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DVA pushes parking meter options RICHARD ROLKE
“Customers will not need to have change.”
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Dialing for a parking spot is ringing up interest. The Downtown Vernon Association will ask city council Monday to initiate mobile payment, or PayByPhone, for parking meters. “You don’t know if the idea works until you try it,” said Mayor Akbal Mund. “I’d say, try 50 per cent of the meters on 30th Avenue for a trial period.” DVA officials insist PayByPhone is a cost-effective way to address parking concerns downtown. “By offering the PayByPhone option, clients visiting downtown will have the ability to pay for parking easily and customers will not need to have change for the meters,”
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said Lara Konkin, executive director, in a letter. “They will also be able to conveniently add money to the meter without having to get up from the table or leave in the middle of an appointment or meeting to plug the meter. By using PayByPhone, customers will be notified before the meter expires, helping to reduce the frustration of receiv-
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First, he had the idea. Then, he learned to ride a motorcycle. And then he found the perfect partner for the trip. Enderby’s Dan van Dalfsen and Krista Harris have fond memories of a motorcycle excursion on their matching Suzuki V-Strom bikes that took them from the top of North America in Inuvik to the “fin del mundo” (end of the world) in South America. “It was in the mid-80s, I read a story in a Shuswap newspaper about a couple from Tappen who drove their pickup and camper to South America, and I wanted to do the same thing,” said van Dalfsen, 61. “Except I thought a cool way to do it would be on a bike.” It was a love of motorcycles that brought the semi-retired pair together, both having learned to ride bikes just a few short years ago. They were talking about motorcycles when van Dalfsen asked for Harris’ phone number. He shared with her his idea, they went to a conference on such trips in Nakusp, organized by Horizons Unlimited, returned home and spent, said Harris, “10 to 15 minutes planning their excursion.” “We left Enderby on Oct. 6 and arrived at the “fin del mundo” in Ushuala (Argentina) on Dec. 30,” said Harris, 56. “We traveled through 14 countries and covered 25,000 kilometres.” Throughout the trip, the couple were greeted by friendly people who treated the pair like celebrities. “People wanted to sit on the bikes and have their photos taken,” said van Dalfsen. Added Harris: “We ran into a tour group of Americans heading to Antarctica. We told them what we were doing and they were so excited, they wanted to have their pictures taken with us.” In Colombia, said Harris, bikes are big as far as transportation mode, but nowhere near as big as the Suzukis. “They were phoning their friends to come down and see our bikes and they’d ask to have their pictures taken,” laughed Harris. The couple encountered some tropical rain storms, including the edge of hurricane Patricia, but the hardest work was battling the winds in Argentina where they had winds of 60km/h with gusts of 80km/h. “That kind of wind is capable of blowing a bike over and when I stopped it did just that,” said Harris. “We also had a little slush in El Calfate (Argentina) but that just made the glacier (the massive Perito Moreno Glacier) prettier.” They also had to dodge llamas and alpacas who would jump out from the side of the road in front of their bikes, similar to deers jumping out in front of vehicles in Canada. A bonus part of the trip for van Dalfsen: it was cherry season in Chile. “I got to experience two cherry seasons in 2015,” he laughed. The only time the pair felt uncomfortable was at the many border crossings, where it was common to see men with guns standing by. “It was an awesome trip through a wonderful part of the world,” said Harris. “We are very grateful to have had the chance to do it.”
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Students join battle against mussels RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff
A group of youth fears the Okanagan, as we know it, could disappear. Students at Vernon Community School have launched a campaign to raise awareness about quagga and zebra mussels and the negative impact they could create for local lakes, recreation and the economy. “Without the lakes in Vernon, the town wouldn’t be what it is today. It will be a bit of a ghost town because we would lose tourism,” said student Jameson Love. The mussels are native to Europe and they have spread across North America since the 1980s. One female can spawn one million eggs per year, meaning they can infest a lake rapidly. That translates into razor-sharp and foulsmelling shells on the beaches. They also clog water intake pipes, pumps and boat motors, placing local infrastructure at risk. “Fish will die and the ecosystem will be ruined,” said Love of the fact that the filterfeeding mussels decimate lake plankton. In the Great Lakes, the lake trout population has decreased by 95 per cent because of the mussels. One of the first steps the class has taken is to write Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster and the provincial government. “We’re asking what they are doing to prevent this?” said student Dannon MacKay. Other letters to elected officials will also be sent out, while an art project is being developed that features clay mussels in a sink. A motion-capture video is also being created. “It will show mussels taking over a lake,” said Brynne Morrice, an actor and filmmaker who released a six-minute documentary on mussels and is working with the students at
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Vernon Community School students (from back left) Cameron Schroth, Devin Buskop, (from front left) Will Poole, Ashlyn Ware, Celina Galbraith, Dannon MacKay and Jameson Love join mentor Brynne Morrice as they check for e-mail responses from politicians to their questions about stopping invasive mussels. Vernon Community School. “I’m helping take their ideas and blow oxygen into the flame. They see how the mussels could affect their lives and their future.” Also assisting the students is Michelle
Mitchell, with the Society for the Protection of Kalamalka Lake. “Water is important to all of us and we need to do our best to protect it,” said Mitchell. “We need people to think more about the lakes.”
The students will continue to spread the word, and they remain hopeful the mussels can be stopped from arriving in the Okanagan. “With the right action, we can do it,” said Devin Buskop.
Fight to save school faces challenges RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff
Armstrong-Spallumcheen residents are being urged to unify around the future of schools and not create divisions. The committee trying to save Armstrong Elementary School from potential closure says the campaign has experienced some challenges. “It’s putting the community against each other, which is sad,”
said Kim Weston, spokesperson. “Some parents at the other schools are afraid that if they back us to stay open, their school will lose programs. But from what we’ve discovered, it will be both.” If the North OkanaganShuswap School District closes AES, there would be kindergarten to Grade 7 at Len Wood (currently a middle school) and Highland Park Elementary. “If Len Wood is not a middle
school, programs will be lost and the Strong Start program will be lost at Highland Park because of a lack of space.” Pleasant Valley Secondary would be from Grade 8 to 12. “We want all of the four schools open,” said Weston. The committee is currently gathering information on the implications to all of the schools if closures and service cuts occur, and it will be provided to par-
ent advisory committees and residents. Letters are also being written to MLA Greg Kyllo, the Ministry of Education and municipal councils. “Spallumcheen council has been a great supporter and wants the four schools open because of growth in Spallumcheen,” said Weston. “In Armstrong, we’re not getting the same vocal support. They haven’t come forward.”
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Meeting targets Sugar Lake compromise RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff
A compromise is being sought between recreational pursuits and environmental protection. About 70 people attended a meeting held by the Cherryville Water Stewards Thursday to discuss a campaign to restrict motor boats on Sugar Lake. “There is a will in general to protect the lake but some want to keep their motor boats,” said Russ Collins, one of the authors of a petition calling for rules. Collins insists the goal is to reduce conflict between residents on both sides of the issue and find middle ground. “An either or situation won’t work for anyone.” Hank Cameron, Cherryville’s regional district director, was pleased with the meeting. “It was a respectful and civil discussion,” he said. “People were hard on the issues but easy on people. Few were silent and everyone listened.” Collins says there appears to be common agreement that there’s no jet boats on the Shuswap River, from Sugar Lake to Shuswap Falls, and that
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There’s a strong North Okanagan presence on the Okanagan Regional Library executive. On Wednesday, Catherine Lord, a Vernon councillor, was elected to serve another year as chairperson, and Lumby Coun. Lori Mindnich will be vicechairperson. Mindnich will also chair the finance committee while the personnel committee will be chaired by Tundra Baird, from Enderby council. At the meeting the board unanimously approved a new strategic plan for ORL. The plan solidifies the mission for the ORL as “Connecting curious minds” and outlines four key themes for the library’s focus in coming years: 1. Our library advances learning, creativity and imagination 2. Our library is an integral part of life in our diverse communities 3. Our library branches are innovative, inviting and reflect our communities 4. Our library is focused on customer service, staffed by learners confident in their abilities Staff is rolling out an operational plan for 2016 to move towards these goals.
“Having a place for people to access the lake is important.” — Hank Cameron
no towing be allowed in the lake. “That’s driving around in circles and that creates erosion,” said Collins of boats towing tubes or skiers. As for possibly restricting motor boats or limiting horsepower on Sugar Lake, Collins says those discussions continue within the community. “To keep it clean, no motors would be allowed,” he said. The issue of boat traffic has partially arisen because of proposed upgrades to the lodge there. “Most of the people who will be there are from Vernon and Lumby,” said Cameron. “I don’t see this as being a problem. New people are coming but they will mostly be good people.”
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Initiative helps seniors access MSP assistance RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff
Steps are being taken to help seniors decrease Medical Services Plan costs. Eric Foster, Vernon-Monashee MLA, and Vernon’s Schubert Centre, are launching an initiative to make seniors more
aware about MSP. “We want to help navigate them through the system to see if they qualify for reduced premiums or no premiums,” said Foster. A survey by seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie indicated 39 per cent of seniors knew about MSP premium assistance and 66 per cent pay full premiums when the number should be fewer than 50 per cent. A one-time application must be
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filled out for the premium assistance program. Retroactive assistance may be provided for up to the previous six years. “We’re getting, as group of volunteers, together to explain this to seniors,” said Jack Gareb, Schubert Centre manager. A single senior earning up to $45,000 may qualify for reduced premiums as may a senior couple earning up to $51,000. This translates into a savings of up to $480 per year for a senior couple and $324 per year for a single senior.
As part of the recent provincial budget, about 335,000 people of all ages will see their premiums reduced, and an additional 45,000 people won’t pay premiums at all in 2017. Other British Columbians though, will see their MSP premiums climb four per cent. B.C. is the only province that has MSP, and Foster defends the system. “Everyone pays for health care. It’s not free. You either pay through taxes or through MSP,” said Foster.
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“In southern B.C., snowpacks are much better developed than the extremely low conditions that were experienced last year.” Seasonal forecasts from Environment Canada are indicating a high likelihood of above-normal temperatures across B.C. from February to April, and an increased chance of warmer than normal temperatures through the extended forecast period into the summer months.
Seasonal forecasts from NOAA suggest a more southern path for the Pacific jet stream through the February-April period, with increased precipitation for California, and decreased precipitation for B.C. “Seasonal precipitation forecasts tend to have much lower forecast skill than seasonal temperature forecasts, and therefore should be used with caution,” states the River Forecast Centre.
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Alberta downturn hurts families richard rolke Morning Star Staff
The ebbs and flows of the oil patch are having a ripple effect on local families. When the industry was booming, many North Okanagan men headed to Alberta, leaving their wives and kids to cope. Now that many jobs have dried up, financial and relationship pressures have arisen. “When all of the men went north, we had programs for women to change the oil in the car and do household repairs. We showed them how to be more independent,” said Gay Jewitt, executive director of Lumby’s Whitevalley Community Resource Centre. “But now the men are coming back home or there is a huge reduction in pay. The income level has changed and the kids are not playing hockey or skiing. There’s no work or no sign of work and they’re trying to support their family.” WCRC’s case load for couples needing assistance has climbed since the downturn in the oil and gas sector, while addiction cases are also up. “Families face the usual challenges but this creates more challenges,” said Jewitt. Whitevalley has been working with other groups, the Lumby Food Bank and the thrift shop, to ensure families’ basic needs are addressed. Valley First Credit Union has also helped fund the response. “It makes sure kids are included. It’s runners, it’s boots or maybe it means Johnny can be on the basketball team,” said Jewitt. No matter the circumstances, there are a number of support programs for all parents in Lumby, including the six-part Ups and Downs of Parenting, which started Feb. 17 and runs Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Lumby Christian Church. The Ups and Downs of Parenting is free for parents of children ages eight to 14, and participants will learn about communicating with their child, understanding and working with anger, dealing with emotions, building your child’s confidence, sibling relationships and raising kids in a world of technology. “Parenting has its ups and downs. Everything is going smoothly and then there’s a bump in the road,” said Sandra Wagner, program facilitator. “We want to help families cope and understand each other. Every child is unique and they come with joys and challenges. There’s no manual to parenting.” Wagner also insists there’s no perfect parent. “It’s about building relationships with the parents and the children. Listen to them. Sometimes it’s about role modelling,” she said.
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While Canadian National has until early to mid 2017 to finish remedial work on the Okanagan corridor, local jurisdictions will soon get a look at preliminary plans for the rail trail. Andrew Gibs, project manager at the City of Kelowna, says the interjurisdictional team is in the planning, design and costing phases of the corridor. By April, it will be ready to present a trail development plan to officials with Kelowna, Lake Country, the Regional District of North Okanagan and the Okanagan Indian Band. “Over the winter, we have been planning and consulting and designing and we want to have a trail development plan
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like to travel. I always say it broadens your horizons and allows you to see how other people live and if you have even a bit of an open mind you can learn about others, and maybe even a little bit about yourself if you’re not careful. Given the choice, I’ll take travel over stuff any day. I figure life is more about moments that turn into memories than material things that you just end up throwing away anyway. So when my niece said she was getting married in Edmonton in February I said I was up for the challenge, after all she’s family and pretty special and the first one of her generation to tie the knot and..... Well, maybe that’s not what I said at first. It might have been more like “I didn’t know there was an Edmonton in Mexico, I’ve heard of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan, maybe it’s on the Glenn Mitchell Caribbean side, I’ve never been to that side, do you say it the same way as the one that’s the capital of Alberta?” “Oh, it is the capital of Alberta? In February? OK, then, let’s go.” And she is from there after all and her man is going to U of C and it’s his reading break and it was Valentine’s Day weekend and, what the heck, there’s never a bad time to have a wedding. Still, I was a little nervous about the weather possibilities, although less so than my wife who wasn’t sure how to dress formally for a wedding when you’re actually more concerned about not freezing to death. We needn’t have worried. The day we got to Edmonton International it might have been a couple degrees below zero (Celsius), a little colder if you count the wind chill, but no snow, dry roads for our rental car, and so I ponied up extra bucks for a GPS and we were off into the flat white yonder. I can’t say it was totally stress-free, however. Without the GPS we would have been sunk (how did we get by again in the olden days, oh, yeah, road maps and our brains), but throw in rap music on the music system for the boys in
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the back, an uptight driver on foreign roads, and a nervous co-pilot who has little to no faith that we’re going to come out of this combination alive, let alone get to our destination, and, well, we actually did, but not without incident. And not without some stress to the family dynamic. Personally, I blame the rap music, ahem. But our luck seemed to change as we got into our hotel room early and started making plans for the day before the wedding. Of course, unfortunately they all involved driving, but even a moron like me, with his trusty GPS, can make it to the West Edmonton Mall without too much trouble. U-turns are legal in Alberta, right? And the wedding day? It was sunny, plus 5 Celsius, and almost as beautiful as the bride herself. Apparently, the locals tell me, it’s like that all the time in northern Alberta in February, who knew? We all had a wonderful time and the wedding was a bonafide success. Maybe destination weddings can help boost the economy until oil recovers its lustre. So all there was left to do was gas up the car, return it to the airport and we’d be on our way with our memories intact. About that. I couldn’t find the lever under the seat to open the gas cap hatch door and soon my wife was involved and before you knew it the front hood was open, kind of funny, and then the anti-theft device was fully activated, not quite as funny, until my youngest son got out of the car and noticed that you just had to push the hatch door to open it. We finally got the horn to stop honking by putting the key in the ignition and I quickly pumped the $6.73 worth of 57.9 cents a litre of gas, actually overfilling the tank and spilling it on myself and the pavement below. Once we figured out how to deactivate the antitheft device and get the steering wheel actually working again, we were on our way to the airport, no problem, well with a little help from the GPS. Ah, the memories. The broadened horizons. There really is nothing like travel.
You have to wonder if, back in 2007, while David Shepherd and Travis Price were buying a stack of 50 pink shirts could they have imagined that their bullying protest would spread around the world. Probably not. They were just trying to support a fellow student who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt on the first day of school. But this year, we are celebrating Pink Shirt Day (or Anti-bullying Day, if you prefer) for the ninth year on Wednesday. And it’s five years since the United Nations took a stand and proclaimed May 4 International Anti-Bullying Day. That’s pretty good return for the purchase of a stack of cheap T-shirts. Why do people, especially kids, bully others? There are so many reasons that it would never be possible to find one answer that would fit all situations. What is common, however, is their victims. Bullies have a knack for finding the kids that are unlikely to retaliate. And they choose them because the victim is different — skin colour, nationality, size, hair colour, shape of the nose, you name it — even the colour of shirt you choose to wear. Let’s hope the word continues to spread. Bullying will likely never be wiped out completely, but we can hope to reduce its hold on society, as has been done with the once socially acceptable drinking and driving. So let’s all do our part Wednesday, and wear pink to show you are taking a stand against bullying. For more information check out pinkshirtday.ca – Black Press
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e thought we would send mayor and council a short note to express our disappointment in city council for considering the extension of the airport runway after it was not recommended by city staff. It seems like we are limiting our development prospects at the end of Okanagan Lake with the potential of large track of land that could be developed as income-bearing property or high-tech park instead of an airport that continues to run at a loss or break even. This facility seems to cater to a small but vocal group who house their airplanes there. When I called about the assessment reductions in the past few years at my own home, I was told that it was because of the height restriction bylaw on my property as a result of the airport. The results are from the high in 2009 to the low this year 2015, all this in six years. It was reduced by almost half its value. I’m not sure of anywhere in this city that this has happened. Does that seem fair in a prov-
ince where assessments are going through the roof? What would the end be if this runway goes through to myself and all my neighbours' values? When we have the airport facility we have, couldn’t we cherish it, preserve it, and leave it the way it sits and make the very few airport users happy? Or turn it into a development that we as taxpayers don’t have to keep pay-
AIRPORT KEY TO GROWTH While it is true that most residents of Vernon will never use the airport, the same can be said of any airport in any city. Not everyone goes travelling or flying. Nevertheless, there is probably no one in Vernon, or any other city, that does not benefit by the presence of an airport. In fact, the very life blood of any community is defined by the various means of access to that community by roads, rail and airports. As for Vernon, our roads are presently full at times. Our rail communication is all but dead, but our airport is alive and vital. In fact, it is the main means of communication to the outside world for Vernon’s No. 1, world-class industry, Kal Tire. An expansion of the runway will enable Kal Tire to continue to prosper and grow. I shudder to think what would happen to Vernon if some outside force should decide to buy up this industry, and then move its headquarters to a city that
ing for? Think about the very many non-airport user taxpayers that will pay even more for the privilege of having such an airport that they will/may never use. How much more will you ask of them and us? It seems to me, the “if we build it they will come” theory does not make it OK to borrow or spend another up to $11 mil-
provides better airport facilities. While an addition to the length of the runway would certainly mean an inconvenience to some, notably those with homes along Kin Beach, the overall advantage to everyone else would be immeasurable. Having an airport with an approach and exit over a lake is in itself a huge safety factor. Gregory A. Milne WATER COSTS This is in response to Jim Bodkin’s letter Feb. 3, Fiscal water woes continue to drip. Water costs are going up. This is because we still need to complete water system improvements, except now we can't borrow the funds over a longer term to help stave off further negative impact to ratepayers, because the majority voted no to a long-term borrowing referendum. Instead, we must proceed on a cash-basis or via short-term borrowing, which requires rates to be hiked.
lion on this small regional airport to make it possible for larger airplanes to land here (and make more noise than there already is)) when just 25 minutes away, we have a very wonderful large airport that handles that type of traffic in all conditions. I pick up the paper and almost every time, there is an article about more city spending. I remind you of the running track at $8 million, then there is the new arena at $10 million or more and there is the Performing Arts Centre and Kal Tire Place to pay off and a new art gallery and museum. At what cost? It just seems the art gallery and museum are of more importance than an extension of the runway. At least more of the citizens of Vernon and area will benefit from them long before they benefit from an $11 million extension to this airport's runway. At what point do we as taxpayers get to stop for a moment from digging into our pockets for just a bit more? Dave Lowry and Karen Edgeworth
If we had built the filter on the Duteau plant initially, as it was always intended to be, it would have been millions of dollars cheaper. Adding the filter is still the least expensive way to bring our water into compliance with provincial standards. Politicians, and especially, Coldstream's Gyula Kiss, may be blamed directly for all this feet dragging. Mr. Kiss ought to take personal responsibility for the increase in rates, as the plans he proposes are the most costly of all. I've spent many years examining the history of our water system, the reality of our current system and plans for the future. Water is a very complicated issue with many different aspects that most of our politicians don't seem to wish to bring forward for our consideration. Mr. Bodkin's letter is yet another blatant attempt to foment distrust and anger towards our Greater Vernon water utility. I for one, don't buy it. Inge Friesen
BETTER CARE NEEDED Once again, another person has gone missing from a care home suffering from dementia. I lost a friend awhile back who was suffering that terrible disease. She was found after a lot of searching and was suffering from hypothermia. She had no idea where to go and instead of staying with her vehicle, she struck out on her own. I cannot believe in this day and age, something can't be done to help these people. I believe we can put a GPS on those vulnerable people who take off from their facility with no idea of where they are going. If they get lost, as many do, the GPS unit will find them before something bad happens. The family could pay for the unit if they know their loved ones will be safe. Judy Vandergucht
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A Vernon women’s hockey team has pulled together for one of their own. The Vernon Vixens recently sold out a private show featuring Andrew Allen with all funds raised supporting a teammate going through a financial crisis. In just a little over three weeks, a group of Vixens was able to organize the Meier Family Fundraiser. Allen, who is a friend of the Meier’s, offered to fly to Vernon and donate an evening performance. He rounded up Olivia Penalva, Tim Osborne, Matt Pord and Ryan Bangma to donate their performances as well. That got the plans rolling, and from there, the Vixen’ were able to tap into the enormous generosity in Vernon. “It was amazing to see how many people stepped up to help,” said Christine Bosworth, one of the organizers, of everything from food and beverages to auction items and even helping plowing the road up to Turtle Mountain Winery where the event took place. “Donations from the community started coming out of the woodwork.” Vixen Cheryl Meier, and her husband Nathan, ended up in financial distress after purchasing a home which turned out to be overrun with mould. In order to live and raise their young family in a healthy environment they are forced to spend more time and money than they ever imagined to repair the r u o r We offe home, to s n o ti congratula ndary “They have run out Sa’hali Seco of options and are facing School, serious financial crisis,” ps , from Kamlooent said Bosworth. Cheryl and Nate have the Tournam been part of the Vernon Winners!
“They (Meier family) have run out of options and are facing serious financial crisis.” — Christine Bosworth
Vixen hockey family for almost 10 years, after the couple moved to Vernon from Smithers as a young, newly married couple. “Fresh out of high school, these two moved here to make a life for themselves. They are kind, generous, fun-loving and hard-working people who now have two young children Lexa (age eight) and Link (age five).” To top it off, their son Link has serious allergies which he’s been hospitalized for, and he has to be regularly monitored throughout the day to ensure he doesn’t have a life-threatening reaction to one of the many dozens of substances that trigger his immune system. “This young family was already facing tremendous stress due to their son’s health, but they were faced with even more stress and worry once they found out about the amount of mould in this house that is a health concern for all of them, but certainly for their son,” said Bosworth. “The Vernon Vixens hockey team wanted to come together to help out their teammate.” They did just that by pulling off the fundraiser, which 150 people turned out for and countless others supported. “This is a tremendously generous young couple who have spent their time in Vernon helping out their friends and community in any way they can — we heard over and over from those who attended the many different ways that Cheryl and Nathan have stepped outside of their own lives to lend a helping hand. It’s just who they are. Now, it’s their time to get some help from their friends and family.” If you’d like to contribute toward helping the Meier family, contact Christine Bosworth at cbosworth@shaw.ca
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The Nor th O k a n a g a n - S hu s w ap School District continues to make progress on a request from First Nations to adopt the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report and to enhance aboriginal education. The board has passed a motion to accept the recommendations of the national commission and also endorse a school district action plan. The plan focuses on four areas: curriculum, resources, teacher capacity and student capacity. Among other ideas, the plan calls for a greater inclusion of aboriginal topics for both teachers and students, encouraging the use of aboriginal educational resources, initiating a Truth and Reconciliation teacher representative at each school and having the Sewepemetsin language an option at Grade 5 by 2017-2018. The document is in the early, stages, however, and Irene Laboucane, district aboriginal education principal, told the board work will now begin on a detailed fiveyear plan. The action was widely praised by Splatsin Chief Wayne Christian, who spoke to the board
Sewer upgrades begin Morning Star Staff
Vernon residents are being advised of traffic work. Crews from Superior Excavating Services will be working along Smith Road (9143 to 9122) and Eastside Road (70383 block) for sewer and road upgrades between Monday and March 30. “Road closures on Smith Road will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with access for residents and emergency only,” said Tanya Laing Gahr, with the City of Vernon. “Work on Eastside Road will result in single-lane traffic.”
“Our family units were shredded...”
— Wayne Christian about the long-term implications of the residential school experience that has travelled through generations of local First Nations people. “Our family units were shredded…, these children were taken away from their families in cattle trucks to resi-
dential school and parents were not allowed to voice their concerns. If they did, they were sent to jail,” he said. “It is hard for some people to believe these things could happen in Canada, but they did.” Christian went on to praise the school board for taking quick action.
“We were here in November asking for some of these things and to see, three months later them actually happen, I applaud the board and Irene Laboucane for their work.” School superintendent Glenn Borthistle noted the implementation plan and the creation of Truth and Reconciliation teacher reps would take place within the school district’s existing budget and the teacher reps would be for those who volunteered to take on the role.
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It can be expensive if you find out your property is contaminated. You’ve got to figure out where the pollution came from (not always easy), and you’ll need to clean up your property even if you didn’t cause the problem. But a recent B.C. Supreme Court case shows you can get other “responsible persons” to help pay the costs. Here, Diane (names changed) found out in 2012 that her residential property was polluted by oil, which drained from her property into a gorge waterway below. She established the oil came from the property immediately up-slope from hers, owned by Mike and Molly. Later, a new investigation by our environment ministry found an old underground storage tank containing home heating oil on that neighbouring property. The tank was rusted and had holes in it, and the surrounding soil was saturated with hydrocarbons. The tank, 80 kg of “sludge,” 1900 litres of oily water from the tank and almost Jeffrey C. 13 tons of contaminated soil were removed from the neighbouring property. In the months after, more investigations were done by Diane and Mike and Molly. In 2013, Diane started a lawsuit to recover the costs for cleaning up her own property. She sued Mike and Molly and also some previous owners of the neighbouring property, the Raymonds and Ada. Under our law, “responsible persons” include current and previous owners of the property where the pollution comes from. The court in this case decided the pollution did indeed come from the old tank on the neighbouring property (not, as Ada argued, a different oil spill that had
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recently happened elsewhere). The court looked at how Mike and Molly, the people they’d bought from (the Raymonds), and Ada had acted when they bought and owned the property, and after the pollution issue came to light. Our law emphasizes the principle of “polluter pay” and there aren’t very many ways of escaping (or limiting) liability for the costs of cleaning up polluted property. Here, Ada had owned the polluting property for 35 years. She’d decommissioned the oil tank in 1981 when changing her house to electric heat. But she couldn’t show that had been done properly – in fact, it clearly hadn’t, given the state of the tank when it was removed and all the contamination in and around it. As for the Raymonds, they hadn’t done any Boschert environmental investigations before they bought the property. They had turned a blind eye to any pollution on their property while owners (even though told about it). And they never told Mike and Molly anything about such problems when they sold to them. Diane got judgment for almost $123,000 – roughly $33,000 for the costs she’d already spent plus $90,000 for the estimated future costs to complete the clean-up. Ada and the Raymonds were mostly on the hook for this amount; Mike and Molly only had to pay a small part of Diane’s judgment. Written by Janice Mucalov and George Mucalov, LL.B.s with contribution by Davidson Pringle LLP. This column provides information only and must not be relied on for legal advice. Please contact Jeffrey C. Boschert of Davidson Pringle LLP at 250-542-1177 for legal advice concerning your particular case. Lawyer Janice Mucalov is an award-winning legal writer. “You and the Law”® is a registered trade-mark.
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The Fulton Maroons will be the North Zone No. 1 seed in the Okanagan Valley Senior AA Boys Basketball League championships next week in Oliver. The Maroons got in all their 13-man roster as they stuffed the Pleasant Valley Saints of Armstrong 73-36 in the Zone final Thursday night at Fulton. Noah Alleyne cashed in 16 points for the Maroons, who went to their bench after building a 43-10 lead at the recess. Nathan Banga pocketed 13 points while going 6-for-7 from the charity stripe, while Hunter Krieger supplied 11 and Greg Geistlinger added seven. Quaid Lang and Seth Gordey each sank eight points for PVSS, who also qualify for the Valleys. “The boys are playing well heading into the Valleys,” said Fulton head coach Dale Olson. “We are playing very tough defence and its helping us grind out some games when we are not playing well offensively. We will really need our seniors to step up and lead us through next weekend. “Noah Alleyne, Kobe Romanovitch and Bryn Bedard will be key as well as our junior starters, big man Hunter Krieger, forwards Ike Olson and Caden Doyle and shooting guard Nate Banga.” The Seaton Sonics secured the third and final Valley berth by brushing back the Kalamalka Lakers 68-64 Thursday night. Trent Graham flushed 23 points for the Sonics, while Quaine Parker caned 16 and Kaiden Parton added eight. Ryan Squair bagged 23 points for the Lakers, going 5-for-14 from the free throw line. Wyatt Carter chipped in with 17 points. Kal led by three with a minute left before Seaton netted three free throws in the dying seconds. Meanwhile, the host VSS Panthers lost a 39-37 thriller to Westsyde Whundas Friday in the Valley junior girls playdowns. Westsyde came out firing in the first quarter, missing just two shots and taking a 22-3 lead after one quarter. VSS struggled from the free throw line, going 10-for-34 on the night. The Cats started chipping at the lead with a fullcourt zone press and were down 29-14 at the half and outscored Westsyde 11-4 in the fourth. Kelsey Falk canned nine points for VSS, while Jesse Harmon had six. “It was a rough start but I was very proud of how our girls did not give up and fought ‘till the bitter end,” said VSS coach Howie Falk. “We had our chances having as many free throws as we did but they did not fall tonight.”
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Quaid Lang of the Pleasant Valley Saints tries to block Isaac Olson of the Fulton Maroons in North Zone Senior AA Boys Basketball League play Thursday night at Fulton Secondary School.
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Four Lincoln Lanes scratch teams have advanced to the Youth Bowling Championship provincial finals March 5 in Chase and Kamloops after winning zone titles on the weekend. Bantam and junior teams were bowling at Lincoln Lanes while senior squads were competing at Village Lanes in Chase. Lincoln Lanes had seven teams competing and all teams came either first or second in their respective divisions. The senior boys team of Tyler Droder, Jarod Fehr, Kalvin Blaeser and Matt Christie, coached
by Lawrence Kupryk, won the zone title with a four-game score of 2,464. A 2,911 total by the junior boys team of Drew Fiset, Michael Hoyland, Willem Gibson and Colby Eisenhauer, coached by Viki Dumont, was good for top spot. Peggy Hoggard coached the bantam girls Team #1 of Lily Fiset and Sierra Merry to first place with a 1,273 total. And the bantam boys #1 squad of Zakk Hamilton and Cormac Gibson, coached by Bob Dumont, finished first with a score of 1,003. The four teams join single competitors Nolan Blaeser (bantam boys), Carys Reed (bantam
girls), Aidan Buckely (junior boys), Cassidy Breitkreutz (senior girls) and Kevyn Hoggard (senior boys), who won zone titles in December. Lincoln Lanes scratch teams that finished second in their divisions included the senior girls squad of Kayli Breitkreutz, Robyn Rolke, Grace Fontaine and Kaylea Egely (coached by Bill Blair) with a 1,979 four-game total; the bantam girls #2 team of Libby Hampshire and Aryssa Matsen, coached by Chandra Hamilton, with a 1,102; and the bantam boys #2 team of Koen Hampshire and Ashton Kenny, coached by Kara Kazimer, with a 983.
They were just six seconds away from earning at least one point against the West Kelowna Warriors Friday night at Royal LePage Place. Instead, the Vipers left with zilch as the Warriors used a lucky bounce for a 5-4 win in B.C. Hockey League action before 1,378 fans. The Vipers faced the Mainland Division-leading Chiefs Saturday night in Chilliwack. Vernon remained two points ahead of the Merritt Centennials for the fourth and final Interior Division playoff spot since the last-place Trail Smoke Eaters iced the visiting Cents 6-4 before 925 fans. Trail is one digit behind Merritt. “That was a tough one to swallow,” said veteran Viper d-man Mac Ferner. “They (Garrett Forster) took a half slapper and it hit something (Viper forward Liam Finlay’s stick) in front. We just have to stay positive and try to win the next one.” Jonathan Desbiens earned first star for the second straight game against the Vipers, sniping his 43rd and 44th goals of the season. Kylar Hope (27th), d-man Jake Harrison (7th) and Forster with the killer winner (25th), rounded out the West Kelowna offence. Forster set up Harrison’s 4-4 equalizer early in the third period with Viper captain Colton McCarthy off for high sticking. Joe Sacco (9th), second star Odeen Tufto (23rd) and Ben Butcher (13th) gave the Snakes a 3-1 lead after 20 minutes. “We were pretty much all over them, but they got a tip and two powerplay goals,” added Ferner. “We were solid for the full 60 minutes.” Blueliner Latrell Charleson pocketed his sixth of the season to put Vernon up 4-3 with 3:35 left in the second period. The second-place Warriors outshot the Vipers 42-30. Vernon dipped to 22-29-0-3. GAMES REMAINING: VERNON (4): Home: Surrey, Wenatchee; AWAY: Chilliwack, Trail. MERRITT (3): Home: Alberni Valley, Penticton, Wenatchee. TRAIL (3): Home: Salmon Arm, Vernon; AWAY: Salmon Arm.
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Matthew Winn of the Vernon Kokanee Swim Club competes in the freestyle event last weekend in Penticton.
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It was a great weekend at the AA swimming championships in Penticton for the Vernon Kokanee Swim Club. The club had 17 members participating. “Some great swims came out of the weekend of racing,” said Kokanee head coach Steven Vander Meulen. “The AA championship meet was a great experience for the swimmers as they raced with swimmers from around the province. Several swimmers were able to make second swims into the finals and came away with better times and new qualifying times for the next level of provincial championships. “I am looking forward to the next round of AAA provincial championships in Victoria, March 3-6.” Thomas Madiros made his first AAA time for 11 and under boys in the 200 breaststroke and finished seventh in 3:27.48. Tate Priebe made his second and third AAA times for 14-15 year old boys to qualify for Victoria. Priebe qualified in the 100 freestyle with a 57.79 and also the 50 butterfly with a 28.92. Priebe came
fourth in the 50 fly, seventh in 50 free and 10th in the 100 free. Anika Kintzel swam to silver medals in the 50- and 100-breast for 14 and over girls. She also finished in the medals in the 200 individual medley and 200 breast with bronze medals to add to her fifth place in the 400 IM. Sam Shortt finished the meet with 100 per cent best times in six different races, and also finished in eighth place in the 400 IM. Adam Bugera had a fast 50 breast and finished in fifth place with a time of 34.06. Erin Brown raced to a seventh in the 200 fly in 2:44.68. The Kokanee senior girls 4x50 free relay ended up with a silver medal in 1:59.67. The team consisted of Kintzel, Sydney Fillion, Erin Brown, and Kaia Phillips. The Vernon Kokanee Swim Club is having its 50th anniversary celebration consisting of a banquet and alumni swim meet, June 10-11, and invites previous members to come and celebrate. Please e-mail vksc50years@gmail.com for further information.
North Enderby Timber brushed back Topsport FC 5-3 in Vernon Men’s Indoor Soccer League action Wednesday night at VantageOne Soccer Centre. The game kicked off with good possession being shown from both teams with NET scoring first after a driven shot from Brent Poulson which found the top corner. This was the wake up call that Topsport needed as they countered with some good passing play which led to clinical finish into the bottom corner by Finlay McPhie. Topsport went ahead when the ball fell to guest player Kurt Seiler in the NET box, and Seiler huried it home. NET fought back and found an equalizer making it 2-2 right before the half. As the second half began, Topsport were pushing for more goals with shot after shot. However, NET began to counter and managed to pull ahead with two goals in quick succession, making it 4-2. I It went from bad to worse for Topsport as they conceded another goal from a free kick. Lendrit Ademi managed to bag a consolation goal for Topsport (11-3). It was the Timber’s first win in three tries versus Topsport. NET takes on the FC Tropics at 8:55 p.m., while Topsport tangles with Monashee Surveying at 7:30 in Wednesday action. Kal Tire meets Turn-Key Thursday at 9:30 p.m.
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One of the newest and most fast-paced formats of curling is being showcased in Enderby with the BC Mixed Doubles Curling Championships final set for today at noon There has been a lot of interest in the format because it has been confirmed that it will now be an Olympic event in PyeongChang in 2018. There are 17 teams, inlcuding six-time BC Men’s Champion Jim Cotter, from Vernon, and his daughter, Jaelyn. The Cotters were 3-0 after Friday play. Also here is two-time B.C. Junior Women’s champ Sarah Daniels, from Delta, who won a silver medal at the 2016 Canadian juniors.
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CIS runners have a chance to meet the Millers. Vernon sisters Alesha and Christa Miller, who run for the Thompson Rivers Univesity WolfPack in Kamloops, both finished on the podium at the Van Ryswik Invitational Indoor track meet at the Tournament Capital Centre. “A key piece of the transition we are making as a program to be able to compete at a CIS level in cross country is actually track and field,” said WolfPack head coach Carmin Mazzotta. “Training and competing through a track season allows runners to really focus on strength and conditioning, on developing speed, on fine-tuning form, and on racing at an intensity that you often don’t
find on the roads or trails. “Several of our team members have been training hard over the past two months and we saw some big improvements.” The Millers led a TRU sweep of the women’s 1,500 metres Saturday with Alesha crossing the line first in 5:21.89, nearly 19 seconds ahead of her sister. Nicole Vermey (Kamloops) was third in 5:42.14. “Christa Miller ran a brilliant race to set a personal best in the 1,500m on Saturday, as did Nicole Vermey,” said Mazzotta. “Alesha Miller ran a solid solo effort from the front in winning the 1.500 on Saturday. “ On Valentine’s Day, Alesha was second in the women’s ANDREW SNUCINS/TRU ATHLETICS 20-34-year-old 800m race with a 2:35.95. Christa was third in Alesha Miller, of Vernon, left, competes for the Thompson Rivers 2:48.47. University WolfPack in an indoor CIS race in Kamloops.
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North Valley Gymnastics Club athletes medaled last weekend at the Christy Fraser Memorial Invitational hosted by Langley Gymnastics. More than 20 clubs were represented at the competition with Brooklyn Ashby ruling the JO (Junior Olympics) 7 level by posting the highest combined scores from all 4 events – winning the all-around gold. Ashby also placed third on both the vault and the floor exercise, fourth on the uneven bars and seventh on the balance beam. “Brooklyn has worked very hard for this kind of finish,” said competitive coach Naomi Rokus. “Gymnastics takes so much patience and repetition and it finally paid off for her.” In the senior JO 7 level, Autumn Doucette was fourth in the all around, and second on the floor exercise. Veronika Yacovelli, competing in JO 4, had a great showing. She achieved her highest scores ever on balance beam (9.350), and floor exercise (9.300), placing her fourth and fifth respectively. “Veronika’s confidence is really building,” said Rokus. “She’s becoming such a smart gymnast, and really wants to perfect each move/skill she performs.” Also competing in JO 4 was Carys Reed, who garnered sixth on the uneven bars. In JO 6, Emma Doucette earned a bronze for her uneven bar routine. Raedon Skanes was ninth on the uneven bars, while Charlie Calvert placed ninth on the balance beam and Tyra Green placed 11th on the balance beam. “All in all, a great competition for
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MIDGET TIER 2 HOCKEY - Valley finals, Game 2 in best-of-three series, Penticton Vees @ Vernon Home Hardware Vipers, 3:45 p.m., Civic Arena. MAJOR MIDGET HOCKEY - Okanagan Rockets vs Cariboo Cougars of Prince George, 3 p.m., Capital News Centre. MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY - Rockets vs Spokane Chiefs, 7:05 p.m., Prospera Place.
BOWLING LINCOLN LANES BOWLERS-OF-THE-WEEK Club 55 Ladies: Joanne Swart bowled a 701 triple to go 179 over her 174 average. Club 55 Men’s: Gordon Patterson bowled a 621 triple to go 177 over his 148 average. Ladies: Donna Bayer bowled a 740 triple to go 248 over her 164 average. Men’s: Tom Wilde bowled a 702 triple to go 124 over his 192 average. HIGH GAMES/TRIPLES: Lori Zwarych, 302, 100 POA; Bubba Aeichele, 100 POA; Dave Jackson, 316, 100 POA; Jessy Buchanan, 328, 817; Wayne Schultz, 333, 829, 335, 819, 7 strikes in a row; Matt White, 100 POA; Gord McIntosh, 100 POA; Bill Dennis, 312; Joanne Swart, 306, 100 POA; Alexis Wiliamson, 100 POA; Yvonne Walker, 315, 825, 750; Gerry Skura, 370, 7 strikes in a row, 100 POA; George Smith, 314, 801, 100 POA; Cy Steward, 100
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NOTEBOOK BASEBALL - The Vernon Baseball Association will be holding Level 1 and 2 umpire clinics for ages 12 to adult. Both clinics go Saturday, March 12 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at Fulton Secondary. Contact Marilyn Courtenay at umpire@vernonbaseball.com for more info. BASEBALL - The Vernon Men’s Baseball League, a competitive but recreational three-team loop, will play Sundays at Marshall Field from April to July. Each team is guaranteed six games. Cost is $100 per player. Players must be 19 and over. Registration forms and sample jerseys (sizing purposes) are available at Sun Valley Source For Sports. Contact Kyle Anderson at vernonmensbaseball@hotmail.com. SL0-PITCH - The Thursday night league (currently called the Village Green Hotel Mixed Slo-Pitch League) is looking for teams. Games go Thursday nights from April 14-June 11. Anyone interested should e-mail Chris Jarl at chrisjarl@hotmail.com, SOCCER - The North Okanagan Women’s Soccer Association is looking for teams and players for its spring/summer league. Team registration deadline is March 7, and there are teams for all levels and ages. Visit www.nowsa.webs.com for information.
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Residents at Good Samaritan Society’s Heron Grove care home brought home first place for long term residence and second place for retirement residence in this year’s Vernon Winter Carnival best decorated premises contest for long-term residential care. “This year’s theme was Mardi Gras, and the residents worked hard on making decorations,” said Ivana Pavlic, recreation and volunteer coordinator.
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“Under the I, 29. Was anyone born in ‘29?” “Under the B, 59. Is anyone 59?” The rapid-fire routine unfolds as numbered balls roll out of the bingo cage during the seniors drop-in program at Lumby’s Saddle Mountain Place. The goal is to bring seniors together in a fun, friendly atmosphere. “An activity goes on every day we’re here. Wednesdays are bingo,” said Dawn Frizzell, with the Whitevalley Community Resource Centre, which operates the program in Saddle Mountain’s Dogwood Lounge. Among the other activities are cribbage, games and entertainment. Learn to paint runs from September to June, Fridays from 9:30 to 11 a.m., and there is always computer and Internet access. There is also an opportunity to play Wii bowling or golf Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Along with connecting with neighbours, program participants can access a lunch at noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for $6. The drop-in program runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saddle Mountain Place is located at
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A dog can scratch for various reasons and non-humid weather can certainly contribute to dry, itchy skin. There are many other factors that may cause dry skin, such as diet, parasites and environmental factors. The medical term for scratching related to excessive itching is pruritus. The other culprit for itchy skin is allergies. Our pets can suffer hypersensitivity disorders (allergies) from environmental allergens and food based reactions, or a combination of both. Allergies may make your dog’s skin appear dry, greasy, or slightly dry and oily, and or accompanied by frequent scratching, licking and chewing. Though allergies are rarely cured, early intervention can keep them under control and make for a less itchy pet. Omega 3 oils that are available in a capsule or liquid form given on a daily basis may help. Also make sure that you are feeding a high quality pet food. If you have any questions concerning your itchy pet, phone us to schedule an appointment.
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INDIA - The morning air is cool and the mist curling around the mountains reminds me of Vancouver. But I am half a world away, amidst the Himalayan slopes of Darjeeling, India. Anticipation surges through me as, collar turned up against the chill, I scramble downhill along a labyrinthine pathway, and emerge at Darjeeling’s railway station. And there it is. The Darjeeling Hill Railway’s exquisite little ‘toy train’ — one of the last surviving coal-fired steam locomotives on authentic working duty in India — if not in the world. It is a vintage Glaswegian locomotive, built somewhere between 1895 and 1925 and would normally be relegated to a museum, except for the loving care lavished on it by technicians in the railway workshops at Tindharia. The Lilliputian engine and its carriages are painted bright blue and over the next four hours, it will carry me to Kurseongl, located between the two terminal stations of Darjeeling and Siliguri. A hoarse, wheezy hoot from the engine, a furious hiss of steam, and the train jolts into life. Vehicular traffic halts abruptly as we take to the road, literally. The two-foot wide track runs down the centre of the street and takes precedence over all else. I lean out of the window, listening to the chuff-chuff-choo-choo rhythm that takes me back to childhood and a more leisurely paced world. And, unhurried it certainly is: a passenger left behind at Darjeeling station, casually lopes alongside the train, leaps on to the footboard and disappears into a compartment. The Darjeeling Hill Railway, when it was constructed in 1881, was a feat of engineering unmatched, even today, by any other mountain railway in India. It climbs 7,200 feet from the originating station of Siliguri on the plains, to the highest point at Ghum and then descends to Darjeeling at 6,800 feet. Because it doesn’t operate on a rack and pinion system, the track zig-zags, curves, loops and switchbacks its way uphill over a distance of roughly 88 kiometres. Not surprisingly, the entire trip takes
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The Darjeeling toy train passes by a fruit stall en route to the community of Siliguri. nine hours. The first lap of our journey is a stiff challenge for the little train. Ghum, a mere eight kilometres away, is 400 feet higher than Darjeeling. The engine huffs, exhaling clouds of steam and showering coal dust cinders through the windows. The wheel piston rods churn like masticating jaws as the train labours its way up the steady, continuous ascent. At Ghum, the train pauses to refill the boiler, and passengers dismount to stretch their legs. This is the oft-photographed Batasia Loop where the track makes a complete circle, in order to cope with a steep incline in the terrain. A war memorial monument stands at the centre of the Loop, surrounded by lawns and flowerbeds. I sip a cup of chai, and listen to the sound of temple bells wafting across the valley from the nearby Ghum monastery. Heading on down to Kurseong, tea plantations, their bushes like rows of green pom-poms, shawl the hillsides—and wooden houses with tin roofs, perched on timber pilings, cling to the side of the road. Streamers of prayer flags flutter gaily in the breeze and pansies, phlox and wild roses planted in rusty cans, bloom on windowsills.
About 15 miles before Kurseong, we clatter through the main street of Sonada, a bustling little market town. Sitting at the train window is like having front row seats at the theatre, except that all the action is part of real life. Tibetan women wearing brightly striped aprons and hand-knitted cardigans haggle at fruit stalls heaped with pyramids of oranges, pineapples and papayas. A ‘giggle’ of schoolgirls in green pinafores pose shyly for my video camera. A Nepalese villager lifts his baby son up to wave at us. A little further on, an old man carrying a load of wood on his back, steps unhurriedly off the track as the engine rounds a curve and shrieks hysterically at him. The train passes so close to some buildings, that I can see the rings on the fingers of a housewife as she stands by her kitchen window, stirring a pot of curried lentils. It smells wonderful too! I am rueful when the trip comes to an end at Kurseong. I’ve had a magical four hours, and they have gone by all too quickly. I ride a taxi back to Darjeeling, a mere hour’s drive away. Quick. Convenient. But not half as much fun. Margaret Deefholts is with Travel Writers’ Tales.
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Marketing boot camp unfolds Morning Star Staff
Small businesses and non-profit groups are struggling to get noticed in an extremely competitive market. But the battle can soon be over thanks to a marketing boot camp in Kelowna Feb. 29 and Kamloops March 1. “Marketing is often an afterthought George Affleck for small businesses, but it shouldn’t be,” said George Affleck, the president and CEO of Curve Communications, a Vancouverbased marketing agency. “Without the proper strategy, companies can’t stand out from the competition.” Affleck and a team of experts are behind these one-day, intensive marketing classes, which will teach participants how to jumpstart their marketing campaigns
and build their brands. Buzz, Affleck’s book, was released at the end of 2015 and covers tools and tips business owners need to launch and grow their companies. In it, Affleck describes his Buzz Formula, a marketing method he has honed over the years. It’s a formula he will also share with participants in the workshops. “Unlike other courses, these marketing boot camps won’t take a generic, catchall approach,” said Affleck. “Before participants even set foot in the training room, we will evaluate their existing online presences – from websites to social media.” For companies and organizations without websites, the Curve team will also explain why having an online presence is necessary to an effective marketing campaign. Business owners will learn how to manage their Google AdWords and Facebook advertising too. Participants will discover how to create ads for print, radio, TV
and online, write content, and harness the power of e-mail marketing while adhering to anti-spam laws. Curve has years of experience in media buying and will show workshop participants how to negotiate ad placement, create promotional campaigns, foster community relations, place corporate donations and develop strategic pitches for journalists. “Journalists are busy and don’t have time to figure out what you’re trying to say. We know how to get their attention,” said Amanda Bates, Curve vice-president. The Morning Star is partnering with Curve Communications and will offer ad bundle discounts to all those who register for the marketing boot camp. “We’re happy to support a training program that helps businesses in the region,” said Ian Jensen, publisher of the Morning Star. Space is limited. Register by going to http://curvecommunications.com/bootcamp-simple/ or contact Kerry Slater at kerry@ curvecommunications.com.
His love of golf started in 1992 in his hometown of Sussex, N.B., half way between Moncton and St. John, when Davin Marr would hang around the pro shop at the Sussex Golf and Curling Club and bug the head professional. It was there that he met the likes of golf course superintendents Bill Armstrong, Bernie Tabor and Geoff Fuller, and Marr’s interest in turf maintenance began to grow. When he moved to Vernon five years later for a “slightly longer golf season,” Marr met and came to work for course superintendent Geordie Wakutz at Hillview Golf Club. And he hasn’t left. The B.C. Golf Superintendents Association has announced that Marr, greens superintendent at Hillview, has been named by his peers as the 2015 B.C. Golf Superintendents Association’s Superintendent of the Year. He will be awarded the honour of distinction in Whistler Tuesday. “I’m very surprised and very honoured to win this,” said Marr, 42. “It’s nice to know that you have garnered the respect of your peers, especially from the big guys, like Predator Ridge, Victoria Golf. I’m just a little guy at a little golf club.” Realizing that the golf course had more influence on him than just a place to work to pay the bills, Marr enrolled in the turf management program at Fairview College, Alta in the fall of 1999. After graduating in April 2001, he returned to his assistant superintendent’s position at Hillview Golf Club under the guidance of Wakutz and course owner Jim Atmore. For Marr to be recognized by his peers and the people in the golf industry with this award is rewarding for him, says Atmore. “We at Hillview are very proud
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Hillview golf Club superintendent Davin Marr has been named Superintendent of the Year for 2015 by the B.C. golf Superintendents Association. of Davin’s achievement and feel very pleased that he has been such a dedicated and hard-working member of Hillview Golf for the last 20 years,” said Atmore. “His pride in his work has been very much appreciated by the owners and people that play our course.” According to BCGSA spokesperson Ginny Tromp, Hillview Golf Club, under Marr’s guidance, has become one of the finest golf facilities in B.C. “Not only has Davin lent his expertise to maintaining Hillview to this high standard of excellence, he has also served on a number of committees and boards, both regionally and provincially,” said Tromp. Marr was named president of the BCGSA in 2011/12. “Through Davin’s tireless work and dedication to the golf industry, he has garnered the utmost respect from greens superintendents provincewide,” said Tromp.
Considering Selling Your Business? Community Futures provides succession planning support. Assistance is available to help you sell or transition your business to a family member, employee or outside buyer. Call us today. Connections Career Centre
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ax-efficient investment strategies can enhance your after-tax income and increase the overall rate of return on your portfolio. Tax efficient investing comprises a number of key components including income splitting and income rebalancing. Income Splitting Income splitting strategies shift investment income and capital gains from being taxed in your hands, at a higher marginal tax rate, to the hands of your lower-income family members to reduce your family’s overall tax bill. If a family member has no other income, they could earn up to $10,000 of interest income, $20,000 of capital gains or $30,000$50,000 of Canadian dividends tax-free annually through income splitting (note that the amount varies by province). Expense Funding Kirbey Lockhart Strategy Tax efficient investing and overall tax savings for your family can be accomplished by having investment income taxed in the lower-income spouse’s hands. By having the higher-income spouse pay all the family expenses, it allows the lower-income spouse to save their earnings and invest them. The resulting investment income can then be taxed at the lower-income spouse’s tax rate. Spousal Loan Consider lending money to a lower-income spouse at the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) current prescribed rate of one per cent in order to take advantage of that spouse’s lower marginal tax rate on future investment income. Your spouse must make the annual interest payment owed to you on the spousal loan by Jan. 30 of the following year, otherwise, any income and capital gains earned on the borrowed funds will be attributed back to you for that particular year and every subsequent year that the loan is in place. While you will have to report the interest income from your spouse, your spouse will be entitled to a tax deduction for that interest payment and be able to claim the investment income generated, which will be taxed at their lower rate. This strategy may result in overall annual tax savings for your family, with even larger tax savings at retirement arising from years of accumulation of capital in the lower-income spouse’s hands. Family Trust Loan Consider using a family trust to lend funds at the prescribed rate to other family members such as children or grandchildren, who are in lower tax brackets. The trust would invest
the proceeds of the loan at a rate of return that is sufficient to cover at least the interest on the loan. The net income earned (after deducting the interest expense paid to you) will be taxed in the hands of your children or grandchildren at their lower marginal tax rates. It is important to discuss this option with your legal advisor prior to implementing this strategy. TFSA Gift Since the income earned within a TFSA is not taxable, if you gift money to your spouse or adult child to contribute to their TFSA, the income and growth in the account will not be attributed back to you. Unlike conventional income splitting strategies that consider the source of the invested funds, this TFSA account allows you, your spouse and/ or adult child to earn tax-free investment income, regardless of whose money is invested. Keep in mind that although gifting assets allows you to split income, the assets you gift are no longer yours and become the property of the receiver. Income Rebalancing It is important to recognize that different types of investment income are taxed differently in nonregistered accounts. For example, capital gains and Canadian dividends are taxed at more favourable rates than interest income and foreign income. Canadian dividends are effectively taxed at a lower rate than interest income due to the dividend tax credit that is applied to the federal and provincial taxes payable. The use of a tax credit is meant to recognize that the Canadian corporation paying the dividends has already paid tax on its earnings, which are now being distributed to investors. Capital gains are also taxed at a lower rate considering only 50 per cent of net capital gains are included in your income. On the other hand, interest and foreign income (including dividends from foreign corporations) are fully taxable at your marginal tax rate. As such, from a tax perspective, consider rebalancing the mix of assets in your portfolio to focus on holding equity investments outside your registered accounts to benefit from the preferred tax treatment of capital gains and dividends. Also, since the income generated from your investments is not taxed in your registered accounts, where possible, consider holding fixed income investments inside your registered plan to defer tax on the interest income. This article is supplied by Kirbey Lockhart, an investment advisor with RBC Dominion Securities. Member CIPF. This article is for information purposes only. Please consult with a professional advisor before taking any action based on information in this article.
Morning Star Staff
“The Home Depot Canada is committed to meeting as many like-minded candidates as possible to grow our values-based team and deliver the best customer service,” said Aliana Rozenek, vicepresident of human resources.
Guest Column
Home Depot looks to increase staff Home Depot Canada is hiring more than 850 associates across Canada to support the spring season. The company is seeking full-time, part-time and seasonal employees. PROSTATE CANCER 101
LADIES NIGHT!
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TOP 10 THINGS WOMEN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER
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MONDAY, FEB 22 • 7:30 pm at PEOPLE PLACE 3402 - 27 Avenue MEN ARE ALSO WELCOME!
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Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick has introduced the Food and Agricultural Products Classification Act in the Legislature. The regulatory changes would require all food and beverage products marketed as “organic” in B.C. to be certified under either a provincial or national certification program by 2018, and consider the certification of products made with B.C. ingredients in the future. “This legislation provides us with an opportunity. We want to build on the momentum of our record $12.3 billion in B.C. agrifood and seafood sector revenues,” said Letnick, Lake Country MLA. If passed, the Food and Agricultural Products Classification Act will replace the Food Products Standards Act, Agri-food Choice and Quality Act and the Agricultural Produce Grading Act. “We appreciate the enormous effort involved in evaluating and reformatting the act to provide clarity for consumers and producers within the organic marketplace,” said Carmen Wakeling, Certified Organic Associations of B.C. co-president.
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LEGACY Photography and Framing
Photography By Rhonda Becker FORMERLY BRENDA HALA’S PHOTOGRAPHY
We have a new name but same friendly staff and great service!
We still offer:
• Custom Framing & Matting • Business Portraits • Photo Restoration • Family Portraits • Newborn Portraits • Pet Portraits • Passport & Visa photos • Grad & School Portraits • Collages • Family Trees
Project Funding Available! As part of our Smart & Caring Community Program, we are once again inviting organizations in the North Okanagan to submit grant applications in support community projects.
NEED A SPECIAL GIFT? WE HAVE SOME CHOICES! Framed images of Brenda Hala’s and other studio photographers Kiln formed, artist painted glass art (ready to hang).
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If you have a community project or program which requires funding and are a Registered Charity, you are invited to submit a grant application. To receive your application form and guidelines, please visit our website at www.cfno.org. If you do not have web access, please call our office at 250542-8655 or 250-542-8677. If you have any questions regarding your project’s eligibility or the application process please call us prior to submitting your application.
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Brayden Higgins makes a donation to the Shriners Kids Charity at the Vernon Winter Carnvial Toonie and a Tin Community Skate at Kal Tire Place.
Applications must be post marked no later than March 31, 2016 and must be mailed or delivered to:
United Way North Okanagan Columbia Shuswap
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Kai Maleniza (left) and Hudson Restiaux, hang out with Sniper, after answering the question: “What do you do for your mental wellness?” The Talk Today event took place at a recent Vernon Vipers game and was sponsored by the Canadian Mental Health Association and the B.C. Hockey League.
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CASE LOT SALE Russet Potatoes
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Navel Oranges
Fresh Grapefruit
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Chicken Breasts
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Turkey Drumsticks
Turkey Wings
Frozen, 5 kg Box
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1498 ea
Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup
Kraft Dinner
Green Giant Vegetables
Case of 12 x 284 ml Works out to less than 50¢ ea.
Case of 12 x 225 g Works out to less than 67¢ ea.
Selected Varieties Case of 12 x 341 ml or 12 x 398 ml Works out to less than 1.00 ea.
CASELOT
598 ea
Rogers Flour Selected Varieties 10 kg Bag
CASELOT
798 ea
Rogers Sugar
BIG PACK
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10 kg
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Cheemo Perogies
Adams Natural Peanut Butter
Selected Varieties Frozen 2 kg
Creamy or Crunchy 1 kg
448
BIG PACK
588
Fresh Carrots
Fresh Lean Ground Beef
5 lb. Bag Grown in California Works out to less than 90¢ lb.
Made Fresh Daily 9.88/kg
BIG PACK
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Grown in Mexico 3.26/kg
Frozen, Vacuum Pack 10.98/kg
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BAKERY Sourdough Bread IN-STORE BAKED
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BAKERY BAKERY Danish Alpine Grain Bread IN-STORE BAKED Butterhorns IN-STORE BAKED 450 g
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Nestle Pure Life Spring Water
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Large Red Globe Grapes Grown in Peru 7.67/kg
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Tomato, Vegetable or Chicken Noodle CASELOT Case of 12 x 284 ml
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448
Pork Back Ribs
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Dole Pineapple
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It will be status quo for the North O k a n a g a n - S hu s w ap School District buses, but fees for transportation could be on the horizon. The transportation committee agreed to do more research into the possibility of raising revenue for the district by charging bus fees to parents. Chris Coers, committee member and trustee, says there were many questions about charging fees including the time and effort it would cost the school district to implement and collect fees. Trustee Michel Saab noted a fee could be implemented in different ways including charging only those riders who use the service, as many students do not access school bus services, or charge a fee to all parents and give all children the right to board a school bus. In response to concerns from parents about school district walk limits, Coers said the current limits of four kilometres for primary students and 4.8 kilometres for the rest are consistent with many other school districts. A change to limits similar to the Vernon School District, which are 2.4 kilometres, would cost the school district an additional $438,000 and require the purchase of eight new buses. “The committee would suggest no changes at this time due to the fact we are in no position to sustain the new spending,” said Coers. “The cost factors make this a non-starter.”
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Participants leave the starting line during the Vernon Winter Carnival Starting Block 10-kilometre run at Lavington Elementary School. Below, two-year-old Lucas Russel walks with his mom Cara and grandma Debbie during the event.
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Construction in Smith Road will be starting February 22 and continuing for approximately 6 weeks. The work is being done as part of the Smith Road Sewer Local Area Service project, and when complete will provide sewer service to residents in the area. Smith Road will be closed in the active construction area for the duration of the project, with limited access possible during non - working hours. Thank you for your patience during construction, and please follow construction traffic control and signage in the work area. Month
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Council Meeting Calendar
Committee of the Whole of Council Monday, February 22, 2016 • 8:40 am Monday, March 14, 2016 • 8:40 am
Regular Open Meeting of Council Monday, February 22, 2016 • 1:30 pm Monday, March 14, 2016 • 1:30 pm All Meetings of Council are held in the Council Chambers at City Hall. If you require further information, please contact Patricia Bridal, Director Corporate Services.
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In December 2014, Sarah Gabriel was on a winter holiday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico when she decided to turn her vacation into something more. The Vernon author made inquiries about visiting one of the many local orphanages in Pacific coast city. “I suddenly realized that I wanted to find a way to help so I asked the taxi driver to take us to an orphanage that doesn’t get a lot of help and a lot of visitors,” she said. “We bought food and played with the kids. “As we were leaving, I cried in the taxi and said I can’t leave these kids behind and so I vowed to find a way to help them after I got home.” Her tropical vacation was the inspiration for the The Many Colours of Hope Foundation, formed in the spring of 2015 to create positive change, locally and beyond, with a mission to support and provide accessible education opportunities for all women and children. Locally, the foundation is starting with hungry kids, and has planned its first fundraiser at Fulton secondary school with a drive-through breakfast on Wednesday morning. “The foundation is passionate to make a positive difference to Vernon’s hungry children and youth,” said Gabriel. “Through our contacts at Fulton school and in the community, our board has become aware of children at Fulton who are trying to learn but sadly are arriving at school hungry. The challenges to learn and participate in the classroom — without a full, nourishing breakfast to fuel their day — are significant.” Funds raised at the drive-through will be donated to the Fulton breakfast program which provides a nourishing breakfast — or lunch — to hungry children in the school. Helping children is a cause close to Gabriel’s heart. Her own childhood in South Sudan was torn apart by civil war, and she has shared her story in her memoir, My
Resilience: A Dinka Girl’s True Story of Civil War in Sudan. At the age of 11, she was sent to a residential boarding school on the Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth) in Cuba, where she spent a dozen years before coming to Canada 16 years ago. At one time, the island was home to 61 boarding schools, each with a capacity for 500 pupils. “When I was growing up in Cuba, we would often go without and we were hungry so we could not concentrate because we were worried about when we were going to eat,” she said. “I want to help kids on the island but it’s very hard to get there and is isolated from the rest of Cuba and the rest of the world.” With her new foundation, Gabriel hopes to help children not only in Mexico and Cuba, but in Vernon, the city she has called home for 12 years. “Our big project is to build a school in South Sudan, in memory of my brother who was killed during the civil war,” she said, adding that a portion of each sale of My Resilience will be put towards raising money to build the school. For Gabriel, going from her childhood home in South Sudan, to a refugee camp in Ethiopia and a boarding school in Cuba — and not seeing her family for many years — moving to Vernon felt like coming home and it’s why she wants to give back to the community that has welcomed her. “This is the first time I chose home, my life was always chosen for me, but when I came here and I drove along Highway 97 and I looked at the lake and the town and saw the college, I just knew this is where I wanted to live. “Until I came to Vernon I had only ever seen kids without parents — it’s what I knew — and so Vernon was a place to heal. People asked me lots of questions but the more they ask, the more I cry and then writing the book helped me to heal.” Gabriel selected Fulton for her first local project because of her connection to the school that began when she first moved to Vernon. At Vernon & District Immigrant Services Society, she met Fulton teacher Alan Gee, who used to bring his Global Education students there. “The students asked me lots of questions and I would answer them and that’s when I realized that talking about my story was a way for me to heal and that it would be good to write about it. Alan is now a board member on my foundation and I found out about the breakfast program. Now my dream is coming true.”
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Sarah Gabriel visits with children at an orphanage in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in 2014. Through her Many Colours For Hope Foundation, Gabriel hopes to help children in need around the world. The Hope and Heart for Hungry Children drive-through breakfast takes place Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 a.m. in the student parking lot at Fulton school, 2301 Fulton Rd., off 25th Avenue. This event takes place, rain, snow or sun. Gabriel and her board of directors are partnering with the Fulton teaching staff and Grade 12 students to prepare a breakfast bag, with two breakfast options: the “Ham’nEgg McManwich” (hot sandwich) or a yogurt/fruit cup with muffin combo; coffee or juice complete the breakfast bag, and the cost is $5 per breakfast.
The foundation is grateful for the generosity of local business donations of food and other goods, including: Steve Meggait and Fresh Valley Farms in Armstrong for the ham (steve@freshvalleyfarms.ca); Igor and Irma Ruffa of Lumby’s Bella Stella Cheese (bellastellacheese.com) for the cheese and yogurt; Mollie Connally and Millie’s Oven for the muffins (millyconnally@live.ca). Visit www.sarahgabriel.ca to learn more about Gabriel’s inspiring journey and the work of the foundation. Donations to support the drive-through breakfast can be made through the website.
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During the talks participants will learn how to keep life simple, joyful and fun. They will gain more understanding about their life purpose, the seven-year cycles of life, and communication with their team of master souls. Participants will also hear about the four spiritual avenues of communication, intuition where you may “hear” messages from your angels, vision when you may “see” pictures and visions in your mind’s eye, prophecy where you may just know what will happen next and feeling is when you bring healing through touch. They will have an opportunity to experience their own unique vibration, and “move mountains” with the power of intent.
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Helping church leaders to connect with their communities and to grow their churches is something very familiar to both David Macfarlane and Derrick Mueller, and they are bringing that knowledge to Vernon this week during REconneXion. The one-day seminar for church leaders is an initiative of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada, whose goal is to provide resources, foster the sharing of ideas and strengthen church leaders.
Macfarlane is director of national initiatives for the association. He has spent more than two decades on the front lines of ministry, leading churches in Ontario and British Columbia that have “turned around” and grown in regular weekend attendance through strategic outreach. Mueller is a motivational speaker, trainer, humorist, pastor and author. He has degrees in communication, counseling, administration and organizational leadership, and also serves as a regional manager with the association.
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annual mackenzie camp dinner theatre meeting Do you love live theatre? Do you love to entertain? Eager to be on stage? Then this is for you! Meeting Feb. 21 at 1 p.m., Saint Andrew’s United Church in Enderby. Participants must be prepared to sing, dance and act. Info., Linzy at joy.of.music@hotmail.com. community hu song Learn how to gain a higher perspective and get answers to life’s challenges, join other open-hearted people in this nondenominational non-directed experience with this transformational sound. Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. for 20 minutes of HU, Pacific Inn and Suites, 4790-34th St., Vernon. non-denominational bible talks Given weekly on Sundays at 3:30 p.m. at the Schubert Centre until Feb. 28. All are welcome without obligation. Garth Cook and Verdun Korvemaker. aa meets sundays (X) open meeting 10 a.m., at VTC 281048 Ave. (H) closed meeting 7 p.m., Anglican Church, 3205-27 St. Vernon (back door). (H) closed meeting 8 p.m., United Church, 2315 Pleasant Valley Blvd., Armstrong. Open meeting, 3204 Alexis Park Dr. Vernon (H), 5 p.m. daily. (H) Handicap access (X) no handicap access. Info., 250-545-4933 Vernon pacers runners club Meets Sundays at 8 a.m. at clubhouse (32nd Ave. across from Kiss FM); Tuesdays at 5:30 a.m. at Landing Plaza; Thursdays at 5:30 a.m. at Bean Scene; Saturdays, 7 a.m., at clubhouse. Call Bill at 545-0028 for more information. medieVally minded Come and join us and explore what history can do for you. Learn about medieval fighting, crafts and feasting. The Society for Creative Anachronism meets every Sunday at 3 p.m. For information, see www.krakenfjord.org okanagan chinese baptist church Worship in Cantonese with Mandarin interpretation every third Sunday of the month starting at 2 p.m. at Vernon Faith Baptist Church, 3908-27th St. al-anon meets Al-Anon is a fellowship of men and women affected by someone else’s drinking. Meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 1204 -30th Ave.; Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church, 3300 Alexis Park Dr. and Sundays at 7 p.m. at W.L. Seaton Centre, 1340 Polson Dr. Info., 250-545-4933.
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heirloom seed saVings presentation & potluck All welcome to join the Food Action Society (FASNO) Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. at the Vernon library to learn about Okanagan College’s Seed Library from founder Karen Friesen. Bring plate, cutlery, cup and dish to share. Following presentation we will hold brief AGM for members and guests. If you wish to support food security in the North Okan., join FASNO for $10 per year. Info., 250-275-8814. society of open learning and discussion S.O.L.D. meets Mondays at the People Place, 3402-27th Ave., from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome to join us. Feb. 22 it’s Harold Sellers, manager of the local Gleaners factory, showing and telling us “How the Gleaners Help Feed the Poor in the World.” pro life thrift store 50 per cent off sale Don’t miss out on our big storewide winter sale on good quality ladies, men’s and kids’ clothes. Everything 50 per cent off. Also, shoes, bags, dishes and toys included. Get a new blazer for spring or check out our big variety on books. Come on in and see for yourself and get the best pick. Sale runs Feb. 22 to 27. We are at 3102-31st Ave. Call 250-545-0777 for more information. prostate cancer 101 — ladies night! The top 10 things women should know about prostate cancer, presented by three prostate cancer survivors, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the People Place, 3402-27th Ave., Vernon. Men are also welcome. Sponsored by Vernon Prostate Cancer Support & Awareness Group. an eVening of yoga is for eVeryone The evening unfolds with a simple breathing exercise, followed by a 45-minute easy yoga asana program. The next 20 minutes is an ancient mantra meditation which is done with music. A wonderful vegetarian meal is how we finish the evening. Everyone is welcome. Cost is by donation. Mondays, 6 to 8 p.m. at 3701-32nd Ave. (back entrance of church hall). For more info., email sunvalleyyoga@hotmail.com billiards at the halina seniors centre Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. We are behind the Rec Centre, 3310-37 Ave. Cost: $2 a drop in or $5 for the month. Everyone 50+ welcome! Info: 250-542-2877. armstrong seniors actiVity centre We are at 2520 Patterson Ave. Dances held the first Monday of each month 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. January to May and October to December. Crib and bingo the second and fourth Monday of each month, 1 p.m. Info., call Joy at 250-546-8907. floor curling at the halina seniors centre Mondays, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the centre, located behind the Rec Centre at 3310-37th Ave. Everyone 50+ welcome! Come on out and learn a fun sport. Info., call: 250-542-2877. grandparents raising grandchildren Support group meets every other Monday at the Schubert Centre. Great information source. Extended family members welcome. For more information, phone 250-549-3328.
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iving Small: a Tiny House Documentary will be shown Thursday, Feb. 25 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Vernon library. Experience the challenges and rewards faced by Anderson Page as he constructs his first tiny living space. Hear, too, from Odin and Hailey about building their own tiny home in Vernon! Could YOU live more with less? Sponsors: RDNO, Okanagan Regional Library and the Sustainable Environment Network Society. This is the final documentary to be shown as part of SENS’ documentary film series. bingo in enderby Mondays at 6 p.m., Enderby Seniors Complex on George Street at 6 p.m.; 19 games. coda meets Mondays at noon at Vernon Alliance Church. halina pattern dancers Welcomes new couples to join and have fun pattern dancing. Practices held every second and fourth Monday at the Halina Seniors’ Centre from 2 to 4 p.m. For more information, please call Gordon at 250-549-1608.
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silVer star rotary club meets Tuesdays from 6:46 to 8 a.m. at the Village Green Hotel across from the Village Green Centre. This is a fun, friendly, social club supporting local community and international service, and we are looking for new members. Everyone is welcome to come for a free breakfast. monashee toastmasters welcomes interested parties to our Tuesday meetings in the Whitevalley Community Centre (2250 Shields Ave.) in Lumby. Meetings held the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month 7 to 8:30 p.m. Enhance your public speaking, listening and leadership skills while building your confidence in a supportive atmosphere. Want to challenge yourself and still have fun? Come to a meeting with no obligation and see for yourself: you don’t have to live in Lumby. Please contact Marena at 250-547-9572 or Mike at 250-547-9335 for more info. lumby health centre clinics X-ray services Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (all doctors requisitions accepted). Lab services Tuesdays 8 to 9:45 a.m.; Thursdays 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. Options For Sexual Health Clinic Wednesdays 6 to 9 p.m. There is a new defibrillator at the centre, available to the community on loan. Street Nurse every second Wednesday at Lumby Food Bank noon to 1 p.m. Health Information Services, five days a week. Public Health Nurse five days a week at Lumby Health Centre. Water Quality Testing Kits available. the lumby artistic connections is a weekly watercolour painting class (sometimes we do acrylics). Cost $10 per session. Held every Tuesday noon to 4 p.m. at the Lumby Community Hall (2250 Shields Ave.). Call Olena at 250-547-8866 for info. the armstrong lions club bingo every Tuesday. Doors open at 6 p.m. and bingo at 6:50 p.m. at the Oddfellows Hall. aboriginal infant & early childhood deVelopment Free swimming Tuesdays from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Meet at the aquatic centre. For more info., 542-7578. pregnancy support Every Tuesday we offer a drop-in from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., including lunch. We offer a free and confidential service to help you have a healthy baby. We are at 2902 29th Ave. Gratefully accepting double strollers, maternity and infant clothing donations. mothers for recoVery peer support group For any mother in recovery wishing to help herself and other mothers within her community struggling with addictions. The purpose of this group will be to help addicted mothers obtain recovery and parent successfully. Takes place every Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. to noon at Kekuli Centre, 2905-28th Ave. Child care available at Early Childhood Development, 2902- 29th Ave. Info., Caroline at 250542-5448 or Maureen at 250-542-5311.
inner peace moVement National program director Judy Guido will be in Vernon Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. to present 90-minute talks that are an opportunity to help people understand themselves and their experiences. Topics covered of interest to many people searching for answers. Sandman Hotel, 4201-32 St. All welcome! falun gong — mind/body/spirit The ultimate qi gong and meditation system. Practice based on universal principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance. Demo. and practice of the four standing gentle exercises followed by seated meditation. Suitable for all ages. Always free (donations not accepted); Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Info., www.falundafa.org or minghui.org or call 250-545-4402. the Vernon & dist. garden club meets Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Arts Centre, 2704A Hwy 6, in Polson Park. Hypertufa demo in lieu of speaker. Those attending will get opportunity to make their own hypertufa container. Also, mini flower show featured at the meeting. Visitors welcome. Info., call 250-549-2189. bosom buddies meet for lunch Feb. 23 at noon at the Italian Kitchen. Please come and bring a friend or anyone having questions about breast cancer. See you there. the writer’s circle: Vernon library Join a group of writers dedicated to developing their work through networking and sharing ideas in a comfortable atmosphere. No registration required, just show up with your ideas! Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room (upstairs). armstrong seniors actiVity centre We are at 2520 Patterson Ave. Table tennis every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., September to May. Annual membership fee at the centre is $12; user fees are $2 members; $4 non-members; dances $5. Info., call Joy at 250546-8907. armstrong toastmasters Meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., Heaton Place at 3093 Wright St. Come join us in learning communication skills in a safe and friendly environment. Call Pat for more information, at 546-3276. hold your eVent at the schubert centre Great place to hold wedding, grad, bar mitzvah, memorial service, birthday party/ luncheon/dinner, meetings and a lot more. Can Finding My Way - Grief Support Group accommodate up North Okanagan Hospice Society is offering a to 300 people in grief support group beginning March 16 for eight the auditorium, 120 in the ban- consecutive weeks. Sessions will be held in the quet room (with evenings. its own entrance), The group provides a safe place for adults up to 50 in meetexperiencing grief due to the death of a loved one. ing room and 75 in the Coffee Participants will be introduced to the definitions of House and are grief and mourning, discuss ways that grief affects famous for their people differently, and identify ways of getting catering. The cen- through a time of loss and transition. tre also provides All interested individuals will be invited to meet meals for The Meals on Wheels with the Grief and Bereavement Counsellor prior to program. Call registering for the group to determine their current 250-549-4201 for needs and readiness. further informaFor more information, tion or to book call Panadda @ 250-503-1800 ext: 200 your event.
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UNDER THE SPITFIRE ANAF UNIT 5 Cribbage night and dart league Tuesdays at 7 p.m. New members welcome. We are at 2500-46th Ave. Call 250-542-3277 for more information. PowERED PARAglIDINg clUb Join the Okanagan Free Flyer’s Powered Paragliding Club and take to the skies under a paraglider with an easy foot-launched backpack model engine. Good chance to meet up with fellow pilots and cruise around the beautiful Okanagan. Meets Tuesday evenings and Sunday mornings. Call James at 546-2812 or e-mail james@gojoli.com for regular meeting times, locations and more information. TUESDAy EvENINg mEDITATIoN gRoUP A short reading, followed by a 45-minute silent meditation at the Okanagan Centre for Positive Living, 2913-29th Ave., 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. cocAINE ANoNymoUS mEETS Every Tuesday 7 to 8 p.m., at Knox Presbyterian Church on Alexis Park Drive. If you think you have a problem with cocaine, please join us. FREEDom gRoUP mEETS Every Tuesday at 1 p.m., Upper Room Mission. This group is intended to give support to people who want to quit the use of hard drugs. While it does accept total abstinence, it does not require it to join. coNFIDENTIAl mENTAl IllNESS FAmIly SUPPoRT gRoUP Provides a caring environment for family members of a loved one with a mental illness to share your hopes, fears, experiences and knowledge with other family members supporting a loved one with a mental illness. You are not alone. Meets 7 to 9 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Mental Illness Family Support & Information Centre, room 301, 3402-27th Ave., People Place. Call Dianne at 250-260-3233 for info. mADD mEETS Mothers Against Drunk Driving meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m., at the Best Western Inn, corner of Leckie and Hwy 97 N., Kelowna. Call 769-6235 for info. lUmby womEN’S (55+) TUESDAy’S TogETHER meet the fourth Tuesday of the month 1 - 3 p.m. for a social get-together for socializing at the seniors’ drop-in, 1751 Glencaird St. KIwANIS clUb oF vERNoN FoUR SEASoNS Meets Tuesdays at noon at Schubert Centre. New members welcome. For more information, call 545-8650. SENIoRS lUNcHES AT ARmSTRoNg lEgIoN Wednesdays at noon at Branch 35 for $7. To reserve, call by noon on Tuesday, 546-8455.
branch meets Feb. 24, with pre-meeting at 6:30 p.m. with John Kerr speaking on “Light Pollution,” an exploration of our society’s wasteful use of light and how to set up effective, non polluting outdoor lighting. Regular meeting starts at 7:15 p.m. with the main presentation by Colleen O’Hare presenting “Gravity: the Curving of Space-Time,” looking at a few different ways to imagine the warping of space-time by a mass. Also, Jim Kanester will present Observing Challenges for March 2016. Meetings will be in the Heritage Hall on the corner next to the Okanagan Science Centre on the east side of Polson Park just off Highway 6. DRIvE-THRoUgH bREAKFAST AT FUlToN Feb. 24 from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at Fulton secondary school, join local author Sarah Gabriel and her board of directors at this fundraiser for Many Colours For Hope in its first local fundraiser, Hope and Heart for Hungry Children. The foundation is partnering with Fulton teachers and Grade 12 students to prepare and offer to the public a drivethrough breakfast bag, $5 per bag. All funds raised from sale of bags will be donated to Fulton breakfast program, which provides a nourishing breakfast (or lunch) to hungry children in the school.
ART AFTER DARK Feb. 26 from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Art After Dark is soirée style party designed to cultivate the creative community in Vernon by offering a venue of art, food, drinks, music, hands-on art activities and current art exhibitions all in one evening. Tickets are $15 each, on sale now at the gallery and online. Be sure to get your tickets early as this event sells out! Suggested attire for Art After Dark is cocktail party chic. FAmIly SATURDAy: vERNoN PUblIc ART gAllERy Chine Collee Inspired by Heather Huston, Feb. 27 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Learn a special technique in printmaking called Chine-Collé, in which images and paper are transferred to a surface that is bonded to a heavier support in the printing process. Inspired by Heather Huston’s prints, we will work in layers to create prints made up of layered tissue papers and drawings on rice paper. Parents are encouraged to participate, all materials are supplied. Suggested ages 5+. Cost is $5 for members and $7 for non-members. oUTbAcKjAcKS HoRSE REScUE and The Horse Protection Society of B.C in South Langley are calling out to the public for donations of items for our combined fundraiser at The Village Green pub in Vernon March 5 at 6 p.m. We are looking for gift certificates and new items for our live auction and one large item for our main door prize. Please consider a donation to help in our mission to save the horses. We will make a commitment to using all our social media promote your store, take pictures of the donation and make sure our auctioneer speaks about your company. Our two rescues have joined forces in the fight to save these wonderful animals. If you can help, or for more info., please call us at 250-379-2400 or 250-438-0062 or email us at outbackjacks@telus.net FUNDRAISER FoR KIKI THE Eco ElF Feb. 28 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Maven Lane, 2711 – 38th St., Vernon. Kiki (Tanya Lipscomb) has vocal nodules, a condition in the vocal cords similar to callouses. This is preventing her from participating in her full-time career as a musician. Kiki is a well-known children’s entertainer who has had to cancel a slew of community events over the last few months. This mother of three is now without income until she has fully recovered which is expected in April. All proceeds from this event will be directed toward supporting her family. Trixie Theclown will provide roving entertainment. Cosmicflair designs has donated some tutus for raffle. Barefoot Caravan will provide a performance and drumming workshops. Kiki will paint faces and sell handmade fairy crowns. Also a group children’s art project. All of Tanya’s works from her various aliases available for purchase. An afternoon of family entertainment. Donations appreciated! HUllcAR AND DEEP cREEK HAll SocIETy Agm Annual general meeting Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. at the hall, 4194 Hullcar Rd. Planning for next year’s events. All welcome. For more information, call Sherri at 250-546-1944. THE cANADIAN FEDERATIoN oF UNIvERSITy womEN The Vernon Branch of the CFUW invites you to save the following dates for its evening speaker series, “Celebrating B.C. Women” in March 2016. Dr. Jean Barman speaks on “Remembering Indigenous Okanagan Women” on March 1; Danette Boucher presents her one-woman play, “Lady Overlander” on March 15; and Julie Fowler will talk about “Grande Dames of the Cariboo” on March 30. Tickets are $40 for all three speakers. Contact Linda at 250-545-6171 or Mary Leah at 250-545-5458. FREE SlEEP DISoRDER woRKSHoP March 1 with Kara Moreira, respiratory therapist, 1 to 3 p.m. at White Valley Community Hall, Lumby. Call Lumby Health Centre to register: 250-547-9741. DRAwINg II—PRINcIPlES oF DESIgN (ADUlTS) Vernon Community Arts Centre, Tuesdays, March 1 to 29 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Working with pen, pencil, and charcoal, this class is for people who have some experience drawing but want to take it further. Instructed by David Macri. Members $140, Non-members $150. Call 250-542-6243 or check out www.vernonarts.ca for info. cREATIvE ExPRESSIoNS ExHIbITIoN Presented by the At This Age group of older adults, March 1 to 5 at the Schubert Centre, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. We have a core of 10 participants who enjoy a rich variety of creative activities ranging from intellectual discussions to stimulate the brain, to artistic projects that include painting, paper collages, designing cloths, poetry and creative writing, reminiscing, dancing, listening to music and lyrics, appreciating and viewing artworks, drama playing, viewing and critiquing movies. The exhibition is a wonderful demonstration of a variety of activities that took place in the last two and one half years. Exhibit includes works of present and past members who made this group a success. To follow the group, go to www. facebook.com/TheSocietyForTheArtsInDementiaCare.Members of the group will attend the exhibition and will be more than happy to share with visitors their experiences. The exhibit is free.
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THE NoRTH oKANAgAN URbAN bIcyclINg coAlITIoN Our goal is to encourage people of all ages and abilities to safely ride bicycles more often to school, work, on errands and for fun. Our vision is a North Okanagan which is world-renowned for recreational, sport and transportation oriented bicycling. The meeting will be Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Vernon Library, upstairs in the community room. For more info., contact Kerry at ptworks@shaw.ca. NoRTH oKANAgAN & locAl FIRST NATIoN commUNITIES Free program: legal advocate can provide low-income men and women with info. on their welfare rights and tenant rights and benefits; can represent you with the ministry in your denial of welfare rights/benefits or designation as a person with a disability; can appeal your denial of Canada Pension Plan Disability, EI or Old Age Security; can advocate with you regarding your landlord disputes and represent you at a residential tenancy hearing; will look at law/policy and draft legal appeals on your behalf. Calls returned in 12 to 24 hours and immediate assistance for evictions. Legal advocate does not give legal advice. Drop-in clinic Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Info., legal advocate Jody Leon, BSW, LLB, Vernon Women’s Transition House Society, #102-3301 24th Ave. Call 250-542-3555, ext. 209; fax 236-426-2497. FREE coNFIDENTIAl KIDNEy HEAlTH ScREENINg Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at White Valley Community Centre, 2250 Shields Ave., Lumby. Pre-registration required. The Kidney Foundation of Canada, B.C. branch and Lumby Health Society are offering screening opportunity for those who are at risk for kidney disease. In B.C. an estimated one in 25 people will develop kidney disease and most will not know it until they have some form of kidney failure. Call 250-547-9741 to book appointment. ARmSTRoNg SPAllUmcHEEN ARTS coUNcIl Agm Annual General Meeting of the members of SPARC Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Wild Oak Cafe, 2539 Pleasant Valley Blvd., Armstrong. Questions or inquiries? Please email sparcartscouncil@gmail.com THE RoyAl ASTRoNomIcAl SocIETy oF cANADA Vernon
FoSTER PARENTS NEEDED IN THE vERNoN AREA Attend Introduction to Fostering to find out how you can become a foster parent and make a difference for children and youth in our community. Feb. 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the People Place. Registration required. For more info., or to register, please contact Noelle at 250-558-0939 or noksupport@okfosterparents.ca olD AgE PENSIoNER oRg. cRIbbAgE Tournament Feb. 25. Registration 9 a.m., games start 10 a.m. sharp; $30 per team includes hot lunch, coffee, etc. Pre-register by calling 250-762-6208 or 250766-5437 or email lsdmjb@yahoo.com FREE APPoINTmENTS FoR DIgESTIvE HEAlTH Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lumby Health Centre, 2135 Norris Ave. Book individual appointment by calling 250-547-9741. Jenifer Ziemer, RHN, will discuss the following at your appointment: evaluate food selection, preparation and intake; lifestyle and well-being; identifying nutritional imbalances and lifestyle habits. gEoRgETTE THRIFT SHoP “The Worlds Favourite Store” holds Back up the Truck Sale! Tons of clothing at $2 or half price of our already ridiculously low prices. Best deals in town! Your purchases support local mental health programs — thank you! Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 Saturday at 3100-28 Ave. bUDDHIST mEDITATIoN clASS Feb. 26, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at W.L. Seaton Centre, 1340 Polson Dr. The class topic will be “Awakening the Heart.” Drop-in class consists of guided meditations and a teaching. Suggested donation $10. For info., see www. dorjechang.ca or call 250-558-0952. No fragrance please. FgbmF cANADA DINNER bANqUET Author and speaker Jim Morrison is a seven-year survivor of stage-four cancer who will speak on the topic, “From Duck Hunting to Emergency” Feb. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Schubert Centre, 3505-30th Ave. Doctors gave Morrison, of Coeur d’Alene Idaho, six months to live: no weddings and no graduations for the upcoming grandchildren. For early reservations, please call Ed at 250-558-6102. Limited seating. Tickets $18 (1/2 price ages seven to 12). All welcome.
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Friendship results in adventure stories Brother XII’s Treasure is the latest book written by former Armstrong resident Amanda Spottiswoode and illustrated by Coldstream’s Molly March atre, opera and ballet. Her theatre work includes When Amanda “Mandy” designing sets for local producSpottiswoode and Molly March tions at Caravan Farm, Runaway Moon and Asparagus Community first started embarking theatres, the latter where on horseback and sailSpottiswoode was also ing adventures together, once a member. She has they never thought that also worked regularly their exploring would with Vancouver’s Leaky turn to the page. Heaven Circus, and has But their 35-year designed posters and friendship has resulted shown her art and illusin two published books trations internationally. and another on the way. March and What started as a Spottiswoode’s friendcruising guide for sailors ship turned into a workexploring the B.C. Coast ing relationship when has turned into a histormolly march Spottiswoode penned ical adventure for chilher first book, South dren, with Spottiswoode as author and March as illustrator. Islander: Memoirs of a Cruising Dog. An avid sailor, who has tracked March, who now lives in numerous nautical miles on Coldstream, met Spottiswoode, who is now based on Salt Spring her sailboat the South Islander, Island and is originally from the Spottiswoode came up with a U.K., while both were living in memoir and guide for those who like to cruise with dogs aboard. Armstrong. “We met about 35 years ago. March drew the 45 treasure-like We had tons of adventures togeth- maps in her illustrative style to er, mostly on horseback and on accompany the book that details boats,” said March. “She grew up dog friendly walks around the Gulf in boarding schools and so escaped Islands. “The great thing about Mandy via adventure stories.” Like Spottiswoode, March is that she knows exactly what also has an adventurous spirit. A she wants, but she can’t draw. She childhood fan of the Nancy Drew sits beside me and tells me what mystery series by Carolyn Keene, she wants. It’s helpful. We moved she has travelled the world as an ahead collaboratively and with accomplished set designer for the- enthusiasm. Mandy’s strongest KrisTin Froneman
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salt spring island author mandy spottiswoode, left, and Coldstream artist molly march visit with children at the Blind Bay library on a recent okanagan regional library tour, which included the lake Country and revelstoke branches, to talk about their latest collaboration, Brother XII’s Treasure. characteristic is her honesty,” said March. That same spirit continues with the women’s most recent collaboration, Brothers XII’s Treasure (published by Heritage House), a children’s adventure story for ages eight to 12. “My book club just read Brother XII and they loved it,” said March, who used pen and ink and gouache paint in her illustrations. Set in 1936, the book is a fictional tale that features a real-life character. It follows a group of British school children who turn a summer sailing vacation with their
uncle into a suspenseful hunt for clues that lead them to a lost treasure left behind by notorious cult leader Brother XII. (Born Edward Arthur Wilson in England, Brother XII founded a spiritual community located just south of Nanaimo and later sailed away, disappearing into thin air with his disciples’ money.) Along the way, the kids visit settlements from De Courcy Island to Desolation Sound, and encounter a cast of eccentric characters from a time when B.C.’s coastal outports were much more active and populated than they are
today. Spottiswoode says the book was inspired by a desire to engage kids in learning about the history and geography of the B.C. Coast. “My book touches on interesting historical facts relating to trans-Atlantic travel in the 1930s, the early days of aviation, and the rum running trade that took place during prohibition,” she said. “The children arrive in Vancouver the year before the Lions Gate Bridge is built and the year before there was any trans-Canada passenger airline service. And of course, they have to communicate without the benefit of mobile phones and learn to navigate a sailboat without the aid of a GPS.” March is currently working on the illustrations for the sequel to Brother XII’s Treasure. Entitled The Silver Lining, the book is based around the women’s other love, horses, and features the same set of British school children. This time they visit their uncle on a cattle drive through Quilchena in the Nicola Valley in search of silver. “I get to draw lots of horses, which makes me happy with all the adventures Mandy and I had on horseback,” said March, adding she rode western saddle, while Spottiswoode always rode English saddle. “The illustrations in the next book are like old black and white photos (one of the characters has a Brownie camera) and I’m going to use ink wash.” Information on the books can be found on Spottiswoode’s website, southislander.ca. Brother XII’s Treasure can also be found at Bookland book store in Vernon.
Get drunk on Annie Lou’s folk-filled songbook Paul Tessier For The Morning Star
Annie Lou’s song Grandma’s Rules For Drinking may have been written a few years ago, but the Vancouver Island-based singer-songwriter still performs it to this day. It will be one of many folksy, old-time songs on Annie Lou’s set list when she and her band arrive in Vernon Saturday to perform at the Vernon Atrium Hotel. Born Anne Louise Genest, Annie Lou’s first musical memory was listening to the song Snoopy vs. The Red Baron by the Royal Guardsmen when she was four years old. “It was a favourite record in our family at the time. My parents were great music lovers, especially classical music. There was always music playing in the house,” she said. The youngest of five kids, Genest’s parents didn’t mind their children having the Rolling Stones turned up loud. “They always encouraged us to play our music,” she said. Oddly though, there were no musicians in the family. Annie Lou actually didn’t start playing until her late 20s when she received her first guitar.
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acoustic guitarist, singer-songwriter annie lou (second from left) arrives with her band, andrew Collins, sarah Hamilton and max Heineman, to perform for the Vernon Folk-roots music society at the Vernon atrium Hotel saturday. “I was living up in the Yukon and I fell in with some folks who had jams. They jammed in their kitchens and played songs that I loved: Neil Young, Bob Dylan and some old-timey songs. I was just captivated by it all and I
thought, ‘Oh I can do that too.’ So I bought an old guitar and started practising.” It wasn’t long before she started writing songs. “Ani DiFranco was coming to do a show at the Yukon Rec Centre and the organization putting on the show was looking for an opening act – a girl band who played original music. I was starting to play with some other women and we decided to write some songs for the show. We opened for Ani DiFranco and the songwriting just kind of went from there.” Annie Lou admits that it took some time for her music career to fall into place. “It was a few more years before I got the focus of really starting to work on songwriting as craft and deciding to put out my own CD. That whole journey took about 10 years,” she said. Along the way, there were bills to pay. “Oh yes, I always had a day job,” laughed Annie Lou. “I did a bunch of things. I worked in a café and I got my baker’s ticket. Then when I started getting more into music, I left the café and started working at the women’s shelter in Whitehorse. It was the perfect situation because I got to job share with another musician.”
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mundane experiences and make art out of them,” she said. “Combined with the fact that we all struggle. Some of us have struggles that are much greater than others. Some have privilege, but we all struggle as human. It’s that human journey that really captivates me and inspires me.” Annie Lou’s song
Nine Bridges Down from her latest album, Tried and True, was inspired by the flooding in High River, Alta. in 2013. “I built a story around that event. I’d met some people in Turner Valley who’d just moved there the year before the flood. They’d thought about leaving but decided to stay and lost everything. So that’s the story right there. There’s the song. I pretty much took their story and made a song out of it,” she said. Annie Lou and her band (Sarah Hamilton, fiddle, vocals; Andrew Collins, mandolin, fiddle, vocals; Max Heineman, upright bass, vocals) perform for the Vernon FolkRoots Music Society Saturday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Vernon Atrium Hotel. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $15 for members at ticketseller.ca, vernonfolkroots.com, the Bean Scene in Vernon, or at the door (if available).
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ormer supermodels and perpetual morons Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) are in separate reclusive states, the latter in the desert with a harem, the former in the mountains alone. When evil fashion overlord Mugatu (Will Ferrell) devises a plan to escape fashion prison, Interpol sends its finest agent, Valentina (Penelope Cruz), to protect his likely first targets, if she can find them before he does. We say, “Zoolander 2 is what you would expect it to be. Taylor and Howe HOWE: A bit like how Dumb and Dumber waited a long time before making a sequel just recently, so has Zoolander. Zoolander 2 is still very silly, just like the first. Derek is still as stupid as ever and Hansel is still handsome. Throw in a convict, Mugatu, and the laughs should be coming thick and fast. And they do, but we have heard and seen them all before. Still, that didn’t stop me from smiling throughout the whole movie, but then again I could have just watched the first one and received the same results. TAYLOR: It is very much like I remember the original, but it has been a few years since my last viewing. I too smiled quite a bit. It was comfortable. There’s our old friends, man are they ever dumb! It also felt like everyone was coasting, downhill. HOWE: There are so many cameos in Zoolander 2. I lost count. There are also so many little nods to other movies and too many repeat jokes. It started to get a little messy and lose its identity. I felt that Stiller and Wilson really wanted to make something special, like the first, but ran out of ideas halfway through. Even Ferrell, whom I love, was a little flat, although they did give him a sidekick in the way of Alexanya Atoz (Kristen Wiig), whom I thought was very good. The filmmakers should have given her a lot more screen time. TAYLOR: Agreed. Wiig’s crazy accent alone renders Zoolander 2 worth the price of admission. I also agree that the film fizzles. There’s something missing. Maybe their hearts weren’t into it, or maybe my heart grew out of Zoolander in the first place. I didn’t enjoy the film’s B story: Zoolander learns to love his non-supermodel son. Still, I enjoyed my time with Stiller, Wilson and Cruz, despite the attempts to humanize Zoolander. It’s supposed to be a stupid movie about stupid people. It almost was. I wish the franchise well in that I don’t wish it any specific harm. – Taylor gives Zoolander 2 2.5 secret cults out of 5. – Howe gives it 2.5 chocolate ice creams out of 5.
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Bridge by Phillip Alder DANCING FOR TRICKS SLOWLY OR QUICKLY George Bernard Shaw said, “If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.” Yesterday, I compared the two styles of bridge defense - active and passive - with dance. If you round up a posse and hunt for tricks, it is like dancing a fandango. But if you sit at home watching the television and waiting for declarer to knock on your front door and donate you tricks, that is akin to dancing a fox trot. How do the defenders decide which steps to take? First, they listen to the bidding. If it sounds like the opponents are full value for
their calls, be active; if they crawl to their contract, stay passive. Then, study the dummy. If it is balanced, the defenders can probably be cautious. But if it is unbalanced, especially with a good side suit, they should immediately chase tricks. Which applies in this deal? South is in four hearts. West leads a low diamond. What should East do? After North learned of the 4-4 heart fit, he wondered if his side might have a slam. Partner could have had something like S: A Q x, H: K Q J x, D: A x x x, C: A x, when seven hearts is excellent. After East takes the first
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YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY Worry less and contribute more. It’s what you do, not what you say you are going to do that will bring you peace of mind and respect. Face challenges head-on in order to achieve more than you anticipate.
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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Stay within your means and strive to finish what you start. Offer assistance, but don’t take on more than you can handle. Be realistic, moderate and true to yourself. ARIES (March 21-April 19) Take part in events or activities that will help you meet new people, and share your interests and experiences with someone special. Romance will improve your state of mind. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Don’t take on jobs or responsibilities that don’t belong to you. Anger is likely to mount if you express your true feelings. Wait for a better opportunity to confront a difficult situation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Communication, travel and different philosophies, lifestyles and people will be enlightening, but do your research before you take a leap of faith. Romance is in the stars and will improve your mindset.
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David Herbert Fairbrother
David Herbert Fairbrother passed peacefully into the presence of his Lord on February 14, 2016 in Vernon, B.C. at the age of 71, surrounded by his family. Deeply bereaved by his passing are his loving wife of 46 years, Virginia (Braun); his children Teresa Balogh (Jonathon), Steven Fairbrother (Marcie), and Jennifer Redekop (Dave); and his six beloved grandchildren Emily, Jaden, Elizabeth, Naomi, Ella, and Presley. He will also be sadly missed by his siblings, John (Bonnie), Mary (Jerry), and Peter (Evie), as well as extended family, friends, colleagues, and members of church congregations throughout B.C. David was born in Brighton, England on November 18, 1944, the son of the late Herbert and Amelia Fairbrother. He immigrated to Canada when he was 18 months old and grew up on a farm in Haney, B.C. At age 15, he was called by the Lord to be a pastor. After high school, he attended Northwest Baptist Theological College, where he graduated in 1967, followed by a year of studies at the University of Manchester in England. David and Virginia were married in 1969. He was ordained as a minister in 1971. For 38 years, David, supported by Virginia, faithfully served God as a pastor at churches in Prince George, Richmond, and Vernon. Within his years of ministry, he served two terms as President of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in B.C. and Yukon, raised funds for the building of Northwest College in Langley, led two church building projects, mentored young pastors, and went on mission trips with Virginia to Japan, Russia, and Hungary. In addition to his church-related ministry, David had a heart for the community and spent many years involved in the Vernon Rotary Club and enjoyed hosting international students. David’s greatest joy in life was being with his family. His wife and children have many happy memories of time spent together watching BC Lions and Canucks games, vacations in Penticton, picnics at the beach, family fun nights, and visiting Birch Bay. He took great joy in spending time with his grandchildren, doing special projects, going on trips, and encouraging them in all they did. He loved tending to his lawn and flowers, working on home projects, collecting coins, playing golf, and
traveling, especially to Hawaii. David suffered from an autoimmune disease and in 2007 he was given the gift of life when he received two liver transplants, enduring four 6-hour surgeries in 49 days. His ability to rise above the extreme adversity he faced during his transplant journey led the transplant doctors to name him Miracle Man. David and his family were so thankful to the donor families and to God for giving him an extra 8½ years of life, which allowed him to see his oldest grandchild graduate, to be there for the birth of his youngest grandchild, and to be part of many family events. David was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 2½ years ago and despite being given a short timeline of survival, he persevered and lived life to the fullest. There were many moments during David’s medical journeys where obstacles were placed in his way, with treatments that did not work and side effects that challenged his energy and abilities, but from each hurdle David was able to rally his spirit and surround himself with his faith and family, and move forward to embrace the precious life God bestowed upon him. David rose to every hardship with grace, determination and humility and was an inspiration to all those around him. God sustained David for the past two years with no cancer treatment, during which time he made trips with Virginia to the Maritimes, Toronto, and Niagara Falls, raised money for Sunnybrae Bible Camp, served as a Church Elder in Armstrong, and renovated the entire main floor of their house including laying tile and hardwood floors, painting, and reupholstering furniture. Thank you to the doctors and nurses who cared for David through his many medical journeys, most especially the liver transplant team at VGH. Above all, we thank God for His sustaining love and for the wonderful gift of David’s life. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, February 26, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 3412 – 15th Avenue, Vernon, B.C. Those wishing to make a charitable contribution in David’s memory might consider Fairhaven Ministries (www.fairhavencanada.com) or the Transplant Research Foundation of British Columbia (www.trfbc. org/give). Please consider registering to be an organ donor.
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Philip Mervin Phillips April 30, 1929 - February 16, 2016
Phil Phillips passed away in Vernon Jubilee Hospital on February 16, 2016. Phil will always be remembered by his best friend and loving companion, Joan; his daughters Susan (Terry) Kirchmayer, Kathryn (Ron) Midan and Carol (Ken) Bisgard; and his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He will be missed but never forgotten. A memorial service will be held on Friday February 26, 2016 at 11:00am at Pleasant Valley Funeral Home, 4303 Pleasant Valley Road, Vernon, BC. Donations in Phil’s memory can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Arrangements have been entrusted to Vernon Funeral Home, Phone: 250 542 0155. Condolences may be offered at www.vernonfuneralhome.com
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Our beloved mother and friend Eileen Burford, born March 12, 1918 in Vancouver, BC, passed away on Valentine’s Day while sitting peacefully in her suite. She was just shy of her 98th birthday. Mom cherished her family and friends. She absolutely loved music; she enjoyed playing “Happy Birthday” on the piano for her family and friends and was a choir member, pianist, founding supporter of the Vernon District Performing Arts Centre and enjoyed many concerts of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra. Eileen was an active member in the Trinity United Church. She spent her earlier days skiing with her husband Ron on Silver Star Mountain. Eileen will be forever loved and missed by her son Ralph Burford (Donna), daughter Meredith (Larry) Christensen, grandchildren Scott (LeiLauni) Burford, Jennifer Christensen (Cory Balzer), Catherine Christensen (Brandon Parsons), great grandchildren Kayleigh Burford, Melia Balzer, Sarah and Landon Parsons along with nieces, nephews and extended family members. She is predeceased by her husband Ronald Burford, sister and three brothers. A Celebration of Life will be held at Trinity United Church at a later date. Special thanks to all the people who helped Eileen at Carrington Place. Cremation arrangements entrusted to ALTERNATIVES FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES ® Vernon 250-558-0866 & Armstrong 250-546-7237
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Bourbon Street Bar and Grill is looking for an experienced line cook to join our team. If you are looking for long term full time position and have the right attitude please drop your resume off in person at Bourbon Street or e-mail to rreichelt@shaw.ca. General Duty Person required for Armstrong BC. This is a full time position Monday to Friday 8-5. Must have own transportation and be physically fit, please fax resume with job description to 250-546-0600 or email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com with job description in subject line. No phone calls or walk in’s please. Mechanic with experience working on Maxxforce 13 engines required immediately full-time. We are located in the Spallumcheen Industrial Park Armstrong. The successful candidate must have reliable transportation, own tools and be physically fit. Please fax resume to 250546-0600 or email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com No walk in’s or phone calls please. Repair Person required part time for our Proheat, Wabasco and various other makes of heaters and air-conditioning units in our highway tractors. This is part time position that could lead to full time we require the right person immediately we are located in the Spallumcheen Industrial park in Armstrong BC. You must have your own transportation and be reliable and physically fit, please fax resume with job description to 250-546-0600 or e-mail to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com with job description in subject line. No phone calls or walk in’s please.
Service Person required fulltime for our Service center in Armstrong, the successful candidate must have some mechanical skill as well as some experience with servicing Highway tractor units and capable of working under little supervision. Must have own reliable transportation and be physically fit, be able to work Tuesday to Sat 8-5. Please fax resumes to 250546-0600 with job position applying for or by e-mail to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com with job description in subject line. No phone calls or walk in’s please.
Affordable Handyman Services. Dump Runs, Small jobs. Gutter cleaning, tree trimming, local moves, etc. Kris 250308-4100
U1ST MOVING 2 men + truck $90/hr. Local and long distance. Call 250-859-8362.
Financial Services
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FREE CONSULTATION 250-275-8880
Male Care Aide required to care for a Quadriplegic male. P/T & on call. Reply to Box #4 c/o The Morning Star 4407 25th Ave. Vernon BC V1T 1P5
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202-2706 30th Ave, Vernon Renee Hubert, Estate Administrator Marie Harding, Estate Administrator Donna Mihalcheon, CPA, CA, CIRP
BDO Canada Limited Proposal Administrators Trustee in Bankruptcy
ORCHARD WORKERS Thinning, Pruning, Harvesting $10.59/hr or piece rate 10/hrs per day, June 15 to Oct. 31. Gutknecht Orchards Ltd., Vernon Fax: 250-542-6647 email: begutknecht@shaw.ca
Splatsin’s School in Enderby needs 2 PT temp. After School Care Workers. Must have exp. working with children ages 5-12, valid driver’s license required. Resume and cover letter can be emailed to your.future.lhr@gmail.com by noon Feb 26. IN FIND IT THE CLASSIFIEDS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
GRANT WORKER - BIKE TO WORK ASSISTANT COORDINATOR
(Temporary) April 4 to June 30, 2016 approximately Reporting to the Transportation Demand Management Coordinator, the incumbent is responsible for assisting in the coordination of the annual Biketo-Work Week event. Please see our website at www.vernon.ca for a complete job description and method of application. Closing date is February 24, 2016. Please quote competition # 22-COV-16.
Employment
Employment
Summer Jobs! MacKenzie Camp
(on Mabel Lake) has 12 positions to ďŹ ll for its summer 2016 program: For more information go to http://mackenziecamp.ca/ employment.
Deadline: March 18.
Medical/Dental OPTICIAN & optometric ass’t for new optometry clinic in Vernon. Req’d: 3 yrs optical dispensing; multi-task in receptn, admin, clinic & optical; FT/PT weekdays & Sat. Email eyecare.career2016@ gmail.com
Work Wanted *1 Vernon’s own DumpRunz Fast courteous service for around 1/2 the price of the big guys. 250-307-9449
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Employment
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Holistic Health Chi magic Hands Acupressure for pain or more. $40 & up In/Out Call Same fee 472 Winnipeg St. Penticton D/T
Call 250-899-7233 Senior Home Therapy
SUMMER STUDENT BYLAW COMPLIANCE
(Temporary) 2 Positions May 15 - September 2, 2016 approximately The City of Vernon is has two summer student positions available in the Bylaw Compliance department. Note: Drivers Abstracts will be required at time of short listing. Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit to a Police Information check. Please see our website at www.vernon.ca for a complete job description and method of application. Closing date is March 2, 2016. Please quote competition # 26-COV-16.
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TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income. Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca
Kitchen Cabinets Bring your Cabinets back to life with Remedy Cabinets. Renewing and Updating with savings for 24 years. Free estimates 250-309-9673
8X8X20 New Containers Household/ Commercial rentals. $65-$110/mo. Your place or mine. Warren 250-545-8118 Vernon. Rent, or Sale.
(Temporary) 6 Positions May 1 - September 1, 2016 approximately Reporting to the Manager and/or Foreman of the assigned Division, this position carries out a variety of general labourer duties associated with the municipality’s construction and maintenance operations for roads, sidewalks, parks and buildings. Please see our website at www.vernon.ca for a complete job description and method of application. Closing date is March 2, 2016. Please quote competition # 25-COV-16.
Painting & Decorating
Price incls. Cloverdale High Performance Paint. NO PAYMENT, until job is completed!
Moving & Storage
Auctions
SUMMER STUDENT - LABOURER
FAMILY Movers. Moving? Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance trips. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687
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Pets & Livestock
Feed & Hay HAY FOR SALE: Alfalfa, grass/mix, STRAW available in 3x4 square bales. Dairy or cow quality. Call for delivered price. Semi-load delivery only. Visit www.hubkahay.com or Phone 403-635-0104 Horse hay, small squares, $9.; 200 or more $8.;250-546-2010 SMALL SQUARE BALES FOR SALE. 2015 4TH CROP, NO RAIN, STORED INSIDE. $12/BALE. 250-308-4738
Pets Shampooches Pet Grooming 4311 25th Ave, Vernon. Call for information 250-275-1385
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WINDOWS & DOORS 1044 Middleton Way, Vernon
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Merchandise for Sale
Building Supplies Truss’s for sale. 38’&40’, leanto trusses, 30’ walls 8’ & 9’. 250804-6720.
Merchandise for Sale
Real Estate
Rentals
Transportation
Misc. Wanted
Revenue Property
Apt/Condo for Rent
Auto Accessories/Parts
Local Coin Collector Buying Collections Gold Silver Coins Estates 1-250-863-3082 Chad
Firewood/Fuel
Real Estate
FIREWOOD FOR SALE We have apple, birch, fir or pine. Delivery available. 250-260-7932
Business for Sale
Heavy Duty Machinery A-Steel Shipping Storage Containers. Used 20’40’45’53’ insulated containers. All sizes in stock. Prices starting under $2,000. Modifications possible doors, windows, walls etc., as office or living workshop etc., Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866528-7108 or 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com
WELL established Mom and Pop style diner for sale, located in the downtown core of Vernon. Diner has been recently updated and sale includes all equipment. Owners are ready to retire! Contact d_macleod2009@hotmail.com for more info $75,000.00
For Sale By Owner
2602 - 24th Street, East Hill Newer house, 4 bdrm + suite, 2100 sq.ft., large yard, great view from lower and upper deck. $475,000
250-308-7538
Houses For Sale CHARMING home. One level rancher in Lake Country. 3 bed 1.5 bath + flex room . Detached 2 car garage w/ storage & rv parking. MLS# 10110309 Open House 02/21/16 1-3pm $399,000
Homes Wanted
Medical Supplies Furniture Emporium WANTED: Good used Medical equipment, walkers, power lift chairs, scooters and other items. Phone 250-545-0240
Misc. for Sale
Church is looking for a property to rent or buy to be used for a drug rehabilitation center. (250)307-8858.
Recreational
OVER 10%
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Willow Manor
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Homes for Rent
Digging can be a shocking experience if you don’t know where the wires are.
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2011 Camry LE V6 auto, cloth, silver colour, must see car. $14,000. (250)517-9549
250-550-2120
Bjorn Edblad: 250-308-7134 Royal LePage Downtown Realty
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Belmonte 1 bdrm, newly renovated, clean, secure, cat allowed, close to D/T. $705 pm, no util. avail now. 250549-5254.
WHERE DO YOU TURN
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HILLSIDE TERRACE 39th Ave, clean & well maintained; 1 bedroom, No Smoking, No Pets. $730 and up. 250-545-5773
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NOTICE of Sale: 2009 Western Star,4900FA,Tractor. VIN 5KJJAEDR29PAB9761.Name of Debtor: Alan Peacock. Amount of Debt:$2837.03 plus storage. Sale Date & Time: Feb.29,2016 at 10:00 pm. Location: RJames Western Star, 150 Edwards Rd. Kelowna BC. Submit bid by email to: bmackney@rjameswsf.ca.
Cars - Domestic
Cars - Domestic
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3 bedroom townhouse, 1½ baths. Quiet end unit, private backyard. Laundry hook-ups. F.S. Sorry NS, NP. Available March 1. $900/mo. plus utilities
2014 Cadillac ATS
250-542-5580
Was $34,995
1bdrm close to rec centre. N/P, N/S. $650, no Hydro. (250)307-4948 1bdrm, quiet location, level private entry, near Schubert Center & bus rte. incl. cable, parking. F/S. NS, 50+, $670. Call 250-309-3763
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WAREHOUSE Lien Act – Notice is hereby given to Tadd Walter Mcleod Registered owner of 2003 Ford F150 2FTPX18L23CA38440 To recover Storage charges of the above mentioned vehicle under the provision of the Warehouse Lien Act in the amount of $3000.00 as of February 5, 2016, the above noted vehicle has been stored at PRO TOW, 4505 23 st, Vernon, BC since October 2, 2015 and will be disposed of on February 24, 2016. Call 250-549-2077.
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DISTRICT OF COLDSTREAM SURPLUS EQUIPMENT The District of Coldstream is seeking to dispose of surplus equipment consisting of the following: • 1988 International Pumper Truck • 1980 International Tanker Truck Both vehicles will be sold “AS IS, WHERE ISâ€?. Sealed bids will be received no later than 4:00 pm, local time, Friday, February 26th, 2016 at the following address:
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WRECKING GM, Honda Civic, FWD CARS, Since 1994. All parts on the shelf. Armstrong. 250-546-9055. www.anchorusedautoparts.net
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District of Coldstream 9901 Kalamalka Road Coldstream, BC V1B 1L6 ATTENTION: Patricia Higgins Items must be paid for and removed from Municipal Property no later than 4:00 pm Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016. The detailed speci¿cations of the assets to be disposed of can be obtained from the District’s website at www.coldstream.ca or at the Coldstream Municipal Hall. Any interested party wishing to view the surplus equipment can make an appointment with Patricia Higgins, Director of Financial Administration, or Mike Pethick, Operations Superintendent, by calling the District of Coldstream Municipal Of¿ce at (250)-545-5304 between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.
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News DON’T FORGET MY LICENSE! 2016 dog license renewals due by Feb. 29th AVOID A LATE FEE AND ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’ FINE Renew online at www.regionaldistrict.com/doglicense Or at any local government office, Dog Pound (890 Weddell Place) or Kelowna SPCA
For more information on Licensing visit www.regionaldistrict.com/dogs
Colourful Carnival Some fraud is organized and orchestrated by a group of individuals, namely, staged accidents and stolen vehicle rings. Other types of fraud are less obvious. Fraud like this includes exaggerating the extent of an injury, misrepresenting a previous medical condition or slanting the situation when reporting a claim. It’s not unheard of for people to embellish their claim by including vehicle damage unrelated to the crash, or to claim they can’t work when they’re actually back on the job. These tactics may not make the news, but the costs add up and come out of all of our pockets – we all end up paying for those who cheat the system.
Fraudulent claims take a toll on B.C. drivers
While most B.C. drivers are honest when it comes to making insurance claims, there are a few that are hurting things for the rest of us in the province. Industry studies estimate that about 10 to 20 per cent of all insurance claims contain an element of fraud or exaggeration. Applying those estimates here means fraud is costing us up to $600 million per year, or more than $100 annually on every auto insurance policy. Fraud cheats everyone and comes in all shapes and sizes.
ICBC combats fraud with their Special Investigation Unit, which last year looked at more than 5,000 claims les. This includes a cyber unit that employs information publicly available on the internet and social media to investigate suspected fraudulent claims. They’re in the process of increasing their focus on investigations, including training and analytics technology that ags patterns and predictors of fraud. By stepping up efforts to reduce fraudulent and exaggerated claims, along with managing injury claims costs, ICBC is working to take pressure off rising insurance rates. Fraud. It cheats us all.
To learn more about auto insurance fraud, go to icbc.com/fraud
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Thank You! On behalf of the family of Brenda Hala, we would like to thank her loyal customers, valued employees, friends and fellow business people for all your support during Brenda’s 25 years of living and working in this community. Brenda loved Vernon and Vernon loved her! She served as a volunteer in many capacities and she continues to be recognized and remembered. Beau Photo (Vancouver) and special photography friends (Prince George) placed a new bench in her memory at Polson Park. We expect to enjoy the view throughout the seasons at one of her favourite spots to take pictures. LISA VANDERVELDE/MORNING STAR
Keith Johnston (right) and Dave Hoyte, of Silver Star Rotary, donate $4,500 to Wendy Aasen, Junction Literacy Centre executive director, and Joe McFadden, Teen Junction assistant director. The money will go into the Teen Junction food budget.
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A44 Sunday, February 21, 2016 - The Morning Star
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D O E W D N A G R R A G D P E U YOUR CAR YOUR PAYMENT VERNONKIA.CA 2008 Saturn Outlook 7 Seater AWD
15,000
$
PRICE
DROP
216080A
2007 Honda Pilot
2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee
2007 Toyota Yaris
4x4
Sale
10,000
$
2014 Ford Focus
Sale
216291A
Sale
15,000
Sale
15,000
$
P392A
25,000 Vernon KIA
Sale
SERVICE IS OUR
Sale
P436
35,000
$
216139A
16,000
$
2014 Dodge Ram Crew Cab
2013 Toyota Highlander
$
14,000
P417A
P413A
$
Sale
$
2012 Hyundai Elantra
2013 Dodge Caravan
2008 Chev Silverado CTZ
Sale
12,000
$
216166B
Sale
215290A
35,000
$
6365 HWY 97N 1-888-545-7281 VERNONKIA.CA
*Some conditions apply. Vehicles not exactly as illustrated. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers and payments are subject to change without notice. All pricing does not include delivery and destination fees up to $1,715. Taxes are excluded. Licensing, registration insurance and dealer fees, fuel charges up to $100, and down payment are not included. Documentation fee $295 - $495 to all vehicles new and used. New vehicles $100 a/c battery $25 batt/tire levy. Lease and finance offers are on approved credit certain conditions apply. OAC on select models for 24 months ** See dealer.
D#30973
215054B