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CO-OWNERS Tony Whiles (left) and Larry Pidperyhora of Penticton Toyota on the lot of the dealership where four new vehicles with a total value of about $170,000, reportedly went missing sometime after they were delivered Monday night.

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Services Agency at ports in Montreal and Halifax, where last year they seized 500 stolen vehicles worth $8.7 million. The most commonly recovered rides were highend, all-wheel drive vehicles, said Dubin, while the most common intended destination was West Africa, where there’s a well-established distribution network. Most cars stolen for export are put into cargo containers “within an hour or two,” he continued, and placed aboard a ship soon after. Besides sending them overseas, Dubin said, thieves commonly replace a hot car’s vehicle iden-

Four sets of hot wheels that rolled off the lot at Penticton Toyota this week are probably already in a cargo container headed overseas, according to an insurance investigator. The brand-new vehicles and their keys were stolen within hours of being delivered to the dealership Monday night after the close of business. “I’ve never seen anything like this in my 22 years here,” said Penticton Toyota general sales manager Larry Pidperyhora. Missing are a pair of blue RAV4s, a grey 4Runner and a bronze Tundra pickup, all 2014 model that’s been sent to a junkyard, thereby making the years with a combined value of $170,000. stolen wheels legitimate. Pidperyhora said nine vehicles “It’s a buyer-beware situation if were to be unloaded by the transport you’re buying private. We recomcompany Monday and the all keys mend that you buy from a reputable placed into a locked drop box. dealership,” he said, adding pur“It’s virtually impossible to rechasers should also get the vehicle’s trieve these keys after you drop history report and have a mechanic them in the box,” he said, adding inspect the car to make sure all VIN the transport company has insisted, I’ve never seen anynumbers match. though, that its driver delivered all thing like this in my This week’s quadruple theft nine vehicles and keys as usual. marked the second time in three “At any given time I have 150 to 22 years here. months police have been called to 200 vehicles on this property. Night after night, month after month, year — Larry Pidperyhora Penticton car dealership. after year, they’re safe and secure. In October, a 2011 Corvette was Co-owner Penticton Toyota Then, one night, nine land and four driven through a showroom wingo missing? That’s weird,” said Piddow and off the lot of Huber Banperyhora. nister Chevrolet. The manager believes some major planning The car was recovered a few days later in Surwent into the theft. “To me, you don’t steal four vehicles for a joy- rey. “That was pretty brazen and different, too, but ride,” he said. Rick Dubin, vice-president of investigative ser- this is four of them,” Penticton RCMP spokesman vices for the Insurance Bureau of Canada, agreed Sgt. Rick Dellebuur said of the current investigation, which has not been linked to the Corvette cathe heist doesn’t appear to be an amateur job. “This shows signs of organized crime, most per. Although the four Toyotas may be long gone by likely for the purpose of exporting them,” Dubin said, adding Penticton’s proximity to Vancouver now, Mounties would still like the public to keep would make getting the vehicles overseas much an eye out for them. “We all pay the cost of theft, whether it’s shopeasier. His opinion is based on the work of a partner- lifting or stealing cars, through our insurance preship between his group and the Canada Border miums and everything else,” said Dellebuur.

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Local real estate market bucks trend Steve Kidd

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Real estate sale were up in December through much of the South Okanagan, and predictions are the increase in sales will continue through the spring. “Things certainly are starting to look better. We are in a slight turnaround; December was a very good month,” said Judy Klassen, president of the South Okanagan Real Estate Board and a realtor at Remax Princeton. “It has been tough, I’ll admit that. It’s been tough to stay positive,” she said. swing. Pricing is staying pretty much the same, overall when you look at it year to year.” Brian Cutler, of Coldwell Banker in Penticton, said the market is stable, with good listings and new construction going up, pointing to six new homes going up at the Sendero Canyon development. “Now rather than talking down, down, down, we are talking more stable, busy and a good market,” said Cutler. Comparing Penticton statistics from December 2012 and 2013, the number of residential sales jumped from 16 to 40, along with seven commercial sales, up from none in December 2012. The total value of sales also showed $13.8 million from $5.1 million. “Penticton is doing really well right now. Everyone is just feeling really good,” said Cutler. There is lots of positive talk in the ofstrong spring.” “Traditionally, spring and fall are the best markets, and we are busy right now.

It feels really good to have people out there looking.” Klassen also expects the strong sales to continue into the spring. “Interest rates are still at historical lows. We don’t expect them to be going up soon. Towards the end of this year, we might see some increases, that is what they are forecasting.” she said. “There is things happening around the Okanagan that will encourage building. “There are projects coming ahead that I think we will see in the spring that will assist with that.” One of those projects is the new prison to be constructed near Oliver, which is expected to create demand for housing. Cutler said that is starting to happen already. “I am actually taking people out this weekend that are transferring up here to do construction on the prison, so there is the tip of that iceberg as well,” said Cutler. “Three years in the construction, so they need somewhere to live. “A lot of people are leaning towards the Oliver area, but there are people that want to be in Penticton as well, due to family connections and whatnot.” While number of sales are up, listings are declining. At the end of December, there were only 380 listings in Penticton, compared to 508 at the end of 2012. Klassen said that’s a good thing. “That does tip us to more of a balanced market. That is where we are heading, but right now it is a buyer’s market, the buyers are in charge still,” she said. “Once listings start to go down, it means there is less inventory, that means we are selling it.”

REALTORS BRIAN (LEFT) AND JONI CUTLER look over plans with construction manager Martin Lemoine at the Sendero Canyon residential development in the Upper Carmi area. Increased activity at the location and in other areas is pointing to an improving real estate market.

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Tourism Penticton has begun the search for a new board member after chair-

has chosen a program of stall and delay, ultimately derailing this process.”

resigned her seat on the society’s board Thursday. In her resignation let-

Elephant Island Winery, has held a wineries and agri-tourism seat on Tourism Penticton’s board of directors since 2012 and was chair throughout 2013. “The additional demands of my volunteer tion process has placed on our business and our family is not sustainable,” said

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taking this step because of lack of progress in creating a single organization dealing with tourism marketing in Penticton. “In addition to regular volunteer duties vice chair Sally Pierce and I worked diligently towards this fortunately, for reasons confounding the majority of tourism stakeholders

needs to devote herself to an upcoming opportunity for the winery.

Pierce said that as vicechair, she would normally take over as chair, but she was already planning on stepping down from the board due to expanded responsibilities at the South Okanagan Events Centre, where she is assistant general manager. “I will actually be assigning someone else from the team to cover the meetings and events seat,” said Pierce. She understands, to return focus to her business and family after the unsuccessful negotiations. “I think for Miranda, and for myself, it is time to focus on business at hand.”

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School board examines conduct rules for trustees in the works. A policy committee of the board of the Okanagan Skaha School District heard last week that no such code, which would likely

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Unruly school trustees could be sent to detention under terms of a new code of conduct

include expectations for behaviour and confidentiality, exists now. The top-end punishment for breaking the rules would be censure. “Essentially it takes

the trustee out of the voting realm so they no longer have the ability to participate as an elected official,” explained secretarytreasurer Bonnie Roller

Routley, who’s leading development of the policy, which she likened to one already in place for students. “We know what we do with students and with kids. We don’t know what we do with the top echelon, especially elected officials, and censure is essentially the way that political element is dealt with,” she said. Committee leader Trustee Shelley Clarke said past school board chairpersons have “had a quiet word” with some trustees who have gotten out line, “but we’ve never come even close to censure.” The code of conduct will be based on those in existence at other districts, and Trustee Tracy St. Claire urged colleagues to include a broadly worded section regarding the penalty for breaking the rules. “I do think we need at least one statement

about what the process is, because that’s your enforcement and I think that piece is that a majority of the board can decide on a remedy up to, and including, censure,” St. Claire said. Creating a trustee code of conduct was recommended in a 2013 report from the B.C. auditor general following an examination of school board governance in the province. Other policies related to trustee conflict of interest and employee whistleblowers were also suggested and are in the works here. The committee also gave its blessing to a separate policy for district employees that defines bullying and harassment and how it’s to be dealt with, as required by WorkSafeBC since late 2013. Assistant superintendent Dave Burgoyne said all employees will now have to complete

an online tutorial that explains the new policy, how to make a complaint under it, and how an investigation will proceed. He developed the tutorial with the help of a teacher at a cost of $700. A neighbouring district had offered use of its system at $10 per employee, “but we have 900 employees, so that’s a $9,000 bill,” Burgoyne said. Staff members who are paid hourly will be given time off to complete the training, which will take 30 to 45 minutes, he continued, while teachers will have to make time during a preparation period or outside of school hours. The bullying and harassment policy was adopted by the board at its regular meeting Monday. The other new policies were sent back to staff for further refinement.

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Pushing back school board committee meetings from midday would help attract better people to office and save thousands of dollars a year in meal costs, according to the trustee pushing for the change. “We’re in an election year and you want to encourage good people to run, and when I talk to people the first question is: What’s the commitment?” said Tracy St. Claire of the Okanagan Skaha School District. “And if I say two or three lunchtime meet-

ings a month, they’re like, ‘I can’t do that because of work schedules.’ So you’re disenfranchising people with regular jobs.” St. Claire, a project manager at Shared Care, tabled a notice of motion at this week’s board meeting to have the scheduling concerns added to the agenda for discussion at February’s board meeting. Most standing committees meet at noon and allow trustees more time to explore issues and make recommendations to the board at large. St. Claire would prefer all committees be

scheduled consecutively at 3:30 p.m. on Mondays two weeks prior to board meetings, which she said would also eliminate the need to provide lunch for staff and trustees. Secretary-treasurer Bonnie Roller Routley said the district budgets $2,500 annually to cater committee meetings. Superintendent Wendy Hyer said moving the meetings to late afternoon could be problematic for district staff, who need to be available to get together with other administrators and teachers who are only free outside of regular school hours.

A place to stay forever PUBLIC NOTICE CHRISTMAS TREE PICK UP AND CHIPPING/RECYCLING By donation, the Penticton Fire Fighters Local 1399 will be collecting trees from Dec. 27 to Jan. 19, 2014. All donations received will go to the BC Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund and Muscular Dystrophy charities. To register for a pick-up please call 250-490-2315.

Residents can also drop off natural trees for chipping at Fire Hall #2 located at 285 Dawson Avenue from Dec. 27 to Jan. 31, 2014. For more information please call the Fire Department at 250-490-2315.

CITY HALL UPGRADES We are renovating to serve you better! City Hall customers are advised that construction will be happening in the next three months to create a “one-stop shop” for customers.

The building at 171 Main St., first opened in 1966, no longer conforms to proper accessibility standards and requires customers to travel between floors to conduct their business. To create a more customer-friendly environment, all departments that interact with the public will be relocated to the first floor. City Hall will be open to serve customers throughout construction during regular office hours. The only service impacted is

Cemetery Services, which will be available during regular hours (1 to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday) at the Kinsmen Building across the street at 166 Main St. Those with mobility challenges requiring an accessible location will be accommodated and are asked to check in with Reception on the first floor of City Hall. We thank all of our customers for their patience during construction.

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Canning commits to federal NDP riding Steve Kidd

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Dick Cannings has decided to take another shot at politics, though this time he has his sights set on the federal level rather than provincial. The Penticton biologist and author announced plans this week to seek the NDP nomination for the new South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding, hoping to run in the 2015 federal election. Cannings entered into politics with the 2013 provincial election, running as the NDP candidate in the Penticton riding, which was won by Dan Ashton for the B.C. Liberals. Though the NDP didn’t win the riding, Cannings said they were happy with the results, gaining 3,000 votes over the NDP turnout for the 2009 election. Several party members urged him to consider federal politics, he said, after NDP MP Alex Atamanenko announced he wouldn’t run again in 2015. “Now that I know how much work it is, I did take a little longer in considering,” said Cannings, adding that he is very interested in federal politics. “I think if anything, I am more concerned about where Canada is going than B.C. The present government is really on the wrong track and I thought it was important I get involved.” The wrong track, explained Cannings, includes the federal Conservatives’ work on environmental protection, climate change initiatives, foreign policy and other issues. “To me, this is a government heading in the wrong direction and I just want to get involved and

try to reverse that in any way that I can,” said Cannings. “When I was knocking on doors last spring, people kept telling me how disappointed they were in the Harper government, and I had to agree wholeheartedly with them.” Cannings also said he has some big shoes to fill if he expects to replace Atamanenko, who has held the B.C. Southern Interior riding through three elections. “He’s done very well, I think he has been an exemplary MP for that riding and I am hoping that I can take his place in Ottawa,” said Cannings. Cannings will also have to deal with a shift in voter demographics if he wins the NDP nomination. The new riding of South Okanagan-West Kootenay, which comes into effect with the next election, now includes Penticton and loses a section of the Kootenays. Historically, Penticton has trended towards conservative, but Cannings said the NDP still have a good chance to win the riding. “Every politician is an optimist, or they wouldn’t be there,” said Cannings. “It is a new riding and there is no incumbent, since Alex is stepping down. The Conservatives seem to be drifting downwards and the Liberals are doing better. “There is a lot of balls in the air and I think it will be interesting to see how it pans out.” Cannings has his own consulting business and is author of over a dozen books on B.C. He has served on the B.C. Environmental Appeal Board, the B.C. Forest Appeals Commission and the national board of the Nature Conservancy of Canada. He can be found online at richardcannings.net.

Dick cannings (right) is looking to step into the shoes of alex atamenko (left), nDP MP for the southern interior, who will not be running for re-election in 2015. atamanenko visited cannings last year to show his support while the local naturalist was running in the provincial election.

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Next month’s electrical rate increase is expected to cost the school district $25,000 in the last portion of this fiscal year alone, prompting trustees to ask the city for help. The board of the Okanagan Skaha School District heard at its meeting this week the planned four per cent rate hike could add up to $70,000 annually to utility bills across its operations. “School districts do not have the ability to raise funds in other ways. We are fixed income, essentially speaking,” said secretary-treasurer Bonnie Roller Routley, who asked the board to write a letter to the city to request a rate freeze or reduction. “Not that it’s not fair or nobody else should do (rate increases), but we’re already at the point where we’re already looking for a minimum of $800,000 (savings) in next year’s budget,” she said. The rate hike was finalized by city council earlier this month and applies across the board to all customers of its electrical utility. City spokeswoman Simone Blais said she could not find any previous examples of rate relief provided to any of the utility’s customers, institutional or otherwise. “There are times when the city collections department will make arrangements with a customer who is behind on their payments and unable to pay the outstanding amount, but the balance is ultimately addressed,” she said via email. Blais noted the city has not yet received the letter from the school district, but “should we receive such a request, it would be a decision of council.” School district officials appeared before city council in January 2012, when they unveiled research that showed schools within their organization paid on average 40 per cent more for electricity than those elsewhere in B.C. that are serviced by

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Foreign policy avoids problem A plurality of cultures is often viewed as one of Canada’s trademarks, and most Canadians agree this makes us richer. With that in mind, the federal government’s plan to entice foreign students, who pay higher tuition fees, into Canadian universities, is a win-win proposition: higher diversity and more money for Canadian universities. According to a 2012 study commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, around 450,000 foreign students injected about $8 billion into the Canadian economy in tuition fees and other spending in 2010 and this money generated about 86,500 jobs. The federal government wants to double the number of foreign students by 2022 and anticipates this will double the number of jobs available to Canadians. This must bring a sigh of relief to the whopping 14 per cent of Canadians aged 15 to 24 who are unable to ﬁnd a job. No better way to get them back to work than by convincing their well-heeled peers from other countries to pursue their post-secondary education in Canada. That is job creation genius. Fifteen to 24year olds across Canada must be ecstatic. The federalWESTERN government also boasted the PENTICTON plan would give them access to a larger pool of bright minds. Apparently the government expects a shortfall of well-trained Canadians over the next several years. If only there was a plan to train Canadians.

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Egyptian referendum will focus turbulence General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who led the coup against Egypt’s elected president last July, has one of the ﬁnest collections of military headgear in the entire Middle East. Perhaps that’s why he has still not admitted that he plans to become the next president: he can’t decide which hat to throw into the ring. His own explanation for his shyness comes straight out of the Aspiring Dictator’s Handbook: “If I nominate myself, there must be a popular demand, and a mandate from my army,” he told the state-owned paper Al-Ahram. “When Egyptians say something, we obey, and I will never turn my back on Egypt.” Egyptian generals are deeply patriotic people, and three others before Sisi have sacriﬁced their own desire for a quiet life in order to rule Egypt: Gamal Abdel Nasser (1956-70), Anwar Sadat (1970-81) and Hosni Mubarak (1981-2011). In fact, the last three years have been the only time in the life

of the great majority of Egyptians when a general has not been running the country, and Sisi seems ready to make the supreme sacriﬁce too. A mandate from the army shouldn’t be hard to get, since he runs the whole organization. And as far as popular demand is concerned, Sisi is clearly planning to use a yes vote in this week’s referendum on the new constitution as proof that the people want him for president. The new constitution will be the third in four years. It replaces the one that was written and adopted (also by referendum) during the brief, unhappy rule of President Mohamed Morsi, who took ofﬁce on June 30, 2012, and was overthrown on July 3, 2013. It removes the Islamic changes that Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood wrote into the last one, which should appeal to secular Egyptians, but that’s not what makes it attractive to General Sisi. The new clauses that only a soldier could love

comforting. It’s true even in Syria, where some of the rebels are starting to talk about making a deal with the Assad regime in order to isolate the Islamist extremists and hasten the end of the war. Egyptians are frightened and Gwynne Dyer exhausted, and Sisi Dyer Straits apparently thinks they will gratefully accept include one that gives a return to army rule the Egyptian military (behind a democratic the right to appoint the facade). defence minister, and But his nervousness another that says the is showing: there’s military budget will not barely a wall in Cairo be subject to civilian that is not covered with oversight. Yes posters and pictures It also retains the of Sisi, while people much-criticized clause trying to put up No that allows civilians posters get arrested. Sisi to be tried in military is probably right to be courts. nervous. Sisi reckons enough In late September, civilians will vote for it three months after the anyway, some because coup, Zogby Research they hate the Islamists Services carried out an and some because they extensive opinion poll are just tired of all the in Egypt for the Sir upheavals. Bani Yas Forum in Abu Maybe they will, Dhabi. because the whole Arab It revealed that world is suffering from conﬁdence in the army revolution fatigue: the had already dropped Arab awakening has from 93 per cent to 70 caused such turbulence per cent, and it probably that many people would has gone on dropping. ﬁnd a return to the old General Sisi and dictatorships almost former President

Morsi had almost equal support in the country – 46 per cent for Sisi, 44 per cent for Morsi (who now faces trial for “inciting his supporters to carry out premeditated murder” and various other alleged crimes). The Zogby poll also revealed that an overwhelming majority of respondents blame the last military regime, under Hosni Mubarak, for the problems facing Egypt today. All in all, this is hardly a ﬁrm foundation on which to complete the counterrevolution and build a new military regime. The likeliest outcome of the referendum on the new constitution this week (Tuesday and Wednesday) will be a modest majority for the Yes, but on a very low turnout. If it is lower than the mere 33 per cent who voted in the referendum on the last constitution in 2012, then Sisi may have to reconsider his plan to run for the presidency. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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I’ve just come back from a month overseas and I want to say this about that. Your newspaper has to be congratulated for not only giving readers the news of the valley twice a week, but for also making it available to travellers wherever they are in the world with your e-edition web site. Well done. It was easy to pick out the letters to the editor, which is the first thing I look at in any newspaper. You also give a perspective on all the breaking news in the valley. On the other hand, two unmentionable local papers, to which I have a paid subscription, make you go through a sequence of trying to remember codes, and do a complete re-registration before you could access them. Then one of the unmentionables ran only a few letters in each issue. Perhaps you might want to show them how it is done. Fortunately, I was also able to watch some of the CBC news to keep up to date. Not every traveller spends all his or her time in the swimming pool or golf course — particularly when you go someplace where the snow is as deep as here. Frank Martens Summerland

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Premier Clark, please understand you have firm and widespread opposition to your careless, harmful and corrupt “smart grid” proposals. We do not want to be spied on through our utility use. We do not want a radiationsaturated environment from over-deployment of wireless devices. We do not want to pay different rates for the same electricity and have our energy consumption behavior manipulated by unfair and unjustified taxes, penalties, flexible rates and tiered rates. It is clear that, to utility customers, there are and will be no savings of any kind, there will be no choices that are not available with analog metering and the smart grid only serves to enrich utility companies and public agencies at huge and unfair expense to the public. There are absolutely no benefits to consumers in this deceptive program of modernization and you have apparently been diverted in your loyalties to power industry and government elites.

It is not up to the city to subsidize the business community keeps the bills. The only reason the city can afford to be so generous is that the bills are paid with somebody else’s money. On the occasion of the Motley Crue performance, I was helping a relative find accommodation. The town was buzzing with crowds. You could not find a vacant hotel room anywhere. Unless you reverse your positions and support health, safety and privacy with traditional and safe analog meters you will be thought of, and represented as, an enemy of the public by all those who suffer the consequences of your proposed radiationsurveillance rate-gouging Orwellian nightmare. You are hereby notified that you will now be held personally liable, as an individual, for any and all damages relating to smart meter or grid technology in your province, and this liability extends to any successors of your office. Any reply, other than taking the appropriate action and preserving the rights of your constituents by preventing smart metering/grid technology deployment in your province, will be deemed as your full acceptance of this liability, both commercially and, where applicable, criminally. George Venables Cawston

Zealots care about tomorrow

I totally resent the reasoning spouted in Gwyn Morgan’s column submitted to newspapers, Canada’s prosperity at risk from enviro zealots. Maybe he had a bad day, but implying that zealots opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline are fanatics is out of tune with the times. When a person reaches a certain age it’s likely they won’t be around to witness horror and devastation that will happen when their pipelines and ships transporting the greed of a few put another nail in Mother Nature’s coffin. I remind the greedy about the absence of fish from overfishing on the East Coast due to the greed of man and the B.P. oil spill and all those leaks of late that help screw up the world we zealots have to live in with. When was it you greedy people actually saw a logging truck transporting real logs instead of toothpick material? One log in the past could fill the bunker’s of the most modern truck on the highway today. Today and tomorrow’s children are able to see some old growth in pictures or protected areas of pristine forest that the greedy would love to clear cut . I for one zealot have said it once and I’ll say it again — once Canadian resources are gone — they are gone forever. My question to the greedy is why is oil so badly needed overseas when all we hear of late is talk from Premier Christy Clark about cleansing the skies over China with

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Fund firefighters not entertainment I find it hard to understand the city of Penticton’s finance policy. At convention time there was no hint of a shortage of money, and mow, at budget time, we get the usual whining about hard times requiring tax increases and budget cuts to the fire department. It sends a clear message that the pork trough is more important than fire protection. Another problem that needs attention is the Event Centre. I am told by the experts that establishments like the Convention Centre and the Event Centre are supposed to operate in the red because they bring a lot of business to the city. Who thought that one up? Two parties enter into a business venture. One keeps all the profits and the other

The same crowd patronized the restaurants and a good time was had by all. I don’t have access to the figures but, based on the price of tickets and the huge turnout, it is clear that the entertainers left town with a ton of local money. You would think that they could afford to pay their rent. If, for some unexplained reason, they are not expected to pay the centre’s cost in full, one would think that those who profited from the event would pick up the tab. It is not up to the city to subsidize the business community. Its responsibility is to provide fire protection for everybody including hotels and restaurants. Gerry Lepine Summerland

all that fracking LNG which has a 150 year supply? To bad Christy, Tom, Gwyn and the entire world population of today won’t be around to prove the queen of broken hearts and province wrong. What the greedy apparently don’t care to consider is that the future will affect their own children and that is a big difference between a zealot and the greedy in constant search for the almighty buck. People Gwyn Morgan describes as zealots care about tomorrows. Tom Isherwood Olalla

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The Penticton Community Soupateria Society is very appreciative of the support received during 2013 that allowed us to provide 45,000 hot lunches to those in need. Thank you to the numerous organizations, businesses, individuals, service clubs, that made donations of monies, food, supplies. The Soupateria was founded in 1986 and has been open for lunch every day for the past 27 years. If you are interested in helping please visit www.soupateria.com. Keray Levant President

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gives other people who know me — I worked at Woodwards here for years and years — to see that old bugger’s still doing things,” said Betty. Born in northern Ireland, she and Jack met when they were in their early teens and eventually moved to England where they married. The couple and their two daughters and son came to Canada in the 1970s and took up permanent residence in Penticton shortly afterwards In November, they celebrated their 61st anniversary. “If I was in jail, I’d be out for good behaviour by now,” said Betty jokingly. Added Jack: “That’s longer than some people have been alive.” Like many of the thousands of other people who experience some form of dementia, Betty has her good days and some bad days but they both take it all in stride. “It’s never an easy time. There is a lot of stress and strain but

you make the best of whatever and just take it one day at a time,” said Jack. “I help with house work, keep an eye on her and we drive together everywhere. But this part of the commitment we made to each other a long time ago.” Both expressed their huge gratitude for the programs and assistance services of the Alzheimer Society of BC and Interior Health. According Laurie Myres, society support and education coordinator, Betty was a perfect fit as this year’s honouree. “She’s very much a people person and this is just very natural for her,” said Myres, whose own mother had Alzheimer’s. “With Betty and Jack, we’ve got two great advocates because they’re more than happy to talk to people about what they’re going through.” Registration for this years Walk for Memories begins at 7:45 a.m. and the event goes from 8:30 - 10 a.m.

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Gently used jeans can be given new life through a program organized by a group of local students collecting pants for under-privileged peers who likely number more than most people think. Kids in the Leadership 8 class at McNicoll Park Middle School have joined in the Teens for Jeans drive, created by clothing company Aeropostale. From now until Feb. 14, jeans will be collected at some schools, then packed up and sent to the Aeropostale store in Kelowna, from where they’ll be distributed to local groups that service underprivileged teens and homeless youth. McNicoll Park students Ashley Wall and Ali Walters, local organizers for Teens for Jeans, came across the campaign while shopping online and decided to run with it as an assignment for their Leadership class. So far, they’ve collected about 40 pairs of jeans and hope to eventually round up 500 with the help of peers at middle and high schools. Wall hopes other community members will help spread the word about the campaign. “Even if they can’t donate jeans, at least pass it on,” she said. Walters was unable to quantify teens’ need for jeans here, but knows it exists. “Look at how many people go to the Soupateria and for how many people it’s a struggle for them to come to school every day because they don’t want to be judged,” she said. Joey Cyr, community services supervisor at the Salvation Army

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no requirement for them to do any more than pay their bills and earn a living to support their families. But a lot of them go out of their way to provide a superior product or service, supporting the community and trying to make it a better place to live,â&#x20AC;? said Devitt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You do it for the best of intentions, but it is always nice to be recognized for your efforts. Recognizing excellent businesses is saying thank you for being part of our community and thank you for doing what you do to support Penticton.â&#x20AC;?

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There is no band that embodies the virtues of Canadians more so than the Barenaked Ladies. With dogged energy on stage, they also bring a sense of humour with catchy hooks that engage listeners and has resulted in more than 14 million albums sold. It is that mix of serious musicianship and the ability to be playful that allowed them a 25year career in the music business and plenty to smile about with their latest album Grinning Streak. Since the release of the well-received All In Good Time album (recorded without co-founder Steven Page who left the band in 2009) , the Barenaked Ladies feel they have a renewed energy and it shows with some of their best work being produced on their latest album Grinning Streak. Tyler Stewart said the album came together quickly recording with friends who they grew up with in the Canadian music scene in Howie Beck (Feist, Walk Off the Earth) and Gavin Brown (Metric, Tragically Hip, Billy Talent). “It was such a great creative process and really kind of experimental and anything goes in the studio. I think that translated to the live show because we have been playing a lot of these new songs live,” said Stewart. “I think the most invigorating thing for most groups is to play new stuff and that certainly has been the case for us where we have managed to incorporate the new songs into the set rather seam-

discovering that with a freshness is pretty fun too.” For the drummer, the markers of a successful album are not just how many copies are sold. Stewart said it is about the experience and watching your songwriting capabilities grow and well as the group mature. “I think in both of those cases for us it definitely has. The band is at a place where we feel very comfortable as a four-piece. I think people are stepping up in different ways they didn’t before and that is why it feels the album is a success,” he said. For him that means not just bashing away on the drums, but taking command behind the microphone singing. “I had no hesitation at all, I think much to the chagrin of my bandmates at times,” said Stewart. “I really embraced it and it is one of my favourite elements of the show now. Definitely the guys have been helping me, but knowing those harmonies deep in your soul because you have been playing the songs for so many years is where it comes from.” With a capable frontman in Ed Robertson the transition to a four-piece, said Stewart, has been seamless. Figuring out their new roles during a three-year break between studio recordings, performing almost 1,000 live shows together, has brought them back invigorated and focused. Their enthusiasm is found on the catchy-chorus hooks they are known for on songs like Odds Are and Boomerang, but also let them be loose and experiment. See BARENAKED on p. 12

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Grinning Streak stands above All In Good Time. “It sounds more like a band who is comfortable and knows exactly what they are doing. Ed has also written some of his best material ever.” It is that signature blend of tunefulness and witty sophistication that made BNL hits such as Pinch Me, Brian Wilson and One Week. Taking cues from their early days of what is now known as the Yellow Tape which featured five songs including Brian Wilson, If I Had $1,000,000, Be My Yoko Ono, Blame It On Me and a cover of a Public Enemy song, they have tapped into the energy that started it all. “It is so funny because that cassette really sticks out in people’s minds because it was the first time they heard the band,” said Stewart. “So many people said that tape was the soundtrack to my camping trip or to my Grade 8 year. “Nelly Furtado actually said that to us once. In Grade 8 she went to Quebec City and all they listened to was the cassette. “I was like wow, I’m really old first of all, secondly thanks. “I think that palpable energy is always in there somewhere with the group … I think that is the secret that I can only attribute to magic,” said Stewart. “We have something that is undeniable. It is our job to nurture

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that and maintain it the best way possible. Coming up with new material and new ways to express ourselves is the best way to do that and also to continue to ﬁnd enjoyment in our accomplishments and achievements. “Now more than ever we realized how important it is to do.” It is partly why their second album as a fourpiece felt different, said Stewart, who is credited with naming the album. “I was thinking about winning streak because at the time we were recording the Chicago Blackhawks were on this ridiculous winning streak so it was an easy play on words,” he said. “It was also a story of how things were going a bit better for the band. “We had all these new songs and were experimenting and having a great time in the studio with our pals and it really seemed like grins all around.” Their ability to laugh at themselves is part of what has made them work all these years. The band name came while batting around ideas as well. Stewart said Five Cent Wing Night and The Dog’s Breakfast were also potentials before they landed on Barenaked Ladies. “Sometimes things can be monotonous when you are in a studio working on a song for hours and hours and it is not coming or you are in a van, bus, delayed waiting for a plane,” he said. “The stupidest things make you laugh and they actually save the day because you have to remember to not take things too seriously.”

t.g.i.f. concerts Jan. 17 — South Okanagan Concert Society presents Khac Chi, Vietnamese bamboo music. Concert is 7:30 p.m. at Oliver Alliance Church. Tickets are $20 at Beyond Bliss, Imperial Ofﬁce Pro or some available at the door. Jan. 18 — The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra presents Romance In Vienna at 7:30 p.m. at the Cleland Theatre. Special guests include Chelsea Rus, Taylor Pardell, Martin Sadd and Aaron Durand. Jan. 18 — Penticton Legion welcomes the band Flashback. Pasta dinner at 5:30 p.m. and dance at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 and available at the bar. Jan. 18 — Live music at the Barley Mill Brew Pub featuring Brian Highley. Jan. 19 — The Barenaked Ladies brings their tour to the SOEC with special guests Ladies of the Canyon. Jan 24 and 25 — Juno award winning blues musician Jim Byrnes at the Dream Café. Tickets are $34. Jan. 25 — Elvis tribute artist Adam Fitzpatrick at the Cleland Community Theatre with the Bringing It Back Tour with special guest Joe Kelso as Roy Orbison. Jan. 30 — Live music at The Elite with FOGON. Cover by donation. Feb. 1 — Enticing folk artist Del Barber at the Dream Café. Tickets are $20. Feb. 1 — Lucas Penner and Tavis Weir at the Elite. Weir is a indie folk jazz musician and composer inspired by the Canadian landscape.

events Jan. 18 — Comedy Train Wreck presents Herb Dixon stand up comedy show at the Copper Mug Pub with special guest Rob Balson. Tickets $15. Jan. 22 to Jan. 25 — Soundstage Productions Presents Les Misérables at the Penticton Lakeside Resort. Tickets are $45 plus taxes. Shows at 7 p.m. except Jan. 25 which has a matinee at 1 p.m. and a 7 p.m. show. Jan. 23 — Kitchen Stove Film Festival returns to Landmark Cinema 7 with a screening of the Canadian film Watermark. Showtimes are at 4 and 7 p.m. Jan. 25 — Naramata Scottish Country Dancers and the Shatford Centre are hosting the annual Robbie Burns Supper with all the traditional ceremony, finery, speeches and lively celtic entertainment. Tickets are $40 and available at the Shatford Centre and The Book Shop. Jan. 25 — The Great Gatsby Prohibition Party, a roaring 20s party on the SS Sicamous Paddle Wheeler. Go back in time to be served sumptuous canapés and fine wines from the Okanagan. Dance the Charleston with Penticton School of Dance. Music from DJ Capitan K. Event starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $30. For more visit www.pentictonwesternnews.com

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A film of astonishing beauty and perspective, Watermark explores the ways in which humanity has shaped, manipulated and depleted one of its most vital and compromised resources — water. Watermark, which is the next movie in the Kitchen Stove Film Series sponsored by the Penticton Art Gallery, reunites award-winning documentary filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal with acclaimed environment photographer Edward Burtynsky. While Manufactured Landscapes, their last project together, examined largescale industrial terrain, Watermark follows Burtynsky’s global photographic exploration of water. In California, the vast, man-made AllAmerican Canal diverts water from the Colorado River to urban centres. In India, the mass Hindu pilgrimage called the Kumbh Mela sees 30 million worshippers bathe in the sacred river at Allahabad in a single day. The images take something as commonplace as water and capture it in curiously beautiful ways. Expanding on Burtynsky’s photography, the film presents compelling first-hand accounts of how humanity has impacted water and how humans are drawn to it. It also captures the mesmerizing movement of water with aerial perspectives that allow us to witness the scale of what is before us. Burtynsky hails from Ontario and is an awardwinning photographer. He launched the book Water in 2013 and dramatic large-format photographs are featured in Watermark. The photographs are both beautiful and haunting to create a compelling global portrait of a relationship with the natural world. Burtynsky shot in 10 different countries for the Water project which include dry-land farming in Spain, pivot irrigation sites in Texas and the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The photographer took to the air

using conventional helicopters, remote controlled helicopters and small fixed-wing aircraft to bring the scale of the human imprint into a more meaningful perspective. “While trying to accommodate the growing needs of an expanding – and very thirsty – civilization we are reshaping the Earth in colossal ways. Over five years, I have explored water in various aspects: distress, control, agriculture, aquaculture, waterfront and source,” said Burtynsky in a press release. “We have to learn to think more long-term about the consequences of what we are doing, while we are doing it. “My hope is that these pictures will stimulate a process of thinking about something essential to our survival, something we often take for granted — until it’s gone.” Baichwal was born in Montreal and raised in Victoria and has been directing and producing documentaries for 20 years. Her first feature documentary, Let it Come Down, The Life of Paul Bowles, won a International Emmy for Best Arts Documentary and was nominated for a Best Feature Documentary Genie Award. Manufactured Landscapes, a documentary about the work of Burtynsky won Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006, was in competition at Sundance, won Al Gore’s Reel Current Award and received a Genie for Best Documentary among others. “Watermark tries to create a space to think about something in a different way,” said Baichwal in her director’s notes. “After three years of almost total immersion, I will never turn on a tap with the same unconscious nonchalance that I did before we embarked on this challenging and deeply rewarding film. “I hope the viewer feels the same way. Part wonder, part lament, Watermark is a poetic and thought-

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January 17 Grandmothers for africa South Okanagan is hosting their third annual bridge tournament on Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Penticton United Church. Entry is $15 per person and includes a lunch. Pre-registration is necessary, call Lynn at 778-476-0609 by Jan. 15. You may register with a partner or individually. All proceeds benefit the Stephen Lewis Foundation, helping the African grandmothers to raise their orphaned grandchildren. friday social dance at South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965 South Main St. Join us for music by Glory Days starting at 7:30 p.m. $6 per person, all welcome. Winter story time for preschoolers at the Keremeos Library, 638 7th Ave., runs from Jan. 17 through March 14 on Friday mornings from 11:15 a.m. until noon. No registration is required for this free program. f alls o kanaGan leGion #227 has a meat draw at 5 p.m. oliver senior centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo with a loonie pot every Friday at 1 p.m. royal canadian leGion branch 40 has daily lunches from Monday to Thursday, with fish and chips on Friday at 11:30 a.m. Friday dinner at 4:30 p.m. anavets has karaoke at 7 p.m. with Smartass Entertainment, Scotch doubles pool at 6:30 p.m. seniors sinGles lunch Club welcomes 65-plus each Friday. For location call 250-496-5980 or 250-770-8622. elks club on Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m. bereavement the resource Centre at 626 Martin St. hosts weekly drop-in grief support sessions Fridays at 10:30 a.m. For more information on other available programs or support in the loss of a pet, please call 250-490-1107.

skatinG, food, hot drinks, music and fun. Public skate at the SOEC in support of Penticton students going on a humanitarian trip to Tanzania. Admission for this fundraising event is $5 and includes a pair of rental skates. 890 WinG of South Okanagan Air Force Association meets at 4 p.m. in the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. t he f untimers ballroom Dance Club holds a dance most Fridays upstairs at the Elks Club on Ellis Street. Ballroom and Latin American dancing is featured from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Non-members welcome. For more information visit www.pentictonfuntimers.org or call Brian 250-492-7036. alcoholics anonymous has a group meet in Naramata at 8 p.m. at 3740 3rd St. in Community Church hall. In Summerland, the step study meeting is at 7:30 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. Friends Friday night at 6:30 p.m. at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. at Oasis United Church. 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. eaGles have dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. with entertainment and dancing with Shindigger from 7 to 11 p.m. Members and guests welcome. okanaGan falls seniors’ Centre has music and coffee from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and crib at 1 p.m.

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oliver senior centre, 5876 Airport St., has dancing to old-time music from 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. the house is rocking at Orchard House, 157 Orchard Ave. 1:30 to 5 p.m. Musicians can join host band the Yard Katz. Everyone welcome. Admission $5. Cash bar available. okanaGan falls leGion #227 has a meat draw at 5 p.m. followed by Robbie Burns supper at 6:30 p.m. with haggis and entertain-

ment by Rusty Copeland and the Summerland Pipe and Drum Band. Tickets are $12 and go fast, order by phone at 250-497-8338 or pick them up at the bar. anavets has fun pool at noon, dinner by Stu at 5:30 p.m. and entertainment by Shindigger at 6:30 p.m. royal canadian leGion branch 40 has crib at 10 a.m., a meat draw at 2 p.m. and sing-along at 4 p.m. Entertainment from Flashback at 7 p.m. fraternal order of Eagles have hamburgers from noon to 4 p.m. Beaver races at 4 p.m. Members and guests welcome. charity bottle drive with all money going to the Penticton Regional Hospital pediatric ward, SPCA and Critteraid. Drop off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at IGA on Government Street. alcoholics anonymous has its 12 bells group at noon at the Oasis United Church at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. The Saturday night group meets at 8 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. and in Summerland, the Grapevine meeting is at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. Call service 24 hours is 250-490-9216.

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January 19 okanaGan falls leGion #227 has a pancake breakfast, all you can eat for $5, from 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday fun from 1 p.m. with horse racing and other activities. monthly Jazz vespers will be held at St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, 150 Orchard Ave. at 4:30 p.m. Larry Crawford will be on winds, Debi Johnson performing vocals, Alan Crossley on piano, Mike Treadway on drums, and Ron Wheadon on bass. Come and enjoy an hour of great music and meditation. the penticton radio Control Club is hosting an indoor race at 375 Warren Ave East. Registration at 9 a.m. and racing starts at 10 a.m. Spectators are welcome free of charge.

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January 20 t he C ommunity Foundation of the South Okanagan - Similkameen is offering a free grant writing workshop at the Oliver Community Centre from 2 to 5 p.m. Learn the tips and tricks for successful grant writing. Deadline to register is Jan. 20 at 250-493-9311 or by email at admin@cfso.net. Fitness Friends meet at 10 a.m. in the Legion hall at 502 Martin St. Come get in shape. Call Dot at 250-492-5400. the hÜmÜh buddhist Centre is hosting a Satsang spiritual study group on Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Community Services building, 6129 Kootenay St., Oliver. We will discuss

a wisdom teaching, Living Life as a Meditaion. Everyone is welcome to attend. Donations are accepted. For more information, call 250-4462022. 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. Donations are appreciated and new volunteers are always welcome. All proceeds to the local hospital and hospice. anavets have dart and pool leagues at 7 p.m. and Stu’s kitchen opens at 5:30 p.m. do you have an hour a week to volunteer your time with a senior in need? If so, the Friendly Visitor Program might just be for you. For more info, call Nicole at 250-487-7455. eLks CLub on Ellis Street has Monday night pub league at 7:30 p.m. Nonmembers welcome to join. royaL Canadian Legion branch 40 has dart dolls at 11 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m. and darts at 7 p.m. General meeting at 7 p.m. south main drop-in Centre has improver line dance at 9 a.m., Scrabble at 10 a.m., carpet bowling at 10:45 a.m., easy to intermediate line dance at 1 p.m., and duplicate bridge at 1 p.m. FLoor CurLing at 12:45 p.m. every Monday except holidays in the Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. FraternaL order oF Eagles has pub dart league at 7:30 p.m. aLCohoLiCs anonymous nux group meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Heritage Centre at Green Mountain Road and Penticton I.R. Road. Summerland 12 and 12 group at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the United Church basement. WeLLness mentaL Centre has Brown Bag family support group from noon to 1 p.m. weekly and individual support for family members from 2 to 4 p.m. weekly. Call 250493-7338 for more info.

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January 21 tops b.C. 4454 has weekly meetings from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 445 Ellis St. Use back lane entrance. Meetings are downstairs. Phone Susan at 250-4965931 or Sally at 250-4926556. eLks on eLLis Street has crib wars at 1 p.m., fun darts and 10-card crib at 7 p.m. vispassana (insight) meditation for beginners or mature practitioners every Tuesday evening

from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. Please call Debora for details at 250-462-7340. All welcome, no charge. FraternaL order oF Eagles has drop-in euchre at 7 p.m. Guests welcome. okanagan FaLLs seniors’ Centre has pool at 6:30 p.m. and music from 7 to 9 p.m. yoga meditation/vegetarian supper is upstairs in the Elks Lodge at 344 Ellis St. in Penticton Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Donations accepted. s outh o kanagan meet toastmasters every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the community services building at 5876 Airport St. in Oliver. Become a more confident speaker. Call Bill at 250-485-0006 PLEASE READ THE FINE PRINT: Offers valid until January 31, 2014. See toyota.ca for complete details on all cash back offers. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between Toyota prices, rates and/or other information contained on toyotabc.ca and that contained on toyota.ca, the latter shall prevail. Errors and omissions excepted. 2014 Corolla CE 6M Manual BURCEM-A MSRP is $17,540 and includes $1,545 freight and pre-delivery inspection, tire levy, battery levy and air conditioning federal excise tax. *Lease example: 2014 Corolla CE 6M with a vehicle price of $16,440 (includes $1,100 Toyota Canada Lease Assist, which is deducted from the negotiated selling price after taxes, and $1,545 freight/PDI) leased at 2.9% over 60 months with $0 down payment equals 120 semi-monthly payments of $89 with a total lease obligation of $10,680. Lease 60 mos. based on 100,000 km, excess km charge is $.07. $0 security deposit and first semi-monthly payment due at lease inception. Price and total obligation exclude license, insurance, registration, fees and taxes. Dealer order / trade may be necessary. **Finance example: 1.9% finance for 60 months, upon credit approval, available on 2014 Corolla CE. Applicable taxes are extra. 2014 RAV4 Base FWD LE Automatic ZFREVT-A MSRP is $25,685 and includes $1,815 freight and pre-delivery inspection, tire levy, battery levy and air conditioning federal excise tax. †Lease example: 4.9% Lease APR for 60 months on approved credit. Semi-Monthly payment is $139 with $2,300 down payment. Total Lease obligation is $18,980. Lease 60 mos. based on 100,000 km, excess km charge is $.10. Applicable taxes are extra. Down payment, first semi-monthly payment and security deposit plus GST and PST on first payment and full down payment are due at lease inception. A security deposit is not required on approval of credit. ††Finance example: 0.9% finance for 60 months, upon credit approval, available on 2014 RAV4. Applicable taxes are extra. 2014 Tacoma Double Cab V6 4x4 Automatic MU4FNA-A MSRP is $32,965 and includes $1,815 freight and pre-delivery inspection, tire levy, battery levy and air conditioning federal excise tax. ‡Lease example: 4.9% Lease APR for 60 months on approved credit. Semi-Monthly payment is $165 with $3,980 down payment. Total Lease obligation is $23,720. Lease 60 mos. based on 100,000 km, excess km charge is $.10. Applicable taxes are extra. Down payment, first semi-monthly payment and security deposit plus GST and PST on first payment and full down payment are due at lease inception. A security deposit is not required on approval of credit. ‡‡Finance example: 0.9% finance for 36 months, upon credit approval, available on 2014 Tacoma. Applicable taxes are extra. ‡‡‡Semi-monthly lease offer available through Toyota Financial Services on approved credit to qualified retail customers on most 48 and 60 month leases (including Stretch leases) of new and demonstrator Toyota vehicles. First semi-monthly payment due at lease inception and next monthly payment due approximately 15 days later and semi-monthly thereafter throughout the term. Toyota Financial Services will waive the final payment. Semi-monthly lease offer can be combined with most other offers excluding the First Payment Free and Encore offers. First Payment Free offer is valid for eligible TFS Lease Renewal customers only. Not open to employees of Toyota Canada, Toyota Financial Services or TMMC/TMMC Vehicle Purchase Plan. Some conditions apply. See your Toyota dealer for complete details. Visit your Toyota BC Dealer or www.toyotabc.ca for more details. Some conditions apply; offers are time limited and may change without notice. Dealer may lease/sell for less.

Come danCe to the greatest dance music ever made with D.J. Emil from 7 to 9 p.m., $3 per person. South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965 South Main St. All welcome. Living Way Christian Centre, with pastors Mark and Raë Pankratz, are holding a Penticton campus prelaunch public worship service at the Ramada Inn at 6 p.m., including a full band worship experience and guest speaker Dr. Phil Nordin. For more information go to www. livingway.ca. eLks CLub on Ellis Street has dog races at 2:30 p.m. with an M&M food draw, door prizes, darts and pool. anavets have a general meeting at 11 a.m., horse races and meat draws at 2 p.m. Hamburgers and hot dogs available 1 to 3 p.m. FraternaL order oF Eagles wings from noon to 4 p.m. and a meat draw at 4 p.m. Members and guests welcome. royaL Canadian Legion has a branch buffet breakfest at 8 a.m. and perogies and sausages at 1 p.m. ChurCh LakeLands hoLds Sunday services on the second floor of the Penticton Community Centre from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. For more info contact info@ lakelandschurch.com. aLCohoLiCs anonymous meets in OK Falls at 10:30 a.m. at 5328 Hawthorne St., then in Penticton at 11 a.m. for the women’s group at the Lawn Bowling Club, 260 Brunswick St. The Sunday 123 group meets at 8 p.m. in the Education Room in the basement of the Penticton hospital. The closed men’s group meets at 11 a.m. at the Eagles hall at 1197 Main St., side door, upstairs.

or Melba at 250-498-8850 for details. aLCohoLiCs anonymous young person’s group at 7:30 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre. Call/text Guy at 250-460-2466 or Niki at 250-460-0798. As well, the beginners’ meeting runs at 8 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at 157 Wade Ave. ConCert pentiCton band rehearses at 7 p.m. Intermediate to advanced musicians. All band instruments. The band is available for performances. Phone 250-809-2087 for info. WeLLness mentaL Centre has individual support for family members in Summerland from

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Prospering with Prospera Tin Cup draws well our partnerships and building both the rider experience and community experience.” Angela McLean, regional manager of Prospera Credit Union, said the ny’s philosophy of health,

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Granfondo Axel Merckx Okanagan has a new title sponsor after its part-

Credit Union ended last August. Axel Merckx Events announced in a newsletter Tuesday the new partnership with Prospera Credit Union for three years. Event director Jeff Plant is excited by the news and explained why this new partnership is good. “It shows a strong commitment from Prospera Credit Union believing in cycling,” said Plant. “They appreciate events that bring communities together.” Plant said they have a great relationship with Prospera staff who are being engaged in the community.

said they were extremely thrilled to be invited. “Hopefully this brings a lot of community spirit to Penticton and the overall community in the Okanagan,” she said. The Prospera Granfondo Axel Merckx OkanaRegistration is still open kilometre), Mediofondo (92-km) and Granfondo istration is 16 per cent ahead of last year, which

wonderful opportunity,” said Merckx. “A wonderful partnership. We’re securing the event for the next three years. To have such a solid partner, it’s going to enable us to continue the quality of the event that we have been able to do so far.” Merckx said he is not Credit Union decided not to continue its partnership. “There’s no hard feelings at all. This is business and we do understand that,” he said. “We’re very thankful for their support They have been great partners. They have decided to move to something else. I know they are still big fans of the event.” president Paulette Rennie wrote they are proud they were able to provide the support to help Axel and Jodi Merckx bring

CYCLIST AXEL MERCKX (left) and assistant branch manager David Bickell of the Penticton Prospera Credit Union hoist a bike in celebration of the announcement of Prospera taking over the title sponsorship of the annual Prospera Granfondo Axel Merckx Okanagan Penticton cycling event. Mark Brett/Western News

Axel Merckx Granfondo Okanagan to the South Okanagan. “The race’s success has earned a great reputation for cyclists and our communities that will continue to grow the race and sponsorship opportunities,” said Rennie. “With that, was time to reallocate our funding and are currently

working on a number of other opportunities in the South Okanagan. We will always remain committed to giving back to the communities we serve.” Merckx is now looking forward to the new partnership. “Negotiations were very smooth. They have riders themselves,” he said. “Great cycling fans. Great partners to have.”

Grandfondo Axel Merckx Okanagan approached Prospera because race organizers felt the credit as they are a title sponsor for the Valley Granfondo it’s important to maintain a title sponsor to give them consistency and certainty. “It allows us to take a longer view of programs and developing the event,

said the event is attracting more people from outside B.C. son from Japan sign up on Tuesday,” said Merckx. “That was kind of really cool to see.” This year’s event attracted one of the biggest names possible in Merckx’s opinion, in Canadian Olympian Clara Hughes. She is a six-time Olympic medalist in cycling and speed skating and the only athlete in history to win multiple medals in both games. Merckx received a call from Hughes stating she was unable to come her schedule. She asked if it was OK that she came this year. “It would be an honour for us to have you here,” Merckx said to Hughes. “What a great athlete,” he added. “I think probably one of the greatest athletes in Canada. It’s going to be very cool to have her and to have her participate.”

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Thirty-four men’s teams are competing in the Penticton Curling Club’s Tin Cup bonspiel Jan.17-19. The event has attracted rinks from Alberta, Saskatchewan and as far west as Abbotsford. Most teams playing are from the Okanagan Valley, including Blaine Black’s Penticton rink. Black played in the Dominion Curling Club championship in November. “It’s one of the tournaments in the Valley that men want to come to,” said manager Joe Bedard, who encourages people to come watch what he anticipates to be great curling. A reason the Tin Cup is popular is because teams feel it’s well organized, said Bedard, and club members take pride in organizing it. It also helps that they have great prizes. Bedard said they have received great support from local businesses and sponsors. When asked what he looked forward to this weekend, Bedard joked it will be the “total mayhem.” -

Bedard is very pleased with the number of entries. “It’s great compared to some years,” said Bedard, who became the club’s new manager in November, moving to Penticton from Cold Lake, Alta.

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guls because he feels they have a strong contingent this year. “We have at least eight kids who could be on the podium this weekend,” he said. “I’m looking forward to that.” ward to seeing what his athletes can accomplish with two days of training under their belts. “Really looking forward to the big air most of all,” said ward to seeing variation of tricks on the rails.” This is one of two qualifying events for the Canadian Junior Nationals. The mogul and air site is walking distance from the Apex village. People are welcome to watch the athletes laying down amazing tricks. Volunteers are also needed. Anyone interested is asked to email amtodd@telus.net.

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Late push not enough against the Warriors Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Penticton Vees defenceman Paul Stoykewych said a 2-1 loss to the West Kelowna Warriors Wednesday was tough. A crowd of 2,370, including a few Warriors fans sprinkled in, watched as a late Vees push wasn’t enough to get a tying goal. After being outshot 14-3 in the first period, the Vees sent 11 shots at Andy

Desautels in the third period, while Hunter Miska faced two. “We kind of wasted half the game in the first period,” said Stoykewych. Then as the Vees began to turn it up, bad timing hurt the Vees as Matt Serratore was sent off for tripping. On the ensuing power play, the Warriors scored the winner, which Stoykewych felt shouldn’t have counted. “I still don’t think it

went in,” said Stoykewych, on a play in which the Warriors kept jabbing at the puck in the crease. “I was right there on the post. I didn’t see it go across the line. It was right in front of me the whole time. I guess he (referee) saw something different.” That goal, said Stoykewych, put the Vees in a hole they couldn’t get out of. The Vees did get going offensively once Shane

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McColgan, making his debut since signing last weekend, stepped out of the penalty box after serving his 10-minute misconduct assessed at the end of the second period. The Vees’ first best chance of the period went to captain Brad McClure who managed to create a breakaway for himself that started near the Warriors blueline. In alone on Desautels, McClure slid the puck behind him and fired from between his legs. “Just kind of came to mind, didn’t think about doing it,” he said. Later on Ben Dalpe was denied. Then at 13:57, the Vees got extra life when Stoykewych made a play at the Warriors blue line to fake out a defender before sending a booming snapshot that beat Desautels high. “The guy blew past me and I kind of had a good lane,” said Stoykewych. “I just wanted to rip it on net. That was kind of what we were trying to do all night. Just trying to get pucks to the net. They were good at blocking shots tonight, we couldn’t really create a lot of offensive stuff. Just trying to throw it on net, crash the net, grab rebounds.” The goal was credited to McClure, who got his stick on it late. McClure didn’t have any answers as to why the Vees had a poor start, though he said they were pretty good in the last half. “We can’t afford to have the start that we had,” he said. “I just think we needed to be a bit more willing to go to the dirty areas. I don’t think we were the first half.” McColgan had some good shifts in which he took the body and created chances. One came in the second period when he broke through the Warriors

PENTICTON VEES defenceman Brett Beauvais carries the puck up ice with authority against the West Kelowna Warriors in BCHL action Wednesday at the South Okanagan Events Centre. The Vees lost 2-1. Mark Brett/Western News

defence, made a move, but then couldn’t put the final touches on it once he reached Desautels. “I thought it was good first game for me,” said McColgan. “I’m still trying to get my legs under me. I thought I got some pucks on net.” As for his 10 minute misconduct, McColgan said, “I just went to ask one of the refs a question … a simple question and he didn’t even let me finish my sentence and he kind of hit me with a 10.” Stoykewych, who now has McColgan as a roommate, thought the

newcomer was good. “It’s going to take some time for him to fit in,” he said. “Get chemistry with a couple of the lines. He’s good, he’s quick. Great hands. He’s going to be a good part to the team. He’s not going to shy away from a little bump. You can tell he’s got a little edge to him which is good. That’s what you need out there.” The Vees (27-10-23) will travel to Merritt Friday to take on the Centennials (21-17-31) before returning to the SOEC Saturday to host the Salmon Arm

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Bantam Vees show off Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Hopping on a bus for a 4:45 a.m. road trip to Vancouver wasn’t a problem for the Penticton Murray GM bantam Vees hockey

team. Their destination was Rogers Arena to join the Canucks on the ice for their Canucks for Kids Fund Super Skills competition on Jan. 11. The Vees were chosen

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VEES from p. 23 “I don’t think they noticed that we were twins until we took the actual photo.” The Masers didn’t perform as they would have liked during the skills competition. Tyler was denied on the breakaway category, while Josh missed the net in the hardest shot. He blamed it on nerves. “It was really scary,” said Josh. “It was like 13,000 people or something.” Simon Snyman said it was amazing being there. Snyman impressed his coach Rob McLaughlin in the fastest skater relay as his time was just shy of Dale Weise’s time. Snyman said he clocked in at about 15.66 seconds.

“I was very surprised,” said Snyman, adding that he is a quick skater. “The first 10 steps I don’t even remember.” Canucks winger Zack Kassian came up to Snyman and told him to not worry about the fans, adding that it will just come naturally. Once Snyman finished his skate, Kassian returned. “He said, ‘Wow, you were really flying out there. You almost beat me.” The Vees coach got a kick out of how the players were before hand. “They were very nervous and it was fun to see how nervous they actually were,” Rob laughed. “Once they got out on the ice, I talked to a few of them, they said that they forgot all those people

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The players also were allowed into the Canucks dressing room, which impressed Ethan. “I’ve never seen anything like that before,” he said. “It was so cool.” “It was a huge experience,” the Vees coach said. “It was great to see how the Canucks talked to them. (Former Penticton Vee Zac) Dalpe was great. I know he spoke to a few of the boys lots and talked about Penticton and says he loves it in Vancouver. “The Canucks did a great job,” he continued. “They introduced all the boys. They had all their names and numbers and their picture on the Jumbo tron. Introduced the players when they hit the ice. A real class act. What an experience for kids that are 13 and 14-years-old.”

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Lakers driven to improve Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

The Pen High Lakers Grade 9 girls basketball team finished fourth after winning two of four games during their junior tournament last weekend. The Lakers, led by tournament all-star Lyndzie Caron, won their opening two games 48-34 against the Mt. Boucherie Bears and 51-9 against Castlegar’s Stanley Humphries Rockettes. Against the Bears, Caron finished with 14 points and eight steals, while Annik Cole scored 10 points. Against the Rockettes, Lakers coach Dustin Hyde said his players performed hard and stayed focused. The Lakers then lost to the South Kamloops Titans 42-30. The Titans entered the weekend ranked sixth in the province. Caron scored nine points and grabbed 10 boards, while making six steals. Jean Grakul came off the bench and provided a huge spark, dropping 10 points, six of them from three-point range. She earned player of the game honors. The Lakers closed the tournament losing 48-31 against Lord Tweedsmuir 10, who entered the tournament ranked No. 3. Hyde said it wasn’t the best game for his group. Callie Anderson was named player of the game for her tough defensive play. The team heads to Vernon this weekend for another tournament.

The Lakers Grade 10 team, coached by Jonathan Wikerd, placed sixth at the tournament. Against the Kelowna Owls, the Lakers lost 46-24. A height advantage was a problem for the Lakers who struggled to get close to the basket. Against Salmon Arm, strong ball movement helped the Lakers win 56-36 and a second-place finish in their pool. That pitted them against Vernon Secondary. They played well, earning a 39-29 win. The Lakers’ final game was a 41-25 loss to Lord Tweedsmuir 9. The Lakers fought hard to keep within seven points after the third quarter, but ran out of gas. “It was a great opportunity to see how we match up against our zone opponents and run a few of our systems,” said Wikerd, who was pleased with their final results. “A few things that I want the girls to work on is communication and movement away from the ball.” Tournament MVPs for the Lakers was Kelsey Rowlands. Sydney Foster led the Lakers offensive attack. Franziska Jakob, an exchange student from Germany, made several steals. On Monday the Lakers rocked Princeton 6414. Jaimy Coates led the charge offensively with 15 points. The Lakers 10 team is travelling to Vernon for the Panther Pit-Stop 2014 tournament. They open against OK Mission. The Mustangs, who helped host, won one of four games, their

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The Princess Margaret Mustangs dialed long distance with ease in a 70-63 win over cross-town rival Pen High Lakers. The two senior girls basketball teams squared off for third-place during Immaculata’s tournament last weekend in Kelowna. Mustangs coach Dave Killick said his players made an incredible nine

treys in the first half to build up a 48-26 lead. The Lakers stormed back as Hayden Craig scored 21 points, while Natasha Reimer scored 15 and collected 12 rebounds. Emily Clarke added 13 points. The efforts were completed by Megan Admussen-Blair, 23 points, Danielle Ruocco, 17 points, as well as Taylor Corrie with 11 points. Kaycee McKinnon added

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Press Release: Living Life to the Full: 12 hours that can change your life! The Canadian Mental Health Association – South Okanagan Similkameen Branch is offering a free course. Do you want to get more out of life? Live Life to the Fullest. Sleep better, feel happier, have more energy, gain confidence, get out more, enjoy better relationships, help others. Then this course is for you! In Penticton: 8 weekly sessions Tuesdays from 1:00-2:30 pm January 28 to March 18th at the Penticton Alliance Church 197 Brandon Ave. Penticton. Through generous donations from the Summerland Auxiliary, BC Gaming and the United Way, we are able to offer this course for free. Registration is limited. For more information and registration, contact Leah at CMHA 250-493-8999.

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NOTICE of PLEBISCITE On A Plan to Establish an Apple Industry Development Council for British Columbia Apple Producers A plan is proposed to establish an industry council under the BC Farming and Fishing Industries Development Act. The proposed name of the council is the Apple Research and Promotion Agency (ARPA). ARPA will have the authority to collect levies and fulfill the objectives that are outlined in the published plan. The Council will secure a larger funding base, from government matching funds and potentially from a levy on imported apples (a proposal is currently being developed by a national committee of apple producers). ARPA will promote apple consumption, as well as horticultural and packing research. The Council will represent all apple producers regardless of how their apples are packed or sold. All eligible growers (farming over two acres of apples) should have received a voting package and ballot by now. If you are eligible but not registered yet, contact the independent registrar / returning officer at Registrar PO Box 29044 Kelowna, BC V1W 4A7 When contacting the registrar provide your name, address, and statement that you grow over 2 acres of apples. Ballots must be mailed back no later than February 15, 2014. ARPA INFORMATION SESSIONS (all growers welcome) South Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Place: Best Western, Osoyoos 5506 Main Street (HWY 3) North Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm Date: Friday, January 24, 2014 Place: Coast Capri, Kelowna 1171 Harvey Avenue (HWY 97) For more info www.applecouncil.org

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It is with sadness that we announce the passing of our dear husband/father/brother - Richard. Forever loved and missed by his wife of 46 years, Denise (nee Brule), daughter Tanya Wilson, grandchildren Brooklyn and Camille, son-in-law Jim Wilson, and step-grandson Tyler Wilson of Langley, BC; son Blake of Burnaby; step-daughter Mel Hinch (Michael) of Barrie, ON. Also survived by brothers Norman of New Sarepta, AB and Gerry of Surrey, BC. Richard was born March 24, 1937 in New Sarepta, AB to Augusta and Karl Kadatz. Richard received his BC Land Surveyor’s Commission in 1981 while working for the Federal Department of Transport and National Defence for whom he served for 31 years. During that time he received commendations from Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by a special Medal, as well as from Prime Ministers; Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, January 19 from 2:00 - 4:00 in the Sandbridge Clubhouse, 3333 S. Main, Penticton, BC. In lieu of flowers please consider donating to the Parkinson’s Association. The family wishes to thank the wonderful and caring staff of Haven Hill where Richard resided in the last month of his life, before being taken to Penticton Regional Hospital where pneumonia took him from us. Messages of Condolence may be sent to the family by visiting HansonsFuneral.ca.

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Diane (Klatt) December 2, 1961 - January 7, 2014

It is with great Sadness and Heavy Hearts to announce the passing of our Beautiful Daughter, Mother, Sister, Aunt, Niece, Cousin and Friend........ Diane was born to Robert and Jean Klatt in Oliver, BC, she is survived by her 3 amazing sons: Fraser, Bryce and Braden Parks, her siblings Doug, Don (Rita), and Jenny Klatt- her nieces and nephews - Tamara, Ryan, Sheena and Riley Klatt - Jaclynn, Jennifer, Rob, Joy, Victoria, Brianna, Bradley, Jessica and Justina Parks, as well as numerous Aunts, Uncles and cousins. Diane’s inner Beauty, Smile and Laughter touched so many lives and Always lit up a room. Her career as a Care Aide was proof of how much Love and Compassion she gave to people in need. There will be a Celebration of Life for Diane at The Mt. Paul Golf Course, 615 Mt. Paul Way, Kamloops on the 24th of January at 4 pm, all who knew Diane are welcome to attend. The Family would like to thank Diane’s dear Friend “Denise Kehoe”, for the Love and Care she gave to Diane in her own time of need, also we would like to acknowledge and thank the Staff at the Kamloops Hospice for providing such comfort and dignity..... Truly Amazing.....In lieu of flowers please send donations in Diane’s memory to the Kamloops Hospice Association....Thank You.

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IT WILL GO ON LINE! VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22 (VERNON) ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER School District No. 22 (Vernon) is inviting applications for the fulltime excluded position of Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, responsible for assisting the Secretary-Treasurer with the management of financial, payroll, accounting, purchasing, and information technology management for Vernon School District. We are seeking an experienced and accomplished business leader to take on this important and challenging role. Previous BC school district experience would be considered an asset. Start date is expected to be in April 2014. A complete job description is available on the district website www. sd22.bc.ca. Follow the links to Human Resources, Opportunities, Administrative positions. Interested candidates are invited to submit their application, complete with resume, cover letter and three (3) professional references, with permission to contact each with confidence. Applications will be accepted until 4:00 PM on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. Interested applicants must apply electronically to:

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The City of Penticton Fire Department is currently recruiting for Auxiliary Fire Fighters to join our team. Are you 19 or older? Do you have a class 5 license and a good driving record? Are you physically active? Do you want to be a part of a team? Do you want to learn about fire-fighting and emergency skills? Can you attend weekly Wednesday night practices? Do you live and work in Penticton? Can you respond to day time &/or night time emergencies? Do you want to make an important contribution to the safety and well-being of the citizens of Penticton? If you can answer yes to these questions we encourage you to apply. For more information: Deputy Fire Chief, Dave Spalding dave.spalding@penticton.ca Applications must be received by Monday, January 27, 2014, at 4:00 pm

Application packages are available at www.penticton.ca under “Employment” or at: The City of Penticton, Human Resources 171 Main Street, Penticton BC V2A 5A9 apply@city.penticton.bc.ca

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Norm’s Auto Reﬁnishing, Terrace, BC. High production, ICBC Accredited body shop requires a LICENSED AUTOMOTIVE PAINTER. Competitive wages, excellent benefits. fax: 250-635-3081 or email: mel@normsautorefinishing.ca Attn: Mel Rundell, Manager

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ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS? 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

Peter’s Bros. Construction has positions open for Apprentice Mechanics & Shop Helpers with a mechanical background. Positions are also open for Experienced Paving Personnel. These are full-time positions with a full benefit package. Please pick up applications at 716 Okanagan Ave. E., Penticton, BC, V2A 3K6 between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Local non-profit looking for an individual to prepare a basic lunch, soup, sandwich, hot entree, for approx 80 to 100 people. This is once a week year round, prep done on Monday, lunch on Tuesday, approx. 5 hours each day. Volunteers do the serving. You will prepare lunches using our fully outfitted kitchen facilities. Must have Food Safe. Remuneration by wage or contract. E-mail brief outline of your experience in this area to psdics@hotmail.com Attn: Keray.

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PINHEADS Bowling on Silver Star Mountain is looking for a mechanically minded individual to work with us during the winter season as well as June and July. This is a part time position with great pay and benefits, training provided. This could be a great job for a retired mechanic or trades person, or a younger person who wants to live and work in a vibrant ski resort. This position is available immediately. Please email Heather at info@pinheadsbowling.ca

Canadian Tire is looking for an experienced automotive technician for our successful service center. Competitive compensation package offered to the right candidate. Apply in person to: Rob Johnston 960 Railway Street Penticton or e-mail: ctautoservice@ hotmail.com

Labourers FULL Time, Part-time required for construction industry. Valid drivers license required. Phone: 250-260-3345

Trades, Technical JM ELECTRICIAN- 3-4 yr apprentice wanted email resume: okelectricresumes@gmail.com JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS Fort McMurray & Leduc Alberta Gladiator Equipment Ltd. has immediate positions for Journeyman Heavy Duty, off road Certified Mechanics for work in Fort McMurray and Leduc, Alberta. Excellent wages and benefits. www.gladiatorequipment.com fax 1-780-986-7051. hr@gladiatorequipment.com

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MATURE SALESPERSON. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN FURNITURE SALES WOULD BE AN ASSET. INTERESTED CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY IN PERSON TO THE STORE MANAGER AT 2498 SKAHA LAKE ROAD, PENTICTON. No Phone Calls Please

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We are looking for an experienced Electrical/Estimator Manager to join our firm. The successful candidate must be skilled in electrical design, and be able to manage the day to day operations of a small to medium-sized firm, including dispatching, purchasing and cost accounting. Excellent benefit package including a vehicle. Please send resume to: sandrak@vip.net

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Financial Services GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

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Cleaning Services Cleaning, house sitting, animal sitting avail. immed., ref’s avail., call 250-492-5907

Countertops REFACE Countertops. 1/2 the Cost of Replacing. Granite & Corian Designs. 470-2235.

Garden & Lawn Valley Wide Lawn & Yard Care. Fully experienced fruit tree and landscape pruner. Now booking 2014 lawn care packages. Mowing, power raking and aeration. NO charge fertilizer program, free estimates. Phone Gerald at 250493-5161. Serving Penticton to Osoyoos areas.

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Fox Vineyard on Riddle Road, Penticton, is looking for an experienced vineyard worker (2yrs min.) for tying, thinning, diverse plant maintenance and more. This is for 6-8 months starting in March. $10.25/hr. Contact 250-492-208

Knowledge of industrial/MRO industry Knowledge of local Vernon and surrounding markets Manage all day-to-day aspects of running a branch Strong inventory control skills Excellent communicator Able to build and maintain customer relationships Lead by example

What we offer is an enthusiastic work environment with a solid support organization to make you successful. In addition to this, we offer a competitive salary and bonus compensation program. Please send resume and cover letter in strict confidence to: hr@western equipmentltd.com or fax to 604-574-7571

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CK&S Home Improvements. Finish carpentry, concrete, framing , windows, doors, full kitchen/bath, basements, garages, tile, hardwood & laminate. No job too small, licensed & insured, Chris 250488-4147 HOME IMPROVEMENT, Addition, Renovation, Finishing and more, call Adolf, # 250809-4027

Moving Sale; Craftsman 24” 2 stage power propeller snow blower, used very little, $800 new, asking $450 obo, electric fireplace & TV stand combo, $195, clean queen bed, $125, 2 night stands, $25 each, blanket box, $25, 5 drawer dresser, $75, (250)487-7522

2bdrm 1bath bsmnt suite on Green Ave., $800 (incl.util.), no cable (250)493-8961

Moving & Storage U1ST - MOVING 2 ton. Prices starting at $65/hr. Call 250859-8362. 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

Painting & Decorating Accurate Painting Company quality work, call Rob for a free estimate, (250)488-5682 HERE COME THE PAINTERS, 13 years experience, Interior/Exterior, 250-486-2331 WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM

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(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

Pets Hamster supplies wanted: cage, games, mazes, toys etc., free if possible, call 250486-0861

Merchandise for Sale Firewood/Fuel A-1 Firewood, Full cords mixed, $250, Pine, $200, split & delivered, 1/2 cords and 1/4 cords avail., free delivery, 250-770-0827, 250-809-0127 eves. Seasoned firewood, split, stacked & delivered (Penticton area), Larch, $225/cord, spruce pine & larch, $200/cord, pine & spruce, $190/cord, 250-462-4401

Furniture

NOW OPEN Shelley’s Vintage Inspirations

Browse our fine collection of Shabby Chic Home Decor and Antiques Open Wed to Sun 10-5:30pm

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778-476-3200 SLIDE INTO COMFORT w/ A BRAND NEW QUEEN MATTRESS $160. Still in plastic, mfg. warranty. 250.870.2562

Garage Sales Garage Sale, Mostly Furniture, Saturday, Jan. 18, 9 am, 76 Secrest Ave. Moving & Garage Sale, tools, clothing, toys, furniture, FriSat-Sun-Mon., 273 Scott Ave., 8am-4pm Oliver Indoor Flea Market Saturday, 8am-4pm Sunday, 9am-3pm 12,000 sqft of treasures Turn downhill at Chevron New vendors welcome call Cory 250-408-4222

Misc. for Sale HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper?

Misc. Wanted COLLECTOR looking to buy a coin collection. Also looking for coins, bars, medals, ingots from RC Mint, Franklin Mint, US Mint & others. Todd 250864-3521 I make house calls! Private Coin Collector Buying Collections, Estates, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins, Bills etc. Confidential 250-499-0251

Real Estate

To: Colleen Annette Pringle Waterman and David Wayne Waterman.

2bdrm basement suite, Wiltse area, avail. immed., np, ns, $850 (incl. cable & util.), 778476-2007 (evenings)

Take notice that pursuant to section 37(3) of the Regulation to the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act, the landlord of the Manufactured Home Park at 98 Okanagan Ave. E., Penticton, BC, V2A 3J5 intends to dispose of a 1970 General that is 12ftx52ft, its contents, the 8ftx28ft addition and 5ftx10ft metal shed (“the property”) located in Pines Village Manufactured Home Park, Penticton, BC, 30 days after the publication date of this notice, unless:

2 bedroom basement suite, $900/mo. (incl. util), f/s/w/d, (250)493-7485, 250-460-0800 800 SQ.FT suite in Summerland overlooking the lake, sun deck front and back fully furnished cable interenet air conditioned in an orchard setting $825/month suitable for retired single or couple. Email: karlos257@gmail.com

HIGHLAND motel suites avail now, 1140 Burnaby Ave., 250809-1253, 250-488-2206 Wiltse area, 2bdrm ground level, w/d/dw, close to school, util. incl. a/c, small pet,ns, ref’s req, $850, (250)493-2109

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2bdrm, 1bath, big living room & kitchen, hardwood floors, ceramic tile in Kitchen & bath, between Cherry Lane & Safeway, Green Tree Court 2061820 Atkinson St., $150,000 (neg). 250-770-8730

2bdrm, Baskin Gardens, reno’d, painted, f/s/w/d, fenced yard, large storage room, close to school, kids welcome, 1 small pet, $1075/mo. Avail. Feb. 15, (250)490-9082

Recreational 35 FT Prairie Schooner 2004 RV with 3 slides in Yuma in great RV Park. $32,000 with everything included. Phone me for pics and all details 250490-8832 Florence

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 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 1bdrm $650, 2bdrm, $750, adult/senior oriented, clean, quiet, cat ok, 250-492-7328 1BDRM, main floor, across from Skaha Beach on bus route, long term rental, n/s, n/p. $650+util, 250-488-8121 2bdrm + den at Lakeshore towers, facing lake, pool, hottub, sauna, gym, $1600 Dennis 250-493-4372 2bdrm in 45+ building, quiet, n/p, n/s, a/c, f/s/dw, area for w/d, elevator, close to shopping & transit, $750/mo., call 250-487-2244 50+ condo, larger 2bdrm 2ba corner unit, 5appl., close to Skaha Lake, recent reno’s, ns, np, ug secure parking, additional storage behind stall, $1050/mo., 250-462-2658 Large 2bdrm, 1st floor, Penticton Ave., close to schools/transit, $750, call Dennis at Realty Exec’s (250)493-4372 Large 2 Bedroom, 3rd floor, $850/ month plus utilities, 40+ Building, 250-487-1136 Tiffany Gardens, 3140 Wilson, 2bdrm, no pets, $800/mo., (250)492-0413

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APPLE PLAZA, Prime Central location, 2300sqft. in busy plaza, ample parking, also 5821100 sqft. shared office space avail., call Barb 250-492-6319

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Apt/Condo for Rent

Grnd fl, garden, 2bdrm. 6 appl, cat neg., NS, on bus route, central Penticton, $900/mo. +util., (water incl.), storage, 2 parking, avail. Feb. 1, call 250488-3340 or 250-493-3141 New very large 2bdrm, walk-in closet, 2.5ba, large garage, a/c, 6appl., on White at Government, $1300, Dennis at Realty Exec’s, (250)493-4372

Motels,Hotels Motel monthly rentals in Penticton & Oliver, Avail. until June 2014, 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

Suites, Lower 1bd daylight basement, close to Wiltse Elem. School, N/S, N/P, prefer mature resp. person, ref’s req., $650 incl. util., avail. immed., 250-493-5630

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YOUR NEWSPAPER:

Electoral Area “E” - Naramata

Have you ever wondered what services you receive from the Regional District for the rural taxes you pay?

After the expiration of the 30 day period, the Property will be disposed of with no further notice to you.

7he RD26 ¿nance staff will Ee in 1aramata to present the ¿nancial plan

We value your opinion.

&ome to a puElic Eudget meeting to ¿nd out

Wednesday, January 22 - 7:00 p.m. Naramata OAP Hall, 330 3rd Street, Naramata, BC For general inquiries please email Eudget #rdos Ec ca or call 250-492-0237 (toll free 1-877-610-3737)

Recreation Commission The Regional District is accepting applications to fill one vacant position of the Naramata Parks & Recreation Commission. This Commission is comprised of appointed local citizens (volunteers) who provide guidance regarding the management of parks operations, improvements and recreation programming. To be eligible members must be a resident of Electoral Area ‘E’ (Naramata). The Electoral Area Director will review all applications and recommend appointments to the Regional District Board. Electoral Area ‘E’ Parks & Recreation Commission Establishment Bylaw 2108, 2001 is available on the Regional District website or by contacting the Community Services Department. Any person interested in serving on the Naramata Parks and Recreation Commission can apply by submitting their name and a brief resume by mail fax or email to: Justin Shuttleworth Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5J9 Fax: 250.492.0063 E-mail: info@rdos.bc.ca The deadline for applications to be received is 4:00 pm on January 27, 2014, 3:00 p.m. We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those appointed to the Commission will be notified. We encourage all applicants to attend the Naramata Parks & Recreation Annual General Meeting. Annual General Meeting Naramata Parks & Recreation Commission Annual General Meeting January 27th, 2014 7:00 p.m. Naramata OAP Friendship Club 330 3rd St

1979 Mercury Cougar, 351 engine, p/s, p/b, p/w, a/c, new tires, very clean, exc. cond., $1500 obo, 250-490-9884, or 250-488-4817

Cars - Sports & Imports 2007 Subaru Outback Wagon. AWD, female driven, low km’s, sunroof, 2 sets of tires on rims. $12,500.00. (250) 503-3850

Scrap Car Removal AAA SCRAP REMOVAL. WE WILL BEAT ALL COMPETITORS PRICING, 250-801-4199

Owner:

2014 Downtown Revitalization

Reference No.:

2014 – TENDER – 01 Supply and installation of approximately : x 2735 m² of New Unit Pavers x 1250m² of Hot Mix Asphalt paving x 1745m² of Cold Milling x 2200m² of Base Gravels x 687m of Various Concrete Curbing x Irrigation System Installation x Street lighting Installation x 16 - 100mm Caliper Trees x 1 Hydrant Installation x Hot-Tap service reconnections to Press-Con Water Main. City Yards 616 Okanagan Avenue East Penticton, BC During normal business hours from 7:30am to 3:15pm Monday to Friday excluding Statutory Holidays. Paper Copies of the Contract Documents are available on payment of a non-refundable amount of $100.00 including GST payable to: The City of Penticton

The Owner invites tenders for:

Contract Documents are available at:

APARTMENTS: $675

Near library & downtown, 1 bdrm ground floor condo, f, s, w, s. Avail NOW (OT593) $825 Third floor walk up spacious 2 bdrm apt includes heat & elec. Avail. NOW (WGA) $1000 Spacious, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 5 appliances, cvrd parking, extra storage, incl cable 19+ building. Avail. Feb. 1 (OT607)

Electronic Copies of the documents are available free of charge for download from the City of Penticton’s website at: http://www.penticton.ca/purchasing

HOUSES: $1000 Newer 2 bdrm 1/2 duplex, laminate floors, 5 appliances. Avail. NOW (H691-3) $1000 Newer 2 bdrm, 1/2 duplex, laminate floors, 5 appl. Freshly painted. Avail. NOW or Feb. 1 (H714)

Pre-Submission Meeting Tenders are scheduled to close:

TOWNHOUSES: Quiet location, 2 bdrm & den, 1.5 bath, f, s, townhouse near walkways & school. Avail. NOW (TH480-2)

Only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Tenderers can register with the City by contacting the yards main at 250490-2500 or by email at tendering@penticton.ca. Only Tenderers that have registered with the City will be notified of any addenda. It is the Tenderers responsibility to check for and obtain any addenda issued prior to the close of the tender. st A pre-submission meeting will be held January 22 , 2014 at 10:00am. The meeting will be at City Hall at 171 Main Street, in Room A. Tender Closing Time:

3:00 pm local time

Tender Opening Time:

3:05 pm local time

Tender Closing Date:

January 28, 2014

Address:

Corporate Officer, City Hall 171 Main Street Penticton, BC V2A 5A9

Prospective tenants must complete an application form at:

280 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, B.C. V2A 5B2 PHONE: 250-493-4372 - www.rentalspenticton.com

The Corporation of The City of Penticton

Contract:

Apt/Condo for Rent

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Welcome to the driver’s seat

This hi new Q50 llooks k great, has a wonderful interior, power to spare and solid handling dynamics. Zack Spencer

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2014 Infiniti Q50 challenges the old order Infiniti has had a bit of an identity crisis over the past year with a wholesale change in the way it names its products. Gone is the JX crossover, it’s called the QX60 now and the G 37 sedan has been replaced with the Q50 sedan. Q signifies for cars and QX for crossovers or SUVs. The outgoing G37 was already a very worthy on-road performer but a bit too simplistic in the inside. Now, Infiniti has taken things up a notch with the Q50, adding a dynamic look, sumptuous interior and class leading technology. Looks It could be argued that the current BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C-Class are a bit conservative, while this Q50 and the major competitor, Lexus IS, are much edgier. This is especially true with the front grille. The rest of the Q50 is nicely sculpted, with flowing lines and an almost elegant rear end. Sold as a base model, sport trim, all wheel drive (AWD), premium, and even a hybrid, there is a broad market for this sedan. Starting at $37,500 and ramping up to the AWD sport model at $49,950, there is a substantial discount with the Q50 when you compare it to a similarly equipped BMW. The base model comes with 17-inch wheels but most of the higher trim levels are equipped with 19-inch wheels. The car seen here is the AWD premium model starting at $43,400. Inside The Q50 centre console is very attractive with two screens placed for radio functions and the second for the

navigation ($1,400 option) opt for the AWD model, and backup camera. The which is a good choice way the lower screen is due to the higher level incorporated is first rate; of interior amenities. it looks like a high quality In addition, the Q50 is iPad that sits flush with the first car to have a the dash, while the higher steer-by-wire system screen is recessed for easier that is customizable and use in bright light. this system is optional Direct Adaptive The only problem with on the AWD models and Steering has its this system is the time it standard on the sport takes to boot-up when critics but for me, the versions of the Q50. you start the car over 30 Direct Adaptive Steering Q50 feels like it is seconds to access the radio has its critics but for an extension of the and other features. Most me, the Q50 feels like driver. people will buy the sport it is an extension of the model ($47,495) or the driver, moving through Zack Spencer premium trim ($43,400) to corners with ease and get heated leather seats, comfort with just the Bose stereo, backup camera with slightest movement of the steering around view cameras, and power tilt wheel. Handling is enhanced thanks to and telescopic steering to name a few a stiffer chassis and the rear suspenadditional features. The base model is sion has been adjusted. a price leader but expect to buy the The downside to equipping the Q50 premium model or above to get the with a V6 is the amount of fuel it car well equipped. In comparison, the burns in comparison to the turbo $53,800, 300hp BMW 335iS AWD is 4-cylinder offerings from the German much more expensive than many of the competition. Rated at 11.1L/100km in top Q50 trim levels. the city and 7.3L on the highway for the AWD equipped model. There is a Drive hybrid version available that drops the The latest trend is to include a turboconsumption down to 7.0L/100km in charged 4-cylinder engine as the base the city and 5.0L on the highway but power plant in most German compact it is a premium offering with a starting luxury sedans. This Q50 is bucking the price of $47,000. trend and sticking with the 3.7L V6

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they had in the previous G37 with a powerful and smooth 328hp. The transmission is a 7-speed automatic that puts the power to either the rear wheels, or all wheels, depending on the trim selected. Most Canadians will

Verdict The benchmark in the premium compact sedan market has been the BMW 3 Series but the gap is narrowing. This new Q50 looks great, has a wonderful interior, power to spare and solid

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handling dynamics. On price, the BMW 328i AWD is the closest and starts at $46,200 but is equipped with a 241hp 4-cylinder. The direct competitor on power is the much more expensive 335is AWD. The Lexus IS350 AWD is another premium offering from Japan, and it starts at a very competitive $44,000. As much as the Japanese automakers like to challenge the German makers, they really end up competing with each other. Yes, this is a worthy car but the one thing you cannot factor into the buying decision is the badge appeal that storied brands like Mercedes, BMW and Audi provide.

Question OF THE WEEK:

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Safety Tip: When extreme winter road conditions hit, it’s a good idea to think about whether you even need to get behind the wheel. If you have the option, consider public transit or carpool with some who has a vehicle prepared for the conditions. Also consider leaving for work just a little later to allow crews to clear the roads.

Find more online at The Lowdown Power: 3.7L V6 with 328hp Fill-up: 11.1L/7.3L/100km (city/highway) Sticker price: $37,500-$47,950

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Five fun coupes for singles ‘‘

Many singles I know decide to get something a little less “practical” in the grand scheme of things.

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Alexandra Straub

The VW GTI (top) has poise and pizzazz and works for singles of all ages; The Kia Forte Koup (above) has a well-finished interior and comes standard with heated front seats. AlexAndrA StrAub

So, you’re not married. That’s okay! You don’t have kids? No worries. You pretty much have the pick of the litter when it comes to buying a car. Why? Because you don’t necessarily have specific requirements that need to be met when selecting a vehicle. Meaning, you don’t need to consider having a large enough backseat to fit car seats, unless you want a big back seat for other reasons. Like, you have a

dog that weighs as much as an adult. Or you don’t need four doors because you’re pretty much the only one who’s going to be inside the cabin at any given time. Unless your profession requires you to haul around equipment or gear, you don’t have to buy a crossover, minivan, sedan or SUV if you don’t want to. That said, many singles I know decide to get something a little less “practical” in the grand scheme of things. Less practicality is usually spelled with five letters: coupe. So, to those individuals who are the alpha of their one-person wolf pack, here are a few coupes under $30,000 to consider. Honda Accord Coupe: Base MSRP $26,400 I’m starting off with the Accord because it’s a cool car. The current generation has so much going for it and definitely has developed more personality in the redesign. You have the option of two engines: a more economical 2.4L 4-cylinder or a more powerful 3.5L V6. Either way, you can get them equipped with a 6-speed manual or a CVT transmission. Only the EX-L Navi trim with the V6 has the option of a 6-speed automatic transmission.

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No matter how you slice it, you’re getting a great car. Better yet, it has a decent cargo capacity of 379L so you could easily dump your hockey gear inside. The interior is spacious and comfortable, and heck, it looks good. MINI Coupe/Roadster: Base MSRP $25,950/$28,900 With room for two, even the base model of MINI Coupe or Roadster is a hoot. Specs-wise, it has the least impressive engine of the lot (only putting out 121 horsepower,) but that can be overlooked because of via driving dynamics. It has one of the best manual gearboxes for a car of its size and has an abundance of pep. They’re not cheap, though. So it has that working against it in some regards. And you could argue that a Mazda MX-5 is a better value (you won’t be wrong) but it’s still loads of fun. Dodge Challenger: Base MSRP $26,995 If you’re driving a Dodge Challenger, you’re getting noticed. You don’t even need to have the grunt and roar of the SRT’s 6.4L V8 HEMI to turn heads. Inside and out, this two-door has style and power. The base SXT trim comes

equipped with a 3.6L V6 and 305 horsepower. Kia Forte Koup: Base MSRP $20,550 For just over $20,000, the Kia Forte Koup is a solid value. And it’s not a bad looking car either. Inside, the interior is well finished and isn’t cheap. Furthermore, you have many great standard amenities that come with the base model like 16-inch alloy wheels, fog lights, heated front seats, remote keyless entry, air conditioning and more. VW GTI: Base MSRP $29,375 The 3-door VW GTI is one of my favourite cars. The frontwheel, German-engineered bundle of excitement has poise and pizzazz, along with a fabulous interior and a tried and tested engine. What’s great about the GTI is that it works for all ages. You could be 16 and driving it, or 60, and you’d still look good. You wouldn’t look out of place and people would give you nods of approval. Granted, the current generation is on its way out and the seventh generation (2014 model year) is coming soon. So if you want a killer deal on a 2013, now’s about as good of a time as any. alexandra.straub@ drivewaybc.ca

Drives-U-Crazy Curb lane crazies

Keith Morgan

Did somebody change the curb lane into the fast lane and not tell me? A day never passes when I don’t see drivers zipping down major drags in the curb lane, cutting in at the last second to avoid piling into a parked car. As soon as they’re past the obstacle they’re back in the gutter lane, spraying every poor pedestrian along the way. What drives-u-crazy? keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

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