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Penticton and area is embracing Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Day with open arms. So much so, the 3,000 special cards to be given out with each good deed on Nov. 7 ran out this week and officials were scrambling to get more. “We’re having trouble just keeping up with the demand for them,” said executive director Aaron McRann of the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen, the organization spearheading the inaugural event. “I wasn’t sure how it was going to go, sometimes people can think of these things being kind of cheesy maybe that you have to take it with a grain, or a big dose, of salt,” he said. “I wasn’t sure if that was going to happen or not and I am a little bit surprised because the response has been completely 100 per cent supportive and excited.” In his eyes what constitutes an act of kindness can be as simple as holding a door open for someone or wishing them a good day and handing them one of the cards asking them to pay it forward to someone else. By doing this, McRann feels, in today’s hectic, fastpaced world it will provide people with an opportunity to slow down a little and say thanks. “It’s easy and doesn’t
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have to cost you anything,” he said. The special day is taking place through out the South Okanagan Similkameen and people who have performed or received a RAK are urged to share their experience online at www.rakdaysos.com or via social media: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest or Instagram under the hashtag #RAKDAYSOS. “It’s not so much this is the only time of year people
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do random acts of kindness but more it’s kind of a celebration of the kind of stuff that happens all the time,” said McRann. “That’s the way people seem to be taking it and people are just making it a fun day. It’s quite cool to be having conversations with people about how excited they are.” This is a Canada-wide promotion and the organizer is confident they will be well represented when the final
tally is in. Many businesses, government agencies, individuals and schools have already issued challenges to others to see who can do the most RAKs during the day. Earlier this week, Penticton Secondary School received a visit from some students from Princess Margaret Secondary. “This morning a couple of kids from Maggie came in and brought us some Tim
Bits,” said Pen High leadership team member Michelle Rogers, a Grade 12 student at the school. “It’s a fun challenge to see who can be the nicest and we accept. “For me personally, is hopefully to influence the community to turn random acts of kindness into part of what you do everyday.” Her teammate Helena Fagerlid agreed: “It is rewarding to do something nice for someone. When
somebody does nice things for me, it makes me want to do nice things for someone else. It’s like giving back.” In the morning, a welcoming committee will be at the front doors giving high fives, hot chocolate and doing other little niceties for staff and students. The City of Penticton is also on board with the concept after receiving a presentation from McRann late last month. “We have a few things planned for the community but we’re trying to keep kind of a tight lid on it so we keep the element of surprise,” said city communications officer Simone Blais. “It’s just small things to support community organizations and members of the community. “Hoping to have a few friendly helpers deliver some sweet treats and we’ll keep it at that.” She added in some cases those in violation of the city parking regulations may find a RAK card instead of a ticket, but motorists shouldn’t count on it. Overall, McRann is hopeful people will take the sentiment of the day to heart. “In the last little while we’ve had a barrage of bad news and that’s not our natural state and I think this instinctively re-wires our brain,” he said. “It’s kind of like being in the consciousness of the whole community. It’s a small step, but I think it means a lot.”
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Inquest probes death in RCMP cells Joe Fries Western News Staff
Despite regular checks by guards and police, the death of a prisoner at the Penticton RCMP detachment wasn’t discovered for approximately eight hours, a coroner’s inquest heard this week. An autopsy revealed Steven Joseph Scott died after choking on his own vomit around 2 a.m. on Aug. 10, 2012, following his arrest for causing a disturbance while drunk outside a Penticton home. But it wasn’t until 10:40 a.m., when an RCMP officer entered Scott’s cell to wake him for a telephone call with a lawyer, that his death was noticed. The circumstances surrounding his demise, and what can be done to prevent a similar tragedy in the future, are the focus of this week’s inquest at the Penticton courthouse. RCMP Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth, the watch commander on duty when Scott died, testified Tuesday he went to Scott’s cell several times after the prisoner complained about having difficulty breathing. Wrigglesworth said, however, that he didn’t buy the complaints since Scott didn’t exhibit any signs of distress. “He’s telling me he can’t breathe, yet I can have a conversation with him,” the corporal said. Wrigglesworth said he considered sending Scott to the hospital, but that would have meant tying up an officer on what was a busy summer night, and didn’t call for an ambulance since “there wasn’t an emergency medical condition that was evident.”
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At 5:45 a.m., the Mountie went to Scott’s cell for the final time of his shift and thought he could hear snoring through a port in the door and figured the prisoner was OK. In hindsight, Wrigglesworth said, “I can only assume the sound of snoring I heard was from another cell.” The inquest was shown video from a camera in Scott’s cell that recorded his last movements at 2 a.m., when he rolled over on his bunk into the fetal position facing away from
the door with a blanket bunched in his arms. Dr. William Currie, who conducted Scott’s autopsy, estimated the victim, whom he believed to be an alcoholic, died shortly after 2 a.m. following a “massive terminal inhalation” of stomach contents into his lungs. Such victims of aspiration pneumonia, Currie testified, can neither breathe nor speak, and usually die within minutes. Kirsten Wehrmann, the lone civilian jail guard on shift at the time of Scott’s death,
said she watched on video as Scott lay down between midnight and 1 a.m. and assumed he had fallen asleep. She said she continued to check on Scott throughout the night, by watching him via the video camera and looking in through a window in his cell door, but didn’t notice any problems. Wehrmann acknowledged, though, that neither method of observation allowed her to detect chest movements associated with breathing because the video wasn’t clear enough and the cell door window was damaged. Neil Eshleman, the guard who relieved Wehrmann at 6 a.m., said his visual checks of Scott also revealed nothing untoward, and he didn’t try to rouse Scott to ensure his wellbeing. “As long as (prisoners) are peaceful and they’re calm, you try to leave them be,” said Eshleman. He later admitted that the fact Scott didn’t move for several hours should have alerted him something was wrong. Both guards also testified that they lost their jobs soon after the incident. Scott had a difficult upbringing in Abbotsford, according to half-sister Candace Sabo Derksen, who has been watching the inquest. Sabo Derksen told reporters she last saw Scott in 2009 and is unsure when he arrived in Penticton and what brought him here. Witness testimony is expected to continue through Wednesday morning at the Penticton courthouse, after which the five-member jury will begin its deliberations and make recommendations.
Churchill duplex gets green light from city council Steve Kidd
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A neighbourhood lost its battle to block a duplex development Monday evening when council voted 5-1 in support of the project. Schoenne Homes got the goahead to subdivide a lot at 701 Churchill Ave., and proceed with plans to build a back-to-front duplex on each of the lots. Neighbours had been protesting the development, which they said would result in changing the nature of the neighbourhood. For the past two weeks, their lawns have been adorned with signs protesting the small lot size, density and other aspects of the development. Perhaps it is not surprising there were a lot of signs in evidence at the public hearing Nov. 3. While the lawn signs in the neighbourhood outnumbered the two signs Bruce Schoenne put up on the lot he plans to develop, he had lots of signs in
the hands of supporters in council chambers. The neighbourhood opponents made their affiliation clear, with most dressed solemnly in black and wearing a tag giving their address on Churchill or Alexander avenues. Between the two sides, the gallery at city council chambers was well-packed 30 minutes before the council meeting was scheduled to begin, prompting the opening of an overflow “I hate it when it gets to that stage,” said Schoenne, who admitted to being exhausted the morning after the marathon two-hour public hearing. “I don’t like to see that kind of confrontation.” Like it or not, Schoenne was well-prepared for the public hearing with a thorough presentation that detailed how much of an increase in tax revenue the city could expect from subdividing the lot and the four units he plans to put on them, which he said will increase threefold, from
about $2,800 to $11,200 per year. Both sides were very well prepared, from Schoenne’s charts to scale models created by the other side showing how the size of the duplexes would compare to some of the bungalows already existing in the neighbourhood. “They did a fantastic job and they represented the neighbourhood very well,” said Bernie Bathgate, one of the neighbourhood organizers. Schoenne also drew support from business owner Neil Jamieson, who pointed out that this kind of project and densification was the only way to make it affordable for first-time homeowners to enter the neighbourhood. “Density has to happen, so the young people in my office, that I employ, can afford to get into the real estate market,” said Jamieson. Nor were the opponents without some high profile supporters. Former Socred MLA Jim Hewitt, who lives nearby on Lakeshore Avenue,
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expressed his concerns about densification and the existing traffic in the area, and pointing out that council seemed that the lane behind Churchill Avenue was already becoming a major thoroughfare. “I don’t know how it ever got by planning in this city where you have front entrances and garages coming on to a 25-foot lane,” said Hewitt, saying the plan to split the lot and build two duplexes — four units — was a massive move. Addressing the neighbour’s concerns that the modern duplexes he plans to build would change the character of the neighbourhood, Schoenne pointed out the existing homes are not consistent in style, ranging in age and style from those built in the 1930s to later duplexes and even modern developments, including one built by Schoenne Homes at the corner of Churchill and Alexander. The two duplexes he plans to build, Schoenne said, are nothing
more than the ongoing evolution of the neighbourhood, which is already in constant transition. He said he already plans to build a fence to protect the neighbours’ privacy and work with neighbours to help fit the home into the neighbourhood. Bathgate said he plans to congratulate Schoenne on his presentation and follow through on his promises to mitigate the impact on his direct neighbours. “I am more than happy to talk to anyone in the neighbourhood about their ideas, certainly the landscaping ideas, I am already doing that with one gentleman,” said Schoenne. “There is no question the idea is to mellow things out. I would love it to look like they have already been there.” Coun. Katie Robinson was the only vote against the project, saying 701 Churchill Ave. was the wrong place for such a project, and it was obvious the neighbourhood didn’t want it.
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OK Falls governance debated Joe Fries Western News Staff
It didn’t take long for the issue of Okanagan Falls incorporation to come up at an all-candidates’ meeting in the community on Monday night. About 100 people crowded into the local school gym to listen to incumbent Tom Siddon and challenger Alan Whitman, the two men seeking election Nov. 15 as Area D director on the board of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, spar over local issues, including a governance study for the community. Siddon has asked the province to investigate whether the town’s current position under the jurisdiction of the RDOS is the best form of governance for residents, or if they’d be better served by incorporating and having their own mayor and council. While the province hasn’t yet committed to that study, Whitman said in his opening statement that incorporation would require new staff and infrastructure and require property tax increases, so the plan should be stopped in its tracks. He noted Area D residents are also being asked to pony up to help fund the expansion of Penticton Regional Hospital and new transit service
to Penticton. “Incorporation would mean a third property tax increase, and nobody’s ever explained what, if any, benefits will come because of it,” Whitman said. Siddon noted, however, that he’s not pushing for incorporation, but rather a study of the idea. And until that’s done, he continued, no one can say how much a self-governing Okanagan Falls would cost residents. “It’s absolutely false when Mr. Whitman stands here and tries to tell you that incorporation means higher taxes,” said Siddon. “It’s just preposterous. It’s a headin-the-sand approach to say: ‘We don’t want to have an answer to that question.’” Both men seem to agree on other issues like the need for sewer extensions to Kaleden and Skaha Estates, revitalization of the Okanagan Falls town centre, and a resolution to concerns about the Twin Lakes aquifer. Whitman and Siddon were also scheduled to square off Tuesday night at a forum in Kaleden. Advanced voting for Area D is at the RDOS office at 1010 Martin St. Nov. 5 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Nov. 8 and 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Venetian Vertical Wood Faux Wood Pleated Cellular Drapery Roller Shades Roman Shades Panel Tracks Shutters 3M Window Films Motorization
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Mayoral candidates talk about vision for the city Joe Fries and Dale Boyd Western News Staff
Besides exploring issues of the day, Penticton’s three mayoral candidates were also asked at the Oct.30 public forum to discuss their visions for the city’s far-off future and the preservation of its past. For two hours, the crowd of about 400 inside a ballroom at the Penticton Lakeside Resort listened as the men gave one-minute answers to a range of questions, with few rebuttals and no fireworks. One of the curveballs thrown at the candidates was whether they’d support moving Penticton’s museum onto the SS Sicamous, which would free up space for the library to expand. Jukka Laurio, a local restaurant owner, called it a “brilliant idea.” “That would be a workable solution and would also provide the Sicamous with an additional draw,” he said, adding the library could then grow “without the big cost expenditures.” Two-term city councillor Andrew Jakubeit cautioned, however, that there’s more to the museum than meets the eye. “The basement underneath is all their archive storage and it takes up a lot of space,” he said. “Perhaps a better combination might be the museum and the art
gallery. We need to create draws for people to see these wonderful cultural entities we have in our community.” John Vassilaki, who has served three terms on city council, agreed something should be done for both the Sicamous and the museum, but didn’t say what. “To me, the most important thing any community can have is a heritage site,” he said. While the Sicamous is currently “sitting in the mud,” Vassilaki continued, “what better place can you put that beautiful ship but on the water? I think it should be refloated, but the cost is prohibitive.” Candidates were later asked what Penticton would look like in 40 years’ time if they get to put their stamp on it as mayor. Vassilaki said his ideal city of the future would have a greatly expanded industrial base. “That’s our No. 1 priority is the industrial area. And how well are we looking after it? Not very well. We should be devoting more time to where we can actually improve this community, and that’s through jobs,” he said. “We can no longer depend on folks who are on fixed income to pay the taxation for all the money that we spend year after year, and a lot of it is waste. Trust me, I know.” Laurio said large-scale industry will be a tough go, since the
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#2 COMMUNITY PRIDE The inaugural Canadian Wine Tourism Summit organized by allison Markin will take place in Penticton on Saturday at the Penticton lakeside resort.
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On Nov. 8, Penticton will be celebrating Wine Tourism Day with the first-ever Canadian Wine Tourism Summit, joining in a worldwide series of events and promotions to encourage travel to the world’s wine regions. Since it’s still in its infancy, this first summit will be small, though not as small as organizer Allison Markin of All She Wrote expected at first. “It’s something that I’ve been pondering a little bit, having travelled to similar events around the world and not having one in Canada,” said Markin. “I thought let’s get a bunch of people in a room and start talking about what is Canadian wine, what is the Canadian wine brand, what can we do to push it forward and make Canada a bona fide wine tourism destination,” said Markin. The Penticton Lakeside Resort and Casino offered her a meeting room and some room nights for guest speakers to help make it happen. “I thought, if I am lucky I will get 10 or 15 people in a room and we would just sort of have a roundtable discussion and move forward from there,” said Markin. “But as soon as I started posting about it, a lot of the associations in the region and other groups were interested in participating. I think the room I booked seats 50 … I may have to find a bigger room.” Markin said that includes local representatives, but there are also participants coming in from Vancouver and Calgary. The concept is to develop a Canadian wine “brand” and start a conversation about wine tourism across the country. “The challenge is getting people to think bigger and to think about Canada as a wine destination. The Okanagan is a pocket, certainly I think the best one we have in the country, but there are other regions,” said Markin. If, she explained, someone can be enticed to Nova Scotia to try their wine, that same wine tourist
may be enticed back to visit Niagara or the Okanagan. “The potential for wine tourism, making Canada as a whole an international wine destination, is an incredible opportunity,” said Markin. Canadians need to collaborate on developing this vision, she continued, and establish itself before other emerging wine regions do. The planned discussion also includes how wine tourism can support other sectors of tourism and develop economic growth. Guest speakers include Markin, vice-president of government and public affairs for the Canadian Vinters Association Beth McMahon and travel-food-wine-adventure blogger Marc Smith. Wine may be the first motivating factor for a traveller, but according to Markin, to be successful a wine region needs to have robust activities in other areas such as sports tourism, arts and culture, and outdoor activities to draw visitors and keep them for longer stays. The summit will also include discussion on Canada’s internal barriers to shipping wine and work being done to eliminate them. “I will certainly be talking about Free My Grapes, because that is quite honestly a barrier to wine tourism in Canada,” said Markin, adding that when she is travelling to wine conferences, people are sometimes shocked when she tells them she can get a French wine easier than she can get one from Ontario. That is part of the whole tourism package they will be talking about, she said, as is Canada’s export strategy, which the Canadian Vintners Association will be making a presentation on. The B.C. Wine Institute is also presenting their vision and the work they do to implement it. Registration is $25 per person and runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Penticton Lakeside Resort. Purchase tickets on EventBrite at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/canadian-wine-tourism-summit-tickets-13537738741
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Candidates need to make an impact A few curveball questions have been thrown, but in the Penticton municipal election, someone will need to take a strong stand to separate from the pack. With 25 candidates for council it is going to be tough for voters to make a choice of who they want to fill the six council seats. When it comes to the mayor’s chair, there are just three candidates to choose from, but the platforms put forward by the trio have similarities. It may just come down to a checklist of character, passion for the community, competence, policies and ideas for who will make a strong team for voters. Few, if any, fireworks have erupted at forums so far. Not that they are needed, but a lively debate might just show the strengths of one candidate over another. On Wednesday, the Western News is trying for just that, putting the three mayors in a room with the media and a selected panel of community leaders to see how the candidates handle some direct questions. Rather than an open forum with set speeches and pre-programmed questions, the Western News will give the panel a change to put their questions to mayoral candidates directly and give the candidates themselves a say on answers made by their peers. Along with Western News journalists, our panel includes Frank Conci, representing the industrial development association, Mike Magnusson from Junior Chamber International, acting Downtown Penticton Association president Leigh Follestad and Donna Verbeek, representing the local seniors’ population. We hope it entices just the lively debate that may help votersWESTERN make their choice come Nov. 15. PENTICTON If you are still stuck on who you are leaning towards, make sure you check out our video, which will be posted online by the end of this week, and take the time to read through stories and Q&A’s that we will be featuring in our paper and online. Decide which issues are of most importance to you then go through that checklist.
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Hot gases spew from legislature The climate debate, which all left-thinking people insist is over, has erupted in the B.C. legislature over our nascent liquefied natural gas industry. Chilliwack-Hope B.C. Liberal MLA Laurie Throness heated things up by announcing that he’s “agnostic” on the subject of humancaused global warming. The religious terminology is intentional, he said, because this is how climate change is currently discussed – deniers, believers and so on. Throness mentioned the inflated elephant in the room, 18 years with little or no average global surface temperature rise, even as greenhouse gas emissions keep rising around the world. Needless to say, Green Party MLA and climate scientist Andrew Weaver was aghast at this heresy. And NDP MLAs lined up behind former Sierra Club high priest George Heyman
to ridicule Throness, inadvertently proving his point about their rather nasty religious zeal. I’m also skeptical on global warming, as regular readers will know, and so are many voting adults in Canada and elsewhere. And I agree with Throness’ main point that B.C. shouldn’t sacrifice its energy economy while the jury is still out. Most politicians who presume to decide the fate of this vital and threatened industry have at best visited a well or plant site, and media information about the industry is often from questionable protesters. So today I’d like to provide some background on the natural gas industry, as someone who grew up with it and worked in it in northeastern B.C. Natural gas is mostly methane, the main ingredient in farts. It is many times more potent than carbon dioxide as
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B.C. Views a heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere, which is one reason it is often flared rather than vented if it isn’t captured for use as fuel. Raw natural gas may contain carbon dioxide, a key plant food and component of exhaled breath that has been rebranded as pollution. Gas from the Horn River Basin, one of B.C.’s largest deep shale formations, contains 10 per cent or more CO2, more than conventional gas. B.C.’s most lucrative gas field is the Montney shale around Fort St.
John, which contains nearly CO2-free gas as well as light petroleum liquids. (This is similar to the Bakken shale in North Dakota, where American roughnecks continue to burn off vast amounts of gas to get at the more valuable light liquids. Oddly, President Barack Obama and former Canadian singer Neil Young don’t notice this.) Weaver and the NDP are correct in their main objection, which is that the B.C. government’s new limits on CO2 from LNG production are a sham. As much as 70 per cent of the total greenhouse gas emissions from the gas industry occur before the LNG stage, which is the only thing the new rules regulate. CO2 that comes up with gas is extracted and vented. A governmentsubsidized pilot project to capture and store CO2 at Spectra Energy’s
operations at Fort Nelson seems to be going nowhere. Restricting LNG-related emissions is mostly a cosmetic gesture. Environment Minister Mary Polak correctly notes that gas producers pay carbon tax. Yes, but only on the fuel they use, not “process emissions” such as flaring. Big LNG proponents plan to burn more gas to compress and cool LNG, and their greenhouse gas emissions beyond a certain limit will force them to buy carbon offsets or pay into a technology fund. If LNG investment isn’t scared away by protests and piled-on taxes, it surely means B.C.’s greenhouse gas reduction targets are history. The question now is how much that actually matters. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Near and deer Dear incoming mayor and council, I am writing this letter in hopes that you, unlike your predecessors, will have enough chutzpah to do something about the ongoing deer problem. I have written letters, spoken to the mayor, was interviewed in a magazine about the deer in my neighbourhood and here I am again waving a red flag. Recently my dogs and I went walking half a block from my house when a family of five deer, on the lawn of a neighbour, decided to cross the street and come after us. My dogs were on leash, were not barking or lunging and were completely under control.
My old girl who is 13 years old tried to run away from the attacking deer and, as her back legs are very wobbly, slipped and fell. The deer then tried to come at her and was about to stomp her when a neighbour came out yelling and screaming. Both of us yelling at the top of our lungs caused the deer to pause. I then had to get my old girl up, cut across a lawn and go way out of our way to get home, the old girl limping in tow. As I have previously stated the deer out there are not the fearful, gentle Bambi of years gone by. They have morphed into urban deer without enemies, without fear and with an attitude of entitlement.
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Just a note to say thank you so much to the Penticton Western News for allowing my wife and I to attend the Doobie Brothers concert on Oct. 27. I had put in coupons for a pair of free tickets and someone from your staff called me last Thursday to tell me that I was the lucky winner, to come and pick up the tickets. My wife and I were overjoyed by this opportunity to attend such a venue. Thanks again, we really had a wonderful evening and thoroughly enjoyed the concert. What a band! Stewart Corbet Summerland
Clarity from candidates
Candidates in the upcoming election, I would like you to respond to the question of user fee recoveries for our city owned recreational facilities and programs. If you review the 2014 budget papers at penticton.ca, what percentage of the budgeted expenditures did the City of Penticton budget to recover? You should have already reviewed the 2014 budget and you should already know the answer. If you cannot understand the need for a regional district contribution or a surcharge on fees, as taxpayers we are in trouble with our city finances in the next four years. Ted Wiltse Penticton
Eliminate the excuses
The City of Penticton continues to receive public condemnation for their inept attempt to silence a local senior citizen. Despite the public’s demand for explanatory data the city has, inexplicably, taken to shamefully hiding behind solicitor/client privilege to dodge its fiduciary duty of keeping its citizenry informed on public expenditures.
This is at least the 10th time we have been attacked either in our yard or just a few metres from our home. Bears don’t frighten me the way these urban deer do. So to all of you Bambi lovers out there, I challenge you to bring a dog up to Ridgedale Avenue and take a little walk around when the deer are feasting on the flowers and the shrubs and see how sweet they are when they charge you with that steely glaze in their eyes. And to all the incoming candidates, I challenge you to do more than set up a deer hot line that never gets answered or returns messages. Daryl Meyers Penticton
After initiating a legal process in a crass attempt to intimidate Mrs. Elvena Slump, the city appears to have quietly abandoned their ill-conceived plan. Now, invoking the previously mentioned solicitor/client privilege, they refuse to disclose the cost of their shameful assault on our Charter of Rights. Perhaps city hall has forgotten that they represent us and when they initiate a legal process, they do so on our behalf thus making us the “client” in the solicitor/client relationship. As such we have a right to know what this folly has cost us. Let’s eliminate the use of obscure, questionable legal principles as excuses to block public disclosure but rather, have the city assiduously pursue the public’s right to know. Anything less is unacceptable. Thomas Linning Penticton
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Mayor and council should respect resolutions
A selection of comments on Penticton Western News stories found online:
On municipal election:
“John (Vassilaki) is looking and talking old, like keep Penticton the same, and I need a deputy mayor to do my job because I have other businesses to run, I only want to be a part-time mayor but I saved the Legion, oops that is closing the end of January 2015. Old John please retire!”
— posted by Dennis Curtis
On Churchill Street development:
“This area is part of the urban center of Penticton and people should be looking for ways to effectively increase density in positive ways that add to the vibrancy and liveability of the city. Being a NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) won’t get it done. Schoenne Homes is doing it right.”
— posted by Bradley James Cooper
“(The resident in the story) indicates that they did not go outside the neighbourhood for signatures is completely false. A member of this group was at a recent hockey game looking for signatures. I know this for a fact because one of the local supporters was approached and surprised at the misinformation that was being told about the development. Oh the gentleman pictured was originally for the development, I have his signature. I wonder what happened ...”
— posted by Bruce Schoenne
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I find it interesting that Summerland mayoral candidate David Gregory wants to restore the importance of public committees if elected. When John Boot presented Kettle Valley Dried Fruit’s application for non farm use of ALR land at the Feb. 16, 2006 Agricultural Advisory Committee, it was debated and supported by all but one. This was expected. What was not expected was that this person would lobby the mayor to the extent he believed the AAC minutes were inaccurate. Rather than asking any of the other committee members, the corporate officer, the recording secretary or the assistant planner who were all present, he chose to email a low ranking bureaucrat from the Depart-
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Recently it was Homelessness Awareness Week. The South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society (SOSBIS) is currently working towards lessening the impact of homelessness on our society, and the mental states of the currently homeless. We would like to thank and show appreciation for the help we have received from our community partners and businesses that have joined our Homeless Outreach Program in working towards this goal. This program works closely with our most vulnerable community members who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness. The first step of eliminating homelessness is to remove the initial boundaries stopping individuals from obtaining stable housing. This is done by giving assistance with acquiring shelter, food, clothing, identification, and information regarding income assistance, and housing assistance. SOSBIS has been responsible for moving over 200 individuals into stable housing, and advocating for over 50 individuals in the past year alone. We would like to sincerely thank all landlords and community members that have helped make this happen, and helped with continual support making maintaining housing even a possibility. We would like to make the community aware of our Extreme Weather Shelter opening up later this season. This shelter will open on nights colder than -7 C and will be taking place in either Cheers the Church, or at the existing Salvation Army shelter, Compass House. This decision to open the shelter
ment of Agriculture who was only on the committee in an advisory capacity for his comments. Aside from ignoring land use precedents that have been established with the wineries, he proposed the three options the AAC had already rejected. This was to be the start of an Agricultural Park that would hopefully attract other clean, value added business similar to Summerland Sweets. Kettle Valley Dried Fruit was to be the first. Yogopogo Yogurt was to be the second but left town when the application was not granted. If, the mayor only wanted the bureaucrats opinion, why did he not insist they only reply to the him? The outcome was the mayor gave this
will be made daily by 10 a.m. depending on weather forecasts, and the decision will be advertised at many community outlets. Members of the community can help by donating cash or gift cards to SOSBIS. This will greatly help people get set up in their homes. We will also gratefully accept donations of outerwear such as warm coats, hat, gloves, snow/wind pants. If you or anyone you know is looking for more information on the Homeless Outreach Program or any of SOSBIS’s other programs please inquire at 250490-0613. Once again a very big thank you to all our community partners for your efforts for those who are most in need, it is very much appreciated. Linda Sankey Executive director, South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society
Manipulated by lies
I’m sure Rolf Loths’ letter (Penticton Western News Oct. 24, Misinformed on Russia politics) will meet with the wrath of the Canadian Jewish Congress and folks who won’t spend a lick of time researching their opinions, but still feel free to express their emotions based on long-standing ignorance. I spent over 45 years collecting militaria and interviewing veterans from the Boer War through Vietnam. What I found was a complete opposite picture than that portrayed by our education system, conclusion being that our taught history is riddled with mis-truths. I will steadfastly support Mr. Loth’s statements regarding Putin’s suspicions about the Western powers and their continued agenda to
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bureaucrat the opportunity to send his comments to the ALC and as a result the entire Agricultural Park was lost. I have no doubt that he would have sent a response to the ALC on his own but the mayor’s name would not have appeared in the address. The obvious inference that can be drawn from this is the mayor had second thoughts. The Agricultural Advisory Committee accepted it’s role as an advisory group and most didn’t get “bent out of shape” if the mayor and council didn’t accept the committee’s resolution supported by our minutes. But, we do expect the mayor to respect them. Lloyd Christopherson Past chair, Summerland’s Agricultural Advisory Committee
undermine Russia with propaganda and economic boycotts. I had the privilege earlier this year to sit down with a professor of Eastern politics (himself a born and bred Ukranian who had served in Russian military), a man given to facts only. His take on the so-called crisis in the Ukraine (read: Crimea) is diametrically opposed to the position taken by Harper and our Conservative government. This gentleman’s pet peeve lies with the laziness of the general population who swallow news media propaganda, which in turns paves the way for a false sense of national patriotism that leads to needless bloodshed. My studies have conclusively proved to me, that both world wars had nothing to do with the protection of freedoms or liberties, but a contrived series of power pushes orchestrated by that select ultra-rich few who sat back in the comfort of their estates in New York and London while the little guy spilled his guts. When you look at a person like Winston Churchill who is portrayed as the consummate hero-leader, then consider his own personal writings circa 1923 where he stated he had no objections to using chemical weapons on uncivilized tribesmen (British dominance in Mesopotamia), one cannot help but wonder what else his mind envisioned. Here in the West, we like to think of ourselves as simply wonderful, almost bordering on virgin-like perfection but how quickly we forget of our involvement in the Boer War where 23,000 Dutch Boer children were starved to death and almost half that again of women and men, in British
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death camps, for no other purpose than to please the Jewish gold and diamond merchants. Or, of how England provoked the Chinese during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, when they refused to stop the British merchants from sending shiploads of opium to Chinese drug addicts. The more history I have researched the more I see how we have been manipulated by lies for no other reason than to keep us in a state of enslavement. I close with this, history always passes through three stages: first it’s ridiculed, secondly its violently opposed and lastly it is accepted as true given fact. Where are you? Thank you Mr. Loth for your boldness and objectivity. William R. Hill Penticton
Being open and transparent
I am writing this letter prior to our civic election where I am a candidate for city council. I am very much in favour of being open and transparent so with this in mind, I must let all voters know that over 10 months ago I made rental arrangements out of country for this January and February and plan to follow through with these commitments. I will, however, if elected return home midway through and also be available by phone and email throughout. I will make different arrangements from then forward. I promise to you that I will give my all through the remainder of the year should you see me fit to represent you on council. Doug Maxwell Penticton
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The Devin Cuddy Band is going coast to coast on their own for the first time. After a couple East Coast stops, Cuddy and his band will bring their sophomore album Kitchen Knife to the Dream Café on Nov. 14. The new album, released on July 29, has more laid-back origins compared to the Juno-nominated debut Vol.1, released in 2012, but the roots/blues sound of the band is still intact. “It’s a continuation of what we do, our sound,” Cuddy said. Being the son of Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy has opened some doors for Devin and the band, including having their latest album produced by Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor at his Lost Cause farm studio in Kendal, Ont. “A bit of a different vibe for
us in terms of making a record. We were out in the woods at his place moving a little more methodically and slow,” Cuddy said. A far cry from Vol. 1, which Cuddy said was produced at an in-and-out pace in an inner city studio. The settings may be wildly different, but aside from their skills progressing, the band is sticking to its roots. “I think there’s a bit of growth in terms of the sounds and songwriting a bit, but we’re still trying to do that roots/blues kind of sound,” Cuddy said. The band was invited on tour this past winter, joining Blue Rodeo and father Jim as an opening act. “It was really great, brought us a lot of new fans and it was a very good learning experience for us,” Cuddy said. It gave the band some experience playing bigger venues, learning how to fill up a stage
and move around during a performance Cuddy said. Having known the members of Blue Rodeo since he was a kid, the tour was an opportunity for Cuddy to see them in a context he hadn’t had the chance to experience before. “It was really cool to see them in a setting I didn’t quite know them in, the long tour, I’d never done that before, and playing all these places with them was a real treat,” Cuddy said. Looking back, Cuddy is finding he is appreciating his upbringing as he takes steps further in to the world of professional music. “I’m realizing more now, trying to become a professional musician, how cool it was. Reflecting on some of the experiences like hanging out at shows and being surrounded by music a lot,” Cuddy said. Tickets are $24 and are available by phone at 250-490-9012.
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When thinking of a one man band, it’s hard to shake the image of a street performer with bells on their ankles and a drum strapped to their back. Kyle Anderson will play every instrument heard at his Nov. 8 performance at the Opus Bistro Cafe, though not all at the same time. Anderson will be playing songs off an album that was initially conceived as a Christmas present for his family. A Family Original, the first solo album produced by Anderson of fully original music, was well received by family and friends, leading Anderson to release it at a show put on last May. The release show was a solo singer/songwriter guitar set and now Anderson has returned to play the songs in their full glory. “What I wanted to do this time was to really show off
the whole song the way I arranged it. The way I recorded it,” Anderson said. “This time around I wanted to give them the full-meal deal.” He will be playing his songs to backing tracks, all of which Anderson recorded in his home studio. “It’s me playing to me,” Anderson said. No stranger to playing with background music, which Anderson calls “beds”. He has been practicing with backing tracks since he first picked up the guitar at the age of 10. “I didn’t have anyone to play with. So the first song I ever learned was playing along with the record,” Anderson said. “All of my background bands throughout the years were Credence (Clearwater Revival), The Beatles, Santana, The Who, all of these bands because I played along with the records.” For the upcoming show, Anderson has removed the vocals from the songs on A Fam-
ily Original and remastered the tracks. Despite writing the songs himself and producing the album, Anderson has had to go back and do some homework before playing the songs live some for the first time. “I realized when I went back and started working on my last show in May that I had to learn the songs over again,” Anderson said. “It’s a really interesting experiment to go back and listen to what you did.” Anderson is a full-time musician running his home studio and working on various projects with artists in Penticton. “I’m not the richest musician in town, but at the same time I feel so fulfilled with the fact that I can stand on my own two feet as a singer, a songwriter, a musician and an entertainer,” Anderson said. Showtime is at 8 p.m. and tickets are $15, available through the Opus Cafe Bistro at 778-476-5856.
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Mayoral candidates focus on business From MAYORS on PG. 4 Some questions strayed from the business focus including how the candidates plan to instil leadership if elected. Specifically, how the candidates feel about the idea that decisions are influenced more by administration and staff as opposed to council members. “City council should make all decisions,” said Vassilaki. “Anything that cost the community even one dollar should be the decision of council, not of staff.” Jakubeit echoed Vassilaki’s sentiment, noting a part of his platform is empowering council and increasing communication with staff. He plans to do so by setting a mandate of four meetings a month. The two regular council meetings and two supplementary meetings to make sure staff is up to speed on all issues. “I think we’ve had a problem with confidentiality amongst our meetings,” Jakubeit said. “I think there have been times where information has been reserved or not forthcoming and that has to stop.” On the topic of future business in Penticton, the candidates were asked how they plan to set the conditions for increasing jobs, economic development and affordable housing as well as encouraging tourism all at the same time. Jakubeit said council will have to be able to take the heat if they want to bring positive projects forward. “We have to take some flak to make things happen. I think we need a council who is going to be willing to say we have four years to make some dif-
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The expansion of Penticton Regional Hospital is one step closer to reality after city council passed a zoning amendment Monday evening to make room for the new structure. It’s not unusual for zoning changes and the associated public hearings to be lengthy, contentious matters at city council, but this change for 550 Carmi Ave. passed with smiles replacing the arguments. “Your presentation gives me goose bumps,” said Mayor Garry Litke to proponents Doug McLaughlin, representing the architects IBI Group and David Fowler, Interior Health’s senior planner for the Penticton project. The zoning amendment was necessary because at 39.2 metres, the new six-storey tower far exceeds both the 12 metres allowed under current zoning and the 20.1 metre height of the existing
building. Count. Judy Sentes said that small steps like the zoning change, which passed unanimously, give people hope the expanded facilities are on their way. “It’s been a dream for so long that each step is closer to reality,” said Sentes. Along with details on the height of the project, council got a breakdown from McLaughlin on the current state of planning. If all goes well, he said, the construction group should be ready for the design and construction phase in early 2016. The new patient care tower will be located to the east of the hospital, in the area currently occupied by the parking lot off Government Street. The loss of parking will be more than made up for by a 480-stall parking garage planned as part of the structure. All together, the new tower will add about 28,000 square metres to the hospital, more than
doubling the existing 25,923 square-metres of floor space. The lowest level would contain items like medical gas storage, emergency generators, and space for UBC Faculty of Medicine, which will maintain a presence there. Level One and Two contain the ambulatory care clinic, diagnostic imaging, operating rooms and other surgical services. Level 3 is mechanical equipment, while Level 4, 5 and 6 would have 28 inpatient beds each. According to the design shown to council, the top level would contain more mechanical and have a helipad. “It has taken a long time to get to this stage,” said Janice Perrino, chair of the OkanaganSimilkameen Regional Hospital District board. “But that’s OK, at least it’s coming. We all knew that once they gave agreement, it was still going to be five years from that date.”
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Flu season may be early this year It’s a good year to get a shot of influenza vaccine early, says Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall. “We’re already starting to see some influenza activity around the province, which suggests that this flu season may be coming earlier than past flu seasons,” Kendall said this week. Kendall joined Health Minister Terry Lake and other MLAs who rolled up their sleeves to receive their annual flu shots at the B.C. legislature. Lake said flu vaccination is on the upswing in B.C., with last year setting a record for doses of vaccine administered. That includes 76 per cent of health care workers, who are now required to get vaccinated or wear a mask in patient care areas during the winter flu season. Contrary to popular misconceptions about “stomach flu” or “24-hour flu,” influenza is a severe respiratory disorder caused by a group of viruses that circulate globally. The Public Health Agency of Can-
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Pam RoRie, preparing to give a flu shot, was one of the interior Health nurses that chose to get dressed up in traditional nurse’s uniforms last week for a Halloween flu shot clinic at the Seniors Drop-in Centre.
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PENTICTON HEAT under-14 field lacrosse team captured the Interior Field Lacrosse zone championship in Vernon. The team is as follows: Front row left to right: Logan Cote, Brendan Craig, Kale Lawrence, Aidan Canada, Beau Chetner and Aiden Warren. Back row left to right: Dan Ricard (assistant coach), Randy Craig (assistant coach), Hayden Marschall, Matt Carson, Matt Marschall, Trenton Henson, Darius Venables, Colin Duffield, Aidan Danby, Connor Ramage, Ty Ricard, Dan Chetner (coach) and Connor Nohr.
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Penticton Heat’s under-14 field lacrosse team capped off a dominating season with a Interior Field Lacrosse zone championship The Heat captured the title with a 10-7 win over the Kamloops Rattlers in Vernon. “I felt like we were in control of the game from start to finish,” said Heat coach Dan Chetner, who watched his team pound Kelowna 16-2 in the morning, yet not play to his standards. “We were much better against Kamloops.” Executing the basics helped Penticton win the zone championship for the second time in three years. Chetner said his players supported each other on offence, found open holes and played strong defensively. The Heat did have some breakdowns which resulted in the Rattlers scoring. “When we did play to our capabilities, we were able to dominate,” said Chetner, adding that his players worked hard to become champions and now they get to challenge themselves outside at the provincial championship in February in Burnaby. The Heat’s under-12 team lost to the Kelowna
BEAU CHETNER of the Penticton Heat (left) tangles with Nolan Katinic of the Kelowna Kodiaks during the Interior Field Lacrosse League’s U14 zone championships Sunday in Vernon. Penticton won the game easily 16-2. Roger Knox/Black Press
Kodiaks 9-2 in their semifinal match. While coach Chris Danby acknowledged the Heat wasn’t expected to win, there was a glimmer of possibility because of past successes.
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HUNTER MISKA is a big reason the Penticton Vees are enjoying a 13-game winning streak. He was named the BCHL’s player of the month for October.
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Not only does Hunter Miska look sharp between the pipes thanks to his equipment, but the Penticton Vees goalie backs it up with big numbers. Miska was named the BCHL’s player of the month for October prior to Saturday’s 6-2 win over the Trail Smoke Eaters. “I’m pretty excited. I thought our team played really well,” said Miska, a University of Minnesota-Duluth commit, who was a perfect 9-0-0 with a miniscule 1.08 goals-against average and a .959 save-percentage with three shutouts last month. “My defence are obviously playing great in front of me blocking shots, giving me the first shot. Forwards are doing great too.” Miska’s efforts Saturday pushed the Vees’ win streak to 13 and helped them become the No.1 ranked team in the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The turning point of the evening came with the Vees leading 3-1. A turnover at the Vees blueline gave the Smoke Eaters’ top scorer Charlie Zuccarini a breakaway, but Miska stoned him. The Vees then rushed the puck up ice immediately as Patrick Sexton led the breakout to Patrick Newell, who found Demico Hannoun. Not long after Hannoun beat Adam Todd with a backhand shot making it 4-1. “Those are the type of momentum swings that carry you through to a lot of victories,” said Vees coach Fred Harbinson. “We have seen that game in and game out with him.” Harbinson said they are glad to have Miska back and it’s for moments like that. Harbinson said the team also played well away from the puck, but when mistakes were made,
Miska was there to rescue them. “He made critical key saves probably in every game,” said Harbinson. “We played in a lot of onegoal games. He was definitely in the zone.” Vees forward Cam Amantea added that Miska has been awesome. “The way he has been playing lately is crazy,” he said. “He has kept us in a few games. Miska gives us a chance to win every night.” The difference Amantea sees in the goalie from last year is confidence. It has been seen in the dressing room and practice. “He always works his hardest. He always does the little things to get ready for games,” said Amantea. Miska, named a finalist for the CJHL national player of the month award to be announced this week, also brings a positive attitude that is respected by Vees co-captain Cody DePourcq. “He’s a pretty cool guy off the ice. The way he thinks the game,” said DePourcq. “In practice … the goalie coach (Kyle Hamaguchi) asks him, ‘How many goals did you let in that drill?’ He goes ‘none’ every time. He just has a very unique mindset. A confident guy. I love the way he approaches the game. Always having fun.” Miska said he has felt more confident and that his play has been stronger. That is due to the work he did last off-season. Miska only took a week off then was back on the ice skating twice a week and focused on aspects of his skill, such as acrobatics. Miska, who started playing goal in Grade 9, said he doesn’t like to take much time off. “I look at the summer as a time to get better, increase my game,” said Miska, who draws inspiration from
Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding. “I thought it’s really helped me this year.” On Wednesday, Miska and the Vees aim to look sharp against the West Kelowna Warriors (9-5-0-2), who are winners of their last three games including a 4-3 overtime victory against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks at Royal LePage Place. “They are a good team. They have been coming on strong lately,” said Amantea, who is probable for Wednesday after leaving Saturday’s game for precautionary reasons after hurting his back when he crashed into the end boards. “They are tough to play against. One of our biggest rivals.” “It will be a huge challenge this Wednesday against one of the better teams in the entire league,” said Harbinson. Vees notes: Co-captain Patrick Sexton returned to the lineup after missing 12 games with an upper body injury. “It’s the best feeling in the world. It’s tough sitting out and watching the team play. Luckily for me the boys went on a 12-game hitter. That was awesome. It’s awesome to be back. Just being in the room, being with the guys” … Dante Fabbro and Tyson Jost, the Vees two 16-year-old rookies, are off playing for Team Canada at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Sarnia, Ont. Jost scored Team Canada White’s only goal in a 5-1 loss to Finland on Sunday, while Fabbro scored on the power-play as Team Canada Red rolled over Slovakia 6-0. Jost assisted on the overtime winner against Canada Black in a 5-4 decision. Canada Red earned a 4-2 win over Sweden. Both teams play again Tuesday. Quarter-final action starts on Thursday.
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Steve Brown has got that spark back for triathlons. Initially reluctant to accept the position of race director for Valley First Challenge Penticton in 2014, taking it on injected passion back into Brown. “I just really got fired up,” said Brown, who, after two years of brainstorming, announced the creation of the Three Lakes Triathlon Series. The trio of races will be in Cultus Lake, B.C., Osoyoos and Sylvan Lake, Alta. Cultus Lake Loop Triathlon will be on June 14, followed by the Osoyoos Lake Loop Triathlon on June 28 and Sylvan Lake Loop Triathlon on July 19 of 2015. “I’m really excited to be doing this,” said Brown, one
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IN BRIEF Steam and Coyotes get split in KIJHL action
The Summerland Steam picked up a split in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League play over the weekend. The Steam hosted the Revelstoke Grizzlies on Sunday and were edged out 3-2. All the scoring took place in the middle stanza. Braden Saretsky put the home team on the scoreboard first. The Grizzlies then responded with a goal by Riley Creighton. The Steam’s last goal was scored by Braden Eliuk, while Kyle Baron scored the second equalizer and Kenny Batke potted the winner with 16 seconds left. Alex Kong was pulled by the Steam in favor of Brett Huber after making 13 saves on 15 shots. Huber finished with three saves on four shots. On Halloween, the Steam earned a 3-1 win over the Princeton Posse. Cole Woodliffe, Paulsen Lautard and Michael McEachern scored for the Steam, giving them a 3-0 lead. Eden Dubchak scored the lone goal for Princeton at 16:23. The Steam are now 10-7-0 on the season. The Steam’s next home game is Friday at 7:30 p.m. when they host the Golden Rockets. The Osoyoos Coyotes opened their weekend with a 4-0 victory against the Kimberley Dynamiters on the road. After a scoreless first period, Colten Braid scored the winner at 17:42 of the second period. Jackson DeMatos then scored shorthanded to give the Coyotes a 2-0 lead, while Colin Bell and Aaron Azevedo rounded our the Coyotes offence. Lawrence Langan made 19 saves for his second shutout of the season. The Coyotes then lost to the Fernie Ghostriders 4-3 in overtime at the Fernie Memorial Arena on Saturday, then traveled to Creston Valley and were doubled up by the Thunder Cats 8-4. Scoring for the Coyotes were Luc Gradisar, Rainer Glimpel with two and Azevedo. The Coyotes’ next home game is Saturday, when they host the Rockets in the Osoyoos Sun Bowl at 7:35 p.m.
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SPIRITED RUNNERS — Paul Eagle’s chocolate bar costume was one of the more unusual entries in the North Face Dirty Feet Tunnel Run. He finished ninth in his age division in the solo event. Above right, Miyuki Lindeboom (left) and Yumi Pipe of Kelowna made a fine pair on the North Face Dirty Feet Tunnel Run Nov. 2 in Naramata. Nearly 200 competitors took part in the Dirty Feet race series event won by Penticton’s Tim Bell in a time of one hour, 20 minutes and 21 seconds. Mark Brett/Western News
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PENTICTON VEES peewee forward Owen Haight has a shot deflected over the shoulder of South Okangan netminder Colby Dynneson by defenceman Kaden Zakall during action Nov. 2 at Penticton Memorial Arena. The visitors downed the Vees 9-1 in Tier 3 minor hockey play. Find the game story at www.pentictonwesternnews.com/sports. . Mark Brett/Western News
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WALKING DEAD — Nicky Russell (right) gets into her zombie character while Ollie d’Aoust puts the finishing touches on Brendan Cleaver’s makeup as the group headed out on the second annual Zombie Parade in downtown Penticton. Heavy rain put a bit of a damper on this year’s event, but it still drew a number of participants from old to young to take part.
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Though it hasn’t been all in this order, Tin Whistle’s Stag Apple Scotch Ale has now claimed awards at the local, provincial and national levels. The latest award
came last month with a first place for the dark beer at the B.C. Beer Awards in the UK Ales category. Lorraine Nagy, owner of the Tin Whistle Brewing Company, said their scotch ale was best in show at Okanagan
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For the third year THe DAYTRIPPeR HeADS TO ARMSTROnG for the incredible Caravan Farm Theatre’s seasonal presentation. This year it is “The Contest of the Winds” a story of Grandpa Joes. The Daytripper leaves the Visitors Centre at 1:00 pm for the 4 o’clock show. We stop at a Vernon Pub for dinner on the way back. Your ticket includes transportation and the show. Meals are off the menu. Limited seats...book now. $70.00
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Fest-of-Ale last year as well as winning a bronze at the Canadian Beer Awards. Brewmaster Jeff Todd describes the Stag Apple Scotch Ale as very dark, almost a ruby colour. The taste is malty, with overtones of caramel and toffee. That malty taste, he said, is one of the things that set a Scotch ale apart. “Scots tend to dislike things that are English,”
Todd explained. So when hops, which are hard to grow in Scotland anyway, became more popular in English brewing, they turned to a different taste profile. “Their beers evolved to be much maltier as opposed to hops-focused and, in particular, Scotch ales have a much higher alcohol content,” said Todd. Adding the farm fresh apple juice, however, was his own inspiration.
“The way I wanted to introduce the apple and use it is almost a caramel apple pairing,” said Todd, adding that the apple doesn’t overwhelm the taste. “It’s still a Scotch ale very much and the apple doesn’t really feature, it just takes the flavour profile to another level. “You would know there is something different about it, but it is so subtle and complex that you may not know exactly what it is that is making it different.” Tin Whistle is a small micro brewery located in Penticton producing five beers year round and an additional one or two that are seasonal. They are making a collaborale with Bad Tattoo Brewing, Cannery Brewing and Firehall Brewery for a special cask event at the Kettle Valley Station Pub on Nov. 20. The specialty beer will be based on a stout with bourbon-soaked Okanagan plums, vanilla beans and oak chips.
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Q&A with Penticton candidates MAYORAL CANDIDATES
PENTICTON NEEDS YOUNG FAMILIES TO HELP GROW THE ECONOMY AND THE TAX BASE. HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT MAKING THE CITY MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE THEIR FAMILIES TO?
Andrew Jakubeit
Jukka Laurio
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y vision to create a Mayor’s Select Task Force for Economic Innovations and Affordable housing was to create actionable solutions for attracting and retaining young families. We need to make it affordable for families to live here. We have great schools, amenities, and lifestyle. When a prospective worker comes to town for a job interview, we need to connect their spouse with job opportunities, schools, and community intro-
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ductions so they feel welcomed. We need to invest in Economic Development initiatives for business recruitment, high tech, animation, and continue to foster entrepreneurship. Tourism can also help expose young families to Penticton.
John Vassilaki
oung families need employment. It does not matter how ideal or perfect your community is, they need money to pay their mortgage. Offer employment and the people will come. There is no instant fix available that will create excess employment opportunities. There are industries for which Penticton is ideally suited, but in order to get our message out to them we have to become a known quantity. Tourism is the key which
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will open that door. We showcase our city, make it obvious that we have development and investment opportunities. Plus, aggressive, direct, targeted marketing to the ideally suited with a slick campaign is essential.
believe that the most important issue concerning young families is affordable housing. In order for us to accomplish this difficult task we must come up with solutions as to how we can lower the cost of residential housing. We must allow more densification in certain areas of the city for young families and young entrepreneurs who want more and live in Penticton. Another solution is to create an innovative center so that our young entre-
preneurs that are presently here will have a home for their business and at the same time we can recruit new companies to relocate here which will create good paying jobs.
CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES Steven Boultbee
Patrick Buchanan
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o bring young families we need what young families want. Employment. Through the expansion of our college in healthcare we can educate 16,000 nurses needed here in B.C. This requires more teachers and nursing trainers for the hospital. We attract businesses such as pharmaceuticals and prosthesis. The creation of a silicon valley in the field of health care. New employers will come to our town. Because of where the
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town is, our values, and streets which are safe at night, the prosperity will come. Families will come because of the quality of life and the lives we live.
yan Foster did not submit an answer before deadline.
think Penticton needs more park space for children. I think all families should be welcomed into the church of the denomination they so chose. They need protected jobs by larger standards of business that could be introduced into this city, I still believe the industrial area and the school of excellency isn’t being used to their potentials. We need to make sure fire, police and ambulance are up to date to ensure the con-
Garry Gratton
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enticton needs more employment opportunities and more affordable housing to attract more young families. To create decent jobs, you need businesses of all kinds that are able to grow and thrive. We need to not only encourage and support the establishment and growth, but also minimize impediments to allow creative business plans and ideas to move forward and become successful. Make it as easy as possible for business
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tinued safety of Penticton’s citizens. And, even though we are getting a new contract for our regional hospital, we can’t lose any employees of the hospital because they already know the concerns of our community and how to meet them.
ccording to Small Business BC with info taken from BC Stats, people between the ages one to nine, 25-44 and 60-74 are projected to be the fastest growing groups in Penticton from 2012 to 2017 as well as where the most household expenditures will come from. Attracting and keeping people can be accomplished by providing a balance of good jobs, entertainment/events for the parents/adults and sufficient childcare, as well
livable wage job is definitely required. How about some family friendly things to do like waterslides? The kind that will never get shut down, even when someone’s buddy wants to develop the property. And a whole bunch of community supported events, parades, festivals. Continued care of the city’s infrastructure. Education seems to do well, so continue the good work. In short, continue to keep it clean, green and safe.
as entertainment and activities for the young while at the same time including our mature generation and having affordable housing and living costs/taxes for all that are at least comparable to other cities.
Tim Hodgkinson
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and entrepreneurs to get started. Be more business friendly. The expansion of our hospital over the next four years will produce many good paying jobs and opportunities for long term employment.
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Brian Henningson
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Don Dumesnil
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enticton already has a lot to offer a young family. It would be hard to improve on our natural attractiveness. World class soccer facility, pool, event centre, schools, and a college. It would be a big undertaking but I would like to have the leaders in the business, schools, sports, church youth groups and this would include the Penticton Indian Band to spent a weekend and try to come up with an answer to this question.
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Paula Cattani
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ctivity’s and economics are key lifestyle motivators and we need to start communicating these to the demographic. Showcasing what makes this a vibrant/ exciting place to live, we begin to move away from the perception that Penticton is purely for the older generation. Climate, beaches, vineyards, skiing, events and activities are attractive reasons to be here. Yes we need to deliver affordable housing but we also need to pro-
actively make the economic case to come here. The lower cost of living in comparison to metropolitan areas and economic incentives already available to new businesses are rarely communicated to business owners/ entrepreneurs outside of the community.
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Lynn Kelsey
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ubsidized and forced growth of the economy and human population by state and city governments has a long history of failing. Penticton is becoming a good example of what this manipulation can do. What will make this city attractive to people, including those who live here now, is enhancing and stabilizing services (infrastructure maintenance and upgrading, security/ policing, low cost pub-
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lic access to and control of lakeshore, improved bus service, clean and safe streets and so on), protecting and expanding parks and green space, guaranteeing clean and adequate water supply and a fair and equal tax and benefit distribution system.
enticton needs to provide a living wage. They need to lead by example by putting a living wage policy in place, such as done in New Westminster. The young families also need to have housing that they can afford and is safe for their families. I would also work to attract new clean industry to Penticton with value added products and services; industries that attracts young vibrant
Brent Madsen
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think young families are attracted to the strong possibility of jobs, so lets make it as easy as possible for small business to start up and provide employment. Families will always be looking for great beaches and easy access to our natural surroundings, but lets not forget the peace of mind that comes with a great fire fighting team, great schools, centrally located hospital and a revitalized down-
town, where I saw an actual foot patrol just the other day. Bring your families and feel safe, secure, educated and healthy. Do not forget your sunscreen.
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t is important to attract ALL families and we can do this through providing the regulatory framework for entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams, create jobs and expand the local opportunities that currently exist. Shifting our attitude from “you can’t do that” to “how can we make this happen.” Introducing a Small Business Roadshow to places like the Lower Mainland or Alberta. Provide them the strate-
gic plan for the city and how they could be part of it including the top 100 reasons why we all live here! And finally, pursue densification to make home ownership achievable and rental options plentiful.
his is certainly a complex question that requires several things working together to achieve. In attempt to meet the word limit, here are my thoughts in point form: Affordable housing needs to be addressed; Our hidden job market needs to be exposed; Youthful entertainment or festivals need to be provided; Daycare or babysitter services need to be more available. These are a few
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here are multiple economic factors involved in making Penticton a role model for Canada. We need to work closely with the members of PIDA to expand existing and attract new industries to our city. Forward thinking ideas need to be presented and discussed such as walkable communities, urban ecology and mixed district zones. We can make Penticton the greenest city in Canada
required for these jobs. I have also been lobbying Okanagan College and Provincial Ministers for a permanent welding training centre. This will also help Penticton move towards becoming a college town by expanding courses offered by the local campus.
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would make Penticton more attractive to young families by making us the safest, cleanest, lowest in crime of all cities in our size range. We also should have bite in our bylaws for property maintenance, snow removal and unoccupied buildings or empty lots. Before we invite someone to move here we should be well on our way to accomplishing these objectives. We need to prioritize our
industrial area through the economic development department so we can attract good companies that pay good wages. We need to attract businesses that are year-round and pay living wages. We need to look our best to be the best!
his question comes up during every election and nothing is ever done about it. Why? The South Okanagan has been well know for years as being a low paying sector of B.C. In order to bring young people to Penticton you have to advertise yourself. You can not do by sitting in city hall behind a desk. The economic development section of the city must employ trained personnel. One person cannot
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howcase an innovative creative and culturally diverse community that attract from across Canada. Support economic development initiatives in the downtown with renewal combined by engaging the public in major decisions. Create an economic development investment fund supported over 10 years by taxpayers. Support new sectors, life sciences, bio technology, digital media, industry
and professionals locally trained will result in many staying in the community. Utilize empty city lots to create eco-friendly affordable housing with mentor programs where families invest back in their community with built in sustainable gardens.
Katie Robinson
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do it alone. By enticing good employers to the area this will be a start but it has to happen before anything. I brought up incentives in the past elections and the previous councils have implemented them.
Judy Sentes
Q&A o attract young families to our city, we need to make them aware of the amenities that will be important to them. Primary would be the good standing of our school district as well as the opportunities of daycare and preschool. Our wonderful Community Centre which features a great pool facility and many recreational programs. The arts opportunities as well as the availability of a community
ing and they have 100 families on their waiting list. The city should commit to making an existing SOSBIS plan for a 30 unit combined senior/family facility become a reality before the next election.
Jenine Nicholas
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T and be in the top tier for recycling, energy-efficiency rates and producing renewable energy. I know from my experience in the private and high tech sectors that these qualities will attract major innovators and potential employers to Penticton.
he two main issues for young families are good paying jobs and affordable housing. The city should invest in a program that will attract technology companies that pay well. If a business can be anywhere, why not here. As for housing, a bigger pay cheque would help some, but the answer for others is additional low cost housing. SOSBIS is one of three local agencies providing hous-
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we need to create more employment situations.
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T things we need to work on immediately in order to begin attracting young families into our city. Unfortunately there’s no quick fix for this problem; it will take a properly developed, long-term plan to be implemented.
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Doug Maxwell
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he first thing that is required in order to keep our young families, and to bring new ones into Penticton is jobs. Penticton needs to do better at capitalizing on new business opportunities for our city and must commit to working with our current businesses to help ensure their longevity. The second is to ensure the quality of life is high in things like education, recreation, health and safety.
e can make our city more attractive to young families by offering them high paying jobs. This ensures that these families can afford to live comfortably and securely here in Penticton. I have been working diligently the past three years on the expansion of opportunities for skills trades training locally. There are high paying jobs in our manufacturing sector but training is
Max Picton
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n order to make Penticton more attractive to younger families, we need first to clean up the drug issue. This involves reviewing our community policing or lack of. We need to review the amount of officers in Penticton and If the numbers are not adequate we will need to hire more. The next step is more affordable housing such as carriage houses or possibly lane way housing. And, last but not least,
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workers. We have a large senior population but we need qualified workers to provide service for them. I would also encourage activities that appeal to young families.
David Korinetz
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library and museum. A new movie theatre and good programs of organized sports. A more appealing climate that nurtures outdoor activities and a healthy living lifestyle. The city has a hospital and Child Development Centre.
aving a good supply of affordable housing would certainly help. My hope is that the incoming Council will strike a task force to tackle that issue. Recently the regulations have softened in regard to secondary suites and carriage houses so there are more affordable places to live, however there never seems to be enough to fill the need. I would like to work on some intergenerational projects where
the younger generation and our elders could help each other out by perhaps providing service in exchange for lower rents. Also capitalizing on our existing assets would provide better paying jobs.
HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT MAKING THE CITY MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE THEIR FAMILIES TO?
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o bring industry to a community that is in a depression is my goal. With industry brings jobs, with jobs brings wages, with wages brings families, with families brings housing needs, school taxes, groceries, clothing, extra activities, etc! The real estate market would get a boost with affordable housing as an incentive to buy. We
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need to see Penticton as a starting point for families to live, work, and retire in a community that can offer all.
o entice young families we need opportunities for them to make a living in Penticton a possibility. People want to live here but it is difficult to stay here without a proper income. We need to encourage entrepreneurship and we need to shift a little of our focus on spousal opportunities so that families aren’t relying solely on
West Bench candidates forum on Thursday at elementary school
one income when they have a family. We also need to fill a void as far as our family amenities are concerned in town.
Residents in the rural area west of Penticton now have a chance to hear from the two men vying for their votes in the Nov. 15 municipal election. The all-candidates’ meeting has been set for Thursday at 7 p.m. at West Bench Elementary School. Invited are incumbent Michael Brydon and challenger Ronald Johnson, both of whom are seeking to be elected as the Area
F director on the board of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. West Bench resident Ken Davis said he stepped up to organize the forum simply because no one else had. “This is often done by groups such as the West Bench Irrigation District and those types of people, but no one was around, so I said, ‘I’ll just see if I can do it myself,’” Davis explained. “This will be the only meeting opportunity for peo-
ple in Area F to talk to the two candidates and listen to what they have to say.” Davis said the forum will begin with opening statements, followed by questions from moderator Bob Nicholson and the floor, then closing statements. Ginny Manning, who was re-elected by acclamation to represent the rural area around Penticton on the board of the Okanagan Skaha School District, is also expected to speak.
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Let people cross at the cross walks when you see them with aStore child, orfurniture a senior etc. for someone. waiting. 28.18. Volunteer your time and skills. 72. Pick up roadside bottles and p Help someone move. 82. Offer to fix or repair items for someone who doesn’t 29. Come to work early and make coffee for your coworkers. 73. Be part of your Neighbourhoo Loan your bicycle/car/tools to someone. have the skill set to do it themselves. 30.19. Offer your parking space to someone; give your “pay and 83. Help deliver meals to people. display” with time left on it to someone. 74. Pump gas for someone at a se 20. Share your discount coupons. 84. Form a neighbourhood committee to do a neighbour 31. Gather up your gently used clothes, toys, furniture, and 75. Pick flowers from your garden 21. Let your staff go home a few minutes early. clean-up. books and donate them to appropriate organization. 85. Organize a neighbourhood garage sale. with neighbour/friends. 32.22. SafelyWrite assist someone in need of roadside help. a poem/song/paint a picture for someone. 86. Remember birthdays, anniversaries, and special dates 33. Congratulate/comfort a team mate. 76. Get a group together to enter 23. Teach someone a new skill. and send the person(s) a note or card. 34. Let someone into the line of traffic. 77. in Offer to cover the receptionis oryouemail long lost friend or relative 87. and Give a get friendly welcome to newcomers your 35.24. Leave Call a thank note forathe paperboy/postal worker. neighbourhood, at work, or at school. 36. Reward a loyal customer. can have an extra-long lunch. reconnected. 88. Write a reference letter or post one on LinkedIn for 37. Thank/appreciate a business owner/staff person who has 25. Open and holdservice. a door for someone. someone who is not expecting it.78. Clean off graffiti in your neigh provided you with excellent 89. aSay something nice to everyone you 38.26. Educate others about Random Act of Kindness Day and 79.meet.Have your business offer a Ra Help someone obviously struggling with heavy load. 90. Tutor a student who is struggling with a subject in which discuss the importance of “everyday kindness.” 80. Day discount to encourage kin Carry groceries tooffice. the car and return the cart forskill. a parent you have 39.27. Tidy up the staff kitchen at your 91. Offer to share your umbrella on a rainy day. 40. Pick upwith litter and be kind to our environment. 81. Let people cross at the cross w a child, or a senior etc. 92. Tell your staff/employees how important they are to 41. Pick up clothing that may have fallen off a hanger in a waiting. 28. your business. store. Volunteer your time and skills. 93. your Give your family or friends a kindness 42.29. Compliment on their hair/clothing /job wellcoffee for 82. certificate Offerthat to fix or repair items for Comesomeone to work early and make coworkers. they can redeem for a favour later. done. have the Offer your parking to someone;94. giveDonate youror “pay and give your season’s theatre/hockey tickets to skill set to do it them 43.30. Give gently used toys and clothing space to a shelter. use them. 44. Make display” your family’swith favourite dinner. Help deliver meals to people. time left on it to someone. someone when you aren’t going to83. 95. Share/email your photos from events with others who 45. Car pool with someone for the day. 84. Form a neighbourhood comm Gather usedemissions clothes, toys, attended furniture, andget any pictures. but didn’t 46.31. Ride your bike to up workyour /schoolgently to save carbon 96.organization. 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With heartfelt sadness, the family of Albert Daniel Lougheed announces his passing in Penticton on October 8, 2014 at the age of 66 after a short battle with cancer. Albert was born April 13, 1938 in Penticton to Joe and Alma Lougheed, was later raised by his grandmother Anita with his uncles Wayne (Christa), Charlie (Lorraine). Albert’s schooling started at the coast and finished at A.L. Fortune in Enderby. His career spanned over 40 years in the mining industry spread over B.C. including Elkford for over 23 years. Albert was predeceased by his mom and dad, Alma and Joe, his uncle Charlie as well as his wife of 30 years, Sharra Lee Deglow. Albert was an avid hunter, fisher, car buff, animal lover, practical joker and a tease with a heart of gold that touched many, always thinking of others before himself. Albert will forever be remembered by his wife Suzanne and her son Gerrit (Olivia), Albert’s sons Dwayne Mitchell (Nicole), Dan Mitchell (Dionne), many step sisters, step brothers, close family, aunts, uncles, cousins and phenomenal friends. The family would like to thank Dr. D. Kincade, Dr. Little and Dr. J. Kooy, the great nurses and staff of P.R.H., the entire superb team of Moog and Friends Hospice House and the palliative care team for the homecare services who treated Albert with such tender loving care throughout his illness. Those wishing to make a donation in Albert’s memory may send it to: Penticton & District Hospice Society c/o Moog & Friends Hospice, PO box 1105, Penticton BC, V2A 6J9.
“Dearest Albert” Each night we shed a silent tear, As we speak to you in prayer, To let you know we love you, And just how much we care, Take our million teardrops, Wrap them up in love, Then ask the wind to carry them, To you in heaven above.
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Olalla; clean, spacious, bright house, 2bdrm, 1.5ba, laundry rm, w/d/f/s/dw, workshop, NO SMOKING, small pet ok, avail. Nov. 1, $950, (250)499-5700
Senior Assisted Living Seeking senior COUPLE. your own 2 bdr suite Kelowna, some help. includes all meals, lndry, utils, no stairs, furnished/ not. $1150 each. 778484-4047 or 250-317-3341.
Suites, Lower HIGHLAND motel suites avail now, 1140 Burnaby Ave., 250809-1253, 250-488-2206
Want to Rent Gospel Minister and family want to rent or buy house, prefer country home, can be in rough shape, phone Bill at 250-494-7978
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Auto Accessories/Parts Used Tires, Huge Selection of used tires and wheels in stock. We might have what you need. Prices vary according to size and quality. Starting at $25.00. Call us or drop in to Larsens Excel, 555 Okanagan Ave East 250-492-5630 Penticton
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RENTALS The Verana: exec. condo, 2 bdrm + den, mst. bdrm has full ensuite and large closet space. Another 3 piece bath in main area with large storage. F/S, W/D, D/W, M/W, deck, secure parking and storage. Amenities include a small gym, a meeting room that has a large kitchen and large deck. $1195.00 + util. No pets. Avail. Nov. 1. 250-770-1948
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1bdrm unit, parking avail. great location, $700 heat/cable incl. n/s, cat ok w/deposit, 250-488-7902
Apartment Furnished FOR SKI season, Dec. 1 to April 15, 1bdrm Condo in Clearview, Apex. $850/mo. includes utilities to max of $130./mo (on average). N/S, N/P. Call Cheryl 250-492-7622
Commercial/ Industrial APPLE PLAZA, Prime Central location in busy plaza; ample parking. 2300 SF build to suit; 220 SF shared office space; 600 SF up 1100 SF, call Barb 250-770-0536
Duplex / 4 Plex 1bdrm, ns, 40+, ground level, large bright suite, close to H, bus, shopping, large private patio, $750+util., water incl., (250)492-0274, mornings 2bdrm, 1.5ba, newer duplex, ns, pet on approval, 6appl., central air/heat, avail. Nov. 1, $1000+util., call 250-488-2471 or 250-497-6399 2bdrm 2bath unit, laminate floors, central location, private parking, cat ok with deposit, $900/mo., 250-488-7902 NOW AVAIL: top floor 1/2 duplex, 3bdrm, 2bath, 5appl., close to Walmart, 2 blks from Skaha Beach, $1300/mo., util incl., (250)490-7941 Penticton Downtown, newly reno’d main floor duplex suite, 2bdrm+ den, 1 bath, covered patio, lots of storage, all appl., $1150/mo, n/p, n/s, Avail. Nov. 30, email: blmuir@telus.net
Cars - Sports & Imports Honda Accord, $1600 invested. $1200. obo. Auto, full package.(250)547-6552
Recreational/Sale Going South? 1987 Winnebago Eladon, in good shape, runs well, many extras. $8,500. obo. 250-542-6535.
Scrap Car Removal *1AA Scrap Removal. We will beat all competitors pricing, 250-801-4199
Trucks & Vans 1992 Dodge 5.9 Cummins Diesel, 2WD, single cab, 310,000 kms, 30,000 on rebuilt transmission, with 9 Foot Vanguard camper, $4500 or will trade, (250)493-7002
Adult Escorts JANICE, A delightful mistress for the discerning gentleman. Attractive, clean & affectionate, afternoons, Penticton, appointments only,250-460-1713 MALE 4 Male Erotic Massage $95., Winfield, 9-9 Daily 250-766-2048 SOOO SEXY SANDY The Original K-Town Girl. 38D, 29, 34. Let’s Play! 878-1514
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The Order Of St. Luke study group meets at 10 a.m. in the club room. Healing service at noon in the chapel of St. Saviours Church. All welcome. OSNS child develOpmeNT centre parenting series presents Picky Eaters. This session will help families learn to provide healthy foods and create an enjoyable mealtime experience. Improve your understanding of both why picky eating exists and strategies to work through it with a focus on maintaining nutrition for the long-term health of. This is a free session at 6 p.m. at 103-550 Carmi Ave. Pre-registration is recommended, call Cathy or Alison at 250-4920295. p eNTicTON p ublic library Lego Club for kids aged nine to 12. With a surprise theme each month, kids will have the opportunity to use their imagination and build a variety of creations. Club meets from 3:30 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month in the children’s library. For more info, contact Michelle at 250-7707781 or mcamelford@ summer.com. NaramaTa ScOTTiSh Dancers c OuNTry dance each Wednesday until Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. in the Shatford Centre. No experience or partner is required. Soft, flexible shoes are recommended. All ages and fitness levels are welcome. carpeT bOwliNg frOm 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Recreation and Wellness Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. fraTerNal Order Of the Eagles has a soup and sandwich lunch at noon. Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. KiwaNiS club meeTS at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at 390 Brunswick St. Call 250-493-8901 for information. biNgO e v e ry wedNeSday in the Legion hall with the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m. Lunches are available. SummerlaNd arT club meets Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Summerland Library. Painters of all levels welcome. Workshops available. Contact Mary at 250-494-5851 for info. fOSTer care iNfO sessions every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at MCFD Resource Office. For info call Moe at 250-770-7524 or visit www.fosterbc.ca or www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/ foster. b ereavemeNT T he reSOurce Centre at 626 Martin Street has a drop-in grief support session at 6:30 p.m. Adults welcome. For more information on other available programs or support in the loss of a pet, please call 250-490-1107. peNTicTON duplicaTe bridge Club has games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1 p.m. and the Under 100 Club Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Penticton Legion on Martin St. Call Birgitta at 250-7701154 for info. care clOSeT ThrifT Store at 574 Main St. has weekly specials and special auctions. Open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
All proceeds to the local hospital and hospice. Donations always welcome. aNaveTS haS hump Day with Stu’s kitchen open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Entertainment by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m. T he p eNTicTON academy of Music String Orchestra rehearses from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. in the lounge of the Leir House, 220 Manor Park Ave. New members welcome. Please call 250-4937977 for more info. SeNiOrS’ recreaTiON aNd Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Call Betty at 250-490-0468 for more information. haNd aNd fOOT canasta at 1 p.m. in the Penticton Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. Lessons available for those who have never played before. Call June evenings at 250-4927630 for info. Oliver dOuble O Quilters have drop-in activities Wednesdays. SOuTh maiN drOp-iN Centre has beginner line dance at 9 a.m., a coffee
social, bocce and medical Qi Gong at 10 a.m., and easy to intermediate line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m. Call 250-4932111 to confirm line dance activities. OKaNagaN fallS SeNiOrS’ Centre has music and coffee from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and carpet bowling at 1 p.m.
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November 6 The legiON ladieS Auxiliary Lunch Bunch meets at 11:30 a.m. at the Legion, 502 Martin St. The SOuTh OKaNagaN Genealogical Society presents the military history of their ancestors and the means of researching your own ancestors at 7 p.m., in the of the Penticton Library and Museum auditorium. A donation of $5 suggested for non-members. aNaveTS haS STu’S kitchen open 9 a.m. to
noon, drop-in pool at 7 p.m., 269 Darts club at 7:30 p.m. The SOuTh OKaNagaN and Similkameen Chapter of the MS Society hosts monthly support group meetings the first Thursday of each month, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the MS office at 3373 Skaha Lake Rd. The group is open to those with MS, their family, friends and caregivers. The purpose of the group is to share ideas, and provide support and encouragement to one another. For more information, please call Sherry at 250-493-6564 or e-mail sherry.wezner@mssociety.ca. p eNTicTON f ly fiSherS meet the first Thursday each month at 216 Hastings St. at 7 p.m. They welcome new individuals and family memberships. For more info, visit www.pentictonflyfishers.ca.
fiTNeSS frieNdS meeTS every Monday and Thursday in the Legion hall, 502 Martin St. at 10 a.m. Come and lose those extra pounds. Call Dot at 250-4925400 for more info. TOpS (TaKe Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 523 Jermyn Ave. Call Merle at 250-770-8093. liNe daNciNg aT the Oliver Senior Centre at 10 a.m. Get moving with Claire Denney. Call 778-439-2070 for more information. w eeKly S uppOrT grOup at the Penticton Regional Hospital Mood Clinic for family or friends of any person who has a mental illness. Call 250-493-7338 for details. fraTerNal Order Of the Eagles has tacos at 5 p.m. and musical trivia bingo at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St.
PUBLIC AUCTION Sunday, November 9, at 2pm OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF
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calendar Elks Club has fun darts at 7 p.m. R oyal C anadian lEgion branch 40 has zumba at 5 p.m., an international dinner at 5:30 p.m., crib and drop-in pool at 7 p.m. in the Legion hall at 502 Martin St. Food addiCts in Recovery Anonymous, a free 12-step recovery program for anyone suffering from eating disorders meets at 6:30 p.m. in the social room (ring #206 for admittance) at 1820 Atkinson St. For more information call 778-476-0374 or 250-809-3329 or visit www.foodaddicts.org. south Main dRopin Centre has Spanish conversation and carpet bowling at 10 a.m., bingo, improver line dance and a crafters meeting at 1 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance activities. dEsERt sagE spinnERs and Weavers Guild
meets at 10 a.m. at the Oliver Community Centre. Visitors are always welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member stop by or contact Gail Erickson at rgerickson@telus.net or 250-498-4959. tops b.C. 1640 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bethel Church basement at 945 Main St. Phone Beverley at 250493-5968 or Liz at 250493-7997 for more info.
FRIDAY
November 7 lEaRning at lunCh continues at noon with Jerry Buzzell and Do It Yourself: Photo-books and Books of Words at the Penticton Public Library. This presentation is free and everyone is welcome. Coffee, tea and cookies will be served. MaMMogRaphy sCREEning
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15244 Victoria Road North, Summerland. Appointments are required, please call 1-800-663-9203 to schedule. p EntiCton u nitEd ChuRCh has a fall supper at 5:30 p.m. with a complete roast turkey dinner with all the trimmings, followed by entertainment. Tickets are $20 and available at the church office Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. t hE F untiMERs ’ ballRooM Dance Club meet most Friday evenings, upstairs at the Elks Club, 343 Ellis Street, Penticton, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Come and enjoy an evening of ballroom and Latin American dance. Everyone welcome. For more information contact Robert McKenzie at 250-493-0601 or visit pentictonfuntimers. org. s EnioRs s inglEs lunCh Club welcomes
65-plus each Friday. For location call 250-4965980 or 250-770-8622. blood donoR CliniC from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop In Centre at 2965 South Main. Book your appointment online at www.blood. ca, GiveBlood App or call 1888-2-DONATE to check your eligibility prior to donating. To book group appointments or presentations for your office please contact Gayle Voyer at 250-448-4022 or gayle. voyer@blood.ca. FRatERnal oRdER oF the Eagles has a chicken stir fry by Stu and Brenda at 5 p.m. with proceeds to muscular dystrophy and entertainment by Boom Chicken at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. t hE b EREavEMEnt REsouRCE Centre at 626 Martin St. hosts weekly drop-in grief support sessions Fridays at 10:30
Two hours of your time could save my life. Join in a Community Conversation!
a.m. Adults welcome. For more information on other available programs or support in the loss of a pet, call 250490-1107. anavEts has stu’s Kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon. Mixed doubles at 7 p.m., karaoke with Shawna at 7:30 p.m. R oyal C anadian lEgion branch 40 has fish and chips lunch at 11:30 a.m. and a Friday night dinner at 5:30 p.m. Elks Club on Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m. south Main dRop-in Centre has a flu clinic from noon to 6 p.m., yoga at 9 a.m., bocce and Tai Chi at 10 a.m., Mah Jong and beginner line dance at 1 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance activities. suMMERland plEasuRE paintERs meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. New members and drop-ins are welcome. Contact Ruth at 494-7627 for info. pEntiCton s EnioRs CoMputER Club drop-
in sessions Monday and Friday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 439 Winnipeg St. People may sign up for memberships, classes or have computer problems solved. Picture class on Mondays from 2:30 to 4 p.m. thE olivER sEnioR Centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo with a loonie pot every Friday at 1 p.m. thE pEntiCton publiC Library invites all babies, toddlers, preschoolers and parents to fall storytimes; great books, felt board stories, songs, rhymes and fun with puppets. Make new friends and share the joy of reading. Dropins are always welcome. Baby songs and rhymes, infant to 15 months on Fridays at 1:30 p.m. toddler time for ages 16 months to three years, with caregiver, on Fridays at 10 a.m.; preschool storytime for ages three to five years on Wednesdays at 11 a.m.; and bedtime stories for ages three and up on Thursdays at 7 p.m. Programs run to the first week of December, with no sessions on Oct. 9 and 10. For more infor-
mation, please call Julia Cox at 250-770-7783 or ask in the children’s library. 890 Wing oF South Okanagan Air Force Association meets at 4 p.m. in the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave.
SATURDAY
November 8 touR thE nEW masonic building and meet Freemasons who provide free transportation to the Kelowna Cancer Clinic for those who are ill, and others in the Masonic family such as Shriners who sponsor children’s hospitals from 1 to 3 p.m. at 416 Westminster Ave. W. t hE o nE p ERson Project is holding a dinner dance and silent auction from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Shatford Centre, with music by DJ Doug and entertainment by Bobby Bovenzi and the Nankama drummers and dancers. Elks Club on Ellis Street has crib at 10 a.m., drop-in darts at 4 p.m., meat draw at 4:30 p.m. and dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by karaoke with Anita.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THESE SYMBOLS?
Tuesday, November 18th from 6p.m. to 8p.m. Penticton Health Centre 740 Carmi Avenue, Penticton Teresa Atkinson has had 28 kidney-related surgeries and has been back on the wait list since 2013. Right now there are 36 people in Penticton waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant. By participating in a Community Conversation organized by The Kidney Foundation of Canada (BC Branch), you could help save my life – or the life of another British Columbian. How? By helping to identify barriers that stop people from registering as organ donors, and generating ideas to solve this urgent problem. Together we can make it easier for people like me to get a kidney transplant.
For more information or to participate call: 604-736-9775 or 1-800-567-8112
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HAVE YOU SEEN THEM AROUND YOUR HOME? If so, then we are part of your heritage. Please join us at our Open House.
DATE: November 8th, 2014 TIME: 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. PLACE: Penticton Masonic Centre 416 Westminster Avenue Penticton, B.C.
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