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Question: Tell what you have beenus about Okanagan Sunrise and building Nick Franz: Probably over the last few years? some of our most able projects include recognizthe Outback in Vernon, we were one of of which the primary builders, development, Sunrise as well as our single-family homes Crown Estates, a collection own of on Also on the Westside,the Westside. ness Centre, a commerci we built the Westside Busial project that come a landmark in that communit has really bey. We have been busy. Our website, www.okan sunrise.com, showcases aganmost of our past projects and it is and current a great place for our work. a potential client to see Q: Tell me about the homes and communities are building in now. you Franz: We are gle-family homes currently a preferred builder for in the Black Mountain sinCommunity as well Golf Course as continuing to Crown Estates. build in Sunrise Also at Black Mountain, we are currently beautiful townhome building villas for the Rohit’s development. Cypress Point Q: What is your into home building background and why did you go as a profession? Franz: I was my father was a born and raised in the Okanagan builder. After going , and Vancouver, I knew away to school in to start my businessthat there was no other place for me place to live and than Kelowna. It’s just an awesome work. Dale Ahlbaum just the most fulfi : As far as why we do it? For us it’s lling work you can are really contributin do. g to a better quality We feel like we clients. Seeing a of life for our project evolve from one’s home is the the plan into somebest Q: What’s differentreward. or unique about pany’s approach your comto the building process? Franz: There are a couple things that distinguishes Okanagan Sunrise from otherwe feel really ers. local buildFirst, we are really flexible. Having many years, we done this for know projects and plans evolve over so See Sunrise B11
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It’s a weekend for lovers. Hearts and flowers; chocolate and candy; hugs and kisses; good food and fine wines are all gifts that will be exchanged and shared, along with the occasional Valentine’s Day card this weekend. But, can you remember your first love? Your first kiss? The first time you realized there was a difference between the feeling you had for your mom or dad and the way you felt about that person who sat next to you in geography? Did you marry your childhood sweetheart? Or, are you still keeping an eye out for the right person? From family love, people progress to young love, then wedded bliss, and back to family love. Capital News reporter Judie Steeves talked to a few people who cater to love, in one way or another. See story on A3.
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Alert witness helps police bust up Sunset Drive drug ring He simply waved, pointed to the ground and stayed put, and in doing so he helped police nab three drug dealers. While carrying out an investigation of a known drug dealing ring on Feb. 10, Kelowna RCMP Drug Unit officers observed a 25-year-old male exit an apartment building in the 1000 block of Sunset Drive. He left in a blue Ford coupe, along with another male who was driving. The vehicle stopped
at Leon and Ethel and police observed a drug transaction take place in the vehicle. But as the plainclothes officers moved in to intercept the vehicle, the driver took off at high speed, while the passenger threw something out of the passenger side window. As police drove by the item, a male, who had evidently seen what the passenger had done, caught their attention by waving, and pointed to the object on the ground.
The witness provided a statement to police outlining what he had seen. The witness had “guarded” the item and did not touch it until the police showed up at the scene. That item turned out to be a bag of pre-apportioned crack cocaine that was ready for trafficking. Meanwhile, the now empty suspect vehicle was located a few blocks from where the drugs were tossed away. The two males inside
it were arrested at the Sunset Drive residence for possession for the purpose of trafficking. A female was arrested, at a different location, for possession for the purpose of trafficking as well. The help of the witness aided police in obtaining a search warrant for the Sunset Drive apartment where more cocaine, heroin, drug paraphernalia and cash were located. In total, 42 grams of crack cocaine and heroin,
packaged for street level sale, was seized. About $5,000 cash and the Ford coupe were also seized, along with the drug paraphernalia. Police have charged James Fitzgerald, 25, of Kelowna, with possession for the purpose of trafficking. He is in custody and will next appear in court on Feb. 18. A 23-year-old male and 22-year-old female, also of Kelowna, are facing a possession for the purpose of trafficking
charge, and the male is facing an additional charge of flight from police. The two were released
on a promise to appear in court with a scheduled court date of April 29.
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ANNEGRET JUNG, owner of Annegret’s Fine European Chocolates (top photo), holds a chocolate rose, ideal for Valentine’s Day. Ricardo Scebba, owner of Ricardo’s Mediterranean Kitchen in Lake Country, will be serving Blackened Prime Rib with house potatoes, asparagus, carrots, and roasted red pepper on Valentine’s Day. SEAN CONNOR/CAPITAL NEWS
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“One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men—his crop of potential soldiers. “Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. “When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.” Thus, on the anniversary of his death, lovers celebrate in his memory by giving their loved ones cards and chocolates, flowers and food, kisses and hugs, and the ultimate gift of love: a proposal of marriage.
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t used to begin with a little boy dipping a little girl’s pigtail in the inkwell, but we don’t use inkwells in school anymore, so the method of “telling” another youngster—for the first time—that you find them attractive will have changed over the years. It could be running off with their hat, or bumping into them in the hallway or mussing up a hairdo. However, the fact remains, there’s that funny little smile when youngsters first tell of their attraction to someone of their own age who is not part of the family. It’s a very happy smile, but it’s also kind of a shy one, because they’re not sure if they want to share or try to describe this funny feeling they have. Such a relationship likely includes giving, perhaps anonymously, a Valentine Day card to that special someone, and it may carry on to include a “play date,” or even carrying some books home from school for that other person. Sadie Hawkins dances permitted the girls to feel free to ask the boys they fancied out to a dance, but now it’s ‘anything goes,’ as far as such proprieties are concerned. Sock hops were another opportunity to show someone of the other sex you were interested in more than help with your math home-
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work, though the latter is a great excuse to get a little closer to the object of your affection. From there, you might graduate to an actual date, with the two of you going alone to a soda counter, out bowling, to a movie, an arcade or a waterpark. Can you remember your first kiss? Were you in the back seat of a car or on a doorstep? Or, was it a kiss stolen behind the cur-
tains on the stage at school or in the cloakroom? Love is expressed in many ways and in many different places. For several centuries, Feb. 14, known as Valentine’s Day, has been the focal point for those wanting to declare their love for another, but its origins are murky. This tale, pinched from the Internet, suits as well as any:
Lizzie is in grade two and is quite excited about Valentine’s Day because she hopes her friends will like the cards she gives them. To her, it’s about “what you mean to others. You can give things to people you love, like your family and close friends. When you’re older, you really love…in a different way…it feels different, and you let them know.” Now in grade four, Eric knows it’s all about loving and love, and he realizes that, “To older people it means they really care about each
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Valentine from A3 other. They have more intense feelings. Kids don’t have such intense feelings.” However, there is a favourite person at school who he hopes will be his Valentine. She’s cute and she’s also a good friend, he says with a shy grin. James Harnden has had quite a bit of experience with those “more intense” adult feelings, in his role as a marriage commissioner, and he says there definitely is a special story about every wedding he conducts. While he does some ceremonies on Valentine’s Day (because the groom will always remember their anniversary), he says there are probably more engagements than weddings on Feb. 14. At this time of year, he performs many weddings in people’s living-rooms, although he has done one in Bertram Creek Park in winter, and another on the boardwalk
downtown on New Year’s Day. “The bride was a bit blue by the end of the ceremony,” he concedes with a grin. He has also conducted marriages literally as people are about to get on a plane. “Foreign marriage requirements are often different, so if they do a civil ceremony here first, there’s no concerns about the paperwork involved for the ‘show’ one done there,” he explains. He’s also done some band-aid work to patch up some of those foreign weddings, where the couple never did receive the papers, and they wanted to ensure their seven-year marriage and the birth of their children were legitimate. Another was a costume party at Halloween, when the guests didn’t even realize it was a real wedding. There’s lots of emotional baggage associated with weddings, and sometimes, he says he
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WE PREPARE FOR THREE OR FOUR WEEKS MAKING CHOCOLATES FOR VALENTINE’S DAY AND THEY’RE SOLD OUT IN TWO OR THREE DAYS. Annegret Jung
just has to tell the two estranged parents to “suck it up and get over it. It’s not your day.” Then, there are the eldest single sisters of the groom. “They’re the most likely to act up—and she has cats,” he predicts sagely. Others are just plain fun, he says. Last summer a pair got married at King’s Stadium, with the groom and bridesmaids in baseball uniforms. The umpires yelled “timeout” when he asked if anyone had any reason these two should not be joined in marriage. Houseboats are one backdrop couples like, and he remembers one surprise wedding he did following a wedding he was conducting at Okanagan Lake Resort. The houseboat picked him up there with the wedding party already on board celebrating the groom’s 50th birthday. The bride proposed and they got married at his birthday party. One bride went into labour during the ceremony and another became the mother of twins just a few hours after a ceremony performed at the chapel at Kelowna General Hospital. The busiest weekend of the year is actually the
third weekend in August, when he might perform as many as 12 wedding ceremonies over the weekend, lots of them for Albertans, because this is a destination market for weddings. Summerhill Pyramid Winery is a favourite location, and he’s even performed ceremonies inside the pyramid by the light of 400 candles, with patio heaters on. He’s also done ceremonies at CedarCreek Estate Winery, Guisachan House, up at Big White, in Knox Mountain Park, at Bear Creek and Fintry Provincial Parks, and on a dock in Peachland. He can testify that there are some phenomenal backyards in Kelowna, as well as some lovely orchards. He even married some German tourists up on the KVR trestles at Myra one summer, but Elysium Gardens is one of his personal favourite backdrops, among the flowers.
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Flowers are a special gift for someone you love, but the flower of love is a rose—a red rose. Henriette Faber, of Kelowna Rose Garden, says Valentine’s Day weekend is the busiest time of the year for their business. Thousands of roses go out the door and the most popular colour is red. Unfortunately, they grow roses in every colour of the rainbow, including a number of shades of red, and it’s not possible to get all the roses to produce red ones for Valentine’s Day. They begin to prepare for this one very busy weekend in December. Although lots of guys come in for roses, she says ladies buy them as
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HENRIETTE FABER is the co-owner of the Kelowna Rose & Garden Centre (top photo); marriage commissioner James Harnden performs a wedding ceremony in an orchard. well. “They’re not genderspecific,” she says. In the 12 years since Faber and her husband opened their floral shop in Rutland, they always
find it’s a rush at this time of year, but she says with resignation, “Men have a tendency to be lastminute.” Chocolatiers find that
as well. Duane Peters, coowner of Bernard Callebaut Chocolates, says lovers could actually buy
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Valentine from A4 chocolates the week before, or even three or four, but most of the action is the three days of that weekend, and they’ll all be sold out, he predicts, particularly the specialty items. He’s stocked up with thousands of hearts, from mini boxes to heart lollipops and heart chocolates of many different kinds, but one of the most special and popular items is a chocolate box filled with chocolate hearts.
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Valentine’s Day, despite how busy it is, is not the busiest day of the year for chocolate. It’s about third, behind Christmas and maybe even Easter, he says. Annegret Jung, of Annegret’s Chocolates, agrees that Christmas is actually busier, partly because it’s spread out over a longer time. “We prepare for three or four weeks making chocolates for Valentine’s Day and they’re sold out in two or three days,” she says. They also have all
sorts of heart-shaped confections, from filled chocolates to chocolate boxes filled with chocolates, where you can eat the box when you’ve finished the contents. She has also made a unique chocolate rose, combining some of the favourite gifts of both flowers and chocolates in one special present. Purdy’s Chocolates has teamed up with Mission Hill Family Estate to produce a chocolate truffle infused with Reserve Vidal Icewine.
Advertised as a delectable dessert for the sensory adventuresome, these icewine truffles are available at Purdy’s stores through the province. “They’re a treat for fine wine and chocolate lovers. The numerous flavour notes complement each other so well that the Purdy’s Icewine Truffle delights the taste buds and satisfies the senses,” says head chocolatier Gary Mitchell. To take that one step further, many take the love of their life out to
of ‘Foreplay;’ The Move and The Seduction, followed by The Climax, of chocolate offerings. He believes Italian food is the most romantic. “It’s passionate food, prepared by a caring cook. I love what I’m doing.” Sharing food is very sensual, he says. “When
you can place something in your partner’s mouth, like a piece of crab dipped in drawn butter, it’s very romantic.” He and his wife will both be busy working on Valentine’s Day, but they made a date for after it calms down for them. jsteeves@kelownacapnews.com
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Orchardists demand regulated marketing Judie Steeves STAFF REPORTER
In well-attended emergency grower meetings this week, orchardists have been adamant that they can no longer subsidize consumers by accepting returns that are below their cost of production, says Joe Sardinha, president of the B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association. Sardinha described the mood at meetings in Oliver and Kelowna this week, as “very emotional.” The meetings were closed to all but members of the BCFGA, and the Kelowna meeting had to be moved to a different room because so many farmers showed up. In all, he estimated nearly 200 attended the two hastily-called meetings, which followed growers’ receipt of their first advance on last year’s apple crop, and the discovery of how very low it was. “There was clear direction. We were told to tell
government that orchardists need what the supplymanagement folks have— a regulated marketing system. It’s the only way the industry will survive,” said Sardinha. That would ensure producers are guaranteed to receive their costs and a profit margin from
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the marketplace, not from government, just as the poultry, dairy and egg producers do now, explained Sardinha. “They’re doing okay. They don’t need government support. We just want to make our cost of production and to make a decent living,” he commented. Food freedom day
now is early in February, so the annual cost of food as a percentage of income is paid right at the beginning of a year now, he added, just as an indication of the value put on food. “Is food a priority with the Canadian government? Is the Agricultural Land Reserve just a glorified land bank?” he asked. “The ALR can’t be maintained by producers who are enslaved on the land without making a profit,” he said. Not only are growers fighting to keep their heads above water in a marketplace that’s based on U.S. funds, when the Canadian dollar is strong, but they’re in competition with an enormous industry south of the border that is subsidized by the U.S. government, he noted. The orchard industry in the U.S. has an export enhancement program; lower production costs; a huge school nutrition program and a food stamps program that use local products; and a 100 per cent local procurement
policy, related Sardinha. In addition the North American Free Trade Agreement permitted unimpeded movement across the border, and caused shrinkage of the industry in B.C., because local producers are competing on an uneven playing field. Growers need a shortterm fix and a long-term solution, he said. In the short term, immediate help must come from government to support the industry in these difficult times, while a long-term fix is organized, he said. What’s particularly galling is the auto industry bailout of big corporations, while farmers are “left to twist in the wind, even though the loss of this industry would have far-reaching effects on this valley,” he said. The BCFGA will now be requesting meetings with both agriculture ministers, and will be asking for support from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, he said. jsteeves@kelownacapnews.com
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Plans to acquire Spion Kop regional park inch forward STAFF REPORTER
The proposed Spion Kop Regional Park in Lake Country has moved another step forward but it is far from getting the all clear. The Central Okanagan Regional District board decided Thursday to apply to the B.C. government for Crown land tenure for the proposed 311-hectare park in the Oceola Road area of Lake Country. The regional district will seek either a Crown grant—in essence donating the land—purchase for a nominal price or take a 30-year lease of the property. However, aboriginal rights and title to the land are among the key issues that would need to be resolved before any park development proceeds. The Spion Kop area is recognized as Okanagan Indian Band traditional territory.
Regional parks manager Murray Kopp told the board that the band has been made aware of the regional district’s plans to apply for a Crown land tenure to operate a park. “The application and acceptance of tenure for the Crown lands would be subject to the completion of a coordinated management agreement with First Nations,� said Kopp. “At this time the relationship is still positive. We are looking at the potential of co-management of the site.� Lake Country Mayor James Baker also noted that the band has identified Spion Kop as a specific title claim that may end up in the courts because the band has withdrawn from the B.C. Treaty process. “Anything we do in negotiating a memorandum of understanding is going to have to say that the rights and title are respected.� The park acquisi-
tion plan has also recently come under fire from off-road enthusiasts and hunters, the board was reminded Thursday.
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Urban Systems consultant Dan Huang said the two groups made their opposition known during a public open house late last year. “It was pretty clear at the outset that a couple of the challenges from conflict of uses were that of motorized recreation–– people on ATVs and dirt bikes––and also hunting,� said Huang.
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ernment ministries and agencies, First Nations and potential user groups, for additional input. Incidentally, the regional board was also not unanimous in its support of the Spion Kop application this week. West Kelowna board directors Duane Ophus and Doug Findlater opposed the Spion Kop park plan, noting that the board has seen no long term business plan for the acquisition of additional regional parks, which would outline costs to the taxpayer for development and maintenance. The regional district has said it is interested in Spion Kop as a park because of its “mixed stand of mature interior Douglas fir and ponderosa pine forest and grassland.� “These lands are the last, large, native cohesive ecosystem in the area,� commented Darlington. jluciw@kelownacapnews.com
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Communty asked to rank issues concerning gravel pits Jason Luciw STAFF REPORTER
The delicate task of mapping out sites for gravel pits in the Central Okanagan will begin with an investigation into what the community’s top issues are concerning quarries. Aggregate Task Force chairman and Kelow-
na-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick said that aside from having technical staff identify the best sources of gravel supply for the next 100 years, his committee must determine what the community’s biggest beefs are when it comes to aggregate mining. In order to estab-
lish community values, the committee will use a process, which the City of Kelowna found was most effective in solving past controversial issues, like the one-way Richter/ Pandosy Street couplets and the Cardington Apartments supportive housing project on St. Paul Street, for homeless addicts.
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The vetting process is called the Kepner-Tregoe system. “When we used this process to lead the community in (reaching) a rational decision for access to the (Bennett) bridge we went through something in the neighbourhood of 20 alternatives. Working with the public we narrowed it down to six,” Letnick said. Letnick said the aggregate committee will first use a public open house to establish exactly how many issues there are concerning gravel pits in the Central Okanagan. From there the committee will conduct a telephone survey in the region to rank those issues. “We’re going to use this in a way where we lead the community in identifying their key criteria. “Whether it’s distance from residential (development), whether it’s cost to taxpayers, whether it’s impact on the environment, whether it is dust
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KELOWNA-LAKE COUNTRY MLA Norm Letnick walks the Central
Okanagan Aggregate Task Force through the Kepner-Tregoe process, a system which will be used to determine ideal locations for gravel mining in the region. (or) noise. “Whatever the criteria are, we will help community identify the different ones…and then lead the community in telling us which ones of these are more important in relation to the others so we can come up with scoring.” Then a technical
committee, using its supply and demand study will identify all the areas that are still remaining in the Central Okanagan that have significant deposits of gravel that can be mined but aren’t approved yet, explained Letnick. “They will score each of these gravel areas
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based on the criteria, without knowing which one is most important or least important (to the community).” The best sites would then be determined by multiplying the weight the community placed on each issue by the score the technical committee gave the sites. “The sites with the highest scores are the winners,” said Letnick. “Those with the best scores become the green, those with scores that are really horrible become the red and those scores that are somewhere in the middle become the yellow.” Once the green, yellow and red areas are identified the map will be taken to the public for one last round of input so they can see where gravel mining is most likely to occur in the region for the next 100 years. Letnick also joked with the committee, saying the Kepner-Tregoe system was also a great system to use to buy a car or plan a honeymoon. jluciw@kelownacapnews.com
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Let the competition begin; grouch about Olympic costs later
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he opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics are just a few hours away as I pen today’s column and I admit to feeling the same excitement as most Canadians. I feel somewhat stuck in a catch-22 scenario with serious concerns regarding the huge debt the Games will cost B.C. residents—yet I’m an absolute Olympic fan. Part of me also mourns the death of amateur athletes dominating the Olympics, as originally intended, however the fact that the Olympics truly bring the best in every sport head to head is electrifying. The level of competition in all the winter sports will be tremendous—but admittedly, like thousands of others, I’ll be glued to the men’s hockey matches. Without question this will be one of the best hockey contests of all time and it really is a coin toss who will skate away with the gold medal. Naturally my heart wants Canada to capture the top podium—and on paper they are certainly in
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puck control. And Finland may well surprise several teams. After dominating the world hockey scene for four decades from 1954 to 1990 (22 championships) Russia slipped as a world power. During the 1990s they dropped from the top, however, the past few years have seen the red machine return to championship form. In 2008, Russia captured the world championship over Canada and so the stage is now set for a rematch later this
month, I can’t wait. There will be plenty of time down the road to lament over the costs of the Olympic Games, but for the next 16 days, I am going to simply sit back and soak in all the talent and excitement. I’m sure most of you will be doing the same. ••• If you’re looking for a fun, family evening of music then you can’t go wrong with the latest presentation by Noel Wentworth and Went-
worth Music’s Education Centre. On March 6 Rock Hero Live!—A tribute to Guitar Hero, will take place at Kelowna Community Theatre starring 152 music students. “Life will imitate art in a whole different way,” said Wentworth as his music school takes the concept of the popular game Guitar Hero and presents it in a live format on stage. Wentworth’s semiannual rock extravaganzas have been picking up momentum over
the last few years and he is hoping to fill the theatre again this year. Proceeds raised will go to the children’s ward at Kelowna General Hospital. “Our goal is to recreate the Guitar Hero video game with costumes, real instruments, and a similar stage set up to what you might see in the game itself.” To add to the excitement Neversoft (the developers of Guitar Hero), Microsoft and Fender instruments have gotten on board.
“Neversoft invited me down to California to meet with them and do a tour of their facilities. They sent me home with T-shirts, autographed poster, games and more,” says Wentworth. “Microsoft provided us with an XBOX 360 and Fender a wonderful Strat Pack complete with a guitar and amp.” Tickets for Rock Hero Live are available at Ticketmaster, or online at www.wmec.ca. Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m.
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Water now a top priority for trail development STAFF REPORTER
There’s a moratorium on new trail development in the Bear Creek area while work gets underway to establish a water advisory committee for that watershed, according to Peter Walters, the provincial assistant deputy minister of tourism development. Two fencing contracts currently underway as part of a project to reconstruct trails for dirt biking in that area, will continue. Following a meeting in January between area water utilities, West Kelowna, Westside-Kelowna MLA Ben Stewart, and tourism minister Kevin Krueger, it has been acknowledged that the water issues in that watershed are paramount, said Walters. He was speaking to members of the Okanagan Water Stewardship Council Thursday afternoon, where provincial trails manager John Hawkings did a presen-
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regulations, said Hawkings. In addition to the estimated 300 km of userbuilt trails and 800 km of forest roads in the area, there are now 450 km of fire guards as well, along with a wide variety of user groups. Of the four “Es” of successful recreation management, he said education is the most efficient and effective use of money, so they are working on educating users about why trail management is needed: about trail etiquette, invasive weeds, spark arrestors, trail rules and regulations, prohibited areas, water quality and the environment. Engineering is a key component he said, but engineered solutions must produce reasonable alternatives to the undesirable uses, to be effective. As far as enforcement is concerned, he said there is a memorandum of understanding with the Conservation Officer Service, as well as the forests ministry, RCMP, recrea-
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15 at 7:30 a.m. with guest speaker Dr. Barry Urness, chairman of the Central Okanagan Sports Hall of Fame Museum. On Tuesday and Thursday the Kelowna Museums will lead free guided walking tours, starting at 10 a.m. each day at the Okanagan Heritage Museum. On Thursday there will be past verses present basketball games at Rutland Middle School at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. To end the week, the Kelowna South-Central Association of Neighbourhoods will host a tea party at Knowles House, 865 Bernard Ave., on Feb.
20 at 2 p.m. with guest speaker Mike Durbin of the 1958 Kelowna Packers. For a full list of Heritage Week activities visit www.KelownaMuseums. ca and click on current and upcoming events. The Central Okanagan Heritage Society is the local sponsor of Heritage Week with support from the Kelowna Museums Society, the City of Kelowna, the Rutland Residents Association and KSAN. The Okanagan Heritage Museum is located at 470 Queensway Ave. at the corner of Ellis and Queensway.
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San Francisco or San Diego? Or, as some people would phrase it: Think or swim? It is a per-capita fact that one city has more surf shops and the other has more college graduates. But there’s more to this choice than that. One of these cities gives you reliable sun, a world-class zoo and kid-friendliness, accompanied by the occasional reminder that the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High was based on a true story. The other city doesn’t seem to care as much about your kids, but it will feed, entertain and edify you with such verve and sophistication that you’ll barely notice the arctic breezes. One is forever winning popularity contests, but the other is cheaper, has less crime and attracts more than twice as many overnight guests countywide. One gave us The Maltese Falcon, the other
gave us Tony Hawk. One is the cradle of hippiedom; the other is a major Navy port. One is four times as densely occupied as the other, yet when it comes to hotels, they’re almost dead even—226 in one city, 225 in the other. One city has Balboa Park—no, check that. Both have Balboa parks. But can you guess which Balboa Park once harbored a nudist colony? One has the Golden Gate Bridge; one has the Coronado Bridge. One points north to Marin County; one points south to Mexico. One has Market Street—wait, both have Market streets. San Diego’s is longer, and San Francisco’s is scarier. One city has a winning football team, and one has the 49ers. Both have losing baseball teams (if you count up the last three seasons), and both teams play in retro-flavored downtown ballparks near water’s edge. So if you’re a weekend tourist, which is better?
I hereby submit that from dusk to dawn, San Francisco is better. Well, except from November through March, when it can get cold enough to frost your Irish coffee. I further submit that from dawn to dusk, San Diego is better. Especially if you get outdoors a lot or you’re a kid. Oh, but San Francisco will be better July 22 to 25, when 126,000 Comic-Con people will clog downtown San Diego. And San Diego will be better Sept 19 to 23, when 45,000 people gather at San Francisco’s convention center for the annual Oracle OpenWorld information technology conference. To arrive at this richly nuanced answer, I made fresh visits to each city and weighed the data with absolute objectivity and seriousness, except for the parts that I goofed around with, which follow. Your results may vary.
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S.D.: Inspired Max Miller (who wrote the gritty 1932 novella â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Cover the Waterfrontâ&#x20AC;?) and must have somehow influenced Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), who lived here about 40 years. Tom Waits (â&#x20AC;&#x153;San Diego Serenadeâ&#x20AC;?), Frank Zappa and Blink-182 played in their first bands here, and Jewel and the Stone Temple Pilots got big breaks. At the movies, it was either the set or inspiration for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Gun,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Traffic,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fast Times.â&#x20AC;? On television, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Simon & Simon.â&#x20AC;? S.F.: Inspired Dashiell Hammettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s detective novels (including â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Maltese Falconâ&#x20AC;?), Douglass Cross (who wrote the lyrics to â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Left My Heart ...â&#x20AC;?), and many classicrock performers, including the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and Santana. At the movies, it was the set for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dirty Harry,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bullittâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Milk.â&#x20AC;? On television, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Streets of San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;? lingers in memory.
THE COLLEGE CROWD
S.D.: The U.S. Census said that, in 2008, 40.7 per cent of resi-
dents 25 or older had bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees. San Diego State counts about 27,500 undergrads; UC San Diego counts about 22,500 and University of San Diego (a private Catholic university) counts about 5,100. S.F.: The U.S. Census reported that, in 2008, 50.3 per cent of residents 25 or older had bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees. San Francisco State reports about 24,000 undergrads, UC San Francisco reports none (its more than 4,000 students are all grad students in medical subjects) and University of San Francisco (a private Catholic university) counts about 5,500.
THE INTERNATIONAL CROWD
S.D.: 25.5 per cent foreign-born, by count of U.S. Census, 2008. S.F.: 35.6 per cent foreign-born, by count of U.S. Census, 2008.
WHAT TRAVELERS SAY
S.D.: Eighth place in the 2009 Conde Nast Travelerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Award for favorite U.S. city, just behind Savannah, Ga., just ahead of Boston. Facebook travel fans as of mid-January: 56,858. S.F.: Winner of 2009 Conde Nast Travelerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Award for favorite city in the U.S.
Facebook travel fans as of mid-January: 123,908.
WHAT TRAVELERS DO
S.D.: In 2008, the county hosted 15.2 million overnight visitors and 15.9 million more daytrippers. S.F.: In 2008, the city/ county hosted 5.93 million overnight visitors and 10.5 million more daytrippers.
WEATHER
S.D.: San Diegoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s average high, yearround: 71. Average low: 57. About 9 to 10 inches of rain yearly. Yet locals know to expect June gloom. By one analysis of weather since the 1950s, May and June are the cloudiest months of the year. S.F.: San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s average high is 63, the average low 51. About 20 inches of rain yearly.
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S.D.: The FBIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2008 uniform crime report shows 6,047 violent crimes and 40,365 property crimes among 1.3 million residents. S.F.: The FBIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2008 uniform crime report shows 6,744 violent crimes and 36,301 property crimes among about three-quarters of a million residents.
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S.D.: On Coronado (an isthmus, not an island), a grand old hotel has held hundreds of guests at a time since the late 19th century. Annual number of tourists: more than 2 million. S.F.: On Alcatraz, a
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Hocking Hills is Grandma Gatewood country. Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1 mustsee state park, Hocking Hills lies southeast of Columbus, Ohio, in Hocking County. One of the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most famous trails is dedicated to Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1 long-distance hiker. That would be the late Emma Rowena Gatewood, who lived most of her life on a farm in Gallia County in southern Ohio. She often walked two to five miles to visit friends on neighboring farms. Gatewood, who died in 1973 at 86, gained national attention when she hiked the entire Appalachian Trail solo in 1955, at the age of 68, in tennis shoes. Gatewood, the mother of 11, grandmother of 23, great-grandmother of 30 and great-great-grandmother of one when she died, became the first woman to go solo on the 2,168-mile trail that stretches from Georgia to Maine. She was also the first D woman to continuously â&#x20AC;&#x153;thru-hikeâ&#x20AC;? (completing the entire route in one outing), says the Appalachian Trail Conference, the nonprofit trail group. yThat was something only -five men had done at the time. e She was the third swoman to hike the comyplete trail. g She had decided to ,make her first attempt -after reading a National Geographic article about the famous trail that noted that no woman had ever hiked its distance. Gatewood knew immediateoly this was her destiny, asaid daughter Lucy Seeds, lwho is 81 and lives in Florida. Gatewood was feaatured in local papers along dthe trail. She appeared on ethe â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today Show,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art Linkletter Show,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dave nGarroway Showâ&#x20AC;? and othes. It took Gatewood 146 days as she hiked through bad weather from Maine to Georgia. She lost 30 ypounds and her feet grew nfrom size 8C to 8D. Hiking the Appalahchian Trail was not easy, eGatewood said at the time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought it would be ea nice lark,â&#x20AC;? she told one nreporter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;? e She told another reeporter: â&#x20AC;&#x153;For some fool -reason, they always lead you right up over the big-
gest rock to the top of the biggest mountain they can find.â&#x20AC;? Gatewood told the media at the end of her hike that she had â&#x20AC;&#x153;had enoughâ&#x20AC;? and headed back to the Ohio farm. Ironically, that was her second attempt at the Appalachian Trail. In 1954, she got lost, broke her glasses, spent a miserable night under a boat by a lake and then turned around and came home. She never told the family where she had been. She hiked the Appalachian Trail again in 1957, going from south to north to get better weather. She said she was doing it a second time because she wanted â&#x20AC;&#x153;to see some of the things I missed the first time.â&#x20AC;? She completed that hike in 142 days, wore out six pairs of Keds tennis shoes and averaged 14 1/2 miles a day. In 1964, she hiked the Appalachian Trail again. That hike was completed in sections, not as a through-hike. At the end, she climbed Mount Katahdin in Maine four times. She is credited with being the first person to hike the entire trail three times. Gatewood traveled light. She took an Army blanket, a raincoat, a plastic shower curtain for shelter, a cup, a first-aid kit and one change of clothes, all of which she carried over her shoulder in a homemade bag. Her diet consisted of dried beef, cheese and nuts, with wild food she found along the way. She rarely cooked along the trail and carried less than 20 pounds in her bag. She carried no map, no compass, no guidebook, no tent, no sleeping bag and no backpack. In 1959, Gatewood hiked 2,000 miles along the Oregon Trail from Independence, Mo., to Portland, Ore. She missed the start of a celebratory wagon train by a week. She started walking and then caught up and passed the wagon train. She averaged 22 miles a day on foot. In 1958, she hiked in New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adirondack Mountains and climbed six of the highest peaks, Seeds said. In 1960, she hiked Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Long Trail (once), and Pennsylvaniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Baker Trail (twice) and the Horseshoe Trail (once). She hiked the Chesa-
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ASH CAVE, a 700-foot rock face with a 100-foot-deep recess, lies southeast of Columbus, Ohio, in Hocking Hills State Park. peake & Ohio Trail twice. In 1964, at the age of 77, Gatewood blazed a 40-mile loop off the Buckeye Trail from Meigs County through Gallia County to Lawrence County. She was a charter member of the Buckeye Trail Association and often hiked from her home in Gallia County to the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meetings in Columbus. But one of Gatewoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite hikes was in Hocking Hills: a six-mile hike from Ash Cave to Cedar Falls to Old Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cave that will be featured in the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming winter hike. That stretch of trail
is officially known as Grandma Gatewood Trail. For a number of years, Gatewood led the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Winter Hike, an event that has grown in size and popularity. She was also active in trail building in the park and elsewhere in southern Ohio. The Grandma Gatewood Trail is part of the cross-Ohio Buckeye Trail, as well as part of the 4,600-mile federal North Country Trail that runs from New York to North Dakota, and the American Discovery Trail that runs 6,800 miles from California to Delaware. A round trip on the Grandma Gatewood Trail
can be a long one-day hike unless you have two vehicles. But it offers hikers a chance to see two of Hocking Hillsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; biggest attractions: Old Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cave and Ash Cave. Old Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cave off state Route 664, about 11 miles south of U.S. 33, is the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most-visited site. It is a very easy hike of 10 minutes from the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visitor center. The cave itself is 200 feet long, with the look and feel of a rocky amphitheater. It is 50 feet high and the overhang is 75 feet deep, made of Blackhand sandstone that is 250 million years old. It gets its name from hermit Richard Rowe, who lived in the cave in pioneer days. The cave sits in a halfmile-long hemlock-lined gorge with three waterfalls and picturesque pools. Ash Cave, off state
Route 56 at the southern end of the park, is easily accessible and very impressive. It is Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest recessed cave. Erosion to the 700-foot horseshoeshaped rock face created a 100-foot-deep recess and a slender 90-foot-high waterfall. Ash piles discovered in the cave indicate that Indians used the site. The area is handicapped-accessible via a paved trail. Cedar Fallsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;halfway between the two cavesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is considered one of the prettiest waterfalls in Ohio. It lies on Queer Creek and the water tumbles 50 feet into a pool. In winter, Cedar Falls turns into a giant icicle. Nonhikers can get to Cedar Falls off state Route 374. Ohio purchased its first land for the park, 146 acres at Old Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cave, *S
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in 1924. Today the park covers 2,348 acres but it is surrounded by the 9,238acre Hocking State Forest. It features 24 miles of hiking trails. The park also includes three other natural areas with cliffs and rocky outcroppings: Cantwell Cliffs and Rock House, both off state Route 374, and Conkleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hollow State Nature Preserve off Big Pine Road off state Route 374. For Hocking Hills information, write to the park at 20160 State Route 664, Logan, OH 43138, 740-385-6841 (park office) or 740-385-6165 (camp office). The Web site is http://www.ohiodnr.com.For tourist information, contact the Hocking Hills Tourism Association at 13178 State Route 664 S., Logan, OH 43138, 740-3859706 or 800-HOCKING. The Web site is http:// www.1800hocking.com.
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aving been on the begging end of a vote, I know that municipal council elections elicit a big yawn in the community. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care about issues; they do. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a lot of work to figure out who to vote for, whether the list is eight names long or 38. In provincial and federal politics itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy. There are only a few parties to pay attention to. Still, those elections donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t garner near to 100 per cent of the voters. So, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the problem? Analysts have scoured our brains to
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at ways to increase voter turnout in response to a request for input from a provincial task force. Good luck with that. Different tactics might bring in a trickle more votes, but we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to see a stampede at the local polling stations anytime soon. Probably the most beneficial move to increase voter turnout was to set elections every three years, but that still failed to rally the majority. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got candidate information on the web to make it easier, to no avail. How about a ward system? Check cities that have them and their turn-
City in Action PUBLIC HEARING Notice is given that City Council will hold a public hearing on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 6pm Kelowna City Hall, 1435 Water Street Council Chambers Council will hear representations from the public who deem an interest in the properties aďŹ&#x20AC;ected by proposed amendments to Zoning Bylaw 8000 for:
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Lot 33, Section 23, Township 26, ODYD, Plan 19819 Bylaw No. 10285 (Z09-0059) The applicant is proposing to rezone the subject property in order to allow a basement suite in an existing single family dwelling. Requested zoning change: from the RU1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Large Lot Housing zone to the RU1s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Large Lot Housing with Secondary Suite zone. Owner/Applicant: Daniel Derksen/Bruce Hendren
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Lot 4, District Lot 143, ODYD, Plan KAP76112 Bylaw No. 10287 (Z09-0068) The applicant is proposing to rezone the subject property in order to legalize a secondary suite within a single family dwelling. Requested zoning change: from the RU1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Large Lot Housing zone to the RU1s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Large Lot Housing with Secondary Suite zone. Owner/Applicant: Sukhjit and Bhupinder Sidhu/Axel Hilmer
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Lot 2, Section 25, Township 26, ODYD, Plan KAP78198 Bylaw No. 10288 (Z09-0076) The applicant is proposing to rezone the subject property in order to allow a secondary suite within a single family dwelling. Requested zoning change: from the RU1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Large Lot Housing zone to the RU1s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Large Lot Housing with Secondary Suite zone. Owner/Applicant: Rajvinder and Harjit Johal/Axel Hilmer
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Lot 43, Section 28, Township 26, ODYD, Plan KAP72143 Bylaw No. 10286 (Z09-0078) The applicant is proposing to rezone the subject property in order to construct a secondary suite within a single family dwelling.
out is low, too. Easier access to voting booths? Done. Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help. Two things that might work are Internet votingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to pay for itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and a fiery referendum question on every ballot. Some councillors suggested we should reduce the number of candidates to make it easier for voters by upping the deposit to run from $100 or having candidates get 25 support signatures instead of two. While no one with only a pencil to their name is likely to get electedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pricey pros-
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More support signatures would be a more reasonable to request. Still, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect the list to suddenly drop to 10â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and certainly donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
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Requested zoning change: from the RU1h â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Large Lot Housing (Hillside Area) zone to the RU1hs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Large Lot Housing (Hillside Area) with Secondary Suite zone. Owner/Applicant: Blaine McKain
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Lot 34, District Lot 357, SDYD, Plan KAP75940 Bylaw No. 10289 (Z09-0081) The applicant is proposing to rezone the subject property in order to legalize a secondary suite within a single family dwelling. Requested zoning change: from the RU1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Large Lot Housing zone to the RU1s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Large Lot Housing with Secondary Suite zone. Owner/Applicant: Diane and Guy Delaurier/Diane Delaurier Comments can be made in person at the public hearing, or submitted online by email to cityclerk@kelowna.ca, or by letter to the OďŹ&#x192;ce of the City Clerk, City Hall, 1435 Water Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 1J4. Presentations at the public hearing are limited to a maximum of ďŹ ve minutes. If a person has additional information they shall be given further opportunity to address Council after all other members of the public have been heard a ďŹ rst time. No representation will be received by Council after the conclusion of the public hearing. Correspondence, petitions and e-mails relating to this application must include your name and civic address. Petitions should be signed by each individual and show the address and/or legal description of the property he or she believes would be aďŹ&#x20AC;ected by the proposal. Correspondence and petitions received between February 5, 2010 and 4pm on Monday February 22, 2010 shall be copied and circulated to City Council for consideration at the public hearing. Any submissions received after 4pm on Monday February 22, 2010 will not be accepted. The public may review copies of the proposed bylaws, Council reports and related materials online at kelowna.ca/council or at the OďŹ&#x192;ce of the City Clerk at City Hall from 8am-4pm, Monday to Friday, as of February 5, 2010 and up to and including February 23, 2010. INFO: 250-469-8645 cityclerk@kelowna.ca
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Surveys done this way are actually quite accurate. Hire a bunch of now unemployed phone solicitors to call a statistically credible cross-section of voters to determine the new council. The tally would be more random and, therefore, a fairer representation of voter interests. Yikes, what would council look like then? Council Idol: No, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to hear Charlie Hodge sing, but the American Idol format has merit. Candidates would give a speech then be grilled by a four-person panel. Following that, voters could phone in their selections. Viewers are willing to watch hundreds of kooky crooners on American Idol, surely, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to weed through a few dozen council candidates and cast a vote. Or, we can resign ourselves to feel fortunate that the offer of democracy is always there, even if few use it.
expect that to trigger more people voting. City staff suggested moving the election date to a time thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit further from winter. I was wondering if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking of moving Christmas, too, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot easier to shop without ice on the roads. OK, they are trying. Moving the date would just confuse people and lose voters. So, since someone is asking, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m offering suggestions on successful methods: Free draws: Cast your vote and get a chance to win a trip to Barbados. The single biggest reason people fill out surveys is if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a possible perk at the end. Satisfaction youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done your duty to select the best council obviously isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough. Make voting mandatory: The threat of punitive action can be very effective. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t vote, you must do 300 hours of community service, of which 10 hours must be served sitting in the audience at a city council meeting or a public hearingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;actually, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s make it 20 hours, so delinquents can get in two meetings. Random sampling:
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Inuktitut. Schreyer hopes her research with the Tlingit First Nation will serve as a model for ways to preserve more languages within First Nation communities. “It’s very important to try to preserve the language of aboriginal peoples, as there is so much knowledge about the land and environment that lives within their language,” she says. Part of Schreyer’s research looks at how land planning and language planning can work together, and how saving an endangered language can potentially help preserve the environment and the species that reside there. “Indigenous people have lived on the land for generations and are invaluable sources of information,” says Schreyer. “The Tlingit see their language as a resource for sustainability, and when they talk about language and how they’re going to use it in the future, it is very much connected to the land.” In addition to the success of the dance group, the Taku River Tlingit First Nation has promoted its language through the development of a language curriculum, which Schreyer helped plan in partnership with community leaders. “We actually created a board game that features a big map of their territory, and you move through it collecting resources like berries and fish, learning the names of the places and items as you go along,” she says. Over the last five years, Schreyer has noticed that the community’s efforts have had an impact: a change in who speaks Tlingit. “It is being used more frequently and casually by not only the children
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A UBC Okanagan professor is headed to the Olympics as part of an ongoing research initiative that studies how indigenous communities are trying to revive their endangered languages. Christine Schreyer, assistant professor of anthropology, has been working with the Taku River Tlingit First Nation from Atlin on language issues for more than five years. Next week, she will accompany the community’s Taku Kwaan Dance group to Vancouver, where they will be performing at the Aboriginal Pavilion at 11 a.m. on Feb. 19. “My research looks at what communities are doing to preserve their languages that are in danger of becoming extinct, and the Tlingit language is one of those languages,” says Schreyer. The dance group, which sings and introduces songs in their native tongue, has been very effective in endorsing the language since the group formed four years ago. “The dance group teaches people not only the language itself by performing the songs of their ancestors, but also how to follow cultural protocols and the importance of traditional regalia, helping people to connect with their identity,” Schreyer says. “It’s through the songs, drums, art and stories about the songs that enthusiasm is generated for the language,” says Wayne Carlick, the dance group’s leader. “It sets some foundation for our children to see how important it is to sing and speak, and now write the beautiful sounds of the Tlingit language.” Of the 61 aboriginal languages in Canada, only three are expected to survive: Cree, Ojibway and
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ne of the issues that has dogged me throughout my time in the newspaper business has been the topic of abortion. I have been writing about what people on either side of this debate have been saying since 1981, and it still resonates with us today. In the U.S, for every Supreme Court justice that is appointed, the first question they are asked is their stance on abortion. It’s an issue that has galvanized the Christian fundamentalist political movement in the ‘80s into the influential voice it carries in American politics today. Here in Kelowna, you see the Kelowna Pro Life Society supporters out walking the sidewalk in front of Ke-
lowna General Hospital every week, protesting the fact that abortions are carried out in the hospital. And last Tuesday, the pro-life placBarry ards showed up outGerding side the doors of CHBC, a protest for a decision by Global TV, the parent company owner of CHBC, to not broadcast the pro-life society’s antiabortion advertisement. After initially signing off on running the ad, Global changed their minds. Why? Because it shows a hand removed from an aborted fetus, something they felt would be offensive for their viewers. On a larger scale, there was a lot of criticism generated at CBS for agreeing to run a pro-life ad during the Super
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them. It is important to remember that the cost to enforce a lien, including the strata’s legal bills, form part of the lien and must be paid by the delinquent owner. Trust me, when an owner finds out that they will have to pay a lawyer’s $600 bill to collect a $100 debt, the owner is going to pay the arrears licketysplit. If the debt is larger, or the owner cannot pay the arrears, the lawyer can force the sale of the strata lot to collect the money owing to the strata. It is evident that councils don’t have to get ‘creative’ by amending the bylaws of the strata to require that a “payment is first applied to outstanding fines” as Gunnar suggested. At the end of the day, the court would likely exclude all fines from the lien despite the bylaw. I would not encourage council’s to contravene the law, rather use the law to their advantage: 1. Notify the owner that a lien will be filed if they don’t pay their overdue fees and levies within two weeks. 2. Hire a lawyer to file the lien and collect the arrears (the owner has to pay the legal bills, not the strata). 3. If the lawyer is unable to collect the arrears through the owner’s mortgager, the strata lot will be sold and the debt paid from the proceeds of the sale. An owner who doesn’t pay their strata fees is borrowing money without the permission of the rest of the owners. There’s a word that comes to mind when someone ‘borrows’ something without permission… Greg Bickert, Okanagan Strata Management Ltd. Kelowna
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What I’d do if I were mayor: Point by point To the editor: If I were mayor I would: • Thank the highways department for forcing the HOV lane on us. It’s a perfect place to pull over and answer your cell phone since nobody uses that lane anyway. • Force the highway department to put in left hand turn signals at every intersection on Highway 97. • Get the ciy’s $200,000 back from the outfit that designed and built that socalled art on the east end of the bridge, and fire the person (or people) who approved it. • Get rid of the ugly new Kelowna logo, bring back our Sails and fire the person who approved this new design. • Four-lane Enterprise Way. • Re-pave Bernard Avenue from Richter to Abbott. The main street is disgusting. • There would be no more rapeing of our hills for development. Kelowna would be a high-density modern city. • Get after CN in the courts and make them keep their word so the road extension can get through. • Tell McDonalds (re. the
former Highway 97 atWater Street restaurant)to take a hike with its lawsuit. Its business was lost anyway, long before the road expansion because of the unsavory crowds who hung around there. • Kerry Park development would be built—no more referendums—build up not out. Kelowna needs this so badly. • There would be a bypass or overpass built to get rid of the daily bottleneck at Sexsmith Road and Highway97 and Rutland Road. • No more grants to the arts, let them support themselves. Only grants would be to groups who need them such as the women’s shelter, Boys & Girls Club, etc. • No money would be setaside for council to take useless trips. If the mayor or councillors feels theyshould go, they will have to pay for it themselves. • Churches and all their holdings would be taxed. • Improve street parking safety—no parking within 30 feet of an intersection, so a car doesn’t have to pull into the intersection to see if cars approaching. • Assign each councilor a section of town to be responsible for (not their own area) and make that
their priority, ie: roads, lights, sidewalks, intersections, parks and report to me once a month. • Pave all side roads right up to sidewalk, instead of leaving three feet of gravel. (ie: corner of Richter and Sutherland) • Get rid of all the walk/ don’t walk signals at intersections. Nobody uses them except seniors and the odd person with any brains. The traffic light says green, I’m going, seems to be the attitude of cyclists and pedestrians. • Crack down on the helmet law for cyclists. Confiscate the bike on the spot and maybe that would slow down some of the drug running of the local crack heads who always seem to have new bikes (no helmets though) peddling around downtown. You want your bike back, fine, cost you $100. • Hire more bylaw officers to control parking in other areas of the city, not just the downtown area. These are a few of my thoughts of what I believe should be a mayor’s responsibility for our great city of Kelowna, instead of just posing for pictures for the local papers. Jim Haire, Kelowna
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To the editor: In the Stratasphere column from Feb. 5, about Strata Property Act liens and collection of arrears (Condo Living Issues Raised in Letters), Gunner Forsstrom wrote, “a lien’s effectiveness mainly comes into play when the property is being conveyed and the debt can actually be collected.” To the contrary, a lien under the Strata Property Act (SPA) is a very useful tool for a strata council to collect a delinquent owner’s arrears. An SPA lien ranks in priority over all other liens and charges except those in favour of the Crown. In other words, an SPA lien gets paid out before da mortgage does. In light aof the additional risk this puts on a mortgage, and -especially considering today’s economy, most mortgage companies will make every effort to pay the owner’s arrears and adischarge the lien. d Many mortgages entitle the lender to add such -amounts to the mortgage, -thereby securing this debt in addition to the original loan. The result is a -fairly quick collection of rowner’s arrears when a -lien is charged against a strata lot at the Land Title kOffice. It should be noted that -often times lenders paying out arrears will not only opay outstanding strata fees, but also unpaid fines twhich cannot be included tin a lien. This is because they simply ask the strata nfor the “current arrears” of the owner and pay out that amount. Current ar1rears can include fines and other amounts which cannot be included in an SPA lien. This may even happen to an owner who is disputing the fines which just got added to their mortgage unbeknownst to
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dull, throbbing or cramping pains in the lower abdomen and are often experienced just before and during a period. For some women, it is merely an annoying discomfort but for others, it can be severe enough to interfere with everyday activities for a few days every month. Dysmenorrhea can be accompanied by other symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, loose stools, sweating and dizziness. In many situations, there is no identifiable cause of dysmenorrhea. Many experts believe that constricted blood vessels during the period cause
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As with western medical theory, Chinese medicine sees a lack of flow of blood and qi-energy as the cause for menstrual cramps.
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IN CHINESE MEDICINE, DYSMENORRHEA OR PAINFUL PERIODS ARE CONSIDERED A SIGN OF AN IMBALANCE, WHICH CAN BE TREATED EFFECTIVELY IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE SYMPTOMS.
Whereas western medicine sees menstrual cramps as all belonging to the same class of problem, Chinese medicine breaks it down into six different types, depending on the internal imbalance causing the symptoms. Factors that can contribute to dysmenorrhea include emotional strain,
prolonged exposure to cold and dampness, overwork or chronic illness, and childbirth. A feeling of cold and pain in the lower abdomen that is aggravated by pressure and relieved by heat points toward an internal accumulation of cold and damp. Distention and pain in the lower abdomen that is aggravated by pressure and accompanied by pain in the rib flanks, chest, and breasts indicates an internal imbalance involving the liver energy. Lower abdominal pain that is aggravated by pressure and accompanied by a burning or distending pain in the lower back and sacrum indicates an internal damp heat accumulation. A feeling of cold and pain in the lower abdomen that is relieved by
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pressure or heat indicates internal cold and a deficiency of yang energy. A general lower abdominal pain that is somewhat relieved by pressure and is accompanied by fatigue, dizziness and aching of the lower back and spine indicates a deficiency of liver and kidney energy. A general lower abdominal pain with a down-bearing sensation in the lower abdomen accompanied by fatigue and pale complexion indicates a deficiency of blood and qi-energy. Acupuncture can be quite successful in the treatment of dysmenorrhea. Treatments can help to relieve symptoms very quickly, however it typically takes at least three cycles to get the body back into balance and fully resolve the problem. A real positive of acupuncture is that it is working to promote health while also managing and resolving the symptom. It’s very common to see other areas of health improve, such as energy levels, sleep, moods and stress levels and pre-menstrual symptoms. Indeed, acupuncture is an excellent option for treating and resolving menstrual cramps. This is provided as general information only and is not intended to be relied upon as medical advice. James Kaufman is a registered acupuncturist at Okanagan Acupuncture Centre, 1625 Ellis St. 250-861-8863 www.okanagan acupuncture.com.
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Harrison heads to the mecca of serious cycling By Kevin Parnell STAFF REPORTER
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LOCAL CYCLIST Owen Harrison will race for a French cycling team in Europe for
the next six months.
Owen Harrison is about to embark on his own version of a European vacation. Harrison, a 20-yearold Kelowna cyclist, has signed a contract to join French cycling team Hennebont and will take his bike to Europe to race for six months. “The racing in North America is good but in Europe it takes it to a whole new level of seriousness,” said Harrison, for the past three years a cyclist with Kelownabased Total Restoration. “Cycling in Europe is like hockey in North America. The best cyclists from all over the world end up racing in Europe.” Harrison will race on an amateur team of Under-23 cyclists that will look to sharpen their skills and compete in mostly road races of 180 kilometres. It’s a nice step to a new level for Harrison,
who three years ago was thinking of quitting cycling until he met up with Total Restoration and turned in his mountain bike for a road bike. “I was on the verge of quitting but the manager of Total Restoration saved me from quitting,” said Harrison. “I made some great friends on that team and I’m really going to miss that camaraderie but I was feeling it was time to move on to a more challenging scene.” In Europe, Harrison has definitely found a challenge. Unlike in North America, where cycling is a sport that survives on the fringes, European racing is popular, tough and quite the challenge. But if you want to have success in the sport that’s where you have to go. “If you really want to make it in the sport of cycling you need to gravitate to Europe,” said Cory Forest, Total Restoration team manager. “I think it’s awesome for Owen. Its going
to be a really positive experience for him. It’s going to make him decide if it’s what he really wants to do.”
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After suffering a serious injury in 2008, Harrison served notice he was one of the top young cyclists in Canada when he medalled at the Canada Games last year. That got the attention of Team Canada who has also in-
vited him for a spring project where he will race with the national team this April at three of the biggest Under-23 races in the world: In Belgium, Holland and France. The former mountain biker will also come back to Canada in June for the national championships before returning to France where he will race until coming back to Kelowna for September and the start of school at UBCO. Harrison will head to Arizona for two weeks in March to train prior to flying to Europe where he will have to get accustomed to a whole new country, a new language and a new style of racing. “The racing is different and the lifestyle is different,” he said. “I just have to go in as prepared as I can as far as fitness goes. Once I get there it’s really going to be just as big of a challenge adapting to the lifestyle as it will be adapting to the racing.” kparnell@kelownacapnews.com
Ransom loves international experience By Kevin Parnell STAFF REPORTER
It was her first international experience with Team Canada and as far as getting her feet wet, West Kelowna’s Julia Ransom did that and more. Ransom, 17, took part in the World Youth Biathlon Championships in Torsby, Sweden, earlier this month, skiing and shooting with Team Canada, along with hundreds of other international teams. Although she is still technically in the senior girls category, Ransom competed at a higher level as the youngest member of Team Canada. “It was awesome,” she said. “It was of course really humbling to race
against the other nation’s great athletes. It was a really good experience. It totally motivated me and made me hungry for better results.” Ransom’s best finish was a fourth in the team relay and she also posted solid results in her three other events: 11th in the individual 10 km, 15th in the sprint 6 km, and 23rd in the pursuit 7.5 km. “I was really happy with my races,” she said. “I couldn’t have asked for anything more. My skiing went really well and my shooting was a lot better. It all kind of came together.” Biathlon combines cross country skiing with target shooting and is one of two sports Ransom is excelling at. The other
is the solo sport of cross country skiing. Traveling to Sweden and taking part in the large international competition was a lot of fun, especially being around so many different cultures, she said. “Racing with all the other nations was so cool,” she said. “The best part was going up the hills and you could hear all of the coaches from different nations yelling at their athletes in German, Italian and Swiss. All these languages came together on the course.” A Grade 11 student at Mount Boucherie, Ransom is looking forward to watching her two favourite sports in the Vancouver Olympics. She has trained with some of the athletes that will take part and will
likely be imagining herself competing in an Olympic event in the future. Getting a taste of international racing definitely made her want to chase that dream even more. “These races were the next level for me,” she said. “This year the international traveling I’ve been doing has really given me an outlook on what I want to do after I graduate. It’s made me think this is the life I want.” Ransom has two more big events to take part in this year: She will head to Canmore for the national biathlon championships in the first week of March before the cross country nationals in Whitehorse during spring break. kparnell@kelownacapnews.com
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BIATHLETE Julia Ransom, of West Kelowna, digs uphill. Ransom recently returned from the WorldYouth Biathlon Championships in Sweden.
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UBCO nabs two talented female high school soccer players The most successful season ever for the UBC Okanagan women’s soccer team has led to the commitment of two talented high schoolers to the program. UBCO women’s soccer coach Claire Paterson says the pair or Lower Mainland recruits will be a nice addition to the team. Brianna Thielmann is soon to be a graduate of Burnaby Central Secondary School. Thielmann was the captain of the Coastal Super Y program that captured the North American championship title this past November in Florida and she was selected to the Olympic Development Program (ODP). “We are extremely pleased that Brianna has committed to attend UBCO this coming fall,” said Paterson. “She is a very experienced and talented soccer athlete that will bring more depth to our roster. She is a strong, quick player but it was her ball winning ability that impressed me the most. She will add a physical presence to our line-up. “Brianna is exactly the kind of student athlete that we want in our program, dedicated on the pitch and in
the classroom.” Lindsey Briggs hails from Seaquam Secondary School in North Delta. Briggs will be reunited with former teammate and freshman UBCO player Jennifer Kidd. A high calibre athlete Briggs is a member of the TSS (Total Soccer Systems) Soccer Academy and has been involved with the Whitecaps Youth Prospects program. A solid, physical left and right foot player, good in the air with the ability to see the play, Briggs is able to distribute the ball effectively or put it on net. “We are very excited that Lindsey has decided to come to UBCO in the fall,” said Paterson. “She is another strong, physical player who will definitely bolster our roster. Lindsey has great vision on attack and an instinct for scoring goals.” Paterson said the pair will challenge for playing time as freshmen and give UBCO a nice start on next season. “Both these players are two great additions to our young squad as we continue to build upon our success that we had this past season,” she said.
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Golf course super wants support for continued pesticide use By Kevin Parnell STAFF REPORTER
The superintendent of the Okanagan Golf Club is calling on all golfers to give public input on a proposed bill that could harm the golf industry. Jeff Bennett says golf courses should be given some exemptions from a potential ban on the use and sale of pesticides, saying that the industry could stand to lose money as well as entire courses if they weren’t able to use pesticides. The B.C. Ministry of Environment is asking for public input into the legis-
lation which would make it illegal to use pesticides for cosmetic use. But Bennett says golf courses should be exempt because their use of pesticides is not for cosmetic purposes but is essential. “If we don’t have these products golfers are going to be playing less than desirable conditions,” he said. “We have already limited the use of pesticides and we only use fungicides as a last resort. Some pests can destroy a green in one day, and we need to be able to prevent this if it occurs.” Bennett, who works
with over 170 team members at the Okanagan Golf Club’s Bear and Quail courses, says if golf courses can’t control fungal outbreaks there could be a huge impact on the golf industry, which is a big driver of the tourism industry, especially in the Okanagan. “Golf is such big business in B.C. that if we have to eliminate pesticides that would have a dramatic effect,” he said. He says the use of pesticides and fungicides is only a part of an Integrated Pest Management cultural practices plan for managing the 330 acre
site at the Okanagan Golf Club. “We manage our plants to be healthy and to naturally fend off disease,” he said. “But even then if it rains for weeks on end, then we have to be able to have these products to save our greens.” Bennett says golf courses are already regulated under he B.C. Integrated Pest Management Act. The cutoff date for public input is Feb. 15. You can e-mail comments to cindybertram@shaw.ca or visit www.gov.bc.ca for more information. kparnell@kelownacapnews.com
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KRISTEN OLYCHUCK is having a solid senior season at the University of Vermont and was recently named the Hockey East player of the week.
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o you or any of your colleagues sit on a ball at the office? Is it something you have heard is good for your back? I often get questions about using an exercise ball as a chair at work. Whether or not this is a good idea for you depends on a few factors. If you have ever used a ball as a piece of exercise equipment you know that sitting on a ball properly is difficult. It is unreasonable to expect your body to be able to sit for six to eight hours a day on a ball without gradually building up to it. When the muscles get fatigued they will begin to compensate and bad habits can be formed. Injury could be the result. In the beginning, I recommend sitting at the ball for only 20 minutes at a time, starting at three times a day. Gradually increase this time over the course of six to eight weeks to allow your body to adjust and get stronger. It is a myth that sitting on a ball automatically causes your core muscles to contract and improves
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Martha Sirdevan your posture. It is definitely possible to sit on a ball with terrible posture and no muscular contractions. When sitting, regardless of the surface, it is important to have your weight evenly distributed between both “sit bones” and be working to lengthen your spine, rising up from the top of your head. By sitting on the ball with proper posture, your core muscles will be more engaged than if you were sitting in a normal chair, but good posture is paramount. Proper fit of the ball and your work station is crucial. Your feet should be flat on the floor and the angle of the hips and knees should be around 90 degrees. Regular ergonomic principles still apply when sitting on the ball. The computer screen
should be at eye level and the keyboard or writing space should be at the height of your hands with your elbows bent to 90 degrees. For a smaller person, the proper height of the ball required to accommodate the lower extremities may make it that the upper body is in the incorrect position. Even if your back feels better, having a repetitive strain injury to the upper body is not a good trade off! If sitting on a ball at work appeals to you, make sure to take some time to consider the factors listed above. Sitting on a ball for your workstation can introduce a small workout into your day. It can take a very static task and make it a little more dynamic. It should be entered into cautiously and slowly to ensure maximal results and minimize the risk of injury. Martha Sirdevan is a registered physiotherapist and an associate at Sun City Physiotherapy in Kelowna. info@suncityphysiotherapy.com 250-861-8056
t might have been the toughest postgame speech Kelowna Minor Hockey coaches Brad Knorr and Al Hryniuk have had to deliver in their combined years as dedicated volunteer coaches. This year the pair were behind the bench for the Kelowna peewee Tier 2 team and this week they should have been preparing for the final of the Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association (OMAHA) playoffs. On the ice, they beat Penticton in two straight games in a best of three semi-final series. But a win in game one was stripped because the team’s trainer didn’t have proper certification. So Penticton was awarded a win and last weekend the team’s played the third and deciding game with Penticton coming out on top 6-5 to win the series. The kicker here is that Penticton is hosting the
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have made a bad situation good but they didn’t.” Now after having a good season and looking forward to more playoffs and a possible trip to provincials, the players on the Kelowna team are done. It was not a happy ending. “It was terrible,” said Knorr. “You have 11 and 12 year old kids that are choked up. You lose one game and you’re out. How do you tell the kids? It was just so wrong.” “That’s the hardest thing,” said Hryniuk, “to sit with these poor little kids. We had a good team. We had a great year. You look around the room and there’s nothing you can say. They went out and did what they were supposed to do. “Everyone says it’s about the kids. Is it really? If it was really for the kids would those decisions have been made?” kparnell@kelownacapnews.com
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the Houston Aeros of the AHL but has really turned it on lately, scoring four goals and adding six assists in the Aeros last nine games. In 33 games this season Almond has six goals and nine assists. Almond, 20, was the Wild’s fifth-round draft pick in 2007. “I’m excited to see what he can do,” Minnesota coach Todd Richards told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “He’s a big kid. He’s done well down there.” Almond played with Kelowna from 2005-06 until last year when he had 66 points in 70 total games. In other former Rockets player news Nolan Yonkman was also called up to the NHL this week as Nashville recalled Yonkman. Yonkman played three full seasons with the Rockets and parts of two others between 1996-97 and 2000-01.
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Taking personal control of our own state of health
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he aging babyboomer generation is placing unprecedented pressure on our health care system with high expectations of service and an increasing number of chronic diseases. The cost of health care is already consuming 40 to 50 per cent of provincial revenues across the country. There will be more than one million people over the age of 65 by 2023 in British Columbia. In the past 50 years, the share of Canadians aged 65 and over has increased from 7.7 per cent to 13.2 per cent and Statistics Canada projects by 2026 an increase to 21.2 per cent, which will see nearly a 60 per cent increase in chronic conditions and associated cost increases of more than 80 per cent. Chronic conditions such as arthritis, high blood pressure, mood disorders, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease top the list. Approximately 80 per cent of MSP, PharmaCare and Acute Care budgets are being consumed by 34 per cent of the population. According to the Health Council of Canada, Canadians with one or more of the seven highprevalence chronic conditions use 67 per cent of all visits to community nurses, 51 per cent of all visits to family doctors, 55 per cent of all visits to specialists and 72 per cent of nights spent in hospitals. We cannot eliminate all chronic diseases by relying on medical technology designed to treat symptoms. Many studies have shown the epidemic of chronic disease is in large part due to lifestyle choices including smoking, consuming alcohol, physical inactivity, obesity and poor nutrition. The World Health Organization estimates that 80 per cent of some chronic diseases like heart disease, stroke and diabetes are preventable. Changing how people approach living is a complex issue that will require sustained long-term societal effort, but the writing on the wall is clear, prevention is the first step to chronic disease management.
Norm Letnick In Canada, cardiovascular disease remains the most common cause of poor health and death. However, from 1983 to 2003 British Columbia enjoyed a 50 per cent reduction in CV disease mortality. This success can be replicated with other chronic diseases by working together to make healthy lifestyle choices and accessing effective primary care early in the development of a condition. Improving our diet (exchanging salt, sugar and fats for more fruits
and vegetables), leading an active lifestyle and stopping smoking, can help prevent 90 per cent of type 2 diabetes, 80 per cent of coronary heart disease, and one-third of cancers globally. By reducing risk factors, within a decade Canadians can gain another five years of healthy life expectancy. With only one fewer teaspoon of salt per day, the reduction in high blood pressure in Canada would save taxpayers an estimated $430 million per year. A one per cent reduction in blood sugar levels has been linked to less kidney disease, eye damage, a 14 per cent lower rate of heart attack, and a 21 per cent reduction in deaths related to diabetes. To ensure a good quality of life for British Columbians and ensure a sustainable publicly funded health care system, reducing the incidences and severity of chronic dis-
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Discover why UBC Okanagan is a place of mind. Here are just a few of the engaging public events presented by UBC Okanagan over the next few weeks. LEE HENDERSON Thursday, February 25, 2010 — 4 p.m. UBC Okanagan Arts Bldg., ART106
Novelist and editor Lee Henderson speaks about writing and the writing life. This is a Visiting Authors Series free event. www.ubc.ca/okanagan/creativeandcritical/events.html
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Robert Sandford is the Canadian Chair of the United Nations International Decade “Water for Life.” Seats are free; pre-register on the Distinguished Speaker Series website starting Feb. 22. www.ubc.ca/okanagan/speakers • Ideas into Action Discussion: Economics — Feb. 17, 5 to 6 p.m., UBC Okanagan Fipke Centre, FIP124 • Spanish Film Series: Átame — Feb. 18, 7 to 9 p.m., Rehearsal Hall, Rotary Centre for the Arts, 421 Cawston Ave., Kelowna • You are where you eat: Linking community and food using community food mapping — Feb. 22, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., UBC Okanagan Arts building, ART106 • Engendering Violence in a Papua New Guinea Village, Research Tea Break with Naomi McPherson — Feb. 24, 2:30 to 4 p.m., UBC Okanagan Library, LIB306 • FCCS Visiting Artist Series: Roja Aslani — Feb. 25, 6 p.m., UBC Okanagan Arts building, ART103 (www.ubc.ca/okanagan/creativeandcritical/events.html) • FCCS Visiting Artist Series: Isabelle Pauwels — Mar. 4, 6 p.m., UBC Okanagan Arts building, ART103 • Celebrate Research Week — Mar. 5 to 13 • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — Mar. 15 to 18 • Women’s Basketball National Championships — Mar. 17 to 20 (www.goheat.ca) • World Water Day — Mar. 22
For details about these and many more events see the UBC Events website – www.ubc.ca/okanagan/events Stay informed. Send your email address to publicaffairs.ok@ubc.ca to receive a monthly email about upcoming UBC Okanagan events.
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MCLEOD, DONALD LINDSAY of Kelowna, BC passed away at his home on February 5, 2010 at the age of 61 years. A memorial service will be held in the chapel of First Memorial Funeral Services on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. with Gordon Fletcher officiating. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.mem.com Funeral arrangements entrusted to FIRST MEMORIAL FUNERAL SERVICES 250-762-2299
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Mom passed away peacefully aged 89 in Kelowna, British Columbia. Helen will be greatly missed by her loving husband of 55 years, James Leslie Dean, and by their children, Marie, Carl (Ginny),and Blake (Jo-Anne). Cherished family members are her sister Jean Montgomery(Stewart), and brothers-in-law Bill Orr and Shelly Donvito. Helen was predeceased by her sister Mary Orr and her sister-in-law Marjorie Donvito. She will also be missed by grandchildren William, Jillian, and Spencer Dean, and Amber Wilson and by many cousins, nieces, and nephews. Helen was born and raised in Edmonton and often referred to the many wonderful times with her sisters, her parents, and her friends. Helen particularly treasured family trips to the lake and Ayerbank Cottage, built by her dad J.A.S. Smith in 1926. Helen wanted to be a nurse from an early age and fulfilled that dream by graduating with honors as a Registered Nurse-Royal Alexandra Hospital-1942. Mom’s career began as the only nurse in a log cabin on the Alaska Highway in Fort Nelson, and ended with her retirement as Staff Health Nurse at Glenrose Hospital in Edmonton. In retirement Helen and Les had many wonderful trips throughout the world. Mom very much enjoyed her artwork, her happy nursing class reunions, her grandchildren, and especially the love and support of Mary and Jean and the whole Montgomery and Orr clans. A classic quote written in 1943 by Miss M.S. Fraser R.N.-Superintendant of Nurses-Royal Alexandra Hospital-is as follows, “I have every reason to believe that Miss Smith was brought up in a good home and that her integrity is unquestionable.” And how! A celebration of Helens’ life will be held this summer.
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Builders adapt to changing new home market conditions building? Franz: Enjoy the Okanagan lifestyle! Golf, skiing, water sports. I love baseball and have been active in minor baseball and minor hockey. Ahlbaum: We get out there and enjoy the four seasons! Being from Winnipeg, the beautiful
summers and mild winters are fantastic. Q: Finally, in your mind, what are the top reasons to choose Okanagan Sunrise as a builder? Franz: Give us a call 250-763-1461. We would be happy to provide anyone thinking of building
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vision and making it a reality. He has challenged our expertise, and by working closely together we are creating his dream. Q: What top three things should people be looking for when building a new home? Franz: First, price and value are always at the forefront. People need to do their own due diligence in ensuring that their builder of choice will provide them a quality home at a competitive price. Second, I would say it’s equally important to choose a builder that is the right ‘fit.’ You should feel comfortable and confident with your builder, not intimidated or patronized. And finally, again you want a builder that will be flexible. Q: What type of home plans are popular and why? Franz: One level living continues to be desirable for Okanagan residents, so the rancher is as popular as ever. Also, two-story walkouts featuring easy access to the backyard. These plans seem to be timeless as they really allow for people to optimize livability in their home. Q: What new home features are popular today in the Okanagan? Ahlbaum: Lately, we have really seen the evolution of the deck. It has now really become an ex-
‘‘ PEOPLE NEED TO DO THEIR OWN DUE DILIGENCE IN ENSURING THAT THEIR BUILDER OF CHOICE WILL PROVIDE THEM A QUALITY HOME AT A COMPETITIVE PRICE. Nick Franz tension of the living space in many new homes. Oversized decks feature everything from a cooking facility, bar, TVs, fireplaces and pre-wiring for sound. Franz: Also ceiling height, as the 12foot range is popular, and other features such as infloor heat and instant hot water are very desirable. Q: What are the latest industry trends you are seeing in home building and what do you see as emerging trends for the future? Franz: New ‘green’ or ‘geo’ technologies are continuing to have a big impact on our business. Q: How has the building industry changed in the last year? Franz: We have seen the market really shift. It has been a great time to build in the last six months.
The cost of trades has really come down and the biggest impact has been in the price of lumber, the lowest we have seen it in years. This makes building a much more affordable option these days. But I would really recommend to your readers, if they are thinking of building now is the time as prices won’t continue to stay this low. Q: Have construction costs really come down over the last 12 months? Franz: Absolutely, you bet they have. Ahlbaum: And we really have to send kudos out to our trades. They have really come to the table, taking less to support the industry during the difficult economy over the last year. Q: Are you a CHBA member? Franz: Yes. We have been a member for many years. Q: Do you have any finished homes or showhomes available for people to see and how can they see them? Franz: Check out the villas at Cypress Point at Black Mountain. The showhome is easily accessible and now open daily from noon to 5 p.m. We will also be commencing construction on a new show home in the Uplands phase of Black Mountain. Q: What do you like to do when you’re not
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Bring the outdoors in and really open up the space in your home Sam Erickson CONTRIBUTOR
While some people might think the outdoors is just for those days when the weather is perfect, an outdoor space can make a home feel much larger and more luxurious. Here are a few techniques you can use to help bring the outdoors in and really open up your space. Make the transition less abrupt by using moveable potted plants in your entryway. Other decorative items like paintings that pull up the same color palette can also make for a seamless transition. Container gardens or window boxes can have the same effect. These can contain seasonal flowers or even vegetables and you can change them whenever you feel the need to spruce up the place. Similarly, if you maintain a theme from your main room into your outside room, you can ease the transition.
One great way to do this is with similar furniture. You don’t have to sacrifice comfort anymore with a new wave of outdoor furniture that can be used throughout the house. Your most exposure will come along the southern side of your house. This is the best place to bring the outdoors in. Windows and lights are your first key. If you can open up your walls and add some large windows, you can really invite the greenery into your home. If windows aren’t enough, consider double or even triple doors that can remain open. This will create the appearance of almost removing an entire wall from the house. Think about removing any heavy, dense foliage or trees that prevent the flow into the home. There’s no sense in opening up a wall if you are just going to cover it with thick shrubbery.
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portunity for a major remodel, consider creating an outdoor living space. Depending upon your local climate, you may be able to use the space for most of the year if you plan it carefully. Open up a wall of the house, but keep the living
area sheltered from the wind and protected from the sky above. Ideally, you can include a radiant floor to keep everything warm without having to heat the space. If you can’t handle that, there are many small space heaters—often seen at outdoor cafes—that you can use when the weather gets chilly. A small cooktop, apartment refrigerator and sink will allow you to fix simple meals. Don’t forget the fancy cocktail bar for enjoying those long summer evenings with friends or family. If you really want to bring the outside in, you can design your home décor to feature trees, leaves, twigs and other garden elements, proclaiming your style and beliefs to all those that enter. Remember to work for an integrated design, and you’ll have a space that you love to come home to, regardless what time of year it is.
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• Glenmore • Condominium • Built in 2009 • 931-1136 sqft • 2 Bed • 2 Bath • 9 ft ceilings, fireplace, rich solid cabinetry. Sleek tile floors and backsplash. MLS®9226016 from $269,900 OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY + SUNDAY 12-3PM
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• Downtown Waterfront • Condominium • Built in 2004 • 1031 sqft • 2 Bed • 2 Bath • Waterfront, spacious condo. Best, unobstructed views of lake and Plaza area for low 400’s. Recently upgraded Plaza consist of Club house with f/p, plasma screens, pool table, in-and-outdoor pools, BBQ area and much more. MLS®9222518 $429,900 (no GST applicable) Rom Houtstra, Century 21 Assurance Realty Ltd. Kelowna, 250-317-6405
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• Lake Country • Single Family • Built in 2006 • 3896 sqft • 3 Bed • 3 Bath • Open floor plan. Stunning lake and orchard views. Chef’s kitchen with large granite island. MLS®9219945 $899,900
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How RRSPs and tax credits can help first-time home buyers The Federal Home Buyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Plan currently allows the first-time home buyer to withdraw up to $25,000 from their RRSP tax-free to purchase or construct a home. Under the HBP, any funds withdrawn must be used to purchase a home prior to Oct. 1 of the following year. An individual will be considered a first-time home buyer if neither the individual nor his or her spouse/partner has owned and lived in another home in the calendar year of purchase
or any of the four preceding calendar years. There are also special rules for disabled beneficiaries to enable them to purchase a home even if the firsttime buyer requirement is not met. Amounts withdrawn from your RRSP under the HBP plan must be repaid to your RRSP over a 15-year period or the unpaid amounts will be included in your taxable income. As an example, if you withdraw $25,000 you would be required to repay $1,666.67 to your RRSP each
year. You are not required to start repayment until the second year after the year of the withdrawal. RRSP contributions made for the 2009 tax year can be made until March 1, 2010. These contributions must be in your RRSP for 90 days before they can be withdrawn for a home purchase. Also available to the first-time home buyer is a tax credit that can be used to assist with closing costs, such as legal fees, disbursements and land
transfer costs, and it may be claimed in the year in which the home is acquired. It is a non-refundable tax credit based on an amount of $5,000 for first-time home buyers who purchase a qualifying home. A â&#x20AC;&#x153;qualifying homeâ&#x20AC;? is considered any single-family home, semidetached home, townhouse, mobile home or condominium unit which the person or the personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spouse or common-law partner intends to occupy as their principal residence.
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Farm Workers BILGA Farms, Kelowna BC. Permanent FT Orchard Workers Wanted. Pruning, thinning, harvesting fruit & veggies. Tractor operator/driver. $12/hr. Req’d immed. Email bilgafarms@hotmail.com ORCHARD Workers Wanted, duties incl. thinning, pruning & picking, start June 1, 40hr/wk. $9.14/hr. 250-860-2644 VALLEY Orchards in Kelowna needs farmworkers, $9.14/hr, Apr 15-Nov 15, fax: 250-4911951 valleyorchards@shaw.ca
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HYGIENIST WANTED for busy, perio-focused practice. Resumes to Office Manager, 199 Salt Spring Way, Salt Spring Island BC, V8K 2G2 or email: mail4radish@yahoo.ca ORCHARD Work, Peachland. Start March, seasonal FT. $9.14/hr. Fax 250-767-6238 ORCHARD WORK. Thinning, pruning & picking. Start March 30. 40hrs/wk, $9.14/hr. Call 250-212-4431 bilgafarms@hotmail.com STUCCO Apprentice/Labourer Own vehicle, athletic endurance. Starts Feb 15th. Fax resume to 250-980 -0001 email colburn@telus.net
Become a Psychiatric Nurse in your own community There is an urgent need for more Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPN), particularly outside the urban areas of the province. And with the workforce aging – the average age of a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in BC is 47 years – the number of retirees from the profession is exceeding the number of graduates. Entry-level earnings start at $29/hour. Train Locally – The only program of its kind in BC, students can learn within their local communities via distance education, local and/or regional clinical placements, and some regional classroom delivery. This 23 month program is recognized by the CRPNBC. Government funding may be available.
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An experienced window & door Sales Rep. with a minimum of 2 yrs experience. Professional attitude & willing to work in a team environment. Some travel required. Computer skills an asset. Self-motivated. Wages negotiable. Apply with resumé to wi_cole@hotmail.com
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IN-STORE SECURITY OFFICER REQUIRED: Duties include loss prevention, property recovery, processing suspects and working with management to ensure security controls are in place. Candidate should have an up to date “Security Worker License” with BST and AST, ability to work under high pressure, be a team player and able to multi-task. Full time with competitve compensation pkg & excellent benefits. Send resume to: Ms. T. Perdue. PO Box 32006, 2151 Louie Dr, West Kelowna V4T 3E0. Deadline: Feb 19, 2010
RV PARTS Person/Customer Service Specialist required to start ASAP at Voyager RV. This position will involve retail parts store customer service & display, as well as RV Parts ordering. Applicant must be high energy, and work well in a team environment. RV Parts & Service experience a plus, but not necessary. Full-time, Competitive Pay, Benefits. Fax resume to 250-766-4640 or email parts@voyagerrv.ca
VACANCY POST AS A MYSTERY SHOPPER @ SMC International and Fabrics Limited. Work 2-3 hours per week from your PC around your schedule Earn $750 per week and for more information contant this Email address below: employcompany02@gmail.com
We are currently looking to fill the following full-time positions: COUNTER MANAGER ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS & COUNTER MANAGER CLINIQUE COSMETICS FT, 37.5hrs per week. Please drop off resumes. Att: Deborah Baril, Cosmetic Manager, The Bay, Kelowna Orchard Park Shopping Centre by Feb 17, 2010
Support worker for young man living in Winfield, requirements incl. DL & First Aide, must be outgoing & enthusiastic w/a good sense of humour. Permanent PT, shift work from Mon-Sun. Judy 250-766-0539
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VEG. Mgmt co. req’s exp’d Crew Foreman/Lead Hand w/slashing & veg. control exp. Cert. Faller, Herb. Ticket, Level lll First Aide & Danger Tree Cert req’d. Respond w/detailed work history resume to fax: 250-861-8737
Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services EXP Chinese Dim Sum Cook req’d, $17/hr. Apply in person or fax: 250-763-2397, Yamato Resturant, #1-2575 Hwy. 97N. FOODSAFE Level 1 Sat Feb 13 or Feb 22, 23 held over 2 eves. Call 250-215-4285. www.sherwoodhospitality.ca FT Breakfast Cook needed. Apply to the Bread Company with resume. 363 Bernard Ave or email thebread@telus.net
Insurance
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SUSSEX Insurance seeking full/part time licensed level 1 or 2 Insurance Agent. 6 months experience req’d. Ph: 762-8846 or Fax: 762-8533, sussexkelowna@telus.net
Janitorial CLEANERS Wanted, 5-9pm, some weekends, apply via fax: 250-868-2642 P/T Evening experienced Janitor req’d. immed., $12/hr. ph#: 764-6466, fax#: 764-6460
Department Supervisor
Medical/Dental FT Exp., CDA req’d for Maternity Leave. Mon-Fri, no eves or wkends. Accepting resumes immediately to Dr. Peter Mitchell #1-1482 Springfield Rd, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 5V3. or fax 250-860-4200 FT Exp., Dental Receptionist req’d Mon-Thurs w/occasional Fri’s. Reply to Box #288 c/o Capital News.
The Real Canadian Superstore located in Kelowna is seeking a Department Supervisor for our Grocery department. Our ideal candidate will have the following: Previous management/ leadership experience in the retail industry will be a definite asset. Experience within a Grocery dept is not necessary but will be an asset. A sense of urgency with the ability to see the business from a customer’s perspective. In-depth understanding of customer service. We offer: first class benefits; a highly competitive salary, a career path second to none and a great place to work.
Teachers
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Please email your resume to adele_beaudry@loblaw.ca or bring your resume to the store at 2280, Baron Road, Kelowna. Attn: Adele Beaudry
ADVENTURE! Teach English Overseas. No degree req. TESOL Cert. in-class (May 5-9 Kelowna) or online. Job Guar. Call NOW 1-888-270-2941 www.GlobalTesol.com
Trades, Technical EXPERIENCED Fireplace Installer required, must have Class B gas fitters ticket. Wage $25.00 to $30.00 depending on experience. Please e-mail resume to don@okfireplaceden.ca or fax to 250-862-9247
Trades, Technical
Holistic Health
EZE PAINTING looking for painter with 5 year or more exp. $15/hr for start. Apply in mail to: EZE Painting & Contracting Inc. 2870 Bentley Rd. Westbank BC. V4T 3B3
CASE Studies needed. Our students are ready for Manicare, $20, Pedicare, $20, Reflexology, $29 & Massage, $29. Call 250-868-3114 naturalhealthcollege.com
JOURNEYMAN FLAT ROOFERS
Martial Arts
Req. for Mid - City Roofing based in Kamloops. BUR, Torch, Single ply (TPO & PVC). Must have own transportation & valid class 5 D.L.
Good Wages & Benefits Package.
Please call 250.376.7663
Mind Body Spirit A-1 MASSAGE. More treatments avail. for an extra price 7/day/wk. 250-870-2820 AFFORDABLE Prof. F/B Massage. Superior work. Clean, warm, studio. Linda 862-3929 ASIAN MASSAGE! Very private setting. Professional Asian lady, $50/hr. Everyday. 250-317-3575 BLISS. French Massage. Days. Discreetly yours. 250-215-7755 ESCAPE From Stress relaxation massage. Warm oil, soft music, convenient location. 9am-8pm Lori 250-868-0067. FEELING Dismel Get a Relaxing Massage. 250-469-1099 ~For the month of February~ 2 for 1 Treatments. * 2 Citrus & Honey Pedicures $55. * 2 Microdermabrasion Facials $90. * 2 Citrus & Honey Manicures $45. * 2 - 30% Glycolic Peels $35. Buy 1 treatment or buy all 4 and get a savings of $225! Conditions Apply BOOK EARLY AS SPACE IS LIMITED! 265 Lawrence Ave Located In Downtown Tan www.estheticsbymichelle.com 250-861-9477 THAI Yoga Massage. Totally relax & energize your body & mind. 1hr, $50. Call for appt. 250-801-7188, 7 Days/week
Health Products IONIC Cleansing detoxifying homespas, new, factory direct, $475. Sale price. 878-8500
ULTIMATE FIGHTING: Toshido MMA offers MMA, Jiu-Jitsu & Muay Thai Kickboxing. Train at the top club in Canada! 860-2126 www.toshido.ca
Esthetics Services
CREME Caramel Day Spa, Jan. & Feb. Special Gel & Acrylic nails, new set $39.95 or fill $29.95, Beauty Tek Body Contouring 20%off, w w w. c r e m e c a ra m e l s p a . c a , 250-868-6060
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REDUCE DEBT by up to 70% Avoid bankruptcy. Free consultation. BBB accredited. 250-860-1653 www.4pillars.ca
Home Care
CARING, Professional Home Support offered by a Certified Care Aide w/10yrs exp. Please call 250-860-8621 or leave msg at 250-870-8387
MARY-LIN’S HOME CARE. I’’m a Practical Nurse giving tender loving care. I help with Errands, Appt’s., Shopping, Personal Care, Cleaning, Meals & Outings, 808-0830
SALES & SERVICE DIRECTORY RENOVATIONS
ROSTKA
HOME RENOVATIONS
Enterprises Ltd.
The Okanagan’s Renovation Specialists Residential and Commercial, Additions, Garages, Basements, Windows, Doors, Decks, Fencing, Carpentry, Drywalling, Painting Top Quality Worksmanship & Service
Rob 250-878-8049 Off. 250-764-5449
EXPERIENCED CRAFTSMEN
• Bath Remodels • Decks • Drywall
DRYWALL
CONSTRUCTION & RENOVATIONS MARAINE CONSTRUCTION Over 30 yrs. experience. Quality workmanship •Carpentry, Drywall, Framing, Tiling, Cabinet, Deck, Plumbing, Flooring, etc. •Mobile workshop
Call Martin @ 250-300-4657
•Electrical • Tile Work • To-Do Lists • Much More
QUALITY WORKMANSHIP
A Division of Bayside Developments Ltd.
SERVICE YOU CAN TRUST
Qualified, Reliable. • Bonded •Installations • Repairs • Renovations • H. Water Tank • Washer, Dryer • Dishwasher Over 30 yrs. Experience
MEMBER
Kelowna • 250-717-5500 kelowna.handymanconnection.com
Lic. & Insured - Ref’s available (WCB Coverage)
DRYWALL SERVICES & REPAIRS New work & renovation work. Over 30 yrs. experience. Framing, boarding, taping, texture t-bar ceilings & insulation. Call Ken 250-212-9588
• Kitchen Remodels • Painting • Plumbing
PLUMBING
BAYSIDE PLUMBING & Gas Fitting
Licensed, Bonded & Insured
Independently Owned and Locally Operated
Call Walter 250-766-5580 Cell 250-317-2279
BATHROOM RENOS
ELECTRICAL
PLUMBING
HEATING
Well Built Construction
A & S Electric
KOSKI PLUMBING, HEATING & GAS FITTING
SOMMERFELD HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING
• Acrylic tub liners installed right over your old tub & tiles • Tub to shower conversions • Complete renovations
Residential & Commercial Wiring, New Construction, Renovations & Service Changes. Complete telephone & data cabling services, Prompt quality service. Licensed & Bonded Call Steve 250-864-2099
#1-1255 Bernard Ave., Kelowna, BC V1Y 6R3
250-826-2284
(cont#90929)
www.well-built.ca
PAINTING “ONE ROOM, OR YOUR WHOLE CASTLE”
DALE’S
PAINTING SERVICE
862-9333 PAINTING KELOWNA A BETTER PLACE SINCE 1982
DEMOLITION
ALL WEST DEMOLITION LTD.
RYDER ROOFING LTD. Free estimates, senior discounts, member of B.B.B. Fully insured, WCB coverage. All types of shingle roofing & torch on roofing systems. ‘From a hole in your roof to a whole new roof.’
250-765-3191
Call Wayne (250) 215-6767
Excavator & Bobcat Service, Sewer Hookups, Underground Utilities, Footing, Backfilling, Basements, Driveways, Landscaping, Retaining Walls, Rubber Track Excavator w/ blade. Estimates, Fully Insured. Kory 250-451-9095 Cell: 250-869-9125 Serving Kelowna, Westside, Lk Country
D. FRANCIS ELECTRIC LTD Residential/Commercial/Industrial. Small jobs, new construction & renovations, panel changes, quality workmanship. Contractor #91625.
250-768-9967 250-317-6843
WELDING & FABRICATION
ROOFING
METAL FABRICATION LTD. Fences • Gates • Railings • Security Bars • Cargo Racks • Rollcages • Boat Railings & more. Tube Bending Specialists www.getbentmetalfab.ca
Two Ply Torch On Systems • Asphalt Shingles • Tile Roofing • New & Re-roofs • Repairs/Maintenance • Guaranteed Workmanship
250-863-4418
250-212-5996•250-808-5996 allproroofingltd@gmail.com
REMODELING
LITTLE REPAIRS
COMM. CLEANING
Southern BC Heating & Air Conditioning
THE OLD PRO’S
Small Household & Yard Repairs. A man that helps seniors get little jobs done. From lighting fixture upgrades, cleaning eaves troughs to re-keying locks and desktop computer upgrades & virus scans.
PROFESSIONAL, RELIABLE, BONDED, INSURED
Licenced & Insured
call 250-808-0895
MOVING
LAWN & GARDEN
REMODELING
“The Professionals” Local/long distance Storage Available No job too small Free Estimates Call Joe Anytime 250-470-8194
KRENNYS EXCAVATING
ELECTRICAL
HEATING & A/C
250-826-2599
Joe’s Moving Service • • • •
Call Troy, 250-718-0209
• New & Existing Heating Systems • Heat pumps, A/C • Gas fitting • Licensed & Insured. • Replacement Furnace.
• Heat Pumps Over 30 Years • Fireplaces Experience • Furnaces Serving the • Repair Okanagan Valley • Install • Sales 250-681-3869
All types of demolition. Locally owned & operated. FREE ESTIMATES
ROOFING
•Renovations •New construction •Plumbing Service & Repairs •H/W tank replacement • Furnace Service & Installs • Gas f/p Service and Installs Bonded & Insured
EXCAVATING
$$ START EARLY & SAVE $$
Don’t call anyone about yardcare until you speak to Ryan @ VANTAGE POINT. We guarantee to keep scheduled appointments.
250-469-1288
Call Barry
ellermade W Additions, Renovations Sun-decks, Bsmt. suites, etc. Call Dave @ 250-768-2202 or 250-878-6967
(250)
826-5627 (jobs)
ESTIMATES ARE ALWAYS FREE!
COMMERCIAL, RESTAURANT CLEANING, INDUSTRIAL, STRATA & FLOOR WORK Excellent References OFFICE: (250)764-9552
FAX: (250)764-9553 CELL: (250)868-7224
ELECTRICAL & RENO’S DRYWALL/PAINTING Chipster’s
Electrical & Renovations Allan Hoce, General Contractor
(250)826-0091 aghoce@telus.net
Alan 250-808-6595 (lic. #102788)
IMPERIAL DRYWALL
Drywall, Taping, Painting, Texture Ceiling. We Do Houses, Basement & Commercial CALL NOW FOR FREE ESTIMATE 250.801.5335
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Accounting/Tax/ Bookkeeping PAPER Trails Bookkeeping. Kelowna & Lake Country. Simply-Accounting, AR, AP, Payroll, Remittances, Pickup & Delivery. Professional, Reliable & Convenient. 469-6737 email: papertrails@shaw.ca
Carpentry/ Woodwork Urban Classic Cabinetry. Kit/ bth renos, wallbeds, home office, closet org. 250-860-2801
We’re on the net at www.bcclassified.com Carpet Cleaning BONDED & Insured. Top of the line equipment & supplies. $60./4rms & hall extra $10./rm. Call Jeff @ 250-681-4245
Cleaning Services BEST Quality Cleaning Ltd. Prof, reliable, bonded, ins’d. Comm/Stratta. 250-764-9552 CLEANING Serv. Avail. Residential by the wk. or mo. Senr’s welcome 250-448-1786 DESERT Breeze House Cleaning, Mon-Fri. Interiors only, Call Susanne 860-7007 TIRED OF PAYING TOO MUCH FOR MEDIOCRE SERVICE? We are the solution for your janitorial needs. Prof cleaning providers, over 25yrs exp, comm. & res. The Projects, 808-5389 Will clean your home. Reg. or p/t, move outs, offices. Green products! 20yrs. exp. Gail @ 778-755-5004 YOUR Residential Cleaning Specialists, for Supreme excellence in cleanliness, efficiency and reliability, coupled w/excellent ref’s. give us a call today @ 250-762-5788 or 250-317-3917 Free estimates
Computer Services 12/7 A MOBILE COMPUTER TECH. Certified computer technician, virus removal, repairs, upgrades. Let me come to you. 250-717-6520. 12/7 In-Home Repairs. New Systems/Upgrades. 20+yrs Prof. Service. Peter 215-4137
Computer Services $20 SPECIAL - Repairs and Virus removal, On Site or in Shop - Free pickup - Senior/ Student discounts - 7 days/ week/10pm - 20 years Locally Owned and Operated VisaMasterCardDebitCALL 250-868-0885 HOME and business Computer Support. Repairs, upgrades, networking, wireless, software installations, security, data recovery, spyware and virus removal. Web design and hosting. Resonable rates. Pat 250-470-1157
Contractors ALL WEST DEMOLITION Ltd. All types of demolition. Free estimates. Call 250-808-0895 KSK Woodworking, Framing, finishing, foundations & more. Quality workmanship at reasonable prices. 250-979-8948
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Drywall CYCLE Drywall & Framing. Complete wall and ceiling installs. Residential & reno’s. Guaranteed. 250-863-6017. DRYWALL SERVICES & Repairs New work & reno work. 30? exp. Framing, Bording, Taping, Texture. Ken212-9588
Electrical A&S ELECTRIC. Resid/Comm Wiring. New constr, renov. & service changes. lic’’d & bonded. Steve 864-2099 (cont #90929) BEST Choice Electrical Contracting, sm. jobs, service changes/upgrades, 215-1646 CHIPSTERS Electrical, Res. & Comm. Lic’d. & Bonded. Service calls welcome. 826-0091 COMM. & Res. Service Upgrades/Service Calls, & Reno’’s. 250-317-3479 Lic#40170 D. FRANCIS Electrical Ltd. Quality/Dependable Service. Fully ins’d. Lic#91625. 317-6843 JRS ELECTRIC: Fully licensed. From new builds & renos to service calls. Call today, 250-448-6510 SIMAIR Electric Ltd. Commercial, Residential, Controls & Data reno’s etc. 250-718-5067
Excavating & Drainage KRENNY’S EXCAVATING. Exc/bobcat serv., Sewer HU’s, UG Utils, Bsmts, Footings, Backfilling, Drvwys, Lndscp, Retaining Walls. Rubber track exc w/blade. Est’s, Fully Ins. Kory 451-9095, 869-9125 Serving Kelowna, Westside, Lake Country MUD, GARBAGE, gravel road repair, sm/dump truck, Bobcat, mini Excavator. 250-470-2598
Fencing ALL KINDS OF FENCES. Spring Special, 6’x8’ cedar fence panels at $65. Pre staining avail. Starting installs now. Call 250-491-4622 CEDAR FENCE PANELS, order in Feb for 10% discount. (250)546-6038
Floor Refinishing/ Installations
WAL TEK Drywall & Renos, board, tape, texture & paint. From new homes to small renos, for a free estimate call Guenther, 250-878-0528
ACCREDITED Business. STRONG ROOTS FLOORING. BBB Lic’’d & Ins’’d. Custom Floor Re-finishing. Supply & Install Hrwd, Laminate, Cork And Tile. Rick, 250-808-7668 LEW Cat Ent. Carpet, Lino, Tiles, Hrdwd, Lam. Free est. Great rates. Lewis @ 317-6889 Work Guaranteed.
BATHROOMS
MOVING
BATHROOM RENOVATIONS
North End Moving Services
IMPERIAL DRYWALL, Complete Drywall Services Res. & Comm Free Est 250-801-5335
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Lawn & Garden
Home Improvements
Landscaping
1-1 All Exterior Hedge & Tree Service. All types of pruning & removing. Insured. Call Dave 250-212-1716. ACE OF SPADES. Aeration, thatching, hedge & shrub pruning, lawn service, multch, rock, rototilling. Exp’d, ins’d. Michael, 250-878-1315 AN Experienced Pruner/Gardener, pruning fruit trees now till spring clean-up. Taking bookings for spring clean-up, senior’s discount, ex. ref’s. 250-864-0768 DIGGINOLES N SHIFTINSTUFF. Pickup & delivery service. Rubbish & recycling removed. Landscape, building supplies & Hay delivered, small equipment transferred. 1ton pickup, 14ft Dump trailer & 20ft Flat bed trailer. Yes we work weekends!! For quality work at reasonable rates, phone Ian 250-864-2339 GET a head start on having the nicest yard on the street. Yard/Garden clean-up and pruning. 250-801-7040 $$ START Early CALL Ryan now @ 250-469-1288 and ask about our yard cleanups
ACRYLIC Tub Liners & wall installations. Tub to shower conversions. Renovations by Well Built Construction. Call 826-BATH (2284) ADDITIONS, finished bsmts, kitchen & bth reno’’s, tile, hrwd & laminate flooring. Drywall, painting. Ext/int finishing. Call 250-870-3187 INTERIOR Finishing & Reno’’s. No Job too small, Install & Repairs. Drywall, Plumbing, Doors/Win, Baseboards, Cab., Kitchens, Bthrms, 859-2787 MARAINE Construction, 30 yrs. Exp. Complete Home Building/Reno’’s.250-300-4657 NATURAL WOOD FLOORING FIR, HEMLOCK & PINE www.rouckbros.com Rouck Bros. Lumby, BC 1-800-960-3388 NEED Help? Paint, Tile, Carpentry, Drywall, light Electrical & Plumbing, call 250-869-6577 NINKO Construction Mgmt. 28yrs Exp. Res. & Comm. No job too small or big. 250-861-1066, 250-212-1641 ROSTKA ENT. Ltd. Complete int/ext. reno’’s. Carpentry, drywall, painting, bsmt, decks & more. Lic’’d & Insured. BBB Accred. Call: Rob 878-8049. office 764-5449. STUDZ Renovations Carpentry, Plumbing, Elect., Drywall, Decks, Tile, 250-317-8275 THE Old Pro’’s, Licence & Insured, Reno’’s, Remodeling etc. Barry @ 250-826-2599 WELLERMADE. Additions, Reno’s, Sun-decks, Bsmt. stes., etc.768-2202 878-6967 WOODLAKE COUNTERTOPS. Counter-tops In-stock. Kitchen Cabinets. Cutting & Finishing Services. Flat lay & Cabinetry. 250-300-6980
AQUA GARDENS & Landscapes. Spring clean ups, irrig. start ups, pruning. Call 250-979-2782 ASPEN LANDSCAPING. Spring clean up, aerating, pruning, etc. 250-317-7773. Back Country Lawn & Landscape. Book your spring clean-up and irrigation start ups. Please call 250-864-9936 DIGGINOLES N SHIFTINSTUFF. Pickup & delivery service. Rubbish & recycling removed. Landscape, building supplies & Hay delivered, small equipment transferred. 1ton pickup, 14ft Dump trailer & 20ft Flat bed trailer. Yes we work weekends!! For quality work at reasonable rates, phone Ian 250-864-2339 ODD JOB BOB, 768-1555 Fruit/tree - pruning & trimming, Spring cleanups & lawn prep. UNIQUE Pools & Landscapes. Full 3D design & build services. Call 250-801-YARD( 9273) WAYKAT Landscape & Maintenance Co. Early startup savings. Pre book now and save on all your landscaping & maintenance. Yard clean ups, aerating, power rake, irrigation and pond start ups, complete landscape installation and renovations, reg mowing & full yard service. Over 18yrs of friendly professional service. 250-762-5005
Handypersons ANTHONY’’S Mobile Workshop. Repairs & reno’’s. 25yrs Exp Senior Disc. 317-9876 BILL’S Handyman Service for all those small jobs you can’t find anyone to do. Laminate flrs., tiling, plumbing, painting & gen. repairs. WCB cov’d. & ins’d., Call 250-869-7738 HANDYMAN for rent. Art Krauza, hm: 250-765-0286, cell: 250-718-4340 TERRY’S RENOVATIONS & Handyman Service. For all your reno’s, repairs & odd jobs. Charge by hour/job. Exterior/interior painting, baseboards, flooring, carpentry & loads to dump. No job too small. Free estimates. 250-450-6939, 250-575-4258
Heat, Air, Refrig. SOMMERFELD Heating A/C, Install & Repair Heat Pumps, F/P, Gas Fitting Lic. 215-6767 SOUTHERN BC Heating & Air Conditioning. Over 30yrs exp. Call 250-681-3869
Home Repairs LARRY’S Handyman & Reno Serv., Lg. & Sm. jobs, Graffitti Removal etc., 250-718-8879 SMALL household & yard repairs. Seniors friend! Free estimates. Call 250-826-5627
Kitchen Cabinets BATHROOM RENO’S. Plum bing Repairs. Bathrooms By Gemini 862-6991, 764-0189
Machining & Metal Work
GET BENT Metal Fab, fences, gates, railings, security bars, boat railings. 863-4418 www.getbentmetalfab.ca
Masonry & Brickwork
WILDSTONE MASONRY Stone Fireplaces and Exteriors -Call Greg for estimate. (250)-826-6989. or email wildstone@shaw.ca
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SALES & SERVICE DIRECTORY JUNK REMOVAL
Kelowna Junk Removal Ltd. (1998)
House/Yard/Building Sites/Rental Properties/ Renovations/Etc. “We Service just about any kind of clean-up”
Scrapmetal/wood/appliances/etc. *W.C.B. Coverage kelownajunkremoval.com Large 3/2/1 & 1/2 Ton Trucks Excellent Reputation & Excellent Service. Cell 250-718-0992 / 250-861-7066 / Member of Kelowna Chamber of Commerce
PLUMBING
CONSTRUCTION
XCEL PLUMBING
765-6898
Irrigation, Gas Fitting and Drain Cleaning. Commercial, residential and renovations. Service and hot water tanks.
Call Clint, 250-575-3839
STUCCO ENKARTA STUCCO & REPAIR LTD. Big or small we do them all. Free Estimates 30+ yrs exp.
250-769-0684
Weninger CONSTRUCTION
In business since 1989 Licensed & insured
STUDZ RENOVATIONS
LICENCED, INSURED
250-317-8275
GEMINI BATHS 250-862-6991
ADDITIONS, finished bsmts., kitchen & bath reno’s, tile, hrdwd. & laminate flooring. Drywall, painting. Ext/int finishing. Call 250-870-3187
URBAN CLASSIC CABINETRY & DESIGN INC. Kitchen, Bath, Entertainment/ Wall Units, Wallbeds, Home Office, Pantry, Closet Organizers. From Design, Build, Install to Full Reno’s. Call 250-860-2801
Local or Long Distance Polite & Professional
Ph: 250-869-0697 Cell 250-470-9498
WWW.KELOWNABATHROOMS.COM
COUNTERTOPS RUBBISH REMOVAL WOODLAKE COUNTER-TOPS
PHONE BOB
250-765-2789
COUNTERTOPS IN STOCK
anytime
KITCHEN CABINETS CUTTING & FINISHING SERVICES, FLAT LAY & CABINETRY
250-300-6980
RENOVATIONS CONSTRUCTION
RENOVATIONS CABINETRY/RENO CARPENTRY PLUMBING DRYWALL ELECTRICAL TILE WORK CONCRETE KITCHEN CABINETS
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NINKO Construction Mgmt. 28 yrs exp. Res. & Comm. No job too small or big. 250-861-1066, 250-212-1641
YARD CLEAN-UPS RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL OGO-GROW & BARK MULCH DELIVERY APPLIANCE PICK UPS-RECYCLE
Pgr: 250-861-0303 25 Years of Satisfied Customers
POOL & LANDSCAPE UNIQUE
POOLS & LANDSCAPEs • • • • • •
In Studio Design/Plans Complete Landscape Services Swimming Pools & Spas Stamped & Exposed Concrete Work Decks, Fences, Railings Paving Stones & Retaining Walls
Call 250-801-YARD (9273)
Design Studio • 2810 Benvoulin Rd
LANDSCAPING
ASPEN LANDSCAPING LTD
Book now for landscape projects, retaining walls, aerating, power raking, pruning, etc. Spring cleanup,
250-317-7773 or visit us at: aspenlandscaping.ca
REPAIR & RENOVATIONS
SNOW REMOVAL & EXCAVATING
PAINTING
TREMBLAY’S EXCAVATING LTD.
AFFORDABLE PAINTING
• Plowing & sanding • Comm snowblower • Trucks w/plows & bobcats • Landscaping CELL: (250) 979-8033 BUS: (250) 861-1500
ELECTRICAL
Call 250-317-9876
HANDYMAN
Residential and Commercial New Construction & Renovations Small Jobs GARTH GRANDO Lic. No. 97059 cell: 215-1646 phone/fax 769-9049
Commercial/Residential. Hot Tub/Heat Pump Connections, Service Upgrades/Service Calls, Additions/Renos. Lic. #40170 Call Ken 250-317-3479
ELECTRICAL
FLOORING
Larry·s Handyman & Renovation Services
• Interior & Exterior Renovations • Carpentry • Painting • Small Repairs • Pressure Washing
• Kitchen & Bathroom Upgrades • Yard Maintenance • Fences, Decks • Tile • Graffiti Removal
250-718-8879
ELECTRICIAN KBM ENTERPRISES LTD.
ANTHONY’S MOBILE WORKSHOP
The Friendly Handyman specializing in... stucco - drywall - paint repairs and renovations. 25 yrs. exp. Seniors Discount
Senior’s Specials Experience & Quality New Homes & Repaints Ceilings Bondable. Insurance Work Call Terry 250-863-9830 or 250-768-1098
Gerard Simair
LICENCE #19989
Ph: (250) 718-5067
Fax: (250) 861-5067 COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL • CONTROLS • DATA MAINTENANCE • SERVICE
Lew Cat Ent. Carpet, Lino, Tiles, Hardwood, Laminate. Free estimates. Great rates. Lewis @ 317-6889 Work Guaranteed.
Early Spring Special! Call 250-763-7114 to book your spot.
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Maintenance Services WAYKAT Landscape & Maintenance Co. Early startup savings. Pre book now and save on all your landscaping & maintenance. Yard clean ups, aerating, power rake, irrigation and pond start ups, complete landscape installation and renovations, reg mowing & full yard service. Over 18yrs of friendly professional service. 250-762-5005
Moving & Storage
✔ AAA Best Rates Moving $59?.
Rubbish Removal
Pets
Furniture
‘#1 - BBB Kelowna Junk Removal Ltd. (1998) Scrap metal, wood, appls, etc. House, yard, building site, rental properties, renovations, etc. WCB Coverage. Lrg 3/2/1 & 1/2ton trucks 718-0992 or 861-7066 kelownajunkremoval.com ✔✔✔ THAT GUY & His Work Truck LTD. Junk Removal & Bin Rentals 10,15 & 20 yard Bins. We haul EVERYTHING
Havanese, Bichon, Shih-Tzu puppies; Litter trained, 1st shots, great disposition. One year guarantee on any genetic defect. Best price guaranteed. Call 250-804-9924 MINIATURE & Standard Poms, all colors, $400 & up each. 250-833-5785 PURE German Sheperd puppies. 6 weeks old. Asking $800. (250)317-9716 REGISTERED German Shephard Pups, great temperment, bred to be adaptable to all lifestyles. $1200. 250-768-7241 TOY Yorkie Shih-Tzus, family raised, vet-checked, 1st shots, delivery $550. 250-269-7167. Yorkie X pups & Schnauzer pups. $500 & up. Phone 250-547-6698 for pics & info.
DOWNSIZING. Old diningroom suite, solid walnut, art deco style, table, 4chairs & buffet. $900. Queen Anne soliod cherry round coffee table, lovely quality, imported, $450. Currio cabinet, wood and glass, 74” tall, $400. Call 250-762-2105 OAK Dinning Rm. set, Oval w/pedestal bse. +2 leafs & 4 chairs $650. Maple Desk 30”x50”, $70. Computer Desk Oak Veneer $50. Blk. frame Futon w/mattress $90. 250-762-3916 PINE diningroom set, hutch, table & 6chairs, kitchen table, 4chairs, bedroom set, dresser & 2 end tables, like new, legal size file cabinet, misc household furnishings. 250-765-7976
Home or Jobsite, Renovations Cheapest rates in the Valley www.thatguysworktruck.com
“Why Pay More” Short/Long Distance. Free Est. Res/Comm, 861-3400 DAN-MEL MOVING. 16’’ One ton 7x12 Trailer. Local/Long Haul. Bonded/Insured. Dan 215-0147/250-766-1282. FAMILY Movers. Moving? Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance throughout 2009. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687 JOE’S MOVING.reasble rates, fully equip’d trucks, local-long dist, no job too small.470-8194 NORTH END Moving Services Local/Long Distance welcome, Vancouver Special? Free Estimates 250-470-9498
250-575-5383 BOB’S ONE TON. Clean-up, 25yrs satisfied customers. 765-2789, 861-0303 pgr DIGGINOLES N SHIFTINSTUFF. Pickup & delivery service. Rubbish & recycling removed. Landscape, building supplies & Hay delivered, small equipment transferred. 1ton pickup, 14ft Dump trailer & 20ft Flat bed trailer. Yes we work weekends!! For quality work at reasonable rates, phone Ian 250-864-2339 SMALL Hauls. Truck for hire. Rubbish, Small Moves, Boat Hauling 250-864-0696 Reza
ANTIQUE walnut buffet & china cabinet. Good condition. Both for $600. 778-478-7816 Jardin’s Estate Jewelry and Antiques is OPEN! Mon-Sat, 10-5, 5221 Hwy 97, Okanagan Falls, 250-497-6733 OLYMPIC Hockey Gold, Britain beats Canada 1936 Olympic 2 vol. photo album, German text best offer. 860-2938
Snowclearing
Appliances
TREMBLAY’S EXCAVATING Snow plowing, sanding, comm snow blower. Ins’d. 979-8033
Painting & Decorating
Sound / DVD / TV
KENMORE washer, dryer, front load, stackable, good cond., $300/pr. Moffat 30” range, 1lrg, 3sm elements. $50. Call Jim, 250-451-9148 Re-Conditioned Coin Operated Washer/Dryer Sets. Call 250-260-0394.
0 TIME To Paint. Best rates Seniors Discount, Call G. Hunter Painting 250-317-5995 100% A-1 Satisfaction! RICKS PAINTING. $399. 3 room Special. Call Rick 250-863-2302 100% AFFORDABLE Painting Exp, quality. Int Paint/ceilings. Winter Specials. Terry 863-9830 or 768-1098 1ST. In customer service, Cando Painting, prof. reliable crew, 15yrs. in business, Int/Ext. Eddie 250-863-3449 4 FAMILY Owned since 1974. NOW MY SON and DAUGHTER ARE LEARNING THE TRADE. 29 YEAR Tradesman Painter. Reasonable rates, insured, references. FREE estimates and Advice. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Ken (250)717-7569 idealhomepainting@shaw.ca
DALE’S PAINTING Service. Painting Kelowna a better place since 1982, 862-9333 DL Decor & Painting. Trained with over 30yrs. ex. Int. & Ext. Projects, 250-308-4380
Plumbing
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XCEL PLUMBING, Irrigation, Gas Fitting and drain cleaning. Comm/res and reno’’s. Service & hot water tanks. 575-3839 DREGER Mechanical 20yrs exp. Plumbing, Gasfitting, Repairs, Reno’’s. 24hr. 575-5878.
KOSKI Plumbing-Heating Gas Fitting Reno’s Res. Bonded/Insured Troy @ 718-0209
Roofing & Skylights
KelSTAR Satellite - Parts / Install - All Provider Big or Small - The Best Rates - FTA Experts Call 778-478-1854 - kelstar.zxq.net
Stucco/Siding ENKARTA Stucco & Repair. Big or small, we do them all. Free estimates. 250-769-0684
Tree Services 1-1 All Exterior Hedge & Tree Service. All types of pruning & removing. Insured. Call Dave 250-212-1716. NOW is the best time to prune or remove fruit trees or elms, Blue Jay Lawn Care 575-4574 ROB’S Tree Care Ltd. For all your tree care needs...Insured & Cert. WCB. 250-212-8656 TREE Removal for Bug Kill & Dead trees. Avoid FIRES etc. Call Manny 250-766-6655
Feed & Hay Feeder hay. Round bales $160 ton. Delivery available. 250-838-6630. *HAY SALES GUARANTEED Quality Grass, Alfalfa, Mixed square bales, round bales & Silage bales. Delivery avail. (250)804-6081,(250)833-6763.
Pet Services DOGWORKS. Specializing in Puppy Kindergarten, also ClickerSmart dog classes. Priv. lesson also avail. Certified Prof. Trainer250-317-1288
P.E.T.S. Training is offering a two-day
RYDER ROOFING LTD. Free est, senior discounts, member of BBB, fully ins’d, WCB coverage. All types of shingle roofing & torch on roofing systems. ‘From a hole in your roof to a whole new roof.’ Call 250-765-3191 TEAM GERMAN MASTER ROOFER Experienced in all kinds of roofing. New, Reroof & Repair. European Quality 2 yrs. Warranty. Call Steffen C#: 863-8224 W#:778-754-1015 Master & Visa cards welcome
Beautiful Greek Pyrenees Border Collie puppies, 6wks old guardian/ great family pet, $350. 250-260-2627
Rubbish Removal
Rubbish Removal
PET FIRST AID COURSE Feb. 27-28
www.petstrainingservices.com
For more information please Call 250-352-9244 or email educate@petstrainingservices.com
Pets
We’ll remove anything!
#1 Affordable! Full service & clean-up, or rent easy to load bins-all sizes + Demolition avail. WCB & Insured. 250-860-4041 / trash-all.com
250-808-0733 SKYHIGH DISPOSAL Full Service Junk Removal & Bin Rentals.
Building Supplies EXTERIOR sidings: board & batten, channel, bevel, log cabin. Dry. T&G; fir, cedar & pine (1x4 1x6). Fencing; fir & cedar. Latice panels. Timbers & beams. Lumber for garden boxes, retaining walls, hobby wood. 2202 Hwy 97. 250-546-6038
Farm Equipment 2006 Kabota 3030 hst, 30 hp, 4 wheel drive, loader, full cab, w/ac, rear blade,72” grass cutter.$24,500. 250-547-8993.
Food Products Naturally grown, governt inspected, grain fed Beef. $2.65/lb. CWF 250-546-6494.
Free Items ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE. 19” TV. Babies highchair. Call 250-860-7036 FREE washer & dryer, good working condition. Call 250-864-4321 GAS Cook top, white, 36”, 250-766-3741 GRANITE Rocks, Assorted colors & sizes approx. 12” more/less, 250-764-1167 LG. Dbl. Porcelin Cast Iron kit. sink, complete w/faucet & garborator 250-766-3741 WINE Bottles, several cases & 2 1998 Ford Windstar seats. 250-763-3315
Fruit & Vegetables MANY Varieties of Apples for sale thru-out the winter. Call Graziano Orchards. 3455 Rose Road. (250)860-2644.
Firewood/Fuel
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Antiques / Vintage
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250-718-4548 Pets CKC Great Danes 8wks, dew claws, 1st shots, dewormed, micro chips 250-492-3407 GOLDEN Retreiver Puppies, M & F, ready to go! First shots, vet check, etc. $450. Peachland, 250-767-3101
DRY FIR FIREWOOD CUT, SPLIT & DELIVERED. $150. HEAPING 3/4 TON TRUCK LOAD (A CORD) SEASONED. 250-317-4003
Furniture
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BLACK LEATHER COUCH and loveseat. Phenomenal condition, no tears. Sleek, modern design. $950. 250-869-7362, 250-808-3614 or 778-478-7769 6PC Cherry sleigh bdrm set. Queen bed, dresser, mirror, chest, 2 night stands. New!! Still boxed. Worth $5000, Sell $1695 Can deliver. call 1250-550-6648, 250-550-6647 BRAND new Sectional couch with ottoman, microfiber (2 colors to choose from) $899 call 1-250-550-6647 BROWN Leather “Trieste” Reclining loveseat $650. Phone 250-768-5239
Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL Shipping Containers Super Sale On NowNew/Used/Damaged. BEST PRICES. 20,’24,’40,’45,’48,’53’.Insulated Reefer Containers 20’40’53’. CHEAP 40’ Farmers Specials all under $2,000! Semi Trailers for hiway & storage. We are Overstocked, Delivery BC & AB 1-866-528-7108 Call 24 hours.
Hobbies & Crafts LG. HO Model Railroad, incl. track, rolling stock, structures $500. 250-766-4579
Jewels, Furs HUGE RUBY (2.8 carat) wholesale apprsl. $3000. MUST SELL $1200. 764-8119 I Want to buy your unwanted GOLD & SILVER & COINS! Local Collector looking for Gold & Silver & Coins. Up to 95% of spot. Local Buyer 250-300-6622 SANDBERG Jewellers is now buying used gold and diamonds, top dollar paid. 250-762-4472, 250-575-8393
Medical Supplies MOBILITY Scooters & power chairs, new & used. Shoprider Dealer now located in Natural Rezources, 525 Bernard. 250-764-7757 okmobility.ca
Misc. for Sale 2 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL HOCKEY TICKETS at GM Place Feb. 28, 9 rows from ice. $4000 obo. 250-308-6263 BOOK PRINTING & BINDING Download FREE Book: (7 Secrets to Printing, Marketing & Selling Your Book Fast) From www.lakecityprinters.com. Call Dexter at 250-260-1970 for printing & binding your book or email: lakecityprinters@telus.net
COMPLETE Home Reverse Osmosis System. New in pkg. $3000obo. 250-807-2627 DO YOU NEED LARGE AMOUNTS OF FREE FILL? no trucking charge 250-307-3839 Dacron Enterprises LTD. FAR-INFRARED SAUNAS: Demo Blowout Models starting at $599. FREE Shipping, setup. FREE Trials. Showroom 1-888-239-9999 Kelowna. www.SOLARUSsauna.com Lifetime Collector seeks old Antique fishing reels & tackle... Anything Fishy! All quality items bought with cash! Please call Craig (250)542-8405, 250-308-8697 LOTS of furn. & many other items, too numerous to mention. 250-718-8866, 860-9115 Pioneer Eclipse propane burnisher mod# MM21K3CSF low hrs $2000obo 1-800-950-1337 PRIVATE Sale: King mod. CH-1236 metal lathe c/w acc. $3000. Myford 7” metal lathe c/w acc. $2500. Pro-bend 2000 digital tube bender c/w dies & acc. $7000. 2-Portable - 2” tube construction party gazebo’s, covers, 250 & 650sq.ft HD, $4500. (250)260-8069
Misc. Wanted CASH Paid for quality used books, Pandosy Books, 1889 Springfield Rd. 250-861-4995
Musical Instruments PIANOS Warehouse Sale @ Moir Pianos. STEINWAY, HEINTZMAN, YAMAHA and more !! Priced to Sell !! Call Richard @ 764-8800
Sporting Goods
Houses For Sale
RUSSIAN SKS’’s - top choice, new shipment, cleaned, oiled & inspected, $299. Ammo 1120 RDS-Case $195. 12 ga shotgun ammo & clay targets $99. Quality Firearms bought & sold. GLOCK stocking dealer. Weber & Markin, The Okanagans Professional Gunsmiths. 4-1691 Powick Rd, Kelowna, (250)762-7575
******* 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 Executive Home. Stunning Views. By Owner for 30 days, then being listed with Realtor. 5 bdrm, 3 bath, private location, w/o basement suite, fully reno’d, new roof. You’ve gotta see this place! www.okhomeseller.com #26198 or call to see photos or view. $849,900 Kevin 250-868-7680 MUST SELL. Fixer Uppers, Foreclosures & Distress sales. Free list MacDonald Rlty KelownaDistressSale.info NEW Homes in Sol Terra Ranch! Full basement, double garage, loads of upgrades & zoned for a secondary suite! Homes starting from $200,000 ! Sol Terra office now open. Visit our show homes now or call Lake Country Modular, located next to the SRI Winfield factory. Call 1-866-766-2214. www.LCMhomes.com ✱ ATTENTION FIRST TIME BUYERS! 2Bd. townhome, beautiful view of city, nr. Plaza 33, child & pet friendly. Get into the market NOW with alltime low interest rates, monthly payments $629. Avail. Immed. Ronnie, Realty Executives. Call now 250-870-7172. THINKING OF SELLING? For a confidential, no obligation, free market evaluation of your property call Mark Jontz, Royal Lepage 250-762-9446 or 250-860-1100 anytime.
Stereo / DVD / TV PANASONIC 27” TV, incl. Toshiba DVD player, $100./both. or obo. 250-766-3741
$100 & Under 20’ Aluminum Extension Ladder $75. 250-768-7124 2 Large TRAVEL Suitcase on wheels, NEW, $75.both. 250-768-7124 4 235/75R15 All Season tires, $85. 250-717-0581 ASST’D. Chrystal, too much to mention, sell individual or all $100. Call 250-768-7124 CHILD Computer Chair, $20. 250-717-0581 COLEMAN Pulse 1850 generator, needs tune-up. $80. 250-763-3642 MED. Oak Cabinet 40”L x 45”H x 18”D, w/shelves, bottom drawer $60. 762-7552 PANASONIC 27” TV, incl. Toshiba DVD player, $100./both. or obo. 250-766-3741 QUEEN Mattress & box spring, frame & headboard, good cond. $100. 861-3995 SPEED Queen Dryer, $50 obo. 250-717-0581
$200 & Under
Lots
COMPUTER System, WIN XP, Internet ready, excellent condition, $200. 869-2363 Kel
KELOWNA west,5 fully serviced lots,72x120 partial view,build immed,Ken 6046574923 Jim 6043073923 jimmygee@shaw.ca
$300 & Under 4 Nokian 225/60R16’s. Used one summer. $250. 250-763-3642 COMPUTER LAPTOP, WIN XP, internet, excellent condition, $300. 250-869-2363 (Kel)
$500 & Under 1 Treadmill, Free Spirit, Soft track, 5.1hp, computerized, 0-15% incline, $450. 862-5112
Acreage for Sale 10 Acres for sale or lease on Hwy 97 South of Winfield. Call 250-491-8235 READY to build on this 3 acres in Whitevale area, Lumby. Flat, few trees, drilled well. Gas/hydro to driveway. Price $245,000 GST.obo. 250-547-6932.
Apt/Condos for Sale CONDOS. 1bd: $110k-$149k. 2bd: $185k-$245k. Central. Nice. 250-718-8866, 860-9115 LARGE, spacious, bright corner unit, 2 bdr, 2 bath condo in Glenmore. 6 appl, u/g parking, gas f/p & more. $298,800. 250-868-0312 THINKING OF SELLING? For a confidential, no obligation, free market evaluation of your property call Mark Jontz, Royal Lepage 250-762-9446 or 250-860-1100 anytime. WILLOW Terrace, 489 W. Hwy 33, 1100sq’, 2bd, 1.5bth, immaculate cond, 2nd flr, avail immed, ug prking & strge. $169,000. 250-765-1060
KIRSCHNER MOUNTAIN Large Building Lots from
$190,000.
~ Spectacular Views. Bring Your Own Builder. Close to All Amenities. 250-862-0895 www.kirschnermountain.com LUMBY: 3 view lots on new subdivision (Schunter Drive) Lot 2: $115,000 + GST. Lot 3: $120,000 + GST. Lot 4: $125,000 + GST. Call Mike 250-547-9402, 250-309-1042
Mobile Homes & Parks NEW Home, new warrenty avail in Lake Country. #83 Belaire Estates. Family, small pet welcome. Open floor plan, 2bd, 2bth. $159,900. Call Bob, 250-808-4117 NEW HOMES FOR SALE! 1835 Westside Road South 250-317-5504 www. KelownaAffordableHomes.net
Get Your Rental. .
Mobile Homes & Parks 20 Minutes from Orchard Park Drive by 64A
McCulloch Heights
Brand new. 3 bed. 2 bath. Over 1300sq.ft. Great room design. Concrete foundation. Sundeck. Quiet cul-de-sac space. $189,900 plus GST. Low down payment. Modern & Urban “Sierras” neighborhood. Close to downtown West Kelowna
Brand new 3 bed, 2 bath, FUNctional floor plan. Sundeck. Concrete foundation. $189,900 plus GST. Phase 3 - over 50% sold out. So act fast.
ACCENT HOMES CALL 250-769-6614 CLICK:
www.accenthomes.ca
Presentation Centre 1680 Ross Rd. West Kelowna.
Mortgages
BANK ON US! Mortgages for purchases, renovations, debt consolidation, foreclosure. Bank rates and many alternative lending programs avail. Let Dave Fitzpatrick simplify the process. Mountain City Mortgage 1-888-711-8818 or email: dave@mountaincitymortgage.ca
FREE information. How to consolidate debt. www.refinanceokanagan.com
Recreational
LOOKING to sell a one room condo unit on Mara Lake, Sicamous BC. Would be interested in selling unit or taking on a partner. Includes private boat slip, use of pool & hot tub. Half share at $70,000. Call Ernie 250-833-7803
Townhouses
Luxury 3bdrm townhouse, open modern architecture, S/S appl. laminated wood flooring, quiet location, borders creek. Selling $30,000 before assessed value at $429,000. qualified buyers 250-545-2219 THINKING OF SELLING? For a confidential, no obligation, free market evaluation of your property call Mark Jontz, Royal Lepage 250-762-9446 or 250-860-1100 anytime.
For Sale By Owner
Acreage
2 BDRM 2 Bth Upscale Downtown Condo. Walking distance to KGH, lake and shops. Priced at $252,900. for quick sale. Call Bill @ 250-717-3970
SHUSWAP RIVER FRONT 11.3 acres w/shop. $400,000. 1985 house on 22.5 acres. $800.000. 15.9 acres. $400,000. Water and services. 250-838-7660.
BIG WHITE 3 bdrm 2 ba condo in the Eagles building. PRICE DRASTICALLY REDUCED TO $256,900. for quick sale. Call Bill @ 250-717-3970 or View at www.skicondo.co.nr THINKING OF SELLING? For a confidential, no obligation, free market evaluation of your property call Mark Jontz, Royal Lepage 250-762-9446 or 250-860-1100 anytime.
Houses For Sale MORTGAGES LOW RATES. 5YR. 3.89% VARIABLE 2.05% Trish at 250-470-8324
Apt/Condo for Rent
Call
250-763-7114
1BD, 2nd. flr., bright & spacious, 1200sf., $1000.mo. incl util., Westbank, 250-768-9083 1BD, New, golf comm. in Quail, wd insuite, pool/ht/gym, Avail. Immed., ns, $900.mo 250-864-6273, 250-878-4343 1st MONTH FREE - 1 BDRM: Spectacular lakeviews. Award winning gardens. 1/2 blk to Gyro beach, bus & Mission Park shops. Indoor pool, hot tub & fitness center. $862-$960. No pets. 3195 Walnut. 250-762-3455 www.thepalisade.ca
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Apt/Condo for Rent
Duplex / 4 Plex
Homes for Rent
Suites, Lower
Suites, Upper
1BD or 2bd, avail immed. Quiet, secured, updated building located in DT area. Walking dist to shopping. Cultural District, Waterfront Park, bus route. Incl FS, DW. Building amenities include beautiful landscaped courtyard, laundry room & covered secure prking. Price starts at $800. Ask about signing bonus avail for Feb/Mar. Contact Jagoda for more info at 250-762-0571 2BD. 1.5ba. Avail. Now, cls. to Costco, on bus rte., np, $850.mo 250-717-5863 2BD, 1.5bth, avail March 1. $1050+utils. New paint, floors, ug prking, lndry hook-ups, DT loc., 250-317-5054, 763-8824 2BD, 2 bth, 2 prking lots. Avail now. $985. $200 off 1st month. NP. Call 250-860-5613 Baron Rd. 2BD, full lower flr of house, Westbank, new renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, carpet & paint, lrg priv fncâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d yard. $775. Gary, 250-768-4383 2BD, Nice loc., mins. fr. CNC Ctr., shops/lake f/s, dw, w/d, ac, crnr. unit, $1250.mo. Avail. Mar/Apr. 1, 250-491-1853 2 BDRM, $975 hydro, f/s, NO PETS, on Rutland Rd. South, Belgo Area, on bus route, Avail. now. 491-3345 or 869-9788 (Cell) 2 BDRM: Walk-up front entrance, walk-in closet, W/D hook-ups. Spectacular lakeviews. Award winning gardens. 1/2 blk to Gyro beach, bus & Mission Park shops. Indoor pool, hot tub & fitness center. $1145. No pets. 3195 Walnut. 250-762-3455 www.thepalisade.ca BACH: Top floor, DW, W/D hook-ups. Spectacular lakeviews. Award winning gardens. 1/2 blk to Gyro beach, bus & Mission Park shops. Indoor pool, hot tub & fitness center. $845. No pets. 3195 Walnut. 250-762-3455 www.thepalisade.ca RENT or RENT TO OWN: Asher Pl. 1100sf. 2bd, 2ba, f/p, 6appls., u/g prkg., gym, theatre, storage locker, quest suite, ns, np, $1100/mo. +utils Avail. Mar. 1, 250-712-0095 SPACIOUS 2bd apartment, close to Capri Mall, NS, NP, 1yr lease, avail March 1. $895 incl heat. 250-763-6600 THE Verve, 1bd fully funâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, avail now, outdr pool, beach vollyball, ug prking. grnd flr, patio w/gas BBQ. All appl, insuite lndry, 1 small dog ok, NS. $975 incl power. Call Cathy at 250-448-6209
3251 E. Kelowna Rd. 4plex. 2bd, 1bth, AC, $950 incl all. 3 units avail now. 250-808-7447 3BD, 2ba, upper unit in 4/plex, nr. hosp. & OK Coll. Bright, spacious. f/s, dw, w/d, ac, storage shed, 1300sf, Avail. Mar. 1st $1500/mo. incl. utils. ns, ns, dd, refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. 250-868-1983, 250-764-7711 AVAIL IMMED. 2 Bdrm, 1 ba, 1450 sq. ft. home on acreage close to all amenities. 2 km from OK College & shopping. Central location, Fireplace, Hdwd floor, Fridge, Stove, Dish Washer, Washer, Dryer. Lvg Room, Dining Room. Huge yard. N/S. $1195/mo Ph 250-862-5211 / 250-215-4831 BRIGHT, clean, quiet, 2bdrm, FS, WD, AC, Adults only, $1050 utils incl NP. 763-6769 HOSPITAL & College area, 5bd, 2bth, 3bd, 2bth, 2bd, 1bth, 250-860-8583, 470-9295
A Kal Lake home, Feb 1.-June 30/10. $1150 + utils.Furnished, 3bdrm, 2 baths, ample parking. Ideal for retired or prof couple. N/s. No cats. botter ill@shaw.ca 250-545-9528 AVAIL now, immaculate, 2bdrm rancher, sunroom/den, all appl. gas f/p, ac, lrg.lot, single garage, newer paint & flooring, located on Westside of Kelowna in Fintry a rural lake community, 35mins to either downtown Kelowna or downtown Vernon. $1200/mo. R.R. Leanne 250-542-3457, email kristip@telus.net CARRIGE HOUSE- 1 bdrm/ 2 car garage. $1200/mth. a/c & gas fireplace. 750 sq. ft. workshop/garage below. Near Knox Mnt. Excellent references a must. n/s, n/pets. Prefer single person. Avail. Mar. 1st. call 250-862-6625 NEWLY avail. Bright, spacious newer 2bd, 2 full bath home close to DT. Walk from beach, park & hiking, large & open. A true delight and a must see. $1345. 250-707-3362 ON McInnes Ave. 3yr old house. 3bd or 1bd, 9â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ceilings, CA, dbl gar on 3bd. $1600 & $800. NP, NS. March 1. Call for more info, 250-864-9818 RUTLAND 3bd. $1350. 1.5bth, natural gas, shrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d lndry, bi vac, covâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d deck. 250-215-1182 Small 1bd house, furnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, utils, cbl incl, single/wrking pref., off KLO. $850. Alsofurnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d trailer, $450. Call 250-861-8907 SPECTACULAR Lakeview. Casa Loma, 4bd exec rancher. Hrwd/granite. 5mins to DT. $2100. 250-769-9091 WHY Rent When You Can Own? Pymts As Low As You Have Now! Good Credit? Steady Job? See how easy it is! M. Gidden, MacDonald Rlty kelownafirsttimebuyers.com
1BD bsmt suite, Springfield area, NS, NP, utils incl, 5appl, priv ent, $750. Avail Feb 15/Mar 1. 250-861-7869 or 250-878-2511 1bd. new, bright, lge., priv. ent., 5appl. 1person, np, ns $790. Avail. now250-768-6728 1 BDRM basement suite, Rutland area. Separate entrance, self contained. $750./ mo. incl. utilities. WD, NS. Avail. Feb 1st. Phone 250-765-9879 1bdrm bsmnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suite, Winfield, F/S, sep/entry, $800/mo + half deposit. util/incl. 250-558-3302 days, 250-275-1204 evenings 1 BDRM NS, No pets, mature single pref. WKel near brdg. $680 incl util 250-769-6437 1BD. Sep. ent, ns, np, Central, nr. KLO College, bus rte, share w/d, lcked strge, hydro incl. $750(1per), $850(2per), 250-763-9341 Avail. Mar. 1. 1BD., Spacious, bright, Glenrosa, sep ent., patio, bus rte., f/s, dw, a/c, microwave, share wd, ns, np, $700. 707-3375 1BD w/o bsmt suite, shrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d WD & utils, N.E. Kel. $650. NS, NP. 250-493-6000, 490-6086 2BD. 1ba. lg. liv.rm., 1 lg. kit., $900.mo. laundry incl., 250-765-3884 & 250-878-9303 2BD. +Den, $950mo utils incl nr. school & shopping crt. 380 Hardie Rd. Rutland, Feb 15. 250-862-5756, 250-864-6810. 2BD grnd-lvl suite. Springvalley, fireplace, shrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d lndry, storage, patio, prking. Incl utils & cbl. $950+DD. 250-762-0185 2BD. HOSPITAL AREA. Nice level entry suite, lndry, priv ent, quiet person/couple. NS, NP. $850. 250-764-8854 2BD. Lg. bsmt. ste, bright, clean, ac, gas fp, lots of prkng, w/d, sep. ent., Springvalley area, Mar. 1, ns, np, $1000. incl. utils., 250-859-6791 2BD. Main flr., f/s, w/d, cls. to bus & DT, ns, np, quiet resp. tenant, $950. +utils. Mar. 1, 250-860-7694, 250-763-1222 2bd March 1. Glenrosa family home. Quiet working person/cpl only. Bus rte. NP, NP. $900 incl uitls. 250-768-3574 2bdm Winfield bsmt, priv ent., FS, NS, NP, avail NOW, $790 incl utils, DD. 250-766-3395 2 LG. bdrms. dinning rm. w/fireplace, 5appl., incl. utils., $1000. ns, np, 250-878-3250, 250-764-1613 2 Lg. bd.. w/bright kit. all appl. pets ok, horse envir. in country setting. $900. 250-766-1265 3BD. Avail. Mar. 1, $850. +1/2 utils., 250-763-6886 or 250-870-1006 3BD. Newly renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d., DT/Mission, 2blks. fr. beach, w/d, f/s, ns, Feb. 15/Mar. 1st, $1200. + 1/2 utils. 250-300-9675 3BD. W-Bank, newly renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, sep. ent., wd, f/s, gas fp, ns, cat?, quiet, mature persons, Mar1, $1100.incl.util 212-5209 BACHELOR. 6appl, bright, lak eview. Prtly furnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Priv ent. $650+shrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d utils 250-769-7109 LRG 1bd bsmt suite, 1/2blk to beach/hospital. FS, WD, lrg yard, sep ent, utils incl. $900. 250-868-8874. LRG 3BD bsmt suite, avail now, DT. Lndry, AC, NS, NP, close to school & hospital, $1200 utils incl. 250-878-7199 LWR Mission, bright 2bdrm, priv ent, prking, NP, No parties, $850 incl utils. Avail immed. Lv msg 778-477-0015. NEWER GROUND floor suite, 2 bedroom 4plex. New appliances, laundry, slate tile floors. Lots of parking in the hospital south pandosy area. $1200 including utilities. Call 250-765-1240 or 250-718-0403 to view RUTLAND, like new 2bd suite, sep lndry, NS, NP, March 1. $850. 250-765-3002/863-5616 WESTSIDE 1bd suite walkout w/patio, WD, utils incl, NS, NP, quiet single person, March 1. $600. 250-769-2139 WESTSIDE. Modern, clean & quiet, 1bd suite in adult home, 6appl, AC & Sat., prefer 1 clean, quiet, mature male. $700+1/4utils. 250-769-7703
2BD. w/carport & storage, in Rutland, ns, nprtyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, no dogs, seniors or working only. 5appls. $900. 250-451-9923 3BD. 1.5ba. 1400sf. 8appl., beautiful yrd., hw flrs., f/p, lakeview, covrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d deck, priv. ent. ns, np, $1075. +1/2 utils. Call Doug @ 250-469-0498 3BD. 1ba. cls. to ammens., 2appl., w/d hookup, ns, np, $1100.mo. 250-470-7291 3BD, 2bth. bright, Spacious, 1800sf house, quiet street, Capri/Springfield area. wd, fs & dw. $1250+utils. ns, np, avail Now. 250-860-4012 or email ynot_lnagy@hotmail.com 4BD Mainflr, Rutland. 5appl, seperate laundry, NS, NP. $1200+1/2utils. 250-807-2006 EXCELLENT Condition 2bd, 5appl, uils incl, quiet cul-desac, nice yard. $1200. Avail Feb 1st. Call 250-717-3580 ROOMMATE (perf. younger man), Costco Loc. 1bdr/bth suite in side/side, smkng outside, laundry facilities, furn/or not, yard, pets neg. Close to all bus/shopping, internet/shrd kitchen. $750 incl utils. 862-8882 Avail Mar. 1, sooner
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THE WESTWYND POINT APARTMENTS Behind Orchard Park Mall, adult oriented, NS, NP. 1bd, 1bth from $745, 2bd, 2bth, $995, Studio incl. utils. $625. Please call for appointment 868-3432 or 470-8026 THUNDERBIRD/EVERGREEN APTS. 435/395 Franklyn Road, Kelowna. 1 and 2 bedroom suites, 3-appliances, AC, drapes, walk-in storage, underground secure parking, hot water included, Laundry facilities on site. Close to excellent shopping, major bus routes (excellent bus service to all campuses, Orchard Park Mall & downtown), theaters, medical facilities & restaurants. Rental incentives offered to qualiďŹ ed applicants. Call 250-762-5932 for appointment to view.
Commercial/ Industrial HWY 97N for lease 1acre of Industrial compounded yard, 250-765-3295 - 250-860-5239 UP to 5000sq.ft. newly renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d high exposure commercial space for lease. 250-558-1166
Duplex / 4 Plex 1/2 Month Rent FREE, 4bd. N. Rutland, 2ba., ac, 6appl, garage, close to parks, schools & UBCO, ns, pets neg., $1450. +utils. 765-9339 or 718-2007 1BD. Lower unit in 4plex, in N. Glenmore, ns, np, Avail. Mar. 1st, 5 appl., priv. ent./patio, $800. For info 250-212-2603 1BD near KLO college, suitable for working couple. NP, refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 4appl, $975 utils incl. March 1. DD. 250-861-9013 2BD. 2 lvg.rms., 1ba, WBank, $1000.mo+dd. & hydro, ns, np, Avail. immed, 250-864-4255 2BD W Kel, Avail Mar 1. total reno, new appl, WD, cls. to all, prkg, NS, NP. $850 +utils. 250-767-6330
Housesitting RESPONSIBLE Housesitter avail., 5mo min. Expâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, clean, refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Kelowna 250-808-0830
Mobile Homes & Pads 2BD. In 55+ prk., $675.mo. +utils. Mission, Option to Buy! 860-2863day & 763-2561eves MOBILE Home for rent. Westside. $650 +utils. NP. 250-768-5080, 250-717-1033
Homes for Rent 1BD Cottage, very quiet, in park-like setting along Mission Crk. KLO area, sing. prof. pref. 1 person only, ns, ndogs, cat?, $725.mo. +pwr., 250-762-6627 1BD house on 4.5acres. Approx 750-800sqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Good view, 10mon from airport & UBC. Single person pref. NS, ND. Outside pets only. Unfurnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, FS incl, DD, refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. $750 incl water & cbl, utils extra. You can even bring a horse or 2, self-board, $125/month ea, shelters, room to store 500 bales of hay. Reply to box 289 c/o Capital News. 1st MONTH FREE - 4 BDRM 1.5 BATH: Hardwood flrs, FP, 5 appls, carport, fenced yard. 1/2 blk to beach, bus & Mission Park shops. Pet OK. $1595+utils. 3082 Meikle. 250-762-3455 2.5BD, Mission. np/ns/nd. Mature couple/retired. $1200/mo +util. refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. LM (250)764-1237 2BD, Avail. 272 Asher Clean, 2bth, kit, familyrm, sundeck, carport, lndry, close to Coopers. $1100. +utils. 864-6031 2BD Main flr., deck w/lakeview, 1.5ba, laundry rm, grge, 6appl., ac, ns, np, no children, $1200.incl. utils/cbl/int. Avail now, 250-766-1834 2BDRM, 1bth, Priv. Yard, Pets Neg. $1200/mth, 1/2mth deposit. Avail Immed. 868-2106 3/4BDRM, WinďŹ eld area, $1550+utils. NO PETS. Avail now. Overlooks Wood Lake on East side. Close to schools. Call 250-869-9788 or 250-491-3345 3BD 2ba., main flr house, lg. sundeck, fruit trees, Rutland, close to bus, 1600 sqft, school. Avail. Now. ns, np, $1000. 250-575-0940 3BD. Avail. Immed. w/ensuite, fresh paint, cls. to amens., np, covrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. grge, patio, $1175,+util. Also 1Bd. suite Avail. $675. 250-712-2247, 250-869-9663 3BD Home, 1bth, on orchard, S.E. Kelowna $1600+utils. March 1. Horse pasture. Call 250-317-5871 3BDRM GLENROSA Area. $1575mo+utils. Available now. NO PETS. 250-8699788 or 250-491-3345 3BD, Winfield Home, no bsmt, 6appl, AC, deck, Avail now. NS, NP, $1250., utils. 250-766-3395 Home 4 BDRM 1.5 BATH: Hardwood flrs, FP, 5 appls, carport. 1/2 blk to beach, bus & Mission Park shops. Pet OK. $1475+utils. 3082 Meikle. 250-762-3455 7BD. Huge Home in Rutland w/4bdrm. self-cont. ste. 2lg. decks. all appl., 2car grge., Avail. Feb. 1, $2700. 870-7172 A Clean lrg 4bd+den house, 1.5bth, incl 6appl, CA, ug sprinklers, lrg yard, lawn maint & utils incl. NS. Small pet neg. On quiet street. $1895. 1-250-371-3382 OLDER Farmhouse in Winfield, 2bd, mature cpl. Avail. Mar.1 $850.+dd&util 769-5163
OfďŹ ce/Retail AVAIL Immed. 625sqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; office/retail space, grnd flr/street access. DT banking district. Priv washroom & 1 prking. Agatha, 250-769-7281 HWY 97 North, 1800sqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of retail, 2100sqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of Office/Retail for lease. Rutland area 250-7653295, 250-860-5239
Rooms for Rent 2RMS. Furnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, $600 & $500, Sep. bthrms., utils incl., pool, tennis, np, npty, 250-258-3438 CLEAN Furn. rooms/suites DT Kel W/D utils incl $475+/mo, Quiet Male, 250-861-5757 FURNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;D ROOM for clean, mature, N/S student, working person. Near KLO Campus. Refs & DD req. 250-762-5122. FURNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;D. Shrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d kit, lvrm, full bth, near bus, utils, cbl, int incl. $450. DD & refs. 778-436-8219 LG. Furnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. rm. cbl/wd, share kit/ba., DT cls. to amens. & lake, quiet area, student or working female only, $525. inclâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all. 250-860-4291 Lynn. UNFURNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;D. Shrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d kit, lvrm, full bth, near bus, utils, cbl, int incl. $475. DD & refs. 778-436-8219
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Retirement Suites Available! 250-860-1064 SUITE For any 2 seniors, independence w/care, Upper Mission, entry lev. 2bd. lakeview, $875.ea. to $1275.ea depending on your needs. Call 250-317-3341
Shared Accommodation DT. Lrg room, share house & yard, $550+1/2 elec. Must be quiet, responsible, NS, March 1. 250-470-1179 ROOMMATE for nicely renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d home, nice lrg yard, Rutland. Must be rspctful/reliable. NP. $575+1/2utils. 250-765-4432
Suites, Lower 1BD. 1 Full ba. share w/d, ns, np, cls. to Costco, Mar. 1, $800. incl. utils. 250-448-5661 1BD. Bright, above grd., new Rutland hme. nr. bus rte., ns, quiet working person, $850. util. incl. 250-491-2767
1BD, 1bth, DT Kelowna, 5appl, NS, NP, private. Clean, bright. Mrch1. $775. 768-3042 2BD nicely renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, by Capri creek, NS, NP. Refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Adults, vac. $950.718-8866, 860-9115 2BD suite, avail soon, in orchard, shrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d lndry, NS, NP. 2775 Dunster Rd. 1 in Ellison area. 250-765-9471, 718-6505 BIG 2Bd. N/S, N/P, wd, incl. utils. $1250.mo. 250-864-4562
Cars - Sports & Imports 2006 Honda Civic Si, 2dr, A RARE FIND, 6spd, 4cyl, AC, Habanero-red-pearl, 68,000km mostly hwy miles, winter & summer tires, keyless entry, PS, PL, PW, very economical, 4 disc brakes, sunroof. $21,000. 250-545-8936. 2006 Toyota Yaris 2dr HB, no faulty brakes or sticky gas pedal on this fabulous economical little car. exc/cond! 90,000K (mainly hwy) auto, a/c, p/s, cd player, exc winter/summer tires, dealer serviced $9500 250-545-0997
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Townhouses 2bd, 1.5bth, close to DT, March 1. $1100. Call 250-826-2284 AFFORDABLE 2Bd. End Units x3. Newly renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, fncâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d yrd., prkg., min 4-appl. Rutland nr. sch/shops/prks. Avail now, Feb 15 & Mar 1. $950.-$990. Mark @ 1-250-938-8040
Auto Accessories/Parts (4) 235/70R16 All Season Tires. 75-80% tread, EXCELLENT condition. MUST sell. 778-478-7769, 250-869-7362 CANOPY, Fits 1994-2003 S10 & Sonoma shortbox, highrise canopy, like new cond. sliding tinted windows,dbl. door locks, new@ $1550. Sell @ $790.obo. 250-769-0018 LYLEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TOWING Free removal of unwanted vehicles. Pay up to $1000 for good vehicles. Lots of used parts for sale. 765-8537
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144A Old Vernon Rd 491-8570 2008 Harley Davidson â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Street Bobâ&#x20AC;? Vance & Hines pipes, 3800 miles. 250-862-6160. $17,500
Off Road Vehicles 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700R, like new, barely ridden, $6888 obo. 250-808-2469
ATV-UTV CLEARANCE!! Kids Dirtbike/ATV Start@$249 Adult@ $1499 E-Scooter $689 Buggies, UTV, Plows, Snowblower www.KDMSports.com 1-866-203-0906/250-863-1123
Scrap Car Removal FREE removal of unwanted & scrap cars. Call Paul Haul, 250-808-9593, 24hrs. SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equipment. $2 and up/each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288
Snowmobiles OUR CARS LAST! 02 Chev Impala, full load incl power group, air, tilt, cruise, CD cassette, anti lock breaks, posi traction. 190K. Very clean, drives very well. Needs nothing. $4900 obo. Call Elias 250-870-0870, 250-765-7400 1988 red Chev Beretta, 250,000kms, gd cond, exc trans. $600 obo. 860-9338 1998 Audi A4 quattro, V6, 5spd, 260kms. $5000 obo. 250-307-1215. 1998 Mercury Mystique, loaded, console, cruise, cass, 8 gd tires, immac. 250-767-6216. 2000 VW Jetta TDi, exc cond, 214K, 5spd, ac, 4.5L/100K. Extras. $7950. 250-717-3110 2008 VW EOS; full load; convertible; 38,000km; comes with full set of mounted winter tires. To arrange for viewing please call Associated bailiffs at 250-860-3132 ACURA 2000. 3.2 TL, V6, PL, PW, Leath, Pseats, sunrf, 99,000K. No accidents. $9800 obo. 250-575-5070
1989 HONDA PRELUDE 2.0Si BLACK, AUTO, P/W, SUNROOF, GOOD BODY & COND. NEEDS MINOR WORK 134,000 MILES, $1000 OBO. - MUST SELL (BOUGHT NEW CAR) (250)938-1619, VERNON 2003 Hyundai Tiburon SE, 4cyl 5spd, silver, very good cond. $4500. 250-308-2225.
2003 Polaris Vertical Escape 159 track. Piped. Good condition. 1550 miles $4999. 250 814-0055
Sport Utility Vehicle 1995 Ford Explorer, 230k, new tires & brakes, PS, PB, $1300 obo. 250-765-4807 2003 Blazer, white, 2 sets tires, 4x4, PW, PB, PS, air, PL, 80,000kms, $10,600. 250-938-4066 2003 Jeep TJ Sport, 4.0 4x4, 6cyl, 60,000km, lady driven, c/w softtop, 4 new summers, 4 new studded winters. $14,800 obo. 250-545-8034, 250-308-7840 2008 TOYOTA Rav4 Ltd, 45k, winter tires incl. $25,900. 764-1595eves, 861-7849 days
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2008 4x4 Silverado HD, 3/4 4dr, 6.2 V8 alum drive train, 1ton Detroit locker rear end, tow pkg, 6000 miles, $29,000. 250-550-4789. 92 F-250. Owned since new, no rust, tows 5th wheel, numerous extras, exc cond. 250-766-3901
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IF You have the Desire I have the fire. The difference is only a touch away. Call Mia @ 250-317-8043 anytime. MATURE Lady. Relaxing body rub, 9am - 9pm daily, 250-215-9030 RU HOT nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;ready? Then come play with me & have a taste of this sweetest treat. 250-317-4315 West Kelowna
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Trucks & Vans 07 Chevy Duramax Diesel 4dr. 4x4. This is the perfect truck for you with only 4mos. left on the lease @ only $550. tax incl. & a sweet buy-out of only $26,000. Call Now, has only 82,000km. ph: 250-317-4545 1999 GMC 2500 4x4, ex-cab, s/b, V8 auto, very good cond. $5000. (250)503-0320 1999 GMC Sierra, 4x4,clubcab,180,000kms, loaded. Asking $8,000. 250-549-0447. 2001 Dodge Ram, 2500, diesel, SLT, ex-cab, good cond in/out, $7,900 (250)306-5362 2001 Ford F150 4x4, 190K reg.cab, L/B, good cond, $4900 firm (250)306-3787 2005 Ford 150 Supercrew, 134kms, looks & runs exc, loaded $12,500. 250-503-1124
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CUISINE from Jude’s kitchen gung hay fat choi Chinese New Year celebrations begin today and continue up to Feb. 15th to conclude with the Lantern Festival. The Year of the Tiger begins on Valentine's Day this year, with the new moon (second new moon after the winter solstice) and continues until the full moon Feb. 28. Many food traditions are part of the celebrations, and homes are swept clean prior to the start of the New Year, but then it is not considered good luck to use a broom in case it sweeps out the good fortune. Red packets with money in them are given to children and the unmarried for good luck and wealth. Uncut noodles symbolize a long life and they must not be cut. Fish are considered a good luck food, but again they are to be served whole in order to preserve good fortune. As in the celebrations of special occasions in most cultures, food is at the root of many of the traditions. Family feasts are a focus and going out to visit friends will also involve eating with them. These are all popular activities during the twoweek long celebration. So, take a leaf from the Asian book and enjoy some stir-fried dishes as part of the Chinese New Year celebration. Following are a couple of our family’s favourite dishes, both of which are easy to make and full of fresh flavours and nutrition. Stir-frying uses little fat and because food is cooked so quickly and yet not over cooked, it preserves the freshness and the nutrients, as well as the crispness of vegetables. These dishes present an opportunity to serve a variety of vegetables and just a little lean meat in a satisfying meal.
Peanut Chicken This is a yummy mixture of mellow peanuts, soy and sesame. You may substitute whatever vegetables sound good with this and are available. For instance snow peas or spinach can be tossed in at the last minute and would be good with the peanutty sauce. 3 boneless chicken thighs 1 tbsp. (15 ml) light soy sauce 1/4 tsp. (1 ml) sesame oil 2 tsp. (10 ml) dry sherry cooking oil 6 spears asparagus 4 mushrooms 1 celery stalk 1 onion 1/2 c. (125 ml) water 1 tbsp. (15 ml) teriyaki sauce 2 tbsp. (30 ml) crunchy peanut butter 1 tbsp. (15 ml) cornstarch 1 tbsp. (15 ml) cold water 2 tbsp. (30 ml) toasted sesame seeds Slice boneless chicken thighs or breasts into thin strips and marinate for a few minutes in a mix of light soy sauce, sesame oil and dry sherry (you may substitute rice wine, apple
juice or water). Meanwhile, chop asparagus into oneinch lengths, after removing the tough ends; slice mushrooms, celery and onion and set aside in piles on your work area. Have remaining ingredients handy. Drizzle a little cooking oil in a wok set on medium-high heat and add the onion and stir-fry for a minute; then add the celery and stir; then the mushrooms, and finally, the asparagus. Add the water and cover to steam for a minute or two, but don’t overcook. Remove from wok to a bowl and add another drizzle of oil to the wok. Add the marinated chicken and stir fry until white and firm, a few minutes. Add teriyaki sauce and peanut butter to the middle of the wok and combine, then stir into the chicken, adding a little water if necessary. Push it up the side of the wok, bring the liquid in the bottom to bubbling and add the combination of cornstarch and water, stirring until it thickens and turns translucent. Add the vegetables back and stir everything together until it’s all covered with a glaze of sauce. Garnish with sesame seeds. Serves 3-4.
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Ginger Pork I like to use the lean tenderloin or loin. It’s easy to use, without a lot of trimming. Substitute different Chinese sauces, such as oyster sauce or hoisin, for the brown bean sauce and omit the Szechwan sauce if you like. 1/2 lb. (227 g) pork loin 1 tbsp. (15 ml) minced ginger 1 tbsp. (15 ml) soy sauce 1 tbsp. (15 ml) cornstarch 1 onion 4-6 stalks bok choy 4 mushrooms 1/2 red pepper 1/2 yellow pepper 1 tbsp. (15 ml) minced ginger 1 tbsp. (15 ml) brown bean sauce 1 tsp. (5 ml) Szechwan sauce 1/2 c. (125 ml) water 1 tbsp. (15 ml) cornstarch 1 tbsp. (15 ml) cold water cooking oil, as needed Thinly slice pork loin into strips, sprinkle with a little minced ginger and cornstarch in a small bowl, drizzle with a little soy sauce, mix and set aside in the fridge for a few hours.
Slice onion into strips. Clean bok choy and slice diagonally into half-inch chunks, green tops included, but keep them separate because they need less cooking. Slice mushrooms and dice peppers. Mince remaining ginger. Combine cornstarch and cold water in a small bowl. Drizzle cooking oil into a hot wok on medium-high heat and swirl it around to coat the surface. Throw in half the minced ginger, then the onions and stir fry for a minute. Add chopped stalks of the bok choy, then mushrooms and continue to stir fry for a couple of minutes. Add greens and peppers, half the water, and cover to steam for a minute. Remove to a bowl and add another drizzle of oil to coat the surface of the wok. Add remaining fresh minced ginger and pork and stir fry for a couple of minutes. Don’t worry if it sticks to the wok; just scrape it off to turn the meat over. What’s stuck will become part of the sauce. Push meat up the sides of the wok and add sauces and the other half of the water and bring to bubbling. Recombine cornstarch and cold water mixture and mix in. Return vegetables and stir together. Add more water if needed. Serves 3-4.
Contact Jude’s Kitchen at The Kelowna Capital News, 2495 Enterprise Way, Kelowna, B.C. , V1X 7K2; jsteeves@kelownacapnews.com
Some simple guidelines for readers of Jude's Kitchen There are some basics about my cooking that you should know about in using the recipes created for Jude’s Kitchen. *I mean a large egg when a recipe calls for an egg *usually, butter and margarine are interchangeable *usually, salt and pepper is added to your taste *I generally use sea salt
*fresh ingredients top frozen or canned *organic products are my first choice *wherever possible, I use whole grains, not processed *include a variety of them, when possible *wherever possible, I use fresh herbs *fewer quantities of dried herbs are needed than fresh
*I use extra virgin olive oil *I use grapeseed or olive oil to cook with *I don’t deep fry *feel free to substitute. I do *have fun in the kitchen *encourage others to as well
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Secondary suites to blanket West Kelowna Jason Luciw STAFF REPORTER
A policy now being drafted at the District of West Kelowna will make secondary suites a permitted use for all residential zones in the municipality. Legalizing a suite will come with added costs to the homeowner; however not legalizing a unit could come with an even steeper price if a bylaw officer comes knocking over a complaint about the suite. In approving the draft secondary suite policy this week, council paved the way for suites to be legalized in all single-family residential and agricultural zones in the municipality. In rare cases, multiple family and commercial zones will also allow suites, where single detached houses exist on such properties. By not having to go through the rezoning process, a homeowner does not have to go through the public hearing process or pay the $575 rezoning application fee. On the other hand, it won’t be free to legalize the suite either. Council will charge a $115 annual registration fee. Council has agreed to establish an amnesty period of 12 months, during which time the initial registration fee would be waived. However, every year after that, the $115 would apply. A minimum, one time $100 fee would also apply for a building inspection and any necessary building permit for the suite. Planning manager Nancy Henderson said if an inspector discovers the
suite needs significant upgrades to meet health and safety standards it would then be up to the homeowner to pay to make the changes or to decommission the suite. “A final inspection will be required to ensure that this has occurred,” she stated. “If the property owner wishes to proceed with the required upgrades…a final inspection will (also) be required. The $100 covers (both) required inspections.” There are also added operational costs, which a homeowner would incur for the suite. An additional 40 per cent sewer levy and a second flat rate for water would apply, said Henderson. The quarterly rate for the sewer utility is $60.81, meaning another $24.32 would be charged to the home once every three months, according to Henderson. Flat rates for water vary by neighbourhood. And, it would be up to the homeowner to decide if another garbage bin is required. Extra bins cost up to $55 and come with an added $30 annual curbside collection fee. On the other hand, the penalty for operating an illegal secondary suite is a maximum $1,000 fine, Henderson stated. If the homeowner continues to operate the suite after being fined, the municipality could seek to have the kitchen in the unit decommissioned at the cost of the homeowner. On a final note, the new policy will require that the homeowner reside in a house where there’s a secondary suite. jluciw@kelownacapnews.com
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Mayor pays back the raise he was given Jason Luciw STAFF REPORTER
A $2,762 cheque has been cut for the District of West Kelowna, courtesy of Mayor Doug Findlater. The amount is equal to the 4.5 per cent raise the mayor received this year, taking his salary to $60,853 from $58,091 this year. “I was very uncomfortable with that kind of raise/increase, 4.5 per cent, in hard times,” said Findlater. “I know what’s going on in work places, I’ve got a son in job sharing. Other members of the family, they’re hanging on. So it just doesn’t seem right to
Doug Findlater (take) it.” Findlater said he wrote a cheque Tuesday afternoon. West Kelowna administrator Jason Johnson said the raise has already been added back into general revenue and will go toward other municipal
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2010. The formula gave councillors a raise of less than one per cent. Their remuneration goes to $20,654 from $20,502 this year, a raise of $152 or 18 times less than what Findlater received. Findlater said the difference in percentages was enough to convince him that the policy should be revisited. He noted that the City of Kelowna and the Central Okanagan Regional District strike citizens’ committees to determine remuneration rates for mayor, councillors and board directors. Although the citizens’
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Councillor questions consultation Jason Luciw STAFF REPORTER
With 800 berths, a dry dock storage facility, restaurants, hotel, shops, vineyards, a winery and trails all in the works, a member of West Kelowna council wonders why such a massive marina project has come so far without any public consultation. Coun. Carol Zanon raised the issue this week as council was given its first official look at the estimated $175 million Vineyard Marina proposal. “This thing is so big that I would really like to see a public consultation process,” Zanon stated, noting the public’s sensitivity to changes to the waterfront. “You’re talking about 40-odd hectares here and we couldn’t even man-
age with one lot down on Whitworth (Road). Is there an appetite with the public for this?” Zanon was referring to council’s decision last month to abandon plans for a land swap in Gellatly Bay. In that case, however, the public opposed the disposal of a municipally owned beach access on Whitworth Road, which would have been given to a private property owner. In exchange, the individual would have handed over a piece of his land on Gellatly Road to West Kelowna for future expansion of Marina Park. In the case of Vineyard Marina all three properties are held privately. Regardless, West Kelowna administrator Jason Johnson mentioned that there would be a public hearing into the Vineyard Marina project should an
John Weisbeck Official Community Plan amendment and rezoning application pass first and second readings. Subsequently, council asked staff to prepare the necessary bylaws so council could take another look at the proposal and consider forwarding it to public hearing. After the meeting, Vineyard Marina spokesman John Weisbeck with Okanagan Wharf Development Group also noted that there would be
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Municipality’s secondary suite gravy train may be empty
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he gravy train is coming and it’s called the Secondary Suite Express. But West Kelowna council may have a hard time convincing suite owners to take a ride on this new locomotive. Council approved a new draft policy this week aimed at encouraging people to come forward to legalize their seconday suites. The policy, if approved, would place blanket zoning over West Kelowna, instantly making a secondary suite a permitted use in any singlefamily home in the municipality––no rezoning required. But the $600 break on rezoning costs might not be enough to convince people to come forward, given all the other fees homeowners would still be asked to pay to keep their suites legal each year. Inspection and building permit
fees, totaling a minimum of $100, would be charged first. A 40 per cent increase in sewer rates would apply, as would a second flat rate for Jason water. And that’s just for Luciw starters. There’s no telling if council would add premiums in future for transit, a garbage transfer station, curbside waste collection and other services. Also added to the costs would be an annual registration fee. In a flash, the rate went from the $50 per unit, which staff proposed, up to $115 during political debate on the amount this week. And that showed council will have a hard time keeping its fingers out of suite owners’ pockets. Only Coun. David Knowles opposed the 230 per cent instant increase.
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Coun. Duane Ophus convinced the rest of council to accept the increase, saying running a rental unit was basically the same as operating a business. “And I think (fees) should probably at least be at the same level as (they) are for a business license, which is $85,” said Ophus. Coun. Carol Zanon said something similar. “Although we’ve long discussed the point of (suites) being necessary housing for servicing a lack or a need in the community, (a suite) is a money making operation for the person who is, or the people who are, renting out the suite,” said Zanon. But, it seems, council needs to be reminded that suites are not businessrelated in most cases. They are now a necessary mortgage helper for many homeowners. Just look at how difficult it is to hold onto a house in the Okanagan given recent prices to buy one. In promoting the higher registra-
tion fee, Ophus noted council is incurring significant costs in creating its policy. “We need to be trying to recover (costs) from the people who are primary beneficiaries of it,” he said. Actually, the primary beneficiary of this policy is council, which is hoping to draw out all the suite owners it can’t seem to find now, judging by the vague estimates on the number of illegal suites that might exist in the municpality. West Kelowna’s guess is anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000. In a municipality of 29,000, that’s quite a spread. By comparison, there are 28 legal suites in the municipality and about 14 applications to legalize others waiting in the queue. Council will be endorsing a socalled “amnesty period” for those owners who come forward to legalize their rental units within the first 12 months of the policy. The start date for the amnesty period is still being determined.
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The amnesty is basically a break on the first year’s registration fee. But Mayor Doug Findlater didn’t think an amnesty was necessary, and that’s further proof that council has no problem taking secondary suite owners’ money. “The people who own a secondary suite and rent it to someone else are making money off it and surely they can afford the registration fees,” said the mayor. Council may want to keep the goal of legalizing suites in mind ahead of the almighty dollar in this case. Lower the registration fee back to $50 and make the sewer and water premiums half of what’s currently being proposed and then, just maybe, more secondary suite owners will buy into the program. Otherwise, the Secondary Suite Express is going to be one empty gravy train. Jason Luciw is the Westside reporter for the Capital News. jluciw@kelownacapnews.com
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he work environment can be an interesting place. There are so many expectations and so many personalities to juggle and it all has to be managed in harmony. But so often, that’s just not the reality. It used to be that whenever someone asked what I was like to work with, I was immediately transported back to my childhood. In preschool, I think I “played well with others”, but somewhere along the line, I dropped the thread. Working for a living isn’t easy. It demands that we play well with others, even when we don’t feel like it. Sometimes we’re tired and crabby and our personal lives are falling
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Karin Wilson apart around us. But we’re told to check our egos at the door, check our lives at the door and simply do our jobs. I did that for a while, and frankly, it was soulnumbing. So what happened? I checked out and went into hiding as a freelancer. It was nice. I was able to pretend that I played well with others by only having my-
self to play with. But soon I tired of my own company and found that I really did need others not only to increase the size of my pay cheque but also help me to get, and deliver, bigger ideas. Now I’m engaged with others on a what is pretty much a full-time basis, and I love it. One of the primary things I learned in those solo years was that I got to experience my own failings. There was no one to hide from. I had to rely on myself to boost up my energy, rely on myself to remain calm. I learned to be my own counsel. I also watched what others did who I believed were successful. One of the biggest
practices they engaged in was one of those highlighted in Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements— don’t take anything personally. It’s a beautiful reminder to recall that no matter what is happening in your life, or in other people’s lives, it has nothing to do with you. What this does is it gets ego out of the way, and provides some room for us to breathe. When something comes up that makes me wince, I see that in myself before I react and then remind myself that, just like me, they’re doing the best job they can do at the time. And it’s not for me to judge. But I still take things personally, and it can get
me into trouble. This past week I had an experience where I got myself all tied up in knots over a potential deal with a long-time business partner.
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I was angry, I was losing sleep, and most of all I was dreading a meeting where I was going to have to stand my ground and
say my peace. And I was feeling anything but peaceful. I spoke with my spiritual counsellor (yes I have one too), and he reminded me to listen with my heart. Over the next few hours before the meeting, I contemplated those words and as I was driving to my meeting a new thought came to me: what if this is all a genuine misunderstanding. My game plan changed instantly. Rather than march in all uppity, I decided to reestablish the bond first before I went into my tale of woe. And rather than point fingers (taking things personally), I opted to say I was confused, and need-
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ed that clarified before I could sign the agreement. In less time that it takes to dot an i and cross a t, it became apparent that the problem rested not with a verbal misunderstanding, but a classic case of bad editing. The wrong information was in the document. What a difference listening with the heart makes. What a difference it makes to not take things personally. Try it out for a week. I’d be interested to hear your results. Karin Wilson is a freelance journalist and staff minister at the Centre for Spiritual Living in Kelowna where she runs The Gratitude Cafe on ▼ Wednesday nights. karinwilson@telus.net
▼ COUNCIL
Local business owner requests leniency for signs , taxes Jason Luciw STAFF REPORTER
Natural Harvest owner Randall Kovacs says the District of West Kelowna needs to cut his business some slack when it comes to sign bylaws and taxes. If the municipality is unwilling to give small business a few breaks then he said he will have no choice but to follow others who’ve packed up from Westbank Town Centre and gone to the neighbouring Westbank First Nation commercial centre. “People are going to the band (land) because they’ve got a lot of (commercial) space and they want to fill it.” Kovacs said he’s watched friends move their businesses to band land in the last year, and he admits it’s looking more attractive to him too. “It’s like your friends are going to another
school. Do you stay at the old school or go to the new school?” he offered as an analogy. “Do you want to be with your friends or do you want to be by yourself?” Westbank Town Centre is “seeing a severe business drain,” the way Kovacs sees it. He said the CIBC branch recently moved to WFN land and Cooper’s Foods’ downtown Westbank location folded because of increasing competition from stores like Wal-Mart in the Westbank First Nation commercial centre. “We’ve seen some significant players that are gone.” A quick call to a couple of other businesses offered the Capital News a somewhat different view, however. Gary Stabb with The Good Guys electronics store on Main Street said he has seen a drop in busi-
ness from competition on Westbank First Nation land stores and because of the unsteady economy. However, he’s still doing well and is committed to his location in Westbank’s town centre where he’s operated for 13 years. The municipality does need to do more though to help bring traffic back into downtown Westbank, including moving quickly on a town centre plan, beautification efforts and resisting calls to create a competing West Kelowna town centre in the Mount Boucherie area. Meanwhile, Troy Schmidt with JK Schmidt Jewelers noted that property managers have come knocking on his door asking him to move from Main Street to the Westbank First Nation commercial centre, but it’s a move he wouldn’t make. “We’ve been here for 30 years. We’re happy where we are. We’re do-
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s an insurance company representative lying or just being misleading? Car crash victims are regularly told insurance companies paycompensation ranging from $1 to $6,500 for injuries that they dismissively refer to as “soft tissue” injuries. I suppose if you count only those who negotiate directly with an insurance adjuster, and not those who are assisted by an experienced personal injury lawyer, that statement may be true. But in my view, failing to add that clarification is appallingly dishonest. Faced with a public logos such as “building trust, driving confidence,” uninformed crash victims be-
lieve what they’re told, that $1 to $6,500 is the range of available compensation. Faced with that range, an offer of $5,000 looks fair and Paul reasonable. doesn’t make Hergott senseIt to hire a lawyer, at a cost of one-third of the claim in legal fees, in the hopes of squeezing the extra $1,500 out of an insurance company. It also doesn’t make sense to wait out the very optimistic prediction that is made by the medical system, that the sore neck and headaches will resolve themselves within a very short period of time. Yes, the prediction is often an accurate one, and it helps to have a positive outlook, but every doctor will
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agree that the prediction may not turn out to be reality. So why wait? If fair compensation maxes out at $6,500, what difference does it make if the pain takes a little longer to go away? Aside from misleading people about the range of compensation, another tactic that can result in gross unfairness is encouraging early settlements. The truth is, the range of compensation does not max out at $6,500. It doesn’t even max out at $65,000 or $100,000 for that matter. The truth is that fair compensation is not measured by injury labels, like “soft tissue”. Rather, it is measured by the amount of loss suffered as a result of the injury. A “soft tissue” injury that heals completely within two to three
months results in a smaller amount of loss compared to a one that never heals, leaving the injured person with neck pain and headaches that never go away. Both injuries have the “soft tissue” label. Fair compensation for the one injury may well be $5,000. Fair compensation for another may be over $1 million, depending on how that neck pain and those headaches impact on the ability to earn income. An insurance adjuster will regularly make a settlement offer within a week of a crash and in some cases as early as a couple days after a crash. At that point, there is no way of knowing how long the symptoms will last and, as such, there is no way of knowing what compensation will be fair. In fact, at day two, there may be injuries that have not yet become ap-
parent. In my view, the very act of making a settlement offer that soon after a crash is a clear attempt to take advantage of the general population’s ignorance about their rights. Confronted with a “building trust and driving confidence” image, and a misleading compensation range, the general public is an easy mark. Don’t allow yourself or someone you know to be that easy mark.
This column is intended to provide general information about injury claims. It is not a substitute for retaining a lawyer to provide legal advice specifically pertaining to your case. Paul Hergott is a lawyer at Hergott Law in West Kelowna. paul@hlaw.ca
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Construction slowdown reflected in numbers Statistics confirm talk that the sputtering economy caused building activity to slow in West Kelowna last year. Figures from the Central Okanagan Region-
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524 in 2008. The value of all construction in West Kelowna was $51.4 million last year compared to $91.5 million in 2008. Central Okanaganwide stats show an even
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could do more to make it attractive for him to stick around. The first would be for West Kelowna to ease up on sign bylaws, which Kovacs said prevent him from posting a sign just over one block from his business to draw people in from Highway 97. By contrast, Stabb S and Schmidt have businesses on Highway 97. Kovacs said he spent $300 on directional signs and then he had to pay a
$50 fine to get them back after West Kelowna bylaw officers removed them. Since the signs were forced off the highway business is down 20 per cent, Kovacs stated. “The sign was a reminder to get people in the store (because) we’re a block and a half off the highway. We’re already seeing a severe business drain. Let us be successful. Let us do our own marketing. We’re not hurting anybody, we’re only trying to provide service to the public.”
The municipality could also offer a bigger break on commercial taxes, he added. This year’s proposed 3.75 per cent tax increase is a double whammy to his business, Kovacs mentioned. That’s because his property assessment on his building on Hoskins Road already increased 17 per cent, or $88,000, up to $503,600. It’s an increase he is puzzled by given the exit of businesses from downtown Westbank, the fact he hasn’t done any recent improve-
ments to his building and considering the municipality has made no significant service upgrades or municipal beautification in the area. He said he would be appealing his assessment. Stabb and Schmidt also agreed that the municipality needed to carefully consider the impact tax hikes have on downtown businesses, considering the fragile economy and increasing competition from stores on band land.
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he number of jobs in Canada is up again. It’s true. The employment numbers released last week showed an increase of 43,000 more people into the workforce. That’s the fourth straight month of increases. I told a group of people that a couple of days ago. They hadn’t heard. Don’t you find that a bit strange? They hadn’t heard? Not their fault. It just hadn’t been that broadly reported. It’s common know-
Stockwell Day ledge that a strong market and decisions to invest in job creating businesses are significantly based on a sense of confidence. Don’t get me wrong. Bad government policies
and over-spending can depress the market too. All I’m saying is, without a balanced reflection, which includes the positive, an unrealistic level of pessimism can discourage investment decisions. ••• On local matters, it sure was good to announce funding for an $8.8 million wastewater treatment project for West Kelowna. Mayor Doug Findlater has been after this for some time on your behalf. He’s like a bulldog at times.
I was pleased to join local MLA and Public Service Minister Ben Stewart to announce that the project is now a go. ••• And, talking about about good news stories—think of Peerless, right here in our constituency. The company builds the most amazing heavyduty mega-trailers in the world. Have you ever seen those giant windmill towers that are popping up all over the planet? Have you ever wondered how they get moved onto their loca-
tion? I’ll tell you how. The guys down at Peerless build these ginormous trailers. Then they ship them all over the world. It’s very impressive and they are built right here. ••• Impressive is also how I would describe the Olympic Torch run through Merritt and area last weekend. I first took part in an inspiring ceremony under the stars on Lower Nicola Band land. The chief and his people put together an
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amazing program and you should have heard the crowd when the aboriginal runners came into the arbour and onto the stage. Then we moved to the site set up in the parade square in Merritt. The night was cold but the crowd of thousands was hot. Again, the starry night sky was the covering for a great time of cheering and believing. Big congratulations to all the volunteers in the Okanagan and Nicola vallies for making the torch run events among the best in Canada.
••• My schedule for this week has me heading to Ottawa on Monday night midnight flight then on to meetings all day Tuesday and Wednesday morning. I fly back to Vancouver for business and Olympic meetings on Wednesday and Friday. Then Friday night and Saturday I’ll back here for constituency meetings. Call the office anytime if you need to talk. Stockwell Day is the Conservative MP for Okanagan-Coquihalla and Canada’s Treasury Board president.
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Peachland sportsmen honour own There were no empty seats at Saturday’s 26th annual wild game banquet put on by the Peachland Sportsmen’s Association, as more than 300 people enjoyed an evening of good food, entertainment, raffles, prizes and awards. The annual event is a fundraiser for projects such as this year’s plan to do riparian rehabilitation work along the lower reaches of Trepanier Creek. Money is also being raised by employees of the Westbank Wal-Mart store. Past projects funded by the event have included participation in construction of a wildlife exclusion fence along Highway 97 between Peachland and Summerland, stream rehabilitation work in
the upper reaches of Trepanier Creek, fish habitat improvements in Powers Creek and Deep (Peachland) Creek and brush cutting in the Antlers Saddle area south of Peachland to improve habitat for overwintering deer. More than 50 volunteers worked to set up and decorate the Peachland community hall for the banquet and awards ceremony, as well as prepare the wild game meats such as bear, deer, elk and cougar for guests, pick up and organize raffle prizes from merchants who donated them and all the other details that must be looked after to put on such an event. Some of the raffle prizes included a locally-made, light-weight,
$1,800 Infinyte Marine utility boat donated by the company, a 37-inch plasma television donated by Gorman Brothers and an $1,100 sapphire and diamond dinner ring donated by Rudy Litz of L&0 Jewellers. PSA president Jon Koehle introduced special guests at the event such as Penticton MLA and Speaker of the House Bill Barisoff and thanked all the prize donors and volunteers for helping to put on the event. Koehle presented Kelowna Capital News columnist and reporter Judie Steeves with the Sports Person of the Year award and a bouquet of flowers in thanks for her volunteer work. Youth awards were
presented to: Bethany Froehlich in youth archery for her non-typical mule deer; Courtney White for her typical mule deer; Tristan Hawtree for his typical mule deer in the junior category; and Jeff Froehlich for his typical whitetail deer in the youth category. In the adult categories, awards went to: Brent Froehlich for his non-typical mule deer in the archery category; Mark Scheid for his non-typical mule deer; Mike Molloy for his typical mule deer; Harley White for his typical whitetail deer; Mike Molloy for his elk; Jon Koehle for his grizzly bear; Brian Mellis for his moose; Mike Molloy for his salmon and Georgia Scheid for the ladies’ mule deer.
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an amazing line-up of music, theatre, and other cultural events for the Cultural Olympiad. Vancouver Olympic organizers have David also tried to reduce the Suzuki environmental impact of the 2010 Games. For example, venues and infrastructure have been built using energy-efficient technologies, clean-energy sources will be used for many aspects of the Games, and carbon offsets will balance out a significant portion of the emissions from the Games. As a result of these and other initiatives, the 2010 Olympics are expected to produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions than previous Winter Olympics. But that doesn’t mean the Vancouver Olympics are as green as they could be. In fact, we may eventually have to rethink our approach to such global mega-events if we are serious about reducing the impacts of climate
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change, particularly as the very future of winter Olympics depends on having winters cold enough to sustain snow and ice. We hope that future host cities, and the IOC itself, will learn from the lessons of the 2010 Olympics. For example, despite an emphasis on public-transit use during the Games, the Vancouver Olympics will leave the region with few long-term improvements in sustainable transportation. Instead, the highway up to Whistler was widened at a cost of $600 million. And so far, 2010 Olympic organizers haven’t made the most of opportunities to tell the story of their climate initiatives to Canadians and the world. Because so many people will be focused on the host city, and because climate change is a defining issue of our time, the winter Olympics offer an unparalleled opportunity to inspire billions of people around the world with solutions to global warming. The IOC itself must also play a stronger role to ensure that Olympic organizers take the environment ser-
iously. A look back at previous Olympics shows remarkably varied performances regarding the environment, with the Athens 2004 Games standing out in particular for their weak environmental record. The IOC should set minimum environmental benchmarks so that every organizing committee has clear targets to meet – or exceed. Such benchmarks would also allow successive Olympic Games to be assessed and compared and opportunities for improvement to be identified. The IOC should also put in a place an external monitoring body for each host city to ensure that standards for addressing climate impacts are upheld. For example, the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 was created to increase accountability of the London Olympic organizers with respect to their sustainability commitments. And because not all host countries have the same financial means, the IOC could create an environmental fund, with financing from mediarights revenues or other sources.
The fund could help less wealthy countries to incorporate environmental considerations into their games, and to invest in long-term environmental and social initiatives in their regions. Of course, environmental initiatives around Olympic Games are a shared responsibility. For the Vancouver Games, the federal, provincial, and municipal governments, the organizing committee, and other organizations are all accountable when it comes to ensuring that the Games themselves are green and that they leave a lasting legacy for the region. The Vancouver Olympics have demonstrated that climate change initiatives, such as green venues and clean energy, are not only doable but affordable and can leave lasting legacies for host cities. Future Olympics can and should raise the bar even higher by finding ways to reduce their climate impact and inspiring their worldwide audiences with climate solutions. with Faisal Moola David Suzuki is a scientist and broadcaster based in Vancouver.
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1.8 kilometres up Westside Road Highway 97, almost straight Maw. The SPCA is media urgently seeking from temporary fosterLake from the has received lots of attention across Okanagan already, to the point that 400 names Delta Grand resort in Kelowna. for homeless and injured animals. Foster families are have already been placed on a wait Westside Road intersects the ardian angels’ a safe list for boat slips.of shelter animals, providing three private properties being con“There’s huge demand out sidered for the facility. ving environment until there,” Weisbeck mentioned, referThe steeper properties to the manent canmoorage on Oka- west of Westside Road would be dering to ahome lack of nagan veloped into trails and vineyards, acnd. If Lake. you can As to when construction might cording to Weisbeck. estart a temporary on the marina, Weisbeck “This is not a housing project.” couldn’t say for certain. Housing would kill the marina for an animal in “At least a couple of years.” project, said fellow spokesman Ken please call your Vineyard Marina is to be built Enders.
“It’s a public facility. We need andthousands Maw. The SPCA is urgently seekingthere, of people to come temporary homes yacht for homeless not an foster exclusive club.and It’s a injured animals. Foster are the said completely openfamilies foreshore,” ‘guardian angels’ of shelter animals, providing Enders. a safe and environment a conTheloving lakeshore sideuntil would permanent home can be the found. If youboutique can tain a boardwalk, hotel, provide a temporary haven for animal inmore shops, restaurants, a an winery, need, please calland your the localmarina. SPCA shelter. vineyards A large lakeside boat storage facility for up to 600 boats was also in the works, however, it is now being scaled back because of the scar on the landscape it would create, explained Weisbeck.
Looking for a paw… and Maw. The SPCA is urgently seeking temporary foster homes for homeless and injured animals. Foster families are the ‘guardian angels’ of shelter animals, providing a safe and loving environment until a permanent home can be found. If you can provide a temporary haven for an animal in need, please call your local SPCA shelter.
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Like many government leaders in B.C., Penticton Mayor Dan Ashton will be using Olympic tickets provided to him by B.C. from yourLotteries. local SPCA But, he says, his family will make donations equal to the two tickets’ price. “Yes, I’m doing it, but in my opinion, I’m taking the high road on it and making sure there is compensation,” said Ashton.
Ashton was offered tickets to the GermanySweden hockey game on Feb. 17., a game his 13-year-old son expressed interest in attending. Noting the recent controversy some B.C. mayors had garnered by accepting free Olympic tickets, Ashton told the lottery official offering the tickets that he wanted to pay for them. “He phoned me back a
few days later and told me Ashton thinks the that BC Lotteries couldn’t whole issue of political take the money Information because about leaders accepting Olymfostering is also available of company policy,” tickets had been blown on thesaid BC SPCApic website at www.spca.bc.ca. Ashton. out of proportion. Ashton decided to “I think a mountain is ask his son and daughter being made out of a mole your local to both make $140 dona-A message hillfromon thisSPCAstuff,” said tions to their favorite char- Ashton. “If it wasn’t the ities. His daughter, 11, Olympics that were atchose the SPCA where tached to it, but just some she volunteers regularly hockey game in Vancouand his son chose to give ver, you wouldn’t be hearthe money to Penticton ing about this. Soupateria. Penticton Western News
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Fight night planned for Westbank centre Calling all fight fans. Madkatz Boxing Club, located in West Kelowna and Kelowna, is organizing an evening of amateur boxing for later this month. The first of two main events of the evening will pit Tony Racano Jr. from Madkatz Boxing Club against Teddy Birovchak from Peachland, with both weighing in around 300 pounds. The other main event will feature B.C. middleweight champ Tommy Spiers of Prince George against Mohamed Nassar from Calgary. “Both main events will be pretty exciting to watch,”said Madkatz coach Geoff Lawrence. “Both Spiers and Nassar are national-level boxers so you can expect to see a great bout with highly polished skills from both competitors. Tony and Teddy are both big boys and big hitters, so you will see heavyweight power in that match.” The Night of Action, as it has been dubbed, will take place on Feb. 27 at the Westbank Commun-
ity Centre. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the matches commencing at 7 p.m. “Boxing B.C. regulations mandate match-ups that are close in weight, age, and the number of official bouts,” said Lawrence. “So all of the boxers will be fairly matched. The most important thing for everyone is safety to ensure that nobody gets hurt. Boxing is a great sport for all ages, but especially attracts teens. You won’t find better conditioning than boxing. In fact, we hope to have a female match on Feb. 27. He added organizers try to match local boxers to give them experience for rising to provincial and national levels. “Some day you will see local boxers at the Olympics.” Tickets can be purchased at Flaman’s Fitness in West Kelowna. First row tickets cost $25 each, $20 for ringside, and $10 for general admission. For more information, or tickets in Kelowna, call Geoff Lawrence at 250-859-1397.
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Mount Boucherie’s Julia Ransom is back from the World Youth Biathlon Championships in Sweden. The Grade 11 student had solid results as the youngest member of Team Canada, taking fourth place in the team relay with the Canadian team. Ransom will compete in March at the national biathlon, as well as the national cross-country championships. For more on this dynamic young athlete, check out the sports section of the Capital News today. DANIEL GIROUX/ CONTRIBUTER
Warriors prepare for playoffs as season winds down The Westside Warriors kick off the final week of the B.C. Hockey League regular season Tuesday with a midweek game against Trail. It will be the third straight
game against the Smoke Eaters for Westside, which is in Trail this weekend for a double-header Friday and Saturday nights. After returning home, the Warriors will have just three
games remaining in the season. On Tuesday, they meet Trail again at Royal LePage Place and next weekend will be in Penticton on Friday before closing out the regular season Saturday against
Vernon at Royal LePage Place. The BCHL playoffs begin the following weekend with the Warriors set to host a first round series that will begin on Feb. 26. Their opponent has to be decided.
▼ PHYSICAL FITNESS
Dealing with the problem of adrenal fatigue in women
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adies, are you always tired? Is every morning a struggle just to get out of bed? Do you find yourself nodding off around 3 p.m. every afternoon? Do you panic if you stay up past 9 p.m. because of how tired you’ll be the next day? Just as we learn to accept our expanding stomachs, failing eyesight and lapses in memory, many of us surrender to fatigue. We don’t want to be whiney or needy. We just go to bed earlier and earlier in hopes of catching up on some much needed sleep. If your fatigue is due to impaired adrenal gland function, you will need to do much more than try to sleep longer if you want to feel better.
When adrenal glands are continually stressed many of the body’s systems become compromised which can lead to cortisol dominance, inNina sulin resistance and of Heyes course excess weight – especially around the belly. If you are in a state of adrenal imbalance, cutting calories probably won’t help you to lose weight because your body is going into a starvation mode in which it is doing everything it can to prepare for famine. This means it is holding on to every single calorie and storing it – you know where – in that tire around the belly. Adrenal fatigue can also result in compromised immune function, inability to concentrate and insomnia or
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poor sleep patterns. The most common effect is severe fatigue. Women need to pay special attention to adrenal health as they approach menopause because of the role these glands play in hormone regulation. Often women will visit their physicians due to symptoms of menopause and be put on hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The likelihood of needing pharmaceutical intervention is lessened if the adrenal system is healthy. Obviously your physician is your best source of advice for the use of HRT. but it can’t hurt to know that your diet and stress management can have nothing but a positive effect on your menopausal symptoms. Dietary changes can improve adrenal health. People who are stressed or tired tend to be poor eaters, a kind of vicious cycle because an
unhealthy body will often crave unhealthy foods. Meal content and timing are both essential. The idea is to prevent drastic changes in blood sugar as these will affect cortisol output. A healthy, balanced breakfast eaten by 8 a.m. is your most important meal of the day. Lunch should be between 11 a.m. and noon, with a nutritious snack between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Dinner should be your lightest meal of the day and should be eaten by no later than 6 p.m. (earlier would be better). Beverages like colas and coffee can have a very negative effect on energy. The same is true for simple carbs and processed foods that may give you the instant pick-me-up you crave but will ultimately leave you feeling tired. Talk to a professional about vitamin and mineral supplements that can
help support adrenal health. If she agrees a supplement would be beneficial choose a high quality product without additives. Severe fatigue is not a normal part of aging. Adrenal fatigue is common but it isn’t something most of us understand. It is interesting that most women in their 40s and 50s are well versed when it comes to hormone replacement therapy to relieve their uncomfortable symptoms and chronic fatigue but we rarely consider our diets and stress management as a viable option or compliment to pharmaceutical treatment. It is empowering to know that lifestyle and dietary changes can really have a positive impact on our health and feeling of well being. Nina Heyes is a fitness director and certified personal trainer at BodyFit Fitness in West Kelowna.
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for rental requests in 2010 there is only a short window of un-booked time for both arenas,” said Beaudreau, in a staff report that went to council this week. “New to the District
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Local company wins part of huge modular house contract F With the awarding of a $15.5 million contract for the construction of 322 affordable modular housing units for seniors and people with disabilities in rural British Columbia, the provincial and federal governments have given a significant boost to the modular home construction sector in B.C., says Chris Inkster, principal of Westbank’s Freeport Industries Ltd., one of the four firms that will share the contract. “This contract affirms what we’ve always said about modular homes,” said Inkster. “They not only provide the quality, custom design and durability of traditional site-built structures, but also save time and money by being constructed in a controlled environment. We believe the provincial and federal governments have recognized these advantages by choosing modular homes for this project.” The Sage Creek development on West-
bank First Nation land is a prime example of Freeport’s work. The adult-oriented gated community showcases modular homes at their best, said Inkster. The single-storey two and three bedroom homes range in size from 1,140-square-feet to 1,500-square-feet and are customized for each owner. “We can make modular homes to suit any price and any taste,” said Inkster. “For example, some owners want their homes wired for computers or sound systems, others want workshops for their hobbies. We also provide wheelchair access to all areas of the homes if needed. This is the convenience and flexibility that characterizes modern modular construction. We can provide virtually anything that an owner wants.” Inkster said Freeport expects to start construction of the 46 units that
comprise its portion of the contract at the company’s 18,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in here before the end of the month. Construction will take about four months, after which the modules will be shipped to Prince George and Vanderhoof for final assembly on site. He said perceptions of modular homes have changed considerably in recent years as design, construction methods and quality have improved. “These are definitely not trailers or portables that some people associated with modular homes in the past,” said Inkster. “These are bona fide homes that are virtually indistinguishable from site-built houses.” By manufacturing the units off-site at its own facility, Freeport can control many of the factors that can cause delays in traditional home construction, such as bad weather, site preparation challenges and availability of sub-contractors.
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AN EXAMPLE of the modular houses local company Freeport Industries Ltd. makes. The company has won part of a $15.5 million federal-provincial contract to make houses for seniors and people with disabilites in rural B.C. “Our manufacturing team includes all the specialist we require to get the job done on time and on budget – and at the end of the day, that’s what our customers want,” he said. The modular units for
the project will use almost all B.C. wood, sourced from pine beetle-infected forests. As part of the Seniors’ Rental Housing initiative, the units will be shipped to selected rural commun-
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Often I hear that the dragon is the strongest, and overall, the most desired. I have to disagree on both counts. Each symbol represents Sallie strength and vigor but Ritchey those born in the Year of the Tiger are said to be energetic and powerful as befits the tiger. The tiger is also said to be lucky, vibrant, luminous and engaging. Another attribute of the tiger is incredible bravery, evidenced by willingness to engage in battle or her undying courage. Maybe she’s so brave because she is so sanctified. The Chinese say having a tiger in the house is the very best protection against the evils of fire and burglary. People born under the sign of the Tiger are said to not find worth in
power or money. They will be completely honest about how they feel and expect the same of you. They seek approval from peers and family. Generally, because of their charming personalities, Tigers are well liked. Tigers are also incorrigibly competitive—they simply cannot pass up a challenge, especially when honor is at stake, or they are protecting those they love. Tigers are unpredictable and it would be unwise to underestimate their reactions. They may appear cool, but they have a big cat’s instincts to pounce any moment. Natural leaders, they have a strong sense of their own dignity, and if they find themselves in the ranks, they can be stubborn and obstinate. In positions of power, they can be difficult, though stimulating bosses. Tigers are intelligent, alert, and far-
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sighted. They have their fingers on the pulse. Good strategists and tacticians, they often have a hidden agenda. As long as they do not risk their luck too often, and keep their restless nature under control, their tactics usually pay off in life. Saying all that, if you are to have the pleasure of having a “tiger” in your home, there are ways of calming the beast within with its surroundings. Each tiger in your home has an insatiable desire to den. Even though this person is social, they require a warm, quiet and comfortable space in the home to curl up in. Often, much thought is accomplished in this space too. The tiger can be found in this space for hours upon hours, with a favorite book, craft, game or taking in a movie. Discover the tiger’s favorite colour, pattern, or texture, and adorn this
space with it. It can easily be tied into the home’s decor. This will create a timid, yet loyal person. One thing to keep in mind when you are going to decorate with a tiger in the home is there should only be one tiger art piece or trinket in the home. Tigers do not like to share their spaces with other tigers. If this is the case, it would be wise to place one item on one floor of the home and another in another area of the home. It may sound ridiculous, but it is a traditional Chinese philosophy, and who wants to argue with that. Sallie Ritchey is an interior and exterior design consultant and owner of A Decorative Touch in West Kelowna. 250-215-6364 adecorativetouch@gmail.com
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With the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver just a matter of weeks away, many of us are already planning our televisionviewing schedules to ensure we don’t miss any of our favourite events or athletes. Yet, while our athletes are striving to reach gold, the majority of Canadians are not active enough for good health. With obesity rates at an all-time high, the importance of daily physical activity and healthy eating cannot be stressed enough. Right now, just over 25 per cent of Canadian adults are obese. That’s more than eight million people at high risk for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke, and certain forms of cancer. The associated costs to quality of life and to healthcare systems are disturbing
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heart of Whistler Village beginning February 13. “The Victory Ceremonies concerts will be the place to be in the evenings in Vancouver and Whistler during the Games,” said Christy Nicolay, vicepresident, sport production and Victory Ceremonies for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC). “Spectators will get a chance to witness top athletes in their shining moments on the podium and be treated to an amazing night of top Canadian and international entertainment.” The nightly Victory Ceremonies enable spectators to share in the excitement of the shining moment when Olympic Games athletes receive their medals. Each of the Vancouver Victory Ceremonies begins with a 30-minute show by the host province or territory for the night, which is also simulcast live in Whistler.
“ Spectators will get a chance to witness top athletes in their shining moments on the podium and be treated to an amazing night of top Canadian and international entertainment.”
This is followed by the inspiring medal presentations to athletes in both locations. The evening concludes with concert finales that honour the medallists and feature performances by top Canadian and international recording artists. The medal presentations will air live on CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca as well as on many television channels within Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.
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Victory Ceremonies in Whistler will take place from Feb. 13 to 27 during the 2010 Winter Games and include 15 headliners such as All American Rejects, DEVO, Feist, Usher, Our Lady Peace, and The Fray performing for one night each. In Vancouver, Victory Ceremonies take place from Feb. 14 to 26 inside B.C. Place and feature 12 headliners such as Nelly Furtado, Barenaked Ladies, Loverboy, and Hedley, performing as part of the VANCOUVER 2010 concert series. For more info. visit www.vancouver2010.com. MuchMusic provides exclusive live coverage of the Victory Ceremonies’ star-studded nightly concerts. Airing nightly throughout the Games from 8 to 9 p.m., the one -hour show features performances primarily from Victory Ceremonies in Vancouver, except for Feb. 13, 22 and 27, when performances will come from Whistler. “To play this privileged position at the Victory Ceremonies is the dream of so many of us who admire the skill and dedication of our athletes,” said Mulroney. “I consider myself very lucky to be standing by in awe.” “I’m a third generation Vancouverite, I love this city and I am so excited to share it with the world during the Olympic Winter Games,” said Taggart. “I’m honoured to cohost what are sure to be magical nightly events, and can’t wait to share this story with my kids when they get older.” “As a born and bred British Columbian, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I couldn’t be more stoked,” said Ewanuick. “It’s a real honour for me, and if I can get over my nerves, should be a lot of fun too!”
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KELOWNA RESIDENT Todd Ringness was honoured to be a torch bearer February 2, in the community of Bella Bella. Holding the torch he purchased, Todd entertained Capital News staffers with stories about his experience.
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not for the efforts of a few, their names might have been forgotten.” In articulating this dual urban consciousness within her evolving “Isomorphism” series, Judy Cheung creates an event-specific version that reflects the psyche of downtown Vancouver grid for which artists Peggy and Karen Ngan will conduct a symbolic tribute to the city’s missing women. The process of interactivity serves as a means to nurture confluent energy, channel logic and engender community fortitude.
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