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VSS hosts 45 years of history ROGER KNOX Morning Star Staff

There’s old yearbooks to be had. Grad photos. School uniforms. Pieces of the gym floor. And then there’s the bricks. Vernon Secondary School is saying goodbye to the structure on 18th Avenue that has been its home for the past 45 years with a special open house Thursday, Nov. 22, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. The school is, of course, making way for the new Vernon Secondary, being built on the current site, which will open after the Christmas holidays in January. “VSS is celebrating the closing of the old school, 45 years of history, of memories, and opening the new school,” said current VSS principal Morris Vardabasso of the open house. “It will be the last time you get to see the bricks intact, the pictures and the memorabilia. “Come share some time with fellow grads, former teachers and parents, and celebrate what we have had here for 45 years before it gets torn down.”

The school opened in 1968, with the first graduating class celebrating in June 1969. Vernon Senior Secondary, as it was known then, featured Grades 11 and 12 and stayed that way until 1984. The school structure changed in September 1984, with the school becoming Vernon Secondary with students from Grades 8 to 12, as it is now. Since it opened, Vardabasso estimates tens of thousands of people have gone through the hallowed hallways. Perhaps what the school is best known for is its bricks, and specially manufactured bricks will be available for sale at the open house as well as online. “They will be manicured bricks, nicely cut, that you can put on your mantle or your desk,” said Vardabasso. “You can order a brick with a plaque on it that will have your name and the year you graduated or the years you taught at the school.” Former Vernon Secondary Panther athletes will have a chance to order pieces of the gym

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floor. Again, you’ll be able to get a plaque with your name, the teams you played on and the years you played. Athletes will also have a chance to become part of a new Wall of Fame that will be housed in the new school, but to be inducted, you must come to the open house or by ordering a piece of the floor online. Funds raised from the sale of bricks, gym floor pieces and silent auction items, which include old uniforms, trophies, and black-andwhite photos, will go to the VSS scholarship and legacy programs. A barbecue will also be held featuring hamburgers and hot dogs, and commemorative T-shirts – old style and funky – will be on sale for $10. Former students who didn’t get a yearbook for whatever reason will be excited to learn that there are lots of leftover yearbooks, and they will be available during the open house, as well as grad year photos.

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A perceived rise in public doubt has left some area politicians with their own uncertainty over the success of the spring sports facility borrowing referendum. Questions have been circulating over the $8.5 million referendum gaining enough support to see a sports facility constructed at Okanagan College. Therefore Coldstream Maria Besso politicians are demanding more answers from the Greater Vernon Advisory Committee. “I’m not really satisfied with the procedure that is happening with the track facility,” said Coun. Maria Besso. Coun. Richard Enns adds: “I really think we do need to be getting more information.” Besso has suggested that an ad hoc committee be established to get to the bottom of unanswered questions such as cost breakdowns. She also suggests some Coldstream staff be involved in the process. Mayor Jim Garlick has agreed to bring the request to GVAC. “We would like to involve our engineer and planner in this process because they’re the ones we have to go to,” said Garlick, after hearing his colleague’s uncertainty over the referendum. “There’s concerns about the success of the referendum,” he said. “And I’ve heard those concerns elsewhere.” Coldstream is eager to look at the details of the sports facility, including a break-down of the $8.5 million.

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For Vardabasso, along with teachers Debbie Meyer and Mike Sawka, and head secretary Lynn Inkster, moving to the new school brings about excitement along with some sadness. All four are graduates of the old VSSS. “It’s really quite an honour to have graduated from here in 1974 to be leading the school as it gets set to close,” said Vardabasso. Meyer (née Sorensen), who teaches computer, grad transition and planning, met her husband as a VSS student. “To be able to be a teacher here is a great honour,” said Meyer. “I started working with teachers who taught me when I was a student.” Inkster (née King, Class of ‘72) joked that she stayed well away from the office she now works at everyday. “It’s going to be very sad to leave here, but we’re excited to be moving to a new school,” said Inkster. “The Nov. 22 is going to be a great time.” Added Sawka (Grad ‘82 who, unlike Inkster, did spend a lot of time in the office, he said):

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Vernon Secondary School principal Morris Vardabasso (from left), teachers Mike Sawka and Debbie Meyer and head secretary Lynn Inkster - all VSS alumni - display some of the old uniforms, photos, trophies, and memorabilia that will be on display during a special open house Thursday, Nov. 22, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event will celebrate the old brick VSS, which will give way to the new secondary school being built on-site in January. “I did my practicum here and I’ve taught here for 17 years, it’s really the only school I know,” said Sawka. “It’s sentimental for me because of all of the history. It’s been an excellent experience.” There will be guided tours of the old school or people are encouraged to wander the hall-

ways themselves for a trip down memory lane. Entrance to the open house is through the school’s main doors, and there will be a sign-in table. For more information on the open house, or to order bricks, gym floor pieces or T-shirts online, visit vss.sd22.bc.ca.

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Students gain incentive to Kick the Nic J Jennifer Smith

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anelle Cole took her first puff off a cigarette in Grade 9, and about a year later she was hooked. Three years later, she still has the occasional cigarette but Cole is working at kicking her nicotine habit. She knows all the risks, and is unfortunately losing her grandfather to smoking-related illness. “I should feel obligated to not smoke,” said Cole, now in her senior year at W.L. Seaton. “It’s not worth my life.” But surrounded — Mike Bell by friends, and family, who smoke, she admits, it’s a hard habit to break. “The majority of people around me smoke.” Lucky for Cole, there is some support right at school for her. Seaton, along with all the high schools in the Vernon school district, have implemented Kick the Nic programs for students. The students, most of whom attend of their own free will, meet once a week or whenever additional support is needed. “At our meetings, we discuss quitting strategies, set quit dates, and discuss ways to deal with cravings,” said Sarah Kwantes, who runs the program at Seaton. “Our ultimate goal is to help kids stop smoking.” Seaton principal Mike Bell is impressed with how participation in the group is steadily growing as the word spreads about the benefits of the program. “These kids, they wanna quit but they don’t know how,” said Bell, happy to see the students find support in the group. Students are also attracted to some of the perks of the program,

“These kids, they wanna quit but they don’t know how.”

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Grade 12 Seaton student Chelsea Pierce checks the carbon monoxide level in her lungs, which was high at 20 parts per million, because she is a smoker. Physicians recently visited the school’s Kick the Nic group to test smoker’s lungs and give the students more incentive to quit. like pizza lunches and a special dinner at the end of the year for the quitters. Four of the quitters will also get their teeth whitened before graduation thanks to a donation from Dr. Sean Bicknell of Pleasant Valley Dental. The students also learn about the effects of smoking, like the fact that smoking strips their skin of collagen, causing their faces to shrivel up faster and make them age sooner. “That’s an important motivator for a lot of people - they want to look good,” said Doug Rogers, the school district’s substance abuse

prevention counsellor. Dr. Chris Cunningham recently visited the school to provide some additional insight into the effects of smoking. “I’d say 80 to 90 per cent of my work is smoking related,” said Cunningham, a doctor who sees the importance of smoking cessation. From psoriasis to cancer and gangrene to heart attacks and strokes, they are all commonly connected to smoking. While all smokers know it’s hazardous to their health, Sylvia Grutzmacher, respiratory therapist

at Interior Health, says they continue to do it. “It would be like us testing your water and saying your water causes cancer – you wouldn’t drink it.” So knowing how bad it is for them, the students were asked why do they do it? The students say stress, acceptance, a social habit and even because “it looks cool,” are all reasons they picked up the habit. “The reason I think I started smoking is my mom is a really heavy smoker,” said one student, who remembers mimicking her

mom by pretending to smoke when she was in Grade 4. Grade 12 student Chelsea Pierce started smoking in Grade 9 and says the fact that her parents smoke played a large role in her picking up the habit. Pierce doesn’t want to smoke, and she has plans to quit one day, which is why she attends the Kick the Nic meetings. “This is helpful to get me to that point (of quitting).” The students, many of whom are in Grade 12, are also reminded of the hundreds of younger eyes looking up to them. It may not be a job they wanted, but regardless the senior students are role models. “You guys are leaders and role models for grade 6, 7, 8 and 9s,” said Cunningham, who also tested the level of carbon monoxide in the lungs of some of the young smokers. “There’s Grade 7s that will smoke by seeing you guys do it. It happens all the time.” Rogers adds: “We know from the research, where do kids learn to smoke – at school.” Therefore they are encouraged to make it difficult for the younger students to pick up the habit. “You guys have to boot out the Grade 8 or 9’s (from the smoking areas),” said Rogers. The health officials and school staff know they can’t help every student, but: “If even one of those kids quits it makes a big difference,” said Rogers. Visit www.vernonmorningstar. com for a video on the Kick the Nic program including lung testing.

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Elizabeth Raybould (above, left) and Megan Johnston celebrate with the rest of the students and teachers of Vernon Secondary School after finishing taping the first half of their lip dub that tours the old school. Tom Joly (below)tours the VSS halls with a video camera as the students and teachers perform for the lip dub video. The second half of the lip dub (an internet video trend) will be shot in the new VSS. See vernonmorningstar.com for a video.

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Vernon resident Andrea Malysh checks out the Primorsky Stairs in Odessa while monitoring the Ukrainian election. against the ruling party, which is pro-Russian. Many of the opposition parties want a stronger relationship between Ukraine and the west. “The election was in a large part a referendum on a central conflict within the former Soviet state,” said Malysh. “Whether Ukraine should ally itself with Russia or the west and which of these alliances would best support

economic growth in a nation where slow economic growth is increasingly threatened by the falling price of steel, a major export.” Malysh was part of Mission Canada, an independent election observer mission. It is funded by the Canadian government and logistics are co-ordinated through Canadem, a non-governmental organization.

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tinely attended council meetings and attracted the attention of others, who have also written letters and made presentations. Collectively, they hoped to protect their lake views by blocking builders from going to extreme heights. In one of her initial presentations to council, Stothers Dawson, a Sunflower Place resident, said: “We were not aware of this possibility when we purchased our property about a year ago.” She suggested Coldstream limit the height of additions to .5 metres above a home’s current height.

Currently, homes on a slope of five per cent or more are limited to 11 metres – from the lowest to highest point. Coldstream staff, and council, have debated and researched the issue for the past year now. But after examining possible options, including bylaws adopted by other communities, Coldstream decided Monday to stick with its existing regulations. “There are all sorts of ways to do it, ultimately it comes down to whether the municipality wants to regulate viewscapes,” said Michael Reiley,

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News Doctor shortage draws concerns “Access to medical treatment is a No. 1 pillar of whether people move to a community. It’s Anxiety levels are high over the shortage of doc- rather demoralizing,” said Cyr. tors in Enderby. The Interior Health Authority is There were previously five physicians in in the midst of recruitment and there the community, but that has decreased to could possibly be two new doctors at two over nine months and there will only the health clinic by summer. be one in January. It’s not expected they can arrive any “I am hearing some concern because the sooner than that. pool of doctors is shrinking,” said Mayor “IHA is going through its process Howie Cyr. and it’s not the most simple thing,” Among the primary concern for resisaid Cyr. dents — about 7,200 with the city and sur“The one doctor we’re getting in Howie Cyr rounding area — is some people don’t have the summer must go through accredivehicles to drive to Vernon and Salmon tation and the other possible doctor Arm. has a practise elsewhere and has to wind that For some in the rural area, they are already down.” some distance from Enderby and driving to Vernon Between January and the summer, interim doccould be challenging. tors will be used to provide services to residents. richard rolke

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The fate of the former Ashton Creek Elementary School may be in the hands of residents. Final classes were held in June and the North OkanaganShuswap S chool District is looking at disposing of the site. “The goal is to sell for fair market value,” said Alice Hucul, with district communications. To get a sense of interest, the Riverside Community Club is considering a public survey. “We want to find out what people would like to see there,” said Shelley Verlaan, president. “If we didn’t ask residents, we could be remiss and we could lose community access to that building.” The school district has not released the assessment value of the property, but some have suggested the building could cost $230,000 to $250,000. “It would be pretty steep,” said Jackie Pearase, area director, who has asked the Regional District of

Okanagan to investigate figures for a possible purchase. “It could be cost prohibitive because the building needs capital improvements. One of the things is water (upgrades).” Pe ar a s e has received little public input about the future

of the property. “It’s up to the community to decide if they want it,” she said. The school district has previously leased closed schools to community groups but it’s unknown if that is possible with Ashton Creek. Any residents with

comments or concerns about the disposal of the school can make presentations to the school board Jan. 8 and Feb. 12. “They are just exploring the level of interest,” said Hucul. Presently, Ashton Creek school is leased by a local church.

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It’s hard to believe that in this day and age, with all the knowledge around the dangers of smoking and glaring warning messages plastered across tobacco products, that youth continue to pick up the habit. Unlike years ago, when smoking wasn’t thought to be all that bad for you, everyone knows that smoking kills. “It would be like us testing your water and saying your water causes cancer – you wouldn’t drink it,” points out respiratory therapist Sylvia Grutzmacher. Ask any teen, especially any smoking teen, and they’ll tell you that they know the risks. Yet the number of students lighting up locally continues to surprise school officials. So instead of sitting blindly by, some teachers are doing what they can to help their students butt out. Throughout the Vernon School District, high schools have implemented a Kick the Nic program, designed to give students incentive and support to quit. The fact that schools, and staff, have implemented the program is admirable on its own. But what’s even better is the fact that they are attracting youth, and they are having success in helping some of them quit. Obviously not everyone can be helped – as any smoker will tell you, it has to be their decision to quit. But some have come to that decision thanks to the program. Learning about the endless list of illnesses caused by cancer, seeing the aging effects smoking creates and hearing stories of loved ones dying from smoking is helping more youth come to the decision to Kick the Nic. Without such a program, even those most motivated to quit might not succeed. But thanks to the support and resources offered, they are one step closer to Kicking the Nic, for good.

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ast November when my wife Cathie and I moved to Armstrong we started looking around for ways to get involved in the community. I volunteered as a photographer for the B.C. Winter Games, and we spent the rest of the winter designing our new home. This summer we met Andrea Gunner, coordinator of the IPE Iron Chef 100 Mile Diet Challenge, and volunteered to assist with that event. We had never been to the IPE. I had the good fortune to be one of the volunteers at the junior final, while Cathie worked at the final of the pros. As volunteers we did whatever necessary, getting the tables ready for the competition, washing dishes and such. The junior final pitted the Vernon team of Eli Garlick, David Enns and Emma Enns against a combined Kamloops/Armstrong trio of Kaitlyn Clement, Dayton Kier and Brianne Stenhouse. The teams had one hour to plan and prepare three courses, then present their creations to the judges. The secret ingredient was peach plums, and other black bag ingredients included Crannog Ales’ cherry/black currant stout, honey, mixed baby summer squash, feta cheese and llama sausage. The Vernon team created a menu of savoury crepe with summer squash, feta cheese and peach plums, fresh pasta with llama sausage and

a lemon plum and ale cream sauce, and honey ice cream in a waffle cone with cream sauce. The Kamloops/ Armstrong crew produced a classic arugula salad with blackberries and peach plums, llama sausage, feta and peach plum-stuffed chicken breast with risotto served with an ale sauce, and peach plum and blackberry sweet perogie with vanilla cream and honey almond brittle. Brave and creative choices indeed. What struck me from the start was the calm demeanour of both teams as they planned their menu and started cooking. Kaitlyn Clement only met her teammates five minutes before the contest started, and Garlick, Enns and Enns are in their early to mid-teens. At their age, following a recipe in mom’s cookbooks was a major challenge for me, never mind creating pasta from scratch. What also made me smile was the unfailing politeness of all six competitors. Each dirty dish brought to the

tronson road Tronson Road sewer upgrade project in Vernon can certainly qualify for the worst planned, managed and executed project of the year. The project started at the beginning of August and it was initially planned to be finished by the end of October. Then, in September, it was announced that the project will be delayed till the end of November. I am one of those who need to travel Tronson Road regularly, so I was able to make a few observations. Initially, in August, the project started at a leisurely pace, contractor crew working almost on the 9 to 5 schedule, with all weekends off. Once, while waiting for the road to open, I counted vehicles coming from the opposite direction - 22 cars. Presuming that the similar number of cars was waiting on our side makes around 40 vehicles delayed in one batch only. Being second in the line my waiting time was 24 minutes.

sinks was accompanied by “please” and returned to a “thank you.” And they all respected each other while negotiating the confines of a small stage, with “excuse me” and “sorry” peppering every encounter at the communal fridge. As volunteers we got to try each dish as the generous judges finished their tastings. The Vernon team elicited praise from the judges including: “Amazing!” “Can’t believe they are so young!” and “Beautiful creativity.” Among other comments the judges passed on to the Kamloops/ Armstrong team were: “Yummy!” “Lovely!” and “Gorgeous.” If anything, those were understatements. I’m not a big pasta person, but the dish created by the talented artists from Vernon left me breathless. I could eat that every day, and twice on Sunday. In the end, the Vernon team was ahead on the judges’ scorecard by one point, so Gunner did the only fair

Cars at the end of the line did not have to wait that long, what makes average delay around 12 minutes per car. Assuming that there was just a single occupant in each car, it makes 40 people delayed by some eight hours. Multiply this by number of batches per day and by the number of days and you can see that the time wasted here can be counted in thousands of hours. I wonder if anyone considered this when planning the project. Besides major inconvenience there are other serious impacts of the project. One is the environment. While waiting, in the hope that the road would open shortly, very few drivers bother to shut their engine. Many tons of CO2 are spewed into atmosphere. Multiple gas line breaks, as reported in The Morning Star, also represent negative impacts. Some city officials are now taking a position of Pontius Pilate – washing their hands, basically say-

thing and made the executive decision to split the prize money evenly between the teams. As a final statement on the quality of these young people, as the judging process was taking place, both teams cleaned up their work areas immaculately. When the excitement had died down I had a chance to talk to both teams, and told them I was going to lobby the local seniors facilities to hire them because that is certainly the quality of food I’d like to eat when I get there. They thought I was joking. As a community newspaper editor of some 27 years, now retired, I faced the constant conundrum of seeing a small number of young people get their names in the paper, frequently in the police blotter. And that skewed the general outlook of readers about young people, though we constantly tried to ensure some semblance of balance. In events such as this, the professional chefs get the glory. They are extremely competitive, because the prestige of a win means more patrons in the seats of their restaurants. And at the IPE, the pros were superb. But for me the young competitors were the stars. They showed a pure love of cooking and appreciation of local food. Bravo. al Price

ing that the contractor has a problem. Not so fast. It must be also extremely frustrating for the contractor’s crew to have their work interrupted every 20 to 25 minutes just to let traffic from both sides to pass. But serious questions arise on how well thought out has been the planning process of the project. Knowing that Tronson Road is the only access road for several thousand people, why was the project of this length and complexity scheduled to begin in August with a likelihood of slippage to late fall and potentially winter months? Why was the contractor working basically on easy schedule with Saturdays and Sundays off during the best construction time in August and September? Has two shifts operation been even considered? It is perhaps not too early to issue a report card for all those who got us into this mess. Here you have it–F. nathaniel royko

a resPonse How does one respond to someone like M. Strangward who appears to believe that publicly funded daycare, even public education, is a socialist plot? Really! I'm surprised he quotes Confucius instead of Ayn Rand where his anti-societal sentiments appear to really lie. I'd like to know just what he means by state schools regaining their "proper role and focus." I'd be willing to bet he advocates some narrow ideological program where children are taught to obey and never ask questions. Howard Brown

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The buyer, on the advice of her agent (who was also the seller’s agent), put in a “clean” offer and didn’t insist on a property inspection. Shortly after moving in, the buyer discovered serious structural problems, which the City of Sudbury ordered repaired. The repair process also identified plumbing problems. The repair costs were about $190,000 – well above the $110,100 purchase price of the house.

In one case, a Kamloops seller answered “no” to the question of whether they were The court decided that the seller, though aware of an insect or rodent infestation. trying to be honest, made incomplete and Two years previously, however, misleading disclosure of other they had a termite problem and issues with the foundation walls hired a pest control company to that they knew about, even deal with it. Shortly after the though those hadn’t caused sale, the buyers noticed termites them any problems. As well, around the townhouse. They the court said that the seller claimed the seller fraudulently misrepresented that there were misrepresented the property. no plumbing problems. So, But the BC Supreme Court here, the seller was liable to the disagreed. The wording of buyer. (The real estate agent the question “Are you aware was also liable to both her buyer of any infestation by insects and seller clients.) or rodents?” on the standard Property Disclosure Statement It remains to be seen whether Kevin E. is in the present tense, said the the approach taken by the Cherkowski court, and doesn’t refer to past Ontario court in this case – infestations. calling for more full, frank and accurate disclosure by sellers – will be found Now, however, a recent case from the persuasive in BC. The Supreme Court of Ontario Court of Appeal suggests sellers Canada refused to hear an appeal from the may have to be more forthcoming in future Ontario decision, so that decision therefore – or risk liability for inadequate disclosure if stands. a buyer relies on their Property Disclosure Statement. But in any event, sellers should be cautious when providing information in disclosure The seller in this case answered the question statements, and buyers shouldn’t blindly “Are you aware of any structural problems?” rely on what the seller says there. For with “NW corner settled.” In the space example, the seller may not know of past or provided for “additional comments,” the current issues with the property. A property seller added “to the best of our knowledge inspection by a qualified home inspector is the house has settled. No further problems generally money well spent, as may be the in 17 years.” The seller also indicated they cost of a legal review of an offer before it’s weren’t aware of any plumbing problems. presented to or accepted by a seller.

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an opt-out program for customers not wanting the new meters. “It was a legitimate motion,” she said, adding that an opt-out system exists in Quebec. “This whole thing has been mishandled by B.C. Hydro. They wasted our time.” Some residents have expressed concerns that the smart meters may intrude on privacy and radiation from the devices may negatively impact health. Tree program takes root Vernon residents will be encouraged to plant trees. The city has launched a tree education and outreach program. “We have some neighbourhoods that

“This whole thing has been mishandled.” — Cunningham

are very well treed but other neighbourhoods have a much lower tree canopy cover,” said Brooke Marshall, environmental planner. The initiative will consist of a program in which residents can receive financial assistance for planting trees in their yards, and a program where the city plants boulevard trees but residents are asked to water them. There were some initial concerns, however, from Coun. Catherine Lord.

“I can’t support paying someone to plant a tree in their own yard,” she said. However, council ultimately agreed that the initiative would be a pilot project in 2013 and would be reconsidered for 2014. Council support was unanimous. Transit passes provided Special needs students at Vernon Secondary School will have a chance to increase their selfesteem by taking the

bus. The City of Vernon has agreed to provide VSS with 10 free transit punch passes for the remainder of the school year. “It’s using transit as an educational process,” said Coun. Brian Quiring. The passes would help the students get to jobs or volunteer activities. Many of them have never used transit and find the process intimidating. The city’s cost for providing the passes is $172. Quiring said it’s not lost revenue because the students were not using the transit and this project will allow them to become long-term transit customers.

Skateboarders inside for the winter roger knox Morning Star Staff

Armstrong Spallumcheen skateboard enthusiasts shouldn’t be hampered by wet weather or snow. The local parks and recreation commission is constructing an indoor skateboard park for the winter months, housed in the horticultural building at the Interior Provincial Exhibition. “We are hoping to have everything done and ready to go for Nov. 23,” said Byron Sayer, Armstrong Spallumcheen Parks and Recreation general manager. The building will be open for skateboarders on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays through the winter months. Drop-in fees will apply or passes can be purchased. Sayer expects the indoor skate park to be up until the end of February or beginning of March. Centennial kick-off Armstrong’s 100th birthday celebrations will start New Year’s Day with the Home for 100 Years’ Kick-Off. The event will see Armstrong Legion Branch #35 host a traditional drop-in, and Armstrong Spallumcheen Parks and Recreation will host a free family skate and movie. Among the other highlights for Armstrong’s 2013

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Dialogue urged over project Mackie Drive resident Dave Salmon. Concerns about the Access is one issue proposed expansion of raised, as the devela Coldstream seniors opment is proposresidence have prompt- ing a zoning change ed the need which would for further increase the dialogue. number of W i t h permitted Coldstream units from Meadows 160 to 270. proposing “ T h e r e ’s expansions to only one way its campus of in and one Richard Enns care, several way out,” neighbours notes neighhave raised bour Shirley concerns and questions Henry. “If there was a about the development. fire, there would be a Therefore the District disaster.” of Coldstream is planThere are currently ning to sit down with 106 units at Coldstream the neighbours to hear Meadows (60 units at them out. The Lodge, eight units “I have questions at The Cottages and 33 regarding this and so units plus five commerdo my neighbours,” said cial units at The Views). Jennifer Smith

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The owner is seeking to expand development with The Terraces (49 units) and would also like to prepare for future development of a licensed care facility. Having the appropriate zoning in place would allow Coldstream Meadows to be able to respond to any future requests for proposals from the Interior Health Authority for a licensed care facility. But there is hesitation among some about whether a licensed facility will ever make its way into Coldstream. “This issue is a very long story, it goes back 20 years now,” said Coun. Gyula Kiss. “A number of years have gone by, I’m not sure that I can trust that

a congregate care will be built.” However, Rob B orden, wit h Coldstream Meadows, assures: “We want it to be there, we need it to be there for the completion of the campus of care.” Due to the fact that this development has raised public interest in the past, Coun. Richard Enns says council needs to hear the public’s concerns. “I think we owe that to them,” said Enns. “If there are serious concerns we should be nipping it in the bud.” Coun. Doug Dirk agrees: “We need to get the feedback before we start shaping this.” Therefore no approvals or decisions

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Sayer. “Our climate, of course, isn’t always conducive to straight outdoor rinks, but one with refrigeration lines builtin would do the job.” Armstrong Coun. Kelly Rowe thinks it would be awesome to add an outdoor rink. “There is talk about having it covered, but for sure that’s not in the budget,” said Rowe. “At this point, Byron is getting some numbers together and see if it’s doable at all.”

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Crews work on a new hangar for Coldstream Helicopters Thursday afternoon. The expanding company already has three hangars making this their fourth at the Vernon Regional Airport.

Highway closure planned for Lake Country Morning Star Staff

Motorists driving through Lake Country should be aware of a pending road closure.

Windley Contracting will conduct work on Highway 97, between Winfield and Oyama, Thursday from 9 a.m.

to 3 p.m. “As this work will include rock blasting, motorist should expect traffic delays during

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Official Light Up and Santa’s Arrival at 5:15 pm FREE Visits with Santa Make Your Own Gift Bag Pony Rides Carriage Rides Hockey Shoot Out Entertainment Stage

Cookie Decorating with Nature’s Fare Markets Bonfire and Marshmallow Roast Community Vendors Road Hockey PlasmaCar Races with Vernon Teach and Learn

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these times,” said Kyle Webb, with Windley. This work will also include a 30-minute highway closure from the Oceola Road intersection to Ponderosa Road between 1 and 1:30 p.m. “A detour route will be available via Oyama Road on the east side of Wood Lake,” said Webb.

Death not foul play Morning Star Staff

Foul play has been ruled out in the suspicious death of a Kelowna man found unresponsive in Lake Country. The provincial coroners department confirmed Friday that Kent Alexander Ford, 60, died of head injuries Nov. 6. Ford was found Nov. 3 lying unresponsive outside his vehicle, which was parked outside the home of a friend of Ford’s in Lake Country. Ford was taken to hospital where he was found to be suffering from a significant head injury. Despite aggressive medical care, Ford died on Nov. 6. The coroner and RCMP continue to investigate the death.

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Presenting sponsors of the Winter Carnival Mike Mason (second from left), Martin von Holst and Cam Srigley (right) of Fix Auto Collision join Dave Fletcher (left), and Brittany Sjosblom, of the Vernon Winter Carnival committee, as they announce their partnership.

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Vernon Winter Carnival has entered into a partnership with a local business. Fix Auto Collision will be the presenting sponsor for the 10-day festival in February. “They are great businesses, with community spirit and we

look forward to our partnership over the coming years,” says Dave Fletcher, Carnival chairperson. Fix Auto Collision has two locations in Vernon — Star Autobody and Manfred’s Autobody. “We are proud to be a part

of the Winter Carnival and look forward to seeing the community spirit in action, and are looking forward to all the festivities,” said Cam Srigley and Mike Mason ,of the two outlets. “We are glad we are able to support our community.”

Fix Auto Collision is also the sponsor of the jopo colouring contest. Prehistoric Carnival runs from Feb. 1 to 10. Brochures will be available the beginning of December and event tickets go on sale Dec. 7.

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ARMSTRONG PHARMACY

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#106-3334-30th Ave.

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Saturday through Wednesday 4 - 9 pm

Choose any 2 entrees from our Wine & Dine Menu plus get a 1/2 L of Prospect Vineyards VQA wine for only $3200

Phone: 250-542-0151 • www.vernongolf.com

12408 Kal Lake Road, Vernon • 250-545-3131 • OPEN 11 am - Midnight

FOR LADIES ONLY!

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778.475.7600

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Time To Get Creative This Holiday Season! Gift Cards Available SIX LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU IN THE NORTH OKANAGAN

250.549.4200

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THE BEST CHRISTMAS ON EARTH!

4407 - 29th Street, Vernon

OPEN EVERY DAY 9:00am - 5:30pm

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Visit us on Facebook

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250-545-2804

Capture your Cherished Moments in Time … everybody wants to be remembered!

4705 - 29th Street, Vernon (next to Morgan’s Glass)

778-475-5679 • rkforgetmenot@yahoo.ca

For Creating Great Memories… 4 LOCATIONS IN VERNON TO SERVE YOU

farm & ranch supplies | pet food bagged feed | tack & clothing

FRUIT MARKET and GARDEN CENTRE 250-542-7614 • On Hwy. 97, Vernon, BC

3303 43 Ave., Vernon (Beside Safeway)

Making the Holiday Delicious for 83 years

SMITH DRIVE • ARMSTRONG 546-3039

SWAN LAKE NURSERYLAND

RED TOP GROCERY & FOOTWEAR LTD.

Your “Country Christmas” Headquarters

A Division of J.R. Ceramics Inc.

5205-25th Ave 250-260-5922 2501 58th Ave 250-260-6583

TWO VERNON LOCATIONS

One of the 50 lucky people who get Kenneth Bear will also walk away with

500

3905 32nd St 250-260-3533 14 - 2601 Hwy 6 250-260-7740

DOWNTOWN - 3417 30th Ave. • 250-542-8167 VERNON SQUARE - 4300 32nd St. • 250-542-2627

from any of these participating local merchants will be the proud owner of Kenneth Bear a numbered Gund™ Teddy Bear

www.geniers.com

CANADIAN DIAMONDS

Downtown Vernon (next to Welk Mart)

300 - 3115 - 48 Avenue, Vernon

in the Andres Plaza next to Sweet Caroline’s Bakery

250-545-0664

Gift Cards Available

Great selection of winter gear • skis • snowshoes • winter clothing 4823 Silver Star Rd, Vernon • 250.542.4141 • www.stussisport.com

FINALIST

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Kalamalka Travel

Give the outdoor lover in your life something from Stussi Sport this X-Mas!

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What’s On Your Christmas Wish List?

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RCMP focus on rural area impaired drivers RogeR Knox Morning Star Staff

Michaela Hamilton Silver Star Rotary School: Vernon Secondary School Hobbies: Playing basketball, reading, writing, travelling and spending time with my family and friends. Future goals: To complete high school, earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and then to use my BScN to work in developing countries. Favourite quotes: “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door” – Milton Berle Reason why I joined the QSSEP: To work on my confidence, my public speaking skills and to build a network of new friends. What skills I hope to gain in the QSSEP: Improve my public speaking skills, my poise and build my leadership skills. What being a youth ambassador means to me: Being a role model, a mentor and a voice for youth in our community.

Ve r n o n - N o r t h Okanagan RCMP continue to combat impaired drivers in the detachment’s rural area. Supt. Reg Burgess released third quarter statistics (July to September) for 2012 that showed 45 impaired drivers were taken off the road by charge or suspension in Armstrong, Enderby, Falkland and Lumby over that time frame. “He didn’t say it but I think that’s a high number,” said Armstrong Mayor Chris Pieper, responding to Burgess’ quarterly report at the regular meeting of city council. “They’re definitely picking up the impaired drivers.” Burgess wrote that the rural detachments continued their efforts to increase road safety and combat impaired driving over the quarter.

“Numerous road Lumby checks were set up in the areas, as well as other vehicle stops,” wrote Burgess, whose report showed drivers in Spallumcheen were issued 118 Chris Pieper violation tickets and/or warnings in the third quarter. Falkland.

was next with 113, edging out Enderby which had 112. There were 105 violation/ warnings written in Armstsrong and 100 in

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Downtown Vernon officially lights up for the holidays Nov. 30. If the first big snowfall of the 2012 holiday season didn’t get you in the holiday spirit, the Festival of Christmas Traditions, brought to you by MNP, definitely will. The event is set to take place Nov. 30 between 5 and 8:30 p.m. “The Festival of

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Christmas Traditions is just that, a tradition, and we look forward to seeing the many families enjoying the tradition of the Downtown Light Up once again this year,” said Holly Schmidt, Downtown Vernon Association events and marketing manager. “It will also be a great night to cross a few people off your list, as many downtown merchants will be open for shopping with great gift giving ideas. I’m very excited to have so many excellent community organizations and businesses participating in the event this year.” The official lighting of the community Christmas Tree will take place at 5:15 p.m. in front of CIBC on the corner of 30th Avenue and 32nd Street (Highway 97). Santa will officially arrive in Downtown Vernon and help with

the lighting of the tree. Free visits with This year, you’ll be Santa are always the able to play broom- highlight of the eveball with the Funtastic ning, and will be availSports Society and able once again this Boys and Girls year – in the 3100 Club, compete in a block of 30th Avenue PlasmaCar race at near The UPS Store Vernon Teach & Learn, and National Bank. enjoy a Nativity Scene “Santa will be setby Emmanuel Baptist ting up his house in Church and Downtown get your Vernon on face paintFriday, Nov. ed by Kiki 30, and the Magical invites you Christmas Elf to come on to name just a down for a few activities. visit and picW h e n ture,” said Holly Schmidt you’re downSchmidt. town on the “Don’t for30th, you’ll get your own also be able to check camera to ensure you out various commu- capture the moment.” nity groups including; The always popuSilver Star Mountain lar activities will be Resort, Salvation back again this year. Army, B.C. Hydro Nature’s Fare Markets Power Smart, North will host Cookie Okanagan Child Care Decorating, while Society, Predator the North Okanagan Ridge, Sun FM, Pacific Knights hockey team Sports Okanagan, and Margherita’s Taoist Tai Chi Society, Pizzeria invite you to Kinder Arts and more. try the Hockey Shoot Out. When you get Expect treachery. a little chilly, you can check out the Learn how to bonfire and roast a marshmallow with drive in winter Santa’s Anonymous and Vernon Fire and conditions. Rescue Services. 1. Maintain a safe You’ll also be able to take a family carriage following distance. ride and let the kids 2. Drop your speed experience a pony ride. A ‘Make your own gift to match road bag’ craft station and conditions. Letter to Santa station 3. Watch for black ice. will also be available. The holiday enter-

4. Accelerate and brake slowly. 5. Avoid sudden moves. 6. Know how to handle a skid. 7. See and be seen. 8. Be extremely cautious when approaching highway maintenance vehicles such as snow plows and salt or sand trucks.

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Vernon’s Jim Cotter advanced to the quarterfinals of the Rogers Masters of Curling with a 7-5 tiebreaker win over Switzerland’s Peter de Cruz Saturday morning in Brantford, Ont. Starting with the hammer, Cotter blanked the first two ends before cracking a three-point third end. De Cruz responded with a deuce in four, but after blanking five, Cotter came right back with another three-ender in six. The Swiss crew made it interesting with a triple in seven, but Cotter recorded a single in eight for the win. The Cotter foursome – third Jason (Gunner) Gunnlaugson, second Ty Griffith and lead Rick Sawatsky – started at 0-2, but reeled off an impressive four-game win streak to make the playoffs of the $100,000 event. They faced Winnipeg’s Mike McEwan in the quarters Saturday afternoon. Jim Cotter McEwan grounded Cotter 5-3 in preliminary play Thursday. In other quarterfinal play Saturday, it was Edmonton’s Kevin Martin battling Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.’s Brad Jacobs facing Saskatoon’s Steve Laycock, and Calgary’s Kevin Koe taking on the winner of the game between Halifax’s Jamie Murphy and Toronto’s Team Baldson. Facing Toronto’s Mark Kean Friday morning, Cotter traded deuces and singles to sit tied 3-3 after four ends. Cotter gave up a single steal in five, but responded with three points in seven, and a single steal in eight for the win. Cotter counted a deuce in eight to upend Newfoundland’s Brad Gushue 6-5 later Friday. Meanwhile, Vernon’s Robbi Kuhn was 0-2 heading into Saturday afternoon action in the women’s regional playdowns at the Vernon Curling Club. Kuhn – supported by third Karla Thompson of Kamloops,

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Vernon skip Robbi Kuhn calls on her sweepers at the women’s regional curling playdowns Friday at the Vernon Curling Club. second Michelle Ramsay of Surrey and lead Christen Wilson of West Kelowna – fell 8-7 in an extra end to Prince George’s Patti Knezevic Friday night. They bowed 5-2 to Vancouver’s Amy Gibson Saturday morning. Kuhn led 6-2 over Knezevic through seven ends, but gave

up four points in the eighth to let the Prince George skip back in the game. Knezevic stole a single in the 11th end for the win. There are three berths to provincials up for grabs. Action continues today with draws at 9 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Jonah Imoo proved the difference Friday at Hap Parker Arena. Imoo, named an all-star at last week’s World Junior A Challenge for backstopping Team Canada West to a silver medal, recorded 26 saves for the shutout. He was exceptional in fending off Vernon in the first period as the 10-12-0-3 Kings were outshot 8-4. “We knew he’s a good goalie,” said Williamson. “Going into it you know you’ve got to make it hard on him.” Each of Powell River’s goals came on the powerplay, starting midway through the second period when Jordan Burns fired his third goal of the season off a wrister that beat Austin Smith through a screen. Burns, a Vernon product, assisted on Evan Richardson’s man-advantage marker two minutes into the third period. He leads the Kings in scoring with 3-12-15 in 23 games.

Drew Dorantes completed the Powell River offence in front of 700 fans, burying a 2-on-1 feed from first star Richardson at 6:18. Vernon’s penalty kill is the second worst in the BCHL, operating at 76.53 per cent. Their powerplay, which went 0-for-4 Friday, is third last at 16.05 per cent. “They got some good bounces on their powerplay, but we’ve got to find a way to kill those,” said Williamson. “We’ve just got to be a little more desperate in killing penalties. “Their goalie made some stops and they capitalized on their powerplay and that was the difference in the game. The game was right there; we had our chances to score early and we just didn’t bear down.”

Vipers endure stormy outing on Sunshine Coast As if Friday night’s 3-0 loss to the Powell River Kings wasn’t bad enough, Vernon Vipers’ head coach Jason Williamson was in a panic Saturday morning, wondering if the ferry would deliver his team to Vancouver Island for a tilt that night with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs. High winds threatened to strand the Snakes on the Sunshine Coast, but by mid-morning Williamson said it was likely they would make the crossing to Comox for their B.C. Hockey League date with the 11-9-0-4 Dawgs at Weyerhaeuser Arena. Vernon, second last in the Interior Division at 7-8-0-6, are back on the Lower Mainland today for a 2 p.m. matinee with the 11-9-1 Coquitlam Express at Poirier Sports and Leisure Centre. Special teams and the stellar netminding by the Kings’

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all it a fantasy trip with a twist. Just getting invited The Wings, who drafted Vernon’s Brodie MacDonald, your teammates from 1980 did not receive their due recogto the Philadelphia Wings’ training camp has Chad also a net detective, a few years ago, begin the NLL season nition, and following the lead of Swimming Canada in recPieper stoked. Given a shot at actually making the in mid-January. ognizing that 1980 team at the 2012 Olympic Trials, Swim pro lacrosse team has Pieper working out like a Navy Seal. Pieper, whose dad, Chris, will accompany him to Philly, BC would like to similarly honour your accomplishments.” A longtime MVP with the Armstrong Shamrocks, didn’t start playing lacrosse until he was 23. He gets calls Born in Vernon on Nov. 11, 1961, Berger was a backPieper has enjoyed brief call-up sints with Senior A and to play in tournaments in Coquitlam, Prince George and stroke specialist who started his career at the age of eight B teams, but this National Lacrosse League opportunity Everett, not just because he’s a fabulous guy, but because he with the Kokanee. At 15, he and his family moved to New trumps them all. can play the game. Westminster where he joined the Hyack Swim Club. “I’ll be the oldest guy (36) in camp,” laughed The Wings will open training camp at the His training there paid off with the best times of Pieper, who will be one of six goalies auditioning BucksMont Indoor Sports Center in 58.00 for the 100m backstroke and 2:04.07 for from Nov. 30-Dec. 2. “Their starter (Brandon Hatfield under the leadership of two the 200m back. Before earning a spot on the Miller) and back-up (Steve Fryer) from last year of the NLL’s most recognizable playOlympic team, Berger swam in the dual meet in will be there along with a Senior B goalie from ers, captains Brodie Merrill and Dan Moscow in 1979 and the 1980 Speedo Meet in Ontario and a couple guys from Montreal.” Dawson. Holland. Wings’ head coach/GM Johnny Mouradian, In Merrill’s first season with the Bruce is a financial adviser with ZLC has a summer home at Vernon’s Outback. He Wings, he tied a career-high with 20 Financial Group in Vancouver. He lives in the has known Pieper for a few years, and watched goals, and led the Wings by picking up Lynn Valley area of North Vancouver. him play for the Shamrocks last summer. After 157 loose balls. He still works out swimming regularly and he Chad Pieper originally inviting him to Philly’s rookie camp, The Georgetown alum teams up with and his wife, Fiona, also a former competitive Kevin Mitchell Mouradian sent Pieper an email about attending fellow Canadian star, Dawson, in an swimmer, have two boys very involved in hockey. main camp. effort to bring the Wings back to prominence in the NLL. “In the letter, he says ‘your size is certainly in your Last season, Dawson scored 27 goals and pocketed a advantage.’ From what I’ve heard, there is a competition career-high 89 assists for a team-high 116 points. Dawson, Chairman Marty Stein has announced the seven out there so it all depends on how I show.” who was selected by the Wings with the first overall pick in of town teams chosen for the 42nd annual Coca-Cola Pieper has dropped more than 25 pounds in a training the Boston Blazers dispersal draft in 2011, enters his 12th Pee Wee Classic Hockey Tournament, Feb. 7-10, at Civic regiment he started a month ago, and is facing countless season in the NLL. Arena. shots in regular drop-in scrimmages at Hassen Memorial Joining Keith Chase’s Watkin Motors Mustangs will Arena. be the Springbank Whalers of Calgary (coached by A systems analyst with the City of Vernon, the ever-popVernon Kokanee grad Bruce Berger made the 1980 retired NHLer Geoff Sanderson), the Southland Sabres ular Pieper has to cover his flight costs. The Wings handle Canadian Olympic team but never got to compete due to of Calgary, Hollyburn Huskies (coached by local hockey hotel and food charges. the 61-nation boycott of the Moscow Games. grad Alex McPhee), Nanaimo Clippers, Seera Icemen of “They are allowed to have 40 players under contract at Berger was recently inducted into the B.C. Swimming Edmonton, Spokane Jr. Chiefs and the defending champion main camp so I’ll be signing a contract here shortly. There Hall of Fame during a banquet at the Sandman Hotel in Vancouver Thunderbirds. are a couple of exhibition games (in Oakville, Ont.) before downtown Vancouver. The Coca-Cola committee received 23 invitations to the Christmas so I hope to stick around until then.” Wrote Mike Flegel of Swim B.C.: “For too long, you and prestigious invitational.

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Knights storm Coyotes 7-2 Morning Star Staff

North Okanagan Knights’ head coach Kris Mallette was looking for someone to step into the starting netminder role, and Austin Buzzell staked his claim Friday night at Nor-Val Sports Centre. Buzzell, a 19-year-old Calgary product who started the season with Saskatchewan’s Yorkton Junior A Terriers, recorded 28 saves as the Knights thrashed the Osoyoos Coyotes 7-2 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action. He is the second goalie to be picked up by the 15-7-0-1 Knights in two weeks as Mallette recently plucked Matthew Mitchell from the VIJHL Comox Valley Glacier Kings. “I’m looking for a guy to take the reigns, and last night was a good start for Buzzell,” said Mallette. “With him being 19, it’s a make-orbreak year for him and he’ll be put in a

position where he’ll be playing.” Tanner Burns (15th goal) and Morgan Johnston (11th) powered the Knights’ attack with two goals apiece. “When he’s got a couple seconds in that high slot, he can make goalies look silly. He can pick some corners,” said Mallette, of Burns. Johnston crashed the net for his first goal, and buried a crosscrease one-timer feed from Owen Barker on the second. The Yotes (13-10) opened the scoring on a goal by Austin Lee, but Matty Saharchuk (10th) responded for North Okanagan with 38 seconds to play in the period. “Started off the first period quite scrambly,” said Mallette. “We were fortunate to get that late goal because Osoyoos was taking it to us.” Connor Richards (3rd) and Brett Hawrys (6th) rounded out the Knights’ scoring. Darren Martin had the other

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Osoyoos tally. “A lot of our goals in the third period were odd-man rushes, guys making plays and not giving the goalie a chance,” said Mallette, who credited his “socalled” fourth line of Barker, Johnson and Anthony Ruggiero for providing plenty of jump. “That line was fantastic. It allowed us to roll four lines,” he said. Barker added further spark by buckling Brett Anderson in a late second-period scrap. “It’s the first fight where I really saw him open up and unleash,” said Mallette. “You don’t like to see that (injuries), but you’re glad your players is not on the receiving end of it.” The scrap came on the faceoff after Alex Grupe challenged Knights’ captain Steve Pantazopoulos to a fight. The Knights entertain the red-hot Castelgar Rebels (15-4-3) in a 2 p.m. matinee today at Nor-Val.

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Cats upend Trojans Morning Star Staff

The Vernon Panthers advanced to the B.C. Junior Varsity football semifinal with a thrilling 28-22 double-overtime victory over the Hugh Boyd Trojans Thursday afternoon in Richmond. The Panthers take on the top-ranked Abbotsford Collegiate Panthers Wednesday night at the Burnaby Lakes Sports Complex. Trailing 14-0 at the half, the Panthers capitalized on an early thirdquarter fumble recov-

ery when tailback Levi Nicholas (10 carries, 109 yards, two TDs) scored from five yards out. It remained 14-8 Trojans until late in the fourth quarter when Zac Kronbauer (12 touches for 86 yards, two TDs) evened the score on a 12-yard run. With seconds left in regulation, Hugh Boyd drove inside the 10-yard line, but were denied on a fourth-and-goal pass that fell incomplete. In overtime, Kronbauer scored from three yards out and Levi Nicholas converted for an eight-point lead. However, the Trojans responded with a touchdown and two-point convert to tie it up.

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On the second series, Zack Hyer snuffed a QB keep on third-and-long. The fourth-down pass came up short. Needing a touchdown to win the game, quarterback John Garvie laid out a beautiful third-down pass for Nicholas, who scored on the 12-yard connection. “I couldn’t have asked my boys to give me any more than they gave me in that game,” said VSS head coach Sean Smith. “We were on the ropes and they rallied back from two scores down on the road to make some outstanding plays under pressure. “Lots of credit goes to our defensive coordinators (Tim Thorpe and Dave Tetrault) who made some adjustments at the half and held them off the scoreboard until overtime. We are in the provincial semifinals for the second year in a row which is a huge accomplishment for our program.”

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Danny Aspenlieder of the Fulton Maroons tips the ball back at the Mount Boucherie Bears of West Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley Junior Boys Volleyball Championships Friday afternoon at Fulton gym.

Lakers cruise to semis Maroons eliminated from junior boys Valleys Morning Star Staff

The Kalamalka Lakers went 3-0 in preliminary play, earning a bye into the semifinals at the Okanagan Valley Senior AA Girls Volleyball Championships Friday in Kamloops. Kal opened with a convincing straight-sets victory (25-6, 25-13) over the George Elliot Coyotes of Winfield. Megan Squair orchestrated the No. 5 ranked Lakers’ attack, providing great sets to Emily Thorlakson and Vicki Schley. The Lakers overpowered the Coyotes with strong serving from Kaelyn Parmelee and Kaely Johnson. Hustle plays from Sam Bienias allowed the offence to roll. Kal then rolled the Valleyview Vikings of Kamloops in two straight, 25-12 and 25-13. Daralyn Schepp played a strong all-around game. She had several kills that were too much for the Vikings to handle. Ann Stewart kept the Lakers going with some key hits and blocks.

The Vikes pushed back in the second set, but Schley served Valleyview off the court. Kalamalka clinched the top spot in the pool with a 2-0 win over the Merritt Panthers. “They controlled the play all day and dominated their opponents,” said Kal head coach Jeff Huggins. Meanwhile, the host Fulton Maroons were eliminated from the junior boys volleyball Valleys Friday. Karen Bedard’s Maroons had a promising start to the tourney, beating the Mount Boucherie Bears of West Kelowna in three sets (26-24, 22-25, 16-14), however three-set losses to the Pen-Hi Lakers and NorKam Saints saw them finish last in their pool. Fulton’s starting setter injured his ankle in warmup and was unable to play. Boucherie won the pool, followed by Pen-Hi in second and NorKam in third. In the B pool, the Princess Margaret Mustangs of Penticton clinched first, with the Kelowna Owls and Sa-Hali Sabres of Kamloops rounding out the top three. The Revelstoke Rams were eliminated.

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Viper defenceman Geoff Crisfield got into a couple scraps, dropping the gloves with JP Villeneuve 80 seconds into the game, and again in the third period with Luke Nogard. Crisfield earned the instigator for the second tilt as he retaliated after getting clipped by a high stick by Nogard. In other Friday action, the Bulldogs fell 5-4 to the Victoria Grizzlies in overtime. Myles Fitzgerald, who is on a 10-game point streak, paced the 14-7-0-1 Grizz with two goals and an assist, including the OT winner. Brent Baltus pocketed a goal and three assists as the host Trail Smoke Eaters outgunned the Prince George Spruce Kings 8-7 in double OT at Cominco Arena. Valik Chichkin supplied the winner with 2:47 to play.

The Penticton Vees nearly blew a three-goal lead, edging the Salmon Arm SilverBacks 3-2 at the South Okanagan Events Centre. The Vees went up 3-0 on first-period goals by Troy Stetcher, Wade Murphy and Brad McClure, but the ‘Backs battled back with a second-period tally by Bryden Marsh in the second period. Vernon’s Alex Jewell, making his SilverBacks’ debut after being dealt to Salmon Arm by Penticton earlier in the week, assisted on Evan Anderson’s goal with six minutes to play. Former Viper Marcus Basara collected the winner as the West Kelowna Warriors upended the Merritt Centennials 3-2 at Royal LePage Place. Basara also potted the equalizer late in the second period after Merritt had built a 2-0 lead. He is second in league scoring with 14-14-28 in 21 games.

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BosTon pizza pond hoCkey Weekly sCores Nov. 12 Game 1 screamin’ eagles 21 – Landon Neary 6+3, Troy Killingbeck 5+2, Tim Proctor 2+4, Brad Wick 2+3, Dave Brown 2+2, Mitch Clark 2+1, Nic Fremont 1+2, George Agar 1+1; Netminder: Bruce Shaw pita puckers 3 – Russell Hickman 2, Shane Cox; Netminder: Tyler Yawney Nov. 13 Game 1 Willms Whalers 18 – Bryce Kakoske 6+2, Nigel Barker 4+2, Kris Satchell 2+3, Geoff Straight 2, Ryan Kempton 2, Jaret Pereboom 1+2, Gord (Hoon) Cochran, Justin O’Krane 2A; Goalie: Rodger Sewell Vernon battery 14 – Malcolm McPhee 4, Brett Williams 3+3, Justin Mitchell 3+2, Brad Jones 3, Andrew Hunsberger; Goalie: Clay Coles Game 2 pinnacle pellet 20 – Corey Massie 8+6, Jeff Kuzniar 4+4, Laird Fawcett 4+1, Dan Novakowski 3+5, Christian Gauthier 1+2; Goalie: Travis Rypkema rice box rockets 7 – Curtis Wallace 5, Thomas Yano, Bryan Marchuk, Jesse Viddler 3A; Goalie: Darren Van Hoof Game 3 karbeck Contracting 12 – Niko Siedmann 3+4, Eric Godard 3+3, Cody Corry 3+1, Trevor Sochan 2, Blaine McNaueal; Goalie: Preston McNaueal Dinoflex 11 – Shane Cox 4+1, Josh Bird 2+3, Zenna Defoor 1+2, Kunal Chander, Russ Par, Jim Clipperton, Jesse Hunter; Goalie: Scott

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Riley Cormier, seven, keeps his eyes on the puck as he executes a clean jump during the Novice Black Widows’ team practice at Okanagan Training Rink.

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Elementary gym. New members and drop-ins are welcome. Call Dennis at 250-558-4756 or e-mail shuttlevernonbc2012@gmail.com for information. WheelChair BaskeTBall - Wheelchair basketball drop

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Thursday, nov. 15 Game 1 @ Wesbild Centre mfC bulls 6 – Taylor Jackson 2+1, Jeff Mushaluk 2+1, Brett Barnard 1+2, Calvin Burger, Kevin Beckner 3A. Goalie: Michael Hansma 30 saves leko pre-Cast blaCkhaWks 0 – Goalie: Jason Webster 33 saves

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Arctic activist shares stories Morning Star Staff

A renowned Arctic activist recently shared her fight for the survival of Northern peoples and their way of life with Vernon. Sheila Watt-Cloutier spoke at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Wednesday night about the realities of the Arctic, where Inuit today face profound challenges to their environment, their economy, their health and their cultural wellbeing. Her presentation was the second in this season’s UBC Distinguished Speaker Series. “We in the Arctic have been subject to the most dramatic environmental effects of globalization,” said WattCloutier, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for her advocacy work in global climate change. “Arctic communities have benefited the least from industry yet are carrying the brunt of industry.” Watt-Cloutier notes that as a result of globalization, northern Indigenous Peoples and Inuit have experienced rapid change to their traditional way of life over a very short period – and the change has come with dramatic consequences. “It gives new meaning to the term going from ice age to space age,” she says. “The change has happened within the span of my lifetime, and it is often the root of the challenges and dependencies that we now face in the Arctic.

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Sheila Watt-Cloutier shared her message about the challenges facing Arctic and the Inuit at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Wednesday. “Historical traumas that have happened in our history have eroded the Indigenous sense of identity, our self-worth and lessened our ability to think and act for ourselves, and these in turn have translated into monumental health and social challenges for our people. These challenges are all too often misunderstood as an inability to adapt to a modern world – and that couldn’t be further from the truth – in fact, adaptation is our strength.” Wa t t - C l o u t i e r believes the solution to climate change and the preservation of a healthy Asrctic and global community can be achieved by understanding the world’s connectivity, and by refocusing the international conversation on

the environment from economy to humanity. “I’m confident the world will come together if we can understand how truly connected we are,” says Watt-Cloutier. “We’re learning more and more just how expensive it is becoming to be losing the cooling system – the air conditioner if you will – for the planet. And eventually inaction will cost more than action. Soon the excuse ‘it’s too expensive to change’ will no longer be accepted. It will be too expensive not to.” Northern Indigenous peoples will be key to this movement, says Watt-Cloutier, as their knowledge and wisdom of the land and its history will have a large role to play in the solution. “ N o r t h e r n Indigenous peoples –

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Inuit and First Nations alike – are the ground truthers of the global environment of change, and for decades now, we’ve been the one to experience these changes first hand. For us, these are not just environmental issues – they are first and foremost about the health of individuals, families, communities, environment and wildlife. “Every level of the governance system in the north has to be mobilized to ensure Indigenous knowledge and wisdom is the foundation of all sustainable

economic endeavours.” Based in Nunavut, Watt-Cloutier is an Officer of the Order of Canada. She is also the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Aboriginal Achievement Award, the UN Champion of the Earth Award, and the prestigious Norwegian Sophie Prize. Under her leadership, she and 62 fellow Inuit from Canada and Alaska launched the world’s first international legal action on climate change, with a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

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Province hands over grants Morning Star Staff

Two North Okanagan communities are receiving provincial funds. Vernon will get $91,841 for grantsin-lieu of property taxes while $3,636 will go to Lumby. Grants-in-lieu of property taxes reimburse communities for services

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ists and crafters. “We have some amazingly talented people.” Individuals selling their items will have an opportunity to generate revenue while a bake sale and other tables will raise funds for the mission’s activities. The sale is another aspect of the Fresh Start program, which provides life and career skills for people looking to get back on their feet. “We want to give people an opportunity to move forward,” said Henke. Some individuals earn money while working around the mission, while others volunteers with the Okanagan Gleaners. “We are trying to put people out into the community,” said Henke, adding that by developing some skills, they may be able to find employment. But more importantly, Fresh Start has a positive impact on how the individuals see themselves. “They feel confident and the self-esteem goes up and there’s less time spent on drugs and on the street,” said Henke.

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Resident Kim Sullivan speaks with B.C. Hydro representative Arlene Janousek about energy efficient CFL bulbs at the Vernon London Drugs. CFLs use approximately 75 per cent less electricity and can last up to 10 times longer.

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School calendar inked Dates are finalized for the North O k a n a g a n - S hu s w ap School District. The school calendar for 2013-14 has been approved by trustees. “The calendar outlines the shape of the school year, including setting out professional development days, school holidays and school closure days,” said Dave Witt, superintendent. Input was sought from various partner groups and there was some discussion around the professional development day on Monday, Sept. 16. It was moved from Friday, Sept. 20 to balance having professional development days being on Mondays and Fridays. One school parent advisory council suggested that the day should be a little later in the month. But Witt said since

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Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that City Council will hold a Public Hearing to hear representations of interested persons or persons who deem their interest in property affected by the belowmentioned bylaw at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, November 26, 2012, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 3400 - 30th Street, Vernon, B.C.: BYLAW # 5397 (Zoning Bylaw #5000 Text Amendment - Residential Infill Lot Development) Applicant: City of Vernon Purpose: A Bylaw to amend “City of Vernon Zoning Bylaw #5000” Section 4 Development Regulations, 4.14 Minimum Building Width to address infill lot development. Enquiries relative to the above proposed bylaw should be directed to the Engineering Department, located at the Community Services Building, 3001 - 32nd Avenue, Vernon, B.C. or by calling 250-550-3634. Copy of the bylaw and relevant background documents are available for inspection during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.), Monday to Friday inclusive (excluding Statutory Holidays) from November 19 to November 26, 2012. Any correspondence relating to this application can be delivered to the Corporate Officer, City of Vernon, 3400 - 30th Street, Vernon, B.C. V1T 5E6 or by sending an email to phearings@vernon.ca. All correspondence and petitions received between November 18, 2012 (the date of notification) and 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 26, 2012 shall be copied and circulated to the members of City Council for consideration before the Public Hearing. Any submissions received after 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 26, 2012 will not be accepted. Correspondence and emails must include your name and civic address. You may present your verbal submissions and speaking notes at the Public Hearing. If you are unable to attend, you may appoint an agent to act on your behalf. NO REPRESENTATION WILL BE RECEIVED BY COUNCIL AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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New North Okanagan Map We are pleased to announce that the City of Vernon and the Regional District of North Okanagan have released its newest version of the North Okanagan Map. This is a collaborative project between the City of Vernon and the Regional District that provides a more advanced web-base mapping tool that covers the entire North Okanagan. To assist you in navigating the new map, the City will be hosting two free demonstrations that will include a brief Question and Answer period afterward if you have any specific questions or concerns. Friday November 23, 2012 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 3400 30 Street, Vernon BC Tuesday November 27, 2012 10:00 am - 11:30 am in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 3400 30 Street, Vernon BC Please visit www.vernon.ca\map to view the new North Okanagan Map or for further information on the planned demonstrations.

Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 4980 Keeping our Sidewalks Safe! Help keep our City Streets safe for pedestrians by shovelling the snow and removing the ice from the sidewalks and foot paths bordering your property. As the owner/occupier of property in Vernon, you are responsible to keep the sidewalks and foot paths bordering your property clean of snow and ice. A sidewalk not cleared within 24 hours of snow fall may be cleared by the City at your expense (with unpaid charges added to taxes). For the safety and convenience of all our Citizens, we thank you for your cooperation.

Fall Leaf Exchange / Clear Bag Pick-up One Week Program – November 20 - 23, 2012 BFI will provide curbside collection of leaves and garden refuse in clear plastic bags on your regular garbage collection day. City of Vernon residents may put out an unlimited number of clear bags by 7:00 a.m. at the same location as your garbage collection pickup. All coloured bags will be considered as household garbage that is limited to the usual two bags or container quota. Please do not rake leaves onto the street that will block storm drains and jam the street sweeper. FALL LEAF EXCHANGE / PICKUP - In an effort to encourage recycling and composting, residents are encouraged to put bags of leaves out a week earlier than the dates above for others to pick up for garden compost. Please visit our website @ www.vernon.ca

City Calendar DATE Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 8:40 am Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 1:30 pm Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 5:30 pm

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Rob Madden enjoys the sun while nordic skiing at Silver Star Mountain Resort. Downhill skiing is expected to begin Thursday.

Pot laws challenged Morning Star Staff

A push to decriminalize marijuana is making a stop in Vernon. Dana Larsen will speak at the Wesbild Centre board room Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. “The sensible policing act directs all police in B.C. to stop spending any time or resources on searching, seizing or arresting anyone for simple cannabis possession, “said Larsen, who is a director of the Vancouver Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary. Dana Larsen “The lawyers at Elections B.C. have confirmed that this legislation is within provincial jurisdiction and suitable for a referendum.” Larsen is leading the Sensible B.C. campaign to have a referendum on his proposal and he is seeking volunteers to collect signatures. “There’s no reason why we cannot decriminalize possession in our province,” said Larsen.

NotificatioN of Road closuRe This is a public notification that East Vernon Road will be closed in both directions at the BX Creek crossing for repairs and upgrading of infrastructure as a result of flooding damage which occurred earlier this season. Detours are available via BX Road and Tillicum Road as per signage. The closure is expected to begin 8am Monday October 22nd and is estimated to last until Friday November 23rd. We apologize for the inconvenience of this closure and appreciate your understanding as these necessary repairs and improvements are made. If you have any questions or concerns regarding these works please contact the Vernon district Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure office at 250-503-3664. Area Manager, Roads Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Okanagan Shuswap District

There appears to be progress on class sizes in the North OkanaganShuswap School District. The class size average for Grades 1 to 3 is 20.6, the second lowest in six years while the number of secondary classes in excess of 30 students is the lowest in five years. “The reduction of class size averages and the number of secondary classes in excess of 30 are mainly due to the district’s increased ability to strategically deploy staff given the flexibility allowed in not having to meet decreed district averages,” said superintendent Dave Witt. “The $788,000 Learning Improvement Fund has also been a factor as some of the funds were used to add divisions at middle and secondary schools.” Kindergarten class size is slightly higher than previous years (19.2). “This is partly due to the elimination of the need for a district average but also coincidental with the demographics of cohorts in the district’s smaller schools,” said Witt. At the secondary level, there are 97 classes with more than three special needs students with individual education plans. There are 24 middle school classes with more than three students with IEPs and 20 at the elementary level. “Principals continue to advocate for more support for students with special needs and the director of student services provides this when available,” said Witt. “The district works with teachers and administrators to direct available resources to the schools and classes in most critical need of support.”

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Jillian Klein & Ken Anderson July 7, 2012

Isidro - Olsen On September 22, 2012 Michael Roger Olsen, son of Einar and Lillian Olsen of Vernon, married Claire Isidro, daughter of Federico Isidro Jr. and Emerita Isidro of Quezon City, Philippines. The wedding was held at the Light of Love in Quezon City and they honeymooned on the Isle of Boracay.

Happy Birthday Marlene November 19

We hope your birthday is the best one yet! Thank you for being the best Wife, Mom and Grandma anybody could ask for ... We love and appreciate you. May God Bless You with many more birthdays. Love Larry, Amy, Jeff and the three Munchkins

Jillian and Ken were joined in matrimony on July 7 at the beautiful Gaetz Memorial Church in Red Deer, AB followed by a reception at the Black Knight Inn, where friends and family from all over Canada celebrated in style! A two week honeymoon at Couples Negril, Jamaica followed. The newlyweds continue to make Red Deer their home.

Brown - Topolewski Kim & Dennis Topolewski of Coldstream & Debbie & Rick Brown of Ft. St. John are very happy to announce the engagement of their children Jaime Brown and Marty Topolewski. Wedding plans to be announced at a later date.

Their families wish them a lifetime of love and happiness.

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Heward - McLuskie The parents of Jess & Jon are thrilled to announce their marriage which took place June 16, 2012 in Vernon, BC, surrounded by family and friends.

may include Weddings, Jessica Heward & Engagements, Anniversaries, Jonathan McLuskie Graduations, Births or other significant milestones in your life. To place your event on this page, please contact the Vernon Morning Star at 250-550-7900 or classifieds@vernonmorningstar.com We wish them every happiness.

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About five years ago, I had this brilliant idea that I wanted to run a marathon but not just any marathon...it was going to be the New York City Marathon and I was going to coordinate this great feat so I could run it to celebrate my 50th birthday. The New York Marathon is the largest marathon in North America. This year’s marathon consisted of 47,000 runners (20,000 of whom are international runners), along with 8,000 volunteers and a route that runs through the city’s five boroughs: Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and finishes in Central Park. There are several ways in which you can qualify to run: by a qualifying time (determined by your age group at a minimum qualifying time); run for a charity and have at least $1,500 or more collected for the charity of your choice; or the old lucky lottery draw where they draw your name. I have been running for several years, and have managed a number of five km and 10 km runs and in the last few years several 1/2 marathons. I know my capability so I knew if I was going to be able to ever run the New York marathon, it would be through the lottery. Just up to this year, the lottery system worked so that every year you could enter your name in hopes that it would be drawn. If your name was not drawn after three consecutive years, on the fourth year you are an automatic entry. I had started this process in 2008 so that if by chance, I was not chosen in the first three years, I would be an automatic entry in the fourth year which would coincide with the year I turned 50. This was also a gamble because I was really intent in running the New York marathon on my 50th birthday and they could have drawn it any time in those three previous years but as luck would have it, right after the 2010 New York Marathon was complete, I was sent an e-mail confirmation that I had been accepted to run the 2011 Marathon...all I had to do was pay the entry fee of $255 and I was on my way. My plan had paid off, I would run the 2011 New York Marathon shortly after my 50th and would have ample time to train. During that time, my husband and I were building our house and in July, 2010 had celebrated our son’s wedding. The year 2011 looked like a promising one for me to train and dedicate the necessary time to run the marathon until our daughter announced her engagement and plans to get married in August 2011 and to add to the stress had asked if the wedding could be at our new, yet not completed home. I was excited for her

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Paulette Holomis’ dream of running the New York City Marathon was interrupted by Hurricane Sandy, but she hasn’t given up on her quest to complete the 42.2 km event. and wanted to be present for all the activities and knew that if we were going to be able to host the wedding at our home, we would have a ton of things to do to make it happen which would not consist of marathon training. It was a harsh reality to let go of my dream but I also knew that this was a special time in our daughter’s life and that the lottery system would indeed allow me to postpone my run to the following year so without hesitation, I cancelled my entry to run in 2011. The decision to do so paid off as the house was ready for the wedding and it was a beautiful ceremony in August 2011. So now it is November, 2011 and I am reminded that I have an entry to the 2012 New York Marathon. I know that this will be my one and only marathon and the thought of running 42.2 km is daunting but I have waited nearly five years for this and I am ready. I set my sights on more focused training in May, plan to run the lululemon 1/2 marathon in August and be in prime shape to run the full marathon on Nov. 4 in New York. As most runners will confess, we mostly only like to run; we aren’t much for the gym and we aren’t much for organized fitness classes, we just like to put on our running shoes and run, but as most trainers will tell you, even runners need balance and we need to keep a strong core and strong upper body to prevent injuries, and ignoring that will be a cause for injuries. So come the latter part of May, I start a more focused training program which consists of speedwork, interval running, hills and long runs. What I decide not to do is a balance of upper body strength training and core work outs and as I start to pile on the mileage,

often without proper stretching methods, I soon develop a posterior shin issue and now it won’t go away. Off to physio I go and am told to lay off running for at least two weeks in order to let the injured area heal and then start slowly getting back into the running. With the upcoming 1/2 marathon on Aug. 11, I know that I have to train for at least that timeframe before I can give it a two-week rest and so I prevail to complete the 1/2 marathon but then I pay for it with a really injured shin. More physio, and then off to get my gait analyzed and then off to see a personal trainer to get some core work outs developed to try and strengthen the core I should have been working on to prevent all these problems, then off to meet a marathon trainer for proper techniques and proper nutrition and then off to investigating the shoe issue, as the gait analysis has confirmed that I run with a midfoot strike not a heel strike and that running on the shoes I have and the orthotics I have, have not served me well or helped. It’s confusing at best and I spend countless hours Googling information about shoes and going to try shoes and running in them, and finally towards the beginning of October I think I have found them. I also find the greatest chiropractor who does amazing things with my posterior shin. When you are training for a marathon, you have lots of ups and downs. Aside from the injuries, you endure doubts about having the mental capability to go all the way. About a month before the marathon, I came home and sat on the couch and remained silent. My husband had heard me whining about sore shins, purple toenails, bleeding blisters and the normal sound of my cursing the fact that I had to get in a workout somehow. He

had been patient and had tolerated it all. On this particular Sunday evening, he walked into the room and asked me what was wrong and with a lump in my throat, I shared with him my fear that this was all too overwhelming. By this time our apartment in New York had been booked, our flights booked and our daughter was coming to cheer on her mom. I am sure by this time he had had enough of this craze about the marathon and let me know that this was completely unacceptable and that I needed to get over this negativity. He knew my injury was still bothering me and that I was still struggling with doing the long runs, so he told me “you will run, you will walk or you will hobble the marathon but be assured you will finish the marathon, so get over it,” and he left the room. I went to bed feeling worse then ever. By morning, I decided that my husband was right and that I had waited too long, trained too hard and had put in way too much time to give up and I was going to do everything in my power to have the best run possible and no matter my time, I would cross the finish line. Fast forward to Oct. 28 and we are only a few day from departure to New York. Hurricane Sandy is on the horizon and they are announcing that this will be one of the worse storms to hit the New York area. We are glued to the television to hear and see what has happened after the storm and it’s not good. New Jersey has taken the brunt of it as well as Staten Island and parts of New York. The airports are all closed, as well as Wall Street, which has only been closed once before back in 1888 so we know that the conditions are not good. I am sad that running the New York marathon will be out of the question but more concerned for the devastation in New York. We can only wait. For now, all the airports are closed and LaGuardia has taken in the most water. The talk about the marathon is a hot topic. We are sure it will be canceled. The city is a mess, with power outages in several parts of New York, and New Jersey, not to mention confirmed deaths, missing people, destroyed homes, cars submerged in water and subways closed. On Oct. 30 Mayor Bloomberg announces that the New York City Marathon will carry on and if you can get there, you will run. The marathon Facebook page is a bustle with international runners who have canceled flights, flooded hotels with no power or water. Many of them are not able to reschedule their flights to make the Nov. 4 run, while others are still diligently working to make arrangements to get there:

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elite Olympic athletes, hand cyclists, teams of people running for charities, countless others who have overcome illnesses to run the marathon and still others afflicted with cancer or other diseases who continued to train, even during their treatment, to run this crazy marathon. Everyone has a story and everyone wants to be there. We check on our flights and they have not been canceled but unless LaGuardia opens we will not be able to fly into New York. We have decided that if LaGuardia is closed on our Nov. 1 flight that we will not make other arrangements to fly into New York, that this will be a sign that we stay home. The morning of the flight, we check the airlines again. All the airports are now open. We have been in touch with our apartment landlord and he keeps us posted on the situation but our rental unit in Manhattan is free of flooding and we have power. We arrive safe and sound at 10:30 EST and settle into our little brownstone apartment ready to experience New York and ready to run the marathon. The next day, my daughter and I head out to board the Marathon Motorcoach to go through the route. As we drive through the five boroughs, we don’t see much of the devastation. We can only see several long line-ups of people trying to get gas for either their cars or their generators but other then that, these parts of New York are in good shape. Once the tour is

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The marathon Facebook page was filled with angry comments mostly at Bloomberg and the CEO of the New York City marathon; you could only imagine the expenses that so many people had gone through just to find out that it was canceled. I was pretty upset but there was nothing I could do about it — it was not meant to be. So on the morning of Nov. 4, I got up, had my intended breakfast which consisted of fuel for the run, strapped on my running shoes, my fuel belt with as much water and gels that I could carry (with no fuel stations, I was on my own) and headed to Central Park where later I would see a convoy of runners unite everywhere in the park. I had decided to do at least a couple of loops of the park just to be able to say I did run in New York City. But two and-a-half loops later, 25 km, I could no longer ignore Mother Nature and ran back to our apartment 1/2 mile away, ran up the stairs and with my iPod playing my favourite tunes, I knew that all had not been lost and that my run in Central Park was amazing and that even though we think we can control everything in our lives, sometimes we can’t, sometimes a bigger force intervenes and reminds us that it is not always the getting there that matters, but the moment we took to appreciate the people around us, what we have and where we live that counts. Vernon is an amazing place to live, we are so lucky. My quest to run a marathon continues, just maybe not in New York.

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complete, we head into the convention center where I go and pick up my bib number along with a bright orange New York Marathon running shirt. We meet so many people from all over the world, who have against all odds made it to New York to run this amazing race and I feel so fortunate to be here. Forgotten are the days of feeling like I couldn’t do this: the new attitude is when do we start, let’s go! But that joy and enthusiasm would be short-lived. Around 2:30, we headed back to our apartment, where we turned on our cell phones to find a text message from a friend of my daughter’s, saying she felt so sorry for me; we thought it was because she was sympathetic to my long journey ahead. Then we got another text, this time from my husband’s sister and then from my sister, expressing how sorry they were that the marathon was canceled. I was in shock, but we turned on CNN and there it was all over the news: the marathon had been cancelled, and I would not be running New York, not this time and probably never. I was so disappointed and couldn’t understand but found out later that even though the marathon would not have taken away resources from the people in New York, so many people that had been devastated by the storm had made it very clear that having this marathon was disrespectful to those who had lost loved ones, homes, everything they had, a reality that should have been realized when Bloomberg had declared the marathon would proceed.

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PRO LIFE THRIFT STORE Cold weather? It’s coming! Are your kids ready? We are having 50 per cent off on all children’s and infants’ clothes, also kids’ books and toys 1/2 price. While you’re in the store, check out our houseware/glassware items, also 50 per cent off. Sales runs to Nov. 24. We are at 3102-31st Ave. Call 250-545-0777. HELPING FAMILIES AT CHRISTMAS The Vernon Women’s Transition House Society assists up to 100 families each Christmas by providing hampers. We assist clients who have used our services within the past year. To sponsor a family, please contact Juli at 250-542-1122, or e-mail juli.w@shaw.ca ARMY, NAVY & AIR FORCE AGM Nov. 18, annual general meeting and election of 2013 Executive: 11 a.m. in the Spitfire Hangar. All members are strongly encouraged to attend. Members only. OKANAGAN-SHUSWAP SHEEP PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION Meets every third Sunday at 1 p.m., Armstrong Chamber of Commerce. For more information, call Dena Findlay at 546-6223 or Lorna Carter at 546-3318. SMARTIES DROP-IN ART PROGRAM, GALLERY VERTIGO All ages welcome. No registration necessary, just drop in for some fun. Everyone welcome! Suggested donation: $3 per person. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by adult. Teens welcome too. High school students interested in art invited to assist at workshops, which happen every Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 18 features spinning art with Doreen Lambert. Gallery Vertigo is upstairs at suite #1, 3001-31st St., downtown Vernon, across from Nolan’s Drugs. For more information call 250503-2297 or see www.galleryvertigo.com ELKS MEGA MEAT DRAW Third Sunday of each month at the hall, 3103-30th St. Doors open 1 p.m. Hot dogs, 50/50 and meat basket. CRIb TOURNAMENT Third Sunday of every month at Schubert Centre, 3505-30th Ave. Cost is $10. Registrations by 9:30 a.m., please. Bring a partner. Tournament starts 10 a.m. The Coffee Shop is open for breakfast, lunch and/or snacks. For inquiries, call 545-6240. bREAKFAST AND FLEA MARKET Indoors/ outdoors, every Sunday from 8 a.m.- 11:30 a.m., at the Fraternal Order of Eagles hall, 5101-25th Ave. Such a deal for $6. Tables for rent for $10 per spot outside. Mega Meat Draw the last Sunday of every month at 2 p.m., also 50/50 draws. Call 542-3003 for more information. MEDIEVALLY MINDED Come and join us and explore what history can do for you. Learn about medieval fighting, crafts and feasting. The Society for Creative Anachronism meets every Sunday at 3 p.m. For information, see www. krakenfjord.org THE SCHUbERT CENTRE Many activities for seniors 50+ to enjoy. Mondays, it’s pinochle, tai chi, bingo, line dancing, exercise class. Tuesdays, bridge, canasta, crafters, wood carving. Wednesdays, afternoon dancing to live music, birthday lunch the last Wednesday of every month. We’re open seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Pool room and coffee shop are open daily; the Thrift Shop, Monday to Friday. OKANAGAN CHINESE bAPTIST CHURCH Worship in Cantonese with Mandarin interpretation every third Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. at Vernon Faith Baptist Church, 3908-27th St.

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THE VERNON STAMP CLUb MEETS Nov. 19 (third Monday of the month) at the People Place, 3402-27th Ave. Buy, sell, trade and auction. For more information, call Roy at 250-542-4127. ARMY, NAVY & AIRFORCE CLUb LADIES AUXILIARY MEETS Nov. 19, with executive meeting at 6:30 p.m., general at 7 p.m.

CHARLES bLOOM GRAD 2013 FASHION SHOW FUNDRAISER Nov. 19, “Neon Lights,” doors open 6 p.m., show starts 6:30 p.m., Charles Bloom secondary school gymnasium, Lumby. Tickets in advance $7 at the door $8. Door prizes, bake sale and concession. Businesses showcasing their fashions in the show: Cowboy’s Choice, Diana’s, Milano’s, West 49, The Bay, Victoria Lane, Cottonwood’s Bridal, Betty Lou’s Boutique, Surplus Herbie’s, Super A, Rider’s Edge. Come and enjoy an evening of entertainment and prizes. VERNON WOMEN’S TRANSITION HOUSE SOCIETY Helping to create safety and opportunity for women, girls and children: Debby Hamilton, executive director at Transition House, will outline the programs and needs of this valuable asset in our community, Nov. 19, Schubert Centre. 11 a.m., social with members of the University Women’s Club; 11:30, meeting; noon lunch ($12); 12:15, our speaker. Call Julia at 250 542-0892 for details. SANTAS ANONYMOUS opening their doors for Christmas Nov. 19 to Dec. 13 as well as Dec. 17 and 18 for needy children up to the age of 12. Please phone 250-542-4448 for an appointment. THE SOCIETY FOR OPEN LEARNING & DISCUSSION All SOLD meetings are held in the People Place 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Everyone welcome to join us. Nov. 19, guest speaker is SOLD member Nathaniel Royco on the topic, “The Narrow Escape (Czechoslovakia). Nov. 26, guest speaker Pete Wise, presentation about Search & Rescue. Dec. 3, SOLD member Berk Shaw will present a Powerpoint Presentation about his trip during the summer of 2012 entitled “North to Alaska.” Dec. 10, open discussion on “Christmas and New Years Traditions.” MONDAY NIGHT VERNON TOASTMASTERS Want to improve your communication and leadership skills? Learn to network? Lead meetings effectively? Check out Toastmasters. We’re friendly and we make learning fun! We meet every Monday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Schubert Centre. Check us out – no obligation to join. For info., contact Karen at 250-308-2094 or infomnvt@gmail.com FUN TIME AT HALINA SENIORS CENTRE Mondays 1 - 3 p.m., runs every first and third Monday of the month. Come to the first one and plan out the games for the upcoming weeks. A time to have fun and learn. Cost: 50 cents per session. Everyone 50+ welcome! The centre is at 3310-37th Ave., behind the Rec Centre. For further info., call 250-542-2877. THE VERNON OLD TIME FIDDLERS CLUb New members welcome to join us at one of our practices twice a month at the Halina Centre, the first and third Monday of the month at 6 p.m. We play at Halina Centre dances, Schubert Centre, Armstrong Seniors Centre, rest homes, farmers’ markets and dinner dances. We welcome new fiddle players. For more information, call Gwen at 778-475-4042, Bill at 250-545-9383 or Mary at 250-545-5831. THE ENDERbY QUILTERS MEET The first, third, and fifth Monday of each month at the Enderby Evangelical Chapel from 1 to 4 p.m. Come and work on your quilt or other craft project. For more information contact June at 838-5655 or Bonnie at 838-7024. THERAPEUTIC bREATHING EXERCISES Presented by Blue Eagle Yoga for people who suffer from COPD, asthma, emphysema, etc. Classes provide tools for relief, better quality of life and energy. Classes run Mondays from 1 to 2 p.m. at People Place, by donation only. For more information, please contact Melissa at blueeagleyoga@yahoo.ca HALINA SENIORS’ CENTRE 50+ are welcome to come out for a fun game of bridge, 3310-37th Ave., Monday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Our newly renovated billiard and shuffleboard room is now open. Enjoy a game Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Canasta is Mondays and Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Chair yoga Mondays from 1:30 to 3

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PARENT SUPPORT & EDUCATIONAL GROUP For parents of children with FASD and similar neurological conditions, meets Nov. 20 from 9 to 10:30 a.m., NONA Child Development Centre, 2802-34th St. For more info., contact Natasha Saunders (FASD Key Worker) at 549-1281 ext. 219. VERNON bETTER bREATHERS MEET Nov. 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the People Place, with speaker Judy Nicol, Advanced Care Planning, on the subject, “Choices in your Health Care.” VERNON SENIORS OAPO bRANCH 6 Meets Nov. 20 at 1:30 p.m. at the Schubert Centre, 3505-30th Ave. Election of officers for 2013, and wellness/fitness presentation. VERNON PUbLIC ART GALLERY Art presentation Nov. 20, noon. This week’s topics include: Impressionism, The First Exhibition and Monet and Renoir. Approx. 1 hour. Drop-in session. Admission by donation. Gallery is at 3228-31st Ave. See www.vernonpublicartgallery.com THE bOSOM bUDDIES bREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Meets in the boardroom at Vernon Jubilee Hospital at the back of the cafeteria Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. Please come and join us for information and upcoming events. For info, call Sadie at 545-0253 or Mary Ann at 549-3351. COFFEE KLATCH DISCUSSION OF AFFORDAbLE HOUSING Shelter is a basic need. Is it a basic right? Let’s talk about it! Be a part of the conversation with

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MONASHEE TOASTMASTERS CLUB Afraid to speak in public? You’re not alone. Join the rest of us as we learn to improve our speaking and leadership skills. We would love to have you as a guest! Oct. 2 first meeting of the season. Meet and greet starts at 11:30 with the meeting from noon till 1 p.m. in the Blue Ox Pub meeting room. Fees have been reduced to $35 per six-month period. Please call Neville at 547-9428 or Louise at 547-6480 for more information. ARMSTRONG TOASTMASTERS Toastmasters will help you learn communication and leadership skills. Armstrong Toastmasters meets every Tuesday at Armstrong Spall Chamber of Commerce 7:30 until 9:30 p.m. with weekly themes as a foundation on which to build the meetings and add variety. Visitors warmly welcomed, and you are encouraged to come for three meetings before deciding if Armstrong Toastmasters is the right fit. For more information see www.freewebs.com/armstrongtoastmasters/ or email: ArmstrongToastmasters2645@ gmail.com MOTHERS FOR RECOVERY PEER SUPPORT GROUP For any mother in recovery wishing to help herself and other mothers within her community struggling with addictions. The purpose of this group will be to help addicted mothers obtain recovery and parent successfully. Takes place every Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. to noon at Kekuli Centre, 2905-28th Ave. Child care available at Early Childhood Development, 2902- 29th Ave. Info, call Caroline at 250542-5448 or Maureen at 250-542-5311. VERNON FLYiNG CLUB Meetings held every third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m., at 6210 Tronson Rd. All welcome, and it’s not necessary to be a pilot or own an aircraft to join, just an interest in general aviation. For more info., call Bev Bonner at 549-7087. TUESdAY’S TOGETHER 55+ ladies group meets twice a month. Third Tuesday of the month, the ladies meet at the Seniors’ Drop-in at 11:30 a.m., 1751 Glencaird St., and carpool to a restaurant for lunch. The fourth Tuesday of the month,

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the ladies meet at the Seniors’ Drop-in for a social from 1 to 3 p.m. For more information, call Olena at 547-8866. NORTH OkAN. ORCHid SOCiETY Meets the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Vernon Arts Centre. Info., Elsie Gerdes at 250-546-1939.

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ALZHEiMER SOCiETY OF B.C. WORkSHOP Family Caregiver Series, Nov. 21, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., The People Place, 3402 – 27th Ave. Preregistration required. Michelle Hallgren, 1-800634-3399, mhallgren@alzheimerbc.org VWiB CHRiSTMAS MARkET Second annual event Nov. 21 at the Schubert Centre 10:30-11:30 a.m. Open to public, members and guests 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Business meeting and lunch ($17/member or guest) and presentations by vendors 12:15 - 1 p.m. Shop, shop, shopping for members and guests. More info: info@vwib.com VERNON & diSTRiCT METiS ASSOCiATiON Meets every third Wednesday of the month, potluck dinner at 6 p.m., followed by meeting at 7 p.m., Halina Centre. VERNON WRiTERS’ GROUP We meet monthly at Gallery Vertigo, #1, 3001-31st St., upstairs. Writers of all genres, experience, and everything in between welcome! Get to know others in your area who are passionate about their craft! No charge. Please e-mail confirmation of attendance and questions to Markella at markellamildenberger@yahoo. ca. We meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 and Dec. 12. SOVEREiGN LAkE NORdiC CLUB Annual fall information meeting Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Schubert Centre. Preview of the ski season ahead. NEW WiNTER MARkET We have a new winter market to crow about! The Very Best of the Best Indoor Market Wednesdays from 2- 6 p.m., Wesbild Centre; approx. 35 vendors! Contact 250-470-7759 for more information. VERTiGO VOiCES AUTHOR REAdiNGS Vertigo Voices Reading Series continues with readings and discussions with different authors Nov. 22, and 29. Doors open 7:30 p.m., readings begin 8 p.m. at Gallery Vertigo, 3001-31 St., upstairs. All welcome, by donation. Info., 250-503-2297. HALiNA SENiORS’ CENTRE TABLE TENNiS Come out and try a fun game of table tennis at the centre, 3310-37 Ave. (back of Rec Centre) Thursdays from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Everyone 50+ welcome. For further info., call: 250-542-2877. ANNUAL CHRiSTMAS BAZAAR Hosted by the Lavington school PAC Nov. 22 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., 9715 School Rd. Exciting vendors of all ages and talents. Enjoy community Christmas fun. Concession will serve chili, hotdogs and salad. Once those tummies are full, drop the kids off at the supervised craft area while you enjoy an evening of shopping; you may even find that one-of-a kind Christmas gift. If you are interested in being a vendor at this spectacular function,

e-mail corrydee@shaw.ca or call 250-542-5740. FASd COMMUNiTY MEETiNG If you are working with or living with a child/youth or adult with FASD we would like to invite you to attend our meeting Nov. 22 from 9 to 10:30 a.m., NONA Child Development Centre, 2802-34th St. Info. contact Natasha Saunders at 549-1281 ext. 219. CRAFT FAiR EXTRAVAGANZA Hosted by Ellison elementary PAC Nov. 22 from 4-8 and Nov. 23 from 4-9! Get your Christmas shopping started! There will be handmade crafts and some local vendors. If you are interested in selling your finely made crafts or products from your home-based business drop by the school office or e-mail us at ellisonpac@gmail.com. Hope to see you there. OkANAGAN ARTiSANS GUiLd 33Rd ANNUAL SHOW & SALE Best Western Vernon Lodge Nov. 23 and 24, Friday noon to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. High-quality, fine arts and crafts show featuring glass, pottery, jewellery, fibre arts and more. The show of choice for many of the region’s professional artisans, the longest running of its kind in The Okanagan. Free admission and door prize. Call Susan Richards at 250545-4757; see www.okanaganartisansguild.com. kALAMALkA WEAVERS & SPiNNERS CHRiSTMAS SALE Held in conjunction with the Okanagan Artisans at the Vernon Lodge Nov. 23 from noon to 9 p.m., Nov. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is an ideal time to come and buy that special gift for a loved one. There are many unique items: vests, shawls, throws, scarves, toques, table linens, accessories, and many, many more. All have been woven, spun, sewn, knitted or crafted by our guild members. So come and enjoy. We look forward to seeing you. VERNON & diSTRiCT METiS ASSOCiATiON Annual Christmas party Dec. 9 from 3-7 p.m., People Place large room; pot luck. HOLidAY TRANSiTiONS AT HOSPiCE HOUSE Dec. 12 from 7 to 8 p.m., to reach out to those who are grieving the death of a loved one. We would like to share some strategies for managing the upcoming holiday season, while honoring and connecting to the past. Held at Hospice, 3506 – 27 Ave. Light refreshments served. Because seating is limited, we are requesting interested participants call to reserve, 250-503-1800 ext. 200. SENiORS BUREAU VOLUNTEER dRiVERS! Join the Seniors Information & Resource Bureau at Schubert Centre, 3505–30th Ave., meeting room, Nov. 23 from 9 to 11 a.m. This is a chance to discuss your individual experiences and also offer comments on how this service is working for seniors in the community. SIRB would also like to express their gratitude for the generous time given to accommodating seniors who require transportation to appointments and outings over the year. Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer driver also invited. Contact SIRB at 250-545-8572 or sirb@socialplanning.ca for information.

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Editor: Kristin FronEman ❘ PhonE: 250-550-7923 ❘ E-mail: entertainment@vernonmorningstar.com

Trio offers a reason to get dressed up NOCCA’s annual gala welcomes piano trio Triple Forte, featuring three classical masters under the age of 40 Kristin Froneman Morning Star Staff

They say all good things come in threes. Actually, it’s usually three’s a crowd, but in the case of piano trio Triple Forte, we’ll go with the former. The trio, consisting of violinist Jasper Wood, 38, cellist Ygor Dyachkov, 38, and pianist David Jalbert, 35, is about to make its way to the Vernon Performing Arts Centre to play the second concert of the North Okanagan Community Concert Association’s 2012-13 season. It was almost serendipitous how three of Canada’s top young soloists came together to form one of the country’s top piano trios. The group actually started with a different cellist (Denise Djokic) 10 years ago. “We all have the same agent and there was a demand for another piano trio, so we were put together for a tour. We had a lot of fun,” said Wood. “Denise became more focussed on solo stuff, so we asked Yegor if he would join us. It was either him or we were not going to do it at all. Thank goodness he said yes.” To see these three young men perform together, especially now, is a treat as they are usually only able to get together once per season, as all juggle their solo careers along with other projects and teaching. There is also the distance between them that curtails constant touring. Wood is a professor of violin at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, while Dyachkov teaches at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal and Jalbert is now a professor of piano at the University of Ottawa. “For us it was chamber music that brought us together, and now it’s friendship. These guys are really fun to play with,” said Wood. “At first it was about dealing with each other’s personalities, but once we were able to figure that out, we could focus on the music.” This season has been especially busy for Wood. Along with his two most recent record-

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Violinist Jasper Wood, cellist Ygor Dyachkov and pianist David Jalbert of triple Forte perform the second show of the north okanagan Community Concert association Wednesday at the Vernon Performing arts Centre. the concert is the noCCa’s gala for the year and everyone is welcome to dress in their finery. ings, Stradivarius Christmas and Chartreuse, a violin/piano duo with David Riley, both released on the same day last week, Triple Forte also released its CD at the end of August. Piano Trio features ambitious compositions by early 20th century composers Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Shostakovich and Charles Ives, the latter whom Wood says was

under-appreciated when he was alive. “It’s been said that Ives preferred amateurs to play his music because they didn’t try as hard. He was looking for more chaos,” said Wood. “Ives was not that known to a lot of people when he was alive. They didn’t like his music and were turned off from the way he envisioned it... It’s not the kind of music you sit down with or whistle along to.

However, Ives’ piano trio is a strong trio. It has a wacky third movement.” Although they won’t be performing the Ives’ trio at their concert in Vernon, Triple Forte will perform the two other pieces from their new album, Ravel’s Trio in A minor and Shostakovich’s lesser known piano trio, No. 1 in C Minor. (They also are planning to perform Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B flat major Archduke.) “The Ravel was non-negotiable,” said Wood. “It took me a while for me to like the Shostakovich, but now I like it. When I look back, I think the reason I didn’t like it was because I didn’t get it. It’s like a jam.” It’s obvious through the music they choose to record and perform that the men still have that passion and drive to keep classical music downloaded on the iPods of today’s listeners. However, Wood says he does not discriminate against those who decide to cross over into other genres, the so-called “Popera” artists and those classical musicians who have dabbled in jazz and pop. “I know that some go beyond, and it’s not necessarily something I like for myself, but if it’s going to bring more of an audience in, then good for them,” he said. “It is a challenge to see where the industry is going. The key of why we became musicians in the first place is that we don’t want to lose focus. If we give up entirely, we are not going to do it at all. “I think we will go as far as we can and still keep our integrity... If you keep yourself open to the music, it is not going to go anywhere. People need it.” Jalbert, Wood and Dyachkov will show that commitment to their audiences when Triple Forte performs in Vernon. The concert is part of the NOCCA’s annual gala affair, a chance for audiences to don those beautiful gowns and dapper tuxes, if they choose. (For the record, Wood says although the Triple Forte musicians will not be in their tuxes, they have picked out some nice threads to wear.) For those who don’t like to drive after dark, the NOCCA has also made arrangements with several local hotels so concertgoers can enjoy special rates on the night of the concert, said NOCCA publicist Jan Waldon. For more information, call 250542-3461. Tickets for Wednesday’s performance at 7:30 p.m. are $35/adult, $17.50/student 18 and under, and $5/eyeGo. (Pro-rated season tickets or tickets for out-of-town guests are also available) at the Ticket Seller, 250-5497469, www.ticketseller.ca.

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Members of Vernon’s AURA Chamber Choir prepare for upcoming concerts.

AURA celebrates the season Chamber choir has a few special presentations to ‘Wolcum Yole!’

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The AURA Chamber Choir is celebrating the yuletide season with two concerts –– one traditional and one where audiences will be able to participate. The first, Wolcum Yole, roughly meaning “welcome, Christmas season” in Olde English, takes place next weekend at All Saints Anglican Church. The choir will start the concert with Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols and end it with Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio, both conducted by Imant Raminsh, longtime leader and founder of AURA. “The reason for the title is Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, which was originally written for treble voices and then reworked for mixed voices. It’s a series of old English carols, with the first carol called Wolcum Yole,” he said. In between, Terry Logan, AURA’s assistant director, will lead choruses from Handel’s Messiah and two other a cappella works, including an Ave Maria by Eleanor Daley and O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen. “It’s a light program. There’s nothing long and tedious about it. It’s very inspiring and melodic,” said Raminsh. On Dec. 9, also at All Saints Anglican Church, AURA will present a sing-along to Messiah.

“AURA has performed Messiah with the Okanagan Symphony but has never done a sing-along before,” said Raminsh, adding, “We will have a core choir that will be expanded with members of Counterpoint along with other experienced choral singers and emerging young soloists.” The concert will not be a full-scale production, but features highlights from Messiah. Audience members are encouraged to bring their own scores along, and the choir will also provide some. “We feel many have sung parts of the Messiah, such as the Hallelujah Chorus, before,” said Raminsh. “In most sing-alongs, part of the choir is up at the front, but often choir members are sprinkled around the audience so it’s not just a few in the audience singing. The sound comes from all around you. This is Terry idea’s and she is seeing the vision through.” Both programs will feature accompanist Marjorie Close. AURA first takes the stage at All Saints Friday, Nov. 23 at 7:30 and Saturday, Nov. 24 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18, available at the Bean Scene Coffee House, from choir members, or at the door. Students are free. Call 250-5031927 or 250-542-5603 for information. Handel’s Messiah: Celebrate the Christmas Season Come Sing-Along with the AURA Chamber Choir takes place Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. at All Saints Anglican Church. Tickets are $18 at the Bean Scene, from choir members, or at the door. Students are free. Call 250-542-8118 for info.

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