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Family heirlooms destroyed in fire Tara Bowie Review Staff

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No one was home at the 10th Avenue residence when fire broke out Tuesday.

A Keremeos couple watched a workshop full of tools and family heirlooms go up in smoke Tuesday morning. The fire broke out in a 10th Avenue workshop owned by Jane Slash Brodie and Jim Skerl while no one was home. Son Mackenzie Smith said he was out for breakfast with his mom at a local diner and the pair returned home around 11:30 a.m. Skerl was out walking the family dog. “You could see a small amount of smoke from the driveway when we pulled in. I ran around to the workshop doors and they were warm and that’s when I called 911,” he said. The workshop was divided with half of it being used as a seamstress shop and the other half as a wood shop and storage area. “All things considered, that it could have been where they sleep or the whole house, this could be much worse,” he said. Keremeos firefighters were dispatched by 911 at 11:34 a.m. and arrived soon after. They quickly got water onto the fire. Several firefighters used fans to remove the smoke in the building through an open door at the side. Crews were on scene for several hours putting out hot spots. Smith was relieved the fire was put out as quickly as it was but knew many sentimental and valuable items would be destroyed. “A lot of Jim’s stuff was in there, some things he got from his mom. There will be smoke damage and water and then ice on the stuff that made it through the fire. It’s awful,” he said. At press time the cause of the fire was unknown.

Extreme weather creates challenges for village Review Staff

The holidays were a distant memory Monday morning as residents and business owners started the big digout after mother nature dumped more than a foot of snow on the area. Mayor Manfred Bauer said he’d shovelled his driveway twice by early afternoon and knew he’d be back out again clearing more snow. “I barely made it into the office. I almost

didn’t make it back home,” he said. “It’s pretty obvious we are experiencing some extreme weather here.” After several staff members had to be picked up to get to work Monday, Bauer decided to cancel that evening’s council meeting. “There wasn’t anything pressing scheduled. The snow is creating a challenge everywhere. This is some severe weather,” he said. Village crews were out in full force

throughout the day and night clearing streets as quickly as possible. A contractor was hired to help as more snow and freezing rain was expected Tuesday. “The public works crew has put in long hours over the last couple of days on snow removal,” Laurie Taylor, CAO for the village wrote in an email to the Review. “The village has hired a contractor to help with the snow removal and as of this morning it looks like we are starting to win the battle. We appreci-

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Grist Mill chair sounds off on government delays Tara Bowie Review Staff

Government bureaucracy is sabotaging a good thing at The Grist Mill, says the heritage site’s society chairman. David Cursons, The Grist Mill Foundation chair, was audibly frustrated as he recounted the multiple delays that have taken place in the request for proposals process set out by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. “The government efforts to divest itself of its heritage sites seem to have been affected by the exact process they seem compelled to go through,” Cursons said. Current manager Chris Mathieson submitted his RFP by the deadline at the end of September. There has been no indication from the ministry as to when a decision will be made. Mathieson has managed The Grist Mill for two years. His current contract runs out in March. “People have really come on board with it (The Grist Mill) and

really enjoy it and that really has to do with the efforts of Chris Mathieson,” Cursons said. Although in constant conversations with those that might be able to speed up the process, Cursons felt compelled to write a letter to the minister on December 22 calling for an answer quickly. “This delay is certainly hampering the manager’s ability to market the site and plan for events for the coming year,” he said. “He certainly isn’t getting a good running start when they delay the RFP process.” Mathieson declined to comment at this time. In addition to Mathieson’s uncertain employment future two other full-time employees at The Grist Mill are unsure what the future holds for them. Sharon Dean, manager of communications for the ministry, could not provide a timeframe for a decision. “Staff is reviewing the response to this call to consider whether any proposals adequately address government’s direc-

tion and anticipates completing its process in the near future,” she wrote in an email to the Review. When pressed as to why the decision was taking so long she wrote, “The ministry knows a decision needs to be made soon. We will let you know as soon as that happens.” Dean stated she was not able to divulge whether there was another applicant. “Procurement policy dictates that staff cannot divulge who responded to the RFP, nor how many responses were received as this would compromise the integrity of the process and its competitive nature.” The Grist Mill features a water driven flour mill built by pioneer Barrington Price in 1877 and 12 acres of agriculture lands, other heritage buildings and gardens. The site is used for many events throughout the year including the BBQ King competition, and offers a restaurant that uses mostly local ingredients, some grown on site.

Adult learners running out of time to upgrade for free

Tara Bowie

Frustrations are running high with the government’s request for proposal for The Grist Mill and Gardens. The due date for the request was the end of September and still no word has come if current manager Chris Mathieson will continue at the heritage site after March.

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 53 (OKANAGAN SIMILKAMEEN) NOTICE OF KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

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Adult learners who have graduated from high school should be aware of a recent announcement from the Ministry of Education that affects the cost of upgrading high school courses. Currently, adult students who have graduated from high-school, and wish to upgrade, are able to choose from a select group of courses for free. These courses are ones typically required for entrance into post-secondary programs. These courses are in Language, Science and Math. However, time is running out to take these courses for free. “After May 1, 2015, the Ministry of Education will no longer provide funding to school districts for tuition-free upgrading courses for newly-enrolling adults who already hold a high school diploma,” a letter from the deputy minister of education to school districts stated. In other words, if you hope to upgrade high school courses for free, you need to start the course before May1st. However, adults who have not yet graduated are not affected by this announcement. “This change will not affect adults who have not yet graduated. Under the School Act, they cannot be charged for tuition for courses,” Minister of Education Peter Fassbender said. Adults working towards graduation can continue to take courses for free until they fulfill graduation requirements. School District 53 services adult learners through YouLearn which has campuses in Oliver, Osoyoos and Keremeos. If you need courses for high-school graduation, or wish to upgrade high-school courses to qualify for a post-secondary program or an employment opportunity, visit them online at youlearn.ca or at one of their campuses. In addition, they will be holding an open house at their Oliver centre on Monday, January 12 from 6 p.m. To 8 p.m. and at their Osoyoos centre on Tuesday, January 13, from 6 p.m. To 8 p.m. An open house was held in Keremeos in November 2014.

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Rumors of Cawston deaths greatly exaggerated It’s a tough one for a newspaper – trying to report on a story that didn’t happen. If it didn’t happen it’s not a story and you don’t report it. However such is the nature of humans – to say nothing of small towns – that sometimes a rumor takes hold and gathers such momentum it demands to be addressed. To ignore a wildfire-like rumor, even one completely unfounded, leaves people wondering what really happened. Why isn’t the paper reporting on that? It’s got to be true, I saw it on Facebook. Rumors, and the disputing of rumors, create the entire foundation of the entertainment writing industry, for example. No, Kim Kardashian is NOT pregnant. Also, no one froze to death in Cawston over the weekend. Repeat. No one froze to death in Cawston over the weekend. It didn’t happen. In the past few days the Review office and the local RCMP office combined have fielded dozens of calls from people wanting details about the deathsin-Cawston-that-didn’t-happen. It started with one person frozen to death. Then it was two people. The Review felt responsible to report the general health and warmth of the Cawston population before the village of Keremeos had that entire community on ice. While it’s easy to be tongue and cheek with this kind of non-story there are also a couple of serious points to be made. When a person dies outside of a hospital the police must attend. Good media relations require the police to inform local media. In most cases those kinds of deaths still don’t make the paper because they are not news, they are simply personal tragedies. Also, rumors can hurt people. Ask any teenage girl at the local high school. In the case of the Cawston rumor, the non-dead people were widely identified and named. How would you like to walk into the coffee shop or grocery store and find out you froze to death in Cawston over the weekend? No editor would go so far as to discourage the “bug in the ear” or the “did you hear” that is occasionally the seed of a legitimate story. But be careful. Don’t believe everything you read on social media – it is the world’s biggest bathroom wall. Be mindful of how fast a story can spread and grow in a small town. Don’t say something hurtful if you don’t know it to be true. Don’t say something hurtful if you do know it to be true. And if you want to know the facts from fiction – keep reading The Keremeos Review.

U.S. ripping us off on water VICTORIA – The U.S. has Canada over a stable irrigation source. That has helped their tree barrel on water as well as oil these days, but the fruit growers push some Okanagan orchardists tide is turning. out of business. Last week I mentioned a new book called The As U.S. billionaires continue to bankroll environmental attacks on B.C. and Alberta energy Columbia River Treaty – A Primer by members projects, it’s worth noting that long before the of Simon Fraser University’s climate adaptation treaty, the U.S. military-industrial complex had team. This slim volume makes the case that B.C. wiped out the Columbia River salmon runs. The has ended up with a shockingly bad deal from this U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its private 1964 treaty, which concerned itself entirely with TOM FLETCHER power partners dammed everything they could flood control and hydroelectric power. find, exterminating a fishery bigger than the In those days there was little or no environmental assessment. Agriculture, fish habitat and Fraser that had sustained aboriginal people on aboriginal impacts were ignored. More than a both sides of today’s border for thousands of decade after the disastrous flood year of 1948, years. once Ottawa stopped its bureaucratic delays, U.S. B.C. Energy Minister Bill Bennett and SFU’s public and private power utilities paid B.C. $254 Jon O’Riordan both described to me their experience at the Columbia River Basin conference, held last October million to build three dams on the Columbia system. Those dams (and one at Libby, Montana that mostly floods in Spokane. Their main impression was that Americans, including tradiB.C. land) hold back the huge spring runoff from the Rockies and then dole out water for power production in B.C. and for the 15 tional tribes, want those salmon runs restored. Vast amounts have been spent on hatcheries and habitat to speed recovery below the hydro dams previously built downstream in the U.S. The U.S. payment was for half the power over 30 years, which Grand Coulee dam, which stands like a giant tombstone for migraB.C. didn’t need at the time. Then our American cousins cut us tory fisheries above it. Should the Americans ever manage to get salmon above their another cheque for $64 million, an estimate of the value of flood biggest dam, it will largely be up to B.C. to provide sufficient cool protection from 1968 all the way to 2024. Boy, did we get taken. The SFU team calculates the value of water to keep them alive. That service has an increasing value to the U.S. as well as an ongoing cost to B.C. that flood control to the U.S. at more like $32 billion. Bennett surprised some in Spokane when he said the U.S. needs That’s not even the worst of it. The Kootenays were once the leading fruit and vegetable growing area in B.C., bigger than the to pay more for the benefits from the Columbia River Treaty. The flood control agreement expires in 2024. The treaty Okanagan. Now in the Arrow Lakes and other reservoirs, levels rise and fall dramatically to steady the flow south. In addition requires 10 years’ notice for either country to exit. Climate shifts to the large areas permanently flooded by the Mica, Duncan and are expected to make B.C. water more important than ever. Your move, Uncle Sam. Hugh Keenleyside dams, this renders more of B.C.’s prime bottom land impassable. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black B.C. is paid precisely zero for this sacrifice, while Washington state has developed a $5 billion-a-year farm economy using our Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Thursday, Jan 8 15 7:00 PM    ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT  INSIDE EDITION  ELEMENTARY  MURDOCH MYSTERIES  EDUCATING SPOKANE  ETALK  WATERFRONT CITIES OF THE WORLD  PIX11 NEWS AT 10  TWO AND A HALF MEN  HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER  MODERN FAMILY  HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER   THE BIG BANG THEORY  FIXER UPPER  DOWN EAST DICKERING  STORAGE WARS: NEW YORK  HOCKEY Florida Panthers at Vancouver Canucks NHL  MOONSHINERS  THE FIRST 48  48 HOURS 7:30 PM  THE INSIDER  ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT CANADA  ACCESS HOLLYWOOD  PATHWAYS TO EXCELLENCE: MY SCHOOL, OUR FUTURE   THE BIG BANG THEORY  7:45 PIX11 SPORTS DESK  TWO AND A HALF MEN  HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER  SEINFELD  STORAGE WARS TEXAS 8:00 PM  THE TASTE    THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE   THE BIG BANG THEORY  FRAMEWORK  THE BIGGEST LOSER  THE NATURE OF THINGS  AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT  ARCHAEOLOGY: A SECRET HISTORY  SEINFELD  MOVIE House at the End of the Street  RULES OF ENGAGEMENT  FAMILY GUY  MOVIE Man on a Ledge  THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART  HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL  CANADIAN PICKERS  MURDER IN PARADISE  GHOST ADVENTURES  INNERSPACE  STORAGE WARS  STREET OUTLAWS  AMERICAN IDOL  8:05 THE FIRST 48  48 HOURS 8:30 PM  MOM  THE GOLDBERGS  SPORTSCENTRE  SEINFELD  RULES OF ENGAGEMENT  FAMILY GUY  8:35 JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE  GOLF Tournament of Champions PGA  HOUSE HUNTERS  SCARE TACTICS  STORAGE WARS 9:00 PM   TWO AND A HALF MEN  MOVIE Shooter  BAD JUDGE  DOC ZONE  DEATH IN PARADISE  JOAN BAEZ: HOW SWEET THE SOUND  SPORTSCENTRE  FRIENDS  PARKS AND RECREATION  AMERICAN DAD  THE EXPANDABLES  PAWN STARS

 FRIENDS  BORDER SECURITY: AUSTRALIA  THE LIQUIDATOR  SPORTSNET CENTRAL 10:00 PM  HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER    ELEMENTARY  PARENTHOOD  NEWS HOUR FINAL  CBC NEWS: THE NATIONAL  MAKE ME  THE MENTALIST  SPORTSCENTRE  EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND  KTLA 5 NEWS AT 10  PARKS AND RECREATION  THE JEFFERSONS  ALBERTA PRIMETIME  10:05 FRASIER  GOLF CENTRAL  FIXER UPPER  AMERICAN RESTORATION  SUBURGATORY  EXPEDITION UNKNOWN  STAR TREK: VOYAGER  STORAGE WARS: NEW YORK  SPORTSNET CENTRAL  BILLY BOB’S GAGS TO RICHES  FOX 28 NEWS FIRST AT 10  THE FIRST 48  48 HOURS 10:30 PM  CATCH THE WESTBOUND TRAIN  FAMILY GUY  RAISING HOPE  GIMME A BREAK  10:35 FRASIER  AMERICAN RESTORATION  SUBURGATORY  STORAGE WARS TEXAS  10:35 THIS WEEK IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS  10:40 MODERN FAMILY Friday, Jan 9 15

7:00 PM    ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT  INSIDE EDITION  BELLATOR MMA  JEOPARDY!  CONSTANTINE  THE PLAY EXCHANGE  WASHINGTON WEEK  ETALK  COAST  PIX11 NEWS AT 10  TWO AND A HALF MEN  HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER  MODERN FAMILY  ANGER MANAGEMENT  GOLF CENTRAL  VACATION HOUSE FOR FREE  ANCIENT ALIENS  GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE BORDERSECURITY:CANADA’S FRONT LINE  TO BE ANNOUNCED  STORAGE WARS: NEW YORK  MAYDAY  THE BIG BANG THEORY  CRIMINAL MINDS  SAY YES TO THE DRESS: SINCE THE BIG DAY 7:30 PM  THE INSIDER  ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT CANADA  ACCESS HOLLYWOOD  WHEEL OF FORTUNE  CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK   THE BIG BANG THEORY  SPORTSCENTRE  7:45 PIX11 SPORTS DESK  TWO AND A HALF MEN  HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER  SEINFELD BORDERSECURITY:CANADA’S FRONT LINE

 STORAGE WARS TEXAS  HOCKEY Medicine Hat Tigers vs. Vancouver Giants CHL 8:00 PM  LAST MAN STANDING    ABOUT A BOY  UNDERCOVER BOSS  COPS  DATELINE NBC  MARKETPLACE  DOC MARTIN  SHARK TANK  CRANFORD  SEINFELD  HART OF DIXIE  RULES OF ENGAGEMENT  FAMILY GUY  CASTLE  JUST FOR LAUGHS: ALL ACCESS  GOLF Tournament of Champions PGA  HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL  UFOS DECLASSIFIED  FRIENDS TO LOVERS?  BORDER SECURITY: AUSTRALIA  INNERSPACE  STORAGE WARS  MAYDAY  GLEE  CRIMINAL MINDS  SAY YES TO THE DRESS: ATLANTA 8:30 PM  CRISTELA    MARRY ME  COPS  THE RICK MERCER REPORT  SEINFELD  RULES OF ENGAGEMENT  FAMILY GUY  8:35 JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE  HOUSE HUNTERS  UNTYING THE KNOT  BORDER SECURITY: AUSTRALIA  INNERSPACE  STORAGE WARS  SAY YES TO THE DRESS: ATLANTA 9:00 PM  SHARK TANK     HAWAII FIVE-0  COPS   GRIMM  THE FIFTH ESTATE  GREAT PERFORMANCES  THE INSPECTOR LYNLEY MYSTERIES  FRIENDS  WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?  PARKS AND RECREATION  AMERICAN DAD  CRIMINAL MINDS  TINY HOUSE HUNTERS  PAWN STARS  UNTYING THE KNOT  BORDER SECURITY: AUSTRALIA  CASTLE  GHOST HUNTERS  REDWOOD KINGS  GLEE  CRIMINAL MINDS  SAY YES TO THE DRESS: SINCE THE BIG DAY 9:30 PM  COPS  SPORTSCENTRE  FRIENDS  MASTERS OF ILLUSION  PARKS AND RECREATION  AMERICAN DAD  9:35 TO BE ANNOUNCED  TINY HOUSE HUNTERS  PAWN STARS  FRIENDS  BORDER SECURITY: AUSTRALIA 10:00 PM  20/20    CONSTANTINE   BLUE BLOODS

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 COPS  NEWS HOUR FINAL  CBC NEWS: THE NATIONAL  SPORTSCENTRE  EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND  KTLA 5 NEWS AT 10  PARKS AND RECREATION  THE JEFFERSONS  ALBERTA PRIMETIME  10:05 FRASIER  VACATION HOUSE FOR FREE  AMERICAN RESTORATION  GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE  BAGGAGE BATTLES  STAR TREK: VOYAGER  STORAGE WARS: NEW YORK  SPORTSNET CENTRAL  RIVER MONSTERS  FOX 28 NEWS FIRST AT 10  CRIMINAL MINDS 10:30 PM  JAIL  NORTHWEST PROFILES  GRAND TOURS OF SCOTLAND  FAMILY GUY  RAISING HOPE  GIMME A BREAK  10:35 FRASIER  AMERICAN RESTORATION  BAGGAGE BATTLES  STORAGE WARS TEXAS  10:35 MODERN FAMILY Saturay, January 10 7:00 PM  ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT WEEKEND   16X9  COPS  BLUE BLOODS  THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE  HOCKEY Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks NHL  KEEPING UP APPEARANCES  THE HUMAN FAMILY TREE  PIX NEWS AT TEN  TWO AND A HALF MEN  MOVIE 10,000 BC  FLASHPOINT  TO BE ANNOUNCED  LEAVE IT TO BRYAN  THE DEAD FILES  THE LIQUIDATOR  HOCKEY Winnipeg Jets at Los Angeles Kings NHL  MISFIT GARAGE  TWO AND A HALF MEN  DONNIE LOVES JENNY  SEX SENT ME TO THE E.R. 7:30 PM  COPS  AS TIME GOES BY  7:45 PIX11 SPORTS DESK  TWO AND A HALF MEN  LEAVE IT TO BRYAN  THE LIQUIDATOR  THE BIG BANG THEORY 8:00 PM  GALAVANT   THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE  CRIMETIME SATURDAY  COPS  AUSTIN CITY LIMITS  MIKE & MOLLY  HEARTBEAT  SPORTSCENTRE  HONEYMOONERS  TWO AND A HALF MEN  FAMILY GUY  MOTIVE  TIMBER KINGS  GHOST ADVENTURES  MOVIE To Be Announced  MANTRACKER  RIVER MONSTERS  BONES  DUCK DYNASTY  ALL ABOUT SEX 8:30 PM  GALAVANT  JAIL: LAS VEGAS  HOT IN CLEVELAND  HONEYMOONERS

 HONEYMOONERS  TWO AND A HALF MEN  FAMILY GUY  PAWN STARS  DUCK DYNASTY  SEX SENT ME TO THE E.R.: EXTRA DOSE 9:00 PM  MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER  CRIMETIME SATURDAY  COPS  PARENTHOOD  SPUN OUT  A TOUCH OF FROST  SPORTSCENTRE  THE PINKERTONS  FAMILY GUY  HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER  SEINFELD  W5  MOVIE To Be Announced  FIXER UPPER  PAWN STARS  GHOST ADVENTURES  DOG AND BETH: ON THE HUNT  STREET OUTLAWS  SLEEPY HOLLOW  DUCK DYNASTY 9:30 PM  COPS  SPUN OUT  FAMILY GUY  HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER  SEINFELD  PAWN STARS  DUCK DYNASTY  SEX SENT ME TO THE E.R. 10:00 PM  20/20   PARENTHOOD  48 HOURS  JAIL  NEWS FINAL  HOCKEY CENTRAL POSTGAME SHOW  FRONT AND CENTER  SAVING HOPE  SPORTSCENTRE  UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES  KTLA 5 NEWS AT 10  RULES OF ENGAGEMENT  THE KING OF QUEENS  WAY OFF BROADWAY  HOUSE OF BRYAN  AMERICAN PICKERS  THE DEAD FILES  CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH JESSE VENTURA  SPORTSNET CENTRAL  MISFIT GARAGE  FOX FIRST AT TEN  DUCK DYNASTY 10:30 PM  JAIL  10:35 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE  CBC NEWS: VANCOUVER  A PARK FOR ALL SEASONS  MOVIE 3,000 Miles to Graceland  RULES OF ENGAGEMENT  THE KING OF QUEENS  HOUSE OF BRYAN  10:50 MOVIE To Be Announced  WASHINGTON’S MOST WANTED  WAHLBURGERS  SEX SENT ME TO THE E.R. Sunday, Jan 11 15 7:00 PM  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS    MULANEY  60 MINUTES  BAR RESCUE  FAMILY GUY  HEARTLAND  FATAL INSOMNIA  PIX NEWS AT TEN  CELEBRITY NAME GAME  SALEM  THE MENTALIST  JUST FOR LAUGHS  TIMBER KINGS  THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND  DON’T BE TARDY...

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 THE LIQUIDATOR  THE SIMPSONS  STORAGE WARS 8:00 PM  GALAVANT MADAMSECRETARY  FRAMEWORK  THE MARK FEW SHOW  LIFE STORY  MASTERPIECE CLASSIC  SAVING HOPE  AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT  SPORTSCENTRE  HONEYMOONERS  FRIENDS  BONES  RESURRECTION  COMEDY NOW  HOLMES MAKES IT RIGHT  UFOS DECLASSIFIED  A STRANGER IN MY HOME  MUSEUM SECRETS  MANTRACKER  ALPINE SKIING FIS  MYTHBUSTERS  THE SIMPSONS  WILD TRANSPORT  SISTER WIVES 8:30 PM  GALAVANT  JEOPARDY!  HONEYMOONERS  FRIENDS  THE CLOSER  BROOKLYN NINE-NINE  WILD TRANSPORT 9:00 PM  RESURRECTION     THE GOOD WIFE  BAR RESCUE  TMZ  WINNIPEG COMEDY FESTIVAL  THE QUEEN’S GARDEN  RESURRECTION  SPORTSCENTRE  FAMILY GUY  KTLA 5 SUNDAY EDITION  BONES  ANGER MANAGEMENT  MOVIE To Be Announced  HOUSE OF BRYAN  PAWN STARS  THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA  MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM  9:05 MOVIE To Be Announced  HAUNTED COLLECTOR  NHL ALUMNI CHARITY POKER TOURNAMENT  HOW THE EARTH WORKS  FAMILY GUY  STORAGE WARS  MY HUSBAND’S NOT GAY 9:30 PM  FAMILY GUY  THE CLOSER  HOT IN CLEVELAND  HOUSE OF BRYAN  PAWN STARS  BOB’S BURGERS  STORAGE WARS 10:00 PM  REVENGE   THE SIMPSONS   CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION  BAR RESCUE  BLUE BLOODS  NEWS FINAL

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Letters to the editor

BC hunters deserve greater opportunity Villagers accused To the editor A copy of this letter was sent to Christy Clark, and MLA Linda Larson Madam-- I write to you as a constituent concerned with the changes to the policy for allocation of wildlife resources regarding proposed quota increases across the board for guide-outfitters in BC by the Ministry of Forestry, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations. I am a life member of the KeremeosCawston Sportmen’s Association, past prsident of the OK Region BCWF and for more then a decade sat on the Region 8 Resident Negotiating Committee for yearly allocation reviews. During this period we used the “ original” allocation policy (1984+-). We were not always successful, sometimes due to our ineptness, sometimes due to committee largess, and sometimes due to misinterpretation of the policy by Ministry arbitrators. However “we” learned, and learned the policy, and

in time became successful in its application and in staving off the unrelenting and constant demands by the guides, and retaining opportunities for resident use. We were so successful in fact that some ten years ago the GOABC petitioned the ministry to review, and rewrite the policy for allocation of wildlife resources. It was also at this time that the residents became aware that a large number of GO concessions were small, inefficient, economically unviable, part time ventures which could never have enough quota to be sustainable, but for whose clamoring voice the GOABC had to respond, as is the case here, once again. Even today some guides are demanding even more than the ministry’s arbitrary proposal. The numbers in the policy are bad enough, but the now-inflated quotas for non-resident trophy hunters are an obscene abrogation of the policy. Resident hunters suffer under Limited

Entry Hunting (LEH) except for deer and black bear with numbers that deny most hunters opportunity. For example, 70,000 residents apply for 13.000 moose permits. With the ministry’s capitulation to GOABC demands, the future just got worse. The fact that resident hunter numbers are steadily increasing and non-resident trophy hunter numbers declining makes added BC resident subsidization of an archaic, diminishing, socially unpopular business smack of political recompense and will not be forgotten by BC residents. We urge you to look to other jurisdictions where non-resident quota is in the ten percent range and ask why BC resident sustenance hunters must have this outrageous, unprecedented giveaway foisted upon them by the ministry and this government. Yours in conservation and fairness in allocation. Donald L. Barker Cawston BC

Safety of Similkameen dike questioned

To the editor I would like to point out that Keremeos was recently saved from a devastating ice flood by our neglected and disrespected dike. At a narrow spot between high river banks, immediately adjacent to the house of one of our public officials, the ice reached within a foot of the dike top. If you look south across the Similkameen, you can see acres of ice where the flood burst the bank and invaded the lowland behind the

rodeo grounds. The sheets of ice wiped out anything standing. The heart of Keremeos is built on similar land heights. I own property there. In my fifteen years living in the valley, there has been very little public conversation about the dike. Fortunately, the Similkameen has been relatively quiet. To assume that an unmaintained relic of the previous century will continue to shield us from unpredictable violence is not realistic.

I believe that Keremeos, as a viable municipal entity, hangs by a few rather tenuous threads. The dike is a vital asset that deserves public scrutiny and requires active management. Collin Fraser Editor’s note: The Review contacted village staff to find out the state of the dike. Laurie Taylor, CAO, responded via email that in 2013 the village contracted its engineers to do a Dike Condition Assessment as it had been several

so then they would wait for us to come and pick it up.

some thing to do. While we were celebrating with family and friends they were frantically calling customers to connect the Sears Christmas gifts to the customers. Thank you so much Busy Bee you are the best. M Atchison

years since one was done. The condition assessment (and annual inspection) was done in October 2013 and the report was received in early 2014. The condition assessment included surveying the length of the dike (1,980 metres) from the east to the west end of the village. This survey was compared

to previous surveys and no major erosion issues were identified. It was noted during the assessment that in general the dike crest is a graded walking path that seems to be in good condition. The only concern identified was the need to clean out two culverts and that was done.

of lacking respect for property

To the editor: I have been meaning to write this letter for some time, but the letter to the editor in the Dec. 25 edition really hit home for me, and I must offer support to that position. It has been three and a half years since we moved back to my childhood home of Keremeos. I spent the better part of my 36 year career trying to get back here, and had to retire first in order to do so. In those years since we have been here, our property has been inundated with trespassers, thieves, and recently we can add vandals to the list. To say we are frustrated and disappointed in this community is a gross understatement. What happened to the time when people respected boundaries and peoples property and privacy? We lived in a city for 36 years and people there seemed much more respectful of these things. Attitudes here seem very much different. Produce and crops do not just grow wild for anyone with some warped sense of entitlement to help themselves as they see fit. These are the product of someone else’s hard work, and what puts bread on their tables and feeds their families. Ironically to me, most of the shoppers on my property are in a more mature age group, people who truly should know better. Were these people raised by wolves, or do they truly disrespect everyone so much that they do not care about their fellow man and their rights? I moved to this community because I do not prefer fences and security systems and do not want to feel violated and or unsafe. Perhaps I am living in the past. Does anyone still recall the word respect? R Ditloff

Local merchant goes the extra mile during Christmas To the editor What a totally aweI would like to share my appreciation to Keremeos Busy Bee Flowers and Gifts. Busy Bee called on Christmas Eve just before 9 p.m. because of a delivery they had just received from Sears. They wanted to know if our order was meant to be under the tree for Christmas morning. If

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Paranoia is a mother’s best friend and worst enemy In the past I’ve been accused of being an overly cautious parent. No one used those words exactly, but “paranoid” has so many negative connotations. I was the mother unafraid to walk through a friend’s home and check the batteries in the smoke detectors before letting my daughter spend the night. I’ve disrupted entire birthday parties by refusing to allow my son to take his turn on the trampoline. Manic best describes my approach to helmets for biking, skating and, on especially slippery winter days, walking along the sidewalk. Don’t even get me started on life jackets. No apologies. I counted the kids this morning and there were still four of them. It’s a record that speaks for itself. A paranoid…er....overly cautious approach to child rearing is not without its downsides though. The youngest DeMeer just turned 12 and I feel every day of 85. My barely controlled need to bubble-wrap the children each time they venture past the front porch has created family stress and marital rifts. This issue came to a head one autumn Sunday morning, 16 years ago. There were

only two children then, ages It was the first of many frantic drives to the hospital. five and two. They bounded That’s probably what helped out the door to play in the backyard and I wearily grabbed my me unbend, just a little bit, as coffee mug and trudged along the family grew in numbers – behind to supervise. experience in triage. STOP. When all the kids were It’s unlike Mr. DeMeer to small we liked to joke we had raise his voice. He took me a frequent-crier card at the ANDREA DEMEER by the wrist, sat me down in a local emergency room. More comfortable chair by the wood than one on-call physician has old dog fire, poured a dollop of Irish peered over the top of a clipnew tricks board and looked dismayed. cream in my coffee and told “Oh. It’s you again.” me in no uncertain terms that Concussions, broken bones, stitches, I needed to relax and let the kids be kids. They would be fine. They didn’t need to be sprains, anaphylaxis - we’ve lived through watched every second of every day and if I them all. Eventually one wears down. To rip off a didn’t lighten up they were going to grow popular quote, you can worry about anything, both anxious and resentful. That’s when the horrible screaming start- you just can’t worry about everything. ed. I will always be a stewer. You can’t work While I was being lectured on over-cau- in a newsroom and not be sensitive to the tious parenting the climbing apparatus in the potential for freak accidents and disasters. backyard tipped and fell while both children Also, I read too much. were hanging on its side. The toddler was Yet anyone who knew me as a Mom when unconscious and the first grader was covered I was insisting on putting the kids’ food in a in blood. blender – you know, when they were four –

would marvel at the state of my home today. There are three DeMeer boys and at least a dozen lethal weapons within six steps of the back door. Guns, bows, knives of every description and sling shots. Whenever the eldest feels he is not receiving proper homage from his siblings he fixes them with a hard stare and reminds them HE wasn’t even allowed to have a water pistol until he was 12. On the weekend two boys – well, young men really– headed out to play in the backyard, which in our new life is comprised entirely of a mountain. Watching them through the snow, scrabbling up the rock face like goats, I knew there was no point in going out to supervise. Wistfully I thought it would be a good idea if they wore helmets, and I devoted some time to wondering about cougars, grizzly bears, avalanches, rock slides and hypothermia. Then I remembered if there really is a God, she’s a Mom. I poured a dollop of Irish cream in my coffee, and sat down in a comfortable chair by the fire.

Contemplating the kindness, and futures, of strangers Art Martens livingsignificantly.ca

I was 19, standing on the outskirts of Pouce Coupe in northern B.C. with my thumb out, hoping some compassionate soul would give me a lift. My destination was Abbotsford and I planned to travel there via Alberta. The few dollars in my pocket were sufficient to buy little more than a loaf of bread, a package of sliced meat, and a cup of coffee. Picking up a hitch hiker was not considered especially dangerous at that time, but I was to discover most drivers were not willing to stop. My first ride was with two young couples on a Sunday morning drive. I’m still surprised they picked me up. Before long it occurred to them they weren’t going to the next point where there was at least a semblance of civilization. After some discussion they extended their drive considerably and dropped me off at the B.C. /Alberta border. I can only guess at what motivated their thoughtfulness. At the small cafe on the border, I bought a cup of coffee so potent I worried it might be hazardous to my digestive system. Then, after standing too long on the bald, empty prairie stretching endlessly to the horizon, an elderly farmer in an aging rusted pickup bumped to a stop. He carried on well past his little farm because like the young couples, he didn’t want to leave me where drivers would be reluctant to pull over. At the entrance to Grand Prairie, I was quickly picked up by three

young men. An open case of beer was on the floor of the car and each had a bottle in hand. I was barely in the car when the driver glanced in his rear view mirror. “Cops,” he said and abruptly pulled onto a side street. I gathered they were just driving around town, hoping for some excitement. With his eyes frequently scrutinizing the rear view mirror, the driver made his way to the other end of town and dropped me off. Without that ride I’d almost certainly have needed to walk to this point. I appreciated what appeared to be an act of entirely unselfish helpfulness. After a succession of rides, I found myself on the far side of Calgary. Dusk was approaching and I knew if I carried on, I might soon be standing in the mountainous darkness of Banff, hoping no bear would be looking for its dinner. An elderly man in a grey station wagon pulled over and pushed open the passenger door. I was dismayed to learn he was only going to Banff, where he lived. Evidently he came to trust me during our conversation enroute. Discovering I had little money, he said, “talk to my wife. She might put you up for a few dollars.” Darkness had fallen and I was relieved when his wife said I could stay for one dollar. The following morning this wonderful trusting couple needed to leave for Calgary. They showed me where they kept their house key, and suggested I leave my bag in the house and look around town before carrying on. I gratefully

The prairies can be a lonely place to look for a ride.

accepted their offer, and after a little sightseeing I resumed my trek to Abbotsford. Since that time I’ve sometimes thought back to my little hitch hiking adventure. I still wonder what motivated a very small percentage of drivers to stop, while the majority raced by blithely. Did they want to make a difference in someone’s life? Were they unselfish, giving individuals? Did they understand intuitively that an act of kindness

can make the world a better place for someone? For me the issue of motivation is intriguing. Just as only a handful of drivers offered me a ride, similarly in most communities it is a very few who shovel the walk of a frail pensioner, or provide a ride to the doctor. Often these few also serve on committees and boards of organizations. In Hedley a handful of individuals put on the popular monthly pancake breakfasts and

other events. Lately I’ve heard several say, “we are getting old. We won’t be able to do it much longer.” Do we delude ourselves by believing others will always be there to create a pleasant community? We all want to retain what we have. Are we, the citizens of the Similkameen Valley, willing to rouse ourselves and contribute time and energy to create vibrant communities?

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Equipment ready to borrow for hockey at Keremeos rink Maggie Frasch

So far it’s been a great season at the Keremeos Rink. Other than a few days in mid-December when warm temperatures and rain caused the rink to be closed and a few days this week that heavy snowfall made it impossible to skate we’ve enjoyed wonderful ice and super skating conditions! It has been perfect for the Christmas holidays and thanks to local sponsors there were many free skates over the past couple of weeks. Cawston School students will enjoy the opportunity to skate with classmates as part of their physical education program this month. Hockey for all ages and abilities (boys and girls, men

and women) is happening, and equipment is available to borrow if you’d like to play. Mites is for kids aged 5-8 on Tues. From 6 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 to 11 a.m. ($5 per session). Sticks and Pucks for 9-14 year olds costs $4 per session and runs Fridays from 4-5:30 p.m. and Sundays from 3:30-5 p.m. Adult Sticks and Pucks are on Mondays and Thursdays from 7-8:30 p.m. and costs $8 for adults and $4 for teens under 18. Thank you to the Friends of the Rink for subsidizing so many of the programs available at the Keremeos Rink. See you on the ice!

Submitted photo The skating rink has had a successful season so far. Pictured is a game photo of the 9-14 year olds Sticks & Pucks, drop-in hockey taken on December 28th.

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Swans, hawks, wrens delight bird counters at Christmas Bird Count Lee McFadyen Cawston Bird Count

On December 20, 12 people participated in the Cawston Christmas Bird Count, one of eight counts occurring from December 14 to January 03 in the Okanagan Similkameen. Other counts cover Penticton, Apex-Hedley, Cawston, Vaseux, Oliver-Osoyoos, Bridesville and Princeton. Local people were joined by participants from Penticton and Osoyoos. Some of the area’s premier birders paired up with less experienced observers, yielding 4,242 birds representing 65 species from close to the USA border at Chopaka to downtown Keremeos. Lack of access prevented counting the snowy area so birds favouring higher elevations were missed, however, they were observed during the Apex, Hedley and

Bridesville counts. Less common birds seen were six trumpeter swans, one sharp shinned hawk, one snow bunting, three canyon wrens, two Bewick’s wren and one Pacific wren. The wrens are secretive little birds and it takes patience to tease them out of their preferred thickets. Uncommon during winter, four white crowned sparrows decided to migrate no further. Many of us enjoy their continuous chatter during their spring and fall migration from Southern California to northern B.C., Alaska and the Yukon. On occasion, we curse them for devouring emerging plants in the salad garden but should remember that they also eat large amounts of weed and grass seeds thus reducing the weed seed bank. Christmas Bird Counts in the Okanagan began in 1958

thanks to Steve Cannings, father of Dick Cannings. Dick is one of Canada’s premier birders and has authored numerous books. He lives in Penticton and coordinates CBC’s across Canada through his work with Bird Studies Canada and participates in the Cawston CBC. “As coordinator, one of the commonest questions I get from participants across the country is what is all this data used for,” Dick Cannings said. “They know it’s a lot of fun, and they know it’s interesting to scan back across the years of data for your own local count, but the numbers gathered by all these people over the last century to now, form one of the biggest databases on the distribution of animals anywhere in the world. Until recently, many bird biologists dismissed Christmas Bird Count data as near useless, having been col-

lected by a bunch of amateurs, many of them under the influence of several rum-and-eggnogs. The protocol of simply having a 24-kilometre diameter circle and a bunch of birders saying let’s find as many species of birds in one day in the circle as possible seemed rather unscientific. Fortunately, most of the team leaders on counts know as much or more about bird identification as university-trained biologists, and the data have proved to be a gold mine for various reasons.” If you would like a complete list of birds identified in this year’s count, email Lee at mariposaorgf@hotmail.com. For more information on Bird Studies Canada and CBC’s visit: http://dickcannings.shawwebspace.ca/blog/ tag/christmas+bird+count/

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Great Grey Owls have been sighted along the Princeton-Summerland Road at Osprey Lake.

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Shonk offering free meditation classes Meditation for Everyone, a free 8-week class, begins this Sunday, January 11, in Keremeos. The initial 3-hour session will equip participants to meditate effectively, without further instruction. Eight weekly followup sessions will allow deeper exploration of meditation, enriching the practice. Ron Shonk has shared this experience with hundreds of people, and offers a detailed

description of his classes on his website: www. ronshonk4reminding. com . He encourages preregistration preferably by email to ronshonk4reminding@gmail. com or by phone message at 250-499-0322. All sessions are at St. John’s Parish Hall, 607 Fifth Street, Keremeos, and begin promptly: Sunday, January 11: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., and then eight Tuesday evenings, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., January 13 through

March 3. The classes are appropriate for all persons ages 15 and up. “Meditation is good medicine”, Shonk points out. “Stress reduc-

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spirit immensely.” Couples and groups of friends are especially encouraged to share this meditation medication experience.

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen wishes to advise the electors of the Olalla Local Community that at the close of the Nomination Period on October 10, 2014, no nomination papers had been received for the four Olalla Local Community Commission (LCC) positions. As per the Local Government Act, the nomination period for the Olalla LCC was extended to 4 pm on October 14, 2014. The extension was advertised and at the close of the extended nomination period, no further nominations were received. The Local Government Act notes that if there are fewer candidates declared elected by acclamation than there are to be elected, the local government must appoint a person to each vacant office. A person appointed must be qualified to hold the office, and must reside in the municipality, electoral area or neighbourhood constituency, as applicable, at the time of the appointment.

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William(Bill) Edwin: 1930 – 2014 On Friday December 19, 2014, Mr. William Edwin Davies of Keremeos passed away at the McKinney Place Extended Care Unit at the age of 84 years. He was predeceased by his son Richard and sister Ann. Bill will be fondly remembered by his loving family including Brenda (Mike), Doug and Bill Jr. (Liana); granddaughter “Jillian”; sisters Joyce, Judy and Penny (Pieter); brother-inlaw Jim as well as many nieces, nephews and extended family. Bill was baptized into the Lutheran Church and held many ofﬁces at Grace Lutheran in Osoyoos. He enjoyed ﬁshing with friends Wayne and Elaine Ritchie and spending time with friends Ron & Shirley Sarsons and family and very special friend Patti Vermiere. Bill also enjoyed travelling and ventured four times to New Zealand. He also visited Regina, Edmonton, Yellowknife as well as many other places in Canada. A memorial service will be held at Grace Lutheran Church in the spring of 2015. Donations are gratefully accepted for Grace Lutheran School. Condolences and tributes may be directed to the family by visiting www.nunes-pottinger.com. Arrangements entrusted to Nunes-Pottinger Funeral Service & Crematorium, Oliver & Osoyoos.

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On the vine with George Hanson

the Similkameen have a minerality background that resembles some portions of Burgundy and Bordeaux in France. We are thinking that this minerality comes from our heavy soils versus the sand from the lower Okanagan.

Q: How will changes (ability to sell at farmer’s markets) to the liquor act affect the Similkameen Winery Association?

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George Hanson, Similkameen Wineries Association president, answers questions about future plans for the association.

As a new year has started the Review thought it the perfect time to pour over some questions with George Hanson, president of the Similkameen Wineries Association and find out his thoughts on where the industry is headed.

What were some of the highlights for the Similkameen Wineries Association in 2014?

A: Some of the highlights for the association

over this past year are that our main event BBQ King is growing and continually sold out. We have nine members this year and will be expanding to 12 or 13 next year. I must say that I think the association has been very successful at raising the profile of Similkameen this past year.

growth of membership to 12 or 13 members and lots of associate members. We are looking at more growth in the BBQ King event and also having a Similkameen event in Vancouver.

Q: What are your expectations for 2015?

A: We are seeing quite a differentiation of Similkameen wine versus wine from the Okanagan. The wines that come from

A: Expectations for the association next year include

Q: What differentiates Similkameen wine from wine in other regions?

A: Some of our members are active at the farmers markets in Osoyoos and Penticton. I think this will help their individual brands and bring more customers to the Similkameen, so it is good for all. As for other liquor reforms, I do not anticipate much impact or changes that will affect the wineries here. Q: What are the top varieties, vintages of wine on your wish list this year? A: My list has Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot on it. I enjoy tasting wines from other countries and different parts of the world.

Storm cancels busses and meetings

continued from page one Students in the area were happy to have their winter break extended by a day because of a snow day. The schools were open but buses did not run. Rob Pelletier was busy Tuesday morning digging the remaining snow off the walkway in front of his gym, the Main Event. “We got quite a bit of snow,” he said with a smile, while taking a break from shovelling. “You know though by the end of the night last night everything was quiet and seeing all the snow it reminded me of being a kid. I just wanted to build a tunnel in the snow.” Although he found a silver lining in the snow cloud, Pelletier did worry that all the snow would melt quickly and cause other problems. “Hopefully that doesn’t happen but I want to get it out of the way just in case,” he said. This is the second major snowfall the area has experienced this winter. A bizarre storm that brought more than a foot of wet, heavy snow struck the valley November.

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GRAPEFRUIT JUICE & MEDS Drinking grapefruit juice sometimes can affect 3 TO 5 SECOND MEDITATION - A SIMPLE STRESS RELIEVING PRACTICE ANYONE CAN ADOPT the action of certain drugs. Often the effect is to change how drugs are broken down in the body By Gabriele Gottschlag and may cause an increase in the concentration Let’s face it, life can be stressful. It seems more so as the world appears to be speeding up and placing more and more deof the drug. Our pharmacists will let you know mands on our attention; particularly as technology increasingly develops yet one more, shiny new device that helps us stay connected-or should we say distracted. Many are feeling overwhelm in the face of increasing personal, societal and for some, when it would be wise not to drink grapefruit juice. spiritual demands. So what needs to happen to stop the madness, even if just for a few moments of relief? Meditation is a well-known, tried and true method used to achieve a quiet grounding. But for many meditations has proven to be a challenge. Some have difficulty finding the time or space that allows for a meditative practice and others are simply not comfortable with the process. For those who have difficulty with meditation and for anyone who wants a very simple technique that helps to bring momentary relief from stress or anxiety, a wonderful technique is the ‘3 to 5 Second Drop’.

SPLITTING TABLETS Splitting tablets in half is sometimes needed to get the correct dose. We’ll let you know when this is appropriate. Some drug companies design their tablets to split in half easily by simply pressing on It is very easy; whenever you find yourself feeling increasingly stressed or anxious or a sense of overwhelm creeping in, just the ends of the tablet. We’ll inform you if this is stop and drop everything for 3 to 5 seconds. By drop I mean just stop thinking, cut off the incessant monkey mind chatter. the case with your prescription. Even if this is done only once a day, or once a week at first, it allows for space, for an interruption to the incessant automatic thinking that is accompanied by a constant low level (or high level) anxiety that is there just below the surface.

Feel that open spaciousness that remains and breathe it in-this is who you truly are. If you can hold it even longer great. The counting works as a distraction as well as to interrupt the thinking. This technique is reminiscent of no-thought Buddhist meditation but made very easy and accessible. You don’t need a special mediation room with pillows and chimes. This technique can be done standing in a grocery line, sitting at your work desk, watching the kids play or while in a board room meeting. It can be the little key to momentary freedom. Over time this practice can be a door way to a more routine meditative practice, whatever that might look like, and that would be a nice side effect. But the purpose is to give momentary peace where there does not seem to be any possibility of it—to create a space for spirit to be known. This is the space where healing takes place. Quantum healing works with this space to help bring relief by unravelling the constricted energies built up over time by habitual thinking. This article is of the copyright of OK in Health and the author; any reproduction, duplication and transmission of the article are to have prior written approval by OK in Health or the authorThese articles are provided by OK In Health eMagazine. To sign up for your free eMagazine go to www.OKinHealth.com for more great articles, events, recipes, and more. This column and articles are provided by OK In Health. Come visit HYPERLINK “http:// www.OKinHealth.com” www.OKinHealth.com Your on-line community events and wellness magazineGet Connected! Sign up for your FREE monthly OK In Health’s E-Magazine.OK In Health - Your Wellness Community at Your Finger-Tips!

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Writers welcomed to learn and grow Storm trashes pick up schedules Dave Cursons Similkameen Family Literacy

This month Okanagan College, in partnership with Similkameen Family Literacy, offers free registration for a five session series called Writing Out Loud. All, including elders and young folks, are welcome. The free 90 minute sessions starts at 10 a.m., Thursday, January 15 in The Multi-purpose Room at The Keremeos Health Unit 700 Third Ave. Writing Out Loud is for everyone. It is a creative personal development exercise,

an idea developed by Deborah Morgan in Camrose, Alta. Participants in Keremeos receive the support of a group facilitator. All materials are provided. Light refreshments are on hand. The writing belongs to and stays with the participants. Talk about the shared experience of writing in the group is welcomed. To Register in Keremeos call 250-499-2352 between 8 a.m. and noon Monday to Friday. For more information about the Writing Out Loud program, contact Mary Kiviste at Okanagan College 250-492-4305 ext. 3244.

Due to heavy snow, garbage and recycling collection trucks may not have been able to access some rural areas of the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen. When garbage trucks cannot access a street, residents are asked to bring in their waste and contact BFI Canada for when the next collection will occur. Residents can call BFI Canada at 250-490-3888 or toll free at 1-866998-4888 for more information on the areas affected.

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Laws should enshrine the right to a clean environment

Alex Atamanenko MP Southern Interior

“What kind of world do we want to leave to future generations?” is the question NDP Leader Tom Mulcair poses to those seeking to govern in his opinion piece “Pipeline projects need rigorous review process”. “Will it be a greener world, built on a foundation of economic and environmental sustainability, or one built on no vision at all — where all that we leave to future generations is the cleanup costs for the messes we left behind?”

Mulcair understands the need to move away from our overreliance on fossil fuels but acknowledges that in the short to medium term oil must continue to play a significant role in our economy. He believes, however, that major resource projects such as pipelines must be judged on their individual merits after a thorough and credible review process. Assessment criteria must include: their impact on global CO² emissions and our climate change commitments; on Canadian jobs; and on national and regional energy security. Public consultations must be democratic and fully honour our legal obligations to First Nations. Unlike Stephen Harper who has exacerbated opposition to energy development by dismantling environmental protections, ignoring scientific input and failing to address citizens’ valid concerns, Mulcair has a strong record of obtaining social license to lead on

the environment. During his time as Quebec’s Environment Minister he was able to put in place the Sustainable Development Act, which requires the provincial government to consider environmental, social and economic impacts before going forward with any development project. The NDP Leader points out that pipeline projects done properly can benefit our country — but not when they ship our jobs away alongside our raw resources, present unacceptable risks to our environment, or leave future generations of Canadians bearing the longterm environmental, economic and social legacy costs. According to Mulcair it is for these reasons that New Democrats oppose the Keystone XL pipeline — which risks exporting up to 40,000 potential well-paid jobs to the U.S. — and the Northern Gateway pipeline, which threatens B.C’s sensitive north coast.

New Democrats are in support of increasing west-east capacity, because it is important to Canadian energy security and, if done properly, will create and maintain highpaying, value-added refining jobs here at home. Mulcair does not believe that TransCanada’s Energy East or Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion can obtain the community partnership needed to go forward without a rigorous review process in place to ensure environmental and economic sustainability. Mulcair makes it clear in his article that electing a New Democratic government in 2015 will see the right to a clean environment put into law; respect for the polluter pay principle and enforced emission limits; Canada rise to meet international climate change obligations with a price on carbon; and multi-billion-dollar fossil fuel subsidies redirected towards environmentally sustainable initiatives.

Jack Layton’s Climate Change Accountability Act, which once came so close to being enacted, will finally become the law and obligate Canada to do its part in keeping global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius. In the meantime, says Mulcair, New Democrats will continue participating in public hearings on pipelines to voice the concerns of so many citizens who are raising valid questions about these projects’ environmental and economic impacts.‎ For my part, I am glad to be a member of the one party that is holding the Conservatives to account for their attacks on environmental protections, making substantive official submissions to the review process and demanding broader consultations. That the NDP has a well thought out economic and environmental plan to take us into the future is also something I take heart in as well.

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Farm Workers 12 Farm workers required for Lasser Farm from April 10Dec 10, 2015. 40-60hrs/wk. Duties pruning, picking, packing, weeding fruits and vegetables and general farm labour. Work is in Keremeos and Cawston. $10.49/hr. Call 250499-5443

Farm Workers 25 farm workers required for AM Orchards. PO Box 71, 921 Hwy 3A, Keremeos. Start March 1 - November 2015. Full time, picking, pruning, packing, general farm labour. $10.44/hr. Contact am_orchards@hotmail.com Dhaliwal Farms, 2300 Upper Bench Rd., Cawston, BC V0X 1C2 requires 4 farm workers from April 1 2015 to November 15 2015 for picking, pruning & general farm labour, wage $10.50/hr. bjbj644@gmail.com Farm worker req. April 1 - Nov. 30/15, $10.50/hr, 40-50 hr/wk, duties incl. planting, thinning, picking, pruning, general farm labour, Keremeos & Cawston, Brar Orchards, 250-499-5149 or 250-499-4066. Harker’s Organics. 2238 Hwy 3, Cawston B.C. V0X 1C2. Seeking Organic Farm Labourer. Planting, Weeding, Harvesting, Pruning, Packaging. $10.50/hr for approximately 6-8 months from April-November. Please send resume to hfr@nethop.net or fax 250499-2750. Contact Sara or Troy Harker 250-499-2751 Lidder Farms req. 14 F/T seasonal workers for 2015 season. 4 starting Mar. 1/15 to Nov. 1/15, 10 starting Apr. 1/15 - Dec. 1/15. Workers will have 40-60 hrs/wk, $10.49/hr. Duties incl. pruning, thinning, general farm work & picking fruit & ground crops incl. cherries, peaches, cots, apples, etc. Farms located in Keremeos & Cawston, BC. 250-5060006 or email gurpreet_lidder@hotmail.com

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Misc. for Sale HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper? Spring Lamb, locally grown on grass & grain, government inspected, $5.50/lb cut and wrapped. Call 250-499-5134 STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online www.crownsteelbuildings.ca. STEEL BUILDINGS. “Really big sale!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Call Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit www.pioneersteel.ca

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Private Collector Looking to Buy Coin Collections, Silver, Antiques, Native Art, Estates + Chad: 250-863-3082 Local

New 2 bdrm duplex, MUST have references, $750/month, 1482 Hwy 3A. 250-499-2611

Mortgages Obituaries

STEWART

THOMAS WESLEY:

Passed peacefully at age 79 At Orchard Haven Home, Keremeos Thursday, December 18, 2014 After living with Alzheimer’s for 12 years or more

Wes will be deeply missed, lovingly remembered, and cherished forever by his family: His wife of 58 years, Nettie, and his three girls, Kathy (Earle), Betty (Joe), and Barbara (John), his seven grandchildren, Trevor (Cara), Darcey (Kristi), Kelly (Krystal), Melissa (Jerome), Shauna (Tyler), David, Angela (Logan), as well as three great-grandchildren, Steven, Summer and Jacob. Wes is also survived by six brothers and four sisters… Roy (Jean), Russell (Lucy), Veronica (Hugh), Lloyd (Mary), Lyle’s wife Lidia, Glen (Shirley), Myles (Linda), Dick (Marg), Ruby (Bruce), Maryann (Joseph), Joan (Terry). Wes was predeceased by his father, Geordie, his mother Mabel, his sister Verna and his brother Lyle. Wes will be greatly missed by many more nieces, nephews, extended family members, dear friends, neighbors, community members, and by the residents and staff of Orchard Haven Home, River Valley Lodge and Kaylami Place. To know Wes was to love him, to love him was to work beside him, laugh with him, eat heartily with him, surround him with children and share a tea, a game of crib and some stories. He was a grease-monkey at the service station on the intersection of Highway 3A and Coulthard when he met Nettie, a transient farm worker, who became his life’s partner. Wes was the sawyer in the Stewart brothers sawmill. He was a cattleman, an orchardist, and a dairy farmer. He spent his life doing what he loved to do. Together, he and Nettie built a home, a farm and a family in Cawston. Wes is fondly remembered by many in the valley as being just a phone call away, day or night, when there was an animal in distress. The family’s heartfelt thanks go to Dr. Jeanes, Dr. Lowe, Dr. Ford, and all the staff at River Valley Lodge, Orchard Haven and Kaylami. Thank you for your exceptional care. Special thanks to Rochelle, Peggy, Eirinn, Gerry, Laura, Shelley, Sandy and Doug for being there, and to the cooks at Kaylami for Dad’s Christmas dinner on Sunday evening. Thank you to Judy Heisler for giving us the precious photographic memories of last summer. In memoriam donations may be made to Alzheimer’s research. UBC, Division of Neurology.

GOD BE WITH YOU ‘TIL WE MEET AGAIN

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Valley winery doubles up on awards

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Steve Venables and partner Kim Brind’Amour, owners of Forbidden Fruit in Cawston, earned two double platinum awards at the prestigious Winepress Northwest Platinum Judging. Submitted petition and the Merlot was the

Forbidden FruitWinery in Cawston has become the first winery in the Pacific Northwest to win top medals in both the Grape Wine and the Fruit Wine categories in the same wine competition. This distinction came about when Forbidden Fruit won two Double Platinum awards at the prestigious Winepress Northwest Platinum Judging held this past month in Kenniwick, Washington. The first double platinum medal was awarded to Forbidden Fruit’s 2013 Caught –Apricot Mistelle, a soft apricot liqueur. The judges described the wine as “dangerously delicious.” The second award was won by the Winery’s 2011 Earth Series Merlot, a classic French style Merlot, described as full of raspberry, chocolate and exotic spices. The Apricot wine was the only fruit wine honoured in the com-

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only red grape wine from BC to receive a Double Platinum. The winery also received Double Gold medals for their 2013 Cherysh –Cherry Rose’ and the 2012 Impearfection –Asian Pear Late Harvest. Forbidden Fruit is no stranger to winning top awards having previously picked up ‘ Best Of British Columbia 2010 (NWWS), the Best Fruit Wine in Canada 2011 (CWA), Double Gold-Best of Class Sauvignon Blanc 2012 (ACWC), and a myriad of Gold and Double Gold medals for both their Grape and Fruit wines, both Nationally and Internationally. “We are so pleased and honored to bring these awards home to the Valley,” said owner and cowinemaker Steve Venables. “Our focus from day one has been to produce wines that deliver the utmost enjoyable drinking experience and we are thrilled to receive

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this recognition for our efforts.” Venables and his partner, Kim Brind’Amour have been farming organically on their pristine sloping hillside alongside the Similkameen River for nearly 40 years. “Call it terroir, for sure the organics and is our passion” said Brind’Amour, “It’s all part of our winemaking style. But these awards don’t just highlight us, they go a long way in promoting the superb wine industry we have here in the Similkameen Valley.” The Winepress Northwest Platinum Judging is an elite competition that selects only gold medal winning wines to enter and compete against each other. Of all the Gold medal wines entered in this year’s competition only 5 % received Double Platinum awards. The competition is also called The Best of the Best in the Pacific Northwest and includes wineries from Washington State, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Forbidden Fruit Winery, a family owned and run boutique winery located at the very southern end of the Similkameen Valley. “We are very excited to celebrate our 10th anniversary when we open again this Spring and what a better way to celebrate than by pouring our award winning wines for our visitors,” Brind’Amour said.

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