SUMMERLAND REVIEW THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1908
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WWW.SUMMERLANDREVIEW.COM
FEBRUARY
7,
2013
WHAT’S INSIDE:
Art Gallery busy
Art show opening and fibre art workshop get things going at gallery.
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Band exchange
Summerland Middle School and Ottawa band team up for concernts.
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Badminton big
A youth program at the Summerland Badminton Club is drawing new players.
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Breakfast Club growing
Kitchen expands for popular program.
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Lawyer suspended
A former Summerland mayor can’t practice law this month.
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Montessori hockey
Development program brings in new players to minor hockey.
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YOUR SMILE Society needs both optimists and pessimists. For example, an optimist invented the airplane while a pessimist invented the parachute.
Hairspray on stage
Hairspray starts its Summerland run next Wednesday, with performances by Summerland Secondary School’s musical theatre students. Seen here in rehearsal are Emily Schatz as Tracy Turnblad and Tai Duong as Edna Turnblad. Performances run through Feb. 23. Tickets are on sale at the school office.
Dramatic arrest by Black Press
RCMP emergency response team members swooped down on Summerland on Sunday and successfully arrested a federal parolee who had been missing for almost three weeks. Andrew Robert Hardenstine was wanted on a Canadawide warrant since he left a halfway house in Kamloops on Jan. 14. A public bulletin had been issued by RCMP at that time about the 33-year-old which stated he had a lengthy criminal record of violence against people. “He had been
approaching a house or pulling up to a house and he stopped in a vehicle at a property that was being monitored and he fled from there,” said RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk. “He was arrested and captured in close proximity at a nearby property he was not related to.” Summerlanders saw police in uniform and plain clothes, K9 and Emergency Task Force members in action. Police stopped and searched cars and knocked on doors during the search in Summerland. Police advised
neighbours to stay indoors. According to Moskaluk, two other individuals in the vehicle also fled. He said because Hardenstine was the priority they concentrated efforts on locating and arresting him. Police investigation is ongoing to confirm the identity of the two individuals who fled. Hardenstine has multiple prior convictions including theft, robbery and break and enter that stem from incidents in Penticton. continued on page 7
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Council calls off baseball land talk
Municipal council has resolved to discontinue negotiations for the sale of municipal land at 16700 Prairie Valley Road to establish a Baseball Legacy Complex. The decision was made at a closed meeting of council Monday morning. Council had been in negotiations with the B.C. Youth Baseball Legacy Complex about the possibility of buying the land. A news release issued after the meeting said, “Council is responsible for ensuring that the interests of the taxpayers of Summerland are fully protected.” In April of 2011 Summerland was approached with a request to purchase district-owned land to establish a baseball academy. Council was interested because the eventual development of the baseball academy would bring long-term economic benefits to all of Summerland. Council has recently determined that it does not have a sufficient level of comfort that this potential land sale and development project would come to fruition, said the news release. “Council has therefore ceased negotiations with respect to the proposed sale of the lands.” In January, the group also announced its intention to buy the old Glenfir School property. The site was to be used as a sports academy for high school students and was to open this September. The B.C. Youth Baseball Legacy Complex announced it had signed a Letter of Intent to purchase the former Glenfir Independent School in Summerland to establish an international baseball and softball academy. The announcement was made by Robin Harden, president of the BCYBLC, following seven years of work on the project. The school is to be redeveloped as a co-educational college prep baseball/softball sport academy for students in grade 9 through 12. Doors would open in the fall of this year. “The owners have maintained the facility and grounds in pristine condition and the facility rounds out an important part of the overall BCYBLC vision for student athletes to move on to higher learning through sport,” said Harden. ‘We wanted flexibility in terms of classroom size, scheduling and baseball programming. Given the modern technology of the school and provided student laptops, even while teams are on the road they can maintain their studies.” The existing sports field would be converted to a spring training type facility including outdoor baseball/softball practice. The BCYBLC advisory group has visited Glenfir and has been structuring baseball and softball programming. Harden could not be reached for comment by press time.