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Rehab centre for teens closes doors Tara Bowie Review Staff

A local addiction rehabilitation youth facility wasn’t able to recover a financial agreement with the BC government and shut its doors suddenly last week. A mix of about 30 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees of The Crossing operated by Portage British Columbia were told March 5 the facility would cease operations immediately, Seychelle Harding, communications director for Portage said during a phone interview with the Keremeos Review. The Crossing provided a residential rehabilitation treatment program for adolescents between the ages of 14-18. The centre had a 42-bed capacity. “We met the employees there to tell them the news. Most of them were not surprised and the reason behind the decision is that...Portage has been trying for about two years to get to an agreement with the provincial health authorities and we just couldn’t get to an agreement,” she said. Harding said employees were

offered other employment opportunities in Portage facilities out of province mainly in Ontario. Portage operates 12 other programs in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Ontario. Keremeos was Portage’s only facility in B.C. Some took new postings while others have declined, she said. “We understand BC is very beautiful and these people have set up their lives there,” she said. The facility had not taken any new clients since October 2014. Harding was unsure whether there was still one client at the facility or if it all had finished treatment when the announcement was made. “I’m not sure if there was one person left or no one left because it’s four to six month programs. By the time it had closed most had finished,” she said. The facility opened in 2009 on a 58-acre property located approximately six kilometres west of the Keremeos. According to a notice put on the facility’s webpage a year after it opened Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health were contributing $2.5 million annually to cover

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About 30 full-time, part-time and seasonal local jobs have been lost with the announcement that The Crossing, operated by Portage British Columbia is closed. The Crossing was a residential rehabilitation program for adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18.

operating costs of the drug rehabilitation centre in March 2010. Central City Foundation led the capital fundraising campaign, raising $6.5 million for the purchase of the property and the construction of the facility in Keremeos. It’s unknown what will happen

to the facility at this time. During its six years of operations more than 400 youth successfully completed the six-month addictions recovery programming. “There was a lot of people. A lot of great stories. Teenagers would write back when they finished their

degree and went back to school. It is with heavy heart we are doing this as we know that the resources are scarce in BC,” she said. Harding said Portage can accept out of province clients so youth who are struggling can find more information at www.portage.ca.

Arctic Apple company sells for $41 million Steve Kidd Black Press

Summerland’s Okanagan Specialty Fruits has been drawing international attention over the last few years for its development of an apple that doesn’t turn brown after slicing. They’ve also drawn the attention of a major player. At the end of February, Neal Carter, founder of OSF, announced the company had been sold for $41 million to Intrexon, a U.S. company that styles itself as a leader in synthetic biology. “We feel this acquisition can be viewed as a very positive development for the local community,” wrote Carter in an email interview. “Okanagan Specialty Fruits will remain based in Summerland. We are pleased to share that Intrexon intends to retain all cur-

rent staff.” Through the acquisition, Intrexon expands its food programs to include trees yielding fruit that is more appetizing and convenient for consumers while providing economic benefit throughout the tree fruit supply chain. Carter, who will also remain with OSF after the acquisition is complete, developed his line of Arctic Apple varieties using genetic techniques to switch off the gene that controls the enzyme that turns the white flesh of apples brown after exposure to air. “We have certainly received a great deal of interest from a variety of sources, and as expected, the foodservice industry is among those who recognize the value of the nonbrowning trait,” wrote Carter noting that currently, fresh cut apples must be treated

with anti-browning solutions, adding cost and interfering with flavour. “The potential is huge in areas like cafeterias, for example. In fact, a recent study from Cornell found that schoolchildren eat about 70 per cent more apples if they’re served presliced rather than whole.” Arctic Apples recently gained regulatory approval in the U.S., and are well on their way through the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s process. The company expects Canadian regulators to grant commercial approval to Arctic apples in the near future. Carter said it is unfortunate that the BC Fruit Growers Association has taken a stand against biotechnology. “Even if they are not interested in supporting Arctic apples, many others are; we have

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Funding streams into SVPS watershed plan Review Staff

The funding is flowing for the Similkameen Valley Watershed Plan. The Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen received a $36,135 grant from the federal and provincial governments for Phase 3 of the plan. The latest phase to be completed will take a closer look at the agricultural sector. Funding was granted by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the BC Ministry of Agriculture and delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC. “The funding will allow us to

expand our information gathering with a detailed assessment of groundwater inventory, its use and future agricultural demand,” stated Manfred Bauer, chair of the Similkameen Valley Planning Society in a press release. Phase three work includes characterizing the future of agriculture in the Similkameen watershed; inventorying groundwater use by agriculture; estimating future agricultural water demands; conducting an irrigation groundwater quality assessment and developing an implementation strategy for agricultural groundwater management.

The most recent grant will be paired with grant money already obtained meaning the phase three portion of the study should cost about $70,000. The data is expected to be collected before fall and work on phase three completed by March 2016. The data from the second phase is expected to be released in the next few months. The SVPS through the RDOS received government funding of $500,000 to complete the watershed plan. About $160,000 of the grant money is remaining.

of time he is working on projects. On average Stuckey bills the society for 10 hours of work a month. “It wouldn’t be very productive for me to do that (bill for more hours),” Stuckey said. The brief exchange between the two men was ended by chair Manfred Bauer who called it “inappropriate.” “It you want to talk about staff and wages like that we must move into a closed meeting,” Bauer said. “Andrew does great work for us and this isn’t appropriate.” Christensen apologized to Stuckey. The men had several exchanges prior to the wage discussion concerning a communications committee Stuckey has struck. The committee will include two at large members and two members with a water back-

ground. The committee will aid Stuckey in developing a communications plan to make the public more aware about the watershed plan. The committee will also include a member of SVPS and Stuckey. Stuckey proposed that each member receive a $25 per meeting honorarium to pay for travel costs as members come from across the valley. Christensen questioned the role of the committee several times and the need to pay an honorarium. After discussion Christensen along with all SVPS members present voted to allow for four members of the public to be part of the committee and to pay the $25 honorarium.

“No one understands the importance of a donation more than Mr. David Kampe,” she said in a release. “He came to us even before we got the agreement for the Patient Care Tower by the Province because he knew we had to have the community come on side and he was ready to get the campaign rolling.” Perrino said it’s hoped Kampe’s incredibly generous gift will give momentum for other individuals, corporations and organizations to financially support the hospital campaign. “Helping provide the best health care possible, it represents an investment in the future for the residents of the South OkanaganSimilkameen,” she said. This marks the second time in four years that Kampe has stepped forward with a major donation to the Foundation. In 2011, he donated a onehectare parcel of land at Industrial Avenue and Camrose Street, immediately south of the hospital. The land at the time was valued at $1.5 million. This latest donation follows the Summerland Health Care Auxiliary’s recently-announced pledge to donate $1 million over

five years for the Foundation’s campaign. The Province is scheduled to select its private sector P3 partner early in 2016 with construction of the $325-million Patient Care Tower to begin soon afterwards. The tower will include new surgical rooms, 84 single-patient rooms, ambulatory care clinics and other facilities. A second construction phase will see the hospital’s present front lobby and adjacent offices become part of an enlarged Emergency Department – almost four times the size of the existing emergency room. The Okanagan-Similkameen Regional Hospital District will fund $122 million (40 per cent) of the construction cost, while the provincial government and its P3 partner will pay about $183 million (60 per cent). The Foundation will provide the final $20 million of the total project cost for medical equipment For more information contact Janice Perrino, executive-director of the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation, at 250-492-9077 (office) or 250-462-6895 (cell) or email janice.perrino@interiorhealth.ca.

Director Christensen clashes with consultant over wages Tara Bowie Review Staff

The Similkameen Valley Planning Society was almost forced into a closed door meeting after Area G Director Elef Christensen inappropriately questioned a contracted employee wage in public session. Following a presentation from Andrew Stuckey, who is contracted to handle communications for the SVPS watershed plan, Christensen pointedly asked his hourly rate. “You make $52 an hour right?” Christensen said. Stuckey agreed. Christensen went on to ask how many hours a month he works on SVPS projects and suggested Stuckey could bill the society for increased hours without approval and that directors have no way to know the amount

Hospital expansion receives $2 million donation Staff Writer

A quiet community leader has spoken volumes with a $2-million donation to the new Patient Care Tower at Penticton Regional Hospital. David Kampe, owner of the Peters Bros. Group of Companies, has become the first major individual donor to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s $20-million fundraising campaign to provide new medical equipment for the PRH expansion. Kampe, who has supported many community projects for years, said his gift aims at ensuring top quality health care for residents throughout the region for decades to come. He also hopes it will help spur others in the community to donate as well. “This hospital here is every bit as good as any hospital in the province,” Kampe said in a press release. “It’s a remarkable hospital for this region’s level of population.” Janice Perrino, the Foundation’s executive director, said the value of Mr. Kampe’s donation means much more to the campaign than simple dollars and cents.

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The Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen received a $36,135 grant from the federal and provincial governments for Phase 3 of the watershed plan.

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Parents prove democracy works

Every so often – if you pay close attention – you can find an example of democracy in action. So it is demonstrated with the recent Liberal budget, and the promise from the BC government to eliminate the claw back of child support payments to single families receiving income or disability payments. The long-fought-for policy change puts $13 million a year back into the pockets of the province’s disadvantaged families, and will better the lives of approximately 5,200 children who live daily with the hunger of poverty, and the fear that accompanies uncertainty. Taking well deserved credit for this progress is BC ACORN (Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now) that orchestrated an 18-month campaign to get the attention of legislators. They did it with the help of like-minded groups – including the Elizabeth Fry Association and Raise the Rates – and with the media playing a large role as stories appeared across all platforms exposing the personal stories of parents struggling for simple survival for their children. Call it a shame game. It was warranted, unrelenting, and ultimately successful. Successful government lobbies are often perceived to be of a different nature. Professional spin doctors are hired, ad campaigns are purchased and political and financial support is leveraged. Single parents on government assistance can’t afford to pay for help or advertising when they can’t afford to buy food and hydro in the same month. The poor are used to having the approximate political clout of unwashed socks. So they did it the old fashioned way. BC Acorn led 11 actions over a year and half. Members wrote letters, knocked on doors, set up phone campaigns, held house meetings and leadership workshops. They organized on-line. They staged actions at various social assistance offices across the lower mainland that resulted in meetings with government ministers. They attended Question Period. They held press conferences. On 2014, as their campaign picked up speed, they held a Poverty Potluck on Mother’s Day to highlight the inadequacy of the food bank diet that sustains so many single parent families. In June of last year, the government relented and promised a review of the claw back policy that led to the announcement in the spring budget. Beyond the simple humanity and common sense of not taking money away from single parents and their children – for not effectively penalizing a family because someone somewhere is paying child support – its actual breathtaking to know it works. Democracy. Phone calls, letters, calling the paper and repeating oneself over and over and getting louder and louder until someone in power simply has to listen. Credit is due to ACORN and its allies, but also to Christy Clark and her government for coming to terms with a grassroots lobby. It was a battle well fought, and well won. - AD

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Seniors’ advocate strikes a chord

VICTORIA – B.C.’s new seniors’ advocate has issued her second report, and the media mostly ignored it. When this new office was promised by a campaigning Premier Christy Clark two years ago, I suggested that B.C. already has 85 seniors’ advocates. They’re called MLAs, and inquiries go to their local offices. Much to the chagrin of the opposition, Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s mandate is not to pursue individual cases, and so she won’t be serving up a fresh assortment of horror stories to embarrass the government. Instead, it is to look for “systemic challenges” and recommend ways to deal with them. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 500 seniors from around the province, and the key finding was not what she expected. “We were surprised to learn of the lack of awareness among seniors, particularly low-income seniors, of government programs and the subsidies available to assist them,” Mackenzie said. The survey found that 60 per cent of seniors living on

$30,000 or less homes. See home annual income adaptation, property tax and rent didn’t know subsidy programs they are eligible above. for discounts Aw a r e n e s s on Medical and usage of the Services Plan SAFER program premiums. For was lowest in the income less than north and highest $22,000, the TOM FLETCHER in urban areas, perentire $864 cost haps not surprisof individual ing since the B.C. MSP premiums government exists is waived. Other frequently over- more in theory than in fact in looked programs are a month- many remote places. ly rent subsidy called Shelter So what should the governAid for Elderly Renters ment do about this? Well, it (SAFER), grants for disabil- could advertise these programs. ity modifications called Home The government does lots of Adaptations for Independence, advertising, but not about old drug cost assistance called news like the SAFER program, Fair Pharmacare, property which dates back to the 1970s. tax deferment and the fedClark’s government did a eral Guaranteed Income whack of advertising in the Supplement program. Those election year, 2013. Much of it older than 75 with income of was about the B.C. Jobs Plan, less than $30,000 reported the heavy on the hardhats and lowest awareness of assistance blueprint-style graphics and arc designed specifically for them. welding and stuff like that. But you don’t get these benefits Then last year the governunless you apply and show that ment’s big ad campaign was around the teachers’ strike, and your income qualifies. The survey also found that the payments to parents to help the biggest fear of low-income with child care while teachers seniors is that they won’t be demanded twice as big a raise able to afford to stay in their as all the other unions.

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Education Minister Peter Fassbender is still bragging about the response rate for $40a-day parental strike pay, which was snapped up by almost 100 per cent of eligible parents. This demonstrates that the government can indeed give away money with great efficiency, just by telling people how to get it. The NDP’s version of seniors’ advocacy is to find the most tragic problems from complaints coming into constituency offices, and use those to ambush the government. A popular choice is an elderly couple who have to be separated because their medical needs are too different to keep them in the same facility. TV news loves that one. People cry on camera and denounce politicians for being heartless, as if the health minister stayed up late plotting how to break their granny’s heart. Maybe this seniors’ advocate wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

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Sexists are like cottonmouths, hiding in the swamp This year, like every year on March 8, Mr. DeMeer woke up grumbling about International Women’s Day. Why do you need International Women’s Day? When is International Men’s Day? This year, like every year on March 8, I responded that it is International Men’s Day every day – all year long. It’s a special family tradition we look forward to, in the same way other couples might enjoy greeting each other on December 25 with a kiss and a “Merry Christmas, sweetheart.” The theme for this year’s event was Strong Women. Strong World. Improving Economic Opportunities For All. In other words we’ve come a long way baby. But there’s a heck of a long way to go. Look down. Look way, way, down under your feet. That is where sexism and misogyny in the workplace moved, after deciding it was too hot living up here in the same climate as political correctness. Like cottonmouths in a swamp, you hardly ever see them and that makes them all the harder to fight. There are still professions that remain almost exclusively male.

Sports reporting is a good Y or Z. In order to prevent the example. Shortly after the last blood from eventually leaking winter Olympics I was loungout of my ears, it had to be said. ing in the newsroom thumbing Look Dave, THEY ARE through the Toronto Sun and NOT GIRLS. They are women. came across a promotional ad They are professional women. for that company’s Olympic Girls are prepubescent females reporting team. and if you truly are employing More than two dozen men a collection of 11-year-olds in ANDREA DEMEER with iPhones and cameras and the front office we have a biglaptops, and one woman. ger problems in this department old dog One woman? The company than Kijiji. new tricks sent ONE woman to cover the The next day I received a Olympics? visit from my senior manager Without raising his eyes from his com- who told me I’d made several people uncomputer screen the sports editor remarked they fortable and for the sake of my career I probably needed somebody to write about should dial down the feminism. ladies’ figure skating and the managing ediFeminism – don’t bring it to the office. tor casually noted she probably also made Chauvinism, on the other hand, is like Master coffee. Card – accepted pretty much everywhere. Cottonmouths are everywhere if you know About the same time I was fortunate where to look. Only a couple of years ago, enough to attend a corporate leadership conwhile working in Ontario, I was profession- ference that included a day-long presentation ally chastised for losing my temper during a by a noted industry professional who used meeting about classified advertising. clips from popular movies to illustrate his A colleague across the table held forth various points. The conference was informaabout the “girls” in classifieds. The girls this, tive and entertaining even though all of the the girls that, if only the girls would do X, movies chosen to exemplify strong leader-

ship were extremely male – Master and Commander, Bull Run, Remember the Titans. The Devil Wears Prada, a movie enshrining every cruel stereotype conceived about female bosses, was the only film clip showcasing a woman and of course it was employed to provide a perverse example and give everyone a good chuckle. Several days after the conference I sent the presenter a thoughtful email, thanking him for a good seminar and sharing some comments on his movie choices. I suggested that with a number of women in the audience, and some men who reported to women, in future he might consider including at least one positive female leadership model. The gentleman responded that I missed the point of his presentation. I replied that he missed the point of my email. There are lots of people who don’t understand why experiences like this are frustrating, sometimes painful, and represent very real challenges to women’s success. It kind of makes you want to hold a few heads under the swamp. Hope you enjoyed International Women’s Day.

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I admit, with a dose of embarrassment, it was a foolish decision. Reflecting back , I shudder inwardly at what we did. I’m sure our parents shuddered then already. Linda and I were young, newly married and happy in our relationship. She was a bank employee and I was a heavy equipment operator. We had bought a home on five acres, near the CanadaU.S. border. We were delighted to not be renting. There was only one significant problem. We both felt utterly unfulfilled in our work. On a Saturday in early May, 1967, at breakfast I posed a question that had percolated in my psyche for some time. “How do you feel about what we’re doing?” I asked. She seemed to have anticipated my query. “I really hope I won’t be a teller the next forty years,” was her response. “And I don’t want to be a cat operator for forty years,” I said. That conversation ended with a seemingly ill-conceived decision. We gave notice to our employers and found a renter for our home. Two weeks later we loaded camping supplies and food into our chevy panel truck and set out along the Trans Canada Highway. Just a couple of innocent, small town kids, looking for more from life. How to find more was definitely well outside our understanding. We didn’t even know where we were going. That first evening we pulled the Chevy into a campsite near 100 Mile House. We quickly discovered our new sleeping bags were more suited to California summers than to this area’s minus zero temperatures. May in the Cariboo was not as pleasant as in the Fraser Valley. Even fully dressed, we shivered. A couple

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Art Martens outside the family home. of weeks later we spoke with an elderly local realtor. In spite of our severely limited funds, he seemed to take an interest in us. “Meet me here tomorrow at 8 a.m.” he said. The next morning, after an hour in his pickup on an unpaved road, we eased his canoe into the pristine waters of Sheridan Lake. By sunset, we had arranged to purchase the lot the realtor showed us. We returned the next day and set up our tent. At about 5 the following morning Linda roused me, agitated. “I hear loud breathing,” she said. “Is it a bear?” I unzipped the flap of the tent and looked into the large eyes of several long horned cattle, apparently curious about this intrusion into their domain. The realtor had not informed us this was open range cattle country. After breakfast I built a corral around the tent. For nearly three months our only visitors were an overly bold black bear, a shrieking demanding squirrel, a curious cow moose and her calf, and the local rancher patrolling on his ancient dirt bike. Our days on the shore of Sheridan Lake were taken up with physical work. Each evening, sitting around our campfire, we read a few pages of the biography of Madame Curie. As a university student passionate about scien-

tific research, she existed largely on buttered toast and tea. Marie and her husband Pierre conducted research in a cramped storage room. During one phase of their experiments, the Curies, mainly Marie, treated eight tons of pitchblende to obtain one gram of radium. They could have sold it for $150,000 but chose to keep it for further research. Their commitment and sacrifice deeply stirred our imaginations. Marie Curie’s tenacious pursuit of an elusive goal awakened in me a desire to further my education. Swatting at hungry mosquitoes and trying to avoid the smoke of our campfire one evening, I said, “I’d like to go to university, but I know we don’t have the money.” Without hesitating, Linda said, “I could work.” A few days later, the black bear jumped over my corral and damaged our tent. We broke camp and returned to the Fraser Valley. I enrolled as a student of Sociology and Political Science at Simon Fraser University. That was 48 years ago. Now my hair is the colour of snow and I have retired after many years of working with inmates in provincial and federal corrections and then with young offenders in Hedley. Because of Marie Curie’s example, our foolish decision had a good outcome.

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Hydro costs not grounded in affordability Letter to the Editor: I just wanted to say to the couple on the cover of the March 5 paper that I’m sorry to hear of your pain with hydro. But you are not alone. My wife and i got a hydro bill estimate. We also pay equal payments now. The bill was $973 for 32 days. We heat our house with wood (two fireplaces). We use two lights, one television at night. Hydro says we use 212 kilowatt hours a day. I layman’s terms it takes a 60-watt light bulb 24 hours to use a kilowatt hour. What hydro tells us is that we have on 212 60 watt light bulbs all day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That’s impossible. I think they are either crooks, bandits or thieves. This will never get better as long as the government taxes our hydro bills. Our last bill had $47 GST on top. The more your hydro bill the more tax the government makes. The energy commission is just a bunch of yes men for hydro. That does nothing for us. The twotiered system hurts seniors the most. They were supposed to do a review of the twotiered system last November. Has anybody heard anything. Not a word. Right now we pay 50 per cent of earning in taxes. We pay 25 per cent to hydro. That leaves 25 per cent that we really get to live off. Anybody else feeling the squeeze? Pat Sanderson

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Elementary students at Similkameen Elementary Secondary School dressed up as their favourite characters for Read the Most Day. The students use software to determine their reading ability and to track books read. They are entered into a raffle and also compete as teams to read the most over their classmates. Back row, left to right Emily Tucker, Lamay Boshoff, Sarah Hore, Rylee Demchuck, Alexis Ward, Sage Stewart, Cassandra Gibbs, Paris Schneider and Megan Reichl. Front row, Rajpreet Lidhar, Levi Escobar, Hannah Shore, Mathew Lee, Christine Gray, Madeline Pender, and Sadie Hockey.

Student loans not gateway to irresponsibility To the Editor: In repsonse to a column by Black Press writer Tom Fletcher about defaulting on student loans. As a life-long watcher of daily newscasts and reader of newspapers, etc., I somehow managed to miss an item described as “ . . . an era where misguided university professors use their positions to organize violent protests against job-creating projects . . .” Would you kindly provide me with any facts to support this item? I went to university using student loans.

I’m afraid I was not one of those fortunate 180,000 students who were able to attend university for four years without borrowing. My parents were poor, I was a young female student trying to survive on poorly paid summer jobs and unable to save anything from those jobs to pay my way through university. But because of that education I was able to obtain better, and better paying, jobs while I worked full time and raised a family. Indeed, because of that education and those better paying jobs, I was able to pay more income taxes to help support that education which is so important to our youth today.

By the way, I paid my student loans off within ten years of my university graduation. If I had been unable to make the payments for whatever reason, it would hardly have been in the public interest to take away my driver’s licence so that I could not get to work. I think you owe an apology to all the people out there, who like me, have benefited themselves and our country by getting an education at such a high cost. Marg Savery, Keremeos, B.C.

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Carter writes. That interest is echoed by consumers, according to their own studies and taste test comparisons. Carter said their technique doesn’t introduce any foreign genes into the apple, instead using one of the apple’s own genes to make the changes. OSF has put the apples through years of field testing in their quest to gain regulatory approval for the Arctic Apple line, which includes genetically modified versions of granny, golden, Fuji and gala apples. “Okanagan is a world leader in the development of fruit-bearing plants to express enhanced, advantageous traits with tremendous potential to revolutionize the tree fruit industry,” said Thomas R. Kasser, PhD, senior vice president and head of Intrexon’s food sector. “Through this acquisition, we can deliver more accessible and affordable choices of high-quality foods for an ever-growing population.” They’ve also drawn the attention of a major player. On Feb. 27, Neal Carter, founder of OSF, announced the company had been sold for $41 million to Intrexon, a U.S. company that styles itself as a leader in synthetic biology.

“We feel this acquisition can be viewed as a very positive development for the local community,” wrote Carter in an email interview. “Okanagan Specialty Fruits will remain based in Summerland. We are pleased to share that Intrexon intends to retain all current staff.” Through the acquisition, Intrexon expands its food programs to include trees yielding fruit that is more appetizing and convenient for consumers while providing economic benefit throughout the tree fruit supply chain. Carter, who will also remain with OSF after the acquisition is complete, developed his line of Arctic Apple varieties using genetic techniques to switch off the gene that controls the enzyme that turns the white flesh of apples brown after exposure to air. “We have certainly received a great deal of interest from a variety of sources, and as expected, the foodservice industry is among those who recognize the value of the nonbrowning trait,” wrote Carter noting that currently, fresh cut apples must be treated with anti-browning solutions, adding cost and interfering with flavour. “The potential is huge in areas like cafeterias, for example. In fact, a recent study

from Cornell found that schoolchildren eat about 70 per cent more apples if they’re served pre-sliced rather than whole.” Arctic Apples recently gained regulatory approval in the U.S., and are well on their way through the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s process. The company expects Canadian regulators to grant commercial approval to Arctic apples in the near future. Carter said it is unfortunate that the BC Fruit Growers Association has taken a stand against biotechnology. “Even if they are not interested in supporting Arctic apples, many others are; we have received significant interest in Arctic apples from a substantial number of growers and other members of the apple supply-chain,” Carter writes. That interest is echoed by consumers, according to their own studies and taste test comparisons. Carter said their technique doesn’t introduce any foreign genes into the apple, instead using one of the apple’s own genes to make the changes. OSF has put the apples through years of field testing in their quest to gain regulatory approval for the Arctic Apple line, which includes genetically modified versions of granny, golden, Fuji and gala apples.

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Keremeos-Cawston Sportsmen Association Awards

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First Big Game trophies were handed out by Norm Parkin, left, to Garrett Bishop, Caroline Brunton and Derek Brunton. They each got a mule deer this past year.

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Guy McGunigle, right, was presented with the Sportsmen of the Year award by president Andy Barkanyi at the Keremeos-Cawstom Sportsmen Association banquet last Saturday. McGunigle has been an executive member for the last four years, a representative of the Wilderness Watch committee, budget member at large, and part of the 3-D archery program.

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There was a tie for Ladies Club Champion this year. Winners were left, Joan Bishop and Louise Desabrais. The women were presented with their awards by Andy Barkanyi, president of the Keremeos-Cawston Sporstmen Association.

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Cliff Last, left, received the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Award for his tireless volunteer efforts with the Keremeos-Cawston Sportsmen Association. Last was presented the award by president Andy Barkanyi.

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For the second year in a row Jetson Gibbs bagged himself the largest big game animal amongst his junior peers. The 16-year-old clearly remembers the day he shot the white tail deer that had a score of 133. “I remember I was with Doug sitting in the blind and the deer ran across the field and stopped and I shot it,” he said during an interview following the Keremeos-Cawston Sportsmen Association banquet Saturday. It was the first time Gibbs had hunted using a blind. The deer earned Gibbs the trophy for largest Big Game in the club’s junior category for 2014. He plans to have the head mounted and turned the rest into sausages and other meat. “It was really good,” he said. The year before the avid hunter shot a mule deer that had a score of 125. He’s been hunting since he was 10. “I find it all really relaxing. It gets me away from everything and

I can blow of steam,” he said. Thirteen-year-old Zane Gibbs had the most impressive run with awards during the banquet. The young man who joined the club about five years ago earned awards including top of the ring fire, to casting, archery competition, centre fire rifle, centre fire ring fire and the Junior Club Championship. “I really like helping out and being part of the club,” the humble teenager said. “I like doing all this stuff. It’s just fun.” Taking home one of the most prestigious awards of the night was Ivan Gibbs who earned the Junior Sportsmen of the Year trophy. Ivan Gibbs is the BCWF junior committee chair, and a participant in the goat counts and sheep feed program. “It’s a good accomplishment,” he said while taking a short break from cleaning up after the banquet. “I like being outdoors so it’s a good fit for me.” Doug Boult, past president applauded all the Gibbs teens and all the other youth in the club. He said over the last eight to 10 years the club has had a major

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Zane Gibbs, 13, cleaned up during the Keremeos-Cawston Sporstmen Association banquet. The teen won awards spanning ring fire, to casting, archery competition, centre fire rifle, centre fire ring fire and the Junior Club Championship.

resurgence and that’s because of the participation of women and children. In the mid 2000s membership had dropped to about 50 members but now is close to 300. “They’re our future,” he said.

“It’s the same as anything if you can get the women involved you can get the family involved. We made a conscience effort to go from an old boys’ club to one that was very family orientated and youth orientated.”

The club holds a variety of events involving hunting, fishing, and conservation efforts throughout the year and does outreach through the schools teaching archery. For more information on the club visit k-csa.com.

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Ivan Gibbs, 18, earned the Junior Sportsmen of the Year award at the Keremeos-Cawston Sportsmen Association banquet. Gibbs is the club’s BC Wild Life junior committee chair, participates in goat counts and sheep feed program in addition to many other functions of the club. Andy Barkanyi, club president, presented Gibbs with the award.

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Jetson Gibbs earned the Junior Big Game trophy at the Keremeos-Cawston Sportsmen Association banquet. Gibbs took down a white tail deer that had a score of 133 in an undisclosed area in Cawston. Gibbs received the award from director Norm Parkin.

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At least one area director is being ultra tight with the public purse strings when it comes to grants in aid. Elef Christensen, director for Area G refused a request to contribute to a local well-known event and youth focussed program at the Similkameen Valley Planning Society last week. Organizers of the annual powwow held at the Chopaka rodeo grounds visited the SVPS meeting in February to request funds to help offset the cost of prize money.

When asked if he would donate $200 in partnership with Area B and Keremeos for a total of $600 to the event, Christensen said no. George Bush, Area B director agreed via email to contribute to the event and Keremeos Mayor Manfred Bauer decided each area would contribute $300 so powwow organizers could still count on the SVPS for a prize. Although the powwow is a longstanding event in the Similkameen, Chirstensen said he didn’t know anything about the event. “I don’t know what it is so I’m

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not going to do it,” he said. He also declined to provide funding to the Ambassadors program despite being told a Hedley teen had signed up and would be competing at the event at the Elks Rodeo in May. Although the program coordinator was in attendance at the meeting Christensen declined to ask any questions about the program. The request was for $400. Keremeos had previously donated $800 to the program and Bush agreed via email to donate $400.

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THE FUTURE OF THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE HEALTHCARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY PART I By Dylan Smeaton, CBP Within the label: “Alternative Healthcare,” there is an inherent curiosity in the terminological designation of the word “alternative”. Even though the label itself was created to define the category, the name itself, at surface level, provides no genuine information for curious observers unfamiliar with the paradigm. The label itself is unspecific and broad, which naturally creates questions and where questions are left unanswered, mystery and subjective assumption fills the space reserved for the Truth. The alternative healthcare industry, therefore, by its very existential symbol, is destined to a fate of constant scrutiny and a repeated need for authentication. Whether the practitioner is a naturopath, herbologist, energy healer, yoga instructor or acupuncturist, the simple fact is the history of most of these skilled professions predates recorded history. Throughout all of human history, way before the Cartesian model of modern medicine, was “alternative” healthcare; which should actually be called: Traditional Healthcare. Since the very inception of human beings settling in villages, were the village shamans that practiced within their local community. Despite the tried, tested and true traditional methods the shamans have used for thousands of years, today’s modern medical system seems to have more of an interest in new potent experimental drugs to introduce to your body and study its effects, as they still try to learn and understand and profit from their trade, as opposed to sticking with traditional healing practices. So if you stop and reflect upon the bigger picture here, you realize that today’s modern medical industry itself is actually the “alternative” to traditional healthcare. It is also worth considering the fact that, despite its repressed history, the traditional healthcare industry even still exists as a private trade. The dark ages of Europe had such a devastating effect on traditional practices, that the age’s sociological effects are still being felt to this day. The church’s war on paganism (6th -13th centuries) nearly obliterated all traditional European healing practices and forced the surviving practitioners to go into hiding, as generations of them privately lived in exile which led to being popular outcasts from their local communities. The European intolerance to traditional practices spread across the ocean and reached genocidal proportions as the obliteration of the first nations civilizations and knowledge happened in both the North & South American continents (15th-20th centuries). Even in China, the science of Feng Shui dates back to 4000b.c, yet its knowledge was strictly reserved exclusively for nobility, and was never permitted for the public to use until the T’ang dynasty around 600a.d released the information into their public’s hands, the goal being that the people would generate prosperity for themselves with it. Unfortunately, after the T’ang dynasty fell around 900a.d. all public civilians who were known to practice Feng Shui were executed, imprisoned or exiled, its literature burned, its practices outlawed and even fake Feng Shui texts were created and circulated to destroy Feng Shui’s creditability and discourage anyone from pursuing the science further... Only now, since the dawn of the information age, it’s the first time in human history information can be shared exponentially. And knowledge like Feng Shui and other traditional practices be permitted to see the light again. 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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