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MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE — Const. Laura Hirst of the Penticton RCMP is served by Orange County sheriff Capt. Mike Toledo in advance of today’s DreamLift Day fundraiser at the Penticton Wendy’s restaurant. The sheriff will be joining other dignitaries and special guests who will be waiting on patrons from 6 a.m. to closing. Money raised will go towards helping send special needs children to Disneyland through the Sunshine Foundation of Canada. Other Southern Interior Wendy’s will also be taking part in the 19th annual event.

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Numbers shouldn’t be the deciding factor for determining how Canada’s federal electoral boundaries are redrawn, say local politicians who are upset with a plan to sever the historical tie between Penticton and Summerland. Canada’s soon-to-be 338 federal ridings are drawn so that the population in each is about the same. The map is studied once a decade by commissions in each province and adjustments made to accommodate population growth. The proposed new map for B.C., which was tabled Monday in the House of Commons, adds six new ridings and dramatically recasts the Southern Interior. Most notably, Penticton, Oliver and Osoyoos would join with Trail and Castlegar to form the

new South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding, which would stretch north to include Nakusp. Summerland would then fall in with Peachland, part of Kelowna, Merritt, Princeton and Keremeos in a new riding called Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola. Penticton Mayor Dan Ashton noted the new ridings would split Summerland and Penticton for the ﬁrst time ever just to balance population numbers. “These lines to me are wrong,” he said. “This is the issue when you have to attach numbers to it and draw lines based on numbers. They should be drawn based on trade… and commonalities, and they’re not.” The electoral quota on which the new ridings are based is 104,763 people, and in the Southern Interior the new ridings vary from that by as much as 15 per cent. Summerland Mayor

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Janice Perrino thinks an exception should also be made to keep her community connected to Penticton. “We’re talking about 11,000 people,” she said. “I would hardly call it huge.” Besides obvious links in the administration of education and health care, Perrino added, the two cities also benefit from being able to lobby a single member of Parliament. The new boundaries will be studied this spring by a House of Commons committee that will accept MPs’ written objections, which will then be sent back to the commissions for consideration. The final realignment will be submitted to Canada’s chief electoral officer in September. John Hall, who chaired the B.C. commission, said his group will consider further changes based on input from MPs. “We look at everything. You can’t not listen

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A South Okanagan man with an inclination for younger boys was found guilty of three breaches of his probation. Graham Dodge approached a 12-year-old and 13-year-old boy on separate occasions at the Penticton Public Library. Previous charges of sexual assault and interference on a person under 16 put him on strict conditions including not to be in communication with anyone under that age and not to use the Internet unless with the permission of his probation officer. Having been behind bars since he was arrested almost 14 months ago, Justice Alison Beames sentenced him to serve an additional 30 days and put him on 30 months of probation. “I have taken into account the seriousness of the breaches and the fact that the contacts with the two children were relatively innocuous, other than the one case that might have led to something more had it not been for the watchful eye of the librarian,” said Justice Alison Beames. Dodge, 25, told police he had “relapsed” because

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one of the boys fit his type and he made the wrong choice to speak with them. One of the boys told RCMP Dodge introduced himself at the library computer stations under a different name, said he was from Vancouver and could help the boy break into the music industry. Two days later the librarian noticed Dodge speaking to another boy at the computer stations and she thought Dodge was sitting unusually close to him. It was a few hours later when the first boy Dodge contacted came into the library with his mother. The librarian again witnessed Dodge talking to a boy she believed he did not know and confronted him. The librarian went with her hunches and called RCMP. Minutes later Dodge was found outside

the library and arrested. Both of the boys told RCMP Dodge never touched them, but one of them said Dodge had invited him over to watch movies. Dodge told police that he wasn’t sure if he would have taken it to the point of being sexual with one of the youths, but had gone through what the experience would be like in his head. “He was a really cute boy,” Dodge said. Defence council indicated Dodge is trying to get into the year-long Baldy Hughes Therapeutic Community program in Prince George which deals with men suffering from all kinds of addiction when he is released from KRCC. Dodge said he very much views his attraction to younger boys as an addiction. Conditions of Dodge’s

bail will prevent him from being on the Internet for 12 months unless he has prior approval from probation. Dodge will also have to abstain from intentional contact with anyone under the age of 16, not be in any public, swimming area where people of that age are likely to gather and is not allowed at the Penticton Public Library. The judge said the last condition only applies to Penticton because she did not want Dodge bumping into the two boys. Dodge pled guilty in 2008 for a number of breaches and charges of sexual assault and sexual interference on a person under 16. The pre-sentence report at that time showed he scored high on a test that determined he was at 26 per cent likelihood to reoffend within five years.

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The biggest change to Albas’s current riding would be the addition of part of Kelowna, plus Princeton and the area south to the Canada-U.S. border. The Conservative MP, who recently moved from Penticton to West Kelowna, would not comment, however, on which riding he might contest in the next election, scheduled for October 2015. “I’ve not even made the decision that I’m going to stand again for re-election,” Albas said. B.C. Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko is in Russia on a trade mission

and unavailable for comment. Under the new alignment, however, the NDP politician would lose Nelson, a party stronghold, to the Kootenay-Columbia riding. That would hurt his chances for reelection, said political observer Wolf Depner. Atamanenko “is going to be in a much tougher spot now. If Nelson falls out of his riding, that’s a good chunk of his vote there,” said Depner, a former journalist who’s now a doctoral candidate in political science at UBC-Okanagan.

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Project will reach for the stars Work begins on new radio telescope at Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Joe Fries Western News Staff

Work began last week on a trial version of a cutting-edge radio telescope near Penticton that will look back billions of years into the history of the universe to give scientists a better understanding of its future. The $11-million Canadian Hydrogen Intensity-Mapping Experiment should help explain why and how the universe is expanding, according to Dr. Mark Halpern, an astrophysicist at UBC, one of three schools participating in the project at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory near White Lake. “Something happened to make our universe so big and so old, and something’s happening now to make (its expansion) accelerate,” Halpern said. “It’s the basic working of what makes the universe be the way it is that we’re trying to understand.” The telescope will analyze electromagnetic radiation to map the distribution of hydrogen — one of the earliest, most abundant elements — in different parts of the universe. Radiation coming from the most distant galaxies will allow researchers to peer back billions of years into the past, and they can then deduce how the universe expanded. Halpern said dark energy is believed to be a key factor that’s driven expansion, although little is known about it. “Dark to astronomers just means it’s an object that doesn’t give off light, so I can’t see it,” Halpern explained. “It’s an energy density that’s causing the universe to expand. It sounds cool, but it just means we don’t know what it is.” The full telescope will feature five half-pipes, each about 100 metres long and 20 metres wide, made of wire mesh that will collect the electromagnetic radiation in the form of radio waves. The data will then be analyzed at partner labs at UBC, McGill University and the University of Toronto. Work is only underway now, however, on a smaller test telescope that will be about a 10th of the size of the full array. It should go into operation in April, and if it works as planned, the full-scale model will go up in late 2014, Halpern said. He added that the White Lake site was selected because the valley in which it’s located is “radio-quiet,” and the observatory is already staffed with experts in the field of radio astronomy. Penticton firm Greyback Construction has been hired to

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Workers have begun laying the ground work for a new, cutting-edge radio telescope at the Dominion radio astrophysical observatory south of Penticton.

oversee the build, and project manager Mike Jereb said it’s unlike anything he’s ever done, although “everybody is pretty excited about it.” Greyback is looking after the concrete work on which the equipment will rest, and will then oversee the precise installation of the telescope components by another company. “In typical buildings it’s OK if you’re off by a half an inch or a couple millimetres,” Jereb said. “But this one we’ve got to make sure we survey it properly and it’s in exactly the right spot…. And not only that, but this entire structure has to align due north and due south perfectly.” Jereb added that the area under the telescope is archeologically sensitive due to the possible presence of native artifacts, so rather than clearing and levelling the entire site, workers

will disturb only as much ground is necessary to put in the concrete foundations. First Nations monitors will also be on site to observe the work. Up to $4.6 million in grant money is available for the project from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. Sean Dougherty, who works for National Research Council of Canada as the director of its Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, said his staff is excited about the new addition. “The observatory is… providing a facility for the university community to come in and do a world-leading experiment and world-leading science. That’s really what we’re all about,” Dougherty said. He added that if the telescope works as intended, “it’s going to be game-changing.”

Court moves forward with charges in brutal attack Kristi Patton Western News Staff

After six adjournments, progress is finally being made on the charges against David Bobbitt, who is accused of a violent sexual assault on a Penticton woman. Bobbitt is charged with aggravated assault, two counts of unlawful confinement or imprisonment, aggravated sexual assault, two counts of uttering threats and assault with a weapon stemming from a incident on July 30, 2011. A 22-year-old Penticton mom and her tod-

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dler son are alleged to have been held inside Dave’s Second Hand Store by Bobbitt for over 10 hours. He is accused of severely beating the woman, sexually assaulting her and confining her to a bed in his store which was located in a building he was

leasing on Ellis Street. Bobbitt sat silently with his hands cuffed

as he appeared via video in Penticton court on Monday. While Bobbitt was ordered to stand trial in June, the specific dates for his trial have not been set. Defence council James Pennington told the Supreme Court justice on Monday that discussions are ongoing with Crown counsel regarding a hearing for dangerous offender status. Justice Alison Beames voiced her displeasure that there have been six fix-a-date adjournments since the preliminary inquiry was held and a decision made that there is sufficient evidence to go to trial.

She asked the defence if the discussions with Crown counsel have included a plan for pleas and possible sentencing. Pennington said that was “exactly” the case, but Bobbitt needed time to think about things. Bobbitt was arrested on Aug. 3, 2011 when RCMP received a tip from a farmer who recognized the man on his property located between Oliver and Osoyoos. He has been in custody since then. Bobbitt is scheduled to next appear in court on Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. when some of the matters discussed on Monday are anticipated to be addressed.

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Pressure needed for PRH upgrade Joe Fries Western News Staff

A top official from Interior Health told local politicians last week they’ll need to get tough with decision-makers in the B.C. government if they want funding for a new hospital tower in Penticton. “I think you need to be in their faces,” said Norm Embree, chair of the IH board of directors. He delivered the advice at a meeting of the board of the OkanaganSimilkameen Regional Hospital District, which has nearly $30 million already set aside for the proposed $300-million ambulatory care tower for Penticton Regional Hospital. The project is at the top of the wish list the health authority has submitted to government, yet lower-ranked projects

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in Vernon and Kamloops have been funded ahead of it. Embree, who was asked to explain why, said the answer lies with members of the B.C. Liberal government’s treasury board. “It is basically their call. All we can do is keep advocating for our list, as it exists,” Embree said. “After that, it’s out of our hands.” Embree said the government’s decision to jump the queue in Vernon and finish off two shelled-in floors in its new hospital tower was a result of public pressure there. “That was done because the community and

the doctors and the press and the whole community got behind that project and made it No. 1. We didn’t,” he said. “Our funders and our masters decided that’s where they were going to spend their money.” Penticton Coun. Garry Litke, also a hospital board member, said it was “very disturbing to hear that No. 5 on the list can be elevated to No. 1 on the list because of a squeaky wheel. “It seems to me that that’s not a principled way of making a decision,” he said. “It may be disturbing,” Embree said, “but it’s the way it is.” Tom Siddon suggest-

ed the region’s representatives in Victoria have been ineffective in their efforts to lobby their own Liberal government. Penticton MLA Bill Barisoff is set to retire, while Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater has announced he won’t run again and is “persona non grata with his own party,” said Siddon, who represents KaledenOkanagan Falls on the hospital board. After the meeting, Janice Perrino, who chairs the hospital board, said Embree’s advice to go after the government wasn’t news to her. She was more interested in hearing what Interior Health had been

doing behind the scenes to lobby for the project, since it hasn’t done so publicly. Perrino said the updates seemed to stop once the wish list and business case were submitted to government. “They did their part, and then it’s been quiet ever since,” Perrino said. Now she’s asking local doctors, politicians and the public to band together to make the hospital expansion a priority for government. “I hope that the public realizes that they need to say a few things to their public officials… They need to call government and ask where our hospital is,” Perrino said. And “our doctors are the finest, but they’ve been quiet. It’s time they ramp up.” So far, the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation has committed to fundraising $20 million for the expansion, while the hospital district has pledged to come up with another $120 million. That leaves $160 million for senior governments to fund. A conceptual version of the four-storey ambulatory care tower features a medical school, surgical suites, outpatient clinics and an oncology centre, and also includes a fivestorey parkade next door.

iH assumes control of care home Western News Staff

Interior Health has placed another high-level administrator at the beleaguered Summerland Seniors Village in what it described a “rare and unusual” measure. The health authority announced late Friday it appointed the administrator to oversee residential care at the privately owned facility, which has been under intense scrutiny of late. Provincial legislation allows IH to appoint an administrator to run even a private community care fa-

cility if there are reasonable grounds to believe that there is a risk to the health or safety of a person in care. “This is a rare and unusual step but one that we feel is necessary,” Dr. Andrew Larder, a senior IH medical health officer, said in a press release. “Interior Health has also brought in additional nursing staff to work at the site to help bolster the clinical leadership we feel is crucial.” The health authority funds 75 of 80 residential-care beds at the facility and 18 of 36 assisted-living suites. Summerland Seniors Village

also boasts 70 independent-living units. It was in one of the independentliving units where 91-year-old Alfredo Bonaldi was found near death in November after he was stricken with a suspected case of food poisoning. His absence at meal times should have caused staff to check on him, but didn’t, and he died in a hospital two weeks later. Multiple investigations were launched after Bonaldi’s family went public with the story. The facility is owned by Retirement Concepts.

court time running out for murder trial Kristi Patton Western News Staff

The trial for the second-degree murder of Penticton teen Andrew McAdam potentially could be changing venues. In Penticton Supreme Court on Monday, Justice Alison Beames told defence council for 20-year-old Jamie Wolanski, who is charged with second-degree murder, there are only two blocks of jury trial dates in 2013 available for Penticton. The trial is anticipated to take up to 10 days. “The longer you wait, the less likely any dates will be available,” said Beames.

Alternatively, Beames said if an application is made for a change of venue to Kelowna, it could provide more dates if that application is approved. Wolanski is accused of the second-degree murder of McAdam who died after being stabbed at a Penticton graduation bush party in the Carmi area in June 2011. The party was a annual tradition known to grads as “sunset” and happened the evening before the last day of school. A similar party occurred annually the night before the first day of school called “sunrise.” Wolanski is due back in court on Feb. 25 on the second-degree murder charge, but Beames advised the lawyers that there should be discussion before that about potential trial dates or applications to change venues.

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t isn’t often people have a chance to help make a child’s dream come true. So when the opportunity arises, we should make every effort to ensure the chance doesn’t slip away. South Okanagan residents now have just such a chance. The 19th annual Wendy’s Dreamlift Day runs today at all nine Wendy’s Restaurants in the Thompson-Okanagan. Staff and management donate their wages for the day, with local dignitaries also on hand at the restaurant to help ﬁll the orders of the seemingly endless stream of customers. Proceeds from the day all go to the Sunshine Foundation of Canada. The money allows the foundation to take dozens of Okanagan children with life-threatening illnesses or severe physical disabilities to Disneyland. The trip provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the children to forget about their medical conditions for a day and just enjoy being a kid. The Dreamlifts create lasting memories for some very special kids, and the overwhelming support shown for the cause by the South Okanagan is also something that is hard to forget. Last year’s Wendy’s Dreamlift Day collected $114,276, bringing the total to more than $1 million raised for the Sunshine Foundation since its inception in 1995. With such a deserving cause, it’s not hard to understand why Wendy’s Dreamlift Day holds such a special place for South Okanagan residents. “People are lined up outside during the event and most of them don’t care,” said Steve Tuck, PENTICTON WESTERN past-president of the Sunshine Foundation’s Interior chapter. Sometimes dreams can come true. And residents from throughout the South Okanagan play a big role in making it happen. If you don’t believe it, just head down to Wendy’s today and ﬁnd out for yourself.

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New season for ‘School Wars’ Like a bad reality show about a dysfunctional family, B.C. School Wars has lurched to life again for the 2013 election. Coming soon to billboards and buses across the province: staged pictures of sad-faced kids crammed into dirty classrooms by a heartless government. It doesn’t even matter which government. This ritual combat went on through Social Credit and NDP governments too. Premier Christy Clark opened the new season with her promised pitch to restructure bargaining. It suggested splitting up bargaining into traditional wage and beneﬁt talks, and a separate table and fund for classroom size and support. Cast in her familiar role of the sullen, rebellious teenager, BCTF president Susan Lambert staged a news conference to distort and mock the government’s offer. A 10-year deal if we give up bargaining wages and classroom conditions? “Ludicrous.” What’s ludicrous is her characterization of a formula to link teacher pay to nurses, post-secondary faculty and other government workers. Nurses are renowned for getting raises when

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B.C. Views no one else does, so this should be an opportunity for these powerful unions to co-ordinate. But the BCTF can’t get along with other unions any more than it can negotiate with any discernible competence. Lambert falsely claimed there was no consultation on the proposal. This reminded me how she low-balled the costs of her union’s demands by hundreds of millions during what passed for negotiations in last year’s strike season. Behind the scenes, the BCTF executive and the school district bargaining agent had just settled on a mutual costing model. What this means is the school

districts, which have to make payroll and balance budgets, have convinced the BCTF to stop misrepresenting costs. I’ll believe that when I see it. Before Education Minister Don McRae had even spoken, BCTF vice-president Glen Hansman was growling his reply on Twitter: See you in court. That message presumably also goes for premier-in-waiting Adrian Dix, unless he replaces the hated B.C. Liberals in May, then quickly kneels before the BCTF and extends the key to the provincial treasury. Two generations of British Columbians have been bullied by this bad drama, since Bill Vander Zalm decided an industrial union bargaining structure was just the ticket for public schools. Students are taught by example, if not by blatant propaganda in classrooms, that all problems are solved by demanding more money from the government. After this conditioning, older students are sometimes pressed into service as union pickets. There’s your Social Justice class, kids. Sorry about those sports teams and ﬁeld trips, but we need those as bargaining

chips to get more paid leave time. To state the obvious, Clark and McRae staged this as a preelection event to frame the issue. They knew their effort would be greeted as a declaration of war. The main reason the BCTF agreed to a contract extension with a wage freeze last year? It wasn’t the blindingly obvious fact that every other public sector union had already taken two zeroes. It was strictly tactics. The delay sets up the latest rematch of these old warriors in the spring election. The plan is to get the dreaded B.C. Liberals out and then start working over the weaker, more union-dependent NDP. That’s who caved in earlier and gave the BCTF broad control over stafﬁng levels, the proverbial key to the treasury. Along with basic math and economics, a point the BCTF seems unable to grasp is that its strategy is self-defeating. Those sad kids are making more and more parents seek a better deal. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews. com. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Community comes through in times of crisis We’ve heard that “it takes a village to raise a child,” but often it takes a community to handle a crisis. Recently I experienced this truth when my carbon monoxide detector chirped in the middle of Saturday night. I scrambled out of bed and saw my stove clock blinking, my refrigerator light dim, and no red light on my workstation surge protector. Then I smelled something electrical smoldering and called the fire department. Soon I had four burly firefighters in my manufactured home and then a city lineman. With power surging, electronics and lights failing, and diagnosis inconclusive, crew chief Ken said the power to my home must be shut down and I needed shelter. You know you have good neighbours when you call at 3:30 a.m. and ask if you can spend the rest of the night on their couch and they immediately come and fetch you. I lived with

Politics hits new low

I know Marji Basso personally and politically and have never doubted her integrity or qualification to represent the constituents of Boundary-Similkameen. The so-called inside information Mr. Tsakumis alludes to is reminiscent of a comment made by the new Liberal candidate Linda Larson who alluded to “knowing and understanding the reasons” John Slater was dropped by the Liberal party. I cringe at the quote “neither Basso nor Slater have the principled judgment to be in public life”; who is this virtuous man? A good reporter would not make a definitive statement of suitability based on his/her moral point of view. Your paper is a party to an attempt to destroy the candidates with judgmental and mor-

Bruce and Dayle and was merrily folded into their pre-holiday family life as the “refugee neighbour” for the next three days as we dealt with the electrical issue in my home. Park managers, Rosalee and Gary, along with the park’s electrical contractor, G. Little, tackled my situation immediately on Sunday morning, and by Monday morning, Ken and Paul had diagnosed a fault in the neutral wire of the underground supply cable to my home affecting my 120-volt service and had contacted the city to get immediate permanent overhead electrical connection. Guardian Heating came out as soon as power was restored and Marcus installed heaters until a new circuit board arrived. Penticton Appliance had a good refurbished stove and Connie had it installed and the old one hauled out the very next day.

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Chief’s credibility lacking

Chief Spence’s “I’ll die for my people” is a con, and it undermines credibility in legitimate claims First Nations may have for more assistance from governments. To suggest that caving in to Chief Spence’s hunger strike would be to save her life is an insult to Canadian taxpayers, who are being taken to the cleaners again. The Attawapiskat Band is filthy rich with millions of dollars in assets, including close to $10 million in the stock market, and about $85 million in gross income each year.

The park owner was in daily contact with management and authorized full payment for all costs incurred, including remuneration for damaged electrical components and equipment in my home. I am so grateful to all these people, companies and the city who formed the community responding to my crisis. And by way of caution, do remember the importance of monitoring the health of the electrical service to your home. If warning devices hadn’t sounded as electrical surging in my 120-volt line fried their innards when I was home, I could have returned to an ash heap. Friends, thanks. I had an especially happy holiday season filled with gratitude. Merle Kindred Penticton

Chief Spence and her close friends and councilors are living high off the hog while the children she is responsible for live in sewerinfested shacks. Gambling on the stock market with the millions of dollars put in her trust, money desperately needed for basic needs, education and health care, should be good for a few years in jail. Lawyers and politicians who knowingly and willingly allow this incredible travesty to perpetuate should be tried for the same crimes, and suffer the same consequences. Chief Spence has violated trust between the chief and the band members who depend upon her decisions for their very existence. Chief Spence has become a national disgrace.

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Uranium remains a concern with Faulder water Joe Fries Western News Staff

Six years after Interior Health issued a warning over the uranium content in Faulder’s water supply, the regional district is still figuring out the most cost-effective solution to the problem. Earlier this month, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen issued a request for proposals from companies interested in supplying the equipment necessary to remove uranium from the water. Doug French, the RDOS public works manger, said the RFP was issued “just to see what’s on the market” and at what price. He’s also wrestling with the issue of permanent supply. The level of the Meadow Valley aquifer, from which about 80 homes in

Faulder are supplied, dropped dramatically in 2010 and forced the RDOS to look at other options. The best alternative was a $2-million pipeline that would have connected the community to the Summerland municipal supply, but it was ruled out as too costly. The Meadow Valley aquifer recharged in 2011 and removed some of the urgency from the situation, and the RDOS is still trying to decide whether it should keep its current well, drill a new one, or buy one that’s already in production. French said he’d prefer to use the existing well, but its ongoing ability to supply the area remains “largely a great unknown.” On the other hand, “If I drop a new well into that aquifer, I’m still going to get uranium. So I’ll still have the problem of getting it out.”

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“With this project we’ve sort of been waiting to see how the aquifer reacts, because using the existing aquifer is by far the cheaper alternative. But on the other hand, (the level) fluctuates so wildly we’re trying to collect some data and the longer (it’s collected) the better.” There was up to $1 million in grant money for the project, Brydon said, although the total available now will depend on what systems the RDOS selects. He confirmed, though, that there’s still no timeline to sink the Faulder water issue for good. “It’s moving so slowly, I can’t give you an answer,” Brydon said. “We have to get moving on this this year though, because the grants do have deadlines.”

Board in place for Penticton Tourism Steve Kidd

Western News Staff

After more than a year of constant change, Penticton Tourism finally has a full board of directors once more. Miranda Halladay of Elephant Island Winery, who was elected as chair of the new board, says it’s a tremendous step in the right direction for Penticton’s tourism future. “I think that the framework that is in place really does a great job of recognizing the diversity of tourism stakeholders in the region and represents them in a correct way,” she said. Besides Halladay, the executive of the new board includes Sally Pierce (Global Spectrum) as vice-chair, Chuck Loewen (City of Penticton) as treasurer and Alex Long (Ramada and Coast Hotels) as secretary. Sitting as directors are: Diana Stirling (Loco Landing), Cameron Smith (Joy Road Catering), Sheila Perapalkin, Laura Carleton (Challenge Penticton), Leslie Gabriel (Penticton Indian Band), Lori Pike (Township 7 winery) and Robert Appelman, (Lakeside Villa). “From a day-to-day perspective, the operations have continued through the changes that have happened at the board level over the past year,” said Jessie Campbell, CEO of Penticton Tourism. “However, now having a complete board of directors for 2013 is steering the ship in the most positive direction for tourism industry stakeholders.” In November 2011, Penticton council awarded the contract to provide tourism, economic development and visitor information services to the new Penticton Business Development Group. Previously, the Penticton Chamber of Commerce handled the contract for these services. Shortly after the announcement, however, the Penticton Hospitality Association expressed concern that hotel and motel owners were not consulted about the change. As a result, operators voted against allowing the PBDG to handle the approximate $425,000 fund generated from the additional hotel room tax. Since then, Penticton and Wine Country Tourism has continued working to maintain the area’s tourism profile and services, but now has a full operating structure again. “There was some flux last year in 2012. And so I think the most positive and exciting thing for staff and the board is that we are now completely in place and able to move forward with all the planning that did take place last year,” said Pierce. “Now it is time for implementation of that planning.” Campbell said Penticton Tourism is well positioned to promote the area in 2013. “That said, the changes we have gone through over the past year, in the long run, are going to be incredibly positive for Penticton, and engaging a really collaborative tourism community where all stakeholders are pulling in the same direction,” said Campbell. At one point last year, the plan was to have six of the seats on the board reserved for members of the PHA. Halladay said it is now a very representative mix of interests.

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At first glance, Colt Ford is straight up country. From his Georgia drawl, button-up collared shirts and cowboy hat to debuting his Declaration of Independence album at No. 1 on the Billboard country charts. But, press play and you’ll find a country twang with the wordplay of a hip hop lyricist. “I grew up on all kinds of music. I’m a country boy. My daddy didn’t have indoor plumbing until he was 18 years old and he picked cotton, so all I know is country stuff and hard work. That is how I was raised,” said Ford. His songs are southern sermons in a way and this self-proclaimed “bar room preacher” really does as his song Answer to No One claims. Despite listening to Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and Elvis Presley, Ford became intrigued with hip hop — Rapper’s Delight by Sugarhill Gang to be exact. But to get there he had to bust out of the box that Nashville tried to hold him in. Ford says he went back to the recording studio. “I spent a lot of time in music trying to be something else or somebody else and I think a lot of artists have tried to do that. You are pushed this way and you think you need to do this because

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that is what they want to hear. Really when you break it down the people who have longevity are the people that are original,” said Ford. No doubt about it, original he is. In 2011 he collaborated with the hip hop legend DMC of Run DMC — a country boy with the King of Rock. “It was something on my bucket list. He is the friggin’ King of Rock, he is in the rock and roll hall of fame. When you talk about Run DMC you talk about a group that moved the needle. They changed music,” said Ford. “At the end of the day he and I became good friends. He wears Levi’s, rides

Harley Davidsons and has an F150.” So what kind of influences does a hip hop legend have on a cowboy then? “He told me he was going to get me some boots with shell toes. I thought that would be pretty cool.” While faithful in his country ways, Ford pushes the envelope in his music to spitting rhymes over country guitars. “I have a lot of people thanking me for what I am doing because there is a generation that loves the hip hop stuff but there was nobody talking about what they are doing. There was nobody

talking about hunting, playing in the mud, taking your hat off during the national anthem. I’m talking about country stuff that they can relate to,” said Ford. His collaborations continue on his latest release from his own Average Joes Entertainment records, including a duet with Jason Aldean on Driving Around. “It is the best record I have ever made, it literally gives you every aspect. No one song sounds the same and it is a record that you put on at one and you can play straight through to track 15,” said Ford. That is saying a lot for a guy that already has sold nearly a million albums and has three million downloads. Ford, who is also a former professional golfer, covers the gambit of human emotion in the album going from honky tonk dance songs he collaborated on with Kix Brooks (Brooks & Dunn) for All In, to emotional outpourings like Back. “It is tough to perform that one every night. That is my life laid out there right in front of you,” he said. “It’s hard not to get lost in the emotion of that song when I even talk about it. That is my real family, my wife, my kids in the video. I’m standing over the grave of my best friend growing up and I would give a million bucks if he was still here.”

While over 750,000 got to take in Ford’s performances across the U.S. in 2011, Canada, has only had a single performance from him. That’s why he is excited to join his good friend Eric Church on the crossCanada Blood, Sweat and Beers tour. Ford said not only is he getting a chance to join his friend but also gets to soak in

what he believes is the best album he has ever heard. “I’m excited Eric is finally getting the recognition he deserves. I think Chief is one of the best country records I have ever heard,” says Ford. The friendship and honest-to-goodness, down-home style make the pairing a great onetwo punch for the audi-

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ence this Friday at the SOEC. “Eric and I are both pretty intense on stage. It is full throttle when I hit the stage, that is just who I am and Eric is like that too. You will be worn flat out when you get done watching Eric and I,” promised Ford. Tickets for the Blood, Sweat and Beers tour are at the SOEC box office.

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Set in East Germany in the 1980s, Barbara is an intelligent drama about an ambitious young doctor who is reassigned from a prestigious position in Berlin to a rural hospital after she applies for an immigration visa. In her new post, Barbara resentfully isolates herself from her colleagues and continues to plan for her defection. However, her devotion to her profession and her concern for a pregnant, young patient soon draws the attention of the chief physician, Andre, and the two begin to closely bond. Subtle and compelling, this incisive character study delicately weaves attraction and distrust into a profoundly personal and socially complex fabric. Director: Christian Petzold Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Mark Waschke PG – subtitled Also screening as part of the 2012 TIFF Student Showcase: TAM by Toan Nguyen Other features in the series: Feb 21 Mar 14 Apr 4 Apr 25 A Royal Affair (Denmark) Rust and Bone (France) A Late Quartet (USA) The Angles’ Share (UK) Series Tickets (5 films): $48 Gallery members & students $55 Non-members Pre-purchased Single Tickets: $13 available at the Penticton Art Gallery, 199 Marina Way (250-493-2928) and the Book Shop, 242 Main Street (250-492-6661). All movies are screened at the Landmark Cinema 7, 250 Winnipeg Street, Penticton. Limited single tickets $15 maybe available at the door.

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GettinG Dirty — Dean Brody, who is performing across Canada on the Dirt Tour, won the crowd over at his sold-out concert at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre on Saturday. Check www.pentictonwesternnews.com for a photo gallery.

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Hand and Foot canasta at 1 p.m. in the Penticton Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. Lessons available for those who have never played before. Call June evenings at 250492-7630 for info. Penticton duPlicate Bridge cluB holds weekly games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1 p.m. and the Under 100 Club Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Penticton Library. Call Birgitta at 250-770-1154 for info. 65-Plus singles coFFee cluB meets at 10 a.m. at the Penticton Golf and Country Club. For info call 250-492-0459 or 250770-1018. Bingo every Wednesday in the Legion hall for the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m. seniors’ recreation and Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Call Betty at 250-490-0468 for

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more information. o kanagan F alls seniors’ Activity Centre has exercise classes at 8 a.m., music and coffee hour at 9 a.m. followed by carpet bowling at 1 p.m. al-anon For Friends and family of alcoholics at 7:30 p.m. at United Church, 696 Main St. Call 250-490-9272 for info. iode tHriFt store on 464 Main St. has weekly specials and is open Monday to Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. summerland art cluB meets every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the library’s lower floor on Wharton Street. Painters of all levels welcome. Workshops available. For info call Barb at 250-494-3002. Foster care inFo sessions every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at MCFD Resource Office. For info call Moe at 250-770-7524 or visit www.fosterbc.ca or www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/ foster. oliver douBle o Quilters have dropin activities every

Wednesday. kiWanis cluB Has a lunch meeting every Wednesday at noon at 390 Brunswick St., Penticton alcoHolics anonymous nigHt group meets in the Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. at 1498 Government St. The Summerland group meets at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the basement. Nooners meetings are Monday to Friday noon at 361 Wade Ave. Penticton seniors Dropin Centre has beginner line dance at 9 a.m., a coffee social and Medical Qi Gong at 10 a.m., and easy to intermediate line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m. and card games at 7 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance activities. anavets has Hump Day with entertainment by Phil at 6:30 p.m. Penticton academy oF Music String orchestra rehearses at the Leir House under the direction of John Suderman from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. New members welcome. For information please call 250-493-7977.

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Penticton United Church, Toastmasters improves speaking abilities and leadership skills. Call 250492-2362 for info. toPs (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarne, 523 Jermyn Ave. Call Merle at 250-7708093. toPs B.c. 1640 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bethel Church basement at 945 Main St. Phone Beverley at 250493-5968 or Liz at 250493-7997 for more information. o kanagan F alls seniors’ Activity Centre has computer classes at 9 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m. and cribbage at 7:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. s outH o kanagan i mmigrant and Community Services is offering free English classes. For more info, stop by the office at 508 Main St. or call 250-492-6299. al-anon For Friends and family of alcoholics meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Summerland United Church. Call 250-4909272. Penticton seniors Dropin Centre has Spanish conversation and carpet bowl at 10 a.m., bingo at 1 p.m., with doors open at noon., improver line dance at 12:30 p.m. and crafters meet at 1 p.m. Call 250493-2111 to confirm line dance activities.

alcoHolics anonymous nigHt group meets at 8 p.m. on 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre. The Okanagan Falls group meets at 8 p.m. at 5328 Hawthorne St., and the men’s book study group runs at 7:30 p.m. at 102 1825 Main St. Fraternal order of the Eagles have Joseph’s famous pizza from 5 to 7 p.m. anavets has pool at 7 p.m. and 269 Dart Club. elks cluB on Ellis Street has darts at 7 p.m. All skill levels welcome. Penticton academy oF music has a Broadway Debut and Triple Threat Musical Theatre classes 4 to 7 p.m. for ages six to 15 with Melanie Konynenberg. Check their website for details www. pentictonacademyofmusic. ca or call 250-493-7977. New members welcome. square Penticton dance Club is holding beginner square dance lessons every Thursday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Shatford Centre on 760 Main St. Contact Elsie 250-492-5856. s outH o kanagan neWcomers grouP meets at the Oliver Senior Centre at 5876 Airport St. from 2 to 3:30 p.m. every second and fourth Thursday of the month. If you want more information contact Max or Janet Uhlemann at 250498-2121.

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February 1 seniors singles luncH Club welcomes 65-plus each Friday. For location call 250-496-5980 or 250770-8622. 890 Wing oF South Okanagan Air Force Association gets together at 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. care closet tHriFt Store at 574 Main St. has weekly specials and silent auctions. Open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers always welcome. senior comPuter droPin Sessions are held every Monday and Friday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. These sessions are for members to help solve problems other members may be experiencing with their computers. al-anon meets at the Oasis United Church at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. from 6 to 7 p.m. For info call 250-490-9272. alcoHolics anonymous Big book, 12x12 thumper group meets at 7:30 p.m. at 102 1825 Main St. Naramata group meets at 8 p.m. at 3740 3rd St. In Summerland, the step study meeting is at 7:30 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. Nooners meetings are Monday to Friday at noon at 361 Wade Ave. royal canadian legion branch 40 has daily lunches from Monday to Thursday, with fish and chips on Friday at 4:30 p.m. Entertainment by Johnny Rock. anavets has karaoke with Phil, enter for a chance to win $25 ANAvet dollars. There is also a potluck supper. elks cluB on Ellis Street has drop-in darts/pool starts at 6:30 p.m. Poker is at 7 p.m. summerland Pleasure Painters meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Harold Simpson Youth Centre at 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. Funtimers Ballroom dance Club holds a dance most Fridays upstairs at the Elks Club at 343 Ellis St. at 7:30 p.m. There is ballroom and Latin dancing. Non-members welcome. Details at www.pentictonfuntimers.org or call Brian at 250-492-7036. Penticton autHor dr. alex Willis has published his second book, The Power of Thought: Your Key to Health, Happiness and Prosperity. Dr. Willis will be hosting a book signing at Coles at the Cherry Lane Shopping Centre from noon to 4 p.m.

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The Okanagan Similkameen Healthy Living Society and the Healthy Living Coalition will be hosting the annual Healthy Living Fair on March 2. Penticton Mayor Dan Ashton is already challenging other politicians, businesses and community members in the Okanagan Similkameen to make a commitment to live a healthier lifestyle by signing up to be a member of the society and receiving a Challenge Certificate. During the week leading up to the Healthy Living Fair, organizations will be hosting healthy and fun activities, while the fair itself will feature demonstrations, speakers, entertainment, kids’ activities, health assessment stations and 40 information booths. The health assessment stations will be filled by health professionals to take your blood pressure, and discuss on a one-to-one basis stress, eating healthy, being fit, quitting smoking and setting healthy-living goals. The fair will be free to the public. Preregistration is recommended for the healthy assessment program and can be done at www.healthylivingfair.com or in person on the day of the event.

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Okanagan Similkameen Healthy living Society chairperson Dr. gerry karr presents Penticton mayor Dan ashton with his personal Certificate of Commitment to live a healthier lifestyle. The society is presenting a healthy living fair on march 2 in Penticton. also on hand for the announcement were society directors Barry Reid, kirby layng and Colin Campbell.

The Health Living Fair goes 9 a.m to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre. For more in-

Potential threat leads to lockdown of school Students at a Penticton elementary school stuck around longer than expected last Thursday after the facility was locked down on the advice of police. About one minute before the final bell, staff at Uplands Elementary was advised to lock down the school as police hunted nearby for a man with a knife who was thought to be a threat to himself, explained Wendy Hyer, superintendent of the Okanagan Skaha School District. “There wasn’t any threat to the school, it was just a precaution,” Hyer said. “It wasn’t like somebody phoned and was coming to get a kid or was coming to hurt someone in the building. It was just a precaution to keep a person in the area out of the building.” The lockdown ended about 30 minutes later when police gave the goahead, and the superintendent said the security procedure went as well as could be expected. “We practise lockdowns all the time, so by all accounts the principal said things went smoothly.”

What the school hadn’t practised, however, was doing a lockdown so close to the end of the day when parents who were waiting to pick up their children had to be included as well. “That was a different dimension,” Hyer said, adding some par-

ents have sent notes to school staff to compliment their coolness under pressure. Penticton RCMP spokesman Sgt. Rick Dellebuur said the man who generated the complaint has mental health issues and left the area in a truck he stole from Upper Bench Road.

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The City of Penticton has begun a search for a new corporate officer to replace Karen Burley, who has taken a position with another community. Burley will be taking on the position of director of corporate services with the City of Duncan on Vancouver Island. While the position has similar duties to the work she has done since she was hired by Penticton in 2010, she will be taking on more responsibilities, with Duncan’s bylaw enforcement department reporting to her as well. The job also comes with a higher salary, though Burley said that is only one of her reasons for moving on.

“I am originally from the Island, my parents live there and my daughter is in Nanaimo,” said Burley. “It was a difficult decision. I always wanted to get back to the Island, because my parents are aging and my daughter is close by, so it seems to be a good fit.” Burley’s final day with the city will be Feb. 22, and she starts her new position on March 4. She said Mayor Dan Ashton and city manager Annette Antoniak were understanding about her choice to accept the new position. “Karen has done a great job here, I don‘t blame her wanting to be closer to her parents and her daughter,” said Antoniak. “They don‘t come up very often, those types of opportunities, so you have to take them where you can.”

The search for Burley’s replacement began with Gillian Kenny, the city’s manager of human resources, posting the position on Civic Info B.C. and other job sites. The posting doesn’t list a prospective salary, only stating that it will be competitive. It does, however, have a long list of responsibilities for the successful candidate, along with a series of qualifications, including a minimum of eight years experience. Antoniak said they hope to have a candidate selected quickly. Because this is an officer position in the staff hierarchy, Antoniak said the mayor will be involved in the selection process, though the initial review of applications will be conducted by herself, Kenny and chief financial officer Doug Leahy.

school district system under scrutiny B.C.’s auditor general is having a look at two areas of the Okanagan Skaha School District’s operations, including its flagship information-technology (IT) system. School trustees were told at a board meeting this month that the auditor general had informed the district it would be looking at IT systems in place at public-sector organizations across B.C. The school district’s system is among the most advanced in the province and provides phone and data service to all of its facilities plus other community users in Penticton and Summerland. Ron Shongrunden, the district’s secretary-treasurer, told trustees the state-of-the-art system is “prob-

ably less exposed” than those in place elsewhere. He added that he thinks the audit will focus on the security of information stored on the system. The final audit report on IT systems is due to be tabled at the provincial legislature and released to the public in the summer. Shongrunden also reported that his district is one of 51 across B.C. that will receive the lowest level of scrutiny from the auditor general during its review of districts’ finances in the three years ahead. Nine other districts have been flagged for progressively higher levels of oversight based on risk factors such as a change of leadership or financial position.

Seeing Possibilities Taking Action Enabling Progress en•act•us Okanagan College After eight years of service to the community, SIFE Okanagan is building on its promise to use the power of entrepreneurial action to transform lives and shape a better, more sustainable world. The student-led organization is undergoing a name change to become Enactus. But don’t let the new look fool you – the group’s mission is still the same. Moving forward Enactus will continue to make connections with the community. More than 100 students throughout the valley will work with youth, not-for-profit organizations and drive community initiatives to improve the lives of others.

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Penticton to host 2016 B.C. Winter Games Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

In February 2016, the province’s best athletes look to shine in Penticton. The B.C. Winter Games are returning to the location that kicked off what has become a jumping-off point for elite athletes since the summer of 1978. Since then, Penticton hosted the winter games in 1990 and the summer games five years later. Gymnasts from Fitkidz Gymnastics Club kicked off the announcement Friday with moves that caught the attention of those in attendance at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre. Joining them were members of Taneda Dojo and Penticton Judo Club putting on presentations to add an athletic element. B.C. Sport Minister Bill Bennett told the crowd that the B.C. Games are hard to get. “To be a host you have to have a very strong application,” he said. “There are many other communities that would like to host these games. Of course, the volunteers are the ones who drive the application and ensure the success.” Retired Olympian Kristi Richards was also on hand for the announcement. She competed in the winter games in 1995 when it was hosted by Comox Valley. “It was absolutely amazing,” said Richards. “All of you kids who are aspiring to go to B.C. Games, or to Canada Games or the Olympics, I tell you it’s something so, so magical. When I walked into that gymnasium with all the festivities and the stage and the dancing, and the

singing and everything, the whole opening games celebration was so unbelievably powerful for me as a kid. That was the spark. That was the thing that lifted me to new heights. I knew that I wanted to have that feeling again and again.” Richards, an alumni of the Apex Freestyle Club, said that experience motivated her to eventually want to compete in the Olympics. She said the B.C. Games are a springboard for a young child. “To be able to have this here, in Penticton, once again, it’s going to be so great for the whole community,” she continued. During his speech, Bennett mentioned that the London Olympics had 40 B.C. athletes who once competed in the B.C. Games. Having the B.C. Games returning to Penticton is phenomenal news, said Mayor Dan Ashton. “Our city and region lives and breathes sports,” he said. “Our city is home to incredible, top-notch talent.” Over 2,100 athletes, coaches, and officials will participate in approximately 18 sports, Feb. 25 to 28, 2016, according to a release issued by B.C. Games. The Games will be organized and staged by a community board of directors and 2,000 volunteers. Three other communities were announced as hosts of future B.C. Games in separate events Friday. The 2016 B.C. Summer Games will be held in Abbotsford with the 2018 Emanuel SequeiraWestern News B.C. Winter Games returning to Ka- FITKIDZ GYMNASTICS CLUB, along with Taneda Dojo and Penticton Judo Club, put on a demonstration mloops and Cowichan Valley hosting in the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre Jan.25 for an audience attending the announcement that Penticton will host the 2016 B.C. Winter Games. Check video at www.pentictonwesternnews.com for more. the 2018 B.C. Summer Games.

Rivalry between the Vees and Warriors heating up Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Penticton Vees coach-GM Fred Harbinson said his club has a rivalry with every team in the BCHL. “Nobody likes to see us win,” said Harbinson. “We’ve had a habit of winning a lot of hockey games in the last few years.” Things have boiled over with the West Kelowna Warriors, however. The Warriors blog posted on Dec. 30 after the Vees’ 4-2 win in West Kelowna that “the game wasn’t the most gentlemanly contest you’ll ever see, but that’s not always a bad thing. Rather, it’s a product of two teams who don’t like each other wrapping up 120 minutes of rancorous warfare.” Once the buzzer went on Saturday’s tilt, with the Vees winning 2-1 at the South Okanagan Events Centre, the Warriors engaged the Vees in extra curricular activities that lasted about five minutes. For video of this go to, www.pentictonwesternnews.com and skip to the 5:23 mark. Harbinson didn’t initially

have thoughts on the melee. “There’s probably frustration built on their side,” said Harbinson. While the players exchanged pleasantries, Harbinson and Warriors coach-GM Rylan Ferster had their own exchange. At one point both left their benches towards the hallway then returned. When Ferster was asked what was said between he and Harbinson, he said with a smile, “It was just chatting, just chatting.” Then asked if they met in the hall, he didn’t confirm or deny, once again saying with a smile, “We were just chatting.” One of the intended targets on the Vees was Jedd Soleway, who received extra attention from Seb Lloyd and Braxton Bilous, who threw some punches. When the chaos was cleared, Soleway left the ice with blood on his face. “We’ve had a few tough games with West Kelowna previously this season,” said Soleway, who had some scratches on his nose. “It seemed like it just kind of hit that point where they kind of blew up. I know a bunch of guys out there didn’t want to

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PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was represented well by 149 people, including Jordan Picheniuk, wearing the eagle head, who attended Friday’s game against the Vernon Vipers. The school’s attendance was part of a fundraiser with the Vees that will support school field trips. The Vees also rewarded the group by defeating the Vipers 3-1.

take it too far, didn’t want to get suspensions. We definitely held our own and stuck up for each

other. Nothing wrong with that at the end of a hard game.” Harbinson said he’s proud of

the way his players handled the situation, clearly trying to avoid dropping the gloves. Only one

fight was recorded on the game sheet between the Vees’ Michael Rebry and Shawn Hochhausen. “Some people might want to say that we were soft and didn’t fight back,” said Harbinson, adding that they need to follow the rules. “Anybody that says differently, most cases, were tough guys in their own brains. When they go to sleep at night, they were tough guys back in the old days. The ones that were really tough, don’t have to say much. I thought our guys showed a lot of toughness and character.” Harbinson added that he didn’t feel it was an overly vicious hockey game. “More importantly, we have won six in a row and are playing good hockey,” said Harbinson. While the Vees won both games last weekend, which included a 3-1 victory against the Vernon Vipers, the team lost the services of Ryan Gropp after he crashed hard into the boards. He didn’t play against the Warriors and it’s unknown when he will return. Travis Blanleil is expected to play this weekend against Coquitlam. Robert Mann is also expected to return soon.

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Cody DePourcq brimming with confidence Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Penticton Vees forward Cody DePourcq laughed, but agreed to the suggestion he’s like a Timex watch — takes a licking and keeps on ticking. During a 2-1 win against the West Kelowna Warriors at the South Okanagan Events Centre Saturday, the Penticton minor hockey product was hit hard on a few occasions, yet always got back up. “That happens every game,” said DePourcq, smiling. “That’s nothing new to me.” Listed on the BCHL website as being fivefoot-six and 150-pounds, DePourcq had an impressive game scoring twice. His first came as he barreled down the left side and snapped a shot above Warriors goalie Tyler Briggs’ shoulder. His second goal, he benefitted from the hard work of captain Troy Stecher. “Stecher did a great job intercepting that pass in the

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PENTICTON VEES forward Cody DePourcq (19) scored three goals on the weekend, including one against the Vernon Vipers. On this play against the Vipers, defenceman Marc Hetnik did all he could to stop DePourcq from feeding the puck to Cam Amantea.

defensive zone and then skating it up the ice,” said DePourcq. “I was yelling for it and he threw it out front. Luckily it bounced off the post and I was wide open in front of the net and I was able to put it in.” Bound for Denver University in 2014-15, DePourcq has five goals in the last four games.

“He has strung together some great games,” said teammate Jedd Soleway. “Guy works as hard as anybody I have seen before. A guy that size, you would never think in a million years that he would be playing at this level, let alone scoring lots of goals and it’s fun to see. Definitely makes a guy

like me wonder if I work that hard or move my feet that much. It’s impressive and I like what he does.” Vees coach-GM Fred Harbinson said his young pivot has been outstanding. He is being rewarded for the hard work he constantly puts in. “It’s fun to see him do that,” said Harbinson.

“Especially at home, the people love him here. Some real nice goals too. Cody is a heart and soul kid. You love to see those type of kids get rewarded.” DePourcq said there is no difference in his play other than confidence. Find full story at www.pentictonwesternnews.com.

Lakers overcome roster shortfall with two wins Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

The Pen High Lakers senior boys basketball team have made their coach proud. With just eight players, the Lakers managed to win two of three games on the road in as many nights. Kyle Gratton scored 17, while Jordan Farmer collected 13 points in a 55-45 win over the Salmon Arm Gold on Jan. 25. The next day, the Lakers lost to the NorKam Saints 59-50. Sunny Jhaj scored 23. During a 65-62 win against the South Kamloops Titans, Jhaj scored 23, while Gratton had 22. Findlay said it was nice to see Jhaj score. “He’s definitely working hard. When his outside shot is on, it brings something to the team we really need,” said Lakers coach Brad Findlay, adding that Gratton was also key. “It takes more than the guys putting the ball in the bucket to win. Every one of them stepped up.” Findlay said it was difficult for his players in the circumstances they faced. “To win the last game going into South Kamloops was a pretty tough task,” he said. “To win it at the buzzer basically, was pretty impressive.” Findlay said the performance during the weekend showed their level of work ethic and their heart. “Things you can’t necessarily coach,” said Findlay. “To go and battle and play that hard with no substitutions, it’s a tough task. That was a heck of a weekend for them.” The Lakers, second in the league at 4-2, have also defeated the Mt. Boucherie Bears 45-34 and the Rutland Voodoos 66-63. They are on a break right now with exams taking place. With the season half over, Findlay hasn’t been able to put his full team on the court. Illness and injury have prevented that.

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Game Action Photo captures tournament Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

A 6-3 victory against the Langley Eagles helped the Penticton Game Action Photo peewee recreation hockey team clinch their own tournament Sunday at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Game Action Photo, along Penticton Peerless/ McCoy and the Firefighting Vees, hosted the event. Game Action Photo coach Shea Sanche said winning the tournament was his team’s goal. He said they played excellent while accomplishing that. “A real good, strong forecheck and they created a lot of turnovers and scored a lot of goals that way,” said Sanche. Penticton played the Eagles in their first game and won 5-3, with the fifth goal scored in an empty net. Game Action Photo then routed Chilliwack 8-2 and Trail 9-3. They defeated Semiahmoo 7-3 in the semifinal. To get those results, Sanche said his players

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PENTICTON PEERLESS/MCCOY peewee Vees netminder Tate Larson prepares for this shot as defenders Max Lauder (8) and Easton Olsen (11) attempt to check Langley forward Joshua Doerksen during final-game action in the rec hockey tournament at the South Okanagan Events Centre Sunday. Penticton dropped a 4-2 decision. For more photos from this game, check the gallery at www.pentictonwesternnews.com.

worked hard in practice. The tournament win was their first of the season in two tries. Sanche said both his goaltenders, Joey Pitt and Braiden Marshall, played superb. He

said his centres had a strong weekend and was pleased with Jacob and Ryan Barth. “Jake Stocker played well,” said Sanche. “Scored some really important goals. Affiliate

player Brennan Nelson, he was outstanding.” Sanche said his players were thrilled once they won the tournament. Other members of the team include Adam Sanche, AJ Reiter, Ea-

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weekend. “They did a great job. We got a lot of compliments from the other teams,” he said. Penticton’s Peerless/ McCoy team No. 2 finished sixth, while the

Penticton Firefighting Vees were eighth. The Firefighting Vees went 1-3. They lost their opening game against Chilliwack 2-1 and defeated Vernon in their final game 4-3. The Firefighting Vees were recognized with the Fair Play Team award for the least penalty minutes. In other minor hockey, the Tier 2 midget Vees won their league thanks to two victories on the weekend. On Saturday the Vees played in Kelowna and came out with a hardfought 5-3 win. On Sunday, the Vees hosted West Kelowna and crushed them 9-3. They had a 2-0 lead after the first period then West Kelowna came back to tie it up half-way through the second. The Vees tapped in two more before going into the third and West Kelowna got another with one minute left in the second. The Vees then blew it open in the third with five goals.

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The Penticton Trade and Convention Centre will host the 18th annual Home and Reno Show presented by the Canadian Home Builders’ Association South Okanagan this weekend. “Whether decorating, renovating or building a new home, you’ll want to see some of the latest innovations and get current information for your projects” noted Rhonda Williams, CHBA South Okanagan executive director. With over 160 displays, the public and exhibitors agree that the CHBA South Okanagan Home and Reno Show is the biggest and best in the Okanagan David Kirkpatrick of Nufloors Penticton said the show allows Nufloors to connect directly with their market. “We wouldn’t consider any other trade show,” said Kirkpatrick, a 20-year CHBA South Okanagan member. “We annually go into the CHBA South Okanagan Home and Reno Show because people come from all over the valley wanting answers and seeking new ideas in renovating and design.” He said the time of the show is perfect, kicking off spring and the season of renovations.” The show times are Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with Shell Busey on the demo stage at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $4, which includes entry to win an $800 electric fireplace with built-in speakers courtesy of Penticton Home Hardware Building Centre or a $270 dowelling machine courtesy of Freud Tools. CHBA South Okanagan is a not-for-profit association of builders, suppliers, sub-trades and other professionals who supply the housing needs of the South Okanagan. The annual Home and Reno Show serves as the association’s annual fundraiser with proceeds being used to run the association for further education, lobbying and acting as a spokesperson for the housing industry in the South Okanagan. For more information, please visit: www.chbaso.org.

Wine and Dine hits the Okanagan Kristi Patton Western News Staff

The 11th annual Wine and Dine program is running in the Okanagan until Feb. 3. The British Columbia Restaurant and Food Services Association in partnership with the B.C. Wine Institute has had overwhelming response from participating restaurants that are offering great value menus paired with B.C. VQA wines. Over 50 restaurants throughout the Okanagan region are offering a three-course fixed price dinner for $15, $25 or $35 (excluding tax, tip and beverages) to showcase local chefs and the famous wines around the region. Wine and Dine Okanagan is an excellent opportunity to sample the very best that the region has to offer. Plus, customers can enter to win the grand prize of a case of wine just by participating in Wine and Dine 2013. Ballots are available at each location. Participating restaurants in the BCRFA Wine and Dine program in Penticton include Black Iron Grill and Steakhouse, Bufflehead

Pasta and Tapas Room, Hooded Merganser, Isshin Sushi Bar and Asian Dining, Theo’s Restaurant and Villa Rose Ristorante. In Summerland, Zias Stonehouse Restaurant is participating in Wine and Dine and in Osoyoos Mica Restaurant and Watermark Wine Bar. “The reason we keep participating is that it is a chance for customers to try dishes that normally aren’t on the menu and at a great value as well,” said Nikos Theodosakis, owner of Theo’s Restaurant. While Theo’s has been in Penticton for about 36 years, Theodosakis said the program gives people another reason to visit them as well as those who are new to the area. “It is so perfect to have it January because it gets people out of the house. It has been a great success,” said Theodosakis. “It is something that many restaurants are offering up and down the valley, which is wonderful to have a group of restaurants offering it simultaneously.” Menus for each of the participating restaurants can be viewed ahead of time on the

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GET FREE Vending Machines Can Earn $100,000+ per year. All cash-retire in just 3 years. Protected territories. Full details call now 1-866-668-6629, www.tcvend.com GIFT BASKET franchise needed in your area. Be “Your Own Boss” for the New Year! For more information go to www.obbgifts.com and click on “own a franchise”. Any questions? Email head office directly through website or call (778)-753-4500 (Kelowna) OWN A COMPUTER WORK FROM ANYWHERE. Two step process. Request online info, review. Set-up phone interview. Serious people Only: Call : 250 558 9231 TRAIN TO be an Apartment/Condominium Manager at home! We have jobs across Canada. Thousands of graduates working. 32 years of success! Government certified. www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-6658339, 604-681-5456.

Career Opportunities

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Dry End Supervisor Armstrong, B.C.

TOLKO INDUSTRIES LTD. is currently seeking a Dry End Supervisor to join our team in Armstrong, BC. Tolko is a forest products company with marketing, resource management and manufacturing operations throughout Western Canada. A career with Tolko means working in an environment that encourages personal and professional development. QUALIFICATIONS: Strong leadership skills with a proven commitment to safe work performance. Good communication skills coupled with and supervisory experience are crucial to the success of this position. Minimum of five years’ experience in wood products manufacturing A strong working knowledge of manufacturing equipment. Post-secondary education in wood products manufacturing or a related field would be an asset READY TO APPLY YOURSELF? We are an equal opportunity employer offering excellent pension and flex benefit programs. If you are interested in exploring this opportunity and being part of our community, please visit our website at: www.tolko.com and submit your resume by Jan. 31, 2013 We thank all candidates for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Apply today at www.tolko.com

Career Opportunities

MOTORCOACH & SITE SERVICE BUS DRIVERS REQUIRED I M M E D I AT E LY

LOVE’S Family Daycare, Young St. area, licensed, spots avail. for your children (18mo.-5yr) 250-493-0566 LYNDA’S Love’n’Learn Licensed Family Daycare, 2-3 spaces, 1yr - kindergarten. 250-492-4336

Career Opportunities

Fort McMurray

Children

University of Victoria School of Nursing

Alcoholics Anonymous, if your drinking is affecting you and those around you, call 250-490-9216

Career Opportunities

Valid Class 1/Class 2 “Q” Drivers Licence Required Annual Salary Range $58,000 - $78,000 Plus $15,000 per annum Living Allowance

Details and to Apply Online visit dtl.ca Inquiries & Resumes

Email: work4dtl@dtl.ca

Tel: 780-742-2561

Fax: 780-743-4969

19,951 That’s how many companion animals will need loving, new homes this year. Will you open your home to one?

Fetch a Friend from the SPCA today! spca.bc.ca

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Employment

Services

Help Wanted

Trades, Technical

Counselling

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS?

HD Service Technician. Noble Tractor & Equip. is seeking a Journeyman or 4th yr appr. Service Technician for our Armstrong location. We are a Case IH Agricultural/ Light Ind. dealer. Noble Tractor offers a competitive salary w/ group benefits & retirement pkg. Submit resume to: peter@nobletractor.com, or Noble Tractor & Equip., 4193 Noble Rd, Armstrong, BC V0E 1B4

Employment

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking Class 1 Drivers to haul dry vans Western Canada & US. Only drivers with 2 years exp. & US border crossing capability. Dedicated tractors, paid drops, direct deposit. No phone calls Fax 250-546-0600 Required Immediately: Experienced Class 1 Drivers with at least 3 years verifiable experience for the following positions: Part Time Canada/ US capable; Casual /On Call Boat Truck driver Canada/US; Furniture Delivery Driver throughout BC; Full time Drivers for future scheduled runs. Please indicate on your resume position applying for. Please fax resume to 250546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com No phone calls please RUSSAM HOLDINGS HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: Super-B log truck driver Vernon/Kamloops area. Log truck driver - Okanagan /Shuswap area. Highway driver Okanagan to Calgary runs. Commercial Transport Mechanic - Armstrong shop *Possible parttime positions available *Please email a resume and current abstract to Gerry@russamholdings.com or fax to 250-546-0602

Education/Trade Schools 21 WEEK HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM Prepare for a Career in Heavy Equipment Operation. Introducing our new Apprenticeship Program which includes: • • •

ITA Foundation ITA HEO Theory Multi Equipment Training (Apprenticeship hours logged) Certificates included are: • Ground Disturbance Level 2 • WHMIS • Traffic Control • First Aid Reserve your seat for January 14, 2013. Taylor Pro Training Ltd at 1-877-860-7627 www.taylorprotraining.com EXCLUSIVE FINNING/Caterpillar Mechanic training. GPRC Fairview Campus. High school diploma, mechanical aptitude required. $1000. Entrance scholarship. Paid practicum with Finning. Write apprenticeship exams. 1-888999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview. PUT POWER into your career! As a Fairview Power Engineer. On-campus boiler lab. 4th Class-Part A 3rd Class. Affordable residences. GPRC Fairview Campus. 1-888-9997882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview. THE ONE, the only authorized Harley-Davidson technician training program in all of Canada. You’ll work on all types of HD bikes. Quality instruction and state-of-the-art training aids. GPRC Fairview Campus, Fairview Alberta. 1888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

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Relief is only a call away! Call 250-979-4357 to set up your FREE consultation in Penticton. Donna Mihalcheon CA, CIRP 33 years experience. BDO Canada Limited. Trustee in Bankruptcy. 200-1628 Dickson Avenue, Kelowna , BC V1Y 9X1

DENTAL Hygeniest required for compterized/digital general practice, maternity leave position. Phone: 250-868-0030 or Fax: 250-868-2160 Journeyman HD mechanic required for oilfield construction company. Duties will include servicing, maintenance and overhaul of our equipment. The job will be predominately shop work , but with a portion of your time spent in the field. A mechanics truck will be supplied for you. The job is based in Edson, Alberta. Call Lloyd at 780-723-5051. North Enderby Timber is looking to hire for various sawmill positions including Planerman, Forklift Operators, Lumber Graderman and Lumber Pilers. We offer competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefit package. Please fax resume to 250-838-9637. Northern Lite Mfg. looking for exp. RV Production workers, email: info@northern-lite.com North Okanagan Sawmill is looking to hire general laborers. We offer competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefit package. Please fax resume to 250-838-9637. Seasonal labourer positions at Coral Beach Farms Ltd. 16351 Carr’s Landing, Lake Country BC. No experience necessary. Must have own transportation. Applicant must be capable of physically demanding (incl. heavy lifting) work in all weather conditions. 6-7 days a week. 10-12 hours a day beginning March 15, 2013 - April 30, 2013. Work includes tree planting, pruning & irrigation. Pay $10.25/hour. Apply by fax at 250-766-0813 or email at jobs@coralbeach.ca Sheet Metalist required for residential and light commercial. Min 3yrs experience. Call (250)309-2596

TIM HORTONS

426889 BC Ltd. Now Hiring Store Front Position, Full Time/ Part time/ Flex Postion, All Available Starting at $10.28 hr., Health Benefits/ Meal plan/Wage incentives/ Bonuses, 8907 Main Street, Osoyoos, #15034017 Hwy 97, Oliver, 7710 Prairie Valley Rd, Summerland, Apply now to b.sym@shaw.ca, Fax: 1.778.476.5991

Income Opportunity ATTN: COMPUTER work. Work from anywhere 24/7. Up to $1,500 part-time to $7,500/ month full-time. Training provided; www.highincomesfromhome.com

Farm Workers

EARN EXTRA cash! - P/T, F/T Immediate Openings For Men & Women. Easy Computer Work, Other Positions Are Available. Can Be Done From Home. No Experience Needed. www.BCJobLinks.com

SUN City Cherries 4759 Lakeshore Rd Kelowna req’s Farm Labourers. Pruning, picking, packing, sorting and general farm work. Seasonal. 40hrs/wk minimum 7days/wk. $10.25/hr or piece rate. Email resume to: suncitycherriesjobs@shaw.ca 250-764-1872

Class 4 Engineer is required for Colonial Farms. Must be able to work Graveyard shift. Drop Resume between 8am & 2pm. 3830 Okanagan Street, Armstrong. (250)546-3008

Education/Trade Schools

Trades, Technical

Counselling available for police and military personnel and those with chronic illness or disabilities. Reasonable rates www.globalcounsellor.com or text message 250-488-5084

Financial Services

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC Canada Ltd. requires an experienced Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) for our EWP Operation in Golden B.C. Email resume to: Audra.Stanton@LPCorp.com or fax to 250-344-8859.

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PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume by email to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE. SHORE MECHANIC – F/T Heavy Duty Mechanic Certificate or equivalent w/5 yrs exp. www.westcoast tug.ca/shore-mechanic

Education/Trade Schools

CREATING BRIGHTER FUTURES SINCE 1903

BUSINESS Business Management Accounting & Payroll Administrative Assistant Business Administration International Trade Legal Assistant Marketing & Sales Sales Professional

TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT

International Hospitality Tourism & Hospitality Food & Beverage Hotel Management Conference Management

HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT Practical Nursing Community Support Social Services Assisted Living Health Care Assistant Health Unit Clerk Live-In Caregiver Pharmacy Assistant Spa Body Therapy

TRADES Construction Electrician Levels 1, 2 & 3

EDUCATION Early Childhood Education Basic & Post Basic

FIND YOUR BEST FIT Before embarking on a sucessful career, you need to know what industry and general position you are interested in. Speaking with one of our career advisors will help you outline your career goals and what ﬁelds are best suited to you. You can even tour the campus, speak with current students, and ﬁnd out where our graduates are now. A new career and life path is only a meeting away.

CALL PENTICTON: 250-770-2277 OR VISIT SPROTTSHAW.COM

Services

Financial Services

Home Improvements

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s that simple. your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

Are you looking to do RENOVATIONS? No job too big, or small, 25 years exp. with solid references. Update your home with peace of mind, call Ted Lund, 250-490-7991

Legal Services CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

BELCAN

Painting & Reno’s NO HST

over 15 years in business licensed, insured, WCB

painting, tiling, ooring, kitchen/bath reno’s, carpentry nishing,

Cleaning Services

Len (250)486-8800 www.belcan.ca lenmass@gmail.com

ELDER Services - Cleaning, Shopping, Errands - Licensed $20./hr. 250-490-4839

Garden & Lawn Valley Wide Lawn & Yard Care, Free consultation for upcoming lawn & yard care season. Fully experienced “Xeriscape,” Dry Valley Garden Renovator, 250-493-4731

Carpenter, very experienced, any line of work, start to finish, plumbing, drywall, reno’s, decks, stairs, log home building, (250)402-8565

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The Penticton Western News has Routes available in these areas for Wednesday & Friday: • Penticton • Oliver • Summerland • Trout Creek For more info please call Mark or Brian or email:

circulation@pentictonwesternnews.com

250-492-0444 Ext: 219 or 205

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Must have 3/4 ton or 1 ton Van 2 days a week - Wednesday & Friday Early morning deliveries • Okanagan Falls • Oliver • Osoyoos For more info please call Mark or Brian or email: circulation@pentictonwesternnews.com 250-492-0444 Ext: 219 or 205

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Become a Psychiatric Nurse in your own community There is an urgent need for more Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPN), particularly outside the urban areas of the province. And with the workforce aging – the average age of a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in BC is 47 years – the number of retirees from the profession is exceeding the number of graduates. Entry-level earnings start at $30.79/hour to $40.42/hour. Train Locally – The only program of its kind in BC, students can learn within their local communities via distance education, local and/or regional clinical placements, and some regional classroom delivery. This 23 month program is accredited by the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of BC (CRPNBC). Government student loans, Employment & Labour Market Services (ELMS), band funding & other ﬁnancing options available to qualiﬁed applicants.

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Pets & Livestock

Merchandise for Sale

Home Improvements

Pets

Meadowvale Construction Reno’s, additions, new construction, bathrooms, tile, roofing & more, over 35 yrs experience, call Mark (250)809-8425

WOLF Hybrid Cubs. Reserve now. Sun Valley Wolf Kennels Kelowna (250)-765-4996

Heavy Duty Machinery

Rob Hurren Carpentry, renovations big and small, kitchen and bath remodeling, doors trim work, finishing and more, professional design available, call Rob 250-809-7131

Landscaping Okanagan Pest Control Ltd., fully experienced landscape pruner, fruit trees, evergreen hedges, ornamental trees. Picture portfolio & ref. list of satisfied clients avail. Now booking 2013 Basic fruit tree maintenance Spray Programs, Phone Gerald at 250-493-5161

Moving & Storage FAMILY Movers. Moving? Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance trips. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687

www.sunvalleywolfkennels.com

Merchandise for Sale

Antiques / Vintage Carousel Antique & Collectible Shop, 10106 Main St, Summerland. Annual Feb sale. 10% off storewide, with selected items up to 40% off, all taxes included in prices.

Auctions Western Star Auctions, the Okanagan’s Premier Auction Houses 161 Ellis Street, weekly auctions every Tuesday @ 6pm Always accepting consignments. 250-492-3203

Firewood/Fuel A-1 Firewood, split & delivered, full cords Pine $200, 1/2 cord $100, 1/4 cord $50., senior disc., incl. free delivery, 250-770-0827 Firewood for sale, seasoned, split & stacked, fir & pine mix, $200 full cord, Penticton & area, Mark (250)462-4401

Painting & Decorating

FREE BROKEN PALLETS!! Pick-up at the Penticton Western News. 2250 Camrose St.

WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM

Furniture

(1) 250-899-3163

3 Rooms For $299, 2 Coats Any Colour

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls. Cloverdale Premium Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT, until job is completed!

Rubbish Removal PENTICTON Junk Removal! Anything goes! Household waste, furniture and appliances to the dump 250-770-0827

Pets & Livestock

Feed & Hay Hay for sale, barn stored, 1st crop, $4.00 bale, 70 lb bales. 250-546-3371 250-309-5910.

Livestock 40 Black Angus Bred cows & 18 1st calf bred Heifers, 2 Bulls. 1-250-546-9766 evenings, Days 1-780-518-0901 Premium Wood Shavings New supplier of Animal bedding, starting at $250 for 54 cubic yards delivered, (250)770-0214

Shavings

Friendly service from Summerland since 1972 Les Porter 250-490-1132

Western Star Auctions, the Okanagan’s Premier Auction Houses 161 Ellis Street, weekly auctions every Tuesday @ 6pm Always accepting consignments. 250-492-3203

Will pay cash for oversized scrap steel, cats, yarders, saw mill equipment, farm equipment, etc. All insurance in place to work on your property. 250-260-0217

Medical Supplies Stair lifts, platform stair lifts, vertical platform lifts. Shoprider Scooters & Power chairs, new & used. Kel: 250-7647757, Vernon 250-542-3745. Toll Free 1-888-542-3745 www.okmobilty.ca

Misc. for Sale SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com /400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT. STEEL BUILDINGS/ Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca WANTED: Vintage paintings, postcards, fishing rods, reels, tackle, old knives, Native baskets, old guns, saddles & gun rigs, military medals, pocket watches, etc. Silver & gold coins. Honest & Confidential! Cash Paid! 250-308-7342, 250-260-8069

Misc. Wanted I like to buy $100 coins, coin collections & specialty foreign coins. Todd 250-864-3521

Community Newspapers Musical Instruments We’re at the heart of things™

Garage Sales INDOOR Garage Sale Sun Feb 3 9:00am-1:00pm 6243140 Wilson St Pen. Furniture, clothing, toys, misc items. No early birds. Pls park in visitor parking only.

Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53 in stock. SPECIAL 44’ x 40’ Container Shop w/steel trusses $13,800! Sets up in one day! Also Damaged 40’ $1950 Call Toll Free Also JD 544 & 644 wheel loaders JD 892D LC Excavator Ph. 1-866-528-7108 Free Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com Volvo Loader L20B, 2700hrs on it, 2004. 1Ton Sand truck. 2 Polaris snowmobiles (a 700RMK 1997, and a 500 Indi 1997). 250-545-4653 or 3080977

Guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, band & string instruments, music books & access., music lessons, sales & rentals, Skaha Sound, 51 Nanaimo Ave. E, 250-492-4710 Yamaha digital piano, Clavinova-370. 2yrs old. Dark colour. $3,200 obo. 1(250)558-3565

Sporting Goods SKS’s & SKS Ammo in Stock Norinco Tax-In Specials: M14 308 cal c/w 520 rd ammo $833. AR-15 223 cal c/w 1600 rd ammo $1299. 1911-A1-GC 45 cal c/w 1000 rd ammo $811. Upgraded Grizzly 870 shotguns from $425. Quality Firearms Bought & Sold at The Best Little Gun Shop Around Weber & Markin Gunsmiths, 4-1691 Powick, Kel. 250-762-7575, Tues-Sat, 10-6.

Stereo / DVD / TV new HD PVR box, 500 GIGS, new $389, sell for $175obo, (250)490-4150

Real Estate

Rentals

Apt/Condos for Sale

Apt/Condo for Rent

2bdrm, newly reno’d, adult oriented, $750, N/S, N/P, call Dennis 250-488-5678 or 778515-1616

1 & 2 bdrm & bach. apt.’s avail. immed., $550-$725, central Penticton, no pets, water incl., (250)493-4903 1 & 2 bdrm, newly reno’d suites. Secured access, util incl, near hospital, bus route and close to all amenities, n/p, n/s 250-938-3626 2bdrm, 2ba condo w/secure ug parking, ns, np. $1000/mo. +util., Seeking good, long term people., Avail. March 1, 250490-8512.

LUXURY Condo in Abbotsford..14th Floor. Wrap around South E/W view spans 270*. 3 BR. 3 Bath. 3 Balc 2475 Sq.Ft. spacious Beauty PH style. CM78CM78@gmail.com, 604-807-5341- $589,000

Mobile Homes & Parks ✰

Mr. Mobile Home Certified Factory Outlet. Featuring SIERRAS family community, or single and multi-section homes for your property. 250-769-6614 www.accenthomes.ca

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent

BROCKTON COURT

241 Scott Avenue

1 Bedroom from $750 2 Bedroom from $850 Cable Included, 40+ Building, No Smoking, No Pets, Secure Building, Parking, Balcony

250-488-2881

2bdrm., 2 bath, 6 appl., insuite laundry, avail. now, U/G parking, N/S, N/P, $1000/mo. (250)328-9443 2bdrm condo, freshly painted, new laminate floors, A/C, close to hosp., on bus route., N/S, N/P, $900/mo. incl. util., children welcome, avail. immed., (250)276-0757 FURNISHED or un-furnished apt for rent in Princeton Avail. now, need excellent ref’s & DD. No pets. Call 250-2951006 leave a message. Lrg. 2bdrm $850, & newly reno’d 1bdrm, $750, avail. now. 40+ building (250)-487-1136 NEWLY RENO’D 2 bdrm apt., Insuite W/D, parking, A/C, storage, located off Government & Penticton. NP/NS. Avail immediately. 250-4863539 or 1-888-669-9844. ONE Bedroom in quiet small adult building. N.S., No pets. $ 695 Garry 250-492-4558 Tiffany Gardens, 1Bdrm loft, no pets, $750/mo. (250)4920413 or 250-462-5854

Commercial/ Industrial

1 & 2bdrm 1353 Pent. Ave., updated, close to school & transit, $650-$750, Dennis at Realty Exec., 250-493-4372

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

Auctions

RENTALS (250) 770-1948

Property Management 101-3547 SKAHA LAKE RD. Kaleden: 4 bdrm house w/ garage. F/S, Lakeshore Towers: 8th floor, 1 bdrm, W/D, D/W, cent air/Heat, fire place, lrg 1 bath & Den. and 4th floor, 2 bdrm, yard, pets ok. $1375.00 + util. 2 bath, f/s, w/d, d/w, m/w, cent air Dwntwn: 1 bdrms/bach: f/S, A/C, and heat, prkg, deck, storage, pool, deck, and ltd prkg, util and cable incl. sauna, hot tub and more. Avail. Now $1150.00 & $1300.00 + elec. $600.00 & $650.00. avail now MONDAY - FRIDAY

Front Street Realty Property Management #2 Front St., Penticton, B.C.

250-492-2233 ASK FOR DEBBIE

APARTMENTS

132 POWER STREET............................................ $900.00 2 bed, completely reno., fr/st, incl. utilities. Avail. NOW HOUSES / DUPLEX

NARAMATA ROAD.................................................. $900.00 2 bed, ground level, privacy, lakeview, 5 appl., wood stove. Avail. NOW 284 YORKTON AVENUE .................................... $925.00 2 bed, 2 baths, 5 appl. Avail. MAR. 1 482 WESTMINSTER 3 bed, 1.5 baths, 5 appl., duplex. Avail. NOW .................... $1100.00 2 bed, 1.5 baths, 5 appl., duplex, fully furn. Avail. NOW .... $1500.00 432 MAURICE STREET.................................... $1200.00 3 bed, 1.5 baths, 5 appl., Lawnmower. Avail. FEB. 1 MILL ROAD, NARAMATA ................................ $2000.00 Exec. Lakefront Home, 4 bed, 2 bath, 5 appl. Lease required. Avail. APRIL

REALTY EXECUTIVES VANTAGE APARTMENTS: $625 1 and 2 bdrm apts near library/downtown, elevator, cov’d /$750 parking, f, s, a/c, balcony, cat ok. Avail. NOW (EFR) $650 2nd & 3rd flr walk-up, reno’d, 1 bdrm, with laminate, freshly painted, f,s, coin up laundry. Avail. NOW (KBD204) $725 2 bdrm, grd flr, h.w. flrs, newer kitchen, f, s, a/c, covered parking, extra storage. Avail. NOW (A447) $725 2 bdrm 55+ 1 bath, f,s, includes heat and hot water and /$795 cable. Avail. NOW (WT 105/306) $1000 Near downtown, top flr, 2 bdrm,, 2 bath, 5 appl, sec’d parking, balcony, elevator, 1 year lease req’d. Avail. NOW (OT563)

HOUSES: Independently owned and operated by the Raffan Family since 1963.

MACHINE SHOP SALE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 • 10:00AM

CORNER OF HWY 97 & OCEALA RD IN WINFIELD (directly across from Tim Hortons) Name on building Steel Industries. Miller Welder, welders, threading machine, 2 ton overhead crane, shop tables, Komatsu Forklift, power metal hacksaw, metal tool boxes, pallet jacks, pallet racks, metal bender, large punch, Assorted pallets of metal, new 45 gal drums of oil, lunchroom equipment.

See our website for listing and pictures www.valleyauction.ca For more information phone 250.546.9420

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$1500 3 bdrm + 2 down, near Wiltse school, 2. 5 bath, finished bsmt, carport, large deck, fenced yard. Avail. NOW (OT561) $2000 Reno’d 3 bdrm, 3 level home w/1 bdrm in-law suite, incredible lake and valley views, all appl. incld, no pets, no smoking. Avail. NOW (OT565)

TOWNHOUSES: $1050 Reno’d 3 bdrm townhouse, 1.5 bath, near high school and middle school, fence yard, np, ns. Avail. NOW (th499) $1300 Naramata, new 3 bdrm, f, s, d/w, washer/dryer hookup, unfinished bsmt, garage. Avail. NOW (th496-6/7) Prospective tenants must complete an application form at:

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

View pictures and apply at

www.osmrentals.com Penticton $750 Fairview Rd. - 2 bdrm, 1 bath, some updates, incl. water. Secure bldg. NS NP $650 Dynes Ave. - 1 bdrm, 1 bath, incl. water, secure bldg. NS NP $1400 Weyburn St. - 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath townhouse, 5 appl., garage, basement. NS NP $1050 Baskin St. - 3 bdrm, 1 bath condo, 4 appl., fenced yard, NS. Small pet ok. $995 Wade Ave. - 2 bed, 2 bath, 5 appl., A/C, secure parking, water incl. NS NP $700 Skaha Pl. - 1 bed, 1 bath, lakeview, inc. utilities, updated 3 appl. NS NP Oliver $1100 Kootenay Dr. - 2 bdrm + den, 1 bath house, dble. garage, fenced yrd, 5 appl. NS NP Osoyoos $1400/ Cottonwood Dr. - Fully furnished, 2 bdrm + den, 2 bath $1500 townhouses, close to lake, 5 appl. NS NP $975 122 Ave. - 3 bdrm, 1 bath, 2 appl., rural area, ½ acre, basement, mtn view. NS NP $1400 Golf Course Dr. - Exec. Townhouse, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, den, media room, 5 appl., garage. NS NP $1200 Gravenstein - 3 bdrm, 1 bath, part furn. house, + 2 bdrm in bsmt, 4 appl., lrg back yard. NS NP $1400 92 Ave. - Beautiful log home, part furn., 3 bdrm, 3 bath, 5 appl., mtn & lake views, lrg yard, basement. NS NP Osoyoos – Short term We offer fully furnished units for short term rentals. 1 week or 1 to 6 months. Accommodating 2 to 17. Contact us for rates and availability. Prospective tenants must complete an application form on line or in person at 102-95 Eckhardt Ave., Penticton, Phone 250-689-2900

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Transportation

Commercial/ Industrial

Auto Accessories/Parts

485 Warren Ave E, 2345 sq.ft., high profile corner building, shop, new lighting, new offices, 3 phase power, 10x10 overhead door, shop w/ 1 tonne center pole jib crane, etc. Pent. (250)490-9016, dana@trucktransformer.com

Used Tires, Huge Selection of used tires and wheels in stock. We might have what you need. Prices vary according to size and quality. Starting at $25.00. Call us or drop in to Larsens Excel 555 Okanagan Ave East 250-492-5630 Penticton

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NOTICE: SEIZURE AND SALE OF A VEHICLE UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL TENANCY ACT. Intent to sell the vehicle as follows: 2001 Chrysler Intrepid 4 Door VIN# 2C3HH46R01H582224 Tenant: Herbert George Hepburn Rental Debt: $3,000.00 Sale Begins: Sat., March 9, 2013 at noon in Penticton, B.C. Address of Landlord: #315, 241 Scott Avenue, Penticton, B.C. Address of Residential Property: #205, 241 Scott Avenue, Penticton, B.C.

Notice to Creditors and Others Re: The estate of Florence Elizabeth Niddery, deceased, formerly of 1260 Ash Street, Okanagan Falls, BC Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Florence Elizabeth Niddery are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor, Beverly Elizabeth CurrieMcLean at 5129 Veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Way, Box 565, Okanagan Falls, BC on or before March 15, 2012 after which date the Executor, Beverly Elizabeth Currie-McLean will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

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Motels,Hotels Motel monthly rentals in Penticton & Oliver, Avail. until June 2013, LARGE 1bdrm suites & bachelor suites, Fully furnished, utilities/cable incl., quiet location, near Mall & bus route. Call Valley Star Motel 250-492-7205. Ext. 0 or Maple Leaf Motel Inn Towne, 250498-3497

Shared Accommodation Room for rent in my home, $450-500, includes everything. (250)492-2543

Suites, Lower 1250sqft executive suite, lakeview, private patio, w/d/f/s/dw, internet/cable, 2bdrm, large open kitchen, $1100, avail. March 1, (250)492-2915 Furn. 1bdrm, daylight basement suite, Pent., sep. entr. in new home, for Senior, Prof., single or cpl., ns, np, avail. Feb. 1, $800/mo., all util., w/d, wifi incl., Ph: (250)492-3979 HIGHLAND motel suites avail now, no pets. 1140 Burnaby Ave 250-809-1253, 250-4882206

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Teenagers with high self-esteem generally feel more in control of their lives, and are able to face challenges and more easily bounce back from adversity. The United Way and the Community Foundation have partnered on a community project to learn more about how our communities can help foster teensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; journey towards healthy selfesteem.

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PROPOSED TELUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY 60 METRE GUYED TOWER STRUCTURE PROPOSED STRUCTURE: As part of the public consultation process required by Industry Canada, TELUS is inviting the public to comment on a proposed telecommunications facility consisting of a 60 metre guyed tower, ancillary radio equipment, powerline and road situated on Provincial Crown land, near Carmi (King Soloman) and containing 2.25 hectares (Communication Site), 3.37 hectares (Powerline), and 1.76 hectares (Roadway) more or less. LOCATION: Crown land within the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. ADDRESS: 369 Beacon Road, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary COORDINATES: 49Â° 29â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 50.1â&#x20AC;?, -119Â° 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 51.3â&#x20AC;? ANY PERSON may comment by close of business day on March 21, 2013 with respect to this matter. TELUS CONTACT: Further information can be obtained by contacting: Hermanjeet Kaur Kahlon TELUS - Real Estate and Government Affairs 2-3500 Gilmore Way, Burnaby, BC V5G4W7 Email: Herman.Kahlon@telus.com

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The United Way and Community Foundation, serving the South Okanagan and Similkameen regions, are seeking a contractor to lead a community assessment and consultation process to identify issues, assets and potential opportunities that will assist teens in the development of their healthy self-esteem. Please visit: www.unitedwaysos.com/opportunities for the proposal outline. Deadline for proposal is February 15, 2013.

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