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said Lake. “In short order we will be celeProponent chosen brating the groundbreaking of this new patient care tower and the benefits it will bring for building new for patients, families and healthcare profesPENTICTON WESTERN PENTICTON WESTERN sionals in this region.” hospital tower The next stage in the competitive selec-

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A preferred proponent has been selected as part of the next step towards building a new patient care tower and parkade at Penticton Regional Hospital.

The naming of Ellis Don Infrastructure follows an extensive evaluation of the three teams that were shortlisted and invited to submit proposals to design, build, partially finance and maintain a new patient care tower and parkade at Penticton Regional Hospital.

“We’re absolutely thrilled, so excited,” said executive director Janice Perrino of the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation. “This is a huge step forward.

Now we know who we’re going to be working with. There are still lots of things that need to be done but everything is happening on time.

“For us, it’s that step we were looking for and now we’ll start to learn more about what it’s going to look like and what the plans are.”

She added the important thing now for the foundation is to raise the remaining $14 million of its $20 million goal for equipment and other related costs.

“We’re hoping people will take this challenge on. Obviously the government is ready to move forward and we’ve seen that with today’s announcement.”

Health Minister Terry Lake was also pleased with the selection.

“We remain committed to an expansion of Penticton Regional Hospital because we recognize the growth of the region and an increasing demand on health-care services,”

tion process is to conclude a performancebased contract with Ellis Don Infrastructure by spring 2016, with construction activities beginning soon after. The new tower is expected to open in 2019. Details about the agreement will be released after the agreement has been finalized.

“It will have a significant impact on Penticton and the South Okanagan-Similkameen region creating upwards of 1,900 jobs for workers over the life of the project. Many individuals including myself have spent years working towards this expansion and to be so close to concluding the selection process is incredibly exciting,” said Dan Ashton, Penticton.

This project includes two phases. Phase one is construction of the new patient care tower and parkade which will include an ambulatory care centre, surgical services, 84 medical/surgical inpatient beds in single patient rooms, a new medical device reprocessing unit, and space for the UBC Faculty of Medicine program.

During procurement, an addendum was added to the request for proposals to include design and construction management services for phase two. Phase two involves the renovation of vacated areas in the existing hospital to allow for an expanded emergency department plus renovations to the pharmacy, stores and support areas.

As part of Interior Health’s commitment to environmental sustainability and green buildings, the new patient care tower will be designed and constructed to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification, helping to create a healthy and healing patient environment and workplace.

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY — Penticton Vees forward Luke Voltin goes for the rebound given up by Red Bull Salzburg goalie Mark Vlahovic during an exhibition match between the BCHL Vees and the touring Austrian juniors at the South Okanagan Events Centre Wednesday. For more on the game see Page 15.

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A 37-year-old man was found guilty after a judge ruled that the pictures he took of his ex-wife’s young daughters were in fact child pornography.

The man, who can only be identified as F.L. due to a publication ban protecting the identities of the victims, was found guilty of possession of child pornography, making child pornography and voyeurism in Penticton court Monday.

F.L. was residing with his exwife, three of her children from another marriage and one son which they had together when the offence occurred. F.L. took around 100 photos of his exwife’s daughters, who were nine and four years old at the time of the offence, while they were sleeping. The photos were taken over a six-month period from May 4, 2011 to Nov. 29, 2012.

The children were wearing sleepwear or underwear in all of the photos and the images focused on the buttocks and genital areas of the two young girls.

F.L.’s ex-wife discovered the photos on F.L.’s email account, which he said was intentional.

F.L. admitted to taking the photos in a statement made at the Penticton RCMP detachment on Dec. 10, 2012, though he said he didn’t do it for sexual purposes, 3:24 PM

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rather to get the attention of his then spouse.

F.L. admitted during the police interview that he knew it was “not the right thing to do” and wrong to take “inappropriate” photos of the children.

However, in the same statement, F.L. said he was aware that his ex-wife checked his email and was waiting for her to find them.

“I just took those pictures because I wanted to hurt (my exwife) because we were not getting along,” F.L. told police in the 2012 interview.

Defence counsel James Pennington argued that the photos were not taken for a sexual purpose.

“I do not accept that reason as a basis for arguing he took the photos for any innocent purpose.

His explanation is unreasonable and simply not believable,” said

Judge Meg Shaw during her decision. “(F.L.) took the photos in secret while the children were sleeping.”

“They were clearly not innocent family photos,” Shaw said.

Links to websites were discovered in F.L.’s email which led to “child modelling” sites that an RCMP expert testified did not meet the strict definition of child pornography. F.L. was found not guilty of accessing child pornography as Judge Shaw indicated the Crown did not meet its burden of proof on that charge.

A pre-sentence report and psychological and psychiatric assessments were ordered prior to F.L. receiving his sentence, which could take up to eight weeks.

F.L. returns to court on March 23 to set a date for sentencing.

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Dispensary target of Molotov cocktail Mark Brett Western News Staff

Jukka Laurio is at a loss to understand who would target his Rush In and Finish Café with a Molotov cocktail Tuesday night just before 10 p.m.

“Off the top of my head I couldn’t pick an individual,” said Laurio who was in the upstairs residence at 248 Westminster Ave. at the time. “I heard the ignition sound of something when it explodes. I looked out the window and a fireball was going up the side of the building.”

He quickly dialed 911, went down to the café and grabbed a fire extinguisher. However the flammable liquid, believed to be gasoline, in the shattered Mason jar was already going out.

Laurio said there was only minor damage to the window and building.

According to Cpl. Dan Moskaluk, RCMP District Advisory NCO, a review of the store video showed two people walking past the business then back tracking with one of the individuals throwing the lit jar at the window.

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The second person was wearing a light-coloured shirt, dark pants and light-coloured shoes.

Anyone with information about the attempted arson is asked to call the Penticton RCMP detachment at 250-492-4300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477.

Laurio, a two-time mayoral candidate, also operates the Herbal Green marijuana compassion club out of the Westminster location.

“The response (to the club) has been overwhelming,” said Laurio, who estimates it now has over 1,000 members since opening in May of last year. “We’re trying to keep up with the re-

sponse, that’s the hardest part, we’ve had to hire extra staff just to keep up with (member) index cards.”

Membership approval is done on an individual basis and is usually related to a person’s medical requirement although a doctor’s authorization is not necessary.

He is planning to expand Herbal Green to a next door location in February.

Jukka Laurio (at right) in front of his Westminster avenue shop that was the target of an arson attack Tuesday night. rCMP are currently looking for a pair of suspects caught on video, one of who tossed a Molotov cocktail which cracked the front window and did fire damage to the sign (above).

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PHa hopeful to unite tourism despite former member’s accusations Steve Kidd Western News Staff

Rob Appelman, former president of the Penticton Hospitality Association, has been conducting a very public email campaign, trying to get access to records of the organization.

Appelman stepped up his campaign by sending an open email to Mayor Andrew Jakubeit, asking that the city take action. His letter lists five points against the PHA executive, including the fact the PHA is facing two lawsuits in B.C. Supreme Court, which has already resulted in the court issuing a “garnishing order before judgement” in both cases, for a total of about $100,000.

Appelman’s key argument is that the PHA has stopped “external advertising initiatives that promote the community.”

“For the 36 of us that own hotels here, this is our livelihood, this is our retirement. I can’t afford to have no advertising going on, which Barb Haynes (current PHA president) has done right now,” said Appelman.

“My sales are down from last year and I think it is going to be a terrible

year. It has nothing to do with the economy, it has to do with the lack of advertising.”

Through a contract with the City of Penticton, the PHA controls funds generated by the two per cent additional hotel room tax (MRDT), which is intended for external tourism marketing of the city, and is in the range of $450,000 per year.

Appelman was terminated from the PHA board of directors in November. His termination, he said, was due in part to his efforts to access the association’s financial records, which has been ongoing since Sept.

2015. He explained that his email campaign was intended to make the entire membership of the PHA and the public aware of the situation.

“I am just trying to prove they are withholding this information,” he said, noting that the B.C. Societies Act states the records of a society must be open to the inspection of a director or member on reasonable notice.

Haynes refused to comment on Appelman’s allegations, but the organization’s secretary-treasurer, Barb Schneiderat did. The PHA later

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people can say the PHA is not doing what they should do. We have a group that we are meeting with on Friday morning,” said Schneiderat.

“We are making headway, we are making steps, we are doing what we should do.”

Jakubeit is hopeful the merger talks will be successful this time.

“It is frustrating that there seems to be some ongoing drama with respect to tourism in general. I am hopeful, as we work towards one voice, that actually can happen. We can really get back to focusing on making Penticton a premier destination,” said Jakubeit. “From our perspective, tourism is our foot in the door for people to realize that Penticton is an option to retire or move to start a business, all those sort of things.”

Jakubeit also said the city has no intention of involving itself in the current dispute, and is comfortable with the financial reporting and information they are receiving from the PHA. “We are getting financial information on a quarterly basis this year, and they did come in and sit down with

staff and lay out their plan for 2016 and what some of their expenditures for 2015 were,” said Jakubeit.

Schneiderat said the current board works well together and is representative of the diverse range of accommodations in Penticton.

“I have been on this board for many years and this year, we have a strong working board, it’s not one or two people making the decisions,” said Schneiderat. “We are pushing ahead. We are not letting the court action stall the marketing of tourism.”

Appelman said he is not giving up on his campaign, either.

“The next thing that comes is a letter from my lawyer,” he said.

In the release, Haynes stated that reporting of income from the additional hotel room tax usually lags about two months behind due to process by the province and the city before it is paid to the PHA. “With this in mind, we are still waiting for the MRDT numbers to finalize for 2015 and will share that information with all of you as members once received. We anticipate having this information by midMarch 2016,” wrote Haynes.

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issued a press release supporting Schneiderat’s comments.

“We are doing our job. We have a website, everything that needs to be done, we are doing,” said Schneiderat. “The whole board is meeting to go over the grant applications and to finalize it by Friday. Money is being spent and it is being well spent.”

Schneiderat said there are 16 grant applications being considered, for amounts ranging from $1,000 to $60,000. However, the PHA does not appear to have a current website.

The association’s internal website, thepentictonhospitalityassociation. com appears not to have been updated since 2014 and their tourism site, explorepenticton.com, appears not to have been updated since Sept. 2015, and still displays a “This is Autumn” theme. Responding to an email query, Haynes said the PHA has only recently gained access to that site.

Schneiderat also said there are ongoing discussions with Tourism Penticton about a possible merger of the two group’s interests.

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88-year-old dies after collision Western News Staff

An 88-year-old driver is dead after a collision in downtown Penticton on Jan. 16.

Around 1:50 p.m. emergency responders attended a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Eckhardt Avenue and Winnipeg Street.

Investigators were able to determine through witnesses that a westbound, red, 2009 Hyundai Accent driven by a 65-year-old Penticton woman drove through a red light as a white, 1993 Dodge Spirit driven by an 88-year-old Penticton man was proceeding westbound through a green light.

The impact of the collision sent the Dodge sedan veering into a power pole, resulting in facial injuries to the 88-year-old man.

He was immediately transported to the Penticton Regional Hospital via ambulance.

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The 88-year-old driver of the dodge Spirit died after a collision with a red hyundai accent that drove through a red light on the afternoon of Jan. 16.

female in the Hyundai was issued a violation ticket for disobeying a red light.

The 88-year-old died in hospital on Jan. 18 according to the B.C. Coroners Service, as complications resulted from the injuries sustained after the collision.

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The RCMP said further charges against the female are not anticipated given the “current findings of the collision,” a press release stated.

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A lawyer representing one of the two accused of murdering Roxanne Louie is dropping out due to health concerns, and another Penticton lawyer will be taking on the case.

Robert Maxwell, defence counsel for Pier Robotti, made an application to be removed as council in Penticton Provincial Court on Jan. 18.

Pier is charged with the second degree murder of Louie as is his sister Grace Robotti.

“I just find that I don’t have that kind of energy in me since my heart operation to work 12 hours a day nonstop,” Maxwell said.

Penticton defence lawyer Don Skogstad has been retained by Pier.

“I’ve met with the client, he’s happy to have me take over. We’re ready to proceed as scheduled,” Skogstad said, appearing via telephone at the Penticton Courthouse.

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Public Hearing Notice A Public Hearing will be held at 6:00 pm Monday, February 1, 2016 at Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, Penticton, BC to consider the following amendment to Zoning Bylaw 2011-23.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2016-03 Rezone Lot 4, DL 4, Group 7, SDY (FY-L)D, Plan 2444, located at 451 Churchill Avenue, from R2 (Small Lot Residential) to RD2 (Duplex Housing: Lane). The applicant is proposing to subdivide the property with the intent of constructing a front-to-back duplex on each lot.

Any person whose interest may be affected by the proposed amendment may appear in person, by petition or by attorney. Delegations and Submissions will be received no later than 9:30 am on Monday, February 1, 2016 to Attention: Corporate Officer, City of Penticton, 171 Main Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5A9; Email: publichearings@penticton.ca. No letter,

report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Please note that all submissions are a matter of public record.

The above mentioned bylaw and supporting information will be available for public inspection up to and including Monday, February 1, 2016 at the following locations during hours of operation: Development Services and Corporate Administration (City Hall,171 Main St.), Penticton Public Library (785 Main Street) and the Penticton Community Centre (325 Power St.); or online at www.penticton.ca/publicnotice.

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Proposal would change beach vendor business Chambers said the numbers are a little misleading.

“We’ve always had around 40 locations, but in the last few years, we’ve never leased more than 30 or 31 of those,” she said.

“It’s more like a reduction of five spots.

“It is not about the quantity of spaces we have, it is more about the quality of them. Making sure there is decent foot traffic in setting our vendors up for success.”

Setting the vendors up for success is key to the new strategy, according to Chambers, with fewer vendors, in better spots, and the

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There may be fewer vendors on the streets and beaches of Penticton this summer, but city planners are hoping to improve the quality for both the vendor and the consumer.

Business Development Officer Stephanie Chambers said a proposal she is working on is intended to help set up the vendors for success.

Under the proposal, the total number of available spaces will be reduced from 40 to 24, but

possibility of longer term leases.

“All of those things should signal to vendors that they can make investments in their tents and in their setups and in the product they are selling,” said Chambers.

“The intent of all of this is to help raise the game of the vendors.

There are some that are operating very professionally and then others that have never done it before and don’t have a lot of money to make a significant investment in it.”

Chambers is also proposing a hub location for food trucks, an idea she said came from the op-

erators themselves.

“They want to work together, they want to create a destination location, so you know where to find them. They think it is stronger being together, versus being all over the place,” said Chambers. Locations spread out across the city are still available, but the feedback she has gotten indicates the truck operators would consider a great location where they could work together.

Chambers said the city is trying to figure out how to do this, but they are considering the parking lot between Main and Martin

Rash of break and enters continues Dale Boyd Western News Staff

An ongoing rash of break-ins in Penticton has RCMP reminding property owners to have their property taken care of when leaving town for extended periods.

A break and enter occurred on Greenwood Drive overnight on Jan.11. Suspects entered by kicking in the front door. It is unknown what was taken as the resident was out of town at the time. On Jan. 17 a break and enter occurred on Nicholson Street at a residence when the owners were out of town as well. The garage door and front door to the residence were kicked in. Another break-in occurred on Mackenzie Street where suspects made off with three Sony Bravia LED TVs, skis, ski boots, snowboard boots and a high-end espresso machine.

A break and enter occurred on Sunny Bay Road in Okanagan Falls on Jan. 17. The residence was a summer home of the owner who lived in Edmonton.

“It snowed twice in Penticton, and that doesn’t normally happen. So it’s very obvious who’s home

and who’s not home based on the foot traffic, tire traffic to and from the houses,” said Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth, spokesperson for the Penticton RCMP. “When people go away and don’t get neighbours to clear their snow for them, they leave their house as a target.”

Wriggleworth said there is no connection between the break-ins.

True Outdoors break-in

A shipping container was once again broken outside of True Outdoors in Penticton on Jan. 17. Police said the storage container was insecure and skis, ski boots, snowshoes, avalanche beacons and life jackets were missing.

Theo’s break-in foiled

Around 8:45 a.m. Jan. 14 two individuals entered through the backdoor of Theo’s Restaurant on Main Street stealing food items. Police reviewed video surveillance and identified the suspects. The two were located by police and found to be extremely intoxicated. One female was charged for breaching prior court conditions to not be intoxicated.

Probation for indecent act on beach Dale Boyd

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A man who was caught publicly masturbating on Osoyoos beaches is serving three years probation and attending treatment after his sentence was suspended in Penticton court.

Arthur Brian Jones, 58, pleaded guilty on Sept. 21, 2015 to one count of committing an indecent act in a public place.

On Aug. 13, 2015 a woman called police after she saw a man naked and masturbating at the beach at Haynes Point in Osoyoos. She was concerned because there was children in the water and saw him sitting in a chair with a towel over himself masturbating.

Police received another report from a woman later that day that a

male at Cottonwood Park was naked and masturbating while looking at her. She used her phone to take photos and the man left in his vehicle. The woman was able to obtain a license plate number which she gave to police.

Police located the described vehicle, and witnesses had seen a man matching the description walking away from the vehicle.

Jones’ vehicle was towed due to the fact there was no overnight parking in the area. On Aug. 13, 2015, Jones attended the Osoyoos RCMP detachment looking for information on how to get his vehicle back. He was then arrested and Crown counsel Catherine Crockett said Jones was “very co-operative, didn’t want to contest anything. He said ‘I did this awhile ago, I haven’t done this for a long time.’ He was very up-

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Jones has several prior convictions in what Crockett called “quite a history of this type of behaviour,” with five prior convictions.

“However, it’s a very dated history with the first incident in 1986 and the last incident in 1998,” Crockett said.

Psychological reports indicated Jones may have a disorder involving exhibitionism, and court heard that he is less of a risk to reoffend when receiving treatment.

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“We’re trying to work with the vendors. This is something we really support,” said Chambers, noting that Penticton has a more advance program for street and mobile vendors than other communities.

“We are really leaders in the valley. We have a really in depth program as it relates to vending. I think it is something we should be proud of.”

Chambers will be bringing her report to city council’s regular meeting on Feb. 1.

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Published by Black Press Ltd. on Wednesdays and Fridays in Penticton at: 2250 Camrose St., Penticton B.C. V2A 8R1 Phone: (250) 492-3636 • Fax: (250) 492-9843 • E-mail: editor@pentictonwesternnews.com

EDITORIAL

opinion

Tourism hope The City of Penticton is pinning a lot of hope on the possibility of some sort of merger between the Penticton Hospitality Association and Tourism Penticton.

It’s something we should all be hoping for.

Tourism marketing for the city has been divided ,and at times ineffectual, since late 2011, when the city council of the day stripped the tourism contract from the Chamber of Commerce and awarded it to the newly formed Penticton Business Development Group.

That group only lasted a few months before it folded, and ever since, tourism marketing in the city, especially when it comes to the $450,000 generated annually by the two per cent additional hotel room tax, has been on a roller coaster ride, including one past and two current civil suits in B.C. Supreme Court.

The PHA ended up controlling the hotel room tax funds, while Tourism Penticton struggled on with the $354,000 awarded to them annually by the city.

Along the way, there have been a number of attempts to bring the PHA and Tourism Penticton together, but so far, all have failed.

Penticton needs the most effective tourism marketing it can get, so hopefully this latest attempt to align the two groups will be successful.

Tourism accounts for about 15 per cent of Penticton’s economy. That’s a large chunk of the city’s activity, but it is a deceptive number, both in terms of jobs, and future growth of the city.

More jobs are created by tourism than just those at tourism-related businesses — the annual influx of tourists generates employment in the service and retail sectors.

Planners also rely on tourism marketing and PENTICTON WESTERN tourists visiting the city to encourage growth.

What better way to convince someone that Penticton is the place to set up their business, or to retire, than by having them enjoy the benefits of the Okanagan lifestyle as a visitor?

It’s long past time for the drama that is Penticton tourism to come to an end.

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Games an experience not to be missed The countdown is on.

The 2016 Penticton BC Winter Games are coming and personally I can feel the change of an event that was a year out to the excitement of being just weeks away.

I participated in two BC Winter Games in the sport of ringette when I was teenager and there are things that still stick out in my memory.

The first is the great friendships I made in the lead up to, and during, the Games. Nothing brings you closer to your teammates than sleeping on inch thick mats on a school room floor while spending four days together around the flurry of not only the event you are competing in, but seeing all the other athletes. Punctuated by the fact you are all working so hard together towards one goal, no matter what part of the zone or province you come from, or what school you go to.

You are bonded together.

The second is the feeling of walking out with all the athletes at the opening ceremony.

At that age it was the coolest thing to get treated like an elite athlete and have the spotlight on you and your peers.

It is your own version of the Olympics.

The BC Winter Games is in fact a step-

WEsTERn nEWs editor Kristi Patton reminisces on her BC Winter Games experience as a teen and hauling her hockey skates across the other side of the world while working at the Olympics.

Photo courtesy of Kristi Patton

ping stone for many athletes to go on to bigger competition. Take, for instance, Summerland’s Kristi Richards who once competed at the BC Winter Games and later in freestyle skiing for Canada in two Olympic Winter Games (2006 in Turin and 2014 in Vancouver).

Myself, well, it spurred me on to other things — one of them being journalism and that eventually did take me to the Winter Olympics (Vancouver and Sochi). Covering women’s hockey mainly, and some men’s, for a news service is one of the biggest highlights in my life. It is also why I am encouraging everyone to get involved with the BC Winter Games next month. There is something electric being around the athletes that takes me back to that

same feeling I had as an athlete at the BC Winter Games.

Some of the coolest moments for me gathering quotes from Olympic athletes happened away from the ice. In Sochi, I, along with a team of other reporters, were tasked with getting quotes from the athletes as they waited under the bowels of the Bolshoi Ice Dome to get paraded into the opening ceremony. I stood a foot away as the Jamaican bobsled team excitedly took out their cell phones and recorded a fellow reporter asking them questions and I watched athletes proudly showing off their country’s uniform’s, some more colourful than others — ahem, the island nation of Tonga with palm trees on their winter jackets.

I also stood alone in the media mix zone af-

ter a practice speaking with Marie-Philip Poulin the day before the gold medal game pitting hockey rivals Canada and the U.S. The very humble, and at that time quiet, Poulin eeked out some great stuff to me about scoring the golden goal in Vancouver and the pressure to do it all over again. As it turns out, I sat the next day with one of the best seats in the house for one of the most epic women’s hockey games ever.

Guess who scored that goal? In overtime Poulin won Canada the gold medal, again. Thrilling is an understatement.

I am now rallying for Hockey Canada to send me to the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, since obviously I am their good luck charm.

As a side note, I made a last minute decision to jam my goalie skates

into my luggage at the expense of extra clothes to last me the six weeks I would be in Russia. A decision I will never regret — even though in Mother Russia, laundry machines run you.

As they closed down the Shayba Arena because the medal games were all being played under the signature illuminated roof of the Bolshoi, I pulled my skates out of my backpack and booted around the ice. I looked up to the empty stands in awe wondering what it was like for the athletes and imagined a packed crowd chanting for their country, goosebumps.

Like I said earlier, the countdown to the BC Winter Games is on.

And, none of these moments to last a lifetime either at the BC level or the Olympic level can happen without an army of volunteers. I can guarantee you will be missing out on something special by not being involved. For more information on volunteering visit BCGames. org or call the Penticton 2016 BC Winter Games office at 250-492-2026.

Kristi Patton is the editor of the Penticton Western News and the Director of Promotions for the Penticton 2016 BC Winter Games.

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Friday, January 22, 2016 • pentictonwesternnews.com

letters

Spending your way to success is a folly The Penticton Economic Investment Zone (EIZ) program is frequently discussed in the newspaper and letters to the editor.

Supporters promote that it creates economic growth and a major criticism is the cost due to lost taxes and fees.

The EIZ program has now been in existence for six years.

Although it is defended by city council, there has not been a report to inform us of its success.

Just prior to the 2014 election, the city reported that the EIZ generated $30 million in building permit activity and it was observed these projects were imitated as a result of the EIZ program.

In the latest annual report for

the city, the economic development office reported its success is measured by the growth of Penticton businesses, by tracking business licences and yearover-year business retention.

Unfortunately no information was provided in the report to indicate if these factors were positive or negative for Penticton and no information on EIZ. Since the EIZ program is intended to stimulate economic growth, a logical measurement of success is to review the value of commercial building permits in Penticton both before and after the EIZ was started in 2010.

This information is available from the B.C. government.

For the six years, 2010 to 2015, Penticton reported commercial

Positive news

Thank you for the positive news about the college partnerships (Penticton Western News, Jan. 20, College partners to grow youth employment opportunities), I think I might have placed that on page two or even on page one, though the approval of the resort expansion is also good news. I consider the potential partnerships of the college to be essential to all the young people, whom I am sure your paper is interested in reaching out to, correct?

When I was in school, I thought about what I’d like to be from time to time but admittedly I didn’t put enough planning or thought into it and when it came to high school that was such a struggle that I was all too happy to “triumphantly” leave in Grade 12, enter the work world and not give another thought to college or university (my grades didn’t help).

I have paid the price over the years as I have found out that, whatever their birth culture, that small/medium/large business owners can be brutal employers whether they are owners of doughnut shops or security patrol companies. I went to college in an effort to improve my situation, but that didn’t work out very well for a number of reasons.

We all ought to do our utmost to prepare our children for the life of work/career and to ensure that they have strong choices not just wishes or desires.

Patrick Longworth Okanagan Falls

Speaking the truth

Letter writer James Redman has said the truth, “the disabled don’t get a raise,” (Western News, Jan. 8, All things going up in price).

Most do not know that currently a disability cheque total is $908 to $946.42 total for one month. The government only allows out of that $375/month for rent, which anyone knows does not fit the current range of rent. Oh yes, we, the disabled, must also use that or the $300 to $346.42 to pay any fee for utilities. There is not enough low cost or BC housing for the same actual number of persons on disability; neither welfare or old age, two other areas increase is vastly needed as well.

Let us look at the rest of the disability cheque, $300 to $336.42. A lot of us disabled like myself have been forced into

building permits were valued at $79 million dollars.

During an equal six-year period 2004 to 2009 $132 million of commercial building permits were reported. This reduction represents a 40 per cent decline in the value of Penticton commercial building permits.

A comparison to the three Okanagan regional district areas and municipalities shows they had a decline from $993 million to $644 million or 35 per cent during the same period.

The city reported in 2014 that $30 million was approved due to the EIZ program and some additional amount has been added since then. Even though some of the EIZ projects are industrial and residential, it is

commercial, non-low cost apartments and a lot of those have electric heat. My own City of Penticton utility bill for the last approximate three years in the winter months has been $176 per month. That leaves me $160.42 for anything else I need to pay for and groceries.

Everyone is different. I’ve chosen to volunteer 10-12 hours per month at a nonprofit. In 2011 the government came out with a special volunteer supplement which would give disabled an extra $100 month added to their cheque. I did have that for the last two years given I have always volunteered (i.e.: previous advocate for women’s centre for 20 years). I have been volunteering for one particular non-profit for the last five years. I was let go due to my brain injury. I immediately was accepted by another non-profit who had volunteer staff who knew my abilities I still have. I have been so thankful and grateful to that society.

In November I received a volunteer inquiry from the ministry and I immediately delivered that personally to a staff member in charge of my volunteerism. I could not have been more shocked and upset when in December, days previous to Christmas, I get my ministry cheque to see the $100 volunteer supplement gone and no reason given. I’ve been pretty upset.

Once I pay for utilities and my Shaw package, that leaves $14.42 for food or anything else.

Due to things which happen in life, if disabled can drive and have a vehicle, the ministry will add what’s called “Transportation Support” of approximately $700 per year. I received that in 2014 and I do not have a vehicle anymore, I am walking wherever I go with assistance of either a cane or walker. The ministry currently refuses to give me a bus pass as disabled usually get, due to that former 2014 Transportation support which is obviously gone.

Frustrating and doesn’t make sense.

That is just the beginning.

The ministry often does not pay for non-prescription over the counter items etc.

The amount to live on for old age pension shows total disrespect to elders. The welfare and disability amounts feel more like a punishment for landing in a nonplanned-for-life position and is showing a total non-humanitarianism.

hard to believe the EIZ program should be credited with success when commercial permits are down and our level of reduction is worse than the average of the rest of the Okanagan.

Penticton has had the EIZ program for six years plus Penticton’s business property tax calculation is at the lowest level in B C. If these programs did stimulate economic growth it should have been evident before now.

Do these programs continue because they are bold or because they are meeting the goals established? Spending our way to economic success is folly.

Frank Regehr Penticton

I will keep writing my letter to Justin Trudeau. I praise Justin for his wise placement of Canada’s very first federal minster of persons with disabilities. It would be so nice if the common working person would care because something may happen to you one day placing you at the door of welfare, disability or old age pension.

Sheryl Ann Wilson Penticton

Casino responds

I’m writing to respond to several recent letters published that reference the casino.

As executive general manager of Lake City Casinos and a long-time Penticton resident I see some misinformation from the writers that I feel should be addressed.

1. All B.C. casinos are provincially regulated by BCLC and the odds and payouts are set by them and only them. This does not change because Gateway Casinos is building a new facility.

2. Gateway Casinos operates many successful facilities without hotels attached to them. Most recently our new property in Kamloops that also moved from a hotel to a stand-alone location and is proving very popular. Hotel accommodations is not a requirement to ensure success of our business. Our core clientele is local and therefore do not require accommodations. We are striving to provide a full-service entertainment destination for residents and visitor a-like.

3. The concept of a shuttle service is suggested as a parking mediation solution to allow our staff to park off-site on event nights to ensure all available parking stalls are free for customers and event-goers.

This is not intended or planned as a service for customers and therefore would have no effect on who may or may not use a taxi to get to and from the new casino.

4. Hordes of intoxicated people will not be leaving the casino each night. As with

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A selection of comments on Penticton Western News stories found online:

On New patient care tower for Penticton moves ahead:

“Great news. The nurses, care aides, and doctors at Penticton Regional Hospital are the best.

Considering how overworked they are, they still manage to give us their all. Penticton deserves this.”

— posted by Kay Illingworth

any hospitality business that has a license to serve alcohol, we are bound by the regulations of the BC Liquor Control and Licensing Branch. In fact, our policies are more strict than other liquor serving establishments because we have the added regulatory layer of BCLC for appropriate service. Additionally, all staff must have Serving It Right and Appropriate Response Training to be employed with Gateway Casinos. We are committed to providing a socially responsible entertainment service very seriously and strictly follow all regulatory policies.

5. One of the best ways to stimulate economic activity in the city is to create an economic incentive zone to make it attractive for businesses to invest.

Gateway is investing $25 million into the construction of the new Cascades Casino. This economic incentive zone is not a tax holiday. As stated by the city, in the first year Gateway will pay approximately $100,000 more annually in school, hospital and regional district taxes. After 10 years, the city will receive $150,000 annually in municipal taxes.

6. The number of parking spaces available would not greatly increase as a result of the casino being put in the Penticton Trade and Convention Center location. In the extensive parking study conducted, the spaces at the convention centre were included in the calculation of all available parking and the proposed new footprint is only removing a small amount of spaces. Gateway is contributing to the development of the southwest corner of the South Okanagan Events Center, which will add 143 spaces once paved and properly lined.

Jerry Pokorny Executive General Manager Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited

We want to hear from you The Penticton Western News welcomes letters to the editor for publication. We suggest a maximum length of 400 words and reserve the right to edit letters for length, brevity, clarity, legality, abusive language, accuracy and good taste. All published letters remain the property of the Penticton Western News, which is the sole judge of suitability for publication. Letters must include the writer’s address and daytime phone number, which will not be published. Letters should be signed with the writer’s full name and be sent by e-mail to letters@pentictonwesternnews. com; mailed to the Penticton Western News, 2250 Camrose St., Penticton, B.C., V2A 8R1; or faxed to 250-492-9843.

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June Dietz is the sole caregiver for her husband Mel, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. the couple, in their 47th year of marriage, are coping with changes resulting from the diagnosis.

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Mel Deitz gazed wistfully at the painting on the wall and said, “That’s my ranch.”

He then pointed to a portrait of himself, a cowboy.

That life has now been taken from him because he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

“Both his sister and brother have it too,” explained June Deitz, who is her husband’s sole caregiver.

“It’s an awful disease because it is like a computer virus. It starts at the beginning and erases from now, back.”

The couple are in their 47th year of marriage.

In 1991 they moved onto their ranch in Garnett Valley and Mel took early retirement to grow hay and raise cattle, while June continued her teaching career.

The disease first started with Mel forgetting small things and misplacing his keys.

It progressed to the point where he couldn’t remember how to operate the farm equipment.

June recognized the signs but Mel initially did not. He was angry and upset.

A number of years ago, after receiving the diagnosis from Mel’s doctor, the couple sold their ranch and moved into town.

“He was very reluctant to leave, but it just had to be,” said June.

Mel is still able to recognize his four children and their spouses, but is having trouble remembering the names of his grandchildren.

Although the family has been told the diagnosis, it is still not easy for them to understand.

“It’s hard because this is the parent and suddenly he is not the person they remember anymore and he is not behaving as

It is an awful disease because it is like a computer virus. It starts at the beginning and erases from now, back.

– June Dietz

you would expect the parent to behave, so it changes things,” explained June. “It is very hard for them.”

June herself often feels overwhelmed.

“There are challenges on so many fronts that you have to face and deal with,” she said.

Not only is she caring for Mel on a day-to-day basis, but she has to communicate with the doctors and monitor medications.

She is now responsible for all the banking and legal decisions and is still working her way through all of the paperwork.

Although she tries to be as patient as possible, she often finds herself feeling frustrated and a little trapped.

Becoming socially isolated is something that June tries hard to avoid.

She explained that initially friends may begin to pull back because they don’t know how to deal with or respond to the person with Alzheimer’s.

June invites a small group of friends to their home monthly.

They in turn then get invited to their friends’ homes.

Occasionally they will still go out for dinner to a restaurant together.

Travelling is becoming impossible because Mel often becomes disoriented if he is taken out of his environment.

One of the things June has done in order to help herself cope has been to take advantage of the programs and services the Alzheimer Society offers.

She has attended workshops and regularly attends a caregiver support group.

The meetings start with a sharing time.

June has found that others have suggestions on how to deal with different situations that may arise.

She has also found the group facilitator to be a “wealth of information” and an advocate if needed.

“I would recommend that you involve yourself in this group early, because the process and the journey needs to be started early so that you’re not overwhelmed suddenly with what has to be done,” said June.

Something that is needed, June feels, is a program that would provide someone other than the caregiver, to be a companion to the person with Alzheimer’s.

She feels her husband would benefit if he had a buddy that could spend short periods of time interacting with him on a one-toone basis.

The best thing anyone could ever do in order to help, June said, is to call or to visit.

Even though life has changed, June tries to stay positive and not to think ahead to when things will get worse.

Not a day goes by where Mel does not say to his wife, “We should buy the ranch back,” to which she responds, “Not today.”

To contact the Alzheimer Society, go to www.alzheimerbc.org or call Laurie Myres at 250-4938182 or toll free at 1-888-3181122.

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MATTIAS CLEMENT, a.k.a Tyler Breeze, went from wrestling in his back yard to the main stage in professional wrestling, the WWE. You can see Breeze and many other favourites when the WWE comes to the SOEC on Feb. 6.

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Like many, Mattias Clement’s love for wrestling started as a six-year-old plopped in front of the TV on Saturday mornings.

The dream of becoming a professional wrestler is something that had a lot of people telling his parents “he’ll grow out of it.”

“I heard that a lot. ‘He’ll grow out of it, he’ll grow out of it,’” said Clement, a.k.a WWE’s Tyler Breeze. “As I went through school I even had teachers go out of their way to say ‘hey it’s a one in a million shot.’ This is the big time, the odds of making it are extremely slim and the odds of not making it are extremely large. Nothing is guaranteed, you’re basically jumping and taking a risk.”

Clement and his friends would wrestle, like many kids, in the basement, until his dad put an end to that.

“Once my dad found out we destroyed the drywall in the house he said ‘no more wrestling,’ so that forced us to build a ring in the backyard and just kind of start there,” Clement said.

The ring, made of plywood 2x4s and tires in the backyard of his Penticton home, was his very first training ground.

“It was actually not too bad to take your first bumps in.

It was interesting,” Clement said.

Determined that becoming a professional wrestler was what he was going to do, Clement had to deal with a fair bit of nay-saying.

“A lot of the time people were saying ‘you’re crazy, this is never going to happen, what’s your back-up plan?’”

Clement said. “It’s something Jim Carrey said that solidified it in my head. ‘It’s possible to fail at something that you don’t want to do.’ So if wrestling is what I want to do, why can’t I do it? Who’s to say I can’t do it?”

He was initially planning to go to a developmental branch of the WWE in Kentucky, however Lance Storm’s Storm Wrestling Academy had just opened up in Calgary at the perfect time.

“For me it was really worth it, it didn’t seem like a risk. It was the only thing that I was going to do. No matter what I had to do to get there, I was

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going to do that,” Clement said.

Clement’s character, Tyler Breeze, is a narcissistic pretty boy, who has a penchant for taking selfies during matches.

Breeze was called up from the WWE developmental branch, NXT, in October after travelling around North America with the NXT main roster for nearly two years, something that made the transition easier, he said.

“There was already a lot of my friends up in the locker room, so it was kind of an easy transition. It was just a matter of whether or not I had to go to NXT anymore,” Clement said.

“I was ready for it.”

Asked to describe his character in one sentence, Clement said Breeze is “the most good looking piece of gorgeousness that you’re ever going to meet.”

Clement has been polishing the character over time.

“As you kind of create something, it’s almost a rough draft. As you start to work with all these great people, all these great minds that have opinions that can help further your career you just take a little bit from here, a little bit

from there, maybe you lose something that wasn’t working,” Clement said. “You take a collaboration of a lot of different opinions and views on things and create something that works.”

He used to attend shows in Kelowna growing up, but after they stopped coming to the venue, he never expected to be performing in his home town.

“Now I was looking at the schedule and I saw we were coming to Penticton,” Clement said. “It’s funny I think this is our debut show, WWE has never run in Penticton, so to actually be a part of that is really cool.”

“Basically everyone I know that’s still in Penticton is going to be at the show, so it should be a good turnout,” Clement said. “It is really a dream come true.”

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FIRED UP — The Shatford pottery studio is fired up for its second year with a new look and expanded schedule. Classes are starting for adults and for children like Nevaeh Evans who was making a sculpture during a preschool class recently. Potters of all levels are welcome from those who want to play in the mud to exploring the art. Kathleen Murphy, a ceramic artist and pottery studio manager, has over 20 years experience in the art of clay. For more information visit www.osarts.com.

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t.g.i.f. music Jan. 23-24 — Ben Waters the boogie woogie piano player from the UK is at the Dream Cafe.

Jan. 28 — Grandmothers for Africa fundraiser presents Johnny Cash Tribute Show as performed by Gary Kehoe and special guest Neil Convey. Tickets are $15 and are available at the Penticton Lakeside Resort.

Show is at 7:30 p.m. at the Barking Parrot. Dinner reservations available.

Feb. 4-5 — Gary Comeau and the Voodoo Allstars at the Dream Cafe.

Feb. 5-7 — Masterworks Ensemble Early Music concert featuring music from the Renaissance to early classical at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church in Summerland on Feb. 5, Concordia Lutheran Church in Penticton on Feb. 6 and Oliver Lutheran Centre on Feb. 7. Tickets are $25 and $15 for

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A mix up at the airport kicks off an unlikely romantic comedy as Many Hats Theatre Company is set to debut their first performance of 2016, Baggage.

Phyllis and Bradley meet up after a baggage mix-up at JFK Airport, and as director Jamie Eberle said “unpleasant sparks begin to fly.”

“It goes from there. They sort of drag themselves kicking and screaming into something neither one of them professes to want,” Eberle said.

The single-set, four-character production is penned by Sam Bobrick, who also wrote last year’s Many Hats production of Getting Sara Married, and has written some classic television including Bewitched and The Andy Griffith

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A Many Hats favourite from last year, the comedy stylings of Getting Sara Married is what had Eberle eyeing up another Bobrick comedy.

“That’s what first attracted me to it, so we ordered it and looked at it,” Eberle said. “By golly, he’s once again put together what I regard as a charming little romantic comedy.

Most of all, it’s really funny. It was a bit of a no-brainer picking that one.”

The cast features some familiar Many Hats faces along with some newcomers. Jane Stead (playing Mitzi Cartwright) and John Devitt (starring as Bradley Naughton) are heading into their first Many Hats production, though by far their first time on stage. Stead comes to Many Hats after years with Terrace Little Theatre and Devitt has received awards for his performances with the Revelstoke Players.

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Memories, not medals were the prized takeaway items for Riley Martin in his first BC Winter Games in Mission two years ago.

Originally from Oliver and now living in Kelowna, Martin, who was 22 at the time was a member of the Zone 2 silver medal wheelchair basketball team at the Mission Games, eventually going on to play for the provincial team at the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

“I went into the Games not really knowing what to expect, but honestly, it was far more positive than I could have imagined,” recalled Martin this week. “We did bring

home some hardware, but we felt much closer as a team, and made a lot of new friends in both opposing teams and other sports. I used to think that just highperformance fun while achieving success in a sport was what I found attractive, but looking back, those (friends) are why it is such a positive memory for me.

“This kind of experience isn’t something that everyone gets, and it’s a great way to get a feel for higher level competition in your sport. I think that the most obvious thing a newcomer can expect is to have fun and make friends. Opportunities for both are abundant throughout the games. I have many (friends) that I still keep in touch with

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“My daughter participated in the BC Summer Games a few years ago and she had such a great experience. This is my way of paying back for the experience my daughter had.”

Clarke said volunteers in the Accommodations SHELLEY CLARKE area ensure the athletes have comfortable sleeping areas.

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and cherish more than the medals we brought home.”

Martin was riding his motorcycle from Penticton to Summerland on Aug. 1, 2009 when a vehicle pulling a trailer crossed the highway in front of him, resulting in the life-changing accident. He was just 17 at the time. Afterwards, a friend he met in school who played on the Kelowna wheelchair team suggested he come out to a practice and give it a try.

“After playing once, I knew I would continue with the sport. I loved to play as part of a team like I had done before the accident that put me in the wheelchair,” said Martin. “I gradually became more competitive after my first year.”

The fun actually began on the bus trip from Kelowna to Mission, traveling with zone athletes from other events.

“The ceremonies were when it sunk in that it was really happening,” said Martin. “You could sense everyone, spectators, volunteers, parents had that feeling of excitement too. A big opening event like that made it much more special and memorable an experience.”

Along with the fun part, the competition was also tough with all the teams closely matched.

“This feeling made me not only want to experience it again, but also at a higher level.

From that point on I set my eyes on the following year’s Canada Winter Games,” said Martin.

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chair basketball at the BC Games level and will be coaching the Zone 4 team from Vancouver at this year’s Games in Penticton, Feb. 25-28, is Arley Cruthers.

And although she has competed and worked at the international level, including the Paralympics — and will be doing so again this year in Rio de Janeiro — the BC Winter Games will always have a special place in her heart.

Not only were the games her real first taste of competition, they have become an opportunity for the Vancouver resident to enjoy the thrill of seeing other young people share her experiences.

“It’s not often that you are looking forward to sleeping on a gym floor but the environment is just so great,” said Cruthers who competed at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, Greece. “I remember one team that I was coaching at the last Winter Games, one of the athletes was so psyched, so enthusiastic, he had his mom shave a basketball into the back of his head and he turned to me and said, ‘this is the best day of my life.’

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While not a “natural athlete” Cruthers had to learn the necessary skills, something she now loves to help others do.

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PENTICTON VEES Darius Davidson (above) crosses the blue line ahead of Red Bull Salzburg defender Emil Quaas during second period exhibition action at the South Okanagan Events Centre, Wednesday. After the game (below) Vee Domenic Masellis and Florian Baltram share a laugh before heading to the dressing rooms.

Penticton won the game 6-1.

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Jolting past Red Bull Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

The Penticton Vees showed up as advertised to EC Red Bull Salzburg coach Matt Curley.

The Vees, No. 2 in the Canadian Junior Hockey League rankings, cruised to a 6-1 win over Salzburg of Austria at the South Okanagan Events Centre Wednesday night.

“That’s a really nice hockey team they have,” said Curley, as the club’s battled in a physical and speedy affair part of a BCHL-Red Bull Salzburg four-game tour that started with an 8-6 win in West Kelowna Monday. “It was a good challenge for us.

We’re glad to have the opportunity.”

Vees forward Scott Conway lifted the crowd of 1,673 to its feet 1:17 into the opening frame when he banged home a centering pass by Easton Brodzinski. Later on, Brodzinski had a chance to make it 2-0 but failed to convert. Salzburg nearly hit the scoresheet when a shot squeezed through Zach Driscoll, but rolled past the post.

The second period opened up offensively, but it was the Vees who executed. Vees forward Luke Voltin kickstarted it when he buried a behind-the-back, no-look pass from Nicolas Jones past Mark Vlahovic.

“That pass was pretty unreal,” said Vees captain Tyson Jost. “It was pretty special to watch.”

The Vees added two more goals in the first six minutes. Affiliate player Cassidy Bowes made it 3-0 when he finished off a play by Conway. Skating into the Salzburg zone, Conway took a feed and dragged the puck between his legs and in the same motion, dished a backhand pass over to Bowes, who tapped it in. Forty-five seconds later, Voltin buried his second goal after Darius Davidson was denied at the crease.

Move in and enjoy the services and companionship in our friendly seniors building Voltin pounced on the rebound.

“It was unreal,” said Voltin of his two-goal performance. “Just to put two in was a lot of fun. It was two nice passes from my teammates that set it up.”

Salzburg finally cracked Driscoll with 11:37 remaining in the period to make it 4-1 as Maximilian Egger redirected a shot. Egger said they played well in the Vees zone. Teammate Phillipp Lindner aimed for his stick when shooting the puck and Egger was able to deflect it.

Egger pumped his fist in relief.

He also felt a comeback could be possible as they had some chances.

Salzburg had seen Driscoll before when he was in the United States Hockey League.

“He was not that good here. A lot of free bounces,” said Egger of Driscoll, who finished with 26 saves.

“We have to go harder to the net.”

The Vees added one more goal

that period by Conway, who tipped a point shot. In the third period, Griffin Mendel blasted a shot past Vlahovic from the point.

“It’s a very good hockey team.

They play so smart,” said Eggers.

“They always bring the puck to the net. They always move the puck very quickly. Beat us always with speed.”

Jost said playing Salzburg was awesome and that they are a good team.

“They are fast. It was a fun game,” he said. “They had a quick transition game. They had a lot of skill too. It was a cool experience.”

Now the Vees get ready to host Chilliwack on Friday at 7 p.m., then travel to Wenatchee to play the Wild for the final time in the regular season. Chilliwack is first in the Mainland Division with a record of 27-84-1. The Wild are right behind them at 24-13-2-3.

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Forty teams, including the defending champ Schoolboys, have their sights set on winning the Edward Jones Tin Cup at the Penticton Curling Club.

The action begins Friday at 1:30 p.m.

The bonspiel attracted four more teams compared to last year and it’s a total organizer Matt Tolley is happy about.

“We can’t accommodate more than 40 teams,” said Tolley, adding that each rink is guaranteed four games.

The key is making sure everyone has a good time. Part of it is the social aspect, said Tolley.

“No one is coming with their top team. It’s more of a fun thing,” he said. “There is some really good curlers that are going to be there. It’s nice to curl with some of those players. There is a lot of teams that have been coming for a long time.”

Of the 40 teams, 28 are returning. Tolley also said they have more young teams, which hasn’t happened before.

“That’s really where you develop the game,” he said. “You try to get more younger people involved.”

Tolley added people will have fun.

“People have heard about our tournament. It’s been around a long time.”

Last year, Tyrel Griffith, who fell short of representing Canada in the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia, said the Tin Cup is one of the highlights of his season.

“It’s so fun,” Griffith told the Western News.

“There is a lot of great players. A lot of good teams.”

As the teams pursue the Tin Cup, there are also quality prizes to be won, including tickets to a Seattle Seahawks game, stay and play at Predator Ridge in Vernon, a set of Toronto Blue Jays/Seattle Mariners tickets, a Playstation 4 and a suite for a Penticton Vees game, among other prizes.

Junior bonspiel, men’s playdowns

A junior bonspiel was held on Jan. 16 at the club with 17 players.

Organizer Sherrie Burechailo said it is designed for first time bonspielers.

“It was great. The kids had fun,” she said.

The players participated in four, four end games.

Burechailo added the bonspiel was smaller in numbers because Oliver hosted a juvenile men’s and women’s zone 2 tournament for Curl B.C. with the winners qualifying for the B.C. Winter Games in Penticton, Feb.25-28.

Burechailo sent two teams, skip Kody Firlotte and Zack Kuechle. Neither placed.

The Penticton rinks met in the first draw with Firlotte earning a 12-2 win in six ends. Firlotte’s rink then lost its second draw 5-2 against a Vernon Curling Club rink. It also lost it’s third draw, 15-3 to a Kamloops Curling Club rink.

Kuechle’s rink lost to a Kelowna rink 17-1.

“The club really got behind the kids,” said Burechailo, adding they received extra coaching and time on ice.

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Friendship was set aside as Okanagan Hockey Academy teammates Alex Gulstene and Olivia Knowles battled for a International Ice Hockey Federation U18 World championship.

Gulstene and Team U.S.A topped Knowles and Team Canada 3-2 in overtime on Jan. 15 with Natalie Snodgrass breaking Canada’s heart at 1:47.

“It’s one of the most amazing feelings in the world,” said Gulstene, who had a 1.48 goals against average and .947 save percentage against Canada in two games. “Even to just be there with such a great group of girls and just represent my country is just such an unbelievable feeling.”

Going head-to-head with Knowles was interesting for the Evanston, Ill., native. She described it as weird to see Knowles on the other side of the blue line, not helping.

“She’s a good player. She backed a good team,” said Gulstene, who was 3-0 for the U.S. with a minuscule 0.99 goals against average and .954 save percentage with one shutout in the tournament.

Gulstene recalled their first meeting in the preliminary round in St. Catharines, Ont. “She took a snapshot from the blue line. I caught it and I just looked up at her and gave her a little nod,” she said.

“I thought she played awesome throughout the whole tournament,” said Knowles, a defenceman from Campbell River. “We always saw each other in the hall. Stayed at the

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Gulstene and the U.S. trailed Canada 2-0 until 15:20 of the second period when Alex Woken scored. The U.S. then pulled even at 8:03. Gulstene never lost faith in her team. In overtime, the atmosphere was stressful for her.

“Going in, Canada had the crowd,” she said.

Knowles admitted the fan support was nearly overwhelming.

“It was amazing,” she said of the atmosphere in the Meridian Centre.

Gulstene cherishes the moment after winning and before, getting to know her teammates and the laughs they shared.

Knowles still grieves the loss, but added they are preparing for next year already. They take pride in their silver medal.

“If you asked us to play that game again, we wouldn’t change the way we played,” said Knowles, who now uses her silver medal as a reminder to work harder. “We played well. We worked hard. We are proud of how we played and we are proud that it was on home soil.”

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Council threw their support behind a grant application in support of the YES (Youth Engagement Strategy) project’s goal of developing a youth resource centre.

The Penticton and District Community Resource Centre will be the leading organization representing the YES project in an application to the British Columbia Integrated Youth Services Initiative grant.

According to the report supplied to council, Penticton is in critical need of a youth centre.

While there are a number of organizations supporting youth with a variety of services, there is no youth resource centre or youth emergency shelter in Penticton.

Each organization has their own referral and intake process that inevitably increases barriers for youth and families to receive help.

“This granting opportunity came about and it is exactly what Penticton needs to provide some of the sustainability funding for the YES project,” said Amberlee Erdman one of the group’s co-ordinators. “The youth so badly want and deserve a youth centre.”

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“Prior to this formality, the city staff and facilities have been welcoming as a baby friendly community, which includes breastfeeding mothers,” said Coun. Judy Sentes.

The new policy includes presenting a welcoming attitude to all mothers, not asking breastfeeding mothers to cover up and advising any other visitors with concerns, that breastfeeding is an acceptable and supported practice, and that asking a nursing mother to cover up would violate the Human Rights Code of B.C. The new policy was inspired by a team of fourth year nursing students and supported by public health nurse Meggie Ross.

This has been the practice at the pool, said recreation director Lori Mullin, but by implementing it as a citywide policy, it will reach out to all of city facilities.

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Blasting Control

Up until Monday night, Penticton relied on WorksafeBC legislation to regulate blasting activities within the city’s borders, but that may soon be changing.

Mitch Moroziuk, the city’s director of operations, said that blasting to remove rock during construction of the new residential subdivision above the Wiltse development resulted in several inquiries from the public about what could and could not occur as part of the blasting process. Among regulations covering insurance, liability and inspection, the new bylaw includes the re-

quirement of a blasting permit at $250 and limits blasting to between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Monday to Saturday.

Council voted unanimously to give the new policy its first, second and third readings.

Multi-use trail

Penticton is being asked to join with other local governments to develop a master plan for a Summerland to Penticton multiuse trail, but city council wants more information before they make a decision.

In 2015 the Province of B.C. designed and constructed a 1.3-km Multi Use Trail along Okanagan Lake from Lower Summerland to Trout Creek. The cost to construct the Multi Use Trail was $860,000, not including engineering and environmental work.

Director of operations Moroziuk said the province sees future development of the trail as a four-way partnership between the province, Regional District Okanagan Similkameen, Penticton and Summerland.

The cost of developing a master plan is estimated at $110,000, of which Penticton would contribute $38,500.

Moroziuk estimates future costs to build the portion of the trail from Trout Creek to Penticton could be in the range of $7.8 million. Mayor Andrew Jakubeit suggested there might be more options than just supporting or not supporting the master plan, like working with user groups to develop another concept. The discussion is expected to be resumed at council’s Feb. 1 regular meeting.

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A man was denied bail after multiple guns were allegedly found in his vehicle by police in Summerland.

Richard Arthur Crawford, 34, is charged with careless use or storage of a firearm, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possessing a firearm without license or registration, occupying a vehicle knowing a firearm is present, mischief, uttering threats and two counts of breaching a recognizance.

On Jan. 16 at around 10 a.m. Penticton RCMP received an anonymous weapons complaint. Crown alleged that the anonymous caller said Crawford had a handgun, bullet-

proof vest and was threatening to kill someone. Penticton and Summerland RCMP members talked to a former girlfriend of Crawford’s, Dierdie Simms, who could not confirm that he had a weapon, but identified the vehicle he was driving.

Police located the vehicle and arrested Crawford and during their search found a kevlar vest which Crawford told police was for bull riding. Crawford was eventually released.

Later that day, around 9:45 p.m., Crown said police received a report that Crawford was at a residence attempting to kick the door in.

“Simms was not aware if he had any firearms, but was informed by the neighbours

Crawford was going door to door asking about (a man) and saying that he was going to shoot him,” Crown counsel Kevin Fotty said during Crawford’s bail hearing Jan. 18 in Penticton Provincial Court.

Police stopped Crawford’s suspected vehicle near 10 p.m. in front of Giant’s Head School.

Crown alleged police noticed a silver handgun with a black handle partially buried in the snow of the box of Crawford’s pick-up truck. Crawford was placed under arrest. The 9-mm handgun was observed to be cocked with a magazine seeded.

“A round was in chamber, and it was ready to fire,” Fotty said.

A further search yielded a

second handgun with a seeded magazine loaded with rounds.

Three cell phones and an unknown amount of cash was found in the truck as well.

Crown alleged that while being transported Crawford became outwardly violent and kicked the passenger door in the back of the police cruiser.

Further search of the pick-up truck yielded a ski-mask, latex gloves and 9-mm pistol ammo.

Defence counsel for Crawford, Lisa Scruton, argued for his release on a minimum $5,000 to a maximum of $15,000 surety and that Crawford would reside with his father with a curfew.

Judge Meg Shaw denied Crawford’s bail. Crawford returns to court Feb. 10.

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September 12, 1923 – January 17, 2016 Robert passed away peacefully at Moog & Friends Hospice House in Penticton. He is survived by his son, Edward; daughter in law, Barbra and niece, Sylvia. Robert was predeceased by his loving wife of 67 years, Margarita; sons, Peter and Hardy; brothers, Alexi and Leonide; father, Francis and mother, Otilija. Robert was born in Liepaja, Latvia. He graduated from Polytechnical Institute of Libau with a specialty in Electrical Engineering and then attended Johan Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany where he studied Chemical Engineering. Robert was a Public Servant with the Government of Canada and spent 32 years with the Department of National Defence and the Department of Supply and Services. In 1985 he relocated from Ottawa to Penticton for his retirement.

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Friday Social dance with Destiny, the Dance Band at the South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965 South Main St. starting at 7:30 p.m. $7 per person. royal canadian legion branch 40 has a steak or rib dinner at 5:50 p.m. and music by Razvon at 6 p.m. elkS club on Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m. Funtime dancers upstairs at 7 p.m. [Fr] anavetS haS line dance classes at 1 p.m. by donation, mixed doubles at 7 p.m. and karaoke at 7:30 p.m.

South Main drop-in Centre has yoga at 9 a.m., Tai Chi at 10:30 a.m. and Mah Jong at 1 p.m.[fr] al-anon MeetS at the Bethel Pentecostal Church at 945 Main St. from 6 to 7 p.m. For info call 250-490-9272. eagleS club haS Friday Night Live dinner at 5 p.m. and entertainment at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome. 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] okanagan FallS legion has meat draws and 50-50 draws on Friday and Saturday at 5 p.m.[107s]

Saturday January 23 alcoholicS anonyMouS haS daily meetings in Penticton and area.

Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours). the penticton royal Canadian Legion is hosting a Robbie Burns Supper with dinner, bagpiping and dancing.

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Sunday January 24 royal canadian legion branch 40 has a branch buffet breakfast at 8 a.m., meat and 50/50 draws at 2 p.m. the Multicultural Society of Penticton has card games on Sundays from 2 to 6 p.m. at 135 Winnipeg St. Everyone welcome. Call 250-4939124 for more info.[su] new beginningS church holds Sunday services at 10:30 a.m. at 96 Edmonton Ave. coMe dance to the greatest dance music ever made with DJ Emil from 7 to 9 p.m. at the South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965 South Main St. $3 per person, everyone is welcome to come enjoy the music.[su] anavetS haS a general meeting at 11 a.m., horse races and meat draws at 2 p.m. Hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch.

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After a series of meetings last week, Penticton’s economic development officer said work on the problem of skilled labour shortages is getting ready to move from planning and collecting data to taking action.

There were three information meetings, said Colleen Pennington. One with her steering committee, another public meeting, which drew a number of business operators and a third meeting with representatives from the Downtown Penticton Association and South Okanagan Immigration and Community Services.

Pennington said she shared some of the feedback gathered from surveys, validating that they are on the right track, then looked at strategies that need to happen to solve some of the labour market issues and then which of those should be prioritized, given limited resources.

“Without a doubt, labour issues was the top problem. Everywhere we are going, we are hearing that same story,” said Pennington. “We have labour challenges and we need to get more skilled at recruiting, retaining and general match of labour to the kinds of needs our businesses have.”

By March, Pennington said, they should have an action plan developed dealing with what the employers felt were gaps in the labour market that need to be addressed.

“From there, we are going to work toward implementing some initiatives that address those actions,” said Pennington. “The goal is, have we nailed what the labour market issues are that are most important? What can we get started on right away that make it better for our businesses that they can grow.”

Growing and maintaining businesses, she said, means more growth in employment and economic activity.

Another initiative, to develop and grow the virtual worker sector, is also showing promise, according to Pennington.

“It got a lot of responses, the tracking on it has gone really well. We have had far more people contacting my group and a number of people have been active in it, asking questions about moving here and starting businesses here,” she said, adding that the campaign has developed considerable reach and is positioning Penticton in a unique way compared to other communities.

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Tickets to the 21st Annual Okanagan Fest of Ale, one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest and longest running consumer craft beer and cider tasting events are now on sale.

The two-day event features great entertainment, fabulous food and an opportunity for over 5,000 beer and cider enthusiasts to sample a diverse and delicious selection of craft brews, cask ales and quality ciders from 50 exceptional craft breweries.

The 2016 Fest of Ale takes place in Penticton from April 8 to 9. Penticton also has a growing reputation as a craft beer destination.

Three innovative craft breweries and a popular brewpub can be found within the city

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Fest of Ale announces new two-day pass itself, with an increasing number of craft cideries and breweries throughout the region.

New to the festival is a two-day weekend pass.

“Over the last three years the number of craft brewers participating at the festival has nearly doubled, as has the number of samples available for tasting,” said Fest of Ale Society vice president and marketing director, John Devitt.

Priced at $47, the two-day pass represents a savings of 20 per cent over two single day admissions. As a standalone ticket the two-day weekend pass is for those interested in sampling the wide variety of craft beer and cider available at the event in a responsible way at an affordable rate; and for those interested in

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2016 festival guests are certain to enjoy the return of the outdoor tasting area and on-site store.

“Response to the outdoor addition and onsite store, both implemented last year as a part of the event’s 20th anniversary celebration, was overwhelmingly positive” said Devitt, “It allowed room for a record number of brewers and offered patrons a chance to enjoy the event in a whole new way plus the added bonus of, literally, being able to take home their favourite festival memory.”

Based on the success of last year and early interest this year, organizers are expecting a full house and encourage you to buy your tick-

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Operating as a non-profit society, and managed by a volunteer board of directors, the Okanagan Fest of Ale Society hosts an annual consumer craft beer and cider tasting that functions to support and promote the growing world of quality craft brewery products, promote local tourism and support charitable organizations within the RDOS.

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