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The Regional District Okanagan Similkameen is appealing to the province to add two RCMP officers to an already taxed police force in Oliver. The policing concerns are compounded by the extra population influx from the construction of the 378-cell Okanagan Correctional Centre expected to be complete in 2017. At a meeting on March 19, the RDOS protective services committee sent a request to the Attorney General asking that a study be conducted on the impact the facility will have on the area. “We’ve met with them (Attorney General’s office) and they are sympathetic, but of course it always comes down to money. We’re in competition with the rest of the province,” said Bill Newell, RDOS Chief Administrative Officer. “Everybody is asking for more policing. They haven’t increased police resources anywhere under the provincial contract for a long time.” The most recent response from the Ministry of Justice to the request reads “At this time, we do not anticipate increased pressure on local police resources; however, the RCMP will continue to monitor workload to ensure provincial policing is responsive to any arising issues or impacts of the Correctional Centre.” The Town of Oliver has requested additional police services in the past to no avail, and now the RDOS is asking the province to assess the impact the facility will have. The commanding officer of the Oliver RCMP has told the district in the past that they are already understaffed.
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“They are completely busy right now. They are probably over and above their normal case load. With the increase that we know is going to be caused by the corrections facility, it would only make sense that there is going to be requirement for additional RCMP members,” Newell said. Municipalities with a population of under 5,000 are serviced through
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a contract with the province. As of yet there has been “no success” in talks with the Attorney General, according to Newell. There is also the concern that whatever additional policing costs that are associated with the correctional centre could fall on the taxpayers of Oliver. “They (correctional facilities) create their own number of files, so
our concern is if they create a substantive amount of files it’s going to fall on the backs of one of our local officers, or a couple of our local officers,” said Oliver Mayor Ron Hovanes. “We already have enough policing concerns of our own.” Oliver does not currently have 24-hour policing due to a lack of resources. There are currently no
patrolling officers from midnight to the early morning hours, however, there is always an officer on call. “We really don’t want to have our police services watered down because they are taking on an additional role,” Hovanes said. On top of the extra case files that the correctional centre will bring, there will be a spike in Oliver’s population to the contractors, construction workers and the eventual jobs that the facility will bring. During the second quarter of 2014, Oliver RCMP responded to a 12 per cent increase in service calls compared to the same quarter in 2013. “With the addition of close to 300 jobs in the South Okanagan our population, if you take in those jobs times a family, there is probably going to be another 1,000 people immediately that will be living in the South Okanagan,” Hovanes said. On top of the current policing concerns is the fact that if the Town of Oliver’s population exceeds 5,000 people in the next census, the municipality will be responsible for 70 per cent of the burden. “We’re going to have to bear that like every other community that has gone over 5,000 in the province,” Hovanes said. “It would be a huge hit. The last time we looked at the numbers it was close to $800,000, a one-time and then an ongoing hit to take on our share of the responsibility.” Hovanes said both Oliver and Osoyoos were going to go over 5,000-person population threshold during the last census in 2011, with the town coming in 180 people under that threshold. The next census report is expected in 2017. Hovanes said that is a separate issue which will be discussed further during budget talks in the fall.
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Neighbours not swayed on daycare Steve Kidd
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A public information session about a proposed daycare did little to sway either side from their fixed positions. About 16 neighbours attended an information session last week hosted by Tina Bootsma, who has proposed to set up a daycare centre at 96 Yorkton Ave. But the tone of the meeting differed little from the February public hearing before council. Nearby residents fear a daycare would disrupt their neighbourhood, with an increase in traffic from parents dropping off their children, and noise from exuberant youngsters playing outside. “I love the idea of a daycare centre. It has nothing to do with your ability to run a daycare. All it is for myself and a lot of the neighbours is it is too many children in the neighbourhood,” Lenora Robson said. “It’s just the wrong location. It is a lovely location for children, it is just the wrong location for a large daycare.” Other participants commented that they didn’t want a business two doors down from their house. Bootsma said she chose this location, and to set up the day care in a home, because it would create a good environment for the children.
Tina BooTsma, (right) who is proposing to open a daycare in a residential neighbourhood, tries to explain her plan to residents at a public information session march 19.
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“Our main reason for doing this is to provide quality childcare for children in Penticton. This is a family and community area in Penticton and is a growing and developing area,” said Bootsma, adding that having Skaha Lake Park only a short walk away added to the desirability, with a range of activities for
the children. “We were just overwhelmed with how many things are available now at Skaha Park. That was part of the reason we chose this neighbourhood,” said Bootsma, adding that she had no plans to make major changes to the home. “We don’t plan on gutting the
house. The whole reason that we are doing this is we want it to be like a home,” she said. “It’s pretty good the way it is right now.” Bootsma told those at the meeting that she had looked at many other spaces, from warehouses to church basements, but failed to find one that met both her requirements
and regulations. “A majority of commercial buildings do not have outside play space and are not close to a play space,” she said. Noise was another concern expressed by several of the concerned neighbours, many of whom are retirees. Bootsma explained her program is structured, with music, reading and other activities, and the children would only be outside for limited times in the morning and afternoon. The children would be outside for an hour in the morning, she explained, which would be followed by lunch, reading, music and snacks. “Then they go outside again for about half an hour. Or, we are hoping, when the weather is good, we would take them to the park,” said Bootsma. One argument laid to rest is that Bootsma would gain a competitive tax advantage over competitors, paying residential instead of commercial rates. Blake Laven, the city’s planning manager, said that while the land would remain zoned residential as far as the city was concerned, the BC Assessment Branch would look at the use and put it on the commercial tax roll. The daycare proposal returns to city council for a second public hearing on April 7.
Girlfriend testifies ‘all hell broke loose’ Dale Boyd
Western News Staff
When she opened her door in the early morning hours of March 31, 2013 “all hell broke loose.” Elaine Hoiland, 55, the one-time girlfriend of John Ike Koopmans, testified there was an “army of SWAT team” at her door when the RCMP’s manhunt for the prime suspect in the 2013 Princeton shooting had brought them to her residence on Tulameen Avenue. Koopmans is charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in relation to the deaths of Robert Keith Wharton and Rosemary Fox. The accused had been staying at Hoiland’s residence on and off during the months leading up to the incident. The two had previously been romantically involved, but Hoiland said they were only friends at that point. Koopmans and Hoiland had spent the day of the alleged shooting collecting steel balls
to be used in a cement mixer. Hoiland told the court Koopmans had been “drinking constantly” and that he had consumed nearly two 26 ounce bottles of vodka the day before and had purchased a third he started drinking that day. The two had an argument about a pack of cigarettes Hoiland said Koopmans owed her and Koopmans left the residence saying “I’m out of here. You’re such a (expletive) look after my dogs.” “He was pretty wasted,” Hoiland said. She told the court she was awakened later that night by Koopmans’ phone ringing. She said when she tried to answer she had accidentally shut the phone off and then threw it on to a leather chair in her living room. The next time she woke up was to a knock on the door and voices saying “John this is the police open the door, this is the police answer your phone.” “I was devastated. I didn’t understand what was going on,” Hoiland said. While being interviewed by police that night, Hoiland said she had passed out in the
police station and was told by officers she couldn’t go to the hospital when the EMTs arrived. Hoiland signed a form waiving the recommendation by the paramedics that she go to the hospital, saying that an officer wouldn’t let her leave. The form was produced as evidence in the trial. Hoiland stated that Koopmans would often go to stay the Wharton property where the alleged shooting took place after their arguments, of which they had many. She said Koopmans would stay in the camper trailer where he was found and arrested on March 31, 2013. Hoiland also mentioned an incident involving one of the victims of the shooting, Bradley Martin. She said during a discussion between Koopmans and Wharton on the Wharton property she heard Martin say to Koopmans, “you’ll find your hammer in your skull.” Hoiland told court she “thought it was the ramblings of someone smoking crack.”
Hoiland said that her and Koopmans spoke on a “daily basis” over the phone for a year and a half while he was incarcerated following the incident. On Monday, it was confirmed by a DNA analysis expert that the blood of Robert Keith Wharton was found on the jeans and jacket that Koopmans was wearing when he was arrested in 2013. Whartons DNA was found on a total of six areas on Koopmans jeans and two areas on his jacket. Blood was not confirmed on all of the sampled areas. A blood spatter analysis expert said that multiple stains on Koopmans’ jeans were consistent with spatter earlier in the trial. There were also multiple DNA swabs of blood taken from the crime scene that were found to match Bradley Martin. The swabs were taken from blood stains left in the doorway and outside of the Old Hedley Road residence where the shooting took place. The trial is expected to continue to the end of the week.
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A Summerland man has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation. Joshua James Roberts was initially charged on Dec. 10, 2014 with sexual exploitation, invitation to touching, possession of child pornography, child luring via the internet and assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm. Roberts took the stand at the Penticton courthouse on March 23 and pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation. The case will proceed summarily, and according to defence council Tyrone Duerr, the rest of the charges are expected to be stayed when Roberts returns to court May 27. Roberts will also be subject to a psychiatric assessment that is intended to address his risk
of reoffending and explore treatment options. The initial charge of sexual exploitation was amended to considerably narrow the timeline of the offence. The alleged incidents involving a person under the age of 18, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, were initially said to have occurred between March 1, 2011 and Sept. 1 2013. The amended charge reduced that timeline to between Sept. 15, 2012 and Aug. 15, 2013. Roberts was released on a recognizance since his appearance in Penticton provincial court Dec. 10, 2014. He was released under the condition that he will not possess any electronic devices for commu- Joshua James RobeRts nication and cannot be in the com- was charged in December of pany of anyone under the age of 18 2014. Western News file photo without supervision.
skaha hills launches second phase Western News Staff
Well ahead of their original schedule, the Skaha Hills residential development has launched its second phase. When the resort-style development launched last April, response from buyers was immediate and dramatic, with more than half its initial offering of 47 lots selling in the first two weeks of sales. And, according to a release from the developers, with construction underway on more than 20 homes and soon to begin on the $5.2 million winery from Stage West Hospitality, the residential development is showing no sign of slowing down. After the original 47 lots sold out in six months instead of the expected two years, planners moved up the schedule and, on March 24, announced the opening of Phase 2, with a sales selection
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date set for later this spring. “We’ve injected a fresh new look and feel to Phase 2 homes, which we’ve called The Ridge at Skaha Hills,” said Curt Jansen, vice president sales and marketing, in the release. “Our fastgrowing list of registrants is an indication that there will be similar demand for Phase 2 as there was for the first phase that sold out.” The second phase also contains 47 home sites, featuring four new floor plans varying in size from 1300 sq. ft. to 3500 sq. ft. Home styles include single-level ranchers as well as ranchers with walkout lower levels, all with main floor living and the option of courtyard entrances. Phase 2 homes also continue the energy efficient home designs that earned the first phase a 2014 Tommie Award from the Canadian Home Builders Association for Building Energy Efficiency.
Attention Gardeners: City Compost is available To welcome the spring gardening season, the City of Penticton is offering purchases of its bulk weight compost from the Campbell Mountain Landfill. The City of Penticton’s Biosolids Recycling Program is producing a safe, effective, and environmentally friendly compost material ideally suited for your gardening needs. Residents can stop in at the Campbell Mountain Landfill on Spiller Road and pick up loads Monday to Friday between 8:30 am and 2:00 pm. The bulk-
With an EnerGuide energy efficiency rating of 88, the homes offer prospective purchasers low utility costs and the status of owning a home in the most energy efficient community in Canada. Skaha Hills is also preparing to launch Phase Three in 2015, which Jansen has previously said may offer terraced ranchers into a hillside set in vineyards. “Phase Three features a product that’s never been done before in the Okanagan. It’s very unique and we’re introducing it in response to consumer demand,” said Jansen. “Details are being finalized right now so I can’t say anything more at the moment.” The overall plan for Skaha Hills consists of up to 600 homes to be developed over seven phases with amenities such as walking trails, golf, pools, fitness facilities, an estate winery and restaurant and beach access.
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Will the public bite on the Arctic Apple? Kathy Michaels Black Press
The question lingering over the Arctic Apple in the aftermath of Health Canada’s approval of the divisive genetically modified organism is whether the public will bite, says an advocate for fruit growers. “It will be a couple of years until the apple is actually in the market, and how it will do is the great unknown,” said Fred Steele, president of the BC Fruit Growers’ Association. The government and other proponents of the non-browning apple have repeatedly said “the market will decide” when addressing the question of whether it will bear fruit, economically. To answer that question fairly, Steele said he believes there needs to be a bit of truth in the marketing. “I’m not arguing the science. But if (Health Canada) decided there’s no problem with it, then there should be no problem labelling it,” he said. “Let’s let the people decide. If it’s fine — fine. If it’s not, (consumers) will let them know.” Grocery shopping, he pointed out, should be no less transparent than car shopping. “If I were to ask you to buy a car, you’d want to know what kind of car it was, who made it and what it contained,” he said, pointing out that labelling would create a level playing field for standard, organic and, now, GMO producing growers. The Health Action Network Society is speaking out in response to the Canadian government’s approval of the Arctic Apple. “We’re very disappointed,” said Michael Volker, HANS director of operations. “Health Canada has acted against consumer’s best interests and consumer’s desires.” Other consumer groups have also rejected the GM apple including Canadian Biotechnology Action Network and Society for a GE Free B.C. “Concerns with health safety and freedom of informed choice are a couple of reasons we continue to oppose introducing the GM apple into Canada.”
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Although some are looking at Health Canada’s decision with a jaundiced eye, Summerland company, Okanagan Specialty Fruits, celebrated the move. “This follows U.S. approval of our first two non-browning varieties, Arctic Golden and Arctic Granny, earlier this year on Feb. 13 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. So, nearly two decades after we founded OSF, Arctic apples can now be grown throughout both Canada and the U.S.,” reads a statement the company released, Friday. “Over the next couple years, we will be working hard with our grower partners to get as many Arctic trees in the ground as we can. With the support of our friends in the apple industry, and eager consumers alike, we hope to have small, test-market quantities of fruit available starting in late 2016, with greater availability each year thereafter.” According to the Health Canada page where the approval of the apple is posted, the science behind the Arctic apple is quite simple. “A gene was introduced into the Arctic apple that results in a reduction in the levels of enzymes that make apples turn brown when sliced,” reads the government website. “In every other way, the Arctic apple tree and its fruit are identical to any other apple.” Scientists with expertise in
molecular biology, microbiology, toxicology, chemistry and nutrition conducted a thorough analysis of the data and the protocols provided by the applicant to ensure the validity of the results. “Following this assessment, it was determined that the changes made to the apple did not pose a greater risk to human health than apples currently available on the Canadian market,” it read. “In addition, Health Canada also concluded that the Arctic apple would have no impact on allergies, and that there are no differences in the nutritional value of the Arctic apple compared to other traditional apple varieties available for consumption.” Health Canada’s assessment of Arctic apple was conducted according to the Guidelines for Safety Assessment of Novel Foods. The approach taken by Health Canada in the safety assessment of GM foods is based upon scientific principles developed through expert international consultation over the last 20 years with agencies such as the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The approach taken by Canada is currently applied by regulatory agencies around the world in countries such as the European Union, Australia/New Zealand, Japan, and the United States.
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In the March 20 Penticton Western News article Changes to dog control services, the Western News wrongly included rural Princeton, Tulameen, Coalmont and Eastgate to the service area for K-9 Control Services. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkmaeen Dog Control Ser-
vices covers rural Osoyoos, Cawston and the Lower Similkameen, rural Oliver, Okanagan Falls/Kaleden area, Apex, Naramata, rural Summerland, rural Keremeos, Hedley and Olalla. The Western News apologizes for the mistake.
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EDITORIAL Residents and daycare need to work together
It’s almost a guarantee that whatever you plan to do in a residential neighbourhood, there will be someone opposing it. It’s commonly known as NIMBY, as in ‘That’s a nice idea, but Not In My Backyard.’ In some cases, the opposition is warranted, like an application for a variance that would fundamentally change the nature of someone’s property, like being thrown into permanent shade by an overlarge apartment building being built on a neighbouring property or a parking garage that would funnel exhaust fumes into a neighbours house. Sadly, all too often, people only engage with politics or city hall when they are opposed to something that affects them personally. The larger picture of what is good for the community is rarely looked at. That’s the case with a proposition to convert a home on Yorkton Avenue into a daycare for up to 16 children. And we use the term convert loosely, since the proponent has repeatedly said she has no plans to make major changes to the existing structure, inside or out. Nevertheless, the neighbourhood is up in arms about the proposal. It is quite jarring to hear a senior citizen, doubtless a grandparent themselves, say that they don’t want to be looking at children playing. Or hearing them, for that matter, since increased noise is another of their concerns. Daycare spaces are badly needed in the community. Neighbourhood concerns should be taken into account and given an honest evaluation by Penticton city council when the daycare proposal comes before it again on April 7. But council also needs to evaluate what is best forPENTICTON the community as a whole, and whether the WESTERN neighbourhood concerns are based on fact or fear of change and false rumours being spread through the group. Change is hard to deal with, but minor change or major, it is also inevitable. The goal of any neighbourhood should not be to avoid change at all costs, but to work with it and weave it into the fabric of community.
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Making real progress on poverty
The B.C. government has made its most significant moves in decades to address the needs of some of the province’s poorest people. The largest financial commitment is for a new program to help single parents escape from the welfare trap. There are 16,000 single parents in B.C. receiving provincial income assistance or disability payments, most of them women. Even if they could find an entry-level job, it wouldn’t pay enough to cover the child care they would need to go to work. Worst of all, the current system requires that if they enrol in training, they lose their income assistance, including dental and extended medical care for themselves and their children. That is the welfare trap, one of the most perverse government policies to have survived into our supposedly enlightened modern era.
The new program takes effect in September. It will not only continue income assistance payments when single parents enrol in skills training, it promises to cover their child care and transportation costs for an approved training program of up to one year. Medical and child care costs will then be covered for up to a year after training, to allow a transition to employment. Approved training means training for jobs that are identified as in demand, requiring high school and occupationspecific training that can be completed in a year or less. They include retail sales, general office work and assistance jobs in health services. Another overdue policy change is to double the allowable earnings for all income assistance recipients from $200 to $400 a month. This gives people a chance
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to improve their circumstances by taking whatever part-time or casual work they can manage, without having that little income cut from their already meagre welfare cheques. And then there was the recent decision to end the claw-back of parental child support payments from income assistance payments. The province has for many years run a costly child maintenance enforcement program to track down (mostly) deadbeat dads and force them to pay at least a token amount to sup-
port their children. Now when they pay child support to a single parent on income assistance, they will at least have the satisfaction of knowing the children actually receive the extra benefit. These harsh, historic policies were built around a philosophy that welfare is a temporary last resort, to be withdrawn as soon as some other source of income is identified. That is a valid if unfashionable position to take on behalf of working taxpayers who pay for all this, but it only makes sense if the income assistance recipient has a realistic option. For those who are already in the entrylevel job market, the minimum wage goes up 20 cents an hour in September, from $10.25 to $10.45. This is the beginning of an annual review that will tie the wage to the consumer price index. A paltry sum, to be
sure, but anyone who still thinks jacking the minimum wage up to $15 an hour is a magic solution that won’t cost some entry-level jobs is clinging to a socialist dream world. • I have been contacted by several lowincome seniors who read my recent column on B.C.’s Seniors’ Advocate. They were asking where to find out if they are eligible for support programs such as the SAFER rent subsidy, assistance for Medical Services Plan premiums, property tax deferment and grants to help with home modifications for disabilities. I apologize for this oversight. One place to start is the Seniors’ Advocate toll-free information line, 1-877-9523181, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Questioning council on benefits
The silent majority need to know that at the March 16 meeting council voted in favour of giving themselves medical benefits under the city employees group benefits plan. There are two questions regarding the ethics of this. As elected officials receiving an honourarium for their elected term they are not employees nor are they permanent. I wonder if part time city employees are eligible for benefits? Also, none of the council mentioned this in their election platforms. I invite mem-
There is a point to zoning and bylaws
I am one of the neighbours of 96 Yorkton Ave. Although our concerns have been trivialized as a case of not in my backyard and we have been maligned in the community as child haters, nothing could be further from the truth. I have raised funds for and helped found a daycare at Penticton Secondary School to help single mothers continue their education. I have raised funds for child therapy helping physically, emotionally and sexually abused children in the area. I have accompanied battered women to the RCMP and volunteered countless hours at local safe houses for battered women and children. We have lived in this neighbourhood for almost 50 years and owned businesses in Penticton and area. We are concerned citizens and have expressed legitimate concerns about this rezoning application and the process. While some of our concerns are local to our neighbourhood, the majority of our concerns are those that should be shared by all residents of the city. At the Jan. 12 council meeting, city staff admitted they actually proposed this residential location for the commercial daycare enterprise when in fact, there are numerous better suited commercially zoned locations for a major daycare. Don’t be fooled, this is not a familysized daycare. This is a commercial business, no different from Wal-Mart, McDonalds and Starbucks. The applicant admits that
bers of the silent majority to ask Councillors Konanz and Sentes and Mayor Jakubeit the following questions: 1. Was the suggestion of benefits coverage for council ever raised by the previous council? 2. If not, what makes them think that they are now entitled to this? There was a discussion among council regarding what percentage these insurance premiums the city should pay ranging from 100 per cent to 25 per cent. The council settled on
if she doesn’t have a minimum of 20 children, this daycare will not be profitable. She only seeks to open in a residential neighbourhood so she will not have to pay commercial tax rates. Only she benefits from such tax breaks, not the families in her care, nor the neighbours, not the city. This city seems to support excessive tax breaks for this applicant, while refusing to allow homeowners to operate small home-based businesses. Why does this applicant warrant special concessions? Besides these tax breaks, this commercial business will likely seek additional concessions from the city. A daycare of this size (20-25 full-time children) will require more than two trash bins and trash pick-up more than once per week, as currently allotted to residents. Who will pay for such additional services? It is astonishing that the city proposed this location for a major daycare centre. Not only is this a low-density residential neighbourhood, it is largely made up of working adults and senior citizens. There are a few young families living nearby, which means the daycare will draw from outside the vicinity, bringing unnecessary traffic to this area and causing safety concerns. Areas with a higher concentration of young families, or nearby elementary schools would be better suited. The application itself does not address parking and safety concerns. The applicant will have three staff members (watching 20-25 full-time children); yet she has only al-
located one off-street parking spot to this business. She has designated a small off-street lane for pick ups and drop offs; yet, the lane is so small that parents must back their cars out on to Yorkton Avenue. This is a safety concern for children, pedestrians and traffic which has not been addressed. This is a small, older home that was never set up to house 20 to 25 children under the age of five for up to 16 hours a day. As for the process, we are concerned that the city suggested a residential location for a commercial business and did not provide adequate notice to the neighbours; yet, maligns us when we express legitimate concerns that they should have addressed in the first place. The applicant has owned this property since May 2014, yet she has never, until the past week, approached us, notified us of her plans or attempted to address our concerns. She tells us that her application has already been approved by
paying 50 per cent of their premiums. What the discussion should have been about was if council is ethically and legally entitled to medical benefits. Private medical coverage is becoming an increasingly important employee perk due to the fact that the average age of the population is increasing and consequently governments will gradually be less able to maintain the increasing costs resulting from this. Insurance works on the principle of sharing the costs of claims. As a group we can
the city (before public hearing has occurred) and then invites us to attend an “open house.” Yet, we are being called names in the community, including by city councillors? If this was a family style daycare of eight children, which is allowed in this zone, we would not object. The applicant seeks to make a profit, apparently on the backs of the rest of the city in lost tax revenues and increased services. And, if she does not make a profit what will become of the residence once it has been rezoned? And, if the city continues down this road of allowing commercial businesses to re-locate to residential neighbourhoods where will it end? What’s the point of having a city plan and zoning laws? Albert and Jill Cronie Penticton
Tax guide or PR move
Today, I received a pamphlet from Mr. Dan Albas,
enjoy better coverage than we could individually, if indeed, it is available. My suggestion to council is pay all of the premiums yourselves even if you and your families are ethically not really entitled to benefits. Then when you retire, or are not re-elected, see if the insurance company will allow you to “roll over” this coverage into a private plan. Bill Smith Penticton
MP (presumably at taxpayer expense) purporting to be a “Tax guide.” Most of the front page of this pamphlet is taken up with a picture of Mr. Albas and his contact information along with the headline “Helping you and your family save more.” At the beginning, is a letter from your member of parliament which includes the statement “... important tax initiatives supplied by our Conservative Government.” Why the word government is capitalized is beyond me. Throughout the piece are headlines such as “Lower taxes for all Canadians,” and “Lower taxes for all families.” Same for seniors, working Canadians and job creators — whoever they are — and homebuyers. Also scattered throughout are picture panels of all the great increases and decreases in whatever the Conservatives think puts them in a favourable light. On the back page there is a clear association between the CRA and Dan
Albas’s constituency offices. Last time I checked the Canada Revenue Agency was a government agency in the civil service charged with the responsibility of administering the Income Tax Act. Now it seems the conservative government is turning it into its own public relations arm, on the one hand, and its enforcement arm, on the other, aimed at ensuring people and organizations toe the Party line. It is clear to me that this mailout is a blatant publicity piece designed to promote the conservative government and not a “Tax Guide” as purported. I find these practices reprehensible and deceitful and I request that Mr. Albas cease and desist though, I must admit, I have become more than used to seeing the increasing frequency of this and other similar behaviours emanating from this government. It really is time for a change. Peter Benson Naramata
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Stephen Harper will be the fear candidate in the upcoming election. Here’s an example: Bill C-51 is omnibus anti-terrorist legislation made up of five different acts bundled together and labeled to promote fear and divide Canadians. This is yet another example of the divisive nature of the Harper government, because the message of this bill is either you agree with us or you are with the terrorists. I have no doubt that this will be the Conservatives’ primary election issue. In parliamentary debate on Feb. 23 MP Irwin Colter provided some thoughtful insight on Bill C-51 (see: irwincolter.liberal.ca) The world continues to change and some of the tools for national security may need to change as well (e.g. provisions for information sharing). However there must be a balance between protecting national security and protecting human rights. The Liberal Party will be propos-
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There are many who are quick to find fault with the local politicians. Yet, a few dozen years ago a famous quote was born. Something to the effect of given enough time, everybody will get their 15 minutes of fame. In this day and age of digital this and flash drives that, and the thousands of tweets per second, there is literally not enough time in any week to even have a glance at a facial image of each person alive today. If I were to have enough money to stand on a street corner handing out loonys, some would complain I am not handing out toonies, and even some would complain about the handing out to loonys. Some would even question that last sentence in both grammar
ing amendments to the legislation including robust oversight, and review mechanisms. However, the reality is that these amendments will not be accepted no matter which way the NDP and the Liberals vote. The partisan Harper government fully intends to use their majority to ram the legislation through. As Justin Trudeau said: “The conservatives can either accept our amendments or have them be part of the Liberal platform in the coming election.” What Mr. Harper wants as we head into an election is to push the NDP and the Liberals to vote against Bill C-51. This would set the stage for unrelenting soft-on-terror attack ads. I agree with Trudeau’s position and strategy. Finally, Mr. Mulcair has said that he would not rescind the legislation if elected, but rather he would change it. Seems that the two main opposition parties are taking a similar position.
and spelling. On the local level, there are so many issues, in economics, social and more. And yet, so very little time. I recall there being a record number of people running for the councillor positions. There were even complaints about that. Yet, for those who did both put their name on the ballot, and spent the time participating, well done! Maybe this new information age is part of the problem some see. Maybe there are better ways of managing the seemingly endless list of issues that come up before council. And yet again, there seems to be both not enough time and money to keep everyone satisfied. In this new age of information, there are still those clinging on to the past and trying to earn more, consume more, and yet, forgetting this one im-
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portant fact of life, (in my opinion) this is the only life we have. If a person has already earned millions, or is worth millions, why do they keep working? Why not enjoy the endless possibilities. I think there are way more important things to do then keep working and trying to earn billions, as there are even folks who have billions and they never seem to stop. We decide our own level of involvement, whether consciously or not. If we do not think for ourselves someone else will gladly keep us occupied in many ways. That one song, 57 channels and nothing on — now there are hundreds if not thousands of channels, and is anything really on? Thanks for allowing me to waste some of your precious time. Brian Strong Penticton
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It has been five years since Toronto hard-rocker Die Mannequin has put out a full-length album. Lead singer Caroline “Care Failure” Kawa recorded most of the latest album, Neon Zero, herself and with it comes change and a fresh perspective. “There’s a whole new cast of characters,” Kawa said. She and the rest of the newlyrevamped Die Mannequin will be joining Marylin Manson on tour when he makes his stop in Penticton on March 28 at the South Okanagan Events Centre. The new band is comprised of entirely new members. New to the name Die Mannequin, that is, but mostly familiar faces Kawa has worked with before or seen around the music scene. This tour marks the first time Kawa will play live with the new band members, having recorded almost all of the instrumental and vocal tracks on the new album herself. A technical “catastrophe” during the recording of Neon Zero forced Kawa to re-record the album in a much shorter time frame, eight days.
“It was a mad dash,” Kawa said. “It was the most flawed recording experience that I’ve had. In terms of like every step seemed to have problems along the way.” “I had to have an experience like that. I’ve been to spoiled in the past with everything cushy and comfy and having stuff work out my way. So for once I was on my toes.” The new album is cheekily described as EDM (Evil Dance Metal) and Neon Zero marks a change in Die Mannequin’s sound. A band with any lasting power has to develop new sounds over time according to Kawa. “All the bands that I like I guess, that you get to grow old with, Radiohead etc., they kind of change album to album a lot and you can grow and evolve and change with them,” Kawa said. “This record is a bigger step forward just because the amount of time in between albums is longer. The change in sound is always a little bit more extreme depending on how many years it’s been.” Neon Zero explores the mix of guitar riffs with pop and dance sounds, akin to the Brooklyn noise pop duo Sleigh Bells.
“It’s kind of always been that, but this time it was a lot more obvious. Trying to marry heavy dance sensibilities without just being beats. So instead of like a drum beat being extremely dance-y, I fill in more synth and piano than anything else,” Kawa said. Rock and EDM aren’t the easiest genres to combine, according to Kawa. “For me and other music nerds sometimes it’s more fun to have stuff be challenging,” Kawa said. The Hell Not Hallelujah tour won’t be the first time Kawa has travelled with Marylin Manson. She joined him on the road in 2010 and was able to meet the man who was one of the music idols from her youth. “It’s kind of trippy because we’ve done it before under different circumstances, but it’s great. You don’t usually get a second chance with anything … in life,” said Kawa, who has toured with the likes of Buckcherry and Sum 41. “It’s kind of like meeting a Dave Grohl or whomever. He’s everything you could want in a rock star I would say. I don’t know him very personally, but from what I gathered last time he’s a really cool guy.”
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LAvendeR StewARt, by far the youngest steampunk enthusiast in attendance, enjoys some artwork with mother Jennifer and father Kitson at the March 21 opening reception for elementary BASIC: A Steampunk Primer at the Penticton Art Gallery.
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Another legend of rock ’n’ roll is heading to Penticton this fall. Ringo Starr, a former Beatle and soon to be two-time Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee will perform at the South Okanagan Events Centre on Oct. 10, the seventh stop on his 22-date North American tour. Tickets for the show go on sale at noon on Friday, March 27, rather than the usual 10 a.m. box office time. Starr’s latest album Postcards from Paradise, will be released March 31, and Photograph, Starr’s first photography book will also be released prior to the tour on Sept. 21. Starr will be joined on tour by his All-Starr band which includes the original lead singer of Journey and Santana, Gregg Rolie, Toto’s Steve Lukather, Todd Rundgren, Richard Page, Warren Ham and drummer Greg Bissonette. Postcards from Paradise is also the first album in Starr’s solo career to include a song written and record-
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rapher. In an original manuscript of over 15,000 words, join Ringo growing up amidst the excitement of the emerging Merseybeat scene. From Pwllheli to Delhi, obscurity to superstardom, his travels are recounted with honesty and hilarity. That same honesty and hilarity continues on the road now with the All-Starrs, with whom he has forged a bond that is evident in every show they play. Ringo’s playful spirit also comes across through his Twitter, where he shares his candid and of the moment photographs and trademark humour. “I love pictures put together, showing different times of your life,“ Ringo said. “At the time, I never thought that there would be a whole book of my photographs.” Tickets for the SOEC show are $49.50, $69.50 and $79.50 plus applicable fees. They are available at www.valleyfirsttix.com, 1-877-SOEC-TIX or at the Valley First Box office (at the SOEC) or Wine Country Visitor Centre.
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A wholesale change in the way the Mounties conduct internal business may be the only thing to keep the national police force functional, says an advocate of unionization. Earlier this month, the Mounted Police Professional Association held meetings across the Okanagan, aimed at educating RCMP members about the benefits of unionizing, a right recently made possible with a Supreme Court decision handed down in January. “We conclude,” the Supreme Court majority wrote at that time, “that the s. 2(d) guarantee of freedom of association protects a meaningful process of collective bargaining that provides employees with a degree of choice and independence sufficient to enable them to determine and pursue their collective interests.” It concluded the current regime denies Mounties that choice and “imposes on them a scheme that does not permit them to identify and advance their workplace concerns free from management’s influence.” Although the court didn’t explicitly endorse moving forward with unionization, association representative Rob Creasser said that’s the best option. “We are light years behind every other Canadian and international police agency when it comes to having the right of collective bargaining and having a meaningful say on pay, benefits and working conditions,” said Creasser, noting officers in more than 250 police forces in Canada are already unionized. He says the absence of that ability has made the RCMP a toxic workplace. Creasser echoed what the local police superintendent has often said, noting that regional detachments are grossly under-staffed. “If you took a community policed by RCMP and compare it to a community policed by the Ontario Provincial Police, the caseload per member would be 1.5 to two times higher for the RCMP,” he said, adding that a recent report on RCMP staffing calls for 5,000 new members, immediately. Wages, he said, are also $8,000 to $10,000 less in the RCMP than they are in other police forces. “So we are
working harder for less money right now,” he said. Those conditions have created a toxicity that has spilled out onto the communities the Mounties are supposed to protect. “I’m not trying to make excuses,” he said. “But there are quite a few people who are off on stress related leave because they can’t handle it anymore, and that exacerbates an existing shortage, and that puts more pressure on those who are left behind.” In this area alone, there were a series of court cases involving Okanagan Mounties and community members. Of particular note was the case with Buddy Tavares, a brain-injured man who was kicked in the head by a Kelowna Mountie after he had submitted to arrest. The volume of those kinds of stories have abated, seemingly in tandem with increased police staffing. On the national stage, the problems keep popping up as well. The question may just be whether or not change is affordable. “Our system of labour relations hasn’t informed the public about the challenges we face,” Creasser said. “I think if people know, they’re supportive. Now that I’m a civilian, if I think about living in a community of 80,000 people with only four RCMP members on the rad, I’d chip in more money.” If that doesn’t happen, he said, it might be time for the RCMP to get out of community policing altogether. “I believe that the RCMP is in trouble,” he said. “(Experts) say you need 5,000 more bodies right now if we’re going to continue with federal policing.” That doesn’t account for the number of bodies required for jobs that traditionally fell outside the purview of the RCMP, like policing international gangs and anti terrorism measures. “There was a recent case here where the people graduating from depot in Regina were diverted to Ottawa to work on Parliament Hill (following the shooting of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo ),” he said. Those Mounties were supposed to go to detachments across the country to help fill the voids there. “If you continue to take from Peter to pay Paul, the fabric of the RCMP is just going to rip apart,” said Creasser.
Try it For Free Week is back Western News Staff
Shaping up can be kick-started for free this spring, as Try It For Free (TIFF) Week commences in the City of Penticton. From March 28 to April 3, there will be no cost to use the Fitness Room at the Penticton Community Centre. And from 5 to 7 p.m. on March 30, as well as 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
on March 31, personal trainers will be taking part to share free advice. “Try It For Free Week is a great way for the community to check out the new recreation programs and classes available, to see if it’s the right fit for them,” said mayor Andrew Jakubiet. Also offered at the community centre during TIFF week will be group fitness classes, such as basic yoga, zum-
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PIB wins economic development award Steve Kidd
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The Penticton Indian Band has added another award to its increasingly crowded mantlepiece. We are determined to make these Last week, the PIB plans a reality. it takes a lot of Development Corporation was named the 2015 work. it’s so good to see winner of the Aboriginal momentum building. Economic Development Corporation Award by — Chief Jonathan Kruger the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. vide a sustainable ecoIt’s the result, said tum building.” PIBDC is the prin- nomic return. Chief Jonathan Kru“We had a lot of ger, of years of hard cipal economic develwork by the band, opment, marketing and planning and a lot of which has come to frui- promotional organiza- relationship building,” tion in recent years. He tion for the band, pur- said Kruger. That includes not commended the band, suing business joint council and the PIBDC ventures and investment only inside the band, for staying strong and opportunities on behalf especially with the loon track through chal- of the community that catee landowners along meet the established the channel, but the City lenges. “We are determined investment criteria de- of Penticton and other to make these plans a veloped by the devel- neighbours. opment corporation, Projects like the reality,” said Kruger. “It Cholesterol Print ad—Pfizer—high takes a lot of work. It’s ensuring the band’s tra- health centre, the fish so good to see momen- ditional values and pro- hatchery, the Skaha
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Hills residential development, enhancement of the band’s watershed and now, the new bridge under construction across the channel, all contribute to building a solid economic base for the PIB. “We are doing so many great things,” said Kruger. But the band is moving ahead, he said, not just economically, but socially as well, referencing the health centre and Outma Sqilx’w Cultural School. “Congratulations to the Penticton Indian Band Development Corporation for demonstrating the vision and courage in the world of business essential for business success,” said J.P. Gladu, president of the CCAB. Kruger said the band is moving forward with a balanced approach, though there is still a lot of work ahead of them. Seeing the success of the projects, however is only motivation to keep on the path. One step on that path is the Aboriginal Business Match conference, which Penticton is hosting for a third time on May 11. Rechristened this year to ABM West, the new name reflects both the spread of the concept into Saskatchewan and the expanded scope of the original event. “We’re hosting B.C. and Alberta and inviting all First Nations and business to come,” said Kruger, who said he is proud to be co-hosting the most successful aboriginal business conference in Canada. “It’s going to be bigger than before,” said Kruger, adding that last year’s conference generated over $60 million in
Chief Jonathan Kruger of the Penticton indian Band outside of the new, state-of-the-art fish hatchery that was opened earlier in 2014. the facility is just one of the many projects completed by the band during the year.
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business deals. “Those numbers tell me First Nations communities are moving forward,” he said. Kruger also volunteered some time to travel to Saskatoon, where ABM Prairies will be held in June, to help the crew there get organized. Plans are already in the works for and ABM East to be held in Ontario next year. “I hope ABM grows right across the country,” said Kruger, adding that developing business relationships is a
key part of First Nations communities becoming self sufficient. “Government funding is not enough to take care of our needs,” said Kruger. Communities are struggling with housing, health and many other issues, he continued. “We need to take care of these issues, and we are,” said Kruger. Forming these kind of business relationships makes First Nations stronger and creates opportunities for everyone, he explained. “I think it is a part of
the puzzle of reconciliation,” he said. When it comes to developing relationships, Kruger said the PIB is setting a good example. “I think we are setting a high standard,” he said. The PIB is still learning, he said, but they plan to continue with those high standards as they pursue economic development. More information about the PIBDC can be found at pibdc.ca and the ABM conference at aboriginalbusinessmatch.com.
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Parents forced to obtain marijuana oil illegally Andrea DeMeer Black Press
Baby Orajel, Children’s Tylenol, antibiotics for an ear infection, these are the medicines most parents of a toddler keep in the cupboard over the bathroom sink. Ashley Aitchison and Clayton Swanson have something else – medical marijuana oil they are forced to obtain illegally as the only hope of bringing relief and a chance of development to their two-year-old son Remington. It’s expensive, it involves subterfuge, and it’s frustrating. Remington suffers from Myoclonic seizures, a severe form of epilepsy that can cause him up to 200 seizures a day. Every seizure damages his brain and puts him at immediate risk of physical harm. Medical marijuana was suggested by a pediatrician – who had other young patients respond to the treatment after the family watched Remington deteriorate through 11 different pharmaceutical therapies. “It’s so important to get rid of the seizures and absolutely no pharmaceutical drug was doing that. We had a list and we kept crossing them off, the things that didn’t work,” says Aitchison. “The side effects were just brutal.” Remington was duly issued a license for medical marijuana use, however the law only allows for the drug to be inhaled. It prohibits its conversion to oil, which is the only form suitable for a young child. “How is a two-yearold supposed to smoke a cigarette?” Aitchison found a sympathetic and trained specialist who makes the oil in a safe environ-
Two year old remington aitchison.
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ment. It costs approximately $200 per month. The cannabis comes from an industrial hemp plant containing high levels of CBD and low levels of THC. “The oil that we are giving him has taken half of his seizures away so far.” Since beginning the marijuana treatment – he gets a rice-grain sized drop in a spoonful of food four times a day – Remington has also made developmental strides. “It’s been the best thing for us and for him. Now Remington sits all by himself, he does a military-type crawl now and he can pull himself up and stand against the couch. He’s playing with toys and he’s holding things better and he can look at them. “He is way more focused and aware of things that are around him than before. He’s actually looking at me. Just to have your son look at you and smile is huge.” Remington’s condition stems from a stroke he experienced at birth, although it went undiagnosed for seven months. Aitchison – who also has an eight-year-old boy named Chaise – recalls growing increasingly anxious caring for her infant son. While he wasn’t having seizures at the time, he was a colicky baby who cried
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often. “I knew there was something not right. He wasn’t sitting up, he never looked at things and he wasn’t grabbing…I just thought that maybe he was a little slower than others. I was almost kind of scared, that’s how I felt.” At BC Children’s Hospital an MRI revealed the stroke and an EEG detected abnormal brain activity. “That was a blow. I just couldn’t believe it.” Remington’s seizures
manifested initially as twitching behavior. Today a seizure looks more like an electric shock. “It’s like something pushes him right over. Boom he’s on the floor ... 200 a day. That’s a lot. It’s pretty much every few minutes.” Remington requires close, constant supervision and must be on a soft surface at all times. He cannot attend daycare and Aitchison cannot work outside the home. She receives a pro-
vincial benefit of $230 a month to cover respite care. “That buys me four hours a week.” With an easy laugh she adds: “That four hours goes pretty fast when you’re cleaning the house. You can’t clean the house with Remi around.” Aitchison is a solo parent for most of the time as Remington’s father works in Fort St. John three weeks out of every month. Reminton’s parents grew up and went to
school in Princeton, moving north about three years ago. Today Aitchison lives in Penticton to be near Remington’s doctors, as well as physio and speech therapists. Aitchison acknowledges the brain damage Remington has already incurred cannot be reversed, and that some children who suffer Myoclonic seizures eventually live their lives wheelchair-bound and immobile. She has never asked
a doctor to give Remington a prognosis. “I have never really asked what they think because I don’t want to know. I don’t ever, ever want to give up on the idea that he will speak and walk one day. All I want to do is my best to make sure that we are doing the right things to help him develop.” Anyone wishing to contribute to Remington’s medical expenses or care can donate at Round the Corner Café in Princeton.
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While their focus is normally on selling cars, the team at Skaha Ford will use March 28 as a fundraiser for 16-year-old Kaylee KozariBowland, who’s had to take her costly fight against cancer to Houston, Tex. To help offset the overwhelming medical bills, Cosmic Brew (and friends) for Kaylee will be taking over the dealership between noon and 4 p.m., offering the community some live music and a barbecue lunch. “We’re new to town and we want to get a little bit more involved with the community, and this is definitely a worthy cause,” said Kolby Crocker, assistant sales manager at Skaha. “Our goal is to raise $10,000.” A large portion of that goal will be covered by the Skaha Ford team, who are making a donation of $2,500. But even in those large amounts, it doesn’t take long to burn through
when you have to go other places for resources, you’re pretty much at your own expenditure. — Tammy Kozari
Kaylee Kozari-Bowland, 16, is getting assistance from Skaha Ford in her fight against cancer. They are holding a fundraiser on Saturday.
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money in a private healthcare system. Kaylee, along with her mother and grandma, arrived in Houston on March 23 to consult with a doctor the following day. “They’ll give us our options,
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tell us how much it’s going to cost, and then we’ll go from there,” her mom Tammy said, adding that a few more days have to pass before they’ll have the answers needed to proceed. In the meantime, the family is at
the mercy of travel and accommodation costs. “Just our flight down here cost us $5,000,” said Tammy. A $24,500 deposit was required by the hospital, which after exchanging into Canadian currency, ended up costing $32,000. “Her chemo and radiation have been covered through B.C. Health Care, but we need specialized treatment, such as the alternative ones (offered in the United States) to enhance certain therapies,” she said. “When you have to go to other places for resources, you’re pretty much
at your own expenditure.” To focus all of her finances on Kaylee’s health, Tammy took her Ford vehicle into the dealership in hopes of trading it in for a car with lower monthly payments. After sharing her story with Crocker, he said that they wanted to help out. Because of a tumour in her hip, sitting up is a challenge for Kaylee. And when the family needed to travel to Vancouver, she was expecting a very uncomfortable ride. “Within an hour Kolby, had a (large SUV) at my door delivered, filled up, and insured on a Sunday, thinking that we were leaving on Monday morning,” she said. “One of my friends put it out there and they just jumped on board.” However, an infection prevented her from leaving Penticton until her flight earlier this week. And because of the opportunity to travel to Houston, the family won’t be able to attend the fundraiser. Those who can’t be part of the event but want to help out, can make a donation to her crowd funding page at goo.gl/e0VjxE.
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Seventh heaven for Vees Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff
The biggest goal of Patrick Sexton’s career gave the Penticton Vees the BCHL’s Interior Division championship (Ryan Hatfield Memorial Trophy) March 22 before 3,203 fans at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Sexton, a bruising defenceman who scored once during the regular season, had his shot hit a stick, flip into the air and beat Vipers goalie Danny Todosychuk glove side at 17:07 for a 1-0 lead. The play started when Tyson Jost won a face-off in the Vipers zone. “Me and Fabbs (Dante Fabbro) talked before the draw, we just wanted to get the puck to the net,” said Vees co-captain Sexton, named the game’s first star. “I think it bounced off a skate. At this point I don’t really care, they all count. It’s a little sweet revenge for last year ( the Vees lost to the Vipers in overtime of Game 7). “When I saw it flutter in, I didn’t even know, I just looked across and Fabbro had his hands up in the air,” said Sexton. “I just started yelling. I just started hugging my teammates.” In the last 10 minutes of the third period with the match still scoreless, Vees fans did their part to give the home team a lift chanting “Go Vees Go.” That support didn’t go unnoticed. “By far the loudest I have ever heard this building,” said Sexton. “It was awesome. They are unbelievable. Anytime they are making noise, the ‘Go Vees Go’ chant, those cowbells, we hear that stuff. That definitely gives
us a boost.” The Vees withstood pressure by the Vipers for the last 2:30 of the third period. Matthew Serratore put the dagger in the Vipers with an empty net goal at 19:56 in Game 7. “Their season is on the line. You give them credit, they didn’t roll over and die,” said Sexton. “That’s why we got the best goalie in the league. Miska stood tall. Did a great job fighting through traffic to find pucks. Not giving up rebounds. Guys did a great job of staying in lanes, trying to limit the shots getting through.” Miska turned aside 27 shots for the shut out and was named the second star, while Todosychuk made 28 saves that earned the third star. Both teams weren’t able to capitalize on the powerplay with the Vees going 0-for-3 and the Vipers 0-for-2. Former Vee Liam Finlay, who was dealt for Dakota Conroy earlier this season, said it was an intense game. He was hugged by nearly every Vee in the handshake. “I felt we played a heck of a game and battled all night,” said the teary-eyed Finlay. “We just didn’t get the bounce we wanted. To lose the way we did, it was extremely tough. We have a great group of guys here. It really sucks coming up with the loss.” The Vees, ranked sixth in the Canadian Junior Hockey League, move on to round three, a round-robin featuring the three conference winners. Penticton, the No. 1 seed, hosts second-ranked Nanaimo Clippers March 25.The Clippers, ranked 16th in the CJHL, shaded the
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Former Penticton Vees D-men Joey LaLeggia and Mike Reilly have collected more trophies from their successive National Collegiate Athletic Association seasons. LaLeggia, a Burnaby native, was named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s player of the year, defenceman of the year and offensive defenceman of the year. In 34 games this season, LaLeggia has 13 goals, 25 assists for 38 points. The Edmonton Oilers prospect led all NCHC defensemen in goals, assists, points, game-winning goals (three), power play goals (five) and Joey Laleggia shots on goal (129), while tied for second among conference blueliners in plus/minus rating with a mark of 15. He captured conference player of the month honours in January and February. For the second year in a row, Reilly has been named the Big Ten defensive player of the year and a First Team All-Big Ten selection. The Big Ten announced the honors on Monday, two days after the No. 13 Gopher Hockey program won its second-straight Big Ten regularseason championship. A native of Chanhassen, Minn., Reilly led all NCAA defencemen with 42 points Mike Reilly and 36 assists this season (both career highs). The Columbus Blue Jackets prospect led the Big Ten with 21 power-play points as well as a plus-23 rating and is the first Gophers defenceman to lead the team in scoring since 1996-97. Reilly was a unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection this year.
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Penticton’s Jeff Symonds captured his first Ironman victory in the Asia-Pacific championship in Melbourne, Australia Sunday. From the moment the gun went off, Symonds said the race was full on until reaching the finish line eight hours, four minutes and 28 seconds later. Against a field that featured Ironman and world cup champions, Symonds had pure adrenaline pumping through him as he reached the end. “Winning a race of this magnitude against that kind of field is something that just seems unreal when you are out there,” wrote Symonds in an email. “It didn’t seem real until I grabbed that Canadian flag from my parents with 20 metres to go and did see second place in the finishing chute. Once that happened I was just overcome with thrill of the moment.” It was a good challenge for Symonds, however. The Ironman website reported that last year’s winner, Marko Albert (Estonia), led former Olympic rower Todd Skipworth and topseed Nils Frommhold of Germany out of the 3.8 kilometre swim in a record 45:18 in idyllic conditions in Frankston. Symonds came out of the water in 49:40. Frommhold and veteran Luke Bell, who lives on the course in Melbourne, dominated the 180km bike to open up a seemingly insurmountable 11-minute advantage. Bell was first to drop, but Frommhold looked invincible as Australia’s Tim Berkel and Brad Kahlefeldt were joined by Symonds, who completed the bike portion in 4:27.30, in the chase. The German faded by 30-km on the super-hot, point-to-point, run from Frankston to St Kilda. Symonds and Berkel forced their way to the front and then the Symonds showed his strength to break the young Australian. During the run, Symonds said he grabbed as much water and ice from the stations as possible, but added he loves the heat. “I want the course to be as hard as possible,” he said. “The bike course was flat and fast which all though there were no hills to climb, there were also no hills to
PENTICTON’S JEFF SYMONDS was jacked up about his Ironman Asia-Pacific victory in Melbourne, Australia with the flag passed to him by his parents who were near the finish line March 22. Photo courtesy of Ironman
Winning a race of this magnitude against that kind of field is something that just seems unreal when you are out there. — Jeff Symonds
descend and refresh yourself both physically and mentally. The run was a 42-kilometre one way pointto-point run up the coastline of the Port Phillips Bay. It was hot out with temperatures around 30 degrees and we were punching into
a headwind the entire run. Being a point-to-point you never got to turn around and have the wind in your back, it was always right in your face.” Berkel was second, 3:27 behind, with Kahlefeldt impressive in third in his debut. Symonds was full of praise for his training friends in the Victorian country triathlon stronghold of Bendigo, where he prepared. “Congratulations to Tim Berkel who is a legend and pushed me to the limit which is why I am wrecked,” Symonds said in a press release. “For all the youngsters watching, I grew up in an Ironman town and I watched and dreamed. So I challenge all youngsters watching here to dream big. Anyone can do this. You just need to go hard.” Ironman Melbourne is the first
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of five regional championship races and outside of the Kona, Hawaii world championship, he said it’s as big as they come. With a prize purse of US $30,000 for the winner and qualifying points for Kona, Symonds said it attracted the best of the best. “Looking at the top five guys you had, myself, the sixth (New Zealand’s Callum Millward) and seventhth (Switzerland) place finishers from the Ironman World Championships in 2014, a Commonwealth Games and multipletime world cup champion, and a guy with a sub eight-hour Ironman personal best. Not to mention there were seven or eight other guys in the race that had won Ironman or Challenge races or world championships. It was speed and intensity of the other athletes that made the race what it was.”
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The first annual VBS Father’s Day softball tournament will be June 19 to 21. The 12 mixed teams are guaranteed four games starting Friday at 6 p.m. and ending with Sunday afternoon championship games. Tournament will be mat ball format. Saturday afternoon will feature a Cariboo home run derby with $400 going to the top slugger. Also taking place is the American Vintage Hard Ice Tea longest throw competition with the winner getting $100 and a swag package. The tournament will be packed with prizes, while food trucks and concessions are available. Each team receives a swag bag and there are prizes for player of the game courtesy of Clancy’s Liquor Store. The Cariboo and American Vintage gardens will open at 6 p.m. Friday until Sunday. Players and spectators are encouraged to checkout the POWERADE Cool Zone loaded with POWERADE’S and water misters. Proceeds from the beer and American Vintage Gardens will be going towards KVR Middle School Athletic Program, Discovery House, as well other local charities and causes. Entry for the tournament is $375 and due no later than May 11. After May 11 organizers will open the tournament to teams on a waiting list. Email ryan_graham@live.ca or call Clancy’s Liquor store at 250-4923130 to book your team’s spot.
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Penticton’s Andrew Cooke is among 40 swimmers nominated for selection to the Canadian Paralympic Committee for its Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games team. The announcement was made Monday in Toronto. Following the 2015 Can Am Paraswimming Championships held this past weekend, Swimming Canada, the sport governing body, nominated 24 men and 16 women. The team includes 15 Paralympians. “It was such an honour to announce the nominations for the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games swim team this morning,” said Team Canada’s Swimming Canada Paraswimming national head coach Craig McCord of Richmond.
PENTICTON’S Andrew Cooke competing at a local swim meet at the community centre pool. On the weekend in Toronto, Ont., Cooke was one of the Canadians nominated to the national team that will be taking part in the Parapan Am Games at that location this summer. Mark Brett/Western News
“The team this summer is made up of 25 swimmers who will also compete at IPC World Championships in Glasgow and have the potential to compete for medals at the Rio 2016
Paralympic Games,” said McCord. “We are working in a number of areas to develop our next generation of athletes identified as 2020 podium potential, and they will have the opportunity to
compete at Parapan Ams on home soil.” Canadian Paralympic Committee for the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games Aug. 7 to 15. Cooke, a member of the KISU swim club,
competed in the 2014 Pan Pacific Para Games in Pasadena, Calif., Aug. 6-10 and picked up a silver medal, bronze medal and Canadian record. Cooke couldn’t be reach for comment.
Freestyle club produces mogul champs Western News Staff
Members of the Apex Freestyle Club picked up some serious hardware as the season winds to a close. The B.C. Timber Tour handed out its 2015 Grand Prix Awards with Anna Spence named the under-16 female mogul champion, while Shaina Finlayson took third. Kassidy Todd is the U18 female champ, while Sophia Diamonds took third. Brayden Kuroda is the U14 male champ and Koleton Phipps claimed it in the U18 male category. Spence and Kuroda are the overall mogul champs. Finlayson took home the spirit award. “To have both male and female coming out of Apex is something special,” said AFC coach Kenni Kuroda, adding that its the first time since he took over as coach in 2010 that AFC athletes won those awards. “It is something pretty special.” Kuroda added that Todd missed out on the overall title as she chose to compete at the Canada Cup in Quebec and performed well. The club also competed recently at the Timber Tour Super Youth Finals at Vernon’s Silver Star Mountain Resort and had a good showing. The skiers managed to earn strong results despite challenging conditions on the course due to a snow shortage. Results are as follows: Slopestyle March 13 F16 Female - third Finlayson, fourth Chloe Kober, fifth Anna
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in medley. In U14, Faolan Covert was fifth in moguls, and fourth in slope style and medley. Nate Parsons was fourth in moguls, third in slopestyle and eighth in medley. Kapusty and Riley Culver had strong performances in the Difference Capital Canadian Open Tour Slopestyle at Canada Olympic Park. Along with Todd other members competing in Canada Cup were Phipps, Mackenzie Schwinghamer, Mason Barzilay, Hayden Person, Noah Spence, Kassidy Todd, Kyle & Madison Parker and Josh Kober.
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Upcoming competitions and AFC events Val St Com – Quebec – Senior Nationals – March 19 –
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Wiebe said. Having visited each individual brewery, Wiebe takes an in-depth look of the operating practices; the community it’s produced; and the team that makes it. “I taste all the beers and get a sense of the local community,” he said. “To provide that extra touch to their profile, I like to connect with the people. It adds an extra dimension to the beer, and I think it comes through in the book.” Despite growth in the local industry, he said that the rate of expansion in Penticton is slightly lagging the provincial average. “But you did get a new one last year, with Bad Tattoo, and that’s a really cool place,” he said. “Cannery Brewing moving into a new facility is pretty cool thing as well — they expanded their capacity and added a tasting room.” Through his book and presentations, he explains how the growth of micro breweries in British Columbia stems
from an oligopoly in the industry. “There was such little variety (before 1982),” he said. “Essentially Molson, Labatt, and Carling O’Keefe were colluding, sharing the market one-third each.” Stores would often run out of beer in the case of a strike at a brewery. Out of frustration, John Mitchell founded Canada’s first modern craft brewery in Horseshoe Bay. “He wanted beer from somewhere that wasn’t one of those big three,” he said, adding that the momentum from his revolt is the reason B.C. has 90 breweries in 2015. To be part of the seminar, registration costs $25, and can be done online at goo.gl/ OPKAUk. And taking part in the pre-party cask event, a limited amount of tickets are being sold at the Copper Mug for $15. After the Fest-of-Ale concludes at 6 p.m. on the Saturday, the live
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October 24, 1912 – March 14, 2015 Born in Brownlee, Sakatchewan; passed away peacefully at Westview Extended Care in Penticton. She is survived by daughter, Marlene (Scott) Williams; 3 grandchildren, Robert (Kathleen) Ruston of Florida, Brenda (Paul) McIntosh of Parksville and Lee (Kristina) Ruston of Kelowna; 9 great grandchildren, Joshua, Kyra, Tess and Jacob of Florida; Nickolas and Robert of Parksville, Ryan and Alex of Fort Nelson, Kamden of Kelowna and many more extended families. Esther was predeceased by husband, Fred of 71 years in 2003; 3 sisters, Alice, Bernice and Agnes; 1 brother, Clarence and one grandson, Wayne. Esther had a busy life and always had to be busy doing sewing, beading or knitting even right up to a week before passing. A Celebration of her Life will be held in Cranbrook in early August. Special thanks to staff at Westview North and Dr. Mike Surkan for his compassionate care. Interment will take place in Cranbrook Cemetery. Condolences may be shared by visiting www.everdenrust.com
BROWN Margaret (Maggie)Ramsay February 21, 1924 - March 17, 2015
Passed away at Penticton Regional Hospital. She was predeceased by husband, Robert William, son, Douglas Robert; an infant daughter; her brother, John Dunlop of Bull Head City, Arizona and her sister, Jane Eaton Dunlop of Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is survived by her daughter; Janice Kathrens of Fauquier, B.C.; her sister, Cathleen Bragman (Bill) of Goderich, Ontario and numerous nieces and nephews. At Maggie’s request no service will be held. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to her favourite charity, your local SPCA. Daughter Janice wishes to thank all the excellent staff at Penticton Regional Hospital for all their care and comfort during Maggie’s last days. Special thanks to Dr. Richard Tatham for his help through this trying time.
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Born February 19, 1941 in Vulcan, Alberta; passed away at Haven Hill Retirement Centre, Penticton, March 16, 2015 where he had resided for the past 6 years. Engvar (Jake) attended University in San Francisco for several years until the U.S. army requested his services for Vietnam. At that point his home country of Canada became very attractive. Although he was attracted to the army uniform, the finger test in the medical, wearing a brush-cut, and taking orders completely disillusioned him. He completed his education at Simon Fraser University with a degree in English literature. He was manager of a woodworking shop for handicapped people in Prince George. He also worked in a building supply store and latterly as a hardware travelling salesman. He was a very talented woodcarver and had sold several animal carvings to various branches of government. His wealth could be measured by the many many friends he had throughout his life. It was an honour to be called his friend and he will be sorely missed. He is survived by his wife, Treva; brother, Gordon (Calgary); sisters, Inger Worthen (Calgary), Norma Howatt (Drayton Valley), Francis Douglas (Kamloops), Diane Braaten (Okotoks) and brother in law, Richard Taylor (Ottawa). He was predeceased by his parents, Gunvar and Arne Braaten, and brother, Jack. A Celebration of his Life will be held in the Bistro room at Haven Hill Retirement Centre on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 2:30 p.m. A special thanks to the nurses and staff at Haven Hill for their loving and wonderful care for the many years and a very special thanks to his special friend, Ed Andres. Donation may be made to the Penticton S.P.C.A in Engvar’s name if you so choose. Condolences may be shared with the family by visiting www.everdenrust.com
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Also benefiting from the fundraising efforts was the South Okanagan Women in Need Society, which attained $4,045.50. The society protects women and children against violent and abusive environments and aids with their recovery. Looking forward, the Penticton Speedway will be giving back next on April 19, taking advantage of their opening race of 2015. Beginning at 2 p.m., the Have a
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Through extensive community involvement and invaluable partnerships, the Penticton Speedway continually makes significant contributions to several community organizations. In conjunction with the Penticton Vees and Underwriters Insurance, Wacky Wednesday fundraisers were held during certain home games at the South Okanagan Events Centre, where $2 raffle tickets accumulated more than $15,000. Ticket salespeople volunteered from the Penticton Rotary Club. Last month, a portion of that money was divided between local schools to support their breakfast programs, which ensure that no student has to begin the day without a meal. Carmi Elementary received a donation of $2,902; KVR Middle School was given $1,500; Queens Park, Columbia and West Bench elementary schools were issued $4,063; and Parkway Elementary gained $2,944. Penticton’s Canadian Tire Jumpstart program, which offers a generous sports allowance to disadvantaged families, saw its account topped up by $1,117. Though Jumpstart is a national program, the funds raised in each community are distributed locally.
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B.C. Government Employees retired Association monthly meeting at 10 a.m. in the Penticton Library Theatre Room. Guest speaker is René Goldman, author of A Childhood on the Move. t he B ereavement resourCe Centre at 626 Martin St. hosts weekly drop-in grief support sessions at 6:30 p.m. Adults welcome. Call 250-4901107 for more info. volunteer inCome tax Program on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon at the Salvation Army and Tuesdays from 1 to 3 p.m. at St. Saviours Anglican church until the end of April. senior sinGles from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Penticton Golf and Country Club. Call 250-492-7078 for more info. alCoholiCs anonymous has daily meetings in Penticton and area. Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours) for more information. BinGo every Wednesday in the Legion hall with the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m. Lunches are available. Care Closet thrift Store at 574 Main St. has weekly specials and special auctions. Spring to summer changeover on March 30. Open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds to the local hospital and hospice. Donations welcome. oliver douBle o Quilters have drop-in activities Wednesdays. the PentiCton aCademy of Music String Orchestra rehearses from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. in the lounge of the Leir House, 220 Manor Park Ave. New members welcome. Please call 250-493-7977 for more info. anavets has humP Day with Stu’s kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon. Entertainment by Shindigger. Dinner by Stu at 5:30 p.m. al-anon for friends and family of alcoholics at 7:30 p.m. at United Church, 696 Main St. Call 250-490-9272 for info.
KiWanis CluB meets at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at 390 Brunswick St. Call 250-493-8901 for info. south main droP-in Centre has beginner line dance at 9 a.m., medical Qi Gong at 10 a.m., coffee social 10 a.m. to noon, easy to intermediate line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m., Pilates at 3:30 p.m., tai chi at 3:30 p.m., ukulele strumalong at 6:30 p.m. CarPet BoWlinG from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Recreation and Wellness Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. oKanaGan falls seniors’ Centre has music and coffee from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and carpet bowling at 1 p.m. summerland art CluB meets Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Summerland Library. Painters of all levels welcome. Workshops available. Contact Mary at 250494-5851 for info. foster Care info sessions every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at MCFD Resource Office. For info call Moe at 250770-7524 or visit www. fosterbc.ca or www.mcf. gov.bc.ca/foster. PentiCton duPliCate BridGe Club has games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1 p.m. and the Under 100 Club Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Penticton Legion on Martin St. Call Birgitta at 250-770-1154 for info. seniors’ reCreation and Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Call Betty at 250-4900468 for more information.
Thursday March 26
oKanaGan symPhony lunchsuPPorters eon from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Shatford Centre, guest speaker is OSO Board member Harriet Rogan, live entertainment and networking. Tickets $20 (available at the door). All money raised goes to support local musicians and the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra. Drop-ins encouraged.
s outh o KanaGan naturalists Club have a general meeting at 7 p.m. in the Penticton United Church. Featured speakers are Eva Durance and Merle Kindred with their adventures on a 2008 naturalist tour of Southern India. Blood donor CliniC from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Dropin Centre at 2965 South Main. Book your appointment online at www. blood.ca, GiveBlood app or call 1-888-236-6283 to check your eligibility prior to donating. line danCinG With Claire Denney every Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Oliver Seniors Centre, 5876 Airport St. Call Claire at 778-439-2070 for information. fitness friends meets every Monday and Thursday in the Legion hall, 502 Martin St. at 10 a.m. Come lose those extra pounds. Call Dot at 250-492-5400 for info. elKs CluB has snowball darts at 7 p.m. toPs B.C. 1640 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bethel Church basement at 945 Main St. Phone Beverley at 250493-5968 or Liz at 250493-7997 for more info. royal Canadian leGion branch 40 has crib at 7 p.m., 502 Martin St. anavets has their kitchen open 9 a.m. to noon, 269 Darts club at 7:30 p.m. fraternal order of the Eagles has tacos at 5 p.m. and musical trivia bingo at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. toPs (taKe off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 523 Jermyn Ave. Call Merle at 250770-8093. WeeKly suPPort GrouP at the Penticton Regional Hospital Mood Clinic for family or friends of any person who has a mental illness. Call 250-493-7338 for details. south main droP-in Centre has Spanish conversation and carpet bowling at 10 a.m., improver line dance, bingo and a crafters meeting at 1 p.m.
Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance activities. desert saGe sPinners and Weavers Guild meets at 10 a.m. at the Oliver Community Centre. 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. line danCinG at the Oliver Senior Centre at 10 a.m. Get moving with Claire Denney. Call 778439-2070 for more info.
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March 27 Blood donor CliniC from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Dropin Centre at 2965 South Main. Book your appointment online at www. blood.ca, GiveBlood app or call 1-888-236-6283 to check your eligibility prior to donating. latin niGht With the Funtimers Ballroom Dance Club from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Salsa, Cha Cha, Rumba, Mambo and Samba line dance and beginner salsa lessons at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. with John and Wendy of Get Bent upstairs at the Elks Lodge. Tickets are $5 per person, all dancers welcome, including new and beginners. anavets has stu’s kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon. Mixed doubles pool at 7 p.m. and karaoke at 7:30 p.m. south main droP-in Centre has yoga at 9 a.m., Tai Chi at 10:30 a.m., mah jong at 1 p.m., beginnerplus line dance at 1 p.m. t he B ereavement resourCe Centre at 626 Martin St. has weekly drop-in grief support sessions Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Adults welcome. For more info on other available programs or support in the loss of a pet, please call 250-490-1107. eaGles friday niGht Live with dinner at 5 p.m. Entertainment at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. royal Canadian leGion branch 40 has fish and chips lunch at 11:30 a.m., First Responders dinner
and dance at 5:30 p.m. with entertainment by Shindigger to follow. Tickets ar $12. al-anon meets at the Oasis United Church at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. from 6 to 7 p.m. For info call 250-490-9272. seniors sinGles lunCh Club welcomes 65-plus each Friday. For location call 250-496-5980 or 250770-8622. PentiCton seniors ComPuter Club dropin sessions Monday and Friday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 439 Winnipeg St. People may sign up for memberships, classes or have computer problems
solved. Picture class on Mondays from 2:30 to 4 p.m. elKs CluB on Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m. the oliver senior Centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo with a loonie pot every Friday at 1 p.m. 890 WinG of South Okanagan Air Force Association meets at 4 p.m. in the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave.
uPCOMinG eVenTs the leGion ladies Auxiliary Spring Tea held in the hall, 502
Martin St. from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on March 28. Bake, jewellery and white elephant tables, raffles with the pot of gold etc. and our special cake walk. Sandwiches and lots of desserts for just $5. ZumBa fitness Party for Pathways Addictions Resource Centre from 6 to 9 p.m. on March 28 featuring Ricardo Marmitte, hosted by Sunrise Pharmacy. at the Shatford Centre in Penticton. Tickets $25 at Sunrise Pharmacy, Pathways, Dog Town Café. For more info 778-476-7473.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Penticton Western News
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c o m m u nSALES i t yPERSON : Michael
Rocky beach is an emerald in Penticton File: 150325-Black Press Thompson Okanagan Interior South Publications: Thompson Okanagan Kamloops,Kelowna, Penticton, Salmon Arm, Vernon
Print date: Week of March 25th week
Penticton Coun-Tel: 604-575-5807 / 5814 cil recently discussedFax: 604-575-4886 designating the Riddle Road Block, 300 acresContact: Julia Kretsch/ of city owned land onSue Borthwick the rocky bench in thejulia.kretsch@blackpress.ca northeast sector, as a community forest. Circulation: 149,691 The idea was welcomed by a variety ofFile type: PDF groups from mountain bikers to naturalists likeSize: 5.833” x 14” us, who own adjacent Jim Ginns property. The different1/2 page Nature Colour ad Wise groups have different reasons for supporting Plant Program against the Block as a greenDue:knapweed, toadflax, March 17th space. Regardless, St. John’s-wort and Penticton needs more hound’s-tongue. natural (wild) parkland. The land is varFor years we have ied from sand and silt used this acreage as our banks, seepages, bedpark, shared with cy- rock outcroppings to clists, hikers, horseback rocky gullies. It supriders, joggers, birders, ports a surprisingly dicattle and, lately, fris- verse group of native bee golfers. plants and animals. The land has been Despite years of cattle rather neglected with grazing there remains many dead trees fall- a large and varied asing haphazardly. Some sortment of native trees have been har- wild flowers such as vested for firewood but sagebrush buttercups, much debris remains as pussytoes, several types a fire hazard in this in- of desert parsley, shootterface zone. The area ing stars, death camas, is well forested where bitterroot, Okanagan the land permits but sunflowers, scarlet gilpatches need thinning. ia, shrubby penstemon, The few small pastures several orchids and have been over-grazed even remnants of yamand are now covered pa, once collected by in weeds. There is bad First Nations’ women erosion where trails are for food. worn. Bird life is abundant Local land owners in season. Through the have done some work to year about 80 species of alleviate these problems birds use the block; for like cutting trees and example pygmy nutbranches off trails and hatches, pileated woodfence lines, weeding to peckers, Swainson’s prevent noxious weed thrush, Clark’s nutseeds from spreading crackers, pygmy owls, and using bio-controls Townsend’s solitaires, supplied by the Re- mountain chickadees, gional District Invasive red crossbills, poorwills
and western bluebirds find food and nest sites here. Mule and whitetail deer, black bear, coyotes, ground squirrels and red squirrels, Nuttall’s cottontail rabbits, live here year-round. Few people know that part of the Penticton elk herd winters here, though their numbers are declining due to new fencing which prevents their easy access to Okanagan lake water. They are probably enjoying better ground that has grown after the fire in Okanagan Mountain. Park. Keeping this property wild will help to keep wildlife where it belongs and not on Front Street. Future use of this area should be based upon an awareness that the existing populations of plants and animals on the land will not survive extensive human-based activities. The South Okanagan Naturalists’ Club’s monthly meeting is March 26 in the United Church, 696 Main St., Penticton at 7 p.m. The featured speakers, Eva Durance and Merle Kindred will show and tell us of their adventures in southern India. All are welcome. For details see www.southokanagannature.com. Jim Ginns is a member of South Okanagan Naturalists’ Club, BC Field Ornithologists and the Native Plant Society of BC but the views expressed here are his own.
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