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Head-on collision sends three to hospital Tara Bowie Review Staff
A longtime Hedley fire department member said the head-on collision on Saturday morning was the worst he’s seen that didn’t involve a death. “This is one of the worst disasters I’ve worked on that didn’t involve a fatal at the scene,” Hedley fire department spokesperson Graham Gore said. The head-on collision occurred about a kilometre west of Hedley and sent three people to hospital. The van, which was travelling west at the time of the collision, crossed the centre lines and crashed into the pickup truck. The van then veered out of control and went down an embankment on the south side of the highway. Gore said the van had a variety of tools in the back that were loose and caused injury to the lone male driver of the vehicle as it violently crashed and rolled down the embankment. When the call first came in it was thought one of the vehicles were on fire but that didn’t turn out to be the case.
“We did put a line down, a hose just in case but it wasn’t needed,” Gore said. RCMP Sgt. Barry Kennedy said an initial police investigation revealed the driver of the minivan fell asleep behind the wheel around 7:40 a.m. The drivers of both the van and the truck had to be extricated from their vehicles. Princeton fire cut the driver of the pickup truck out of his vehicle while Keremeos fire extricated the driver of the van. The driver of the van suffered serious injuries including broken bones and internal bleeding, Kennedy said. The driver was airlifted to Kelowna hospital where he remains. The road had to be closed to allow the air ambulance, which was coming from Kamloops, to land. Kennedy was unsure of the driver’s health status at the time of the interview. The driver and passenger of the pickup truck were taken to Penticton hospital with minor injuries. The driver stayed overnight in hospital for monitoring.
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A head-on collision on Highway 3 near Hedley sent three to hospital and closed both lanes of traffic for more than five hours Saturday.
It had been raining and light snow had occurred just before the collision, but road conditions were good, Kennedy said. He reminded motorists to use caution especially in the early hours and throughout the night.
“Although summer has arrived the overnight temperatures drop below zero and the roads become slippery and icy and bad conditions can still exist,” he said. The Hedley fire department was at the scene of the crash
first followed by ambulance. The Keremeos and Princeton fire detachments arrived at close to the same time. The highway was closed in both directions until about 1 p.m.
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18th will mark the 77th year of an organized rodeo in the valley. This year some changes are taking place at what is dubbed “the largest amateur rodeo in the Okanagan.” Saturday afternoon is now going to showcase team roping and barrel racing instead of bull riding. “Unfortunately we have lost money in the past with the bull riders. The last two years some of our Sunday dollars we raised went to pay for the bull riders on Saturday,” she said. Because of the change in itinerary the Elks are offering a special rate to get in the gate Saturday of just $5 a person. Sunday events remain sanctioned by the BC Rodeo Association.
“We get cowboys from all over the place for the rodeo event,” she said. Events on Saturday, Sunday and Monday will start at 1 p.m. and usually wrap up around 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. but it’s never set in stone what time the event will be complete. There will be a dance Saturday night at the Victory Hall with live country music, the dance is intended to provide entertainment for the public in the evening. It is with regret that the BBQ will not be happening at Memorial Park this year. The Cattlemen’s Association had taken responsibility for the BBQ for many years with all proceeds going to the Elks.
Elks rodeo to rope-in crowds May long weekend
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The Elks Rodeo is set to ride again this year May 16, 17, 18. There are a few changes to this year’s lineup. Details in story.
Elks members and the community at large will tip their hats to two long term volunteers as the first full-year of Elks Rodeo planning and the event itself takes place without their support and guidance. Joe Reichert secretary / treasurer of the Elks and Murray Monroe manager of Valu Plus died weeks apart last May just before the annual Elks Rodeo. “They meant so much to the rodeo and the rodeo meant so much to them,” Reggie Reichert, Joe Reichert’s wife said. There’s a big emptiness with the two of them gone and both will be remember and missed. The weekend of May 16, 17 and
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Woman gets house arrest for unsophisticated bank fraud Dale Boyd Western News Staff
A former CIBC customer service representative is facing a lifelong debt of $25,000 after she was convicted of siphoning money from CIBC bank accounts for nearly a year. Natalie Elizabeth Elgie, 49, was sentenced to a six month conditional sentence to be served under house arrest, 18 months probation and a total of 50 hours of community service after fraudulently taking money from customer accounts. The fraudulent activity of the five-year employee of the Keremeos CIBC branch was discovered by a manager after noticing shortages in Elgie’s till. After an internal corporate security investigation done by the CIBC, Elgie was confronted and she confessed immediately. The investigation was then turned over to the RCMP.
A total of $25,000 was siphoned from accounts over the year, all of which has since been repaid to the customers by the CIBC. From May 2010 to June 2011 Elgie had taken withdrawals from up to eight different accounts. Video surveillance footage discovered by the internal security investigation showed that during the time some of the transactions were entered in the computer system at Elgie’s till, she was sitting at her station with nobody in front of her. The money went to pay off debts and “just to live day by day” Elgie said. A psychiatric report found Elgie, who has no previous criminal record, to be under “significant stress” related to financial difficulties. Elgie’s defence counsel, Ryu Okayama, argued that paying back the $25,000 would
be very difficult for her and her family whose monthly expenses currently outweigh their income. “There was some level of sophistication to the scheme, but not particularly as sophisticated as we have seen in the past,” Judge Greg Koturbash said. Koturbash also noted that it was unlikely Elgie would be employed in a position of trust or a position handling money again, a factor that may make it more difficult to repay the debt, but also increasing the likelihood that she won’t reoffend. “I just want to apologize for everything that I’ve done and I don’t know how I can make it right. I’d just like to make it right. I’d like to put it behind me and somehow make sense of my life again,” Elgie said. Elgie will now face negotiations with the CIBC as to how and when to pay back the debt.
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Cawston Hall Society Directors elected at the Hall’s AGM held on April 14th, 2015. With declining revenues the Board is focusing on maintaining the hall so that it can continue to serve as a centre for activities in the Cawston area. The Board is also promoting various events such as plays and music concerts to ensure that the Hall is used as much as possible. The hall is available for weddings, parties, dances, meetings, funerals, and social events. The hall will be promoting a Jazz night featuring the highly acclaimed Thursday Night Jazz Group from Penticton on Thursday, April 30th at 7 p.m. with a wine bar available. Front row, left to right, Doe Gregoire, Elaine Stewart, Richard Charbonneau. Back row, left to right, Gerald Sanerson, Bob McAtamney, Cory Van Heck and John Butcher.
Researcher to talk about effects of electromagnetic fields Review Staff
An award winning cancer researcher will speak to the ill effects modern day technology including cell phones and WiFi have on humans at a community meeting in Cawston in May. Dr. Malcolm Paterson, PhD, has a career in cancer research that has spanned over 40 years on three continents. He now resides in the Okanagan. During his two-hour presentation slotted for May 5 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Cawston Community Hall Paterson will review the health-related science of wireless devices including mobile phones, WiFi in schools and smart meters. Paterson charges that many modern day illnesses are caused by electromagnetic energy fields in a press release stated for the presentation dubbed “The Electromagnetic Age – A sleeping giant?” “Alzheimer’s, sleep disturbances, cognitive disorders, dementia, male infertility,
immune dysfunction, brain tumors, childhood learning impairments - all linked by scientific studies to Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs). The World Health Organization has classified EMF producing wireless devices as possibly cancer-causing,” the release claimed. Paterson is a graduate of Royal Military College (BSc), Queen’s University, MSc, (Biology) and University of Tennessee, PhD, (Biomedical Sciences). In his last position (2002-2008), Paterson served as the inaugural Group Scientific Director, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd. and chair in Division of Research at Singapore General Hospital, the island state’s flagship hospital. He was also Professor (Adjunct) of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore and headed the Genome Maintenance Lab, National Cancer Center, Singapore. The Lab was devoted to the
study of genotoxic stress-sensing (cellcycle control and DNA repair) mechanisms and their deregulation in underpinning human cancer causation. In his previous post (1996-2002), Paterson chaired the Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During this period, his research focused on a group of Saudi Arabian women with a high incidence of early-onset breast cancer. Paterson has received a number of honors and awards for his research contributions including: Research Award (Radiation Research Society); Edna Roe Memorial Lecturer (Comité Internationale de Photobiologie); and Malcolm Brown Memorial Award (Canadian Federation of Biological Societies). The informative community meeting event in Cawston is open to everyone.
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Do people REALLY support a National Park
Every good journalist – to say nothing of every five year old – knows that getting the answer you want depends on how you ask a question – and when you ask it. And that’s good information to keep in mind when considering the recent press reports of improved public support for a National Park in the South Okanagan-Similkameen. According to the study, prepared by McAlliser Research, a majority support for a national park has increased “significantly” over the past five years. But the devil is in the details. Consider the questions as they were posed. Do you favour or oppose protecting a portion of the South-Okanagan-Similkameen in a National Park? Sixty-nine percent of people said “favour” – however it is certain some of those people responded to the wording, particularly. Do you favour or oppose protecting a portion of the South-Okanagan-Similkameen? Well of course most people favour that. A second questions reads. “Agree or disagree? Our MLAs should listen to local regional governments, tourism associations, chambers of commerce and First Nations – all of whom are supportive of the National Park process. “ It’s very likely a high percentage of respondents didn’t get past the part about MLAs listening to someone…anyone….about anything. The third question in the survey reads “Agree or disagree? It is important to protect plant and wildlife species in the South Okanagan-Similkameen, an area which includes the highest concentration of endangered species in the country.” That eight per cent of people said they disagreed with such an altruistic position practically proves some of those surveyed were not paying attention. Or maybe they were just jerks messing with the interviewer. Timing is also a factor. The national park issue has sat tepid on the back burner for a while. If the last time the area had its temperature taken on this was five years ago it means that populations have shifted. People have moved from the area, moved into the area, and a lot of the people who are here from the last survey period will be foggy on the issues as well as the opinions of their neighbors. There’s a lot of No National Park signs still hanging in and around Keremeos – a community situated to be most profoundly affected the project. If the unscientifically measured opinion of the “man on the street” carries any weight, The Review hasn’t spoken to anyone here who supports the National Park. But maybe we are asking the question wrong. - AD
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Coast Guard hysteria sinks lower
The Vancouver media’s frantic coverage of Unifor, the union representing Coast Guard the Great Bunker Spill of 2015 has just about run employees, has vowed a full-scale election out of fuel. advertising attack on the Conservatives this By late last week, the usually serious Globe year. On federal budget day, Unifor protested the and Mail was reduced to quizzing a U.S. expert closure of the Ucluelet Coast Guard ship moniwho had at first told the CBC he thought the toring station. Similar stations in Vancouver and spill response was pretty good. But then he heard Comox are also closing this year, replaced by a that it might have taken up to 12 hours until the new monitoring system run from Prince Rupert leaking grain ship was completely under control, and Victoria. which would be not so good. I asked Industry Minister James Moore, the TOM FLETCHER This U.S. expert admitted he has not “folfederal minister responsible for B.C., if this is lowed the Vancouver spill very closely,” and was a reduction in service. He said 1970s-era ship basically speculating. But that’s OK, because the tracking equipment is being replaced with a new main purpose of this media frenzy is to feed the system that has already been deployed on the established narrative that the Harper government East Coast, to improve safety. is gutting the Coast Guard while trying to ramp up heavy oil ship“These fears were also raised back in the ’60s and ’70s, when ments to Asia. lighthouses were de-staffed,” Moore said. “I remember people Yeah, that makes sense. A University of Toronto philosophy saying, oh my God, this is going to be the end. And it turned out prof recently suggested that Stephen Harper likes war. Maybe he to be complete nonsense.” likes oil spills too. Unifor operatives rushed to the media again last week with dire A retired captain from the now-closed Kitsilano Coast Guard news of a half-hour outage of this new system, portraying this as station became the latest of a series of disgruntled ex-employees evidence of a high-tech disaster waiting to happen. (Ships were and union bosses to serve as the media’s go-to critics. He contra- told to monitor an old-school emergency radio channel for that dicted Coast Guard management at every turn, dismissing them as uneventful half hour.) political appointees with little operational experience. What the union is really doing is ramping up its election propaHis claims about loss of spill response capability from Kitsilano ganda, and intensifying efforts to protect redundant positions that are questionable at best. There was no talk of spill response when are being replaced by new technology. Kitsilano closed two years ago, because it was a search and rescue There was a similar media campaign last year targeting the station. consolidation of Veterans’ Affairs into Service Canada offices. Former B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair held There are serious problems with services to veterans, but union almost daily news conferences as it closed. People are going to featherbedding would not help them. drown, warned a parade of union spokespeople. The B.C. government is also introducing digital technology, It’s been two years, and nobody has. eliminating hundreds of paper-pushing jobs in the process, with a Premier Christy Clark and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson mostly realistic response from unions. were quick to summon TV cameras as oil-sheen angst spread But in this federal election year, realism will be in short supply. through condo towers. They declared the Coast Guard response a Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black failure before they had any real understanding of it. Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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There is more than one way to be a loser The Urban Dictionary defines it this way: Loser – n. A person who has fallen off the social ladder, climbed down the social ladder, jumped off the social ladder, or just never bothered to climb the social ladder in the first place. Upon arrival on the ground, losers begin to befriend fellow groundlings and realize how much fun a person can have when gravity isn’t an issue. It is perfectly acceptable to insult losers, because they have nowhere to fall to and it won’t hurt much. They will end up laughing about it later, anyways. Every now and then, a loser will glance at the top of the social ladder, but it is never long before they realize how pointless and stupid the top of the ladder is. That is a great new take on an old word. I am more of a traditional, albeit first rate loser. I lose things. Mostly I lose keys, but also bank cards and cellphones - thank you, ladies at the Valley First Credit Union for the prompt return of the iPhone last week - and once I lost the car. (The good thing about losing the car is that the keys are irrelevant. It was humiliating though, standing in that security guard’s
grimy little office filling out a ity that we only had to phone report because I was positive a locksmith once in five years. the car was stolen – wandered There’s a bit of Kim’s helparound that parking lot in dazed ful brilliance in the Spotlight’s circles for close to an hour. Tammy Hartfield. Tammy hides When the clouds cleared sudthe mailbox key, and last week denly and revealed to my mind in Keremeos when I couldn’t the car was actually parked at a find the keys to Mr. DeMeer’s different building there was no truck she called both the drug ANDREA DEMEER graceful way out of the situastore and the grocery store tion. LOSER.) checking to see if anyone had old dog Several years ago I worked turned them in. new tricks with a beautiful woman, Kim Losing keys in a newspaper Wettlaufer. Her title was office office has a special sound– the manager and executive assistant but she rapid thwacking of stacks of notebooks, press might well have been called “Finder.” release and reports as if someone is trying to Kim had the situation’s measure on day squash a mole that is darting from side to side one. She passed over the keys to the pub- on the desk. lisher’s office door. Then she held up a spare Well, here are your keys. Tammy held key and promised she would keep it in the up a recognizable football-sized key chain. top drawer of her desk, downstairs, in case it (There’s an unproven theory that the bigger was ever needed. Finally she held up a third they are, the harder they are to lose.) key and said she was keeping it in a safe place No. No. No. I had Mr. DeMeer’s truck and to call her when the first two keys went and Mr. DeMeer’s keys and he was going missing. to KILL ME. He would never let me live it It is a credit to Kim’s organization abil- down.
Nearly thirty years ago I lost an antique cigarette lighter that belonged to my husband-to-be. It might have been worth $20 at a yard sale but it was a gift from his father and it was special to him and I put it in my desk at school and someone stole it. (Story. Sticking to it.) Do you know the last time I had to hear about losing that antique lighter? Monday. Last Monday. Mr. DeMeer never loses things and he never forgets. We scoured the office of the Keremeos Review all afternoon. Having given up hope and staring dejectedly at my large and useless key chain I saw the light, and the truck key. Mr. DeMeer – like Kim and Tammy – had planned well. Knowing full well what was likely to happen he took the truck key off his chain, put it on mine, and hoped for the best. Sometimes it’s not comfortable here on the ground, looking up at the top of the ladder at people who know you so well, and who can always find their keys.
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Kim English of Hedley has visited Europe approximately 15 times. She has done volunteer work in Tanzania and lived in a mud hut on Mt. Kilimanjaro. In Vancouver she successfully sold art at the Inuit Gallery. Six years ago she arrived in Hedley to visit a friend and stay “just for the summer.” When I asked what had prompted her to make this little community her home she said, “I didn’t realize at that time my nephew Jordan would be coming to live with me. He was having significant behavioural challenges in his home and at school. I thought the slower pace and quiet of Hedley would have a calming effect. He’s the reason I stayed.” During the time Jordan lived with Kim, we had opportunities to observe some of her interactions with him. Not having children of her own, it must have been a steep learning curve. What impressed us most was her total commitment to this youth who was bringing turmoil into her life. She spoke to him patiently but firmly. At times we were surprised at her understanding. Observing her in this relationship has led us to believe that her endeavours in the Similkameen community come from a basis of commitment to the people. Kim came with little except some pretty decent furniture and a willingness to do virtually anything to survive financially. She was single and after a failed relationship, had no interest in a relationship. Also, in the city she had used public transit so she didn’t have a Driver’s Licence or a vehicle. She found a home to rent and began building a new life. She had ideas and a desire to make a positive difference. Initially she worked as a waitress at the Hitching Post Restaurant and also did pruning in a vineyard. A lot has changed since
that early beginning. One of the constants in Kim’s life since 1989 has been a friendship with Angelique Wood. As a student in Classical Studies at Langara College and then majoring in archaeology at SFU, she leaned on Angelique for help. “I had some dyslexia issues, particularly a problem with jumbling words,” she said. “Before I handed in papers, I asked Angelique to proof read them.” In Hedley they have developed a collaborative partnership. While Angelique was an RDOS Director, they attracted a number of Similkameen community leaders to Hedley for “Community Conversations.” Their goal was to inspire creative approaches to community issues. “One of the challenges for small, out of the way communities like Hedley,” she said, “is that seniors are moving to larger centres to get the services they need. They can’t manage on their own. That’s why we brought in a couple of speakers from Keremeos to explain Meals on Wheels. We don’t want to lose the wisdom and experience of seniors.” She is also concerned that few families move to Hedley. “We need to make it possible for them to buy a home,” she believes. “One way of doing this would be to establish a Land Trust. We’ve had productive conversations with Michael Lewis, an expert in the field. The trust concept has been proven to be a viable approach in a number of places. We need people to live in the homes that are now empty. We need them to participate in the community. I believe they will come if there are attractive options. We’ll have to be creative to make this happen.” Recently Kim has ventured into the realm of politics, supporting her friend Angelique who is the NDP candidate for the local riding. She is a member of the Election Planning
There’s been lots of life changes for Kim English since moving to Hedley.
Committee and a volunteer coordinator for the riding’s southern section. I said earlier that a number of things have changed for Kim. She now has a Driver’s Licence and owns a shiny, nearly new 4x4 pickup. She has also bought a home and for a time had chickens in her back yard. Probably most exciting, she met Andy English when they were both members of the Hedley Fire
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Department. They are now happily married. There is a further very positive development. When Jordan visited Kim and Andy recently, I spoke with him briefly. His growth in confidence and maturity is impressive, even delightful. Kim’s commitment to fostering change in her family and her community is producing positive results.
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Bad apples ruining good pickers’ reputation To the Editor: In regards to the village’s new by-law of not allowing transient folk down at the rivers trail - this is the perspective of a picker. After speaking with various town folk, I’ve gathered the opinion, that it is unfair to cast the transients/travellers/pickers into one category as we are all different. Some of us have a passion for picking, farming, community, music, and a future in agriculture. Those of us who share this passion have the tendency to come together, and brainstorm on how we can make the culture and lifestyle better as there is much room for improvement. It’s about making the little steps. We understand the separation between the ones that share similar ethics of work, health
and play, to those who have it backwards, party, use substances, get by and make a mess. Over the years, there have been certain individuals who have taken the initiative into making the camp a clean and respected area. However, it is a place where anyone can come and go, making it a difficult process. The bad apples that ruin it for the rest of us result in angry residents, that throw us all into the same category and who want to put a stop to the folk residing down at the river. The ongoing efforts that it will take to keep transients from staying down at the town’s riverbed, may be a losing battle for both sides, as enforcing the by-law could be an ongoing challenge. As a standard and alterna-
tive farmers should have housing/amenities available for their employees. Not all farmers provide housing for their employee’s resulting in them staying down at the riverbed. An alternative pickers camp is needed in town for those who wish to make the valiant effort to work their best throughout the season. Perhaps the pickers would be willing to pay for the camp, seeing that there could be proper facilities, such as running water, power, a kitchen, picnic tables. The efforts made by residents that have taken the initiative in the past to go ahead with the attempt of making the economic structure for pickers better, have had a difficult time in doing so merely because of the numbers of transients that do come to town. It is almost
impossible to manage. The bad apples have the tendency to lowering the standard, in which influences the numbers greater. This year, the up and coming Western Harvest cooperative will be organizing meetings and brainstorming ideas to create a more organized standard of living for pickers in Keremeos and Cawston. We love it here and plan to live here for perhaps the rest of our lives and want to share the opportunity with those who wish to be involved in doing what we can, taking the little steps along the way. Our mission statement is to aid in building the bridge between town folk, farmers, and pickers. Matthew Winlaw Keremeos
Grist Mill sparkles after volunteer cleanup days To the Editor: Last weekend’s community work party at The Keremeos Grist Mill and Gardens closed with a chicken and salmon barbecue enjoyed picnic style on the newly mowed lawns by the creek. The Provincial Historic Site is managed by Chris Mathieson,
who is working towards a 10-year contact under a new arrangement with BC Heritage Branch. The new contract follows a community push to keep the designated historic site in operation and to assure public enjoyment of gardens, grounds and the principal artifact, a
freshly restored 1877 water driven flour mill. The third annual community work party brought farmers and retired folks out to do clean-up from the past winter’s heavy toll on trees and shrubs and to do tilling, mulching, composting, pruning and tailoring the walkways.
The Grist Mill opens Friday, May 15th for Victoria Day Weekend when a complement of paid staff will be aboard to carry on the work of presenting the site through to end of the visitor’s season on Thanksgiving Monday, Apple Day at the mill. Dave Cursons Grist Mill Heritage Club
Rodeo rides public support for more than seven decades Continued from page 1
“The Elks extend great gratitude to the cattlemen.” she said. The parade is on Monday 18th, and will start on the corner of 7th St. and 7th Ave. and go down main street. The more entries there is the better the parade. Each year dozens of dedicated volunteers show their support to the Elks and the rodeo by lending a hand. Volunteers range from individuals to businesses like CIBC that help with the banking, to other volunteer organizations including the Royal Purple, and the Keremeos Search and Rescue group among others. The Village Crew put out all the barricades on their own time Friday evening, everything helps. “The Elks would never be able to manage the rodeo without the community’s help. We want to say a great big thank you to all our present and past volunteers and to the people that come to the rodeo each year,” she said. This weekend is a community event to be enjoyed by all.
of the 20th century when ranching was the primary activity of the South Similkameen Valley and when horse racing was also a summer’s pass time. It was entertainment for many and bragging rights for the participants. A pioneer ranchers son Hans Richter was probably the first to assemble a string of unruly broncos’ and did travel for many miles putting on rodeos and wild west shows in many parts of B C and neighbouring states. These shows where held in different locations as well as different dates throughout the area. When the permanent site was established, a permanent date was also established on Queen Victoria Day, which is always the long week end of May, the Rodeo then was a one day event. Many original members of Rodeo and
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Racing Association had also become Elk members and with the lodge’s effort and finance it became known as Keremeos Elks Rodeo. This is more than just a rodeo, at present we have on Saturday, Barrel Racing and Team Roping followed by a 2-day Rodeo on Sunday and Monday, a parade on Monday in downtown Keremeos. In the past we also held antique tractor pulls, riding lawn mower tractor races, heavy horse pulls, gymkhana’s dances and many other events over the weekend. It seems like this weekend of May has become a sort of homecoming weekend for many. The events of the weekend were and are all part of the Elks responsibilities, except the Firemen’s breakfast which is their major fund raiser and is held on the Sunday and Monday in Memorial Park.
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OK Falls secures waterfront Dale Boyd Black Press
The Okanagan Falls Parks and Recreation committee is going ahead with the purchase of two pieces of parkland in the area after the decision was approved by a public vote. Residents of Okanagan Falls and Heritage Hills voted in favour of borrowing $950,000 to secure a waterfront property in Okanagan Falls and to add to the funds already set aside for a park in Heritage Hills. The final tally was 294 in favour of borrowing funds and 232 opposed. “While the margin of consent was not wide, the decision was clear-cut,” said Area D director Tom Siddon in a press release. “This means the Regional District can now proceed with the purchase of enough land to develop a long-awaited neighbourhood park in Heritage Hills, and to purchase the last remaining beachfront property at the foot of Willow Street.” The addition of $200,000 in funding will be added to the existing $250,000 in parkland funds as well as a donation of property from local developer Johnny Aantjes. All told, the borrowed amount is estimated to cost the average homeowner around $32 a year, less than $3 a month. The lakefront property in Okanagan Falls is located at 605 Willow St., northeast of Christie Memorial Park. Siddon previously told the Western News that this is a key piece of property in the development of the town centre in Okanagan Falls. The lengthy process was partly hinging on both the acquisition of this piece of land, as well as the future of governance in Okanagan Falls. The RDOS retained consultants a year ago to look at the centre of the community and formulate a road map for how area D2 should develop. “In the town centre there is a lot of real estate that could be developed to a higher purpose, but no one is prepared to invest in it or build projects there until there is enough clarity as to what
the downtown is going to look like and how it’s going to relate to the beach and the beachfront parks and the businesses that are sort of lined up along Highway 97,” Siddon said. The last meetings with the consultants was in September where residents opted for a development project which would see the downtown business centre emerge between Highway 97, or Ninth Avenue, and the lakeshore. “That was the option that the people liked and it involves what do we do with highways? What do we do with people who are backing onto highway 97 and don’t have enough room to even park in front of the coffee shop or the drug store?” Siddon said. Siddon said the district is just beginning to embark on the next stage of the process where they will award a second contract for an intensive investigation into land use options and plans. The investigation will include community involvement and input as well as input from other organizations like the school district, chamber of commerce, senior citizens and business owners. “There will be a process on the second stage to look very carefully to what the town centre should look like,” Siddon said. He added that the revitalization will go hand in hand with the recent approval of a governance study looking into options for the future of Okanagan Falls’ government structure. Siddon said the future governance of Okanagan Falls will influence how the town centre revitalization plays out in the years ahead. Siddon said there are many options for use of the area including a nonmotorized public marina accommodating paddle boating, kayaks and non-motorized boats. Siddon said if the community was supportive of the idea, there could also be the development of a restaurant or pub.
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Members of the El Faro Service Society for Migrant Workers met for their first function of the season on Sunday, April 26 for a church service and barbecue in Cawston.
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A retirement party was held at the Keremeos Library for Jeannie Randle, middle, on March 28. Staff, Friends of the Library members, and customers celebrated Jeannies’ 19 years with the ORL as an Assistant Community Librarian. A delicious cake (created by “Stacey Cakez” at Emmy’s Bake Shop) was enjoyed by all and many well-wishers from the community attended to honour Jeannie and her excellent service. This event was sponsored by the Friends of the Library volunteer group.
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Spring is here in the Similkameen. The buds on the vines are springing into action and everyone is hard at work getting ready for the season and Spring Wine Festival, which runs from April 30-May 10. With new member wineries and a cidery, renovated tasting rooms, new vintages, and a stunning collection of awards this year, celebrate the season and savour our amazing local grape and fruit wines, sparkling wines and ciders. Plans are also well underway for the July 11th Similkameen BBQ King at the Grist Mill. Tickets are on sale now for this very popular local event celebrating the very best of the Similkameen!
Explore Our Wineries: Let The Tasting Begin! TASTING ROOM OPEN: April 1 – October 31 or by appointment 10:00am – 5:00pm Friday through Monday CERELIA VINEYARDS & ESTATE WINERY 2235 Ferko Rd., Cawston 250.499.8000 www.Cerelia.ca
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CLOS DU SOLEIL WINERY 2568 Upper Bench Rd., Keremeos 250.499.2831 www.ClosduSoleil.ca
CORCELETTES ESTATE WINERY 2582 Upper Bench Rd., Keremeos 250.499.5595 www.CorcelettesWine.ca
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EAU VIVRE WINERY 716 Lowe Dr., Cawston 250.499.2655 www.EauVivreWinery.ca
FORBIDDEN FRUIT WINERY 620 Sumac Rd., Cawston 250.499.2649 Vancouver www.ForbiddenFruitWines.com
HUGGING TREE WINERY 1002 Hwy. 3, Cawston 250.499.2201 www.HuggingTreeWinery.com
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OROFINO 2152 Barcelo Rd., Cawston 250.499.0068 www.OrofinoVineyards.com
ROBIN RIDGE WINERY 2686 Middle Bench Rd., Keremeos 250.499.5504 www.RobinRidgeWinery.com
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SAGE BUSH WINERY 3045 Hwy. 3, Keremeos 250.499.0095 www.SageBushWinery.ca
SEVEN STONES WINERY 1143 Hwy. 3, Cawston 250.499.2144 www.SevenStones.ca
TWISTED HILLS CRAFT CIDER 2080 Ritchie Dr., Cawston 250.488.4256 www.TwistedHills.ca
Tickets $90 per person ($80 if purchased by June 30th) For tickets, visit any of the Association Wineries, the Grist Mill or the Keremeos Visitors Centre. Ph: 250.488.0878 or buy online at: SimilkameenWine.com
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Wine vinegar business adds flavour to Similkameen Tara Bowie Review Staff
Over the last year, Erik Knechtel has perfected his palette for vinegar. The 26-year-old and his parents Ken and Elke Knechtel bought the Vinegar Works about a year ago from a Summerland couple. The business was then quietly relocated to the farm the family owns and Erik Knechtel manages in Cawston. Ken and Elke Knechtel have been growing plants since the 1970s. Over the years the business has grown along with their farm called Red Barn Plants and Produce and children. The original farm is located in Maple Ridge. As a way to branch out the family bought land in Cawston several years ago. “I moved up here six years ago and started to do field crops like tomatoes, onions, some garlic that sort of thing,” Erik Knechtel said. “We were looking for something that would be year round and the opportunity with the Vinegar Works appeared.” Over the last year Knechtel has been learning the ropes and the first full batches of his own vinegars are now ready. A grand opening with food and vinegar samples is being held this W ATM NO LE! B A L I A V A
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Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. To 5 p.m at the new storefront on the farm located at 669 Kurtz Road Cawston. “The store was just finished within the last two weeks,” he said. The vinegars are made from local organic grapes. “Making vinegar is just adding Thursday
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like raspberry. It’s great on salads but I’ve also heard of people mixing it with club soda or even putting it on ice cream,” he said. Other varieties of infused vinegars include apricot, french tarragon, Italian Plum, rosemary, cherry and farm select infused. Other vinegars include pinot
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YOU ARE THE CREATOR OF YOUR OWN LIFE By Jane Donald It is the awareness that you are the creator of your life, that your life is the divine flow of energy in your life, one and the same, flowing through every essence of your divine being. Allow creation; know that you create, every moment of everyday from your birth to your death, to your life after death. By allowing the expression of your divinity in whatever small way, you can affect the energy of the whole universe, by allowing the purity and power of your intention, as energy always follows intention. So ask what is your intention? If you are aware of your intention then you can see where energy is flowing in your life. Ask how can I purify my intention? Listen to your intuition now, what can you sense. You are your own best advisor. Often the main obstacle people face to knowing their own potential and living it; is the lack of awareness of the limitlessness of their potential, the endless, infinite potential. Look at the intention you have in different aspects of your life; in your relationships; in the work that you do; in your relationship with money; in your relationship with your sexuality; in your relationship with time, past, present and future; in how you live and play. Where is the energy flowing easily? Where is the energy stuck? What do you need to do to free up yourself and the flow of your energy. Your energy is infinitely flowing in a figure eight so as the expression goes what comes around goes around. What you do unto others is done unto you. The sins of the father are visited on the son. All of these expressions come from the figure eight symbol of infinity which is such a powerful symbol of healing over all time, space reality through all lifetimes which are occurring concurrently, Now. The Breath is your Source Energy Allow your awareness to go to the source of your power, the source of your life, namely your breath. Where does your breath come from? Where does it go after you die? How does it feel when you put your focus on your breath, in and out; in and out; in and out. What is your breath saying to you in this moment? What happens when you ask your breath a question? What does it have to tell you? What do you want to remember from your knowing? Ask how can I love myself? How can I have compassion and forgiveness for myself? How can I allow light into my life? How can I have freedom from the mind, from thoughts, from belief? How can I be free of the ego? How can I be the freedom of my soul? How can I know and then live and speak and be my own truth? Trust yourself! Again and again, back yourself, invest in yourself and trust yourself. You know everything you need to know. Allow your own knowing. Allow your own truth. 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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Lots up for grabs at Garden Club, Elks community sales Saturday May 2nd the Similkameen Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale. You’ll find all sorts of annual and perennial garden plants for sale. Our plants come from our members and also plants donated from the community. Some years we even have house plants. We often don’t know until the day of the sale exactly what plants we will be selling and this usually makes for an unparalleled selection of plants available. Plants left over at the end of the day will be donated to the Museum Plant sale the following weekend. This year’s location will be outside the Elks Hall and this will be the 2nd year in this location. The Similkameen Garden Club plant sale is not the only thing happening at this location as the Elks is having their 2nd annual garage sale so not only can you get some fantastic deals on plants you can also browse the garage sales or check out the Craft tables and if you get hungry you can have a pancake breakfast or at lunch try a hamburger or smokie fresh off the barbecue. You never know what treasures you will go home with.
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Tim Cottrill, centre, receives a pin and certificate from Deputy Chief Jim Murphy, right, for 15 years of service to the Keremeos & District Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Chief Jordy Bosscha, left, presents Cottrill a medal and certificate from the federal government for 20 years of combined service in Keremeos and Summerland fire departments.
Foundation account up to $17,000 after successful community dinner The Lower Similkameen Community Foundation fundraising dinner was a sold-out success and raised more than $2,000 for the local fund. The Lower Similkameen community committee held its second annual fundraising dinner on April 18th at the Branding Iron Bar & Grill with all funds going to support the Lower Similkameen Community Fund. The Lower Similkameen Fund was started with a generous donation of $5,000 from an anonymous donor and then matched with another $5,000 by the Foundation. Over the past year the fund has grown to $15,000 with donations and proceeds from last year’s event. The
Lower Similkameen Fund is now at over $17,000 thanks to the success of the fundraising dinner. The night included entertainment by Destin Lydiatt on keyboards, along with great food prepared by the Branding Iron Restaurant team of Suzanne Siemens and Chef Karl Schorb and a silent auction which made the event a success. Thanks to the items donated by Gabriele Villecourt, Weldon Munden, Sally Mennell, Valu-Plus Foods, Similkameen Wineries Association, K Mountain Massage Therapy, Copper Ridge Manufactured Homes, Similkameen Apiaries, Don and Anna’s Greenhouse, Grist Mill & Gardens, Similkameen Country
Tourism, Benja Thai, My Town Realty, Branding Iron Bar & Grill, Cathedral Lakes Lodge, Main Event Gym, Valley First Credit Union, Brandit Laser & CNC, Twisted Hills Cidery, Four Winds Herbal Preparation, The Keremeos Review, Outlaw Graphics, Vespers Transport, Rainbow Massage, Orchard Blossom Honey and Tree to Me. “We’re very fortunate to have such fantastic support from the community members who attended the dinner and donated auction items,” Sarah Trudeau, regional development coordinator said. “Their support allowed the Foundation to host this important fundraising event to grow the Lower Similkameen Community Fund.”
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Jacob (Jake) Doerksen passed away due to illness, April 24, 2015 in Penticton, BC at the age of 83. Survived by his wife Ingeborge; his son Gerald (Barb); daughter Carla Fox (Norm); grandchildren Kirk, Lindsay, Darrell and Heidi; and his great grandchildren Brayden, Levi, Jakob, Lacey, Drew, Kale and Jainic. Predeceased by parents Abraham and Margaret; daughter Terry; sister Mary and brother Abraham. Born in Saskatchewan, he lived on a farm with his family. He made his way to McBride, BC in his teens to work and help provide for his parents and siblings. This is where he met and married Loretta and had their three children. Jacob was a hard working man who loved to go �ishing and hunting. He also enjoyed spending time with his family, singing and playing the guitar, always with a lot of laughs. He had a hidden talent for baking and cooking; he loved to bake buns, make homemade butter soup and loved perogies (maybe eating them more than making them)! He was a man talented in many trades and we were all extremely proud of the large building he constructed over the last �ive years on his own. Jacob moved to Keremeos to be close to his sisters and it was here he married his wife Inge. During 2013 Jacob was determined to help his sisters with a deck and constructed it from scratch. With great teamwork, Jacob, his wife and sisters built a beautiful deck that they were all extremely proud of. Jacob will be forever loved and remembered for his generous spirit towards those who were blessed to know him. His funeral service where we will celebrate his life, will be held at the Similkameen Christian Fellowship Church in Keremeos at 2pm on Saturday May 2, 2015.
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Sarah Martin competitive 3-D archer, left, teaches Gabrielle Cursons how to use a longbow at a fundraiser held last weekend. Money raised will help fund a trip to Italy to compete in the Worlds archery competition later this year.
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John Newman, Dave Brooks, centre, and Joyce Barton weed the pathways at the Keremeos Grist Mill and Gardens during the annual work party weekend held over April 25 - 26.
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