informed, or they are gaming the status quo. Eighty per cent of so-called “illegal drug use” is about cannabis. But with asset-forfeiture being so pro¿table, don’t expect fairness and reason to prevail soon.

People who don’t enjoy cannabis don’t question the legislation. Why would they? The people who do keep their heads

Column riddled with propaganda

Re: Mark Walker’s opinion piece of Dec. 16 “Other people’s money in short supply”.

We all have learned by now that mud slinging works: it wins federal elections and gains advertising dollars in rude American “reality” TV. Your opinion piece, Mark, shows me that journalism now, too, is capitulating: describing climate change as a “social experiment” that has “failed”; the repeated mention of the “EU communists”; the praise of the “sound economies” of the Bush years; pointing at the sinister conspiracy of evil environmentalists masterminded by “Soviet” functionaries. All that and more made it clear that we’re looking at a piece of propaganda rather than intelligent and civilized discourse.

“Propaganda” is the art of combining words to trigger emotional responses in the reader, with the only objective to discredit those that have other views, and to provoke emotional support for one’s own cause. How this word soup reÀects reality is unimportant.

That climate change is not a social experiment but a scienti¿c theory and observation; that it can’t “fail” but only be disproved, or proven; that the “EU Communists” include leading and successful democracies and market economies with highly evolved social programs such as Sweden and Germany; that the massive debt of the Bush years and the criminal activities of an unregulated ¿nancial ma¿a laid the foundation for the bankruptcy of the world’s largest economy (and many other countries); that all is unimportant. “Communist”, “socialist”, “climate-change-hoax”, “greens” taken over by “communist peaceniks” — they all are emotionally charged words that can be thrown together in a toxic soup that will give susceptible minds the proper and intended hallucinations. I can’t begin to engage with it rationally, Mark, since this is obviously not what you intended.

Ms. Thatcher’s words about “other people’s money” were a witty quip, and unlike you, she had the good sense to leave it at that. She knew that looked at more closely it is, like many witticisms, unspeakable stupidity: we have used “other people’s money” ever since we crawled out of the primal slime to realize that there is something like communal good that warrants diverting energy toward it. Hence the question is not whether or not to use other people’s money, but how much, and how to spend it.

That is the task of a functioning democracy.

Unless, of course, you want us to climb back up the trees where we came from.

If humanity wants to advance morally it must learn to practice civilized dialogue. It starts with the premise that we all, no matter what our convictions, are guided by noble motives. That we arrived at different views because of different personalities, histories,

down. History shows: the most bene¿cent plant in God’sgreen creation is persecuted, again and again, for very suspicious reasons. Hemp would feed us, clothe us; it could fuel our homes and cars, heal countless ills, but nefarious government forces continue to lie about its useful goodness. Why? Many upstanding and responsible citizens appreciate the salubrious effects of cannabis; they include doctors, lawyers, skateboard enthusiasts, mothers with PMS, politicians and all the best jazz bands. Do cops not know? Some say that after a long, hard day, it is a ¿ne and harmless way to empty one’s inner recycle bin.

Others say: Yes, but grow-ops do terrible damage to property. OK, it’s property crime, under common-law, maybe. Why hurt families, neighbourhoods and communities so violently, if not for pro¿t and plunder? Current legislation disturbs a lot more peace than it protects, and the money saved not chasing

faculties and material conditions, not because you are bad and I am good. That our very differences are a riddle God gave us to solve and, ideally, help us to transcend our isolation.

By using manipulative language to stoke up emotions, using terms like “socialism” and “communism” without either knowing their meaning or caring to explain what these tired labels actually still mean today, by conjuring up a scenario of evildoers purposely conspiring to bring down civilization, by denigrating those that don’t agree with you, you have stepped way out of the bounds of civilized dialogue.

Florian Maurer Naramata

RDOS flies under the radar

If you live in one of the cities stretching from Princeton to Summerland, it is likely you do not know your representative on the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen or how that board member performs in protecting your municipal tax dollars.

One of the major failings of this powerful political entity is that unlike city councils they Ày for the most part under the radar screen.

Their meetings taking a day at a time are not recorded on video, bookmarked and streamlined on the net so that municipal taxpayers can screen these proceedings to monitor the direct impact on their ¿nancial health or quality of life.

The RDOS has had the option of opening up their proceedings on more than one occasion and has turned it down as too expensive.

Is it too expensive or is it too inconvenient to have full public disclosure would be a question the taxpayers in the cities should be asking.

The people living in the cities contribute the majority of the ¿nancial support for this organization, yet hear little to nothing from their council representatives on the impact to their tax dollars.

Problems created by certain board members able to control outcomes on the RDOS never surface to public view. After all, what council appointee of this board wants to talk about their failures.

Abbotsford was the exception when it went public a year ago with its decision to question the value of belonging to their regional district (FVRD).

As a result, over the past year they received several concessions from the FVRD resulting in savings of over $1 million for Abbotsford taxpayers.

This caused cutbacks in services to the FVRD budget to lessen the impact on rural residents.

Despite ¿nancial concessions made by FVRD, Abbotsford after a year of internal study reached the decision they could provide all the

after innocents would pay everybody’s restitution, tenfold.

We should celebrate our B.C. bud. It is as famous as our VQA wine throughout the world. Who are these ogres who heckle the many glad tidings of marijuana?

Look at the gang violence in Mexico that’s headed this way. Then, look at Holland. The Dutch never kowtowed to the American model. Canada should stop doing so. In Portugal, they’ve decriminalized all their substance-abuse problems, thereby transforming them into medical problems. Now, drug use is not so romantic, not so cool: “Do you want to get stoned?” sounds like, “Do you want to get sick?” to the peaceloving Portuguese, who are very well-respected on the world stage, and/or the UN Security Council, where Canada is not so much.

Geoff Burton Penticton

services supplied by the FVRD and still save a further three-quarters of a million tax dollars by applying to the B.C. government to opt out of the FVRD. As attendance by designated members of city councils to these meetings approximately doubles a councillor’s salary, the people of Princeton, Keremeos, Osoyoos, Oliver, Penticton and Summerland should be asking whether the ¿nancial incentives provided by appointment to the RDOS are affecting the ability of their elected representatives to make similar tax savings in their area.

Elvena Slump Penticton

Electric customers in for a jolt

There is a public input session into proposed City of Penticton electrical rate increases in Council Chambers on Jan. 9 at 6 p.m. If city staff refuses to rewrite the ad, staff is requesting an increase of 3.29 per cent plus an additional 2.95 per cent rebalancing charge for a total increase in your electrical rate of 6.24 per cent. If you look carefully at the ad on the City of Penticton web page (wwwpenticton.ca) and you do the calculations, you will see that the proposed increase is 6.24 per cent under alternative 6, and not 3.29 per cent as the ad would lead you to believe. Staff is recommending to council that alternative 6 be approved.

It is important for electrical users to realize that the rebalancing charge will probably repeat in 2013 and 2014. Staff could clarify this point for you.

I have requested that the ad be rewritten for clarity purposes. However, based on the reaction of staff to my angry suggestion that the ad be rewritten, the suggestion to rewrite the ad will probably be ignored.

There is some information on the city web page that utility users should read. In the information presented, staff tries to explain why the rebalancing rate increase is required to be assessed. Why Penticton rates must mimic Fortis rates is beyond me. It’s possible that heavy users of electricity will locate in the rural area rather than in the City of Penticton.

No explanations are given as to why the rate differences have arisen over the years other than the fact that Fortis has made changes to their electrical users rates.

As a utility user, council is giving you the opportunity to speak to the electrical rate increase. If you do not take the time to understand the electrical rate increase, you have no one but yourself to blame when your electric utility bill arrives in the mail in February 2012.

Council and staff have a great deal of dif¿culty understanding the three words — honesty, transparency and accountability. Pos-

sibly if we keep harping, they will get the message.

Ted Wiltse Penticton

Give local economy a boost

Re: the letter encouraging people to avoid feeding the Asian mega factories. I totally agree.

In recent times we have experienced toxic substances in products ranging from kids’ toys to baby food, and the list goes on.

“Think globally, shop locally.” An appropriate slogan for our times.

While donating abroad through programs such as 10,000 Villages and other charities is laudable, shopping locally gives our dollars a supercharged effect.

My suggestion is that the chambers of commerce locally canvass their members to suggest that they, as a group, form a webbased list of businesses that can offer gift certi¿cates to the general public as gifts for a haircut, oil change, spa treatment, etc. This would give people like me an opportunity to pour my dollars back into my community, and give our small business owners a boost.

As we all know, wealth is produced by circulating money in the community, rather than those hard-earned dollars being shipped overseas. Let’s put a stop to shoddy often dangerous products ¿lling our stores by refusing to buy them. Maybe then some of the large department stores would be forced to feature a selection of home-produced goods, which I as a retired person could purchase and know that a local business has bene¿ted.

Gerald Prior Penticton

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School district sets stage for minister’s visit Steve Kidd Western News Staff

Along with all the challenges and hopes facing the Okanagan Skaha School District, 2012 will also be a year of laying the groundwork for the future.

But one of the ¿rst items to be ticked off on their to-do list, said school board chair Ginny Manning, is getting ready for an upcoming visit by the minister of education.

“We have been trying to get a minister of education here for about a year-and-a-half,” said Manning. “We sent a number of invitations to Margaret McDiarmid, and when George Abbot became minister of education, we sent a couple of invitations to him.”

The visit is planned for Feb. 2, not long before the 2012 budget allocations are expected to

be passed down by the Ministry of Education.

Manning is looking forward to showing the minister what the district is accomplishing, but said they have a lot to accomplish on the single day.

“It would take several days to show him all the amazing things that happen in this district,” said Manning. “I am looking forward to showing him a lot of what we can do around technology. Part of the focus of the B.C. Education plan is technology … our technology is quite sophisticated and we can offer a lot.”

But with a projected shortfall of over $1 million and changes to the formula the Ministry of Education uses to allocate operating funds, dealing with the 2012-13 budget is sure to be a dif¿cult task.

“I know that we are going to have some challenges with our budget, with the changes that the ministry has announced. Most of it is

not going to be in our favour,” said Manning.

“We have some work to do with the city as well, around utility costs. Our utility costs are quite high.”

Manning also tries to be optimistic the sixmonth old contract dispute between the B.C. Teacher’s Federation and the provincial employers association will be resolved soon, allowing the teachers to end their job action.

“We are doing some great work in our district around individualized learning. A lot of our teachers are doing some phenomenal work,” Manning said. “I am looking forward to that continuing as we move into ful¿lling the education plan the ministry has laid out.”

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“It’s all part of moving from the agriculturalindustrial model to a modern education plan, where you can have this kind of freedom to allow kids to learn in ways they are comfortable with and express themselves and use their imagination and use their abilities,” said Manning, adding that many teachers in the district are already developing innovative practices, not only around delivering instruction but assessment practices.

“There are a number around our schools that have embraced this in different ways, that are doing marvellous work with our students,” she said. “What it is, is ways to keep students engaged and interested. And, ultimately, staying in school, graduating and becoming productive members of our society.”

Council approves land’s removal from agricultural reserve Simone Blais Western News Staff

A small slice of Penticton farmland that couldn’t be farmed may soon be taken out of the ALR. Penticton council received a recommendation from its agricultural committee regarding a parcel of land at 3865 Valleyview Rd., whose owners want to apply to subdivide a one-acre portion of property at the back given its lack of arability.

Falling under the ALR, the subject property was created through a lot line adjustment in 2006 that saw two parcels approximately ¿ve acres in size consolidated into the current vineyard. A small homesite at 3851 Valleyview is separated from the larger parcel.

The consolidation was supported at the time by the Agricultural Land Commission.

The proposal arose because the applicant is contending the segment of land bordering on Brantford Avenue is not viable farmland, as it is separated by a step embankment.

The applicants hired a quali¿ed viticulturist to review the property’s potential for grape production, and the analysis concluded that less than 10 per cent of the site is potentially suitable for agricultural use only if extensive earthworks were undertaken.

“I hope everybody knows that I’m a strong supporter of the ALR,” Coun. Garry Litke said, “and the agriculture committee supports this, and they don’t make a recommendation like this lightly.”

Litke said the entire committee visited the site, and upon inspecting the steep slope, realized a farmer would have to “scramble” to tend to the slope, which made it impossible for machinery to pass up and down.

“Try as they might for the agriculture committee to make this piece of land viable for agriculture, they could not,” he said.

Council unanimously approved the agricultural committee’s recommendation to offer a positive recommendation to the Agricultural Land Commission.

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In these days of YouTube, instant movie downloads, 500-channel satellite and cable services, it’s easier than ever to ¿nd rare ¿lms and documentaries that were once the province of art ¿lm theatres, ¿lm festivals and series.

But in South Okanagan communities, the concept of the ¿lm series is still going strong. This month promises to be a great one for ¿lm lovers, with offerings from the Kitchen Stove Film Series, the Naramata Environmental Film Series as well as the Penticton Social Justice Film and Discussion series.

Since 2006, the Naramata series has brought 20 ¿lms about environmental matters to the small community.

Craig Henderson, who selects the ¿lms and manages the series, attributes its success to people’s desire to share experiences.

“For a place like Naramata, it’s a great community builder. We can view videos online now, but I think people in our community love to get together,” said Henderson.

They gave up having formal discussions about the ¿lm early on, he said, after ¿nding that they seemed forced.

“Now we just have a cup of tea and a cookie and if people want to sit around and talk about it, they can or we have related displays at times.”

Proceeds from the ¿lm nights, which are sponsored by the Naramata Citizens Association and the Naramata Community Church have supported environmental and

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community projects. Likewise the Kitchen Stove Film Series generates funds to support its sponsor, the Penticton Art Gallery. It’s now in its 13th season and organizer Rosemarie Fulbrook said that they also enjoy strong community support.

“We started in the fall of 1999. It’s been going for a while. You always feel so thankful that everyone continues to support it. It’s actually a pretty nifty thing,” said Fulbrook, adding that she often gets ¿lm-goers telling her how much they miss the series when it takes a summer

break.

Kitchen Stove doesn’t exclusively show documentaries, but even though they include international comedies and dramas, Fulbrook said they also want to challenge people to look at how they see the world around them, and their community’s place in it.

“From my perspective, one of the most important things about doing this ¿lm series is bringing the world to us,” said Fulbrook.

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Summerland doesn’t have a ¿lm on offer for January, but the Social Justice Film series sponsored by the Penticton and Area Women’s Centre does. They are showing a Canadian documentary, Poor No More, at 7 p.m. on Jan. 12 in the Ashnola Theatre at Okanagan College.

The ¿lm, which is narrated by Mary Walsh of This Hour has 22 Minutes, examines the lives of Canadians stuck in low-paying jobs with no security and no future. Walsh takes three Canadians to see how poverty has been reduced in Europe and how it might be reduced at home. Visiting Ireland and Sweden, they are shown countries with low poverty that have affordable housing, strong unions, free university and childcare — and seem to enjoy successful economies.

The Chocolate Farmer, which is planned for Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Naramata Community Church hall, is the offering of the Naramata Environmental Film Series.

“It’s an interesting study of a gentleman who is seeing his livelihood changing,” said Henderson. “I always look for something current. We need a mix, so we are not having all food related environmental ¿lms in one season.”

The documentary revolves around Eladio Pop, a cacao farmer and father of 15 in a remote corner of southern Belize, where Pop manually works his chocolate plantation in the tradition of his Mayan ancestors. Pop dreams of his children inheriting his land and the traditions of their ancestors, but the children feel their father’s views don’t ¿t with a modern global economy.

Director Rohan Fernando examines this generational shift, contrasting images of Pop’s lush rain forest with the urban scenes that are drawing his children away.

In contrast, the Kitchen Stove’s January ¿lm, Le Havre, looks at life, work and relationships in the urban environment. The Finnish ¿lm, directed by Aki Kaurismäki, centres on young African refugee Idrissa, who arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, where Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoeshiner, takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.

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THE PENTICTON HARLEQUINS run all over Westside in the opening game of the 2011 rugby season.

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Steven Fogarty went on a tear when Àve Penticton Vees teammates left for the World Junior A Challenge.

In the 20 games since then, the New York Rangers draft pick has scored 11 goals and 28 points in 20 games leading into the BCHL’s Christmas break.

On the season, Fogarty has 16 goals and 40 points, which puts him eighth in team scoring.

Fogarty had good point totals, but likely not as impressive to some fans if they compared his production to that of Mario Lucia, but that didn’t concern him.

“When you aren’t putting up points you just have to keep things simple,” said Fogarty of his play early in his BCHL career. “It’s not like I was playing bad by any means. It’s not all about points, but obviously points are a big factor to it. I wanted to do a little bit better, but I feel like every game I have gotten better.”

It’s hard to argue that the former Edina Hornet hasn’t improved. From the beginning of the season, he has shown what his slick hands are capable of.

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NEW YORK RANGERS draft pick and Penticton Vees forward Steven Fogarty is stepping his game up.

ceoffs, he plays both ends of the rink. He’s one of our top penalty killers.”

When the offence wasn’t coming immediately, Fogarty focused on the defensive parts of his skills and he feels he’s improved.

“We do so much in the defensive zone in practice. It’s a signiÀcant difference from before,” he said. “I look for-

ward to shutting down the other team’s top lines, but also put in some offence too.”

When it comes to instructing him on the ice, Harbinson said Fogarty is very coachable.

“Here’s a kid that is a high NHL pick and off to Notre Dame University and no air about him,” he said. “He’s a yes-sir type kid. I really enjoy coaching him.”

When asked what feels better, scoring or shutting down the opposition, Fogarty said he likes doing both.

“I think they are different in their own way,” he said. “It does feel good to eliminate the other team’s goals but also when you score a goal there’s not really a better feeling.”

Playing with Bryce Gervais and Joey Benik, the trio is dangerous on the ice as either one can set the red light on Àre behind the opposing goalie.

The transition from high school hockey has been relatively smooth for Fogarty and there are two reasons for it. The Àrst is because once his season with the Hornets Ànished, he had a short stint with the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League. Secondly, he is among seven Minnesota products with the Vees. Fogarty knew a lot of the guys and has gotten to know them better.

He joked that it is better to play with them than against, especially Lucia.

“I don’t think we ever beat them in my high school career,” said Fogarty of the Hornets’ struggles against the Wayzata Trojans. “We were 0-6 or something. It’s nice to have him on my team. And the Reillys, I always played against them too.

We still joke about each other because we always played each other.”

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The Vees return from the Christmas break ready to host the Vernon Vipers at the South Okanagan Events Centre at 7 p.m. They look to extend their franchise record 18-game winning streak.

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OHA takes Bantam Showcase title

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Brady Reagan helped the Okanagan Hockey Academy bantam team cruise to a 7-0 win over the Kamloops Blazers to win the Bantam AAA Prospect Showcase.

Reagan, a defenseman, scored two goals and had two assists to earn player of the game honours in the A Ànal.

“Brady had a slow start to the tournament but deÀnitely picked it up for that game. He led the team and did everything we asked of him. Brady was a leader and was just effective throughout,” said assistant coach Mack O’Rourke. “It was nice to see that he elevated his game for the championship. Everything he did was the right thing both offensively and defensively.”

Earning the shutout for OHA over Kamloops was Ethan Schovanek. O’Rourke also praised the play of Àrst year bantams Taylor Ward and Beck Malenstyn.

“This tournament is big for the team because Christmas is a slow time for them so it keeps the whole team fresh. It also opened up a lot of exposure for the players. There were quite a few scouts in the building and there was elevated interest in several of our players after this week,” said O’Rourke.

Dixon Ward, vice president of OHA, said the tournament was also a great way to showcase what they offer.

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OKANAGAN HOCKEY ACADEMY defenceman Carter Rhine tries to knock the puck away from a Camrose Viking forward during the AAA Bantam Showcase held at the SOEC Dec. 27 to 30.

“A lot of people were very impressed with the facilities we have here in Penticton and a lot of kids from Western Canada were introduced to the Okanagan Hockey Academy,” said Ward. “I talked to lots of people that were interested in getting more information on the academy and summer programs offered here.”

Tournament organizer Mike Elphicke said for so many other elite tournaments being held at this time of year in Burnaby, Edmonton, Seattle and

Los Angeles, the teams recruited to Penticton turned out better than they thought.

“We were surprised by the calibre of play that is for sure. The reviews within the hockey community were very positive and we are hoping to bring better teams next year and keep growing that calibre of play,” said Elphicke, adding they have been offered the same time slot at the South Okanagan Events Centre for the next two years if they want it. “That is the long-term plan to bring

it back at least for the next two years.”

Elphicke said at any given time there were 25 to 30 scouts watching in the stands.

“It was pretty busy days for them and the feedback they gave is that they really saw a lot of value in the tournament looking at Àrst-year bantams that aren’t eligible for the draft this year. That ‘98 class of Àrst-year kids stepped forward and really made the scouts pay attention.

Several made quite the impression from what I heard,” said Elphicke.

269 Darts club celebrates 50 years Brian Sutch

Special to the Western

The 269 Darts Club is moving to the Anavets Club for the second half of its season with the Àrst night at the new location being this Thursday.

The club is celebrating its 50th year and is quite possibly the oldest private darts club in B.C. The club was originally formed by a group of friends who played together in the basement of 269 Scott Ave., which was the residence of Rene and Irv Moss.

When the group grew larger as more friends become involved, they moved to the Yacht Club and then to the Elks Club a few years ago.

For a long time, the club had a format with eight teams of four players each, but of late, they had six teams with three players each. Like most clubs, they lost membership due to the recent changes in the liquor laws and the fact that some members who started out as beginners’ became more proÀcient chose to play in the Elks in-house Tuesday night league. As

well as this, as skills improved, players moved on to play in the Monday night South Okanagan Darts Association (SODA) competitive pub league, which meant they were playing three nights a week at the Elks as well as taking part in the monthly weekend SODA shoots and various other darts competitions.

The Elks, over a period of time, had become a hot spot for darts and the club feels that by moving to the Anavets they can attract a few more members. They do not have a competing in-house league and some Anavet members had expressed an interest in playing with the 269 Darts Club if it moved.

Most of the 269 Dart Club are not competitive regular dart players and just want a fun night out.

Games begin at 7:30 p.m. and are usually over by 9:45 p.m.

At times we have had as many as three generations from one family playing, such as the Bohnet family. Everyone is welcome to come out to try their hand at darts at the Anavets Club, located on Brunswick Street opposite the lawn bowling club.

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TRAIN TO BE A COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER IN PENTICTON TODAY! Community Support Workers support and aid recipients of social assistance & pensions.

They provide assistance to clients living in group homes & half-way houses by facilitating & supervising their activities. Train locally for the skills necessary in this rewarding career Àeld.

Painting & Decorating Painting / Staining / Faux Finishing, from small jobs to condos. Seniors & disability discounts. We do furniture & cabinets also.

Call Dave (250)497-7912

Pets

BELCAN Painting & Renos

Feed & Hay 800 lb round bales: this years grass hay $50./bale, last years grass hay $25./bale.

Shavings & Sawdust available 250-804-6720

Merchandise for Sale

Licensed-Insured-WCB, Painting, Tiles, Flooring, Finishing Carpentry, Kitchen & Bath Reno’s. Call Len 250-486-8800

Rob Hurren Carpentry, renovations big and small, kitchen and bath remodeling, doors trim work, finishing and more, professional design available, call Rob 250-809-7131

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HAY FOR SALE; Grass or Grass Alfalfa mix, Round bales $70 each, approx.

800lbs. Large square bales, 3x3x8, $160/ton.

Delivery avail. on larger orders. 250838-6630 *HAY-SALES-GUARANTEED Quality Grass, Alfalfa, Mixed square bales, round bales & Silage bales. Delivery avail.

(250)804-6081,(250)833-6763.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Official Community Plan & Zoning Amendment Application Racette Drive, Electoral Area ‘D-2’ Lot 14, District Lot 2710, SDYD, Plan KAP82660 Date: Tuesday January 10, 2012 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Kenyon House 5332 8th Avenue, Okanagan Falls, BC. PURPOSE: to amend the Electoral Area ‘D-2’ East Skaha, Vaseux Official Community Plan (OCP) Bylaw No. 2454, 2008, and Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008, to facilitate subdivision of the subject property.

Amendment Bylaw No. 2454.05, 2011: to amend the OCP Bylaw by changing the land use designation of the subject property from Special Planning Area (SPA) and Large Holdings (LH) to Special Planning Area (SPA) and Conservation (CA).

Amendment Bylaw No. 2455.08, 2011: to amend the Zoning Bylaw by changing the zoning designation of the subject property from Comprehensive Development (CD) and Large Holdings (LH) to Comprehensive Development Site Specific (CDs) and Conservation (CA).

The proposed bylaw amendments are to amend the Electoral Area D-2 Official Community Plan and Zoning designations of the subject property in order to facilitate subdivision of six ‘cluster’ bare land strata lots and one fee simple lot and to designate the remaining land as Conservation. The land to be designated as Conservation will be donated to Nature Trust of BC.

Appliances Maytag fridge, $150, stacking washer & dryer, $199, washer and dryer set, $250, white glasstop stove, $150, regular stove, $150, can deliver, (250)493-2687

Building Supplies Steel Buildings. Reduced Factory Inventory . 30x36 - Reg $15,850 Now $12,600. 36x58 Reg $21,900 Now $18,800 48x96 - Reg $48,700 Now $41,900; 81x130 Reg $121,500 Now $103,900 Source# 1KD 800-964-8335

Free Items FREE, 27” older Sears TV, Panasonic 5 disc DVD player, entertainment unit, hunter green rocker/recliner, wood pedestal kitchen table with leaf, only one chair left to go with it, you pick up, OK Falls, email: undertakerschick@hotmail.com kitten, male, neutered, 11 months old, (250)486-2282

Firewood/Fuel Dry larch, tamarack, starts at $250/cord, 1/2 cord avail., truck loads $50, any amount, free kindling, seniors disc., free delivery to Penticton & some areas, (250)490-8325, Firewood, full cords pine split & delivered $200,fir $275 cord, 1/2cord $100, 1/4 cord $50, 250-493-2687, 250-770-0827

Furniture

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Heavy Duty Machinery

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Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed bylaw amendments can present written information or speak at the public hearing. All correspondence for the public hearing to be addressed to: Public Hearing Bylaw Nos. 2454.05 & 2455.08, c/o Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. No letter, report or representation from the public will be received after the conclusion of the public hearing. This public hearing has been delegated to a Director of the Regional District.

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Shavings Friendly service from Summerland since 1972 Les Porter 250-490-1132

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Free estimate, call John (250)809-8708

Rubbish Removal PENTICTON Junk Removal!

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Household waste, furniture and appliances to the dump 250-770-0827

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COMMUNITY COLLEGE S i n c e 1 9 0 3

Feed & Hay McLeery Ranch, Alfalfa/Alfalfa Grass $7., Haylage $45., Dry Rounds $50., Feeder Hay $25. 1- 250-546-0420

BLACK Lab Pups. CKC reg.

Sire Field Trial Champ. Can view both parents working.

First shots & vet check. 6 wks.

Ready to go Jan. 13. 2 Fem. 2 Males left. $900. 250-7664097 linla9453@hotmail.com.

CKC Registered Black Lab Puppies for sale. Champion bloodlines in show and hunting. Ready to go February 1st.

Call 250-448-4630 or email: admin@canscribe.com Purebred, Black Lab puppies, 2 male, 1 female, vet & 1st shots, $550, 250-547-2555

Fully Experienced Pruner.

Fruit trees, evergreen hedges and landscapes. Picture portfolio and reference list of satisfied clients available. Phone Gerald 250-493-5161

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RESIDENTIAL housecleaning service in Penticton. Weekly or bi-weekly or monthly. Efficient,reliable and thorough.

Booking for January 2012. Call Rosanne for a free consultation. 778-476-3187

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Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance trips. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687

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Services

Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC on weekdays (excluding statutory holidays) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES: Telephone: 250-490-4107 www.rdos.bc.ca

Fax: 250-492-0063

Donna Butler, MCIP Manager of Development Services

Email: planning@rdos.bc.ca

Web:

Bill Newell Chief Administrative Officer

JCB Rubber tire, backhoe, double hopper for aggregate with conveyors, 16’ Sander, 30’x24’ Conveyer, 1994 350 diesel Cubevan(250)260-0604 Will pay cash for oversized scrap steel, cats, yarders, saw mill equipment, farm equipment, etc. All insurance in place to work on your property. 250-260-0217

Misc. for Sale 3 month old 15 ton Speeco Wood block Splitter, 6.5 HP Briggs & Stratton, gas. $1000 firm. Call 250-490-8325 4ft BIRD HOUSES, Tall old barn wood and vintage decorations, some from old mining ghost towns. Prices vary $75-$135, (250)542-0364

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Moving Sale, 1 large recliner, 2 antique dressers, chest freezer, washer & dryer, small china cabinet, single bed, offers, 250-492-3662

MOVE IN

Commercial/ Industrial

Misc. Wanted I Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic Gold Silver Change + Chad: 250-863-3082 in Town

PRIVATE Buyer looking for old coin collections, mint sets & hoards of coins, specialty coins, loose, sets, etc. 250864-3521 WE will Pay 6.5x for silver coins. Can., US. Also buying gold. 778-932-2316

Musical Instruments Guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, band & string instruments, music books & access., music lessons, sales & rentals, Skaha Sound, 51 Nanaimo Ave. E, 250-492-4710

Sporting Goods BUCSU BOARDS WINTER SALE BLOWOUT OF 2011 STOCK!!! Looking for a great gift this season? Gift Certificates Available.

113-1475 Fairview Road/Inside the Cannery.....................$30 OFF ANY PURCHASE OVER $100 when you bring this ad with you.

Real Estate Acreage for Sale FSBO 16+ acres, 950’ Similkameen River frontage, power, phone, year around access, all usable land, res class. 3.5 miles S. of border crossing. $99,000 US!!! 509-476-9578

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INCENTIVES 241 Scott Avenue Cable Included, Senior Building, No Smoking, No Pets, Secure Building, Parking, Balcony 1 + 2 Bedroom

1 BRM. apt., 3rd flr., quiet, close to everything. 1 sm. pet okay. Free lndry & cable, pay utils. Rear pkng. Newly painted, new floors. Nice views to south & west. Avail. immed. or Feb.1. 250-486-1684 or 604733-0936.

2 bdrm + den area, Lakeshore Towers, direct view of OK lake, 2 prkng stalls, 10th flr, gym, hot tub, sauna, pool.

Dennis @Reality Exec 250493-4372.

250-488-1800 250-488-2881

2BDRM suite $800/mo, Feb.01,2-1 bdrm lofts $750/mo Tiffany Gardens, 3140 Wilson.

Jim 250-492-0413

1 & 2 bdrm, newly reno’d suites. Secured access, util incl, near hospital, bus route and close to all amenities, n/p, n/s 250-938-7146 1BDRM, across from Skaha Beach on bus route, long term rental, n/s, n/p. $625/mo+ util, 250-492-9692.

1BDRM apt, totally reno’d, 3 new appl, a/c, in-suite storage, NP, NS, clean, quiet, secure, on bus route, near Walmart 250-493-8500 1bdrm, downtown on Orchard at Martin, large, util. incl., f/s, air, avail. now, Dennis at Realty Executives, 250-493-4372

5yr old condo, 3rd fl, corner w/balc, 2bd, 2 full bath, 6-appl, inste laundry, a/c, blinds, secure ug prkg, ns, np. refs & DD avail. now, 250-496-5465

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Beautiful character 1 bdrm apt, historic bldg, burgundy walls, oak flrs, quiet street, n/p, n/s, seek clean quiet person(s), 250-770-0536 LARGE 1 & 2bdrm apt. for rent. +40 bldg, $750 & $850 +util, ref’s req. 250-487-1136

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2 MONTHS FREE RENT on 3 yr lease. Commercial/whse/office spaces avail on Government St., 1024sqft. & 2148sqft.

250-493-9227 APPLE Plaza 770sq.ft, suited for food related retail business, also 2300 sq.ft. available. Call Barbara 250-492-6319

Sporting Goods

178-1458 Penticton Ave. 3 bdrm suite, 2 bath townhouse 994 King Street f/s, w/,3 bdrm, 2 bath, family rm & livingroom

296 & 298 Maple Street Townhouses 3 or 4 bdrm - 2½ bath. Ask about our incentives! New Mgmt!

998 Creston Ave. 1 bdrm, f/s, w/d 250-492-7570 Avail. immed., 1bdrm, close to Cherry Lane, $650/mo.+util, (250)488-9917

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APARTMENTS

2005 Cervelo P3K TT Frame only - 51cm, Carbon Fork and Seatpost - $200 Contact 250-462-4441 or mwalker@blackpress.ca

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(250) 770-1948 101-3547 SKAHA LAKE RD. Skaha Pl. 1 Bdrm, 4th flr, f/s, a/c, secure Downtown: 1 bdrm/bach, f/s, a/c, decks, building & pking. Avail. Now ......$68500 incl. water incl. pkg. $600.00-$645.00 incl. util & cable Pent. Ave. 2 Bdrm, 1 Bath apartment on main floor. F/S, D/W, A/C, insuite storage Fairview: Spacious 1 bdrm condo in quiet with carport pkg. $775.00 incl. water. complex. F/s, w/d, d/w, a/c, lrg deck, incl.

Bassett: 2 bdrm house w/garage & fenced yard. pkg. Avail. Dec. 1. $750.00 incl. water F/s, w/d, f/p. Avail. Now. Pets ok. $1000.00 Property Management

Sporting Goods

2009 Norco Diabolique II TT Bike, M, Vision Bars, Carbon Seatpost, forks, DuraAce 7800 brakes, shifters, derailleurs, FSA NeoPro Crank 54/42 - $3200 (no wheels)

132 POWER STREET

2 bed renovated, fr/st, includes utilities. Avail. NOW ........................ $900 HOUSES

GILMAN AVENUE, SUMMERLAND .................................... $750 2 bed, fr/st, d/w, w/d, low maint. yard. Avail. NOW

80 GREEN AVENUE EAST .................................................. $1000 3 bed, 1½ bath, 4 appl., fenced yard. Avail. NOW

296 KINNEY AVENUE (NEW) ............................................ $1375 3 bed, 3 bath, 5 appl., c/a, fenced yard, dble garage. Avail. NOW

CORNWALL DRIVE (RENOVATED) ................................... $1400 2+1 bed, 2 bath, 5 appl., hardwood floor, c/a, large yard, garage. Avail. NOW

80 GREEN AVENUE WEST .................................................. $1000 3 bed townhouse, fr/st, d/w, w/d. Avail. NOW

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C I T Y PA G E

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Official Community Plan & Zoning Amendment Application 1701 White Lake Road, Electoral Area ‘D’ Lot C, Plan KAP62325, District Lot 259s, SDYD Date: Tuesday January 10, 2012 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Kenyon House 5332 8th Avenue, Okanagan Falls, BC.

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PENTICTON 171 Main Street Penticton, B.C. V2A 5A9 250-490-2400 (phone) 250-490-2402 (fax) web page: <www.penticton.ca>

OCP AMENDMENT – 3094 PARIS STREET – BYLAW 2011-57

PURPOSE: to amend the Electoral Area ‘D’ Kaleden-Apex Southwest Section Official Community Plan (OCP) Bylaw No. 2456, 2008, and Zoning Bylaw No. 2457, 2008, to facilitate a one lot subdivision of the subject property.

Amendment Bylaw No. 2456.03, 2011: to amend the OCP Bylaw by changing the land use designation of the subject property from Resource Area (RA) to Large Holdings (LH).

Amendment Bylaw No. 2457.09, 2011: to amend the Zoning Bylaw by changing the zoning designation of the subject property from Resource Area (RA) to Large Holdings (LH).

The proposed bylaw amendments are to amend the Electoral Area D Official Community Plan and Zoning designation of the property from Resource Area (RA) to Large Holdings (LH) in order to subdivide the property into two lots.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m. Monday, January 9, 2012 at Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, Penticton, B.C. to consider OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 2011-57 to amend OCP Bylaw 2002-20 as follows: Schedule ‘H’, Development Permit Areas Map, to include Lot 1, District Lot 189, SDYD, Plan KAP45530 located at 3094 Paris Street in the “General Multiple Family Development Permit Area”.

ZONING AMENDMENT – 3094 PARIS STREET – BYLAW 2011-58 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m. Monday, January 9, 2012 at Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, Penticton, B.C. to consider Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2011-58 to amend Zoning Bylaw 2011-23 as follows: Rezone Lot 1, District Lot 189, SDYD, Plan KAP45530 from R2 (Small Lot Residential) to RD1 (Duplex Housing).

SINGLA HOMES 13611 Bloomfield in Summerland. Upper 3 bdrm suite, 2 full baths, 5 appl.

2 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 3/4 bsmt, all applis, central a/c, large deck, plenty of prkng. $1150/mo + utils. 250-492-3808 (w) or 250490-1155 ask for Jeff.

2011 Norco CRR - SL, M, SRAM Red complete group 53/39, Ritchey Bars and Stem, Mavic Elite wheel $3600.

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250-490-1700 250-486-3791

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Apt/Condo for Rent

RENTALS

Duplex / 4 Plex 2 br or 5 brm $950 or $1450 two entrances, with fenced yard, close to Penticton high school. 250 492 8422 Ok Falls, 2bdrm duplex, avail.

Jan. 1st, f/s, np, ns, $485+ util., 250-497-7873, days, 250498-2067 eves

FOR SALE - ROAD BICYCLES

Summerland studio unit, 6appl., wall bed, quiet, reliable, ns tenant, $760 (util incl.), (250)494-7488

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The applicant is proposing to construct a duplex building.

ZONING AMENDMENT – 457 PINEVIEW ROAD – BYLAW 2011-50 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m. Monday, January 9, 2012 at Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, Penticton, B.C. to consider Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2011-50 to amend Zoning Bylaw 2011-23 as follows:

1701 White Lake Road

Amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2457, 2008: from: Resource Area (RA) to:

Rezone Lot A, District Lot 2710, SDYD, Plan KAP91127 from R1 (Large Lot Residential) to RD1 (Duplex Housing).

Large Holdings (LH)

The applicant proposes to construct a duplex building.

Amend OCP Bylaw No. 2456, 2008:

ZONING AMENDMENT – 581 CHURCHILL AVENUE – BYLAW 2011-63

from: Resource Area (RA) to: Large Holdings (LH)

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m. Monday, January 9, 2012 at Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, Penticton, B.C. to consider Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2011-63 to amend Zoning Bylaw 2011-23 as follows:

VIEW COPIES OF THE DRAFT BYLAWS & SUPPORTING INFORMATION AT: Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC on weekdays (excluding statutory holidays) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Rezone Lot 19, District Lot 2, Group 7, SDY (Formerly Yale Lytton) D, Plan 4075 from R2 (Small Lot Residential) to R3 (Small Lot Residential-Lane).

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed bylaw amendments can present written information or speak at the public hearing. All correspondence for the public hearing to be addressed to: Public Hearing Bylaw Nos. 2456.03 & 2457.09, c/o Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. No letter, report or representation from the public will be received after the conclusion of the public hearing. This public hearing has been delegated to a Director of the Regional District.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES: Telephone: 250-490-4107 www.rdos.bc.ca

Fax: 250-492-0063

Email: planning@rdos.bc.ca

Donna Butler, MCIP Manager of Development Services

Web:

Bill Newell Chief Administrative Officer

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The applicant is proposing to subdivide the property to create two lots for single detached dwellings.

Any person whose interest may be affected by the proposed OCP and Zoning Bylaw Amendments may appear in person, by petition or by attorney. Delegations and Submissions will be received no later than 12 noon on January 9, 2012 to Attention: Corporate Officer, City of Penticton, 171 Main Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5A9; Email: publichearings@penticton.ca. No letter, report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Please note that all submissions are a matter of public record. Those persons with special hearing, language or access needs should contact City Hall at 250-490-2400 prior to the meeting.

The above mentioned bylaws and supporting information may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, up to and including Monday, January 9, 2012, in the offices of the Development Services Department and Corporate Administration Department at the Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, Penticton; Penticton Public Library (hours vary), 785 Main Street, Penticton and the Penticton Community Centre (hours vary), 325 Power Street, Penticton or online at http://www.penticton.ca/EN/meta/city-news/latest-news.html.

Anthony Haddad Director of Development Services

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Penticton Western News

Apt/Condo for Rent

REALTY EXECUTIVES PENTICTON APARTMENTS: $600

Between malls, 1 bdrm bsmt suite, f, s, w, d, laminate floors Avail. Now (OT444) $600 Skaha Place, 1 bdrm grd flr, new flooring and paint, f, s, a/c unit, coin op laundry. Avail. Now (A444) $650 Downtown, 1 bdrm top floor apt, f, s, free cable and laundry.

Avail. Now (ITA) $650/ Near library, 1 and 2 bdrm apts, children welcome, f, s, a/c, balcony, $750 elevator, covered parking, Cat ok. Avail. Now (EFR) $650 Near OK beach, 2nd floor walkup, 1 bdrm, 1 bath, f, s, incl. heat and hydro, balcony. Avail. Now (WGA201) $750 Top floor 2 bdrm condo, 1 bath, laminate floors, balcony, elevator, coin op laundry. Avail. Now (A360) $950 The Ellis, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 6 appl, insuite storage, balcony, sec’d parking. Avail. Now (A378) $1100 Across from Skaha beach, top flr, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 5 appl, extra storage, cov’d parking, incl cable. Avail. NOW (A443) $1100 The Ellis, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 6 appl, insuite storage, balcony, sec’d parking. Avail. Now (A369) $1500 Lakeview, 6th floor condo, 2 bdrm + den, 6 appl, 2 sec’d parking, extra amenities. Avail. Jan 15 (A352)

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Homes for Rent

Motels,Hotels

Suites, Lower

3 bdrm, Summerland, brand new exec. view, very large, movie star closet, garage, jacuzzi, all applis, $1650. Dennis Realty Exec. 250-493-4372

LARGE 1bdrm suites & bachelor suites, avail for rental from Sept. 15 until May 2012.

Fully furnished, utilities/cable incl.,, quiet location, near Mall & bus route. Call Valley Star Motel 250-492-7205

1bdrm fully furnished, inc. util., close to malls, for one working, ns, np adult, ref’s & DD req., $650, (250)493-5881 vacant 2bdrm suite.

Quiet neighborhood, Mature wrkg person. New appls, ns/np, util incl $800/mo 250-493-3428

Naramata, 3bdrm, 2bath, f/s/dw, dble carport, $1150, Dennis at Realty Executives, 250-493-4372

3 bdrm townhouse, near schools and creek, f, s, large backyard, freshly painted. Avail. Now (Th480) $1200 BRAND NEW 2.5 bdrm Naramata townhouses, 2.5 bath, unfin. bsmt, garage, near school. Avail. Now (Th496-1)

Recreation

Motels,Hotels

Apex 1bdrm condo, weekly & nightly rates, n/s, n/p, Call between 5pm-9pm 250-494-1308

$440 up Motel suites and RV pads . located at Penticton or Pleasantview Motel & RV park Summerland. 250 487 0268

Suites, Lower 2bdrm basement, 2850 Paris St., ns, np, f/s, $850 (inc. util.), (250)460-2703, 250-493-7190

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Auto Services

Used Tires, Huge Selection of used tires and wheels in stock.

We might have what you need. Prices vary according to size and quality. Starting at $25.00. Call us or drop in to Larsens Excel 555 Okanagan Ave East 250-492-5630 Penticton

Auto Services

Auto Financing

HOUSES: $1000 3 bdrm upper duplex, 5 appl, view of lake and mountains, on Vancouver Hill. Avail. Now (H746-2) $1000 Newer, 2 bdrm duplex near College and SOEC, 1.5 bath, f, s, d/w.

Avail. Now (H714) $1000 Downtown, newer 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 1/2 duplex, laminate floors, ss appl, low maint yard. Avail Now (H747) $1500 Across from Columbia school, 3 bdrm + rec room, 5 appl, 1 year lease req’d. Avail. Now (OT447)

PENTICTON KIA

Only qualified applicants will be contacted.

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Trucks & Vans

Apply Today!

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2002 Ford Lariat Diesel, dually 8ft box, new rubber, well looked after, $15,900 call Ken, (250)494-8942 2006 Ford E-450 with ambulance body, diesel, all emergency equipment, very clean, recent inspection $24,900obo 250-546-0994 2006 GMC 3500 4 x 4 Crew Cab LB 178K, 6L gas, auto $11,500 obo 250-307-0002 2007 Dodge 1-ton Crewcab, diesel, well maint, $19,800 obo 250-540-7695 2007 Pontiac Montana 3.9 V6, 7 pass, 191,000 kms, $8500 obo 250-307-3170 DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

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Cars - Domestic

Utility Trailers Tilt quad or SkiDoo Trailer, new tires $900 obo. (250)4908325

Cars - Domestic 2007 Pontiac Wave, blue, auto, 59,000 kls, exc. cond., sunroof, fully loaded, theft immob, asking $9000 obo, no dealer fees, phone 250-545-7594

Adult

FOR Sale 2008 Pontiac Vibe Asking $10,500 obo. Call 250486-7645

Escorts

Motorcycles 1983 KAWASAKI LTD 440, black. 36500 km. $750 obo.

Call (250)493-5093

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equipment. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10.

Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

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Prospective tenants must complete an application form at:

280 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, B.C. V2A 5B2 PHONE: 250-493-4372 - www.rentalspenticton.com

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WEDNESDAY January 4

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets from 2 to 3 p.m. in Room 103 of the Penticton United Church, enter through north door.

Call 250-493-1527 for info.

HAND AND FOOT CANASTA at 1 p.m. in the Penticton Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. Lessons available for those who have never played before.

Call June evenings at 250492-7630 for info.

PENTICTON DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB holds weekly games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1 p.m. and the Under 100 Club Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Penticton Library.

Call Birgitta at 250-7701154 for info.

SAHAJ MARG MEDITATION every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Call 250-492-4458 for info.

65-PLUS SINGLES COFFEE CLUB meets at 10 a.m. at the Penticton Golf and Country Club. For info call 250-492-0459 or 250770-1018.

BINGO EVERY WEDNESDAY in the Legion hall for the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m. regular bingo at 6:30 p.m.

SENIORS’ RECREATION and Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Call Joy at 250-770-1174 for more information.

F ALLS O KANAGAN SENIORS’ Activity Centre has exercise classes at 8 a.m., music and coffee hour at 9 a.m. followed by carpet bowling at 1 p.m.

SOUTH MAIN DROP-IN Centre has beginner line dance at 9 a.m. (call 250493-2111 to confirm), coffee social at 10 a.m., intermediate/advanced line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m.

ANAVETS HAS HUMP day with entertainment by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m. and Stu’s Kitchen open.

AL-ANON FOR FRIENDS and family of alcoholics at 7:30 p.m. at United Church, 696 Main St. Call 490-9272 for info.

TOPS B.C. 4454 has weekly meetings from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 445 Ellis St. Ring at the back door on the lane, the meetings are downstairs. Phone Susan at 250-496-5931 or Fran at 250-490-3927.

IODE THRIFT STORE on 464 Main St. has weekly specials and is open Monday to Saturday 1 to 4 p.m.

SUMMERLAND ART CLUB meets every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the library’s lower

floor on Wharton Street.

Painters of all levels welcome. Workshops available. For info call Barb at 250-494-3002.

DUTCH COFFEE CLUB meets every third Wednesday of the month at the Cherry Lane Shopping Centre food court from 10 a.m. to noon. For Dutch Canadians or immigrants or anyone else interested.

THE BREASTFEEDING CAFÉ will be held the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Penticton and District Community Resource Society on 330 Ellis St. Moms, babies and toddlers are all welcome to join. Contact Kaili at 250-404-4299 for info.

FOSTER CARE INFO sessions every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at MCFD Resource Office. For info call Moe at 250-770-7524 or visit www.fosterbc.ca or www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/ foster.

ELKS CLUB ON Ellis Street has a lodge meeting downstairs at 7:30 p.m.

FRATERNAL ORDER OF the Eagles has a general meeting for all members every second Wednesday at the hall on 1197 Main St. OLIVER DOUBLE O Quilters have drop-in activities every Wednesday.

PENTICTON QUILTERS MEET on the second Wednesday of the month at the Salvation Army hall at 9 a.m. Check their website at www.pentictonquilters.com or email ggovier1@shaw.ca.

P ENTICTON U NITED CHURCH has liturgical dance sessions the last Wednesday of each month from 2 to 3 p.m. Call 250492-2684 to register. No fee.

PENTICTON ACADEMY OF Music has string orchestra under the direction of John Suderman from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. at the Leir House. Open to intermediate and advanced string players ages 16 and up.

New members welcome.

KIWANIS CLUB HAS a lunch meeting every Wednesday at noon at 390 Brunswick St., Penticton.

PIECEFUL EVENING QUILT Guild meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Penticton Seniors Drop-In Centre on 2965 South Main St. For more info call Sue 250-4920890, Fran 250-497-7850 or Penny-April 250-4938183.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NIGHT group meets in the Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. on 1498 Government St. Nooners meetings are Monday to Friday at noon on 361 Ade Ave. 890 WING OF the South

Okanagan Air Force Association of Canada will be having a roast beef dinner at 126 Dakota Ave. For tickets phone Verna at 250-492-5369.

LITURGICAL DANCE SESSIONS will be held on the last Wednesday of each month from 2 to 3 p.m.

Phone 250-492-2684 to register for free event.

THURSDAY January 5

FRANCO 50-PLUS CLUB meets from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Drop-in program for French speakers wanting to socialize in French, including activities such as games, outings, discussions, hobbies and projects. Call Lina at 250492-2549 for info.

DESERT SAGE SPINNERS and Weavers Guild meets at 10 a.m. at the Oliver Community Centre.

Members create beautiful handworks. Visitors are always welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member stop by or contact Gail Erickson at rgerickson@telus.net or 250-498-4959.

PEACH CITY TOASTMASTERS meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Penticton United Church, Toastmasters improves speaking abilities and leadership skills. Call 250486-0601 for info.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 5:30 p.m. at 431 Winnipeg St. Call Merle at 250-7708093.

SOUTH MAIN DROP-IN Centre has Spanish conversation and carpet bowl at 10 a.m., improver line dance at 12:30 p.m., bingo and crafters meet at 1 p.m., and table tennis at 7 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance activities.

TOPS B.C. 1640 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bethel Church basement at 945 Main St. Phone Betty-Lou at 250-492-7623 or Liz at 250-493-7997 for more information.

F ALLS O KANAGAN SENIORS’ Activity Centre has computer classes at 9 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m. and cribbage at 7:30 p.m.

Everyone welcome.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION branch 40 has crib at 7 p.m. Ladies Fitness and Friends at 10 a.m. at the Legion Hall.

OKANAGAN SOUTH I MMIGRANT and Community Services is offering free English classes. For more info, stop by the office at 508 Main Street or call 250492-6299.

AL-ANON FOR FRIENDS

and family of alcoholics meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Summerland United Church. Call 250-4909272.

FRATERNAL ORDER OF Eagles has Joseph’s Famous Pizza from 4 to

7 p.m. Music trivia by Affordable Music at 7 p.m. Prizes. Members and guests welcome to hall on 1197 Main St. ANAVETS HAS POOL at 7 p.m.

NEW HOPE FOR Widows

and Widowers has lunch connections to meet with others of similar loss, (going “dutch”) the second Thursday of the month at 11:45 a.m. Please phone Fran at 250-497-7850 or Evelyn at 250-770-7865

for location and to reserve your spot.

ELKS CLUB ON Ellis Street has fun darts at 7 p.m.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NIGHT group meets at 8 p.m. on 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre.

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