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Earth Week Several events are in the plans for Summerland’s Earth Week celebrations which will be held in April.
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Updated images provide information for community
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by John Arendt
Low turnout Only 58 ballots were cast when the Summerland Chamber of Economic Development and Tourism held its board election earlier this month.
Page 8 Bakery sold A landmark Summerland bakery has been sold.
Page 3 Board position Connie Denesiuk has been named to Okanagan College’s Board of Governors.
Page 7 Off to the finals For the third year in a row, the Thompson Okanagan Midget AAA Rockets team will head to the finals.
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To acquire wealth is difficult but to spend it wisely is most difficult of all.
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Aerial map work passed
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Mary Nightingale, 11 years old, paints a banner at the Summerland Community Arts Centre. The street banners, once completed, will be displayed in the downtown area.
The view from the sky over Summerland will be updated this spring as the municipality replaces old and out of date images for its GIS mapping system. At the municipal council meeting of March 12, council awarded McElhanney Consultants the contract for the Summerland Digital Orthophoto 2012 Project. The cost of the work is not to exceed $50,000. In addition to the aerial photography, the work also includes computer processing of the images and provides topography information about the community. “It’s a very useful tool, not only for staff but for the general public as well,” said municipal treasurer and acting administrator Ken Ostraat. Coun. Peter Waterman said information about drainage patterns can also be determined from the photography and mapping. The images will also be used for Google Earth. Coun. Orv Robson said the tender was well under the budgeted amount of $65,000. The aerial photography will take place during the second or third week of April. The information will then be processed and completed by August or September. Summerland’s last aerial mapping was done in 2005 and the images are no longer accurate.
Groups receive grant funding by John Arendt Six community groups in Penticton and Summerland have received a total of $158,00 through the latest provincial gaming grants. The groups are Société De La Petite Enfance De L’École Entre Lacs with $5,600, Penticton Recovery Resource Soci-
ety with $5,000, South Okanagan-Similkameen Invasive Plant Society with $10,000, Penticton and Area Women’s Centre Society with $85,000, Summerland Youth Centre Association with $8,000 and Summerland Asset Development Initiative with $45,000. Throughout British Columbia, 248 recipients
will be given $8,023,685 in the latest grants. “From dealing with invasive plants to women’s and youth groups, these six organizations may appear very different, but they all share the same goal: making this an even better place to live,” said Penticton MLA Bill Barisoff.
Laceydawn Loeppky, youth activities coordinator at SADI, said the money will be used to fund various community services and youth activities. The funding represents more than one-third of SADI’s $120,000 operating budget. “We’re thankful for it, that’s for sure,” she said.
Lisa Scott of the South Okanagan-Similkameen Invasive Plant Society said the funding her group has received will go for a community educational and outreach program. She added that this is the first time the organization has received funding through the gaming grant program.