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The boxing glory days of the Muhammed Ali-era have long faded, due in part to the growing popularity of mixed martial arts combatants squaring off in the octagon. Capital News reporter Mike Simmons looks at the still thriving interest in boxing in Kelowna and why it still draws people to step inside the ropes. See story on A3.
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Long-awaited Stuart Park finally unveiled with new sculpture Jennifer Smith STAFF REPORTER
Joyce and Richard Dyke walk the waterfront diligently each day, quietly watching and waiting for the new James Stuart Park to be complete. “We saw progress by progress by progress,” said Joyce, as she sur-
veyed the break dancers holding court at Friday morning’s official opening ceremony. Joined by their friend Rena Mielke, who took the bus in from West Kelowna for the event, the three said they were thrilled with the construction workers’ handiwork, which has created a large
open square that doubles as a skating rink in the winter months surrounded by fairly typical Okanagan landscaping. Stuart, a former Kelowna mayor, was no less thrilled, even tearing up on the unveiling of the giant bear statute now presiding over the park. “I do really want the
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way. He thanks fellow politicians, his family and wife for their help and the sacrifices they made to ensure he could accomplish want he wanted throughout his tenure. Afterwards, he remarked on how much he really wanted to thank the bureaucrats he worked with as well, particularly during his decade in the mayor’s chair. As for the bear sculpture, Stuart was impressed.
THE PUBLIC had an opportunity Friday to get a first look at the unveiled Bear sculpture at the official opening of Stuart Park. The artist behind the park public art piece, Brower Hatcher (left in lower photo), talks with former Kelowna mayor Jim Stuart, whom the new park is named after. SEAN CONNOR/CAPITAL NEWS
“We had bear pins many years ago…I think they’ll be a very popular pin from now on,” he said. The sculpture’s creator, Rhode Island artist Brower Hatcher, said he began with the image of the bear—from which the name Kelowna stems— and looked at the legend of how First Nations people saw pioneer August Gillardpre crawling out of a dugout and cried out “kemxtus” for black bear’s face. The homestead be-
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came known by the name and hence the name Kelowna stuck. Hatcher said he wanted the piece to reflect Kelowna’s past and present and has filled the bear with blossoms and fruit and other imagery symbolic of the area. “We’re trying to create the inner landscape that’s related to Kelowna,” he said, noting he wants his work to push the city’s citizen’s to be more self-reflective, to really think about the area. The event which opened the park also drew
from a wide range of entertainment inspiration, with break dance and hip hop artists, a DJ, the Bear Mountain First Nations drummers and a band. City of Kelowna summer relief student Anne Suttie assembled much of the event and said they were aiming for a wide range of entertainment. Among the many spectators several dogs surveyed the proceedings going on just 20 feet from the new Stuart Park water fountain for man’s best friends. jsmith@kelownacapnews.com
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Despite an attempt by Canadian doctors to have it banned in 2002, boxing is still going strong.
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recent call by the Canadian Medical Association to ban mixed martial arts in Canada is similar to views expressed several years ago on the sport of boxing. This August, the CMA’s British Columbia delegates resolved that mixed martial arts events should be banned in the country. Doctors cited potential neurological damage from the fledgling sport. In October of 2002, doctors of Canada took on the sport of amateur boxing. The reasoning was that the basic intent of the boxer is to harm and incapacitate his or her opponent. “Boxers are at significant risk of injuries resulting in brain damage,” read a CMA statement at the time. “Boxers are susceptible not only to acute life-threatening brain
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trauma, but also to the chronic and debilitating effects of gradual cerebral atrophy. Studies demonstrate a correlation between the number of bouts fought and the presence of cerebral abnormalities in boxers. There is also a risk of eye injury, including long-term damage such as retinal tears and detachments.” The Canadian Medical Association recommended that all boxing be banned in Canada. Eight years later, amateur boxing is still going strong in
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the kids and the guys who want to learn the sport of boxing, as well as seeing them grow, learn concepts and techniques and generally get in shape. He pointed out that attitudes change as individuals progress in boxing. Given time, growth takes a person far from where they started. “Most people interested in boxing have a hard time kind of belonging to other teams or sports that are team-oriented. They like to do things at their own pace.” For some, that pace has
proved to be the right one. McIntosh said he has had beginning boxers with weight issues that eventually dropped 60 to 80 pounds. Working at your own pace is the right speed for boxing, which he noted can be a difficult sport to learn quickly. A good prospective boxer is someone who is willing to learn and shows patience in the learning process. Sticking to the program over time takes commitment. McIntosh said Thistletown draws both people inter-
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16-year-old boxer who is hoped will qualify for the Canada Winter Games. “He hasn’t qualified yet, but that’s the goal.” McIntosh knows a thing or two about goals. The two-time Golden Gloves champion took part in more than 100 bouts during his own career. The benefit of his experience is giving success to the boxers who train at Thistletown. During a 10bout card at the Peachland Boxing Club on March 27, all four Thistletown boxers who entered came back winners. Madkatz Boxing coach Geoff Lawrence has been in the training
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game close to 15 years. After running his club in California and Belize, Lawrence has been back in Canada for about seven years. Boxing in Belize was like night and day compared to Canada. Lawrence noted the regulations around the sport are much looser, but the promotion of boxing in the Central American country is much more prevalent. “In Canada, it’s the ugly stepsister to hockey.” Ugly or not, Lawrence considers boxing a sport like no other. He pointed out that kids are attracted to boxing that are more into individual sport. The start of competition age is 11 years old. Teaching both competitive and recreational classes, Lawrence dropped the club for a year and became certified as a personal fitness trainer. After upgrading his NCCP certification, he re-opened Madkatz a year ago. This year, the club has been expanded to three classes, from kids
to basic recreational and competitive, to a focused group that is dedicated to pure training six days a week. Lawrence said many people who end up boxing competitively do not always have that goal in mind when they first set foot in a club. “A lot of people walk in not knowing if they want to compete.” Others start boxing purely for the fitness aspect. The difference between the two types of people is not necessarily clear-cut. “It’s a weird sport, in that you walk into a ring intentionally to fight somebody... all the connotations behind fighting are negative.” Lawrence pointed out modern society casts a negative aspect on fighting, and the action has a “really heavy, scary feel about it.” He mentioned one of his students he dubbed “the world’s most dangerous 15-year-old.” Lawrence noted that when
the boy climbed the three stairs into the boxing ring, at every stair he tried to think of another reason not to fight. Once the boy was through the ropes, he would accept that he was in the fight and do everything he could. “It’s unreal the fear you overcome when you get in to compete.” Fear is a major opponent for boxers as they grow in the sport. Lawrence said a coach enables that growth, giving students the skill level and the confidence, and puts a few tests in front of them. “It’s interesting to watch the development of a kid.” For both the personal growth and the fitness aspects, boxing is an enriching sport for those who stick with it. Lawrence pointed out boxing is considered one of the top metabolic workouts, with more calories burned per hour than any other sport. The draw is more than See Boxing A5
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ada Safety Council report from the year 2000, which ranked amateur boxing 73rd on the list of sports most likely to be injured while doing. “Bowling has a higher rate of injury.” Lawrence said the worst boxers can get is a broken nose, and pointed out doctors check boxers in before the fight, as well as sitting ringside for the entire match. He noted kids can get shocked and embarrassed, more due to the intensity of the sport. “You get a kid in a full-out sparring match, (his) opponent whacks him really hard, it’s fight or flight.” Lawrence added a boxer will either fight back and coaches have someone who is going to mature into a competitor, or they crumble, and a coach will have to help them build up their selfesteem and confidence. The bulk of Madkatz club membership is boxers in their mid-teens to early 20s. Lawrence has two competitors at 31 and 35 years old respectively, but most of the club is between 13 and 24. He noted a lot of young men get
technical, and he added that fitness programs often capitalize on the attraction of the atmosphere around boxing. “It’s got that raw, ghetto feel to it,” he noted. Lawrence joked that every uptown person wants to go downtown. “A boxing club is a place where they can feel safe, and still feel the raw energy of the fight.” If a person is not sure if they want to compete, or is just in the game for fitness, Lawrence said they face no pressure to spar. But if someone is there to compete, sparring takes place on a regular basis. He pointed out fledgling boxers will spar full-out in the club many times before they ever enter the ring at a match. “They get tested behind closed doors in front of only their peers and guys they’re comfortable with before getting put on a huge stage.” Lawrence said he has had a bit of a rough reputation, and boxers who want to compete from his club do get tested. However, he pointed to a Can-
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continents, he noted the similarities between kids that enter boxing clubs. “They just develop into really calm individuals after they get their fix,” he laughed. At the Kelowna Boxing Club (KBC), head coach David Habib has been competing and training other boxers for 28 years. He has also spent several years as a provincial team coach. Habib first trained locally at the Kelowna Lakeshore Boxing Club, when he first arrived in 1979. The location brought him into volunteer work helping kids learn the basics of boxing. Now completing level 4 and 5 of the NCCP coaching program, Habib has moved up to coaching provincial and nationallevel competitors. The KBC trains not only competitive boxers, but hockey players looking for an edge in their own sport. Habib and the trainers at Kelowna Box-
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Green-minded commuting to and from classes at UBC Okanagan this fall won’t be as simple as strapping on a helmet and hopping on a bike. One particular route is fraught with danger and that’s prompting members of the school’s student union to speak out against cycling the highway to get to classes. And when B.C. Transportation Minister Shirley Bond made a stop in the valley this week, their concerns were put in her hands. “We gave her a letter and enclosed photos of the sign that was up until a month ago, that said ‘bike versus traffic on a narrow bridge,’” said Amanda Lepholtz, the internal coordinator of the UBC Students Union, Okanagan. “I do cycle to work, but have concerns about faculty, staff and students who can’t get to school safely because the bike lane isn’t established on the overpass.” The overpass was supposed to bring safer access to the school—albeit for drivers—when it was installed just a couple years ago. Unfortunately, plans didn’t seem to account for cyclists and the lane left for them is only 15 inches wide. “That’s not appropriate for a bike lane, on an uphill gradient around a curve,” said Lepholtz, adding that the cars and trucks traverse the route at around 80 kilometres per hour. “When a truck drives by you there’s a gust of wind that pulls you in and with inches between it’s pretty dangerous for a cyclist. One day I came within inches of a dumptruck. It was scary and it shouldn’t have to be that way—death and injury shouldn’t be the what causes someone to deal with this issue.” In 2006, British Columbia reported 1,000 col-
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Impaired driver penalized Driver refresher course offered A Lake Country woman who was arrested for drunk driving after being spotted swerving all over the roads on a Monday morning in May has lost her licence for two years. Kimberly Dawn Young, 38, pleaded guilty to having care and control of a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol concentration over .08 at her first court appearance last month and was given the driving prohibition at a sentencing hearing on Monday. She was also handed a $1,500 fine. Young was arrested on May 4 after police say they started receiving calls at 10:30 a.m. that day about a red Toyota
Land Cruiser was swerving all over the road and had even jumped the curb. Several callers followed the vehicle at a distance while on the phone with 911 until police were able to close in on the vehicle at Richter Street and Harvey Avenue. At the time, police say Young provided breath samples that were three times the legal limit. In addition to the charge she was sentenced for on Monday, Young had been charged with impaired driving and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle. Those charges have been stayed, court records show.
The Kelowna and District Safety Council is holding a 55 Alive defensive driving refresher course for seniors and mature adults on Friday, Sept.17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the KDSC facility (395 Hartman Rd., across from the YMCA in Rutland). Students will receive a comprehensive student manual, an ICBC RoadSense for Drivers manual, and, upon completion
of the course, a graduation card and certificate. Developed by the Canada Safety Council, 55 Alive is a highly reputable driver education program that is delivered throughout North America. Although on a per-person basis, mature drivers have less than the average number of collisions, they have more collisions than any other age group based on kilometers driven. Anyone who is both-
LIFE, DEATH AND FAITH Life and death are great mysteries. We are brought into this world without our participation and consent. We begin this life as an infant, oblivious to all that is around us. We are helpless and must rely on others for life, health, comfort, training and nurturance. However, a time comes when we must take responsibility for our own lives and must carve out a life and a living for ourselves. Some strive heroically and accomplish great things. They change their community, country or even the world. Others just eke out a living and some just fade away. However, regardless of who we are, or who we may become; another great truth is at work in the world and in each of us. We do not live in this life forever. We must live with the knowledge that our life in this world will end one day. It hangs over us like a cloud from the day we first develop the mental capacity to understand the concept of death; that grandpa or grandma are gone and we cannot see them again. When someone close to us to dies, we ask: What happened to the loved one just lost? Was their death like falling sleep? Did they simply lose consciousness? Did everything just fade to black? Was their life over for good, or, is it possible that there is consciousness and life after death? If there is life and consciousness after death, what is that life like? Does my loved one have a body or are they an apparition? Is the place they have gone to a place of light, love and abundance, a paradise (what we call Heaven); a land of darkness and shadows, (what we call Hell); or do both Heaven and Hell exist simultaneously? Is Heaven a place of reward and Hell a place of punishment? Did my loved one receive the reward of paradise or are they in the other place, the place of punishment? If there is a reward of paradise and a place of punishment, a Hell, how does one enter paradise and avoid Hell? We obsess over these questions. Their contemplation can drive us to despair. We get busy with life or engage in other distractions in order to repress thoughts of our impending death. However, as hard as we try, these thoughts enter into our inner beings. They bubble to the surface when we lose a loved one, or we receive that dreaded diagnosis: your condition is terminal, you have six months to a year, there is nothing we can do; we will keep you as comfortable as we can. Four days before his death, Milton R. Wilson, a retired Lutheran pastor and good friend of mine, gave me a book and suggested I read it. Its title: “Return from Tomorrow” by Dr. George R. Ritchie, MD (1978, Revell Books, Grand Rapids, MI). Dr. Ritchie, a practicing psychiatrist, wrote about his near death experience. Milton had received the dreaded diagnosis. He contemplated these universal questions with an earnestness one cannot understand unless one has received the same grim news. Like Pastor Martin Luther before him, he longed for freedom. He wanted answers to his questions that would set his heart and mind free. Five hundred years before, Martin Luther changed his last name from ‘Ludder’ to Luther (which means free-
man), because God had freed Luther with His Word. Milton found peace, solace and release in Ritchie’s book. The events described in Ritchie’s book took place while he served in the military before entering medical school. In 1943, at age of 20, Ritchie died in a US army hospital. Cause of death: cardiac arrest. Nine minutes later, he returned to life after receiving a shot of adrenalin to the heart. The back cover of the book says: “What happened to him during those minutes was so compelling, it changed his life forever. In Return from Tomorrow, he tells of his out-of-the-body encounter with other non-physical beings, his travel through different dimensions in time and space, and ultimately, his transforming meeting with the light of the world, the Son of God. Ritchie’s amazing experience not only altered his view of eternity—it has since directed and governed his entire life. One of the most startling and hopeful descriptions of the realm beyond, Return from Tomorrow may change your life for the better, too!” I read the book. It did not change my life or alter my view of eternity. However, I believe that Milton found solace in the book because it pointed to and affirmed what he, I and Luther believed about life, death and faith. When Ritchie came into Jesus’ presence, he experienced judgment. His entire life flashed before his eyes on a giant mural. The verdict: he was unworthy. Ritchie appealed to his religious acts, he had accepted Jesus into his heart at age 11, was baptised and later attended church. He also pointed to his good and altruistic intentions. However, Jesus helped Ritchie to see that, in the end, he was guilty of a great sin: self-love. He had to admit that he was the center of the universe. Ritchie had loved himself to the exclusion of all others, most especially, Jesus. However, at the same time, Ritchie experienced love for him emanating from Jesus. “This love knew every unlovable thing about me—the quarrels with my stepmother, my explosive temper, the sex thoughts I could never control, every mean, selfish thought and action since the day I was born—and accepted and loved me.” Jesus took Ritchie on an incredible journey, at times flying through the air. They stopped at various places: a factory, a bar and a battlefield. At each stop, he experienced more people who were disembodied, and dead, like himself. Some were involved in struggles to the death or engaged in every kind of lust and perversion imaginable. In each and every scene, they were unable to complete the act they so desperately wanted to complete. However, this did not stop them from trying again and again, for an eternity. Jesus’ response to the violence, lust and squalor: compassion and grief. Jesus did not want them to live this way. He also saw a shining city where the arts and sciences were practiced. They too were oblivious to the light. Then a question arose in Ritchie’s mind: “Why could these people not see the light that was
right there in front of them?” The answer arose: these people, like him, did not see the light because lifeconcerns, including vices, anger, hard-heartedness, the pursuit of knowledge without God, self-absorption, worry and depression blinded them to the existence of Jesus, the light of the world, and life. Then Jesus took Ritchie back to the army hospital and told him that he must be reunited with his body. Ritchie felt such a loss and longed to stay with Jesus. Once again, he experienced unconsciousness. He awoke in the same hospital ward and bed. He was surrounded by a medical team that was not sure what had just happened. His recovery was slow. When he finally revealed his experience to others, the results were mixed. Some hailed his experience as a gift from God that must be shared, some responded with disbelief and even hostility. However, Ritchie overcame his doubts and shared his experience through his book. In the end, none of us, including Ritchie, can know the truth of his experience; that is, whether he really died that day and came back to life, or met Jesus. However, Ritchie’s experience brought the promises Jesus makes in the Scriptures come alive for me. Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:2526). After he said this, Jesus raised a dead man to life by speaking to him. Jesus promised life after death and bodily resurrection on the last day. Jesus made faith in Him, that He is the resurrection and the life and that He died for our sins and was resurrected to life, the key that unlocks the gate to eternal life - not our religious acts or good intentions. Ritchie’s experience affirms my faith and belief that Jesus loves me despite all my sins, that His love covers over my sins and imperfections and that Jesus wants a real living relationship with me, today. It reminds me that, while we enter and leave this life helpless and must rely on someone beyond us to help us, Jesus’ most passionate desire, for me and you, is to trust in Him to guide us through this life and to believe that He will be there when we leave this life! This saving faith does not come from Ritchie’s book, it comes from another source; the source Ritchie’s book points to: God’s Word. This will be the subject of October’s article. In Christ, Pastor Ed Skutshek
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with the skills they need to stay safe this winter while driving both short and long distances on snowy and icy Okanagan roads. “A driver’s license means independence,” said Meyer. “Especially for those who have driven for most of their lives. 55 Alive is designed to help seniors adjust their skills so that they can maintain their driving privileges and their independence longer while driving safely.” The cost of the course is only $35. Last year, the course was so popular that a second session was scheduled. Contact the Kelowna & District Safety Council at 250-7653163 to register.
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School lunches ideas that will make the grade With today’s busy schedules packing kids lunches for school can be a challenge. Even more challenging is including nutritious foods that will end up in your child’s tummy and not the trash. Packing nutritious lunches helps form lifelong healthy eating habits, and balanced nutrition can help your child concentrate, retain knowledge, and be more motivated to rlearn. “If you find that your child’s lunch often goes uneaten, investigate why. Does their sandwich get squished in their backpack? Are they bored with apples for snacks? Often lunches are better received when kids have been involved in planning and packing them,” said Interior Health community nutritionist Simone Jennings. To make lunch foods more appealing to kids, try reducing the portion
size and increasing the variety. For example, instead of a whole sandwich, try half a sandwich with a few whole grain crackers and cheese, and some grapes or carrot sticks. If you like to bake, try making mini muffins and send two or three for a snack instead of one big one. Pack fruits and vegetables as finger foods with dip. Involve kids as much as possible when planning, preparing and packing lunches. The more pride your child has in his lunch, the more likely he is to eat it. Remember that kids are often rushed at lunch time. Lunches with nutrient dense choices, including high protein foods like beans, nuts or meat will keep kids full and will help them concentrate all afternoon. Choose foods from each of the four food
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The fanatical quest for green grass is often misguided T his may be extremely un-Canadian of me, but I’m going to kill my front lawn. That way it will be colour coordinated with my back lawn—which I successfully killed this summer. The back lawn wasn’t hard to kill because it was pretty much dead when I bought my place a few years ago. All I did to finish it off was nothing. No watering, no weeding, no raking. Nothing. It took awhile, but it
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say this grass hatred has been growing in me for years, ever since dad insisted I cut the lawn once a week despite my asthma and hay fever. I’ve never really understood Canada’s fixation with grass and lawns. Lawns are largely an illogical fixation that at the end of the day (or summer) costs us a bundle of money, time, water, energy, and stress. All of which would be palatable if we actually used our lawns regularly. For most of us the only time we actually spend on our perfectly manicured lawns is when we cut or water it—or cut across the yard to the car. For folks who truly utilize their lawns by playing on them, sun tanning, or constantly socializing on them, lawns serve a purpose.
However, few of us actually do that. And how much room does one need to suntan? The most obvious stupidity behind lawns is the total waste it is of our most precious resource —water. Every year we are made more and more aware of the need to preserve our water yet we continue to grow massive lawns. We’re even willing to pay through the nose simply to water our lawn. However, it’s the absurd silly cycle of lawn care that boggles me most. We water it and water it and water it—watch it grow—then cut it. Then we water it again. We usually do nothing with the cut grass. We don’t eat the cut grass. We don’t smoke it,
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drink it, roll in it, or even make sweaters out of it. A few conscientious or gardening types will compost it but they’re a rare breed of Canadian. When we do nothing with the cut grass but leave it where it falls we give it an official sounding term—mulching. Most Canadians (especially those over 55 or 60) insist on not only having a giant lawn, but also the perfect green, weedfree lawn that only a ton of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and/or a zillion other ‘zides’ can help provide. Somewhat discombobulating since it seems we already have enough opportunity to bombard our bodies with cancers and other inflictions without exposing ourselves needlessly to the known toxins and poisons that pesticides are. But we do. Of course, pesticides are imperative if we are to keep up with the Jones’s and have that weed free
lawn. It is part of the dandelion phobia we Canadians share. Never mind that in some parts of the world dandelions are grown as a crop. Never mind they are sort of pretty. In Canada, the only good dandelion is a dead dandelion. All of which leads me to contemplate the infamous adage about the grass always being greener on the other side of the fence. I have a few clearer theories on why that may often seem to be the case. a) It’s a fact. The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because the neighbour works his/ her butt off to get it that way. b) The neighbour drenches his yard in pesticides and/or fertilizers. c) The neighbour can afford to hire a lawn care company. d) The neighbour gets up in the middle of the
night and spray paints his lawn. e) It’s a well manicured and disguised pot operation next door - not a lawn. f) It’s not greener you are just having your senses affected by the neighbour’s use of pesticides or the aforementioned pot. g) The neighbour’s lawn is dead and brown – you’re just colour blind. h) Who cares? So next year the front lawn dies. I’m putting my action plan into gear today and will start to do nothing. I’ll let my neighbour provide the robins and sparrows of the world with the needed supply of worms and grubs. I’m going to replace my lawn with a swimming pool. Then I can really waste the water and use even more chemicals than my neighbours.
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ON A BRIGHTER NOTE
Perseverence, not perfection WELBOURNE
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reader once told me that it’s easy for someone like me to be positive because I’m married with children and obviously live a perfect little life. This person didn’t know me and had no idea what my challenges are, but I realized that I’ve made those same kinds of assumptions about people as well. My business partner is a good example of that. When I ¿rst met Lisa Redl she had a warm, friendly personality and I liked her right away. She was young, but she seemed to have her life together.
She was ambitious about her career in a refreshingly transparent way and made no apologies for her dreams and goals. She was also beautiful. Since childhood I assumed that beautiful girls had no problems, so I assumed she lived a charmed life. I was wrong. As we became friends I learned more. Wearing a tight tube stocking for the varicose veins she had removed from her leg, Lisa told me that she had become estranged from her father, was being bullied at work and had just broken up with her live-in boyfriend. The negative energy in her life attracted more of the same, and every time she tried to pick herself up, she got knocked down again. The day a glass of piping hot tea burst apart when she was holding it at the coffee shop, scalding her stomach and legs, had her thinking “what’s next?” But it wasn’t just that. She was also coping with a personal tragedy she had been trying to keep private. Her 15 pound weight loss, coupled with her mounting emotional turmoil, weakened
her and she felt like she was living inside a pressure cooker. One day the lid blew off and she scared her mother and sister with talk of wanting to end her own life. They immediately admitted her into the hospital. That was on April 17, 2010. The same day my dear friend Sharon died from brain cancer. I remember crying on the phone with Lisa and telling her how much Sharon had wanted to live but didn’t have a choice, and she cried with me. Lisa understood how precious life was,
but during the depths of her darkest moments she couldn’t see the light. Luckily, she reached out for help and decided to take control. After her discharge from the hospital, and only a few days into her medical leave, she was called into work where she was ¿red. That might have pushed some people even further over the edge, but Lisa decided to look at it as a blessing. She refused to let it keep her down and met me for the ¿lming of one of our early comedy skits, writing the situation right into our script. This week, only four months after her emotional breakdown, she not only participated in a full Ironman competition, but she
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actually crossed the ¿nish line. Not training nearly enough, drinking far too much wine, and publicly ¿lming her imperfect progress for the whole world to see created another level of pressure that she didn’t need to be dealing with at this delicate point in her life. But, maybe for her, it’s exactly what she needed. Unknowing spectators watching her cross the ¿nish line with a big smile on her face might assume what I once did that she must live a pretty charmed life. But she, and those close to her, know the truth. Everyone has challenges. Competing in the Ironman proved to Lisa Redl that she has found her power. And her power, clearly, has nothing to do with perfection. Her power has everything to do with perseverance.
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Water spritzed my face, like a houseplant being misted. I stirred from my sleeping bag, stretched up in the darkness to close a vent that was letting in rain, then sank back into slumber, lulled by the drumming on our rented RV’s roof. It was a vague memory when I awoke to sunshine streaming through the motorhome’s win-
dows. Outside, lingering water droplets sparkled on the shore pines and pussy willows around our campsite at Beachside park, south of Waldport, Ore. This was our second April day in a row like this on the Oregon coast: soaking rain overnight, followed by morning sunshine and blue sky. “It’s like Camelot!” beamed my wife, Barbara, looking over a steaming coffee mug as she perched in the RV’s dinette. Usually, our camp-
ing is in a tent, and this parallel moment would have involved spreading a plastic tarp over a soggy picnic bench. If there was magic, it came from this stunning coast of mammoth sea stacks and churning punch bowls of surf more than from the RV we’d picked up in Portland a few days earlier. But for this camping trip in the offseason, when “Northwest” and “rain” tend to be synonymous, the RV made all the difference. Rath-
er than moan about packing up a sodden tent, we could look out from our home on wheels and scoff smugly at the rain. And for RV camping on the Oregon coast, it’s hard to beat spring or fall, when campgrounds open up, reservations aren’t needed and you’re not lumbering along in an endless parade of traffic on Highway 101. See RV A15
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Following a path less traveled at own pace is worthwhile RVfrom A14 “I like this because you sit so high off the road and get a good view,” Barbara announced from the RV’s passenger seat as we rounded a bend and caught another peek of sun-dappled ocean through windsculpted spruces. This was our first significant experience in a motorhome. For us and our two cats, we rented the smallest (19-foot) unit from Cruise America, the nation’s largest RV-rental company. We devoted seven days in April to a round-trip excursion down the Oregon coast from Washington to California. It’s a coastline made for a camping road trip: Along this roughly 340 miles of Pacific shoreline, we counted at least 64 state parks and recreation sites—18 with campgrounds (not to mention numerous private RV parks). The first leg of our route took us from the winter camp of 19th-century explorers Lewis and Clark, at Fort Clatsop, south through the saltwater-taffy town of Seaside, past beachfront cottages with neon-colored fishing floats hanging off the eaves in Rockaway Beach, and through the lush green pastures of Tillamook County. We weren’t the only ones in a motorhome plastered with the supergraphics and 800 numbers of Cruise America. In the parking lot by the Peter Iredale shipwreck at Fort Stevens State Park, we said hello to Barbara Langford, from Tampa, Fla., who had rented a 30-footer. “Don’t you just love it?” Langford beamed when I told her we were fellow “Cruisers.” She and her partner were on the Oregon coast for a first-time visit and were driving from Portland to Coos Bay. “And we said, hey, this doesn’t cost much more than renting an SUV! And back home we have a 32foot travel trailer, so we’re RVers, let’s get this thing,”
Tomorrow, it might be sunny. Tomorrow, it might pour rain. We’d be meandering back up 101— with no worries.
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State Park. Langford said. We tried to give ourselves time to poke along, which RVs do well. In Cape Perpetua Scenic Area, south of Yachats, we couldn’t resist a turnoff for the colorfully named Devil’s Churn, where the ocean has scoured a narrow notch in coastal rock. Down a trail we met California retirees Stevette and Jerry Malcolm, listening to earthshaking bassdrum “WHOOMPS” as the surf ricocheted off rock. Could their famously scenic home state match this? “This is tough to beat!” said Jerry, who with his wife was staying at a B&B in the nearby Heceta Head Lighthouse keeper’s quarters. “We read about (the B&B) in the L.A. Times a few weeks ago and here we are!” Stevette said. “It’s wonderful!” Including the seven-course breakfast, which means you don’t need lunch, Jerry said. We walked about a mile along a network of easy trails freshened by
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the green smell of ferns and brightened by blue lupine and the dainty white bell flowers of salal. The trails brought us to a pocket beach, to tide pools with anemones and midget crabs, and finally to Spouting Horn blowhole at tide-carved Cook’s Chasm, named for 18thcentury British explorer Capt. James Cook. “Thar she blows!” I shouted as incoming rollers filled an underwater cave and sent seawater pluming from the blowhole. Cook named the 800-foot-high headland above us Cape Perpetua in March 1778 after spending five days trying to sail northward against stormy seas and never getting past it. (As an RV driver who had encountered steep hills, I could sympathize.) The headland is now the center of the 2,700acre scenic area, part of Siuslaw National Forest, offering a visitor center and 26 miles of hiking trails. It was well worth the $5-per-vehicle parking fee.
Oregon’s southern coast, from Florence down, is about sand dunes, sand dunes and more sand dunes; wood products, around Coos Bay; sheep farms, wool shops and cranberry bogs around Bandon; and, finally, at Brookings, some of the most dramatic scenery on this coast. Bill Krause, a longtime schoolteacher in Skagit County, fell in love with this rugged shoreline, retiring to Brookings a year ago. “I really believe that section from Brookings north to Port Orford is as good as it gets!” Krause told us as we visited with him at Cape Blanco Lighthouse, where he is a volunteer interpreter. “It’s beautiful, it’s less developed, and because it’s about halfway between Portland and San Francisco, it gets fewer visitors.” We can vouch for the fewer visitors, especially in April. Traffic diminished dramatically south of Florence. There were milelong uphill grades with a passing lane when
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Turkmenistan, with camping gear we provide. One night is in Iran: We charter an old caravanserai (tent ground) we “found” in a village. There are no quality hotels in the area, so the villagers bring clean bedding and towels. The other night we stay with families in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. We know families who have clean houses, so our group is scattered among them. These area great experiences. Question: This is where Marco Polo went, right? Answer: Roughly. The Silk Road is a network of different roads that connect East and West. Polo traveled the network several times on different routes. But the main route is the central Silk Road, one of the oldest major trade routes in the world. It was the ultimate route in that it connected people, knowledge, religion and ideas. And merchandise, of course. Question: How long does it take you to prepare for this expedition? Answer: About two months, including finalizing all hotel bookings, guide assigning, taking care of border documents and preparing the vehicles—which we have to ship from Canada to Europe. The shipping itself takes a month. Then we have to drive to Istanbul from Western Europe, usually Germany. Question: What do you personally pack when you leave Toronto? Answer: We ask people to take just one major suitcase for their clothes; this isn’t a black-
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Taking more time to cover less ground is what’s rewarding RV from A15 our pets in the RV, with no extra charge from Cruise tAmerica. The only restriction: When returning, clean up so there’s no sign of Fido or Fluffy having been there. Con: If you’re allergic to animals, you might not want to rent an RV that’s had pets aboard. Pro: Not only is RV camping easier than set-
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traversing the whole Oregon coast in one trip was a fun adventure with lots of variety, six nights wasn’t enough to go from the Columbia River to California and back without hurrying. Take a dozen nights, if you can.
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rounded by deserts and mountains. There are beautiful palaces and unbelievable mosques, bazaars and markets. Samarkand has a rich history of cultured people. When you sit on the square of Samarkand, you look around and know that’s what it’s all about. It feels like time stands still. Forget the 21st century. It’s like you’re back
in medieval times and could be just standing next to a camel. Question: How many languages do you speak? Answer: Mainly Mandarin Chinese—my mother tongue—and English. Growing up near the Russian border, you get so you can speak enough of it to ask how much petrol is in the tank or how much something costs when
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Firefighters raise the ladder on helping to promote literacy Visitors to the downtown Kelowna library branch should be prepared for a bit of hoopla Saturday, Sept. 11. Sponsored by Proj-
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two to draw attention to the importance of literacy in our community.” A best-selling author, competitive Scrabble champ, a magician, some Kelowna Rockets and a First Nation storyteller will join local celebrities and firefighters at the Kelowna branch of the library on Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “The Okanagan Regional Library is thrilled to host this celebration,” said Fern Teleglow, downtown library branch head librarian. “This event brings in families—sometimes for the first time—to enjoy activities and learn how easy and fun it is to be an active participant in library services.” Gail Anderson-Dargatz, best-selling author of
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“A Recipe for Bees, The Cure for Death by Lightning and Turtle Valley,” will read from her newest work of fiction at 1 p.m. Scrabble expert Jesse Matthews will take on all comers in a chess-master style multiple-player game throughout the day. Members of the Kel-
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owna Rockets will help the children burn off some energy with a little floor hockey. The event also features food and refreshments, a book sale, free books for children, performances by magician Ali K. Zam and First Nation storyteller Judi Garner-Niehaus and a children’s story circle with guest readers such as CHBC weatherman Mike Roberts, Kelowna Mayor Sharon Shepherd and number of Kelowna firefighters. “Literacy is an essential building block for a healthy and prosperous society,” said Hagan. “This event draws attention to the issue at a time when the need for literacy and numeracy in Kelowna has never been greater.”
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with a purchased product and contact the company to discuss your concern, keep detailed notes of your conversation with the service representative including their name and extension. Write down what action was promised and then follow up to ensure you are satisfied with what you are promised. If your problems continue, and the store representative is unable to help you, ask to speak to the supervisor or manager. If issues cannot be resolved, write a letter to the company outlining your concerns. Refer to your notes for
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To the editor: In regards to the Friday Aug. 27 editorial promoting mandatory life jackets on boats (Sudden Storm Underlines Danger) I must disagree. Our province and country is already full of useless and unenforced laws. The bicycle helmet law is one prime example. Take a drive through town and you’re bound to see many cyclists not wearing them and little if any enforcement. If it were mandatory for boaters to wear life jackets where will we stop? Is being on a water craft in four feet of water in a life jacket so much safer than swimming from shore to a six-foot depth? Should swimmers on the beach be required to wear
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City’s identity lost among the extravagant homes
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uring my summer vacation this month, I packed the family into the SUV and ventured off to Summerland. Our ultimate destination was the Kettle Valley historic train ride, something I had not done before. Sitting in the open train car as we did the tour route, for whatever reason what seemed to draw my attention were the houses. Because the apparent train ride tour bear wasn’t nosing around the tracks, and waving back at people as we choochooed along gets a little monotonous by the fifth time, I found myself staring at houses. What grabbed my attention was the modesty of the homes. Some were
newer than others, and the valley the train route ventures along is a beautiful spot to be sure. Now I don’t profess to know a lot about Summerland, havBarry ing passed through it a Gerding couple of times on the way to Penticton and that being the limit of my exposure to the community. But getting back to the houses, they seemed to reflect Summerland as a working class community. There were two I noticed that had swimming pools, vineyards and farms with horses. One home even had the classic white picket fence. But they were anything but pretentious to look at, something someone visiting from Vancouver would probably expect to see.
EDITOR’S NOTE
That is pretty typical I think of Okanagan towns, with the exception of Kelowna, and to a lesser extent West Kelowna. The homes built in beautiful spots in our city are not houses so much as they are monuments to excess. Excessive in interior design they are relections of the wealth of the owners, which was likely accumulated elsewhere but enjoyed here for a few weeks or maybe months per year. From the train, I did not see a home in Summerland with a six-car garage or more than 4,000-square-feet of every high-tech gadget and trendy feature you can think of, all for a couple with no kids or who are emptynesters. Here that has become increasingly commonplace. But does that really reflect what Kelowna is all about? Is that outside wealth changing our community’s identity? And is that a good thing?
Perhaps that is a question for the UBC Okanagan sociology profs or graduate students to tackle. But having spent the six months looking for a home to buy in Kelowna this year, I began to think our values here may be slightly askew, our identity misrepresented. We ended up buying a home in the Black Mountain home, a modest home compared to the mansions you see at viewpoints around Kelowna and West Kelowna, but it’s more than enough house for our family of four. And it’s probably more representative of what working people in this town might strive to achieve one day, compared to the six-figure homes you see now that have sat on the market for six, eight, 12 months or longer. Barry Gerding is managing editor of the Capital News. bgerding@kelownacapnews.com
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An open letter to the MS Societyof Canada: Is it not the MS Society of Canada’s mandate to assist Canadians suffering from MS and have our best interests at heart? The following is taken from the mission statement on the front page of MS Society of Canada’s website: “To be a leader in finding a cure for multiple sclerosis and enabling people affected by MS to enhance their quality of life. As a person living with this horrible disease I am here to tell you that you have failed on all counts. Yes, I believe that research is invaluable and necessary if a cure is to be found. But after 62 years of research your only answers are repetitive advice on how to manage and live with MS, and for those of us with Relaps-
ing Remitting MS, you not only support but recommend injecting drugs into our systems in the hope of slowing the progression. After more than 10 years of injecting myself three times a week, I can say with some authority that the treatment is often worse than the disease. Not to mention at a cost of $1,458 each and every month. Point #5 of your values states: “We give hope to people affected by multiple sclerosis.” If you believe this, then once again you have failed us miserably. The only hope you are providing is that by some miracle a cure will be found. If that’s all I am getting for my donations then they will stop immediately. I can get better results from prayer, for free. Now to my point. If you truly want to help
us, why are you not supporting the liberation treatment that has already helped so many. It’s time to back up your written words with actions. Hope is no longer needed. The CCSVI liberation treatment is a reality. If your claim to enhance our quality of life is true, then get on board with the rest of the world and put your support behind it. Better yet, take some of the millions donated by generous Canadians and instead of allocating it towards administration and other expenses, give it directly back to the people by helping to fund this proven and successful treatment. According to your published revenue and expenditures, over 75 per cent of donations goes towards client services, administration, public education, government and community relations etc.,
with only 25 per cent allocated to research. We know that the liberation treatment may not be permanent and the veins may, in time, constrict. But for that period of time, however long it may be, we will have an improved quality of life. It may not be a cure, but for now it’s the closest thing we have and far better than anything your 62 years of research has provided. I can only express my disappointment in your lack of action and decision to sit quietly while waiting for more clinical studies and time consuming research. Yes, knowledge and proof are two important factors, but how much more do you need. This procedure is being performed around the world (except Canada) with great success.
For the first time ever, we have hope, a chance at reducing or even eliminating our pain levels, fatigue and other debilitating symptoms. We have a shot at what you keep promising but never deliver—a better quality of life. So why are we being forced to travel outside our country and pay $10,000 to $20,000 for a procedure that could easily be done in Canada for substantially less? The waiting is over. We need you to stand up now and be our voice. Be the leader you claim to be and demand the Canadian Collage of Physicians and Surgeons, and Health Canada take immediate action and make this procedure available to the thousands of Canadians living with MS. Bart Dilschneider, Kelowna
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Scrap ‘useless’ gun registry legislation now To the editor: and gun collectors who either paid exorbitant Instead they should assume there are unregisThe long gun registry has wasted two bil- fees to register their weapons or are criminals tered weapons on site until they prove differlion taxpayer dollars and has done absolute- under this legislation if they don’t. ently. ly nothing to reduce gun violence. The reason It is ridiculous for police chiefs to claim To do otherwise is asking for trouble. is simple—dangerous people can easily get as they check the registry before they answer a Scrap this useless and wasteful legislation many guns as they want and don’t bother to call about domestic violence. now. register them. They cannot rely on this faulty list to asGordon Maddaford, The registry penalizes hunters, farmers sure them there are no weapons in a residence. Kelowna r To the editor: it has actually cost Can- try, and of course, the re- wants us to forget that very reason of bad optics In 1991 the RCMP adians $2 billion since its port that they wrote and they endorsed the use of from corporate donations treleased a report stating inception. Can you im- researched is in favour Tasers—we all remember from CGI Group. Nope, there were roughly 14 mil- agine what would happen of keeping the registry. Robert Dziekanski. And no conspiracy here. lion long guns in Canada if this was a private sector Heck, any report that you we want to trust a report It is a shame that Mr The recent report states enterprise? or I would write about from the RCMP? Ignatieff wants to whip that six million long guns Alan Rock stated: “I ourselves would be posiAnd then there are the vote on the upcoming are in the system, along came to Ottawa with the tive, we would all be shin- the police chiefs. Another Bill C-391 issue. I think rwith 500,000 handguns. firm belief that only police ning examples of the per- self serving, pat your own the vast majority of CanWhere did the 7.5 mil- and military should have fect workers. backside lobby group. adians would like to see lion other long guns go? guns.” And how is it that, if They very rarely men- true democracy on this Did they just vanish? No. The best way for con- the registry is working so tion that CGI, the software issue. They have yet to be regis- fiscation is to have a list— well, long guns are the creators of the long gun By whipping the vote, tered. They are sitting now the Long Gun Regis- most likely used firearms registry, and long-term he is sidestepping democin someone’s closet not try, although there is that in spousal homicides? firearms registry contract- racy, and this shows the harming anyone. pesky issue of seven mil- That is right folks, a list or, donates money to the true nature of the man that It was estimated that lion missing firearms— can never, and won’t ever CACP. Ethics advisor, wants to rule this country. the registry portion of Bill hmm. And people wonder stop the misuse of fire- John Jones, gave up his Craig Ritchie, C-68 would cost taxpay- why firearms owners are arms, and the only reason position at CACP for the Arva, Ont. ers $2 million to register worried about losing their the registry exists is for the all firearms in Canada. It firearm collections. eventual confiscation of is estimated (no one realThe RCMP, of course, all firearms everywhere. ly knows for certain) that want to keep the regisThe RCMP maybe
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Wearing life jacket not practical Vests from A20 them as well or do they have more “common sense” than boaters? Sure would be great fun for people with larger boats who sleep overnight
on the craft cuddled up in a lifejacket. Imagine the delay on B.C. Ferries while everyone lines up for their vest. It is not a difficult task to watch the weather and adjust, it’s called respon-
sible boating. Yes, most times it is common sense but please, let’s leave at least some of that to those that possess it. Donald Coe, West Kelowna
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New course helps connect seniors to health care needs O ‘‘
kanagan College is offering a new course this fall called “Connecting Seniors with Care.” It will help answer many questions that families have when their elderly parents can no longer live at home. As the teacher for this course, I welcome the chance to share my knowledge and expertise in a way that will bene-
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Sharen Marteny fit your lives and reduce your stress. Most families I work with have never faced this transition of life with a loved one.
As such, it is expected that you would not know what questions are pertinent to ask or simply where to begin to deal with this situation. The terminology is ever-changing and there is a barrage of options to choose from. That’s why this course, which will be the first of a series, is a valuable resource for everyone. Future modules will
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expand on topics that are of a concern to families with elderly parents. Questions will be answered and suggestions provided to make the transition less stressful and traumatic. Families do not realize the emotional toll that life transitions have on everyone involved. There are many new phases that begin the moment you realize that a move may be needed. The senior is often expected to do more for him or herself than is physically or mentally possible. The family member responsible is often expected to know more than they actually do. Families will learn more about what to ask, if their parents will benefit mentally and physically, by moving into supportive housing.
How much assistance can families expect from a supportive housing residence? Will their parents be able to get a doctor if they move to a new city? How long do they have to live in the province before the medical costs will be covered? What is the difference between having the power of attorney and having the representative agreement? Why should my parents discuss a do-not-resusitate form? Who do I need to get the power of attorney from versus the do-not-resusitate form? When can my parents no longer sign a representative agreement and when does a committee agreement need to be in place? What things do my
FAMILIES DO NOT REALIZE THE EMOTIONAL TOLL THAT LIFE TRANSITIONS HAVE ON EVERYONE INVOLVED.
parents and I need to understand before we agree to have a joint bank account to assist them to pay their bills? Is the cost of the drugs used in the hospital covered when the senior goes into assisted living? Where do I go to get help when I need respite or go on a vacation? How do I ask family and friends for assistance? When am I asking too
much of a neighbour? If you have asked any of the questions above in your own family situation, then you are not alone. This new course will help you to find some of the answers you to these questions. Connecting Seniors with Care (CRN 70221) will be held at the Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus on KLO Road Saturday, Oct. 30, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The registration fee is $107 plus HST, which will include course material. Register for the course at 250-862-5480 or online at www.okanagan.bc.ca/ csreg. Sharen Marteny is a services consultant for seniors in Kelowna. 250-212-1257 www.seniorsconsulting.net
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Salon host ‘Pedicure for a Cure’ fundraiser to support research Helping find a cure for breast cancer is as easy as getting your toenails painted. Jeffrey Bunn and Lindsay Goertzen, of Aura Beauty, will host its Pedicure for a Cure event on Sept. 20 in support of breast cancer research. It’s a fun evening with dinner, drinks, a silent auction, and of course manicures and pedicures; all in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation! “Aura Beauty lives with the principles of health, charity, and community, and what a fun way to support such a
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Proudly serving Westbank, Kelowna, Rutland, and Lake Country. www.valleyviewfuneralhome.com KERR, SYLVIA SHARON (NEE PATTERSON) FEB. 7TH, 1943 – SEPT. 2ND, 2010 Sylvia passed away on Wednesday September 2nd, 2010 at the age of 67 years after a short but very aggressive battle with cancer. She was sadly predeceased by her parents, Estelle and Robert Patterson, of Morden, Manitoba, her brothers Larry and Douglas, her brother-in-law Bill and her daughter Kimberly. She is survived by her loving husband of 43 years, David, of Kelowna and sisters: Ida and Gloria of Winnipeg, Audrey of Vancouver and Sandra (Marcel) of Winnipeg, and many nieces and nephews. Sylvia was a lovely lady with a warm heart and infectious smile. Born in Morden, Manitoba, she moved to Kelowna in 1969 and worked in retail for 32 years before retiring in 2005 from Wal-Mart. She will also be missed by her 3 pets that she loved dearly. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, September 10th, 2010 at 11:00 AM at Valleyview Funeral Home, 165 Valleyview Road, Kelowna, BC. Interment to follow at Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Hospice Palliative Care Services or the BC Cancer Society. Condolences can be sent to Dave by visiting www.valleyviewfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to VALLEYVIEW FUNERAL HOME, Honoured Provider of Dignity Memorial 250-765-3147
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Charlotte was born November 15, 1924 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and went to be with her Lord and Saviour on September 1, 2010. She was predeceased by her loving husband Herbert of 40 years in 1985; son Wayne (Chris) in 2003; daughter Gail in 2010; siblings Betty, Edna, Norman, Larry and George, and her second husband Charles Toth. She is survived and will be sadly missed by her brother Fred (Julie); her children Garry, Harvey (Linda), Darcy (Jane), Marquita and Kim (Ian); grandchildren, Kevin, Jon (Sweety), Chelsea (Victor), Joe, Lucas (Lindsay), James, Jeremy, Matthew, Sarah, Thomas, Hannah and Philip; great-grandchildren Colton, Lane and Alyna; step grandsons Leigh, Jamie, Jeremy, and Mark. Charlotte was raised in northern Saskatchewan and came to display the courage and determination of her dearly loved father Charles Boettcher. She joined the army and served in Canada through World War II and it was in the army that she met and married Herb Brann, a drill instructor. They carved out a life together with their seven children in the Calgary area; but later in her life, it was in Winfield near Kelowna, amid the beauty of her flourishing garden that she built many other happy memories. As a veteran, Charlotte spent her last days at the Colonel Belcher care facility and the family would like to thank all the staff there who worked so hard to bring comfort to her in her final year. Funeral Service will be held at Crescent Heights Baptist Church (1212-1st Street NW, Calgary, Alberta) on Monday, September 6, 2010 at 1:00 pm. Graveside Service will be held at Mountain View Memorial Gardens on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 10:00 am. Condolences may be forwarded through www.commemorativeservices.ca. Arrangements in care of EVAN J. STRONG COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES. (403) 265-1199
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Pretend you won’t be compensated to mitigate your losses
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his is a sequel. In my last column, I asked you to imagine being self-employed in a one-person operation, giving several random examples including a roofer, tile setter, realtor and interior decorator. Whatever the business, I asked you to imagine that you have the potential to make a lot of money on a particular project or from a client. Before you start the project or get started with the client though, some irresponsible driver blows a red light and disables you from working, at least for the time being. I offered what I suspect to be a typical reality, that you would focus all of your attention on mak-
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Paul Hergott ing it through your days in pain, confident that the insurance company will be fair about compensating you for the obvious fact that you are losing money by not working. I cautioned that it may be obvious to you that you are losing money, but that obvious reality may not be something that you can prove, and if you cannot prove it, the insurance company will completely disregard it. I focussed last week’s
column on the need to preserve the evidence necessary to prove these losses. I promised that this week I would address another important issue, the legal duty imposed on injured victims claiming for their losses—the duty to take reasonable steps to keep those losses at a minimum. In legal circles, this duty is called a duty to mitigate those losses. If you fail to act on that duty, your very real losses may go uncompensated, even if you can prove them. Yes, while you are focusing your attention on making it through your days in pain, you must also be looking after the insurance company, taking reasonable steps to
slow the bleeding of your financial losses that the insurance company will have to compensate you for. In a construction context, this might mean hiring a labourer or two to do the physical work while you, loaded on pain killers, supervise. You may be not be able to do the physical work, but not disabled from supervising others doing the work. If paying $12 per hour for one, or $24 per hour for two labourers will prevent you from losing the $100 per hour you are contracted to be paid, the law requires that you take that reasonable step. In a real estate agent context, this could mean hiring another realtor on
a part-time basis to look after your listings and accompany your potential buyers. You might have to give up a huge chunk of your commissions to that other realtor, but at least it would mean not giving up those commissions altogether. In some scenarios, being out of the market or industry for a month or two might have a devastating long-term impact on your business. It might make sense to give up every dollar of your income to a sub-contractor or hired help just to keep the business going so as to avoid that longterm devastation. It might make sense to go in the hole for that purpose. The advice I give to
my clients is to pretend that your injuries, and the resulting income loss, is going to go completely uncompensated. Pretend that you are struggling through your pain for your own financial survival, not busting your butt to keep your claim at a minimum for the benefit of the insurance company. Your lawyer will be able to help you to brainstorm ways that you might be able to mitigate your income losses up front, to avoid the insurance company, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, nailing you down the road. It may be necessary to bring in a chartered accountant or business advisor as well. Aside from being a
legal duty—and that as such the failure to do so might cause those losses to go uncompensated— there is another really good reason for struggling as hard as you can to keep your losses at a minimum. Even if your lawyer is successful in forcing the insurance company to pay 100 per cent of those losses, you will end up with only two-thirds of the amount after paying your lawyer’s contingency fee. 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.
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The annual school start chaos begins Tuesday morning at Mount Boucherie Senior Secondary School as the nearly 1,500 students who will show up for classes will be greeted with new floors and a new principal. Principal John Simonson, who takes over the reigns of MBSS this year from Lisa McCullough, said it’s difficult to know at this point how many students will be enrolled this year. “I’m going to say 1,425,” said Simonson. “It’s down a little bit.”
Thursday was orientation day for new Grade 10s and Simonson said the school had a huge turnout of parents and students. “It was probably the best turnout we’ve had.” The soon-to-be high school students, numbering close to 500, got a tour of MBSS, found their homerooms and met their teachers. Simonson said one thing returning students will notice on the first day is that many of the carpets in the older wing of the school have been replaced with linoleum, including the office and career centre. “The first day, the stu-
dents go to their homeroom, and then get a chance to rotate through each of their classes for the first term,” said Simonson. Tuesday’s classes will end at 12:15 p.m. The first day of regular classes will be Wednesday. Things will be busy at MBSS for the first week and Simonson said the hectic nature of the first week is due mostly to new registrations and students making timetable changes. Just two weeks after the start of school, a group of leadership students, mostly in Grade 11 and 12 students, will be off to a four-day leadership con-
THE administration team at MBSS is raring to go for the first day of school Tuesday. Left to right, (front) vice-principals Gerry Mason and Luke Campbell, and (back) vice-principal John Grodzki and new principal John Simonson. DAVE PRESTON/CONTRIBUTOR
ference in Montreal. Simonson said a very important event in the first month of the school year will be an information meeting scheduled for Sept. 30 for parents of graduating students, where they will learn all the steps that need to be taken for their teens to graduate next year.
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