SUMMERLAND REVIEW THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1908
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S U M M E R L A N D,
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T H U R S D AY,
APRIL
23,
2015
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WHAT’S INSIDE:
Singing
The Summerland Children’s Choir entertained crowds with a performance last week.
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French immersion
John Arendt
A French immersion classroom will be added at Summerland Middle School.
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Electronic bills
The municipality is encouraging residents to switch to electronic utility bills.
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Choral music
Members of a musical ensemble are preparing for their spring concerts.
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Car racing
A Summerland racing driver competed in Tennessee on the weekend.
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Clinic funded
A pledge from the Summerland Health Care Auxiliary will fund a clinic at the Penticton Regional Hospital.
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Talent show
John Arendt Summerland Review
Martha Headland sings during the 13th annual Community Talent Show at Centre Stage Theatre last week. The show was hosted by Summerland Secondary School. All proceeds will go to the Lohoda Orphanage in Arusha, Tanzania. This summer, students from the school will travel to Tanzania to continue with improvements to the orphanage.
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Wind farm okayed
Construction will begin later this year on project near Summerland
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B.C. Hydro will construct a new wind farm near Summerland over the next year. The 15-megawatt Shinish Creek Wind Farm is one of three projects announced by B.C. Hydro last week. The others are the 15-megawatt Pennask Wind Farm near West Kelowna and the 15-megawatt Septimus Creek Wind Farm near Taylor. Construction on all three projects will begin later this year and all are expected to produce power beginning in late 2016. The wind farms will be constructed in agreements with Zero Emission Energy Developments Inc., a developer based in White Road. “With the support of stakeholders and First Nations, coupled with exceptional programs like BC Hydro’s Standing Offer program,
ZED is very pleased to develop B.C.’s first small scale, community-based wind power projects,” said Alastair King, president and CEO of the company. “ZED is also proud to provide British Columbians, and their future generations emissions free, renewable energy for many years to come.” The Shinish Creek Wind Farm, roughly 30 kilometres west of Summerland, will have five turbines, strung in a line along a ridge. Dina Matterson, standing offer program manager with B.C. Hydro, said the developer of the project, Zero Emission, has planned the locations of each of the turbines so they will not interfere with migratory bird flight paths. Earlier, when the wind farm had been proposed in 2011, the South Okanagan Naturalists’ Club had raised concerns about the effects of the wind generators on the flight paths of sandhill cranes and other migratory birds. See POWER Page 3
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