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IN THE WHL, a 20-yearold is referred to as a veteran, a commodity that Kelowna Rockets enhanced their roster with by acquiring Brett Lynon.
JUGGLING FAMILY TIME for band members of Jars Of Clay with the demands of writing new music and touring has proved to be a challenge to find balance.
THE WEST KELOWNA Residents Association takes issue with the degree of enforcement taken with district bylaw regulations concerning open burning.
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Council opts out of strip mall argument Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR
After being dragged into a debate over what businesses should be allowed to set up shop in Glemmore, Kelowna city council has given initial approval to a plan to rezone land on Kane Road for a new strip mall. The 45,000-square-foot project, which the applicants said will include a Coopers grocery store, a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy and several other smaller stores and services, would be located beside the existing Glen Park Centre strip mall. It houses Glenmore’s only existing grocery store, an IGA. Garry Frawley, of PC Urban Properties which together with land owner OCORP Development Ltd is proposing the new commercial centre, said a market study shows the need for another grocery store in the area. But a lawyer for the owners of Glen Park disagreed and slammed the study while urging council not to allow the replication of what is already there. Marc Whittemore said the current population served by stores in the area is only half the 25,000 identified in Frawley’s market study. His comments raised concern with with one city councillor and sparked a debate over what businesses should be allowed to set up shop in the proposed strip mall. “I’m shocked that your client doesn’t want competition,” said Coun. Andre
Blanleil. Blanleil, owner of the popular Andre’s chain of electronics stores, said in the electronics business, large retailers like Best Buy, Future Shop and his stores usually cluster in the same area and that promotes competition. Whittemore suggested council approve a rezoning for the land at the corner of Kane and Valley Roads but give it a lower level of zoning so as to attract smaller “speciality” stores. His exchange with Blanleil prompted a lengthy discussion about competition between tenants of the two commercial developments during the public hearing Tuesday night to address the rezoning application. In the end, council voted to approve the rezoning as recommended by city staff and praised an agreement between OCORP and an adjacent land owner to swap properties so the commercial area could be developed along with two areas of multi-family. The multi-family developments would be accessed from a future extension of Drysdale Road. “Commercial is the right designation for the property,” said Coun. Gail Given in supporting the rezoning application. Given added that while she was not sure which businesses should be located at the proposed new strip mall site, she noted that concern is not something council is in the position of having to address. awaters@kelownacapnews.com
West Kelowna man keeps quiet about gunshot leg wound
Kathy Michaels STAFF REPORTER
The West Kelowna man healing from an apparent shooting is keeping mum about how his leg came in contact with a flying bullet, making the
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investigation challenging for police. “Unfortunately, he’s given us no indication of who shot him or how,” said Const. Kris Clark, of the Tuesday night shooting. What is clear, is that
the 19-year-old had the presence of mind once injured to get himself some medical treatment. “From my understanding, the victim called (911) and asked them to meet him at Gorman’s Mill,” said Clark.
The shooting is believed to have occurred along Glenrosa Road, and the man was picked up by a passerby who may have seen him limping along. They took him to the mill where emergency services awaited.
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He was then treated at Kelowna General Hospital. There are some massive holes in the young man’s story that aren’t just posing problems for investigators.
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Absence of snow not cause for concern–yet Judie Steeves STAFF REPORTER
We’re only about halfway through this winter’s normal snow accumulation at higher elevations around the valley, but there’s less than the normal amount of the white stuff in local hills. It’s been warmer than normal in the first part of January in the valley bottom, but it’s been drier than usual as well. Snow accumulations are further below normal on the west side of the lake than on the east side of the lake, with snow at the Mission Creek snow pillow at 89 per cent of normal, but at the Brenda Mine snowcourse, across the lake, at 67 per cent of normal. Brenda’s snowcourse is at a lower elevation, 1,460 metres, while the Mission Creek one is measured at 1,780 metres of elevation, which may partly account for the difference.
Low snowpacks mean less melting snow runs off in the spring and early summer into local reservoirs for use during the hot summer in the Okanagan. David Campbell, head of B.C.’s River Forecast Centre, notes that a second winter of influence from La Nina, which results from cooler-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, is expected to persist into this spring. Along with the cool-phase Pacific Decadal Oscillation conditions, they are forecast to enhance seasonal climate effects, with cooler than normal and normal to wetter-than-normal conditions throughout most of B.C. While snowpacks in the southern interior part of the province are below normal, in the upper Fraser, Peace and Skeena regions they are above normal, raising the possibility of spring flooding. jsteeves@kelownacapnews.com
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Drought tolerant grape rootstocks focus of research effort Judie Steeves STAFF REPORTER
A three-year research project to develop water efficiencies for use in growing wine grapes is being funded by the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust. UBCO chemistry researcher Susan Murch has received $150,000 to field test new rootstocks created in the lab and to test, market and distribute a bio-marker detection tool to identify the presence of specific characteristic proteins of vine water stress. That would reduce the need for preventive irrigation. Both would conserve water in the Okanagan’s
Susan Murch dry climate. Murch came to UBCO in 2005 from the University of Guelph where she had worked in plant chemistry for the previous 20 years. She is the Canada Research Chair in Natural Products Chemistry. Her particular interest
is in plant growth regulation and secondary metabolism, and that’s where the flavour compounds in wine grapes develop. “Interesting flavours come from stressed plants, but it’s a fine line how much you can stress the plant,” she explains. In some wine regions of the world, it’s clearer where that fine line is than in the Okanagan Valley. She says she’s found this valley particularly interesting because there are so many different growing conditions, due to factors such as soil type and microclimates, throughout the valley. As a precursor to this project, she began studying wine grape rootstocks
here five or six years ago, beginning with plants from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency which are in common use in the Okanagan. She then talked to growers from one end of the valley to the other about which rootstocks they are using and conducted an informal survey on what their needs are, their concerns, what is working well for them and why they’ve made the choices they have. None of the rootstocks commonly used here now are drought tolerant, yet there is a finite amount of water available and reducing water would be beneficial to growers, she notes.
She then created dozens of new rootstocks in the lab, using somatic hybridization, a type of tissue culture. These have been tested in the lab, under conditions meant to replicate drought, with a sandytextured artificial soil that helps to keep water from the roots, but under conditions where adequate light and nutrition are provided, she explains. The current project called Biotechnology Resources for Improving Water Use Efficiency in Vineyards, will begin with testing in working vineyards this spring, moving to full-scale field trials in two local vineyards next year, including Summer-
hill Pyramid Estate Winery. At first a range of grape varietals will be grown on the rootstocks to see which work best with which varietals. After three years, the flavour characteristics will be compared to those varietals grown on the morecommon rootstocks in the valley. During growth, the biomass produced on the new rootstocks will be compared to that grown on the more-common valley rootstocks as well as the disease resistance and cold susceptibility. The amount of water that might be able to be conserved using the new rootstocks will vary de-
pending on the vineyard, its soil type, microclimate and management. However, the research is of interest in other parts of the world as well as here in B.C., notes Murch. This project and the ones preceding it have involved students from the university conducting research projects. This is a particularly appropriate venue for this type of work because the university is actually sending its students out into a valley that’s currently recruiting from all areas of the world for the rapidly-growing wine industry, she points out. jsteeves@kelownacapnews.com
Kelowna man attempts to rob gas convenience store wielding a tape recorder Roger Knox CONTRIBUTOR
A Vernon robbery suspect wasn’t packing heat. But he was packing a tape recorder.
Vernon RCMP were called to a report of a robbery attempt Monday at Quality Chevron Service in the 3300 block of 32nd Street at 10:20 p.m. “A fellow who appeared to be intoxicated came in, went up to the till,
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the suspect was picked up by police a few blocks later. A 41-year-old Kelowna man was arrested and remanded in custody, pending an appearance in Vernon Provincial Court Tuesday.
It was the first time in Molendyk’s 35-year career in police service that he’d heard of a robbery attempt using a tape recorder. Roger Knox is a reporter with Vernon Morningstar.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a commonly diagnosed, yet often misunderstood disorder. To help clear up the confusion, Dr. Don Duncan, a child psychiatrist, and Scott Jacobsen, an ADHD clinic nurse, will host an information session at Hudson Road Elementary School on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is open to all interested members of the public. Daniel Reilly, a school psychologist who works with schools on the Westside, helped orchestrate the presentation. He said that the goal of the session is to serve the needs of parents in West Kelowna. “We want to offer something to parents to help them understand ADHD and to help them understand what resources are available to them in the Kelowna area,� said Reilly. The meeting will feature a lec-
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A prolific Okanagan bank robber was given a hefty prison sentence Tuesday by a Supreme Court Justice trying to deter anyone thinking of picking up the crook’s craft. Trevor Allan Nilsson, 29, will spend eight years, less 463 days for time already served, in prison for robbing a Kelowna CIBC branch and a Penticton Toronto Dominion, in February 2010. Each robbery earned Nilsson a separate seven year sentence, but the judge ruled he could serve them concurrently, reducing the total significantly. Nilsson will also have to submit his DNA to the national registry, and will never be allowed to possess a gun. “I’m not satisfied that a sentence on the lower end will protect the public since it’s clear he’ll likely re-offend,� said Supreme Court Justice Paul Walker, noting that the heavier sentence was aimed at sending out a “strong message of denunciation.� Walker said that Nils-
son has either been committing a crime or in prison all his adult life. He’s already benefitted from the court’s generosity, which was exhibited when he received lighter sentences for several previous robbery convictions, said Walker, but he’s shown little sign of trying to find a better path forward through therapy or higher education. Worse yet, apparently, his decision to rob the two banks last year didn’t come from an act of desperation, fuelled by drugs or booze. He just seems to view robbery as a means to “fund his lifestyle.� “Nilsson’s trade is to perform robberies,� said Walker. Both the CIBC and TD heists were carefully plotted and executed. During his robberies Nilsson hid his face and told two women tellers in a measured tone that they were being robbed as he relieved them of cash. His face was concealed and the behaviour was menacing enough to leave both women still feeling the symptoms of “anxiety and stress.� Nearly two years to
the date since the heists, Nilsson seemed just as cool and collected when his sentence was rendered and declined an offer to speak before he was sentenced. As Walker announced the sentence and all the issues that came into play as he made his conclusion, Nilsson sat in the prisoner’s box and rubbed his chin in a slow and measured manner. He remained in that state as Walker listed emotional problems that contributed to the criminal behaviour. Nilsson, said Walker, has abandonment issues stemming from the fact his mother gave him up to foster care when he was a child, choosing to keep his two other siblings. Leading into his sentencing, Nilsson said he intended to work to improve his family relationships and the issues that stem from fractures created in his youth. In federal prison, he’ll have ample access to rehabilitation programs, Walker noted, however he’ll have to take the initiative to access them himself, something Nilsson has yet to do.
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“Kelowna.” Not such a hard word to you and me, but Bob Saget put a good deal of energy into learning it before tackling the press junket for his impending tour, launching at the Kelowna Community Theatre next Wednesday. He researched the theatre too, suspicious that “community” word plunked in the middle of the title might lead to something hokey. Saget likes a good stage, somewhere people might dress up to go; not a place the crowds show up drunk and rowdy. “I’m lucky. I pick everything I do. I work hard and I don’t do too many things that make me feel uncomfortable anymore,” said the famous TV-dad whose dirty comedy shocked audiences more familiar with his clean-cut roles on Full House and as host of America’s Funniest Home Videos. Saget says he sometimes finds himself getting defensive about the blue comedy he’s practiced since his teens— though he certainly doesn’t shy away from the potty mouth. Dedicating his last one-hour television special, a rip-roaring tour
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COMEDIAN Bob Saget: “The world has gotten a lot dirtier than me.” through his version of family humour, to his father who had passed away shortly before it was filmed, he says his family was always a little noholds-barred. As a result, he likes to keep his humour strictly below the belt, giving him a chance to play doctor after all, though he dropped out of pre-med for the artsy lot. “We had a lot of death around us; and we got through it with a lot of
gallows humour,” he explained, noting his father really led the pack with the jokes. His working influences include Rodney Dangerfield’s one-liners and Richard Pryor’s storytelling, with a little of the Don Rickles unusual timing thrown in the mix. The biggest thing that’s changed in his 30 years on stage, he claims, is that his brand of off-colour jokes seem pretty mild when compared to stan-
dard TV fare these days. “The world has gotten a lot dirtier than me,” he said, pointing to South Park and Family Guy as evidence. Get past the cursing and sexual innuendo and his show really does have a softer, family appeal. “A dirty Bill Cosby,” as he describes it, he avoids politics like the plague and steers clear of religion because both make him too mad to remain funny. He tends to use his show material to work through some of the issues that come up in his own life—illness, death, the strains personal relationships with the people who know you the best impose. Aside from the standup and acting, Saget has done his tour of duty as director, even shooting a film about scleroderma, the autoimmune disorder which took his sister’s life. He’s hoping to get back into directing this year, he says, and will be filming his third one-hour comedy show in the early part of the year, after finishing this tour through Vancouver, Vancouver Island and down the coast to Vegas and Los Angeles. There’s a stop in Nanaimo, incidentally, and listening to him tackle that island city’s name is
enough to make anyone bust a gut. And if that doesn’t work, there will be the songs. From Danny Tanner Was Not Gay, a little ditty about his TV dad persona done to a Back Street Boys tune, to another about his dog, Saget makes it his business to keep the laughs rolling with a surgeon’s precision and an auctioneer’s speed. “It’s like spiral art in my brain,” he said, providing a little on-the-spot demonstration. If there’s one part of comedy that really excites him, it’s the unplanned spontaneous moments that weren’t supposed to happen, he says, noting he tries to remember each crowd. “It’s a relationship that you have with your audience. It’s like going on dates. Some of them you just don’t forget,” he said. Whether Kelowna stacks up against the Halifax pack who could not stop talking about how the Titanic had sunk of their shores remains to be seen. Bob Saget will be at Kelowna Community Theatre Wednesday, Jan 18. at 7 p.m. Tickets are $56 and available through Select Your Tickets (www. selectyourtickets.com) or 250-762-5050. jsmith@kelownacapnews.com
Gun-toting Porsche driver freaked out Kathy Michaels STAFF REPORTER
A muscle-bound 30-something seemingly in the throes of an episode of road rage, chased down a middle age Okanagan man driving with an elderly passenger and turned the barrel of a gun toward them. “A Lake Country man,
45, and his 72-year-old female passenger were travelling toward Lake Country on Glenmore Road in their green Pontiac Sunfire when a newer silver SUV, possibly a Porsche Cayenne, began honking, tailgating and flashing its high beams,” said Const. Kris Clark, noting a call was made to police on Jan. 9 at 7:45 p.m.
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“While stopped at a red light, the driver of the SUV got out of his car and approached the Sunfire on the driver’s side.” Nothing happened at that point as the light then turned green, but the chase continued and the erratic behaviour of the Porsche driver became even more pronounced. “Once on Highway
97 northbound, the SUV pulled up along side the Sunfire and the driver pointed what appeared to be a silver handgun at the Lake Country man,” he said. “The (Sunfire driver) then went on some sideroads and along the highway and continued northbound.” The Porsche followed up to a point, but the Sun-
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Nearly half the directors on the Okanagan Basin Water Board are new in the wake of last November’s civic election results. The Central Okanagan Regional District has
re-appointed West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlator and Peachland Mayor Keith Fielding to the board, and appointed new Kelowna Coun. Gerry Zimmermann. Current OBWB chair-
man and Osoyoos Mayor Stu Wells was re-appointed to represent the Okanagan-Similkameen, along with rural area director Michael Brydon, and with newly-elected rural area director Tom
Siddon. In the north, rural area director Rick Fairbairn was re-appointed by the North Okanagan regional district, along with Coldstream Coun. Doug Dirk and Vernon Coun. Juliette
Cunningham. They replace Lake Country Mayor James Baker and Vernon Coun. Buffy Baumbrough. In addition, Toby Pike represents the Water Supply Association of B.C. on
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An overnight trip to Science World in Vancouver is what the Black Mountain, Ellison and Rutland (BEAR) Beavers have their sights set on. On Saturday, the group started to work towards their goal by hosting a bottle drive at the Holy Spirit Church. Karen D’Aoust, section leader of the Beavers, said that Saturday’s turnout was very encouraging. “I’m blown away. We tried to
get the word out within our group, family and friends. I think people just love to support the Scouts,” said D’Aoust. D’Aoust said that they’ve done a couple smaller fundraisers; however, this was the first one solely done for the Science World trip. “We always do Scouts popcorn and we’ve sold chocolates this year. This is the first focused effort on one event that we’ve done ourselves this year.” According to D’Aoust, the kids are excited because the BEAR Beavers have never gone out of town on
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cstasy can kill you—can that message be driven home any more acutely than it has in this community? In the past five weeks, the popular man-made drug has taken two lives, and is responsible for another that hangs in the balance. On Nov. 27, Tyler Miller, 20, took ecstasy. He was a gifted Abbotsford musician and student, with great career plans. It’s all over. He was dead in eight hours. On Dec. 19, 17-year-old
Cheryl McCormack of Abbotsford ingested ecstasy with some friends—ostensibly as a weight loss aid. She became unresponsive, and three days later, she died. She was a bright, fun and athletic teen. On New Year’s Eve, a 24year-old Abbotsford woman engaged in “recreational” use of ecstasy with three friends. By 6 a.m. she was in critical condition in hospital, where she remains today. The grief and suffering of the family and friends of these vic-
tims is excruciating. In that context, it is such cruel irony, considering ecstasy is known for inducing euphoria and a sense of well-being. It’s chemical Russian roulette. You can feel good and survive—or, you can end up dead, or on life support. It doesn’t take prolonged use or abuse of ecstasy to court disaster. Ecstasy, or MDMA, is notorious for being laced with other drugs, including ketamine, methamphetamine and cocaine. Depending on the circum-
stances, the physiology of the user and other factors, the mix can be lethal. It seems an insane risk, yet ecstasy is popular among a segment of young people, who have so much to lose. So to parents, teachers, police—speak to your children, your students, your young contacts. Teens, counsel your peers who may be tempted to use ecstasy or are already using it. Give them the cold facts. Implore them to make good decisions. —Abbotsford News
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ow is B.C.’s economy doing? This question occupies a great deal of time in our political debate. But since that debate is mostly an exercise in selecting facts and passing blame back and forth, it’s difficult to tell. Former premier Gordon Campbell set out to change that in 2001 with the establishment of the B.C. Progress Board. Independent directors established six “core targets,” environmental, health and social indicators as well as economic measures, and tracked them annually with comparisons to other provinces. This created a 10-year database that doesn’t exist anywhere else. But it hasn’t exactly been flattering, a sign
that it has been kept free of political interference. Premier Christy Clark’s recent decision to replace the Progress Board has sparked another round of political blame-storming. The NDP opposition was accustomed to jumping on the annual rankings and trumpeting the ones that cast the B.C. Liberals in a bad light. Predictably, they portrayed the remake of the board as an effort to sweep embarrassing results under the rug. Media often focus on the political horse race rather than details of dull
old policy. When the board’s annual reports came out, they typically covered the political fight and glossed over the findings. The key flaw with Tom the Progress Board Fletcher turned out to be its emphasis on provincial rankings. B.C. ranked first for the entire 10 years in health and environmental conditions, and near the bottom in a complex measure of “social condition” that was often oversimplified as poverty. In most measures, including economic ones, the rankings barely changed in a decade.
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In his final report, board chair Gerry Martin noted that B.C.’s improvements in economic output and income were significant, but didn’t move them up the rankings because other provinces had similar success. Big recoveries in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland meant that B.C. sometimes slipped in the relative rankings despite major gains. Martin noted that on crime, “initial performance was so poor that B.C.’s best-in-country improvements over several years were needed just to move B.C. to about average.” (There’s an example of how independent this board has been.) Crime is part of the board’s Social Condition Index, along with low-
birth-weight babies and long-term unemployment. This has been a favourite of Opposition critics, because B.C. started low and slipped lower. But they won’t tell you the whole story, through the NDP 1990s as well as the B.C. Liberal 2000s: “B.C. ranked sixth in the Social Condition Index in 1990, improved to third in 1993, but deteriorated through the rest of the 1990s and into the next decade such that it sank to last place for 2001 and 2002,” the final report says. “Improvements between 2002 and 2007 saw B.C. reach fifth place in 2006 and 2007, but rank changes See Fletcher A9
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Registry all wrong
To the editor: The letter from Bruce K. Dunne on Jan. 5 (It Doesn’t Take a Gun to Murder a Spouse, Capital News) is right on the mark. All the bleatings by the anti-long gun crowd can’t conceal the fact that the grossly expensive long gun registry enacted by the Liberals has not prevented one homicide. No legislation can stop a maniac from obtaining an automatic rifle and killing as many as he wants. In my time on the Prairies, every farm had at least one .22, one shotgun and one high powered rifle. It was not uncommon to see pickup trucks with rifles hanging in the rear window. In season, many rifles and/or shotguns could be seen in parked cars. Yet gun violence or theft was not a problem. So what was the reason? Could it be that murderers were likely to find themselves dangling off the end of a rope? And thieves would spend a lot of time in the crowbar motel? While a return to capital punishment would be unwise because if there is a wrongful conviction it
To the editor: Great letter by Bruce K. Dunne (Jan. 5). But it misses one important fact. Those Liberal hacks employed by the Canadian Firearms Center in Miramichi were skill-challenged. The massive amount of mistakes (found in only a cursory examination of the data base illegally given to the Ottawa Citizen, which anyone could access) made by the staff show that the whole exercise was nothing more than a Liberal make work program for cronies. This list of laughable (if not for the jail and criminal records that could result to innocent firearms owners who were threatened into complying with the fraudulent law) errors were made by the staff, not the applicants. Who, for instance, ever heard of the
would be impossible to correct the mistake, it is ludicrous that beasts like Clifford Olson and Robert Pickton are not sentenced to life with no chance of parole. We have now ‘progressed’ to the point where a sadist can abduct a young girl, rape her, bludgeon her to death, and dump her in a ditch. Then he can masquerade as a pious church goer, husband and father for years. When finally caught and convicted the kindly judge lets him off with only 13 years in jail. Then he appeals the conviction. Given the track record of appeals courts, his sentence will be cut in half and he’ll be out on the street again while his victim is forever dead and her family has to suffer forever. It is to be hoped that the present government reverses this stupidity and Canadians are smart enough to never elect another Liberal government. Gordon Maddaford, Kelowna
pages and pages of “saver� firearms. Or the old Winchester 1894 model lever action rifles that are listed as “full auto�—“prohibited.� As the Auditor General stated, up to a 90 per cent error rate in the records makes them totally useless to the police and a grave danger to them and the public. The law states that the applicant is responsible for the errors in the data recorded at the Canadian Firearms Center. We are all still criminals under that abominable law. The law was never about “public safety� but was designed solely for confiscation of lawfully owned firearms. It is working exactly as they planned it as they pick away at one type of firearm at a time. Don Klein, Bon Accord, Alberta
One flagger’s perspective at Nancee Way First thing though is to say a special thank you to Deanna P, Tanya V and the few who have taken the time to stop by this location while we work and drop off hot chocolate, coffee and other goodies to keep us going while we work in the cold weather. We all really appreciate your generosity. Also, many thanks to those who have the courtesy to wave and honk in support of us as you drive by. Now for the nitty gritty. For those who are wanting to have a traffic light at this location, you had better take the blinders off and take a close look at where you are driving. The incident with the wall collapsing was unfortunate and yes, an inconven-
ience for many. The way some people have reacted is like it was a total conspiracy by Ledcor just to inconvenience you personally. When the collapse first happened, Ledcor and the highways department had to ensure the travelling public safe passage from point A to point B. Yes, the detours and line ups were bad at the beginning for you and us too. They did what they had to do so you were safe. Hwy 97S and Nancee Way is only a temporary intersection until such time as they fix the walls. If you notice, there is no proper turning lanes, with a curve in the highway and therefore not safe to put traffic lights at this location. A flagger is a human
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Suggestions became policy Fletcher from A8 on low birth weights and long-term unemployment brought B.C. to seventh in 2008 and ninth in 2009.� Does this mean the NDP government of the 1990s did a bad job, or that the B.C. Liberals did better and then screwed up? It could be spun that way, but there are external factors involved.
The B.C. Progress Board didn’t just do rankings. Its policy suggestions were implemented in regulatory reform, energy self-sufficiency, creating community courts and UBC Okanagan, and proceeding with the Site C dam. Martin notes that the successor organization, the Jobs and Investment Board, will carry on the
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To the editor: After reading a number of letters to the editor about wanting a traffic light on the highway at the Westside Overpass construction area, time for you to get informed. It’s time for those people who have complained to get their head out of their butts, quit being selfish, and get the facts first. I would like to introduce myself as one of the number of certified TCPs (Traffic Control Person), also known as a traffic flagger, working at the location of Hwy 97S and Nancee Way. I have worked at this location since the beginning, have put in over 400 hours and I would like to give you my personal perspective on what’s happening.
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traffic light and is better than automation at this particular spot. We can adjust to traffic flows through this construction area and help traffic flow better with less disruption to most drivers but regretfully not all. I also ask that you obey us, the flaggers, as I have personally witnessed stupidity at its best. The traffic paddle says SLOW— not speed up. It also says STOP—not continue to drive by and almost hit us. Always be prepared to stop as you never know when the “STOP� sign may appear in your direction. There have been a number of drivers whom I’m sure got their driver’s licenses out of a Cracker Jack box and some that should turn theirs back
into the DMV. For those who disobey the flaggers, we do take down your license plate and report it to the police, so beware when you act in a reckless manner. Our job is to ensure three things. One is for the safety of the construction workers, another is for the safety of the travelling public and the third is the safety of us working out there on the road. These traffic delays will end soon enough. I suggest that you take a deep breath, find some patience, and leave a little earlier. I’m sure that you want to get home at the end of the day and so do we. Clarence Johnson, Kelowna
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Maxine DeHart Today’s column is dedicated to Alex Hunt, who passed away Jan. 6 at age 94. Alex was a member of Mickie’s golf league and played regularly until his 92nd birthday. He gave everyone in the league a run for their money and enjoyed the game and the camaraderie. I will miss our great conversations. My personal condolences to Frances, his family and many friends.
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om Harris Cellular has acquired longtime Western Canada business TAC Mobility, sold by Mort and Sue Downey. With this new acquisition, Tom Harris Cellular will become the largest authorized Telus dealer in Canada, with more than 50 years of combined experience in wireless communications. The expanded company will have more than 300 employees and operate 48 stores across B.C. and Alberta. More store openings and training facilities are planned for 2012. As part of the growth strategy, Tom Harris Cellular will place added emphasis on servicing the small and medium business market, which has grown consistently for the company over the past 20 years. Tom Harris Cellular is a privately held company which began offering wireless service in 1987 in Nanaimo and Victoria, offering a wide product line of smart phones, cell phones, tablets, Telus HD Optik TV and high speed Internet services. Thomas W. Harris is the president and CEO of the company. Locally, Tom Harris Cellular locations are 2447 Highway 97 (Banks Centre), call 250-8618448; Mission Park Shopping Centre, call 250-7178848; and #36-2475 Dobbin Rd. in West Kelowna, call 250-768-8843. The purchase was
only for the cellular assets. The two-way radio portion is still active with TAC Mobility, now to be called TAC Solutions, based out of Calgary with branch facilities in Kelowna and Lethbridge. After 20 years with the Ironworkers as a journeyman ironworker and welder, Wayne Donecz has decided to branch out on his own. Donecz has started a new business and gallery called Iron Dragonfly Ltd. During his spare time, Donecz began creating pieces of metal art for family and friends, which prompted the idea of having his own gallery where he could transform his ideas into steel sculptures. He says working with steel offers him the flexibility to create unique pieces for the home, garden or office. Whether your taste is classic wrought iron, railings, custom gates, furniture, ornamental sculptures or hammered metal art sculptures, Donecz does it all, including commissioned pieces in any size. He is a new age journeyman ironworker, forging ideas into steel. Some of his artwork is displayed at Bones and Stones Décor, owned by Sandy McKay, at 427 Lawrence Ave. Call Wayne Donecz at 250-307-3360; irondragonflyltd@gmail.com or www.irondragonflyltd. com. Zia’s Italian Fine Foods has opened at 1913 Kent Rd. The deli/market, owned and operated by Paola Turner, specializes in a good selection of high quality authentic Italian foods of deli meats, dry pastas and sauces. The shop also carries a complete line of organic foods and gluten free pasta’s. Lunch services include homemade sandwiches and soup. You can even get lasagna to go. Eat in at one of their tables or eating bar or take out Monday to Saturday. Call 250-763-0140. The Crispy Coyote Grill (formerly Kettle Valley Grill) at 100-5305 Main St., has been resurrected in Kettle Valley. New owner/chef Dennis Lowen has updated
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IRON WORKER Wayne Donecz has created his own company, Iron Dragonfly Ltd., to showcase the artwork he now creates using his ironworker and welding trade skills, exemplified here by a gazebo he created outside his Kelowna home. and renovated the restaurant, transforming it into a casual, family friendly, hearty, home cooking place to gather and meet with friends. Some of the menu items include pear and brie stuffed chicken breast, filet and prawns, buttermilk marinated calamari and Dungeness crab cakes and his cooking is sensitive to gluten allergies. The new restaurant also offers a three course wine and dine menu from Jan. 12 to Feb. 10 and is open for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch seven days a week. Also watch for date night, partnered with Little Owl Academy for safe and fun child care for the evening of Jan. 14 and Feb. 11. To reserve for date night call 778-4775665.
Chartered accountant Robert (Bob) Hussey and his team at R.A. Hussey & Associates Inc. Chartered Accounts has joined the MacKay LLP office at 500-1620 Dickson Rd. With this addition, the MacKay Kelowna office will consist of 62 team members including specialists for income tax, audit and accounting, HST, estate planning, U.S. taxation, succession planning, business purchases and sales and serving those in the medical profession. Murray Bye is the CEO of MacKay LLP. Call 250-763-5021. Congratulations to Shannon Lloyd, of MacKay LLP, on successfully passing the 2011 Uniform Evaluation for Chartered Accountants. Shawanda Rocks,
Crystal & Gems—Holistic Wellness Centre has opened at 177 Rutland Rd. N with the grand opening taking place next week. The retail space offers rocks, crystals and gems and the wellness center will be cooperatively shared by holistic practitioners. Owner Terry Harper is a Reiki practitioner and partner, Holly Wanlin offers vibration therapy and quantum healing as well as being a meditation strategist. Both are PSYCH-K facilitators. Wanline also operates the retail store front, which has community space for seminars, meetings, adult and child workshops and book groups. Contact shawandawellness@hotmail. com. Certified balancing
touch reflexologist Kim Girard, who operates Sole Reflection Reflexology, has moved to new premises at 3654 Hoskins Rd. in West Kelowna. Girard is a member of the Reflexology Association of B.C. and is also a personal trainer. Call 250215-2188; www.solereflection.com. Vineyard Networks, a local leader in network intelligence and deep packet inspection solutions, has received the prestigious Red Herring Global 100 Award recognizing the year’s most promising private ventures around the world. Vineyard was the only Canadian company to be listed as one of this year’s winners and are now included in the esteemed list of past winners including Google, Skype and YouTube. The Hildebrand Sculpture Gallery, located at 1302 St.Paul St. (second floor), is planning a number of shows and lectures for the coming year, starting with a “Little People” exhibit by Frist Nations artists Graham Pettman in April. Starting this week, the gallery is now open every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Artist Jock Hildebrand is in house on Wednesday afternoons. Mondays and Fridays the building is generally open during business hours and you can check with reception to view the gallery. Saturdays and Sundays are by appointment only. Call 250-470-9586 The Kelowna Hotel Motel Association is establishing an annual bursary called The Kelowna Hotel Motel Association Hospitality Award. It will provide a $1,000 bursary for Okanagan College students enrolled in the second year of the hospitality tourism management (diploma or degree) course at the Kelowna campus of Okanagan College. Selection of the award recipient will be based on a combination of academic achievement and financial need and will be made by the association’s bursary committee, which will review all applications submitted. The award will be pre-
sented to the successful recipient at the Okanagan College Awards event. For more information and criteria e-mail Stan Martindale (Ramada Hotel) at stan@rpbhotels.com The 18th annual Wendy’s Dreamlift Day is Wednesday, Jan. 25, from 6 a.m. to closing. All proceeds from the day’s sales in the dining room and drive-thru, as well as staff, management and owner’s wages will be earmarked for the next B.C. Interior Dreamlift to Disneyland. Local celebrities and dignitaries will be on hand along with members of the RCMP, B.C. Ambulance Services personnel and others to help fill yours orders. As in past years, Wendy’s is also hosting five Orange County (California) Sheriff’s department members along with Marilyn MacDougall and Kim Magdaleno from the Orange County Sheriff’s Advisory Council for the 2012 Wendy’s Dreamlift Day. I will be at the Harvey Avenue Wendy’s over lunch and at the Rutland location during the dinner hour. See you there. Huge thanks to two employees with The Bay, Angela Edstrom in the jewelery department, and Dalton Stark in watch repair for their exceptional customer service. If you are looking for a different children’s birthday party, check out Cupcasions birthdays for kids. They offer different venues that start at $99 for a party of eight children called “Bakecasion”. Call Janet McKenzie at 250-860-3690 to find out more. Birthdays of the week: Lynda Gibbs, Phoenix, Ariz. (Jan. 9); Nick Kardynal, my second dad (Jan. 11); Mort Downey, TAC Solutions (Jan.12); John Estephan (Jan. 10); Mary Anne Livingston (Jan.13); Ron Pidskalny (Jan. 14); Gerry Ellchuck (Jan. 16); Dina Kotler (Jan. 17); Joyce Prowse (Jan. 17); Fred MacKinnon (Jan. 18). Maxine DeHart is a Kelowna hotelier. Phone her at 250-979-4546, fax 250-860-3173, email maxdehart@telus.net.
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Seeking best budget value for spent bucks This article was generated by City Hall staff in Kelowna regarding upcoming budget planning issues. Tom Wilson CONTRIBUTOR
The most noticeable feature of this year’s proposed city budget is its emphasis on strict spending controls on the operations side, while continuing spending plans for capital projects. By operations, we’re talking about services the city provides, such as park patrollers or street sweeping, or the ways in which services are delivered. Capital projects are the things the city builds or improves, such as the revitalization of Bernard Avenue that will begin this year, or the construction of the new Parkinson Activity Centre. In a budget year when the city is striving to have the smallest financial impact possible on taxpayers, the proposals council will review on Jan. 17 focus on getting the best value for every dollar spent. To keep the tax impact low, the city manager required every city department to take a thoughtful and balanced review of processes, services and fees to improve efficiency and control expenses. The result of those ef-
forts is more than $3 million in reduced spending and the lowest City of Kelowna tax levy proposed in decades. While every effort will be made to make spending cuts as seamless as possible, residents might still detect some differences compared to previous years, depending on what’s decided during budget deliberations. Changes are spread across all departments in an effort to diffuse the effects, with small adjustments adding up to the large overall reduction. The city’s operating margins are already pretty tight. As mentioned in a column published Tuesday in this newspaper, The City of Kelowna already has among the lowest tax rates in the province. The 10-year average tax increase in Kelowna was 2.4 per cent. In the past, revenues generated from grants, user fees and development charges have been strong enough to offset relatively low taxes and still deliver high service levels and build new infrastructure. Taxation in Kelowna accounts for one-third of the city’s annual revenues —the rest comes from grants, user fees, charges and reserve funds built up over the years. With revenue from sources other than taxa-
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tion less plentiful than in the past, a conservative approach to the one-third that comes from taxation is the best bet against a cost increase to taxpayers. Meanwhile, the bulk of capital spending proposed in the budget would continue as originally scheduled. A total of $75 million in capital projects is proposed this year. This program adds infrastructure and facilities needed to keep up with local needs. Another argument for continuing as planned with capital projects is that they provide an economic stimulus in the community through employment and investment in the private sector. Currently, the work accomplished in Kelowna is divided between city staff and private contractors. City staff accounted
for 27 per cent of total expenditures in 2011, while just over 26 per cent of expenditures went to contracted services in 2011. The rest of expenditures go for expenses such as materials and equipment. This method of providing service is fairly unique among municipalities in B.C., resulting in nearly $55 million spent —the majority of it in this community—in the private sector for products and services. Long ago, the city began contracting with private sector companies for services best delivered on a contract basis. This results in competitive pricing and lower costs to taxpayers, while also providing an economic benefit in the community. Staffing expenditures
for the city will be further controlled in this budget through attrition and a reduction in seasonal employment. Settling on the right balance between restraint while trying to keep up with the service standards residents have become accustomed to in Kelowna will be difficult. As council considers the proposals in the budget, Kelowna residents are invited to look at the provisional budget in the document centre at kelowna.ca/budget. Everyone can stay informed about the budget process as it continues through to the final budget presentation in May by signing up for updates through the e-Subscribe service at kelowna.ca. Tom Wilson is the communications supervisor for the City of Kelowna.
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Taking flight WestJet had donated travel vouchers to the KGH Foundation for fundraising purposes, with the proceeds used to fund children’s care services at the hospital. Two of those vouchers were raffled off recently, both good for two people for a return flight anywhere in WestJet’s travel world. One of the two winners ended up being a woman who just recently received a kidney transplant. She had a picture on her fridge of a beach she promised herself to visit when her required dialysis treatments would end, an incentive to keep thinking positive through the transplant process. Thanks to the raffle prize, that dream can now come true.
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Writing ‘what feels important in the moment’ keeps Jars fresh Jennifer Smith STAFF REPORTER
There’s something a little ironic about listening to a man known for his role in the band Jars of Clay talk about the struggle to find balance. Reeling off how the bandmates—singer Dan Haseltine, lead guitarist Stephen Mason and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars—now juggle 11 kids between them while finding time to tour, run the business side of the band and write music, one can almost feel the delicate jars jostling. It’s almost worth throwing it out there as a song suggestion just to see what he thinks. Charlie Lowell, who handles the keyboard for the band, says the group finds inspiration in the stories they bump into along the
way—and by simply sitting down to see where they’re at with one another. “We’ve toured a lot this past year, so we’re going to go quiet for a few months now and February will be nothing except for songwriting,” said Lowell. Jars of Clay made a splash onto both the Christian and mainstream music scenes in 1995 with their hit song Flood, which made it to No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 12 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. It won them the right to open for acts like Sting and presented a seeming fork in the road with the opportunity to pursue mainstream status and give up their gospel roots. But where their music winds up has never been a main concern, said Low-
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JARS OF CLAY offer a little of the old a little of the new before writing next album. ell, noting the question really sorted itself when they sat down to write. “It’s something that we still care about, but we try to not force it or not be ourselves. We write what feels important in the moment and then we throw it
out there,” he said. Of late, that’s meant a series of tight, thematic albums that have piqued mainstream radio’s interest once more. Where The Long Fall Back to Earth (2009) focused on relationships, ones that work
and ones that don’t, The Shelter (2010) returned more to the church, writing about community with a community of musicians behind them. The album had a guest artist on every song, including big name gospel star Bran-
don Heath who stepped in for the song Small Rebellions. Heading back to Canada for the first time in four years, and the first time back in Kelowna in five, they’re not bringing the guests along, Lowell said. A six-piece band will hold the show—they borrow their percussion players when touring live from Disappointed By Candy—which should prove a mix of old and new. In honour of their 15th anniversary, the band had tried a rerun concert of their original self-titled album, but found it hit with some members of the audience, but plenty wanted to hear their newer work, having little familiarity with the album that made their name. “The fact that we’ve been around for about 17 years now and are
j still playing, we do meet quite a few young musicians and young families that literally have grown up with us,” said Lowell, adding “…it can be a bit of a head trip.” Lowell says they’re still interested in opening for big-name bands and would like to pursue writing for film and televisions some more. They will also talk about their charity, Blood Water Mission, which builds clean water projects (wells) and has established three health clinics to help deal with the HIV/ AIDS crisis. Jars of Clay plays Kelowna Community Theatre Jan. 28. Tickets are $38.64 available through Select Your Tickets (www.selectyourtickets.com) or 250762-5050. jsmith@kelownacapnews.com
Likely another Oscar nomination for Streep in The Iron Lady
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eryl Streep has already tied Betty Davis’ 10 Oscar nominations and two wins and will likely edge closer to Katharine Hepburn’s 12 nominations and four wins with her role in The Iron Lady. Already nominated for a Golden Globe and winner of the New York Film Critics Circle Award, Streep is a shoe-in for another Oscar nomination. The Iron Lady is based upon the life of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first and only female Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 who earned that nickname for her strict conservative policies, hard line against trade unions and tough rhetoric in opposition to the Soviet Union to become one of the 20th century’s most
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Rick Davis influential women. ••• Canadian director David Cronenberg is not a marquee name like fellow Canuck James Cameron or Steven Spielberg, but his name appears with them on various lists of Greatest Directors. His resume includes Videodrome, The Dead Zone, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Crash, and many others and his latest is A Dangerous Method, based upon the play The Talking Cure. Set on the eve of the
First World War, it is based upon the true story of the turbulent relation ship between Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud, and Sabina Spielrein, the troubled beautiful woman who comes between the two of them. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightly, it marks the third collaboration between Mortensen and Cronenberg, the first two being A History of Violence and Eastern Promises. ••• How often do you hear of a Hollywood remake of an Icelandic film? Starring Mark Wahlberg, Contraband is a remake of Reykjavík-Rotterdam, which became one of the most successful films ever from that country.
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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as husband Denis in The Iron Lady. Even more interesting is that the star of the Icelandic version, Baltasar Kormákur, is the director
of the American version. Wahlberg plays reformed criminal Chris Farraday who is forced
back into running contraband when his bother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal. Chris only has hours to get the cash to settle Andy’s debt and must navigate a treacherous criminal network of drug lords, cops and hit men before his wife and two sons become targets as well. Contraband also stars Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi and Robert Wahlberg, who is the older brother of both Mark and Donnie. ••• Starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton, Joyful Noise is a musical-comedy-drama set in a small town in Georgia which has fallen on hard times and it is up to the local choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Compe-
tition. However, the normally harmonious choir is split when two of its leaders differ on how they can get there. Enter their respective daughter and grandson whose romantic sparks cause even more tension between them but those sparks may also hold the key to the choir’s success. ••• And Beauty and the Beast re-released this weekend with a 3D makeover. It marks the first of at least four movies doing the same this year, the others being Star Wars Episode 1 in February, Titanic in April and Finding Nemo in September. Rick Davis is the manager of the Capitol Theatre in West Kelowna. capitol_wes@ landmarkcinemas.ca
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ENTERTAINMENT ▼ CD REVIEWS
‘Ear grabbing’ songs from Black Keys THE BLACK KEYS: EL CAMINO (NONESUCH)
The Black Keys are one of those bands that just get better and bettter with each album. Last years album, Brothers, had the two superb rock hits Tighten Up and Howlin’ For You that propelled tthe album to platinum but El Camino is an even better and stronger offering. The group has already scored a major hit with the party-fuelled Lonely Boy while I hear three or four more hits here— kthat reminds me of fellow alt-blues colleagues The Kings Of Leon who enjoyed four hits off their brilliant Only By The Night long player. / The Black Keys have hooked up with co-producer Danger Mouse for El Camino who adds extra spice in the mix and every tsong is built as if it were a single with tunes that often end abruptly and clock in under four minutes ready for airplay. I am also a believer that if you think you are hearing a lot of influences in a new song, it tends to make the song an instant classic. Listen closely to Lonely Boy and tell me that isn’t Jerry Garcia singing behind The Screaming Blue Messiahs (their lone hit I Wanna Be A Flintstone) while T.Rex shows up at the second half of the song to add his two cents. And that is the way this album goes. There are so many influences, real or imagined, that spark this tip to tail album of gems. There are just too many excellent and ear
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Bruce Mitchell grabbing songs to mention but check out the White Stripes garage minimalism of Dead And Gone, the grimy bluespop of Run Right Back and wondrous rock/reggae of Hell Of A Season. The album clocks in at a sturdy 38 minutes with 11 full-on party, alt-blues tunes. Look for this disc to load up on hardware in this year’s numerous award shows. Incidentally, an El Camino is a very collectible, low slung ’60/70s car with a stylish pickup truck bed in the back but there are dozens of photos of worn out and rusted mini vans that are wholly unglamorous compared to the rarefied El Camino so, like The Black Keys, I’ll let the listener try and figure out the band’s intent. Finally, extra kudos to The Black Keys for mouthing off in a recent Rolling Stone magazine article about just how awful Nickelback really are. A
ANTHONY HAMILTON: BACK TO LOVE (RCA)
Anthony Hamilton is an American based old school R&B singer who sells like hot cakes in his native USA but he rarely gets noticed in Canada. All of his five albums
have hit the top 20 down south but never seem to make much of a dent up here in the Great White North charts. Nonetheless, Hamilton is a superbly smooth R&B and urban practitioner. He has written big hits for the likes of 2Pac, Eve, Darnell Jones, Sunshine Anderson etc., while he has garnered several Grammy nominations. Hamilton’s new release has plenty to recommend it from the silky smooth and slightly jazzy opener and title track Back To Love, to the retro Al Green inspired Woo and the OutKastlike urban rocker Sucka For You. Hamilton has a very alluring voice that has plenty of polish and élan while he is also a fine songwriter. If you are a fan of urban music and R&B you will definitely be pleased with this remarkably well pieced together album that has sufficient variety that grows on you with repeated listenings. B+
HOT CHELLE RAE: WHATEVER (RCA)
Hot Chelle Rae are a Nashville Tenn. band that goes against the grain of the region’s music. There is not even a hint of country in their pure tweenie pop and the main reason they are based out of Nashville is that their parents are all A-list session players and songwriters who make their living in music city row. Anyway, HCR had a huge summer hit in Can-
ada with Tonight Tonight off a four-song EP and now their new full length album has arrived. The problem for the band is that this new CD just isn’t having much of an impact because they sort of got overexposed with their unexpected hit from the EP and their hybrid of boy band/pure pop just isn’t very interesting. HCR have placed their frothy new single I Like It Like That, with guest teen rappers New Boyz, at the very bottom of the radio charts way down in the lower 90s and there isn’t a lot to love about the rest of Whatever. All the songs were written by the group along with their producers so you have to wonder how much HCR were manipulated for marketing purposes. They seem to be aiming for a transition audience out of boy band adulation toward young adulthood with references to maybe irresponsible drinking, second base sex and night clubbing but I think as a result HCR will just fall between the cracks. It is too square and innocent for adults and maybe too risqué for tweenies. In spite of guests like Demi Lovato and Bei Major, Whatever has too much harmless, empty calorie pop and too much calculated spontaneity. Hot Chelle Rae could be shaping up to be one hit wonders. C-
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Susan Steen and I will move on. With anticipation beating in my heart, I put on my big girl 3D glasses and was taken to Moscow where five young people were trying to survive an alien attack. Apparently Hollywood directors believe that if the economy doesn’t get us, the aliens will—aliens, I might add, that look suspiciously like the aliens who were looking for metal in Cowboys and Aliens. Wow, can you say lack of imagination? When the majority of Moscow citizens are reduced to ashes, this luck-
less band of lousy actors races across the city in an (often futile) attempt to survive the attack of the ugly, but energetic little critters. The only thing worse than the storyline was the acting. There were many actors in this show, the two that I even remotely recognize are Emile Hirsch as Sean and Olivia Thirby, who played Natalie. Strangely, Thirby was trained as a Shakespearean actor and one has to wonder what in heck they promised her to get her to agree to be part of this fun-fest. The merry band of survivors (by this time there are fewer than there were at the beginning) realize that Moscow isn’t the only place where aliens have landed, and go on to race towards what they hope will be an end to the terror (I use the
word loosely). Best line (sorry, but this truly was the best line): “How can you be so delusionally optimistic?” “I’m just used to screwing up more than you.” See what I mean?. So basically, The Darkest Hour was the darkest 89 minutes we may ever have, and in fact, that is its greatest gift—it was only 89 minutes. But if you are 15 to 17 and want to waste a few moments of your life, by all means run to the theatre. Otherwise wait for next weekend—better stuff is coming. I give it one and a half reels, and that’s generous.
Susan Steen is a local non-profit executive and a movie buff. susansteen1234@shaw.ca
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Community grants benefit Kelowna Dawn Wilkinson CONTRIBUTOR
A total of $80,000 in Community Social Development Grants and $22,000 in Grants to Address the Sexual Exploitation of Youth are available from the City of Kelowna. “Last year, all 16 organizations that applied received funding,” explained Cheryl Miller, grants manager for the Central Okanagan Foundation. “Grants ranged in size from $2,000 to $10,000.” Registered non-profit organizations interested in applying are invited to attend an information session on Thursday, January 12 at 1 p.m. in the Pacific Safety Products Boardroom at the Rotary Cen-
tre for the Arts, 421 Cawston Ave. Changes to the Official Community Plan affect content required in these grant applications. The information session will review program updates that could impact the application and evaluation process. Current grant application forms are available on the City of Kelowna website, kelowna.ca/ grants. An advisory committee of six people reviews the applications and recommends funding. Community Social Development Grants assist registered, non-profit societies and community
organizations in the delivery of innovative, prevention-oriented programs designed to improve the quality of life for residents in Kelowna. Grants to Address the Sexual Exploitation of Youth fund programs that directly address sexual exploitation issues for those under 19 years of age within the City of Kelowna. Details about an organization’s grant request must be summarized within three pages. What is the need for this program? What community support exists and how will this program cooperate with agencies providing similar services? What are the measurable performance targets and dates for implementation? The application must
also describe the population to be served and outline other sources of funding being pursued. For more information, contact Miller at cheryl@ centralokanaganfoundation.org or 250-861-6160. Completed applications are due by 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, and should be dropped off at the Central Okanagan Foundation, 217-1889 Springfield Rd., Kelowna. 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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Rockets land veteran forward, Bulmer stays Warren Henderson STAFF REPORTER
With his father living in Penticton, and a sister residing across the street from Prospera Place, Brett Lyon has more than a passing knowledge of life in the Okanagan. On top of that, he played one season of hockey in Kelowna with the Pursuit of Excellence program. Now the 20-yearyear forward and native of Grand Forks is back to make Kelowna his home for the remainder of his Western Hockey League career. The Rockets acquired Lyon Tuesday from the Moose Jaw Warriors in exchange for a pair of bantam draft picks, a seventh-rounder in 2013 and a fifth-rounder in 2014. “At first I was pretty shocked, I didn’t expect to be traded and I thought I would finish my career in Moose Jaw, but I know it’s part of the business,” Lyon said Tuesday. “But I know Kelowna has a great organization, I’m familiar
with the city, and I have family there, so I’m looking forward to it. I’m excited to try and help my new team.” Lyon, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound forward was to make his debut with the Rockets Wednesday night in Portland against the Winterhawks. In Moose Jaw, Lyon was enjoying by far his best season in junior with 11 goals and 17 assists and 95 penalty minutes in 41 games. During his career with the Warriors, Vancouver Giants and Kamloops Blazers, Lyon has 19 goals and 54 points in 199 games. In Lyon, the Rockets get a physical presence who has also emerged this season as an offensive threat. He’s expected to add depth up front and support for the team’s top forwards, including Colton Sissons, Brett Bulmer and Shane McColgan. “We’re glad to have another older guy that can play,” said Rockets president and GM Bruce
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Lyon from the Moose Jaw Warriors this week for a pair of draft picks. Hamilton. “He’s having a pretty good year and we’re excited to see him in the lineup.” For Lyon’s part, playing a well-rounded game is a priority. “I like to play a gritty game, be physical and
contribute offensively when I can,” said Lyon. “I try and play a strong twoway game, be responsible at both ends. Hopefully I can to do that with Kelowna and help the Rockets win.” To make room for
Lyon—WHL teams are allowed a maximum of three over-age players— the Rockets released 20-year-old veteran defenceman Kevin Smith and placed him on waivers. In his second season with the Rockets, Smith had a goal and 14 points in 27 games. Meanwhile, despite a number of offers from other teams for his services prior to Tuesday’s deadline, forward Brett Bulmer will remain in a Rockets uniform for the rest of the 2011-12 campaign. Bulmer, 19, who spent nine games with the NHL’s Minnesota Wild before being returned to the WHL in November, has 18 goals and 33 points in 24 games with the Rockets. The Rockets will play again in Portland on Friday, in Vancouver Saturday, and in Everett Sunday night against the Silvertips. whenderson @kelownacapnews.com
Warriors trade veterans for young players The BCHL’s Westside Warriors made a push to get younger this week, as they dealt some veteran players to out of province teams. A blockbuster deal Tuesday saw captain Izaak Berglund, along with Michael King, traded to the AJHL’s Lloydminster Bobcats in exchange for future considerations. Berglund had four goals and 12 assists, along
with 55 minutes in 33 games. King had four goals and 19 points in 37 games. The Warriors, conversely, are looking to get younger as they begin to build for next season. On Monday, the Warriors dealt defenceman Klay Kachur (91) to Battlefords in the SJHL for 1993-born defenceman Curtis Toneff, a
6-foot-1, 180-pound native of Nanaimo. “We certainly want to thank Izaak, Michael and Klay for their contributions to our hockey club,” says Westside Coach/GM Rylan Ferster. “They’re all great individuals and great hockey players, and we wish them all the best.” The Tribe also bolstered their back end, by picking up (93) defenceman Mathew Berry-La-
montagna, who had just been released by the WHL’s Prince Albert Raiders. The Warriors are back in action Friday when they host the Salmon Arm SilverBacks, 7 p.m. at Royal LePage Place. The teams will meet against Saturday night at the Sunwave Centre in Salmon Arm. Izaak Berglund
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▼ MUSTANG TOURNEY
Knights down Mustangs in tourney final game thriller It’s just the kind of drama coaches, players and fans alike have come to expect from one of B.C. high school basketball’s best rivalries. Expectations were high in the finale of the Mustang Classic senior boys tournament on Saturday night at Immaculata, as the No. 1 ranked Kelowna Christian Knights took on the second-
ranked Mustangs for top honours—and once again, the combatants didn’t disappoint. In front of a packed house, the game looked like it might slip away from Immaculata in the second half as the Knights opened up a commanding 51-35 lead. But, with a furious latethird quarter and fourthquarter rally, Immaculata
battled back—thanks in large part to three threepointers by Dario Gini— to take a 62-59 lead with two minutes to play. But the Knights answered back with two big, late baskets by Ethan Klukas and Brandon Rempel to emerge with a 65-62 victory. KCS head coach Gib Hinz wasn’t surprised the two rivals hooked up for another classic battle. “Whether we’re ranked one and two, five and 10, or 10 and 20, it really doesn’t matter, our teams always have great battles,” said Hinz, whose Knights lost to the Mustangs by five in last year’s final. “It came down to the team that made the fewest mistakes. It was back and forth all the way, we thought we could pressure them but they handled everything we threw at them. It was fitting that it came down to the end.” Klukas paced the Knights attack in the final with 19 points, Simon Benson had 17 points, including five threes, while Ryan Linttell had 15. For Immaculata, Dario Gini finished with 19 points Alex Hart had 16, and Landon Sawatsky, 12.
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IMMACULATA’S Chris Macdonnell (above) is
guarded by Charlie Zhang of West Point Grey in semifinal play at the Mustang Classic. Kelowna Christian’s Ethan Klukas (right photo on left) goes airborne against Jaskaran Lihker of Keremeos during the semifinal of the Mustang Classic boys basketball tournament Saturday at Immaculata. Mustangs coach Dino Gini was impressed by the level of play on both sides of the floor. “It was a great ending to a great tournament I am really proud of the boys, it was a character building game for them, we once again took some big steps to where we want to
be as a team,” said Gini. “We are a confident group who really respect each other and trust each other and we are seeing some success from parts of the game that we needed to improve on and now will continue to work hard to turn the close games into Ws.”
The tournament’s MVP was Immaculata’s Dario Gini, the most inspirational player was Knights’ Simon Benson, while Ethan Klukas of KCS was the top defensive player. In the semis, the Knights downed Keremeos 95-59, while
the Mustangs defeated West Point Grey 55-42. This weekend, the Mustangs will be at Holy Cross in Surrey for the B.C. Catholic championship. The Knights will host their annual invitational tournament Jan. 20 and 21.
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The Okanagan Rockets’ push for a B.C. Major Midget League playoff spot continues this weekend at Planet Ice in Coquitlam. As part of the league’s annual all-star weekend, the Rockets will play a pair of games, Saturday and Sunday, against the Fraser Valley Bruins. The Rockets (12-9-5) share fifth spot in the BCMML with Greater Vancouver Canadians, with the Bruins just two points
back in seventh. The top six teams will make the post season. Rockets forwards Parker Bowles and Harlan Orr will play in the all-star game, while Okanagan head man James Eccles will be one of the coaches. Meanwhile, the Rockets swept a pair of home games from the last-place Kootenay Ice last weekend at CNC, but the first game wasn’t without some nervous moments.
The Rockets jumped out to a 4-0 lead less than 12 minutes into the first period, then hung on for a 4-3 win. Morgan Johnston, Brett Mennear, Justin Marreck, and Brenden Wagner scored for Okanagan. On Saturday, the Rockets leapt out to a 4-0 lead again, but this time finished strong for a 10-0 win. It was the first time this season the Rockets swept
a weekend series. “I think we saw some good things from our club,” said Rockets General Manager David Michaud. “I didn’t like our compete very much on Saturday, we got out to that early lead and sorta coasted from there. I don’t care what the other teams record is, in the BCMML, you can’t afford to take two periods off and expect to win.” “(Sunday) was much better, we got the early
lead and challenged our players to keep pushing the pace, to not let them back into the contest.” The Rockets received two goals each from leading scorer Parker Bowles, freshman Justin Marreck, and Mitchell Cook. Singles went to captain Josh Ellis, Branden Wagner, Cortlan Procter, and Mat Lambert. Brenden Mills earned the shutout in goal for the Rockets as he made 14 saves.
Kelowna Chiefs host Posse Friday at Rutland Arena The Kelowna Chiefs look to continue their ascent up the Okanagan Division standings as they host the second-place
Princeton Posse Friday night in KIJHL action. Face off at Rutland Arena is 7 p.m. The Chiefs (20-16-
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first star. Scott Renner also scored in the win, while Braeden Hikichi and Dane Rupert each added two assists. Conner Wilkinson faced 29 shots to earn the win in the Chiefs’ goal. Meanwhile, Chiefs’ captain Dane Rupert has been named the KIJHL’s player of the month. The 20-year-old Kelowna product had 13 goals and 22 assists in 11 games in December. Rupert has 26 goals
and 69 points this season. In other Chiefs news, the team sent forward Derek Andrews to the North Okanagan Knights to complete an earlier deal between the teams. Andrews played 35 games with Kelowna this season, netting five goals and 13 assists.
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Heat recruit Swiatlowski Kelowna skaters compete at Calgary Olympic Oval Alex Swiatlowski, from the recently crowned Oak Bay AAA boys volleyball team, has committed to the UBC Okanagan Heat for the 2012-13 Canada West season. The 6-foot-7 outside hitter was a key piece of the team that sat atop the rankings for the entire season, then claimed the B.C. crown against the Earl Marriot Mariners on Dec. 3 at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Swiatlowski received first-team all-star honours for his efforts in the tournament. Swiatlowski’s volleyball resume includes four city and Island championship titles, a U14 provincial silver medal, 2009 provincial champion, 2010 Island silver medalist, 2010 U16 national volleyball bronze medalist, 2011 UBC Invitational Champion, and (Island championship volleyball MVP and two-time all-star), and member of
the 2010 Volleyball B.C. team. Swiatlowski has expressed his interest in UBC’s science program “UBC Okanagan is well known for its outstanding science programs and a high standard of achievement. Wanting to move into the medical field, I believe that UBCO is simply the best option,” says Swiatlowski. Alongside his academic ambitions, Swiatlowski is excited for the opportunity to compete at the highest level. “Having the ability to play at the CIS level for volleyball has been one of my dreams from the start. “It is quite a unique opportunity to transition to the CIS level with the team. After meeting with the team and staff it has become clear that they are like a family. Win or lose, they are a team, and that is very important to me. To me, UBC Oka-
Alex Swaitlowski nagan means that I will be able to study and compete at the highest level without sacrificing one or the other.” Swiatlowski’s coach at Oak Bay, Al Carmichael, has high hopes for him in the years to come. “Alex is one of those few kids who came through the system who are truly ready to play at the CIS level in their
first year,” says Carmichael. “He is mature, dedicated and a student of the game. Academically, he is one of the strongest student-athletes we’ve had the pleasure to work with, consistently in the mid 90s.” Swiatlowski is the first recruit UBC Okanagan head coach Greg Poitras has signed for the upcoming season and he is excited about adding a player as skilled as Swiatlowski. “We feel great about Alex coming to UBC Okanagan. Alex is a big, athletic guy who can play multiple positions. For someone his size, at 6-7, his skills are very good for a young volleyball player,” says Poitras. “His desire to excel in everything he does and his commitment to meeting all of his responsibilities separated him from others during this recruiting process. We are thrilled to have him in our program.”
Several Kelowna speed skaters took to the track last weekend at the Canadian Single Distance Championships at Calgary’s Olympic Oval. The competition was used to select the World Championship and World Cup teams as well as collect valuable national ranking points used to select Canada’s National and Development Teams. The field included all the top skaters on current Canada’s National and Development Teams. Points were awarded to placings in the top 32 in the country.
Leading Kelowna skaters was Nicholas Goplen with a ninth place finish in the 10,000m, 10th place in the 5000m and 17th place in the 1500m. Alison Banwell, who along with Nick attends University of Calgary and trains full time at the Olympic Oval, proved that more long track ice time reaps rewards. She skated to 24th place in the 500m, 18th place in the 1000m, 13th place in the 1500m, and 17th place in the 3000m. Cameron Bennett, Emilie-Medland Marchen and Chris Neykov all
gained valuable experience. Medland-Marchen skated to a personal best time in the 500m while Neykov raced to personal best times in the 500m, 1000m, and 1500m. Meanwhile, Kelowna’s Jesse Keca will be competing this coming weekend in Chicoutimi, Que.at the Canadian Short Track Championships, the the highest level of competition that Jesse has attended. The top 32 short track skaters in the country will be competing for spots on the World Cup Team and next year’s national team.
Master swim open house The Okanagan Masters Swim Club hosts an open house on Friday, Jan. 13 at Kelowna’s H20 Adventure and Fitness Centre. The objective is to introduce adults to the benefits of regular swimming with professional coaching for recreational or competitive purposes. “Many people in our community believe you have to be an elite athlete to join masters swimming,” says OMSC president Tony Hoft. The open house starts at 6:30 p.m. Guests will hear a couple of OMSC swimmers and coaches before getting into the water at 7:30 p.m (if they choose).
Top provincial swimmer and triathlete Carmelle Guide-Swan will start off with a picture journey of OMSC. With the emphasis on preventative health care, OMSC swimmer and Ironman competitor Danita Schreiber will share her own story and speak to the benefits associated with swimming. OMSC’s pastpresident Brent Hobbs, who conquered the English Channel in 2008, will share what the spirit of swimming is all about while Conny Stamhuis, 79, OMSC 2011 Swimmer of the Year award recipient will talk about her life philosophy and the role masters swimming
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has played. Head coach Jon Smirl will share the coaching team’s philosophy. Kelowna will host the 2012 Canadian Masters Swimming Championships from May18 to 22 at the H20 Centre. A volunteer-driven event organized in association with Wine Country Masters and Westside Thunder Masters, the championships will bring 500 swimmers, their families, friends and coaches to the Okanagan. Visit www. cmsc2012.ca to register or volunteer. For more on the OMSC visit www.okmasters.com or email Jeanette Hoft at communication@okmasters.com.
Coyotes host U Victoria for two games Coyotes from A20 action this weekend when they host the University of Victoria for a pair of games. The teams face off at 7:45 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday nights at Memorial Arena. The Coyotes (8-2-2) are second in the BCIHL, three points back of Simon Fraser. Victoria is fourth (5-72), six points behind OC. Last weekend, the Coyotes fell 4-0 to Portage College in an exhibition game.
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FOUND: In upper Ellison area, small female siamese cat, 2-3yrs old. To identify & claim call 250-491-0828 LOST: Black, zip up portfolio, about 10”x12”, contains important documents. 778-478-7208 LOST: Camera at Parkinson Rec Centre. Please return camera and or memory card to Rec Centre or Call 869-0200. Reward. LOST: Set of house and car keys, door opener & pic of grandchild. Please call 778478-4148 LOST wide ban gold lady’s ring. Sentimental value, please call Betty (250)765-6873 MISSING: 2 cats. Jan 8, siamese male, tattoo #42CVG right ear, answers to Lucky, Dec 12, black w/white nose & chest long hair female, Barty. Winfield. Call 250-766-1944
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LACINA, JOYCE WALTON 1919-2012 LACINA, Joyce Walton (nee Nerby) 1919 - 2012. With sadness we announce the passing of Joyce Lacina on January 9, 2012 at the age of 92. She is survived by her husband Fran and their three children Karen (Brian Self), Doug (Nelma), Gwen (Gary Doi), six beloved grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Joyce and Fran migrated to Penticton from Saskatchewan in 1948 and then in 1960 moved on to North Vancouver. Upon Fran’s retirement, they returned to the Vernon and Kelowna region. Joyce’s favourite times were spent with family - playing music, singing, gardening, traveling or preparing Sunday dinners. To honour Joyce’s life, a memorial service will be held on Monday, January 16th at 1:00 pm at the LDS Church, 696 Glenmore Rd, Kelowna. Public viewing at 12:00 pm and a graveside service at 2:30 pm, Lakeview Memorial Gardens (2850 Dry Valley Rd). The family would like to thank the Mountainview Village staff for their kindness and wonderful support. In Joyce’s memory, donations may be made to Mountainview Care Home (3070 Burtch Rd, Kelowna BC V1W 5G2). Please make cheques payable to Good Samaritan Canada. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.valleyviewfuneralhome.com. Arrangements entrusted to Valleyview Funeral Home, Kelowna, BC 250-765-3147.
Farm Workers TARLOK Singh Orchard req. thinning, picking, pruning and general farm labor $9.56/hr. 40-60hrs per week. From March to Oct. 250-491-9340
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Employment Farm Workers 15 Farm Workers needed for pruning, thinning & picking in Ellison & Glenmore area. $9.56/hr or $18/bin peice rate. 40hrs/wk. A&G Sandher Orchards, 2761 Lakha Rd Kelowna BC, V1X 7W1. 250-4486541 gurjinder@hotmail.com GP SANDHER Holding ltd looking for farm workers. Winter pruning, thinning, cherry picking, sorting, apple picking. $9.56/hr or piece rate upto 40hrs. 6days/wk. Avail Feb 15 to Dec 15. 250-765-9471 billsandher@hotmail.com
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BARTEL - SUSIE OLGA
1938 ~ 2012 Bartel – Susie Olga passed away peacefully on January 9, 2012 at the Central Okanagan Hospice House at the age of 73.Susie is lovingly remembered by her sisters; Elsie Klassen of Calgary AB, Katie (Jim) Wilson of Kelowna BC, sister-in-law Bonnie Bartel of Moose Jaw SK, Vic (Mavis) Bartel of Prince George BC, caregivers Delia and Dino Dacosta, numerous nieces and nephews. Susie was predeceased by her parents, brother David, sister Annie, brother-in-law Henry, and niece Beverly. Susie enjoyed hand-work, reading novels, bingo and board games, and especially music. Susie will be laid to rest on Friday January 13, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery. A Celebration of Life Service will follow at Valleyview Funeral Home, 165 Valleyview Road at 1:00 P.M. with Rev. Gordon Fletcher officiating. Memorial donations in Susie’s memory may be directed to the Cancer Center For The Southern Interior, 399 Royal Avenue Kelowna, BC V1Y 5L3. Arrangements entrusted to VALLEYVIEW FUNERAL HOME, Honoured Provider of Dignity Memorial. Condolences may be made by visiting www.valleyviewfuneralhome.com
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Services
Thursday, January 12, 2012 Capital News
Services
Pets & Livestock
Merchandise for Sale
Merchandise for Sale
Merchandise for Sale
Real Estate
Home Repairs
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Feed & Hay
$200 & Under
Furniture
Misc. for Sale
Houses For Sale
M.RIOPEL Home Repairs Painting, carpentry, drywall, flooring etc. (250)-300-6512
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.
*HAY-SALES-GUARANTEED Quality Grass, Alfalfa, Mixed square bales, round bales & Silage bales. Delivery avail. (250)804-6081,(250)833-6763.
Computer System, Windows Internet ready Excellent Cond. $200. 250-869-2363 Kelowna
NOW buying quality used items & estates. Star Stores (Kelowna) 250-212-6144
$300 & Under
OVER Stocked! Big Sale on all Pre-Owned Office Furniture! Large selection of Real Wood Executive Desks & Storage units! Chairs starting at $39.00@Newer Metal Filing Cabinets - 2, 3, & 4 Dr. priced to sell! Visit our Showroom at Total Office Business Furnishings, 420 Banks Rd. Kelowna 250-717-1626
Machining & Metal Work GET BENT Metal Fab, fences, gates, railings, security bars, 863-4418www.getbentmetalfab.ca
Misc Services GUARANTEED Best Quality Knife sharpening in town! Most knives done while you wait. Mention this ad & get 10% off Come and see us @ Precision Sharp 1171 Gordon Dr. GUARANTEED Best Quality Knife sharpening in town! Most knives done while you wait. Mention this ad & get 10% off Come and see us @ Precision Sharp 1171 Gordon Dr.
Moving & Storage 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 NORTH END Moving Service Local/Long Distance. Free Estimates 250-470-9498
Painting & Decorating DALE’S PAINTING Service. Painting Kelowna a better place since 1982. 862-9333 RADAS Custom Painting. 24 yrs exp., Prof. and Clean. Call Rada (250)863-7606 Call TJ (250)808-5555
Roofing & Skylights GERMAN MASTER ROOFER. Over 30yrs exp. on all kinds of roofs. New Reroof & Repair. Free estimate. Call Steffen, 250-863-8224 Master & Visa.Card www.teamgerman.com.
Rubbish Removal JUNK Santa, takes away your old toys. Best rates. Call 250469-3275 junksanta.com
Snowclearing SNOW Removal, sanding, comm.lots/acreage.Tremblay’s Excavating. 250-979-8033
Swimming Pools/ Hot Tubs HOT TUBS: Clearance 2011 H2O Spas 250-769-4910 www.kingpool.ca Coming soon: Quality Hot Tubs from $3500. Check them out at www.freeflowspas.com.
Tiling 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. Shavings & Sawdust available 250-804-6720 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
McLeery Ranch, Alfalfa/Alfalfa Grass $7., Haylage $45., Dry Rounds $50., Feeder Hay $25. 1- 250-546-0420
Pets 4 CUTE MIN PIN PUPS. Tails & Nails done. 3 to 8 lbs. Black $450 250-763-4056 Australian Shepherd puppies, ready to go, 1st shots, vet checked, black tri & red tri, $450, 3winds@telus.net, (250)499-5397 BEAUTIFUL English Springer Pup’s. Ready June ‘12. CKC RED. Pure Bred. $1200 250575-4001 Bichon-Shih-tzu pups, males only, avail immed, litter trained, 1st shots, dewormed, 250-517-7579. Black lab X Corgy pups, 1st shots, amazing temprament $250.ea. obo. 250-547-9206
Merchandise for Sale
Antiques / Vintage SPARROW’S NEST 1733 Dolphin (off Kirschner) Tues to Sat 10am - 5:30pm
Auctions OFFICE FURNITURE AUCTION. 11AM Sat Jan 14. #8-730 Stremel Rd. Western Star Auctions. (778)753-5580 TOOL AUCTION. 11AM. Sat Jan 14. #8-730 Stremel Rd. Western Star Auctions. (778)753-5580. Still accepting Consignment.
$100 & Under OLDER Model Maytag Dishwasher. Black front. Works great $100 250-763-6458
Computer Laptop, Windows, Wireless, Excellent Condition, $300. 250-869-2363 Kelowna Dbl Bed Sealy Posturepedic Boxspring, mattress, frame. Clean. $300 (250)861-8904 KENMORE Washer & Kenmore Dryer, For the set $300. Call 250-862-9647
$500 & Under ANTIQUE Vilas 6 piece Bedroom suite. Single size. $500 (250)861-8904
Flooring NEW Dark Oak Hardwood Flooring, 3 1/4”, 200sqft. $4.00/sqft. 250-766-3814.
Solid Wood Used Furniture OK Estates Furniture & More 3292 Hwy 97N, Kelowna (1.5 Kms North of McCurdy) 11-5 Tues-Sat OKestates.ca (250)-807-7775 WESTERN STAR AUCTIONS. Buying Estates, Tools, Collectable’s and Furniture. Cash Payed or Consignment to Auction. #8-730 Stremel Rd. (778)753-5580
Free Items FREE 21” TV . WORKS GREAT. U PICK UP. 250-826-5432 FREE 2 male Gineau pigs looking for home 1-1/2 old Call (778)478-3701 FREE: 2 sofa beds, double size, black/cream & black/white, (caster wheels) 250-769-5446 Free pickup, of aluminum windows, wire, pipe, air conditioners & batteries. 250-717-0581 FREE Pick-up of used bicycles that you no longer want. Ok if need repair 604-800-2104 FREE P/U- Appliances, Rads, Batteries, Old machinery, vehicles. Harley 778-821-1317 FREE TV, Freezer, Kitchen Table. Excellent Condition, for pick up. (250)768-4974 HITACHI 27” TV with remote. Works Great! You pick up. Call (250)766-2027
Garage Sales ESTATE Sale. Furniture, dishes, antiques, collectibles. Sat Jan 14, 9-1. 3525 Country Pines Gate
Heavy Duty Machinery 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
CHESTERFIELD, Neutral colors, like new & overstuffed chair, floral pattern. Best offer! 250-861-8416
Houses For Sale
Houses For Sale
Only 4 Years old
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For the month of January all ads in the miscellaneous category will be
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Appliances • Misc for Sale • Farm Equipment • Computer Equipment • Heavy Duty Machinery • Auctions • Tools • Firearms • Jewels/Furs • Building Supplies • Musical Instruments • Garden Equipment • Fruit & Veggies • Medical Supplies • Store Equipment • Sporting Goods • Firewood • Stereo/TV/DVD, etc.
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Misc. Wanted
MOBILITY Scooters & Powerchairs. Shoprider Dealer, Stairlifts & Platform Lifts, Used Scooter and Powerchair Sale. www.okmobility.ca Kelowna: 250-764-7757 Vernon: 250542-3745 T-free 888-542-3745
Furniture
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I Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic Gold Silver Change + Chad: 250-863-3082 in Town
PRIVATE Buyer looking for old coin collections, mint sets & hoards of coins, specialty coins, loose, sets, etc. 250864-3521
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
Tools TOOL AUCTION. 11AM. Sat Jan 14. #8-730 Stremel Rd. Western Star Auctions. (778)753-5580. Still Accepting Consignment.
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 THINKING OF SELLING YOUR PROPERTY? For a confidential, no obligation, FREE market evaluation of your property call Mark Jontz, Royal Lepage 250-861-6002 or cell 250-717-6330 anytime.
Mobile Homes & Parks
Owner will carry financing O.A.C. If you have a job, reasonable credit and can make a down payment, we should talk about brand new home ownership. 64A McCulloch Heights in beautiful S. E. Kelowna $189,900 tax incl’d $1600/mo. Call Accent Homes 250-769-6614
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Free washer /dryer. Factory outlet featuring Can-Am Palm Harbor Homes. Singles starting at $54,500 + Tax. 1500 sq ft. 3bed, 2bath Double section $109,500 + Tax. Includes shipping & handling within Lower B.C. Regions.Show Homes at: 1680 Ross Rd. West Kelowna. Accent Homes 250-769-6614 www.accenthomes.ca promo code 31/12/11 VERY CLEAN 2bdrm, 1bath home RV parking, large cul de sac lot in Adult section. $79,900.00 No Tax. Accent Homes (250)-769-6614
Mortgages
Real Estate Apt/Condos for Sale THINKING OF SELLING YOUR PROPERTY? For a confidential, no obligation, FREE market evaluation of your property call Mark Jontz, Royal Lepage 250-861-6002 or cell 250-717-6330 anytime.
Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations. Call 1-888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca
Sporting Goods
FOR SALE - ROAD BICYCLES
2516 Selkirk Drive, Kelowna Dilworth Mountain
Tommy Award Winner - Contemporary Clean Design, main floor master, lower level finished c/w great in-law suite potential, oversize garage & parking for RV/boat - Best family home in the Okanagan’s #1 neighbourhood Dilworth Mountain Estates.
2011 Norco CRR - SL, M, SRAM Red complete group 53/39, Ritchey Bars and Stem, Mavic Elite wheel $3600. 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) 2005 Cervelo P3K TT Frame only - 51cm, Carbon Fork and Seatpost - $200 Contact 250-462-4441 or mwalker@blackpress.ca
Fruit & Vegetables
Beautiful home for active professional near UBCO
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Homes for Rent
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Suites, Upper
Scrap Car Removal
SAT - Sun Jan. 21&22, 1-4pm, 709-1160 Bernard. Lrg 2bd, lake/city view condo. $427.900, 778-478-6449
2BD, 2bath, upscale building, adult oriented, secure u.g. prking, 5 appl, A/C, new laminate flooring, 1050 sqft, NS, NP. Avail Feb. 1, $920/mo 250-762-3514
Commercial/ Industrial
3Bdrm 1.5 bath, main flr, w/d fr, st, dw, Rutland. Close to bus route. NS. NP. Quiet responsible tentant. $1275 incl’s utils. Feb 1st 250-763-1222 Bsmt suite $750, Glenmore Full house Rutland Big yard $1600/mo House in Winfield $1700, 250-469-2322
RUTLAND. 4bd house, 2 lvingrms, 1.5bth, garage, big yard, Feb 1. $1400. 250-8621025 or 778-478-3778 THINKING OF SELLING YOUR PROPERTY? For a confidential, no obligation, FREE market evaluation of your property call Mark Jontz, Royal Lepage 250-861-6002 or cell 250-717-6330 anytime.
CAPRI area, main floor, 2bd, NP, $1150 includes utilities. Ref’s Req’d. 1300 Belaire Ave. Call 250-718-9393
1AA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Min $60 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 250-899-0460
Office/Retail
LYLE’S TOWING. Free Removal of unwanted vehicles. Pay up to $1000 for good vehicles. Lots of used parts for sale. (250)-765-8537 SCRAP Car Removal. $100 cash paid for unwanted vehicles. 7 days/week Call Paul Haul (250)808-9593 SCRAP Car Removal. $100 cash paid for unwanted vehicles. 7 days/week Call Paul Haul (250)808-9593
Townhouses THINKING OF SELLING YOUR PROPERTY? For a confidential, no obligation, FREE market evaluation of your property call Mark Jontz, Royal Lepage 250-861-6002 or cell 250-717-6330 anytime.
Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1&2BD RENTAL Incentives, Adult building, NP, NS, $795$995. 250-878-0136
2BD+Den, walking distance to downtown, all utils & WD incl, $850. 250-878-0136 2-bdrm BELGO AREA, Rutland Rd. S. $900 + hydro, f/s/w/d, NO PETS, on bus rte. 250-491-3345, 250-869-9788 AVAIL Feb 1. 2bd, 2bth in Murano, downtown, heat, AC, WD incl. $1250. 250-491-0416 LAKEFRONT 1, 2, & 3 bdrm. Fully furn’d. Central. Available. to May From $1290 / 30days. (250)769-4630 www.casaloma.com
1 & 2 BDRM Apartments For Rent, very spacious, close to Capri Centre Mall, in newly reno’d building. Close to all ammens, includes fridge, stove, A/C, hot water, UG secured parking & laundry facilities, rent $800/$875. Avail Immed. For more info or to arrange viewing call 250-860-7416 1Bdrm 723 sq.ft. in new condo complex on Glenmore. $845/mo (778)-223-4227 1 Month FREE! 1Bdrm Apt, 55+, NS, ND, NP, Appliances. Excellent condition. Gordon Manor near Capri Centre. $775/mo. Includes Strata Fee! Call (250)764-5151
SPACIOUS 2BDRM Appart. and bachelor suite. Located on bus route, cls to downtown, bike path, beach. Small pet OK. heat and hot water incl. Call on site manag., 250-7636867
Cars - Domestic
Cars - Domestic
APARTMENTS FOR RENT in Granada Gardens for Jan & beyond, ranging from $800-$850/mo 250-766-4528, 250-718-0881
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1200sq/ft. shop 22ft ceilings Shop on 1/4 acre, fully serviced & fenced, $1500/mo + triple net. Light or heavy industrial use & storage. Fully Serviced. WESTBANK INDUSTRIAL PARK, (250)769-7424 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
Duplex / 4 Plex 2BD - One 1/2 month free, $890 + half utils, 819 Saucier Ave. Close DT, adult orientated 4plex. Very attractive. Working couple or retirees. Feb. 1 or 15, 250-764-2542 2bdrm reno’d, 4 appls, NS. NP. Working couple pref’d $1000 + utils. Ref’s req’d. Avail Jan.15th Call between 6pm 8pm. 250-861-1059 2BDRMS. WD, yard, 2prking spots. Reno’d. Beautiful area. $900 + utils. Avail Now (250)470-0000 3BD, 2bth, 5appl, skylights, carport, near hospital, college, lake, bus & Mission Mall. NS, NP. $1200+utils, ref’s. 250826-7501, 250-763-5225 5BD w/2bd inlaw. Large 2300 sq’. Fireplace, near bus/ hosp & lake. Garden. $1850. 250868-9059 txt 863-5164 Available Immediately 4 plex unit 2bdrm + den 1.5 bath st ,fr, Quiet area 610 Katherine Rd near Westside Rd $1000/mo + utils. 250-7690109, 250-878-9970 NEAR KLO college, 1bd. wrkng cple. NP, NS, ref’s, 4 appl, deck, lg. yrd., private, $950. utils incl. Avail Feb 1 (250)-861-9013
CLASSIFIED POLICIES Error Policy 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. Refund Policy Our ads are non-refundable when booked for less than 4 weeks (12 issues), when cancelling a 4 week ad you will be refunded in weekly increments only. Refunds not available for 1/2 price promotion.
2bdrm, ground level entry, w.d., a.c., suitable for 2 working adults or students, garage, Rutland area, ref. req., $950/ mo. incl. util. 250-545-5559 5 or 6 bdrm home, avail now. For rent or rent to own. Call 250-763-7196
COUNTRY House located in Ellison. $1300/mo on acreage incl appls & utils 3bd, 2bath, detached 2bay gar., lrg sundeck/view, pets allowed downstairs rented to quiet couple. Jan 1, Rob 250-470-2576 DT.3bd house lrg yard. lrg unfin, basement, pets ok $1500 Avail. Feb.1 (250)212-9690 GLENROSA Top floor 3 bdrms No Pets, smoking ok, Working adult $1200 + utils Available now 250-258-8697 MAIN part of house for rent. 3bd, 2bth, CA, cvac, shr’d lndry, dbl gar., NS, $1600. + utils. Avail now 250-763-8733, 250-899-4156 NEWLY Reno’d mobile home in Winfield, 2bd + 2rm edition, covered deck, large yard, close to all ammens, no pets. $1050 + utils, for more info 766-4670 PEACHLAND Semi Waterfront, 3 bd, fam. + living room. Rancher $1500+utils. 5 appls., refs, (604)856-2391
Legal Notices
Legal Notices
Modular Homes OKANAGAN Villa. Adult Park, 55 and over. No pets, 1bdrm, $675/mo. Call 250-765-1758
Homes for Rent
In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] - the CFA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: On October 27, 2011, at 1300 Water Street Kelowna BC, Peace Officer(s) of the Kelowna RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: $515 CAD, on or about 22:00 Hours. The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been obtained by the commission of an offence under Section 354(1) (possession of property obtained by crime) Criminal Code of Canada. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2011-809, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute is filed with the Director within
the time period set out in this notice. A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published. You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Director’s website accessible online at www.pssg. gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria BC V8W 9J1.
1100 sq.ft. 2nd floor. Off Sexsmith Rd. 1 Lrg Office w/ Glass inclosure and Lrg meeting area, kitchen + bth. $1000/mo. triplenet. + utils (250)868-4808 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
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Rooms for Rent #1 Available, Furn’d. Quiet DT area,Int,Cbl/Utils. WD. Wrking/ studnt/senior $400+ 861-5757 1Room for Student only. priv. bath, secure building, pool, excellent location, bus rte. $550 (250)469-4056,250-448-9088 $300/Month, $150 DD utils incl. Near Winfield on bus rte. No alcohol or drugs. 826-1843 FURNISHED Rm in quiet seniors Rutland home, NP, NS, no drugs or parties. $500 plus DD. 250-491-1075 Small trailer on acreage, single male only, TV, cbl & utils incl. $500. 250-317-2546.
Shared Accommodation 1Bdrm in Westbank, Share Kitchen, W/D, Cable, Int. & Utils Incl’d. $600 + DD. Call (250)-768-8930 AVAIL ASAP. 1bd near all amens NP/NP/NS. Behind Costco $450 utils., Stdnt/ wrking pref. 250-763-7553 Female to share. reno’d 2bd bsemnt suite. utils. incl. $450/mo. at bus stop. Rutland. NS, Ref. req. (250)469-0736 ROOMMATE wanted from $450. 250-860-8106, 250-7183968
Suites, Lower 1BD., Off McCurdy, f/s, w/d, priv. ent., nr. bus, ns, np, pref 1 person, $725. util/cbl. incl. Avail now 778-753-4722 1BDRM Bsmt suite Feb 1st Coscto area.$685. Bach ste furnished Springfield $625 Feb 1st utils incl’d. (250)317-3700 1BD suite. Up. Mission, bright, quiet, priv entry, laundry, $800 plus utils. Jacuzzi. Pets negot. (250)764-9798 2BD bright, Rutland, 1100sq’ bsmt suite, sep ent, shr’d lndry, FS, NP, NS, Nparties. $850 utils incl’d. Avail now. Call 250-765-8021 2Bdrm 1 bath W.O. Gas FP. fr. st. w/d. Rutland close to bus route. NS. NP. Quiet responsible tenant. $875 incl utils. Feb 1st 250-763-1222 2 BIG BD, din. rm, lndry, sep. ent., w/o basement. Cls to bus & UBC. nP, NS. Avail Feb 1. $800 + utils. (250)765-7326 970 sq ft, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, W/O basement suite. Glenrosa area. Available immed. Sep. entry, ample parking, lrg yard, rge bathroom w/ lots storage. Separate laundry, All appls, $900 + partial utils, free wifi, cat okay. 250-863-8721 Available March 1. 1300sq’ 2bd, 5appl, jetted tub, pool, utils, Sat TV, Lakeview Heights. NS, pets negot. Ref’s req’d. $1100. 250-769-7107 Bright 2bdrm Suite 451 B Wallace Rd. sep entry,& laundry, driveway, patio, vacant $900 NP (250)870-8230 Ellison Acreage 2bdrm daylight basement suite. bright spacious & modern gr lvl bsmt ste. View, priv entry, fr, st, dw, island w/d, covered patio. $900 + 1/2 utils $125 NS. NP. Ref’s Call after 6pm (250)869-7464 HOSP. AREA, 2 bdrm upper suite, $1000 & 2bd lower suite, $850. Close to all ammens 250-470-1315 RUTLAND 2 BDRM Bsmt . Sep. entry, parking, laundry. NS. NP. $900 includes utilities DD req’d. (250)-859-6784
SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equipment. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288
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Enforcement of bylaws being questioned Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER
The West Kelowna Residents’ Association is concerned that District of West Kelowna senior staff exercise undue discretion in the enforcement of bylaws concerning safety, health and cost recovery on behalf of West Kelowna residents. On Tuesday, WKRA board member Larry Mintz spoke to DWK council about the association’s concerns. “In two successive years—2010 and 2011—a property owner in West Kelowna obtained a burning permit from the West Kelowna fire department in accordance with Bylaw No. 0114,” said Mintz. “In each of those years, the fire department was required to respond to contain the authorized fire and to protect surrounding property.” Mintz explained that Bylaw No. 0114 includes instructions regarding burning permits and states that a person who starts a fire without a valid permit or who fails to manage a fire for which a permit has been issued, shall be responsible for the cost of providing the personnel and equipment used to extinguish the fire. But, Mintz claimed, that wasn’t the case for the West Kelowna property owner. He said the fire chief informed the WKRA that he “had chosen to forego pursuit of recovery action.” “When reminded that the bylaw was explicit in this regard, the chief maintained that it was his decision to make,” said Mintz. He said that the fire chief’s response conflicted with the wording of the bylaw. Coun. Bryden Winsby was curious how the matter came to the attention of the WKRA. “The president of the association’s property was directly affected by both instances. Naturally this caused him to be interested in what the process should be,” said Mintz. “He obtained a copy of the bylaw, he read the wording, he shared it with other members of the board without giving us any particular reference as to why he was asking us our opinion of what the wording of the particular clause meant. That wording, to me, was pretty clear.” According to West Kelowna chief administrative officer Jason Johnson, the WKRA complaint is the first one that has come forward as a result of the burning bylaw, which was adopted in February, 2011. Fire chief Wayne Schnitzler, of West Kelowna Fire Rescue, said that this is the first time he has received feedback on how a burning complaint was handled. “We issue 295 permits annually and we go out to about 82 various burning complaints. Out of all of those burning complaints, I’ve never had any feedback on how it was handled prior to this incident,” said Schnitzler. Schnitzler indicated that the West Kelowna Fire Rescue tries to educate those who attempt controlled burns instead of punish them. See Burning A29
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A PARTNERSHIP proposal from regional transit to support a rider assistance program with United Way has the endorsement of West Kelowna council.
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Transit on board to help United Way Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER
West Kelowna council unanimously agreed to endorse the Kelowna regional transit system’s partnership with the United Way to provide transit assistance for people experiencing poverty. The partnership has existed since 2001, its purpose to allow community members to access public transportation to attend job interviews and training, maintain employment, pick up food hampers, take children to day-
care or attend health and wellness appointments. Currently, the United Way distributes 8,400 tickets per year to participating agencies, who then distribute the tickets to those in need. Seventy-seven per cent of the bus tickets are distributed to the downtown Kelowna area. This year, the United Way is requesting that the number of tickets be increased to 10,200 per year, in order to provide access to under-served residents in the smaller outlying communities of
Lake Country, Rutland, Mission, West Kelowna and Peachland. Bette’s Single Parent Food Bank in West Kelowna currently receives 720 tickets per year to distribute to those in need. With the increase in tickets, an additional 720 per year would be given to the Westside Community Food Bank Society. Coun. Gord Milsom said he was in favour of endorsing the current program as well as the increase. He mentioned that he was happy to see new
tickets being provided to the Westside. “I’m glad to see that out of the 1,800 increased (tickets), 720 would go to the Westside Community Food Bank,” Milsom said. “Most food bank recipients don’t really have any mode of transportation, nor can they afford to take the bus to find work, so I think there’s a great need there.” According to Coun. Rick de Jong, West Kelowna will benefit from the move. “For a 20 per cent increase in cost we can get
a 100 per cent increase in the amount of tickets available for residents of West Kelowna. We need to do what we can to support the more vulnerable members of society,” said de Jong. In a worst case scenario of 100 per cent lost revenue—which is unlikely because many of the people receiving the tickets would have been unable to purchase the bus tickets on their own—the DWK would be out a total of $3,313. wpaterson @kelownacapnews.com
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Mayor against district’s participation in FCM Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER
On Tuesday, the District of West Kelowna council voted to
provide funding for two delegates to attend the 2012 Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Conference, despite Mayor Doug Findlater’s disapproval.
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Mayor says $5,500 cost better spent elsewhere FCM from A28 Council agreed to provide funding for up to $5,500 for the two delegates to attend. “I went the first year to FCM when it was in Whistler, thinking it might be as valuable as UBCM. I wasn’t impressed; I haven’t been since,” said Findlater. “Others have gone; we have reports come back. I haven’t found anything that’s come back particularly illuminating and valuable to the district, so I won’t support this. “I think it’s going to be a tough budget year— $5,500 could be spent (better) elsewhere.” Coun. Carol Zanon
disagreed with the mayor’s opinion and said she “greatly believes in the value of FCM.” “Municipalities are just a creature of the provincial government. We have no direct mechanism for relationship with the (federal government). FCM provides us the tools to do that for a closer relationship and to be informed on matters,” said Zanon. “FCM has done a lot for us and given the infrastructure program for which we’ve been able to build sewer programs and the gas tax rebate.” Zanon admitted that not much was accomplished at the Whistler FCM conference; however, said that the confer-
ence has been beneficial since then. Coun. Bryden Winsby agreed with Findlater that the Whistler conference was a disappointment, but he said that he still saw value in attending the 2012 conference. “I concur with what Coun. Zanon is saying: It is a conduit for the junior level of government to talk to the big kids,” said Winsby. “I think it is important to maintain the contact and continue the policy that we have had. Providing funding for no more than two delegates from this municipality is fair.” Findlater was the only member of council to vote against the motion.
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Pursuing injury claim lawsuits has an element of risk I n my Sept. 15, 2011, column, “Only Winners are the Lawyers in Insurance Claim Lawsuits,” I promised to answer the question of why contingency fees charged by personal injury lawyers are so high. Percentages range, but one-third is typical. On
That is what you are paying for when you agree up front to pay onethird of your claim to a lawyer—you are paying to eliminate that risk. You are also eliminating the risk that, where liability is not crystal clear, your case is dismissed and there is no compensation paid at all for your harms and losses. In that circumstance, the lawyer is paid no fees at all. Of course, if you could rely on the insurance company to pony up fair compensation for your harms and losses without having to hire a lawyer, I would be out of a job. In fact, fair compensation achieved with the assistance of a lawyer is typically several times what an insurance adjuster will offer an injury victim who’s not represented by a lawyer.
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way to predict how much work the lawyer will have to do to achieve fair compensation. If a lawyer billed his or her time hourly, a lawyer might spend as little as $10,000 worth of time on a case. At the other end of the spectrum, a lawyer might spend as much as $100,000 of time, or more. The amount of time spent working on a case is not related to the size of the claim. Some of my hardest fought battles are over relatively small claims. When I first started handling personal injury cases, approximately 15 years ago, I always offered potential clients a choice of paying me by the hour for the time I spent instead of paying me a percentage fee. I stopped offering the choice because I found I was wasting my breath; nobody was interested in the hourly rate option. Nobody wanted the hourly rate choice because they didn’t want to take the risk that my hourly rate fees would exceed the percentage, or even exceed the total value of the claim. They wanted me to take the risk instead.
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tern of recovery, will likely have very different harms and losses. One, working in a desk job, might not require any time off work. Another, a massage therapist, might never be able to return to full time work. It is typically past the two year deadline for commencing a lawsuit to enforce your claim when your harms and losses into the future can be reliably predicted. To illustrate this point, fair compensation for harms and losses suffered by one of my clients injured in a rear-ender crash was less than $20,000. At the other end of the spectrum, fair compensation in another rear-ender crash claim was over $800,000. Both of them had suffered whiplash injuries and each of them had an initially optimistic medical prognosis. By the way, before you start hoping that the three cherries come up on the slot machine for you, consider that the $800,000 was compensation for a fellow with such serious, unrelenting pain that he is unlikely to ever work again. In addition to a completely unpredictable claim size, there is no
and listed according to standard marketing protocols, your house is going to sell close to appraised value. Also, the amount of work the real estate agent is going to put into selling your house is reasonably predictable. Personal injury claims are very different. A personal injury claim cannot be appraised. There is no way to reliably predict how significant your harms and losses will be at the time you are hiring a lawyer. Since your claim is for fair financial compensation for those harms and losses, there is accordingly no way to reliably predict the size of your claim. The only “appraisal” of injury is a doctor’s prognosis. In the early stages a medical prognosis is about as reliable as a weather forecast. Even if there was a crystal ball that could accurately predict the course of your recovery and whether or not that recovery will be a full one, the real question is how your injuries will impact on your life. Two people suffering exactly the same injury, with exactly the same pat-
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Available at all Choices locations for $11.95 plus applicable taxes.
choicesmarkets.com Choices Markets Kelowna 1937 Harvey Ave. at Spall | 250-862-4864
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