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Serving the communities of Keremeos, Cawston, Okanagan Falls and Kaleden

Former teen addict’s road to recovery Tara Bowie Review Staff

Tara Bowie

Longtime Canadian Cancer Society volunteer Carrol Neville, left, pins a daffodil pin onto Mayor Manfred Bauer’s lapel while volunteer Stan Neville holds a donation box. Bauer proclaimed April Daffodil Month. Fundraising boxes will be available at local merchants throughout the month.

Daffodil campaign grows hope

For the Canadian Cancer Society, the daffodil is more than a simple flower. During April – Daffodil Month – the Canadian Cancer Society asks all Canadians to buy a daffodil pin and wear it to show their support for those living with cancer. “We celebrate the power of the flower all year round – but April is really our time to shine!” said Lynnette Wray, financial support program team lead for the Canadian Cancer Society in the Southern Interior Region. “When loved ones are diagnosed with cancer, we often want to do something to help or honour them. This April, we want people to know that there is something they can do.” Keremeos residents can support Canadians living with cancer by buying and wearing a daffodil pin during April. Every donation made during the Canadian Cancer Society’s April Daffodil Campaign

brings us one step closer to preventing cancer, detecting it earlier, improving treatment and helping Canadians live longer, healthier lives. Last year, thanks to everyone’s generous support of Daffodil Month, the Canadian Cancer Society was able to fund $45 million dollars in world-class research to fight all cancers and help more than 85,000 Canadians through its information and support services. The Society also funds important cancer prevention work so fewer Canadians are diagnosed in the first place. “In April we like to focus on the support programs that help people in Keremeos on a cancer journey,” said Wray. “Like our Lodge in Kelowna where patients can stay during cancer treatments to the financial support program that helps pay for their travel expenses to get there.” Of the five different regions in the BC/ Yukon Division of the Canadian Cancer Society, the Southern Interior Region is the

largest user of the financial support program. Since September 2010, over 1,500 clients have been approved for a total of over $700,000 in funding. “Our region is the biggest user of the financial support program for several reasons,” explains Wray. “We’re very geographically dispersed and patients often have to travel long distances for cancer treatment in Kelowna or Vancouver. For example, a patient in Cranbrook might need specialized treatment that they can only get in Vancouver. That’s 958 kilometres with limited low-cost transportation options and barriers such as mountain passes and winter weather.” For more information 1-888-939-3333 | cancer.ca/daffodil “I’m proud to be a part of the Canadian Cancer Society because I think with the help of our amazing volunteers and generous donors we’re making a real difference in the lives of people on their cancer journey,” said Wray. Continued on page 10

If it wasn’t for a Keremeos area teen drug rehabilitation facility Rob Boretta-McLeod figures he would be in jail or dead. The now 23-year-old man who lives in Penticton spent almost a year total in the facility shortly after it opened in 2009/2010. He was the first male client at the facility. “This place made such a difference in my life. I don’t think people understand what it does for teens. We need more facilities like this and from my experience I know this one works,” he said during a phone interview. The Crossing, which was operated by Portage British Columbia abruptly closed its doors March 5. Spokespeople for Portage say despite efforts they were not able to come to an agreement on care or budget with the provincial government and were forced to pull out of the facility. Boretta-McLeod is part of an online group of former clients of the facility that are rallying and collecting signatures to petition the government to find a way to make a deal with Portage. “I’m a person that believes in the healing power of nature. It’s a beautiful area, peaceful and I think that’s one of the things for me and why it had such an impact is that I was totally away from the situation. Away from the drinking and the drugs in this beautiful place,” he said. Boretta-McLeod said he spent years drinking and doing drugs before finding his way to The Crossing. The North Vancouver teen wound up in the hospital several times from his excessive drinking. Although he tried to quit drinking on his own multiple times he couldn’t get past his demons. He described those years as a teenager addict “as very dark times.” “One of the things is that you can’t really process your feelings. I couldn’t deal with them. That’s one of the things I learned there,” she said. He entered the rehabilitation centre at 18. Boretta-McLeod said The Crossing’s therapeutic model included a collaborative approach that facilitated safe relationships. Days included multiple sessions with staff and other clients to talk about personal issues and develop plans together to deal with them. Continued on page 8

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MONDAY: N.A. meets at 8 p.m. at the South Similkameen Health Centre. MONDAY: Keremeos Bellringers, 7:30 pm, Cawston United Church, for info call Herma @ 499-5292, Joan @ 499-2450. 2nd MONDAY: Similkameen COPS, 7 p.m., Upstairs at the Legion (Legion Hall). Ben Gumm for info 499-0216 4th MONDAY: Orchard Haven - Friends and family council monthly meetings. Making a difference to residential care. MON, WED, FRI: Boot Camp 6 - 7 am, Sim. Rec. Centre. For more info call Annette 499-2238 TUESDAY: Tumble Bumble, 10:00 - 11:30 am upstairs at the Legion Hall. AGes 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. TUESDAY: Every 2nd, Caregiver Group, Activity Room, Orchard Haven 1:30 - 3 p.m. For info 499-3020 TUESDAY: AA Meetings, 7:30 p.m., in the Health Center Activity Room, info call Diane 499-1177 TUESDAY: Handguns 5:30 pm Fly Tying/22 Shoot, 7 pm, KCSA (Keremeos Cawston Sportsmans Association) Club House. More info call 250-499-7027. WEDNESDAY: Mother Goose 10:00-11:30 am, Strong Start at Cawston Primary. Ages 0-6. For info 499-2352 ext. 106. WEDNESDAY: Qigong exercise 9 a.m. Cawston Church Hall. 499-7852 for information. WEDNESDAY: Kyokushin Karate at Legion Hall from 5 - 7 p.m. Phone Lyle for info 292-8565.

WEDNESDAY: Diabetes Clinic, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Similkameen Health Centre. RN & Reg. Dietitian in attendance. Dr. referrals or self referral. Appts. necessary. Phone 1-800-707-8550. WEDNESDAY: Yoga at Cawston Hall, 6 - 7:30 pm WEDNESDAY: Keremeos Search & Rescue meetings, 7 pm, little brown building behind the Village Ofﬁce. 1st THURSDAY: South Similkameen Museum Society Meeting, 7 pm, at the Ecumenical Church in Keremeos THURSDAY: Tumble Bumble, 3:00 - 4:30 pm upstairs at the Legion. Ages 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. THURSDAY: Positively Pregnant, 10:00 - 11:30 am at the Family Centre. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. THURSDAY: AA meetings at 7:30 pm Health Centre activity room. Info. call Eleanor 499-5982. THURSDAY: KCSA Monthly meetings the last Thursday of each month at clubhouse 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY: Afternoon dances at the Keremeos Seniors Centre from 1:30 - 4 p.m. Whist 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm THURSDAY: Similkameen Adult Badminton Club, Oct. 16th to Dec. 18th, 7 pm to 9 pm, For more info call Manfred at 499-5290. THURSDAY: Weight Watchers, 5 pm, Elks Hall. More info call Sarah at 250-499-2878. FRIDAY: Keremeos TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 9:00 a.m. at the Health Centre. Visitors & new members are welcome. Call Georgina at 499-0202 for more info. FRIDAY: Elks and Royal Purple bingo. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY: Keremeos Seniors Centre Bingo, 1:00 pm. SUNDAY: KCSA Trap Shooting, 11:00 am to ?, Weather permitting. SUNDAY: AA Meeting at 10:00 am in the Health Center Activity Room. Info call Eleanor at 499-5982. 3RD SUNDAY: Legion General Meeting. 2:00 p.m. Keremeos Legion Hall. 3rd MONDAY: Kars Under the K Meeting, 7:00 pm, Meeting Room at Health Center, Call Marcel Morin for info 499-7775. 2nd TUESDAY: Can-Do General Meetings. Everyone Welcome. Phone 499-2420 for more information. 1ST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: Regular meeting of the Keremeos Seniors Centre, at 2 p.m. Keremeos. 1ST & 3RD WEDNESDAY: Search & Rescue meet 7-9 p.m., 8th Ave. & 4th St. Call 499-6067 or 499-5429. 2ND WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: The Similkameen Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Keremeos Seniors Centre, 2ND AND 4TH THURSDAY: The Royal Purple Lodge meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. Info: 499-7073. LAST THURSDAY OF MONTH: KCSA Club meeting. EVERY 1ST AND 3RD THURSDAY: The Keremeos Elks meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. 1ST SUNDAY OF MONTH: Jam Session. Keremeos Seniors Centre. 1 p.m. Everyone Welcome. 499-0112. 1ST SUNDAY OF MONTH: Friends of Olalla, 4 pm, contact 250-599-9090.

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Arctic Apple receives Health Canada approval Tara Bowie Review Staff

It might be approved but will the public bite is the question surrounding Health Canada’s recent announcement that the Arctic Apple is OK for sale in Canada. “It came as no surprise to us,” Billy Potash, co-owner of Cawston Cold Storage a fruit packaging company said. “If they’ve (Health Canada) has allowed genetically modified canola and flax and so forth I don’t see any reason they wouldn’t allow a GMO apple.” Potash who’s been a grower for more than 40 years and has worked with other growers in the packaging business said although the sale of the apple is approved he doesn’t understand why anyone would choose to grow it. “Really it comes down to business. Why would anybody in the valley plant that apple. From a grower perspective for the apple to be

harvested it has to be planted,” he said. He acknowledged that the food industry might find a non-browning apple appealing but it might also find it risky. “Take a place like McDonalds they use a lot of apples for their apple pies. I would guess they’d be very unsure about putting an apple that has controversy surrounding it in something that already sells well. Are they going to risk it? So what if it doesn’t brown? So what?” he said. Potash was adamant that Cawston Cold Storage would not process Arctic Apples in its facility. He’s heard from many of the other major packagers in the country that they will not touch it either. “So if no one is going to process them who is going to grow them? I think it’s just going to die out,” he said. Following the approval the BC Fruit Growers’ Association released a statement saying members were surprised the apple had

received approval. One of the BCFGA’s main concerns surrounding the apple is that there is no distinction in the marketplace between genetically modified and conventional foods. “The market should have a reference point to make a choice and to protect conventional producers from possible harm. There has also been concern expressed that the approval of the Arctic Apple will impact the organic sector,” said Fred Steele, president of the BCFGA said. “The government needs to ensure consumers can make good decisions and, if there is to be choice on purchasing genetically modified foods, then the choice should be apparent.” At this point it would take at least four years before any significant volume of Arctic Apples were available in the marketplace, and even then the volume would be very limited. Only two varieties of Arctic apple are approved in Canada and the US

Village readies for unwanted campers Review Staff

An out of area traveller found out the hard way that camping in a public park is a big no-no in Keremeos. Mayor Manfred Bauer said last week a man received a $100 fine for camping overnight in Pine Park. “He put up some camping equipment in Pine Park next to the washrooms and we removed it and it was taken to the village office and he will get it back once he pays his fine,” Bauer said. A village staff member came upon the equipment while working and took it down and took it to the village office for safe keeping. Bauer said the man finally figured out where his stuff was and came down to the office several hours later. He was greeted with a ticket and an explanation. Although there are signs in the park clearly indicating no overnight camping is allowed the traveller said he was told by someone in the village that he could camp there safely. “It isn’t about us being mean. No one is trying to be mean to the person but obviously we aren’t encouraging camping there,” Bauer said. As the temperature continues to rise in the valley many people’s minds are heading to the river banks and the unsightly mess that transients leave each year. Bauer said a lease agreement is almost ready for the trails so that village bylaw enforcers can keep transients from camping within town limits. This year village councillors voted to increase the budget so bylaw enforcers can dedicate more time to keeping nuisance transients away from the village. “Nobody is going to camp or park no way. We are going to tow away in a pinch if they don’t comply,” he said. As far as the riverbed Bauer said the issue is MLA Linda Larson and RDOS director Elef Christensen’s hands. “I am pursuing it as much as I can. I’m in constant talks with the MLA and she is trying to get a meeting together with the ministry before the season starts so we can designate that an environmentally sensitive area, which it is. Then the RCMP can stop them from camping there,” he said. “Unfortunately until that designation happens we can’t do anything but continue to pressure the higher government and in the meantime we can certainly prevent them from turning half the town into a campground,” he said. As bylaw enforcement is complaint driven residents are encouraged to contact village staff if they see anyone camping in public parks or along the village trail.

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The Arctic Apple received approval for sale by Health Canada recently.

at this time Granny Smith and Golden Delicious. Summerland’s Okanagan Specialty Fruits the developer of the Arctic Apple was sold to Intrexon for $41 million with most of that being stock options. Intrexon is a US company that styles itself as a leader in synthetic biology.

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Council has been discussing the 2015 - 2019 Financial Plan at a series of meetings from December 2014 through March 2015 and is now in the process of finalizing the Financial Plan. Citizens are encouraged to attend Council meetings in order to listen to Council’s discussions and ask questions. The proposed 2015-2019 Financial Plan will be reviewed at the regular meeting of Council Monday, April 7, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. An opportunity for public input will be provided. A copy of the proposed Financial Plan will be available to the public on March 27, 2015 at the Village Office and on the Village’s website (www.keremeos.ca). For more information please contact the Village Office at 250.499.2711

PUBLIC NOTICE RE: BUILDING AT 7TH STREET & 7TH AVENUE CORNER, KEREMEOS, (formerly Keremeos Toonie) To complete work on the building exterior, we will be RE-ROUTING pedestrian traffic through the parking lane on 7TH STREET. On MAIN ST. (north side of the building), we will be needing to use 1/2 the width of the sidewalk. PLEASE FOLLOW THE PATHWAY INDICATED BY THE CONES/PYLONS + BARRICADES. THANK YOU so much for your patience and understanding since last fall; we will expedite the work as best as we can. Sincerely, Jenifer Liew for 779688 BC LTD., Keremeos

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It’s not too late to hug a tree (company) Saturday was a significant day for British Columbia. It was the International Day of Forests, an event to increase awareness about the contribution of healthy forests to a sustainable planet. For much of British Columbia, however, healthy forests mean even more than that – they mean a sustainable economy. More than 40 per cent of BC’s regional economies are based on forestry activities. That translates to 7,000 businesses providing direct employment for more than 60,700 people across the province in 2014. The forest industry is like oxygen to the BC economy, despite diversification in recent years. Last year BC forest product exports climbed to $12.4 billion, accounting for 35% of the province’s total exports by value. The related economic impact – the spin off – is exponential. Forest product industries purchase an array of goods and services within the province – everything from equipment, accounting, technology and machinery. Forestry is also a large consumer of electricity and transportation. Add up all the linkages and the industry supports an additional 82,000 jobs. A celebration of those points isn’t really the idea behind International Day of Forests – this year’s theme is Forests and Climate Change – but they absolutely must be top of mind when considering broader themes. On that note there is much to applaud regarding BC’s record of maintaining environmental standards. British Columbia is home to one of the largest public forests in the world. Of a total land base of 95 million hectares, 55 million hectares are considered productive forest land and only 22 million hectares are available for commercial timber harvesting. About 75 per cent of BC’s annual timber harvest comes from operations that meet one of three internationally recognized sustainable forest management certification standards. Since reforestation programs began in 1930, government and private industry have planted well over seven billion trees in the province. Forest companies have been legally required to reforest the areas that they harvest since 1987. About half of all reforestation expenditures in Canada occur in BC with more than 200 million seedlings planted every year to supplement natural growth. If you happened to miss International Day of Forests it’s still not too late to hug a tree. Or a tree company. - AD

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Making real progress on poverty VICTORIA – The B.C. government has made its most significant moves in decades to address the needs of some of the province’s poorest people. The largest financial commitment is for a new program to help single parents escape from the welfare trap. There are 16,000 single parents in B.C. receiving provincial income assistance or disability payments, most of them women. Even if they could find an entry-level job, it wouldn’t pay enough to cover the child care they would need to go to work. Worst of all, the current system requires that if they enrol in training, they lose their income assistance, including dental and extended medical care for themselves and their children. That is the welfare trap, one of the most perverse government policies to have survived into our supposedly enlightened modern era. The new program takes effect in September. It will not only continue income assistance payments when single parents enrol in skills training, it promises to cover their child care and transportation costs for an approved training pro-

gram of up to one payments from year. income assistance Medical and payments. child care costs The province will then be covhas for many ered for up to a years run a costly child mainteyear after training, to allow nance enforcement program a transition to TOM FLETCHER to track down employment. (mostly) deadApproved beat dads and training means force them to pay training for jobs at least a token that are identified as in demand, requiring high amount to support their chilschool and occupation-specific dren. Now when they pay child training that can be completed support to a single parent on in a year or less. They include income assistance, they will at retail sales, general office work least have the satisfaction of and assistance jobs in health knowing the children actually receive the extra benefit. services. These harsh, historic poliAnother overdue policy change is to double the allow- cies were built around a philosable earnings for all income ophy that welfare is a tempoassistance recipients from $200 rary last resort, to be withdrawn to $400 a month. This gives as soon as some other source of people a chance to improve income is identified. That is a their circumstances by taking valid if unfashionable position whatever part-time or casual to take on behalf of working work they can manage, without taxpayers who pay for all this, having that little income cut but it only makes sense if the from their already meagre wel- income assistance recipient has fare cheques. a realistic option. And then there was the For those who are already recent decision to end the claw- in the entry-level job market, back of parental child support the minimum wage goes up

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20 cents an hour in September, from $10.25 to $10.45. This is the beginning of an annual review that will tie the wage to the consumer price index. A paltry sum, to be sure, but anyone who still thinks jacking the minimum wage up to $15 an hour is a magic solution that won’t cost some entry-level jobs is clinging to a socialist dream world. • I have been contacted by several low-income seniors who read my recent column on B.C.’s Seniors’ Advocate. They were asking where to find out if they are eligible for support programs such as the SAFER rent subsidy, assistance for Medical Services Plan premiums, property tax deferment and grants to help with home modifications for disabilities. I apologize for this oversight. One place to start is the Seniors’ Advocate toll-free information line, 1-877-9523181, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Little Mosque on the Prairie is bad reality show This week’s story is about fear, and the craziest public meeting ever. Now during the municipal election in Keremeos and Area G last fall we certainly witnessed some heated stand offs. But those debates – talking about transients and taxes – were tea parties compared to this meeting. This meeting was about Muslims. For most of its 200-year history, in the tiny village of Burford, Ontario, the word Muslim was employed only when mispronouncing fabric. There was no reason for it to be different. Baptists, the United Church, Catholics and Anglicans were well represented in Burford. Islam was pretty thin on the ground. Then the local education board, as part of restructuring, closed the high school. The students were scattered to different institutions in neighboring communities and the school building put on the block. It was purchased by a private school from Toronto, which planned to escape the crippling operating costs in the city by bussing its kids 90 minutes to the middle of nowhere, five days a week. It was a school for Muslim boys and the newspaper headline the day that came to light was a no-brainer – Real life Little Mosque on the Prairie. Initially there was a lot of excitement

about the school and, admit– or common sense depending tedly, a few problems. Teenage on how you looked at it – was vandals defaced the newly underway. erected sign and tore up a lot A small but extreme and of the property’s landscaping zealous group of residents went shortly before the beginning of door-to-door convincing their the school year. neighbours the school was an Burford still is a community unlicensed terrorist training much like Keremeos – one with camp. They printed flyers, and ANDREA DEMEER a couple sickly organs but a held a public meeting at – of all big and healthy heart. A group ironic places – the Legion. old dog of volunteers rallied, donated Holding a meeting to abuse new tricks supplies, and had the building freedom of religion at a Legion and grounds looking top-drawer is a little like asking a woman to by September 1. disavow her faith in order to take a Canadian Nothing happened for some time. The stu- citizenship oath. I don’t know what made me dents arrived daily, exited their bus in private think of that. at the back of the property, and left every At least there would be cheap beer. evening the same way. They didn’t frequent You aren’t going to GO? local establishments at lunch, visit any of the The DeMeers discussed this after work parks during breaks or buy candy from the behind the barn, which is where we always corner store. went to smoke and hide it from our teenagers. That was disappointing but also underI thought I might drop by. standable, as parents enroll their children for Mr. DeMeer declared there was a Montreal private religious instruction to separate them Canadiens game on that night and he wasn’t from secular influences. going with me. After two years of relative harmony it Er…you aren’t going to say anything, became known the school was considering right? applying for a municipal zoning change to Blink. Blink. Of course not. allow a small number of students to reside And he let me get halfway down the block there fulltime in dormitories. all by myself. And so Burford’s own little war on terror Approximately 150 people were at the

Legion that night. The name Al Qaeda was tossed around like packages of salted peanuts. One man distributed a hand drawn map of the school property highlighting a storage shed in a corner at the back. WHAT ARE THEY KEEPING IN THIS SHED? The answer - obviously - was weapons of mass destruction, either anthrax or an overstock of tetherballs. The discussion was almost completely one sided. The Baptists and the United Church and the Catholics and the Anglicans were well represented. But I knew most of the people in that audience and I wouldn’t ever call them racists. Burford’s a tobacco-growing town – a role call would have resembled a recitation of an Eastern European phone book. They were just frightened. And they were made frightened by a few people with loud voices who wanted to stir things up for their own purposes. I don’t know what made me think of that. Shortly after that meeting the Little Mosque on the Prairie quietly packed up and went back to Toronto. Transients and taxes? Those issues continue to be talked about here with a degree of decorum. Although neither is likely to go away so easily.

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Michelle’s and Mike’s creations will be on display at the Hedley Seniors’ Centre Annual Craft Sale March 28. Art Martens livingsignificantly.ca

In the poker game we call life, some individuals believe they have been dealt a losing hand. Talking with Mike Jacobs, a Mohawk from Ontario, I quickly gathered that he gives a swift and decisive boot to these kinds of thoughts. In response to my question concerning the impact of his early years, Mike wouldn’t give me permission to write anything that could be interpreted as “snivelling,” (to use his expression). He said only “When I was young I worked on farms. A couple were good, some weren’t. Sometimes I had to get up at 4:30 to milk cows. Often I had to work until dark. I don’t look

back or complain. Those experiences prepared me for challenges later in life. They made me tougher and stronger. Life is what we make of it. I look ahead.” Mike and wife Marie live just outside Hedley on 8 acres, with a spectacular view of the Similkameen River. Mike’s daughter Michelle lives in Hedley. He became aware early of an artist’s fascination with wood and for a time developed this interest. Within him lived a powerful drive to succeed financially though, and he turned to work that brought in money. His motivation far exceeded the usual. “From the age of 17

to 57 I always had a job,” he said. “I was a workaholic. Even when I was young, while others were partying, I was putting a roof on someone’s house, or installing doors. I partied when the work was done. Most of the time I had two or three jobs.” Mike’s practical abilities enabled him to launch a home renovation business and also a pre-purchase home inspection business. He constantly scanned the horizon for opportunities to acquire new skills. “When I was working for the City of Burnaby,” he said, “I took every course they offered, in case the job with the city didn’t last.” He declined to list his

various trades but did admit to being a journeyman carpenter. After an injury and the arthritis that followed, the city made him Coordinator of Maintenance. In his youth Mike didn’t learn the Mohawk language or culture. Later though, he looked into his First Nations heritage. “As a kid I never thought of myself as white,” he said. “Our heritage should always mean something to us. But we don’t need to be militant.” People sometimes tell him he threw away his gifting when he focused on work rather than pursuing his artistic interests. He responds with, “I didn’t throw away my gifting. I passed it on to my daughter Michelle.” We were sitting at a work table in his shop, with Michelle listening intently. At one point she said, “Dad always had the Mohawk ability to work high above the ground. His sense of balance was off the charts.” Michelle has certainly inherited Mike’s interest in artwork. While we talked she worked patiently, drawing a man wearing a wolf headdress. She also does beadwork. Although this isn’t where she earns a living, much of what she makes is for sale under the name “Beadwork by

Michelle.” Some of her inspiration comes from the legendary Chief Dan George. “He had a modern life style and still taught the older ways,” she said. “I’ve read a lot of his poetry.” Like her father, Michelle has practical working skills. She’s a certified electrician, working north of Fort McMurray. She gets a thrill, she told me, “when a project is completed and we turn on the lights.” When I asked if working with crews consisting primarily of men was intimidating, she said, “right now there are 4 females and about 180 men on the project. It doesn’t bother me. I’ve worked with Dad a lot. I’m used to being around men on the job.” Mike and Marie arrived in the Hedley area in 2008. Since then they have become deeply integrated into the community. They belong to the Community Club and the Seniors’ Centre. At the latter, along with others, they take turns hosting the morning coffee time. Mike supervised a complete renovation of the Centre and Michelle did the electrical work. The Jacobs believe in contributing. “When people get involved,” Mike says, “everyone benefits.” Mike has recently

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Michelle’s creations at the Hedley Seniors’ Centre Annual Craft sale.

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Letters to the editor

Docs explain clinic changes, give thanks for patience To the Editor: Jan 1, 2015 became the first day in eight years that Keremeos did not have a full compliment of four doctors. Dr. Partridge has now retired and we thank him for all his years of service to this community. We knew this day was coming since the Spring of 2014. We have been actively advertising and recruiting, trying to fill the vacancy. A year later there is still no candidate but we remain hopeful. One has to only look elsewhere in our health region, province and country to see that having a full compliment of doctors is not the norm. The vacancy left by Dr. Partridge’s retirement means the list of patients in our valley without a family physician has grown to over 1,500. The remaining three physicians do not have the capacity to absorb these patients into their family medicine practices. There are at the time of this letter no doctors in either Penticton, Summerland, Oliver, Osoyoos or Princeton taking new patients either. Each of these communities are advertising for doctors. The Keremeos Diagnostic and Treatment Centre is not a typical, privately owned family doctors office. As a community we are fortunate to have this modern, well equipped facility that is managed by Interior Health and provides a variety of medical services including lab, X-rays, physiotherapy and public health under one roof. The doctors at the clinic rent offices to run their private medical practices. The physicians are also contracted to provide on call coverage for the emergency room. It is the only medical office in town and the group of doctors have therefore endeavoured to provide access to care for all our residents, whether they have

a personal physician or not. The idea of the walk-in scheduling system was born to accommodate all residents, not just those assigned to a family physician. Each day of the week there is a physician on call for the Emergency Room and long term care facilities. This physician voluntarily provides access to patients without an assigned doctor, patients who have a family physician but whose doctor is not working that day or whose pre-booked appointment slots are all taken. These days are quite busy and the Emergency Room always remains the first priority. Offering to provide this service results in reduced time for each physician to attend their own practices and pre-booked appointments. To clarify how the scheduling system works, please consider the following options: Patients who have a family doctor can phone in and book an appointment up to a week in advance for regular appointments, longer for certain types of appointments like medicals, procedures, follow ups etc. Patients who used to have Dr. Partridge as their physician (now the vacancy) can also phone in and book an appointment with the locums (fill-in doctors) when they are available. We are fortunate to have regular fill in doctors for quite a few days each month. Patients with no doctor are considered patients of the clinic. They can phone in and depending on availability of appointments, will be accommodated by the doctor on call outside of the walkin clinic hours. Each day from Monday to Friday, there is a walk-in clinic from 9 a.m. to noon and from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Patients who need to be seen same day or are not able to get a pre-booked appointment are

requested to make use of this service. If you are unable to attend as a walk-in patient (for a good reason) please phone the front desk. They will try to accommodate you wherever possible, depending on the circumstances. Patients can phone in to see which doctor is on call and when. Regarding phoning in, please listen carefully to the options directing your call. Saturdays are not walk in clinic days. Please phone in for appointments. The very nature of a walk-in clinic system means wait times can vary considerably from day to day. It is impossible to predict what emergencies come in or what the demand for each day is. Our staff will inform patients of expected wait times. Quite often patients are surprised that they can walk right in. At other times the wait time can be long, we ask that you please come prepared. Once again, the staff will provide an estimate of wait times and what the options are. The overriding goal is to provide access to care and help all patients. Patients waiting for the walkin clinic doctor will sometimes see another patient arriving later and getting in before them: all that means is that that patient had a pre-booked appointment. We appreciate your understanding of the demands on our services. We are aware of negative feedback from some but we do appreciate the positive feedback and support from others. We would like to acknowledge our front office staff who do their utmost under stressful working conditions to help our community. Sincerely, The Keremeos Doctors

Former director expresses sadness over rehabilitation centre closure Letter to the Editor: It was with great sadness that I learned of Portage Crossing closing unexpectedly last week. I attended graduation ceremonies there and was stricken by how significant a difference this institution had on youth development, radically and positively changing the course of their lives. Anyone who has ever witnessed the trauma which addiction serves to both the individual and close family members will know that the struggle to overcome the drug or alcohol dependency is a personal one, but one which can be made easier with

good friends and a close support system. I was heartened at the graduation ceremony I attended to hear a mother describe her own “ah-ha” moment when she attended a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in Penticton with her daughter. The mother was embarrassed to be there, and ashamed of her daughter until the end of the meeting when a 50-something fellow approached her and told her what a difference it made to the group to have her daughter present. He explained that to see someone so young working hard to overcome her addictions gave

the rest of the group great hope in their daily struggles. I hope that the problems which are facing The Crossing can be overcome as it has been a service, program and facility which has been of significant value to both the youth who attended it and the staff who worked there. Our Similkameen Valley has benefitted from the job opportunities and spin off economic effects. We will certainly miss the Crossing, its sign already taken down from the highway entrance. Angelique Wood Hedley

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Okanagan-Coquihalla MP Dan Albas, left, buys a bottle of Eau Vivre Winery’s award winning Reisling at the winery in Cawston Thursday. Albas was in the area doing sit downs with local stakeholders and holding an open house to try to get a handle on the issues. Because of election boundary changes, Albas, who lives in West Kelowna, is the Conservative candidate for the newly formed Central Okanagan Similkameen-Nicola riding. There has been no date announced for this year’s federal election but some speculate it might happen as early as this spring.

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“We basically had groups throughout the day even over breakfast and lunch and dinner. We were always talking about the issues. You learn to talk to everyone in the community and come up with plans and timeframes for each issue,” he said. Another important part of the program for Boretta-McLeod was art and music therapy. “I’ve always been an artsy type of person so to learn to deal through issues and express myself through art was a great experience,” he said. Boretta-McLeod first spent nine months at the facility and then after relapsing spent another six weeks. He said he did struggle several times after coming out but that he’s been clean for 2.5 years and has never been happier. “Recovery ins’t just a one time thing.. it’s an everyday thing. The

tools I learnt at The Crossing have helped me overcome so many challenges and struggles and be a better person and father,” he said. Since being clean BorettaMcLeod had a son 10 months ago and he’s also finished college and is currently looking for work as a welder. Provincial spokespeople have claimed there were unqualified staff at the facility and that supports were not in place to help clients once they left the facility. Borretta-McLeod was adamant that was not his experience. He said during his year at the facility there was some changes in staff but that it didn’t effect his care. He also said during his years in recovery he was always welcomed back to the facility whenever he was in the area. “You could go back anytime you wanted. I did a few times when I was in the area. I just had to call

ahead and I could hang out there and talk to counsellors about the things I needed to,” he said. He said he also went to programs in the community’s he lived in for support. Religion was an optional component of the program when he was at the facility. Although BorettaMcLeod attended church several times he said it wasn’t a requirement. “There was a staff member that used to take kids to church if they wanted to go. It was an optional thing. It was something people could explore on a spiritual level,” he said. The closing of The Crossing has left the province scrambling to find places for about a dozen clients that had been wait listed for programming. At the time the facility closed no clients were on-site. A Provincial Health Service Authority said the province is con-

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Former clients of The Crossing are rallying for the facility they credit with helping save their lives.

tinuing to look at options to meet the needs of youth that need addictions rehabilitation. No timeline as to when decisions will be made has been given. Anyone wishing to sign a peti-

tion in support of Portage running The Crossing facility should visit change.org or email saveportagebc@hotmail.com. At press time there were more than 300 signatures.

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Apex property owners air concerns on logging Kristi Patton Black Press

More than 100 Apex Property Owners Association members gathered recently to meet with a Weyerhaueser representative to air their concerns about the future of tree harvesting in the recreational area. Apex Property Owners Association chair Jeff Brown said one of the main problems is the professional reliance model that he believes is a conflict of interest. “People are already concerned about the logging taking place, yet the industry considers it reasonable. You put a volunteer board versus paid professionals to work this out and there is a different end game,” said Brown. “We have never said we are opposed to harvesting, we just want appropriate harvesting practices in this area.” Brown explained that forestry plans should be different for Apex where recreation and tourism collide with timber harvesting land base. At this stage he said it is a political issue because companies like Weyerhaueser are doing nothing illegal and following the regulations, but those regulations need to be modified to fit the recreational site. The property owners had their annual general meeting on March 21 to decide on how much of an active voice they want to take with the provincial government. Brown also said he heard rumours of getting all licence holders in a sit down meeting with the government in May, but nothing has been confirmed. Many of the owners at the

meeting agreed the problem lies with the provincial regulations. “It seems to me the problem is the recreation area has already been devalued. This is crown land. This our land and it is your land. We have to get back to the issue that we all have a stake in this property and it is being vandalized,” said Michael Brydon, who is a director on the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen board, but explained he was speaking only as a property owner at the meeting. “The problem is there is a real economic impact here and you have a conflicting interest in this area.” Brian Drobe, planning forester, Weyerhaeuser Company, said roughly 90 per cent of the operating area belongs to the company, but the matter gets confused because other license holders are allowed to operate within it including the Lower Similkameen Indian Band and the Penticton Indian Band. A total of 35 to 40 per cent of the area is in reserves, non-productive species and will never be harvested. Of the 60 per cent that can be logged, a quarter of the whole area has been harvested and re-planted. “There is a great deal of frustration on both sides and there is a lot of misinformation out there,” said Drobe. “ T h e s e things are clearcuts, but they are not clearcuts for forever and a day ... they

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become new forest, they do grow and they will become forests another day. To suggest that our interests aren’t sustainable is ridiculous.” Drobe added they are above industry standards in re-planting, every two years rather than the seven that is regulation. He said he feels much of the information does not make it past the volunteer forestry committee to the public.

While some residents voiced that they were completely against any type of logging in the area, others reminded that a block of harvested area saved the resort from a wildfire in the summer. “I can’t tell you how scared I was with that fire. It was deemed beyond resources by the fire fighters. I was looking at the 60 kilometre winds and thinking it was

going to be right here in a couple hours. But I was told the cutblock would save us. It hit that fresh cutblock and self-imploded,” Apex Mountain Resort manager James Shalman told the group of property owners. “That fire could have wiped out the whole resort. I mean talk about land values going down. We have to look at the big picture here. I am not arguing for or

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Fauteux earns bowler of the week spot

Tara Bowie Last year, thanks to the generous support of Daffodil Month, the Canadian Cancer Society was able to fund $45 million dollars in world-class research to fight all cancers and help more than 85,000 Canadians through its information and support services.

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The daffodil pin will be available by donation at various businesses in Keremeos throughout April including the BC Liquor store and Valley First Credit Union. “We’re looking forward to another successful Daffodil Campaign!” said Wray. “I want to thank everybody that buys a pin, or a bunch of daffodils, or donates to one of our volunteers at the door. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of cancer patients and their families.” The Canadian Cancer Society is a national, community-based organization of volunteers whose mission is to eradicate cancer and enhance the

quality of life of people living with cancer. Thanks to our donors and volunteers, the Society has the most impact, against the most cancers, in the most communities in Canada. While cancer takes a huge toll on Canadians it’s important to remember that progress has been made against this disease. In the 1940s, the survival rate was 25%. Today, over 60% of Canadians diagnosed with cancer will survive at least five years after their diagnosis, thanks in large part to Society-funded cancer research. And the survival rates for some cancers are much higher - with childhood cancer at 83%, breast at 88% and prostate at 96%.

With just a few weeks of action left this season Joyce Fauteux clinched the bowler of the week title for March 16 to 19. Fauteux a regular Thursday morning Swingers bowler scored an impressive 223 – 603 to earn her the coveted top spot this week. Also earning high scores in the Swingers league in the Men division was Paul Meikle, 223 – 603; Wayne Ritchie, 211; Paul Herchak, 202; and Ron Blackmore, 216. Wednesday morning Goldenagers league saw some impressive scores this week. Top of the heap for the Ladies was Ruby Cavenaile with a score of 215. Ron Blackmore bowled a 229 while Garry Cole scored 200 in mens.

In Monday nights’s Alley Oops action two ladies bowled over 200. Kristina Du Puis bowled a 225 while Peggy Boucher bowled 214. In mens action Wayne Ritchie scored 225, Jack Popovich, 220, and Paul Meikle, 231. There is only one more week of regular week for bowlers and then there will be two weeks of play-offs to conclude the season.

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