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Amelia Hayden, nine, and Axel Remillard, one, warm up for the Hike for Hospice Sunday at Polson Park. The event raised $39,000 for programs and services offered by the North Okanagan Hospice Society. Elaine Host and Brian McCallion, with Ruth McGrath Dance studio, perform to Grease’s You’re the One That I Want to promote Dancing with the Vernon Stars. Vernon Hospice House volunteer Audrey Sutton walks with Panadda Kosakarn, grief and bereavement counsellor, and retired nurse Nora Fulop.

Politicians remain parked against road plans RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff

Local politicians refuse to budge from opposition to plans for Cosens Bay Road. On Wednesday, Regional District of North Okanagan directors turned down a request from the Cosens Bay Property Owners Society to support a Ministry of Transportation bid to have a 20-metre right-of-way removed from Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park so safety and maintenance

issues can be addressed along the road. “I haven’t heard anything compelling that changes what we discussed,” said director Juliette Cunningham. Directors took a stance April 1 when they adopted a motion opposing a right-ofCunningham way greater than what

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Help needed for Nepal’s forgotten children Since 1961, Sir Edmund Hillary’s Himalayan Trust, has supported schools in Nepal’s Everest area. Monasteries in Asia have sent financial assistance to educate young monks. But in Gorkha, many schools have been forgotten. Devi Jal Kumari School, in remote Aaprik Village, is one of them. Since the earthquake, and after this story was written, more than 8,000 homes in surrounding villages have collapsed. PATTI SHALES LEFKOS Special to The Morning Star

School attendance isn’t meant to be life threatening, but in this derelict mud and stone building in earthquake territory in Gorkha, Nepal, it is. Dark-eyed students leaned back on narrow benches to peer up through cracks between roughhewn boards from their main floor classroom at Devi Jal Kumari school. I returned their gaze from the second storey room where I stood. Dust motes danced in shafts of sunlight streaming between gaps in the ceiling above. Stones and timbers littered the floor of the room, resting where they had fallen. Heavy slate tiles precariously supported by sagging rafters and splitting beams weighed heavily on the 53-year old mud and stone structure. In this school, umbrellas were the classroom accoutrement of choice during the monsoon season. Volunteer Teaching I was visiting Devi Jal Kumari School in Aaprik Vilaage on my day off from volunteering as an English teacher in a school a sixhour drive away in another village. That school, with its gray cement walls and floors, crowded classrooms, and almost total lack

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Kindergarten and grade 4 students doubled up in one woefully inadequate classroom as the kindergarten classroom was condemned. of supplies shocked me. Now it seemed like a state of the art educational facility compared to Devi Jal Kumari, the school I was visiting. Arrival at Devi Jal Kumari School, Aaprik Village I stepped down out of the Mihendra four-wheel drive onto the patchy grass, rarely flattened by vehicle tires. Pressing palms together in the traditional greeting, a slender man, about 40 years of age, extended his hand to assist me. “Namaste. I am Hari Sharma, school principal,” he said. The straight line of his dark eyebrows, his furrowed brow, neatly trimmed moustache and crisp white shirt accentuated his serious demeanour.

A younger man slipped from behind. His eyes crinkled against the searing sun. The sleeves of his blue shirt were rolled up to display muscled forearms. Ballpoint pens, one red, one blue, in his shirt pocket, suggested official educational status. “Welcome. My name is Kumar,” he said. “I will escort you to our school”. Later introduced as the vice-principal, Kumar extended his arms over my bowed head and gently placed a grass malla necklace around my neck. A sea of sky blue school uniform shirts and blouses lined the barely metre-wide tramped earth pathway to the school. Kumar led our party through the village. The students’ blue shirts, still clean and

pressed despite the hot and dusty hour or more walk to school, contrasted with the dusty ochre and acorn-toned surroundings. We passed haystacks towering over the tallest students. We stepped up stairways created by massive stones. We caught glimpses of buffalo, gray and almond-coated goats and squawking bronze-feathered chickens next to single storey hand built stone and timber homes. Challenging Journey We had left Ratmate Village at 7:30 a.m. Keshar, our 25-year-old driver had the tousled inch-long, wavy hair of a disco singer. A shiny red Adidas T-shirt with a couple of silver lines stretched across this

slender chest above dark gray pinstriped dress pants and silver flip flops. Driving for two years only, Keshar had purchased the 2009 Mihendra, Jeep wannabe, truck, used, for $16,000. Always good to have a driver who owns his own car. They’re usually much more careful. Within minutes every surface in the car, including ourselves, was covered in a dust dubbed Nepali powder by the locals. The first section of road was barely wide enough for one vehicle. The twofoot high bushes growing along the centre gave the impression the road didn’t see much vehicle traffic. A few of the sharpest hairpin turns required Keshar to back up a couple of times to make it around. I tried not to look over the precipice. No seat belts or guard rails in site. At several terror-inducing corners a row of two-inch thick slate rocks, each about four feet high and two feet wide, stood as sentinels forming a hastily adapted guardrail, seeming to me more like prescient headstones predicting the fate of those who missed the turn.

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Vernon’s Patti Shales Lefkos presents sports equipment paid for partially by donations of BX Elementary Grade 5 students to Mr. Hari Sharma, principal of Devi Jal Kumari School.

Classroom conditions unsafe ing to the local centre, Arughat, an hour of rolling with the flow along the Stull Khola

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Canadian Tire’s plans for Vernon remain unknown. Canadian Tire has concluded an agreement to acquire 12 real estate leases formerly held by Target, including the space at Vernon’s Village Green Centre. “At this time we have no new information to provide,” said Sandra Buckler, vice-president of the Canadian Tire Corporation. The transaction is subject to the approval of the court overseeing Target’s creditor pro-

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Residents can check out the 57th annual Interior Logging Association conference and trade show. Today and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., there will be 90 pieces of equipment in the Kal Tire Place parking lot and 40 displays inside the facility. “It provides an opportunity to learn about the industry and its importance to the community,” said Wayne Lintott, general manager of the VernonWayne Lintott based ILA. The public can also attend a number of seminars for free at the Best Western Vernon Lodge. They include steep slope logging updates today at 10 am., a safe companies update today at 2:30 p.m. and workplace safety law reform in New Zealand Saturday at 9 a.m. Motivational speaker Philip Jones will provide tips on “How to fit a heart attack into your busy schedule,” Saturday at 1:30 p.m. it is a light-hearted look at managing stress. The convention will attract 400 delegates. For more information, go to www.interiorlogging.org.

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his time of year tends to bring out a lot of crankiness in me because it’s the time of year when everything seems to kick into high gear. Yesterday’s school track meet is followed by today’s cupcake-making, for which I was informed on the way out the door Thursday morning that “I need to bring icing sugar and sprinkles.” I’m happy to help, but with no time to get to the grocery store this week, I opened the cupboard, grabbed a half-opened bag of sugar, some Easter-themed sprinkles and threw it all in a bag. Then there are backKatherine Mortimer to-back rehearsals for this year’s Lights of Broadway show, Shrek the Musical, (shameless plug: tickets available at Ticket Seller and it will be an amazing show) and racing back and forth to the theatre, making sure the makeup case is packed, hair accessories are in order and there are plenty of snacks on hand. Throughout all of this I’m trying to maintain some semblance of getting things accomplished at work. When I was in kindergarten, I played a Christmas tree in our class play. My costume was a white pillow case on which my mother had helped me draw a picture of a Christmas tree, with ornaments. I don’t remember my mother running around like the proverbial chicken with its head cut off over this performance, selling tickets, baking cakes for the intermission or doing my hair and make up. She had three children and was a stayat-home mom and somehow made it all look easy, although I have no doubt she was exhausted a lot of the time. My dad was a big help when he could be, but he worked long hours and so a lot of the day-to-day stuff fell to my mom. Of course, when you’re a kid, you have

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no idea what your parents do, how hard they work, how there are times they want to drop from sheer fatigue, and that money doesn’t actually grow on trees. Other mothers I know find that this is the time of year where they want to curl up into a fetal position and just retreat from the world, such are the constant activities that involve driving kids from one activity to the next. As parents, particularly if we also hold down a full-time job outside of the home (because being an at-home mom is without a doubt a full-time job, without the perks of coffee and lunch breaks), we are pulled in so many directions. I have only one child, who wants to take part in every activity there is. She would do organized, extra-curricular activities seven days a week if I let her. I don’t let her of course because she needs down time to just be a kid, to play with her friends, to relax, to play in her room, and for that matter, so do I. One of the great joys of parenthood is seeing your child enjoying their activities and I wouldn’t miss any of this for the world. But I do sometimes wonder about the pace parents are expected to keep these days. As I watch Mad Men, I’m grateful we’ve come a long way from the days when it was a novelty to have a woman in a position of power and when women didn’t have a lot of choice as to whether or not they wanted to work. And frankly, Betty Draper looks miserable most of the time. At the same time, women can’t have it all, at least not all at the same time. Something has to give. That’s why for Mother’s Day this year, I give thanks not only for the great gift of motherhood, for my own mother and mother-in-law, but also for the women in my life who have taken on the role of surrogate auntie and grandmother to my daughter, who love and care for her and make sure she gets to and from activities when I can’t be in two places at once. Happy Mother’s Day, Cara and Treya — you are a blessing in our lives.

The polls said it could happen, actually that it would happen, but still nobody really believed it was going to happen. Until it did. The polls, for a change, were right and Alberta tossed Tory Blue Tuesday after 43 years of rule like a bad steak, and ushered in a wave of Orange NDP and everyone is still catching their breath in the aftermath. Premier-elect Rachel Notley and her newbie NDPers went from four seats to about 53 seats and a majority government. Meanwhile outgoing premier Jim Prentice led (ahem) his party to a handful of seats, the end of a political era, and to a sudden resignation of his own seat. Game, set, match. How this happened is in full analysis mode: an unpopular budget, low oil prices and a shaky economy, a party history of a sense of entitlement and disconnect with the taxpayers that Prentice couldn’t shake and may have even perpetuated. OK, so the electorate decided it was time to teach them a lesson in humility but it should be noted that the PCs didn’t just lose this election, the NDP also won it. And Wildrose came in a distant second. Notley won the TV debate hands down and kept on a positive message that obviously appealed to the masses (although it should be noted that the PCs and Wildrose actually garnered 52 per cent of the popular vote and Notley would be wise to keep that statistic in mind). So the winds of political change have blown through Alberta and we’re all waiting to see what happens next: including whether this means anything in relation to the upcoming federal election. Maybe. Maybe not. But what it does reveal is that anything is possible in politics and that everyone’s vote does count. In fact, when the people speak, it can be a history-making event. Congratulations and good luck to Canada’s newest premier.

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wo letters published in a recent Morning Star make arguments concerning democracy that are misleading. The headline letter, "Speaking up for democracy," is essentially an attack on the Supreme Court of Canada, described as being, “a threat of eroded democracy in this country.” This is becoming a familiar refrain from the Harper Conservatives as they attempt to wrangle full control of all government institutions to work in their favour. The reverse is more accurate. The Supreme Court of Canada is the last institution to have fallen under Conservative control after Parliament. The references provided are all solidly right-wing promoters. Gordon Gibson works with the right-wing think tank, the Fraser Institute, along with other luminaries such as Preston Manning and Stockwell Day. The Supreme Court, it should be noted, consists of nine judges, of whom seven have been appointed by Harper. Harper has lost several SCC cases on the basis of A RESPONSE If I had not read the full context of Alice Klim's letter to the editor April 1, I would have assumed it was submitted as an April Fool's joke. But no it was for real. Anyone who read the letter should now understand why municipal, provincial and national parks were established. Protecting special areas from the self-interested people of the world was first and foremost on their minds. Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park is definitely one of those protected areas. Yes, the grasslands and the snakes, frogs and the countless other animals and birds, etc. do matter to most of us, even though you may not think so. I do know that Cougar Canyon is a beautiful part of the park but I also know your motivation in promoting it is again self interest, as you can use that area of the park to convince others to upgrade the road as it also leads to your cabin. But remember the park is much more than just your lakeshore property and Cougar Canyon. I would suggest that you and 90 per cent of the cabin owners in the area knew upon purchase of the property that there was water access only and I would also suggest many of the original owners were motivated to buy for

judgements from these appointees. To decry the Supreme Court as "arcane” (Oxford English: mysterious, secret) and as “a threat to democracy” is only playing into Harper’s plan (as per the Supreme Court of the U.S.) to have the Supreme Court of Canada submissive to the wishes of the Conservative government. The second letter, "Voting and representhat very reason, but that is another sore spot that will sort itself out later. No the park was not purchased and set up just for people and not rattlesnakes as you suggest. It was set in place to protect this special area and its natural environment so it could be enjoyed in its natural state by this and future generations. I understand that the environment is not as it was 100 years ago, but it will now be preserved as is for eternity unless people lobby to degrade it and create even more damage than what has already been done by your precious road. As a side note to your comments about Cougar Canyon, I have biked, hiked and driven to some very beautiful parts of the world without travelling on paved roads and trails. We should, as a community, along with our many visitors, be able to do the same. As for the rattlesnakes, please remember they are an endangered species which I hope will be protected and held in higher esteem than the folks who are trying to destroy their environment. By the way, should you ever feel you want to improve the park, maybe you can walk some of the hiking trails and remove some of the bagged dog feces and other dog poop on the

tation" asks for mandatory voting as a cure for “true representation” in Parliament. Mandatory voting does not create a representative government. The way in which to establish that is to have a representational legislature based on percentage of votes. If the Conservatives receive 40 per cent of the vote, they should have the 123 seats trail that has been left by dog owners who also seem to have no respect for our provincial and municipal parks. Am I upset with your road access? You bet. Doug MacGregor IN AGREEMENT Kudos to Marg Kardelis's letter "No dogs on the beach please." I totally agree with keeping our beaches free of dogs. I want my grandchildren to enjoy playing in clean sand. As for the letter "Unleash the beach" by Jane Eason, I'm sorry but I totally disagree. Most dog owners would like free reign of the entire city with their pets but this should never happen. The majority of dog owners do not pick up after their pets unless someone is looking. I hate walking down any of our streets or avenues after the snow is gone, in spring. Instead of nice green lawn beside the sidewalk, you'll find dog poop every few feet for the first month or so until the unfortunate property owners get time to clean up after some irresponsible dog owners This might not be you but it only takes one dog owner who doesn't pick up to walk their dog daily down the same route and we find 30 to 100 spots to clean up in spring. There are plenty of dog trails in the city and

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representative of that. If the Greens have four per cent of the votes they should have the 12 seats that are representative of that. Our current, first-past-the-post system works well to maintain party alignments and control. A truly representative government would frequently result in coalition governments as happens all the time in many other countries in the world. Even that does not guarantee democracy to the people if the government is overall generally racially or ethnically biased towards a minority that may or may not have the vote, or have rules limiting their freedoms. There are other limits to democracy (corporate laws and trade agreements among others) but the Supreme Court is not one of them. It is their position to maintain a distance from the legislative process and act not for the governing Conservative party, but for the Constitution and the Charter for the people of Canada. Jim Miles

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Armstrong council gave unanimous three readings to its annual Regional District of North Okanagan, regional hospital district and Okanagan Regional Library property tax requisitions bylaw. “These requisitions are in the form of revenue required to fund our share of regional services,” said city chief financial officer Terry Martens. “The city then calculates the tax rates necessary to generate the required revenue from our taxpayers.” RDNO’s requisition is up 2.2 per cent or $5,558 from 2014. The effect on the average residential property in Armstrong is $0.67. The regional hospital requisition is 2015 is $210,730, which represents an increase of $7,959 (3.9 per cent) from 2014, and will effect the average property in the city by $2.03. The library requisition is $177,090, an increase of 3.8 per cent or $6,526 from 2014, which will cost Armstrong residents $1.14.

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Discussion takes a look at concussions fragile – about the conMost people are sistency of Jello. And unaware that concus- those who have had a sion is brain injury. But serious concussion are increased awareness more susceptible to is growing to change another, especially if the new injury that, particuo c c u rs larly with an b e f o r e upcoming event symptoms Concussion from the in B.C. – An previous I n v i s i b l e concusEpidemic May sion have 14. completely Dr. Shelina Shelina Babul resolved. Babul, associAn individate director/ ual could sports injury specialist with the B.C. then experience a condiInjury Research and tion known as “second Prevention Unit, will be impact syndrome” that sharing her expertise on can result in lifelong concussion at the event brain injury. Evidence suggests at VantageOne Credit Union, presented by that youth are at a higher risk than adults, and Nixon Wenger. As a result of pro- therefore prevention fessional athletes such and education from an as Sidney Crosby, there early age is paramount. is increased awareness New tools have been about the seriousness developed in B.C., and of brain injury and the at the forefront is Babul. The new Concussion effect of repeated trauAwareness Training ma to the brain. Our brains are very Toolkit (CATT) has Morning Star Staff

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Budget far from boring in Canadians’ hands is good for the economy, but it also will help many Canadians to save for their first home or retirement and our government is assisting Canadians accomplish this by increasing the limits on the tax free savings account. Increases in the universal child care benefit will help save Colin Mayes parents for their children’s education. Canada’s government will also give a 20 per cent boost to registered educational savings plans (RESPs) where parents have invested $160 per month for the first six years. If parents choose to likewise invest the $60 monthly child care benefit for children aged seven to 17 in the RESP, they will be able to save $25,000 by the

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Vernon’s team dominated the Western Canadian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Burnaby last weekend. Athletes competed in Levels 3 to 6 hoping to qualify for nationals (top-10) in Novice, Junior and Senior national categories. Vernon won 20 medals and registered 39 top-8 placings in addition to having two overall champions. Kelsey Anderson, who started the season with an unfortunate collarbone injury (from snow shovelling), came back and won the Senior Title by a landslide with consistent and engaged routines. Anastasia Martens, perhaps following in her mother and coach Camille’s footsteps, came through an undefeated season and headed in as the favourite being B.C. Provincial Champion. Her musicality and athleticism shone through and she was crowned the level 5 overall champion, winning the ball routine. Isabella Haldane shone brightly in the intensely competitive national novice category and pocketed PHOTO SUBMITTED three medals (free, ball and overall) and is on her Vernon’s Kelsey Anderson performs a ring balance at the Western championships. way to nationals. Halle Moger, last year’s level 3 champion, was Wessels won ribbon in the same division. Leah Defeo took the sixth overall to also earn a spot at the nationals. Novice Rema Buschow-Pander of Saskatchewan, who recently ball title in Level 6. Camille Martens, owner of Okanagan Rhythmic Gymnastics relocated to Vernon to train with the team, also advances to Club, was Canada’s most medaled athlete at the 1994 nationals. In National Junior, Emmalee Holland, in her first year as a Commonwealth Games in Victoria with five medals. A shining star on the Grand Prix circuit, Camille was Canada’s National stream athlete, burst onto the scene claiming multiple only rhythmic representative at the 1996 Olympic Games in top-8 results and earning the coveted junior berth at Nationals. The national championships will take place at the Richmond Atlanta, where she finished 33rd overall. She is an NCCP level 3 certified coach and a National level Olympic Oval at the end of May. Meagan Lightfoot took the Level 5 clubs crown, while Abby judge.

Science class turned into Hockey 101 for a while Thursday morning at George Elliot Secondary in Lake Country. Vernon minor hockey products and longtime friends Coleton Bilodeau and Powell Connor were cheered as their classmates watched them be selected in the Western Hockey League Bantam Draft in Calgary. “We got the teachers to put the draft on the screen so we saw our names come up while we were in class,” said Connor, a defenceman, selected in the eighth round, 176th, by the Saskatoon Blades. Bilodeau, a centre/right winger, also went in round 8, getting chosen 162nd by the Moose Jaw Warriors. The Bantam Draft allows for the orderly transfer of players to WHL Protected Player Lists (PPL) from the bantam ranks (14-15 year old players). “I was picked a little later than I expected, but I’m happy,” said Bilodeau, a 6-foot-1, 170-pounder who played with Connor at Pursuit of Excellence Bantam Prep in Kelowna this season, earning 6-511 in 16 regular-season games. “I talked to a few teams, but not Moose Jaw. I had a pretty good year. There were times I definitely could have played better.” The Moose Jaw prospects camp goes May 28-31. Connor, a 6-foot, 160-pounder, earned seven assists in 18 regular-season POE games He helped his team win the recent B.C. Under 16 Cup. “I hadn’t talked to Saskatoon and I wasn’t sure I was gonna get drafted,” said Connor, who turned 15 on Monday. Both players are undecided whether they will go the Major Junior or Junior A route. The Seattle Thunderbirds selected 5-foot-4 F Chase Sakic of Colorado in the eighth round. He is the son of Hall of Famer Joe Sakic.

Timber crush Courvas 7-1 in NOSL showdown After four weeks, the North Enderby Timber are the only undefeated team in the North Okanagan Soccer League. NET scored early and often to crush Courvas of Salmon Arm 7-1 Wednesday night at MacDonald Park. The Timber are 4-0, Courvas 3-1. Pat Schindler scored a beautiful header crossed in from Adam Marwood for the first strike. Shortly after, Chris Ovens nodded in a Fabrice Fanfani feed after Fanfani beat several defenders and curled the ball to Ovens. Courvas gave up an own goal with Brent Poulsen applying endless pressure resulting in a panic clearance into the

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nequins before burying a shot. Turn-Key Controls moved into a tie for second with Courvas by drawing 2-2 with Eagle Homes Nation of Domination at Jackson Secondary in Salmon Arm. Turn-Key had numerous early chances and Enzo Paal opened the scoring when he finished a shot short side. Shortly after, Turn-Key paid for their inability to finish when Eagle Homes converted on one of their few chances of the half. Preston Tucker gave Turn-Key the 2-1 lead going into the recess when a through ball from Thomas Pool banked its way off a defender and found Tucker’s foot.

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Megan Little (left) of Fulton Maroons and Ava Haldane of Seaton Sonics race to a 50/50 ball in a junior girls soccer game Wednesday at MacDonald Park. Seaton won 5-0 to claim the league title at 4-0. The playoffs start Monday with the Sonics facing Kal and VSS playing Salmon Arm. Cayleigh Graham scored four times as Fulton iced VSS 6-0 in the zone senior girls final Tuesday. Morgan Binns and Ashley Glinsbockel also scored. Fulton is in the Valleys next week.

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The NET Celtics made it rain on a stormy Tuesday night, beating Do Itt Drywall 4-0 in Division 1 women’s soccer play at MacDonald Park. Alana Young opened the scoring midway through the first half after a corner. Do Itt Drywall’s keeper made a great save but Young popped in the rebound. Ashley Krause scored her first of two on a calmly taken free kick, Krause tried to curl the ball over and around the wall and a defender made contact with the shot to dupe the Drywall keeper. The 2-1-1 Celtics’ third goal came from veteran Genevieve Nice, who found a loose ball in the box and hammered it top shelf. NET finished the scoring when Carly Smith found a streaking Krause, who beat a defender to give herself a breakaway. Krause showed great composure slotting the ball past the

keeper short side with her left foot. Brittney Pepper and Lenai Schmidt of Do Itt Drywall showed great leadership by working tirelessly with great tenacity throughout the entire game. Lana Finley scored once and set up two earlier goals leading Peacock Sheridan Group (PSG) over Little Tex Outlaws 3-0 in Division 1 play Tuesday at MacDonald Park. Finley fed Jenna Cole at 30 minutes to get things going for the 3-0 Reds. Little Tex pressed the PSG back four in the fairly even first half. Finley cranked a 25-yard missile off the crossbar, but the rebound was wrangled up by the 1-3 Tex defence. Finley later took the ball down the right flank, outraced the outside back and crossed a low ball back into the top of the 18, to an oncoming Caito MacNeil, who volleyed the ball firmly into the wide open net. Finley closed out the scoring on a partial breakaway splitting the Tex backline.

Tayber McLean and Joey Mazzei pulled hat tricks as the red-hot Fairfield Marriot North Okanagan Legends ambushed Shuswap #2 11-1 in Pee Wee B lacrosse play Wednesday night at Enderby Arena. Ephren Potter-Kramer and Jacob Fox each counted deuces, while Jacob Defeo had a single in front of Jeremy Gill. The undefeated Legends got 3+1 from Mazzei in a 5-3 win over Penticton #2 Sunday at Rutland Arena. Captain Ethan Harshenin and Wyatt Anderson also scored, while Jakob Aeichele and Jesse Godwin earned clutch assists. Gill recorded 21 saves. The Legends unleashed 57 shots while enjoying period leads of 2-1 and 4-2. In Saturday play in Rutland, Defeo and Anderson each pocketed 3+2 and Mazzeis scored three times as the Fairfield crew smothered Kelowna #2 12-1. Harshenin produced 1+2, while Fox and Thomas Pain supplied singles. Kohl Killingbeck was dynamite defensively. Gill made 12 stops. The Shepherd’s Hardware North Okanagan Legends #1 fell 8-7 to the Legends #2 in Novice action Tuesday night at Hassen Memorial Arena. The Shepherd’s crew fought back to level the score before giving up two late goals. Tiegen Evans, Colton Colmorgen and Zac Milne each had a pair of goals, while Bradley Scabar had a single. Aidan Wattie notched a pair of assists while Cam Ward and Milne added helpers. Evan Hopkins was strong in net. Gunnar Nyberg led North Okanagan #2 with a hat trick while Brady Kuziw and Carston Disher had two goals each. Nate Williamson added a goal and two assists and Jace Collard notched an assist in support of Tyler Martin. Shepherd’s lost 9-5 to the the Shuswap Outlaws Sunday in Enderby. Colmorgen led the hardware gang with a deuce, while Milne, Evans and Jakob Friesen garnered singles. The Tim Hortons/Sun Valley Source For Sports Legend Tykes played a friendly with the Kelowna Kodiaks at Nor-Val Sports Centre. Shaymus Foisy-Waterstreet and Grayson McKeown were fabulous in goal for the Legends, while Connor Johnson, Milani Ritchie and Wyatt Stowards turned in some great runs.

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The UBCO Junior Heat won the U17 basketball SFU Spring Fling last weekend. Kristy Fugel and Anna Rice, both of the VSS Panthers, Megan Rouault of the Fulton Maroons and Jenna Mulholland of the Charles Bloom Timberwolves play for the Heat. Rouault sank five points as the Heat stopped the U16 AthElite Selects 47-41 in the final. Rouault chipped in with five points. Rouault drained six points as the Heat opened with a 38-26 win over Strathcona of Edmonton. The Heat iced the U17 AthElite Selects 55-16.

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Koalden Gudeit-Oakden (left) and Satchel McDermid of Fulton try to take down VSS ball carrier Riley Bos in junior rugby action Wednesday at Grahame Park.

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The Fulton Maroons brushed back the VSS Panthers 29-26 in North Zone Junior Boys Rugby League action Wednesday at Grahame Park. Caden Doyle and Hunter Krieger each supplied two tries and Ryan Rumsey earned one for Fulton. Kyle Karens and Jeff Han each booted one convert as the Maroons took first in the zone at 3-1. Fulton built up a 22-5 lead at the break in a scrappy affair, adding Rumsey’s superb try early in the second half before the Panthers took control and made things interesting. “We had a great first half and played disciplined solid rugby,” said Fulton coach Mike Scheller. “We moved the ball well and tackled well. Our set plays from lineouts and

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Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs believe all children, youth and families deserve a Safe Place to Belong. “Our 37 service locations across the Okanagan Valley provide inclusive, supportive, respectful and fun places for all young people who walk through our doors,” said Richelle Leckey, community engagement coordinator. The Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs give young people a chance to experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships and develop confidence and skills for life. They are given the opportunity to discover, dream and grow to be successful and active participants in society. “Children and youth from all walks of life find their way to the Boys and Girls Clubs,” said Leckey. In some cases they come because parents are working and need childcare for their children, but in other cases they come because there is nowhere else to turn and they need support and guidance. “At a very young age, I was introduced into a lifestyle no young person should have to

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be a part of,” explains Chelsea T., Boys and Girls Clubs member. “I was taken from my mom’s drug-infested home and put into a safe house. The authorities then decided I would have a better chance at a normal live living with my father here in Kelowna. It probably wasn’t the best decision because shortly after I was physically assaulted, I was taken from the home and brought to the Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs Downtown Youth Centre. “My first night in

youth shelter was scary. I was embarrassed about being brought there and kept very quiet for most of the night. The staff quickly changed my feelings of embarrassment into comfort explaining I was in good hands and that everything would be fine…that I was where I belonged. For the first time in a long time I didn’t feel scared of my surroundings and over the next while the Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs staff helped me work through the challenges and obstacles

I faced. “I am not going to say I made their jobs easy because I didn’t. I fought everything they said for a very long time. I grew up with the people surrounding me not caring about my well-being and maybe that’s why I fought them so hard. All of the youth services staff that worked with me were extremely persistent, they weren’t going away, and they cared.” This week, the Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs launched a Safe Place to Belong

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To many he’s that laid-back guy behind the counter at everyone’s favourite gas station in the middle of nowhere – that being Corner Gas in Dog River, Sask. Both are fictional places, of course, but to Brent Butt, they were his home for five years. Actually, Dog River is based on the small communities surrounding Butt’s hometown of Tisdale, Sask. “Tisdale was kind of the hub for little towns around us that had a population of 200 to 300. I spent a lot of time in those towns,” said Butt, on the phone from his Vancouver home before setting off on a five-day tour through B.C., which comes to Vernon Thursday. Butt notes that his hometown has made the news as of late - one with a harrowing story of murder, the other about the town’s slogan, “The Land of Rape and Honey,” which Tisdale has been reconsidering. Neither make for good comedy, well maybe the sign does. “All my life, we thought nothing of (the slogan). I have talked about it in my act before. All the jokes are pedestrian. They are not typically clever or smart... I think my hometown liked the attention that it brought them. In one article there’s people that feel passionate about it. Some didn’t want it to change, some thought it was big and stupid. When I’m asked, I just say it’s none of my business.” It’s the kind of answer Butt’s alter ego, Brent Leroy on Corner Gas would give. One of the biggest television comedy series to hit Canadian airwaves since The Beachcombers, Corner Gas went from word-of-mouth buzz in this country to being shown in 26 countries. “It was Canadian, but we didn’t hang our hat on that. You didn’t have to be Canadian to get it,” said Butt.“It was a gratifying thing for me. We were able to overcome the argument that we can’t do sitcoms well in this country. It’s more that we can’t afford to make a lot of failures. In the States, you can make 20 shows and 19 are bombs, but if one is a hit, then you’re fine. Here, we can’t afford to fail a lot. I always felt it could be done if things lined up right. With Corner Gas, the stars lined up: The network supported it, the cast we put together was fantastic, the writing room was fantastic, the crew was amazing.” Corner Gas is still an integral part of Butt’s career – he even brought the series back last year as a movie that had a five-day run in theatres across the country. “We fell right back into it. Talking with other cast members, we thought it would be a big hurdle, but it felt like we were never gone,” said Butt, about reuniting with his castmates, including Fred Ewanuick, who plays his best friend Hank, and Nancy Robertson, who plays Butt’s partner in crime, Wanda, and is also his partner in real life. “Everybody was working before Corner Gas. Fred and

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Corner Gas star and comedian Brent Butt brings his stand-up act to the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Thursday. Nancy worked on a movie before together without even knowing it. I was the one without a lot of acting background. I was the least accomplished. I had a bit parts on The X-Files and other TV shows and movies, but mostly I was doing stand-up.” Actually shot in the town of Rouleau, the set for the Corner Gas store and station as well as the Ruby Café made the news after the show wrapped up in 2009. The town’s mayor was reported as saying the site was becoming an eyesore. That all changed when the cast and crew returned there to shoot Corner Gas: The Movie last year. “The tricky thing was that (the set) was never built to last. It was a temporary set made of plywood. It was basically built to last six months to a year. We didn’t realize this would be a hit show that would go on forever,” said Butt, adding the set was built on an empty field. “It was not planned for drainage or a permanent structure, so we were playing catch

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up when it came to shooting the film, as we were not there everyday. Our art director made it look so real. People were pulling up for gas when we were filming.” Before he ever started waxing poetic with the townspeople of Dog River, Butt was making himself known to the Canadian public through his stand-up act. He remembers his first time on stage was in February, 1988. Butt’s career here is comparable to that of American comic Jerry Seinfeld, in that he had a successful show, but didn’t rest of his laurels after it ended. He has always been first and foremost a comic. It’s where he still feels most at home. “All throughout doing the TV show, I was never far from doing stand-up, even when the show was in production and I couldn’t perform, I would be writing material for my act. When production wrapped, I was on the road doing shows again. I am never too long off the road,” said Butt. It’s the rapport with the audience that makes Butt return to the stage time and time again. “On Seinfeld it was referred to as a monologue, but really it’s a dialogue. They’re responding to what I’m saying. I love everything about it,” he said. That love developed at around the age of 12, the first time Butt saw a comic doing stand-up. “I saw this guy on TV. I was hooked and told my mom I was going to be a comedian,” he said. As one of seven kids, Butt didn’t get much of a reaction to his chosen career path at first, but eventually he did manage to wrangle his parents and siblings to catch his act. “I did a show in Saskatoon, and my oldest brother came to see me. There’s a good differential of years between us, about 14 to 15 years, and I didn’t know him well growing up. In school, he was a hot rod guy. He was always mad and screaming at his car... By the time I got to school, he was working and had a job. He came to my show... I didn’t like my family to sit up front, but he did and he was cracking up,” said Butt. In fact, Butt’s family used to be fodder for his act when he was starting out. “Now I tend to write about being a middle-aged man. “We actually spend a lot of time together as a family. We are big laughers and jokers, part of that was a way to get noticed. For me it was a real thrill if I could get my older brothers and sisters to laugh. It wasn’t easy. Now they seem to laugh at my jokes.” That goes for the rest of the nation who flock to Butt’s live performances. The comic continues to produce and write new material, and says he hasn’t ruled out doing another show in the future. “The notion of being done is terrifying,” he said. “It’s hard doing gigs you really don’t want to do, but getting up there and playing a bar where you think you’re going to be stabbed and then taking it on the stage where people are waiting for you has been gratifying... That hour of the day when I’m performing is the only time of the day when it makes sense for me. It makes me happy.” Brent Butt takes the stage at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Thursday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets were still available as of press time and cost $47.50 at the Ticket Seller box office, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca.

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Patrons at The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra’s final concert of the season will not only be treated to internationally acclaimed pianist and violinist Jonathan Chan, they will also learn what a $900,000 violin sounds like. Chan, who will be joining the OSO on stage at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Sunday for the OSO’s 56th season finale, is the 2012 Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank winner for violin. “Jonathan is incredibly talented and this award is proof of this as very few musicians are awarded such a prestigious

award after competing in a very intense competition. His talent for violin is just a start. He is equally talented on piano and we are fortunate to have him perform with both instruments at our season finale,” said OSO music director Rosemary Thomson. Entitled Titans, the concert celebrates the music of German romanticism and features performances of Richard Wagner’s Flying Dutchman Overture Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber, and Jeffrey Ryan’s The Linearity of Light. Chan performs in two virtuoso showpieces: as piano

soloist in Franz Liszt’s dazzling Hungarian Fantasy and as violin soloist in the richly emotional Concerto in G Minor by Max Bruch. Hailing from Vancouver, Chan began playing the violin and piano at the age of four. Since making his solo debut with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at just eight years of age, he has gone on to perform across four different continents. He had the honour of performing for former Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s nationally televised retirement concert, playing for more than 10,000 people and sharing the stage at the Air Canada Centre with other renowned artists

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Country star Aldean to play Kelowna Reigning three-time ACM Male Vocalist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year nominee Jason Aldean has announced the 2015 extension of his Burn It Down Tour will include Kelowna’s Prospera Place Oct. 3. Aldean recently released his sixth studio album Old Boots, New Dirt, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s allgenre Top 200 chart. The new album’s lead single, Burnin’ It Down topped both country radio charts and earned platinum certification only nine weeks after its release, making it the fastest selling single of 2014. Aldean’s newest single, Just Gettin’ Started, is now available at country radio. Tickets for Aldean’s Kelowna performance go on sale today at 10 a.m. at www.selectyourtickets.com or call (250) 762-5050 Joining him will be special guests Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr and Dee Jay Silver.

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Where’s Loki when you need him Avengers: Age of Ultron

we must start paying attention if we are to glean anything from the relationships these superheroes have with each other. To the credit of the actors, the feelings are present. But now add five or six more secondary characters and their subplots: more heroes, more villains, more magical gems with great power, S.H.I.E.L.D... I think they tried to cram too much in, discovered they had a three hour movie, then had to cut out so much that it stopped making sense or mattered. Maybe it never did. I am disappointed, but a mediocre Avengers movie is still fun, right? – Taylor gives Avengers: Age of Ultron 2.5 disappointed shrugs out of 5. – Howe gives it 3 product placements out of 5.

hen Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) attempt to restart an old computer program called Ultron, they release an artificial intelligence. Using Stark technologies, Ultron quickly builds himself a robot body, then he copies himself, spreading his consciousness to build an army. Taylor and Howe To stop Ultron from destroying the world, the alter-egos of Ironman and the Hulk will be joined by the other Avengers: Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). We say, Avengers: Age of Ultron is so fine, it’s paper thin.” TAYLOR: I loved the first Avengers film, probably for the same reasons as everyone else: it had action, it was funny, all the various superheroes played well off each other and it had style. It was cool. Age of Ultron pays homage to these successes, but in such a way that it becomes glib. In the first case we have a robot as the bad guy. Even in a comic book movie you

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amilton singer/songwriter/guitarist Terra Lightfoot has a bold voice that commands attention and gets interest. On her second album, Every Time my Mind Dean Gordon-Smith Runs Wild, Lightfoot balances her vocal power with raw guitar work that recalls the groove of Neil Young and Crazy Horse.

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with a bluesy stomper that resolves into a rocking meltdown (Never Will). The album focuses on a sound that rides the lines between rock, blues and alt-country and Lightfoot’s songs have an easy power that’s balanced with a melodic lilt that carries a wistful sense of longing (Lily’s Fair, Home to You). It’s a connecting combination and the performances on Every Time My Mind Runs Wild are stripped down and elemental. The Montreal production duo of Gus Van Go and Werner F. illuminate the band’s offhand confidence and simple joy of

on the record, a sort of bluegrass balladry. Songs like Emerald Eyes and NFB have a timeless sound that suggests mountain ballads and traditional inspirations. There’s no artifice to Lightfoot’s music and her songs are nuggets of well crafted energy that leave an impression of honesty and good feeling. Lightfoot captures that elusive Canadian characteristic of sincerity, soul and the held-incheck ability to shake the rafters. Every Time My Mind Runs Wild is a brief blast of passionate performance that leaves nothing out.

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ART SHOWS/GALLERIES

ARMSTRoNg SPAlluMCHEEN MuSEuM AND ARTS SoCIETy 3415 Pleasant Valley Rd., 546-8318. The first show of the season runs now to May 23 with School Crossing in the Freeze Gallery and local artist Eric Greenwood with his show Life Perspective in the Main Gallery. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday thru Saturday until July. Open seven days a week in July and August. CHERRyVIllE ARTISANS SHoP 1187 Hwy. 6, Cherryville, 5470020. Lots of new glass work and art work to peruse. Shop hours in May and June are Thursday to Monday, 9:30 to 5 p.m., or by appointment anytime. CoATCHECK gAllERy Vernon Performing Arts Centre, lower lobby. You are invited to attend the Myths and Truths exhibition and sale featuring intriguing and beautiful paintings by the North Okanagan Federation of Canadian Artists. The show runs from now to July 6. Opening reception and awards are Monday, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Meet the artists and learn about their artwork and inspiration. gAllERy VERTIgo Suite 1 - 3001 31st St. Vernon, 503-2297. Vertigo holds its annual Juried Members Show with this year’s theme Spring, featuring paintings, sketches, 3D, sculptures, photographs and more. Hours are Tuesday to Saturday noon to 4 p.m. HEADBoNES gAllERy 6700 Old Kamloops Rd., 542-8987. The gallery presents UBCO printmaker Briar Craig’s Urban Clever and Steven Lee Scott’s Urban Cool until May 30. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, or by appointment. VERNoN PuBlIC ART gAllERy 3228 31st. Ave., 545-3173. The VPAG’s third Okanagan Print Triennial, a juried exhibition hosted every three years by the VPAG, Kelowna Art Gallery and UBC Okanagan, features the work of printmakers from 35 countries around the world. The art is at two locations - in the VPAG under the Vernon parkade as well as at the new satellite gallery (look for the BigSteel boxes located at 31st Avenue and 31st Street.) Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission by donation. Work will be on display to May 21. THE VIllAgE gAllERy 1961 Vernon St. (Hwy. 6), Lumby. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. The gallery is operated by the Lumby Arts Co-op which displays the work of over 20 artists from the area. The gallery displays work in a variety of media including paint, pottery, jewelry, ceramics, wood, leather and fabric. Come check out our newly renovated store and expanded display space.

CONCERTS/THEATRE

THE DIVINERS Powerhouse Theatre presents as its last play of the season, the story of Buddy, a disturbed boy and his friendship with C.C., a disenchanted former preacher, in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. Directed by Monty Hughes, The Diviners continues tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee Saturday at 2 p.m. Contact the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca for tickets. CARAVAN FARM THEATRE The outdoor theatre presents its first spring season play in celebration of Mother’s Day. In Like a Lion is a new creation based on the myth of Persephone -- a classic motherdaughter story 3,000 years in the making, with a Caravan twist. Continues tonight through Sunday at 7:30 p.m. with a matinees at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $25/adults and seniors, $19/ students 13 to 25 and $15/children 12 & under, available at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca. PAul MooRE AND THE KoKANEE SINgERS present Spring Sing Saturday in Vernon at All Saints Anglican Church. Accompanied by Mabel Thibault on piano, the choir will sing a mixture of music of different styles, from classical to contemporary, while celebrated tenor Moore will also perform from opera arias, musical theatre and classical song repertoire. Starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are available from choir members and at Wentworth Music in Vernon and at the door. SHREK THE MuSICAl The greatest fairytale never told comes to life when Charity van Gameren Studio’s Lights of Broadway presents this ogre-sized family musical-comedy at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre. Continues tonight and Saturday with shows at 7 p.m. and a matinee Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $30/adult and $27 senior/student at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca. MuSIC IN THE PARK Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Polson Park in Vernon. Enjoy familiar tunes by the Chilly Creakers and the Vernon Community Band while supporting the Hospital Auxiliary’s 47th Annual Garden Fair, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. bake, plant and white elephant

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The Okanagan Harp Orchestra, featuring seven harps accompanied by cellist Max DeBeeson, presents Spring Is In! Mother’s Day concert and tea, Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Vernon Community Music School Loft, 1705 32nd Ave. The concert is a beautiful collaboration of strings for spring, featuring a diverse set of music with rhythmic Latin as well as Celtic favourites. Tickets are $20/adult, $15/senior, student, child, available from the music school, 250-545-4977 and at caroline@highspiritsmusic. com, 250-768-0930. Proceeds go to the VCMS. sales and numerous local vendor booths, petting zoo and other familyoriented activities. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and sun protection and settle in for some super entertainment! Event is on, rain or shine. oKANAgAN SyMPHoNy oRCHESTRA Sunday at 7 p.m. is the OSO’s last concert of the season at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre. Titans introduces double threat phenom Jonathan Chan as soloist in two dazzling virtuoso showpieces: Hungarian Fantasy by Franz Liszt (on piano,) and Concerto in G Minor by Bruch (on violin). The OSO will also perform Overture to the Flying Dutchman by Wagner, and Hindemith’s Symphonie Mathis der Maler. Tickets at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469. BRENT BuTT The creator and star of the wildly popular television sitcom Corner Gas brings his stand-up act to the Vernon Performing Arts Centre May 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $47.50 at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca. CHoRFESTIVITy! The B.C. Choral Federation stages Chorfest 2015 in Vernon May 15-17. The choral singers convention features singers and choirs from around the province who will present a public concert at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre May 17 at 2 p.m. Admission is by donation. SoNgS oF THE EMERAlD ISlE with Sally Evans and Molly Boyd returns to the Schubert Centre May 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. Tickets are $8 and on sale at Schubert Centre and at the door if available. Wear your green. STATE oF CoNFuSIoN Backstage Theatre presents this comedy, written by Vernon’s Michael Poirier, about a responsible young man who falls for the daughter of the Prime Minister of Canada. Runs May 20 to 23. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. with performance at 7:30 p.m. at the Schubert Centre. Tickets are $45, includes dinner and show with buffet by award winning chef John Fournier (cash bar).

FILM

VERNoN FIlM SoCIETy All films screen at the Vernon Towne Cinema on 30th Avenue. Monday is Wild Tales, a farce about revenge and Argentina’s nominee for best foreign language film at the 2015 Academy Awards. In Spanish with English subtitles. Shows at the regular times of 5:15 and 7:45 p.m. Tickets are $7 available one week in advance at the Bean Scene and at the theatre.

JAMS/KARAOKE/OPEN MICS ANCHoR INN NEIgHBouRHooD PuB 3030 Smith Dr., Armstrong, 250-546-8210. Karaoke with Brenda is every Saturday at 8:30 p.m. until close. ARMSTRoNg HoTEl The Blue Saloon, 2715 Pleasant Valley Blvd. 250-546-6642. Jams every Thursday, Friday and Saturday start at 8 p.m. Music of all styles welcome. Hosted by Rudy. No minors. BluE ox PuB Hwy 6 Lumby. Friday Night Jam starts at 9 p.m.

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with a country rock set by host band The Mabel Lickers. Jamming starts around 10 p.m. BRANDINg IRoN PuB 3445 Okanagan St., Armstrong, (250) 5460044. Superstar Karaoke every Friday night at 8 p.m. ColDSTREAM CoFFEE HouSE at the Coldstream Women’s Institute Hall, 9909 Kalamalka Lake Rd. The Coldstream Coffee House takes place the third Saturday of every month. The open mic portion of the evening, showcasing a variety of great local talent, will precede the feature performance. Admission is $5 with a concession by donation. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and show starts at 7 p.m EAglES HAll 5101 25th Ave. 542-3003. Karaoke is Friday at 8 p.m. with Brenda Galbraith. FolK & FAVouRITE NIgHT Fourth Wednesday of every month at the Vernon Community Arts Centre (in Polson Park) 7 to 9:30 p.m. All stringed acoustic instruments are welcome. Or just come and sing along. Books are provided if required. Drop in $4 at the door. Call Sid for more info at 250-549-1024. FoRTuNES lANDINg in the Howard Johnson Inn, 1510 George St. Enderby. Linda Sue Wilson and Dan Engelland are co-hosting a jam at the on the last Thursday of every month. Bring your instruments and/or vocal cords and come on out. Jam starts at 8p.m. and goes on till midnight. See you there. THE gREEN in the Village Green Hotel, 4801 27th St. 542-3321.. Sunday is The Green’s variety night, open to all performers, musicians, comedians etc. Hosted by Organized Chaos. Starts at 7 p.m. loNgHoRN PuB 4513 25th Ave., 542-9222. Wednesday night is karaoke hosted by Gail Fisher from Superstar, 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday is Country Music Night hosted by Gail Fisher from Superstar DJ, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday night jam hosted by Wheelhouse, 7:30 to 11 p.m. PEACHWAVE 4300 27th St. Vernon, 778-475-2144. The self-serve frozen yogurt shop hosts an open mic Thursday at 6 p.m. Open to all ages. Musicians, spoken word artists, comedians welcome. ToRo’S PuB 1220 Kalamalka Lake Rd, 545-7856. Karaoke is every Thursday at 8 p.m. Hosted by Anita LeBlanc.

LIVE MUSIC VENUES

ARMy, NAVy, AIRFoRCE CluB 2500 - 46th Ave. 250-542-3277 Live music in the Spitfire Lounge Fridays from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. No cover. Everyone is welcome. BouRBoN STREET BAR AND gRIll Prestige Inn, 4411 32nd St. 778-475-7224. Les Copeland (guitar and vocals) and Cameron Ward (bass) play live jazz, blues and a mixed bag of tunes every Thursday evening from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m. CHECKERS BAR AND gRIll in the Best Western Plus Vernon Lodge, 250-541-2653. Tonight and Saturday Feet First will have people dancing. THE gREEN in the Village Green Hotel, 4801 27th St. 542-3321. Get your crazy on when The Young’uns return to rock the house tonight and Saturday. Starts at 9:15 p.m. No cover. INTERMEZZo RESTAuRANT AND WINE CEllAR 3206 34th Ave., 250-542-3853. Enjoy easy listening music with a European flair, Wednesdays from 6 to 9 p.m., with Easy Street, featuring Bjorn Edblad on clarinet and sax and George Bensmiller on accordion. loRENZo’S CAFE 901 Mabel Lake Rd. (8 km east of Enderby), 838-6700. Winner of the People’s Champ of Comedy competition in 2012, Vancouver-based musical comedian Shirley Gnome performs her explicit, clever, provocative and catchy songs about love and sex, Saturday. Starts @ 8 p.m. Cover $15. Following the recording of its soon to be released third CD, Winnipeg pop/roots trio, Sweet Alibi brings its national tour to Lorenzo’s May 15. Shows starts at 8 p.m. and cover is $10. May 18, Vancouver neo-soul, R&B singer Kristie McCracken brings her CD release tour for her new album Let Go & Grow to Lorenzo’s. Cover is by donation. MATCH EATERy & PuBlIC HouSE Lake City Casinos, 4900 Anderson Way, Vernon, (250) 275-6046. Live music is from 8 p.m. to midnight every Friday and Saturday. PADDlEWHEElER PuB in the Howard Johnson Inn, 1510 George St., Enderby. Get ready to rock and dance the night away with the The Keys tonight. Starts at 9 p.m. No cover. VERNoN JAZZ CluB 3000 - 31st St. Major Mambo brings its dance heavy music to the club May 16. Tickets are $20 (with $5 rebate at the club for members) at the Bean Scene, Bean to Cup and at www.vernonjazz.ca. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. Shows start at 8 p.m.

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