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STUDENTS AND TERRIFIC KIDS OF THE MONTH
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Similkameen Elementary Secondary’s commendable students this month See page 11
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Keremeos and District Volunteer Firefighters responded to the third structure fire in less than a week last Friday when a Barcelo Road residence in Cawston went up in flames. Two occupants were fortunate to escape the fast moving fire unharmed.
Fire strikes the Lower Similkameen again By Steve Arstad, with files from Mark Brett Black Press
Rare weather conditions allow skating on Skaha Lake See page 10
Keremeos and District Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire that broke out in a Barcelo Road residence in Cawston on Friday, February 7. The home was fully involved when firefighters arrived on scene at approximately 8 a.m. Keremeos firefighters called on the assistance of Osoyoos Fire Department, who arrived with a tender and five personnel, reinforcing the KVFD contingent of roughly a dozen fire-
fighters and three new recruits. Cold temperatures and the need to shuttle water hampered firefighting efforts. “The building was completely involved when we arrived and is a complete write off,” said KVFD Chief Jordy Bosscha Friday afternoon. The stubborn fire, which is believed to have begun in the building’s carport, spread to firewood near the residence. Bosscha said the fire department was having difficulty acquiring the services of an excavator to help with mop up. Cindy Horrocks is the daughter in law of George (83) and Marlene
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Mysel (79), the owners of the house. Horrocks said Monday that the couple were now living in her basement suite, and were coping with the loss of their house. “The fire investigator was here yesterday,” she said, “ and they believe the cause is accidental.” Horrocks said everything burned in the blaze, including two vehicles in the garage. On the morning of the fire, Horrocks’ husband Bryan was having coffee with the Mysels, getting ready to take George to Kelowna for a medical appointment, when he heard continued on page 5
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SECOND MON: Communities for Kids OKFalls Table Mtg., 2:45 pm at StrongStart Early Learning Ctr. at OK Falls Elementary, 250-498-8433 for more info. TUESDAY: South Okanagan Toastmasters 7 - 9 p.m. at Best Western in Osoyoos. Call 498-4412, 499-2144. TUESDAY: Bingo at the Senior Citizenís Centre on Willow St. 1p.m. (except last Tues.). EVERY 3RD TUESDAY: Legion Branch #227 Gen Meeting 7 p.m. Jack Hill Room, OK Falls. WED. & SAT.: Carpet Bowling 1 p.m. Seniorís Centre. WEDNESDAY: Join the Stroke Recovery Club for stroke survivors and caregivers, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society office, #2-996 Main Street, Penticton..Call Tina at 490-0613. FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary General Meeting 1:00 p.m., Jack Hill Room, OK Falls. THIRD WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Womens Institute meeting at the Falls Community Centre business at 7, entertainment at 8 p.m. Call Betty for more info - 497-6665. THURSDAY: Bridge 1 p.m. Seniors Centre. THURSDAY: Crib 7 p.m. Seniors Centre. THURSDAY: Computer classes 9 a.m. Seniorís Centre. FRIDAY: Arts group painting 1- 3 p.m. FRIDAY: Whist 7 p.m. 2ND & 4TH FRIDAY: A Wellness Clinic is held at the Seniors Centre, on Willow Street, 9 to 11 a.m. Have your blood pressure, heart and weight checked by a retired registered nurse. Open to everyone. FIRST FRIDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary Dinner and Entertainment 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw. THIRD FRIDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion Ladies Auxiliary Steak Fry Dinner 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw. FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: The Okanagan Falls Legion Branch #227 has meat draws from 5:00 p.m. SATURDAY: OK Falls Legion Branch #227, Dinner and Dance 6:00 pm. FIRST SATURDAY: Ladies Auxiliary Branch #227. Drop in Bingo 1-4 p.m. Jack Hill Room. OK Falls. THIRD SATURDAY OF MONTH: Drop in bingo at OK Falls Senior Centre. 1128 Willow St.
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MONDAY: N.A. meets at 8 p.m. at the South Similkameen Health Centre. MONDAY: Keremeos Bellringers, 7:30 pm, Cawston United Church, for info call Herma @ 499-5292, Joan @ 499-2450. 2nd MONDAY: Similkameen COPS, 7 p.m., Upstairs at the Legion (Legion Hall). Ben Gumm for info 499-0216 4th MONDAY: Orchard Haven - Friends and family council monthly meetings. Making a difference to residential care. MON, WED, FRI: Boot Camp 6 - 7 am, Sim. Rec. Centre. For more info call Annette 499-2238 MON, WED, FRI: KrossFit Fitness (similar to ‘boot camp’) 7:15 - 8 am, Sim. Rec. Centre. For more info call Theresia 499-2029 or email trin51@yahoo.ca TUESDAY: Tumble Bumble, 10:00 - 11:30 am upstairs at the Legion Hall. AGes 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. TUESDAY: Every 2nd, Caregiver Group, Activity Room, Orchard Haven 1:30 - 3 p.m. For info 499-3020 TUESDAY: AA Meetings, 7:30 p.m., in the Health Center Activity Room, info call Diane 499-0077 TUESDAY: Handguns 5:30 pm Fly Tying/22 Shoot, 7 pm, KCSA (Keremeos Cawston Sportsmans Association) Club House. More info call 250-499-7027. WEDNESDAY: Mother Goose 10:00-11:30 am, Strong Start at Cawston Primary. Ages 0-6. For info 499-2352 ext. 106. WEDNESDAY: Qigong exercise 9 a.m. Cawston Church Hall. 499-7852 for information. WEDNESDAY: Kyokushin Karate at Legion Hall from 5 - 7 p.m. Phone Lyle for info 292-8565.
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TUESDAY: Once a month Soup and Sandwich - watch for posters.Hedley Seniors’ Center on Scott Ave. THURSDAY: Library 2 pm - 7 pm Hedley Seniors’ Center, free computer use. 1ST MONDAY: Hedley Heritage Museum meeting, 6:00 p.m. at the Museum, Everyone welcome to attend. 2ND SUNDAY: Pancake Breakfast, Hedley Seniors’ Center, 8:00 am to 11:00 am. 3RD MONDAY: Monthly meeting at Seniors’ Center, 2 pm. 3RD MONDAY: Community Club meeting at 7 pm at the Club. DAILY: Coffee & good conversation at the Seniors’ Center 6am - 8 am. Every Mon./Wed./Sat. Exercise at 9 am. EVERY SUNDAY: Church Service at 9:30 am, Hedley Grace Church. EVERY SUNDAY: Hedley Farmers Market 9-1, July - Oct. DAILY: Hedley Heritage Museum open daily 9am - 4pm, Daly Ave.
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First community conversation gets valley residents talking By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com
Concept of meeting - to bring a “conference to Hedley” proves successful A large crowd gathered in the Hedley Seniors Centre on Family Day to engage in the community’s first community conversation. “How a Town of 250 Became a Cultural Capital with ArtWells” was the topic of discussion, with sponsor Angelique Wood’s guest speaker Julie Fowler leading the conversation. Fowler recounted the ArtsWells Festival’s successful 10 year run, from small beginnings to a three day arts festival that includes 80 musical acts, on nine stages, in addition to workshops and visual and literary arts. “The emphasis of this presentation is not about getting big, it’s about engaging in a positive experience for the community,” said Wood, who represents Hedley as Regional District Okanagan Similkameen Director. The meeting saw upwards of 60 people in attendance, including mem-
bers from Cawston, Keremeos, Olalla, Princeton, Kamloops and Osoyoos. The audience was curious to find out specifics of the Wells experience how similar was the infrastructure to Hedley’s, what barriers existed to the festival, logistics, funding sources and problems encountered along the way. “I thought the meeting was an exceptional success, not only for the insights offered by all the presenters, but also for the incredible diversity of people in the room. The organizers definitely achieved their goal of creating an inspiring and stimulating experience without the expense of having to travel to a conference,” said Grist Mill Manager Chris Mathieson following the meeting. “ I know that there are already several partnerships for the Grist Mill that came out of today’s meeting, just from being in the same room as the right people full of motivation to make things happen. I really look forward to the other conversations in the series,” he added. Wood was happy to see a large cross section of the Similkameen public in attendance. One of her goals in sponsoring the conversation was to have local leaders connect with one
another. “I often wonder whether we are talking to one another often enough about these things,” she said, “Just connecting more could be a way for us to do things better without an extra cost attached. “The idea behind this meeting is to provoke thought, to get people of a different mix gathering in one place. “It’s not prescriptive - I wanted to bring the conference to Hedley, where people could assemble in one place, get thinking and focus their energy on what might be done here. “I felt the meeting achieved one of our goals which was to bring together leadership in the Similkameen Valley to learn from what one another are doing. “Because rural leaders are usually ‘putting things on’ they don’t get a lot of opportunities to network or cross-pollinate - at the end of the meeting there was a buzz in the room as people exchanged phone numbers and emails.” The next Community Conversation will be in April. Speakers have yet to be announced; the topic will be food security.
“Seedy Saturday” signals beginning of a new season at the Grist Mill Contributed by Chris Mathieson, Manager of Keremeos Grist Mill
Seed exchange at the Grist Mill is the first event of 2014 Seedy Saturday: On February 22 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., the Grist Mill and Gardens will be hosting a seed exchange and other activities that may be of interest to gardeners. Lee McFadyen from the Organic Farming Institute of BC will be presenting at 1 p.m. Also, our Tea Room will be open and serving drinks
and baked goods. If people have seeds to sell or swap, please get in touch with the Grist Mill as soon as possible (250-499-2888 or info@oldgristmill.ca) so we know how many tables to set up. Admission is by donation. Sunday Brunch: By popular demand, our Sunday Brunch is back! Come in on Sundays from 10 a.m - 3 p.m. and enjoy a cozy brunch in our tea room. The menu changes weekly, but now includes eggs benedict, quiche, fresh-baked bread and scones and much more. Parties of four or more are strongly encouraged to make reservations.
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news Keremeos Director Manfred Bauer speaks to Fortis’ Project Director Ian Dyck following a Fortis presentation to the regional district Corporate Ser vices Committee meeting on Thursday, February 6. Fortis discussed hydro rates, the advanced metering project and the high Similkameen dam proposal with regional directors.
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Two tiered hydro rate not our fault, says Fortis Message to residents: keep complaining to BCUC about high cost of hydro By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com Residents of the Similkameen facing onerous Fortis electrical bills will not be seeing any relief any time soon, Fortis officials indicated at a regional board committee meeting on Thursday, February 6. Corey Sinclair, Manager of Regulatory Affairs for Fortis, told the regional board that Fortis originally wished to maintain a flat rate as opposed to the two tiered system in discussions prior to July of 2012, when the two tiered rate took effect. (Under the conservation rate, the first 1,600 kWh are billed at .088 cents per kWh; after 1,600 kWh, the rate goes to .129 cents per kWh in a two month billing period) In the company’s application to the
British Columbia Utilities Commission, they recommended a flat rate and were surprised to be told to step rates. “We wouldn’t have done it, otherwise,” he said. Sinclair indicated that Fortis continues to be concerned about the two tiered system’s impact on some of its customers. He said that customer satisfaction had dropped from the mid 90 per cent range since the system was introduced, to the 70 per cent range. “Some of our customers are having a hard time with this and we don’t like it,” he admitted. “It’s very difficult to deal with - you can’t change it without having a negative impact on other customers, while you’re trying to help customers (presently affected), and we’re always constrained by the regulatory principles we must live by, that this has to be revenue neutral.” He emphasized the revenue neutrality of the rate, noting a widely held view that Fortis was
making additional profit from it was totally false. “There is nothing in it for us,” he said, “we are just getting negative feedback and our customer satisfaction is suffering.” Several directors voiced the opinion the board should be talking to the BCUC, not Fortis. Area “D” Director Tom Siddon noted the group suffering most were “elders living in tin boxes - old houses with little insulation, reliant on baseboard heaters, now having to choose between buying food or paying the electric bill.” Siddon said there was a “BCUC element to this,” suggesting Fortis raise the conservation rate threshold from 800 KW per month, something Sinclair advised against. “It actually has the opposite effect of what you want it to do,” he told Siddon, “it would end up hurting the higher consumption customers even more.” Boundary - Similkameen MLA Linda Larson, who observed most of the discussion from the gallery, addressed the
board in the meeting’s later stages in order to read the BCUC’s report on Fortis’ recently submitted analysis to the commission on the rate system. “There is some room for hope,” she said prior to reading the document, which stated the commission would continue to monitor the rate’s effects until the next report, due November 30 of this year. “Keep those letters coming,” was Larson’s advice to discontented customers of the electrical rate. She said the commission had never before received so many letters over a single issue, adding that letters should be sent to the BCUC. Following the meeting, Area “G” Director Angelique Wood offered residents a telephone number to call if they were finding their electric bills beyond their ability to pay. “Residents having problems with rates beyond their capacity to pay should call: 1-866-4367847,” she advised. The web site address for the BCUC is: Complaints@bcuc.com
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Smart meters still a year away for Similkameen residents Ian Dyck, Project Manager for Advanced Metering Infrastructure for Fortis BC outlined the timetable for installation of smart meters in the region during a meeting with regional board committee members on February 6. Dyck said work on the extensive project would begin in late May or June. There would be two sets of installation activity, one to install the meter’s communications network, and the second to install smart meters in individual households.
The work will begin in Trail, and is expected to be completed in September. From there, the project will proceed to Kelowna, advancing to the South Okanagan about 12 - 14 months from now, with completion of the program in the Similkameen to take place in 2015. For those wishing to opt out of the smart meter program, an initial fee of $88 will be charged, along with an additional fee of $18 during each two month billing period. The initial fee of $88 will be reduced to $60 if the customer gives Fortis advance notice.
Dyck said residents will have their meters changed out regardless of whether they wish to opt out of the smart meter program or not, as the program also involves a regulatory requirement to upgrade. The mechanism for advising Fortis of opt out in order to take advantage of the reduced initial charge of $60 would come from a response from a Fortis customer upon receipt of their notification of the upcoming meter change, which will be sent to households at least 30 days prior to the event.
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Nothing new on the dam front By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com
Fortis’ Bob Gibney, Senior Manager of Community and First Nations reported “no new info” on the proposed Similkameen dam at the regional district Corporate Services Committee meeting on February 6. An updated project description had been filed with the BC Environment Assessment office, with a detailed plan outlining how to proceed expected to come back to Fortis in late February. Some seasonally sensitive field work has also been undertaken with both Similkameen Indian bands. An expression of interest in use of the land has also been filed. Some tabletop studies have also taken place. “The reality is, this project is 100 per cent funded by our shareholders, there is no customer cost, so we will have an idea whether this project is a go - no go... the timeframe keeps slipping, but I’m going to suggest in 2014 we’ll have an idea if it’s going to go.” Gibney said Fortis would be contacting local municipalities to arrange formal meetings to discuss the project in the near future. Later in board discussions, it was noted by Director Michael Brydon (Westbench) that the board had not yet taken the time to seriously debate the issue of a dam on the Upper Similkameen. It was noted, however, that it was a concern of the joint committee at a recent meeting.
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Fire strikes / continued from page 1 a pop and crackling sound. He pulled open the garage door and saw fire going up the wall in the corner. He thought at the time that he might be able to control it, but upon closer examination found the attic above the garage a blazing inferno. “So he ran back into the house and said ‘come you guys, get out we’ve got a fire,’ and then it was just a matter of minutes,” related Horrocks. “I was just getting ready to go into town and Marlene called me and yelled ‘we got a fire, come over and get the dog, and I ran over and got the dog and brought her dog back here and called 911 just in case and ran back over. “When I first went there I couldn’t see anything but just a little smoke on the backside of the house and when I went back over there again, it was less than five minutes, the flames were shooting out the roof. “We got the dog out, we got them out, we threw the clothes out the window and within 10 minutes she was totally involved,” Horricks said. Horrocks figures the difference between life and death could have been the matter of a few minutes. Herself, Bryan and George were minutes away from leaving for Kelowna, and Marlene, who had recently been troubled with arthritis, was about to lay down again. “It was so scary when you think what could have happened because in the next 20 minutes we would have been gone. Just the way that it all went together, that we were still here even if she had gotten herself out she would have been alone. “Our neighbours were amazing. They came over and tried to help, they stayed with Marlene and George while we tried to get things organized. It’s a W ATM NO LE! B A L I A V A
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Editorial Lack of insurance a second tragedy The epidemic round of structure fires experienced in the Similkameen over this past winter have resulted in numerous personal tragedies for those residents affected. Lives have been disrupted, and irreplaceable property lost forever. Fortunately, no lives have been lost. It’s a double tragedy when this type of calamity strikes a property owner who does not have adequate insurance. Many reasons for not purchasing insurance are offered by those affected by a fire’s consequences, from cost to the belief that if one is careful, one doesn’t need insurance. What happens to our property is not always something we have totally under our control, however, and the cost of not being prepared for such a disaster can be devastating, especially for business. Local insurance rates for small businesses and personal property varies depending on the situation, but in most cases is not prohibitively expensive. This protection is not only offered to replace expensive losses, but also to protect the owners from suffering financially from an interuption in business or lifestyle. It’s not easy, or cheap to get involved in a small business in today’s economy, and we understand the onerous expenses one must make just to open the doors. But no matter how careful we are, we cannot protect ourselves from every negative event that might occur. Looking at the consequences of the many recent fire events in the Similkameen, insurance should not only seem like a good idea, but a necessity as well.
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Prescription pot pretense ending By Tom Fletcher Black Press On April 1, medical marijuana growing licences expire across the country, and only licensed commercial growers will be able to legally fill a prescription for pot. Ottawa is moving to clean up the mess it created by issuing medical licences all over the country. Since then, municipalities have complained that smallscale medical licences have been greatly exceeded, with many used as fronts for a criminal drug trade that has made B.C. infamous around the world. How big is the problem? There are about 38,000 Canadians licensed to carry marijuana for medical purposes, and half of them live in B.C. Their permission to grow their own or buy it from designated small-scale growers is withdrawn in a couple of months. Here’s a look at the community level. Police in the Fraser Valley suburb of Maple Ridge estimate that
it alone has 500 properties licensed to grow pot. No, Maple Ridge is not a world hotspot for glaucoma or arthritis. It is historically known for its secluded properties and as a base for B.C.’s prison system and the province’s Hells Angels. Police have only an estimate because Ottawa’s bungled medical pot scheme conceals the location of licensed growers from provincial and local governments. RCMP Insp. Dave Fleugel told Maple Ridge council last week that his detachment will first target medical growers they know are linked to organized crime. But it’s difficult to determine which are legal and which are not. “This has the potential to cripple the courts,” Fleugel said. “Something is going to have to take a back seat if we are going to go after all of them.” The police and fire department have proposed an amnesty or grace period, allowing people to disclose their location and
have it properly dismantled without penalty, to help deal with the volume. This mess was created by Ottawa in response to a court ruling that forced them to make medical pot available. The Harper government remains trapped in a failed war-on-drugs mentality that prevents any innovation or even common sense. Then there is the circus in Vancouver, where self-styled princes of pot exploit the confusion of the medical marijuana law to run an Amsterdam-style retail trade. Cannabis Culture, the pot and propaganda empire built by Marc Emery before he was jailed in the U.S., rants about the government’s “war on patients,” amid garish ads for “pot by post” and exotic weed varieties. “By Health Canada’s own estimate, the cost will increase from $5 per gram to $8.80 per gram – going up by nearly 400 per cent,” its website warns. Apparently smoking lots of weed
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really is bad for your math skills. Dana Larsen, who spearheaded the ill-conceived and failed decriminalization petition last year, heads up the serious-looking “Medical Cannabis Dispensary.” Its official-looking forms have a long list of conditions where only a confirmation of diagnosis is required. In addition to genuine conditions such as side effects of chemotherapy, it includes anxiety, psoriasis, spinal cord injury and even “substance addictions/withdrawal.” And did you know you can get a vet’s note to buy medical pot for your pet? Larsen has boasted about the exotic offerings of his stores, including “watermelon hash oil” at $150 for 2.5 grams. Wow man, that’s like 400 million per cent higher! Fittingly, this farce goes back underground on April Fool’s Day. Medical users can only order shipments from an approved commercial producer.
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Smartmeters bypassed consultative process
To the Editor: In mid 2011 the Gordon Campbell Liberal government passed legislation through its majority in the House called “The Clean Energy Act,” or Bill-17. This draconian piece of legislation gave birth to the “smartmeter” or AMI as they now call it. Section 17 required BC Hydro to have smartmeters installed and have operating in every home and buisness in B.C. by the end of 2012, they missed that.
It also removed smartmeters and other capital projects from being srutinized by the BC Utilities Commission. These projects had a estimated cost of over $8 billion over four years. This paved the way for BC Hydro smartmeter rollouts before any analysis of the $1 billion expenditures was done. This jumping the gun is typical for these kind of capital projects here in B.C. George Venables, Cawston
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Community’s generous spirit helped aid fire recovery To the Editor: Many years ago I and my family suffered a house fire and lost everything we owned. We could not believe how the community stepped in with offers of assistance and donations. Recently we have witnessed the same community generosity extended towards other fire victims in our
community. This is truly the strength of the community. Recently, Jennifer of The Paw Spa suffered a total loss of her business through fire. I am wondering if the business community will step up and offer her the same assistance as the general public does with their victims. Sincerely, Wayne Kerr, Keremeos
House insurance not quite the same today as in 1930s To the Editor: Around 1935 or so, my sister and mother were rendering animal fat in the oven just after butchering. While doing that they were also doing their washing in the kitchen with an old tub full of washing. The fat in the oven became too hot and exploded, blowing the oven door open. They closed it, and it blew open again, the fire going up to the ceiling and burning all the curtains off the wall. It blackened the kitchen. They ran outside and called to my brother who was fixing a telephone wire up a pole in the yard.
He would not come down, as he thought they were playing a trick on him. So they went back in the house and took the tub of water and threw it in the oven. The fire went out, but it left the whole kitchen black. Times were tough, but dad had enough fire insurance to buy a few cans of paint. We had to scrape all that black off those walls and repaint the whole area. What a job that was. Fire insurance then was not like it is today. This is a very true story. Wilf Miller, Keremeos
Family Day and Valentine’s Day are “kissing cousins” By Ron Shonk RCMP VIctim Services Coordinator Last Monday, February 10, was Family Day. I missed it. I doubt that I was the only one to do so. It’s a fairly new statuary holiday, and many calendars don’t yet list it. Nor do we talk about it much, or prepare for it, or have pre-established rituals around it, as we do with many other major holidays. And, after all, this year it was eclipsed by the major religious Super Bowl Sunday just the week before! I’m thinking it should not be a once-a-year day anyway. That’s not enough. I’m thinking about the too many families I encounter in my work as our local RCMP Victim Services coordinator. The wives or husbands and children who live in fear of their abusive spouse or dad or mom, who may explode at any time and through words or deeds threaten or belittle or physically harm them. We call it domestic abuse, or domestic violence. When such violence erupts in a household, it’s a Bad Family Day. And it’s remembered and anticipated every day after by the victimized recipients. They know it can be repeated any time, and without any warning. It has no special place on the calendar. I pray for the day when it no longer even exists, anywhere, on any calendar, in any family. In the meantime, let me remind our valley residents of some of the local resources that help address this kind of
violence: (1) 911 or RCMP 250-499-5511. (2) RCMP Victim Services 250-499-5511. (3) Stop The Violence Women’s Counseling, Children Who Witness Abuse Counseling, Family Support Program, Child and Youth Mental Health Services 250-499-2352. (4) Change For Good Counseling (for abusers who want help their abusive behaviors) 250488-5939. (5) The Lower Similkameen Proactive Violence Prevention Project (community education, awareness, and action) 250-499-2352. Or contact me to learn more about any of these resources. The bright side is the hint that we may be making progress. My program, for instance, shows a sharp decline in domestic violence clients in the last year – from a previous 53 per cent of my caseload to under 30 per cent. This Friday is Valentine’s Day. I won’t miss it. But I’m thinking that it also should not be once-a-year. How about extending it to every day, and expanding it from romance to the broader loves of human compassion and indiscriminate kindness? That, in fact, would be the best way to stop the violence – to end bad family days, and to make all days Happy Family Days. Here, in the simply profound words of Joshua, age eight, is a Valentine thought for all of us: “I think we all kind of invent love when we’re nice to each other.” Ron Shonk is the Coordinator for the Proactive Violence Prevention Project, services provided through LSCSS – Lower Similkameen Community Services
A day to focus on love… Valentine’s Day Contributed by Donna Marie Hockley A day to focus on love… Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day can be one of the happiest days of the year, or it can be one of the loneliest days. It can be a reminder of what we long to feel from someone in our life. Love is all around us, yet so many people young and old, may not “feel it”. Whether it is a couple with marriage struggles or desperate parents at wit’s end of what to do with their acting out” child or teenager; from my professional background, I could often trace most issues that people came to see me about, right back to someone not feeling loved. Often kids
and especially teenagers would act out their frustration, if they did not “feel loved” by their parents. I also speak from my own personal experience. During my teen years, I was a handful especially for my mom. Why? I didn’t “feel loved”, so I started searching for groups of kids to feel accepted, which got me into all sorts of mischief. Did my mom love me? Absolutely! But she didn’t know how to communicate it in a way that would reach my heart. In my early 40’s, I read a book that changed my life. It was called “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman. Chapman wrote about a concept of how we all express and continued on page 16
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Keremeos village council mulls over notices of motion By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com Keremeos Village Council received a briefing from Regional District Okanagan Similkameen’s Finance Officer Sandy Croteau
regarding the village’s 2014 RDOS budget requisition at the regular council meeting on February 3. A new line item to the Keremeos requistion this year is funding for the
Similkameen Valley Visitors Information Centre, operational costs that are shared jointly with Electoral Areas “G” and “B.” (Prior to this year’s budget, funding for the centre came through the
grant in aid process). Residents of the village will see increases in spending for the rec facility, the garbage dump and shared services accounting for the biggest increase in
tax revenue. Keremeos’ total requisition comes in this year at $302,936 which is $26,434 higher than last year. The increase amounts to an average of $29 per
household. Croteau also noted that assessment values in Keremeos were also down this year, more than in other parts of the region. Council adopted changes to the
building bylaw, in addition to adopting two fees and changes bylaws (for sewer and building infractions). The municipal ticket information bylaw
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Winter allows rare opportunity after Skaha Lake freezes over Unusual mix of temperature and weather conditions make Skaha Lake the South Similkameen’s biggest skating rink By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com
Sickle Point. Roughly a dozen of Kaleden’s youth took to the ice with sticks, skates and pucks after clearing a rink in the sheltered ice of Sickle Point. Others took to the open ice of Skaha Lake itself, where skaters could glide for kilometres. “My ankles are getting tired from all the skating,” admitted Jake Stocker of Kaleden, after leading several friends back from Banbury Point and beyond, midway continued on page 16
Sunday, February 9 saw several dozen members of the Kaleden community gather on the shoreline of Skaha Lake for an impromptu skating party. Cold temperatures combined with calm days and nights last week resulted in Skaha Lake freezing over almost completely - an event that was apparently common enough in pioneer days, but has rarely happened in the past twenty years. Shortly after noon on Sunday, several pickup trucks laden with hockey gear, food and camping gear made their way Photo by Steve Arstad down to the Kaleden shoreAnya and Shea Baxter of Kaleden were out on the ice last Sunday. line just south of
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Hurry – contest closes midnight Feb. 21, 2014 . . . go to this newspaper’s website and click on contests or visit http://bit.ly/3j767hq
231 Athletes, 50 Coaches, and 31 Officials from the Thompson - Okanagan (Zone 2) will be at the Mission 2014 BC Winter Games February 20 - 23.
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Submit an entry by telling us how hockey, your team or a favourite player has inspired you.
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Students of the month Students of the month at Similkameen Elementary Secondary School were, from left: Joseph Wiebe, Derek Brunton, Dillan Odinson and Kiarah Klippenstein.
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Celebrate & Worship with us Karen Watson shovels more of that white stuff on Thursday, January 30 on Seventh Avenue. Many Keremeos residents were less than ecstatic to see a return to winter recently, but warmer temperatures should be back in Keremeos by the end of this week.
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Film industry is developing, says Okanagan Film Commission Animation industry growing locally By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com Jon Summerland of the Okanagan Film Commission discussed the past year’s activities with regional district directors on February 6. Some of the biggest movies ever filmed in the Okanagan took place in 2014, Summerland told the board, with the prospect of 10 more major films planned for this year. “A Coffin for Patrick Tate,” a major feature film is planned for a fall shoot at the Elkink ranch west of Osoyoos, Summerland reported. The film will be shot at the western town built on the Elkink property in 2010 for the movie “Gunless.” Summerland said the Okanagan Film Commission was working with Okanagan College to develop an animation program cirriculum. “These are good jobs,” he said, “animation is becoming a huge industry, the pay starts at $25,000 annually and averages $65,000. “It’s a bit of a sweatshop, but it is a clean industry.” Cathedral Park was among locations scouted by Summerland last year. A major
television show will be shot on location in the park in the near future. Scouts visiting the region include agents from Disney, Warner, Legendary, Paramount and Bright Light Pictures. “A lot of people are saying nice things about us,” Summerland said adding the commission was trying to create a local “industry within the industry.” He noted an increasing incentive for movie producers to locate in the South Okanagan Similkameen came from the 400 local crew now living in the region, from Oscar winners to volunteers. “A number of animation studios have also located here,” he concluded, “movies are increasingly being made with an animation component to them. “It’s the way to go.” The Okanagan Film Commission received a $24,000 grant from the Regional District Okangan Similkameen in 2013. Summerland did not make a specific request during his presentation on Thursday. Funding for the commission comes from the Regional Districts of the North Okanagan, Central Okanagan, OkanaganSimilkameen and the Boundary Economic Development Committee. Additional funding is provided through the Province of British Columbia.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 53 (OKANAGAN SIMILKAMEEN) NOTICE OF KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION January 13 - March 14, 2014 1. Children who will be five years old by December 31, 2014, may begin their first year of Primary (Full Day Kindergarten) in September, 2014. These will be children who were born in 2009. Parents or guardians may register these new students from Monday, January 13 to Friday, March 14, 2014 at the following schools: Cawston Primary Okanagan Falls Elementary Oliver Elementary Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary Osoyoos Elementary YouLearn
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 53 (OKANAGAN SIMILKAMEEN) PARENTS OF GRADE 1 TO 12 STUDENTS REGISTERING OR REQUESTING A CHANGE OF SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 2014 Parents or guardians may enroll their son or daughter in an educational program at any school in our district, as outlined in Section 74.1 of the School Act, and providing there is space available in the respective grade. Registrations prior to June 13, 2014 will be accepted on a first come, first served and availability basis. Beginning June 16, 2014, registrations will be accepted in the following priority order as per section 74.6 of the School Act: (a) a catchment area child who, in the previous school year, attended the school at which the educational program is made available; (b) a catchment area child; (c) a non-catchment area child; (d) a non-school district child
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DUCK DYNASTY SISTER WIVES 10:30 PM MOVIE Rambo 10:35 THE WEST BLOCK FAMILY GUY 30 ROCK MOVIE Race to Witch Mountain DEATH: A PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING BONES DUCK DYNASTY MONDAY, FEB 17 14
7:00 PM ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT INSIDE EDITION JEOPARDY! VIKINGS TWENTY TWELVE RED CARPET READY HOPE FOR WILDLIFE TO BE ANNOUNCED PIX11 NEWS TWO AND A HALF MEN AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS MODERN FAMILY MIKE & MOLLY THE BIG BANG THEORY FEHERTY LEAVE IT TO BRYAN PAWN STARS THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA AIRPORT 24/7: MIAMI BITTEN STORAGE HUNTERS SOCHI 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS Curling BERING SEA GOLD: UNDER THE ICE THE BIG BANG THEORY HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO 7:30 PM THE INSIDER ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT CANADA ACCESS HOLLYWOOD WHEEL OF FORTUNE WASHINGTON GROWN THE BIG BANG THEORY TWO AND A HALF MEN SEINFELD COMEDY NOW LEAVE IT TO BRYAN PAWN STARS AIRPORT 24/7: MIAMI STORAGE WARS TEXAS HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO 8:00 PM THE BACHELOR ALMOST HUMAN HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER SOCHI 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS Figure Skating Ice Dancing Gold Medal, Snowboarding (M) Snowboard Cross Gold Medal, Freestyle Skiing (M) Aerials Gold Medal, Ski Jumping (M) Team K-125 Large Hill Gold Medal ANTIQUES ROADSHOW MASTERCHEF CANADA WARTIME FARM THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW STAR-CROSSED AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS FAMILY GUY MOVIE Eight Days to Live JUST FOR LAUGHS: ALL ACCESS GOLF CENTRAL HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL PAWN STARS FOOD FACTORY BORDER SECURITY: CANADA’S FRONT LINE INNERSPACE STORAGE WARS HOW IT’S MADE INTERVENTION CAKE BOSS 8:30 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS SPORTSCENTRE FAMILY GUY HOUSE HUNTERS PAWN STARS FOOD FACTORY BORDER SECURITY: CANADA’S FRONT LINE CASTLE STORAGE WARS HOW IT’S MADE CAKE BOSS 9:00 PM PARENTHOOD MIKE & MOLLY SOCHI 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS Curling Tiebreaker ANTIQUES ROADSHOW THE FOLLOWING THE DIVINE MICHELANGELO
SEINFELD BEAUTY AND THE BEAST PARKS AND RECREATION AMERICAN DAD BIG BREAK FLORIDA ISLAND HUNTERS PAWN STARS FRIENDS BAGGAGE BATTLES STORAGE WARS MYTHBUSTERS INTERVENTION HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO 9:30 PM MOM REPO GAMES THAT’S HOCKEY 2 NITE SEINFELD PARKS AND RECREATION MOVIE Envy SEINFELD BIG BREAK FLORIDA ISLAND HUNTERS PAWN STARS FRIENDS BAGGAGE BATTLES STAR TREK: VOYAGER STORAGE WARS HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO 10:00 PM CASTLE VIKINGS INTELLIGENCE REPO GAMES NEWS HOUR FINAL INDEPENDENT LENS ARCHITECTS OF CHANGE SPORTSCENTRE FRIENDS KTLA 5 NEWS AT 10 30 ROCK ALBERTA PRIMETIME SEINFELD FEHERTY ISLAND HUNTERS PAWN STARS THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA AIRPORT 24/7: MIAMI STORAGE HUNTERS SPORTSNET CONNECTED BERING SEA GOLD: UNDER THE ICE FOX 28 NEWS FIRST INTERVENTION CAKE BOSS 10:30 PM REPO GAMES 10:45 SOCHI 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS FAMILY GUY 30 ROCK PARKS AND RECREATION ISLAND HUNTERS PAWN STARS AIRPORT 24/7: MIAMI BEING HUMAN STORAGE WARS TEXAS 10:35 MODERN FAMILY CAKE BOSS TUESDAY, FEB 18 14
7:00 PM ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT INSIDE EDITION MOVIE Death Sentence JEOPARDY! VIKINGS AMERICAN EXPERIENCE ETALK FRONTIERS OF CONSTRUCTION PIX11 NEWS TWO AND A HALF MEN HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER MODERN FAMILY MIKE & MOLLY THE BIG BANG THEORY CANADA’S HANDYMAN CHALLENGE PAWN STARS UK THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM OPPOSITE WORLDS STORAGE HUNTERS SOCHI 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS YUKON MEN THE BIG BANG THEORY STORAGE WARS TEXAS 900 POUND MAN: THE RACE AGAINST TIME 7:30 PM THE INSIDER ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT CANADA ACCESS HOLLYWOOD WHEEL OF FORTUNE THE BIG BANG THEORY TWO AND A HALF MEN RULES OF ENGAGEMENT SEINFELD COMEDY NOW INSIDE THE PGA TOUR STORAGE WARS TEXAS STORAGE WARS TEXAS 8:00 PM
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MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. NCIS SOCHI 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS Alpine Skiing (W) Giant Slalom Gold Medal, Freestyle Skiing (M) Halfpipe Gold Medal, Bobsleigh (W), Short Track Speed Skating (W) 3000m Relay Gold Medal AMERICAN EXPERIENCE GALLIPOLI’S DEEP SECRETS THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW THE VAMPIRE DIARIES HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER FAMILY GUY AMERICAN IDOL THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART GOLF CENTRAL HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL RESTORATION GARAGE MONEY MORON MUSEUM SECRETS INNERSPACE STORAGE WARS DANGEROUS FLIGHTS TO BE ANNOUNCED MY 600-LB LIFE 8:30 PM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER FAMILY GUY THE COLBERT REPORT INSIDE THE PGA TOUR HOUSE HUNTERS MONEY MORON CASTLE STORAGE WARS 9:00 PM THE GOLDBERGS NCIS: LOS ANGELES SOCHI 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS 9:15 SOCHI 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS Snowboarding (M, W) Parallel Giant Slalom FRONTLINE EMERGENCY ROOM: LIFE AND DEATH AT VGH SPORTSCENTRE SEINFELD STAR-CROSSED PARKS AND RECREATION AMERICAN DAD AT MIDNIGHT GOLF CLASSICS 2013 Accenture Match Play Championship PGA TIMBER KINGS PAWN STARS FRIENDS MONUMENTAL MYSTERIES DUCK DYNASTY GOLD RUSH STORAGE WARS 900 POUND MAN: THE RACE AGAINST TIME 9:30 PM TROPHY WIFE MOVIE Death Wish SEINFELD PARKS AND RECREATION MOVIE Fracture SEINFELD PAWN STARS FRIENDS STAR TREK: VOYAGER DUCK COMMANDER STORAGE WARS 10:00 PM KILLER WOMEN VIKINGS PERSON OF INTEREST NEWS HOUR FINAL EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES SPORTSCENTRE FRIENDS KTLA 5 NEWS AT 10 30 ROCK
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ALBERTA PRIMETIME SEINFELD CANADA’S HANDYMAN CHALLENGE AMERICAN RESTORATION THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM STORAGE HUNTERS SPORTSNET CONNECTED YUKON MEN FOX 28 NEWS FIRST STORAGE WARS MY 600-LB LIFE 10:30 PM FAMILY GUY 30 ROCK PARKS AND RECREATION AMERICAN RESTORATION FACE OFF STORAGE WARS TEXAS 10:35 MODERN FAMILY STORAGE WARS WEDNESDAY, FEB 19 14
7:00 PM ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT INSIDE EDITION COPS JEOPARDY! VIKINGS NATURE THE TOMORROW PEOPLE WATERFRONT CITIES OF THE WORLD PIX11 NEWS TWO AND A HALF MEN RULES OF ENGAGEMENT MODERN FAMILY MIKE & MOLLY THE BIG BANG THEORY HAWAII LIFE CAJUN PAWN STARS KING OF THE NERDS EXTREME SPECIALS OPPOSITE WORLDS STORAGE HUNTERS SOCHI 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS Curling Semifinal CLOSE ENCOUNTERS THE BIG BANG THEORY TO BE ANNOUNCED MY 600-LB LIFE 7:30 PM THE INSIDER ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT CANADA ACCESS HOLLYWOOD COPS WHEEL OF FORTUNE TO BE ANNOUNCED TWO AND A HALF MEN RULES OF ENGAGEMENT SEINFELD THE BIG BANG THEORY MEN AT WORK HAWAII LIFE CAJUN PAWN STARS STORAGE WARS TEXAS CLOSE ENCOUNTERS 8:00 PM THE MIDDLE MOVIE Year One HAWAII FIVE-0 COPS SOCHI 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS Figure Skating (W) Short Program, Alpine Skiing (M) Giant Slalom Gold Medal, Bobsleigh (W) Gold Medal, Snowboarding (M) Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Medal NOVA ARROW WILD CHINA THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FAMILY GUY AMERICAN IDOL
Weather history for February 13 2013
High 10.7°C Low -2.5°C
33 km max wind gust 0 mm total precip. Average Temperatures
Max. 4.0°C
Min. -3.1°C
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60% chance of showers High +6 Low -1
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Highest & Lowest Temp. (1942-2012) 12.5°C (1979) -21.7°C (1949) Most snow on the ground (1955-2012)
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THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL RESTORATION GARAGE LOST AND SOLD EXTREME MIAMI HOTSPOTS INNERSPACE STORAGE WARS HOW IT’S MADE TO BE ANNOUNCED HOARDING: BURIED ALIVE 8:30 PM SUBURGATORY COPS RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FAMILY GUY THE COLBERT REPORT HOUSE HUNTERS LOST AND SOLD CASTLE STORAGE WARS HOW IT’S MADE 9:00 PM MODERN FAMILY CRIMINAL MINDS JAIL SOCHI 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS SUPER SKYSCRAPERS LANG LANG AT SCHÖNBRUNN PALACE SEINFELD THE TOMORROW PEOPLE PARKS AND RECREATION AMERICAN DAD AT MIDNIGHT BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT PAWN STARS FRIENDS EXTREME RVS DOG & BETH: ON THE HUNT DUDE, YOU’RE SCREWED STORAGE WARS MY 600-LB LIFE 9:30 PM SUPER FUN NIGHT
JAIL SEINFELD PARKS AND RECREATION MEET THE BROWNS SEINFELD ISLAND HUNTERS PAWN STARS FRIENDS STAR TREK: VOYAGER STORAGE WARS 10:00 PM NASHVILLE VIKINGS CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION JAIL NEWS HOUR FINAL WARRIORS SPORTSCENTRE FRIENDS KTLA 5 NEWS AT 10 30 ROCK HOUSE OF PAYNE ALBERTA PRIMETIME SEINFELD HAWAII LIFE AMERICAN RESTORATION KING OF THE NERDS EXTREME SPECIALS STORAGE HUNTERS SPORTSNET CONNECTED SALVAGE HUNTERS FOX 28 NEWS FIRST DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER HOARDING: BURIED ALIVE 10:30 PM JAIL FAMILY GUY 30 ROCK MEET THE BROWNS AT MIDNIGHT GOLF CENTRAL HAWAII LIFE AMERICAN RESTORATION HEROES OF COSPLAY STORAGE WARS TEXAS 10:35 MODERN FAMILY DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER
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Keremeos Legion members Past President Bev Remizove and Executive member Rick Luxon presented a number of Similkameen Elementary Secondary School’s elementary students with certificates for their entries in the Legion’s annual Remembrance Day literary contest at a recent assembly in the elementary school gym. Students receiving first and second place awards were, from left to right: Jasmin Gill, Mehak Mundi, Ashley Mair, Tyson Duangpanya, Sofia Zebroff, Megan Freeman, Heidi Bosscha, Jack Weber, Naomi Antler, Rashmi Hundal and Josie Hillman.
VICE PRINCIPALS LIST Jazlyn Agar Aliya Bickner Garrett Bishop Hassan Brar Parmeet Brar Caroline Brunton Cedar Carter Katelyn Forner Simran Gill Alex Helm Chase Mair Kalyx Malek-Parker Nicole Matthews Chelsea Matzick Dharmpreet Mundi Ainsley Neilson Aija Otto Samantha Passmore Brody Porter Payton Pozzobon Evan Reichl Calaya Simpson Max Todd Taya Vissia Sydney Wabnegger Savanna Yamamoto Sasha Zebroff Jori Bishop Sandy Gill Hardeep Hundal Azalya Klippenstein Skye Kotyk Alana Leask Cassidy Mantle Kisa Minshull Madison Schneider Taylor Thompson Bailey Vesper Devin Watts Matthew Wilkinson Noah Beglaw Gurneet Bhathal James Bottemiller Ranjeet Brar Nicole Brunton
Sukhman Gill Bailey Hillman Mackenzie Lawrence Sierra MacKay Kudrat Mundi Holland Potash Madi Roberts Manreet Sandhu Kassidy Todd Elijah Vesprey Micah Vesprey William Wiley Sierra Yamamoto Billy Adams Shaymus Dainard Neve Dhaliwal Jamie Forner Katie Frasch Ivan Gibbs Waylon Hanes Sylvia Harvey Ursula Herder Robin Hunt Emerveer Khosa Gagandeep Lasser Jayda Parrott-Lamb Haley Porter William Sanders Jagdeep Sumal Chance Wabnegger Misha Zebroff Tajinder Brar Gurpreet ChauhanWade Skye Eriksen Jasman Gill Tanisha Jenkins Sanpreet Lidhar Kelsey Mantle Richard Morgan Emma Roberts Tina Schaefer Jenna Sipponen Nicole Teal
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PRINCIPALS LIST Jazlyn Agar Garrett Bishop Parmeet Brar Caroline Brunton Cedar Carter Katelyn Forner Simran Gill Alex Helm Ahmad Jalil Chase Mair Ainsley Neilson Aija Otto Samantha Passmore Brody Porter Payton Pozzobon Evan Reichl Calaya Simpson Max Todd Taya Vissia Sydney Wabnegger Savanna Yamamoto Sasha Zebroff Jori Bishop Kiefer Bosscha Esther Cottrill Sunny Gill Hardeep Hundal Azalya Klippenstein Skye Kotyk Alana Leask Cassidy Mantle Madison Schneider Taylor Thompson
Bailey Vesper Sara Vriends Matthew Wilkinson Ranjeet Brar Nicole Brunton Sukhman Gill Mackenzie Lawrence Sierra MacKay Kudrat Mundi Holland Potash Madi Roberts Kassidy Todd Elijah Vesprey Sierra Yamamoto Amrit Dhaliwal Jamie Forner Katie Frasch Ivan Gibbs Sylvia Harvey Ursula Herder Emerveer Khosa Gagandeep Lasser Haley Porter Chance Wabnegger Misha Zebroff Tajinder Brar Skye Eriksen Jasman Gill Kelsey Mantle Emma Roberts Tina Schaefer Jenna Sipponen
HONOUR ROLL Tyrell Allison Aliya Bickner Hassan Brar Joshua Chaicomdee Simran Dhaliwal Kalyx Malek-Parker Chelsea Matzick Dharmpreet Mundi Travis Walta Quinn Cunningham Sarah Gray Dexter Jackson Michelyn Lepage Kisa Minshull Logan Rabe Aiden Sharpe-Stewart Jarod Smith Devin Watts Noah Beglaw Gurneet Bhathal James Bottemiller Natalie Corbett Jetson Gibbs Lovedeep Gill Sandy Gill Bailey Hillman Arjan Lidher Denver Parisien-Hockey Joshua Pozzobon Caroline Stewart Reiley Terbasket Madison TerbasketWinser
Micah Vesprey Billy Adams Jyoti Boparai Shaymus Dainard Neve Dhaliwal Amrit Dhaliwal Ashley Freeman Waylon Hanes Robin Hunt Stephen Mantle Tabitha Oliver Cheyenne Prince William Sanders Dylan Secord Jagdeep Sumal Gurpreet ChauhanWade Erica Flynn Tanisha Jenkins Cassie Leake Sanpreet Lidhar Alex Rousseu Nicole Teal
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The moons of other planets For centuries the only moon we could see details on was ours. The moons of other planets were dots or at most tiny discs, even through our largest telescopes. We tried to guess what they were like using our Moon as an example. However, we did not consider something that is equally familiar to us, especially if we live by the ocean - the tides. Our ideas were based on the idea that the only thing warming up the moons of the planets in our Solar System is sunlight. Therefore, as we get further from the Sun, we would expect moons to get colder and colder. Moons orbiting beyond the orbit of Mars would be cold enough for water to be perpetually frozen and just another rock mineral. Further out, gases would also become liquids. Finally, far out from the Sun, all gases other than perhaps helium would be solids. The moons orbiting far from the Sun would be dark, very cold, and devoid of any life forms we could visualize. Then, in the 1970s we started sending space probes out through the Solar System to see the outer planets and their
moons close up, and got a lot of surprises. Some of the moons turned out to be as expected, while others were definitely not. Our Earth and Moon pull at each other. Since the gravitational attraction increases rapidly with decreasing distance, the Moon pulls at the oceans on the side of Earth facing it more strongly than it pulls at the Earth, so the ocean is pulled up into a bump, and the land up into a much smaller bump. It also pulls the Earth more strongly than the ocean on the other side, so the Earth is pulled away from that ocean leaving it to form a second bump. As the Earth rotates, we pass through one of those bumps every 12 hours. We see this as the ocean level rising and falling twice a day as the tides. This kneading of the Earth and oceans liberates heat, and is gradually slowing the Earth’s rotation. The Earth has done the same thing to the Moon, with the result that the Moon no longer rotates with respect to the Earth, and we see the same face of the Moon all the time. The tidal situation is far more spectacular for the moons of the giant planets. Io is the closest moon to Jupiter. Since it lies so far from the Sun, we would expect it to be frozen, but the tidal forces exerted on it by the giant planet kneads the moon so strongly that the heat released drives great volcanoes, spewing forth lakes of molten sulphur and other materials. Io is the most volcanic object in the Solar System. Europa, the next moon out, is less strongly heated. However, there is enough
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heat to maintain under a thick layer of ice a deep, dark ocean. Some of this heat is likely to drive hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, just like the ones on the beds of our deep oceans. Here on Earth those vents support communities of strange animals; this could also be the case on Europa, hence our great interest in that world. Ganymede and Callisto, although further from Jupiter, are still suspected to have oceans under their icy surfaces. Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, has a smoggy atmosphere loaded with nitrogen and hydrocarbons, with hydrocarbon lakes and rivers on its surface. Enceladus, another of Saturn’s moons is suspected of being similar to Europa. Titania and Oberon, two of the larger moons of Uranus, the next planet out from the Sun, are suspected to have liquid water inside them. Triton, the largest moon of Neptune, the eighth planet out from the Sun, has active volcanoes on its surface, ejecting material kilometres into space. Two of the lessons to be learned from this are firstly, in putting together theories we often do not pay enough attention to the obvious, and secondly, there is absolutely no substitute for going out there for a close look. Venus rises about 5 a.m. Jupiter, second only to Venus in brightness, still dominates the sky for much of the night. Mars rises around 11p.m. and Saturn at 1a.m. The
Moon will be full on the 14th. Ken Tapping is an astronomer with the National Research Council’s Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Penticton.
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BROADCASTING SICKNESS & H5N1 - H1N1 By Alexis Costello, Kelowna BC
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So what can we do? (Continued from last week) First of all, stop eating sugar. I know it’s hard to see the connection, but sugar drastically inhibits immune function. WebMD says: “Eating or drinking too much sugar curbs immune system cells that attack bacteria. This effect lasts for at least a few hours after downing a couple of sugary drinks.” While this article mentions bacteria specifically, the same holds true for virus. The article goes on to mention foods that can have a healthful effect on immunity, including fresh garlic, which may help fight viruses and bacteria, and old-fashioned chicken soup. “If you do come down with a cold or the flu, a bowl of chicken soup can help you get well faster, one study shows. Some mushroom varieties -- such as reishi, maitake, and shiitake -may also help your immune system.” Go back to basics. While there are always plenty of supplements on the shelves designed to help enhance immune function, basics like vitamin A, zinc, bioflavonoids and high doses of vitamin C are always helpful, inexpensive and easy to take. One herbal supplement that I particularly love for flu prevention is Sambuguard, made with elderberry concentrate and extracts from other immune boosting herbs such as Echinacea. This can be mixed with hot water to make a tea that kids can sip on if they have trouble swallowing vitamins (there are two formulas – kids and adult blends). Remember not to give in to fear. What is harder on the human body than almost anything else? Stress. Stress hormones create inflammation, lower production of killer T-cells of macrophages, disrupts sleep (which inhibits immune response), and generally keeps you from being able to cope. So if the sniffles start, or your kids start complaining about sore throats, take some deep breaths and keep calm, rather than becoming worried about flu statistics. Part of this is making an informed choice about whether or not to have a flu shot and then not allowing others to bully you or make you feel guilty for your decision either way. The choice is yours to make and second guessing yourself is only going to send those aforementioned stress hormones through the roof! So tonight, try a pot of homemade chicken soup filled with garlic, pepper and onions. Make yourself a cup of tea and turn off the news. It’s a prescription for better health. Alexis’ Bio: Alexis Costello is a natural health practitioner specializing in applied kinesiology, Bach Flower Remedies, massage and herbology. Her ‘passion for plants’ brought her and her family to Costa Rica for six months of adventure studying herbs in the rainforest; learning everything she could from ‘curanderos’, medicine men, shaman and the local folk medicine. Alexis also runs a fun integrated learning/healing centre called Happily Holistic in Kelowna, Okanagan, BC. Alexis Costello is a proud mommy to ten-year-old twins and a brand new baby. She wants to help other holistic mamas and kids to be their best in this wild world. In the ‘Parenting Tips’ column she write about children’s health. Alexis formerly wrote a column on ‘Nutrition’ and “Wandering Herbalist” for OK in Health. This article is of the copyright of OK in Health and the author; any reproduction, duplication and transmission of the article are to have prior written approval by OK in Health or the authorThese articles are provided by OK In Health eMagazine. To sign up for your free eMagazine go to www.OKinHealth.com for more great articles, events, recipes, and more. This column and articles are provided by OK In Health. Come visit HYPERLINK “http://www.OKinHealth.com” www.OKinHealth.com Your on-line community events and wellness magazineGet Connected! Sign up for your FREE monthly OK In Health’s E-Magazine.OK In Health - Your Wellness Community at Your Finger-Tips!
In 1952, polio killed over 47,000 people in the U.S. In 1955 the first polio vaccine became available for injection. It was discovered by Dr. Jonas Salk. It was used in massed inoculations and saved thousands of lives. The oral Sabin vaccine was available in 1957 and is still used today worldwide and still saving lives.
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Pharmacists learn much in school about how drugs work and how long it takes for a dose to “peak” in the body. This knowledge helps us to advise you on the best time to take the drug. For example, if you wake with arthritic stiffness in the morning, it can be better to take a dose of an anti-inflammatory drug at night. We will let you know how to take your medication to get the best effect. Caffeine is a chemical in many beverages that can adversely affect sleep. It takes about one and a half hours for the caffeine to peak in the body then takes from 3-7 hours for the caffeine to be excreted in the urine. People metabolize drugs at different rates so if you have sleep problems, don’t use any caffeine after 4 pm.
MALARIA VACCINE CLOSER TO REALITY
Malaria kills almost 800,000 people world-wide each year. A malaria vaccine is becoming closer to reality. The vaccine was tested for 12 months in seven African nations and the results showed a 50% reduction in risk. This is a very significant result which means the vaccine will soon be available everywhere. Immunization is one of the biggest advances in all of medical history. If you have any questions or concerns about this subject, our pharmacists are here to help.
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Winter allows rare opportunity / continued from page 10 through Sunday afternoon. The ice, for the most part was exceptional on Sunday, flat and relatively clear of snow. Except for a small patch of open water in the centre of the lake, well beyond the shoreline, Skaha Lake appeared to have reached a safe level of ice thickness for skating. In some places in shallow water around Sickle Point, the ice was clear enough to see the lake bottom. This year marks the first time in
roughly a decade that Skaha Lake has frozen solid. Pioneer accounts recall winters in the early part of the last century when it was a common event. “In the winter of 1909-10 we had to go down to Okanagan Falls three times a week for our mail,” wrote W.H. Corbitt in The History of Kaleden, “the lake being frozen over, we could skate down most of the time.”
continued from page 7 and receive love in one of Five Love Languages. As I studied it, I immediately could see the reason my mom’s expression of love did not reach my heart. She was speaking a totally foreign language to me. A different Love Language. With this new knowledge, I could consciously speak my mother’s Love Language to her, which drastically healed our relationship. As a writer and facilitator of workshops; “The Five Love Lan-
guages” Workshop has been the most often requested workshop that my husband and I do. We will be offering this workshop on a donation basis, which includes the testing to discover your “Love Language” on Sunday February 16 at 2334 Newton Rd in Cawston. (Cawston/Keremeos Seventh Day Adventist Church) It will start at 2 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. For more info, you can call Donna Marie Hockley at 250 462-7523, or to have a seat saved for you, please call Marjorie 250 499-0201.
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news Council / continued from page 9 amendment was also require motels, hotels adopted. and other accomCouncil discussed modation facilities to two separate notice change their phone of motion put forsystems to all 911 ward by Councillor accessibility from Arlow for submisall rooms simply by sion to the Union of dialing 911, as opBC Municipalities. posed to having to The first one redial an outside line quested the province first.
Council voted in favour of the motion, by a three to two margin after some discussion. Mayor Manfred Bauer attempted to point out to council that the motion did not have any scientific data to back up any claims that such
a request would facilitate an emergency response. “We would need to find a way to explain scientifically why this motion is needed, Bauer said, “Otherwise, based on my experience with these matters, I doubt very much it
would pass.” Bauer also expressed reservations about the extra cost such a request might have on lodgekeepers. Councillors Arlow, Thielmann and Evans disagreed, voting in favour of the notice of motion.
The second motion dealt with a request to petition the province to remain on daylight saving time on a permanent basis. Council saw this as less of an issue, with Evans declaring that he didn’t care one way or the other.
“You go to work in the dark, and come home in the dark,” he said. Mayor Bauer suggested that there were probably as many of the public for as there were against the motion, which ultimately went down in defeat.
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