Kelowna Capital News, April 23, 2013

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OKANAGAN Roller Derby Association season opener kicks off at Memorial Arena in Kelowna.

IT’S VOLUNTEER Week across Canada April 21 to 27, and business columnist Laurie Mills explains why employers like to see volunteer experience on potential job hiring applicants.

IT’S GAME ON for provincial election in Kelowna-Lake Country as Liberal incumbent and NDP leader verbally disagree about the merits of each party’s agriculture policies.

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West Kelowna land donation revealed Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR

West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater announced Monday a portion of land adjacent to a section of the regionally-owned Glen Canyon Park has been donated to West Kelowna. A 3.62 hectare piece of property, formerly part of the Canyon Ridge Development, has been given to the district. The land features naturally sloping land and is adjacent to the linear Glen Canyon Park, owned by the Regional District of Central Okanagan. “This is a very generous gift to the District of West Kelowna and, on behalf of its residents, I thank First Island Financial Services Ltd. for its generosity,” said Findlater. “This donation strengthens our interests in ensuring that Glen Canyon is enjoyed by all members of the public and that it will continue to be held in the public interest.” Garry Gilchrist, P. Eng., co-owner/manager of ARAL Construction Ltd. and project manager for the Canyon Ridge Development was on hand representing the donor, See Land A14

DIAPER CHANGE…More than

30 parents turned out last Saturday to participate in The Great Cloth Diaper Change held at the Laurel Packinghouse in downtown Kelowna. The Kelowna group was part of a larger effort by participants in 14 countries attempting to set a Guinness World Record for the most babies getting a cloth diaper change at the same time. The event was also an opportunity to help promote the benefits of using cloth rather than disposable diapers. BARRY GERDING/CAPITAL NEWS

Performers band together to save Ballet Kelowna A variety show this Friday with more than 80 performers expected to take the stage will raise funds to give Ballet Kelowna’s new board of directors a financial leg to stand on. Jennifer Smith STAFF REPORTER

It would appear Ballet Kelowna’s “final performance” mid-March was anything but a swan

song. This weekend, artists and cultural community enthusiasts will be out in force to celebrate the decade-old company’s success, rather than its de-

mise, with a benefit concert intended to bolster a revival. “This is based on the strong support for the last season,” said lead organizer Denise Griswald, a longtime Kelowna arts supporter who is spearheading the variety show fundraiser. When the board of directors for the Kelowna Ballet Society announced

on the last day of January that the directors would resign and close the company’s doors before the end of the season, all seemed lost. But the townhall meeting which followed, a gathering originally intended to provide the arts community a place to air their “support for dance in the Okanagan,” unearthed a strong resolve to keep

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the dance company on its feet. Before a full house at the Kelowna Art Gallery, Okanagan Symphony Orchestra conductor Rosemary Thomson summed up her own grief succinctly. “This is like a death in the family,” she said. The phrase proved a call-to-arms in the media and a groundswell of support quickly materialized within the Okanagan art-

istic and cultural community. The outpouring of love resulted in the company’s first sold-out show in its hometown last month, and membership in Kelowna Ballet Society doubled. A small board of directors has since stepped forward intent on finding See Save A15

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