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Toy drive — Celebrating the success of the Gateway Gives LocoLanding Community Toy drive Thursday are (left to right) diana Stirling, Jerry Pokorny and Clarissa Pruden.

Final tally for the first event was 5,100 toys and other items and $1,300 in cash. donations will now go to 16 agencies throughout the South okanagan and Similkameen to be given to less fortunate families. For story and photos see pages B6 and B7.

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Family ‘sick’ over murderers application Kristi Patton

Western News Staff

Brandy Cummings never got to say goodbye to her mom and now she is wondering why the man convicted of killing her may be allowed an escorted day pass from jail.

“I feel sick. I was just getting back to a somewhat normal life then this hits and the anchor is dragging me back down to the bottom,” said Cummings.

Keith Wiens, a former Summerland RCMP officer, was convicted in 2013 of murdering his common-law wife Lynn Kalmring.

It was almost four years ago he shot her in the face with a handgun in their Penticton home.

Wiens received an automatic life sentence for second-degree murder and will have to serve

at least 13 years in prison before he can apply for parole.

Kalmring’s family found out earlier this month from Correctional Service Canada that Wiens was applying to the Parole Board of Canada to be considered for an escorted KeiTh WieNS temporary absence for compassionate purposes. Inmates can apply for an escorted temporary absence at any time during their sentence.

Cummings told the Penticton Western

News that she learned Wiens wants to visit his sick father in Penticton.

“Now we are sitting here waiting until next week. I am really anxious, I don’t know which way this will go,” said Cummings.

Dawn Jenkins, the niece of Kalmring, wrote to the board that she is concerned about the physical and mental well-being of the family members.

“If this temporary leave is granted, please know that we will be fearful, we will be once again victimized and feel that the justice system has failed our family,” Jenkins wrote.

“He has ripped our hearts from us and we all have to live with the consequences of his selfish decisions — as should he.”

As part of the process, the statements Kalmring’s family provided to the board will

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Wiens applied for an appeal on the murder charge and made a court appearance in Kelowna in October. Cummings said the appeal is based on Kalmring’s ex-husband’s testimony being allowed at the trial and information in the judge’s instructions that were read to the jury. Kalmring’s family has also been tied in a civil court battle with Wiens since 2011 over residences/property.

Cummings said no matter how much she hates it, she now realizes the family and Wiens lives’ will forever be intertwined.

“Until he dies,” she said. “I don’t think it will be over until then. I will continuously hear all the stuff he is doing because that is my right to know. But until he dies, I don’t think it will be over until then.”

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Multiple cougar sightings in the city Dale Boyd

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Two cougar sightings in Penticton have conservation officers cautioning residents in the area surrounding Penticton Creek.

On Nov. 19 Penticton conservation officer Dave Cox followed up with a report of a sighting near the Penticton Yacht and Tennis Club.

An individual reported spotting a cougar up a tree likely because their dog was barking at it.

A search of the area turned up no evidence, but Cox took precautions and erected some signage in the park warning residents of the possibility of a cougar.

On Nov. 23 another report came in the afternoon of a cougar observed near a residence near Penticton Creek. Later that day another dog barking caused the cougar to go up a tree.

“We’re just putting out some precautionary things and for people to do their part to protect the cougar and protect themselves,” Cox said.

Cox said to report any sightings as soon as possible to the RCMP or the conservation officers.

“I encourage people when they are walking anywhere in that area to walk their pets on a leash and people that have children who walk to school in the area, if they could find alternate modes of transportation. Getting a ride to school or walking in groups is always a precautionary thing when we potentially have a cougar in the area,” Cox said.

For more information on cougar behaviour or what to do when you spot a cougar visit www. wildsafebc.com.

To report a cougar sighting to a conservation officer call 1-877-952-7277. The line is open 24 hours, seven days a week.

Casino open houses Western News Staff

The City of Penticton and Gateway Casinos will be holding a number of open houses to share details of the proposed casino relocation.

Gateway announced on Monday that they are prepared to make a long-term commitment to Penticton putting forward a proposal to invest $25-million in a 45,000 square feet building to be constructed at the southeast corner of the South Okanagan Events Centre. It is expected up to 150 new jobs will be created from the project.

Open houses will take place on Nov. 30 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Penticton Seniors Drop-In Centre at 2965 South Main St. On Dec. 1 at the Sandman Hotel from 9 to 11 a.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. A third open house will take place at the Ramada on Dec. 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.

The public is welcome to provide input and feedback at an online survey found at www.surveymonkey.com/r/8NCC9LP. For more information on the project visit www.cascadescasinopenticton.info.

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The next chapter in Patricia Tribe’s interrupted Story Time from Space reading program will be on a Cape Canaveral launch pad Wednesday.

The Penticton educator, who previously worked for NASA in Houston, Tex., plans to go to Florida for the scheduled lift off of the Orbital 4 rocket along with some of the authors of the seven books that will be on board for the voyage to the International Space Station.

The books are copies of the ones which were destroyed, along with $70,000 of mostly one-of-a-kind hardware for the program, when the unmanned SpaceX CRS - 7 rocket exploded just after take off in June.

That incident threatened to end the entire project she had been working on for more than four years.

“We’re crossing our fingers that everything is going to go all right and so far the launch is still planned for Dec. 3,” said Tribe, who has been working closely with the space community in Canada and the United States to make her vision a reality.

Part of that was enlisting the help of former Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason to design the nine unique experiments and demonstrations that were also lost in June.

Fortunately she was able to recruit support from a number of sponsors and the material was replaced.

“Relaunching books is not a huge deal but in March (2016) we’re on Space X 9 and that’s where all our rebuilt equipment is going to be,” said Tribe.

Story Time From Space involves astronauts being video taped reading books on board the space station as well as doing the demonstrations which the public can then access.

The concept is to promote interest in science and reading especially among children.

A number of books have already been read in space and she expects, if everything goes OK, to have all of the material back on earth in about a year.

It was Tribe’s good friend Col. Alvin Drew, who has visited Penticton numerous times and spoke at the Trade and Convention Centre, who first got things started during the final flight of the Discovery space shuttle in 2011.

Authors of the books going up on the upcoming missions include former astronaut Mark Kelly whose twin brother Scott is currently on a year-long stay on space station and is also reading for the program.

Another writer is LeVar Burton who has been hosting the Reading Rainbow children’s educational show encouraging kids to read. Burton is probably best known for his role as Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

PENTICTON’S PATRICIA TRIBE (above) with one of the books by Jeffrey Bennett that is being used in the children’s literacy program Story Time From Space which she has been working on for several years and was recently approved by NASA. Scott Kelly (below) who is well into his year-long mission aboard the International Space Station is one of the astronauts who is participating in the Story Time from Space reading program developed by Penticton’s Patricia Tribe

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“He’s (Burton) really excited about it,” said Tribe who went to Los Angeles earlier to meet with his team about the project.

In the meantime Story Time from Space is continuing to generate worldwide interest and last week received the STEM (Science, Technology, Education Math) Education award at the SpaceCom (Space Commerce Conference and Exposition) in

Houston.

Associated Press (AP) also did a story recently about the program which wound up on the White House News Highlights of the Day and a video congratulation from Kelly on the space station.

“That’s cool,” said Tribe with a smile.

“Now we just hope everything goes well with the launch.”

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Toys for tots to teens a success Western News Staff

Hundreds of people turned out Tuesday to help make Christmas brighter for children in the South Okanagan this season.

The 22nd Annual Toys for Tots to Teens had a new venue, but the generosity was still there helping several organizations collect toys for children of all ages.

This year’s event at Canadian Tire Penticton from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., saw over 1,500 toys donated, and $8,000 in toys, gift cards and cash purchased at Canadian Tire.

Canadian Tire is generously matching the donations which were purchased at their store bring the total cash value this year to over $16,000.

Those who donated during the day were treated to coffee and muffins from Tim Horton’s throughout the day, and burgers or hot dogs in the afternoon courtesy of IGA Penticton.

Other highlights included performances by the Wiltse and Parkway Elementary School Choir, and the Get Bent Belly Dancers, and of

Power St. (the SOEC complex).

• November 30 from 5-9 pm at the Penticton Seniors Drop-in Centre, 2965 South Main St. • December 1 from 9–11am and 6–8 pm at the Sandman Hotel • December 8 from 1 -3 pm and 5–7 pm at the Ramada The public is welcome to provide feedback and input into the proposal by attending the open houses, or online at the City of Penticton’s website (www. penticton.ca) and Gateway’s project site at http://cascadescasinopenticton.info. All comments will be reviewed and considered

by Council before a vote on the proposed gaming relocation at an open meeting, tentatively scheduled for January.

MeMbers of the okanagan hockey Academy female prep team, back row left to right, Alex Gulstene, hallie Whitmore, Aurore beaulieu, tori butler, Ally rempe, santa, Alyssa MacMillan, steph rempe and Lisa Lloyd assisted at the annual toys for tots to teens event and then got some time with santa at the day long event held at Canadian tire this year.

course, visits from Santa himself who posed for pictures with numerous excited children. Countless volunteers helped make the day possible.

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Submissions will be received no later than 12:00 pm on Monday, December 7, 2015 Attention: Building & Permitting Manager, City of Penticton, 171 Main Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5A9. Please note that all submissions are a matter of public record. Those persons with special hearing, language or access needs should contact City Hall at 250-4902400 prior to the meeting.

The December 7, 2015 staff report to Council will be available for public inspection on Friday, December 4, 2015 at Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, during hours of operation. Alternatively, a copy of the report can also be viewed via the City of Penticton website at: www.penticton.ca/council.

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Communities step up for Syrian refugees Dale Boyd

Western News Staff

While the future of Syrian refugees looking to relocate to Canada is currently in the hands of the federal government, South Okanagan residents are getting prepared to take refugees into their communities.

The eight members of the Naramata Community Refugee Support Initiative (NCRSI) had their second planning meeting on Nov. 26 and have recently secured housing from the Naramata Centre. The Centre’s board voted last weekend to provide spaces for four families.

It was an article published on mynaramata.com by Leeanne Nash in September that initially suggested the Naramata Centre could be used to help in the humanitarian crisis, which got the initiative underway.

“We’re local people with varied backgrounds who are most interested in planning to be well prepared in advance should we be allocated refugees here in the South Okanagan,” said Laura Gray, a retired nurse living in Naramata and media spokesperson for NCRSI. Gray got involved with the initiative because she said “I’m retired and I have the time to help.”

The details of relocating refugees are hinging on the actions of the Liberal government in Ottawa, but the NCRSI is going to be ready when word comes from Parliament Hill.

“What we do know that is definite is the Naramata Centre board has graciously offered housing for four small families, for a family of four,” Gray said.

Two fully furnished units of temporary housing have been offered up by the Naramata Centre which would house refugees for four to six months.

“Once that got determined we decided to prepare ourselves in advance, even though it is not a definite thing, that we will receive refugees here in this location,” Gray said.

She said the initiative would like to be there to help other groups that may need to relocate to Canada.

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One of those agencies includes South Okanagan Immigrant and Community Services (SOICS) which will help with the daunting task of logistics including housing, schooling for children and the many other needs of refugee families coming to Canada.

Tahira Sayeed, program manager for SOICS, is helping with settlement plans, which are needed by both privately sponsored and government sponsored refugees. The settlement plans include language classes, employment services, community connections and paperwork with Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The next step after that is connecting refugees with a Social Insurance Number and medical assistance.

There is a tentative date for a town hall-style meeting for Naramata residents which is aiming to be held on Dec. 3. The confirmation of when and where the meeting will take place will be posted on mynarmata.com. Part of the meeting will be to dispel misinformation regarding refugees and to ensure everyone is properly informed of what will be involved.

“There are going to be some naysayers. We expect some people with a lot of questions and some concerns. With this upcoming meeting we want to address that.

We want to provide as much information as we can to help people feel comfortable and informed,”

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The initiative will also be looking for fundraising efforts going forward. Summerland, the first Okanagan community to accept Syrian refugees who came to B.C. last year through efforts with the United Church, is also looking at what it would take to get involved.

A meeting to discuss the sponsorship and support of refugees in Summerland will take place in the meeting room at the Public Library in Summerland Dec. 2.

The meeting will discuss the process for sponsoring refugees and how to offer assistance for those interested. The possibility of setting up a community sponsorship committee will also be discussed and everyone is welcome to attend.

The federal government expects 10,000 refugees to come through private sponsorship, through any group of five people.

The Catholic community in Summerland and Penticton is aiming to bring one family through a private sponsorship.

The other 15,000 refugees will come through government assisted sponsorship.

The Summerland meeting will also help those interested in privately sponsoring refugees by outlining the process and what is involved. The other part of the meeting will revolve around the community of Summerland’s interest in applying to be a community which will help government assisted refugees as well.

Summerland Coun. Doug Holmes talked to the Mayor Keith Hobbs of Thunder Bay, Ont. who recently passed a motion to bring in 25 families, 100 refugees.

“I contacted and asked ‘how are you going to do that?’ I was curious to know. What it comes down to really is that Thunder Bay doesn’t have the same housing issues we have,” Holmes said.

He hopes residents will come to the meeting with ideas, questions and concerns and that the meeting will help hash out the obstacles in the way of bringing families to Summerland.

“I don’t know what our capacity is. We’re just little Summerland and there is four million Syrian refugees out there, but if we can do our part let’s do it.”

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Think globally, act locally When it comes to helping others, the phrase ‘think globally, act locally’ comes to mind.

As Canada prepares to welcome thousands of Syrian refugees in the coming months, there are those willing to do everything in their power to help, and it’s admirable. At the same time, there are others demanding that we ‘look after our own’ first – and the many who do just that every day are also admirable.

There’s no question the need in our own backyard is great; even some of our closest neighbours are struggling. There are children going hungry, women fleeing violence and seniors who spend all their time alone. It’s a need that receives less public attention than its international counterpart, although it’s often brought to the forefront a little more this time of year, as Christmas approaches, despite its year-round presence.

As calls to focus on our own continue to permeate the refugee discussion, we suggest it’s a good time for all of us to ask ourselves, what exactly have we done to make things better for others? Have we donated to the food bank? Have we checked in on that neighbour who hasn’t been seen in a few days? Have we offered to help serve meals at the local soup kitchen? Do we have extra warm-weather clothes that we could donate to help dull the chill for someone who has nowhere but outside to spend the night?

Before we criticize the help that’s being given to our international neighbours based on the belief that ‘charity begins at home’, those questions deserve due consideration. Some say how we respond to the plight of Syrian refugees is a test of our values and generosity. The same can be said – and we would venture to an even greater degree – about how we look after our own community. It’s easy to pretend problems, both locally and globally, don’t exist, if we stay inside, turn WESTERN offPENTICTON our televisions, close our curtains and unplug from the Internet.

But it’s neither right, nor fair to point to one group that needs help and say, we can’t help you because we have to help our own. Especially if we’re not. And really, even if charity does begin at home, does it have to stop there?

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Don’t let ourselves fall prey to the fear News from Parliament Hill has been overshadowed in the past two weeks by news of tragic events in Beirut, Paris and Mali.

The terrorists that carried out these attacks may have had different local political goals, but they had one overarching aim in mind — to sow fear.

And here in Canada the fear generated by these mass killings, especially those in Paris, has led some to question the plans to welcome thousands of Syrian refugees to Canada. We must not let ourselves fall prey to this fear. We must continue to open our hearts and our communities to these people who have suffered so greatly and risked so much in leaving their homes.

They will have been screened at multiple

levels by the UN High Commission on Refugees and the Canadian government, and initial plans are to bring in women, children and families.

I have heard from all sides on this debate, but the overwhelming majority of messages I receive are very positive, including several requests for information on how to privately sponsor refugees.

My colleague Nathan Cullen has put together a concise guide on sponsoring refugees on his website, so for more information go to: nathancullen. ndp.ca/refugees.

Last week I was given the roles of Critic for Post-Secondary Education and Deputy Critic for Natural Resources. These are interesting and important portfolios with direct pertinence to this riding.

During the campaign I

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met with the presidents of both Okanagan College and Selkirk College to better understand the issues they face in providing appropriate and affordable education.

I also heard from many students who face increasing tuition costs and crushing student debt burdens. Since most jobs now require some form of post-secondary education, we need to ensure that young people can

quickly join the workforce with the right skills.

And natural resources — forestry and mining — are also critical to the economy of South Okanagan-West Kootenay, from the smelter in Trail, the pulp mill in Castlegar, to forestry operations and mines throughout the riding. Issues are similar across Canada, and I look forward to working with industry leaders and land managers to find the policies that bring the greatest benefits to Canadians in developing these resources while protecting the natural environment.

On Monday I was officially sworn in as the Member of Parliament for South OkanaganWest Kootenay. I’ll be in Ottawa for the next three weeks, setting up my office there and attending the House after

it opens on Dec. 3. While work in Ottawa keeps me busy now, I realize that my important work as an MP is in my riding. I have finalized plans for two offices that will open shortly. The Penticton office will be at 202-301 Main St., where local MP offices have been for many years.

The Castlegar office will be in the Century 21 building at 1695A Columbia Ave. It will take time to get these offices furnished and have the phones and internet working, but in the meantime please contact me by email at: Richard.Cannings@ parl.gc.ca.

Richard Cannings is the MP for the South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding and a member of the NDP.

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Points to ponder about Skaha Lake Park

Regarding Skaha Lake Park: 1) Total area of Skaha Lake Park that is zoned park and not covered in asphalt, paths and playgrounds etc. — 107,888 square metres. Total area of greenspace designated for waterslides — 12,292 square metres with the possibility of using 2,227 more square metres depending on riparian areas. This is only 11 to 13 per cent of the total greenspace.

2) Latest population count for Penticton — 32,877 (from 2011) ‘no’ petition presented to council on June 29, 2015 — 65 signatures — minus four non-residents = 61.

This is 0.185 per cent of the popula-

tion. Latest number of ‘no’ petition signatures — 6,000. This is 18.25 per cent of the population. To be truly accurate non-residents names must be removed from the petition as they are not counted in the population. 1,000 people at rally — 3.04 per cent of the population. None of these figures can be considered a majority.

3) Trio must provide a “detailed financial plan showing approved financing sufficient to pay for all aspects of capital expenditures.”

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Excellent column

I want to recognize the Penticton Western News and Dale Boyd for his excellent column in the Nov. 20th article Terrorist attacks haven’t become the routine.

Seldom does one read such a balanced, articulate, factual and all encompassing article on this topic. I so identified with his paragraph on the man whose wife was killed in the Paris attacks; I too was moved my the man’s refusal to let hate dictate his life. He showed more courage and strength in his poignant comment, “you will not have my hatred” than all the fear mongers after the attacks.

I was dumbfounded that the Global National news covered nothing else for whole week. How prescient that Mr. Boyd observed that Beirut suicide bombings will “likely become a footnote”; not to mention attacks in Mali, Nigeria and elsewhere. And, what a powerful observation he made in his statement that “those cautioning against refugees, you are racist, keeping in mind that Muslim is a faith not a race.”

Keep up the fight, and today it is just that, for good journalism Dale and the courageous Western News.

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with an irrevocable letter of credit which will form security against default by Trio.” From the contract on page 23, article 16.2.

5) If either points three or four are not done to the satisfaction of Penticton, the agreement will be terminated. Found in the contract.

6) The city had already granted a “non-exclusive license to enter onto the land solely for the purpose of conducting the operation of a marina, cold beer and wine store, restaurant, sale of fuel, recreational items, rental of boats, personal watercraft and other recreational equipment and accessories associated with the

conflict is resolved. The implementation of the “Moses Plan” could expedite its resolution.

The Moses Plan would have the millions of Palestinian refugees in the surrounding Arab countries use their feet and walk as a body to Jerusalem, similar to the ancient Moses trek from Egypt to the Promised land, insuring a solution with the mind to the Israeli Palestinian impasse and stabilizing the Middle East.

The benefits would be unimaginable.

Andy Homan Penticton

Solve the conflict first

The tragedy of the Middle East upheaval with its ISIL evil and now the world refugee crises will only grow worse until it’s origin, the Israeli-Palestinian

regarding the riparian/wetland areas with respect to environmental regulations.”

10) Trees will be preserved as much as possible. Most trees will remain. Trio will look at waterslide configurations to avoid trees whenever possible. The marina/ waterslide areas will be landscaped so new trees, shrubs etc. will be planted. With new sidewalks, you can still walk your dogs through the area at no charge.

11) Points eight, nine and 10 are somewhere in the contract.

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I’d like to give kudos to Cherry Lane Shopping Centre and Baskin Gardens Complex.

I went for a walk today and their sidewalks were completely clear. Most other sidewalks though were covered with a thin hard ice and very treacherous to walk on. I would like to remind everyone to do their best to keep the sidewalks in front of their business or residence as safe as possible.

I know it is impossible to keep on top of it all the time. I try to keep my short walk and ramp clear of snow and ice using a scoop and fertilizer. Lets keep our streets safe.

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Take care of our homeless first

Please could someone, anyone, use a little common sense before executing this humanitary act of compassion, sympathy and kindness regarding 25,000 refugees along with $100 million of pocket money.

All I am saying is first give our homeless a roof over their heads, nourishment and a warm bed to sleep in — then go share what’s left of our great wealth to whomever, the world over.

If you really do have all this accommodation and a million dollars to spare then let charity begin here at home with our less fortunate men, women and children.

Surly to goodness and mercy that is not asking too much if you already have pensions in place and disposable income that will change people lives.

Its really quite simple, convert all the aviation fuel that Air Canada is donating to regular gas then during Christmas break while the school busses are not in use get qualified drivers to take them to all the big cities, towns and villages to recover all our hungry homeless folk and take them to this sanctuary that has been made for those other poor souls overseas.

Yes, this would be a prime example of being cruel to be kind, but it’s a crying shame our government doesn’t think outside the box. If you think this is a far fetched idea, it’s really not.

above noted.” Found in the city/Trio license to use in article 1 - 1.01. This was approved by a previous mayor and council.

7) Trio shall not “impede or restrict the use of existing hard-surfaced pathways for general public pedestrian and cyclist purposes.”

Found in the contract on page 27 article 20.6.

8) Archaeologists, working of behalf of the PIB, are inspecting the area in order to clear it for development.

9) Trio is responsible for “researching, applying and obtaining provincial and federal approvals

If Parkway closes

It’s wonderful to have more daycare in town, very much needed.

Thousands of dollars have been invested in that and Parkway Elementary School’s new irrigation system, installed over the summer, along with a new and improved traffic calming system.

If Parkway closes, this daycare will be next to an empty school that is presently full to capacity.

Makes you go “Really?”

Lynn Crassweller Penticton

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No support as long as parkland used Everyone is dumping on city staff (administration in charge of making recommendations to city council), city council and now the chamber of commerce and our local businesses.

Who is really responsible for the development of our parkland at Skaha Lake?

The proponents of this project, developers from Trio. Few words are said or printed about the fact they are the one’s that came to town and will be the one’s to pave our parkland and develop it for financial gain.

One has to wonder how they feel about

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the project now. They have the city divided and fighting mad over the project. One would expect that if you are going to open a new business and or expand a present business, you would want the full support of the residents, who, one would expect be the base of their customers.

Calls for boycott of our existing business is wrong. Just like the lack of info from city hall on the Skaha Park project.

The Chamber president it would appear has not polled his members and that should have been a priority before announcing that

the business support the development of parkland for profit of a business.

I do not believe boycott is the way to go but with that said, I will never spend a penny at the Skaha Lake development as is. I find it hard to believe that others will support the project as well. With a business plan like Trio has, it is doomed to fail.

Please Trio withdraw from using parkland. Develop a restaurant, marina and I am sure that the residents will support you, as long as our parkland is not used.

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Cannings officially sworn in at the Hill Dale Boyd

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It has been a humbling experience for Richard Cannings heading to Parliament Hill as the first-ever Minister of Parliament for the newly drawn South OkanaganWest Kootenay riding.

While he is looking forward to the year ahead, there are some finer details Cannings is working on right now, like getting an office which should happen within the week.

“So I’ll actually have a place to sit. Up until now I’ve been kind of squatting in one of the returning MP’s office,” Cannings laughed.

He headed to Parliament Hill for the first time as an MP in the beginning of November and after a brief trip back to the riding. Cannings was officially sworn in as a Member of Parliament on Nov. 23 and in December is back in Ottawa ready to sit with the new federal government.

“It’s certainly a moving experience. You realize the amount of history that goes behind this position and the amount of trust people have placed in you to represent

South okanagan-West kootenay MP Dick Cannings at his official swearing in ceremony in ottawa.

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them,” Cannings said.

“It is very humbling actually to walk into the Centre Block of Parliament Hill and realize this is going to be your workplace for the next four years.”

He has attended some caucus meetings and said that the tone is positive with the third party’s 44 MPs. “It’s still a very strong caucus, it’s considerably larger than the Liberal caucus was in

the last Parliament. So we’re very positive and upbeat, we’ll be the progressive opposition in Parliament,” said Cannings, one of 16 rookie MPs in the caucus.

Earlier in November Cannings was appointed post secondary education critic and deputy critic of natural resources under Carol Hughes, the Algoma-ManitoulinKapuskasing MP out of northern Ontario. Both positions play to Can-

Delay in laundry proposal Dale Boyd

Western News Staff

Another delay will have laundry workers waiting on the future of inhouse services in Interior hospitals.

Chris Mazurkewich, President and CEO for Interior Health, issued a statement on Nov. 25 announcing the latest delay.

“As the new president and CEO of Interior Health, I plan to take additional time in reviewing the future of our laundry services. Subsequently a decision on the possibility of outsourcing the service will not occur until at least March 2016, when recommendations are presented to the IH board of directors for its consideration,” Mazurkewich said in a press release.

“This process has taken, unfortunately, longer than anyone anticipated, and I want to take the time to understand all of the complexities around this significant issue.”

The delay is “welcome news” to the Hospital Employees Union (HEU), who had workers taking to the streets around the Interior including Penticton in October.

There are 17 jobs on the line in Penticton that would be lost if laundry services were contracted out to private companies as the IHA proposed when it started seeking bids from the

private sector last year.

“We’re pleased that under new leadership, the IHA is taking a serious look at the plans for hospital laundries,” said Jennifer Whiteside, HEU secretary-business manager. “So far, we have not seen any valid justification for the health authority to forge ahead with contracting out this efficient, publicly-delivered service.”

The decision has been delayed several times since the announcement seeking bids from private companies to take over laundry operations in Kelowna, Vernon, Kamloops, Penticton, Nelson and six smaller communities.

The delay also comes off the heels of a review of the business case for privatization by a Simon Fraser University economist.

Dr. Marvin Shaffer reviewed found there was no “business case” for privatization after reviewing two documents obtained through a Freedom of Information request.

In the documents originating in 2010, the IHA said outsourcing laundry would yield savings compared to in-house services, while according to Shaffer, no valid financial analysis of these options was provided.

The IHA said there was no one available to speak to the media at this time after providing the statement from Mazurkewich.

nings experience as he worked at the University of British Columbia in the department of zool-

ogy for 20 years as the curator of the invertebrate museum as well as teaching courses.

He has already set up meetings with national organizations at various levels of post secondary education.

In his deputy critic role, Cannings said natural resources are an important topic the South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding, as well as most ridings across Canada. With the scope of operations in B.C. and the riding, Cannings was found to be a good fit as deputy critic.

Cannings met with natural resource companies in the riding like Greenwood Forest Products which he feels should be a model for Canada moving forward.

“They are doing what we need to do with our resources. Processing them here at home, creating good jobs all across Canada. Getting away from shipping raw

logs and raw resources beyond our border,” Cannings said. “That’s the nice thing about Teck, the smelter there, it’s smelting ore that is coming from outside of Canada. The opposite of what a lot of Canadian companies are doing so I think it’s a model in that regard.”

The NDP will offer a unique role as Cannings said they will hold the Liberal government accountable to progressive promises, something the Conservatives may not be interested in, like electoral reform.

The new parliament sits for the first time on Dec. 3 with the election of the speaker, followed by the speech from the throne on Dec. 4.

Read Cannings’ column on Page 6 in this issue of the Penticton Western News.

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Dec. 5-6 — Sage Valley Voices presents: A Christmas Journey In Song at the Oliver United Church. Show starts at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5 and 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 6. Tickets cost $10 at the door and donations to the food bank are encouraged.

Dec. 6 — Christmas concert fundraiser for North African women at Concordia Lutheran Church in Penticton. The concert raises funds for North African women through ACT, the Association for Cooperation in Tunisia. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased from singers, from Tracy Fehr (250486-5073 or tljfehr@gmail.com) and at the door.

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Nov. 27 — The 557 Artist Block is inviting the community to the Magic Carpet Ride, a warm winter soiree to tantalize your senses. You will enter into a world of exotic wonder filled with the sounds of the Arabic Oud, the words of the ancient poet Rumi, warming elixers and tantalizing aromas. You will be enticed by the sensuous moves of belly dance. Event starts at 7 p.m., admission is by small donation.

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Nov. 28 — The Penticton Swing and Jive Dance takes place at the Orchard House. There will be a free 45 minute swing lesson at 7:30 p.m., the real dancing starts at 8:15 p.m., and DJ Tenacious T will be playing music until 11 p.m. No alcohol.

Tickets cost $10 at the door, $8 for students, and proceeds support Peach City Radio.

Nov. 29 — Experience an evening of Christmas carols with local musicians and vocalists during the Inter-Church Carol Celebration at Bethel Church. Singing begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free but a donation to the Food Bank would be appreciated.

Dec. 4-5-6 — The Cawston Players perform The Odd Couple at the Cawston Community Hall. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 4 and 5, and 2 p.m. on Dec. 6. Hilarity ensues when the girls get together for an evening of Trivial Pursuit with a bevy of friends. Tickets are $12 at Similkameen Agencies, the Grist Mill and the Cawston Marketplace.

Dec. 5 — Indigenous Arts and Crafts Fair at the En’owkin Centre from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. Men’s group pancake fundraiser from 8 a.m to 11 a.m.

Dec. 29 — The Legendary Man of a 1000 Voices, André-Philippe Gagnon, will be performing at the Frank Venables Theatres in Oliver. Tickets cost $59.95 through ourtourtickets.com.

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Canine intelligence experienced in Toronto

Heather Allen Armchair Book Club

It sounds like the start of a good joke.

Apollo and Hermes are sitting in a bar. Having had a few too many drinks, they make a wager. Apollo bets Hermes that if animals were given human in-

telligence, they’d be just as miserable as humans.

Canadian author André Alexis runs with this conceit, spinning it into an entire novel, Fifteen Dogs.

As it happens, Apollo and Hermes give the gift of intelligence to 15 dogs. The selected canines wake up in a veterinary clinic feeling suddenly changed.

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Given the gift of intelligence, the small band of animals must figure out what to do and where to go next.

Some of the dogs feel burdened by this awakening consciousness and want to ignore it. Others start spouting poetry.

Still stuck within their dog’s view of the world, the group is unsure how to pick a leader of the pack. Do they pick the strongest as before? Or should intelligence be considered?

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With their new sense of awareness, they aren’t as simply happy and grateful for human companionship. Two dogs who are forced to flee the pack find a bleeding heart to take them in from the cold winter streets. But while enjoying the food and warmth, the dogs become increasingly irritated by the clingy old woman, who suffocates

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Fifteen Dogs is the second in a series of books based on philosophical ideas. In this outing, Alexis takes a good long look at the benefits and pitfalls of consciousness. Is it a kindness or a curse to be aware of one’s own mortality? Prince, a thoughtful dog, falls into a deep depression when he discovers that their invented dog language will die with the pack.

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Foothills Brass Quintet delivering serious fun at the Shatford Earlier in his career, Morrison, who’s been with the quintet since the beginning, figured he would become a travelling musician upon retirement, continually finding new places to share his music. But as he continues making music as he tacks on the years, he’s

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By practicing a highly disciplined skill to incite feelings of dance and excitement, the Foothills Brass Quintet have appropriately given themselves the motto of ‘Serious fun.’

“We take the music very seriously but we want the audience to have fun with us as we’re doing it,” said trumpeter Chris Morrison.

“In the indie scene and rock ’n’ roll scenes I know they tour mostly to support recordings, but for us it’s the other way around,” he said.

“We mostly tour but sometimes do recordings.”

In the 35 years since the inception of the Foothills Brass Quintet, the group has release six albums on CD, in addition to a few other projects on tape cassette “in the early days.”

To maximize listener engagement, the quintet focuses its attention on their live show rather than the studio.

“Most people can appreciate the combination of the visual with the sound. The sound of live music is always different than recorded, it’s a much different experience,” he said. “Seeing the people on stage who are creating the music

CALGARY’S FOOTHILLS BRASS QUINTET is booked for a show in Penticton on Dec. 4 as part of the Penticton Community Concerts.

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really adds to it, a large part of what we do is interacting with the audience.”

When they’re not making music, the group are often telling jokes, stories, or giving the audience hints

about fun stuff to listen to in their music.

“We just generally have a good time on stage and we want the audience to have fun with us.”

They don’t stick to any one genre, leaving their creative capabilities open to all possibilities.

“Sometimes we do a gospel and then Dixieland version of Amazing Grace, and it’s almost like I’m being a preacher with my trumpet for a while,” he said.

When it’s time to play a country song, Morrison switches his trumpet for the steel guitar as his bandmate leads on the French horn.

“You have to reflect whatever the music is.

We cover everything from very slow and meditative to some very fast and exciting jazz.”

beginning to think he’ll never retire. “(Working as a touring musician is) what I’m already doing so why would I quit.”

The Foothills Brass Quintet is being presented by the Penticton Community Concerts at the Shatford Centre on Dec. 4.

“Brass is fantastic, it’s very christmasy and they’re world class guys, they have a great program and people are going to love it,” said Jane Shaak, executive director of the Shatford Centre.

“The Penticton Community Concerts have been bringing these

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amazing performances to Penticton and it’s been an important part of our community.

They’re well-known for being a lot of fun too.”

Tickets cost $30 for adults and $5 for students and are available for purchase at the Shatford Centre, 760 Main St.

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Sanders bringing his blues to Dream Dan Walton Western News

Born and raised in the southern U.S., John Lee Sanders was seeded in the hotbed for blues. After soaking in the culture for more than 60 years, he’s bringing the authentic sound to Penticton.

Sanders was set up for musical success from the

get-go. He was born into a family from Memphis, Tn. who had legendary connections. His aunt was a close neighbour of Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin, a young girl at the time, lived just four blocks from his Grandmother’s house.

Since he got his start in the 1970s, Sanders has noticed the demographics of blues audiences has shift-

ed drastically. He remembers being surrounded by predominantly African American culture, but says his crowds now are 95 to 99 per cent white people.

“Blues has become much more of a white culture thing; they have blues festivals all over Europe nowadays,” he said.

“Originally it was a much more rhythmic culture.

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Blues was part of the lifestyle; church music, blues, jazz – everything. It spread all over North America and the world, but it started in these little pockets in the south. Being where all that stuff comes from, you have more of a connection with it.”

Although he grew up in the birthplace of blues, it was a live performance by a group of white Europeans who got Sanders hooked.

“To see these guys from England come over and just play, I couldn’t believe how great of a blues band they were,” he said about the Rolling Stones. “But there’s no blues in pop culture anymore. There’s not really any blues stations anymore. Some country sta-

tions have a lot of blues influence, and most of the rock stations are still playing classic rock from the 1970s, which was strongly influenced by the blues.

They’ve got so much of the blues in them.”

The blues has absorbed and intertwined with many other genres over the years, and Sanders likes mixing his sound with several southern influences, namely Texas country, gospel and roadhouse.

“I wouldn’t put me in a blues category. If I had to play just blues all night I’d be bored.”

Sanders has been called upon as a studio musician by numerous other professionals, and was even awarded a Grammy for his work

with Anne Murray’s 2007 album Duets: Friends & Legends.

“It was a little more Michael Buble than what I normally do, that’s what they wanted.”

He’ll be performing at the Dream Café on Nov. 28 at 8 p.m.

“(Dream Café owners) Pierre (Couture) and Debra (Rice) are some of the best people I’ve met, they’re so supportive.

They only bring in the best.”

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Penmar’s bleak future comes down to crowdfunding campaign Dan Walton Western News

The Penmar Community Arts Society is hoping that its latest plea for help won’t be its dying breath.

Nearly half-a-million dollars has been raised to revive the historic theatre, but the group is about $190,000 shy from bringing the project to life. After launching the initiative two-and-a-half years ago, it’s now do or die.

“The ownership group is tired of waiting and if this doesn’t happen, the doors will be closed forever and the Penmar will become apartment buildings,” said president Kerri Milton. “This building’s been in the downtown since 1956 so there’s a lot of emotional attachment to it. It’s been part

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of many peoples lives and the last thing anyone wants is to see it demolished.”

As an extra effort to reach the target, Milton has applied through Kickstarter to begin an online fundraising campaign, which she said is awaiting the approval process.

With the efforts that have been made so far, auditoriums three and four have been refinished to include new chairs and digital projection equipment.

“It’s totally different than two-and-a-half years ago,” Milton said.

Those investments won’t be of any use for an apartment complex.

Milton doesn’t want to imagine the PenMar losing its designation as a theatre, but if it happens, the board will have to decide how to salvage its unneeded assets.

“A lot of private business and enterprise have put a lot of time, effort and money into this project,” she said. “Everybody on the board is a volunteer, they’re all very passionate. They’re acting upon a demand from the community. The community really wanted to see this happen and requested it, so we’re working diligently to make that a go.”

If the society closes in on the target without reaching it, the board will evaluate the situation during the annual general meeting on Dec. 16.

The Society launched a co-operative initiative in September, inviting the community to invest in owning and maintaining the PenMar property, which will augment the Society’s role in overseeing day-to-day operations.

“If you’re an investor in the co-op it is strictly to buy the land and the property,” Milton said.

If the PenMar Society folds, the co-op will follow.

“The current ownership group will take back the PenMar and we’ll have to dissolve everything.”

Milton praised the current owners for being ‘incredibly generous’ for going 2.5 years without earning any rent from the building.

To visit the Penmar’s Kickstarter page, visit tinyurl.com/pkfot4g.

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The Social Planning Council for the North Okanagan has received $50,000 from the B.C. government to help eliminate racism in Penticton and four other Thompson-Okanagan communities.

The Social Planning Council is the host agency for the Thompson Okanagan Respect Network, and partners with local agencies like South Okanagan Immigrant Community Services, which is hosting and promoting an anti-racism event titled Respect Lives Here.

“We’ve been involved for quite a few years,” said Angelika Eneas, Community Connections Coordinator for SOICS, noting this will be the fourth year for the event. “We got involved because we are the organization in the community that deals with the immigrant population.”

Eneas said their office hears constant concerns about racism and discrimination happening in the community.

“It happens a lot.

More than maybe we would like to talk about,” she said.

Racism can take many forms, she said, from overt to subtle.

Eneas said SOICS is currently helping a man who is experiencing racist comments and jokes in the workplace because of his religion.

“They are constantly making comments about him being a terrorist,” said Eneas. “It’s jokes, so a person doesn’t know how to take them.

It is indirect racism and it happens a lot.”

Incidents like that is why it is important to keep having this discussion, according to Eneas.

“A rich multicultural society helps nurture inclusiveness, understanding, mutual respect and a sense of community,” Penticton MLA Dan Ashton said. “Racism comes in many forms and so do the ways to combat it, and that’s where anti-racism funding can help.”

At present, Eneas said they don’t have firm plans for the Re-

It happens a lot. More than maybe we would like to talk about — Angelika Eneas

spect Lives Here event.

The first step is to get a steering committee together, to direct how the funding will be used and what we are going to put on.

“It has to be done before March 21, the International Day for the Elimination of Racism.

That’s our deadline,” she said. For the March 2015 event, they created a one-act play to explore the different ways racism can be expressed.

A play will be part of the overall picture for next year’s event, though this time it will be a travelling play, visiting and tying together all the communities that are part of the Respect Network.

“The Thompson Okanagan Respect Network is extremely excited to be receiving this funding because it means we can continue to host Respect Lives Here events in local communities,” said Annette Sharkey, executive director of the Social Planning Council for the North Okanagan. “The projects are designed to engage the community, educate stakeholders and celebrate our diversity. It’s wonderful to see so many community members become involved in Respect Lives Here events.”

Respect Lives Here events will also be held in Kamloops, Vernon, Kelowna and Salmon Arm, where other local groups have partnered with the Respect Network.

For now, Eneas said she needs volunteers to join the steering committee and help brainstorm what form this year’s event should take.

Find out more at respectnetwork.ca.

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A prototype house, using energy efficiency technology developed in Summerland, has been designed for the Northwest Territories.

ElectroMotion Energy, a Summerland-based company, designed and assembled an 84 square metre home to be built in Arctic communities.

The home design uses ElectroMotion’s patented Revolution technology.

The Revolution replaces traditional heating, cooling and hot water systems with one complete unit that also generates electricity. This also provides backup heat and power to the home.

Jai Zachary, president of ElectroMotion, said the home will result in energy saving of 30 to 70 per cent.

“It pays for itself in 25 to 30 years because of the energy efficiency,” he said.

At present, the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation has a backlog of providing 2,300 homes.

Zachary said the home can be erected by un-

skilled workers in less than a week.

Six of the houses will be built in Paulatuk, a community of around 300 people, north of the Arctic Circle.

“This is a great market for us,” Zachary said.

“It’s such a perfect match.”

He said figures from the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation show a total cost of $1.4 million for a house and utilities over its 25- to 30year lifespan.

The Revolution house costs roughly half that amount, and results in significant savings in energy costs.

According to information from the Northwest Territories, energy costs in Paulatuk are estimated at $1,000 a month.

Zachary said the technology and design used for the Arctic climate could work in other areas as well.

“Even though we’ve developed this for the harsh environment up north, for down here, it’s very applicable as well,” he said.

The Revolution technology is now in its seventh generation.

More micro-brews in government stores Western News Staff

BC Liquor Stores offer new exposure for local microbreweries The province’s overhaul of B.C. liquor regulations continues with a move to bring more local craft beers into B.C. Liquor Stores Beginning on Nov. 30, B.C. Liquor Stores will start stocking microbrewery products that are not listed in the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch (BCLDB) system.

According to a press release from the Ministry of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, the move is an an effort to better meet customer demand for craft beer products and tailor their offerings to the local market, by accepting up to 12 non-listed products from the breweries closest to their location.

“With close to 200 stores in all areas of the province, ensuring shelf space for local microbreweries is also a way B.C. Liquor Stores can introduce their customers to new and unique products from breweries that are closer to home,” reads the release.

Microbreweries are considered to be those that produce 15 million litres or less yearly. Beermebc.com currently lists 102 microbreweries and brewpubs in B.C. including local favourites Bad Tatoo, the Cannery, Barley Mill, Tin Whistle and Oliver’s Firehall Brewery.

Liquor rules for restaurants eased

The latest change to B.C. liquor policy loosens the rules for restaurant goers who just want to order a drink, without food.

They’re now allowed to sit anywhere in the restaurant instead of being relegated to a separate lounge area or feeling pressured to order food.

That’s expected to provide some more flexibility to restaurants that no longer need to have defined lounge areas.

“This is a small change that will make a big impact,” said Ian Tostenson, president of the BC Restaurant and Foodservice Association. “The restaurant can open up more physical space that can be used to seat customers who are dining or enjoying a cocktail.”

The rules for music and comedy performances are also relaxed.

Restaurants no longer have to apply for a permit to host entertainment, as long as patrons aren’t participating in the show.

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Going head to head with apple growers from across Canada at the National Apple Competition, Okanagan growers came home with some top honours, especially when it came to new varieties.

The competition is part of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair held in Toronto and attracting entries from Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario and B.C. Summerland grower Jim Hermiston received Reserve Champion for the New Varieties category for his Aurora Golden Gala, but in the Other named New Varieties category Okanagan growers took all five top spots, including Dave and Arlene Sloan of Matheson Creek Farms in Okanagan Falls, who took both fourth and fifth for their Salish and Nicola apples.

Both apples, Arlene explains, are recent products of the Summerland research station, and are related to the Aurora Golden Gala.

“The Nicola was the second one that was released from the same parents and Salish is the new one. So these are all siblings to the Aurora Golden Gala,” she said. “The Nicolas are quite an intense red, a gorgeous apple. And the Salish is a redder apple and a bit of a bicolour.

The Salish has a bit of a tang to it.”

The Sloans grow a variety of apples on their farm, not only new varieties, but also classics like Gravenstein and McIntosh, along with peaches, table grapes and ground crops like sweet corn.

The reason for growing such a variety of crops, she said, is because they market all their fruit themselves, direct from the farm.

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means being able to keep a continuous supply in their market.

Things were different when she and Dave took over the farm in 1978 — the land has been in the family since 1948.

“At that time, we had Spartans, Red Delicious and Golden Delicious, that was our primary apple varieties and we sent them all to the packing house,” said Arlene. “Now, if I had five acres of those three varieties, I’m not going to be bringing people back week after week to try new varieties.

“We won’t have all 20 of those varieties on any one day. We will pick those apples and in the next two to three weeks be sold out of them, but we will have another variety that is still coming.”

Adding other crops means being able to supply more of their customers needs, she said, without having to go to other suppliers.

“We are in the business of farming, we are not in the business of retail. We don’t want to be buying and re-selling,” she said. “Marketing the fruit direct from our own farm is just an extension of our own farming.”

Farming brings its own reward, according to Arlene.

“It is pretty gratifying to be able to feed people and to be able to give people good quality fruit. I think it is cool that in the valley we still have fruits and vegetables being grown, because we have first class growing conditions,” she said. “But it is pretty nice at the end of the day and the end of the year to know that we have made a difference.”

Other winners include, Coral Beach Farms in Lake Country, Angie Ritz in Kelowna and Windmill Orchards in Summerland.

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PENTICTON VEES Scott Conway looks skyward for the puck as he avoid a flying hit from Vernon Vipers Odeen Tufto in the third period of the BC Hockey League match at the South Okanagan Events Centre Wednesday. Conway scored the tying goal and the winner in overtime as the Vees come from behind to edge the Vipers 4-3.

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Tyson Jost is honoured for another chance to represent his country.

Jost, the Penticton Vees captain, and alternate captain Dante Fabbro, are among 60 players invited to earn one of 22 spots on Team Canada West’s final 2015 World Junior A Challenge roster when it hosts the team’s selection camp, Dec. 5-8.

“It’s exciting and it’s always humbling when you get to represent your country,” said Jost, following the Vees’ 4-3 overtime win over the Vernon Vipers on Wednesday.

Hockey Canada made the announcement Wednesday.

Players named to the Team Canada West selection camp roster were selected from the Canadian Junior Hockey League’s five western Junior A leagues: the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) and Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL).

The camp roster includes six goaltenders, 21 defencemen and 33 forwards. Eighteen of those forwards are from the BCHL. The selection camp, scheduled for Dec. 5-8, will be held at the Leduc Recreation Centre in Leduc, Alta. The camp is just 40 minutes from Jost’s hometown of St. Albert, which excites him since his family will be able to come watch.

“It’s going to be good to have them all there,” said Jost.

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Mr. Clutch. King of game-winning goals. What better way is there to describe Penticton Vees forward Scott Conway?

The Vernon Vipers were 1:30 minutes from being the first BCHL team this season to win in the South Okanagan Events Centre. Then Conway decided to put a wrinkle in those plans. Trailing 3-2, Conway deflected Griffin Mendel’s point shot to even things at three. Then with 1:43 remaining in four-on-four overtime, Tyson Jost left the puck for Conway near the boards and he made his way to the front of the net, firing a wrist shot that beat Andrew Shortridge low glove, 4-3 Vees. It’s the third time the Vees have won a game trailing after two periods. Conway’s 20th goal of the season is his ninth winner, which leads the BCHL by four.

Vees coach-general manager Fred Harbinson said he felt some of his players looked gassed, including possibly Conway.

“He finds a way at the end,” said Harbinson.

Harbinson expected what Conway has been giving the Vees.

“He played in the Big 10 last year. He was on the all-rookie team,” added Harbinson. “We knew he was going to be able to contribute offensively. He’s gotten some big goals, a lot of game winning goals for us. It’s exciting. It was a game we had to grind out with that many guys out of the lineup.”

He’s gotten some big goals, a lot of game-winning goals.

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Along with not having defenceman Gabe Bast, Seamus Donohue and forwards Easton Brodzinksi and Dixon Bowen to injury, the Vees were also without Benjamin Brar serving the second of a two-game suspension.

“Get down by two there and it’s not looking great,” said Harbinson. “We find a way to inch our way back in and make the play with the goalie pulled.”

The Vipers were hungry and pressured the Vees well in the first period though both teams were tied with nine shots a piece. In the second period, the Vipers had a 13-11 edge in shots and built a 2-0 lead on a goal

by Christian Cakebread. Dante Fabbro cut into that lead with the power-play as his booming slapshot whipped off the inside of one post and off the other behind Shortridge before resting on the ice at 6:48.

The Vees had other chances: Jost had a puck hop his stick on a one-timer attempt then Nicholas Jones was denied by Shortridge at the side of the crease. He then received a hard shove to the ice by a Viper.

Harbinson said his team showed a lot

of character to be able to find a way to win with the missing bodies, which included defenceman Domenic Masellis who had his ear cut during the game.

Jost said he thought they played all right but felt they could have been better in what he said is a tough week for the Vees, who finish by hosting the Trail Smoke Eaters on Saturday at 6 p.m.

“I’m happy that we battled through the adversity there,” he said. “We battled back as a team. It was nice to see.”

Jost agreed the Vees were hungry and it was something he felt bit them in the opening period.

“They wanted it more. That’s something that we talked about in the dressing room,” said Jost, who with Fabbro received an invite to Team Canada West’s camp in Leduc, Alta. next month. “I thought we came out better but we still needed a little bit more of a push. We did it in the last 10 minutes of the third period and then in overtime.”

Jost liked that he and his teammates got pucks to the net as well as traffic in front of Shortridge. Chris Gerrie put the Vees within a goal. That also led to the equalizer.

Conway extended his point streak to 24-games with his two goals and Jost extended his to 15-games with his two assists. The Vees are now 5-0 in overtime this year and 12-0-0 at the SOEC. Tonight marks the first loss for Vernon in nine games when carrying a lead into the third period.

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1. Which minor hockey coach made the biggest impact on you and why? Probably John Batchelor of the Burnaby Winter Club. He was a really good coach and he really taught me how to improve my game. He brought me to the next level. I got myself drafted (to Swift Current) with his help in the bantam draft. I think I owe that to him. He gave me an opportunity there and I made the most of it.

2.What is your favourite hockey memory? Winning the Mac’s Midget tournament when I was 15 with the Northwest Giants.

3.Who is your favourite hockey player and why?

Brent Seabrook. He’s a big body, he’s a simple player. He plays physical,

4. What are some things you like doing in your spare time? Mainly hanging out with the boys. Maybe crushing some Netflix.

5. Along with hockey, what other sports have you played that you enjoy? Lacrosse and soccer when I was little.

6. What do you consider your best hockey skill? I think probably making simple plays. Simplifying the game down.

7. Why do you wear the number that you do? It was the only number available. Probably number 3, if I had a choice. I wore it my first year of junior and I had a pretty good year.

8. What are your superstitions if you have any?

The only big thing is that I like to get to the rink pretty early, probably 2.5 to three hours before a game. I tape my stick before every game.

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MAHKAILA LUSCH smashes this ball into the Summerland Rockets zone during the South Zone championship held at Princess Margaret earlier this month. Lusch and the Mustangs are competing for a provincial championship after winning the Okanagan Valley AA senior girls championship.

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The Princess Margaret Mustangs’ senior girls volleyball team are AA Okanagan Valley champions.

Their victory over Vernon’s Kalamalka Lakers ensured them a berth in provincials. Mustangs coach Shawn Lum said with only the first-place team advancing, there was some pressure.

“The girls stepped up and did not waiver for a second,” said Lum. “I am very proud of them.”

In the championship, Emma Klingsphon came off the bench as a setter in relief of Leighton Vaillancourt and ran a strong offence, said Lum. “Emma had some dumps that the other teams did not see coming and this was important because other teams did not know what kind of offence to expect, and did not know where to set up their block,” said Lum. Notable players were Jordan Lilley, Sydney McKinlay, Courtney Olexa, Farnaaz Johal, Caitlyn Neary, Vaillancourt, Mahkaila Lusch and Laura Ciancone, who made the two final kills that made the Mustangs valley champions.

“As a coach, something we have been working on this year has been staying aggressive on our offence and defence positioning,” he said.

“It’s nice to see it all come together and everything come together at the perfect time.”

George Elliot Secondary in Lake Country hosts the provincials Dec. 3-5.

Mustangs can’t fend off Coyotes

The season ended for the senior boys at the hands of the George Elliot Coyotes during the Okanagan Valley championship.

The Mustangs were forced to take on the Coyotes, ranked No. 7 provincially, after losing to the Okanagan Mission Huskies 25-16, 19-25, 11-15. Mustangs coach Rich Corrie said had they won, it would have given them an easier quarterfinals match. Instead, they faced a strong Coyotes team that featured three players taller than sixfoot-four.

“We played OK against them but lost three straight 25-12, 25-21 and 25-21,” said Corrie.

Six of the eight teams in the valley were provincially ranked and three berths were available to qualify. Corrie said they weren’t consistent enough to beat the top teams.

“We played very well in some sets, but made too many errors on our side of the court in others,” said Corrie. “We lost to a team that was about the same as us then to a team that was better than us.

The Grade 12’s especially were disappointed as qualifying for a provincial tournament in high school sports is always a good accomplishment, a nice way to finish off your high school sports.”

Get fit and healthy with MEND Special to Western News

Families can learn fun ways to get fit and healthy for free thanks to Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it! (MEND) program coming to the Penticton Community Centre.

MEND is a 10-week, familybased education program designed to help children seven to 13 years old and their families get fitter, healthier and happier together.

The program facilitates safe, effective and long-lasting changes by improving children’s physical activity levels, nutrition and selfesteem.

Recreation Penticton will be facilitating this program through a

partnership with British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association, with funding support from the B.C. Ministry of Health.

During the program, families learn all aspects of nutrition including how to make healthier food choices, read food labels, understand fats and sugars, the difference between unrefined and refined foods, and how to prepare a healthy balanced meal. Above all, families learn ways to have fun together through the introduction of many active games that can be played long after the program ends.

MEND has been running with success in several communities

in British Columbia since 2013.

Participants have reduced their heart beat by 4.8 beats per minute following the three minute step test, decreased screen time an average of 1.2 hours per week and increased physical activity by 2.2 hours per week. Past participants have also reported improved selfesteem and confidence.

MEND is starting on Jan. 19, 2016. At the end of the program families will receive a free program graduation incentive such as a family recreation pass. To find out if MEND is right for your family, call the Penticton Recreation Centre at 250-490-2426 or email mend@penticton.ca.

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Do you want to raise your Game? A partnership between the 2016 Penticton BC Winter Games and Pacific Sport will provide coaches, parents and athletes an opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge with community sport workshops.

“What I love most about the BC Winter Games is the opportunity to develop new skills, strive to improve and be our best selves,” said president Bill Bidlake. “Many thanks to Pacific Sport for hosting a series of community sport workshops that will support our local coaches, parents and athletes become even better and raise the bar heading into February’s BC Games.”

The BC Winter Games (Feb. 25-28, 2016) showcase BC’s best young developing athletes. The BC Winter Games provide a unique opportunity for athletes to experience provincial competition in a multi-sport Games setting, taking the first step towards the national and international stage. A series of community sport workshops held in conjunction with Pacific Sport offer even more opportunities for local sport participants.

Concussions 101: Dec. 3, 7-8:30 p.m. Princess Margaret School library auditorium Concussions are a type of head injury that are difficult to recognize and diagnose, and are unfortunately a prevalent injury in many sports, from gymnastics to cycling, and sailing to hockey. This workshop focuses on sharing the latest medical and scientific information about brain injury, sport

PEN HIGH LAKER Haylee Robertson (purple) takes it to the hoop with Drewe Charlton, left, and Taegan Joyce (5) of the Okanagan Mission Huskies trying to deny her during the Len Cox Lakettes Memorial tournament last year. The Lakers are hosting the tournament again this weekend.

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Tournament a gauge for Lakers Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

The second annual Pen High Len Cox Lakettes Memorial Tournament hits the court Friday.

The Lakers welcome the Kelowna Secondary School Owls, Mt. Boucherie Bears, Okanagan Mission Huskies, Immaculata Mutangs, Rutland Voodoo, Salmon Arm Jewels and J.L. Crowe Hawks from Trail. The Lakers open with a 1 p.m. match against the Hawks at 1 p.m., then have two more games at 8:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. There other games are against the Huskies and Mustangs.

Lakers co-coach Leslie Lacroix said she and coach Dustin Hyde will have their full senior lineup since some of the players who are on the volleyball team heading to provincials have a break from volleyball this weekend.

“It’s an opportunity to see how they work together. We’re very young,” said Lacroix.

The Lakers have two seniors in Anika Holowaty and Sydney Clarke, six Grade 11 players in Hannah Clarke, Lyndzie Caron, Jean Grakul, Jocelyn Brady, Jollee Perrier and Britney Young and four Grade 10s in Mattie Philip, Celine Francisco, Chloe Brydon and Emma Schneider.

System play for the Lakers is raw with this being an early season tournament and the coaches will gauge where they need to go in the first half of the

season.

For this weekend, Lacroix and Hyde believe the competition will be good.

The younger players on the Lakers had good battles with the Huskies in junior play. The Mustangs were a power house in the region and won a AA provincial championship as a single A school last season.

“This weekend will be a good test,” said Hyde. “Get us to see how people will play together. We’re young, we’re not big.

“We have scheduled games against set teams that we thought we would be competitive against,” continued Hyde.

“We didn’t want it to be super competitive or whose the top team in the valley in the first week before the season even begins. That said, we always want to be working hard in competing to win.”

The tournament is a fundraiser for a bursary in Cox’s name. He is a former Pen High teacher, counsellor and administrator of 30 years who died last year. Cox established and ran the scholarship bursary foundation that currently gives more than $200,000 in educational funding to grads from Pen High, Princess Margaret and Summerland.

Cox also coached the Lakettes throughout his career. Team entry fees will be going towards scholarships for graduating players who desire to play sports at the college or university level.

risk factors, prevention techniques, and concussion management guidelines. This is a free seminar.

Tips & Tools for Parenting Your Developing Athletes: Jan. 21, 7-8:30 p.m. Princess Margaret School library auditorium Parenting an athlete can be a challenge. Come check out the tips and tools our experts practice to parent their athletes. Topics include: nutrition, emotional support (i.e. what to say after a loss) and when to start training your athlete/child for competitive sport. This is a free seminar.

Foundational Movement Skills for All Sports: Feb. 11, 7-8:30 p.m. Princess Margaret School gym Join us and discover some of the top strength and conditioning exercises to develop strong, wellrounded athletes. This hands-on session will focus on proper technique, age appropriate exercises, and best practices for cross-training with little or no equipment. Please come dressed to be active. Preregistration is required for all seminars. To sign up, call 250-490-2426 or visit www.penticton.ca/ereg.

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SUMMERLAND’S ALIX VARCHOL, a former Pinnacles Football Club product, finished her second season with the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds women’s soccer team in the Canadian Interunveristy Sport.

Varchol and the Thunderbirds won the CIS national championship.

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A championship view Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

Alix Varchol has spent the first two years of her soccer career with the UBC Thunderbirds learning.

Being one of the younger players on the women’s squad, she is waiting her time to shine.

As she learned more about the Canadian Interuniversity Sport style of game through practices and watching games, her team captured its first national championship since 2006 on Nov. 15.

“It was a very exciting and good experience. We all worked really hard,” said Varchol, a Pinnacles Football Club graduate. “We put in a lot of effort all season. It was our main goal of the season to win. It was really exciting to end up actually achieving that goal.”

The Thunderbirds accomplished the feat in a 3-0 victory over the Trinity Western University Spartans.

“We have always had a good rivalry against them.

We played them four times throughout the season,”

said the Summerland native. “Playing in the final made it that much more, almost better to win.

“It’s always been a good battle between us. It’s always a lot of bragging rights for whoever wins,” she continued.

As much as Varchol would have loved to play, watching and being part of the atmosphere and the team in the change room before and at half time was a great experience.

“I’m happy to be part of that,” she said.

Varchol’s coach Marisa Kovacs said she was an important part of the win.

“Alix is everything you want in a teammate and her positive attitude and willingness to grow and learn as a player has had a huge impact on our team culture,” said Kovacs in an email. “Regardless of if Alix is playing 10 minutes in a preseason match or 90 minutes in a championship game, she prepares herself and her teammates with everything she has— she pushes the players around her to be better and is extremely coachable.”

S u m m e r l a n d ’s Justin Kripps is ready to get the 2015-16 World Cup Bobsleigh going in Altenberg, Germany.

Kripps already led his team to victory in the Canadian selection races earlier this month and then to gold in the first North American Cup in Calgary.

The Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton website reports that Kripps, a two-time Olympian and winner of two World Cup medals, will head into the World Cup as the top-ranked Canadian pilot.

Kripps will also pilot the lone Canadian sled for the opening three races of the World Cup season in the four-man event.

Kripps and his team of Ben Coakwell, Alex Kopacz, and Josh Kirkpatrick are in Germany where the first three races of the season will be held. The second is in Winterberg Dec.56 and the third in Koenigsee Dec.12-13.

Team Canada then returns home, rests and trains to be ready for the season in January for the North American segment in (Lake Placid, Park City, Whistler), then back over to Europe for the final races (St.Moritz and Koenigsee) and World Championships which will be held in Igls, Austria in February.

Kripps’ off-season training went

SUMMERLAND’S JUSTIN KRIPPS will be driving this new bobsleigh in Germany this weekend.

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Family helps build PRH campaign

Joan and anthony Vant Geloof are joined by sons John (back row, centre left) and Bill with yurle, in presenting a significant donation to Janice Perrino and Walter despot (left) of the South okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation. the funding will help provide medical equipment for the upcoming expansion of Penticton Regional hospital.

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Another family has come forward to support the fundraising campaign for the Penticton Regional Hospital expansion.

Over the years, the Vant Geloof family, who run Starline Enterprises, has done a lot of building in Penticton, and are no strangers to big projects like Cherry Lane Towers or their upcoming residential complex in south Penticton. But with a $250,000 donation to help provide medical equipment for the new Patient Care Tower, they’ve shown their support for the largest building project the area has ever seen.

Anthony and Joan Vant Geloof were both raised in Holland and met in Edmonton after immigrating separately

they have just always been here for us and believe their role is to not only build our community with beautiful homes, but also to support our health care.

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to Canada in the mid1950s. They have now been married for 60 years.

They soon built a new life, but not without some hard times along the way. For a while they lived in a converted chicken coop on a cousin’s farm. Anthony recalls how a neighbour offered to loan the family some money to buy a house of their own.

“I think that’s what changed the whole thing

for us – a place to live decently,” he said. “That was the turning point for everybody.”

The Vant Geloofs’ business grew and they later moved to Langley, where they lived for almost 20 years before moving to Penticton in 1989. Today, Anthony and Joan Vant Geloof still work closely with their sons, Bill and John who are equal partners in the company.

And it was as a fam-

ily they decided to support the PRH expansion.

Bill said the Vant Geloofs have experienced their share of heartbreaks and know how important access to premium healthcare is.

“In the spring of 1973 my little five-yearold sister died right in front of our house in Langley. She fell off a bike and hit her head,” Bill recalled.

Later, the infant child of his younger brother who lives on the Lower Mainland, passed away.

“So the children’s ward has been like a special place for our family,” Bill said. “We know what it’s like for other people to have to deal with that too.”

Janice Perrino, executive director of the SOS Medical Foundation, said this isn’t the first time the Vant Geloofs have gotten involved.

“They have been very generous over the years, they have supported every campaign we have done,” said Perrino. “They have just always been here for us and believe their role is to not only build our community with beautiful homes, but also to support our health care.”

The campaign has a goal of $20 million, and Perrino said they have just passed the $5-million mark. She explained that it isn’t only large donations like the Vant Geloofs that got them to that level.

“It is everybody, those who can give a small amount to those who can give a larger amount. And they are coming forward, it is amazing to watch it unfold,” said Perrino. “No

one is ever to feel that their gift isn’t enough. It makes a difference and it moves us forward.”

Construction of the PRH expansion is set to start in the spring of 2016 and be completed by late 2019.

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(Above) Spectraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Donna Falck (left) adds some chocolate syrup to Chase Annettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pancake breakfast at the Gateway Gives LocoLanding Community Toy Drive on Thursday. (Below) Penticton Mayor Andrew Jakubeit (left) and Chief Jonathan Kruger of the Penticton Indian Band were serving the crowds.

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by Mark Brett (Above) Sporting his favourite pair of antlers, 11-month-old Desmond Doherty (right) is held by his father Ryan Doherty. (At left) Isabella Barillaro with her donation was greeted at the door by the Jolly Gent himself.

(Above) Megg Lynn Kuzyk, a Grade 7 student at Holy Cross School brought a big stuffed monkey to donate. (At right) Sponsor and co-organizer Jerry Pokorny of Gateway Casinos and Entertainment tries out one of the donated bicycles.

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Joy to the children.

An overwhelming outpouring of generosity and kindness at two toy drives this week will mean hundreds of kids will have something under the tree this year.

The auditorium of the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre was packed to the rafters Thursday morning with people and toys and the spirit of the season.

Co-organizer and sponsor Jerry Pokorny of the Gateway Gives and LocoLanding Community Toy Drive estimated more than a 1,000 people attending the inaugural event bringing with them more than 5,100 items along with $1,300 in cash.

“It hits you, you know it really does and I know we will fill the Christmas needs for kids this year, I know that,” said Pokorny, executive general manager of Gateway Casino’s and Entertainment Ltd. as he looked around the room. “People aren’t bringing in one gift, they’re bringing in boxes, they’re bringing in bags, Bruce (Schoenne) from Schoenne Homes brought an entire van (full of toys).

“Seeing the smiles on the faces of everybody in here, all pulling together for the communities this is what it’s all about. People

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Congratulations to MeMbers of the Uplands elementary school choir, soloist Alanna Main and Dieter blais-broemer provided the Christmas entertainment at the Gateway Gives LocoLanding Community Toy Drive on Thursday at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre.

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are just loving this so much and we couldn’t be happier.”

Included in the donations were some very special items, two BMX bicycles, two iPods, a signed Bo Horvat Canucks jersey, a Samsung tablet and a Dell 15-inch tablet.

Diana Stirling took on the task of putting together the sitdown breakfast event in October and enlisted the sponsorship of Gateway who were quick to jump on board.

The project immediately took off and the momentum continued to build up until Thursday’s

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Spectra (formerly Global Spectrum) employees began cooking at 4 a.m. that morning and people were already waiting to get in the decorated hall when the doors opened two hours later.

Over 100 volunteers from all factions of the community from politicians to fire, RCMP and members of the Penticton Vee’s who were fresh off an overtime win the night before all lent a hand.

“Today has just been absolutely amazing, and it’s all for the kids,” said Pokorny.

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November 27 The sixTh annual Cover With Kindness Blanket Drive is now in progress. Donations of clean, gently used sleeping bags, blankets and warm winter clothing can be donated at the office of Greg Litwin, 699 Main St., during business hours. The donated items will be distributed on Dec. 14 and 15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at St. Saviour’s Parish Hall, Orchard Avenue.

For further information regarding volunteer opportunities connected with the campaign,

please phone 250-7708888.[124p] Friday social dance with Vince’s Orchestra at the South Main DropIn Centre, 2965 South Main St. starting at 7:30 p.m. $7 per person. learn To KniT at the Naramata Library with local knitter Donna Simpson who is volunteering to assist those wanting to learn knitting or stuck on a project with a free knitting together session at the library, 3580 Third St., from 3 to 5 p.m. This program is geared for adults and children over 10 years are welcome to join with an adult helper. Bring

needles and yarn if you have some, but it’s not required. Register by contacting the library at 250-496-5679. Everyone welcome.[1127p] singles lunch group for 65-plus seniors meets at noon. Meet new friends and chat. Call 250-4965980 or 250-770-8622 for more info. eagles club has Friday Night Live dinner at 5 p.m. and entertainment at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome. souTh Main drop-in Centre has Tai Chi at 10:30 a.m. and Mah Jong at 1 p.m. [fr] royal canadian legion branch 40 has fish and

chips lunch at 11:30 a.m. Steak or rib dinner at 5:30 p.m. Fundraiser with music by Analog Delat at 7:30 p.m. anaveTs has Their installation of directors dinner at 5 p.m.[127p] The oliver senior Centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo with a loonie pot every Friday at 1 p.m. oKanagan Falls legion has meat draws and 50-50 draws on Friday and Saturday at 5 p.m.[107s] The oliver seniors’ Centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo at 1 p.m. every Friday and regular drop-in pool Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12:30 p.m.[091c]

elKs club on Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m. Funtime Dancers upstairs at 7 p.m. al-anon MeeTs aT the Bethel Pentecostal Church at 945 Main St. from 6 to 7 p.m. For info call 250-490-9272. alcoholics anonyMous has Nooners meetings Monday to Friday noon at 1265 Fairview Rd. Call service 24 hours is 250-490-9216.

Friends group meets at Bethel Church at 7:30 p.m., 945 Main St. The Summerland group meets at 7:30 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the basement.

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November 28 The penTicTon and District Hospice society to celebrate a life, an opportunity to remember and honour the life of a loved one by helping to light a Christmas tree at the Cherry Lane Shopping Centre from Nov. 28 to Dec. 5.[1205p] The penTicTon branch of the Okanagan Historical Society will be at Cherry Lane Shopping Centre Saturday and Sunday, The focus will be on Hospitals in Penticton: Past, Present and Future, featuring pictures from its beginnings through to the plans for the new tower. OHS members will be on hand to share our local history. lunch wiTh sanTa, presented by Sprott Shaw College, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the South Main Drop-in Centre, 2965 Main St. A fun festive family event with all proceeds to the Penticton Centre for Exceptional Learning Society.[128p] The house is a Rockin’ blues jam at Orchard House, 157 Orchard Ave. from 1:30 to 5 p.m., hosted by The Yard Katz. Doors open at 1 p.m. Admission $5.

Enjoy great music performed by local artists.[128p] The oliver seniors’ Centre, 5876 Airport St., has dancing at 10 a.m. to the Oliver Seniors Volunteer Band.[0912c] eagles club has member appreciation day, burgers and fries at noon, beaver races at 4 p.m. chariTy boTTle drive with all money going to the Penticton Regional Hospital paediatric ward, SPCA, Critteraid and the Summerland food bank. Drop off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays at Penticton and Summerland IGA stores. elKs club on Ellis Street has snooker from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., crib at 10 a.m., drop-in darts and early bird draw at 4 p.m., meat draw at 4:30 p.m., dinner at 5:30 p.m. royal canadian legion branch 40 has crib at 10 a.m., beef dip lunch at 11 a.m., meat draw and Ladies Auxiliary 50/50 draw at 2 p.m.

Entertainment by Paul James at 7 p.m. anaveTs has The kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon, drop-in pool at noon, dinner by Stu at 5:30 p.m. Entertainment

by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m. alcoholics anonyMous has daily meetings in Penticton and area.

Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours).

SUNDAY

November 29 inTer-church carol celebraTion at 6:30 p.m. at Bethel Church, 945 Main St. Experience an evening of Christmas carols, with local musicians and vocalists.

Admission is free but a donation to the food bank would be appreciated. For more information call Capt. Miriam Leslie at 250-492-6494.[129p] coMe dance To the greatest dance music ever made with DJ Emil from 7 to 9 p.m. at the South Main DropIn Centre, 2965 South Main St. $3 per person, all welcome.[su] royal canadian legion branch 40 has meat and 50-50 draws at 2 p.m. in the hall, 502 Martin St. Grey Cup party starts at 2:30 p.m. elKs club on Ellis Street has dog races at 2 p.m., food draw and door prizes, Last Man Standing, pool and darts. souTh Main dropin Centre has R&R Rounders at 12:30 p.m. anaveTs has horse races and meat draws at 2 p.m.

Hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch. laKelands church holds Sunday services at 1265 Fairview Rd. (the Greek Orthodox Church) at 10:30 a.m.

Everyone welcome.

For more info contact info@lakelandschurch. com.

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November 30 oliver senior cenTre, 5876 Airport St., has a pool tournament on Nov. 30 at 9:30 a.m.

Call 250-498-6142 for more information.[130p] Floor curling every Monday from 1:30 to 3 p.m., with coffee after, at the Seniors’ Recreation Centre, 439 Winnipeg St.[102s] souTh Main drop-in Centre has improver line dance at 9 a.m., Scrabble and Mah Jong at 10 a.m., carpet bowling at 10:45 a.m., duplicate bridge at 1 p.m.

Drop-in computer help from 1 to 3 p.m.[mo] anaveTs have Their kitchen open at noon.

Dinner at 5 p.m. Pool and dart leagues at 7 p.m.

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calendar Line dancing at the Oliver Senior Centre at 7 p.m. Get moving with Claire Denney. Call 778-439-2070 for more info.

FraternaL Order OF the Eagles has league darts at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. iOde thriFt shOp at 464 Main St. is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday.

Clothing, kitchenwares, China items and more. eLks cLub On Ellis Street has American crib at 7 p.m. and pub league darts at 7:30 p.m. rOyaL canadian LegiOn branch 40 has lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., dart dolls at 11 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m., Fitness Friends ladies fitness class at 10 a.m.

WeekLy suppOrt grOup at the Penticton Regional Hospital Mood Clinic for family or friends of any person who has a mental illness from noon to 1 p.m. Call 250493-7338 for details.

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December 1 brOWn bag Lectures return every Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Penticton Museum Auditorium.

This week’s lecture is by Jon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat with Soviet Princeton: Slim Evans and the 1932-33 Miner’s Strike. Suggested donation for admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children and includes include coffee, tea and confections. Everyone welcome.[124c] MunicipaL pensiOn retirees Association, District 23, meets for their Christmas party at 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 1 in the Penticton Buffet meeting room, 2987 Skaha Lake Rd. Lunch available.[120p] WOrLd aids day tea and craft sale from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Penticton Days Inn, with guest speaker Cheryl Fraser, a member of Grandmothers for Africa, recently returned from Uganda. Find out more about the Stephen Lewis Foundation, the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign and the projects in Africa that are supported by local fundraising. [120p] anavets has pOOL and dart leagues at 7 p.m., Wing specials from 3 to 6 p.m. rOyaL canadian LegiOn has lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., service

officer at 1 p.m. and wings night at 6 p.m.

Jam contest hosted by the Surf Cats at 7 p.m. eLks On eLLis Street has yoga at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday Dart League and 10-card crib at 7 p.m. an evening OF yoga for everyone with a 45 minute easy program followed my meditation and a vegetarian supper is upstairs in the Elks Lodge at 344 Ellis St. in Penticton on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Donations accepted. Everyone welcome. p e n t i c t O n tOastMasters Meet from 6 to 8 p.m. in room 200 of the Shatford Centre, 760 Main St. Have you ever want to improve your public speaking skills? More information at 2392. toastmastersclubs.org.[0915s] sOuth Main drOp-in Centre has ultra-beginner line dance at 9 a.m., social bridge at 9:15 a.m., sing-along at 10:30 a.m., lunch at 11:30 a.m., partner bridge at 12:45 p.m., knitting and crocheting at 1 p.m., square dance sessions from 6 to 9 p.m. vispassana (insight) MeditatiOn for beginners or mature practitioners every Tuesday evening from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m.

Please call Debora for details at 250-462-7340. the pentictOn cOncert Band practices from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Skaha Lake Middle School.

Intermediate to advanced players welcome to audition. Call musical director Dave Brunelle for more information or visit www.pentictonconcertband.ca.[092s] Mixed FaLL bridge at the Penticton Golf and Country Club on Tuesdays at 10 a.m.

Make up a table and join, if you don’t have a foursome, put your name on the spare list.

For more information, call 250-493-0203.[103s] cOntract bridge at St. Stephen Anglican Church in Summerland every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun, refreshments available.

For more information, please call Sheila at 250494-8996.[106s] pentictOn tune-agers chOir practice with conductor Gordon Dawson on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon at the Shatford Centre 760 Main St. Over 50 and enjoy singing? Come and check us out, or call Gordon at 250-492-9844.[098s]

FraternaL Order OF the Eagles has drop-in euchre at 7 p.m. tOastMasters, Where Leaders are made. Drop in to South Okanagan Toastmasters any Tuesday at 7 p.m. at 5876 Airport St., Oliver.

See and hear what we are all about. Contact Bill at 250-485-0006 or stillbill938@gmail.com. tOps b.c. 4454 has weekly meetings from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 445 Ellis St. Use back lane entrance. Meetings are downstairs. Phone Pat at 250-493-7887 or Sally at 250-492-6556.

MentaL WeLLness centre has individual

support for family members in Summerland from 10 a.m. to noon at 13211 Henry St. the sOuth Okanagan and Similkameen MS Society has an informal coffee group that meets at 10 a.m. Tuesdays at Cherry Lane Shopping Centre. For more info, call Sherry at 250-4936564 or email sherry. wezner@mssociety.ca. pentictOn phOtOgraphy cLub welcomes all photographers for slide shows, speakers, tips and networking every fourth Tuesday of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Shatford Centre.

More info at penticton-

photoclub@gmail.com. $5 drop-in, $50/year.[tu04] 890 Wing OF South Okanagan Air Force Association gets together for a gab and coffee every Tuesday at 9 a.m. at 126 Dakota Ave. MOther-tO-MOther breastFeeding suppOrt

with the Penticton/ Summerland chapter of La Leche League Canada. Meetings on the third and fourth Tuesday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon. Call 250494-1894 or email pentictonlllc@gmail.com for the location of the meeting. All mothers and babies are welcome.

More info at www.lllc.ca.[tu034]

aLcOhOLics anOnyMOus yOung at Heart group at 7:30 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. Call/text Guy at 250-460-2466 or Niki at 250-460-0798. aL-anOn FOr Friends and family of alcoholics meets at 10:30 a.m. at the Concordia Lutheran Church, 2800 South Main St. Call 250-4909272 for information.

UPCOMING EVENTS L egiOn L adies auxiLiary Lunch Bunch meets at 11:30 a.m. at Debbie’s Diner, 103 -1960 Barnes St. on Dec. 3.[1203p]

cdart cOOkie saLe and yard sale on Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Penticton Lakeside Resort with homemade cookies, tarts and squares.

Also featured, gently recycled clothing, pottery, giftware, books, jewelry, household items. All to aid the Canadian Disaster Animal Response Team with their efforts to assist families during emergencies and disasters like the wildfires in the summer.

More info at www.cdart. org.[1205p] has spOrts sunday, with the Legion Ladies Auxiliary catering food and beverages in the hall at 502 Martin St.[1206p]

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The Oliver Firehall is set to convert into a drive-thru once again to kick off the 2015 Drive-Thru Breakfast.

The event will have cars and trucks heading through the firehall as the fundraiser enters its second year, this time raising funds for Muscular Dystrophy Canada.

On Nov. 28 the firetrucks will be moved out of the bays and the hall will temporarily convert to a drive-thru by donation from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.

The breakfast will include a breakfast sandwich (English muffin, egg, cheese and meat), hash browns, an apple and coffee or orange juice.

Last year the event raised funds for the Movember campaign for men’s health, and while the beneficiary is different this year, there will still be a few moustaches on display according to Rob Graham, media spokesperson and firefighter with the Oliver Fire Department. With the wildfires that raged through Rock Creek over the summer, the Oliver Fire Department has also been selling T-shirts and the funds raised will go towards purchasing equipment for the Rock Creek Fire Department. Rock Creek firefighters already got their hands on the Quik Spray firefighting pump which can be used in the back of a pick-up truck for quick responses and putting out grass or spot fires.

“They are very happy about this,” Graham said.

Several Oliver fire fighters went to Rock Creek last week to demonstrate how to use the new equipment last week.

“Our department gets a lot of local support and town support and rural support. We’re very fortunate with the apparatus and equipment that we’re able to purchase every couple of years,” Graham said. “With them being a smaller community we thought what better way to give back to help with a piece of equipment like that.”

Since its incorporation, Muscular Dystrophy Canada has been supported by more than 800 fire departments and associations across Canada who currently raise over $3 million annually.

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Our annual Share-A-Smile Telethon and online auction raised over $50,000 to support early intervention therapy services for children with developmental delays and their families.

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US capable Class 1 Drivers required immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacific Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude.

Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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CLASS 1 Qualified Canadian and Local Drivers required Immediately. We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for the Western Provinces. All picks and drops paid.Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time. Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume and abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

FARM Labour work in vineyard.

Seasonal, Full-Time, Daylight Hours. Duties include and are not limited to planting, cultivating, irrigating and harvesting crops. Pruning, suckering, shoot thinning, hoeing, raking & other related duties.Must be able to do repetitive tasks, work closely with others and as a team. Work is physically demanding. Standing for extended periods of time, bending, crouching and kneeling. Must be able to distinguish between colors. Work environment may be wet, cold damp or dusty and hot. $10.49/hr for a minimum of 40 hours per week. 8 vacancies are available. Please email resume to sakinder@dirtylaundry.ca or mail to Dirty Laundry Vineyard, 7311 Fiske Street, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z2 Attn: Sakinder or fax to 250-494-8850.

Obituaries

Obituaries

BENNETT DOROTHY (nee Rogers)

Karen Louise Karen Louise Lay passed away suddenly in her home in Penticton on November 19, 2015. Born on June 4, 1962, she was predeceased by her parents Robert and Rose Lay and her siblings Mervin, Judy and Cyndie.

Karen is survived by her siblings Neil, Russell, Sharon and Terry and her children April (Jeff ) Matser, Veronica (Michael) McGhee and Robert Brown. She is also survived by her grandchildren Kaleb, Jasper and Cormac and nieces and nephews. Karen was a loyal friend who will be missed by Terry L’Heureux and Wayne Machan, among many other friends. She loved to laugh, spend time outdoors, play softball and spend time with friends and family. Karen was a charismatic, intelligent and powerful woman who inspired many people with her strength and courage.

“I take my love, take it down. I climb a mountain and turn around. And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills....”

Karen’s Service will take place in her beloved community of Naramata, BC in the spring. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Penticton and Area Women’s Centre.

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Phyllis A. (Pollock)

Passed away Friday, November 20th, 2015 at Heron Grove Complex Care in Vernon, BC in her 86th year. Born on the Pollock family farm at LaRiviere, Manitoba, December 17, 1928. She was predeceased by her husband, Jim in 2002, her parents, 2 brothers and 3 sisters in Manitoba. After graduating from High School Mum entered Grace Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in 1951. She nursed at Yorkton, SK and Penticton, BC where she met and married Jim in 1954. She is survived by her son Terry, daughter Jo-Ann and son Bruce (Marianne,) granddaughters; Lindsey (Nick), Danielle (Brian) and her great grandson Aiden, numerous nieces and nephews in BC, Manitoba and Ontario. Throughout her married life Mum was a faithful volunteer, Cub leader, United Church Women, Hospital Auxiliary and the Cancer Society. She was an avid knitter and over 35 years knit hundreds of baby outfits for the Hospital Gift Shop in Penticton as well as sweaters for her family.

She is now at rest, at peace and in God’s care. She will be missed by her family and friends. No service by request. Cremation. In lieu of flowers donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.

Condolences may be sent to: Jo-Ann McIntosh 2206 West 16th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6K 3B3

Dorothy Bennet, born December 3, 1933 in Nelson, BC, passed away Monday, November 23, 2015 in Penticton after a courageous battle with cancer. Surviving are her loving family, sisters, Babs of Victoria, Heather of Victoria, Shelia of Quesnel; brother Pat of Kamloops; children, Steve (Beverlee) of High River, Karen (Bruce) of Calgary, Murray (Dani) of Castlegar, Mark of Ymir and Brian (Debra) of Penticton; 13 grandchildren as well as 3 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by husband, Ken; grandson, Jesse and parents, John and Mirrie (Gould) Rogers. Dorothy was an amazing person; mother, grandmother, wife and friend. Dorothy loved decades of travelling to visit family and friends, camping and fishing, swimming in the summers and skiing in the winters. She loved all of nature; birds and flowers, plants and animals, lakes and mountains. More than anything, Dorothy loved her family and friends and to laugh and have fun. She lived life to the fullest and looked at the world through rose coloured glasses. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations to a Charity of Your Choice would be appreciated. Thanks to the staff at Moog and Friends Hospice House, with special thanks to Carrie and Rhonda from the Home Care Program and Tina Walter-Hughes for all her support. Condolences may be shared by visiting www.everdenrust.com

FARM Labour work in vineyard.

Seasonal, Full-Time, Daylight Hours. Duties include and are not limited to planting, cultivating, irrigating and harvesting crops. Pruning, suckering, shoot thinning, hoeing, raking & other related duties.

Must be able to do repetitive tasks, work closely with others and as a team. Work is physically demanding. Standing for extended periods of time, bending, crouching and kneeling. Must be able to distinguish between colors. Work environment may be wet, cold damp or dusty and hot. $10.49/hr for a minimum of 40 hours per week. 8 vacancies are available. Please email resume to sakinder@dirtylaundry.ca or mail to Dirty Laundry Vineyard, 7311 Fiske Street, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z2 Attn: Sakinder or fax to 250494-8850.

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Penticton Western News Friday, November 27, 2015

Employment Help Wanted TIM HORTONS NOW HIRING 426889 BC Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons 1077 Westminster Ave., Penticton 1697 Fairview Road, Penticton #100-2695 Skaha Lake Road, Penticton 8907 Main St., Osoyoos Food Service Supervisor (NOC: 6212) 30 Vacancies Permanent, Full-Time, Part-Time, Shift, Weekend, Day, Night, Evening $12.75 Hourly + Medical Benefits Start Date: ASAP Education: Not Required 1-2 years experience Contact for Job Description Apply now to: b.sym@shaw.ca Fax: 1.778.476.5991 Mail: 331 Martin St, Penticton, BC, V2A 5K6

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Services

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Leading Retailer requires an individual to be an in-store loss prevention officer in a busy retail environment.

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• Preservation of evidence • Work with management and associates to ensure security controls are in place Qualifications The successful candidate should possess the following; • B. S.T. & A.S.T. Licencing • Strong analytical skills • Good written communication skills • Ability to work under stressful and high pressure situations • Team player • Able to investigate, interpret, and identify integrity issues • Ability to multi-task This is a full time position that offers a competitive compensation package with excellent company benefits. Compensation is in accordance with experience and education.

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Household waste, furniture and appliances to the dump 250-770-0827

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ASPEN CONSTRUCTION Complete Renovation, - Home Maintenance, -Yard Maintenance, Home Watch, call:250-809-4027

Trades, Technical

Security/Alarm Systems A&C Security Systems Ltd. Alarm systems, CCTV, access control, enterphone/intercom.

Monitoring. Call 250-864-0537 acsecuritysystems@shaw.ca

Pets & Livestock

Livestock Kiln Dried Wood Shavings, 54, 60 and 110 cu. yd., bulk loads, delivered starting @ $200 load, (250)770-0214

Shavings & Sawdust Friendly service from Summerland since 1972 Les Porter 250-490-1132

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Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Rentals

Firearms

Misc. for Sale

Homes for Rent

Christmas Season Savings selected used rifles/shotguns.

Quality Firearms Buy & Sell.

Weber & Markin Gunsmiths The Best Little Gunshop Around 4-1691 Powick Rd Kel 250-762-7575 Tue-Sat 10-6 facebook.com/WeberMarkin

Snow scrapers, electric snow shovel, 1 gal. glass jars & other jars, records, car tires, egg flats & cartons, alum. windows, storm door, 36x80, whirlybird, eavestrough, medical supplies, 250-492-0155

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Local Okanagan Resident looking to purchase firearms, fully licensed, will travel, Call or text, (250)809-9664

Firewood/Fuel A-1 Firewood, Fir, $250/cord, mixed, $225, Pine, $200, full cords split & delivered, 1/2 cords & 1/4 cords avail., Free delivery locally 250-770-0827, 250-809-0127 evenings.

Private Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins, Estates Jewelry+ Chad: 1-250-499-0251 Local.

Apple firewood, dried, $125 standard pick-up load, can help load, you pick up, call 250-490-1895

Bow Flex Tread Climber/TC5, $500 obo, 250-492-3018

Furniture Moving Sale; 1 king and 1 queen size bedroom suite, china cabinet, stand up freezer, electric fireplace, dining room suite, couch, lounging chairs & misc. items, (250)770-9078 Moving Sale: For sale now; 2 love seats, good for rec., room., 1 6ft display cabinet, 1 patio table with 4 chairs, old wood TV cabinet suitable for wine storage, 2 dining room chairs.

Available at a later date; appliances, lawnmower, garden tools (avail. at later date, taking orders now), no bric a brac, Sat., 10am-1pm, #272773 South Main, Holiday MHP

Garage Sales Oliver Indoor Flea Market Open Year Round Sat. 8-4, Sun. 9-3 1 Block East of Chevron 1000’s of items!

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Hobbies & Crafts LOOKING for a unique gift?

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Handypersons

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I WANT YOUR WORK! Trent’s Yard and Home Service 250-462-4615 email: tnhickie@gmail.com

Lawn and yard services, pressure washing, irrigation blowout’s, yard and job site clean-up, dump runs, small deliveries, deck and fence repairs, snow shoveling. I do a wide variety of jobs around your yard and home. If you have a job that needs to get done, just give me a call. If I have the equipment I will get it done. Penticton and surrounding communities.

Misc. Wanted COLLECTOR BUYING coin collections, Royal Canadian Mint coins, US Mint coins, silver coins, antique coins, old money, antique silver & gold Todd - 250-864-3521

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Quality Firearms Buy & Sell.

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MANAGEMENT 20 years experience

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Suites, Upper 2bdrm suite in quiet neighbourhood, prefer mature working person, ns, np, $850/mo., (util. incl.), call 250-493-3428

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Auto Accessories/Parts 4 Himalayan snow tires, P245X70R16, excellent condition, $425obo (250)493-5361

Mark 1 Developments and Stanmar Services Ltd are excited to announce the scheduled completion of Cambrooke House located at 117 Calgary Ave. We are set to start tenanting these gorgeous suites December 1st, 2015. This 20 unit building contains one one bedroom suite for $1100 plus utilities, the remaining suites are all 2 bedroom 2 bathroom ranging in price from $1250-$1500.

Each suite contains a fridge, stove, microwave, dishwasher, washer and dryer.

This upscale building also includes under ground parking and storage lockers. Please contact Stanmar Services Ltd. to arrange a viewing at 250-493-5072 or stanmarservices@ shaw.ca Penticton Studio suite, $550, 1bdrm, $700, 2bdrm, $800, clean, quiet, close to DT, adult 55+, NS, NP, (250)492-7328

4 Winter tires, 205/60R16, 92S MS Winter Force, $160, 250492-3739, answering machine Used Tires, Huge Selection of used tires and wheels in stock.

We might have what you need. Prices vary according to size and quality. Starting at $25. Call us or drop in to Larsens Excel, 555 Okanagan Ave East 250-492-5630 Penticton

Cars - Domestic 2003 Nissan Altra, 4dr, standard, 4 very good M&S tires 2 very good winters, $1500, 250-493-7803

Scrap Car Removal #1 GET the MOST for Your Junk Vehicle and scrap steel.

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Commercial/ Industrial

1995 Explorer 4x4, new transmission, motor runs good, $950 OBO 250-494-7662

APPLE PLAZA, Prime Central location in busy plaza; ample parking. 2300 SF build to suit; 220 SF shared office space; 600 SF up 1100 SF, call Barb 250-770-0536

1998 Ford Windstar, good running cond., $475 firm, (778)476-1826

Duplex / 4 Plex 2bdrm 2bath unit, laminate floors, central location, private parking, cat ok with deposit, $1050/mo., 250-488-7902

Homes for Rent

2010 Chev Silverado, 2500HD, Excab, SB, 4x4, 6.0L gas, auto, power package, 185kms, clean, $17,500. 1250-307-0505

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Legal Notices

Legal Notices

Public Information Meeting

Environmentally Sensitive Development Permit (ESDP) Area Update; & Regional Conservation Fund Electoral Area “F” (Okanagan Lake West / West Bench)

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) will be holding a Public Information Meeting in order to provide an overview to residents and property owners in Electoral Area “F” regarding the proposed introduction of an Environmentally Sensitive Development Permit (ESDP) Areas as well as garner public feedback for a proposed Regional Conservation Fund to be used to support ecological conservation activities: Date: December 2, 2015 Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm Location: West Bench Elementary School (1604 West Bench Drive) For residents and property owners unable to attend the Public Information Meeting, additional information (including feedback forms) regarding the ESDP Area Update are available for download on the Regional District’s web-site at: www.rdos.bc.ca (Departments ї Development Services ї Planning ї Projects ї ESDP Area Update). Additional information on the Regional Conservation Fund can be accessed at www.soscp.org.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Christopher Garrish RDOS Planning Supervisor cgarrish@rdos.bc.ca 250-490-4101

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Friday, November 27, 2015 Penticton Western News

DR. ALEXANDER MCINTYRE, INC. A clinical research study for adults, 18-70 yrs old, who suffer from depression.

ARE YOU DEPRESSED? If you’re feeling exhausted and sad and have no interest in things you used to enjoy, if your appetite has changed and you can’t sleep, you may be suffering from depression.

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Santa and MrS. ClauS cruised downtown last december during the Santa Claus parade hosted by the downtown Penticton association. the event is being held during the day this year.

Western news file photo

Launch into holiday season with the Santa Claus parade Dan Walton

Western News Staff

In order for Santa to be ready for Christmas day, he’ll be making an early visit to double-check the wish lists of Penticton’s children, and the Downtown Penticton Association is using the occasion to light up the city.

Santa, who will be joined

by Mrs. Claus, will be meeting with kids around Penticton’s downtown on Dec. 5. He’ll be wandering the shopping district from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., and is expected to pop into the annual Christmas Market, which is being hosted this year by the Bongarde group, located on 501 Main. St. “We are encouraging everybody to take a selfie with either Santa or Mrs. Claus and upload it to the Downtown Penticton Facebook page and they can win some downtown dollars to do their holiday shopping with,” Milton said.

Santa and Mrs. Claus won’t be sticking to any schedule though, so their fans will have PATIO COVERS & CARPORTS

to search for him around Penticton’s retail district. Milton hinted that they might be found playing video games, getting a haircut or trying on some winter gear, and said more hints will be shared live through the DPA’s Facebook page during the their visit.

“Murray GM provides us our Santa chariot (truck) every year,” she said. “They do an amazing job and always surprise us with a well-decorated vehicle.

It’s spectacular.”

Santa will be easy to find after 1 p.m. on Dec. 5 as he’ll be the man of the hour during the Royal Lepage Locations West Realty Santa Claus Parade.

“After the parade ends, Santa is disembarking at Gyro Park and he is going to be at the bandshell stage visiting with kids and anyone who wants to see him from 2 to 4 p.m.”

Following Santa’s visit, the DPA will initiate the second annual Christmas Tree Light Up at 4 p.m. at Gyro Park.

“Everybody really likes the feeling of having a community Christmas tree,” Milton said.

SUNROOM & DECK ENCLOSURES

The Santa Claus parade and Light Up will happen at the same time as the first day of the Christmas Market, which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 5, and continues again on Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“All the favourite vendors from our big Community Market will be there,” said Kerri Milton, executive director of the DPA. “There are lots of unique gifts that are hand made so you won’t be able to buy them in a retail store.”

There will be a total of 25 vendors at this year’s market, and Milton said the roster filled up fast, and with changes made to the Liquor Control and Licensing Act since last year, the Christmas Market is now allowed to feature products from local wineries Adding to the spirit of the season on Saturday, Christmas music will be broadcast from Nanaimo Square, and popular truck vendors will be serving up food in Gyro Park, “so all of the downtown will be in the festive mood,” Milton said. ~ if our fish was any fresher it would still be in the ocean ~

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All pricing includes delivery and destination fees up to $1,715, $22 AMVIC, $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. ¤$500 Black Friday Bonus amounts are offered on ALL new 2015/2016 Kia models and are deducted from the negotiated cash purchase, finance or lease price before taxes. Offer available from November 27 to 30, 2015 only while supplies last. Certain conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Φ0% financing for up to 84 months or up to $7,000 discount available on other select 2015 models. Discount is deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Maximum $7,000 discount ($6,000 cash discount and $1,000 ECO-Credit) is offered on 2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) only. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2016 Sportage LX MT FWD (SP551G) with a selling price of $24,832 is based on monthly payments of $284 for 84 months at 0% with a $0 down payment and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Offer also includes $1,000 cash discount. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash Purchase Price for the new 2015 Optima Hybrid LX AT (OP74AF) is $24,752 and includes a cash discount of $7,000 including $6,000 cash discount and $1,000 ECO-Credit. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. ≠Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on new 2016 Sorento 2.4L LX FWD (SR75AG)/2015 Optima LX AT (OP742F) with a selling price of $29,332/$26,452 is based on monthly payments of $292/$298 for 60/36 months at 1.9%/0%, $0 security deposit, $500/$2,000 lease credit, $1,975/$500 down payment and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $17,520/$10,737 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $11,138/$13,215. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). °No charge AWD applicable on cash purchase of 2016 Sportage LX AT AWD (SP753G)/2016 Sportage EX AT AWD (SP755G)/2016 Sorento LX 2.4L AWD (SR75BG)/2016 Sorento LX + Turbo AWD (SR75DG) with an approx. value of $2,300/$2,400/$3,000 ($2,000 AWD credit and $1,000 in discounts)/$2,000 respectively. Some conditions apply. See dealer for details. §Open to Canadian residents who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence who take a test drive at a Canadian Kia dealership between November 3, 2015 and January 4, 2016. 10 weekly prizes of a $3,000 itravel2000 voucher available. Plus one $100 travel voucher per eligible test drive.

Limit of one entry/test drive voucher per person. Skill testing question required. Some conditions apply. Go to kia.ca for complete details. ΩLease payments must be made on a monthly or bi-weekly basis but cannot be made on a weekly basis. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2016 Sportage SX Luxury(SP759G)/2015 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748F)/2016 Sorento SX Turbo AWD (SR75IG) is $38,495/$34,895/$42,095. The 2015 Optima was awarded the 2015 Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for model year 2015. U.S. models tested. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). The Kia Sorento received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among midsize SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.

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conditions apply. Down payment is required. See your dealer for complete details. √Based on 2014 Ward’s Small Sport Utility segmentation. »Jeep Grand Cherokee has received more awards over its lifetime than any other SUV. TM

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from prices for vehicles shown include Consumer Cash Discounts and do not include upgrades (e.g. paint). Upgrades available for additional cost. ≈Sub-prime financing available on approved credit. Financing example: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a Purchase Price of $24,998 financed at 4.99% over 60 months, equals 260 weekly payments of $109 for a total obligation of $28,257. Some

financing for up to 96 months available on the new 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Example: 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with a Purchase Price of $41,498 financed at 3.49% over 96 months with $0 down payment equals 416 weekly payments of $114 with a cost of borrowing of $6,076 and a total obligation of $47,574. §Starting

Sport model to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Example: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a Purchase Price of $24,998 with a $0 down payment, financed at 2.99% for 96 months equals 416 weekly payments of $68 with a cost of borrowing of $3,116 and a total obligation of $28,114. ≥3.49% purchase

Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Example: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a Purchase Price of $24,998 with a $0 down payment, financed at 0% for 48 months equals 104 bi-weekly payments of $240 with a cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $24,998. ◆2.99% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on the new 2015 Jeep Cherokee

any dealer administration fees, other dealer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Dealer may sell for less. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select 2015 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. †0% purchase financing available on all new 2015 Jeep models to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC,

Wise customers read the fine print: *, †, ≥, ◆, §, ≈ The All Out Clearout Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after November 3, 2015. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,695) and excludes licence, insurance, registration,

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