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The Quest Society for Hearing Enhancement has initiatives to assist those with hearing loss in Summerland.

Providing food

The Summerland Food Bank has helped individuals and families in need for the past 30 years.

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Talent show

A talent show next week will provide funding for humanitarian efforts in Africa.

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Top restaurant

A Summerland restaurant has received provincial recognition for excellence.

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Summerlanders will observe VE Day on Sunday to commemorate the surrender of Germany at the end of World War II.

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Summerland council approves controversial land exchange, sending plan to province’s Agricultural Land Commission

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Riley Verge, seven years old, and his grandfather Nick Machuik plant a tree near the creek at the Dale Meadows Sports Complex during the Earth Week celebrations on Sunday. Numerous events with environmental themes were held throughout the past week.

Interim site found to house arts centre The Summerland Community Arts Centre will continue to have a downtown presence despite the loss of its present facility. Municipal administrator Tom Day said the arts centre will occupy the former Willowbrook Lane building on Main Street later this year. A potential location for the Summerland Potters’ Guild is also in the works, he said.

For the past 16 years, the arts centre has occupied the former municipal hall on Main Street. Earlier this year, the municipally-owned building and the adjacent garage were acquired for the new Summerland branch of the Okanagan Regional Library. Construction on the new library branch is scheduled to begin later this year. For

years, the existing library branch on Wharton Street has had problems from a severe lack of space. The building, constructed in 1981, is less than half the size required for a community of this size. Since the announcement was made in late February, representatives of the arts council have had concerns about their future, especially during the transition period.

The fate of Summerland’s proposed Urban Growth Strategy now lies with the Agricultural Land Commission after council approved the controversial plan in a 4-1 decision on Monday evening. Coun. Peter Waterman was the sole opponent of the plan. Coun. Lloyd Christopherson and Coun. Bruce Hallquist, who both own land in the affected area, were not present at the meeting. The two councillors have not been present for any of the discussion, the town hall meeting, the public hearings or the votes on the growth plan. Since early December, the plan has led to strong opposition from some in the community, since it includes an agricultural land exchange. If the provincial land commission approves the plan, a total of 80.34 hectares of land near the core of the community will be removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve, while 91.7 hectares in the Prairie Valley area would be added to the land reserve. Opponents of the land exchange have stated repeatedly that the swap is not fair since the land slated for exclusion is of a much better quality than the land which would be added to the land reserve. The outcome of the vote, before a packed audience, was the same as other votes on the growth plan. Coun. Martin Van Alphen said while he is passionate about agriculture, the growth strategy is a community planning decision. “This is simply a planning issue. Nothing more; nothing less,” he said. “It’s a planning issue that should have been dealt with years ago.” Coun. Orv Robson said the existing growth strategy in Summerland’s Official Community Plan has not worked for the community. Growth has averaged less than one per cent each year since 1996. “It became apparent that changes had to be made to the OCP,” he said. He added that the new plan is a common-sense solution. “This, in my view, is a win-win for everyone,” he said. See GROWTH Page 3

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Food bank to mark 30th anniversary For the past three decades, the Summerland Food Bank has provided groceries to Summerlanders in need. On Saturday afternoon, the food bank will mark its 30th anniversary at the Summerland United Church hall. David Mallory, a

food bank director, said around 80 hampers a month are distributed to Summerland families. Additional hampers are distributed in December each year. Last year’s Christmas hamper program fed 120 people, the same number as the year before.

The need is up from a few years ago, when the food bank distributed 60 hampers a month. Those who use the food bank can get one hamper a month, on Tuesdays. The recipients have a choice in the items they receive. “It’s like shopping for their own food,” Mal-

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lory said. Last year, the food bank served 264 adults and 159 children. Not all are regular users. More than 40 volunteers work with the food bank. Over the years, the facility has changed as the need has increased. In May 2013, the resource centre at the food bank was opened and the food bank expansion was completed. The resource centre helps those who need to access various service agencies.

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Cuts to fix school budget shortfall by Joe Fries Black Press

Support staff will be hardest hit under the Okanagan Skaha School District’s proposed plan to cut the equivalent of 11.5 positions to help slay its $1-million budget deficit. “Everyone within the district is going to be impacted by varying degrees,” secretarytreasurer Bonnie Roller Routley told a public budget meeting Wednesday. “The goal we set at the table, though, was to have the least impact in the classrooms.” Most of the expected shortfall for 2014-15 stems from a 1.5 per cent reduction in the district’s operating grant from the Education Ministry.

The decrease is tied to declining enrolment and will put the expected operating budget at $54.1 million, while expenses are projected to total $55.1 million. To close the gap, the district has proposed a series of job reductions, although the total number of employees who would be affected is still unknown. At least four of the 11.5 fulltime-equivalent cuts — including an electrician, delivery driver and principal — are expected to come from not filling vacant positions and not rehiring after retirements. Other workforce adjustments include partial cuts to clerical staff, custodians and educational assistants, plus elimin-

ating nearly two full teacher positions. The district has also proposed trimming $230,000 from its services and supplies budgets, and draining $75,000 from a pool of funds for professional development, but is planning to leaves its eightmember senior management team intact. “We’ve looked at senior management. At this point, there are no positions we feel can be reduced,” Roller Routley said. Despite assurances the district has done its best to minimize the impact of expected cuts on students, the Canadian Union of Public Employees said kids will no doubt be affected. “CUPE members work directly with students and main-

tain the facilities they use, so cuts to our members will affect the learning environment for all,” unit chairwoman Alison Reigh said in a statement. She added that the union, which was granted unfunded wage increases last year by the B.C. government, is “definitely disappointed that the majority of the proposed budget cuts” are directed at its members. Teachers are also worried about how having fewer CUPE members would impact their work since there will likely be less help available for specialneeds and gifted students. “It’s very sad for teachers that supports are going to be cut,” said Leslea Woodward, president of the Okanagan Skaha Teachers’ Union, add-

ing members are at a loss for ideas for finding cost savings elsewhere. The head of the district parent advisory council said he appreciates that many of the job reductions would be achieved through attrition. “It’s the best of a bad situation,” said Derek Hurst. “We just have to keep lobbying the government to increase education funding,” he continued. Concerns about underfunding aren’t isolated to Okanagan Skaha, said school board chairman Bruce Johnson. School district staff and trustees are still accepting feedback on the budget, which is expected to be adopted in June. Comments can also be made online at www.sd67.bc.ca.

Growth plan approved despite public outcry Continued from Page 1

Coun. Robert Hacking said past community plans have been “unrealistic, unsustainable and unaffordable.” “We need an area to grow our residential population that makes sense,” he said. Coun. Peter Waterman said the quality of the land being added to the Agricultural Land Reserve under the plan is not as good as the land slated for exclusion. He added that the public outcry against the plan had to be considered. “There’s been heavy, reasoned opposition to the proposal,” he said. Since December,

the proposed growth plan has received much criticism from the public. A petition by the Stop the Swap group has generated more than 3,000 signatures, including 1,500 from Summerlanders. Those who have spoken out against the proposal have included developers, real estate professionals, business people and many more. At the last public hearing on April 22, all but one of the speakers were opposed to the proposed plan. Mayor Janice Perrino said the existing growth plan is “the worst example of sprawl there is.” She said all members of council agreed

FOR THE RECORD The letter submitted to the review last week from Erin Carlson was prepared for Stop the Swap by Katie Sardinha. Founding members include Katie Sardinha, Erin Carlson, Alex Thistlewood, Dru Yates, Bart Fieten, Anissa McAlpine and Anastasia Ivanusic.

a new plan was needed. “I want Summerland to be the jewel of the valley,” she said. She added that her role on council is to make the community better for the future, but the decision to approve the growth plan was not a popular decision.

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A no-win situation Summerland’s municipal council has passed third reading of the controversial Urban Growth Strategy, sending the document on to the Agricultural Land Commission for approval. The decision was a difficult one which left council with no good options. The plan was the result of close to a year of public meetings and informationgathering exercises in 2013. Since December, the proposal — in particular the exchange agricultural land — has generated much opposition from the community. The resulting polarization has put the members of municipal council in a no-win situation. Approving the plan, as was done on Monday evening, also means angering the many Summerlanders who believe the plan is a bad choice for the community. The number of people opposed is significant. More than 1,500 Summerlanders signed a petition opposing the land exchange. Rejecting the plan would have left Summerland without a workable plan for future growth. The existing growth plan, in the 2008 Official Community Plan, was ideal for the Summerland Hills Golf Resort, but it did not work for any smaller developments. Furthermore, if council had rejected the plan, questions would be raised about why the municipality hired qualified planners and consultants to create such a plan. Now that the vote has been made, the future of the plan is no longer a Summerland decision. Instead, it is up to the Agricultural Land Commission to determine if the controversial land plan is accepted or rejected. The outcome of that decision will determine how Summerland will grow and develop in the years to come. The decision for the land commission will be just as difficult as it was for the members of Summerland’s council.

Once again Summerland marked Earth Week with an assortment of activities. The week’s activities help to reinforce the importance of the environment for all of us. Arranging this volume of activities is a challenging task. Many hours of volunteer work were spent in the planning, preparation and organization of the activities. Continuing a focus on environmental concerns will benefit us all.

Inconvenient truth of pine beetle VICTORIA – Last week’s column on Earth Day myths attracted a fair amount of criticism. One tireless member of the “Alberta tar sands killing the planet” crowd scolded me for daring to mention that 60 per cent of the oil pollution in the oceans around North America comes from natural seeps. That’s eight times more than all pipe- Tom Fletcher line and tanker spills combined, and it’s been going on 24 hours a day for the last 10,000 years or so. This fact blows another hole in the carefully crafted narrative that only Canadian oil exports to Asia would destroy our delicate ecosystems. That narrative is why the daily Alaska supertankers along the B.C. coast are ignored, as is the barbaric shale oil rush in North Dakota that can be seen from space. U.S. oil barons are flaring off the vast volume of natural gas that comes up with the more valuable light crude, while the U.S. environment lobby obsesses over the Keystone XL pipeline. Here’s another one that may upset people indoctrinated by our school system, media and our supposedly green B.C. Liberal government. B.C.’s recent pine beetle epidemic was caused by human carbon emissions, right? Every-

body knows that. Gordon Campbell hammered the point home in speeches for years. In 2012 I participated in a B.C. forests ministry tour of facilities where hardy seedlings are grown for reforestation. Test plantings were also underway to see if the range of southern tree species is shifting northward due to climate change. During the bus ride, I asked the province’s top forest scientists if Campbell was right. The answer? We don’t have enough evidence to conclude that. As for shifting tree habitat, those decades-long experiments are continuing. The scientists confirmed what I already knew, which is that the most recent bark beetle epidemic is the latest of many. It’s the largest “on record,” but the record goes back less than a century. In 2008 I interviewed Lorne Swanell on the occasion of his 100th birthday. A graduate of UBC’s school of forest engineering, Swanell began his career with the forests ministry in 1930. After a year as a ranger, he was assigned to the Kamloops region to help deal with a pine beetle epidemic. Conventional wisdom on the latest outbreak holds that it spread so far because of a lack of cold winters, attributed to human carbon emissions. I grew up in northern B.C., and my last two visits to the

Peace country were both in January. In 2004 I recall changing planes on the tarmac of Prince George airport, moving briskly in the daytime temperature near -40 C. That night, and subsequent nights, the mercury dropped to -50 C. In January 2013 I returned for some discussions on the Enbridge pipeline route, and experienced a relatively balmy -30 C in the daytime. So when I hear people talk about the end of cold winters in northern B.C. because of global warming, it’s difficult to square with personal experience. I can hear the rebuttals already. It takes long periods of extreme cold to kill the pine beetle. How long? Longer than those ones, of course. Similarly flexible theories are being advanced to explain the 17-year “pause” in Earth’s average surface temperature rise, the growing Antarctic ice sheet, and this past winter’s “polar vortex.” If anyone has substantial evidence that CO2 from human activity was the trigger mechanism for the latest beetle outbreak in B.C., I’d like to see it. But please, spare me the affirmations of quasi-religious faith that often pass for climate change arguments today. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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The new regulations governing the production of medical marijuana are from the federal government, not from the local government. While it is understandable that medical marijuana is under federal jurisdiction, the municipality appears to have little control over these operations, even though their presence is felt most strongly at the community level. For this reason, it would be best to have a structure in place which allows the municipality some say in approving and regulating grow operations in place here.

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Measures taken to discredit plan Dear Editor: I came away from last week’s public hearing saddened to hear the extreme measures some will go to in an effort to discredit a plan that was developed by residents of our community. I also thought some speakers took unfair shots at local officials. The majority campaigned on this issue.

I think it is time for rational heads to prevail and also abolish some of the more popular themes. Conflict of interest: If those councillors are land speculators, they aren’t very good at it. They have owned this land for almost 40 years. The conspiracy theory: Of course the planners would have consulted with the Agricultural Land

Commission long before the Future Summerland process began because if the ALC would not have entertained the idea then we would have been told not to touch the Agricultural Land Reserve boundaries. This was the first time the public have been given the opportunity to consider expanding the Urban Growth Area beyond Quinpool Road.

Prime agriculture land: In my case this “prime land” includes 3½ acres of 37 degree natural slope, three acres of commercial building and truck yard, about two acres of gravelly hillside, about one acre of rich top soil and the balance of normal gravelly land common to our area. I think it is time for us to come up with viable options.

We have seen our last 30 years of options and some of them are not pretty or viable. Recent examples are Rock Garden Estates, Cartwright North, bare land strata over Dale Meadows and wild fire development overlooking James Lake. They did not require ALC approval. I don’t believe any time soon we will

start building new homes in someone’s back yard or knocking down four older homes to build multifamily homes. The ALC have been inundated with objections and have heard from practically none of the supporters. Now it is up to them to weigh the evidence. In the meantime we should all be thinking about our

future. Do we really want to isolate about half our installed urban services for the possibility some of this land may feed future generations? If the ALC approves this plan, how do we envision our community in the future? If they don’t, what’s our better idea? Don Hudgeon Summerland

THE EARLY YEARS

No sudden stops, please

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They must have run out of convertibles to convey visiting royalty in this parade in Penticton. However, that didn’t seem to deter Summerland’s 1956 Queen Darlene Bonthoux and princesses Anne Solly and Donna Eden. Seated on top of a station wagon, they may have been considerably safer than those spectators perched on a nearby rooftop. The Summerland Museum would like to congratulate all of the candidates in this year’s Blossom Pageant. You are all winners! And you may rest assured you will not be required to car surf in any parades.

Other options for growth in Summerland Dear Editor: I participated in the public consultation process that has ended in the decision by Summerland council to ask for the removal of farmable land from the Agriculture Land

Reserve. I reject the labels that have been thrown at me and those such as myself who have stood up to oppose this land swap. (to wit, in a media interview after the March 3 Pub-

Why was ALR created

Dear Editor: A question for the Summerland municipal council and their staff: Why was the Agricultural Land Reserve established? George Brake Summerland

lic Hearing Mayor Janice Perrino called us “fear mongers” and in a recent letter, Terry Manders called us “selfish.”) Through two public hearings and one question-and-answer town hall meeting, council never made an honest effort to communicate oneon-one. We still don’t know who are the proponents of the plan. Except for a handful of landowners

in the exclusion area who have had the courage of conviction to use their real names and the writer on the editorial page, social media and paid ads have embraced the practice of pseudonyms. Thankfully there were these public meetings because the ultimate result is that the comments create a record that will go forward to the Agriculture Land Commission, not just the

opinions of mayor and council. I would urge all people who oppose this land swap to send a letter to the ALC to ask to delay their decision until after the November municipal election so

the new council can revise the proposal. Agricultural Land Commission 133-4940 Canada Way Burnaby, BC V5G 4K6 There are other options for growth

and economic prosperity for Summerland. We do not need to build housing developments on viable farmland. Jan Carlson Summerland

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Bitumen spill could destroy coastline

This is the second of two columns addressing what I see as the greatest threat to the BC environment in our lifetime. The Alberta oil industry’s Northern Gateway plan is to export bitumen to Asia via tankers from the B.C. coast. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years. My first column discussed the light oil spill by the Exxon Valdez and the terrible toll it took on the Alaskan habitat and fishery. It also

gave proof that a bitumen spill would be far worse. A bitumen spill would be almost completely unrecoverable because it would sink and stay on the bottom of our seabed. The solution that is best for Canada is to build a refinery in Kitimat. I am promoting and backing this solution. It will convert the bitumen to very light fuels that would float and evaporate if ever spilled. There are other enormous benefits: o There will be a major reduction in greenhouse gases. We will use new cuttingedge Canadian tech-

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nology in our refinery. It will be so clean that in combination with oil sands extraction there will be less CO2 than in the huge conventional oilfields and refineries of Iraq and Nigeria. In other words the Kitimat refinery will neutralize the extra greenhouse gases generated in Canada’s oil sands. This refinery will be built in Asia if not in Kitimat, and if so it will emit double the CO2 of our new design. This is the reason that Andrew Weaver of the BC Green Party is in favour of a Canadian refinery. o An Asian refinery will also generate 100 train cars a day of very dirty coke (much fouler than BC coal) which will be subsequently burnt in the atmosphere to create power. The Kitimat refinery will not result in the production of any coke. As we all live on

one planet, it is far better for the global environment to build this refinery in Canada. o Construction of the refinery will create 6,000 jobs in B.C. for five years. Operations at the refinery will result in more permanent jobs than any project has ever created in B.C. with approximately 3,000 direct jobs. These will be highly paid permanent jobs. These jobs will be available for the life of the refinery which should be in excess of 50 years. In addition there will be thousands of other jobs created in spinoff local petrochemical companies and in indirect employment throughout the province. o The Canadian and Provincial governments, local regional districts and municipalities, and many First Nations, will share in billions of new tax dollars

each year. Unfortunately our Canadian oil companies are not interested in building a new major refinery. They are focused on extraction which is more profitable than refining. One of them challenged me to spearhead the refinery myself, so I am doing that. We have a solid business plan and as a consequence Chinese banks and other institutions are prepared to lend us most of the funds required to build the greenest and most efficient refinery in the world. We are currently moving ahead with engineering design and environmental work. We will also build a safe pipeline from Alberta to the refinery, with the active participation of First Nations. Modern pipelines can be built and operated safely. Leak data is available

David Black for everyone to see on Canadian and U.S. government websites and it proves recently constructed pipelines are not leaking. Furthermore some of the best pipelining companies in the world are based in Canada. In addition we will build a fleet of new tankers, powered by LNG rather than Bunker C oil, to transport the refined products to Asia. This way we know the tankers will be state-of-theart and as safe as possible. The fleet will be

owned by a company based in BC so it cannot shirk its legal liability if there ever is a spill at sea. Let me be up front about my biases. I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in B.C. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers. If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers please contact your local MP and say so. The Canadian government makes a decision on Northern Gateway next month. David Black is the majority owner of Black Press.

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Summerland 5th Annual Earth Week April 22nd to 27th, 2014 Thank you to our sponsors: Over 430 people participated in Earth Week events and took action to create positive environmental changes! • District of Summerland • Barbara Etter Preserves • Faith Rebekah Lodge • Geospatialinfo • Grasslands Nursery • Murray’s Pizza • Nesters Market • Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society • Okanagan Wild Brush Honey • Poplar Grove Winery • Shoppers Drug Mart • Summerland Asset Development Initiative (SADI) • Summerland Builders Mart • Summerland Environmental Science Group

• Summerland Bulk Food Emporium • Summerland Chamber of Commerce • Summerland & District Credit Union • Summerland Greenhouses • Summerland Home Hardware • Summerland Museum and Heritage Society • Summerland Sweets • True Grains Bakery • Tim Broesch Edward Jones • The Beanery Cafe • Tones Hair Design • Windmill Garden Centre

A special thanks to all of our volunteers and the sponsoring organizations involved in planning the events; Grasslands Nursery, Summerland Community Arts Council, Summerland CCDC, Summerland Museum and Heritage Society, Summerland Merchants Group, Friends of Summerland Ornamental Gardens, Summerland Library, Summerland Environmental Science Group.

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Cameron Baughen from the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen held a workshop on composting at the Summerland Ornamental Gardens on Saturday. The event was well attended, with people learning many tips on what the right mix of vegetable scraps, green vegetation or leaves and water is in order to keep the compost bin working, and not stinking. The workshop was part of Earth Week.

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I am frustrated with my bottom denture. I thought it would be more like my teeth but I can’t chew like Dr. Cindee Melashenko I used to and I really don’t it. What can I do to change that? Dentures are not meant to be a replacement for teeth, they are a replacement for NO teeth. Most of us expect dentures to work just like our teeth. We expect to eat everything and chew the same way we did with our teeth but we find out quickly that we cannot. The first step to solving dentures that do not fit is to find out if the bite is set up well. That can be evaluated that during an exam. During the exam we can also verify that the denture fits the gums well. Sometimes we can add a soft liner to the denture to make it fit better. Once the bite and fit are good, implants or mini implants can be used to help secure the dentures so that you can chew without them moving. In the lower jaw, we usually use a minimum of 2 implants to secure a denture. Some of my patients don’t have very much bone left because they have been wearing a denture so long, so we may have to use 4 mini implants to do the same thing. I encourage you to see if you are a candidate for implants to help you be more secure in smiling with your denture and eating the foods you want to eat. We’re here to help in any way we can. Feel free to call, stop by, or send us an e-mail message. We are always accepting new patients and I’d be happy to answer your question in the next article (anonymously if desired). Have a great week!

Gardening basics

Carla McLeod Special to the Review

Joanne Smiley, assistant community librarian at the Summerland Library, taught a group of young children how to grow a square inch vegetable garden on Saturday afternoon. The free workshop was held at the Summerland Library as part of Earth Week events.

Smart meter refusal fees trimmed by Tom Fletcher Black Press

BC Hydro customers who refuse to part with their mechanical power meters will continue to pay $32.40 a month for manual meter readings, with a refund on the balance of the $35 they’ve been paying since December. The B.C. Utilities Commission ruled on BC Hydro’s smart meter opt-out fees Friday, after an order from the B.C. government required the regulator to approve

fees covering all of BC Hydro’s costs. A $20 a month charge will continue for BC Hydro customers who accept a digital meter with the radio transmission function turned off. The commission cut the one-time fee for disabling the meter radio to $22.60, far below BC Hydro’s proposed $100. Most of BC Hydro’s nearly two million customers now have fully functioning smart meters, which send daily readings to

a collection network and signal when power goes out and comes back on. A few customers cling to theories that the meters present a health hazard, despite evidence that their signals are weaker than the natural background of radio frequency signals even in remote areas. BC Hydro’s meter upgrade was exempted from review, but the commission ruled last year on similar equipment for FortisBC’s electrical grid in the

Okanagan and Kootenay regions. Commissioners rejected testimony from smart meter opponents, noting that their spokesmen were unqualified and in most cases repeating false or exaggerated claims in order to sell solutions to the purported hazards. BC Hydro spent nearly $1 billion to upgrade its grid, forecasting savings from automatic meter reading to faster detection of outages and elimination

of power theft from meter bypasses. The commission also reduced fees for customers who move and request a radiooff meter at their new address. To switch from a mechanical meter to a radio-off meter will cost $77.60, reduced from the BC Hydro’s proposed $100. Going from one radio-off meter to another will cost $132.60, down from the proposed $155 that includes activating the meter in the former residence.

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A gathering of bakers

More than 20 amateur bakers gathered to showcase their creations using ancient grains at the Summerland Bakers meetup on April 24 at True Grain Bread. The baking group started a year ago and has grown substantially. Members meet monthly, often hosted by local businesses, and share their baking made from scratch.

Talent show held at Centre Stage Theatre A talent show at Centre Stage Theatre next week will raise money for a humanitarian trip to Africa.

The 12th Annual Talent Show will be held at Centre Stage Theatre on Monday and Tuesday, May 5

and 6, beginning at 7 p.m. both evenings. Proceeds will go towards the building fund for the school

district’s humanitarian trip to Tanzania. More than 30 students and chaperones will be in Aru-

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sha, Tanzania for two weeks this summer to continue building additions to the existing orphanage. The talent show is produced by Summerland Secondary School students. Performers include students from other schools and members of the community. The Planks, a recently created cover band with three members from Summerland Secondary School and Penticton Secondary School will perform. Members of Sum-

merland Singers and Players will perform scenes from Almost Maine, the play they will take to a theatre festival later this year. Other entertainers include singers, dancers, gymnasts and poets. The show was started by Lindsey Richardson when she was a Grade 5 student at Trout Creek Elementary School. At the time, it was a fundraiser for Free The Children. Since that time, it has supported the school district’s

efforts n Tanzania. Richardson travelled to the Lohada orphanage as a volunteer during her first year of university. Since then, the school district has taken close to 75 students there to volunteer. The students cover their own travel costs. They must also raise money to fund the projects they complete while there. Over the 12 years, the program has raised around $50,000.

The Terry Fox Foundation is looking for an organizer for the annual run in Summerland this year.

The run has been held in Summerland since 1986 and for the past four years, Keith Johnson has been the organizer. This year he is stepping down from that role. “It would be such a shame for the people of Summerland to miss out on an opportunity to keep Terry’s legacy alive as every community, no matter how big or small, can make a huge impact, just as Terry learned when a small town of 10,000 people raised over $10,000,” said Donna White, provincial director for the Terry Fox Foundation British Columbia and Yukon. The run is held each fall as a cancer fundraiser in mem-

ory of Terry Fox. In 1980, Fox, who lost a leg to cancer, began the Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The cancer later returned and Fox died in 1981, at the age of 22. During the run, he ran the equivalent of a marathon each day for 143 consecutive days. The Terry Fox Run will be held this year on Sunday, Sept. 14. Those interested in becoming the Summerland run organizer are asked to contact White by email at bcyukon@terryfoxrun. org or by phone at 1-888-836-9786.

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Quest provides hearing assistance by Carla McLeod Special to the Review

has been accepted to a university and is in need financially. “We’ve constantly given to the local food bank and we’ve contributed to Agur Lake Camp every year,” said Lansdell. She also talked about an exciting new project the Society is working on. Landsdell’s husband had passed

away while only hav- dens and it rained was an all-day event ing worn his hearing and it poured and we held at the IOOF Hall aids for six months. thought we would and included a lunch “I thought, here never get anyone out, that was cooked and I’ve got an able pair but gardeners come served by the Quest of hearing aids and even if it is snowing!” members. This will what am I going to She went on to now be an annual do with them? Why explain that “they are event. don’t we collect hear- self-directed tours Each year during ing aids and see if we can get them reconditioned and let people “Statistically we know that we who can’t afford are getting younger and younger any, be able to have people that are becoming deaf. We them.” The collection are trying to make the kids more boxes for people to aware of what they are doing to donate hearing aids their hearing.” that are three years Joan Lansdell old or newer have now been placed in local pharmacies. and we man them, the Christmas season, In order to raise our people are there.” these ladies sell raffle funds for all of these This year the tour tickets for a Money initiatives, Quest is on Saturday, June Tree full of toonies. Docket: 23302 115 Thorncliffe holds several unique Park28Drive and will feature The tree is valued at Toronto Ontario Client: 247 - JWT fundraisers.M4H 1M1 ten different gardens. $300. Participation Ads This yearTel they will There will alsoJobbeName: a LaraLike many organ416•696•2853 Vanderheide Production Contact: host their ninth bi- master gardener at izations Quest is annual Garden Tour. each yard to answer always looking for Remembering the questions. new members. B:5.8125” first one they held Last September the “We really need T:5.8125” Lansdell said, group hosted its first young blood. The “We had 12 gar- Bridge Tournament. S:5.8125” It organizations are all

falling apart. We are all growing old,” said Lansdell. “We meet just once a month and the fees are only $20 per year.” Lansdell also mentioned that May is Speech and Hearing month right across Canada. “Statistically we know that we are getting younger and younger people that are becoming deaf. We are trying to make the kids more aware of what they are doing to their hearing,” she said. For more information go to questsociety.shawwebspace. ca/ If you know a positive story about someone in our community, contact Carla McLeod at carlamcleod@shaw.ca or contact the Summerland Review newsroom at 250-494-5406.

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The gift of sound is what the Quest Society for Hearing Enhancement gives to local residents. Their mandate is to assist the hearing and speech impaired, to assist women and children in need, to enhance the quality of the hearing experience and to aid in the reduction of hearing loss. Joan Lansdell considers herself to be the matriarch of the club. She recalls a time when the members belonged to Quota International. They were not happy with the fact that the money they raised was not used locally, so they decided to break away. “We said this is ridiculous! Why don’t we start a society here, similar to Quota, get another name and be specific for Summerland. So the girls put their heads together and came up with the name Quest. We got our charter and registered as a non-profit Society,” explained Lansdell. “One of our first projects was to put a hearing system in the schools, because we had a few children that were hard of hearing. There were four speakers in a room and the teacher had a mic. When she was talking you’d swear she was right beside you. Plus the teacher didn’t have to lose her voice. She could turn her back and still be heard. The systems cost us approximately $1,200 each at the time. We are now looking at updating them,” she said. Quest was also responsible for putting in a similar system at Centre Stage Theater, where the-

ater goers can wear headphones in order to hear the performance. In order to assist in training speech therapists and audiologists, Quest gives two $1,000 bursaries to UBC each year. They also give a $500 bursary to a local high school student who is either hard of hearing or

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Soprano performs in North African tour Additional benefit concert will be held in Okanagan on Sunday

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Summerland soprano Tracy Fehr sang for ambassadors, mayors, government ministers and other high profile guests on a recent concert tour in North Africa. Singing in palace halls and municipal theatres, Fehr brought awareness to ACT, a livelihood project for North African single mothers and disadvantaged women. This was Fehr’s third visit to North Africa where she hosts workshops and meets with many of the women currently being assisted by ACT. Among other initiatives, this nonprofit organization helps unwed mothers and marginalized women receive training and funds to set up small home-based businesses. In addition to tours in Africa and the United Kingdom, Fehr raises money Benefit concert for ACT by hosting Tracy Fehr is accompanied by Saif Eddine Srairi on the oud at a benefit the annual Voices in concert for disadvantaged North African women at the Palais Ennejma Song benefit concerts Ezzahra, Tunisia. in Penticton. With this year’s Fehr and senior sing- hope to assist a single fidence, more respect (MJHP TZY \JJPQ^ Ć^JWX concert on May 4, ers from her studio mother to restock her as a business woman, market stall which and is now menwas wiped out in a toring other young flood. moms who are comBrowse flyers from your favourite national and local retailers (MJHP TZY \JJPQ^ Ć^JWX (MJHP TZY \JJPQ^ Ć^JWX (MJHP TZY \JJPQ^ Ć^JWX With a stocked ing into the liveli(MJHP TZY \JJPQ^ Ć^JWX store, she will once hood program,” says again be able to pro- Fehr. Browse flyers from your favourite national and local retailers Browse flyers fromyour yourfavourite favourite national and local retailers Browse flyers from national and local retailers vide for her family This year’s concert without resorting to will be held at Our Browse flyers from your favourite national and local retailers her former life as a Redeemer Lutheran street worker. Church in Penticton Over the years, on Sunday, May 4 at Fehr and singers have 7 p.m. been able to raise Accompanists are money for a variety Dennis Nordlund on of projects. piano and Elizabeth Last year the group Lupton on violin. successfully raised Tickets can be purmoney to help an chased at the Penticabused mother pur- ton and District Comchase a motorcycle, munity Arts CounFeatured Retailers which enables her to cil, 220 Manor Park Featured Retailers take her weaving to Avenue or from Tracy market, and provide Fehr by calling 250Featured Retailers for her family. 494-1042 or emailing Featured Retailers “She has more con- tlfehr@shaw.ca.

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Why every mother needs a time-out

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others are so busy taking care of everyone else, they often put themselves last on the list. If you are a busy mom, here are some simple ideas to nurture and pamper yourself and keep that inner spark glowing:

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Volunteer: Volunteering is another way to nurture your interests and connect with other people. This is especially important for stay-athome moms. Find a cause you’re passionate about, or get involved with a local organization like Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (www. ccfcanada.ca) and help improve the lives of children and mothers living in poverty around the world.

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Friends of Summerland Ornamental Gardens

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Songs for Earth Week

Linnea Good leads Montessori School students in songs at Summerland’s Earth Week celebrations at the Dale Meadows Sports Complex on Sunday. Throughout the past week, numerous activities and events were held to observe Earth Week. At left is David Jonsson on guitar.

Restaurant receives provincial honours by John Arendt A Summerland restaurant has been ranked among the best in the province in a recent series of restaurant awards. Local Lounge and Grille took bronze in the Best Okanagan in Vancouver Magazine’s Restaurant Awards in the best Okanagan category. More than 700 chefs, restaurant representatives,

sommeliers and food critics gathered in Vancouver last week for the award ceremonies. Finalists were selected in 49 categories. Christa-Lee McWatters Bond of Local Lounge and Grille said the awards are the most prestigious restaurant awards in the province and are recognized by others in the industry as well as by consumers.

She said the restaurant’s success is its approach to food. “We just continue

said. She added that Lee Humphries, chef at the restaurant has

“We just continue with our philosophy of using local ingredients as much as possible and letting the foods taste as they should.”

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Scrapbook marathon

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During the day, there will also be free talks on a subject dear to the hearts of Okanagan gardeners. A talk on tomato growing will be held at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. There will also be a demonstration of cloud pruning for shrubs between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Attendees will be well informed to get the best yield from the tomatoes they buy at the sale. The Master Gardeners, Meadowlark Festival, Invasive Plant Society, and Friends of the Garden will have information booths. As well as the tomato growing workshops, the Penticton Bonsai Club

Jason Holinaty, owner of SIS Exteriors in Summerland, will give one contestant a new roof in the Win Your Roof campaign. The contest winner will be announced in early July. Since 2000, Holinaty has owned SIS

Exteriors. “I enjoy giving back to the community whether it’s sponsoring a slo-pitch softball team, the Summerland Pageant or the Apex Freestyle Ski Club,” he said. “I really enjoy the feeling of helping people. The Win Your

will have a display. Visitors are welcome to tour the latest innovations that have taken place at the gardens over the past year, including the new Rain Garden, the new Welcome Garden, the experimental Waterboxx installation, plus a new children’s vegetable garden and many other updated features. Proceeds will help the non-profit Friends of the Garden Society pay their bills. Friends of Summerland Ornamental Gardens is a registered non-profit society who work in collaboration with the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre to maintain the Gardens for the public to enjoy.

Contest offers new roof Roof contest was just another way I could give back to someone through my business.” Further information about the contest is available by calling Holinaty at 250-4600792 or emailing him at jason@sisexteriors. com.

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What’s up SUMMERLAND and region

Thursday

Al-Anon offers help to families and friends of alcoholics. Summerland Serenity Group meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in the United Church hall. Call 250-490-9272 for more information. Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers meet at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre on Thursday evenings. Beavers meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Cubs meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Scouts meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Venturers meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For details call Trent at 250494-1990. Come try your hand at an old art made new. The traditional Rug Hookers of the South Okanagan meet every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Summerland Art Gallery on Main Street. Visitors always welcome. Lots of supplies available. Try your hand at this timeless art. For more information phone Marilyn at 250-494-6434 or Juliet at 250-494-1278. Euchre is played every second and fourth Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Lyme Disease support group meets on the second Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. at the A&W in Summerland. Everyone welcome. Pe a c h City Toastmasters meets Thursdays noon to 1 p.m. in Penticton at the United Church on Main and Eckhardt, Room 202. Call 250-486-5313. Seniors’ volleyball at the Youth Centre beginning at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. For additional information call Jane or Frank at 250-494-4666. Summerland Material Girls Quilt Guild meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from September to May at 9 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. For more information call Doris Flynn at 250-494-7262 or Annie Smirmaul at 250-4942286. Summerland Sportsmen’s Association

meets every third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Summerland Legion. The SSA focuses on fishing, shooting, hunting, archery and conservation and is affiliated with the B.C. Wildlife Federation. New members welcome. The Rug Hooking Circle meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month from noon to 3 p.m. at Leir House Arts and Cultural Centre, 220 Manor Park Ave., Penticton. Practice a traditional Canadian art form in a group setting. Host is certified teacher, fibre artist and published contributor Angela Possak. 250767-0206 or online rughookingteacher.ca. The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group meets on the first Thursday of every month at 10:30 a.m. at the MS office, 3373 Skaha Rd., Penticton. Everyone welcome. For more information call Sherry at 250-493-6564.

Friday

Bridge is played every Friday at 1 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St. Phone 250-494-8164. Cribbage is played every Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Pleasure Painters meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. Come and enjoy or check it out. Drop-ins welcome. Tai Chi at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. and Tuesdays at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Contact Nancy at 250494-8902. The 44th annual Summerland Blossom Pageant will be held at Centre Stage Theatre May 2 and 3. Friday night’s talent and speech competition is 7 p.m. Saturday nights coronation starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available from the current Summerland Royalty and candidates and at the door. The 890 Wing of the South Okanagan Air Force Association of Canada have a get-

together every Friday night from 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. in Penticton. New members are welcome. For more information, phone Fred Monteith at 250-497-8490. Birthright, serving the South Okanagan, has Friday drop in from 10 a.m. to noon at 200 Bennett St. in Penticton. This weekly program provides light snacks and an opportunity to build friendships, share life skills and participate in baby item swaps. Please contact Sandy Mikkelsen at 250-492-4901 for more information.

Sunday

DivorceCare is for all who are suffering from the difficulties resulting from separation or divorce. Meeting at Summerland Baptist Church just inside the Victoria St. entrance on Sundays 5 to 7 p.m. A free course is offered. Please call 250-4943313 or just walk in. Lest We Forget: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939 to 1945, Penticton Naval Veterans’ Association memorial service Sunday, May 4 at 10:30 a.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Br. 40, 502 Martin St., Penticton. Pick Up Poop Party, organized by the Summerland Dog Owners Association, at Sunoka Dog Beach and Human Side of Sunoka Beach Sunday, May 4 at 1:30 p.m. Searchlight Gospel presents Two by Two, an uplifting musical evening of encouragement and inspiration by talented young duos from our community, Sunday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at Summerland Baptist Church. Call 250-4943881 for more information. The South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls, 8965 Hwy. 97, Oliver will hold its annual open house and the grand opening of the new clinic on Sunday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. by Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon. This is the only day Socro is open to the public. Entry by donation. Visit www. sorco.org for more information. Vintage Car Club, South Okanagan Chapter, meets the last Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. in the Youth Centre on Peach Orchard Road. Anyone interested in vintage cars (those 25 years or older) is invited to

attend. For more information on the club phone 250-494-5473.

Monday

Beginner Tai Chi on Mondays at 2 p.m. at the Summerland Legion. Continuing classes at 2:30 p.m. All proceeds go to the Legion. Dabber Bingo is played at the Senior Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St., every Monday at 1:30 p.m. 16 regular games, Lucky 7, Odd/Even, Bonanza. Everyone is welcome. License #832873. Men — Love to Sing? Okanagan Christian Men’s Choir. This nondenominational choir invites you to join us, have fun, sing unto the Lord and enjoy the fellowship of other singers. Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Summerland Baptist Church, Fireside Room. For more information contact Hans at 250-494-7127. The South Okanagan Orchid Society meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Shatford Centre in Penticton. The group meets September to June. For more information, contact Joan at 250-494-4293. The Summerland Crokinole Club meets Monday nights at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Summerland Seniors Centre. Contact Darlene at 250-494-9310.

Tuesday

Bridge games at St. Stephen’s Church Hall on Tuesdays beginning at 1 p.m. New players are always welcome. Refreshments served. Call 250-494-6116 or 250-494-5363. Dementia Caregiver Support Group — Are you providing care or support for someone dealing with Alzheimer’s or another dementia? Please join us at our Summerland meeting to explore how we can assist you. The meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland IOOF Hall, 9536 Main St. Call Laurie Myres at 250-493-8182 or email lmyres@alzheimerbc.org. South Okanagan Genealogical Society is open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Penticton Library Museum building. Contact Nola Reid at 250-492-0751. Summerland Caregiver Group meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. at the Summerland Health Centre. Call Julie

S Steele at 250-404-8072 for further information. Quest Society of Summerland meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the meeting room at 9700 Brown St. (Parkdale Place). For more information phone Marilyn Topham at 250-4946434 or Joan Lansdell at 778-476-0596. Email questsociety@shaw.ca Summerland Farmers’ Market in Memorial Park, Wharton Street, every Tuesday April through October, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For information call Paul at 250-494-0540. Summerland Kiwanis Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Kiwanis Lodge on Quinpool at 6 p.m. New members are welcome. Contact Tom Jacques at 250-494-4339. Summerland VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) members and friends meet the second Tuesday of the month at Parkdale Lounge. The Mental Wellness Centre, Summerland Branch, will be open the first, third and fourth Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Summerland United Church. Inquiries welcome. The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group joins the Penticton MS Group every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a coffee social at the Cherry Lane Mall Food Court. Whist is played on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St.

Wednesday

Be.Free, a 12-step Christ-centred recovery program that is not addiction specific, meets every Wednesday at Summerland Alliance Church at 7 p.m. For more information contact the SAC office at 250-494-9975 and ask to speak to Pastor Rick. Did you know Summerland has a Garden Club? Meetings are casual. Gardening experience varies. All gardeners are welcome. They meet the third Wednesday of the month. Contact Jan Carlson at 250-4945112 for more information. Potluck lunch at RECOPE annual general meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 12:30 p.m. at the Kiwanis Lodge, 10912 Quinpool Road. Summerland Air

www.summerlandreview.com 17 Cadets parade Wednesday nights, 18:15 to 21:30 hours at Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. All youth aged 12 to 18 welcome. Call the Air Cadet office at 250-494-7988. Summerland Art Club meets every Wednesday, September to June, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the Summerland Library on Wharton Street. Painters of all levels are welcome. Workshops available. For information call Mary at 250-494-5851. Summerland ATV Club meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland Library lower level. The club promotes responsible ridership including registration, insurance, safety certification

and scheduled pleasure rides. Membership includes orchardists, farmers, ranchers and fun seekers of all ages including those with disabilities. The Summerland Badminton Club plays every Wednesday at 7 p.m. all year. Shaun at 250-494-1513.

Upcoming

Rotary SeniorPioneer Tea for senior residents 65 and older Saturday, May 10 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion, 14205 Rosedale Ave. Refreshments and a light lunch will be served. The Kinette Club’s fourth annual rubber ducky race will be on Saturday, May 10, 11 a.m. at the Penticton river channel. Children’s event at the finish line. For more info, call Jan at 250-328-2042.

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Dog owners cleaning up at area parks With scoops and plastic bags in hand, members of the Summerland Dog Owners Association were out at Peach Orchard Beach on Sunday afternoon during a Pick Up Poop Party. This is the third year the dog owners have held the cleanup efforts at beaches and parks in the community. “We run this event because we believe that if we all clean up

after our dogs, public opinion of dogs and dog ownership will be much more positive,” said Pamela Ayotte, president of the association. From October to April, Peach Orchard Park can be used as an off-leash park for dogs. Ayotte said the dog owners would like to have a safe, fenced year-round field for dog owners to exercise and socialize

their pets. Such parks are in place in Lake Country, Kelowna and Penticton. “Summerland Dog Owners Association is working with the district and community groups to help finally bring such a park to Summerland residents too,” she said. The next clean-up party will be held at Sunoka Dog Beach on Sunday beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Tying a ribbon

Emerson Mitchell, two years old, and his mother Jenny tie a ribbon around one of the trees planted at the Dale Meadows Sports Complex during the Earth Day celebrations on Sunday.

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Irene Burrell, a member of the Summerland Dog Owners Association, was one of the participants in the Pick Up Poop Party at Peach Orchard Beach on Sunday afternoon. Dog owners have been cleaning up at various beaches and parks in the community this spring.

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Interpretive signs installed along trail

Two new interpretive signs have been installed along the Trans Canada Trail above Prairie Valley.

The funding came from the Community Foundation, the Trans Canada Trail Society and from the

municipality. One sign describes “Millionaires’ Row” in Prairie Valley. When Sir Thomas

Shaughnessy founded the community of Summerland he was able to convince several of his wealthy busi-

ness partners to invest in the new community. The second sign describes how Summerland was found-

ed. Shaughnessy acquired the large Barclay cattle ranch in August, 1902. The reason Barclay

had the ranch for sale was because his wife Caroline wished to return to live at her home in Ashcroft.

A sign along the trail

The Summerland Museum hosted a walking tour along the Trans Canada Trail during Earth Week. This photograph shows the new Millionaires’ Row sign in Prairie Valley. The signage is courtesy of the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen, the Trans Canada Trails Society and the District of Summerland. From left Tom and Heather Northcote, Ron Belisle, Mary Lou Dunn, Chriss Knudsen, Peter Tamblyn, Reinhold Prochnau, Henry Sielmann, Marilyn Hansen, Richard Findlay, Henri Frioud, Neil Andrews, Linda Noble and Sharon Jestin.

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One of many things I have learned in my time as a Member of Parliament is that when it comes to serious acts of senseless violence and the traumatic loss of loved ones is that while media attention is often very intense when these acts occur, they are more often than not short lived. Family and friends left behind from these brutal acts of violence never forget and even decades later are still impacted in ways that forever change their lives. In 1982 a disturbing act of violence took the lives of a loving family of six while on a camping trip in Wells Gray provincial Park. The shock of losing a local family

including two young girls devastating many in the community of Westbank. Friends, coworkers and classmates to this very day are still reminded of this tragedy as every two years they are forced to re-live their loss and this horrific event. Why do I say they are forced? The individual responsible for taking the lives of this family: David Shearing (who has since changed his name to David Ennis), is due for yet another legislated review that could potentially lead to being paroled. For the family and friends left behind, this means another trip they must finance to travel a significant distance in

order to appear at the review. I believe we should all take a moment to reflect on this situation. September is a time of year when children and families are getting ready for a new school year. It should not be a time when families and friends are forced to travel a significant distance at great expense solely to relive a life-altering tragedy and face the individual who forever destroyed their families and friendships. The fact that the victims are forced to continually make this journey and relive this horror every few years is in my view unthinkable. It seldom makes the news these days but when I hear from the victims, friends

and classmates this is a situation that continues to cause great pain and suffering for all of them. Many live in fear to this day in the event that parole is ever granted. As I shared in the House of Commons in June of last year, it should not have to be this way. No family should be forced to endure reliving such a horrific tragedy over and over at parole hearings. Many citizens I have heard from in Westbank/West Kelowna agree and currently a petition and other advocacy campaigns are underway to help gain support to take action in this situation. I support the citizens of Westbank in these efforts and that is

why I am also supporting Private Members Bill C-587 from Okanagan-Shuswap MP Colin Mayes. Bill C-587 (formerly Bill C-478 from SelkirkInterlake MP James Bezan) “Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act”. Bill C-587 is a very specific bill that is intended to impact only those individuals convicted of very serious criminal acts involving abduction, sexual assault and ultimately murder. Bill C-587 does not propose to alter the period of time a criminal convicted of these combined acts would spend in jail. What Bill C-587 does propose is to offer a judge the added discretionary

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Jan. 31, 1935 – Mar. 1, 2014 FRANCIS, HILLAS Passed away suddenly & unexpectedly, but peacefully, on April 22, 2014 at home in Summerland in the presence of his wife Barb. Hillas was born in 1932 on his family farm in Belloy, Alberta to his parents Walter & Susan Francis, who were homesteaders. A true child of the depression, he was proud of his Irish heritage, and was made of hardy stock and had a strong work ethic. Hillas showed his family the importance of working hard and being generous. He was well admired by his community for his interest in always helping others – from volunteering with C.O.P.S., a long time member of the Masonic Lodge, as well as a Kinsman, to constantly offering help with neighbours & friends with any project on their house or yard. He was a wonderful handyman and could basically put together anything with his hands. Hillas has left behind his dear wife Barbara (married 57 1/2 years), daughters Susan (Russell) & Anne, grandchildren Amy, Lia and Leilan, and great grandchild Riley, as well as sister Elizabeth, and numerous cousins, nieces & nephews & many dear friends. Predeceased by sister Helen and grandson Gabriel. He will be sadly missed, but held close in our hearts. “May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face, And the rain fall soft upon your fields, And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of his hand” No service by request. Private Irish wake to follow later. Condolences may be directed to the family through providencefuneralhomes.com.

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Ivan Gregson passed away suddenly at home on March 1st, 2014 at the age of 79 years. He will be sadly missed by his sweetheart Jeannette Spooner with whom he spent twenty one happy years. Ivan was predeceased by his parents Thomas and Illa Gregson; his brother Edward; sisters Kathleen Hutchison, Gladys Williams and Velma Cowels as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Ivan was born on the farm near Cookson, SK on January 31, 1935. He suffered many illnesses in his lifetime. He had asthma as a small child, he lost his father when he was only twelve years old and had Polio at age fifteen. It left him with a weakened left arm and shoulder. He never let it slow him down and he was very active all his life until the last couple of years. Ivan had cancer in his 50’s, a heart attack in his 60’s, a stroke in his 70’s, cancer again in his 70’s and in later years, dementia. Ivan was a trapper, a cowboy and a truck driver, although he drove truck for thirty four years he was always a cowboy at heart. To know him was to love him. He was cremated and his ashes will be interred at the Bridesville Cemetery. There will be a memorial service at the Bridesville Hall at 10:30 A.M. Saturday May 10, 2014. Condolences and tributes may be directed to the family by visiting www.nunes-pottinger.com Arrangements entrusted to Nunes-Pottinger Funeral Service & Crematorium, Oliver & Osoyoos.

Vi was born in Percival, Saskatchewan, a small prairie town. In her early teens she began her journey west, making a couple of stops in Alberta before settling in Haney, BC, where she married Charlie and they began their family. Mom was a beautiful, caring woman. She opened her home to many, sharing the loving kindness in her heart. Though she appreciated the simple things in life, her impact on other people was immeasurable. Her friendliness and generosity of spirit was admired by everyone who knew her. There was always comfort in her words and compassion in her manner. She was strong when others needed strength. She gave her heart completely to family, friends and animals. All these things that she was in life will never be forgotten by those who knew her and loved her. For in the end, life never really ends, it’s just a step in time. She is survived by her loving children, Wayne (Brenda), Lennie, Christine (Barry); grandchildren, Cindy and Drew; stepfather, Randolph, aunt, Louise (George); uncles, Alf and Elmer, and many more relatives. She was predeceased by her husband Charlie, son Barry, mother Edith and father Nels. A celebration of her life will be held at the clubhouse at the Red Wing Resort, Penticton, BC, on Saturday, May 3rd, 2014, at 1 pm. The family wishes to thank Dr. Watters and nurse Antoinette for all their exceptional care. In lieu of flowers, donations to the BC SPCA would be gratefully appreciated, as it was her love and compassion for all living things.

Love you forever, Mom.

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Joanne Eileen McCague It is with deep sadness that the family of Joanne Eileen McCague (Osborne) (nee Norrie-Loewenthal) announces her passing on March 15, 2014 after a very brief illness. Joanne was born in Vancouver, BC on November 6, 1942 to parents Bill (William) and Dolly (Alice) Norrie-Loewenthal. The child of a mining accountant, Joanne lived in different locations, including Ashcroft, Hedley, Vancouver, and Uranium City (Sask.). Joanne had fantastic stories to tell of childhood adventures - riding mining ore carts every day from the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house at the mine site high above Hedley down into town was one of our favourite stories. Joanne was a graduate of the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) School of Nursing in 1964 and was proud to work as a Registered Nurse. As a nurse, Joanne always had the time and compassion to listen to her patients, hold their hand, or offer some other comfort to them. Joanneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite nursing position was in Summerland, working for Drs. Bartel and Williams and alongside Mary Stuart. Joanneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest source of joy was her family. She loved her daughters and grandchildren more than anything in the world, and was happiest when she was spending time with them. She loved family dinners, family camping weekends, having the family over at her house, and holidays especially Easter weekends. Joanne was known for her thoughtfulness and caring about others. She always had a good word to say about everyone, and loved to help wherever she could. Joanne could carry on a long conversation even with people she had just met, and made friends very easily. She always cooked enough so that she could accommodate extras at her dinner table and was famous for her fantastic dinners. A consummate adventurer, Joanne loved to travel. In the past few years, Joanne and husband Mike enjoyed spending winters in sunny locations â&#x20AC;&#x153;down southâ&#x20AC;? in their Fifth Wheel trailer - Joanne never missed the snow at all! She also loved to go â&#x20AC;&#x153;back-roadingâ&#x20AC;? throughout BC - exploring new fishing spots or looking for a ghost town. Joanneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s camera clicked thousands of photos and she wrote detailed emails to chronicle these adventures. On a summer day you would be hard pressed to find Joanne anywhere outside her garden - she was forever moving perennials or changing the size and location of her garden to maximize her flowers and produce. Her iris bulbs followed her from Dawson Creek to Slocan Park to Kamloops to Alberta - they were almost as well travelled as she was! Joanne was predeceased by her parents, Bill and Dolly NorrieLoewenthal. She leaves behind to forever mourn her loss, her daughters Deanna Holitzki (Russ), Karen Carlson (Randy), husband Mike McCague, brother Bill Norrie-Loewenthal (Karen) , grandchildren Matthew and Madeline, step-grandchildren Josh and Jordie, nephews Jeremy, Luke, Eric, and James, as well as many extended family members - including her long-lost relatives from South Africa with whom she had recently connected. Joanne also leaves behind good friends, including first husband Bob Osborne, forever friend Loreen Bridges, and many others. A Celebration of Life will be held in Summerland, BC on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 1:00pm, at St. Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church - everyone is welcome to attend to remember Joanne. In lieu of flowers, the family would request that anyone who wishes make donations to the UBC School of Nursing.

District of Kitimat, exempt staff position, with competitive compensation and full benefit package. Reporting to the Operations Manager, assists in planning, implementing and tracking the operations, repair and maintenance of the municipalityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infrastructure, including water and sewer, buildings, roads, parking lots, traffic control, drainage, signage, sidewalks, parks, grass cutting,, cemetery, and equipment fleet. Candidates will have several years of experience in a municipal or similar work environment and post-secondary education in Civil, Building or Water Quality Technology, EOCP Sewage Treatment and Water Distribution certification, or related Trade Qualification. Submit resumes by May 15, 2014, 4:30 p.m., to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, B.C. V8C 2H7, Fax 250-632-4995, email dok@kitimat.ca QUATSINO First Nation is seeking the services of a Band Administrator to oversee all band programs and band related business. PostSecondary education in Business Management, Human Resources or related fields is a preference. A minimum (3) years experience in administration, human resources or related field or setting is required. Please direct any questions and/or your cover letter, resume complete with 3 references, and a criminal record check to: Attn: Rob Cahill 305 Quattishe Rd. Coal Harbour, BC V0N 1K0 Tel: 250-949-6245 Fax: 250-949-6249 Email: kakotlatsi@rocketmail.com

Van Kamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Group of Companies requires Highway linehaul Owner Operators based in our Kelowna terminal for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain, driving experience/ training. We offer above average rates and an excellent employee beneďŹ ts package.

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Help Wanted An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)7235051. The Summerland Asset Development Initiative is hiring an enthusiastic student with their full driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license to coordinate the Summerland Fruit Tree Project from May through August. All interested applicants must be enrolled in school next fall in order to be considered for this position. The successful applicant will coordinate volunteers to help pick, distribute and process fruit from local trees to be used by organizations and individuals in need in the Summerland area. Skills required include great organizational skills, ability to work on own and within a team, ability to use Microsoft Office applications, and the ability to be flexible. The applicant must provide a clean driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abstract and criminal record check. For more information, contact Alyson at sadiadmin@shaw.ca Vernon Service Company requires Journeyman Service Plumbers/Gasfitters, $36.00/hr Call (250)549-4444 or fax 250-549-4416

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STUCCO APPLICATORS to start immediately for a busy stucco company located in West Kelowna area. Position starts at $29.00/hr. Contact Kevin @ 250-862-7418 or email acestuccoltd@gmail.com Transportation / Heavy Duty Mechanic required in Nakusp, BC. Must be Red Seal Certified, able to work on a variety of makes, models of trucks, trailers, components. A CVIP Certificate, welding skills an asset. Full time position with flexible hours. Group benefits. Competitive wages. Fax or email resumes to: 250-2653853 or whrepair@telus.net

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SUMMER ARTS PROGRAM CO-ORDINATOR The Summerland Community Arts Council is accepting applications from post-secondary students for the position of Summer Arts Program Coordinator. Fine Arts or Education students with experience working with children will be given ďŹ rst consideration. Good communication, organization and computer skills are essential. The position is fulltime May 20 to mid-August. The student must be returning to studies in the fall. Please mail resume and cover letter to: Summerland Community Arts Council, Box 1217, Summerland, B.C., V0H1Z0. Deadline date for applications is 9 May 2014.

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Events to mark VE Day in Summerland

Summerlanders will take time to observe VE Day with

a ceremony and candle lighting service on Sunday afternoon.

The service, commemorating the surrender of Germany

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Denese Espeut-Post, left, president of the Summerland Rotary Club and club member Murray Schiedl present Miriyana Komljenovic of NeighbourLink with a $500 cheque.

at the end of World War II, will be held at Canyon View Cemetery on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Following the service, candles will be lit and placed on veterans’ graves at all Summerland cemeteries. Last year, 424 candles were placed at the graves of veterans buried in the community. Entertainment at the Summerland Legion will follow at 2 p.m. and a dinner, free for veterans, will take place there at 5 p.m. “For the majority of Canadian World War II veterans, VE Day is more significant than Remembrance Day as they served in the European Theatre,” said John Dorn, past president of the Summerland Legion. “VE Day marks the end of hostilities in Europe and their return jour-

Summerland story published in Chicken Soup anthology A Summerland writer’s story about food is in the new anthology of stories, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Multitasking Mom’s Survival Guide. Brandy Lynn Maslowski’s story, Snack Attack, is one of the 101 short, inspirational stories in the collection. Snack Attack is a humorous 11/2-page story about meals and snacks. Maslowski said she had originally titled it, Pass the Sugar, Sugar. She learned of the call for submissions for the anthology while she was the editor of the Funds for Writers newsletter. When she saw the description of the anthology, she wanted to enter. “I was excited when I saw the title,” she said. Maslowski, a former firefighter, is also a quilt teacher, judge and host of Canadian Quilt Talk. She is also publishing her children’s picture book, Kristy’s Quilt, which was released earlier this year.

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ney home.” Summerland Legion president Mike Brazeau said the observance is important as Canada played a significant role during World War II. By the time Germany surrendered, Canada had the world’s third largest navy and the fourth largest air force, as well as six army divisions. Canada had roughly 100,000

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people in its various military branches, while the country as a whole had a population of roughly 11 million people. “We were quite the world power at the end of the Second World War,” Brazeau said. A total of 25 Summerlanders died in military action during World War II and many more served. The community’s population was a lit-

tle more than 2,000 people at this time. Brazeau said the ceremony and the candle lighting help to honour those who served. He said the display of lit candles is especially impressive after dark. In addition to the ceremony and formal events, Brazeau said VE Day serves as an opportunity for members of the public to talk with some of Summerland’s veterans.

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Environmental art

Final art exhibit opens next week The final show at Summerland Art Gallery’s current location is aptly titled Our Journey Ends Here. It will open in the Main Gallery next Thursday, May 8 with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Our Journey Ends Here will feature lino prints from Dr. Valen Fanderlik’s original blocks. Starting in 1955,

Carla McLeod Special to the Review

Sue Gibbs, a volunteer at the Summerland Art Gallery, taught young artists how to create a wind sock on Saturday afternoon. The art gallery hosted the event as part of the Earth Week Celebrations. From left are Gibbs, Carol Doyle, Jayden Doyle and Halee McLeod.

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Dr. Fanderlik taught Latin, history, social studies, law and art at J.L. Crowe Secondary School in Trail. In addition, he taught art classes to children and adults throughout the West Kootenays. He was also a lifetime honorary member of the Trail Art Club. While teaching, he was also creating great lino cut art work. A look at any of Dr. Fanderlik’s lino images reveals an impressive sense of scale and perspective, of meticulous attention to details, and a love of country side scenes and buildings. As is often the case at the Summerland Art Centre a second show, Harmony in Music and Nature, will be opening in the adjoining Adams Room. This show will feature works by fibre artist Allison Altherr. With roots in agriculture and a frontier lifestyle, and humbled by the power and beauty of the natural world, Allison Altherr’s approach to art is practical as well as symbolic. Nature provides her with a raw, luxurious medium and limitless inspiration. As a fibre artist she creates a harmonious balance of rich earthy hues and simplistic natural form utilizing the organic fibre produced by the animals that surround her in every day life. Allison will be performing some original songs, with the group, Done Working, on opening

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David Finnis night. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Friday 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Summerland Art Gallery is (currently) at 9533 Main St. The Arts Council’s annual Summer Art Program for kids will begin July 7 and you are advised to book early to avoid disappointment. There are loads of exciting and challenging workshops for kids of all ages. Whether you’re an actor, musician, artist or just simply want to have some fun you’re sure to find something to suit. A list of all the classes can be found online at summerlandarts.com/programs/summer-artsprogram. If you know of an event you feel should be included in the Arts Palette or on the Arts Council’s online calendar, please email artspalette@summerlandarts.com or call 250404-3225. The Arts Palette column is written by David Finnis, publicity chair and president of the Summerland Community Arts Council, P.O. Box 1217, 9533 Main St., Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z0.

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