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ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION — Roland Nuetzel riding Ace, with Poco in tow, mosey along a downtown alley during a recent visit to Penticton for a little shopping and some familiarization training for the horses. The Naramata-area resident is part of the Garnett Valley Gang whose members can frequently be seen holding up the Kettle Valley Steam Train during its regular runs.

B.C. students looking to report a bully now have two online options available, the newest of which closely resembles an earlier tool created by a Summerland teacher. On Tuesday, the online reporting component of the provincial government’s new ERASE Bullying strategy went live. It allows students to anonymously report incidents during which themselves or others have been bullied. The reports, captured through www.erasebullying.ca, are then sent on to a co-ordinator in the student’s school district for action. The Okanagan Skaha School District has appointed director of instruction Don MacIntyre to the position. He said he will forward complaints he receives to the appropriate school administrators for investigation and then report their ﬁndings back to government. It takes about an hour for a report to reach MacIntyre, who encouraged students who do ﬁle complaints to include as much information as possible, including names, to aid the investigation. He added that most of the measures in the ERASE Bullying Strategy already existed in one form or another, but “this just makes it a little bit slicker.” Bullying, MacIntyre continued, is something schools have long been trying to combat by teaching compassion and getting kids to connect with each other in person, which has become even more important in the online age. “Because they don’t feel connected, we’ve got a generation of kids that are oftentimes looking down more than they’re looking up,” he said. “So part of what schools have been doing for a long time is to force kids to look up and get to know each others as individuals,

because the more you know about other kids the less likely it is you’ll mistreat them.” The new ERASE Bullying reporting tool is similar to the Stop A Bully website created in 2009 by Summerland teacher Trevor Knowlton. He said Stop A Bully bid on the new ERASE Bullying contract, but lost to a research unit of the University of B.C. “I can see the confusion already starting, but I guess it’s not a bad thing. There’s two options (now) for British Columbia students,” Knowlton said. Stop A Bully is slightly different than the new site because it only allows students from the current 62 member schools across Canada to submit reports at www.stopabully.ca that are forwarded directly to school administrators. Traffic to the site tripled in October following the well-publicized suicide of B.C. teenager and bullying victim Amanda Todd, Knowlton said, and the site had to shut down when join requests poured in from 100 new schools. Since then, the website has received a software upgrade from Kelowna company Syndicate Theory. Unfortunately, Knowlton said, there is plenty of demand for both the Stop A Bully and the new ERASE Bullying websites. “It’s disheartening to see young people putting each other through what they’re putting each other through,” said Knowlton, who this fall received a Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of his anti-bullying efforts. He said, however, that Stop A Bully is still a couple months away from receiving charity status that should open up new fundraising opportunities, so in the meantime he’s seeking financial help to keep the system afloat. “We’re committed to moving forward and building a better service,” Knowlton said.

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An Oliver man refused to comply with sheriffs in jail to appear for his sentencing by video in Penticton on Tuesday. Shaun Aaron Stelkia was to be sentenced for a charge of unlawful confinement stemming from a July 2011 incident he was found guilty of. The man also had seven breach charges that were supposed to be taken care of on Tuesday in court as well when he appeared. “He is refusing to come to the room for video. The sheriffs can physically move him to get him to the room for court if your honour makes that order,” Crown counsel Catherine Crockett told the judge. Stelkia, who has previous convictions for assault and assault with a weapon, led a four-hour standoff at the Indian Grove Riding Stable on July 23, 2011. RCMP received a call from a woman who said she escaped from a vehicle driven by a man she recently met who was holding her against her will. While investigating the incident, Mounties were informed Stelkia had a handgun and had told people he was “going to wait for the cops.” With that knowledge, about 20 members of the RCMP emergency response team arrived at Indian Grove Riding

The RCMP members surrounded the stables and eventually found Stelkia passed out on the property around 7 a.m. the following morning. He has been in custody on this matter for 213 days. “It is the Crown’s position that even if sentencing is not today, that he should not be released even if this gets put over for another month. The Crown will be seeking significantly more time,” said Crockett. Crown said Stelkia indicated he has some sort of knee injury and was in need of a wheelchair, but according to the corrections officers, he did not need one. Because of this, coupled with security concerns, corrections officers were hesitant in providing the prisoner a wheelchair. Judge Meg Shaw did order the corrections officers to provide a wheelchair for Stelkia, but in the end the sentencing was adjourned. Defence counsel David Silverman said he did not want his client to be absent from the sentencing, nor did he think it would get the court anywhere if they forced him to the video room. “It could provoke an opposite kind of reaction that would not facilitate sentencing in an appropriate way,” said Silverman. Stelkia’s sentencing has been adjourned and a new court date for sentencing of Dec. 14 has been scheduled.

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Campaign helps lift holiday spirits personal hygiene items and gifts for her dogs helped relieve a feeling of hopelessness for the woman. It is why she is now returning that kindness, volunteering with SOWINS and Share The Spirit. “I cried and cried and my heart was filled with such joy because there is such beautiful people that care and go the extra mile,” she said, recalling the day she got her hamper. “For the size of our city, we have the most generosity. That is what Christmas is all about, the pay it forward and that is what I am doing right now and will as long as I can.” Last year, approximately 100 women and their children benefitted from the generosity of the community through the campaign. Businesses, organizations, schools, workplace staff and individuals are invited to take the hamper challenge. When a woman is in need, with or without children, she submits an anonymous wish list. The list is matched with an anonymous donor and the filled hamper is delivered to a drop-off point then delivered to the woman or family by SOWINS volunteers. “It is just amazing to see when the hampers are picked up and the kids are so surprised, gasping and saying ‘Is that for me?’ Each of the families get to write on a card anonymously to thank their sponsors. A lot will write a book in there of thanks, some

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While going through a divorce to leave her abusive husband, a Penticton woman found solace during a holiday season that otherwise would have been lonely through the South Okanagan Women In Need Society Share The Spirit program. “I was going to court, had to do affidavits nightly and it was the highest stress point in my life,” said the woman who preferred her name not be used. “I still get choked up about it because it was a miracle that I found SOWINS and Share The Spirit.” Though Christmas comes just once a year, for SOWINS it comes early. As of late October, SOWINS started gathering gifts and food for this year’s Share the Spirit clients. The hampers provide gifts and food for women and children to ensure they have a merry Christmas. “At the time, I had to apply for hardship because my ex took everything. I was alone in the house with nothing but the bare essentials and a lot of the ladies and kids that SOWINS helps are like that,” said the woman. “We have no idea what to do when we come in. We are lost, scared and have no income.” But the gesture of a hamper filled with gift certificates for food and simple things such as

don’t even have the words to say except thank you because they are so overwhelmed,” said the woman. To ensure each hamper is full, SOWINS suggests $60 worth of groceries for a single woman and $125 for a mother with two children. They welcome new unwrapped gifts, non-perishable food items, personal care products, local retail gift certificates and monetary donations. Gift certificates for teens are especially appreciated. Individual donations are also encouraged. These items will be combined into hampers or may be used as gifts for the SOWINS kids Christmas party, or as gifts for women and their children staying at the emergency transition house over the holidays. Individual donations and monetary contributions can be dropped off until Dec. 7 at the SOWINS offices at 218-246 Martin St. or WINGS Thrift Store at 456 Main St. To sponsor a hamper for a family or single woman contact Liz Gomes at 250-493-4366 ext. 102 or by email at sharethespirit@sowins.com. Instructions on how to sponsor a hamper are also available at www.sowins.com. Anyone wanting to volunteer to help with Share The Spirit can contact Bethany at 250-493-4366 ext. 105 or volcoord@sowins. com.

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Co-ordiNator Liz GoMes (left) of the south okanagan Women in Need society’s share the spirit Campaign and volunteer Carolyn spinks fill some of the hampers which will be distributed to the organization’s clients during the Christmas season.

Confusion keeps event centre gates closed to traffic Joe Fries Western News Staff

Two gates blocking vehicular traffic between the parking lot of the South Okanagan Events Centre and Eckhardt Avenue got little use in their earlier years and it’s unclear why. The gates are designed to allow two lanes of traffic in and out of the parking lot from the road, but it wasn’t until this fall that the exit lane was finally opened to the public on event nights despite its use being approved four years ago. A permit issued by the Transportation Ministry to the City of Penticton in 2008 granted per-

mission to open the gates only “for emergency purposes” and to provide an exit “to relieve parking lot congestion after major events.” The permit, a copy of which was obtained by the Western News, does not allow use of either gated lane as an entrance from Eckhardt Avenue. City engineer Ian Chapman, who signed the permit on behalf of Penticton, said the municipality did ask to have that use included, but the ministry insisted on an additional traffic study, which was later abandoned. Chapman said the ministry was leery about opening up the gated lanes to regular in-and-out

use because they connect to what is a provincial highway. But despite one of the gates being permitted for use as an exit, it wasn’t actually put to work until this fall after clarification came at another local government’s meeting. In September, a Transportation Ministry manager who appeared at a Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen meeting was asked why use of the gates was not allowed, and he answered that permission had actually been granted years earlier. The response was in reply to a question from RDOS director and Penticton city councillor

Garry Litke, who quickly relayed the news to Dean Clarke, who manages the SOEC for Global Spectrum. “Since that meeting, except for one night, we’ve been using the outbound portion for exit of our events,” Clarke said. He explained that the gates’ non-use was never really an issue until Litke raised it at the RDOS. After “some further clarification and us really reading the fine print” though, and “seeing it maybe a little bit more necessary with some of our bigger events,” Clarke said, the exit gate has now started swinging more freely.

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No action will be taken against Penticton RCMP for an incident where a woman engaged with police sustained serious injuries after jumping from a balcony. The chief civilian director at the Independent Investigations Office concluded there was no reason to believe that there was any connection between an officer’s actions and the affected person’s decision to jump from the balcony. On Sept. 21, Penticton RCMP officers responded to a 9-1-1

findings when cases are closed without a report to Crown counsel. Such reports will allow the public to understand the rationale for why a report to Crown counsel was not made. In this case, however, since there was no finding of any connection between an officer’s action and the injuries that were sustained, no public report will be issued. The IIO is a civilian-led body that conducts investigations into on- and off-duty police-involved incidents that results in death or serious harm.

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It pays nothing and lasts only until the end of November, but Dori Thomas still has just good things to say about her new job. The 28-year-old is at the midpoint of an unpaid, three-week stint at Haven Hill Retirement Centre where she’s learning what it takes to be a support services worker in the residential care industry. She secured the placement through the Footprints to Employment program offered by the Penticton Indian Band. “I’m definitely going to look into doing this” as a career, said Thomas, who worked mainly as a fruit picker before her son was born in 2007. “He (recently) started going to school, so I figured why not me go to school as well?” she said. “Hopefully I’ll be getting a job out of this, working full time and (at) something more permanent.” Thomas shared her story Wednesday at a press conference at Haven Hill where the B.C. government announced a new round of funding for aboriginal employment training. A total of $1.8 million will go to 12 programs across B.C., including $150,000 for Footprints here in Penticton. Program manager Mindy Rollins said the money will fund the program, which actually started in May, for 18 months, during which at least 24 people should receive employment training and counselling over 12-week terms. “We’ve got 12 weeks of solid time to figure out what their strengths are and where they would like to go, whether that’s

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HaveN Hill Retirement Centre residents listen as advanced education Minister John Yap announces Wednesday the continued funding of aboriginal employment training programs, one of which has placed participants at the care facility for work experience.

back into training or to work experience or back into higher education,” Rollins said. The current rotation began with 14 people, but “there was some attrition and so we’ve got six (people) really committed now,” said Rollins, adding she’s looking to hook up with more Penticton employers who are interested in hosting program participants. The trial run at Haven Hill marks the first time Footprints has sent participants into the real world for hands-on experience. Thomas and the others have worked in the laundry and kitchen there and will next week learn housekeeping skills. Darrell Bennett, the facility’s support services manager, said full-time employees in the field can expect to earn $15 to $25 an hour and have decent job prospects. “There’s always movement in that industry,” he said, adding though that new hires usually start out as casual employees.

Advanced Education Minister John Yap, who made the funding announcement Wednesday, said afterwards that aboriginal employment training programs are a key part of his government’s jobs plan. “The aboriginal community is one of the fastest growing segments of our population, and it’s important that we provide the opportunities for aboriginal learners, who want to, to take part in these training opportunities to fill the jobs that need to be filled,” he said. Despite the apparent need, Yap couldn’t say if the cash will flow in the future. “This is the funding for the current year. As is our current practice with budget measures, we will look at the budget for the new year in February,” he said. According to a press release, the provincial and federal governments have teamed up to provide $8.7 million for aboriginal employment training programs in B.C. since 2010.

Oliver completes core service review Joe Fries Western News Staff

Oliver Mayor Ron Hovanes is pleased with the report from a core services review that recommended the elimination of one staff position but otherwise gave the town a passing grade. “It was a nice report card,” Hovanes said. The town on Wednesday released a copy of the review, conducted by Burnaby-based Dugal Smith and Associates, which concluded that “Oliver is a well managed municipality with excellent financial performance.” It noted the municipality has “low costs and low staffing” because many services are contracted out, so the review focused mainly on “relatively minor issues.” The review compared Oliver to seven other similar-sized B.C. municipalities and found Oliver had the lowest operating cost among the group at $1,020 per capita. “We feel as a council that it was a very balanced, arm’s-length report,” Hovanes said. The review produced 47 recommendations, 13 of which the town will implement within six months and another nine it will bring in within two years, according to an action plan released along with the report. Most notably in the short-term, one of town hall’s three clerks will be laid off effective Jan. 1.

A union representative did not respond to a request for comment, but Hovanes said he thought the town’s labour leaders “accepted the report very well” at a briefing Wednesday. He noted too that unionized utility operators will benefit from extra training they will receive as the town ramps up its succession planning in that department. Other actions to be carried out in the next six months include: n implementation of a time reporting system for managers and salaried staff; n sale of surplus mowing equipment; n hiring of a manager of operations in public works, where one director sometimes oversees up to 19 staff; n extending town hall operating hours by an hour a day; n hiring of summer students for routine tasks as permitted in the collective agreement; n elimination of staff’s earned day off program. Town council will not proceed with seven recommendations, which include discontinuing snow removal on residential sidewalks, selling advertising to help fund water bill mail-outs and eliminating its sister city programs. The report authors note that adoption of all 47 recommendations would bring the town a “negligible savings of $14,000.”

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A fresh approach to revitalization efforts

he City of Penticton is developing a fresh approach in its efforts to revitalize the city’s downtown core. While the concept of downtown revitalization is something that has been championed by communities of all shapes and sizes for decades, the current efforts of a number of Penticton groups has taken the idea in a whole new direction. While most communities’ revitalization projects focus on improvements to streets, sidewalks and lighting, perhaps the addition of green space or benches, Penticton is looking at the types of products themselves as a way to bolster traffic downtown. With the Penticton Farmers’ Market becoming a staple for so many to spend their summer Saturday mornings, plans for a permanent downtown market are gathering steam. The downtown revitalization select committee is proposing setting up a year-round public market at the site of the old Ellis Street bus barn. Committee co-chair Barb Haynes envisions a smaller-scale version of Vancouver’s Granville Island or Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Haynes, who also serves as the executive director of the Downtown Penticton Association, said the market would be a place where shoppers could pick up artisan cheeses, local fruits and produce and a variety of other similar products. While the market will no doubt be a benefit to local consumers, the increased traffic the market will draw to the downtown would also PENTICTON WESTERN provide an economic shot in the arm to downtown merchants. The DPA is now hoping to obtain $160,000 in Western Diversification funding to get the project off the ground. We are cautiously optimistic about the success of the grant application, as it’s hard to imagine even Ottawa could overlook the economic benefits the market could bring.

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Election signals American decline In 1835 the French historian Alexis de Tocqueville wrote extensively on American-style democracy and came to the conclusion that as vibrant and exceptional as the American experience was, it was only a matter of time before its inevitable collapse. de Tocqueville’s stated conclusions: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.” And: “When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more rapidly than their education ... the time will come when men are carried away and lose all self-restraint... It is not necessary to do violence to such a people in order to strip them of the rights they enjoy; they themselves willingly loosen their hold ... they neglect their chief business, which is to remain their own.” The Nov. 6 re-election of Barack Obama likely sealed the fate of the America’s decline and confirmed de Tocqueville’s prophecies.

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At Random The decline of American democracy began in the Great Depression when the Roosevelt’s administration’s “New Deal” initiated the modern notion of taxation and redistribution on the basis of social and electoral segments of the population. The process of political pandering to people based on electoral advantage was pushed further in the Lyndon Johnson administration with the “Great Society” which resulted in the Democratic party starting to buy the votes of the black community in the U.S. In increments, successive administrations, primarily Democratic, but in some cases Republican, have determined the path to electoral success is to offer voters more and more beneﬁts, without any discussion about how the beneﬁts will be funded. It is not possible for govern-

ment to provide one group increased advantages without reducing the advantages of some other group or groups. In the American system, this is achieved through taxation, although initiatives such as affirmative action and human rights legislation have the same effect in non-financial areas of society. The Obama administration since 2008 has focused on reinforcing existing feelings of disaffection and disenfranchisement in a few key electoral communities, primarily black, Latino, single women, public-sector unions and the gay community. At the same time, Obama promised these groups special benefits, and vowed to create a system in which the “favoured” groups would pay nothing for their newfound benefits. That the group of people — “the rich” in the Obama lexicon — who will be expected to pay are largely white, male and over 45 years of age is understood, but unsaid. American voters, as de Tocqueville put it, have discovered under Obama they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. This has always been the case, the difference being that in the past most U.S. leaders retained some grasp of a sense of the “moral hazard” in rampant vote buying. No longer. The standard has been set and there is now no incentive for

any U.S. politician to restrain his promises of special deals to various constituents. The voters have delivered the message that individual liberty and government debt are far less important than taxpayer-provided beneﬁts and handouts. Voters have signaled they will sell themselves to the highest bidder, and politicians in the U.S. will now engage in a bidding war to win the vote. Obama made his promises at the same time disenfranchising the very group upon whom he depends to fund his commitments. The “rich” are less likely to be predisposed to continue to work to foot the bill, and the current president has no plan to make up the ﬁnancial shortfall, beyond raising taxes and borrowing money. There is now no alternative that is acceptable to the American voter. de Tocqueville noted the average age of great civilizations is 200 years. America has beaten the clock and made it to 236 years. America’s inevitable decline began 80 years ago with FDR, and it is exceptional that America was able to continue as a great democracy since then. But the die has been cast. Some will cheer the demise of America’s role in the world — but have they truly considered the alternative? Mark Walker is the publisher of the Penticton Western News.

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Letter an insult to youth This letter is in response to the ignorant individual on his letter pertaining to the graffiti. Being a Grade 12 student that attends Princess Margaret Secondary School, I find it extremely offensive that you stereotype high school students and adolescents in general. Mr. Robertson, I please hope you realize that youth today are not running around defacing our community. If you weren’t so pessimistic you might see the countless events that the youth organize such as Ten Thousand Tonight, in their spare time. Now I understand some youth are “morons” but setting aside a class so every “student can remove (the) eyesore.” is insulting. Have you not thought of the fact that it might not be the youth out there “marking (our) lovely city” but the young adults or transients. It disgusts me that you think the youth of today are “morons” and “demon’s half-brain witless arse”.

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As community developer for the United Way, Better at Home program, I have the task of estimating how many Penticton seniors are isolated and or vulnerable. The majority of older adults wish to live independently as long as possible but as the risk of physical and cognitive decline increases with age, the risk of vulnerability also increases. According to B.C. Stats, “For the first time, since reporting began, persons 65 years of age and older outnumbered 0-14 year olds in B.C.” Penticton’s senior population is much higher than the provincial average. We are living longer and the number of residents over the age of 90 has more than doubled in the last 10 years. As we age, other risk factors increase such as social isolation as we lose our friends and loved ones. Access to suitable transportation is vital to participate in the community and being connected to community decreases the likelihood of elder abuse, neglect or self-neglect. The vast majority of our seniors are socially active, healthy and capable but we also have others who struggle with day to day tasks that the agile take for granted. Furthermore, life circumstances can very quickly change the picture for any individual and can lead to a significant loss in quality of life. How many seniors do we have in this community who could successfully maintain their independence with a little bit of practical support? Penticton has an opportunity to launch the new Better at Home program with the help of the United Way to provide non-medical home support services such as light housekeeping, grocery shopping, transportation to appointments, simple home repairs, friendly visiting, light yard work and snow shoveling. In order for this to happen, we need the support and the will of the community to identify priorities and make this program a reality for Penticton. If you, or someone you know, need this kind of support, please add your voice. I encourage all seniors and stakeholders to attend the community meeting on Nov. 30 from 9:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Penticton Se-

Stereotypes are a two-way street. I could easily stereotype the seniors in our community. Their reckless driving skills. The way they complain about the noise. The way they prevent our city from moving forward with their conservative views. But that would be ignorant of me. Mr. Robertson, I understand how terribly upset you are and I know that those upset can do regrettable acts. So I hope you look at this as a lesson and learn that youth aren’t always to blame. Maybe those of you in your age group can go and set aside a time to see the great things youth are doing today and understand how much of taxpayers money we are saving you with our events. So then you don’t look like an “idiot”. Good day. Gabriel Kyle Panis Penticton

niors Drop-in Centre where the findings of this project will be presented along with a final chance to provide input. Lunch will be provided and transportation can be arranged with advance notice. To register for the Better at Home community meeting or provide input to this project, please call Myrna Tischer at 250492-0065 or email betterathomepenticton@gmail.com. Myrna Tischer Penticton

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In his Nov. 7 letter, Patrick MacDonald suggests that citizens should use “Google” and rely on internet “experts” as a source of information on agreements such as the recently proposed Canada China FIPA. Rather than relying on internet “experts” who frequently circulate false and misleading information, I would suggest that citizens instead view the FIPA agreement directly and decide for themselves what this agreement is really all about. Contrary to what you may have heard from the “experts,” this 31-page agreement is not in any way secret (as has been frequently incorrectly stated) and can be viewed publicly online and I am also happy to provide written copies. Directly viewing the FIPA agreement will also dispel many of the other frequent myths being circulated online and elsewhere. For example, the FIPA agreement does not in any way “give away” Canadian resources. The acquisitions of Canadian resources by foreign investors are subject to the Investment Canada Act and cannot be overridden by a FIPA agreement. This point is actually stated clearly in the Canada-China FIPA agreement that decisions made under the Investment Canada Act cannot be subject to the dispute settlement provisions outlined in the proposed FIPA agreement. Mr. MacDonald also takes issue with the proposed CNOOC/Nexen transaction. As mentioned previously, an approval for this proposal is subject to the Investment Canada Act and not a FIPA agreement. The government of Canada will make a determination that will be made

based on the six clear factors that are laid out in detail in section 20 of the Investment Canada Act. This decision will only be made after very careful review and extensive scrutiny. What is also interesting is what individuals like Mr. MacDonald don’t tell you. As noted recently by B.C. NDP MP Peter Julian, there were 10,000 foreign investment applications approved when the Liberals were in power, all of them rubber stamped. They never rejected a single one and never attached conditions. It is our Conservative government that is the first in modern day history to reject foreign ownership of Canadian-owned resources as was recently done with the rejection of the Malaysian Petronas proposal and was also done with the rejection of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan in 2010. Personal insults from Mr. MacDonald aside, our government will continue to make decisions that build on our track record of encouraging economic growth, job creation and prosperity in Canada.

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They have performed in Penticton more than anywhere else on the planet and the three critically-acclaimed tenors in Romanza are coming back for more. The trio are bringing back their soaring voices for O Night Divine — a Romanza Christmas at the Cleland Theatre on Nov. 22 and 23 and presented in partnership with the Downtown Penticton Association and the Ramada. This time around they are asking for the audience to bring someone who hasn’t been exposed to their music. “We think it is important that people understand the arts needs support and I think this province looks at it as a luxury and I don’t think it is. I think it is more important than that,” said tenor Philip Grant. “We invite people to bring a friend, to our show or any show, and expose them to something in the arts and culture world and to something they may not necessarily normally go and see. It is a ground-level grass roots kind of approach to encourage people to expose themselves to new types of arts and cultures. It is a way to make sure we broaden our horizons and grow as a community.” Grant said the tenors consider themselves as champions and ambassadors for the arts.

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When they heard about the Penticton Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee at their last performance in the city during the summer at Gyro Park, they suggested that their next show could give partial proceeds to the initiative. “For us, Penticton has been so great. It makes sense to want to give back to the community and help sustain the arts, and arts development,” said Grant. The tenor practises what he preaches. As a ticket holder for the Vancouver Opera, on principal, Grant never takes the same person twice. “The great thing is no one ever just says, ‘meh, that was ok.’ They usually say that was way

better than I though or that blew me away and I could actually follow what was happening. I hope to open people’s minds to something new and exposing someone to arts and culture is a way to do that. Our show is one way, but you could also go to the art gallery or so many things in Penticton,” said Grant. Those attending Romanza’s show in Penticton will be in for a treat, said Grant. The ﬁrst half will be dedicated to the traditional type of songs he and his partners Ken Lavigne, and Paul Ouellette have been delighting audiences with since 2004. The second half of the concert will feature Christmas staples such as O Holy Night, Ava

Maria mixed in with Feliz Navidad and 12 Days of Romanza Christmas. “ Some of these songs will be the ones that Pavarotti always sang at Christmas with the glorious high notes at the end. We don’t choose songs unless all of us are behind it and love it. You give us juicy melodies and great high notes and we’re pretty easy to please,” said Grant. There will be a surprise or two as well. Grant said at the summer concert in Penticton Romanza inserted the theme song from Rawhide into their repertoire, which spans over 100 songs, and the crowd loved it. “We had a lot of fun with it and in every show we try and have

one piece that doesn’t belong there. It always invariably seems to steal the show and is the song people talk about,” said Grant, who wouldn’t reveal what that song will be for their upcoming Penticton performance. Having travelled across the country, in 37 states performing some 300 plus shows, Romanza has stopped in the Okanagan almost yearly, drawing crowds that swell over 2,000 to Okanagan Lake Park in the summer. While Grant pokes fun about the reasons why he thinks they are so popular here, it is undoubtably a mix of their stage charisma and unique voices. “We like to think that. We joke that you could put three monkeys in tuxedos and put them on stage and the audience will love it because the music is so great,” Grant laughs. “We are entertainers and if we have a good time the audience will have a good time. That is why we really try and interact with the audience and make the music and show accessible because that really goes a long way.” Tickets for the Penticton Cleland Theatre shows are $25 in advance and $30 at the door and available by calling the box ofﬁce at 250-4902426. Romanza performs in Osoyoos on Nov. 21 at the mini-theatre. Tickets are at Beyond Bliss and Imperial Ofﬁce Pro.

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If you’re lucky enough to turn 100, you’ll likely have a birthday party organized by staff at a care home. It’s pretty certain there won’t be many friends or family alive. So is it really much of a celebration? Not according to Allan Karlsson, the hero of a hilarious book by Swedish author Jonas

Jonasson. Just hours before the media is set to arrive at his care home, Karlsson decides to skip his own party. The book is aptly titled The 100-year-old Man who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared. After tottering to the local bus station, Karlsson happens upon a suitcase stuffed with money, not surprisingly owned by a criminal gang. Luckily, the suitcase has wheels and Karlsson is able to shufﬂe off with it. What follows is the gut-busting and wacky tale of an old man ﬂeeing across Sweden with a criminal organization and police in hot pursuit.

Karlsson, a sort of Swedish Forrest Gump, is affable and apolitical, and has a similarly unassuming philosophy of life: whatever will be, will be. And what will be is awfully strange. On the lam, Karlsson is accompanied by a ragtag crew that includes a hotdog vendor, a petty thief and an elephant. Sweden is swept up by the story of the missing centenarian: How could an old man be caught up in such drama? They’ve forgotten that before settling into retirement homes, most people have busy and active lives. In fact, Karlsson’s predicament pales in comparison to

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action films these days, and one thing you have to keep in mind, they do a lot of old-school filming. They hardly rely on CGI for their special effects, for example in the opening chase scene they used over 30 Audis, 20 odd Land Rovers and a couple of motorbikes. TAYLOR: Daniel Craig is my favourite Bond, because although the stories are still fantastic, he and his modern

treatment of the character are more realistic. Bond is a pill popping alcoholic womanizer with an attitude problem and a license to kill. He’s not cheeky, he’s not cute. He’s got problems. As for Skyfall, I liked its ability to nearly mask the fact that my butt would’ve preferred a shorter film. TOOLSIE: This installment is not without its traditional Bond fla-

vour. There were a few one-liners that had me laughing, Bond finding himself in the company of exotic women and a fancy British car that, well, I don’t want to ruin it for you. I was hoping I’d see some new 21st century gadgetry in this one but I didn’t. HOWE: Javier Bardem gave a great performance as the bad guy, Silva. He felt like an old time baddie, the whole

movie felt old yet modern. Even the opening theme tune they got right this time, going back to their roots, having the powerful Adele sing rather than some naff pop group. TOOLSIE: For fans of the books, like myself, there are a couple allusions to Bond’s past, such as his parents and his history in Scotland. It also dives deep into the storied relationship between 007 and M. TAYLOR: This film unfolds a Bond drama that we’ve never seen before and that not only creates a realistic excitement but sets up future films as well. I wouldn’t have changed a thing, it’s nearly perfect. Taylor gives Skyfall four Q’s out of five. Howe gives it 4.5 scorpions out of five. Toolsie gives it six out of eight possible Walther PPK rounds, but that’s classified. Brian Taylor and Peter Howe are movie reviewers from the Okanagan.

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If the sound of $1 million perks your imagination, just think what the ring of $11 million would be like. This Saturday the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra will allow the audience to explore that at the Cleland Theatre as they welcome Arnold Choi, who will be playing a 1696 Stradivarius “Bonjour” Cello valued at $11 million. Choi is the recent winner of the Canada Council String Bank competition which gives him the use of the exquisite cello for the next three years. “Holding an instrument from 1696 you can’t help but just stare at it in amazement. It is in such amazing shape and such a beautiful instrument to hold,” said Choi. “Feeling the vibrations against your body as you play it and knowing that cello has been played by so many generations of cellists, and for me to be playing it at that moment is a miracle.” Every three years Canadian classical musicians compete for the chance to borrow fine stringed instruments from the Canada Council’s Musical Instrument Bank. The competition is intense and decided by a jury of professional musicians and peers. With close to 20 instruments, the bank lent out instruments worth a total of over $36 million to 18 musicians in September. Choi’s instrument of choice was given to the bank by an anonymous lender in 2000. “When you see you have an option of choosing a Strad you just can’t say no to that. The Strad is such a huge name in the music world, basically most musicians dream of playing on the Strad for five minutes let alone three years. I think everyone would have thought I was crazy if I didn’t choose it,” said Choi. The cellist said the price of the instrument usually comes down to a few factors including the make, craftsmanship and the sound. Like many fine things, the cello seems to get better as it ages. “There is a lot of debate of why the cello

gets better with age and nobody knows for sure, but one theory is that over the years the vibrations of the cello help the sound open up after hundreds of years,” said Choi. Currently finishing up his master’s degree at the Yale School of Music, one of Choi’s goals is to play the $11 million cello for as many people as he can over the next three years. There is no way to get around having to travel with the expensive instrument. While the Stanley Cup white gloved bodyguards, Choi chuckles that he doesn’t have quite the set up. “Of course I take every precaution possible and clean it every time I use it. I think everybody who plays an instrument treats it like their baby. I am also required by contract to buy a seat for

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the cello on the plane,” said Choi, adding he has to cover the instrument with a blanket when it gets cold so the temperature changes don’t shock

and split the wood. Choi will be joining the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra following on the success of their opening concert in Octo-

ber. This program offers three pieces of stirring orchestral moods. The concert opens with Canadian composer Marion Mozetich’s

compelling Romantic Rhapsody, followed by Elgar’s evocative Cello Concerto in E minor, a contemplative masterpiece which was composed in 1919 following the destruction of the First World War. “It is such a beautiful piece of music. It is one of the big concertos in the cello repertoire so pretty much every cellist at some point learns this concerto. It is so full of passion and I am really looking forward to playing with Okanagan Symphony,” said Choi. The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra is excited to take the stage with Choi, who performed with them once before in 2006. “Arnold is such a delight to have on the stage and our musicians are thrilled to make music with him again,” said Rosemary Thom-

son, music director of the orchestra. “Arnold’s talent combined with this one-of-a-kind cello will create a breathtaking performance of this sumptuous piece.” The final piece is Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, the Rhenish which is comprised of five musical paintings illustrating the composer’s beloved Rhine Valley. Join the OSO in Penticton on Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cleland Theatre and be engaged by Romantic Rhapsody. A pre-concert talk led by Thomson will be held an hour prior to the performance. Tickets are available from the Penticton & Wine Country Information Centre and by phone at 250-2762170 or 1-800-663-5052. For more info on the OSO visit www.okanagansymphony.com.

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from those can’t walk to the tunnels because of the distance, hunters, firewood gatherers and the disabled. “One of the reasons people like the place so much is because we as a community have made it that way. It is our tax dollars that have put up the signs or improved the trails through volunteer work. We have made it attractive for others to use and now it seems like they want to push so we can’t use it,” said Dicken. So far, Keep Our KVR Accessible to All has gathered over 400 signatures on their petition. Dicken said they are looking to spread the word to get more names when they host a meeting Nov. 26 at the Naramata Church Hall at 7 p.m. Already they have aligned with the 3,000 members of the B.C. Jeep Club. That group recently held a protest rally where over 50 member vehicles traversed the KVR from Kelowna to Naramata. “We understand the goals of the Trans Canada Trail and support the concept in general, however, the KVR above Naramata

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Penticton council elected to wait until they have received a core services review of the fire department, expected later this month, before discussing a first responder agreement with the province. Penticton Fire Department Chief Wayne Williams asked council to sign an agreement with the Emergency Health Services Commission that authorizes emergency medical assistant first responders in the city’s fire department to provide pre-hospital emergency care but indemnifies the city against claims. That liability is currently covered under the city’s insurance, which has a deductible of $250,000 for accumulated annual losses. “Our first responder licences are expected to expire in early 2013,” Williams told council. “We need a signed agreement in order to receive free supplies and free training from the Justice Institute and authorization from the commission.”

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The 2012-13 season will be the last for the Penticton Lakers in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Andy Oakes, president of the Okanagan Hockey Academy/ School, advised the league during a meeting earlier this month that they are looking to sell the franchise. Regardless of how long it takes to find a suitor, the OHA will not operate the Lakers next season. The OHA had moved the team when it was the Summerland Sting to Penticton for the 2009/10 season. “I was quite surprised they were selling,” said KIJHL president Bill Ohlhausen, adding the league has to accept the OHAs decision. Ohlhausen is confident that the KIJHL will be able to find a home for the Lakers franchise and remain a 20-team circuit. “We always have a number of towns interested,” said Ohlausen, who liked having a team in Penticton. “We have a franchise committee that talks to people.” Oakes said as an organization they have been looking at their core businesses. What they do and what they should be focusing in on. “The two junior teams, the Alberni team and then the Lakers have come out as areas of the business that don’t fit into the core being of our academy or our hockey school business,” he said. The OHA sold the Alberni Valley Bulldogs to a community partnership in Alberni Valley during the summer. Oakes said they didn’t begin pursuing a sale of the Lakers until mid-September. The OHA has spoken to

The Lakers have come out as areas of the business that don’t fit into the core being of our academy or our hockey school business. — Andy Oakes

a few unnamed communities in the area with a desire to grow a hockey identity. Oakes is not disappointed with the Lakers and said they have served “a good purpose here for the player base over the years, even when they were the Sting.” “The development ladder for players to go from midget to junior B where they hopefully move onto junior A or major junior has been a good ladder for us,” he said. “Business wise, junior B is very, very difficult, even very hard to generate the revenue to pay your bills in any given year. For us it’s really a business decision around the Lakers. It has nothing to do with the league or developmental model. We’ve been fans of the league and development model for a long time.” When a deal is finalized, and Oakes said a goal for that is before the end of the season, the players won’t be part of the deal. Oakes said having the franchise sold before the end of the season gives the new ownership group a chance to

be successful with recruiting efforts. Whichever community decides to purchase the Lakers will “get almost like an expansion franchise.” The players will become free agents, which they are aware of. Lakers coach Robert Dirk’s employment will not be impacted by the sales as he is an employee of the OHA. “Just because it goes doesn’t mean I do,” he said. “I understand from a business standpoint.” From the hockey standpoint, Dirk has enjoyed coaching the Lakers and said the situation is unfortunate. However, Dirk added that the community that gets the Lakers is getting something special. “It’s something pretty neat,” he said. Dirk is motivated to get the Lakers into the playoffs and make the deepest playoff run possible. He added though, that’s not the only factor in how they determined success for their team “We look at it by how many guys are able to play at a higher level next year,” he said. The OHA is planning for September of 2013 with the intention of expanding the program with another team. “Our initial thoughts are a second female team,” said Oakes. The OHA has an idea of building off the success of their midget team that plays in the Junior Women’s Hockey League. In 12 games this season, the OHA has won five of 11 games and are four points out of first. More importantly, they have three players that will play for Team Canada. “We just had 11 of our 18 players play for their provinces in the under-18 national championship here (Dawson Creek) last week,” “There’s a lot of growth and demand on the female side.”

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Lakers focus on Valleys after sweeping Jewels they worked a few times. Clarke acknowledged they are getting better at reacting to them. “We will see that in the Valleys,” said Clarke. “Kamloops uses that.” Heading into the championship Clarke said the key for them is to stay positive and look towards their next point. “We have skills, we just need to use them,” she said. This weekend is also important for the Lakers senior boy’s volleyball team. Lakers coach Paul Smith said they have to play well during the Okanagan Valley Championship, which they host, this weekend to maintain their top eight provincial ranking. “That puts us into the top power pools,” said Smith, who is conﬁdent his team will advance to the AAA provincials. “It gives us potentially a better draw.” The Lakers, ranked seventh in B.C. boy’s volleyball, open the Okanagan Valley championship against the Mt. Boucherie Bears, ranked 10th, at 7 p.m. Friday. Smith said the Bears are a solid team that possess two good power hitters. “It will be a battle,”

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Playing in their final home game at Pen High, Lakers senior girls volleyball team didn’t mess around. They cast aside the Salmon Arm Jewels 2511, 25-10 and 25-11 at Pen High Wednesday night to advance to the Okanagan Valley championships in Kamloops this weekend. “We brought it together,” said Janna Clarke, who plays the power position for the Lakers. “It’s our last game as seniors and we took it serious and got it done quick.” Taking that approach was important since in the past, when the Lakers have built large leads, they got too comfortable and let teams creep back in. Clarke said the group is feeling confident as their play has picked up and players are meshing well compared to the start of the year. “We are peaking at the right time,” said Clarke. While the Jewels didn’t pose any significant threats, they still provided the Lakers a chance to work on one of their weaknesses — short lobs over the net. When the opportunity arose, the Jewels made the trick plays and

he said. “We played them tough all year.” Smith expects a competitive match. While the Lakers have won all the games, sets have been close. The key for the Lakers will be serving well and blocking the Bears power hitters. The other semiﬁnal match features the No. 2 ranked Kelowna Secondary School Owls against the unranked NorKam Saints (Kamloops). Smith said he doesn’t see how the Saints can win. The Owls are strong and have lots of experience. Should the Lakers beat the Bears, the Lakers have to be at the top of their game. That hasn’t always happened for the Lakers. Smith is frustrated by his players’ lack of consistency. They go to tournaments and play well but also have moments when they lose focus and struggle. As Smith puts it, if the Lakers make it to provincials, consistency is going to be important. “You can’t afford to have one bad game against good teams,” he said. “We have to play tough and at a high level the entire weekend.” The gold and bronze medals games are at 2 and 4 p.m. on Saturday.

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Sean Flanagan didn’t waste time making an impression with the Penticton Vees. The 20-year-old defenceman was the main piece that started a threeway trade maneuvered by Vees coach-GM Fred Harbinson on Wednesday that included the Powell River Kings. Flanagan helped his new team end a four-game losing streak as they defeated the Merritt Centennials 3-2 in the Nicola Valley Arena. “I thought he was one of our best D-man if not our best defenceman, not taking anything away from the rest of the group,” said Harbinson, as the bus picked up Flanagan in Peachland. “I thought our D-core played well last night. I thought he performed extremely well.” After Penticton minor hockey product Sean Maktaak scored shorthanded to give the Centennials a 1-0 lead in the first period, the Vees responded in the second on goals by Louie Nanne and Brad McClure, both setting each other up for their goals. Sebastian Pare knotted the score at two in the third. That lasted five minutes until Sam Mellor potted the game-winner on the power play with less than two minutes remaining in the game. Harbinson said it was a good, hard-fought match.

“It’s never easy in that building,” he said, as the Vees dressed 11 forwards. “A bit of a ping-pong match. No room. I’m real proud of the guys.” The Vees called a timeout midway through the second period and that seemed to do the trick to get the players going. Harbinson told his players to stop worrying about the past as they had been pressing. The next shift, Ryan Gropp drove to the middle, Brad McClure fired one on net and the rebound came out to Nanne for him to bang it home. Fom that point on the Vees settled in, said Harbinson. As for the trade, it started with the Vees sending rookie defenceman Noah Henry to the Kings for the rights to former Vee Steven Iacobellis. He was then packaged along with rookie forward Alex Jewell to the SilverBacks for Flanagan and future considerations. Harbinson said the difficult part was giving up two talented

kids. Henry appeared in 20 games and collected four assists. He joined the Vees after winning the 2012 U.S. national under18 championship with Shattuck-St. Mary’s Prep School in Minn. Jewell was in his first full season with the Vees, playing in 19 of 20 games, where he tallied two goals and seven points. Flanagan was in his second season with the SilverBacks, where he had three goals and eight points in 20 games. The rear-guard has 11 goals and 39 points in two seasons with the Silverbacks. He also played two seasons for his hometown Kindersley Klippers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and was a member Team Canada West at the 2010 World Junior A Challenge in Penticton. “If you look over the course of BCHL champions, in most case you’re going to a D-core that’s a little older,” said Harbinson. “I have no problem being a young team. We think we have a chance to be a contender at the end of the year. We have three 20-year-olds in our D-core and a veteran goalie that’s won a championship in this league already. In the playoffs, you need vets in the back end.” The Vees now have a vacancy at the forward position and Harbinson admitted he doesn’t know

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to start, the spin off could be substantial. “I have heard things through the grapevine that greenhouse production could be another avenue for an industry in OK Falls as well,” said White. “Under that context, we could be an excellent support industry to get that up and running.” White is also one of the top five finishers in the ongoing Jump Start Challenge, and he is also looking to sell investors on the viability of his ideas as that competition also moves itself moves into the real world. “It’s essentially our first round of real investor pitching. We’ve had the odd panel of investors come in, but this is the first real life one where money is on the line,” said White prior to presentations on Nov. 8 in Kelowna and Nov. 14 in Vancouver. White admits to not having a lot of experience making business pitches before he began working with tech incubator Accelerate Okanagan and entered the JumpStart Challenge. “The eight weeks of training we have had has really helped us tune what our pitch and delivery is,” said White. “We’ll see how nervous I am once I am there.” ProgenyBio has three services aimed at the agricultural sector. The first, White said, will be agricultural

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consulting services, consulting with growers on agronomic and horticultural practices. But the two other services, plant virus testing and micropropagation plant cultivation, is where White will be taking laboratory skills to practical applications. Plant viruses, he said, have growing potential as a problem, especially for vineyards. It’s not something you hear about in the general public, but is a concern for growers. “The biggest issue with plant viruses is that there is no cure. A lot of other diseases, bacterial or fungal, even insect problems, you can spray for a lot of them and then you can manage them. With plant viruses, your only recourse seems to be pulling out the plant and destroying it,” said White. “In the context of the grape growers, there are a significant amount of viruses mounting and spreading throughout the vineyards here in B.C. These aren’t viruses that have any potential for harming humans, White said, other than in the pocketbook. “When production goes down, prices go up,” he said. “Because our vineyard industry is relatively young in the scheme of things, they haven’t noticed the effects substantially until recently.” See AGRICULTURE - Page 24

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GraNd opeNiNG — real Canadian Superstore employee Lauretta Mirhosseini stocks the fresh fruit aisle with grapes on opening day Thursday. over 265 jobs have been created at the business which was welcomed earlier in the morning by elected officials of all three levels of government during the grand opening ceremonies.

AGRICULTURE - Greenhouses the target The methods to do the testing already exist, explains White, it’s just they require a molecular based skill set to implement them. On a research basis, the testing is done frequently, but he will be offering it on a larger scale, as a service for growers. Likewise, tissue culture micropropagation of plant material is common in the laboratory, but White has plans to scale it up, with eyes on the greenhouse industry.

“It hasn’t been openly used in greenhouse production, because it usually requires a fairly high skill set to establish these labs,” said White. The process could be used, he said for a grower who wanted to duplicate a line of, say, tomatoes, that were strong producers with good fruit but an unstable seed line. “With this method of micropropagation, we just take cuttings of that perfect plant and then just multiply that out for them,” said White. “So

what they start with then, is a uniform advanced, hardier, disease-free starting material.” Micropropagation differs from standard methods of growing plants from cuttings in the volume it can produce and speed, explained White. “Our target market is greenhouse production. If you are talking about getting up to scale, a lot of these growers are looking at orders of tens of thousands of plants at one time,” said White.

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Small Ads work! Misc. for Sale Due to illness, entire workshop tools for sale, $1000, Lshaped bar with 12 stools, $1000, air purifier, $100, Nativity Scene, $25, Light up Santa, $10, Christmas village, $25, set of X-mas angels, 2 lg, 8 small, $25, antique bedroom vanity & stool, $200, 3 doz. Mason jars, $2 per doz., (250)493-0625

Mobile Homes & Parks OWNERS MOTIVATED to sell their mobile home in the most desirable park in Keremeos, 2bdrm, 1bath+ den w/hot tub & 1/2 bath in progress, carport w/extra parking,12x12 covered sundeck, Yard is done in lawn, flower beds & shrubs, reasonable pad rent, must see home, near maintenance free, walking distance to all amenities, phone (250)4997823 for more info or to view

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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent TOWNHOUSE 296 & 298 Maple St. 3 or 4 bdrm - 2½ bath 250-490-1215 250-490-1700 3 bdrm upper duplex. 2 bath. Incl. Utilities. 250-490-1700 250-486-3791 1750 Atkinson St. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, deluxe apt in adult bldg, 19+. Heated undrgrd prkg, 5 appl. Lrg deck, A/C, gas fireplace

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Golf Clubs, w/ bag & balls, used twice, $120. Motorola DVR 1100, 160 GB, $80. Debbie Travis stand up bath cabinet, never used, $60. Dart board, new, $20, Call (250)-462-6275 Gorgeous New Full Leather White Sofa/Chair $4200 (new) $1695 obo. 250-260-8511 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

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Yorkton & Edmonton Ave.: 55 Plus, 2 bdrm, 2 bath condo. F/S, W/D, D/W, A/C, pkg and storage. $900.00 incl. water, avail now

Lakeshore Towers: 8th floor, 1 bdrm, 1 bath & Den. and 4th floor, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, f/s, w/d, d/w, m/w, cent air and heat, pkg, deck, storage, pool, sauna, hot tub and more. Avail. Kaleden: 4 bdrm house w/ garage. Now $1150.00 & $1400.00 + elec. F/S, W/D, D/W, cent air/Heat, fire place, lrg yard, pets ok. $1375.00 Dwntwn: 1 bdrms/bach: f/S, A/C, deck, and ltd pkg, util and cable incl. + util. $650.00 & $675.00. avail now

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Apt/Condo for Rent

BROCKTON COURT

$700/m including utilities. 1 Parking spot also included. Unfurnished. Hardwood floors throughout, newly painted. Bathroom remodeled. Storage space in the apartment and secure bike storage outside. Adults only, no pets, no smoking (sorry, building policy). Coin-op laundry in the building. Across the street from Skaha Beach! Call Rick at 250-462-5650, leave a message if I don’t answer :)

Commercial/ Industrial

241 Scott Avenue 1 Bedroom from $695 2 Bedroom from $795 Cable Included, 40+ Building, No Smoking, No Pets, Secure Building, Parking, Balcony

250-488-2881

1bdrm +den, Exec., at Lakeshore Towers, pool, sauna, hot tub, gym, secure prkg., ref’s req’d, lease, N/P $1100/mo. Dennis @ Realty Exec. (250)493-4372 2 & 3bdrm, adult/senior oriented, clean, quiet, cat’s ok, 250492-7328 2bdrm., 2 bath, 6 appl., insuite laundry, avail. now, U/G parking, N/S, N/P, $1100/mo. (250)328-9443 2bdrm, great location, private parking, quiet, secure building, large storage room, laminate floors, $850, heat/cable incl., cat ok with dep., ns, 250-4887902 50+ condo, larger 2bdrm 2ba corner unit, 5appl., close to Skaha Lake, recent reno’s, ns, np, ug secure parking, additional storage behind stall, $1050/mo., 250-462-2658

FOR RENT 2 BED/2BATH CONDO IN PENTICTON, B.C. 6 APPL, LG INSUITE LAUND, STOR,A/C, ELEVATOR, BALCONY, U/G PARKING. $1100/MTH, AVAIL DEC. 1/2012; CALL 250-404-8680 FURNISHED or un-furnished apt for rent in Princeton Avail. now, need excellent ref’s & DD. No pets. Call 250-2951006 leave a message. LARGE 2bdrm Apt. $850 Avail. Now, 40+ building. Call (250)-487-1136 Large, quiet, 1bdrm, Penticton Ave., balcony, view, storage & cable, 40+, NS, NP, $700, 250-492-2006/250-809-8952 Winter Accommodations near Skaha Lake, 1bdrm, 2b condo, 55+, ns, np, top corner, furn., incl. util., in suite laundry, sec. parking, avail. Nov. 25-Apr. 13, $800, (250)488-0143

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1000sq’ of Industrial/Commercial Space for lease, compounded yard, overhead door. Warren Ave. 250-765-3295 2400sqft shop w/office, approx 0.5 acre fenced compound, great location, HWY 97 frontage, 1km south of Ok Falls, 250-490-6669

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Property Management

Oliver, 2bdrm duplex, near high school, f/s/w/d, $650+util., 250-485-7903

Homes for Rent

PRIME Commercial Spaces: 2300sqft. in busy Plaza, ample parking, also 770sqft., in OK Market for food-related retail business, Barb 250-492-6319

3 bdrm furnished/unfurnished 14x70 mobile home 5 miles east of Lumby, on quiet country acreage. Private driveway, parking and yard. Natural gas heating, hydro, clean water. W/D/F/S and utilities included for $750/mo. Suitable for stable, mature couple seeking privacy and security. Refs. reqd. 250-547-2020

Duplex / 4 Plex 2bdrm 2ba unit, laminate floors, central location, private parking, cat ok w/deposit, $900, 250-488-7902 2BDRM basement suite in 1/2 duplex, f/s dw w/d . $850 incl. util, avail now , 250-492-5100 or 250-490-5354 2BDRM upper unit in 1/2 duplex, f/s, wd, $950 incl, util. Avail Dec. 01 250-4925100 250-490-5354 3 bedroom in Beautiful Summerland, 20 min walk to downtown. 3 bedroom, eating area in kitchen, livingroom/dinning room. Large bedrooms. Huge patio, parking for two vehicles with one covered. Shared laundry, $900 plus part utilities. N/S, N/P, Ref required. Call Judy at 25-4861863 or email at mmorasse@shaw.ca

Cars - Domestic

Keremeos, 1 bdrm house avail, orchard setting, $650 incl util., Cell 250-499-0558. Save 40-50% of your rent Own your own home! With as low as $0 down. Call today 250-809-5004 Charlie Brooks

Royal LePage Locations West

SKAHA Lake Executive Home, 2 BDRM, SUNROOM, 2.5 BATH, LAUNDRY, AC, NS, NP, 1,800 sq ft, $1,500/m + Hydro 604-230-6816 OR skaharentals@shaw.ca OR http://bit.ly/QtkhZC SMALL 2 bedroom house for rent. Perfect for a retired person. (Garage and back parking not included). NS, references required. $800 per month plus utilities. Call 250809-1468 lv.msg.

Ofﬁce/Retail STORE FRONT on busy Rutland Road, in high traffic area available immediately. Contact (250)861-1565.

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CLOSEOUT SALE! GORGEOUS IT’S A CAR!! LIMITED

HEY YOU CASH BUYERS!

2011 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED 4X4 5 PASSENGER SUV

VISIT OUR WEBSITE! www.olivercarandtruck.com Many vehicles to choose from!

Every option on this one! 3.0L V6 engine, traction control, leather heated seats, microsoft sync. Backup sensors, alloy wheels, sunroof, garage door opener, Sirius satellite radio, phone, and much more. Tons of factory warranty. METALLIC RED. P1163A Was $25,980

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Rooms for Rent Room for rent, Furnished with sitting room and TV, Share kitchen, bathroom, washer and dryer, own entrance, avail. Dec 15, looking for long term tenant, close to main St. and Lakeshore, $500/mo., 250490-4717

Suites, Lower 1BDRM on Wiltse, utilities incl, n/s, n/p, ref’s req., $650/mo, avail now, 250-492-2908 or 250-490-1025 2 BDRM first floor duplex in Van Horne str. fenced yard. $799. Share utilities 250-4928422 2 bed basement suite on private half acre in Penticton. 5 min to town. Utilities included, own laundry, private entrance and patio, Avail Dec 1st, no pets, no smoking. $800 mnth/ $400 dd. Please call 250-2613356 or 250-793-4043 Ground level suite in Summerland, 1350 sq ft. 2 bedrooms plus den/office, W/D, F/S, carport/garage. N/S N/P. $850 per month plus utilities. Close to town. 250-494-8617.

2011 DODGE RAM 1500 CREWCAB SHORTBOX 4X4 SLT SPORT

5.7L Hemi V8, alloy wheels, automatic transmission with auto stick shift, trailer tow package with factory trailering system, tow mirrors, U-Connect phone, loaded up with way more, lots of factory warranty. 29,000 kms. BLUE. P1172A Was $29,980

NOW 26,670 $

2008 TOYOTA DOUBLE CAB SR5 4X4

Leather, power sunroof, alloy wheels, 3.0L V6 engine, satellite radio, 6 disc CD player and mush mor eon tis 73,000 kms SILVER BEAUTY. P1146A Was $20,880

4.0L V6 engine automatic transmission, alloy wheels, CD player, tonneau cover, only 59,700 kms! One owner, school teacher. TAN. P1173A Was $27,880

NOW $18,970

NOW $25,990

2010 DODGE CHARGER SXT

3.5L H.O V6 auto with tap shift, leather seats, power seat, alloy wheels, rear spoiler, CD player, and mor eon this eye catching BRIGHT RED sedan. P1131A Was $18,370

LOCAL TRADE

2008 HONDA CR-V EX ALL WHEEL DRIVE

2.4L 4 cylinder engine, automatic,traction control,alloy wheels, 59,000 kms. Power sunroof, and lots more. BLACK. P1134A Was $21,770

NOW $17,980

NOW $20,960

MUST GO!

2006 FORD F-150 XLT SUPERCAB 4X4

MUST GO!

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXT STO ‘N GO

5.4L V8 automatic, 6.5 ft. box. Full load, boxliner, only 94,000 kms. BLACK. Sweet truck. P1159A Was $19,900

3.8L V6, automatic, full load, dual air cond, alloys, fog lights, nice and clean, local trade, INFERNO RED. P183B Was $9,980

NOW $17,980

NOW $7,850

Penticton, very clean, 2 bdrm, 1 ba, Lrg. storage, cement backyard, 4appl., close to malls, bus route, schools, $975/mo.+util. Mature working person only, N/S, N/P, Avail. now (250)493-5032

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

Transportation

2002 MUSTANG GT, 5spd coupe, black leather, all power options, keyless entry, tinted glass, MACH system 6CD, new tires (only used 2 months), like new condition inside & out, lady driven, 2nd owner, summer driven. Only $5500. 250-351-5478.

Auto Accessories/Parts 4-MICHELIN X-ICE-2, P185-60R15, Winter Radials $295, OR with 15” 4 bolt GM Steel Wheels $450. All used only 3months, 250-497-0008 4 winter tires, 17” from a Camry LE Sport, 215/55R17 - 947 $150, 250-492-6919 Used Tires, Huge Selection of used tires and wheels in stock. We might have what you need. Prices vary according to size and quality. Starting at $25.00. Call us or drop in to Larsens Excel 555 Okanagan Ave East 250-492-5630 Penticton

Auto Financing

NOW 17,470

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2008 DODGE 1500 RAM QUADCAB SLT 4X4

5.7L V8 Hemi engine, automatic transmission, alloy wheels with 35 Dick Cepek off road tires, 4” full suspension lift kit, Flowmaster exhaust. 6” Lund tube steps. This is one heck of a truck!!! Must be seen to be appreciated. WHITE P1150A Was $29,880

NOW $25,980

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2008 BUICK LUCERNE CXL 4 DR. LUXURY SEDAN

3BDRM, 2.5bath, dbl garage, 5-appl, close to school/beach. N/S, N/P avail Dec. 1, Call after 4pm 250-486-7974

REALTY EXECUTIVES VANTAGE

CLOSING!

This awesome car has it all! 3.8L V6 engine, alloy wheels, leather heated and cooled power seats with memory, woodgrain accents and steering wheel, Satellite radio and plenty more. DARK MOCHA. P1145A Was $19,880

3BDRM, 2.5bath, dbl garage, 5-appl, close to school/beach. N/S, N/P avail Dec. 1, Call after 4pm 250-486-7974

Large basement, 2brm, 1ba, w/kitchen, np, ns, Wiltse Area, 794 Armstrong Dr. (250)4928421, 250-498-7427

$695

4X4

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Large 2bdrm ground level suite, newly reno’d, 1km N of Ok Falls, great lake view, ns, $725 incl util. Avail. Dec. 1. 250-497-5658

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Suites, Upper Large bach. suite, private ent., across PTCC, avail. now, N/S, N/P, $550+util., 250-494-8741

Apt/Condo for Rent

CREW CAB

2008 FORD ESCAPE ALL WHEEL DRIVE XLT

Transportation

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Rentals

Townhouses

FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

2bdrm, 2bath, gated comm., must be 55+, 5appl., $1250 (includes heat/gas/water/elec., avail. Dec. 1, (250)492-7262

BEAUTIFUL 2 bdrm, 2.5 bath 1/2 duplex for rent. 1125 sq ft, 1.5 blocks from OK lake, 6 appliances, A/C. Walk in closet in master with french doors to large deck. No pets, N/S. $1200/m. Contact bgula@shaw.ca

Apply online: oksalesandservice.com *OAC

Rentals

800 sqft Shop, front exposure, o/h door, parking, $475mo. + triple net, (250)492-8324, 250809-0728

563 Burns St Penticton 3Bdrm 1Bath 5appl, 1200sqft, $1200. Avail Dec 1st 250-492-2070

CALL NOW! 250.493.1966 *ON APPROVED CREDIT

Rentals

2007 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO LS 2 DOOR SPORTS COUPE 3.5L V6 engine, automatic transmission, alloy wheels, traction control, power seat, onstar, rear spoiler, super sharp. WHITE. P1112B Was $8,920

NOW $7,990 SPECIAL EDITION

2004 FORD MUSTANG GT 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

4.6L V8, automatic transmission, alloy wheels, leather interior, traction control, ABS brakes, 6 disc CD. Senior driven, garage kept, only 52,000 kms. DEEP METALLIC RED, super sweet. P1182A Was $17,980

NOW $15,950

2007 TOYOTA RAV 4 LIMITED 4 WHEEL DRIVE

2.4L 4 cylinder engine, automatic transmission, full load , alloy wheels, 6 disc CD player, power sunroof and more. SILVER. P1139A Was $19,980

NOW $18,980

MUST GO!

2004 DODGE DAKOTA CLUBCAB 4X4

3.7L V6 EFI, automatic transmission, only 92,400 kms, air conditioned, alloy wheels, running bars and more. WHITE OVER CHARCOAL. Nice. P1136A Was $13,998

NOW $11,990

ON THE SPOT FINANCING O.A.C.

Email: olivercarandtruck@persona.ca

Grd flr 1 bdrm,facing south, f,s, a/c , coin-op laundry, close to Skaha Beach, no pets. Avail. Dec. 1 (A355) Skaha Pl. 1 bdrm, 3rd floor, coin-op laundry, f,s, balcony, elevator, no pets. Avail. NOW (A389) Skaha Pl. 1 bdrm condo, 2nd floor, fridge, stove, a/c, balcony, elevator, coin op laundry. Avail. NOW (A381) Close to downtown, 2nd flr walk up, quiet building, coin op laundry, extra storage, no smoking, no pets. Avail. NOW (SHM201) 2 bdrm near OK beach, 2nd floor, f,s, in suite storage, balcony, coin-op laundry, no pets. Avail. NOW (A333) Near IGA, newer 1 bdrm bsmt suite, incld. util., f,s, w.d, laminate and carpet. Avail. NOW (H752-2) 2nd floor walk up, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, f,s, new kitchen and windows, fresh paint. Avail. NOW (A334-1) Alysen Pl., 4th flr, 1 bdrm + den, 6 appl., sec’d parking, facing north, pet on approval. Availability neg. (OT562) Alysen pl, 6th floor, 1 bdrm + den, 6 appl, sec’d parking, facing north. No pets, no smoking. Avail. NOW (OT410)

HOUSES: $900

2 bdrm one level home, f,s, fenced yard, close to downtown, pet on approval. Avail. NOW (H559) $950 2 bdrm upper level, fridge, stove, shared washer/dryer, large deck. No pets, no smoking. Avail. Dec. 1 (H673-1) $1000 2 bdrm on Forestbrook. 1 bath, f,s,w.d H.w. floors, fenced yard, off street parking. Avail. Dec. 1 (H730) $1300 Fairway Village, 55+, 2 bdrm + den rancher, backs onto golf course, 6 appl., dble garage, np, ns, 1 yr lease req’d. Avail. Jan. 1 (H755)

TOWNHOUSE: $1100 Reno’d 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, twnhse, near Skaha middle school, small fenced yard, no pets, no smoking. Avail. Dec. 1 (TH499) Prospective tenants must complete an application form at:

280 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, B.C. V2A 5B2 PHONE: 250-493-4372 - www.rentalspenticton.com Only qualified applicants will be contacted.

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Cars - Domestic

Cars - Sports & Imports 1994 Mercedes SL500 Roadster, hard & soft tops, all options, leather, extra set of wheels & tires, 143,000kms, $14,000obo, (250)499-8072 1998 700 BMW, beaut. cond., 124,000 mi, leaving country, $7999obo, (250)490-3037 2008 Toyota Corolla CE, auto, 4-cyl, 4-dr, 90K, lots of extras, $10,000.obo (250)545-8152

Recreational/Sale 1978 Sircco Ford Motorhome for sale, bathroom, shower, sleeps four, fridge, stove, furnace,motor on propane, Lots of storage. Good for hunting and summer camping, excellent condition, clean in and out. awning, new tires and batteries, asking $4000obo, open to offers, must be seen to be appreciated, nice little unit, goes anywhere, 250-490-4717 Sue or Larry

Scrap Car Removal 1AA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Min $60 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 250-899-0460 Armour Towing & Scrap Removal. Will pay up to $80 for a full size vehicle. 250-801-4199 Scrap car removal, will pay up to $120.We are licensed & insured, more weight, more money,250-328-8697, Pent.

Snowmobiles 2002 800 Summit Sport, 144 2” track, trick clutches, $3500 obo, (250)493-9147, lv msg.

Sport Utility Vehicle Great Buy! 2002 Explorer, lots spent, good cond., must sell, $7990obo, (250)490-3037

Trucks & Vans 1991 Ford Crew Cab, 4x4 F350, on propane, brand new clutch, low mileage on re-built motor, recent paint job, new brakes all around, $4800 OBO (250)770-0827 1997 Dodge 2500 4x4 manual trans 172000 km white extended cab short box, no rust never winter driven $6500 250499-8970

Utility Trailers 4.5 x 8.5 foot, solid steel, Scott utility trailer, 15” tires, brakes. $500, 2 person river raft Kayak, $300, 250-487-0373

Adult Escorts #1 The Total Experience Massage. Call: (250)878-1514 250-307-8174. Krystal 20, Paris 23, Lily 24, Jasmine 28, Jina 45. In/out Up scale Discreet, Fun, Flirty Girls! Hiring. BEACH BUNNIES Be Spoiled At Kelowna’s Only 5 Star Men’s Spa #32-2789 Hwy 97 Blue Heights www.beachbunnies.ca 250-448-8854 MALE 4 Male Erotic Massage $95, waxing, intimate grooming & skin care. Winfield, 9-9 Daily 250-766-2048

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Nature provides artistic inspiration From the famous cave paintings of El Castillo, Spain and Lascaux, France to the sculpture of kokanee salmon at Nanaimo Square in Penticton, nature has always been one of the main inspirations for artists through the ages. In fact, many would justiﬁably argue that this statement falls well short of emphasizing the importance nature plays in art — perhaps nature is the only important inspiration for artists. When the word “artist” is mentioned many of us immediately think of such painters as Monet, Robert Bateman, Tony Onley or Georgia O’Keefe — each of whom interpreted nature in their own special way. But of course, the term “artist’ encompasses a far broader range of undertakings than just painting — sculpture, photography, writing, weaving,

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the list goes on. Even in many “non-nature” movies, from Thelma and Louise to Armageddon, nature plays a starring role. Who would remember the ending of Thelma and Louise if they had driven off an overpass in Nebraska rather than a spectacular cliff in Canyonlands National Park? Probably most books inspired by nature fall in the non-ﬁction category, but one only has to read Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea to afﬁrm the role that nature

has played in inspiring ﬁction writers over the years. And while artists have been inspired over the centuries by all things natural, artists in turn have used that inspiration to kindle a conservation ethic in many who might otherwise not pay too much attention to the habitat destruction going on around them. From the 19th century writing of Thoreau to 3-D digital creations such as Avatar, artists have been challenging us to care about what happens to nature. Here in the South Okanagan we are blessed with a multitude of artists of many persuasions — painters in various media, sculptors, writers, photographers and more. As part of the year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary, the South Okanagan Naturalists’ Club is co-sponsoring with the Penticton Museum

a juried art show, South Okanagan Impressions, the natural South Okanagan as seen through the eyes of our local artists. We were pleased to have Paul Crawford, curator of the Penticton Art Gallery, act as juror for this show which will feature the work of 37 local artists whose depictions of nature in the South Okanagan include painting, photography, pottery, basketry, fabric art and sculpture. The show opens with a reception on Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. Award-winning local writer and ecologist Don Gayton will be on hand to open the show with some of his thoughts on South Okanagan nature. If you are not familiar with Don’s writings or haven’t heard him speak, you should take advantage of this opportunity — come out to see some of the best nature art in our valley, be inspired by

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Nooners meetings are Monday to Friday at noon at 361 Wade Ave. royal canaDian legion branch 40 has daily lunches from Monday to Thursday, with fish and chips on Friday at 4:30 p.m. Karaoke with Lloyd at 6:30 p.m. anavetS haS karaoke with Jack at 7 p.m. elkS cluB on Ellis Street has drop-in darts/pool starts at 6:30 p.m. Ninth annual Tanya Roberts memorial dart shoot is Friday to Saturday, $12 per person. Call Missy Kolbe at 250-490-3690 for full details. SuMMerlanD pleaSure painterS meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower hall of the Summerland Library.

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calendar Penticton AcAdemy of Music presents a student recital at 2 p.m. at the Leir House at 220 Manor Park Ave. Admission is by donation and all proceeds go to support their student bursary fund.

Monday

November 19 mentAl Wellness centre has Brown Bag family support group from noon to 1 p.m. weekly and individual support for family members from 2 to 4 p.m. weekly. Alcoholics Anonymous nux group meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Heritage Centre at Green Mountain Road and Penticton I.R. Road. Summerland 12 and 12 group at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the United Church basement. fitness friends meets at 10 a.m. in the Legion Hall at 502 Martin St. Come, get in shape. Everyone is welcome. Penticton seniors DropIn Centre has improver line dance at 9 a.m., Scrabble at 10 a.m, easy to intermediate line dance and duplicate bridge at 1 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance activities. Penticton AcAdemy of Music women’s choir rehearses at the Leir House under the direction of Joanne Forsyth from 7 to 8:30 p.m. New members welcome. For information please call 250-493-7977. elks club on Ellis Street has pub league darts at 7 p.m. AnAvets has darts and pool league at 7 p.m. and Stu’s kitchen is open. the sAlvAtion Army at 2469 South Main St. is hosting a Christmas kettle volunteer registration at 7 p.m. New kettle volunteers are welcome. Call 250492-6494 for more information.

Tuesday

November 20 s outh o kAnAgAn toAstmAsters meet every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Community Services Building at 6129 Kootenay St. in Oliver. Become a more confident speaker. Call Corinne at 250-6890676 for details. toPs b.c. 4454 has weekly meetings from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 445 Ellis St. Use back lane entrance. Meetings are downstairs. Phone Susan at 250-496-5931 or Sally at 250-4926556. Al-Anon for friends

and family of alcoholics meets at 10:30 a.m. at 2800 South Main St. and 6:45 p.m. at 157 Wade Ave. at St. Andrew’s Presbytarian Call 250-490-9272 for information. P enticton s eniors Drop-In Centre has a luncheon served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., partner bridge at 12:45 p.m., and knitting and crocheting at 1 p.m. W ellness m entAl centre has individual support for family members in Summerland from 10 a.m. to noon at 13211 Henry St. 890 Wing of South Okanagan Air Force Association gets together for a gab and coffee every Tuesday at 9 a.m. at 126 Dakota Ave. P ieceful e vening Quilt Guild meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Penticton Seniors Dropin Centre on 2965 South Main St. For more info call Sue 250-492-0890, Fran 250-497-7850 or Penny-April 250 4938183. okAnAgAn cAledoniAn PiPe band practises from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Legion hall on Martin Street. All are welcome. elks club on Ellis Street has crib wars at 1 p.m., as well as fun league darts, yoga and crib at 7 p.m. P enticton n AvAl veterAns meet on the second Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m. at 502 Martin St. Penticton concert bAnd rehearses at 7 p.m. Intermediate to advanced musicians, as well as rusty encouraged to join the group. It is an opportunity to renew playing of an instrument in a concert band and an opportunity to join a vital musical group for personal enjoyment and camaraderie. Wide variety of musical selections. The Penticton Concert Band is available for performances. Phone 250-809-2087 for info. first bAPtist church in the Ark at 1498 Government St. has free drop-off program for elementary aged kids from 2:45 to 5 p.m. A safe place to play games (computers, Wii, PS3, Lego, pool, airhockey), make crafts, gym time, snacks. Everyone is welcome. A l c o h o l i c s Anonymous young person’s group at 7:30 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre.

Call/text Guy at 250460-2466 or Niki at 250-460-0798. As well, the beginners’ meeting runs at 8 p.m. at St. Andrews Presbytirian Church at 157 Wade Ave. P e n t i c t o n toAstmAsters meets every Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Shatford Centre at 760 Main St. Toastmasters is an excellent way to enhance confidence, speaking, and leadership skills in a fun, supportive setting. Membership is open to anyone 18 and up. Guests are always welcome and allowed up

ing at 11:30 a.m. in the Penticton Buffet meeting room at 2987 Skaha Lake Rd. Lunch buffet available. P enticton W hole foods Market is hosting a free seminar on boosting the immune system naturally with Dr. Jese Wiens from 7 to 8:30 p.m. AnAvets has karaoke at 7 p.m. with Monica. P enticton m etAl detectors Club has their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Library/ Museum Building. For info call 250-4978595. broWn bAg lectures has Ivan McLelland

to three free meetings. Call 250-492-2362 for more info. P eAch b lossom chorus wants to know if you sing high or low. Whatever your range, they want to know. A capella at the Shatford Centre is from 7 to 9:30 p.m. meditAtion / y ogA vegetAriAn

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