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The current collaborative relationship between the City of Kelowna and the Agriculture Land Commission is due in part to the input of the city’s Agricultural Advisory Committee and the attitude of city staff. It was that attitude and effort by the commission and city staff that resulted in last week’s removal of 10.5 hectares of designated Agricultural Land Reserve farmland in Glenmore by the ALC for construction of sports fields and ball courts and play areas, notes ALC chairman Richard Bullock. The close to 10 conditions on removal of that land from the ALC were worked on over a period of the last five years, says Terry Barton, the city’s parks and public places manager. They ranged from a fence and buffer zone around the new recreation area to off-site conversion of city-owned land elsewhere in the city to farmSee Land A10
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THE MANAGEMENT TEAM behind Okanagan Spirits on Bernard Avenue consists of (from left) Rodney Goodchild, assistant manager, Peter von Hahn, senior distiller, and chief executive officer Tyler Dyck.
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Distillery raises spirits in the downtown core New business on Bernard Avenue offers a new income stream to local agriculturists and a glimpse of what’s to come on a street in transition. Kathy Michaels STAFF REPORTER
Later tonight a Bernard Avenue business will be humming with music, local nosh will be in abundance and style-savvy men
and women seeking a snifter of something unique will drop by. It’s regular fare for any number of restaurants or cafes in Kelowna’s downtown these days, except in this case the hub of activity isn’t another new eatery or
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wine bar, rather Okanagan Spirits—one of a number of small spirit producers multiplying across the country and showing up where their predecessors never tread. “We wanted to put a distillery in the downtown,� said Tyler Dyck, CEO of Okanagan Spirits, of the business that turns B.C. fruits and berries into a wide array of brandies, liqueurs
and spirits. “We’ve had a distillery in an industrial area in Vernon for eight years, but decided a few years ago that we wanted to expand the theatre of production side and offer a high end environment to mirror the qualities we go for.� It was an idea that required significant thought, not to mention “dollars, sweat and tears.�
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New mayor outlines broad vision for how city hall will function Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR
If Kelowna’s new mayor has his way, the city’s public committee that vets development proposals before they go to council will cease to exist. Walter Gray, in his inaugural address following the swearing-in of the new city council Monday night, said he believes there are considerable cost savings and valuable staff time efficiencies to be realized through the elimination of the Advisory Planning Commission. The commission is made up of members of the public appointed by council to review development proposals and hear from the public, as well as make recommendations to council before the proposals are officially presented to council by city staff. The committee, typical in many municipalities, has been in existence here for decades. “If (the elimination of the APC is) implemented, this will make for a faster approval process in getting applications to council and to pubic hearing,” said Gray, who during the election campaign said he wanted to send a clear message to developers that Kelowna is, in his words, open for business. He justified his call for an end of the APC, saying “time is money,” and that the public is often confused about the role of the APC. “While the APC has served the development review process and city council well in the past, I believe it’s time to do things differently.” As a replacement for the APC, Gray is proposing what he calls a design panel, to be made up
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of volunteer professionals who would look at some applications from a design perspective, but only where deemed appropriate by the city. In addition to his desire to see an end to the APC, Gray has also asked city staff to review all city committees from a cost perspective, to see if they are necessary, of value to the public and how much staff time they take up.
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IF (THE ELIMINATION OF THE APC IS) IMPLEMENTED, THIS WILL MAKE FOR A FASTER APPROVAL PROCESS IN GETTING APPLICATIONS TO COUNCIL AND TO PUBIC HEARING. Walter Gray
“Change is inevitable and constant as our community changes,” Gray told a packed house at the Mary Irwin Theatre Monday night. “To move forward, that likely means shedding some committees or taking the time to consider what form of public input is needed by this council today and in the future.” Gray, who served as mayor from 1996 to 2005, campaigned on a vow to show developers and investors that Kelowna wants their business, will also ask his new council to consider the establishment of a business liaison officer for the city to work with the regional Economic Development Commission.
The city already funds 78 per cent of the cost of the regional EDC but Gray feels it needs its own lisaion officer to work with businesspeople. He said while the position would not require any new staffing, it would mean having a city employee designated as the “go to” person assigned to deal with business related inquiries and solutions. The new mayor said it was clear from the election results—in which he replaced two-term incumbent Sharon Shepherd and five of the eight sitting councillors were not re-elected—that the public wants change at city hall. And that is what it will get. In addition to the proposals he plans to put before council for approval, Gray said city manager Ron Mattiussi has already engaged a consultant to determine policing resources needed to meet the community’s expectations for a safe and protected city. The consultant is also expected to determine if Kelowna’s share of the regional cost of policing is “fair and equitable.” The report is due by the end of January. Policing currently costs Kelowna $19 million per year, the largest amount of any single item in the city’s annual budget. In his speech, Gray also focused on the needs of young adults in the city. A 71-year-old grandfather himself, Gray said Kelowna is one of the oldest cities in the country in terms of the average age of its residents and while much has been done for seniors, the needs of young people cannot be forgotten. “Young adults want to remain in Kelowna, but
they must be able to find meaningful employment and see their interests reflected in the recreational and cultural life of our community,” he said. “They also want Kelowna to be more fun for them. Those young adults lament that there is a lack of activities and festivals for them to participate in. They point out that it’s not just a selfish wish on their part but that there is a positive economic impact in catering to their needs. We must take their concerns seriously so that we can attract and retain more of those young adults.”
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CHANGE IS INEVITABLE AND CONSTANT AS OUR COMMUNITY CHANGES. Walter Gray
And Gray, who was dogged during the election campaign by references to his decision as mayor in the late 1990s to drop the word “pride” from a requested Gay Pride Day proclamation and, as a result, ran foul of the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, said Kelowna must continue to be a tolerant community, one that celebrates diversity, cares for its residents and helps those who are struggling. “We must retain and build on a strong sense of community,” he said. He praised his new council, made up of newcomers Gerry Zimmermann, Gail Given, Colin Basran, Maxine Deart and Mohini Singh and re-elected veterans Robert Hobson, Andre Blanleil and Luke Stack, saying voters delivered a
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WITH CHAIN of office before him, Kelowna’s new mayor Walter Gray gives his inaugural address at the swearing-in ceremony on Monday. “good balance” in choosing them. He also thanked the previous council for its work, a council he characterized during the campaign as unable to make decisions. Despite that, on Monday he expressed praise for the woman he narrowly defeated in the mayoral election. Gray thanked Shepherd for 15 years of coun-
cil service—nine as a councillor on three councils he led and six as mayor—saying she left her mark on the city. “Your commitment and passion for Kelowna can be seen throughout the community,” he told Shepherd before hugging her as she walked onto the stage to accept a parting gift from the city. Shepherd was accompanied by former coun-
cillors Kevin Craig and Angela Reid-Nagy, who also failed in their re-election bid. They were presented small replicas of the Sails sculpture. The three other defeated councillors, Michele Rule, Charlie Hodge and Graeme James were not in attendance but they will also receive thank-you gifts for their public service. awaters@kelowncapnews.com
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Anti-commercialism from a physicist who loves nature When Robert Jenkins stopped making satellites, he started producing amazing artistic images that draw out new colours from mountains we often take for granted. Jennifer Smith STAFF REPORTER
On first blush, Robert Jenkins’ chalk pastel landscapes of Okanagan Mountain Park seem as far removed from edgy, alternative and youthful as heirloom pearls and cameo pendants in a trendy jewelry shop. Yet, just as the odd antique adds its kitsch appeal to a hipster, the bold vision and extraordinary colour palette Jenkins displays in 27 snippets of a hilly Okanagan view adds a certain breath of fresh air to the Alternator Centre
for Contemporary Art’s final show of the year: The Members’ Show. “When you’re looking at this, you’re doing exactly what your eye does internally when it looks at any kind of scene,” said Jenkins. “You see little bits of the scene and its your brain that actually puts it together.” The way Jenkins’ brain puts things together is what really makes his work interesting. Once a physicist for Communications Research Centre Canada, in Ottawa, he spent the bulk of his life
doing satellite research, looking at pictures of the world quite differently. “I thought with doing art I was going to have to give up science and leave science behind. This was going to be a totally new phase of my life,” he said. “Oddly enough, science sort of sneaks back in. There’s certainly a lot of analysis that goes on in doing this and it’s empirical too. I’ll put a mark on the paper and I’ll put another mark from there. “So I’m drawing information and using it to make my next step. It’s experimenting.” The way he chooses his subjects is more precision than experimentation, though. Okanagan Mountain Park caught his eye in the Walmart parking lot in
West Kelowna and he proceeded to document nature from this most unusual perch. “That’s our situation around here. Here we are in this brand new metropolis, all shopping centres and stuff like that, all this commercialism, and yet these mountains surround us,” he explained. Finding beauty in the most unusual of spaces has long been the milieu of the art world, and so he took the camera back to that spot in the parking lot, shot a series of images and then started to blow them up. Stand back and you’ll see that each of the three sets of views looks very similar to what you would see looking at the park during any of the given seasons he’s documented— spring, fall and winter. Move in a little closer and you find the unexpected—colours of shadow and light so diverse there’s room for peacock blue in with the deep mauve and Kelly greens. “We always think of green as the standard col-
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A UNIQUE STUDY of nature from artist Robert Jenkins showcases Okanagan Mountain Park as seen from the vast expanse of pavement in the Walmart parking lot in West Kelowna. our landscape, but they’re not,” he said. “Sometimes purple will be there. Sometimes blue. Sometimes green. Sometimes orange even is in there, too.” Using multiple images as he’s done, Jenkins is able to “get big” while still keeping the chalk pastel under glass. And this piece does pack a punch. The members’ exhibit at the gallery is the last show of the year and it comes down this Satur-
day, Dec. 10. But it’s really the first in a string of displays from locally-based artists on the way for the New Year, artistic and administrative director Lorna McParland said. The New Year will kick off in the gallery with a daring show open to anyone in the public who wants to participate. Entitled Family Secrets, the gallery invites submissions (through Jan. 6) from Okanagan resi-
dents who want to air their family secrets anonymously. Dropboxes will be set up at several locations in Kelowna where blank postcards can be picked up and finished artworks deposited—all unsigned. For information or to volunteer to help, contact Kylie Millar, project curator, and the Alternator’s current intern at intern@ alternatorgallery.com. jsmith@kelownacapnews.com
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Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick says he is looking forward to leading a committee of MLAs from both sides of the legislature to find ways of curing what ails the B.C. heath care system. Letnick, chairman of the new Select Standing Committee on Health, said Wednesday the first phase of his committee’s work will be crunching the numbers and reviewing studies and other research to prepare for looking at alternative strategies to mitigate what many believe will be the
Norm Letnick huge impact of the aging of baby boomers on the B.C. health care system. “First we have to come to some sort of an agreement about what the numbers are telling us,” said Letnick, who was tabbed to lead the committee by Christy Clark shortly after
she was elected Liberal party leader and premier. Letnick said there is a widely held perception that the current system is not sustainable given that many baby boomers will become seniors over the next 10 years. In launching the first phase of the committee’s work, written submissions in the form of peerreviewed academic studies and other “high-quality” research and reports are being sought from interested parties to help quantify the impact of demographic challenges, system use, inflation and other factors. Letnick said he hopes to have the first phase
wrapped up by the spring, the second phase, where the public will be invited to give input at hearings across the province, completed by next fall and the third phase, identifying what strategies are acceptable to the public, by the spring of 2013. “I want this all wrapped up before the next provincial election,” he said. The next election is scheduled for May 16, 2013. The 11-member committee, whose deputy chairman is the NDP’s Mike Farnworth, is made up of Liberal and NDP MLAs, including two former health ministers Moi-
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Civilian oversight welcomed Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR
The appointment of the province’s first director to head civilian investigations into serious incidents involving the RCMP and municipal police officers in B.C. is being welcomed by local members of the national police force. Staff-Sgt. Terry McLachlan, acting operations officer at the Kelowna RCMP detachment, called the creation of the new Independent Investigations Office, and the appointment of Richard Rosenthal as its first chief civilian director, a “win-win” for both the pubic and the force. “I only see it as a winwin situation,” said McLachan. “Overall, it’s a good thing.” McLachlan, who was filling in for Kelowna’s top cop, Supt. Bill Mc-
Kinnon on Wednesday, said the RCMP in B.C. has been calling for such a move for the last four years. He said during McKinnon’s term as the head of the B.C. Association of Police Chiefs a few years ago, creation of such a civilian oversight office was one of his main focuses. “(The creation of the office) is all about clarity and accountability,” said McLachlan. The creation of the new Independent Investigations Office was recommended by Judge Thomas Braidwood in his report about the Tazer death of Robert Dziekanski and was also prompted by other high-profile police related deaths including the shooting of Ian Bush while in police custody during a struggle with a Mountie in Houston in 2005 Local MLA Norm Let-
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nick also welcomed the announcement of Rosenthal’s appointment, noting his work in a similar capacity in Denver, CO. Rosenthal also helped establish civilian oversight bodies to look at police incidents in Portland, Oregon and before that worked with the District Attorney’s office in Los Angeles. The Independent Investigations Office is expected to be up and running by mid-2012 and its director, who cannot be a former cop, will have the discretion to hire former police officers as investigators, as long as they have not served in B.C. or, in the case of members of the RCMP, within the past
five years. The Independent Investigations Office will conduct criminal investigations regarding policerelated incidents that result in severe injury or death. The existing Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner, an independent office of the B.C. Legislature, will continue to examine conduct issues in municipal police departments. It does not have a mandate to engage in criminal investigations. Conduct issues involving the RCMP will still be dealt with by the federal Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP. awaters@kelownacapnews.com
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Mounties didn’t get the man behind a robbery turned car-jacking Tuesday afternoon, but the owner of the shop where an intense chase started couldn’t be happier with their work. “I thought they did a fantastic job, I’ve (read) some negative commentary on local (websites), but I can tell you they did everything right,” said Martin Strasser, owner of Premier Jewelry and Loans on Bredin Road. “Tax dollars well spent, is all I can say.” Strasser and one of his staff members were dealing with stock just before 4 p.m. Tuesday when the front doors of the business flew open and they were faced with the lonegunman wearing a black hoodie and white cap. “He had a mask over his face and he was mov-
ing quickly,” he recalled. “He was running down the length of the store yelling, ‘put your hands up, put your hands up’.” It’s not the kind of thing that happens on a daily basis, said Strasser, so his first thought was, “is this a joke…is this real?” “To be honest, part of your brain just doesn’t engage right away,” he said, noting it was as he kneeled, following the gunman’s direction that “terror set in.” After he got Strasser under control, the robber turned his attention to the female employee, and held the gun just a foot away from her demanding she empty out the display cases. As she did, a customer walked to the front window and the situation got more dicey. “He ran up to the front holding out the gun, and she ducked and ran away —as she should have,”
said Strasser. The robber then gathered up all the jewelry, and made a dash for the door. “The police response time was fantastic,” said Strasser, noting they have panic buttons and neighbouring business owners alerted cops to what was happening, too. “There were police cruisers on either side so they caught the guy outside with merchandise.” In their crosshairs, the man dropped the jewellery and ran down the alley next to the building. “That’s where shots were exchange,” he said, noting he only heard one blast. “Police were sprinting after him full out. I heard a crack and they kept going…they have more courage than I do.” Strasser recovered the jewelry, ran into the store and dropped the security shutters as the chase continued to a warehouse be-
tween Kirschner and Spall Road. For two hours, police hunkered down and sniffer dogs scoured the area. Helicopters whirled overhead offering a higher vantage point. Turned out that the robber had actually carjacked someone to flee the scene, demanding he be taken to a West Kelowna trailer park. Once there, the driver had to wait as another car came to pick up the robber. “Considerable police resources have been put into play in order to locate and arrest this armed and dangerous individual,” said Const. Steve Holmes. It’s an effort, at the very least, that allowed Strasser to stay in business. “If we’d lost all that jewelry, we would have closed, and our staff would have been out of work,” he said. “I’m really grateful. I hope they get that guy.”
Expanding the city’s spirits business Distillery from A1 into the theatre, however, there’s ample material to gravitate toward. In trying to bring to life an homage to the high end spirits they produce, the history of the Okanagan and the industry it grew up on, no detail was overlooked. A shining brass German still that turns fruits into spirits, anchors the room. It’s antique predecessor—both from a family business that spans five generations—resides in the front window. Below them are floorboards made of reclaimed
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said. “But nature isn’t like that. Nature isn’t perfect.” With that in mind, the distillery picks up less than physically perfect apples and pears and plums from packinghouses. In other cases, they are even more unique in their methodology. “We get apricots from a guy who has a tree in his back yard,” said Goodchild. “We got tickleberries from a picker who went to the boonies to pick them for us.” They’ve even used seabuckthorn in some of their spirits. It’s not a system that leads to a mass production, like Hiram Walkers before it, but that’s not the point. “Volume really isn’t important,” said Goodchild, pointing out that it takes 24 pears to make the 375 millilitre bottle of spirits. Okanagan Spirits isn’t the only one making spirits in the local area, although at eight years they’re the oldest micro distillery in Western Canada. Urban Distilleries opened in Kelowna last year. “Just like micro breweries, it’s about bringing in different tastes from different areas,” said Goodchild, of the potential competition. Opening night for the distillery is tonight (Dec. 8), from 5 to 8 p.m. kmichaels@kelownacapnews.com
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The simple life is just fine with Dave Keeler Judie Steeves STAFF REPORTER
As a kid, Dave Keeler had to walk two miles to go fishing, but today he could almost cast a line from his porch. For 22 years he has operated the Bear Lake Fishing Camp on Bear (Lambly) Lake east of West Kelowna, where he now lives with his wife Ritchel year round—off the power grid and without running water. He purchased the resort in 1989 from Ted Moffat who had owned and operated it for 35 years before that. “I’d always loved fishing and hunting and the outdoors, so I told Ted to let me know when he wanted to sell it,” recalls Dave as he relaxes in front of a crackling fire in his wood stove, overlooking the lake. It’s a primitive, oldfashioned kind of kitchen/living room with curtains instead of cupboard doors, and open shelves with large jars of provisions. A large plastic jug of water sits on the counter and they collect their drinking water from a spring nearby. It’s a simple life where the basics have more im-
portance than in a condo in the city. That first winter, Keeler says he stayed in the cabin and there was lots of snow. The lake froze over 30 inches deep or so. It was pretty rough. “The next year I went back into town (Kelowna) for the winter,” he admits with a grin. Sometimes it gets to -30 C in the winter, but the scenery is beautiful. He moved out west from Ontario in 1969 when there was getting to be a lot of pollution and worked at Brenda Mines, east of Peachland. An industrial electrician and appliance repairman, he worked in that business for 35 years before moving out of the city, following his love of the outdoors, to peaceful Bear Lake. Although he’s travelled all over the country and seen lots of beautiful places, this is where he decided he wanted to stay. “This became my home base,” he said. Along with the little fishing shop in the front of their home, the couple have 11 cabins along the 1,100 feet of lake frontage and they manage 22 provincial campsites in the adjacent forest service campsite, for the prov-
Choir teams with city band The Kelowna International Choir’s annual Christmas concert Sunday, Dec. 11, 2:30 p.m, at The Delta Grand Hotel will have a special guest—the Kelowna City Band. Dennis Colpitts is the conductor for both the choir and the band, and he and his wife Carol Colpitts have written some special arrangements for the singers and musicians to perform together. As in previous years, admission to the concert is by donation of cash or food to the Kelowna Community Food Bank.
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ince. “I’ve never regretted being here, but it’s harder now to haul wood and to get up on the roof when I need to,” he concedes. “There’s always work to be done. It’s like owning 12 houses in town, even though the cabins are rented now by the year,” he says. Most of their renters are from the Kelowna area and they come up with their families at different times of the year. There’s a waiting list if someone gives up a cabin. Each cabin has its own generator, as does the Keeler’s home, although he says they only use it a couple of times a week, preferring to use batteries, which they charge 12 at a time while the generator is on. “You learn to be handy,” he says of the distance to town for a quart of milk or a keg of nails. “You learn a bit about batteries and a bit about building...” he adds. They generally head into town every two or three weeks for supplies but they live there all year round now, because otherwise people come in on snowmobiles and cause damage to the resort. And, the fishing he used to love so much, and
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DAVE AND RITCHEL KEELER get ready to take a rental boat to the water from their Bear Lake Fishing Camp, where they enjoy a primitive peace, away from the urban sprawl of Kelowna and West Kelowna. that lured him to this outof-the-way place? ”Now that I don’t have to walk two miles to go fishing, I never seem to have the time to fish,” he responds with a grin.
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30 days and they face thousands of dollars in penalties. Just in time for Christmas. Just a week ago, Premier Christy Clark stood on the steps of the B.C. legislature, surrounded by RCMP officers, and announced that since the new impaired driving laws were introduced just over a year ago, alcohol-related driving deaths have decreased 40 per cent. There were 68 alcohol-related deaths across B.C. in the 12 months that ended Sept. 30,
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laws to allow breathalyzer readings to be challenged. That won’t happen, however, until the legislature re-opens in the spring. Imposing the most severe roadside penalties on drivers who choose to ignore the laws and put the lives of others at risk is a reasonable limit in our free and democratic society. If you don’t want to pay, don’t drink and drive. In this case, the tougher laws were working. It is the judge who failed.
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claimed to have a seamless wall of aboriginal communities the length of B.C. opposing the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. A 10-year-old girl Tom Fletcher in a cedar bark hat warned of devastation to the coastal ecology, providing the kind of emotional visual that appeals to urban television audiences who know and care little about science or resource industries. This event was coordinated with the publication of a report warning of huge risks from piping “tar sands” crude. The report was produced by
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the Natural Resource Defence Council, the Living Oceans Society and the Pembina Institute. These three obscure organizations along with other environmental groups have received millions from U.S.-based foundations in recent years. Documenting this huge money spill, Krause concludes that U.S. interests are working to stop Canada from exporting oil to Asia so the U.S. will be the only market available. They dress it up as environmentalism; we fall for it. Not surprisingly, the latest “tar sands” scare report was seized on by the B.C. NDP. “The pipeline goes over mountains, across farmland, over the Fraser and Skeena Rivers and straight
through the Great Bear Rainforest to the Pacific, where it will be picked up by supertankers trying to navigate our inland coastal waters,” said NDP environment critic Rob Fleming. Fleming parroted the report’s claim that diluted bitumen is more likely to cause corrosion in pipes and tankers. Enbridge issued a statement refuting the study. Its oldest bitumen pipeline went into service in 1979, and “a complete metal loss inspection of this line in 2009 revealed no increased risk or incidence of internal corrosion.” Oh, and the proposed pipeline route doesn’t cross the Fraser River. And claims of a huge increase in greenhouse gases from “tar sands”
compared to conventional oil are grossly exaggerated. B.C.’s own Wilderness Committee chimed in. Those are the folks who blessed us with the faux-aboriginal name “Great Bear Rainforest.” A similar campaign is underway against expansion of the existing Kinder Morgan pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby. Tankers have been loading “tar sands” oil in Burnaby for about six years now, but the enviro-propagandists didn’t notice until a couple of years ago. Up until then, Fleming and his colleagues raged about maintaining a “moratorium” on B.C. tanker traffic that never existed. tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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LETTERS â–ź WEST KELOWNA
Info on first time candidates hard to come by To the editor: I am writing this letter because I am wondering if it was just for the sake of job security that I found it so difficult to get information about the newer candidates that were running for election. I went to the District of West Kelowna office on three separate occasions and I finally got some information about the incumbent candidates. They gave me a nice coloured print out of their “Mayor & Council� page from the District of West Kelowna website. It included the pictures of the mayor and council, their phone numbers, and their email addresses. I only received the first and last names of the newer candidates, without phone numbers or emails that they could be
contacted at. Each time I asked about any information on the newer candidates and their stand on issues I was told I would have to research to find that information for myself. I am 70 years old and I can do the basics on the computer and that is it. I can share correspondence with my family and friends through email but that is pretty much as far as it goes for me and computers. I feel that the information was not readily available about the newer candidates because the people already in office may have been overly concerned about their job security. For all the 50 years of living in West Kelowna I had finally decided not to vote because I have not been happy with the situa-
tion. My husband encouraged me to vote and said if I would do the research then he would make his decision on what I found out. My husband and I are very pleased with the future development of the Mission Hill Winery, which is near where we live. I am thankful for a young mother, Cathy Sinclair, that she had the guts to run for a seat on the council in West Kelowna. She came to my house and introduced herself and offered me a nice printed sheet listing her top priorities for West Kelowna. I invited her into my home to discuss the matter further with her. I was very impressed by her enthusiasm, ambition, and vision for West Kelowna. Some of her top prior-
ities were implementing a downtown core that would feel more like home to the residents and visitors here. She also was interested in creating a plan to encourage and promote young entrepreneurs to start their own businesses locally. She received 1,788 votes for a seat on the council. I voted for her and would highly recommend her for the new council to listen to some of her ideas and requests. This has not happened before on the Westside. When I opened my business on Main Street 24 years ago the downtown core of West Kelowna was in better shape than it is now. What is happening? In the past four years we have not been able to even get the council to
look at some of the top priorities that have been listed. Presently we still have no street lights on any of the side streets with businesses near the main core. At the DWK office they are very good about giving me a lot of information about where all the money for DWK is being spent. This included planning costs, council wages, and other staff wages. There is a lot of staff at the DWK office. Maybe it’s more important to spend lots of money on planning instead. I don’t know for sure because I am not a politician! These are my views and opinions after living on the Westside for 50 years. Fran Kovacs, West Kelowna
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Candidate disgruntled at civic election outcome To the editor: Having run for the first time in the Kelowna civic elections, I was somewhat startled but not surprised, by the reactions of local media. The school budget is way larger than the cities and both have salaries as the largest component, yet The Courier and CHBC did nothing to cover trustee elections. The Capital News made a half-hearted effort but failed to include my bio with the other trustee candidates. Issues such as the need to change teacher bargaining, or review the number of challenged students per class weren’t reported on. Then there was the FourChange group, which was really a local political party. Even though they stretched the bounds of credibility, their candidates pictures and write-ups, together with a lot of misinformation, were plastered on the front pages. I also believe that some candidates in both elections used federal and or provincial party voters lists, or some version of it, to achieve
election. This is obvious from some of the endorsements appearing on their websites. I tried to suggest to others that there needed to be an alliance to counter FourChange but, even though a few passed around names, no one seemed very interested. It will be interesting to see how much FourChange spent on this election. I believe this can only be countered by another organized group of candidates, perhaps in an organized party. Perhaps, John Powell is correct in suggesting a ward system is needed. (Our City Needs a Better Electoral System, John O.Powell letter to the editor, Nov. 29 Capital News.) It would certainly cut down on the mess of signs which probably do not produce much. Some candidates with hundreds of signs did not come close to winning. A ward system would make each councilor at least focus on their area. The Rutland area, in particular, desperately needs councilors and trustees to stand up for good de-
velopment and a new Rutland Middle School. I have heard the words “fast track� and “immediate� many times now for RMS. Let’s see if new councilors/trustees attach some real meaning to these words. I was also startled, as I circulated the city twice, at the number of multi-million dollar houses. Surely, a city as wealthy as Kelowna can establish decent schools for our children and infrastructure that is safe and up to date. Perhaps it is time to look at the whole municipal/provincial taxation system? A recent study has shown that the substantially rich are now paying far less in taxes then 20 years ago. Will anything change in good old Kelowna in the next three years? It is time to contact each newly elected councilors/trustees/ media and express your concerns to make the next election much better organized and fairly reported. Make sure the Kelowna city council and school board know the issues that concern you. Reg Volk, Kelowna
There’s no one on council looking to the future To the editor: I was under the impression that there were only two folks running for (Kelowna) mayor till I got down to the polls to vote and to my astonishment there, on the ballots, were two other names who were running for mayor. What a crime that these other folks have been pushed so far in the background that folks don’t realize that we have other choices. I have yet to see these folks’ names even mentioned in the paper where we could all see that we have a bigger choice. The two who were all over the papers were present when many fateful decisions were made.
Example no 1: The hospital buying up all those old houses around the mess that now sits there called K.G.H. When the property all along Springfield Road was up for grabs.We could have had a new hospital 10 to 12 storeys high and opened up the units as needed, with acres of parking and a hospital of the future. 2. Also, the bridge what a fiasco. This city should have had an eye for the future and had a beautiful bypass on the other side of the lake that would have just local traffic coming into Kelowna. Why have we got all these short-sighted people in power? These are not new suggestions,
they have all been put forward but there’s no one with enough guts to say ‘Enough is enough, we want our city out of the hands of the local business nuts and into the hands of folk who can see down the road a few miles,’ and don’t tell me it can’t be done. We built the Coquihalla and it’s all paid for a few years ago. That was another politician getting their grubby mind into what should never happened—going down into Merritt for a 40-mile jaunt that did not need to be. It is time for us to stand up to the politicians and the business nuts and get some future going—
like industry and whatever—to turn this city into a place for the young and the old. I’m one of the olds and truly believe that
we need to start looking at the future instead of day to day nonsense. Mary Court, Kelowna
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Register early for upcoming sustainability conference Judie Steeves STAFF REPORTER
Registration for the fifth annual Building Sustainable Communities conference has begun, with an early bird deadline of Dec. 31 before registration rates go up. The conference is Feb. 27 to March 1 at the Delta Grand Resort and you can register for the whole thing, by the day, for a half-day or even for a single session. The conference is put on by the Fresh Outlook Foundation and includes specific sessions for elected officials, local government administration, and
those in planning, utilities, business, education, environment, agriculture/ food, development, arts/ culture, public engagement and health/wellness. The theme on the second day will be Sustainable Water Management, Social & Cultural Sustainability or The Business Case for Sustainability. On the third day there will be two keynote speakers, five breakout sessions and 12 panel discussions about such topics as ecological economics, green building, sustainable planning, agriculture plans and policies and cross-sector collaboration.
Leadership That Inspires is the theme on the last day, with two workshops concluding the day, on housing solutions and building meaningful and productive relationships with First Nations. In all, there will be 250 speakers on a wide variety of topics, from both near and far, academia and the trenches, institutions and business. For details on the complete program, online registration and sponsorship packages, go to the website at www.freshoutlookfoundation.org/ events/bsc/2012 jsteeves@kelownacapnews.com
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ALC okay with development if it stays off agricultural land Land from A1 land from sports fields and a firehall. The ALC also wanted to see something developed on that land—at least a first phase—within three years, noted Barton. With the swearing-in of a new council, many elected on a platform of helping business and development in the city, and the mayor’s announcement this week that there will be a review of all council committees, some have wondered if the AAC will be left in place. “I have no problem with development, as long as it stays off agricultural land,” says Bullock. Agriculture is an important part of this community, he adds. And, he’s a strong proponent for advisory committees to councils and regional district boards. Kelowna’s committee was put in place by incoming Mayor Walter Gray when he last filled that position, and continued by former mayor Sharon Shepherd when she took office. “Kudos to him for putting agriculture in its proper place in the community. I hope he will stick with it,” commented Bullock. He said he has personally given Gray a lot
Richard Bullock of credit for his attitude toward agriculture in the city. It’s an attitude that has led to a good working relationship between the ALC and the city, he adds. Bullock was commenting on some changes to the ALC Act passed last week by the provincial legislature that will strengthen its ability to protect farmland. One change was separation of the posts of chairman and CEO, both of which were previously held by Bullock. That will provide him with more time to oversee decisions by the regional panels around the province. A new CEO will be hired early in the new year by the cabinet, which also appointed Bullock. A five-year moratorium on repeat applications to the ALC is now in place, with the idea that will reduce the paperwork
for ALC staff and free up time to support farming. A temporary lift to the ALC budget of $1.6 million will allow the ALC to fill some vacancies on the six regional panels, including one in the Okanagan. Such appointments are made after a process of interviews and are based on merit, noted Bullock. It will also allow the ALC to modernize mapping and website information so the ALC can be run in a more-modern manner, he said. In some instances consultants are being hired, but because the extra money is temporary, no new staff are being brought in. Passage of the amendments also include a new minister’s bylaw; guidelines for local government to use to help them make decisions about permitting houses and roads to be built on ALR land. The idea is to protect the integrity of the working farm rather than allow big houses to be built on good land in the middle of the farm, and access roads through the farm as well. “I’m not going to tell municipalities what to do,” emphasized Bullock. Use of the guidelines are up to individual governments.
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MODERN SANTA… Abandoning his reindeer and sleigh for a faster mode of transportation last Saturday, Santa Claus waves to onlookers after landing at the Kelowna Golf & Country Club course.
George Elliott student’s video in the running for Dry Grad Challenge prize The filmmaking talents of a student at George Elliott Secondary in Lake Country has given his school the opportunity to win up to $4,000 for its dry grad festivities. Eric Madsen’s video submission for the BCAA Dry Grad Vidoe Challenge contest has made the final five entry showdown. The winner of the contest will be the video that attracts the most votes online between now and Dec. 12. Madsen is a media arts student at George Elliott. He wrote and produced the short film, starring Grade 11 student Nick Novak, which deals with the issue of
driving while impaired and the associated dangers that action creates. The contest attracted entries from across B.C. with a top prize of $4,000 for first place, $2,000 for second place and $1,000 for third. The school is now asking for local residents to show their support for Madsen by visiting the BCAA website and voting for his video, titled “One Way.” He is up against other entries from the Lower Mainland that have a larger population base to draw support from. For Madsen, he said the video idea started out as what he thought would be a fun project
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Preserving fruit and veggies one way to save money T he grocery bills can really rack up during the winter with the price of produce going through the roof, but there are ways to soften that financial burden. Canning, freezing and storing produce either from the garden or purchased from the Farmer’s Market is definitely not a new idea, but more and more households are turning to these methods. Saving money is not the only reason. We feel
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miles before ripening. And most of all it brings out that hunter gatherer instinct we all have as humans. I suppose that instinct is served to a degree by walking the isles of the supermarket and presenting a bank card to either a person or a machine but once a person opens a jar and tastes the contents of peaches, tomatoes or plums it is just never the same. I know for a fact that
since I was married 38 years ago I have not eaten a store bought can of peaches. My wife Donna cans prune plums and pears, makes apple sauce and all sorts of jams. She also freezes corn and for some time dried fruit into fruit leather. But what we do is small potatoes (pun intended) to others such as my friends Reg and Marge Huebner. Reg takes food stor-
age to another level with his above ground root cellar under the deck of their Kelowna home. Racks of giant sweet Spanish onions, sacks of firm potatoes and braids of fabulous garlic are kept nice and cozy at just above freezing all winter long in a well-insulated room that even though he installed a base board heater just in case, he has never had to use it. As I said earlier, this idea of storing food is def-
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What if helping out newborns at the neo-natal ward of Kelowna General Hospital were as easy as smiling for a camera? It was in a recently completed fundraiser by Elizabeth Soergel, owner of Aviva Studios, which raised more than $12,000 for the neonatal ward at KGH. Soergel has raised over $33,000 with this project since 2009. Now Soergel has created a beautiful coffee table book called Children of the Okanagan 2011. Each page features a different child, photographed by Soergel on location in the Okanagan this past summer. “I’m really pleased with how this book turned out” said Soergel. “It’s a creative way I can contribute to the neo-natal ward. Project donors can see beautiful pictures of their children included in the book and the KGH Foundation received donations for each participant, as well as revenue from the sale of the book.” Soergel’s inspiration for the project came after the birth of her daughter Lauren. When Lauren was born, she inhaled amniotic fluid which makes breathing extremely difficult for newborns. It can result in death if not treated immediately. Soergel and her family were grateful to the doctors and nurses that saved Lauren’s life and want to make sure other families receive excellent care in the Okanagan. “The neo natal ward in Kelowna cares for newborns that need level 2, or critical care. Many newborns from all over the Okanagan and as far away as Calgary are treated each year,” said Sarah Nelems, with the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation. “The Children of the Okanagan book is a fantastic way to support the children and families we serve” Soergel’s book has 103 children and each photo session focused on the child’s individual personality. Soergel waived the normal sitting fee but for each child photographed, a minimum $100 was donated to the children’s ward. The book is now complete and has been pre sold to the families involved. The book release is scheduled for Dec. 11 release at The Eldorado Hotel from 2 to 4 p.m. For more information contact Liz Soergel by phone at 250-317-4395 or visit her website www.avivaphotostudios.com.
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Funding campaign at 50% mark United Way in the Central Okanagan is close to reaching the 50 per cent mark towards the 2011 campaign goal of $1,375,000. Some 170 workplace locations as well as individual supporters and local businesses are participating and contributing to the campaign. With just one month to the close of the 2011 campaign, campaign chair Kathy Conway is encouraged by the number of organizations and individuals that are getting involved, increasing their participation, raising their donations from last year and stepping up to take the Leader-
ship Giving Challenge, but recognizes it will be a stretch to reach the goal. “We set a lofty goal to meet the growing needs of the community to support children, vulnerable adults and seniors who are living in poverty and we need community support to reach this goal,” said Conway “I encourage everyone who can to consider making a leadership gift to United Way this year” added Wayne Bilawchuk, the United Way leadership chair. “This is your opportunity to dramatically help the lives of others in our community.”
ell, here we are with summer now a distant memory and the winter upon us. Runny noses, shivering behind the wheel of your car while it warms up and visions of yourself dangling precariously 12 feet from the hard ground while hanging your Christmas lights— good times for sure, but I digress. For us here at the shop, the arrival of winter means vehicles need to be prepared for the cooler temperatures, better known to many of us as winterize. So here are some of the basics behind winterizing your vehicle, and why it needs to be done. One of the most important things we check on your vehicle is the coolant strength and levels. When coolant freezes it actually expands. So if your coolant freezes on a cold night, it can cause all kinds of expensive problems. One of the worst among those is a cracked engine block which would leave you needing to replace the whole motor—probably not on your Christmas wishlist. We also check to make sure your coolant is filled up to the top. This helps your vehicle warm up faster. I’m sure most of us would agree that a heated vehicle feels good after schlepping the kids
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Tanya Odorizzi around to hockey and skating rinks, where we all try to stay warm by downing mass quantities of Timmy’s coffee. Another aspect of winterizing is screening your battery to see what it’s charging at. Vehicles have a harder time starting in the cold weather and a weak battery could make all the difference between getting to work on time or just calling it a day and going back to your nice, warm bed. As I type this, I’m trying to convince myself that indeed, this is a bad
thing…but seriously, a weak battery is something you’d want to replace because on the flip side of that scenario is wanting to get back home to your nice, warm bed, but instead being stranded at work. We also encourage people to change their windshield wipers, which should be replaced once a year anyway. This is also the same time that we check to make sure the washer fluid in the vehicle is meant for winter temperatures and not the summer bug wash, which again, will freeze. And although it won’t lead to needing a new motor, it’s very inconvenient to have to pull over and rub snow on your windshield to clean it because your washer fluid is frozen solid. Trust me, I know this from firsthand
experience. Other general winterize vehicle checks include cleaning the cabin air filter. A clogged up filter can restrict air from flowing through your vehicle which in turn can affect whether your windshield can defrost. Once again, experience has taught me that scraping the frost off the inside of your windshield with your credit card is not nearly as fun as it sounds. Finally, change your oil, check tire pressures and all other fluid levels. At our shop, once we know everything is up to par, we send you on your merry way to spread good tidings and cheer. Happy driving everyone. Tanya Odorizzi is coowner of Pro Stop Auto Center in Kelowna. 250-763-4911 prostopauto@shaw.ca
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Richard gets results Prairie homecoming with Pierce rink for several Rockets â–ź ROAD TRIP
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A change of rink mates hasn’t altered Jeff Richard’s desire to win or his shot-making abilities. The 32-year-old from Kelowna joined forces with New Westminster’s Brent Pierce for the start of the 2011-12 curling season and residuals effects have been promising. With Richard throwing last rocks, Pierce skipping and throwing third, Kevin Recksiedler at second and Grant Dezura at lead, the B.C. foursome has racked up 23 wins in 34 games, and more than $24,000 in earnings on the World Curling Tour. The Pierce rink reached the finals in both the Cloverdale and Vernon cash events, while winning the Wainwright Classic on Nov. 21. For Richard, who called Pierce last spring about teaming up, the new arrangement has been a productive one. “Everybody on the team is committed to the same goal, to bring their A games every time they come to the rink,� said Richard. “Everybody brings different strengths and characteristics, and when you put new teams together sometimes it takes a couple of years before you find the chemistry you want. It’s come together for us pretty quickly, we’re having some success on the cash circuit.� Richard curled the previous three seasons with Tom Shypitka, Tyler Orme and Chris Anderson, a foursome that developed some chemistry of its own, winning the 2010 B.C. men’s title. But when Shypitka decided to step back from
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KELOWNA’S Jeff Richard has had some success this season on the World Curling Tour playing with New Westminster’s Brent Pierce. the game after last season to devote more time to family and work, Richard decided to explore his options. “It was tough to leave those guys, they’re good friends of mine,� Richard said. “Brent has been one of the best thirds around and a he’s pretty good skip, too, so we thought, why not give it a try.� For Pierce’s part, the 42-year-old has gained a reputation over the years for his less than cordial demeanor on the ice and a lack of traditional curling etiquette. Still, Pierce says, so far so good when it comes his merger with Jeff Richard. “I’m brutally honest about things, very point-
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said Richard, whose father Gerry Richard and sister Jeanna Schraeder both have world titles to their credit. “After going to the Brier in 2010 and experiencing that, I’m going to fight every winter to get back there. That’s why you spend your weekends in places like Brooks and Wainwright, to get back to the Brier.� Thanks to their success this season on the WCT circuit, the Pierce rink topped the CTRS (Canadian Team Ranking System) point standings in B.C., and has earned an automatic berth into the provincial men’s championship, Feb. 6 to 12 in Parksville.
A six-game, 10-day eastern road trip in the midst of winter doesn’t necessarily conjure up warm and friendly images. But for Kelowna Rockets defenceman Damon Severson—and several of his Prairie-born teammates—the club’s tour of Saskatchewan and Manitoba WHL cities will be as much a homecoming as a foray into enemy territory. Severson’s dad, Doug, is planning to attend all six games and he’s going to be bringing friends and family with him. “I’m expecting quite a few people in Regina since it’s closest to home, and Moose Jaw’s got a new rink, so everyone from my hometown wants to come and see that,� said Severson, a native of Melville, Sask. “All through the trip I’m going to see a lot of familiar faces, so that will be nice. “It’ll be fun and nice to get back to Saskatchewan,� he added. “I’m going to have to play my best out there, give them what they came for. I don’t want to go home regretting the trip.� A Prairie product himself, Rockets assistant coach Ryan Cuthbert has taken the eastern swing many times, both as a player and a coach. Travelling thousands of kilometres on a bus, staying in hotels, and playing so many games in a short time span is a challenge—but one that can be rewarded with the right approach. “It’s a always a grind, it’s a tough trip there’s no doubt about it,� said Cuthbert, who is from Swi-
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ft Current where the Rockets road trip begins on Friday night. “It’s a tough job, but the easiest way to break it down is one game at a time, one team at a time and go from there. “What you get are cold rinks, fast ice and good environments. I love playing out there.� With head man Ryan Huska headed to the World Junior Championship, Cuthbert and fellow assistant Dan Lambert will handle the coaching duties during the East Division tour. Cuthbert said earning a few character wins on the trip would be a big boost for the Rockets who have, so far this season, not been getting the results they expected. “There’s no doubt it’s a big trip for us considering where we’re at right now,� he said. “It would be nice for the guys to go into the second half feeling good about themselves. If the guys buy into the way we need to be playing, then we should be good.� Another Saskatchewan native, Swift
Current’s Colton Heffley, played in most of the rinks as a bantam and midgetaged player and has a pretty good idea of what to expect over the next week and a half. “I should know the ice, the rinks, and what the fans will be like,� said Heffley. “They’ve got pretty good fans in Saskatchewan, they’re pretty rowdy sometimes. It should be interesting to say the least.� Following Friday’s game against the Broncos, the Rockets head to Moose Jaw Saturday, Brandon Tuesday, Regina Wednesday, Prince Albert Friday, Dec. 16, and wrapping up with a stop in Saskatoon on Dec. 17. When the Rockets bus returns to Kelowna, Cuthbert, Heffley, Severson, and the rest of their Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba teammates will remain on the Prairies to spend Christmas with their families. The team will reconvene in Kelowna for practise on Dec. 26. whenderson@kelownacapnews.com
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Warriors push BCHL’s best to O.T. Facing a tough travel schedule and the team with the best record in the B.C. Hockey League, the Westside Warriors nearly pulled off an unexpected upset on Tuesday night at Royal LePage Place. The Warriors took the powerhouse Penticton Vees to double overtime before succumbing to the Vees by a 3-2 score as Penticton improved to 24-3-0-2 and the Warriors dropped to 9-14-0-5. It was the Warriors fourth game in five nights including a pair of road games in Prince George
on Saturday and Sunday. Despite being roadweary, Westside was the better team in the third period, outshooting Penticton 13-4 and tying the game at 2-2 to force overtime and earn a valuable point for a regulation-time tie. “I thought we played pretty good,” Warriors’ coach Rylan Ferster said on the team’s web site. “Obviously they’re a pretty good hockey club. They’ve only lost three times. When we play like that I like our team and I think we proved we can
play with them.” The Warriors remain on the outside looking in at the BCHL playoff picture. With just four out of eight teams in the Interior Conference making the post-season this year, points remain at a premium as the Warriors approach the half-way point of the year. The Warriors will have a chance to gain ground against two teams above them in the standings this weekend as they welcome Vernon and Prince George to Royal LePage Place. The Vipers current-
ly sit fourth while Prince George is fifth, six and five points respectively ahead of Westside. Warriors Rap: Goaltender Dwayne Rodrigue was named first star on Tuesday after facing 34 Penticton shots. In seven games since being acquired by Westside the Quebec native is 3-4 with a 2.94 goals against average and .902 save percentage...Max French scored his third goal in four games since returning from injury last Friday... Connor Dempsey had the other Warriors goal.
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EMMA TUCKER (right) celebrates her silver medal win at the World Age Group Trampoline Championships along with coach Angelo Despotas.
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Following in the footsteps of former national and world champ Sarah Charles, Kelowna’s Emma Tucker is making a name for herself in the sport of trampoline. The 13-year-old member of the Okanagan Gymnastics Centre won a silver medal in the double mini competition at the 2011 World Age Group Trampoline Championships in Birmingham, England. Tucker earned a score of 32.1 for each of her two passes in the finals of the girls 13-14 age group. r “My finals passes were a lot harder for me to do, so I wasn’t expecting to do as well as I did,” said Tucker. “The difficulty wasn’t technically harder, but I found them technically harder to do. I hadn’t practiced them as much.” Tucker qualified to the final in first place and was the last of the eight girls to perform in the medal round. “I was nervous seeing everyone competing before, but I was ready for it,” she said. Tucker was joined at the worlds by her coach from the OGC, Angelo Despotas. “Emma went way above my expectations in travining and obviously
in the competition,” said Despotas. “This was the most important competition of her life and she performed like a true champion.” Three other local athletes competed at worlds. Danielle Gruber was also a finalist in the Women’s 13-14 year old Double Mini Trampoline event and finished 5th. Tucker and Gruber also qualified into finals
for 13-14 year old Women’s Synchronized Trampoline, finishing 8th. Trevor Stirling was the top Canadian in the 15-16 year old Men’s Trampoline, finishing 23rd out of 64 athletes. Meanwhile, the Okanagan Gymnastics Centre is hosting the zone 2 women’s artistic gymnastics trials to 2012 B.C. Winter Games this Sunday.
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SCORECARD WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS
BCHL STANDINGS/INTERIOR DIVISION
Excludes Wednesday’s action
Western Conference B.C. Division 1 2 3 4 5
Kamloops Blazers Vancouver Giants Victoria Royals Kelowna Rockets Prince George Cougars
U.S. Division 1 Tri-City Americans 2 Portland Winterhawks 3 Spokane Chiefs 4 Seattle Thunderbirds 5 Everett Silvertips
Eastern Conference Central Division 1 Kootenay Ice 2 Edmonton Oil Kings 3 Medicine Hat Tigers 4 Calgary Hitmen 5 Red Deer Rebels 6 Lethbridge Hurricanes
GP 28 31 30 28 29
W 20 19 12 11 9
L 7 10 16 14 18
OTL 1 1 1 2 0
SL 0 1 1 1 2
PTS 41 40 26 25 20
28 30 26 26 28
21 19 13 11 5
7 9 9 14 18
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30 31 31 29 31 31
18 19 18 15 12 8
9 11 11 12 16 21
2 0 1 1 2 1
1 1 1 1 1 1
39 39 38 32 27 18
ROCKETS 2011-12 WHL SCHEDULE
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Lethbridge Kelowna Kelowna Kelowna Kelowna Spokane Kelowna Calgary Spokane Kelowna Kelowna Kelowna Kelowna Kelowna Kelowna Everett Lethbridge Vancouver Kamloops
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L 3 7 9 11 11 13 14 18
T 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
OTL 2 4 1 2 3 5 5 3
PTS 50 36 31 29 28 25 23 14
WESTSIDE WARRIORS 2011-12 BCHL SCHEDULE Fri, Dec. 9 Sat, Dec. 10 Thu, Dec. 15 Fri, Dec. 16 Sat, Dec. 17 Thu, Dec. 29 Thu, Jan. 5 Fri, Jan. 6 Sun, Jan. 8 Fri, Jan. 13 Sun, Jan. 15 Wed, Jan. 18
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Away Vernon P. George Nanaimo Westside Merritt Westside Westside Westside Victoria Salmon Arm Salmon Arm Westside
Home Arena Westside Royal LePage Place Westside Royal LePage Place Westside Royal LePage Place Penticton SouthOkanagan Event Westside Royal LePage Place Merritt Nicola Valley Arena Prince George Coliseum Prince George Coliseum Westside Royal LePage Place Westside Royal LePage Place Westside Royal LePage Place Merritt Nicola Valley Arena
GP 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
W 13 12 13 11 11 8 7 7 7 3 1
10th Rockets 11th Rockets 17th Hawks 18th Hawks
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Cariboo Cougars Vancouver NW Giants Vancouver NE Chiefs Greater Vancouver Canadians Valley West Hawks Okanagan Rockets Fraser Valley Bruins Thompson Blazers North Island Silvertips South Island Thunderbirds Kootenay Ice December:
January:
L 4 3 5 5 9 7 9 10 11 13 17
T 3 5 2 4 0 5 4 3 2 4 2
MONDAY CLASSIC BOWLING PTS 29 29 28 26 22 21 18 17 16 10 4
Dec.5/Week 13 1. Kim Blaschuk - Aquabase Carpet Cleaning 308 2. Charmaine Loff - Lake Country Building 307 3. Amanda Menta - Bazinga 266 Mens High Single 1. Colten Van Terve - Red Door 328 2. Boris Fudrich - Lake Country Building 316 3. Allan Burn - Aquabase Carpet Cleaning 315 Ladies High Series-4 game 1. Kim Blaschuk - Aquabase Carpet Cleaning 1045 2. Amanda Menta - Bazinga 985 3. Charmaine Loff - Lake Country Building 921
CANADA WEST UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION Okanagan Division
Eastern Division 1 Moose Jaw Warriors 2 Saskatoon Blades 3 Brandon Wheat Kings 4 Regina Pats 5 Swift Current Broncos 6 Prince Albert Raiders
Wed Dec 07 Fri Dec 09 Sat Dec 10 Tue Dec 13 Wed Dec 14 Tue Dec 27 Thu Dec 29 Sun Jan 01 Wed Jan 04 Fri Jan 06 Sat Jan 07 Wed Jan 11 Fri Jan 13 Sat Jan 14 Sun Jan 15 Wed Jan 18 Fri Jan 20 Sat Jan 21 Wed Jan 25
GP 29 28 25 27 27 28 28 27
Penticton Merritt Chilliwack Vernon Prince George Salmon Arm Westside Trail
B.C. MAJOR MIDGET LEAGUE
Osoyoos Coyotes Princeton Posse Penticton Lakers Kelowna Chiefs Summerland Steam Wed, Dec. 7 Fri, Dec. 9 Sat, Dec. 10 Fri, Dec. 16 Sat, Dec. 17 Sun, Dec. 18 Wed, Dec. 28 Thu, Dec. 29
KIJHL STANDINGS GP 30 28 27 28 29
W 16 15 14 11 9
Away Kelowna Chiefs Kelowna Chiefs Chase Heat Castlegar Rebels Grand Forks Kelowna Chiefs Penticton Lakers Summerland Steam
L 11 11 10 15 19
T 1 1 1 0 0
OTL 2 1 2 2 1
Men’s Basketball
PTS 35 32 31 24 19
Home Osoyoos Coyotes Summerland Steam Kelowna Chiefs Kelowna Chiefs Kelowna Chiefs Princeton Posse Kelowna Chiefs Kelowna Chiefs
CAPRI LANES/YBC Smurf division Bowler of the Month Bantam division Bowler of the week Bowler of the month Junior division Bowler of the week Bowler of the Month Senior division Bowler of the month
Magnolia Blair +6 Brie Lynn Sargeant +46 Caitlyn Maday +6 Chantal Issel +196 Shandra Mayer +8 Nicalus Lafont +5
West Victoria UBC UFV TRU TWU UBC Okanagan
8-0 4-2 5-3 4-4 2-6 1-5
East Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Lethbridge Brandon Calgary Regina Winnipeg
W-L 6-2 . 5-2 4-4 4-4 3-5 3-5 2-5 2-6
Women’s Basketball West UBC Victoria UFV TWU TRU UBC Okanagan
4-2 5-3 5-3 3-5 3-5 1-5
East Regina Alberta Calgary
7-0 6-2 6-2
▼ HIGH SCHOOL
Women’s basketball (cont’d) Saskatchewan 4-3 Winnipeg 4-4 Manitoba 3-5 Lethbridge 2-6 Brandon 0-8 Men’s Volleyball TWU Manitoba Alberta UBC Calgary Brandon Regina Winnipeg UBC Okanagan TRU Saskatchewan
10-0 9-1 8-2 7-3 7-5 5-7 4-8 4-8 3-7 2-10 1-9
Women’s Volleyball UBC Winnipeg Manitoba TWU Alberta Calgary Brandon TRU UBC Okanagan Regina Saskatchewan
9-1 10-2 7-3 7-3 7-3 6-6 6-6 4-8 2-8 2-10 0-10
Mens High Series-4 game 1. Allan Burn - Aquabase 1147 2. Colten Van Terve - Red Door Engraving 1042 3. Randy Blaschuk- Aquabase 1015 High Team Single Hdcp’d 1. Aquabase Carpet Cleaning 892 2. Extreme Pro Driving 880 3. Lake Country Building 873 High Team Series Hdcp’d 1. Aquabase Carpet Cleaning 3363 2. Extreme Pro Driving 3094 3. Cross Train Fitness 3089 High Avg. men 1. Allan Burn - Aquabase Carpet Cleaning 249 2. Clark Ewart - Artist 242 3. Randy Blaschuk - Aquabase 240 High Avg. ladies 1. Amanda Menta - Bazinga 227 2. Kim Blaschuk - Aquabase Carpet Cleaning 225 3. Irene Pitura - Extreme Pro Driver 220
Pirana Poker Tour B.C.
Central Okanagan/North Ok. Region Name Points Paul Nicholas 7450 Steve Campbell 4513 Harlen Jones 4074 Vicki Oberst 3801 David Yates 3615 S19 Regional Point Stats Rivercity Rebels 5662 Watch and Learn 5388 Busted Flush 4888
▼ GIRLS BASKETBALL
Mustangs win gold at St. Ann’s tourney Owls girls end up middle of the pack in senior b’ball tourney The good life is coming to The Immaculata Mustangs kicked off the 201112 high school boys basketball season on the right foot with a gold medal effort at the St. Ann’s tournament in Kamloops.
In the final, the Mustangs defeated the defending B.C. bronze medalists, Similkameen 74-66. Dario Gini hit seven three-pointers, four in
the fourth quarter, and finished with 25 points. Six-foot-11 Centre Alex Hart was a force all weekend and finished with 22 points, while Sam Small and Landon Sa-
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watzky added 17 and 16 points, respectively. “It was nice to have this young group to learn wins together and to see some early success, we spoke about not worrying about the wins early on, but more importantly taking important steps forward as a team,” said Immaculata coach Din Gini. “They need to learn their roles and to have trust in each other and this was a positive step in that direction.” In the first game, the Mustangs defeated Clearwater in their first game 108-21with Braden Hall with scoring 20 points. Game 2 saw Hart score 26 points and Gini add 19 in an 82-60 Mustangs win over W.L. Seaton. Under Gini, the Mustangs are looking to improve on a fourth-place finish at the 2011 provincials, a season marked by untimely injuries. The Mustangs begin league play this Wednesday against George Elliot, then will compete in the Rutland Classic this weekend.
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ies upset the Pen Hi Lakers 46-44 win to win the Nor-Kam senior girls Icebreaker basketball tournament on the weekend. In the final, the Huskies stayed close the entire game before scoring a late three-pointer by Nicole Vincent to surge ahead of the Lakers, an AAA level team. The Huskies opened with a 58-44 win over Salmon Arm. Amy Sloan led the way with 38 points while Kaitlyn McKay added 13. OKM then defeated Rutland Senior 6844 in the semis. Sloan played extremely well after picking up three early fouls and again topped all scorers with 25 while McKay and Daneka McFetridge scored 15 each. Sloan was named Tournament MVP while McKay was named an allstar.
BEARS RESULTS
The Mt. Boucherie Bears won three games Tuesdsay in high school basketball action. The junior boys defeated Immaculata 56-48, the Bears senior boys defeated Penticton 75-55, while the senior girls defeated Penticton 56-48.
The Kelowna Owls placed seventh out of 16 teams at the W.J. Mouat senior girls basketball tournament posting a 2-2 record. In the first game, KSS beat Centennial Secondary 77-56. Amy Doricic, Brooke Briscoe, Charlotte Lewthwaite and Kiana Lalonde scored 12 points each, with Doricic adding 11 rebounds. In Game 2, Lalonde and Cassidy Whittaker had 19 points apiece in a 73-65 loss to No. 3 Brookswood. In their third game, the
Owls beat the host Mouat Hawks 69-52. Briscoe led the way with 13 points, while Carly Corrado, Lewthwaite, Doricic and Whittaker added nine each. In their fourth and last game of the tournament to decide 5th/7th place, KSS lost 68-56 to New Westminster. Lalonde and Briscoe scored 11 points each. Carly Corrado was named to the tournament’s second all star team. “It was definitely a team effort where everyone contributed to the games,” said Owls coach Lisa Nevoral.
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SPORTS ▼ BANTAM FOOTBALL
Lions claim B.C. championship With a combination of skill, superior conditioning and consummate team play, the Kelowna Lions were untouchable this season. The Lions capped off a dominant 2011 minor football campaign on Sunday in Langley with a convincing 44-6 victory over the Meadow Ridge Knights in the B.C. junior bantam final. The Lions went undefeated to become the first team from the Interior ever to have won a provincial minor title. After a scoreless opening quarter, the Kelowna offense kicked into gear in the second quarter as quarertback Harris James connected on a pair of long touchdown passes, one to Zachary Vint (60 yards) and a second to Parker Simson (65 yards). With the score 16-6 in the third quarter, Tristan Basher scored on a twoyard pass and the Lions never looked back. “From that point on the Lions dominated on defence and the line of scrimmage, not allowing the Meadow Ridge running game any room to run, forcing the Knights
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MEMBERS of the Kelowna Lions (left to right) Parker Simson, Seth Campbell, Tristan Basher, Taylor Knoll and Luke Sorge gather around the B.C. championship trophy for the junior bantam division Sunday in Langley. into a passing game,” said Lions coach Arden Knoll. “(Lions) were undersized but played and dominated the line of scrimmage all year because of the players’ willingness to learn and perform the techniques they were taught.” The Lions put the game away as Seth Campbell and Parker Simson each scored majors on interceptions in the second half, before Campbell found Simson with a 35yard pass for the the final touchdown of the day. Kelowna’s Zachary Vint was named the
game’s MVP, while Campbell earned most sportsmanlike honours. Coach Knoll said the Lions did everything asked of them this season and more. “We have told the young men all year that this group had a chance to achieve something special,” said Knoll. “Opportunities to win a provincial championships may never come along again in their lifetime as part of a team. Leave everything on the field, play every down with speed and with all
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LIONS running back Parker Simson gains some yards against the Meadow Ridge Knights. the energy you have. “They all played with heart, excellence and dedication,” he added. “Every player committed to the team and performed their role on the team without complaint throughout the whole year.” In addition to crediting sprint coach Brandt Fralick for the Lions’ conditioning, Knoll cited the rest of the Kelowna coaching staff for the team’s overall success.
“Without their leadership and knowledge I don’t believe we would have been this successful.” The coaching staff also featured Rawle James, Chuck Liebrock, Guy Lemieux, Cody Fayter, Andrew Dibiase and Brett Knoll. The Lions finished 2011 with a 12-0 regular season and playoff record, scoring 591 points and allowing just 89.
Crows a close 2nd in provincial finale A dramatic and heartbreaking finish to the 2011 season saw the Kelowna Crows fall just short of the B.C. U19 men’s rugby championship. On Saturday in South Surrey, the Bayside Sharks scored a try in dying minutes to eke out a 21-17 tvictory over the Crows in the provincial final. The Crows showed the effects of very little practise time over the last three weeks and started sluggishly as Bayside scored ttwo quick, early tries for a 10-0 lead. After some stern but encouraging words under the posts and despite some poor line kicking, the Crows fought their way back into the game with an excellent try just before half time as hard, direct running from Ryan Simair and Bryce Stirling allowed second row Patrick Lynch to crash over under the posts. With Max Drechsler adding the conversion, the Crows went into the break down 10-7. Early in the second half Bayside notched a penalty for off side and another soon after for
leaving the feet at a ruck to extend the home side’s lead to 16-7. With a reshuffled pack at half time, the Crows fought back as OKM flanker Sam Overton scored out wide to bring Kelowna back to 16-12. Not letting up as Bayside tired, the Crows managed to pick holes in the defense from seemingly anywhere on the field and after a sustained period of play had Bayside camped on their own line. From a ruck, Bayside attempted to relieve the pressure with a kick but Joey Wallick’s charge down allowed winger Bob Angell to pounce on the ball and score to give the Crows their first lead of the game 17-16. In the dying minutes, from a number 8 pick up, scrum half Bouchard got his hands on the ball and evaded four wouldbe Crows tacklers before off loading to his fly half. From a 25-meter pass that hit him in full stride, Bayside’s winger was able to squeeze in at the corner for a try to give the home team a four-point lead that would stand up to the final
whistle. For the Crows it was an agonizing end to a game they certainly did enough in to win. Speak-
ing after the game, Crows coaches Chuck Bullock and Steve Doyle reflected not on the disappointment or the what ifs, but rather
on how proud they were of all that this group of 20 young men had accomplished for rugby in Kelowna.
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The Bottega Farm Inn will host its inaugural Christmas Open House on Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, to assist the Kelowna Community Food Bank. Admission is $2. Event coorganizer Nico Boesten, invites you to bring your family. “Enjoy the spirit of the season, browse through the market and experience local artisans, crafts, baking and music. It’s a collaborative effort between TribeHouse Artist Collective and Bo.ttega. A special evening Christmas concert is planned for Saturday at 7.30pm,” says Boesten. And it’s all for a good cause, helping out families in need at Christmas.
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SPORTS ▼ BRIEFS
▼ FIGURE SKATING
Two Kelowna rinks qualify for B.C. National gold for Delaurier junior men’s curling championship A pair of Kelowna rinks will be vying for the B.C. junior men’s curling championship Dec. 27 to 31 in Victoria. The Brandon Emslie and Justin Nillson teams both secured berths at provincials thanks to their results at the regional qualifier last weekend at the Osoyoos Curling Club. Emslie was the first qualify winning the A event over Nillson 7-2. Nillson then qualified out the B event by defeating Brooke Calibaba from Kamloops 6-3. Calibaba earned the third and final Okanagan region berth to provincials. Joining Brandon Emslie are third Derek Emslie, second John Fallis, lead Jordan Emslie and coach Dave Fallis. Nillson’s rink mates are third Dylan Tyre, second James Walker, lead Mitchell Sheridan and coach Jock Tyre.
DIVING RESULTS…
The Kelowna Springboard Diving Club held its 2011 meet on Saturday, Dec. 3 The following are results for local athletes. • Tier 3 – Girls “E” 1 meter 1st Place– Mallory Sader – 84.50 pts 4th Place– Asia Hanson – 72.50 pts • Tier 3 – Girls “D” 1 meter 1st Place– Mackayla Sader – 93.15 pts • Tier 3 – Boys “D” 1 meter 1st Place– Connor Haasdyk – 109.90 pts • Tier 2 – Girls “D” – 1 meter 1st Place – Taya Hanson – 163.70 pts • Tier 2 – Boys “D” – 1 meter 1st Place – Liam Haasdyk – 149.70 pts • Tier 3 – Girls “C” – 1 meter 1st Place – Piper Ali – 106.35 pts • Tier 3 – Boys “C” – 1 meter 3rd Place – Isaiah Brown – 76.65 pts • Tier 2 – Girls “C” – 1 meter 2nd Place – Christina Unger – 156.10 pts.
▼ BUILDING PROCESS
Directors added at rugby AGM Clare Cassan and Barry Ebl were elected to two-year terms as directors of the Central Okanagan Rugby Enthusiasts society at the CORE annual general meeting on Saturday, Dec. 3. They will join fellow directors Mark Hetherington and Chris Bayne, and president Doug Manning, each of whom are entering their second year of service to the organization. “We are very pleased that Barry and Clare are
willing to continue to lead our quest for 3,000 active rugby players in the Central Okanagan by 2020,” said Manning. “Barry has responsibility for coordinating programs for elite players in the Central Okanagan. “Clare’s role is to develop the financial services that support rugby development in the region.” At the AGM, Manning highlighted the growth within the rugby community in the society’s
second year. he society’s very successful Okanagan Summer Rugby Festival introduced rugby camps and new fund-raising opportunities to the area. As a result of touch rugby leagues and new teams for women, U19, and third division players, the number of active rugby players in the Central Okanagan increased to 918 in 2011. This is an 83 per cent increase over 2010.
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“The old stereotypes about rugby are falling away,” said Manning. “Thanks to the introduction of touch rugby to our community, and the addition of rugby sevens to the Olympics in 2016, people are beginning to recognize the fast, fun, fit, and enterprising nature of our sport.” The Central Okanagan Rugby Enthusiasts (CORE) is a society dedicated to rugby development, excellence, sustainability, and community. Its goal is to increase the number of active rugby players in the Central Okanagan to 3,000 by 2020.
For the third time in the past five years, Kelowna is home to a national skating champion. Kelowna Skating Club member Julianne Delaurier struck gold in the pre-novice division last weekend in Regina at the 2012 Skate Canada Challenge. With 52 skaters vying for the national title in the pre-novice competition, Delaurier opened with a third place short program on Friday. She then finished with an inspired free program and a total score of 85.11 points. The final score was enough to capture the Canadian prenovice women’s championship for the 13 yearold Kelowna Skating Club member. Delaurier ‘s club and training mate Monika Randall finished with a total score 72.84, leaving her in ninth place overall in her first appearance at the nationals. In Pre-Novice Men’s division, KSC skater Kelly Basisty finished strong with a clean long program to place 12th in the segment and 15th overall at his first nationals. The Novice Women’s event saw three Kelowna skaters in the top 10 of the best Canada has to offer. Jayda Jurome skated two outstanding programs, winning both the short and free segments and the event with a total score of 111.35 points, a personal best. Teammate Cailey England also turned in an excellent free program to move up from fifth in the short to second overall
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KELOWNA Skating Club’s Julianne Delaurier won the pre-novice women’s division at Skate Canada in Regina. with a 102.12 point total. Kelowna’s Haley Sales opened with a second place short program and wound up in eighth place overall. The top-18 finishes for the trio means they have qualified for the Nationals to be held at Moncton, NB in January. In Junior Women, 16-year-old Kelsey Wiebe opened with a disappointing 28th place finish in the short program. She stormed back with a gutsy and technically demanding free program and 72.76 points, good for fourth place in the segment, and enough to catapult her an incredible 18 spots to 10th place overall. Her top 18 finish qualified
her to the Nationals. Kelowna’s Makayla Randall would finish just 0.42 points shy of the last qualifying berth, with a 97.43 total and 20th place overall. Teammate Desiree Schaefer finished 31st in the field of Canada’s top Junior skaters. The final day of women’s events saw 18 year old Cambria Little fighting to capture the last qualifying spot to the Canadian Championships. In a hotly contested battle, her final score of 109.19 left her in 14th overall. Little is just the third skater in KSC history to qualify for the Canadian Championships at the highest level. Her training mate Morgan Jmaiff fought back from a 26th place short program to a 15th place long, leaving her in 20th overall. The field included all but four of Canada’s top female skaters. “Overall, the results were fantastic,” said KSC Director Jason Mongrain. “We should be proud of these athletes for stepping up to a national stage and not just keeping up with the best in the country, but setting the bar in some cases. It is very reaffirming to our coaching team to see the skaters’ hard work lead to performances like this. If we can continue to see our standards improve, there’s no reason to believe there will be a limit to what our skaters can acheive.” Over 500 of the top skaters from across the country, from the pre-novice through senior levels, competed at the annual national event.
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▼ CORA BREAKFAST AND LUNCH
Definite fruit flavour to new restaurant entrees This week’s column is dedicated to Susan McGillis who passed away suddenly on Nov. 29. Susan and her husband Steve were good customers of the Ramada Hotel and my condolences and that of the entire Ramada staff go out to her family and many friends.
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new option for breakfast and lunch opened this week in Kelowna with the arrival of Cora Breakfast and Lunch, now open at 1470 Harvey Ave. The local franchise is owned and operated by Warren and Pam MacPhee. The restaurant chain was started in Montreal in 1987 by founder Cora Tsouflidou. There are today 126 Cora restaurants across Canada, famous for their all-day breakfast that boasts mounds of fresh fruit artfully prepared onsite by specially-trained “fruiters.” There are more than 100 menu items, many named after the customer or family member who inspired the creation. You will find savory items such as a cinnamonraisin brioche dipped in French toast batter, crepes, French toast, waffles, Panini-crepe (crepe rolled and grilled), buckwheat crepes, crepomelettes, omelettes and even bacon and eggs— all served with mounds of fruit. Cora Breakfast an Lunch is open seven days a week. Call 250868-0880; www.chezcora.com. Former LPGA golf tour pro A.J. Eathorne will join the golf academy team at Predator Ridge in the 2012 season. As a golf instructor, she will be responsible for ladies instruction, continued development of the junior program and providing demonstrations and clinics to corporate groups. Eathorne spent over a decade as a golf professional in the LPGA, followed by two years of caddying for PGA tour pro Kris Blanks and LPGA tour pro Brittany Lincicome. It Suits You Menswear, owned by Charles Miller, has expanded to a new, larger location at 1619 Ellis St., offering Italian-designed
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Maxine DeHart men’s suits at affordable prices. He will order linen suits for destination weddings and carries tuxedos for rent or purchase. One of the hottest items this season is the jazzy Pork Pie hats which he has in stock. This unique boutique carries seasonal items including winter coats, leather gloves and wool scarves as well as accessories such as cuff links, tie bars and shoes. Call 250-861-7848; www.itsuitsyoumenswear.com. Kalli Brinkhaus, of Kalli Jewellers, will retire Dec. 24 and will close his retail store at 529 Bernard Ave. Brinkhaus plans to see his clients by appointment only at a new office located in the St. Paul Street Courtyard. Call 250-863-9072; kalli@ brinkhaus.com. Gueng Korean Western Buffet has opened at 487 Leon Ave. (beside Lordco). This quaint 50seat Korean restaurant is
owned and operated by Min and Rachel Jung and Ricky and Lucy Park, who are all chefs. Although the sign says buffet, you can also order off their extensive menu and take-out is available for both lunch and dinner. Their prices are reasonable and some of their South Korean cuisine specialties are Korean style barbecued beef, fried chicken with spicy seasoning, sweet potato rolls, noodles, seaweed with vinegar, fried vegetable dumping, sweet potato with syrup, pancake of pork and vegetable and seaweed or miso soup. The owners are delightful and food quality and service is a high priority. Children are welcome with reduced buffet pricing. Open Monday to Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. with the lunch buffet from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and dinner buffet from 5 to 8 p.m. Call 778478-0041. Octagon Pest Solutions Inc. is a new company owned by Nigel Bowman, who has been in the industry since 1996. We never want to believe we might have them, but whether it is bedbugs, spiders, ants, mice or any other pest, Octagon can
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THE FOUNDER of the Cora Breakfast & Lunch restaurant, Cora Tsouflidou, was in Kelowna on Wednesday to help celebrate the opening of the first local franchise with owner/operators Warren and Pam MacPhee and their kids Eva and Amanda. help rid you of your pest problem. They operated in an eco-friendly manner with bed bugs being their specialty for private homes, housing facilities, bed and breakfasts, ho-
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REQUEST FOR AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION MEMBERS The Regional District of Central Okanagan is seeking individuals within the agricultural community to serve as members on the Agricultural Advisory Commission (AAC). The Commission functions in an advisory role for the Regional District Development Services Department and Regional Board by reviewing and commenting on Agricultural Land Reserve applications, Zoning and Official Community Plan amendments, Neighbourhood Plans and all other planning matters which may have an impact on agricultural land and the agricultural industry. The Commission also serves as a liaison and voice for the agricultural sector to help ensure that local government understands the significant role of agriculture in the economic and social vitality of the region. Other initiatives such as an annual farm tour, presentations and attendance at workshops and other agricultural functions also help to raise awareness of and build respect for the farming community. Agricultural Advisory Commission members should represent a range of skills and agricultural interests (eg. orchardists, ranchers, grape and vegetable growers, marketing agents, etc.) and will be selected on the basis of interest and participation in agricultural and community matters. The Regional District will strive to ensure all areas of the region are represented on the Commission. Terms of Reference are available on the Regional District website at: http://www.regionaldistrict.com/docs/planning/AgComTofR.pdf or at the Development Services Department. Please direct any inquiries to (250) 469-6227. Those interested in applying to become a member are invited to submit an application and a brief outlining their background and experience by 4:00 p.m. Friday, January 6, 2012, to: Development Services, 1450 KLO Road, Kelowna, B.C. V1W 3Z4, Attn: Janelle Taylor, Planning Assistant 2
tels or motels. The staff at Octagon understands the seasonal cycles and biology of the pests they treat with ongoing management training for pest control with the latest
techniques are used in your application. Call 250-763-1793; octagonpest@telus.net. Due to their success and award nominations for work performed on
such restaurants as the new Dragon King (Highway 97 and Pandosy), Dawett and Papa Johns, Dekka Design & Build Ltd., owned and operated by George Klonanakis has now expanded the business and hired Claudio Fornasiero as the company’s new project consultant. Call 1-888973-3552. Well-known Okanagan gal Doreen Showler will retire Friday, Jan. 13, after 36 years with Scotiabank, the last six years as manager at the main branch in Vernon. Her nephew, Chris Showler, who also works for Scotiabank in Rutland, will be transferring with a promotion from Kelowna to Vernon to assume the personal banking manager position. Csek Creative and DotCom Media have repurposed and re-launched Kelowna’s first community portal. Welcometokelowna.com has been reengineered to incorporate the power of social media. It now boasts a news source powered by Twitter, an events calendar powered by Facebook users and a business directory that allows busiSee DeHart A24
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Special anniversary for silversmith DeHart from A23 nesses to list all their social media ties and users can post comments to their listing. The basic premise of the site is, as it has always been, to be “for the community, by the community.” This site is not based on traditional push content, but interactive content where the readers, community and visitors provide and interact with the content. The mobile version of the site will be launched shortly. Call 250-862-8010; nikki@csekcreative.com. Joe Nessman and Bill Varon have been appointed as new consultants for Investors Group located in Landmark IV. Call 250-762-3329. Dr. Randy Gerber has introduced a revolutionary new laser treatment for fungal toenails and plantar warts. The Cutera GenesisPlus Laser is a medical grade Nd:YAG laser designed specifically for podiatry to treat these conditions. Kelowna Podiatry Laser
Nail and Wart Clinic, at 1615 Gordon Dr., is the first and only clinic in the B.C. Interior to offer this pain free and drug free alternative for the treatment of nail fungus and plantar warts. To determine if this treatment option might be for you, call 250-762-6097. The clinic has a new Facebook page and for every “like” of their new page during the month for December, they are donating $1 to the Kelowna Women’s Shelter, up to $500. The Okanagan Wine Festivals Society has a new board of directors. The new chair is Eric von Krosigk, winemaker at Summerhill Pyramid Winery. Also on the board are Pam Luckhurst (Road 13 Vineyards); Rhys Pender (Wine Plus); Erik Fisher (Andrew Peller ); Sally Sharpe (Vincor); Roger Wong (Winemaker, Gray Monk); Blair Dufty (Rod Rooster Winery); Heather Schroeter (Manteo); Bruce Hibbard (Hester Creek); Martin Lewis
(Kettle Valley Pub); George Hanson (Seven Stones Winery) and Christ-Lee Bond (Local Hospitality Group). Happy 45th anniversary to Gerry and Lillian Moller (Dec. 12). Divine Expressions, located in the Ramada Hotel lobby and owned by silversmith Lisa Brown, will host a celebration and open house commemorating her first anniversary in business on Friday, Dec. 9, from 5 to 9 p.m. With no purchase necessary, you could win one of several wonderful prizes including jewelry, theme room at the Ramada Hotel and gifts from their talented artisans. The draw for the grand prizes will be on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 2 to 3 p.m., so you may come in and put your name in the draw until then. Call 250-3171134; www.divineexpressions.ca. Teresa Yang May, manager of Booster Juice on KLO Road, has published a new book
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called Seeds in the Wind about accepting differences. From an immigrant family, and knowing the effects that racism had on her as a young girl, she grew up and became an elementary school teacher, teaching her students the importance of accepting differences in others. Included in the book are notes and drawings from her students, as well as notes from these same students 20 years later as they express how her teachings changed them for the better. May will have a book signing Dec. 10 at the Dragon’s Lair in West Kelowna (11a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Dec.11 at Mosaic (1 to 3 p.m.). If you do not have time to bake during the busy holidays season or just need a break from the kitchen, Tasty Treasures Baking Company, owned by Debbie Donahue, is back to offer some delicious Christmas baking. Their wonderful platters, gift boxes and stocking stuffers can be seen
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THE KELOWNA ORCHARD CITY Lions Club recently gave a donation to the
Good News Bears program for $3,000 to assist both the Kelowna Community Food Bank and Kelowna Gospel Mission. The donation was made by Lions Ethel Hudema, Vere Cooke, Tom Sawtell and Bren Witt which was accepted by Good News Bears representative CHBC weatherman Mike Roberts. on www.tastytreasures.ca. You can also find them at the indoor Farmer’s Market starting Dec. 3 at Parkinson Recreation Centre. Donohue offers a wide assortment of squares, cakes, cookies, loaves, muffins, scones and more. I have tasted her baking and it is delectable and well presented. Call 250860-6129; www.tastytreasures.ca.
Rick Pogue, of Raymond James, is asking for donations of new and used children’s clothing, footwear, used tools, basketballs and baseball equipment. At the end of this month, he is sending a container to Cuba for a Cuban orphanage in the town of Union De Ryes. Rick and 30 other people will also be going with the container. If you have
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anything to donate, please call him at 250-864-3310 or 250-868-3599 or drop off at 3310 Jackson Crt. Ho ho ho! Santa is hiding somewhere in Downtown Kelowna. Spot him. Snap a photo. Then share it on the Downtown Kelowna Facebook page (www.facebook.com/downtownkelowna) and you might end up with $250 of downtown dollars. Santa will be hiding in four different businesses in downtown Kelowna each day from Dec. 3 to 23. Check out Facebook and Twitter to get clues about where he may be each day. Include your name and what business you found him in when you submit the photo. A name will be drawn weekly. The Kelowna & District SHARE Society is looking for corporate Christmas hamper sponsors. The Adopt a Family program matches a registered family in need with a family or organization willing to sponsor them by providing a Christmas dinner and gifts for the family. Call 250-7638117 to be a sponsor. Birthdays of the week: Happy 60th Donna Pawulski, B.C. Prosthetic & Orthotic Services (Dec. 5); Will Hoogewoonink (Dec. 8); Gary Winchester (Dec. 8) Barry Lapointe (Dec. 10); Mary Jo Schnept (Dec. 10); Gabriele Giammartino (Dec. 10); Anne Gilbert (Dec. 11); Bob Levin (Dec. 11); Ken Firkins (Dec. 13); Melina Cunial (Dec. 14). Maxine DeHart is a Kelowna hotelier. Phone her at 250-979-4546, fax 250-860-3173, email maxdehart@telus.net or check out www.welcometokelowna.com (click on Columns).
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Life-long entrepreneur aspirations found in West Kelowna
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ach of us can be confronted with changes in our lives almost daily, and these experiences challenge us to make decisions that could affect our lives forever. Entrepreneurs, the literature tells us, often discover the road to their entrepreneurial spirit through changes in their family or work lives. Sometimes, it’s just accepting the realization that a moment in time before them just may be that special moment that awakens the gnawing in their soul to embrace the notion of becoming the entrepreneur they have fantasized about becoming. This week, I am particularly pleased to tell the story of one such person who discovered the entrepreneur within herself through the roads she travelled, both personally and professionally, over a considerable period of her life—Karen Girouard, the owner of Dynamic Accounting & Tax in West Kelowna. I first met Karen through this column, as I have many people over the past several years who so graciously emailed their appreciation of the stories, educational and informational pieces I have had the privilege to share with you. Karen and I thought it would be beneficial to meet and talk entrepreneurship and about her personal journey. Karen and her family seemed to cover the geography of our province quite extensively from an early age. She was born in Vancouver and at age 5, her family moved to Dawson Creek for her father’s work. While in high school, she began her work experience in Grade 11 working part-time for an Esso bulk plant in the office performing administrative tasks. This translated to a summer job and inspired her entry into the professional field of accounting. Karen went on to obtain her CGA designation by 1980, then moved to Fort St. John with her husband in 1981 where they would start a family by having two kids, a son and daughter . Karen told me that she embraced the encouragement from her parents to explore whatever career
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Joel Young path she may love and enjoy the most. They also instilled in her a strong work ethic which has led to three years formal training with an accounting professional group, 30-plus years of public accounting practice, operational management for a large multibranch corporation and currently in the midst of a 20-year journey operating her own venture in public accounting. And after all those years, Karen still loves her work—and people. She lives the principles of entrepreneurial leadership—love what you do and it reflects on the work you produce for your clients. But Karen’s entrepreneurial road carried on from Dawson Creek, as the family moved to Prince George where she worked for a CA firm and then as the in-house accountant for a steel fabricating facility. Karen told me she realized that every stop along the way in her career has gained her tremendous experience in her profession and understanding human behaviour. When the family moved back to Dawson Creek in 1987, she decided she was ready to become an entrepreneur, adding value to her accounting venture through offering coaching and encouragement to her clients such that would increase the value of their financial reports as useful tools in the operation of their own businesses. Back in Dawson Creek, although Karen was now operating her accounting practice from her home, to assist in the family’s finances she worked at both a farm equipment dealership and a Home Hardware store. Once again, she was adding new experiences to her skills repertoire. In 1992, as her marriage came to an end, Karen was working on her CGA while the operations manager of a Freightliner truck dealership in Fort St. John, a one hour com-
mute from home. In 2001 she met her second husband and in 2004, the couple moved to West Kelowna to begin a new life together. Karen’s daughter, Jessica, has also worked with her for several years in a part-time basis and elsewhere while she completed her CGA studies. She has now joined Karen in an accounting partnership that began earlier this year. Through reaching this
pivotal point in her career and personal life, Karen wanted to say that throughout the periods of being employed by someone else, the desire to become fully self-employed never left her mind. Her personal conviction that her success in business lay in her sense of responsibility, client loyalty, professionalism and extensive accounting background together compelled her to remain true to herself and em-
brace her lifelong dream of thinking, acting and behaving in an entrepreneurial fashion. Karen is very busy these days expanding her accounting practice throughout the Okanagan with the help of her daughter and embracing the life lessons she is learning from many unexpected moments that cross her path. She offers three important lesson tips in this regard—value people and
be aware of their perceptions of you; be willing to work harder than any job you had; and don’t forget to play, to set aside time for family and yourself to restore and rejuvenate. And, moving from a home-based venture, Karen has taken office space in a professional building on Carrington Road in West Kelowna to enhance her accessibility to her existing and potential clients. Karen concluded our
visit last week with a very pleasant surprise, volunteering to join the Okanagan Valley Entrepreneurs Society as a vicechair, finance, for which our board is genuinely grateful. To learn more about Dynamic Accounting, check out their website at www.dynamicacct.com Joel Young is a consultant and founder of the Okanogan Valley Entrepreneurs Society. eagleyoung@shaw.ca
Roadshow is coming to Kelowna: 5 Days Only! TERRY INKLER Canadian Collectors Roadshow Staff Writer
After very successful shows in White Rock and Langford, The Roadshow is returning to Kelowna. So you had better search through your attics and garages, go through your lock boxes and jewellery, because you may be sitting on a small fortune and not even know it! Roadshow experts are here to examine all your antiques, collectibles, gold and silver.
Local Roadshow Expert Examines Some Gold Jewellery
noticed a substantial increase in the amount of precious metals such as gold and silver coming to the Roadshow, which makes sense considering how high it’s currently trading at. He added, “The Roadshow is great because it puts money in people’s pockets, especially during such hard times. Lots of items that are just sitting around collecting dust in basements and jewellery boxes can be exchanged for money, on the spot!”
At another Roadshow event, a woman, named Mira Kovalchek, walked in with a tin full of hundreds of old coins that During a show near Toronto, a woman were given to her as a young child by her came in with a jewellery box that she grandfather. She Ànally decided to come had just inherited from her late aunt. “I in to the Roadshow and see what he don’t wear jewellery,” explained Barbara had given her. She was ecstatic to learn Engles, “so it was an easy decision to she had coins dating back to the late come down to the Roadshow to sell it”. 1800’s, some of which were extremely She was very excited when she was able rare. Roadshow consultant Perry Bruce to walk away with a cheque for over explains “We had uncovered an 1871 $2,100 for jewellery she was never going Queen Victoria 50 Cent piece, valued at to wear anyway. over $2,000!! She had a nice assortment of coins that were not rare dates, but Expert Elijah Gold explains, “We have
she was able to sell them for their silver content”. She explains, “I never would have thought that my old tin of coins was worth so much! I can Ànally afford to renovate my kitchen”. Perry Bruce continued, “Canadian coins prior to 1967, and American coins prior to 1964 are all made with silver, and we have noticed a large increase of customers coming to the Roadshow with coins and cashing them in for their silver value”. Experts at the Roadshow will evaluate and examine your items, FREE OF CHARGE, as well as educate you on them. The Roadshow sees hundreds of people during a one week event, and they have been travelling across Canada to different cities and towns, searching for your forgotten treasures. Trains, dolls, toys, old advertising signs, pocket watches, porcelain and bisque dolls, pretty much everything can be sold at the Roadshow. Any early edition Barbie’s are sought after by the Roadshow collectors, as well as a variety of
Dinky Toys and Matchbox cars. Lionel Trains and a variety of tin toys can also fetch a price, especially if they are in their original box or in mint condition. If a collector is looking for one of your collectibles, they can always make an offer to buy it. A man brought in a 1950’s Marx Tin Toy Robot, in fairly good condition, still in its original box. They were able to locate a collector for that speciÀc toy within minutes, and that gentleman went home with over $700 for his Toy Robot and a few other small toys. So whether you have an old toy car, a broken gold chain, or a Barbie sitting in the closet, bring it down to the Roadshow, they will take a look at it for FREE and it could put money in your pocket!
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You may not be able to teach an old dog a new trick, but you can make it easier to license your pet in the Central Okanagan. Dog owners in Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland, West Kelowna and the two electoral areas may now register and receive a permanent dog license tag to attach to their pet’s collar. “The new permanent dog tag is only available by registering at either the Regional District of Central Okanagan office (1450 KLO Rd.) or at the Regional Dog Pound (890 Weddell Place),” said CORD spokesman Bruce Smith. “It replaces the need to attach a new tag for your dog every year. Once you register and receive the permanent dog tag from our staff, in late December you’ll receive your annual license renewal notice in the mail and no matter where you are, you can go onto the regional district website to pay your dog’s license fee. “When you have a permanent tag, there’s no longer any need to leave home and line up to renew the license and get a new tag.” Smith says offering the new per-
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manent dog tag and its easy online payment feature, CORD is making it even more convenient for dog owners to do the responsible thing and license their pet. “This will be particularly useful for dog owners who may be away from the area for any extended time and miss our regular dog licensing renewal program in January and February each year,” Smith said. This new feature is only available at the regional district or dog pound facilities. “Our licensing agents and vendors are not set up to receive permanent tag registrations,” Smith said. “They and the two regional district facilities will continue to offer annual dog tags for sale for those dog owners choosing to renew and receive a yearly dog tag for their pet.” The benefits of a dog license are clear. “By keeping your license up to date and having the dog tag on your pet’s collar” Smith said. “It’s very easy for our dog control officers and pound staff to reunite stray pets with their owners. “Often it’s a matter of just a couple of phone calls and a dog that’s been found is back with its family.” All CORD dog licenses (permanent and annual tags renewed before the end of February cost $20 for pets that are spayed or neutered and $60 if they aren’t. After Feb. 29, an additional $20 late charge will be added for any renewals. The regional district is responsible for Dog Control and Licensing of dogs in the City of Kelowna, the District’s of Lake Country, Peachland and West Kelowna and the Central Okanagan East and West Electoral Areas A list of license agents is available in the dog control section of the Regional District website, regionaldistrict.com/dogs. That’s where you’ll also find other information about the dog control service, bylaw and licensing details and what to do if you lose or find a dog. Dog owners are reminded that the dog bylaw only requires the regional district to hold a dog at the pound for up to 72 hours. In light of that, dog owners are encouraged to report missing pets to RDCO Dog Control staff as quickly as possible.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2011 • CAPITAL NEWS
ENTERTAINMENT ▼ NEVER ENDING ART PROJECT
No end of uses for dysfunctional chairs Jennifer Smith STAFF REPORTER
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CHAD PRATCH (left) and Volcanic Hills proprietor Bobby Gidea have a little fun with Pratch’s highly dysfunctional chair—it’s missing two legs.
What do you do with 200 broken, disheveled, and generally disregarded chairs? This was the question for Chad Pratch, the final artist to create an installation in the Kelowna Art Gallery’s multi-year Dysfunctional Chairs series. The exhibitions included six commissioned interpretations of “dysfunctional chairs,” as inspired by two pieces in the gallery’s permanent collection—a boat that doesn’t float (Peter von Thiesenhausen’s stick-boat suspended in the entrance), and a bell that doesn’t ring (Mark Gomes wicker bell over the door). Pratch’s approach to the project involved drawing the community into his work by asking people to offer up their unwanted and dysfunctional chairs so he could build a piece, both interactive and inventive, that played on how society labels objects. The idea struck a chord. Suspending the rejected chairs inside the gallery’s courtyard, with a soundtrack of the donors describing why they wanted the furniture gone, the work was such a hit, the artist soon found himself taking requests for the once unwanted seats when the piece came down. And so it was last Monday that the creator found himself with a dysfunctional conundrum of his own. “I just thought where
are all the chairs going to go? And I kept getting those questions from people,” he said. “I asked a couple of auctioneers and they didn’t want to touch it because they’re all these old haggard chairs… So (they didn’t see) why would somebody would want to buy them?”
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IT’S ACTUALLY KIND OF IRONIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE STARVING ARTISTS RIGHT? SO ARTISTS ARE CREATING THESE PIECES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE STARVING, OR DON’T HAVE HOMES, WHEN A LOT OF THEM ARE SCROUNGING BY AND THEY’RE BARELY HOLDING THEIR RENT. Chad Pratchv
He approached secondhand furniture dealer Lois Lane to see if some might be sold from her Cawston Avenue store and, while she agree to take them on, she also offered up a suggestion. Perhaps, the chairs could be repurposed once more as entirely new pieces of art. Now, Pratch is an interactive kind of artist. “For artist Chad Pratch, the equation of art is not balanced until
someone has experienced his work,” Kelowna Art Gallery curator Liz Wylie explained in her summation of his original piece. “Like the over-used Zen koan about the sound of one hand clapping, art without the participation of an audience is not of interest to him,” she said. “It is when there is some reaction and behaviour on the part of a viewer that his enthusiasm ignites.” Always an organizer seeking new opportunities for artists, the idea of perpetuating the project by getting more artists involved to create several new projects appealed. And so the final phase of the Dysfunctional Chair series was born—the Art Chair Art Auction. Fourteen local artists have picked out chairs to work on, including Amy Burkard, Jolene Mackie, Evelyne Macmillan, Cherie Hanson, Carmen Tome, Joanne Gervais, Chris Croy, Shaunna Oddleifson, Ute Camphausen, Darren Sim, Lance Lindbloom, Connor McCloskey, Lois Lane and Pratch. And the artists will keep what they earn from the project themselves. “A lot of times, if they are going to show at a gallery, the artist needs to give the gallery 50 per cent of the earnings in commission, and if it’s an auction, the proceeds often go to charity,” Pratch explained. “It’s actually kind of ironic because, you know, they’re starving artists See Chairs B2
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ENTERTAINMENT ▼ MOVIE REVIEWS
The Descendants best work from Clooney for a long while THE DESCENDANTS
You won’t be whistling Dixie as you leave the theatre after this show. This bittersweet, slice of life looks at a family dealing with layers of issues, one of which is mom, Elizabeth King (Patricia Hastie), who lies comatose after a boating accident. This awful circumstance has Matt King (George Clooney) spending real time with his two daughters. Cloon-
BEHIND THE SCREEN
Susan Steen ey is really very good as he wrestles with family, work, two girls that he doesn’t understand, and an awful truth that he must face. The girls, 10-year-old
Scottie King (Amara Miller) and teenager Alexandra King (Shailene Woodley) are wonderful, believable and natural. There is some bad language from these two (one word I haven’t heard in 30 years—no, not that one, the other one!) Beau Bridges has a small part as Cousin Hugh, part of a large family of descendants of an old Hawaiian family who own a vast tract of land over which there is
family dissension—ust another of many issues facing this modern clan. Many of us may see part of our lives in any of the situations portrayed here. Hopefully we won’t relate with all that is happening, but it is a show that we can connect to on some level, which makes it well worth the time spent. If that weren’t enough, there are some excellent shots of Hawaii and some Hawaiian music to tap
your toes to. There were a number of great lines, but a couple that resonate were: “You give your children enough to do something, but not enough to do nothing” and “In Hawaii, some of the most influential people look like bums or stunt men.” A couple of surprises—Clooney looks pretty funny when he runs; and the main character around whom the film revolves, actually never speaks.
So while this is in no way a fun, lighthearted romp, there were light moments, reflective moments and moments to cheer about. All in all, we’re left with a sense that we all face life differently—we may not always make the right choices, we may not even be the people we want to be, but whatever life throws at us, with help, we may just be able to survive and in doing that, we may just be-
come better people in the process. Go see it, it’s the best thing George Clooney has done in a while (do we remember The American?) I give it four and a half reels.
Susan Steen is a local non-profit executive and a movie buff. susansteen1234@shaw.ca
Mrs. Cratchit at Creekside Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge continues at Lake Country’s Creekside Theatre tonight and Friday at 7:30 p.m. Written by Toni Award winner Christopher Durang, it’s a musical parody centered around Mrs. Bob Cratchit who is an angry, stressed-out modern-day American who wants out of her harsh London 1840’s life. In this modern adaptation of Charles Dicken’s classic A Christmas Carol, young Scrooge’s exclamations of “Bah, humbug!” are an undiagnosed seasonal version of Tourette’s Syn-
drome and The Ghost of Christmas Past is played by a sassy African-American woman with enough attitude to portray all three spirits—which she does. Her magic to show Scrooge his past, present and future keeps malfunctioning and they consistently find themselves transported to the wrong time and place. To make matters worse, Scrooge and Mrs. Cratchit seem to be kindred souls falling in love. Tickets are $10 adults, $7.50 students and $5 for children under 10: 250766-9309 or www.creeksidetheatre.com.
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right? So artists are creating these pieces for people that are starving, or don’t have homes, when a lot of them are scrounging by and they’re barely holding their rent.” Pratch has placed absolutely no limits on the work, save it cannot be lude or promote hate. The event will be held at Volcanic Hills Estate Winery where proprietor Bobby Gidda says he doesn’t really know what’s in store for his wine shop other than a pretty unique experience. “It’s my first art show, so expectations are, well, I’m keeping them low, so that whatever happens
they’re up here,” he said holding a hand above his head. For his part, Pratch said the chair he will repurpose for the effort, a one-time Bean Scene seat now missing half its legs, will be illuminated with the help of an electrical engineer and weight sensors. The artists producing work come out of university art programs and earn their livelihood from their work, so he expects the work will be top caliber. The Art Chair Art Auction will be held at Volanic Hills Winery, 2845 Boucherie Road, West Kelowna beginning at 6 p.m. Dec. 16—everyone is welcome. jsmith@kelownacapnews.com
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ENTERTAINMENT ▼ PREVIEWS
Massive ensemble in New Year’s Eve
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he first weekend in December is what I would call an intermission in the Christmas movie season. Although there were wider releases of two critically acclaimed movies, The Descendants and Hugo, there were no new movies freleased last week.
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This week there are two new releases. As I am writing this, I am watching Love, Actually, the ensemble romantic comedy that all rwill inevitably be compared to. Director Garry Marshall gave it a very good attempt with Valentine’s Day almost two years ago, but even though I enjoyed it, it fell short of being a classic. He gives it another try with New Year’s Eve, and even though it shares a few cast members, it is not a sequel but better described as a follow-up.
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CAN YOU name all the stars? NewYear’s Eve is the intertwining story of a number of singles and couples told amidst NewYork’s most dazzling night of the year. Like both Love, Actually and Valentine’s Day, it is the intertwining stories of a group of people, this time over the course of New Year’s Eve in New York. Three of the Valentine’s Day stars return (Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Biel and Hector Elizondo, who has been in every Garry Marshall movie since Young Doctors in Love), but mostly it features a different all-star cast including Halle Berry, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Katherine Heigl, Seth Meyers, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank and Sofia Vergara. And even though his name is not on the poster, I would be remiss if I did not mention that Canadian funnyman Russell
Peters also stars. In The Sitter, Jonah Hill stars as Noah, a college student who has been suspended and now lives with his mom. When he is talked into babysitting the three, young brats next door, he decides to take them along on an attempted sexual rendezvous. The night takes a wild and dangerous turn for the worse for which he is totally unprepared. The Sitter is said to be inspired by the 1987 Disney hit Adventures in Babysitting, but it is not a remake. In fact, since it is directed by David Gordon Green, who was responsible for The Pineapple Express, it will definitely not be the family comedy the former was. Earlier, I mentioned that The Descendants opened in more theatres last week including the Paramount Theatre.
I missed writing about it because it opened unexpectedly (and I wrote my column early for personal reasons). I did not want to miss mentioning it this week because this George Clooney dramatic-comedy is getting mostly excellent reviews from critics and could garner even more attention during awards season. Set in Hawaii, Clooney plays an indifferent husband and father of two girls who is forced to reexamine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off Waikiki. Critics are heaping praise on the movie for being funny, moving and beautifully acted with some saying that it is the best performance of Clooney’s career. Rick Davis is the manager of the Capitol Theatre in West Kelowna.
to the team of students from Okanagan College who helped the Elizabeth Fry Society to assemble resource awareness kits about services for children & youth. Do you or someone you know need help? You can get more information on services for women by calling 250-763-4613 or by visiting empoweringchange.net.
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▼ VOLUNTEER CENTRE
Volunteers impact our world, nation city Dawn Wilkinson CONTRIBUTOR
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This is a good week for volunteerism. Montday, Dec. 5, marked the International Day of Volunteers and the International Year of Volunteers 10th Anniversary. The United Nations released its first State of the World’s Volunteerism Report. Volunteer Canada tcommitted to develop online volunteer resources and tools. The City of Kelowna opened the nomination process for Civic and Community Awards. The UN report states that “strong and healthy economies are desirable, but only inasmuch as they enable people to lead lives that bring them wellbe-
ing.” Solidarity, passion for a cause and the desire to give back to society are inherent in both well-being and volunteerism. Migration and travel, employer supported volunteering and web-based technologies are substantially changing volunteerism worldwide. Volunteer Canada intends to forge ahead with creating online resources. Two such resources were launched here in Kelowna last month at an event hosted by Kelowna Community Resources. Watch for learning opportunities this coming spring on topics of boom-
er volunteer engagement as well as volunteering and retirement planning. 2011 will bring a fresh focus on training and advocating for volunteerism in the Central Okanagan. The City of Kelowna wants you to take action and nominate volunteers, artists, businesses, athletes or athletic teams who helped make our community a great place to live. Nomination forms are available at City Hall and on the city web site Kelowna.ca. The deadline is noon, Jan. 27. The Civic and Community Awards Gala will be held on April 19 at the Kelowna Community Theatre. Tickets are $25. The Gala helps us
celebrate Canada’s National Volunteer Week that runs April 10 to 16. Canadians have a rich volunteering history for which we are known internationally. You can make a difference by volunteering. Create your own volunteer profile at www.kcr.ca, and clicking on Volunteer Opportunities Search. Dawn Wilkinson is the coordinator for the Community Information and Volunteer Centre. Go to www.kcr.ca to create your volunteer profile and find out about other volunteer opportunities in the Central Okanagan. 250-763-8008, ext 24 informkelowna@kcr.ca
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ENTERTAINMENT ▼ LITERATURE
▼ CD REVIEWS
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Award-winning writer Karen Connelly is the fifth annual writer-in-residence at UBC Okanagan. Connelly will spend two weeks at UBCO from Jan. 23 to Feb 3. Writers in the Central Okanagan are invited to have their work critiqued and to participate in a oneon-one meeting with Connelly. If you would like to be considered for an appointment, send a maximum of 15 double-spaced pages of your fiction (plus a onepage synopsis if it is an excerpt from a longer work). Your work should be sent between Dec. 15 and Jan. 3 to irma.ronkkonen@ ubc.ca . In the email give your name, student number (if applicable), phone number and email address. Please put “Writer in Residence” in the subject line. Connelly is the author of nine books of best-selling nonfiction, fiction and poetry, the most recent being Burmese Lessons: a love story, a memoir about her experiences in Burma and on the Thai-Burma
border. She has won the Pat Lowther Award for her poetry, the Governor General’s Award for her nonfiction and Britain’s Orange Broadband Prize for New Fiction for her first novel The Lizard Cage. Published in 2005, The Lizard Cage was compared in the New York Times Book Review to the works of Orwell, Solzhenitsyn and Mandela, and hailed in the Globe and Mail as “one of the best modern Canadian novels.” Connelly’s other books include Grace and Poison, One Room in a Castle, This Brighter Prison, The Disorder of Lov, and The Small Words in My Body. Married with a young child, she divides her time between homes in rural Greece and Toronto. For more information about a public reading or the writer-in-residence program, contact Michael V. Smith, Dept. of Creative Studies at UBC Okanagan, 250-807-9706 or michael.v.smith@ubc.ca.
MOTORING Coupes to King cabs and everything in between every Friday.
DAUGHTRY; BREAK THE SPELL [RCA]
Former American Idol winner Daughtry has blessed his dwindling fan base with a fourth album that cuts back on his leather-lunged emo (music biz lingo for emotional) rock aspirations for a disc heavy on arena ballads. But I think the writing is on the wall for a career in decline where the sky-scraping power ballad Crawling Back To You has made a leap backwards on the radio play charts from number 81 to 91 this week with almost no one complaining or maybe even noticing other than his recording label. This is a dreary album that seems to drone on forever with overheated power ballads and hollered lyrics and highly compressed sound that is irritating and too loud at any volume. Break The Spell is unnecessarily strident, pedestrian and predictable meaning this disc will probably be here today (it made its debut in the album charts domestically at #12) and gone tomorrow. But in the event that anyone cares, take note that this release also comes as a Deluxe Edition with more of ‘more of’ the same. D
NEIL DIAMOND; THE VERY BEST OF [COLUMBIA] There are too many Hits and Best Of packages on the market from Neil Diamond to even
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ling, and except for the very dedicated who want all the albums with all the dreck, Best Of anthologies are the only way to go and this 2011 collection is the best yet. A-
Bruce Mitchell LANDAU EUGENE MURPHY JR.; THAT’S LIFE contemplate. I have a few but as of [COLUMBIA] today I only have one and it is this fabulous, all encompassing, multi-label retrospective The Very Best Of that is loaded from pillar to post with 23 gems stretched at nearly 80 minutes on a single CD. Every one of Diamond’s biggest hits is here as the recording labels have come to realize that in order to survive, they have to give good value in an era where people are downloading music for free or nominal fees. Hence every Diamond significant hit is here including ear worms like Forever In Blue Jeans, Beautiful Noise, Cherry Cherry, Cracklin’ Rose, Sweet Caroline, America, Solitary Man, Kentucky Woman, Shilo, Red Red Wine (that UB40 made their own as a reggae tune), Song Sung Blue, I Am...I Said, Hell Yeah, I’m A Believer, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers (with Babs Streisand), Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon and more! Furthermore, Diamond offers notes to each song giving them some sort of resonance other than just old memories. Diamond may have never been a critics dar-
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Wednesday, January 18 Bob Saget Live #1 Standup Comedian in North America. Mature audiences.
This is the debut album from the winner, L.E. Murphy Jr., of the sixth season of America’s Got Talent. I never saw an episode as I am not a fan of TV reality shows, but apparently Murphy blew away the judges and audiences with his winning version of the old Frank Sinatra chestnut My Way (as written by Paul Anka a few decades ago) that closes out this 11-track CD with a new studio version. In fact this disc, titled That’s Life, dabbles in the Great American Songbook through many nuggets that were hits for Sinatra with handsome string and orchestra augmented versions of Fly Me To The Moon, Witchcraft, Night & Day, I’ve Got The World On A String, I Get A Kick Out Of You and Ain’t That A Kick In The Head. When Murphy performs one of the two duets here with Judith Hil (sic), it is with another Sinatra hit titled Something Stupid that was a smash for the duet between Frank and daughter Nancy back in the ’60s. The other duet is a seasonal evergreen and one of the best renditions here with an ultra cute
take of Baby It’s Cold Outside. I don’t think Murphy is going to seriously challenge the top flight careers of Michael Buble, Rod Stewart or Harry Connick who all thrive off these old pop gems, but it is interesting to note that Murphy is a black man singing material mostly covered by white saloon and stage singers for the last several decades. In the old ’50s/’60s Vegas Rat Pack days headed up by Sinatra and Dean Martin, the latter was often fond of picking up Sammy Davis Jr. on stage and saying “I would like to thank the NAACP for this award” as a way to mock and break through the then prevalent colour barrier. It is probably a stretch to say that Murphy’s breakthrough is the payoff but it is Murphy’s solid baritone that pulls this disc off satisfactorily. C+
THE ROLLING STONES: SOME GIRLS LIVE IN TEXAS ‘78 (EAGLE ROCK)
Earlier this year The Rolling Stones re-released their five star, double album opus Exile On Main St. with a newly remastered, vastly upgraded sound and a few songs hitherto unreleased. The band is doing the same with another of their five star albums Some Girls with a variety of formats that includes a double CD with several unreleased and alternate take songs. There is also a BluRay with CD, a vinyl
reissue and this package that was sent to me as a DVD/CD combo. The video portion is of course of the concert held in Texas at the time of the release of the album where the band is in remarkably fine form performing many cuts from Some Girls as well as a few evergreens such as Chuck Berry’s Sweet Little 16, Let It Rock (the best song here) and better bits of their back catalogue like Happy, Tumbling Dice, Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Women, and Jumping Jack Flash. The Stones have released a few live sets over the many decades and some of them are woefully substandard but this Some Girls set is excellent. In 1978 The Stones felt the pressure of the emerging punk scene and the disco craze that was threatening to make them passé. As a result they recorded their own ersatz disco/blues hit with Miss You that hit number one and their concerts took on a new vitality. I don’t think the group was playing out of fear but out of confidence in their abilities and you can hear that in the tight, blistering pace on these concert takes. The live versions of Star Star and When The Whip Comes Down are better to my ears than the studio ones. A solid collection in any format for the big Rolling Stones fan. B+ mooseman19@telus.net
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et the Christmas countdown begin! So much to do, so little time. Here are some delicious ideas to help with your planning. For your Christmas party, why not try something new and book an Indian style feast? Poppadom’s is the coolest Indian restaurant around, straight from London; the Dosanj family offers a never-ending stream of fun, interesting and delicious ideas on how to celebrate. www.poppadoms.ca ••• Planning a party at home but too tired to cook? Executive chef/ owner Lisa Chum at Kelowna’s fabulous Fixx
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and live a life of contentment is idyllic—it is the circle of life and our responsibility that all creatures are treated with respect. Sue Haley’s flock lives on a gorgeous farm in southeast Kelowna where her new abattoir and business, Kelowna Free Graze Lamb, operates. Sue explains that the “lambs go out to pasture in midApril with their mothers and remain on pasture throughout the summer and fall, supplemented as needed with hay and mineral salt. They receive no other feed and no routine medications, ensuring lean, tasty and healthful meat.� A local butcher processes the lambs on the farm, where “each lamb is examined by a federal inspector from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency before and during
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Jennifer naise sauce also comes in Schell a single serving), two salCafÊ is now preparing some of her delicious sauces and fixin’s for take away. Just boil up your own pasta throw some greens in a bowl and pick out one of her delicious sauces and a salad dressing and voila—a gorgeous restaurant meal at home. There are six pasta sauces to choose from in serving sizes of two, four and six (the Bolog-
ad dressings as well as a hummus and a Mediterranean olive mix to snack on and a red Thai coconut curry sauce to steam mussels in for a starter. Don’t forget to add one of her amazing Caribbean Key Lime pies to that order. Incredibly delicious, this pie literally tastes like sunshine and is the perfect antidote for a dreary winter day. Lisa has done it all for you! Now you can check
Holiday Dinner Party Menu off your busy To Do list. Phone 250-8613499. ••• Speaking of Christmas feasts, as a fabulous alternative to cooking a holiday ham or turkey, why not serve lamb? As a devout locavore, I know eating local is better, and I am happy to report that a local farm in Kelowna is now able to sell direct from their farm. It is crucial that the livestock that we, as carnivores, purchase is treated humanely and ideally has enjoyed a happy life. Buying direct from a beautiful local farm where the animals are grass-fed
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Ballet Kelowna, CSB present seasonal favourite There is no betterloved holiday classical ballet than the perennial favourite, The Nutcracker. Filled with fantasy and magic, it has captivated generations of families around the world making
it a seasonal tradition. Ballet Kelowna again joins forces with the Canadian School of Ballet to present this charming production, and welcomes audiences to share the joy and wonder with their
families on Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Kelowna Community Theatre, 1375 Water St. For tickets visit selectyourtickets.com or call. 250-717-5304
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A family operation, Sue Haley’s brother operates a beautiful four-bedroom heritage guest house on the farm—The Mission Creek Country Inn. The Inn’s big kitchen and country dining room can be rented for dinner parties, group events or as individual rooms for a bed and breakfast. It would be a magical place to host your Christmas party! Check them out: www. bbcanada.com/6506.html. Jennifer Schell is editor of B.C. Wine Trails Magazine. jennschell@shaw.ca twitter.com/theclubkitchen
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1 The Scottish Prisoner Diana Gabaldon $32.95 2 Silverlicious Victoria Kann $9.99 3 The Story of Danny Dunn Bryce Courtenay $12.99 4 New York Edward Rutherfurd $12.99 5 Toys James Patterson & Neil McMahon $10.99 6 Lawe’s Justice Lora Leigh $8.99 7 Pale Demon Kim Harrison $9.50 8 Conspiracy 365: December G Lord $7.99 9 Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James $32 10 And Thereby Hangs a Tale Jeffrey Archer $11.99 11 Clockwork Prince Cassandra Clare $22.99 12 The Land of Painted Caves: Earth’s Children Jean M. Auel $18 13 Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope Giffords & Kelly $29.99 14 The Lake of Dreams Kim Edwards $17 15 Billy’s Best Bottles: Wines for 2012 Billy Munnelly $19.95
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Recreation guide given a facelift Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER
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If there was ever a question whether or not young people can make a difference, it has been answered. Thanks to requests and ideas expressed at the 2011 Mayor’s Youth Forum held on Oct. 28, the District of West Kelowna has opted to make the Winter 2012 West Kelowna Recreation Guide more youth friendly. Formerly called the leisure guide, the updated recreation guide got the name change to better reflect what readers will find inside. “The change in name was a direct output of the youth forum,” said Annette Beaudreau, recreation and culture supervisor for the District of West Kelowna. Along with the name change and new look, the Winter 2012 guide includes two new programs geared specifically towards youth. The first is Youth Drop-in Gym Sports: An opportunity for youth to play various activities such as basketball, dodgeball, volleyball and more. The second is Youth Multifit: A chance for youth to experience yoga, pilates, zumba and other activities with a fitness trainer. “Two of our programmers followed up and met with some of the students at (Mount Boucherie Secondary School) in the week following the youth forum. They talked a bit about what kinds of things youth want to see and what type of availability we had immediately in terms of space,” said Beaudreau. “Out of that discussion came these two programs.” On top of adding two new programs, the district opted to change the age group for some of the adult programs. Previously many of the activities were for adults only. Now some of the programs allow anyone 15 years
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old and older to participate. Beaudreau said that this is a small change; however, it proves that the district is committed to hearing ideas from youth in the community. “We’ll continue to work with students at the school and keep that open line of communication. “What we don’t want to do is just throw programs out there. We want to work with the students and the youth to make sure that what we’re putting out there is something that they’re actually looking for and want.” Beaudreau is hopeful that youth in the community will benefit from the changes. “If there’s a small step that we can make to make a difference for that population group, then we’re absolutely willing to go there.” The Winter 2012 West Kelowna Recreation Guide is available on the district website at www.districtofwestkelowna.ca.
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New home for the Red Cross opens up The Kelowna team of Red Cross volunteers and staff—who previously worked out of three different locations—are now housed under one roof at 124 Adams Rd. of Sexsmith. This new 14,000 sq. ft. facility brings Red Cross services and programs to one location. Last week, Red Cross staff and volunteers proudly unveiled the Now Open sign of their new building. The Red Cross House
provides a single roof for training volunteers and delivering programs and services throughout the Southern Interior. The new location will include a regional operations centre for disaster response to be ready to respond to small scale emergencies or large scale natural disasters. John Richey, Red Cross regional manager for the B.C. Southern Interior, said: “This new site for Red Cross at Kelow-
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John Howard Society helps build healthy communities Shelley Cook CONTRIBUTOR
I imagine many of those reading this story might wonder what the connection is between the John Howard Society—a group that works to address the causes and consequences of crime—and the celebration in November surrounding Community Living Month, which recognizes children/youth and adults with developmental disabilities and those that work with them. What is the connection being these apparent disparate causes? Well there is in fact, a very important connection. People come into contact with the criminal justice system for host of reasons chief among them is the presence of complex health and social issues. As the only system that cannot say ‘no,’ the criminal justice system is the default social safety net that catches all the individuals who fall through the cracks of other systems, even those best served through communitybased resources like the clients of Community Living. Harsh punishments do nothing to address the important factors that contribute to crime like poverty, homelessness, addictions and mental illness, or other disabilities including fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). When we address the issue of the overabundance of serious health and social problems amongst those impacted by the criminal justice system, we are not doing to be “soft on crime,” we do so because these are the factors we are able to change. Prison does not address any of these issues, it just temporarily hides the problem. A strictly retributive approach to dealing with crime dangles the carrot of “public safety,” but the reality is we are never be able to eat it. John Howard Society works closely with our criminal justice partners, RCMP, courts and corrections, as well as our community partners, like Community Living BC to pluck individuals from the net of criminal justice, or better, to prevent them from landing there to begin with because in the end, we all want the same thing—safe healthy communities. It is through partnerships that span the boundaries between the systems—criminal justice, health and social services—and it is by being hard on issues and not hard on individuals that we are, in fact, able to achieve what we all want—safe healthy communities. Shelley Cook is the executive director of the John Howard Society for the Central and South Okanagan. shelley.cook@jhscso.bc.ca
na is to become a key location in the Red Cross disaster response strategy. “We are joining Burnaby, Victoria and Prince George as the principal disaster response capacity centres in B.C. for volunteer training and deployment, along with stocks of cots, blankets, comfort kits and other supplies needed during large scale disasters.” It will also house the health equipment loan program recycling and
repair centre, a hub for cleaning and repairing health equipment for the 33 depots of the Okanagan/Columbia-Shuswap region. Last year 30,000 articles of equipment were loaned to more than 16,000 people in need. With the Interior senior percentage of the population expected to increase from 18 to 25 per cent by 2036, the need for this vital service will expand in the coming years.
As well, the new location will house the HEART (Humanitarian Emergency Activation Response Training) Centre, which equips volunteers with the skills and expertise to deliver a broad range of services aimed at children, youth, seniors, new immigrants and other vulnerable people. Overtime, the HEART centre will house a community space for training, meetings and other events for local organizations.
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IS CHRISTMAS GOOD FOR THE HEART? The word “heart” has many meanings. In the medical world, the word “heart” is defined as the muscular organ found in all animals with a circulatory system. The heart pumps blood throughout the body by rhythmic contractions (heartbeats). The blood pumped by the heart delivers oxygen and nutrients to the cells that make up a body and removes the carbon dioxide and other waste generated by the same cells.
When your physical heart is overburdened and an attack occurs, there must be intervention. Blockages in veins and arteries must be removed. If the veins and arteries are completely blocked, bypass surgery is required. Blood cholesterol levels must be brought into line through medication and a change in diet. Emotional problems must be dealt with to remove the emotional burden on the heart.
In the realm of religion and philosophy, the word “heart” has another meaning. Have you ever heard a man or woman noted for their charity described as having a “good heart?” When we use the word “heart” in this way we are talking about a person’s core personality. Just as the human biological heart pumps blood around the human body and gives us life, philosophers, theologians and prophets believe there is a part of our inner being which drives us, determines who we are and, to a large part, determines what we do. At the core of a person who has a “good” emotional “heart” is a personality that is kind, gentle, and self-sacrificing to the core and that is also keenly aware of the hurts and needs of others.
If your physical and/or emotional heart is overburdened and aching this Christmas and you want relief, this article is for you. If you look at the “heart of Christmas,” as described in our scriptures, you will see that there is healing for you and your emotional heart ache.
According to medical researchers, the Christmas season is not that kind to the human “heart”- the blood pumping organ. It turns out that hospital admission due to heart disease and stroke increases during the Christmas season. Researchers attribute the increase in heart disease to a number of factors that burden the heart and weaken it. People eat more food during the Christmas season. The extra food they eat is most often laden with fats and sugar which in turn increase blood cholesterol, sugar levels and weight. People drink more alcohol during the Christmas season. Drinking copious amounts of alcohol can weaken the heart. Increased food and alcohol consumption place one at greater risk of a heart attack or stroke. The Christmas season can impact our emotional heart in many negative ways. Many people experience increased anxiety during the Christmas season. The Christmas season causes financial strain on bread-winners. The gifts, decorations and celebrations which are a part of the Christmas season create extra bills and debts to pay. Christmas debt causes emotional stress which also burdens a heart. Many will spend Christmas alone because of the death of a loved one, divorce or separation, family discord and/or a host of other challenges that keep friends and loved ones apart. Anxiety caused by changes in important relationships can cause severe strain on the physical heart and can cause heart disease. The Christmas season, and its emphasis on selflessness, charity and good will, may bring up the sins of the past and the anxiety associated with these sins. Anxiety also burdens the emotional heart, hurting the person to their very core and often interfering with a person’s ability to cope with the Christmas season and life in general.
For those of you who must face the first or another Christmas alone, the Christmas story speaks of God’s loneliness. The Scriptures declare that God is one God revealed in three persons, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. As the Church, we worship and confess our God as a Trinity: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit live and reign, indivisible, in heaven and on earth, now and forever. However, on Christmas Day, when we celebrate Jesus’ birth, we acknowledge the unity of the Trinity is broken. The Son of God, Jesus, was incarnate, made man by the power of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. God spent that first Christmas without Jesus at His side. Separation causes loneliness; yet God responded in a beautiful way. When Jesus was born, God sent His angels to shepherds who were in the fields around Bethlehem of Judea. “An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” (Luke 2:9-14) God rejoiced in the face of His loneliness because He gave Jesus as a gift to the world. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16). God gave Jesus to be a gift for our emotional and physical heart. The angels declared that Jesus, the Son of God, was born to be our Savior; that is, He came to suffer and die on the cross as payment for our sins on the first Good Friday. If a person believes this with all their emotional or inner heart, then all the emotional blockages of the emotional heart (sins) are removed and the damage caused by the blockages (sins) will be restored.
With blockages removed and repairs underway, it is possible to have a new lease on life Jesus was resurrected to life on the first Easter Sunday. If a person believes this with all their emotional or inner heart, then even when that person’s physical heart stops beating, Jesus promises that He will give them a new physical and emotional heart. The new physical heart will beat for an eternity without interruption. There will be nothing to clog the veins and arteries of our new heart. Our emotional heart will be transformed forever. No emotional plaque and cholesterol will damage the veins and arteries of our new emotional heart. It will love God fully and completely and our neighbours as ourselves with absolute perfection. What gifts! What is even more incredible is that we get these gifts through faith. These gifts of healing are motivated by God’s love for us; not in exchange for something we have done to deserve them. What is more, Jesus promises that faith in Him means something this very day: “Jesus replied, ‘If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.’” Jesus promises the presence of God in our lives today. The presence of God can change, transform and mould our inner heart and we can look at every aspect of our lives in a different way. We can see that people, even the most cherished loved ones, will come and go from our lives; however, God promises to be with us today, tomorrow and forever. We are therefore never alone. God wants you to experience the “heart of Christmas.” Come join us this Sunday December 11th, at 10:30 AM, when our praise band and Sunday School children sing and tell of the Nativity of Lord; Tuesday December 20th at 2:00 PM when we experience Christmas Joy in an afternoon concert put on by musicians within our congregation and musical groups and musicians of all ages within our West Kelowna community; Saturday December 24th at 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM for our traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight Services; and December 25th for our Christmas Day service at 10:30 AM. In Christ Pastor Ed Skutshek
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Leos taken on challenge greater than Grey Cup game B y now, we all know that the B.C. Lions came back from a tough start and won the Grey Cup. How many of us are aware however, that the team has taken on an even tougher challenge. The B.C. Lions have entered into a partnership with the Status of Women Canada and the B.C. Ministry of Children & Family Development to raise awareness of violence against women and
girls through a three-year initiative called Be More Than a Bystander. The Lions will use their status and public profile to talk to students in Grades 8 to 12 about how their individual choices and actions can be part of creating positive social change and how to speak up and communicate that violence and abuse is not acceptable. This initiative will enhance other efforts being
Ron Cannan made on the same front. From now until Jan. 27 the federal govern-
ment, through the Status of Women Canada, will accept funding proposals from our community for projects that seek to end violence against women on university and college campuses. More information is available at Status of Women Canada through the Women’s Program at www.swc-cfc.gc.ca. The call for proposals comes during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence which be-
gan on Nov. 25 with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The 16 days also encompasses Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women on Dec. 6 in memory of the tragedy that took place in Montreal in 1989. Violence against women comes in many forms: physical violence, ranging from slapping and hitting to assault and
murder; emotional or psychological violence involving systematic undermining of an individual’s self-confidence, intimidation and verbal abuse; sexual violence, which encompasses all non-consensual or coerced sexual activity including incest and rape; financial violence, involving partial or total loss of control of one’s finances; and neglect, involving deliberate denial of human rights and the necessities of life. Women and girls are more likely than men to experience violence and assault in intimate and family relationships and while admission to shelters has been relatively stable since 1998, between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2010, admissions of abused women to Canada’s shelters exceeded 64,000. It only scratches the surface of the number of people who are affected. Children in particular, who witness family violence, suffer severe disruption not only to their psychological stability but also to their education and their economic stability. That is why the federal government will continue to take additional measures to help women be safer, more secure and more economically selfsufficient. In this respect, the government has taken a number of measures, including investing over
$39 million in funding through Status of Women Canada for projects to end violence in communities and an additional $10 million over two years to address the alarming number of missing and murdered aboriginal women. The government is also making legislative changes to ensure women’s safety by taking action against human trafficking, raising the age of sexual consent from 14 to 16 years to protect young people from sexual exploitation and ending conditional sentencing, including house arrest, for serious offences, such as violent and sexual crimes against women and girls. As a father of three daughters, I applaud the B.C. Lions, the province and our federal government for continuing to make violence against women and girls a priority and for working with our community to address the issues. During the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence and beyond, we must acknowledge within our families, our communities and our country there is still much to be done. Ron Cannan is the Conservative MP for Kelowna-Lake Country. If you have any questions regarding the federal government, please do not hesitate to contact him at ron@cannan.ca or 250470-5075.
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some time to be with their families.� The Civic Operation’s call centre at 250469-8600 will remain open to telephone inquiries regarding water, sewer, parks, roads and snow removal, as well as to process after-hours and emer-
gencies calls. Parkinson Recreation Centre will be closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. The centre will be open on New Year’s Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Glenmore Landfill will be closed Christ-
mas, Boxing and New Year’s Days. Business licences renewal payments are due Jan. 15, 2012. They can be renewed online or by mail, when there are no changes to an existing licence. “Even when City Hall
is closed, you can still conduct business as usual,� said Leatherdale. “For the second year in a row, business owners can go online to kelowna. ca/onlineservices to make business licence renewal payments before the Jan. 15 deadline.�
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West Kelowna’s Kraft Hockeyville Winterfest was held last Sunday at the Mount Boucherie Sports Complex, as the community turned out to enjoy a free public skate, a visit from Santa and to watch an exhibition hockey game among the West Kelowna firefighters. Donations of food items were also accepted for the Westside Food Bank.
DEE ROBERTS (above) gives a skating lesson to her son Simon; Josh Taylor and his mom put on their skates (centre right); the West Kelowna firefighters squared off in an exhibition hockey game (far right).
Photos by Doug Farrow WINTERFEST volunteers show off the Hockeyville merchandise (left); skate patrol volunteers Katie Wannop, Jared McNeely, Ted Wannop and Courtney Combe (right).
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Mayor Doug Findlater is convinced—West Kelowna is Hockeyville and it has the hockey programs to prove it. “Hockey is part of our Canadian culture, no doubt. But in West Kelowna, it is clearly a central focus for our residents,” said Findlater. “Our municipal hall is located right next to the community’s two arenas, Royal LePage Place and Jim Lind Arena, and council and staff see proof every day that West Kelowna loves hockey.” The district provides funding, programs and ice time to encourage this great activity for groups and individuals of all ages and abilities. “I am most proud of our programs geared towards getting people on the ice who you probably wouldn’t see playing hockey otherwise,” said Findlater. Doug Findlater “We have a Wild Cats Hockey program for kids with mental challenges and developmental delays, one of the first such programs to be offered in the province. “We also provide a Women’s Learn to Play hockey and even have a seniors’ drop-in program geared to our old timers who are 70 years old or older who don’t want to have to keep up with our seniors’ hockey club, but still want to play their favourite game.” Among West Kelowna’s hockey participation programs are: h • Stick ‘n Puck sessions for both children and adults is provided at the low cost of $2.25 and $2.50 drop-in fee • Drop-in adult hockey programs at noon and late evening • Seniors Hockey Club for those aged 55 or over • PLAY Hockey, a hockey program where participants need only bring a stick. West Kelowna provides skates, helmets and gloves. This popular program is a fun way to learn to play hockey with each hour session half skills and drills and half just playing—no tournament pressure! • Recreational Hockey for kids ages 10 to 14 that just want to play one day a week for fun • Adult Recreational Hockey League which is full at 12 teams “These are just the municipal programs and don’t include minor hockey or all the evening rentals from groups that play hockey here,” added Findlater. “Some groups have been renting the ice here at the Jim Lind Arena since it opened in 1975 and now more are able to join in the game with our Royal LePage Arena. “We also have a joint use agreement with the School District 23, providing ice time for the school skating program and the hockey programs at the middle and high schools.”
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The task of developing a new municipality in West Kelowna started four years ago, and will continue over the next three years. In his augural address following the swearingin ceremony for the new district council on Tuesday, Findlater said the new council’s task will be to incorporate the recommendations of the 15 master plans outlining the district’s future growth and infrastructure aspirations. While such documents don’t always excite voters, Findlater citing the importance of the master plan process for setting the district’s longterm capital spending and infrastructure development programs. “One of the roles facing this council will be
to set priorities for spending, because we can’t do everything we want all at once,” Findlater said. The master plans, in varying stages of completion for adoption, involve everything from storm drainage to waterfront development to the Official Community Plan, which all together form a blueprint for the district’s future, Findlater noted. The mayor said West Kelowna has come a long way in four years, saying “a considerable amount has been accomplished” for the fledgling municipality, which with a population now of 28,000 ranks 27th out of B.C.’s 161 municipalities. “The past councils have seen through a transition from West Kelowna as a rural area to an urban community that seeks to retain its semi-rural character,” Findlater said.
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BACK IN BUSINESS was the newly elected District of West Kelowna following Tuesday’s swearing in ceremony at municipal hall. “We are a community rich in potential. I hope on our seventh birthday that we are amazed at the success of West Kelowna as we are after four years.” Findlater also acknowledged the other candidates in the civic election who lost, congratulating them for “putting themselves out there” as candidates and bringing new ideas to the community discussion. In particular, he cited
Rosalind Neis, who Findlater defeated in the mayoral race, for her contribution as both the district’s inaugural mayor and councillor. “She was an independent voice on council who presented thoughtful ideas on issues,” Findlater said. “West Kelowna owes her a debt of gratitude for her efforts and contributions over the last four years.” bgerding@kelownacapnews.com
Committee appointments named At West Kelowna council’s inaugural meeting, Mayor Doug Findlater announced the various councillor committee appointments: Central Okanagan Regional District board representatives and alternates: Doug Findlater and Duane Ophus; alternates Rick de Jong and Bryden Winsby.. Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission appointee: Gord Milsom Central Okanagan Regional Library
board representatives: Carol Zanon, alternate Bryden Winsby Airport Advisory Committee representative: Rick de Jong Central Okanagan Committee for Safe Schools representative: David Knowles Westbank Treaty Advisory Committee representative: Doug Findlater Transportation Governance Committee representative: Doug Findlater.
Public input sought for Pritchard Park plan Plans aimed at improving Pritchard Park are moving forward, with a set of conceptual site designs now being presented for community and stakeholder feedback. A survey is available on the District of West Kelowna website until Dec. 14, giving the public the opportunity to review the draft design concepts and then provide input on
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several amenities proposed within the park. A link to the survey and the Pritchard Park webpage can be found at www.districtofwestkelowna.ca under Events and Meetings. Community input obtained and conceptual designs created during Phase 1 of the Pritchard Park Plan will assist district council in selecting a preferred option, and move to-
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that sentencing, likely amounting only to a fine, is of little consequence in comparison to the political damage he is facing. The long-time MP has already withdrawn from the Conservative caucus. Of course, all of that is of little consequence when you consider the true costs of impaired driving. During the last five years, an annual average of approximately 2,600 people have been injured
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THOMPSON~KLASSEN, EMILY ASTELLA (NEE PERICHE) 1937 ~ 2011 Emily Astella Thompson~ Klassen, (nee Periche) who was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta passed away peacefully in the presence of her family at the Kelowna General Hospital on December 3, 2011 at the age of 74. She is survived by her loving husband of 18 years Lyle, son David (Catherine) Thompson, and numerous “just as important” other individuals that she adopted as her own. Emily was predeceased by her parents, sister Annie, brother Ed. Emily will always be remembered as one who loved unconditionally, and shared that love with all that knew her. A Celebration of life Service will be held on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 11am at Willow Park Church with Pastor Brian Penner officiating. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Willow Park Church ~ 439 Highway 33 W Kelowna, BC V1X 1Y2. Arrangements entrusted to VALLEYVIEW FUNERAL HOME, 165 Valleyview Rd, Kelowna BC 250-765-3147. Honored Provider of Dignity Memorial. Condolences may be made by visiting www.valleyviewfuneralhome.com
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February 26th, 1915 – December 4th, 2011. With a joyful spirit and loving heart our darling Mom, Grandma and Oma went to her heavenly reward in the early morning hours of December 4th, 2011. Predeceased by her loving husband John on March 30th, 2005, she will be deeply missed by all her family. Her children Robert (Anita) Verhappen, Joey (Geoff) Tipping, Thea (Barrie) Graham, Lia (Bruce) Loppe; her dear grandchildren Brent Graham, Sean (Annette) Graham, Chris (Crystal) Graham, Michelle (Dwayne) Bennett and Jennifer (Mark) Gacek, as well as her beloved great-grandchildren: Micheal and Nicholas Graham, Kendall and Hailey Graham, Lauren, Isabelle and Rebecca Bennett, Caleb, Justin and Benjamin Gacek. She will also meet in heaven her wee great grandson Blake Bennett. Rica is also survived by three sisters Jeanne, Cor and Anny and two brothers Gerard and Piet as well as by many family members all in Holland as well as by a niece and two nephews in Canada. To know our Mom would be to love her. She was patience personified and gave us all the gift of unconditional Love. Among her many talents was her amazing green thumb as well as being an extraordinary knitter and sewer. One of her favorite pastimes was doing jigsaw puzzles which we all supplied in abundance. A 1000 piece puzzle was merely child’s play to her, bring on the 5000’s. Our Mom’s last six years were happily spent at Sun Pointe Village in Kelowna where she made many new friends and hugged her way into the hearts of the staff. She will be dearly missed by all. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, 750 Rutland Road N on Saturday, December 10th, 2011 at 1:30 PM, followed by inurnment at St. Theresa’s Cemetery. In Lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Rica’s memory to Sun Point Village, 700 Rutland Road North, Kelowna, B.C. V1X 7W8, earmarked for activities. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.mem.com Arrangements in care of First Memorial Funeral Services, (250) 762-2299.
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Gitmaxmak’ay Nisga’a PR/PE Society As senior management in Gitmaxmak’ay Nisga’a PR/PE Society (GNS), the CEO manages the society by making decisions which determine its identity, systems, internal organization and operations and by which direction is established, priorities are set and resources are allocated. The function of the CEO is to manage the day-to-day and business activities of GNS by enhancing the social, economical, physical, cultural and spiritual well-being of Nisga’a citizens whose ordinary residence is within the city of Prince Rupert and the District of Port Edward. Education/Experience: -Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration -Minimum 5 yrs experience in senior management -Strong financial background Responsibilities: -to recruit, train, develop and motivate courteous, knowledgeable staff -to research funding sources, oversee the development of fundraising plans and write fundraising proposals to increase the fund of GNS -to oversee the planning, implementation and evaluation of GNS programs and services -to participate with Board of Directors in developing a vision and strategic plan to guide GNS Other Requirements: -Valid BC Drivers License -Knowledge of Nisga’a culture an asset -Submission of a criminal record check Applicants are required to submit resume package consisting of a cover letter, resume and 3 work related references prior to 4:30pm on December 9, 2011. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For more information please contact Interim Manger Bess Leeson, 250-627-1595. ALL RESUME PACKAGES MAY BE DIRECTED TO: Gitmaxmak’ay Nisga’a PR/PE Society Attn: Bess Leeson 301-860 3rd Avenue West Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1M6 Fax: 250-627-1575 Email: gitman@citytel.net
TOLKO INDUSTRIES LTD. Is currently seeking Parts / Bill of Materials Techinicians to join our team, working remotely for divisions throughout Tolko. Tolko is a forest products company with marketing, resource management and manufacturing operations throughout Western Canada.
Parts / BOM Technicians Western Canada
To apply: If you are interested in exploring this opportunity and being a part of our community please visit our website at: www.tolko.com and submit your resume by January 1, 2012.
DRIVERS WANTED: Terrific career opportunity outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects. No Experience Needed!! Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 wks. vacation & benefits pkg. Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time Valid License w/ air brake endorsement. High School Diploma or GED. Apply at www.sperryrail.com under careers, keyword Driver. DO NOT FILL IN CITY OR STATE
F/T SELF Loader (Picker) Log Truck Operator is require immediately for a Mid Vancouver Island Operation. Must be experienced with a clean abstract and be safety oriented, benefits included. Please fax your resume to 250-286-6163.
Education/Trade Schools
VOLCANIC Hills Estate Winery and TBA Farm Ltd.,Needs workers 5-6 d/pr/wk 40 -50 hrs pr/wk $10.25 pr/hr Feb15Dec30 2012. Apple thinning picking cherry picking & work in vineyard - tying sukering, green pruning, new planting, picking. We also need workers to help in Wine cellar. Submit Resume by fax 778-755-5595 or by mail: 3030 Elliott Rd. Westbank V4T1M2. 250-7685768 WESTBANK NURSERY LTD. Farm workers needed 5/6 d/pr/wk 40-50 hrs/pr/wk $10.28 pr/hr Mar Nov2012 for potting, pruning, general labour and harvesting. Contact FAX:250-768-0860 MAIL:3417A Paynter Road, Westbank BC V4T 1R3 TEL:250-768-3355
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Assembly sales, customer service & management trainee positions available within our Kelowna office. Must be 18+ years of age. No experience required as we provide full training.
Become a Psychiatric Nurse - train locally via distance education, local and/or regional clinical placements and some regional classroom delivery. Wages start at $30.79/hr to $40.42/hr. This 23 month program is recognized by the CRPNBC. Gov’t funding may be available. Toll-free 1-87-STENBERG www.stenbergcollege.com
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Obituaries
Obituaries
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JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! No experience necessary, we will train. Must be 18+yrs. of age. Call 250-860-3590 or Email: info@plazio.ca
Need Christmas Cash? Cash factory Loans offers payday loans up to $800. using employment, CTB, EI or Pension, or Collateral Loans up to $10,000. Using almost any vehicle! No expensive debit/credit cards like the others! 1756 Springfield across from Rona or 869-1499.
Children’s Misc
Children’s Misc
HAIR STYLIST Wanted
Choosing a Daycare or Pre-School?
For well established salon in Invermere, B.C. Enjoy outdoor recreation at its finest! Please call 250-342-6355
Advertise your Daycare spaces available here the 1st Tuesday of every month in the Kelowna Capital News and reach 50,000 homes each edition. $99 per issue + HST Full color. Contact mtrudeau@kelownacapnews.com Phone 250-763-7114
Bottled Water Delivery DriverSelf-motivated, team member with exemplary customer service skills for the Kelowna area. Basic computer skills required, and will be expected to pass a skills, abilities and drug test. Email: hrm@sweetwaterpak.ca
Education/Trade Schools
Education/Trade Schools
Education/Trade Schools
GIFT SUCCEED. STUDY.WORK. S U . O
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OF EDUCATION
Register for any Sprott-Shaw Community College program between Dec. 1, 2011 - Feb. 29, 2012 and receive up to $1000 towards tuition.
Martin, “Monica” Mary (nee Howell)
Learn more at sprottshaw.com/gift *Some conditions apply
Beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and nana passed away at home December 4th, 2011 with her family by her side following a long battle with cancer. Born in Dublin, Ireland on April 8th, 1941 to proud parents Myles & Mary Howell. Predeceased by brother Peter Howell, sister-in-law Mary Howell and brother-in-law Liam Cullen. Survived by loving husband Brian Martin, father- and mother-in-law Jack and Audrey Martin, brother Myles Howell, sisters Irene Cullen, Deirdre Howell and Erna Howell, sons Myles (Julie) Melia, David (Kathy) Melia and daughter Jackie (Kerry) Kilburn, and five beautiful grand children Kyle, Robyn, Séana, Tara & Shannon. She will be greatly missed by many nieces, nephews, family and friends in Ireland, England, Spain, the U.S. and across Canada. Service will be held: Friday December 9th, 2011 at 2pm @ Everden Rust Funeral Home 1910 Windsor Road, Kelowna In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Monica’s memory to Central Okanagan Hospice Association, #104 – 1456 St. Paul Street, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 2E6 or go to www.hospicecoha.org “Love all whom you hold dear, Precious is the time you share, Do not wait for tomorrow For tomorrow may not be…”
TRAIN TO BE A PRACTICAL NURSE IN KELOWNA TODAY! With the aging population, Healthcare & Healthcare providers are some of the hottest career opportunities available. Practical Nursing is one of the fastest growing segments in healthcare. Train locally for the skills necessary in this career Àeld.
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Education/Trade Schools
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Become a Psychiatric Nurse in your own community There is an urgent need for more Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPN), particularly outside the urban areas of the province. And with the workforce aging – the average age of a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in BC is 47 years – the number of retirees from the profession is exceeding the number of graduates. Entry-level earnings start at $30.79/hour to $40.42/hour. Train Locally – The only program of its kind in BC, students can learn within their local communities via distance education, local and/or regional clinical placements, and some regional classroom delivery. This 23 month program is accredited by the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of BC (CRPNBC). Government student loans, Employment & Labour Market Services (ELMS), band funding & other financing options available to qualified applicants.
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Employment
Employment
Employment
Employment
Services
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
HHDI RECRUITING
Landmark Technology Centre 110-1632 Dickson Ave., Kelowna BC www.cfdcco.com
Unemployed with a business idea? The Self Employment Program financial assistance is available to eligible individuals who want to start or purchase a business in which they have had no prior ownership. Two hour information sessions are held every Friday at 10 am at Community Futures.
Call 250-868-2132 to reserve a space
Funded in whole or part through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement.
CAUTION
While we try to ensure all advertisements appearing in the Kelowna Capital News are placed by reputable businesses with legitimate offers, we do caution our readers to undertake due diligence when answering any advertisement, particularly when the advertiser is asking for monies up front. SHORT on cash? Need money? We can help, get a loan on your directly deposited income. Call (250)868-2020
Help Wanted
is hiring on behalf of Baker Hughes Baker Hughes Alberta -
based oilfield services company is currently hiring;
EQUIPMENT OPERATORS Class 1 or 3 License required.
Drivers
HD MECHANICS 3rd or 4th apprentice or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics with their Red Seal and CVIP License to work in Red Deer & Hinton. Please call 250-718-3330 or Fax: 1-888-679-0759 For more information or send your resume & current drivers abstract to: driverclass1@shaw.ca RECEPTIONIST Required for major appliance service company. Duties include: General office work, answering telephone calls, scheduling technicians, ordering, receiving parts. Basic computer skills a must. PT position, could be FT. email: sidhu@nationwidemechanical.com URGENT, EXP. Telemktrs for fundraising, 4:30 - 8:30pm. Mon-Fri $10/hr+bonus. Cash paid wkly. 250-864-5205 WGP-210 Holdings Ltd. O/A Tim Hortons 1694 Powick Rd., Kelowna Food Counter Attendant, Full Time/Shift Work, Nights/Overnights/Early Mornings/Weekends. $10.46/hr. Apply by Fax: 250-717-3987
AGRICULTURAL FIELD WORKERS WANTED A Kelowna nursery is seeking motivated, willing field workers. This outdoor job includes every aspect of growing trees and shrubs. Farm nursery experience is beneficial but not required. The work is manual and “hands on”. It includes hoeing, weeding, digging, pruning, potting and loading of trees and shrubs. At times this will entail relatively heavy lifting. There will be a 40 hour minimum work week but typically the job will require an extended work week that will include Saturdays. Start dates will be between February and April and depending on the weather the job will last through August to September with some lasting into November. The starting wage will be $9.79 per hour. This will increase to $10.25 per hour on May 1, 2012. To apply please submit your resume by mail, fax or in person to:
Bylands Nurseries Ltd. 1600 Byland Road West Kelowna, BC V1Z 1H6 Fax: 250-769-5566 Attention: Colin Cruickshank
Are you into exercise, motivated and wanting some extra income? Capital News is looking for a person or persons with a reliable vehicle to deliver newspapers door to door in the Kelowna and Westside areas. Various sized routes on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Your papers would be dropped at your home early in the morning, and you would have the whole day to complete your deliveries. Work as much or as little as you want. To apply for this position, please call Capital News Circulation at 250-763-7575 and ask for Richard.
SEASONAL LABOURER POSITIONS Coral Beach farms Ltd. (Lake Country). No experience necessary. Must have own transportation. Applicant must be capable of physically demanding (incl. heavy lifting) work in all weather conditions. 6-7 days a week. 10-12 hours a day beginning approximately February 2nd. 2012. Work includes tree planting, pruning & irrigation. Pay $9.50/hour. Apply by fax at 250-766-0813 or email jobs@coralbeach.ca Vernon Dodge, a busy automotive dealership in Vernon, B.C. requires an experienced Service Technician with the following qualities: Motivated Journeyman Technician, Dodge/Chrysler experience is an asset, a proven track record in a flat rate shop. Vernon Dodge provides a comprehensive salary and benefits package to the right individual. Contact Ron Russell, Service Manager ron@vernondodge.com or 250-503-3310 Walthers Enterprises Ltd/ B.C. Motor Products The Okanagan’s largest used car dealership, requires technicians. A great opportunity for the right individual. Journeyman rates paid. Apply in confidence by fax to 250275-7075. Only qualified applicants will receive a call back. WGP-210 Holdings Ltd. O/A Tim Hortons 160 Hollywood Rd., Kelowna Food Counter Attendant, Full Time/Shift Work, Nights/Overnights/Early Mornings/Weekends. $10.46/hr. Apply by Fax: 250763-4322.
Services
Services
Holistic Health
Countertops
Moving & Storage
WGP-210 Holdings Ltd. O/A Tim Hortons 3255 Lakeshore Rd., Kelowna Food Counter Attendant, Full Time/Shift Work, Nights/Overnights/Early Mornings/Weekends. $10.46/hr. Apply by Fax: 250712-9893.
CASE Studies needed. Our students are ready for : Manicure, $20, Pedicure, $20, Reflexology, $29. Massage $29. Hypnosis, $45. 250-868-3114 naturalhealthcollege.com
REFACE Countertops. 1/2 the Cost of Replacing. Granite & Corian Designs. 470-2235.
NORTH END Moving Service Local/Long Distance. Free Estimates 250-470-9498
Courier/Delivery Services
Plumbing
Trades, Technical
“PAMPERED by Gail” Manicure & Pedicure package $50.00 until Dec 31/2011 Ph: 250-862-9606 Cell: 250-8018288
FT Security Alarm Technician req’d with min 3yrs exp, email resume; infoborder@shaw.ca No phone calls please. UNIQUE opportunity for adaptable individual to join Williams Machinery as Customer Service/General Specialist. More info www.williamsmachinery.com
Services Mind Body Spirit #1 for a reason. Paradise Massage. Where men come to relax. 778-477-5050 Kelowna AFFORDABLE, Excellent F/B Massage & NIR Sauna. Thank you! Linda 250-862-3929. ASIAN Ladie’s Massage. Lovely, Peaceful Setting, Men and women welcome $60/hr. Call (250)-317-3575 BLISS Massage 4 your every need. 10 yrs exp. men only . Call 4 appt. 250-215-7755 ESCAPE From Stress Massage. Lori, 250-868-0067 THAI Massage. Totally relax & energize your body & mind. Call 250-801-7188
Health Products TENDERTOUCH
FOOTCARE.
Cert. foot care nurse holding foot care clinics at various locations. Call 250-801-2665
Volunteers
Volunteers
ATTENTION VOLUNTEERS!!! The Ultimate Way Of “Paying It Forward” Kelowna Hospital Auxiliary is excited to offer the following positions: VOLUNTEER BARISTAS (The Perking Lot) Morning/Afternoon or Spare VOLUNTEER DELI STAFF (The Snackery) Morning/Afternoon or Spare VOLUNTEER SCHEDULARS All Venues Gift Shoppe Buyer
KGH Auxiliary
Please contact Nancy Wells, Bus. Mgr. 250-862-4300, ext. 7497 nancy.wells@interiorhealth.ca
Trades, Technical
Esthetics Services
Financial Services GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com REDUCE DEBT by up to 70% Avoid bankruptcy. Free consultation. BBB accredited. 250-860-1653 www.4pillars.ca
Legal Services CRIMINAL RECORD? Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Confidential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET
Electrical ALAN Dignam Electric. Resid/ Comm. Service calls, Reno’s, Upgrades. lic’d, bonded & Insured. Alan 250-808-6595 A&S ELECTRIC. Resid/Comm Wiring. New constr, renov. & service changes. lic’d & bonded. Steve 864-2099 (cont #90929) JRS ELECTRIC: Licns’d, bnded & insr’d. From new builds & renos to service calls. Russ 250-801-7178 (cont:98365)
Floor Refinishing/ Installations
Cleaning Services
Carpet, Lino, Tiles, Hrdwd, Lam. Free est. Great rates. Lewis, 317-6889 Guaranteed. NEW LIFE RENOVATIONS. 15 Years Renovation Experience, Work Ethic & Respect second to non. Permits pulled & all jobs completed on time. Call Spencer @ 778-214-9000
Garage Door Services GARAGE Doors- install, service, repair all makes of doors & openers. 250-878-2911
Computer Services
Handypersons
12/7 A MOBILE COMPUTER TECH.Certified computer technician, virus removal, repairs, upgrades. Let me come to you. (250)-717-6520. 12/7 In-Home Repairs. New Systems/Upgrades. 20+yrs Prof. Service. Peter 215-4137
A-Z HANDYMAN, domestic wizard, furniture assembly, all repairs & reno’s.250-859-4486 HONEY DO will take care of your list to do. Prof.,friendly, reliable, & quality orientated. Call Josef (250)-864-7755 NEED a hand inside or out from painting to yard work. 250-215-1712, 250-768-5032 TERRY’S Handyman Service. No job too small! Call 250575-4258 or 250-450-6939
COMPUTER Technician $40 hr. I come to you Evenings & Weekends Paul: 250-860-0011
Contractors KSK Framing & Foundations. Quality workmanship at reas rates. Free est 250-979-8948 WENINGER CONST. Family company commited to Kelowna & Big White. 250-765-6898
Countertops CALL MIKE’S ELITE Countertops- All Countertops - Granite, Caesar Stone, Sile Stone, Han Stone, Marble and all natural stone products. Hundreds of colours to choose from. We offer a special every month, call Mike to find out this month’s deal! Please call (250)575-8543, 2392 Dominion Road.
Trades, Technical
21 Week Heavy Equipment Operator
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM Prepare for a Career in Heavy Equipment Operating. Introducing our new Apprenticeship Program which includes: • ITA Foundation • ITA HEO Theory • Multi Equipment Training - Apprenticeship hours logged
Reserve your seat today by calling Taylor Pro Training Ltd. at 1-877-860-7627 or visit us on the web at www.taylorprotraining.com
Drywall PESL DRYWALL Service Inc. Renovations, new construction and repairs. Boarding, taping, textured ceilings. Call Tomas at 250-212-4483 or 860-3495. Quality Taping & Ceiling Texture Small - Med. jobs. 23yrs Exp. Free Estimates. Call Jeff 250-869-9583, 250-868-1075
1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com
#1 Affordable Quality House Cleaning. Exc ref’s & rates. Wkly/Bi-weekly. 250-575-4001 BEST Quality Cleaning Reliable, bonded, ins’d. Comm, Strata,Rest/ Med./Dental/Offices Move in/out 250-868-7224 CLEANING- weekly/ biweekly, residential. Organizing. Elderly Welcome. Call 250-448-1786 Exp. Cleaners Clean Everything, Big White, Office evenings,B $20/hr. 250-765-8880
Trades, Technical
Certificates included are: • Ground Disturbance Level II • WHMIS • Traffic Control • First Aid
GEORGE’S DELIVERY. Pickup truck for HIRE. (250)-7638911, or (250)-212-5034
Heat, Air, Refrig. SOMMERFELD Heating. Replace/install AC’s, heat pumps fireplaces etc. Lic’d. 215-6767
Home Repairs A Full Home Reno Service. GaviaConstructionServices.ca Call Chris at 250-300-3534 High Caliber Construction. All home & office reno’s. No job too big or small. 250-864-0771 LARRY’S Handyman & Reno Serv., Lg. & Sm. jobs, Graffitti Removal etc., 250-718-8879
Landscaping PRUNING Leaves Removal, We guarantee to keep scheduled appointments. Dont call anyone about your yard until you speak with us. Call Ryan Today at (250)469-1288
Machining & Metal Work GET BENT Metal Fab, fences, gates, railings, security bars, 863-4418www.getbentmetalfab.ca
Moving & Storage #1 Family Movers. Moving & Deliveries. $49/hr+up. Guaranteed best rate. (778)-363-0127
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AAA Best Rates Moving $59+. FLAT Rates long dist. Weekly trips BC/AB. 250-861-3400 DAN-MEL MOVING SERVICES Local & long distance, also Fifth Wheel moving. 250-2150147 or 250-766-1282 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
BAYSIDE Plumbing & Gas Fitting Service. Qualified, reliable & Bonded. 250-317-2279 DREGER MECH. Plumbing, Gasfitting, comm/res & reno, ins’d, 24hr. Call 250-575-5878. SOLOMON’S PLUMBING. Reliable + affordable Christian Plumber (Speaks German). Senior discounts. CALL 250575-8511.
Rubbish Removal #1 AAA Junk Removal. Anything,Anytime,Anywhere! Construction/Appls. 250-469-3275 250-808-0733 SKYHIGH DISPOSAL. Full service Junk Removal & Bin Rentals.
ERIK the STUDENT RUBBISH REMOVAL
HAULS FROM $39.99 & UP & BAGS OF LEAVES, NO PROBLEM! FIREWOOD SALES
250-859-9053
Snowclearing SNOW Removal, sanding, comm.lots/acreage.Tremblay’s Excavating. 250-979-8033
Sundecks KELOWNA DECK & RAIL. Vinyl, Mod. Flooring, Alum., GlassTopless/Picket878-2483.
Tiling GUARANTEED Prof. installs tile, granite, travertine, hrdwd. granite countertops, pools, decks res/comm250-707-3828 MASTER TILES. Bathroom, kitchen, entrance way & steps. Call Joe 250-859-7026 TILE Setter. Artistic Ceramics. Custom tile setting. Call 250870-1009
Pets & Livestock
Feed & Hay 800 lb round bales: this years grass hay $50./bale, last years grass hay $25./bale. Wheat Straw bales 3x3x8 700 lb $40/bale 250-804-6720 Grass Alfalfa mix bales, 60lb bales, $5/bale, (250)379-2536 HAY FOR SALE; Grass or Grass Alfalfa mix, Round bales $70 each, approx. 800lbs. Large square bales, 3x3x8, $160/ton. Delivery avail. on larger orders. 250838-6630 *HAY-SALES-GUARANTEED Quality Grass, Alfalfa, Mixed square bales, round bales & Silage bales. Delivery avail. (250)804-6081,(250)833-6763. McLeery Ranch, Alfalfa/Alfalfa Grass $7., Haylage $45., Dry Rounds $50., Feeder Hay $25. 1- 250-546-0420
Lessons/Training WINTER DRIVING SPECIAL Westside Driving School 6hr/2hr (250)769-1181
Pets Beautiful Shih-tzu puppies, ORDER ASAP, Ready for Christmas!! 1-250-546-6939 DANDER FREE Turkish Angora Cross Bangle Kittens 4 mths old $300 (250)718-5056 FREE Dog to a good home. Cane Corso Mix. 4yrs old. Some issues. Call for details 250-869-7245 SHIH-TZU/YORKIE Ready to go Dec 7 Dewormed, Shots given. $450 (250)807-2610 Trinity Shepherds Malamute/ Shepherd cross, puppies, avail now, Vet checked all shots $250.ea 250-547-9763
Merchandise for Sale
Antiques / Vintage SPARROW’S NEST 1733 Dolphin (off Kirschner) Tues to Sat 10am - 5:30pm
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Merchandise for Sale
Merchandise for Sale
$100 & Under
$200 & Under
4 Winter Tires, 195/70 R14 on 5 Bolt Rims. Atleast 1 more year of tread. $100, 860-5564
SNOW Blade- Massey 6 ft., 2 hydrolic rams, heavy duty. $200 250-764-4424
DOG Crate (25 (250)768-7273
WHITE Refrigerator, 16.5cu’, works well, $195. 250-7633670
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$50
ELIPTICAL Trainer Machine with Pulse. $75 OBO (250)768-7273 ENTERTAINMENT Unit $25 OBO (250)768-7273 LARGE Live Trap $40 OBO (250)768-7273 SWIVEL Chair & Large Desk $50 OBO (250)768-7273
$200 & Under Computer System, Windows Internet ready Excellent Cond. $200. 250-869-2363 Kelowna DARK green jacket, merino wool lined, size 14, $125. Call 250-763-8737
Merchandise for Sale
$300 & Under BLACK full length leather coat, size 14, $250. Call 250763-8737 CENTRAL Vac, E-hose, 3-way switch, PN, excl. $299. Will install. 250-762-3468 Computer Laptop, Windows, Wireless, Excellent Condition, $300. 250-869-2363 Kelowna
Food Products FARM Fresh, Free-Range Eggs, 250-860-2602.
Merchandise for Sale
Merchandise for Sale
Free Items
Free Items
Furniture
FREE: Applewood, cut, you pick up. 250-863-9737 FREE: Big double window, wood frame, double glass, 81 1/4”H, 97” 1/4W. Marble toilet, good condition. Call 250-8686024 FREE Coffee Table and 2 End Tables, Glass and Wood. Good Shape (250)762-8617 FREE Dog to a good home. Cane Corso Mix. 4yrs old. Some issues. Call for details 250-869-7245 FREE Girls Toddler Stuffies and Toys. 250-869-7848 FREE Kittens, 8 wks, potty trained, will hold until Christmas if surprising someone special! (250)707-1737 Free pickup,of aluminum windows, wire, pipe, air conditioners & batteries. 250-717-0581 FREE Pure White Kittens (778)753-3734
FREE Pick-up of used bicycles that you no longer want. Ok if need repair 604-800-2104
MERRY CHRISTMAS 25% OFF STOREWIDE SALE HOME FURNISHINGS & COLLECTABLES Now until Christmas Eve! 3292 Hwy 97N, Kelowna (1.5 Kms North of McCurdy) 11-5 Tues-Sat OKestates.ca (250)-807-7775
FREE P/U- Appliances, Rads, Batteries, Old machinery, vehicles. Harley 778-821-1317 FREE Small Swivel Chair (250)762-8617
Office
FREE - To cut apple trees, for firewood. Min. 10 (250)8636801
Firewood/Fuel
Fruit & Vegetables
Fruit & Vegetables
Fresh From the Fields “Local Produce at Your Doorstep”
SALE! SALE! SALE! New and Pre-Owned Office Furniture for SALE! Presently we are over stocked with beautiful WOOD desks, credenzas, and office task chairs.....Visit Our Showroom Today at Total Office Business Furnishings, Mon to Fri 8am to 4.30pm, 420 Banks Rd. Kel. 250-717-1626
To place an ad...call the Kelowna Capital News
250-763-7114
Anjou Pears. Gala, Ambrosia, Granny Smith, Fuji, Braeburn Apples & Fresh Apple Juice.
HAZELDELL ORCHARDS
1980 BYRNS Rd, 250-862-4997. Open Mon-Sat, 9am-5:30pm, Sunday 10am-5pm Stock up now while quantities last!
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FIREWOOD. Fir $185/crd, Jack Pine $150/cd, Ponderosa, $125. Jim, 250-762-5469
Sales & Service Directory COMMERCIAL CLEANING
CLEANING SERVICES
#1 AFFORDABLE Quality House Cleaning. Exc ref’s & rates. 20 yrs. exp. Wkly/Bi-weekly. Kelowna/Westside
250-575-4001
CLEANING
Weekly/bi-weekly, residential, move-in & out. Organizing, elderly welcome. Serving in Kelowna and Westside. Please call
250-448-1786
CONTRACTORS
CLEANING LADY 25 yrs. experience, quality work, one time, weekly, bi-weekly. Exc ref’s.
250-470-9629
COUNTERTOPS 9.95 LF
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starting at
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Natural Stone Surfaces All One Piece Laminate
Visit our showroom at THE AIRPORT BUSINESS PARK Monday - Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm Family owned & operated for over 40 years
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HANDYMAN Larry’s Handyman & Renovation Services • Interior & Exterior Renovations • Carpentry • Painting • Small Repairs • Pressure Washing
• Kitchen & Bathroom Upgrades • Yard Maintenance • Fences, Decks • Tile • Graffiti Removal
250-718-8879
TERRY’S HANDYMAN SERVICE Indoor/outdoor painting, carpentry, furniture repair, dump runs. No job too small!
250-575-4258 or 250-450-6939
PAINTING “PREMIUM PAINT AND SERVICE”
DALE’S
PAINTING SERVICE
862-9333 PAINTING KELOWNA A BETTER PLACE SINCE 1982
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AFFORDABLE PAINTING
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250-863-9830 or 250-768-1098
FEATURING
PROFESSIONAL, RELIABLE, BONDED, INSURED
COMMERCIAL, RESTAURANT, OFFICES, MEDICAL, MOVE-IN/OUT, STRATA & FLOOR WORK Excellent References CELL: (250)868-7224 FAX: (778)477-2668
HEALTH PRODUCTS Cert foot care nurse. Lic’d & insr’d holding foot care clinics at: Peoples Drug Mart Westbank & Harvey, Shoppers Drug Mart Rutland, Pharmasave Mission & Westbank. Call for appnt:
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Residential & Commercial Wiring, New Construction, Renovations & Service Changes. Complete telephone & data cabling services, Prompt quality service. Licensed & Bonded Call Steve 250-864-2099 (cont#90929)
765-6898 In business since 1989
TREMBLAY’S EXCAVATING LTD.
• Snow Removal • Full Landscaping • Rock Retaining Walls • Portable Soil Screener CELL: (250) 979-8033 BUS: (250) 861-1500
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LEW CAT ENTERPRISES Carpet, lino, tiles, hrdwd, lam. Free est. Great rates.
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North End Moving AAA Services BEST RATE MOVING PARADISE MASSAGE. $59+. FLAT rates for long Local or Long Distance Where men come to distance. Weekly trips between Polite & Professional BC/AB. Why pay more? relax. 778-477-5050 Ph: 250-869-0697 Kelowna 250-861-3400 Cell 250-470-9498
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PLUMBING A DIV. OF BAYSIDE DEVELOPMENT LTD. Qualified, reliable, bonded. Installations, repairs, reno’s - hot water tank, washer, dryer, dishwasher! Over 30 years experience. Call 250-766-5580, 317-2279.
Concrete Rejuvenation Specialists. 15 Years Renovation Experience, Work Ethic & Respect second to none. Permits pulled & all jobs completed on time. Call Spencer @778-214-9000
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SUPPORT Dorothea Walker Elementary as we raise funds for our annual CANstruction Event. Garage Sale Sat. Dec. 10, 9am-noon in the gym.
Heavy Duty Machinery 6 Yard Sander $1200, Christy Carriage for yarding $1000, (250) 545-4653 or 308-0977 Will pay cash for oversized scrap steel, cats, yarders, saw mill equipment, farm equipment, etc. All insurance in place to work on your property. 250-260-0217
Medical Supplies INVACARE Synchronizer electric home care bed w/ remote adjust. height, head and foot positions, incl. a near new foam mattress. $600, NEAR New Invacare Reliant 450 Free Standing electric lift w/ sling & battery charger. $1500 Call (250)491-1129 SHOPRIDER Scooters & Powerchairs. New & Used, Stairlifts, Vertical Platform lifts, Platform Stairlifts. Kelowna: 250-764-7757, Vernon: 250542-3745, Toll free: 1-888-5423745 www.okmobility.ca
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I want to buy enough coins to set up at coin shows. Todd 250-864-3521 Private.
Sporting Goods Weber & Markin Gunsmiths Quality Firearms Buy & Sell at The Best Little Gun Shop Around, 4-1691 Powick Rd Kel 250-762-7575 Tues-Sat 10-6
Stereo / DVD / TV TV Stand $30 & 2 TV’s $10 each. Call 250-764-6135
Real Estate Apt/Condos for Sale 55+ clean, bright top flr condo. Cov’d parking, 6appls, extra storage. $185,900. MLS Charlene Bertrand, Coldwell Banker, 250-870-1870 Rutland 2BD, 2bth, spacious top flr, 5appls, extra storage, secure prking, quiet convenient location. $186,500. MLS Charlene Bertrand, Coldwell Banker, 250-870-1870
Houses For Sale 3-bdrm house, country setting in city of Vernon, great views, $354,900. (250)309-8080 MORTGAGES LOW RATES. 5YR. 3.29% VARIABLE 2.8% Trish at 250-470-8324 ******* OKHomeseller.com Where smart sellers meet smart buyers! View Thompson Okanagan properties for sale.// Selling? No Commission. (250) 545-2383 or 1-877-291-7576
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Down payment holding you back from moving into a brand new home? We’ll consider anything of market value on trade for the down payment on 64A McCulloch Heights.S.E. Kelowna. About 15 mins from Orchard Park. $185,949 + Tax Call Accent Homes 250-769-6614
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MILL CREEK ESTATES. Various floor plans avail. 1, 2 & 3bdrms within walking distance of the Parkinson rec center, Apple Bowl, Kelowna Golf & Country Club & Spall Plaza. 250-860-4836. millcreekestates@shaw.ca WILLOW PARK MANOR. Aurora and Hollywood. 1 & 2 bdrms. Steps away from Willow Park shopping center, transit & the other shops of Rutland. Direct bus route to UBCO. 12-15mins. 250-7633654
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Commercial/ Industrial FOR LEASE 600 sq.ft. Office Trailer fully serviced on fenced 1/2 acre. Zoned Heavy Industrial Including Auto Wrecking. $2500 + triple net. Fenced 1/2 to 1 acre serviced industrial lots available. Central Westside Location. will build to suit. 250-769-7424
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RENTAL Purchase, 2 renovated mobile homes. 1 in family side, 1 in 18yrs + side of mobile home park in west kelowna. Call Roy at (250)769-0007
2BD duplex. Avail. Immed. $800/mo. incl. utils. 4BD home, $1400/mo. + utils. Call (250)681-1735 2bdrms w/d, yard, 2prking spots. Reno’d. Beautiful area. $900 + utils. Avail Jan. 1 (250)470-0000 Available Nov15th 4 plex unit 2bdrm + den 1.5 bath st ,fr, Quiet area 610 Katherine Rd near Westside Rd interchange $1000/mo + utils. 250-7690109, 250-878-9970 Hein Rd, Kelowna, 2 bdr, f/s, w/d, 1 or 1.5 bath, sundeck, rent starts from $900. Looking for management for reduced rent. Call 250-317-8844 or 250-490-0046. NEAR KLO college, 1bd. suit mature wrkng cple. NP, NS, ref’s, 4 appl, deck, lg. yrd., private, $950. utils incl. Available Jan 1st Call 250-861-9013 RUTLAND Updated. 3bdrm 6appls, a/c, built-in-vac parking, shed, cable. Quiet working couple NS. NP. $1200 + utils Dec.1st. Ref’s & D.D. Req’d (250)491-4264
Apt/Condo for Rent 1&2BD.Adult building, NP, NS, WD, heat & water included. $795-$995. 250-878-0136 1BDRM apt. for rent. Avail Now. secure building, close to all amenities, $650+ utilities. (250)-861-4700 2BD, 2bth, 1256 sq.ft, partly furn’d & newly reno’d. Near UBC/Airport, NS/NP, Student or Mature persons pref’d. $975/mo 1-780-458-2086. 2BD, frun’d with in-condo laundry, near superstore. Dec 1 $1195 incl utils.(250)764-8440 2 BDRM convenient capri area, $869 incl. heat, wireless net 250-764-1918 Avail. Dec 1 BROCKTON MANOR. 1 & 2 bedrooms. The large, bright units are a short walk to downtown, hospital, beach & shopping. Transit is right outside the door. Please call us at 250-860-5220 FAIRLANE CRT. 2 & 3 bdrms, heat & hot water incl. Located on Lawrence near Gordon, close to downtown & Capri shopping mall. Please call 250-860-4836 APARTMENTS FOR RENT in Granada Gardens for Nov & beyond, ranging from $800-$850/mo 250-766-4528, 250-718-0881
Misc for Rent 4BD- up. all appls dbl garage, deck.Avail Dec1. Also 2bdrm suite all appls. Avail now. NS NP 433A, 433B Sumac Rd. 250-860-1148. or 317-1864
Homes for Rent 2Bdrm 1 bath hrdwd flrs, laundry. Lawson Ave. $900 + utils. DD. Avail Jan 1(250)762-6203
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FOR SALE - ROAD BICYCLES 2011 Norco CRR - SL, M, SRAM Red complete group 53/39, Ritchey Bars and Stem, Mavic Elite wheel $3600.
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2005 Cervelo P3K TT Frame only - 51cm, Carbon Fork and Seatpost - $200
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House in orchard. 3bd+ 2bonus rooms, 2bth, $1550+ DD, utils, 250-863-9737 Mission 4bdrm 2.1/2 ba 5 appl a/c gas fp den carport garage Newly reno’d painted $1900 Avail. immed. 250-860-2194 OLDER Home, North End of Mackenzie Rd, 2bd up, 1bd down, 1 bth, fridge & stove incl. NS NP. $800/mo. Avail. Dec 5(250)765-7431 UPPER Mission Lakeview. Lovely 3bd, 3bath, + fully finished bsmnt. Pets OK, Avail Jan.1, $2050. 778-577-5007
Office/Retail 191 ASHER ROAD, 1750 sq/ft. Plenty of parking. 250765-9448 HWY 97 North, 1800sq’ of retail, 1500-3300sq’ of indust. & compound. Rutland area. 2000sq’ Retail. 250-765-3295 NEWLY reno’d office space, w/lake view. 700sq.ft. $800 + T.N. 250-768-9083 Westbank
Room & Board FURNISHED Large Living Space, Priv. Ent., Shared Full Kitchen, Bth & Lndry, utils. incl. NS $800 (250)718-7455
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Viewings to be held in our Vernon Showrooms. VIEWINGS: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday thru Saturday 9:00 AM ‘til sale time Sunday SALE TIME: 12:30 PM 50 lots of High End Jewellery Only 1:00 PM start of Antiques Sunday, Dec. 11th
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2009 Norco Diabolique II TT Bike, M, Vision Bars, Carbon Seatpost, forks, DuraAce 7800 brakes, shifters, derailleurs, FSA NeoPro Crank 54/42 - $3200 (no wheels)
Antique Imports will be selling by Public Auction the contents of Anthony’s Antiques from Kelowna.
Partial List Includes: 1764 Hallmarked London sterling silver hot water pot, Victorian bleached walnut mirror front wardrobe, 14kt white gold genuine Sapphire & Diamond Bracelet (appraised at $8,120.00), signed Remington bronze figurine “Warrior”, Retro Seeburg Juke box, c1928 signed William Moorcroft 13” vase, large assortment of collectibles, boxed lots and so much more….
2BDRM House with 2 bdrm inlaw suite. DT Westbank. Close to ammen. Jan. 1. $1,400 + utils. 250-768-5998 2Bdrm Townhouse. Rutland. 1.5 baths. New paint, laundry Hook Up. Balcony with view. NS. NP. $775 (250)765-6620 2bdrm, upper suite, suitable for 2 working adults or students, garage, Rutland area, references required, $950/mo incl. util. 250-545-5559 2BD. Upper, $1100 2BD Lower $1000 or All $2000 ac, gas f/p up, 2-car grge, shared heat, Avail now, 250-868-7360 3+1BD House, newly reno’d, 2blks West of Capri mall. $1600+ utils. Also fully furn’d cozy 1 & 2bd aprtmnts, Glenmore. $780-$880 inclusive. 250-469-3254 3Bdrm 2.f bath all appls, family rm Grt rm full unfinished bsmt, indoor swim pool, gym h. tub NS NP Available Dec 15st $2400/mo L. Mission (250)764-2049 3BEDROOM Home, Mission area near Quarry. Suitable yard and safe area for a family or three quiet students. Parking for two vehicles including garage. $1800/month including utilities. Available for short term or long term. Available Nov. Call Jill at 764-3092 or Cell 317-4218 5Bdrm /bsmt inlaw suite in 1/2 Duplex 2200 sqft.,close to bus hosp lake Lrg yard garden space, $1900 (250)868-9059 or text (250)-863-5164 5bdrm house 3 bath In West Kelowna $1600/mo Available Immediately. To view call Barb 1-250-443-4893 ACREAGE View Woodlake, 3bd + den, side of dividable home, 3bath, appl’s, gas fp, carports, garage/w orkshop, fenced yard, NS. $1250 less winter discount + 2/3 utils. 250-766-4322. BRIGHT 3 bedroom family home steps away from shopping, elementary school and amenities. Gas fireplace in family room, updated paint, flooring and light fixtures. Private sun deck, wreck room down stairs, 2 car garage, fenced back yard. High efficiency heat pump/AC 1 bedroom lower suit with separate entrance. Possible rent to own. No smoking, pets considered. Avail. Dec 1 $1700/month with 1 year lease. Call 250-545-4577 bruntona@telus.net Bsmt suite $750, Glenmore Full house Rutland Big yard $1600/mo House in Winfield $2000 250-469-2322 East Hill home 3/4bdrms, 2bath, $950/mo +util. By Application call (250)260-8425
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#224-4074 GELLATLY RD. WEST KELOWNA Custom Built home in 45+ gated community. The Pointe at Gellatly Bay 3 car garage, waterfall, clubhouse c/w indoor sw pools, Spectacular Upgrades Must be seen. REDUCED to $574,900 More info http://comfree.com/293948
Rentals Rooms for Rent #1 Accesible address. DT area, furn’d, cable, w/d, w.int, quiet, avail immed. 862-9223 #1 Available, Furn’d. Quiet DT area,Int,Cbl/Utils. WD. Wrking/ stdnt/senior $400+ 861-5757 LOOKING for roommate, Dec 1 in 3bd suite, near DT (Nesters Market) bus, shr’d WD, NS, NP, Nparties, utils int, cbl incl, $500. 250-763-9693 ROOM for rent. High speed int, all utils incl. $500. Call 250-862-4624 RUTLAND furnished room for working man, 30+, livingroom, TV, kitchen, laundry, utils incl, $490+DD. Call 250-215-1561 Small trailer on acreage, single male only, TV, cbl & utils incl. $550. 250-317-2546.
Senior Assisted Living ROOM/Board for seniors w/ some care. Priv rm w/cble & own phone. 3 cooked meals, snacks, lndry, housekeeping. $1250/mo. CPR & 1st Aid Cert. Annie, 250-317-3341
Shared Accommodation 1Bdrm in Westbank, Share Kitchen, W/D, Cable, Int. & Utils Incl’d. $600 + DD. Call (250)-768-8930 Furnished Bdrm share everything else. utils, net,incl’d. Student/working female only pref.d $500 (250)765-6614 PARTNER to share. Rent/buy a mobile ASAP. Honest NP ND NS Call (250)448-2390
Suites, Lower 1000sq’ 1bd & 2bd house, newly reno’d, DW, WD, storage shed, 1521 Bernard, natural gas, bus stop nearby, NP, $1000 all utils incl. Avail immed. Call Betty, 250-4910626 1BD ground flr, bright, full bth, hospital area, avail Jan 1. NS, NP. Year lease pref. $795 incl utils. 250-470-2066 1Bdrm $700/mo utils included. NS. sm pet ok. Prefer working person. 250-8607014, 250-863-0822 1BDRM, N.Glenmore W/O, Spacious, private entry, laundry, near UBCO, $900 incl utils. Avail Dec 1, NS NP Call 250-868-8458 1Bdrm Suite Downtown, priv. entry, prefer single person, NS.NP. $750 includes Utils. Avail. Jan. 1st 250-860-5709 1BD suite in home, 5appls, NS, NP. $850 incl utils & cbl. (250)-769-7217 1BD suite, lrg master bdrm, walk in closet NS, NP. $600 all utils incl. Avail Immediately 250-769-9285 2BD 1.5 bath DeMontreuil Ct Avl. Nov 1 $1000 250-8687360 2BD bsmt suite avail. Rutland area. $800 incl utils. Nov. 1st. NS, NP. Call 250-864-7404 2BD legal suite Rutland. Nr. bus & shopping. 4appl, ns, np. $900 + utils. Avail Dec 1st. Call 250-863-1155 2BD. Lg., KLO & Gordon, ns, np, nprty’s, $900.mo. incl. utils. Cls. to bus rte. 250-763-1275 2BD lower suite, Springfield area, $900/mo incl utils & cable. Cat OK, W/D hook-ups. Avail. Immed. 250-448-0456 or 250-863-9477 2BD, New, Bright nr Hosp. ns/np, laundry. Mature & resp. adults w/ref. $895/mo. Avail Dec 1. Call 250-801-9900. 2 BDRM Suite avail. for rent in Mission. Near school & bus. NP, NS. $900 250-317-3462 2 Large Bedroom Winfield. Clean Basement. Private Entry. NS, NP. $840 incl. utils. Security Dep. (250)766-3395 3BD. W-Bank, newly reno’d, sep. ent., wd, f/s, gas fp, ns, sml pet neg. quiet, mature persons, Jan 1, $1050 incl.util 212-5209 BRIGHT 2bd, Capri area, gas FP, own lndry, utils incl, cats ok. NS. 250-869-7144 BRIGHT w/o basement suite in peachland, close to lake, 2bd + den, new kitchen, good soundproofing, 5 appl, $850/mo. + 1/2 utils. NS,small pets only. Call (250)878-2193 LRG Bachelor. Newer 5appls NS. NP. partly furn. Lakeview H. Working single male preferred. $975 utils cable incl’d. DD.req’d (250)-769-7217
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RUTLAND 2bd gr level, laminate flooring. Available immediately Townhome $800 + utilities. NS, NP 778-788-1636 RUTLAND. 2bd suite, grnd lvl, sep ent, NS, NP. $750 utils incl. Near schools. Avail. Dec 1st. Call 250-869-9530 RUTLAND Avail Jan 1. 2BD Newly Reno’d, 4 New Appl., Sep. Lndry, grg, lrg yard, near Athens Pool, NS, Pets Neg., $1100 incl. utils. (250)4918230
2002 Chrysler Seabring LX 4dr, original non-smoker owned, onyx green pearl, excl cond., auto, air, power all, 150kms, 75% hwy driven for pleasure use only. $4300. 250-763-3567
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS. RE: THE ESTATE OF CINDY CHMILAR, deceased, formerly of 1052 Coronation Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Cindy Chmilar, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the executor, care of BENSON LAW LLP, 270 Highway 33 West, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1X 1X7 Attention: Robert A.Tonsoo, on or before January 9, 2012, after which date the executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the executor then has notice. NOTICE OF EXCLUSION APPLICATION REGARDING LAND IN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND RESERVE I, Solunqua Orchards Ltd, intend on making an application pursuant to Section 30(1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act to exclude part of the land in the Agricultural Land Reserve the following property which is legally described as, All that portion of District Lot 522, Group 1, Osoyoos Division Yale District, Area to be removed is approximately 3.7 acres or 1.5 hectares Any person wishing to express an interest in the application may do so by forwarding their comments in writing to the District of West Kelowna - 2760 Cameron Road, West Kelowna, BC V1Z 2T6 by December 13, 2011. NOTICE - The following vehicle will be sold on or after December 13th, 2011 @ 9:00AM to the highest bidder. Location of sale and viewing will be 1960 Kirschner Road. Viewing is available during business hours 8:30AM to 5:00PM MonFri @1960 Kirschner Road. Vehicle - 2006 Lincoln Mark LT Crew Cab Light Duty Pickup - 5LTPW18556FJ09222 Debtor - Kenny Robert Fryia Debt - $18,902.26
MATURE Lady, soft & sensual massage. 9am-9pm daily. 778-214-0552
Suites, Upper 1Bdrm suite Priv enrty lrg patio,suits working single NS pet negot $750 utils incl’d 250769-1106, or 778-363-1990 1BDRM Suite. Shared W/D. L.Mission. $750/mo + utils. Avail. Dec 1st .250-215-1562 (2) 1bd apartments, sep ent, close to hospital, utils, cbl, lndry incl. Avail immed. NP, NS. Call (778)-478-6991 2Bdrm Carriage house 5 appls clean comfortable bright & private. Westside $1050 incl utils. NS NP (250)769-7505 2BD. Spacious upper level of house, Downtown 723 Stockwell Ave. 6appl., $1100. incl. utils., ns, sm pets welcome, Call Scott @ 250-718-4658 3Bdrm 1.5 bath 2 decks 1 car garage, Newer home. huge yard w/dog run. Glenmore $1350 utils inc’d(250)762-9703 3 bedrm 2 ba Upper floor of house. Separate laundry, util., and entrance. Large yard and full attached garage. Rutland area close to schools and YMCA. $1350/month + utilities. NP NS Avail Dec 15th or ASAP. Contact Don at 250 764 8305. CAPRI area, main floor, 2bd, NP, $1200 includes utilities. Ref’s Req’d. 1300 Belaire Ave. Call 250-718-9393 PEACHLAND. Close to lake, spectacular views, 3bdrm, upper level, NS, pets ok. See pics on Castanet. $1050/mo. plus 1/2 utilities. 250-878-2193
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1998 Dakota Sport 4x4 V6 club cab 3” lift, big wide tires PS PB PW remote auto, K160 Very clean runs & looks Tops! Senior must sell. $5200 obo 778-478-3635, 250-869-5070
1983 Chev Silverado, longbox, 2WD, good running cond., $650 obo. 250-470-2677 2001 Chev Venture, 200,000 kms, excl running cond., $2200 obo. 250-470-2677 2004 Chevy 3500, 4x4, ext cab, long box, 6.L Vortex, new tires, runs great, 98,000 kms $11,800. (250)309-5200 Need Christmas Cash? Cash factory Loans offers payday loans up to $800 using employment, CTB, EI or Pension, or Collateral Loans up to $10,000. Using almost any vehicle! NO HIDDEN FEES like the other guys! 1756 Springfield across from Rona or 869-1499.
Lets You Live Life. One too many cars, so she’s gotta go. Very reliable. Brand new cooling system, tires have 70-90% tred left. Leather seats, power everything. There are some minor scratches, and a small dent above the drivers wheel well. Also could use a splash of paint. Very comfortable travel car or a great starter car! Appraised at $4600. Reduced to $3500. 250-869-7362 Lve msg 2003 Monte Carlo 3400 V6100,000kms, some SS equip, snows on wheels, $6000 Firm. 250-860-0521
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Legal Notices NOTICE - The following vehicle will be sold on or after December 13th, 2011 @9:00AM to the highest bidder. Location of sale and viewing will be 1960 Kirschner Road. Viewing is available during business hours 8:30AM to 5:00PM MonFri @1960 Kirschner Road. Vehicle - 2003 Infinity G35 Coupe Sport JNKCV54E03M210319 Debtor - Michelle L Smith Debt $11,042.99
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By Cedar Craft Custom Homes in the wonderful community of Smith Creek incredible Lakeview on quiet cul-de-sac only minutes to all that West Kelowna has to offer. Modern fixtures & decor, huge open concept with vaulted ceilings, amazing maple cabinets, Silestone counters, gleaming oak hrdwd floors & heated ceramic tile, large windows & covered decks to absorb that amazing Lakeview. For your personal tour and more information, call Eric at 250-718-8677 or visit www.RealEstateCrew.ca Price is $578,438 including NET HST. 1475 sqft 2 bed & 2 bath brand new rancher w/walk-out basement. MLS®10035878
WHY RENT? 2956 MCALLISTER RD.
Great rental or fix & flip! 1978 Half duplex in Glenrosa, 3 bed 2 bath, 1700 sq ft, close to schools & bus routes. 4 bedrooms & 2 baths plus a family room and separate laundry room down. The house needs work to make it a home but at this price....sweat equity will pay off! MLS®10038004
Thank You to all our valued clients for your continued support in 2011. We wish you all Happy Holidays.
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DEB ANNAN
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136-3360 Old Okanagan Highway, West Kelowna - Well kept 2 bed/2 bath detached rancher in friendly Leisure Village (55+). FREEHOLD LAND, LOW STRATA FEES, secured gate entrance and plenty of privacy...this is GREAT retirement living! Plenty of touches that you will love including updated fixtures & fresh modern paint, new stove, central A/C, infloor heating & cozy gas f/p. MLS®10037614
TRACEY BOORMAN
250-864-6606
A WONDERFUL LIFE!!!
This Near New Peachland Beauty has gorgeous finishing and inspiring lakeviews that stretch from Upper Mission to Naramata. Don’t miss out on this Eagles View home at only $379,000 including high quality furnishings.
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Bring the Kids! 4 bedroom plus den, 3 bathroom, beautiful lake view, huge fenced yard, double garage, RV parking and hot tub, Close to schools and shopping. MLS®10036704.
TROY FISCHER
250-878-0626
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Rural living at its best offered by this 5+acre property with beautifully maintained & updated 3 bdrm, 3 bath home. 3 outbuildings include double garage w/1 bedroom suite above, 2 storey workshop, det. garage w/covered carport. Privacy plus backing onto Crown land. MLS®10035425
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You can start 2012 enjoying adult community living in “Canyon Ridge” without the need to downsize. With 1580 sq. ft. on the main floor plus a full basement, this spacious detached home will accommodate all of your needs. Lovely hardwood throughout, with a formal living /dining area as well as a family room off the kitchen and nook. Lots of large windows for natural light and a private location backing on green space and canyon. Call Brenda for appointment to view. MLS®10032665
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Lakeview home w/double garage/ detached shop c/w 220 power! Tons of parking: RV, boat+4 cov’d spots; 3 bdrms+1 bdrm inlaw suite with separate entrance; b/i vac, central air, large deck, flat backyard w/fruit trees; vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors. Close to schools and all amenities. A must see! MLS®10038282
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