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‘It is a sad day for School District 53 education’
Tara Bowie
Cawston Primary School was not recommended for closure at a special meeting at the board office last week. Osoyoos elementary school was proposed. More closures are expected in the coming years.
Cawston not the target, focus is on Osoyoos - this round Kristi Patton and Tara Bowie Black Press
A $500,000 loss in revenue for School District 53, and an anticipated $1.6 million in needed upgrades are two of the reasons Cawston Primary School was able to avoid the chopping block – for now. During a special meeting held last week at the school board office in Oliver, staff rolled out this year’s plan for offsetting a growing deficit and declining enrolment. Although many in the community feared Cawston Primary School would be facing closure and Similkameen Elementary Secondary School would be turned
into a kindergarten to Grade 12 school, staff at the school board instead recommended changes be made to schools in Osoyoos. Two recommendations were moved, the first to close Osoyoos elementary school and change Osoyoos Secondary School to kindergarten to Grade 9 and the second to take Grades 10 to 12 students from the high school and transfer them to the South Okanagan Secondary School in Oliver. The potential closures of Osoyoos elementary is expected to be the first of several proposed closures as the school board wrestles with balancing budgets in the com-
ing years. The school board is facing a deficit that could grow to $1.4 million in 2017-2018 and a declining enrolment that would see 800 seats vacant across the district. Sherri Philpott-Adhikary, Village of Keremeos councillor and school board liaison was greeted with applause from those at the school board meeting when she spoke out regarding the province’s role in the pending funding crisis. “It’s none of our fault. It’s the government’s fault. We are not given sufficient funds to actually run the schools and I think we should be doing more lobbying as
parent’s as employees of the district and as trustees and senior staff. We need to have more money in our systems to enable us to function properly,” said Philpott-Adhikary. “I don’t understand why we are not rising up and saying ‘give us the money for heaven’s sake.’ We are ruining a whole generation of kids who are not going to have as bright of futures as we have had. I think we need to keep that in our heads as the underlying message here.” Looking ahead, the good news for the Lower Similkameen is that Cawston Primary enrolment numbers are expected to stay relatively stable but the bad news is the SESS
numbers will drop. Currently the population at Cawston Primary is 158 and is listed at 104 per cent capacity. The use of portables accommodates students allowing for some room for growth. The school received a poor rating for it’s condition in the longrange facilities report. SESS is projected to decline from a population of 359 to 320 students by fall of 2017. Currently capacity is at 62 per cent and with a projected decline it would be about 56 per cent capacity. SESS has a rating of very poor, and is actually Continued on page 9
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2nd MON: Communities for Kids OK Falls Table Mtg., 2:45 pm at StrongStart Early Learning Ctr., 250-498-8433 for more info. TUESDAY: South Okanagan Toastmasters 7 - 9 p.m. at Best Western in Osoyoos. Call 498-4412, 499-2144. TUESDAY: Bingo at the Senior Citizenís Centre on Willow St. 1p.m. (except last Tues.). 3RD TUESDAY: Legion Branch #227 Gen Meeting 7 p.m. Jack Hill Room, OK Falls. WED. & SAT.: Carpet Bowling 1 p.m. Seniorís Centre. WEDNESDAY: Join the Stroke Recovery Club for stroke survivors and caregivers, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society office, #2-996 Main Street, Penticton..Call Tina at 490-0613. 1st WEDNESDAY: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary General Meeting 1:00 p.m., Jack Hill Room, OK Falls. 3rd WEDNESDAY: OK Falls Womens Institute meeting, Falls Community Centre. Call Betty for more info - 497-6665. THURSDAY: Bridge 1 p.m. Seniors Centre. THURSDAY: Crib 7 p.m. Seniors Centre. THURSDAY: Computer classes 9 a.m. Seniorís Centre. FRIDAY: Arts group painting 1- 3 p.m. FRIDAY: Whist 7 p.m. 2ND & 4TH FRIDAY: A Wellness Clinic is held at the Seniors Centre, on Willow Street, 9 to 11 a.m. Have your blood pressure, heart and weight checked by a retired registered nurse. Open to everyone. 1st FRIDAY: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary Dinner and Entertainment 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw. 3rd FRIDAY: OK Falls Legion Ladies Auxiliary Steak Fry Dinner 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw. FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: The Okanagan Falls Legion Branch #227 has meat draws from 5:00 p.m. SATURDAY: OK Falls Legion Branch #227, Dinner and Dance 6:00 pm. 1st SATURDAY: Ladies Auxiliary Branch #227. Drop in Bingo 1-4 p.m. Jack Hill Room. OK Falls. 3rd SATURDAY: Drop in bingo at OK Falls Senior Centre. 1128 Willow St.
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MONDAY: N.A. meets at 7:30 p.m. at the South Similkameen Health Centre. MONDAY: Keremeos Bellringers, 7:30 pm, Cawston United Church, for info call Herma @ 499-5292, Joan @ 499-2450. 4th MONDAY: Orchard Haven - Friends and family council monthly meetings. Making a difference to residential care. MON, WED, FRI: Boot Camp 6 - 7 am, Sim. Rec. Centre. For more info call Annette 499-2238 2nd TUESDAY: Similkameen COPS, 7 p.m., Ranch Restaurant. Ben Gumm for info 499-0216 TUESDAY: Tumble Bumble, 10:00 - 11:30 am upstairs at the Legion Hall. AGes 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 102. TUESDAY: Every 2nd, Caregiver Group, Activity Room, Orchard Haven 1:30 - 3 p.m. For info 499-3020 TUESDAY: AA Meetings, 7:30 p.m., in the Health Center Activity Room, info call Diane 499-1177 or Bill 499-5995 TUESDAY: Handguns 5:30 pm Fly Tying/22 Shoot, 7 pm, KCSA Club House. More info call 250-499-7027. Nov. to Mar. WEDNESDAY: Mother Goose 9:30 am, Strong Start at Cawston Primary. Ages 0-6. For info 499-2352 ext. 102. WEDNESDAY: Qigong exercise 9 a.m. Cawston Church Hall. 499-7852 for information. WEDNESDAY: Kyokushin Karate at Legion Hall from 5 - 7 p.m. Phone Lyle for info 292-8565. WEDNESDAY: Diabetes Clinic, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Similkameen Health Centre. RN & Reg. Dietitian in attendance. Dr. referrals or self referral. Appts. necessary. Phone 1-800-707-8550. WEDNESDAY: Keremeos Search & Rescue meetings, 7 pm, little brown building behind the Village Office. WEDNESDAY: Songster Sing-a-long, 10 - 11:15 am, Keremeos Seniors Centre, Starts October 8th. 1st THURSDAY: South Similkameen Museum Society Meeting, 7 pm, at the Ecumenical Church in Keremeos THURSDAY: Tumble Bumble, 3:00 - 4:30 pm upstairs at the Legion. Ages 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 102. THURSDAY: Positively Pregnant, 10:00 - 11:30 am at the Family Centre. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. THURSDAY: AA meetings at 7:30 pm Health Centre activity room. Info. call Eleanor 499-5982 or Hugh 499-2273 THURSDAY: KCSA Monthly meetings the last Thursday of each month at clubhouse 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY: Afternoon dances at the Keremeos Seniors Centre from 1:30 - 4 p.m (starts in October). Whist 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm THURSDAY: Weight Watchers, 5 pm, Elks Hall. More info call Sarah at 250-499-2878. THURSDAY: Learning about Stroke by the SOSBI. FREE Starting April 24th. Call 250-490-0613 for more information. FRIDAY: Keremeos TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 9:00 a.m. at the Health Centre. Call Georgina at 499-0202 FRIDAY: Elks and Royal Purple bingo. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY: Keremeos Seniors Centre Bingo, 1:00 pm. - THURSDAYS until October. SUNDAY: KCSA Trap Shooting, 10:00 am to ?, Weather permitting. SUNDAY: AA Meeting at 10:00 am in the Health Center Activity Room. Info call Eleanor at 499-5982 or Marilyn 250-506-3026. 3RD SUNDAY: Legion General Meeting. 2:00 p.m. Keremeos Legion Hall. 3rd MONDAY: Kars Under the K Meeting, 7:00 pm, Meeting Room at Health Center, Call Marcel Morin for info 499-7775. 2nd TUESDAY: Can-Do General Meetings. Everyone Welcome. Phone 499-2420 for more information. 1ST WEDNESDAY: Regular meeting of the Keremeos Seniors Centre, at 2 p.m. Keremeos. 1ST & 3RD WEDNESDAY: Search & Rescue meet 7-9 p.m., 8th Ave. & 4th St. Call 499-6067 or 499-5429. 2ND WEDNESDAY: The Similkameen Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Keremeos Seniors Centre, 2ND AND 4TH THURSDAY: The Royal Purple Lodge meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. Info: 499-7073. LAST THURSDAY: KCSA Club meeting. 1ST AND 3RD THURSDAY: The Keremeos Elks meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. 1ST SUNDAY: Jam Session. Keremeos Seniors Centre. 1 p.m. Everyone Welcome. Starts in September. 499-0112.
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HEDLEY
TUESDAY: Once a month Soup and Sandwich. Hedley Seniors’ Center on Scott Ave. THURSDAY: Library 2 pm - 7 pm Hedley Seniors’ Center, free computer use. 1ST MONDAY: Hedley Heritage Museum meeting, 6:00 p.m. at the Museum, Everyone welcome to attend. 2ND SUNDAY: Pancake Breakfast, Hedley Seniors’ Center, 8:00 am to 10:00 am. 3RD MONDAY: Monthly meeting at Seniors’ Center, 2 pm. 3RD MONDAY: Community Club meeting at 7 pm at the Club. DAILY: Coffee & good conversation at the Seniors’ Center 6:30 am - 8 am. Every Mon./Wed./Sat. Exercise at 9 am. SUNDAY: Church Service at 9:30 am, Hedley Grace Church. Sunday school for the children. SUNDAY: Hedley Farmers Market 9-1, July - Oct. DAILY: Hedley Heritage Museum - Closed for season - open in May. TUESDAY & THURSDAY: Exercise at 9:00 am.
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Coulson named new CAO Tara Bowie Review Staff
Within just a few weeks, the village has hired a new CAO. It was announced Monday at council that Marg Coulson would be taking over the top leadership position for the village on February 15. Coulson worked for the city of Vancouver for 35 years in a variety of roles. “The last position I had with the city was city clerk. I’ve worked in many different areas including finance, health and on a variety of projects,” she said. Although Coulson doesn’t officially start until mid-February she has met several of the village’s staff members and sat in on a variety of meetings including council and the Similkameen Valley Planning Society. “It’s early days but I’m getting acquainted with the staff and am eager to get started,” she said. Coulson left the city of Vancouver several years ago to spend time travelling and building a home in nearby Osoyoos. She said she plans to find accommodation in Keremeos in the near future so she can enjoy
Keremeos to the fullest and be an active member of the community. Coulson was born and raised in Vancouver but spent a lot of time in Keremeos and the Okanagan during her youth and adulthood. “Who wouldn’t love this area? I’ve been coming here since I was a little girl. I absolutely love the area,” she said. Coulson holds a deemed Masters level degree in Public Administration through the City of Vancouver. “Keremeos is pleased to hire a candidate with Marg’s strengths and experience in local government,’ said Mayor Manfred Bauer in press release. “Ms. Coulson has a history of success in the municipal environment from the lower mainland. We sincerely welcome Marg to Keremeos and look forward to working with her to continue to move forward Keremeos initiatives and lead our dedicated staff.” Council officially appointed Coulson as CAO during their regularly scheduled meeting Monday. The village’s current CAO Cathy Cowan will start her new role as CAO of the Town of Oliver on February 29.
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This owner of a $120,000 Tesla electric vehicle stopped in Keremeos over the weekend to charge up at the new charging station outside the village office. For a fee the woman from Sooke charged up. She found out Keremeos had a charging station because of an app on her phone.
Buckle in for hour drive to MPs office Review Staff
Residents in Keremeos will need to drive almost an hour to get to their MP’s office. And that’s nothing compared to the 90 minutes Princeton residents will have to drive. Or the more than two hours those that live in Logan Lake will have to travel to reach the office in West Kelowna. Dan Albas, the MP for the newly formed riding of Central Okanagan SimilkameenNicola told the Review Sunday that the decision has been made to open a satellite office in Summerland. Constituents coming from the Similkameen Valley will have to travel through Penticton, within minutes of another MPs office, before they can reach their elected official’s satellite office, which will be located somewhere in downtown Summerland. However, lucky residents in
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO KEREMEOS SEARCH & RESCUE Public Notice is hereby given that the Village of Keremeos intends to provide assistance to Keremeos Search & Rescue by way of rent abatement for rental space consisting of 336 square feet in the Emergency Services building located at 702 – 4th Street, Keremeos. BC. File photo
MP Dan Albas speaking at his victory party last October in West Kelowna. Albas will open a satellite office in Summerland in the near future.
Summerland and West Kelowna, two of the most populated areas in the riding, will have access to two office’s within about half an hour of each other. \ It’s not known exactly when the office in Summerland will open or what hours it
will keep. “We’re going to do more town halls. We’re holding one in West Kelowna on January 30. We’re going to hold town halls, roundtables,. Everyone who phones me I do phone back personally,” he said.
Search and rescue granted rent relief “They are part of our protective services. They’re just like our other services fire, police. They are essential here and they’re not just rescuing people here in Keremeos they’re helping with nearby areas or other communities. It’s an invaluable service to the community,” Mayor Manfred Bauer said after the council meeting. Search and rescue teams are a resource deployed by the RCMP for all search and rescue situations.
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Keremeos council voted to continue leasing an office space to the Keremeos Search and Rescue for $1 a year. The space located on 4th Street would cost just over $12,000 to rent a year. Council agreed to enter into a twoyear agreement with the essential service group meaning their total savings would be approximately $24,190.
The Keremeos Search and Rescue group actively participates within the community, responding to emergency and disaster situations when requested. The group also holds a number of fundraising initiatives throughout the year and for the first time will hold an activity day at the recreation centre on Family Day. In addition to giving the rent subsidy to the group council
voted unanimously to provide a key for the washroom at the info centre as the building they currently use does not have a restroom facility.
Electoral Area “B” - Cawston
The budget is not just an assortment of numbers, but an illustration of RDOS citizens’ ideals, goals and objectives for the Region. Citizens are invited to engage in the RDOS 2016 Budget process. Join Electoral Area “B” Director, George Bush and RDOS finance staff in Cawston on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 7:00 pm at the Cawston Hall, 2119 Main Street, Cawston, BC to discuss the 2016 financial plan. For general inquiries contact finance@rdos.bc.ca | 250-492-0237
The rent payable for the two (2) year term is One Dollar ($1.00) per annum. The total assistance to be provided to Keremeos Search & Rescue by way of rent abatement for the Term is approximately Twenty Four Thousand One Hundred and Ninety Dollars ($24,190).
Public Invitation to Serve on the Board of Variance The Village is seeking interested individuals with a strong interest in the community and some knowledge of planning and development to sit on the Board of Variance. Established by Bylaw, the Board of Variance will review requests for variances to certain municipal development requirements for reasons of hardship. Such issues may include siting, dimensions or size of a building or structure, the prohibition of a structural alteration (in the case of mobile homes outside of mobile home parks) and other development issues. The Board of Variance will be provided with administrative support. Members of the Board do not receive compensation for their services as members, but will be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred that arise out of the performance of their duties. Interested parties are encouraged to provide a letter and/or resume stating their knowledge, experience and why you wish to serve on the Board. Submissions can be made in person at the Village office, by mail to PO Box 160, Keremeos BC V0X 1N0, by fax to (250) 4995477 or by email to cao@keremeos.ca. For more information please contact the Village Office at 250.499.2711.
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Putting Keremeos on suicide watch Here’s a cheerful resolution for 2016: let’s actually do something locally to prevent suicide. More than 500 people commit suicide in British Columbia each year. That statistic has remained constant since at least the new millennium which only means that everything that has been tried so far to reduce the number of people killing themselves has failed. Public service announcements, education programs, suicide prevention days and months – perhaps these soft initiatives are stemming what would other be an increase in the suicide epidemic. But they are not really working. Pay attention folks, while suicide is also a national and global problem – it is in fact the tenth leading cause of death in Canada – our communities are prone to specific concerns. Approximately 90 per cent of people who commit suicide suffer from depression, drug or alcohol addiction or some other mental illness. (No real surprises there.) The Similkameen Valley has some of the most depressed areas in the province. So here’s something we can do to prevent suicide which goes beyond posting supportive notes on Facebook, wearing ribbons and putting up posters. We could get rid of our guns. Firearms are the third leading means of suicide in Canada. In BC self-inflicted deaths involving guns average 80 per year. Since suicide is often an impulsive act, fewer guns means fewer people shooting themselves. According to recent research from a Manitoba mental health group, half of the completed suicides in the United States involve firearms. The same article cites the case of the Swiss military. In that organization when access to guns was reduced, almost 80 per cent of people were deterred from suicide. Think about the “harmless” guns that may be in your home, put away until the next elk or deer season. Put them somewhere else, or at least store all ammunition off site. Following the same logic, suicides could also be reduced by limiting access in homes to prescription medications, especially opiods, anti-anxiety drugs and anti-depressants. The UK experienced a reduction is drug-related suicides when it limited package size for Tylenol. Every community could benefit from a written and practiced suicide prevention strategy that involves initiatives like the ones above, as well as greater emphasis on identifying patients most vulnerable to suicidal thoughts and self-harm. That’s not brain surgery. In addition to depression and addiction, suicides have other factors in common including declining physical health, marital breakdown, financial hardship, major loss and lack of social support. Additionally, potential suicide victims can be predicted with statistics including age, gender, relationship status and education. Such a project is something the local health care steering committee is ideally positioned to lead. Suicide causes more deaths worldwide than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined, yet look how much more attention the health system focuses on early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of those illnesses. There are practical and well supported ways to prevent self-killing, and we should start using them to save lives. - AD
Things that are going well in B.C.
In the early days of this new year, readers have advised me to do several things. I’ll go with one that seems relatively painless, embracing the “sunny ways” of our new federal government and seeking optimism in these fragile times. For starters, we have a building boom going on in the southwest. Here in Victoria, cranes dot the skyline as new residential-commercial projects emerge from bedrock, and hardhats are mostly on construction workers, scratched and backwards, rather than shiny and forward on politicians. Shipyards are busy, with Royal Canadian Navy work and cruise ship refits to reduce their emissions, plus work on ferries, tugboats and barges. Most of the activity is private investment, much of it in a hot housing market. Surrey has just recorded its second-highest total for building permits in history, a value of $1.46 billion nearly matching the prerecession peak of 2007. Thousands of provincial employees get a small raise in February, based on stronger than forecast economic growth in 2014. It works out to $300 a
year for a medical Outside the technologist and urban regions, $346 for a teacher. where retail sales Health care and real estate costs are rising less mainly drive the dramatically. That economy, sunny should ease the ways are harder crisis atmosphere to find. The minat provincial and ing and natural federal health mingas sectors are TOM FLETCHER isters’ negotiations in the grip of a over the funding slump in comformula, taking modity prices, place this week in with more temVancouver. porary mine cloHealth Minister Terry Lake sures expected. announced last week that the The forest industry is being province is increasing fund- helped by the low Canadian ing for a promising program in dollar and a steady recovery in cancer research, using genetic the U.S. economy, and tourism analysis to improve targeting is expected to have another for drugs to treat the hundreds strong year as Americans take of different cancers diagnosed advantage of a discount on visin B.C. patients each year. its to B.C. Central 1 Credit The B.C. Cancer Agency’s Union broke down the regionnew director, Dr. Malcolm al employment numbers for Moore, oncologist Dr. Janessa B.C. in 2015, and found job Laskin and Dr. Marco Marra, growth in every region except director of the agency’s the Cariboo. Province-wide Genome Science Centre, employment grew 1.2 per cent described a world-leading cen- last year, ahead of the nationtre of research that is reach- al rate. That may not sound ing out to specialists and their like much, but compared to patients across the province and Alberta’s oil-dependent econoattracting international funding my, it’s pretty good. and talent for ground-breaking Construction of a new dam research. on the Peace River is expected
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to ramp up this year, bringing workers home from Alberta, and the federal government is planning to fast-track its promised infrastructure spending to create work across the country. Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett was in Toronto last week to ring the opening bell at the stock exchange with B.C. mining industry representatives. Not much sun on mining stocks these days, but Bennett’s sales pitch to an investor luncheon included reference to two more mines under construction in northwest B.C., the province’s Pacific Rim trade advantage, and revenue sharing with First Nations that is attracting attention of other provinces. The Conference Board of Canada has forecast that B.C.’s economy will “lead the country by a wide margin over the near term,” with unemployment declining in 2016. We’re at the mercy of global forces, but things could be a whole lot worse. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc
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Good politics is never about personal honor
Tom and Pat Siddon. Art Martens livingsignificantly.ca
Last week, sitting at our kitchen table with Tom and Pat Siddon of Kaleden, Linda and I received the benefit of a two hour political seminar. When Tom began speaking, I set aside my interview notes and listened with great interest. He had been an MP during the years when Joe Clark, Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney held the reins of power in Ottawa.
In the Mulroney years he served in several key cabinet posts. “I was born in Drumheller, Alberta into a family of modest circumstances,” he said at the outset. “ My dad was a barber. He was determined I wouldn’t follow in his footsteps.” Tom studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta, not a common career track for an aspiring politician, but at that time he wasn’t considering politics. This
is where he met Joe Clark, future Canadian PM, and also Pat. He and Pat were married at the beginning of his final year. She discontinued her studies to work so he could attain a Phd. at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Aeronautical Studies. “Pat was typing my thesis one day when I suddenly needed to rush her to the hospital to have our second son,” he said. While teaching engineering at UBC he joined a group opposed to the construction of three high rise towers in Richmond. This experience persuaded him to run for a position on council. In the 1975 city elections, campaigning with Pat at his side, he defeated an incumbent councillor by 20 votes. In this role he began garnering political experience and credibility. When he agreed to run in a federal by-election in Richmond, his parents didn’t understand. “You have a good career teaching at UBC,” they admonished him. “Why go into politics?” Elected, he and Pat soon learned about the uncertainties inherent in a political career. In 1979 he was re-elected in the general election which handed Joe Clark a short lived minority government. “We moved our family to Ottawa and enrolled our children in school,” he said. “Then our government was defeated on a budget vote. We moved back to Richmond.” Voters had come to trust Tom and gave him the nod in the 1980 election. This time he found himself sitting in the benches of the Official Opposition, facing a Pierre Trudeau government. As is common after an election defeat, the Conservatives held a leadership vote. Tom deemed Brian Mulroney (a skilled labour lawyer and CEO of the Iron Ore Co. of Canada) to be the most promising candidate. Mulroney won, and Tom’s support would prove to have been prudent.
After taking power in the 1984 vote, Mulroney named Tom Minister of State for Science and Technology. In this role he was on hand to watch Mark Garneau being launched into space at Cape Kennedy. When Mulroney subsequently appointed him Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Tom needed to deal with the sticky issue of disappearing cod stocks. “My science background enabled me to understand what the scientists were telling me,” he said. “I felt they were wrong and decided to close the cod fishery. I was roundly condemned for this by some but my instincts were correct. Even now the cod haven’t come back.” His appointment as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in 1990 led to what he considers his most significant achievement, the creation of Nunavut. “Pat and I were taken by dog sled across ice and snow to Igloolik on the western side of Hudson’s Bay,” he said. “Our Inuit guide built an igloo and that night we slept in it on caribou skins. In the morning I woke with my back against a block of ice.” As part of the signing ceremony they were offered Inuit delicacies such as raw caribou, bear and Arctic char. Pat avoided most of the meal by handing out gifts of fresh fruit and daffodils. The signing ceremony laid out the basis for negotiations over the next 3 years. In appreciation of his dedicated work, Tom was presented with a carving of an Inuit hunter cutting snow blocks. In 2015 the Siddons returned the carving, considering it a treasure that belonged to Nunavut. Today, among various involvements, Tom is Area D Director in the RDOS. His partnership with Pat still strong, he continues to believe being in politics should not be for personal honour. It must be to serve the community and the nation.
There’s always excitement at a hockey tournament Minor Hockey Week at a newspaper is always a pleasure. There’s something about those team photos – scrubbed pink faces and freshly washed uniforms, and big smiles all around. Those photos reflect the very best of what minor sports in general and minor hockey in particular contribute to families and the communities where they live. They speak of physical excellence and health, friendship, sportsmanship and good clean fun. Fur sure there is a well-publicized malignant underbelly to kids sports’, the dysfunctional and driven moms and dads, the cutthroat machinations to secure more ice team and maximum advancement. That’s to say nothing of the out-of-control costs of playing at the highest level, and the politics of association management and coaching decisions. Back to the bright side – there’s those tournaments. For a hockey family of a certain income tournaments fulfill a wide scope of needs that in other households are generally met by theatre tickets, all-inclusive trips to sunny beaches and intimate dinner parties with friends. A hockey tournament satisfies the need for recreation, travel, entertainment and socialization. And that’s just for the parents. Case in point, the DeMeer family has participated in dozens of hockey tournaments over the years. There are very few lasting on-ice memories attached to those experiences but a whole emotional scrapbook of hilarity around hotel pools, mini-sticks in the hallways and questionable behavior in team party rooms.
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old dog new tricks Skipping over the more salacious misbehaving – what happens at the hockey tournament stays at the hockey tournament – one of the most unforgettable weekends for the DeMeers occurred when the star goalie was eight and we were playing in Buffalo, New York. We’d only just checked in on Friday afternoon. All doors on the floor were cracked open slightly to allow for unrestrictive movement of players, moms, dads, and (of course) alcohol. The windows had a fine view of the parking lot. Suddenly the room was thrown into commotion and panic. GUNS – MEN WITH GUNS – HIT THE FLOOR. Bodies dropped all around. Peering over the sill, with hand planted firmly on the back of the goalie’s head so as to grind his face in the carpet, there they were. Five people dressed in fatigues carrying assault rifles and walking along a railroad track at the back of the hotel property. After commando crawling to the phone by
the bed – still holding onto the goalie’s hair disarmed a cell of paintball gunners who and giving him a brutal case of rug rash in were engaged in some kind of tournament of the process– I dialed zero and was connected their own. How were we to know? with the hotel operator. Recreation, travel, entertainment, socialGUNS – MEN WITH GUNS – ization and a little bit of fear for your life – EVERYONE IS ON THE FLOOR. It can’t have been the first time the opera- that’s minor hockey to be sure. tor there ever received such a call, because she responded with the same kind of disinterest she might have felt over a complaint regarding unclean sheets. “Where are these men, ma’am?” GASP. SWALLOW. THEY’RE ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS, BEHIND THE HOTEL. “Sorry ma’am. That’s not hotel property.” “We lost our keys at a hockey game out of town, ARE YOU CRAZY? WHO CARES? DO SOMETHING. CALL including our expensive-to-replace smart key THE POLICE!” for the car. Our War Amps key tag did its job “Well ma’am. I could send our when our keys were returned to us last week by security guard out to have a look.” courier, much to our relief.” Had to wonder how much hotel security guards earn in Buffalo New – War Amps supporter York, all the while entertaining images The Key Tag Service – it’s free of Barney Fife pulling up to take on Rambo. and it works. Nearly 13,000 sets One of the braver and thirstier of lost keys are returned dads from the team risked getting up every year. and walking past the window to open another beer. The security guard arrived in due course and was met by three police Order key tags online. cruisers. Apparently guests on several floors had reported the men with The War Amps The War Amps does not guns (obviously there were a lot of receive government grants. 1 800 250-3030 Canadians there that weekend) and we Charitable Registration No.: waramps.ca 13196 9628 RR0001 all watched with fascination as officers
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Letters to the Editor:
Food bank expects another busy year To the Editor: As we start a New Year, I would first like to say a heartfelt thank-you to all you generous people who donated to the food bank last year. Also a special thank you to Brian Mennell whose generous donation for the Christmas hamper made it possible for us to purchase turkeys for our clients. And of course a special thank you to all of you who donated gifts as well. It was very gratifying to see the joy on our clients faces and their gratitude. Thank you also to the people who donated money to our food bank cans. Every little bit helps! Last but not least a special thank you to Irene Penney from the Cawston Market who took it upon herself to supply hampers to our Cawston families.
Valley First Credit Union, My Town Realty as always thank-you to you. Now we are starting a New Year and unfortunately the economy does not look any more promising than it did last year so there will be many people still looking to us for food. Therefore, on behalf of our clients, I am asking and thanking you for your continued support this year. Valley First still has the shopping cart for food donations and an account for Feed the Valley for financial donations for which receipts will be sent out at the beginning of the following year. Happy New Year. God Bless You. Sincerely, Ingrid Percival Food Bank admin
Trudeau falling short To the Editor: Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, I had such high hopes when you became PM that things would change. I am a perpetual optimist even though I’m old enough to have seen so many times before the Liberals campaigning with promises of ‘real change’ and then continuing on with the same policies that got the Conservatives voted out. You lifted people’s spirits when you announced that you would not partake any more in the bombing of Iraq. What happened? Aren’t we still bombing them? What has changed? But the most disappointing of all is the relationship we have with Saudi Arabia - the one that Harper set up and your government is continuing. With all the news coming out of Saudi Arabia – beheadings, public lashings, stoning, jail for speaking out – we
should not be doing business with them. Canada’s ‘friendship’ has been bought. I believe you are a good man and would not have such friends in your personal circle. Yet, as our spokesperson, you are opening Canada’s arms to them (in more than one way). The rulers in Saudi Arabia are petulant, unpredictable and murderous. Not a comfortable enemy to have but by far a worse friend. I urge you to reconsider this arms sale and all arms sales. We should be focusing on disarming the world, not arming it. Real change to me would be if Canada were to quit making weapons of war and selling them to whoever pays the highest price. Ultimately we all pay the price. Sincerely,
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Visit Our Website About 25 people attended the grant writing seminar, for charities and non profit organizations, hosted by the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen last week. The afterFri. – Sat. – Sun. – Mon. – Tues. noon seminar was lead by Penticton’s Community Foundation Executive Jan. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Director, Aaron McRann. AaronShowtimes on Fri. & Sat. @ 7:00 & 9:30 p.m. spoke to the group in plain english about the do’s and don’ts of grant writing. Aaron explained who the Community Foundation was and what they offer and who they work with. and what the general strategies of successful grant writing entails, such as knowing how much money you need, who will benefit, getting to the point, what is your budget, using plain english and notCoarse language, violence. jargon, and if you are not sure before you
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Local input is needed to maximize the return on the province’s newest website. The site is designed to attract foreign and domestic investors to British Columbia. Members of the public and directors of the Similkameen Valley Planning Society heard Wednesday that the website is designed to highlight the province as a whole as well as give important information about specific regions and communities. Information that can be included on the site include everything from demographics, maps, information about transportation, schools and recreation and even success stories from other investors. “It’s a very robust site,” Larry Olson, regional manager for South Okanagan Boundary at the
Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training. A lot of the points of interest are already populated for some communities but can be updated or more detailed information put in. Commercial or industrial land that’s up for sale can be listed on the site and include links for potential investors to click that will provide more information about that specific opportunity. “The idea of the site is to give potential investors a really good head start on opportunities and any challenges... It really allows them to focus their questions right away because they already have so much preliminary information,” he said. The website is BritishColumbia. ca Information on the Keremeos link of the website can be updated by the village’s CAO.
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Cawston post office holding open house Tara Bowie Review Staff
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Cawston resident Janice Uebelhardt is the new postmaster at the Cawston Post Office. The post office reopened at the end of December. An open house is being held January 28 at the post office.
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The Cawston Post Office is back up and running. After several months of the post office being closed, Cawston resident Janice Uebelhardt took up the reigns in late December. “It was closed. There was a bit of a staffing lag. It was an unfortunate set of circumstances but they (Canada Post) are committed to keeping a post office here,” the new postmaster said during an interview at the post office on Main Street in Cawston. The post office is in the same location and is open the same hours as it was before. It’s open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and then 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays. “There’s a substantial amount of mail and parcels that go through,” Uebelhardt said. “It’s really quite something. There are so many businesses and homebased businesses here and people ordering parcels off the Internet.” Uebelhardt said before working for the Crown corporation she wasn’t aware of all the different shipping options available to customers. “There are so many options for delivering mail and parcels in Canada and the US and Internationally. Shipping has become a very big component. The Canada Post brand is about trust. We get the product safe and on-time and undamaged to its destination,” she said. The Cawston post office remains a full-service corporate post office. Customers can buy everything from stamps and coins to envelopes and shipping boxes. They can mail a letter or ship almost anything to anywhere in the world at the Cawston post office. “We want it to be as convenient as possible for people,” she said. The Cawston post office is able to collect general delivery mail for people, which Uebelhardt said will be important for the seasonal agricultural workers who frequent the area to work on farms in the summer. To celebrate the reopening of the Cawston Post Office an Open House is being held January 28 between 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. There will be coffee from Emmy’s Bake Shop, tea by Lazy Meadow and cupcakes by Stacey Cakez. “I hope to see everybody even if you don’t have a mail just pop in and say hello. We really want people to come in and find out what’s new at Canada Post for you,” she said. Uebelhardt has lived in Cawston for the last two years with partner Garry Elliott who owns Bandit Laser in Keremeos. “I look forward to meeting more and more people in the area and helping them at the post office,” she said.
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MP Dan Albas, left, Maggie Fowler, charity/publicity at the Keremeos Legion, middle and Gary Billon, president of the Royal Canadian Branch 192 in Keremeos pose for a picture with the incline chair that goes down into the canteen.
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listed as one of the worst facilities in the district. Consolidating Cawston Primary and SESS into one school would mean a loss of $500,000 in revenue that comes from a small community supplement grant from the province. If the board did ever proceed with a closure the price tag for necessary upgrades would be about $1.6 million. “Closing schools is not why any of us became trustees. We don’t have much of an option how are we going to save this money and my fear is that this is only the beginning,” said chairperson Marieze Tarr during the special meeting last week. In Osoyoos, board staff predict a more modest renovation budget compared to SESS. Osoyoos high school would require a
renovation of $430,000 to make it a K to Grade 9 facility. That money would come from the capital budget while the changes would require the addition of more bussing services. The recommendations hit hard for some in the audience. “I find it very difficult to accept that either one of these options is acceptable certainly not to people in Osoyoos,” said the town’s Mayor Sue McKortoff. “I know that when you have consultation in Osoyoos you are going to run into a great deal of confusion. It is going to be a huge issue.” The second option of closing Osoyoos Secondary School and moving kids to the elementary school, “doesn’t even make sense” said McKortoff. According to the long-range facilities report, the school is graded as one of the best facilities in the district. The bulk of them fall in
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the “poor” category including Cawston Primary, Okanagan Falls Elementary, Oliver Elementary, Osoyoos Secondary and Tuc-El-Nuit. Okanagan Falls trustee Sam Hancheroff expressed his frustration with government cutbacks to funding that saw the district lose programs such as ULearn for adult education which further impacted their enrolment numbers. “They told us we have to cut things from our schools to make sure we don’t have deficits. I can vouch for the past six years we have been cutting, cutting, cutting, cutting,” he said of the budget which the board has saved $1 million since 2009. “It is a sad day for School District 53 education.” The school district will provide information in the coming days regarding public consultation meetings.
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The Keremeos Legion is striving to be barrier free. This past fall, Branch #192 of the Royal Canadian Legion installed two incline chairs and within the last week a new automatic door. Heather Katcher, first vice-president of the Keremeos Legion said the new equipment is a positive for the Legion and its membership. “We don’t have too many people use it (incline chairs) to come down to the canteen but we do have a lot use it to get up into the hall. We had it operational when we held the voting for the federal election and there were quite a few people that said without it they wouldn’t have been able to vote,” she said. The incline chair is a basically a seat that the user rests on as the chair goes up and down the stairs using electricity. The automatic door is just as easy to use. With just a push of a button the door opens for the patron looking to get inside. “That’s a really great thing for the membership. That door is quite heavy and hard to open for some. We’ve heard a lot of great comments about it,” she said. The new accessibility equipment was funded through two federal grants. The legion received $25,000 from the New Horizon grant to fund the incline chairs and $5,500 from the Community Accessibility Fund. Dan Albas, newly elected MP for the Central Okanagan Similkameen-Nicola was on hand at the Legion in Keremeos on Sunday for a photo opp before he flew back to Ottawa Monday. “In many cases the legion really is the hub of a community,” Albas said. “What these funds have done is allow facilities like the legion that are so important to communities, to be brought up to a standard of accessibility. I encourage the Government to continue funding these programs so more facilities can have the same level of accessibility.”
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Familiar names vie for fruit growers presidency Richard Rolke Black Press
The B.C. Fruit Growers Association can recycle ballots for president for the third year in a row. Jeet Dukhia, a Vernon orchardist, will go up against incumbent Fred Steele, from Kelowna, during the BCFGA’s convention Jan. 29 and 30. “I want to enhance the replant program,” said Dukhia, a former president who lost to Steele in 2014 and 2015. “We have to include new land in the replant program.” Dukhia insists there is a need for senior government funding so new varieties of fruit trees can be planted on land currently not being used as a way of expanding export markets overseas, including in Asia. “We need to increase the level
of production,” he said. “There has been lots of success with cherries and we need to do more with apples.” Another issue for Dukhia is crop insurance. “Early and late cherries are not covered,” he said, adding that new growers often find it difficult to access insurance. Steele agrees there is a need to plant trees on land not in production as well as to target trees more than five years old. “We’re trying to work with the federal initiatives program to see all older trees replaces,” he said, adding that markets will open up with new fruit varieties and that will bolster the Okanagan’s economy. “We’re creating an industry, new jobs.” Steele also wants the BCFGA
to focus on agri-tourism. “We want to see a set of rules that’s fair to everyone,” he said. “Getting this done needs goof relationships with all levels of government. I would like to see closer ties with municipalities.” The only person nominated for vice-president is Pinder Dhaliwal from Oliver. The three positions for northern executive director are being sought by Sukhdev Goraya, Asif Mohammed, Surjit Nagra, Tony Nijjar and Tahir Raza. Nominated for the three southern executive director seats are Ravinder Bains, Sukhdeep Brar and Peter Simonsen. The annual general meeting takes place at the Ramada Hotel in Kelowna. The BCFGA represents 500 commercial orchardists.
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Climate change doc showing at Cawston Hall A local organic’s organization is hoping to grow a dialogue about climate change. The South Okanagan Organic Producers is holding a viewing of the acclaimed documentary ‘This Changes Everything’ at the Cawston Hall on Saturday night. The documentary is an attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller, ‘This Changes Everything’ the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines,
from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. Everyone is welcome to view the film at the Cawston Hall starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, January 23. Admission is $5 and a canned food item for the food bank.
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Larson points out MSP assistance programs Linda Larson MLA, Boundary-Similkameen
January is a long month for many of us. The lack of sun and lots of snow and ice seem to make everything more difficult. But before we know, spring will be on its way. There has been media attention at the increase in MSP happening in January. It is about $3 a month for a single person, $5.50 for a couple and $6 for a family of three or more. We are, as government, committed to providing British Columbians with a health-care system that meets the demands of an aging and growing population. In 2015-16, the investment in health will reach a record $19.1 billion. The MSP premium contributes $2.3 billion to that total cost. Since 2002, health-care costs have risen 4.5 per cen each year and premiums have increased 2.6 per cent. That said, more than one million residents receive MSP subsidies and 800,000 pay no premiums at all. There are two Premium Assistance Programs available and if you have questions about qualifying, please call 1-800-663-7100. Health Minister Terry Lake contin-
parts of the world ues to push the fedand most of us are eral government to only first- or secmore fairly pay the ond-generation costs related to an Canadians. I think aging population in sometimes we B.C. forget about our The Minister own roots and the Responsible privilege it is to for Emergency live in a country Preparedness like Canada. We wants your input take it for granted into the future of and we complain the Emergency at every opportuProgram Act nity. A big thank(EPA). All British you to all of you Columbians are who are helping invited to provide the newest immitheir comments by grants settle into Feb. 19 by going life here in our to http://engage. Linda Larson, communities. gov.bc.ca/emer- MLA Boundary Similkameen gencyprogramact/. January is The input received A l z h e i m e r ’s through this consultation will be a Awareness Month. If you or somekey component of the government’s one you know is experiencing the review of the EPA and contribute to beginnings of dementia there is an possible changes to the legislation. excellent dementia helpline called Many of you in several com- First Link at 1-800-936-6033. munities in Boundary-Similkameen The B.C. Alzheimer’s Society has have welcomed and continue to also introduced a program called welcome Syrian refugees to our part Dementia Friendly B.C. It provides of rural B.C. Canadians have a his- tools, information and education tory of welcoming people from all for municipalities, professionals
and the public. Go to http://www. alzheimer.ca/bc/ Thank you to the Oliver Rotary Club for inviting me to speak at their meeting. It’s always a pleasure to catch up on all the good work the Rotary and other volunteer organizations do in our small towns. I also attended the Boundary Woodlot Association meeting in Midway. The “farming” of trees is a lot more complicated than you can imagine, but this dedicated group is doing a great job of managing areas of forest in an environmentally sustainable way and have developed good partnerships with all levels of the forest industry. The Legislature will resume on Feb. 9 in Victoria with the throne speech followed by the budget. B.C.’s fiscally prudent management of finances and introduction of job creation programs in 2015 has positioned the province well to continue to surpass the rest of Canada economically in 2016. I’m looking forward to another successful and productive year in the Boundary-Similkameen. Jan. 27 is Family Literacy Day. Please take some time to read to your children every day if possible.
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Breast cancer doesn’t affect only older women. The Canadian Cancer Society recommends that women between the ages of 40 and 49 talk to their doctors about breast cancer screening. For women aged 50 to 70, mammograms are recommended every two years. Women over 70 should speak to their doctors about screening frequency. With all the talk about pollution from hydrocarbons, it’s comforting to know that the product with the name “white petrolatum”is free from any impurities that may cause cancer. This product has been around for over 150 years. We call the brand name, Vaseline. The Internet makes shopping very easy and more people are doing it this way. However, buying drugs on-line is not recommended. There have been reports about counterfeit drugs being sold on-line and the purchaser has no idea whether the label indicates what is truly in the bottle or not. Don’t take changes with your health. With all the publicity surrounding calcium during the past year, many people are wondering if they should take this mineral at all. The best source of calcium is from our diet. But if you are not a dairy product or vegetable consumer, you can safely supplement with up to 1000 mg per day. Check with our pharmacists. For answers to your questions about calcium or any product in our pharmacy, talk to our pharmacists. They are always ready to serve you.
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Fun By The Numbers Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test!
Level: Intermediate
Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, do not allow distractions to keep you from completing tasks that need to get done. Use your ability to focus to plow through your to-do list and finish in record time. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, this week you may be tempted to take risks you never would have considered before. Just don’t let excitement get in the way of common sense. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Something totally unexpected will grab your attention in the next few days, Gemini. Trust your intuition to take things slowly and put out all feelers before you forge ahead. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, although you have a plan to reach all of your goals, do not put success ahead of others’ feelings. Be considerate of others even if their efforts are not up to par. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, proceed with caution in a new friendship or partnership. Test the waters before you devote yourself fully. This approach will ensure you made the right decision. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, if the potential to be criticized scares you, you may not be inclined to express yourself honestly. Worry less about what others think of you and be confident in yourself. LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, if you’re feeling on edge lately, it may be because you haven’t had a chance to relieve stress. Exercise can be a surefire fix to what ails you, so get up and go. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, an opportunity presents itself in the weeks ahead, and this will be too good to pass up. Embrace the changes that this opportunity offers. SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, your social life is bustling, but sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with all of the things filling your calendar. You may want to take a few days off. CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Career obstacles may pop up from time to time, but you have the commitment to see things through for the long haul. Keep up that perseverance this week. AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 You can’t always play the peacemaker, Aquarius. Sometimes you just have to let others fight their own battles and then offer support to those who need it. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, there is more going on than meets the eye. You have to pay attention to the subtle undercurrents to figure out fact from fiction.
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B&J Bengag Orchards requires 4 Farm Workers for 1 year starting Feb. 2016 - Feb. 2017. Duties: pruning, picking, packing & general farm labour. Work location Keremeos & Cawston, BC. 40 - 60 hrs/week, $10.59/hr. Apply 250-499-6555 or 2065 Barcelo Rd, Cawston, BC. FARM WORKERS Lidhar Farm in Keremeos requires 12 Farm Workers; 2 for pruning in February, 10 in April for thinning, picking & packing. These are all full time positions. $10.59 per hour or as per employment standards. Work will be in Cawston, Keremeos and Grand Forks. Email: lidhar79@hotmail.com Farm Workers Peach King Orchard in Keremeos requires 6 farm workers, from March 15 to Nov. 15/16, 40-60 hrs/wk, $10.59/hr., Duties include picking, thinning, packing & ground crops. Call 250-499-0499 FARM WORKERS Raghbir Lidhar requires 6 farm workers from March to October 2016 for thinning, picking & packing. These are full time positions, $10.59/hr. or as per Employment Standards Agreement. Work will be in Cawston & Keremeos. Email:rav212@hotmail.com FARM WORKERS Sidhu Farms requires 6 farm workers for planting, pruning, picking, packing, harvesting & general farm labour in Cawston B.C. $10.59/hr, 40-50 hrs per week or piece work, 2 workers needed March 15 - Nov. 30/16, 4 workers needed May 15 - Dec. 30/16, email: bhaiksidhu@hotmail.com
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Search and rescue groups warm up winter skills with flat ice training Submitted
Local search and rescue teams from Keremeos, Penticton and Oliver/ Osoyoos teams took to the frigid waters of Yellow Lake this past weekend to practice and hone their professional ice rescue skills. Temperatures were well below zero, but inside their NRS tactical drysuits, the regional team members reported being warm and dry. “Practicing for ice rescue is a skill we have to work on every year,” said Darrell Taylor with Keremeos SAR. “When the lakes and rivers freeze over, it can look safe enough to walk
across, but many times a year, people attempt to cross and fall through the ice with tragic results. If you cannot confirm the ice is at least 4 inches thick, stay off of it. Hypothermia can set in within minutes and the temperature of the icy water can literally take your breath away.” Okanagan search and rescue members responded to a record number of rescue missions last year and remind everyone heading out to enjoy our back country and amazing outdoor resources, to be safe, always be properly prepared, and have a back-up plan if things don’t go as expected.
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Search and rescue groups shapen skills using the inflatable rescue boat on Yellow Lake.
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Search and rescue teams from Keremeos, Penticton and Oliver/Osoyoos spent time in the freezing cold waters of Yellow Lake this past weekend to practice their ice rescue skills.
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2516 HWY 3, KEREMEOS $621,000 * 5.74 acre 8 yr old cherry orchard w/ 3/4 acre apples around fence! * small home suited for seasonal help, tractor, already pruned for 2016! MLS®
401 12TH AVE., KEREMEOS $349,000 *5 bed, 2 bath home downtown, close to park in quiet cul de sac! * detached shop/ garage, lots of storage and great yard! MLS®