SUMMERLAND REVIEW THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1908
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S U M M E R L A N D,
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T H U R S D AY,
APRIL
17,
2014
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WHAT’S INSIDE:
A place for arts
Members of the Summerland Community Arts Council ponder how they will handle a relocation later this year.
Gravel plan
Summerland will extract and sell some of the community’s gravel resources.
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Hearing aids
The Quest Society for Hearing and Speech Enhancement is collecting used hearing aids.
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On the run
Three elementary school principals will take part in a friendly competition in the 5.4-kilometre Giant’s Head Run later this spring.
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Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
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Drop-in x-ray service offered Trial service offered at Summerland Health Centre
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YOUR SMILE
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Karate tournament
Joe Fries Black Press
Simonka Slizek of Summerland receives her score after performing an individual kata during the 2014 Friendship Tournament in Penticton hosted by her Taneda Karate Dojo.
Summerlanders who need an x-ray will be able to drop in at the Summerland Health Centre without an appointment during a trial of the service. The drop-in x-ray service will be offered from April 28 to Sept. 15 between 12:30 and 2:20 p.m., Monday to Friday. Appointments can still be booked from 9 to 11:45 a.m. and from 2:30 to 4:15 p.m. The drop-in x-ray service is for chest, ribs, upper extremity work and lower extremity work. Those who need two or more x-rays must book an appointment. Janice Perrino of the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation said the x-ray service in Summerland was busy in the past, when Summerland had a full hospital in place. Since the hospital was closed and the health centre opened, the x-ray service has not been as busy. “We are trying to expand the service because we are not getting enough people who use it,” she said. She said the drop-in service does not require additional staff time, since staff are already at the equipment. The drop-in service will also help those who would otherwise go to Penticton for x-rays. She said the equipment is just as good and uses the same technology as at the Penticton hospital. “If we don’t use our services, we will lose our services,” she said.
Grant funding distributed Summerland organizations receive $12,000 from Community Foundation
Three Summerland organizations have received around $12,000 from the Community Foundation of the South
Okanagan. The foundation announced its list of 2014 grant recipients last week. A total of $223,000 was given to organizations throughout the region. “We’re really excited to help local charities with such a large amount of money,” said Aaron McRann, executive dir-
ector of the foundation. “This is the most we’ve ever been able to grant thanks to the generosity of local donors throughout our region.” In Summerland, the Summerland Trans Canada Trail Society received $2,934, Stop a Bully received $4,000 and the Summerland Asset
Development Initiative received $4,840. McRann said the foundation looks to fund a wide variety of organizations each year. All have received funding from the community foundation in the past. The foundation received 65 applications from organizations in the region. Of
these, 24 received support of $119,000. The remaining $104,000 was given to charities. The foundation’s grant money comes from earnings on investments of more than $9 million. There is an application process for organizations wishing to receive money from the foundation.