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ROTARY FOUndeR killed in mexicO Mark Brett
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Dr. Eric Ruby is being remembered this week as the kind, gentle man with an infectious laugh who always put others before himself. The longtime Penticton dentist has been identified as the Canadian killed in a cycling accident last Friday in Mazatlán, Mexico. The incident reportedly happened about 7:45 a.m. when Ruby and his wife Linda were bicycling with a group in the area of the Mazatlán Marina. He was reportedly struck from behind by a white Nissan Sentra knocking him from his bicycle and resulting in the fatal injuries. Ruby had owned Penticton Dental Centre up until a few years ago and just recently retired. He and his wife spent their winters in the Mexican resort city. Tuesday morning. the Penticton Okanagan Rotary Club, which Ruby helped found a quarter century ago, held a service in his memory at their regular meeting. “You know, you meet certain people in your life that you immediately sense are made of a different cloth and he was surely one of those people. There was no man constructed of a finer cloth than Eric so we will all miss him very, very much,” said club president Malcolm Paterson afterwards. “He’s one of those remarkable people who when he meets you in a gathering makes you feel you’re the only person whose important in the entire world, he had that ability. He was always interested in people, encouraging them, he made us all much better. “It was just a wonderful meeting
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this morning and so heart warming in many ways to hear what Eric had done for so many of us.” Born and raised in Montreal, Ruby and his wife moved to B.C. in 1976 and the following year he purchased the dental practice from Dr. Fred Moore. Previously located on Main Street, the centre has since relocated to Government Street. Eric and Ruby have two daugh-
ters, Alicia Shay Proper and Jessica, who were raised in Penticton. A note on the Penticton Dental Centre website where employees continue to struggle with news of Ruby’s passing read: “He will be remembered as a compassionate dentist, a devoted father and husband, and a dedicated community builder. His infectious laugh will be missed by all of us here at Penticton Dental, and he
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leaves a hole both here and in our hearts that will not quickly be filled. Eric lived a full life, even though it ended far too early at the age of 64.” Pat Armstrong, who works at the centre, said employees learned about the accident shortly after it happened. “I’ve been with him since 1990. He’s very active, he’s part of Rotary, he’s part of the arts club, he’s part of the Jewish community. He’s go-
ing to be very much missed in the community,” said Armstrong. “He is a very respected man.” Another Rotarian, Dennis Jacobsen, who had known Ruby for 10 years presented a video and slideshow of Ruby at the morning meeting. “Eric was just so totally a giving person and the service this morning was a bit of a tear jerker, there were so many people who had so many thoughts,” said Jacobsen, his voice wavering. “We used to have an event called Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and he was organizing that from Mexico, so even though he wasn’t here to participate, he just wanted to see that happen and everybody have fun, that’s the kind of guy he was.” Jacobsen laughed as he recalled the times he and Ruby spent together through the Rotary offshoot program, Penticton International Gourmet Society. “It was a lot more fun calling it PIGS than Penticton International Gourmet Society,” said Jacobsen, who had also previously spent vacation time with his friend in Mazatlán. Paterson added Ruby and his wife were well known in the community for taking brisk walks around town and: “stopping to say hello to various people and just spreading love and good will. “Eric will be sorely, sorely missed.” Arrangements are being made to have the body returned to Canada with funeral services to take place in Penticton. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Rotary Foundation at www.rotary.org or directly to the Penticton Okanagan Rotary Club.
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Gatzkes found not guilty of assault in bloody battle Tara Bowie Black Press
The father and daughter charged with multiple counts of assault stemming from a June 2014 feud involving a pitchfork, baseball bat, and large sticks have been found not guilty. Provincial Court Judge Gregory Koturbash read out his verdict Friday at the Princeton courthouse, concluding four days of trial spread over two months, and clearing Marianna Gatzke and Karl Gatzke of the charges. Judge Koturbash said he had reasonable doubt regarding the assault charges against the Gatzkes. Marianna was charged with assaulting Adonis Barron in the bloody street fight in Coalmont on June 27, 2014. Her father Karl was charged with assaulting several of the neighbours across the street including Sandra Aguillon, Candice Aguillon and Reginald Duke. Throughout the trial the court heard several versions of what occurred that morning, but Koturbash found the behaviour of Barron “con-
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frontational” and “aggressive,” he said during his judgement. Barron had been irate over his missing dog and believed the Gatzkes had taken it. Earlier that morning, before the fight broke out, Barron had attended the Mosey On Inn in Coalmont and yelled and threatened the owners because they allowed Marianna to use their internet.
He believed that Marianna had sold his dog on the internet. Several witnesses, including the Gatzkes, testified that Barron spent portions of the morning walking up and down the street screaming at the Gatzkes through their gate. A short video was played during Marianna’s testimony of Barron screaming from the roadway.
“I’m going to mace you,” could be clearly heard in the video along with several other aggressive statements. Several witnesses testified that they saw Barron let the air out the tires of Karl Gatzke’s vehicle. “It’s at this point that all the stories of the witnesses begin to collide,” Koturbash said. The Gatzkes claim they feared for their lives so they felt it necessary to leave the home in search of a telephone to call police to stop Barron’s escalating behaviour. Once they realized the front gate had been broken they decided to arm themselves with weapons to ensure they would safely get to their vehicle. Although Crown counsel John Swanson provided a scenario that the Gatzkes were the aggressor’s and taunted Barron into the fight by coming out with twoby-four pieces of wood. Swanson asked Marianna and Karl repeat-
edly during cross-examination why they didn’t retreat into their home when Barron picked up a pick axe handle. Both provided similar answers of being confused and Marianna said she did not want to leave her then 72-yearold father in the roadway to defend himself. “I agree with C. Walker (Marianna Gatzke’s defence counsel) that retreat was not a reasonable option. Mr. Barron had already damaged their property and was advancing,” Koturbash stated. Barron did not testify in the court case, as is his right as the victim. RCMP Const. James Heron earlier testified that Barron was so agitated when he arrived on scene that he feared for his own safety. Barron had a pitchfork and was walking around the roadway when Heron arrived after the fight was over. Heron described Barron as visibly agitated and upset in his testimony earlier in the trial.
Head on collision in Oliver results in minor injuries Mark Brett Western News Staff
Four people, including two paramedics, received minor injuries in a head-on collision involving a B.C. Ambulance and Chevrolet Malibu March 10. According to Cpl. Jay Bayda, Osoyoos RCMP responded to a report of an accident at about 7 p.m. on Highway 97 near 128th Avenue. Police say the ambulance was southbound on the highway when the driver of the northbound Malibu failed to negotiate a curve due to speed, crossed the centre line and collided with
the ambulance. He added the ambulance was traveling routine and there were no patients on board. The driver of the car and a passenger were also taken to hospital in Oliver along with the paramedics. All were later released. Bayda said the 21-year-old driver of the Malibu from Osoyoos did not have a driver’s licence and was charged under the Motor Vehicle Act for driving without due care and not having a driver’s licence. Both vehicles sustained considerable damage.
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apparent theft of several thousand dollars worth of dairy products from a Government Street warehouse. According to Cpl. Ted Manchulenko some time during the evening of March 13 or the early morning of the 14th someone gained access to the Newstead business at 1860 Government St. through an adjacent building. The goods were taken from the refrigerated units inside and a parked vehicle outside the structure. A laptop computer was also reported missing. Video surveillance footage is being used by RCMP as part of the investigation. Police also reported during the past week there was vandalism to both Holy Cross and Wiltse Elementary schools. Windows were broken at both schools and some cars at Holy Cross were scratched.
“I kept engaging with him. He was visibly so upset that I was afraid he was going to grab the pitchfork,” Heron said. Sgt. Barry Kennedy from the Princeton RCMP detachment said the judge had come up with a logical verdict. “I think the judge went through all the evidence as presented and came up with a decision based on that evidence. The way he presented it in the end, I can see how he came up with his verdict,” he said. For several years the small community of Coalmont has had ongoing problems that have
used a lot of Princeton’s policing resources because of neighbour disputes and minor incidents. Kennedy said things have quieted down in the community over the last year. “I would hope that everyone learned from this procedure. If they choose to continue to go through with all this we will go through this again,” Kennedy said following the verdict Friday. “I am hoping they all realize this is a lot of work.” Karl Gatzke will next appear in court in October to answer to serious charges of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, causing disturbance, criminal harassment and criminal harassment — threatening conduct.
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Public Hearing Notice A Public Hearing will be held at 6:00 pm Monday, March 21, 2016 at Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, Penticton, BC to consider the following amendments to Zoning Bylaw 2011-23. Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2016-09 (Liquor Sales in Grocery Stores) Section 4.2 Definitions: 1) Amend the definition of Retail Store to remove the reference of grocery store and 2) Add the definition Grocery Store which includes the sale of 100% BC wine on an on-theshelf model and liquor in a store-within-a store model. Add the permitted use ‘grocery store’ to the following zones: C3 – Commercial Residential Mixed Use; C4 – General Commercial; C5 – Urban Centre Commercial; C6 – Mixed Use Commercial; and C7 – Service Commercial. Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2016-13 (812
With the assessed value of the Penticton Curling Club skyrocketing in 2016, the organization is concerned about how it will affect their future. The value of the land the building sits on has remained the same — $345,000 in both 2015 and 2016 — but the value of the building jumped from $938,000 last year to $1,574,000 in 2016, an increase of about 65 per cent. “It seemed very odd to us,” said club manager Larry Morgan. “We haven’t really done anything, we haven’t expanded on the building or anything else.” The curling club society is appealing the valuation with B.C. Assessment, but Morgan said the organization is concerned that having such a high assessment might encourage the City of Penticton to re-evaluate their tax exemption. “We are a recreational nonprofit society and we have enjoyed a property tax exemption over the history of the club. The concern now is the city can pull your exemption at anytime, or it can tax a portion, so it can work on a sliding scale,” said Morgan. Colin Fisher, the city’s chief financial officer said it is unlikely. “Council has made it very clear when it comes to permissive tax exemptions that they have continued to support societies and
Johnson Road (404 Haven Hill Road) Add to section 11.2.3 Other Regulations: .3 In the case of Lot 1, District Lot 188, Similkameen Division Yale District, Plan 9969, located at 812 Johnson Road, the rental of up to nine (9) vehicles is permitted as an accessory use to a convenience store. The applicant is proposing to operate a U-Haul business at this site. Any person whose interest may be affected by the proposed amendments may appear in person, by petition or by attorney. Delegations and Submissions will be received no later than 9:30 am on Monday, March 21, 2016 to Attention: Corporate Officer, City of Penticton, 171 Main Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5A9; Email: publichearings@penticton.ca. No letter, report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Please note that all submissions are a matter of public
organizations with permissive tax exemptions,” said Fisher. He also said though the city owns both the property and the building, it is normal for the leaseholder to be responsible for taxes. “When the city leases properties, the lease is registered and they are responsible for taxes.” Morgan said another part of their concern over taxes relates to high power bills in the facility as they try to come to an agreement with the city to replace old lights for more energy efficient LED lights. “Our power bill is huge right now,” said Morgan noting that the club pays about $7,000 a month through the winter. “The concern is that there isn’t an appetite to help the curling club.” Katrina LeNoury, a deputy assessor with B.C. Assessment, couldn’t go into specifics on the curling club property, but said there are two primary factors that relate to why the value of the building might have increased:
record. The above mentioned bylaws and supporting information will be available for public inspection up to and including Monday, March 21, 2016 at the following locations during hours of operation: Development Services and Corporate Administration (City Hall,171 Main St.), Penticton Public Library (785 Main Street) and the Penticton Community Centre (325 Power St.); or online at www.penticton.ca/ publicnotice. Notice To All Irrigation Water Connection Users The City of Penticton Works Division will begin filling the Penticton Creek Irrigation System (Naramata Road Area) and Ellis Creek Irrigation System (Valleyview Road Area) between April 4 to15, 2016. Orchardists and others with connections from these systems should take whatever precautions necessary if private systems are not to be filled and pressurized at the same time. If
market movement and changes or renovations to the property since they were last there. “We are only aware of changes to a property when they are brought to our attention,” said LeNoury, explaining that might be through a building permit or similar processes as well as their physical visits to a property. “Our current schedule is every five to seven years,” she said. “When we stop in to do those reassessment the inspections, sometimes there are things that are brought to our attention or we become aware of that we wouldn’t have otherwise.” On the market side, LeNoury said sale values of buildings that fall in the same class might have affected the assessment of the curling club. “If there is market evidence, sales that have taken place that show movement for that particular subgroup, then all like-type properties would be considered and treated the same.”
you have any questions regarding this item, please contact the Works Division at (250) 490-2500. If you would like to be added to Irrigation Users contact list please email your name, address, phone number and email address to: publicworks@penticton.ca. Request for Tender 2016-Tender-01- Dog Shelter Facility The City invites qualified contractors to provide tenders for labour and materials required to construct a Dog Shelter per the specifications and drawing included in the tender documents. Please note the closing date and time is Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 3:00 pm. For a copy of the full Tender document please visit the City of Penticton website: www.penticton.ca/purchasing. Any enquiries related to this tender are to be directed, in writing, to Cathy Ingram, Logistics Manager, via e-mail at cathy. ingram@penticton.ca.
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Resident concerned about Haven Hill corner Steve Kidd
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A Penticton neighbourhood is concerned about a local convenience store adding truck rentals to its offerings. Sometime during the week of Jan. 25, several U-Haul trucks, trailers and cube vans appeared in the parking lot of the Rocky Store, at the intersection of Haven Hill and Johnson Roads. It wasn’t long before the phones started ringing at Penticton City Hall. “The owner of the store began operating a franchise vehicle rental, U-Haul, business as an accompaniment to the principal use. This generated a number of complaints, ranging from the unsightliness of the operation, the non-permitted use of the land and safety issues for vehicular traffic approaching the corner,” said Jules Hall, director of development services.” When bylaw enforcement officers visited the
site, they found 11 UHaul units on the site. The property is zoned Neighbourhood Commercial, which allows for the convenience store and accessory uses, but does not permit vehicle sales or rental. According to Hall, city staff did not feel the U-Haul business, as it was set up, met the definition of an accessory use, and told the owner, Sherlock Oh, he must either cease the rental operation or apply to the city to amend the zoning bylaw to accommodate the use. He chose the latter and on Feb. 12 submitted plans to the city showing six spots for trucks and another three for vehicles. That zoning amendment, which Hall said has been carefully worded to ensure that the rental business does not become the dominant activity on the property, came before council on March 7 and was given first reading after a short discussion. It will be back before council
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at a public hearing on March 21. “It needs to be thoroughly discussed, because there are multiple problems,” said one of the neighbours, Brad Houston, who has lived in the area since 1963. One of his main concerns is the possibility of
accidents. “It is something to see a big truck, or a truck pulling a trailer drive out into oncoming traffic that is coming uphill, crossing into downhill traffic that is usually coming at a fair lick. There is a real potential for accidents,”
proper use. “I just don’t know that it is appropriate in the middle of a residential area,” she said. “I will support this on the basis of it going to public hearing. I really want to know what other people think.” Besides Coun. Max Picton, the only vote against this amendment came from Mayor Andrew Jakubeit. “I think it clashes with the neighbourhood. It is quite a residential area and it is not really a complement to the con-
venience store,” said Jakubeit. Houston was also concerned about how Oh moved the vehicle rental operation onto the store property. “It is interesting that the shopkeeper there just went ahead without getting any authorization with city hall or having it looked at by the city engineers or the planners. Just allowing no change of pattern as for traffic control in that lot,” said Houston. “Saying it is part of the convenience just doesn’t hold water.”
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said Houston. “If he is allowed to do this, then there certainly needs to be traffic controls put in.” Coun. Campbell Watt said he drives that road twice a day, and has not had concerns. “I have never had an issue with visibility or any safety concerns,” said Watt. Coun. Judy Sentes said she drives the road often as well, and though she agreed with Watt’s comment about safety, she isn’t sure the U-Haul business is a
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Turning up the heat on solar Last Saturday, First things First hosted their first Solar Fair in the Centre of Excellence at Okanagan College. The event was well attended, to be sure, but it felt a little bit like stepping back to the 60s or 70s, when farsighted activists were pushing wind and solar power generation as renewable, responsible alternatives to increasing reliance on oil. The 2016 version of the solar fair had a big difference from those 50 years ago. This time, the people behind the displays are professionals, suits and all, marketing mature, workable technologies to homeowners serious about lowering their energy costs and consumption. Solar power is still a long ways from being an everyday technology, but nowadays, that has more to do with marketing and acceptance than it not living up to the promises made by those early, hopeful advocates. The idea of powering a large building like the South Okanagan Events Centre through wind and solar power may still be years away, but it is no longer the fantasy that it once might have been dismissed as. We don’t often talk about a looming oil crisis as we did 40 years ago, when it was projected the world would run through its carbon fuel resources by the end of the century, but despite new, better and more efficient methods of extracting oil from the ground, tar sands or deep in the Arctic Ocean, it’s going to run out one day. Or at least, become too expensive to be PENTICTON WESTERN used as an everyday fuel for our cars or what have you. Hopefully, long before the world does completely run out of those carbon-based fuels, we will recognize that there are alternatives — wind, solar, geothermal and more — that make more sense than burning up a finite resource.
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No questions asked, B.C. is best As the B.C. government spends millions on an international brand campaign with the recycled slogan “Super, Natural B.C.,” another brand identity has spread across Canada. This one’s unintentional. It hit a new peak last week with the arrival of two young men from Saskatchewan, who were given one-way tickets to Vancouver and Victoria by typically burdened social services ministry staff in North Battleford. Sorting through the blizzard of soothing sound bites and sympathetic TV clips, a clearer picture emerges. In his initial interview with the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Charles NeilCurly, at 23 the elder of the two, said he decided to head west when shelter staff told him his time had run out and he asked for bus tickets to B.C. “When they asked if I had a place to go, I just said, ‘yeah’,” Neil-Curly
said. “I was going to the next homeless shelter anyway.” Transients and panhandlers aren’t the only ones who say whatever they figure will get them through another day. Politicians do it too. B.C. housing czar Rich Coleman has also demonstrated factual flexibility as he presides over the creation of his latest singleroom-occupancy drug ghetto in a residential neighbourhood in Victoria. After quietly proposing a closed-down nursing home called Mount Edwards Court as a temporary solution to the filthy “tent city” that sprang up on provincial property last fall, Coleman abruptly announced from his Langley office Feb. 5 that the building had been bought and partly renovated for $4 million. It would house 38 people for up to a year. I asked him if the pur-
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BC Views chase meant the conversion of Mount Edwards into permanent “lowbarrier” housing for 100 people was a “done deal,” as area residents believe. “They’re wrong,” Coleman indignantly replied, and there would be community consultation over the next year. In subsequent comments to reporters, he said the province doesn’t really need city zoning, but will apply for it anyway. (That won’t be a problem with Victoria’s far-left city council, which is keen to add a
supervised injection site too). On Feb. 24, Coleman was asked if he is concerned that the 88 housing units at two locations would fill up and other transients would arrive to take their place. By that time the tent squat appeared to have about 100 people in residence, with the usual overdoses, violence and prostitution. Coleman assured us it hasn’t happened in Abbotsford or Maple Ridge, where tent camps have finally been cleaned up after shelters and housing were provided. The next day, he was asked if transitional accommodations would be sufficient to end the camp. “They’re not actually all that transitional,” Coleman replied. “We’ll take Mount Edwards through a zoning process. We’ve got about 100 beds there. We’ve bought the building so it’s hardly transitional.
We’ve permanently done that.” Fast forward to March 11. The 38 Mount Edwards spaces are full, another 40 rooms and camping spaces at a former youth custody centre are almost full, and the province applies for a court order to clear the Victoria camp. A representative of the advocacy group Together Against Poverty Society goes on local radio to pledge legal support for the campers. How many are there now? At least 100, he says. Meanwhile in Maple Ridge, where the “homeless” problem is all fixed, Coleman has just extended temporary shelter funding and paid $5.5 million for a 61-room motel to fix it some more. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@ blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
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School closures don’t add up As a parent of two young children who currently attend West Bench Elementary, I am writing to you regarding the school closures in School District 67. I urge you to do anything within your power to reverse this decision. I believe the school closure process has been fraught with procedural errors, factual mistakes and confusion. To begin with, adding options to the already long and convoluted list during the consultation process created an uneven period for consideration by the trustees and the public. Both Trout Creek and West Bench Elementary were affected by this process, as options H(a), H(b) and I were added after the initial list of options. Such an uneven playing field should not be a part of a fair process. Specifically, West Bench Elementary was affected due to the long delay between the meeting of Dec. 1, at which over 250 concerned residents expressed compelling reasons not to close the school, and March 9 when the decision was made. The effect of this delay is obvious in the statements of several trustees. Trustee Planiden stated that the bus ride for West Bench students would be five minutes. This is completely impossible even if the bus driver was travelling nonstop, above the speed limit, and missed every possible red light. The actual travel time would vary depending on the route and where in the community the student lives, but will likely range from 25 minutes to an hour. This is unacceptable for children as young as five years old. More troubling, however is the fact that Planiden made her decision using information that was clearly false. Also, Trustee van Alphen stated that only 16 aboriginal students attended West Bench Elementary. The actual number is closer to 35. With simple factual errors like this, it is obvious that the decision should be reversed and proper research should be done. At the March 9 decision meeting, two of the seven trustees stated that errors had been made during the process. I ap-
Airport question
Why isn’t there a sign at the airport entrance showing Westjet serves Penticton? How could an airport manager drive past this omission every day? Douglas Hansen Penticton
Channel the funds
Altering the composition of the Peters Bros. parade and Main Street being reduced to two lanes at one of Penticton’s busiest intersections are minor problems considering Naramata Road may one day extend to Kelowna. Installing a crossover street between Main and Martin, well beyond the reduction to two lanes, makes little traffic flow sense. Using the $4.2 million dollars being spent on the down-
plaud Trustee Bidlake and Trustee Johnson for recognizing this fact. In light of this recognition, can the board go ahead with such irreversible decisions as closing schools forever? Should not sober second thought come into play here and the process be scrapped and re-examined? Financially, as well, the reasons given for closing schools simply do not add up. Trustee Johnson alluded to this fact at the March 9 meeting, referring to the strong financial situation of the district. According to the School Board’s 2015 Statement of Operations, SD67 has an accumulated surplus of $18,320,711, of which nearly $1.5 million was contributed in the 2014/2015 school year. Where then is the crisis and urgency to take the extremely drastic action of closing three schools? In addition, I am extremely concerned that some very valid options for saving money were brought to the trustees’ attention, yet dismissed without further consideration. Specifically, these options include lowering administrative overhead, either by combining School District 67 with School District 53, or by closing the board office and using some of the unused space within schools as administrative offices. The trustees have claimed throughout the process that one of their aims was to reduce as much as possible the impact on students. The failure to consider any structural changes at the administrative level proves the falsehood of this claim. Many parents were made very aware of this fact during the March 9 meeting at the IMC building, a large meeting room which has recently had expensive upgrades. Surely this room rarely gets used, and yet is heated and cooled like every other little-used room in the board office. Arguments by the trustees that “we are not in the business of heating empty space” seem to only apply to classrooms. On that topic, according to the district documents, there are only eight empty classrooms across the school district. Other rooms not being actively used as classrooms are being used as computer
town upgrade as an example, it may be way more beneficial to both locals and tourists if the money was instead redirected to enhancing the river channel bike paths and jogging trails that connect the two lakes. The channel is a major tourist draw and one that has been largely financially ignored. Countless locals and tourists float, kayak, bike, jog, dog walk and bird watch year-round. But, the bigger question remains the same. Why are there never referendums so locals can have a say on how their property tax money is spent? A process should be developed where all capital expenditures are bundled, presented for public vote, prioritized according to the vote, then acted upon by mayor and council, thus reflecting the will of the community. The current practice of our elected members is quite the opposite. They decide a proj-
labs, Strong Start facilities, before and after school care, and for other educational enhancement programs. If schools reach their targeted 95 per cent capacity, what becomes of these beneficial programs? Will we have computer labs in the hallways? Parents have seen huge benefits from pre-school and before-and-after school care located in the schools. The drive to cram schools to capacity will result in a lowering of the school experience for all involved. It is unbelievable to me that in this time of supposed financial crisis, Superintendent Wendy Hyer received a raise. The outrageousness of this is palpable. We are paying one person who oversees a district of approximately 5,800 students a high percentage of the cost of running an entire school. In comparison, the superintendent of the Vancouver School District, Steve Cardwell, who oversees a district of over 50,000 students, is paid $250,575. The order-of-magnitude discrepancy on a per student basis is astronomical. As of Monday, the B.C. Government has announced a $40 million fund to fix and maintain B.C. schools, and a $1.6 billion investment in schools over the next three years. This information was released after the SD67 Trustees’ decision to close these three schools. Since a part of the decision making process included an assessment of the schools’ conditions, and costs to upgrade and repair them, the third bylaw reading should be reversed while access to this funding is sought. In light of these powerful arguments, I implore all involved parties to make every effort possible to reverse this decision and take some time to assess all the ramifications of these decisions. We need only look up the highway to the North Okanagan/Shuswap School District, who voted to extend the consultation period to April 2017, and to initiate a task force to review the situation. Let us take an example from the wisdom of this approach.
ect in secret and then, like castor oil, ram it down the throats of residents. The time is coming when the community going to have organize and take action through direct contact, gatherings, marches and economic sanctions. Remember, the mayor and council work for you, and their mandate is to enact your will. To those who have remained silent, your silence is being interpreted as approval. C. Otto Knaak Penticton
Hats off to caregivers
My long time friend, who recently passed away, received professional loving care for nearly two years at Penticton Haven Hill Retirement Centre. On my weekly visits, I witnessed those caring, professionals perform their jobs in a way I would like to be treated. Yes, from direct caregivers
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to administrative and housekeeping staff. A real caring environment exists. Not enough attention and recognition are given to these exceptional workers who work in a less than enviable environment. Yes, hats off to you who care for the elderly and the ill. What would we do without you? R. Fozzard Penticton
Balloon rescue
I would like to thank the two young ladies who gallantly chased and rescued my helium balloon in the Cherry Lane parking lot and across Warren Avenue. Your efforts were well appreciated for it was meant for my husband’s 90th birthday. Thank you. S. Elderton Penticton
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A selection of comments on Penticton Western News stories found online:
On Okanagan SKaha closing three schools:
“I thought one of the biggest problems in the school system was not enough one-on-one time with teachers due to a large number in classes. This is only going to make it worse!”
— posted by Ally McBeth
“I think this is a rational way to save precious school funds.”
— posted by Natalie Webb
On fines increasing for forest fire violations:
“Should do like the States just did, all drones must be registered, so if they find one they’ve got the (person) flying them around fires when they are being fought. Ever think about the ground crews that depend on the bombers? Didn’t think so.”
— posted by Cliff King
On City of Penticton and Lakeside Resort in utility discussions: “I’d say the Lakeside is well with its rights to not pay an ‘estimated’ underpayment of utilities”
— posted by Subrina Monteith
“Oh give me a break, how does the city feel getting ripped off for utilities — even though it’s your own negligence! Now you know how the residents feel!”
— posted by Ally Morris
“Meter is in locked room and could not be accessed without shutting the whole casino down! Just a tad farfetched methinks. Someone was not doing their job for this issue to go on so long!”
— posted by Diane Maureen Pleasance
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Great Gatsby the Great Gatsby Party, March 12, was a sold out soirée at the ss sicamous that took party-goers back to a time when boats were the best way to travel up and down the okanagan. the event was a fundraiser to benefit the ss sicamous Marine Heritage society. attendees were encouraged to wear era-appropriate costumes and many went full out like tanya Luszcz, Lynn Porteous and Karina chambers (above; left to right). as did Kevin chambers and Peter rosenberg (at right; left to right).
Penticton artist Kristine Lee works on one of her works at her south Main street home studio this week. she will be one of the exhibitors at the March 18 steampunk art show put on by the Penticton art Gallery.
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For the second and final time, the Penticton Art Gallery will be holding an exhibition opening and steampunkthemed dance party. After holding an exhibition on steampunk art in partnership with the Penticton Museum last year, curator Paul Crawford explained they have decided to hold it one last time. The exhibition opening will be held on March 18, with the steampunk dance taking place the following day. The events will signify the wrap up of Steam Fest, which has been going on for two years as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the K.V.R. and SS Sicamous. “Steam Fest was spearheaded by the Penticton Museum, K.V.R. Railway and SS Sicamous Society,” Crawford described. “Last year we did an exhibition on studying the steampunk aesthetic. It was a way of bringing this whole event out in to the public domain. It was so well received, we must have had 500 people here at the party. We talked to the museum, and we both decided it would be great to revisit it and celebrate the end of the event they’ve been putting on over the past two years.” Steampunk is a re-imaging of the modern world, incorporating 19th century aesthetics with steam and geardriven versions of technology, fashion
and culture. For Saturday’s steampunk party, attendees are invited to dress in their best steampunk attire, although it is by no means required to attend. Crawford noted last year about 50 per cent of the party-goers were dressed up, and it was like attending an amazing fantasy fashion show. The steampunk dance party will not only have fantastical costumes to observe, but will also feature a live band, DJ and circus performers. The exhibition will open at 7 p.m. on March 18, and will feature three galleries, each from a different artist. Penticton’s Kristine Lee is one of those artists, and she explained the theme of her gallery. “The title for my exhibit is Tarnished Saints,” she said. “So it’s basically stating how we’re all flawed, but still perfect.” Lee has painted several new pieces for the exhibit, and has one steampunk piece that was also in last year’s event. Although Lee has had her artwork on display many times over the years, this will be the first time she has had her own gallery, something she is both nervous and excited about. The exhibition opening and artist talks will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. and the steampunk-themed dance party will take place on March 19 from 7:30 p.m. to 12:20 a.m. Both events will take place at the Penticton Art Gallery, and have a suggested admission by donation of $10.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 • pentictonwesternnews.com
Music of the Night a musical theatre treat
Anita Perry Concert review The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra’s recent offering, Music of the Night, was definitely a treat for musical theatre fans. Featuring internationally renowned Phantom, Peter Karrie and Vernon resident soprano Melina Moore, this pops concert was a feast for the ears and the imagination. The atmosphere was relaxed and
there was lots of good natured bantering between Moore and Karrie, with titillating asides and anecdotes of musical theatre gaffes and experiences. Peter Karrie has played the lead role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera an astonishing 3000 times worldwide, and has been dubbed “the world’s most popular phantom” by the Worldwide Phantom Appreciation Society. And no wonder. From the opening bars of the Phantom theme which he sang with Moore, to the heart-felt tones of Music of the Night, Karrie held the audience in the palm of his hand. That he is an accomplished actor was skillfully illustrated by his ability
to understand the inner workings and subtext of the characters whose songs he sang. Karrie effortlessly captured the pulsing yearning of a frightened girl when he sang Piece of Sky from Legrand’s Yentl, then swept into a mood so dramatically despairing with Valjean’s Soliloquy from Schoenberg’s Les Miserables, that the audience was too hushed to applaud. Melina Moore showed herself to be a capable songstress, easily keeping pace with Karrie in all duets. A definite highlight was her rendition of He Vas My Boyfriend, a song which was deleted from Mel Brook’s movie Young Frankenstein. Here, Moore demonstrated excellent come-
Soul man at the Dream Café Dale Boyd
Western News Staff
Danny Brooks is no stranger to adversity, but through music and a very supportive wife he has found a way to give back. He and his wife Lil’ Miss Debi incorporate prisons, rehabs and halfway houses on their tours. “My background is overcoming my addictions and doing a little bit of jail time, so we like to give back to the community,” Brooks said. He has been touring with his wife, Debi Middlebrook. Brooks plays percussion, for six years after meeting at a musical reenactment of Woodstock. “She was one of the background singers, but she knew I needed help so she got me into rehab. She just had a straight job all the way,” Brooks said. Five years ago Brooks had a quintuple heart bypass surgery, and with the help his wife he was able to get back on his feet and on the road. “She got pressed into duty and we kind of reinvented ourselves. I’m in the best shape of my life now, I don’t even need to take any heart medicine. So it was a miracle,” Brooks said. The two make their home in Texas, and the southern soul vibe has been described as Dan Penn meets the Black Keys. “We do some hill country stuff that kind of sounds like the roots-y, north Mississippi sound,” Brooks said.
DANNY BROOKS brings his Mississippi roots sound to the Dream Café on March 25.
Photo courtesy of Dan Kearney
“With that we also mix a lot of melodic soul and R&B ballads that are rock-ed up.” It is a unique yet familiar roots/soul sound they create at their live shows. Harmonicas, stomp boards and much more appear on stage, something they tried to capture with their arguably depressingly titled album The World Is Not Your Friend. “We make quite a racket for two people,” Brooks said. Harmonicas, stomp boards and much more can appear on stage during a Danny Brooks show. “Texassippi Soul Man” Danny Brooks and Lil’ Miss Debi visit the Dream Café March 25. Tickets are $20 available by calling 250-490-9012.
South Okanagan music revue cancelled Western News Staff
The South Okanagan Music Revue III has announced the concert scheduled to be held on March 18 has been cancelled. Organizers said they regret having to cancel the show that was to take place at Medici’s in Oliver but due to illness they did not want to re-work the lineup for a “watered
down version” of the night that they had been promoting. Ticket buyers will be contacted and funds returned. Medici’s will instead have Friday Night Live with host Marcel Morneau at 7 p.m. Organizers said some of the stars from the South Okanagan Music Revue III will be on hand and given some time in the spotlight to perform.
dic skills, an asset which she further demonstrated in her duet with Karrie of The Song from Monte Python’s Spamalot. Moore’s opera training from Julliard showed to advantage in her rendition of Morricone’s Nella Fantasie from the movie The Mission. Her technical control was effortless and clean and it is to be hoped that some day she will be asked to return to perform operatic solos with the orchestra. Even though the
event was billed as a pops concert, Maestra Rosemary Thomson managed to squeeze in the delightful Overture from Verdi’s opera La Forza del Destino. The performance was notable for its shaped lines and good musical direction, as well as the tightness of the percussion and brass ensemble at the finale. This was a treat for those in the audience who love classical music and an excellent introduction to orchestral music for
those for whom this was their first symphony experience. A special brava to pianist Carol Colpitts, who was called on to provide accompaniment to two of the vocal numbers as well as performing in the orchestra. She also supplied the pounding organ parts for the Phantom pieces, played rock organ for Heaven on their Minds from Jesus Christ Superstar and provided the harp parts for the Verdi overture. At one point she appeared to be
playing both instruments (electronic keyboard and concert grand) at the same time. The soloists and orchestra more than deserved the two enthusiastic standing ovations from an enchanted audience whose hearts and spirits were swept away by the music of this magical March night. Anita Perry has written works for orchestra, concert band, ballets and musicals. She currently teaches piano in Summerland.
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Council voted on March 7 to give final reading and adoption to their 2016 to 2020 fiveyear financial plan bylaw, which includes a 5.5 per cent rise in the city’s tax requirement. Coun. Judy Sentes raised the issue of the business tax multiplier, which council voted in 2014 to gradually reduce to 1.5 by 2018. ”I am wondering if it is still council’s intent to follow that very aggressive strategy, or if we wish to pause. Perhaps it would be great to defer that for a year and allow for input from our community.” Mayor Andrew Jakubeit said that topic would be coming before council in April. The budget passed in 6-1 vote with Coun. Helena Konanz voting in opposition.
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The Fraternal Order of Eagles are seeking changes to their liquor licence in order to add an exterior patio to their club at 1197 Main St. If approved, the patio will add 24 patrons to their current capacity of 98 and be open from noon to 10 p.m., seven days a week. “There is a history of noise complaints on this property,” said Ken Kunka, building and permitting manager, noting that a wall had been extended to ameliorate the noise. Council voted unanimously to have staff move on to public consultation, with a report coming back to council on April 4.
Sculpture stays
The May Pole sculpture within the Front Street roundabout will be staying where it is a little longer, after a request from the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen and the Naramata Community School Centennial Committee to allow it to stay until May 31. This is the second time an extension has been requested, and Coun. Judy Sentes suggested council consider requesting the sculpture be left in place until something else is ready to install there. “My understanding is they do want to remove it and take it to Naramata as part of their festivities on the May long weekend,” said Lori Mullin, recreation and culture manager.
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The Penticton Disc Golf Club asked for formal Licence to Use agreement for the course they have been using for the last five years. The 9-basket course, set up through the area to the west of the community gardens on Vancouver Hill and the north end of Townley Street, near the esplanade was set up in 2011, when council authorized an initial oneyear trial. The request for a formal agreement came about after Penticton Rotary offered $10,000 to improve the course. The new agreement covers the next three years, at a rate of $1 per year. “One of the nice things is it is very easy three years from now … to move some of those targets to another location, so it is not a permanent installation,” said Jakubeit. “It is great for Rotary to step up and offer this.” Council voted unani-
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Survivorship is much more than the dragon boat crew often seen paddling out on Skaha Lake. While the team of breast cancer survivors boasts an enviable record on the dragon boat racing circuit, it also quietly supports our community in many ways. Over the past couple of years, they have taken over the distribution of information kits to women undergoing breast cancer surgery. This includes the respected self-help book Intelligent Patient Guide to Breast Cancer. Written by four oncologists from Vancouver, the book provides patients with the knowledge needed to take an active part in their treatment and therefore better able to deal with their illness. It covers topics ranging from mammograms to breast self-
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The B.C. government is preparing to increase penalties for drivers who pass school buses while children are getting on or off. “We’ve had 14 children injured, thankfully none killed, in the last five years,” said Transportation Minister Todd Stone. “There are still far too many motorists who are not getting the message of just how important it is to slow down in school zones and certainly not pass a school bus when the lights are flashing.” Stone said school districts and local governments have been calling for increased penalties. Police in B.C. have issued 1,100 tickets for failing to stop for a school bus for the past five years, with 14 injuries during that time. The current B.C. penalty is $167 fine and three demerit points, the same as disobeying a school crossing guard.
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Lauer noted the peer support aspect of Tomorrow’s Hope can also provide a morale boost to breast cancer patients who get to talk with someone who has gone through a similar experience. Survivorship holds three or four annual fundraisers which help pay for the books and other initiatives. Survivorship is also an enthusiastic supporter of the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s campaign to provide the medical
equipment for the hospital’s new patient care tower. This includes a $3,000 donation presented this month. Our sincere thanks to all our supporters.
Construction news
Speaking of the new PRH tower, we continue to get lots of inquiries as to when construction will actually get underway. It all hinges on completion of final contract negotiations between the provincial government and Ellis-
Don Infrastructure. Interior Health announced in January that Ontario-based EllisDon is the preferred private sector proponent for the $325-million hospital expansion project. Once a performance-based contract agreement is reached, construction activity will begin shortly afterwards, likely sometime in May.
to be released soon by Interior Health. Stay tuned. Although the PRH project includes an adjoining parkade, it won’t be built until the new tower is completed (expected by late 2019) since the space is required by the construction crane and other heavy equipment.
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examination technique, chemotherapy, coping with cancer and more. Survivorship spokesperson Cathie Lauer said about 15 team members have volunteered to help under a program known as Tomorrow’s Hope, established in 2011. They distribute the kits to patients undergoing day surgery at Penticton Regional Hospital (in consultation with surgeons and hospital officials) and provide peer support for those diagnosed with breast cancer. For many years, the Canadian Cancer Society operated a similar program called Reach For Recovery which was later replaced by a generalized cancer peer support program administered from Vancouver via phone consultations. “Through our dragon boat team, we felt it was important for women to still have this,” Lauer said. “So we thought we would carry on and provide the kit ourselves.” About 60 kits a year are distributed to local breast cancer patients. The response has been very gratifying. “We’ve had people phone us and say it was so wonderful to have that information,” she said. “They all say it was really invaluable.”
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Solar power symposium Steve Kidd
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LisE ECCELsTonE shows off a cold frame, made by the okangan Upcycle resource society, at the solar Fair held at okanagan College this weekend. Made entirely of recycled material, the frame works as a miniature portable greenhouse for starting seeds in your garden.
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sion about why we need to go to those technologies at the forefront,” said Beattie. “It’s because we have a really outstanding problem, which is the changes of temperature and the challenges of climate.” Beattie said the symposium was a “very good first step,” and the society’s executive will gather next week to begin planning their next step. One of those steps, he said, will be accepting an invitation from a group at Penticton Secondary to participate in their April 22 Earth Day event. “The youth are the important place to put our energy, I think,” said Beattie. “We don’t see enough youth involved.”
EvEryonE is irish — Leprechaun (shawn Penner) and Tim shewan, left, of the Penticton Branch of the royal Canadian Legion will be on Martin street on st. Patrick's Day (Thursday) in front of the legion for people who like their photo taken in the unique suit for the donation of a toonie. The money raised will go to help fund items for the branch facility. They will be there from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and moving inside after that. As well, the legion will be hosting a dinner and dance complete with irish stew and a piper.
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Assisted living facilities in B.C. will soon be able to offer more services to seniors and disabled people to stay independent longer. Health Minister Terry Lake introduced changes Monday that restrict assisted living providers to two of six prescribed services. Patients requiring more than two are now required to find space in residential care. “These are your own unit, usually in an apartment-like setting where you can lock the door. You decide who comes in and who you want to keep out, and you’re free to come and go as you wish,” said B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie. Daniel Fontaine, CEO of the B.C. Care Providers Association, said the change will be welcomed by seniors who want to stay as independent as possible. Designated services, of which only two can currently be provided in assisted living, are assistance with eating, dressing, personal hygiene and other daily activities, medication management, therapeutic diets, financial management, intensive rehabilitation therapy and behavioural management.
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Hometown is about hockey stories Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff
Ron MacLean takes great joy in hearing people’s stories during the Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour. “I learn so much each and every stop along the way,” said MacLean in his mobile studio in the parking lot of the South Okanagan Events Centre. “As an example, so small a world, the sports schools (Canadian Sport School Hockey League) are having their big tournament inside the SOEC, so I just happen to see a guy wave at me, and I assume it’s because I’m on Hockey Night in Canada or Rogers Hometown Hockey. No, I met him in Abbotsford two weeks ago. He’s with the Yale Academy and his team, the bantams are leading 3-2 after 40 minutes. He’s a coach. He still comes over to talk hockey a little bit and reminisce about Abbotsford. That’s how it goes. It’s a family event. It’s a learning experience. It’s a total joy.” MacLean educated
ROGERS HOMETOWN HOCKEY host Ron MacLean (left) chats with Penticton Western News sports editor Emanuel Sequeira in the Sportsnet mobile studio at the South Okanagan Centre Sunday before the start of the NHL game between the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Sportsnet visit was part of the Scotiabank Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour that was in Penticton Saturday and Sunday. Mark Brett/Western News
the nation about hockey in the South Okanagan with special guests Andy
Moog, a retired NHLer, Oliver’s John Shannon of Rogers Sportsnet, Bob
Nicholson, who played for the Penticton Broncos and is now with the Oil-
ers Entertainment Group, and Ivan McLelland, who helped the Vees win the
1955 world championship. MacLean said the story of the Vees is beyond belief. “We lose the world championships in ‘54. They turn to a little town in the beautiful tourist mecca of Penticton, at the time population 10,000,” said MacLean. “Who would believe that a team out of here would be so good. And they go and get the job done. It starts there with the ‘55 Vees. The current edition of the Junior A Vees is equally impressive. They’ve won the junior A title in 2012. They were there last year in Portage. It’s a great program in a great facility and of course you see the sports schools. Thirty-nine teams here. Six divisions. It’s just hockey through and through.” Growing up in Red Deer, MacLean spent summers in the Okanagan visiting a friend in Westbank. They would spend time on the boat water skiing and head to Penticton. “I think of it first and
foremost as great wine, nature’s candy, the peaches, all that stuff,” he said. “You know the hockey history of all three places along the Okanagan and Kalamalka is just beyond belief.” Although they have worked together for 31 years, MacLean was without his Coaches Corner partner Don Cherry on the tour. Still, he thinks of them as two guys in a foxhole when they spend as much time together as they do. “It’s easy to pick up the pieces,” said MacLean. “It’s like a high school chum that you haven’t seen in 20 years and yet you connect. We have that going for us now. We’re very fortunate and as I always say to Tara Slone (cohost of Rogers Hometown Hockey), that’s the thing, we are building in this dynamic … that little team you create as a broadcast entity is vital. It’s really a joy to have had Don sort of in my corner all those years.”
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When John Shannon saw Penticton was on the schedule for the Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour, he made sure his bosses at Sportsnet knew he had to be part of it. “This is where I got my love of the game,” said the sports analyst. “Oliver, when I grew up there, didn’t have a hockey arena. We had to come to Penticton. We watched junior hockey here for years. There is a real community of people here that love the game and so much of it really does start with what the (1955) Vees did.” Shannon said what Sportsnet has done with Hometown Hockey in giving it back to the people is smart. To him, it’s events like this where the sport begins for everyone. Whether it’s Hockey Day in Canada or it’s Hometown Hockey, it is giving back to the grassroots. When he ran Hockey Night in Canada, Shannon said he didn’t care what the big cities thought.
“If you can be good in Yorkton, ing anything else. Your passion for Sask., you can be good in Brandon, broadcasting, a passion for sports. Man. and you can be good in KamHow do you beat it?” loops or Penticton or tons of little Shannon said if you do radio or towns in the Maritimes, and they TV right, “you’re supposed to be like it, you are doing your job,” said having your friend over in your family room, sipping a beer talking about Shannon. “You are having fun. You hockey.” are making people like the game. “We’re not doing brain surgery. You’re putting athletes on a pedestal that people want them to enjoy. We’re supposed to have fun,” conYou’re letting them escape from tinued Shannon, whose favourite John Shannon their day-to-day life and that’s kind NHL player growing up was Bobby of cool.” Schmautz, who played for Chicago, Boston, VanShannon attended Ryerson University in To- couver, Edmonton and Colorado. “You don’t want ronto, graduating in 1978. His first job, which he to be critical. You want to make sure the viewer is said he was lucky enough to get, was as a runner interested and will say, ‘Hey, I want to come back for Hockey Night in Canada that paid $10 a game again tomorrow. If you turn people off, you’re not during his second year of university. Since then he doing your job. If you get them mad, you’re not has been working on and off in hockey. doing your job.” “I tell everybody we play in the sandbox. I’ve Among the highlights of Shannon’s career so never had a job, I love it so much,” said Shannon. far is working the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt “It’s so much fun, you don’t even think about do- Lake City for NBC and his first Stanley Cup as a MARCH 24 SOUTH OKANAGAN EVENTS CENTRE
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The Okanagan Hockey Academy Bantam Prep team fell two goals shy of winning a Canadian Sport School Hockey League championship. Coach Bruno Campese watched his team lose 5-4 to Yale and said it’s tough to have the chances they did after his players grew considerably during the season. “The kids have worked extremely hard. I don’t think too many people expected us to be in the final,” said Campese. “For us to get to the final and to compete as hard and as well as we did is a huge thing for the kids.” Mitchell Gove was filled with mixed emotions. “We gave our best effort. It’s tough to come out with a loss,” said the Summerland native, who was set up by Bevis Chou for the 3-3 goal. “We really gave our best effort. I’m really proud.” Gove said to play for a championship was unreal.
OKANAGAN HOCKEY ACADEMY goalie Noah Newsome follows the puck after bouncing off his blocker during the Bantam Prep team’s third place final against Pursuit Saturday at the CSSHL Championships. OHA lost 3-2 in the shootout. Steve Kidd/Western News
“I was so excited and I don’t know, I can’t really explain,” said Gove. Chou was so excited he couldn’t even sleep. He felt they worked hard as they were down 3-1 near the midway mark of the second period. Chou, a Penticton Minor Hockey
Association product of three years, said they just couldn’t get it done. Chou said the playoffs was a cool experience for he and his teammates. Despite losing the championship, he said it was a good way to end the season. “I thought I played pret-
ty good. My teammates really helped me out,” said Chou, who moved to the Okanagan from Burnaby. “The coaches really pushed me.” The OHA’s Bantam Varsity team lost the third-place game 3-2 in a shootout to Pursuit of
Excellence from Kelowna. Coached by Blake Wesley, the team comprised of eight players who are from or moved to Penticton, two from Summerland and one from Osoyoos. Scoring for OHA were Nathan Hannon and Tyler Pisiak, who both led the team in scoring in the playoffs with five and two goals, respectively. “I thought we had an exceptional year,” said Wesley, who had four returning players. “The big thing is the long term development. I’m very proud of our kids.” Wesley said that Pisiak, who came to the OHA from the Penticton Minor Hockey Association, was counted on a lot and was one of his top players. “He really developed into a solid two-way hockey player,” said Wesley. “You can put him on the ice and he can play just about every position with the exception of goal. He played extremely well. He learned a lot about the game.”
Giants pick a force for OHA Prep White Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff
The Canadian Sport School Hockey League playoffs were tough for Tyler Popowich and the Okanagan Hockey Academy Midget Prep White team. The team ended up plagued by injuries, including to Popowich, who fractured a bone in his thumb in the opening period of their last game, a 4-2 loss to Edge. “I thought we had a good year though overall,” said Popowich, adding it was tough the way his season ended. Popowich said he thought he played not bad. His effort was there as he helped set up Keltie Jeri-Leon’s goal at 11:07 of the first to cut Edge’s lead to 2-1. “We just kind of got unlucky a little bit, and didn’t bury all our chances,” said Popowich. “I thought I played alright, not the best I could have. Something I have to work on is being more consistent. It’s really about team work. If the team’s not winning, then I don’t think I’m playing very good.” Popowich, who had 15 goals and 42 points in 33 games, scored a goal and added four assists in three playoff games. “He’s one of our top scorers. He’s a real dynamic player,” said OHA Prep White coach Malcolm Cameron. “He’s got size (six-foot-four, 200 pounds), he’s got strength. He’s got skill. When we were really struggling to score in the last two periods against Edge, we certainly could have used him because he’s been an offensive force for us all season.” Popowich, who was selected third overall in the WHL bantam draft by the Vancouver Giants in 2015, had a hangover period, as Cameron described it after returning from the Giants camp. “It kind of took him a while to get his engines going, but he really had a tremendous second half,” said Cameron, who coached the WHL’s Regina Pats for three seasons prior to coming to the OHA. “He’s got pro potential because of his size and his skill. He’s a hard guy to take off the puck. He’s got great vision. For a young kid, I don’t think he realizes how much he can take over a game.” Find full story at www.pentictonwesternnews.com.
OHA FORWARD Tyler Popowich sets himself up in front of Delta goalie Jeremy Kelleway in the Midget Prep round robin at the Canadian Sport School Hockey League Championships on March 11. Steve Kidd/Western News
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1. Which minor hockey coach made the biggest impact on you and why? Scott May. He coached me in Semiahmoo and I was playing midget. He taught me all the skills and little stuff I needed to do in my game to improve. 2. What is your favourite hockey memory? We were in L.A. for a midget tournament and I got the game-winning goal with one second left. 3. What age did you start playing hockey? Probably when I was four. My dad had me on the ice when I was really little. 4. Who is your favourite hockey player and why? I like Patrick Kane because of the way he handles
5. What are some things you like doing in your spare time? Just hanging out with the guys. I like playing ping pong. 6. Along with hockey, what other sports have you played that you enjoy? I used to play soccer and baseball growing up. 7. What do you consider your best hockey skill? My skating. I think I have a good stride and I can move really quick up the ice. 8. Who has the best sense of humour on the team? Why? I think probably Brooksy. He’s very outgoing and just gets the boys riled up. 9. What are you mainly listening to on your iPod? It changes. Usually techno or whatever is popular I guess.
sports in brief McCluskey second among Canadians
Penticton’s Abigail McCluskey was the second best Canadian female in the 2016 International Speedskating Union World Junior Long Track Speed Skating Championships in Changchun last weekend. McCluskey finished 14th overall in the women’s standings. In the 1,000-metre women’s event, McCluskey finished 24th in one minute, 22 seconds and 61 tenths of a second. In the 3,000-m, McCluskey finished 12th clocking in at 4:23.01. In the women’s mass start event, McCluskey’s teammate Béatrice Lamarche of Quebec City credited the Penticton native in helping her win bronze. “It was a very good race, my teammate Abigail McCluskey did some good work for me,” said Lamarche on the Speedskating Canada website. McCluskey, along with Lamarche and Gabrielle Sanson of Moose Jaw, took fifth-place in 3:16.35.
DEFENSIVE HELP— Penticton Vees defenceman Seamus Donohue gets in the way of a Vernon Vipers shot before goalie Zachary Driscoll had to deal with it in Game 5 of their BCHL playoff series. Driscoll earned his first playoff shutout after making 26 saves in a 5-0 win on March 11. The Vees will now face the West Kelowna Warriors in the second round beginning March 18 and 19 at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Steve Kidd/Western News
Steam defeat Coyotes in KIJHL playoffs
The Summerland Steam have advanced to the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference championship. The Steam defeated the Osoyoos Coyotes in six games of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs with a 6-4 victory at the Summerland Arena in front of a crowd of 387. Matthew Huber made 29 saves in the victory, while Braden Eliuk led the Steam with a goal and four points. Jarrett Malchow and Riley Pettitt chipped in a goal and three points each, while Adam Jones, Wyatt Gale and Jack Mills scored. Gale’s goal with 23 seconds remaining in the second period was the winner. The Steam now face the 100 Mile House Wranglers. Games 1 and 2 were in 100 Mile House on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Steam will host the Wranglers on March 18 and 19 at the Summerland Arena at 7 p.m. In the Kootenay Conference, the Kimberley Dynamiters swept the Creston Valley Thunder Cats to advance to the conference final and face the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. The Nitehawks beat the Grand Forks Border Bruins in five games.
Tennis Club serving up registration
The Penticton Tennis Club is opening up its registration for a new season. It’s social Friday begins on April 8 with old and new members welcome. They will have friendly tennis and a barbecue and it is a family event. The club is also offering free lessons for beginners in May every Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m. for juniors under 18 and for adults from 6 to 7 p.m. The club will also have group lessons for kids in July, as well as drop-in times for ladies on Tuesday and Thursday in the morning. For men, it will be Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings. The club also offers structured league play for men, women and mixed. No partners are needed. For more information or to register, check www.pentictontennisclub.com.
HLW locks up first in indoor soccer
Harvey-Lister-Webb finished atop the Bad Tattoo Brewery Masters Indoor Soccer League. HLW won 16 of its 18 games following an 8-2 win over Rona. Zico Pescada led HLW with five goals. Duarte Francisco and Rick Marini each scored for Rona. TC Auto Sales sealed second-place with a 5-4 win over Penticton Lock and Key. TC Auto Sales finished with seven wins in 18 games. Mike Beliveau led PLK with two goals as did Lou Zamecnik for TC Auto. The men’s league now enters its playoffs semifinals this weekend with TC Auto Sales playing PLK at 10 a.m. in the Adidas Sportsplex, while HLW takes on Rona at 11:15 a.m.
HOME & RENO SHOW 2016 Thank You! Thank you to everyone who supported the Canadian Home Builders’ Association South Okanagan’s 21st Annual Home & Reno Show, sponsored by Tight Lines Contracting! Over 3500 of you visited the show over the past weekend!! On behalf of the Board of Directors, we appreciate your consistent support over the years. Congratulations to Pat Fugeta, the winner of the $2500 window covering package donated by Budget Blinds. Thank you to the Exhibitors, representing over 100 businesses serving Penticton and the Okanagan Valley. The companies represented at the on Site show went the extra mileManufacturer to bring youReps the latest in innovation, technology Nominate someone deserving the 2016 and spend months planning their of exhibit to Extreme educateRoof and Makeover bring value to Sponsored by SIS/Vista Roofing your life. The Home andStove Reno Show serves as Harvey, the association’s Wood Heating Workshop with Reid WETT BC on fundraiser Saturday @ 1 with pm proceeds being used to run the association for further educational outreach, lobbying and acting as a spokesperson for the housing industry $4 admission you for continues in Everything the South Okanagan. CHBAneed South Okanagan to focus on includes a chance issues related to the residential construction and renovation to win industry a your Home or Renovation including our annual Bursary to Okanagan College construction $2500students under one andProject assorted other educational events.roof! Window Covering Carol Sudchak SPONSORED Executive OfficerBY: Canadian Home Builders Association South Okanagan
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It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Pearl our dear mother, grandmother and friend. Pearl is survived by her daughters, Sheila (Blair) Chapman, Elaine (Tom) Bouma and Colleen (Mike) Nixon; son; Stan Parenteau; 9 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren; 2 brothers, Oscar and O’Neill Regnier as well as numerous extended family. She was predeceased by her husband, Harris Parenteau; son, Wayne Parenteau; daughter, Priscilla Jones and granddaughter, Adrienne Bouma. Pearl was born in Saskatchewan one of 14 children. She enjoyed gardening, bowling, horseshoes and playing cards, especially poker. She will be lovingly remembered and forever missed by those who knew her. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, March 17, 2016 – 12:30 p.m. at the chapel of Everden Rust Funeral Services, 1130 Carmi Ave., Penticton. Memorial tributes may be directed to The Canadian Cancer Society or to Moog & Friends Hospice House. Condolences can be shared by visiting www.everdenrust.com EVERDEN RUST FUNERAL SERVICES 250-493-4112
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Dan Page. Dan is survived by: his Son, Tyler Page; Mother, Olga Page, Sisters, Marie (Grant) Filipenko, Nina (Avery) Evashkevich, Sherry (Bob) Skinner and Brother, Allen Page; three Nieces, four Nephews, and their families. Dan had a wide variety of interests and many friends attached to each. They will miss his mischievous smile and helpful disposition. A memorial will be held, April 16th - 2:00 pm, at the Everden Rust Chapel, 1130 Carmi Ave., Penticton In Lieu of Flowers, please consider a donation to the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society. Condolences may be shared by visiting www.everdenrust.com
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August 15, 1915 – March 7, 2016
Having attained 100 years of age, Paul passed peacefully on March 7 at Haven Hill Retirement Home in Penticton. Born in New Westminster, Paul spent his entire life in Penticton, operating an orchard on the East Bench until his retirement. Although he gradually lost his sight to glaucoma, Paul otherwise enjoyed very good health throughout his life. Predeceased by brothers Grant, Scott and John (Helen), Paul will be lovingly remembered by sisters-in-law Esther and Ruth Banford, nephews Paul, Mark and Alan Banford, nieces Anne, Gail and Mary Banford, Elizabeth Lear, Cherry Kazan, their spouses and children. Our thanks to Carolynn Mack for her friendship and support during Paul’s latter years. Funeral service at 10:30 am, Friday, March 18 at Free Presbyterian Church, 120 Preston Ave. Penticton. Condolences may be left for the family by visiting www.hansonsfuneral.ca
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Thelma Detjen passed away at the Penticton Hospital in the early hours of Sunday, March 6, 2016 from complications following surgery. She is survived by her son Stewart (Shauna), granddaughter Jennifer, great-grandchildren Kaiden and Kiera; nieces Sandi (Adam), Joe-Ann (Richard), Karen, Lee; nephews Gordon (Connie), Glen (Gwen), and Brad (Bette) Willson. Thelma was predeceased by her father Herman and mother Gertrude (Brent), brothers Joseph, Eugene and Frederick, niece Colleen, and long time partner Gordon Willson. Thelma was born in Summerland, B.C., and spent her early years at Faulder and Shingle Creek Ranch, moving to Okanagan Falls in 1943 with her mother and brothers. From lambs to horses, Thelma loved all animals, from her early days on the ranch raising orphaned lambs, and in her later years with her involvement in horse racing. She enjoyed a 35-year career at the Revenue Canada office in Penticton, retiring in 1992. This allowed Thelma more time to commit to the Legion Ladies Auxiliary, Heritage Society, Housing Society, Women’s Institute and any other project that improved the life and welfare of Okanagan Falls residents. Thelma will be deeply missed by her family and friends. A graveside service will be held Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 12:00 p.m, at Okanagan Falls Cemetery. All are invited to attend a Tea to follow at 1:00 pm in the Okanagan Falls School in celebration of Thelma’s Life. In keeping with Thelma’s sense of community, we ask that in lieu of flowers, donations be made towards any charitable organization benefiting the citizens of Okanagan Falls. Condolences and tributes may be directed to the family by visiting www.nunes-pottinger.com
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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our amazing mother, sister and grandmother. Wendy left us peacefully on March 9, 2016, surrounded by family. She was born in Penticton and raised in Summerland where she lived her entire life. Parents Eb Brennan (1985) and Maxine Brennan (1992) predeceased her. Wendy is survived by 2 daughters Lauri Hanko (Jim) from Penticton, B.C. and Bonni Price (Laurie Lewis) from Tappen, B.C.; 1 sister Arlene Wilson from West Kelowna, B.C, and 5 grandchildren; Dustin Soules, Shaya Soules, Emma Schneider, Zack Lewis and Caitlyn Lewis; and her loyal loving cat Chai. When Wendy was in grade ten she quit school and became a hairdresser. Later, she went back to school to become a care aide while raising two daughters on her own. Her care aide career started at Parkdale Place in Summerland and then Dr. Andrew Pavillion ECU in Summerland when they opened. She retired early due to health reasons. Her time was focused on caring for her grandchildren, and was always there to support her entire family. Aside from her family, Wendy loved her “grand doggies”, the lake, thunderstorms, cooking, picnics on the beach, camping and visits from family - especially the American cousins. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Carrie and Rhonda from Palliative home care nursing and the hospice team-enabling mom to die at home. Thank you to Dr. Severide and her office for the loving care you provided over many years. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your local SPCA.
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ALL THiNGs HOcKEy were celebrated as the Rogers Hometown Hockey tour visited Penticton on the weekend. The event included musical guests, activities for all-ages, the hockey circus and welcomed home retired NHLer and Pentictonite Andy Moog, NHL alumni Kirk McLean, sportsnet analyst John shannon and Oilers Entertainment Group cEO Bob Nicholson. At left: Rob Rafter, background, enjoys a table hockey game with Drew Measha (left) and Nicholas Woerwle.
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Paz (above and below), part of the hockey circus at Hometown Hockey, demonstrates his puck prowess then took a watery one for the team.
(Above) Gordon Robertson, 89, of Trail and son Martin (left) of Penticton with the gold medal Gordon won in the 1952 Olympics as a member of the Edmonton Mercurys. The pair brought the large photo and scrapbook to give to sportscaster Ron MacLean. (Below) Penticton hockey fans give it their all during a cheer competition.
Kelowna’s Aaron Bruce (above left) get an all star welcome to Paz’s rink during the hockey circus. NHL alumni goalie Kirk McLean (above right).
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Hockey and its heroes celebrated all weekend
I was exposed to some pretty elite hockey people and it all came from hanging around the rinks in Penticton. – Andy Moog, retired NHL’er Mark Brett
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In the summers growing up in Penticton, if Andy Moog wasn’t playing pickup hockey in the McLaren parking lot he was hanging out at Memorial Arena. The now retired NHL goalie remembered being lucky enough to get off-season ice time to hone his skills at the Okanagan Hockey School. “Honestly, I had an advantage that nobody ever understood in the 70’s I was exposed to
hockey virtually year round,” recalled Moog, who was among the NHL alumni at last weekend’s Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour. “At that time it was a rarity across the hockey-playing community. Larry Lund ran that hockey school eight weeks every summer and I was either a student, an instructor, a player and I developed a lot there. “I learned about skating from Laura Stamm, I learned about playing goal from Cesare Maniago. I mean I was exposed to some
pretty elite calibre hockey people and it all came from hanging around the rinks in Penticton in the summer.” Coincidently, this weekend, at the same time Moog was sitting in the tent outside the South Okanagan Events Centre signing autographs, inside hundreds of young players from hockey academies were battling it out for Canadian Sport School Hockey League supremacy. “These programs are absolutely excellent, they provide these kids with such great fundamentals both on and off the ice,” he said. “These kids, they’re really growing up and they have some great advantages.” Several times this winter Moog was in Penticton to help out at the Okanagan Hockey Academy. Overall he feels the changes over the years to professional hockey have been positive, however he feels the league should be using a larger ice surface to accommodate the improved skill levels. “The players now are just running out of room,” he said. Looking back, one of the legacies he is most proud of is the Moog and Friends
Hospice House palliative care facility which opened in 1998. “For us it just seemed like a fantastic fit to partner up with the hospice house,” said
Moog. “After experiencing a little bit with my father knowing that this sort of facility would really benefit the South Okanagan we thought that we’d
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