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Japan trip tops $8,000 Travel costs paid for three municipal representatives by John Arendt Summerland’s recent Sister City delegation to Toyokoro, Japan cost the municipality more than

$8,000 as the municipality picked up the tab for two members of council and one staff member. Mayor Janice Perrino, Coun. Orv Robson and municipal planner Ian McIntosh were among the 19 people who participated in the Sister City visit.

The cost for each of the municipality’s representatives was $2,750, including flights and accommodations while in Japan. The total for these three people came to $8,250. The municipality did not pay for a spouse’s travel costs.

McIntosh said the municipality did not pay for the members of Summerland’s Sister City Committee, five students including members of Summerland’s royalty or members of the public who were part of the delegation.

“Of the 19 who went, three were paid,” McIntosh said. He added that the visit was a chance for Summerland delegates to learn about Japan and to examine ideas which may be possible here.

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75th anniversary

A Summerland couple recently celebrated their 75th anniversary.

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Fundraising tour

Three Summerlanders are cycling to Mexico to raise money for youth sports.

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Small Business

The Summerland Chamber of Commerce has special events planned to mark Small Business Week later this month.

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Job search help

A new online service will help employers and job seekers.

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Dancing

The Summerland Dance Club has resumed its monthly dances for the season.

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Winning hockey

The Summerland Steam enjoyed a winning weekend of Junior B hockey action.

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YOUR SMILE What do you give a seasick elephant? Lots of room.

Grape harvest

Carla McLeod Special to the Summerland Review

Whether a commercial operation, or that of the back yard variety, the grape harvest is underway in Summerland. Pictured are Ervin and LeEtta Felker, using a family relic, an old apple mill, to crush their grapes.

Bears observed near town core by John Arendt

When Melissa Campbell noticed a mother bear and two cubs in a pine tree in front of her Steven Avenue house last week, she and her husband contacted provincial conservation officials. “I’ve been watching them from the house,” she said. “It’s pretty close to town from Steven Avenue.” However, even though

the bears were near the house and on a street just two blocks from Summerland’s downtown, they were not removed. Barb Leslie, inspector with the provincial conservation service for the Okanagan region, said attempting to remove a mother bear and cubs can be dangerous. “Dealing with a sow and cubs is very difficult,” she said. She explained that if

one of the cubs is captured before the mother is captured, the result is an angry and aggressive mother bear. She said residents need to take measures to ensure bears will not want to spend time on their properties. Zoe Kirk, WildSafeBC community coordinator with the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen, said the public needs to be alerted when

a bear is in the area, until the bear leaves. She added that relocating a bear or a family of bears often results in a slow death for the animals which have been removed. Bears, especially those with cubs, will often take refuge in a tree, Kirk said. The mother ensures the cubs are in the higher branches before she climbs to a lower branch until night.

Summerland has had a number of bear incidents this year. Kirk said throughout the province, the number of calls about bears in inhabited areas was down by about 20 per cent. Then, three to four weeks ago, the trend changed and many more bear sightings were reported. One-quarter of all black bears in Canada, or around 120,000 bears, live in British Columbia.

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Bike tour raises funds for youth sports Three Summerlanders are cycling along the Pacific coast to Mexico in an attempt to raise money to promote youth sports. Ella MacDonald, 20, her sister Sandra MacDonald, 24 and Gerry Hol, 20, hope to raise $15,000 during the 4,000-kilometre tour. The trip began in late September when the three started their trip in Bellingham, Wash. The route will take them south to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The three are raising money for Right

To Play, a global organization using sports and games to help children build life skills and better futures, while promoting social changes in their communities. Sports has been important for the three cyclists. Sandra MacDonald took a break from academics after high school to focus on competitive skiing. She was on the B.C. Ski Team and has raced on the international North American Cup circuit. After that season was over, she accepted an athletic

PoliCe RePoRt Driving suspensions issued

Police issued two immediate roadside prohibitions on Saturday. At 7:13 a.m. police issued a suspension to a motorist in the 13000 block of Prairie Valley Road. A 1991 Chrysler was idling in front of a house and a 20-year-old Summerland man was passed out on the front seat. Police said the man was impaired. He was issued a 90-day driving prohibition and his vehicle was impounded for 30 days. At 7 p.m., during a road check on the Princeton-Summerland Road, police stopped a 48-year-old man who was driving a 1988 Chevrolet pickup truck. The driver failed a sobriety test and was issued a 90-day driving prohibition. His vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

Conditions breached

On Saturday at 4:35 p.m., police arrested a 30-year-old Summerland man for breach of conditions. The man had previously been arrested for a domestic assault and was under conditions not to have contact with the woman. The two were in the same vehicle on Saturday. Police arrested the man. He was taken to court and given new conditions.

Apples picked

Overnight on Sunday, three bins of apples were picked from an orchard in the Canyon View area. Police are continuing to investigate the theft.

scholarship to the University of Alaska Anchorage. In May, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in biology. Ella MacDonald has attended two years at the University of British Columbia in the undergraduate science program. She is planning to switch to a registered nursing program. Her sports involvement has included soccer, volleyball and recreational skiing. She also enjoys surfing, sailing and windsurfing. Hol is an avid hockey player and played for the Summerland Steam Junior B hockey team last year. He attended the University of British Columbia Okanagan in the kinesiology program but is changing to the marine engineering program next fall. The plans for the cycle trip began in December, 2012, when Ella MacDonald was discussing the idea with her

A rest from cycling

Ella MacDonald, left, Gerry Hol and Sandra MacDonald take a break in Oregon during a bike tour to Mexico. The three hope to raise $15,000 for youth sports.

older sister. “For the past two years, I kept talking about travelling, but I always went back to school,” she recalled. When she suggested the plan, Sandra MacDonald agreed to join her. As they began to prepare for the ride, Hol joined their team. The three of them believe in Right To Play’s purpose. “We have gained so much from sports that we would like to give back as much

as we can to those in underprivileged communities,” Ella MacDonald said. The three are now in Oregon. At the end of September, they had to take some time off from cycling because of the rough weather they had encountered. The trip is expected to take up to three months. Information about the trip and a link to their blog can be found online at macdonaldsisters.wordpress.com.

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Living with bears B.C. is bear country. With an estimated 120,000 black bears — one-quarter of the entire Canadian black bear population — in this province, bear safety and bear awareness become facts of life. Last week, a mother bear and two cubs were observed in a tree on Steven Avenue for a day. The incident occurred in a residential neighbourhood and within blocks of Summerland’s downtown. It was a little too close for comfort. Each year, there are reports of bear sightings near orchards and vineyards or in the outlying, less populated parts of Summerland. In these cases, the bears are drawn by the smells of the ripening fruit and grapes. Last week’s bear incident was more disturbing because it was in a heavily populated residential area. This is not the first time bears have come close to people in Summerland. We have had other encounters this year. Such encounters are not good for those of us who live here. Bears are wild animals and potentially dangerous. The encounters are not good for the bears either. Four problem bears in Summerland have been destroyed this year and two others have been tagged so conservation officials could track their movements. We need to do more to reduce the number of bear incidents in Summerland and in the area. Conservation and bear awareness representatives have urged the public to keep attractants such as garbage, bird seed and overripe fruit where bears cannot access them. A bylaw regulating when garbage may be set out at the curb has also been proposed. In Naramata, such a bylaw helped to dramatically reduce the number of bear incidents. Still, despite the best efforts in our community, we will continue to have some contact with bears. We need to learn how to handle such encounters to avoid a serious incident in the future.

The amount of community participation in Summerland’s growth strategy is impressive. So far, more than 1,200 people have been involved in the various events or surveys. Public participation is vital in such a project. The growth strategy will affect all who live here for many years to come. It is important that such a document reflect the wishes of the public.

B.C. marijuana referendum misguided VICTORIA – I won’t be signing the “Sensible B.C.” petition to demand a provincewide referendum on marijuana enforcement. You shouldn’t either, and here are a few reasons why. Let me start by saying I’ve been calling for legalization and regulation Tom Fletcher of pot for 20 years, to conserve police resources and reduce violent crime. Our war on drugs is a failure even for heroin and cocaine, and marijuana is obviously much easier to produce. But the current effort led by Dana Larsen, B.C.’s clown prince of pot, is not only misguided, it’s dangerous. The petition does not propose legalization. It seeks to impose a provincial law that would stop B.C. police from using any resources for simple possession charges. This would create a loophole in the federal drug law. So what would that do? It would protect otherwise innocent customers of the current illegal marijuana trade, while leaving the criminal distribution business in place. For a closer look at that, I recommend reports from the Surrey Six murder trial now underway, or the upcoming case against three accused assassins of Red Scorpion gangster Jonathan Bacon in Kelowna.

Larsen’s loony law would tie police hands when they are trying to hold someone on a lesser charge while they search for evidence of something nastier. This is a source of many simple possession charges today. Police chiefs have a different idea, asking for the option of treating simple possession as a ticket offence to keep the court time to a minimum. Both of these notions have the same obvious flaws. They don’t deal with sales to minors and they divert no revenue to government, leaving most of that in the hands of criminal dealers who buy cocaine, guns and fancy cars. Colorado and Washington have gone the legalization route, so far without interference from their federal government. These states need money, and they don’t need more crime or ill-considered hippy gesture politics. Meanwhile in Ottawa, Health Canada is trying to convert a poorly regulated mess of small-scale medical marijuana licences to a free-market system of commercial producers. Local politicians tore a strip off Health Canada officials at their recent convention, after years of warnings that federal licences were scattered at unknown locations, often used as fronts for larger grow-ops. Mission Coun. Dave Hensman predicted that when a grower gets a letter cancelling his licence, he’s more likely to roll up a big joint with it

than to shut down. Burnaby Coun. Nick Volkow suggested the response would echo an old Cheech and Chong routine: “Dave’s not here, man.” Here’s another reason not to support Larsen: the conduct of his organizers. One fellow set up a petition table at, of all places, the Terry Fox Hometown Run in Port Coquitlam. After scrawling “pot cures cancer” on the table, he proceeded to interrupt speeches by cancer survivors and the run itself by yelling the same false slogan. You can imagine how people with terminal cancer and their loved ones would react. Some would know that marijuana may alleviate side effects of chemotherapy, just as it can ease suffering for some multiple sclerosis patients. But the suggestion of a cure is as cruel as it is moronic. Larsen’s “cannibus” has been rolling around B.C., reaping uncritical media coverage. It even blundered into the recent Walk for Reconciliation in Vancouver, an event to mark the end of federal hearings into the effects of residential schools on aboriginal children. I wouldn’t support the Larsen bunch for anything, unless it involved them looking for jobs. Just say no. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews. com. Twitter:@tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

bad apples We are amazed by the brazen actions of a thief or a group of thieves who picked three bins of apples from an orchard on Canyon View Road earlier this week. This was not just a petty crime of opportunity. Coordinating such a theft took planning and likely involved several people. If anyone has information about this theft, please contact the Summerland RCMP detachment or Crime Stoppers.

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Dear Editor: On behalf of the 2013 Summerland Royalty, I would like to sincerely thank the community of Summerland for their continued support of the Summerland Blossom Pageant and Royalty Program. The Summerland Royalty have just returned from a trip to our Sister City, Toyokoro Japan. This was truly an experience of a life time for these youth ambassadors to have the opportunity to represent our community in Toyokoro at city hall, schools, daycares, dinners, functions and in family homes. Maddy, Nicole, Tori and Natasha, I was extremely proud to witness how well you portrayed Summerland and Canada during your trip. The relationships that you have developed with Japanese dignitaries, friends and your home stay families should never be forgotten. Through relationships like these we will all learn respect and tolerance of other countries and respect our differences. Thank you to Summerland’s Sister City Committee for making these relationships possible. Thank you to the citizens of Summerland for supporting our fundraising efforts by buying our apple pies, perogies, hot dogs, fajitas and supporting our bottle drives in order to make this trip a reality for the Summerland Royalty Youth Ambassadors. We could not have done this without all of your support! Karen Hooper Blossom Pageant and Royalty Coordinator Summerland

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Benefits of invention explained Dear Editor: I am the founder and president of ElectroMotion Energy and the inventor of our core Revolution technology. I want to clarify the benefits of our Revolution and

what we are proposing to the District of Summerland in response to a letter from Henry Sielmann in last week’s Opinions section. Unfortunately, Mr. Sielmann doesn’t

address any of the topics or issues relating to the article in the Summerland Review titled Electricity Policy Requested which supposedly prompted Mr. Sielmann’s letter in the

first place. I will therefore try to clarify the topics outlined in the original news article. Statistically, some 63 per cent of residential energy consumption is used for

The early years

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October is Women’s History Month in Canada, celebrating the contributions of women in society. There may not be a woman in this photo, taken around 1912, but the home (on Rumball Avenue) was owned by the Spencer sisters. In addition, the picture was taken by Mary Spencer, one of the first female professional photographers in Canada. Her remarkable story has now been publicized in A Steady Lens: The True Story of Pioneer Photographer Mary Spencer, by Sherril Foster. Meet the author, a local historian, at her book launch at the Kettle Valley Railway Station, Saturday, Oct. 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. And be sure to drop by the Summerland Museum to see our display featuring Mary Spencer and Billy Miner. We’re open Wednesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.

space heating, hot water about 15 per cent and electricity is 20 per cent (Natural Resources Canada – http://oee.nrcan. gc.ca). Electrical energy is not the type of energy we consume the greatest, but we do require electricity all the time as nothing happens without electricity — no communications, business or even heating. E l e c t ro M o t i o n ’ s Revolution generates electricity when it heats your home — which coincides when we have peak use for our electricity – during the heating season. Data provided by Summerland Utility and analyzed by John B. Hall (retired CEO of PLP Utility) clearly shows that reducing this peak demand by generating our own electricity during heating season will save the community millions of dollars. The Revolution will reduce energy consumption and costs for homeowners while also benefiting the utility by eliminating the need to remotely generate and distribute the electricity we generate in our homes. Ironically, electricity is globally gen-

erated using thermal (heat) methods using coal, natural gas, diesel and nuclear fuel. The US Dept. of Energy (DOE) states that ‘for all the electricity generated in the USA more that two-thirds of the fuel used is lost as heat’. This means that 3 kW of energy is required to provide 1 kW of electricity at the demand site (e.g. your home). We have thermal pictures showing our electrical substation ‘glowing’ at 32 Celsius when the temperature outside is -20 Celsius…these are some of the heat losses which the U.S. DOE statistic refers. The Revolution does not increase carbon emissions. I have lived in Summerland for 20 years and want to see my Revolution benefit my community first. For review, I have posted the presentation we gave to the District of Summerand’s council to our website at www.ElectroMotionEnergy.com and will personally reply to any email inquires for additional information. Jai Zachary, President ElectroMotion Energy Corporation Summerland

back to them…with both hands. I still don’t know how he knew which of us owned that iPad. Their city hall, (municipal government) manages the health care system, the education system, the social system as well as what we consider to be municipal functions. The town of Toyokoro owns and operates farmland including packaging and distribution. All of this in a town of 3,000 people.

We can learn a lot from these people and from looking outside our very small environment. I feel extremely fortunate to have been given a very intimate look into how a small rural farming town in Japan manages its business. All by very gracious and forthcoming people. I hope the Sister City program continues for a very long time to come. Ian McIntosh Summerland

Lessons learned during Toyokoro visit Dear Editor, I was one of 19 people fortunate enough to recently visit our sister city of Toyokoro in Hokkaido, Japan. It was an amazing experience and I will never be the same. The graciousness of these wonderful people was an eyeopener. Watching our Summerland royalty expand their horizons and engage with a very different culture was inspiring.

I personally got to view how the Japanese deal with parking (where land is at a premium). Their parkades are like car vending machines…you drive in, pay your fee and your car is whisked away, either underground or up several stories to a storage spot to be retrieved when you return. No forgetting where you parked your car. The Japanese have no garbage receptacl es…an yw he re.

You create garbage, you take it with you. No garbage cans on the streets, in restaurants, in washrooms or in stores. Everything is spotless. Most commuters ride bicycles. Women in business suits and high heels, office workers, everyone rides bicycles. They don’t have bicycle lanes, as all bicycles go on the sidewalks…and no one wears bicycle helmets. Turns out they believe pedes-

trians and cyclists mix better than cars and cyclists. Their sidewalks are much wider to accommodate both, and they have a textured strip to aid the visually impaired. Their honesty is incredible. One of our travellers left their iPad on the railing of a communal deck outside our hotel room. They were very concerned but upon our return a gentleman was waiting at the bus door to hand it

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Events mark Small Business Week Did you know that in B.C., small businesses, defined as those with fewer than 50 employees, or selfemployed without paid help, represent 98 per cent of all companies? And did you know that small businesses provide nearly 56 per cent of privatesector jobs in B.C., and employ more than one million people? Here in B.C., the small business community contributes 26 per cent of the province’s gross domestic product. These businesses are definitely the engine of our economy. Canadians have been celebrating this fact since 1979 when business people in the Fraser Valley launched the first Small Business Week event. Since then Small Business Week has been held every October to recognize and celebrate the outstanding contribution of these businesses.

This year, during Small Business Week, the Summerland Chamber of Commerce is hosting an inspiration and education week to celebrate our business community. On Oct. 22, we will welcome NHL coach, author, and Stanley Cup champion, Ryan Walter to Centre Stage. Now a nationally recognized speaker and president of the Abbotsford Heat, Walter says the difference between winning and losing has little to do with talent or coaching. The difference often comes down to how leadership fuels and sustains its team’s hungry spirit. The first 150 ticket holders will also receive an autographed copy of Walter’s new book: Hungry – Fuelling Your Best Game. On October 23 and 24, the Okanagan region’s own media

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Christine Petkau maven and creator of the Eat, Drink, Tweet, extravaganzas, Alison Markin, will lead two social media ‘bootcamp’ experiences. These will be held at the Summerland Waterfront Resort and include refreshments and appetizers. The session on Oct. 23 is geared to beginners and the session on Oct. 24 will be aimed at those who want to develop their social media strategy. Fifty tickets are available for each evening. We are looking forward

to having her teach us how to best engage others using social media tools and strategies. The week of learning and inspiration will culminate with a Tweet-up, a networking social where we can practice our new skills. These events are open to the community. Tickets for all the events are available through the Summerland Chamber of Commerce office. More information is available at summerlandchamber.com. Please join us to celebrate Small Business Week. We always appreciate your feedback. Please contact me manager@summerlandchamber.com or our Chamber President, Arlene Fenrich, at president@summerlandchamber.com. Christine Petkau is the manager of the Summerland Chamber of Commerce.

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Preoccupation with growth is a mistake

Dear Editor: Summerland city council’s preoccupation with growth completely ignores the fact that we do not have to grow. The key to stable, productive and safe communities is to establish and maintain sustainable economic activities. Over time that will allow the city to fine tune infrastructures to serve the needs of the community. One of our city council’s most important mandates is to protect our properties and our quality of life. For those members of city council who are not sophisticated enough to appreciate the laid back friendly rural lifestyle we have adopted over the years the solution is simple: Move to a larger centre like Kelowna, Toronto, or Detroit, where they can satiate their cravings for all the things that destroy societies, like drugs, noise, and pollution. Forget about building sky scrapers and high-density and high social cost developments, not to mention helter skelter rural developments that are extremely expensive to service, instead of orderly infill developments from the city centre out.

Stop wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars we don’t have on plug-ins for electric cars that will never be used by anybody and unsightly electronic billboards that only adds to the clutter. It is also time to start looking for undeveloped land to store all those RVs that are beginning to make our residential neighbourhoods look like trailer parks. A high priority should also be given to upgrade our city’s bylaws from rural to city status to give the bylaws department the tools it needs to curb the proliferation of hedges, fences, wood piles, farm equipment, unlicensed and derelict vehicles on our residential properties and public parks and boulevards. The smart way to deal with distressed properties is by adopting and enforcing land use by-laws that does not allow unsightly premises to develop. For the councillors who still remember why they were elected, it’s time to forget about their political ambitions and personal interests and begin to address the real needs of the community. Andy Thomsen Summerland

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Sister City delegation

Joined by representatives from Toyokoro, Japan, Summerland’s Sister City delegation prepared for numerous events during their recent visit to the community.

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“For the value we received, I’d say it was well worth it,” McIntosh said. He said the delegates were able to see some of Toyokoro’s developments and projects during various excursions during the trip. In addition, the cultural exchanges over the years have been worthwhile. McIntosh said one Toyokoro resident, who visited Summerland when she

was 15, spoke to this year’s delegates and thanked them for the experience. Now 37, she said the visit to Summerland was a life-changing experience for her. During this year’s trip, Chris McIntosh, a Grade 2 teacher at Giant’s Head School, brought a banner which was made by her students to present to the people of Toyokoro. During the visit, videos were created for her Summerland

students. The videos can be seen on YouTube.com. Darlene Forsdick of Summerland’s Sister City Committee said the ongoing ties between Summerland and Toyokoro are important for both communities. “These visits bring with them the opportunity to strengthen international ties and form cultural bonds that will seat firmly in the minds of their children and ours,”

she said. The Sister City agreement between Summerland and Toyokoro was signed in 1994. Since that time, 101 adults and 39 students from Summerland have visited Toyokoro, while 203 people, 114 of them students, have come from Toyokoro to Summerland. A delegation from Toyokoro will be in Summerland next August.

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Beitels celebrate 75th anniversary by Carla McLeod Special to the Review A Summerland couple have accomplished something that very few others have or ever will. Joe and Bessie Beitel have been married for 75 years. They met through the matchmaking

efforts of family members. They courted for one year and were married in 1938. Three years later they left the farm in Saskatchewan and moved to B.C. Over the next 41 years they raised three children and moved to several different commun-

ities throughout the province, where Joe served as pastor and built new parsonages. Bessie worked in retail. They retired in 1982 and moved to Summerland in 1999. As in every couple’s life, there were some rough times. “When we first

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got married we were poor,” Joe explained. They also experienced tragedy when they lost their son in an accidental death. The Beitels said their faith sustained them during difficult times. “We were serving the Lord,” Bessie said. “It gave us a hope. The future looked so much brighter even though there were difficult years. Our faith is really what kept us going and we had good health, both of us,” Joe added. They also learned to manage disputes without hurting one another. “We never went to sleep at night without saying we were sorry or making up,” Bessie said. Neither one of them ever would have considered separating. Joe referred to what they shared

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Joe and Bessie Beitel were married in 1938. They recently celebrated their 75th anniversary.

as a “steadfast love,” saying, “We just had a love for each other that kept us together and here we are after all these years.” And what do they look forward to? Joe answered, “We have a hope that the next life

is going to be heaven,” Joe said. “The future is as bright as the promises of God. Everything will turn out okay.” When asked if they would still be together they responded with, “Yes, we believe

so.” If you know a positive story about someone from our community, contact Carla McLeod at carlamcleod@shaw.ca or contact the Summerland Review newsroom at 250-494-5406.

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Summerland artists participated in Banners Reborn, an art exhibit which features street banners which have been repurposed and reworked to form new pieces of art. From left are Judy Byer, Margot Stolz, Albertine Meyer and Traci-Jo Critchlow. Artists ranged in age from children to seniors. The exhibit opened on Oct. 3 at the Summerland Art Gallery and continues until Nov. 16.

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Barb Tucker, left, and Enid Chin discuss their exhibits in Myths, Fables and Fairytales. Members of the Summerland Potters’ Guild have their work on exhibit in the Adams Room at the Summerland Art Gallery. The show opened last Thursday and continues until Nov. 16.

Open house held on growth Summerlanders will have another opportunity to share their opinions on growth as the municipality holds an open house for the growth strategy this evening. The open house runs from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Arena Banquet Room, 8820 Jubilee Rd. E. So far this year, more than 1,200 Summerlanders have been involved in

numerous community dialogue sessions, the Action Festival booth, a cardboard city building event during Earth Week, 10 animated youth videos and online surveys. The information collected will be used for Summerland’s Urban Growth Strategy. The open house this evening will provide an analysis of 13 potential growth

areas. Residents will be able to see the financial, environmental and social aspects of focussing growth in each area. A final growth options survey is available at futuresummerland.com. Updates are also available online through Twitter through @summerlandbc and on Facebook at facebook. com/summerlandbc.

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Thursday

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250-494-8248 suMMerlanD uniteD church 13204 Henry Ave. 10:00 am Sunday Gathering with Children's Program Come Join The Circle Diversity, Respect, Community Service, Compassion. www.summerlandunited.bc.ca

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Real Life... Right Now! Morning Worship: 10:00am Children's Church & Nursery Be.Free Christ-centered 12-Step: Thurs @ 7 pm Pastor: Rev. Rick Gay Church Office: 250-494-9975

E hall. Call 250-490-9272 for more information. Be.Free, a 12-step Christ-centred recovery program that is not addiction specific, meets every Thursday at Summerland Alliance Church at 7 p.m. For more information contact the SAC office at 250-494-9975 and ask to speak to Pastor Rick. Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers meet at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre on Thursday evenings. Beavers meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Cubs meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Scouts meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Venturers meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For details call Trent at 250494-1990. Come try your hand at an old art made new. The traditional Rug Hookers of the South Okanagan meet every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Summerland Art Gallery on Main Street. Visitors always welcome. Lots of supplies available. Try your hand at this timeless art. For more information phone Marilyn at 250-494-6434 or Juliet at 250-494-1278. Euchre is played every second and fourth Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Lyme Disease support group meets on the second Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. at the A&W in Summerland. Everyone welcome. Seniors’ volleyball at the Youth Centre beginning at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. For additional information call Jane or Frank at 250-494-4666. TOPS BC #725 Summerland meets every Thursday in the lower level of the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Weighin is from 5:30 to 6 p.m. and is followed by a meeting. For more information call Marlene Vancha at 250-494-9565. The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group meets on the first Thursday of every

month at 10:30 a.m. at the MS office, 3373 Skaha Rd., Penticton. Everyone welcome. For more information call Sherry at 250-4936564. The Rug Hooking Circle meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month from noon to 3 p.m. at Leir House Arts and Cultural Centre, 220 Manor Park Ave., Penticton. Practice a traditional Canadian art form in a group setting. Host is certified teacher, fibre artist and published contributor Angela Possak. 250767-0206 or online rughookingteacher.ca.

Friday

Bridge is played every Friday at 1 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St. Phone 250-494-8164. Cribbage is played every Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Summerland Pleasure Painters meet Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. For information call Ruth at 250-494-7627 The 890 Wing of the South Okanagan Air Force Association of Canada have a gettogether every Friday night from 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. in Penticton. New members are welcome. For more information, phone Fred Monteith at 250-497-8490.

Saturday

Book launch for Sherril Foster’s new book,A Steady Lens: the True Story of Pioneer Photographer Mary Spencer. The launch will be held at the Kettle Valley Steam Railway, Prairie Valley Station on Saturday, Oct. 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sunday

DivorceCare is for all who are suffering from the difficulties resulting from separation or divorce. Meeting at Summerland Baptist Church just inside the

s Victoria St. entrance on Sundays 5 to 7 p.m. A free course is offered. Please call 250-4943313 or just walk in. South Okanagan Sunday Service on the third Sunday of every month from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at 9111 Peach Orchard Rd., Summerland. Spiritual fellowship, music and inspirational message. Contact Rev. Melody for details at revmel@shaw.ca. Website: www.cwlkelowna.com. Facebook: facebook.com/ SouthOkanaganSunday.

Monday

Dabber Bingo is played at the Senior Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St., every Monday at 1:30 p.m. 16 regular games, Lucky 7, Odd/Even, Bonanza. Everyone is welcome. License #832873. Join us for Pickleball, a tennis-like game, fun for all ages, at the Summerland Baptist Church gym, Victoria Road Entrance, Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. Paddles provided. Wear comfortable clothes and gym shoes. For more info call 250-494-3881. Men — Love to Sing? Okanagan Christian Men’s Choir. This nondenominational choir invites you to join us, have fun, sing unto the Lord and enjoy the fellowship of other singers. Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Summerland Baptist Church, Fireside Room. For more information contact Hans at 250-494-7127. The South Okanagan Orchid Society meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at Okanagan College in Penticton. The group meets September to June. For more information, contact Joan at 250-494-4293. The Summerland Crokinole Club meets Monday nights at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Summerland senior centre. Contact Darlene at 250-494-9310.

Tuesday

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Thursday, October 10, 2013 Summerland Review Stephen’s Church Hall ers of all ages including on Tuesdays beginning those with disabilities. at 1 p.m. New players The Summerland are always welcome. Badminton Club Refreshments served. plays every Wednesday Call 250-494-6116 or at 7 p.m. all year. Shaun 250-494-5363. at 250-494-1513. Quest Society of Summerland meets on Upcoming the third Tuesday of the Attention couples: month at 7 p.m. in the The 2013-2014 seameeting room at 9700 son, sponsored by the Dance Brown St. (Parkdale Summerland Club, has begun. Dances Place). For more information phone Marilyn will be held at the Topham at 250-494- Royal Canadian Legion’s 6434 or Joan Lansdell Rosedale Room on Oct. 5, Nov. 9, Dec. 7, Jan. 11, at 778-476-0596. Feb. 8, March 8, April 12 South Okanagan and May 10 from 8 to 11 Genealogical Society p.m. Phone Anne Ling at is open on Tuesdays 250-494-7168 or Ron from 10 a.m. to 3 Hack at 250-486-6858 p.m. at the Penticton for more information. Library Museum buildwith ing. Contact Nola Reid C o p i n g dementia? Come at 250-492-0751. watch the video, S u m m e r l a n d Creating Moments of Caregiver Support Joy, in a friendly group Group meets on the setting to get some first and third Tuesday practical ideas on of every month from helping and caring for 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the those you know with Summerland Health dementia. Wednesday Centre. Call Cindy at Oct. 23 from 6:30 250-404-8007. to 8:30 p.m. at the S u m m e r l a n d Summerland Seniors Kiwanis Club meets Village Theatre, 12803 the first and third Atkinson Rd. Tuesday of each month Penticton Thursday at the Kiwanis Lodge Night Jazz Band plays on Quinpool at 6 p.m. a benefit concert for New members are wel- the Grandmothers for come. Contact Robert Africa Thursday, Oct. Beers at 250-490-9645 17 at 7 30 p.m. at the or 250-488-6491. Barking Parrot, Lakeside Whist is played on Resort. Tickets can be the second and fourth purchased from the Tuesdays of the month Lakeside front desk, any at 7 p.m. at the Seniors band member or memDrop-In Centre, 9710 ber of Grandmothers Brown St. for Africa. Reservations for dinner can be made Wednesday Summerland Air by calling 250-493Cadets parade 9753 ahead of time. Wednesday nights, 18:15 All proceeds go to the to 21:30 hours at Harold Grandmothers of Africa Simpson Memorial Youth who are struggling to Centre, 9111 Peach raise their HIV/AIDS Orchard Rd. All youth -orphaned grandchilaged 12 to 18 welcome. dren, via the Stephen Call the Air Cadet office Lewis Foundation. Summerland Bakers at 250-494-7988. Summerland ATV is a new, fun baking Club meets on the first club where it doesn’t Wednesday of every matter if it didn’t turn month at 7 p.m. at the out perfectly; we’ll eat Summerland Library it anyway! We meet lower level. The club monthly to share our promotes responsible creations, eat, laugh and ridership including regis- take home heaps of tration, insurance, safety leftovers. Email Sophia certification and sched- at pleasebringcake@ uled pleasure rides. gmail.com for more Membership includes information or join orchardists, farmers, Summerland Bakers on ranchers and fun seek- Facebook.

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Steam add two wins on weekend It was a winning weekend for the Summerland Steam in Junior B hockey action on the weekend. On Friday, the team hosted the Grand Forks Border Bruins

in a 5-2 decision. Summerland took an early lead with two power play goals in the first period. Daylan Robertson scored at 13:16 with Kienan Scott and Josh DaCosta assisting.

Ryan Donaldson then scored at 11:27, with the assist by Sam Nigg. After a Grand Forks goal in the second period, Paulsen Lautard of the Steam scored at 7:56.

Scott and Braden Saretsky had the assists. In the third period, the Border Bruins added a power play goal, but Summerland responded with two more goals, both

by Donaldson to end the game. The first, at 11:05, was unassisted. The second, at 10:45, had assists from Piers Egan and Robertson. On Saturday, the

Steam travelled to Princeton to face the Posse in a 4-1 win. DaCosta began the scoring with a power play goal at 14:45. Assists were by Donaldson and Scott. Scott scored for the Steam at 2:22 with the assist by Easton Bodeux. In the second period, Cooper Holick scored at 14:14, with the assist by Braden Saretsky. This was followed by the sole Princeton goal.

In the third period, Robertson, assisted by Saretsky and Holick, had the final goal at 11:39. The Steam have five wins and four losses at present. The Steam also hosted the Osoyoos Coyotes on Tuesday evening, but results were not available by press time. On Friday, the Steam host the Chiefs at the Summerland Arena. Game time is 7:35 p.m.

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Rylan (“Sidsy”) is in his second year with the Summerland Steam. He was born in 1994 in Summerland and began playing hockey in 2000 at the Novice level.

Members of the Canada #3 World Cup bobsleigh team admire the new Team Kripps sticker. From left are pilot/captain Justin Kripps with crew Tim Randall, Graham Rinholm, James McNaughton and Brian Barnett. Sales of stickers and ironon patches bearing the logo will help support Kripps and his team as they prepare for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Details are available at justinkripps.ca.

Bantams win twice The Summerland Bantam House hockey team had a strong start to the season with two wins over the weekend. The new Jets jerseys proved lucky on Saturday as the Summerland Bantams dominated South Okanagan with an 11-2 win. Sean Wilson led scoring with four goals. Brett Wilson and Kade Kozak scored two goals each while Will Gray, Dawson Handfield and Cory Berekoff scored one goal each. Assists went to Steven Sauer,

Teaghan Trewhitt, Handfield, Alexandros Tsoycalas, Kozak, Wilson and Berekoff. Kelowna 7 hosted the Bantam team on Sunday where the Summerland Jets again won handily. Handfield scored two goals while Trewhitt, Berekoff and Remy Houde had one goal each. The final score was 5-1 for Summerland. The next Bantam game is Saturday, Oct. 12 at 11:15 a.m. against Kelowna.

Interclub golf playoff held here The North South Interclub playoff was held at the Summerland Golf and Country Club on Oct. 1 with golfers from around the Okanagan Valley participating. The Interclubs are groups of courses which hold competitions. The South Interclub consists of Summerland, N’K’Mip,

Fairview Mountain, Osoyoos, Twin Lakes and Penticton. Each club sends two players to play against each of the other clubs, once at each club. Points are calculated using the Stableford system to determine the winner. This year, Twin Lakes was the South winner.

The North Interclub consists of Summerland, Shannon Lake, Shadow Ridge, Vernon, Royal York and Two Eagles. Next year Gallagher’s will join the North Interclub. The North winner this year was Shannon Lake. The Twin Lakes team finished with 122 points of Shannon Lake with 115.

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On Tuesday, Oct. 1, the Summerland Ladies Golf Club held a Turkey Shoot. The overall winner was Gwen Redfern with 71. The runner-up was Sheila Westgate with 71. First Flight: Low net first Lil Smith, 75; second Carol Mulligan, 77. Second Flight: Low net first Pat Stohl, 72; second Frances Colussi, 73. Third Flight: Low net first Sheila Westgate, 71; second Joan Coleman, 72.

Rylan’s favourite hockey memory in playing at the Bantam Rep Provincials. His favorite pre-game meal is perogies and hot wings. His favorite movie is Top Gun and his favorite saying is Plex, Parrot, Mule? In addition to playing hockey, “Sidsy” enjoys snowmobiling, dirtbiking and gaming. He thinks the best thing about Summerland is the nice beaches. HOME GAME SCHEDULE

Oct. 11th at 7:30pm: Kelowna Chiefs

Summerland Senior Men’s Club

Results: Sept. 26. On Sept. 26, the Summerland Senior Men’s Club held an all net event. Poor weather reduced the field to just two flights, with Denis Wright having the overall low net with a fine 69. Ken Bridgeman had the lone deuce. The senior men’s windup AGM will be on Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. First Flight: First Denis Wright, 69; second Ken Bridgeman, 70; third Ron Unger, 70; fourth Neville Crane, 71. Second Flight: First Don Michel, 72; second Reg Minty, 72; third Ken Foster, 73; fourth Herb Williams, 73.

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