October 2011 - North of 50

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LOCAL LATITUDE, GLOBAL ATTITUDE

LOGAN LAKE

THE TOWN THAT REFUSES TO BURN DOWN

TALKS TRADE PROFILE: RON CANNAN

A PENTICTON HAUNTING

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YOUR LETTERS A Modest Proposal Regarding Deer and Other Urban Nuisances According to at least one scientist, one reason for so many deer in Penticton these days are the miles of fencing around vineyards and orchards forcing the animals into the interstices: gardens, backyards, Main Street, and so forth. This being the case, Council might consider continuing the exclusion concept around the !"#$%&'()*+&&,%-)(')#-&'#.$/&0%'#1%&)"%&2%3*&435)&675)8'%-).3*& city to take a page from the urban centres of Medieval Europe !()"&(--.1%390$%&0%-%4)5&)#&()5&'()(:%-5&9-/&)"%&%'#-#1*+&&;& walled city has many attractions, a few of which I outline below.

Deer would cease to be a presence in city boundaries as they would be summarily shooed away from the entry gates. So too moose, bear, cougars, wild horses, and coyotes. Well, perhaps not the last; the Trickster is very resourceful.

But why stop at excluding wild animals? As in medieval times, ‘undesirables’ could be turned away by the gate guardians and sent to other places less protected from such people. The city could have its very own ‘NO ENTRY’ list just like the ‘NO FLY’ lists. Of course, there would be disagreement about who should be on the list, but that’s democracy; those who lose the argument get added to the list.

Unruly teenagers could be sent outside the gates until they shaped up though there is always the danger that being ‘sent out’ might become a rite of passage and a badge of honour, ruining the salutary effects of the punishment.

And think of the tourist possibilities! Come to Penticton for the experience of ancient Europe and Asia! No worries about crime; all those people are excluded! No vicious deer to harass your kids or cougars to snap up Sweetums! And, if your teenagers express overly abundant hormones, just escort them to a convenient gate.

The job possibilities in this scheme are quite exciting too: producing the materials for the wall, erecting it, maintaining it, 9-/&5)9<4-=&)"%&=9)%5&/9*&9-/&-(=")&93%&#02(#.5>&0.)&)"%3%&93%& likely others. And of course, if the area is chosen for a prison, it could simply be an add-on to a section of the wall undoubtedly with huge savings for the province. ?<&'#.35%>&)39<4'&!#.$/&0%&5$#!%/&.@&9&1()%>&0.)&)"9)A5&9$$&)#&)"%& good. In any case, toll booths at the entry gates could help the City’s bottom line enormously and they’d be much cheaper than more parking lots.

Yes indeed, a walled city would seem to be the solution to a lot of problems. “Penticton, a place to live forever” would acquire a whole new meaning Eva Durance 4

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8 Logan Lake The Little Town that refuses to burn down

By Brenda Craig

26 STAYCATIONS 23+.4)35'(5%%(56#78(588987/&1

By Jim Couper

5 FROM THE EDITOR

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By Charles Duerden

30 AWAY FROM HOME 5):;5'(<#"&(8=,*(>7?8(@7*(A(@,*/

22 The Haunt on Toronto Avenue A Penticton Ghost Story

By Dawn Renaud

39 HEALTH MATTERS Smoking Stats in Canada Changes to Plavix recommendations 40 ARTS HAPPENING

18 DON SAWYER Fair Comment 20 CALVIN WHITE .=&(B=98&(C,C&"'(B=,8(D7E,*?(F# 34 LISE SIMPSON Life with George 36 BOB HARRINGTON Critical Mass

41 COMING EVENTS 42 COMMUNITY EVENTS 44 IT’S A PUZZLER

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GUEST EDITORIAL: Interior taxpayers want municipalities to reduce spending: Poll ICBA poll shows British Columbians want spending held to rate of inflation and growth Taxpayers from the Interior overwhelmingly want municipal leaders to tackle runaway civic spending, a poll by the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. has found.

The poll, conducted last week by Angus Reid Public Opinion, found that 70 per cent #<&U-)%3(#3&3%5(/%-)5&9-/&ZO&@%3&'%-)&#<&[3()(5"&\#$.10(9-5&!9-)&1.-('(@9$&5@%-/(-=& held at the rate of inflation and population growth. On average, B.C. municipalities are ratcheting up spending at twice that rate.

"If the UBCM agenda is any indication, municipal leaders are out of touch with the overwhelming concerns taxpayers have on civic spending across the province," ICBA ,3%5(/%-)& ,"($(@& ]#'"5)%(-& 59(/+& ^,#$()('(9-5& 9-/& 9/1(-(5)39)#35& 93%& (-& H9-'#.2%3& this week thanks to their taxpayers to attend sessions on Canada-European Trade Negotiation, Medical Marijuana Licensing and Regulations, and Building Partnerships to Encourage Farming. Sadly there's not a single session on how they can hold the line on municipal spending."

Municipal politicians have one place where reduced spending would get public support - wage and benefit packages for municipal workers that are an average of OL&@%3&'%-)&"(="%3&)"9-&!"9)&!#3D%35&(-&)"%&591%&Y#0&(-&)"%&@3(29)%&5%')#3&3%'%(2%+& The poll showed 68 per cent of British Columbians thought these pay rates are unjustified and municipalities should find ways to reduce them and bring them in line with the private sector.

"ICBA highlighted the problem with the municipal pay and benefit issue in a special report released earlier this month - and municipal leaders tried to shoot it down," Hochstein said. "It's clear that the taxpayers - and the voters in November's municipal elections - disagree."

Other poll highlights include: _& ZM`&!9-)&(-'3%95%5&(-&/%2%$#@1%-)&<%%5&9-/&'"93=%5&"%$/&(-&$(-%&!()"&)"%& rate of population and growth. _& LO`&)"(-D&)"%(3&1.-('(@9$&)9G%5&93%&)##&"(="+ _& PM`&9=3%%&)"%3%&5"#.$/&0%&5#1%&(-/%@%-/%-)&#2%35(=")&#<&1.-('(@9$()(%5&)#& ensure that taxpayer dollars are well spent.

"Municipal politicians head to the polls this fall and they're going to be seeking the support and the votes of taxpayers," Hochstein said. "ICBA's poll found that 81 per cent of people are ready to support candidates who agree to reduce municipal spending and taxes. That tells me that spending control and tax relief isn't just good for taxpayers and the municipal budget - it's good for politicians."

Interested parties can download the poll report with detailed tables and regional breakdown from at www.icba.ca.

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Logan Lake’s Fire Chief, Dan Leighton

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8,('"%8'9$7%56%– It’s another hot, bone dry August day in the BC interior. Logan Lake’s Fire Chief, Dan Leighton, is in his shiny red Ford 150, driving around town and on patrol. His milky blue eyes, shaded by a pair of black wraparound sunglasses, shift to a row of houses standing against a backdrop of tall lanky lodgepole pines, a quick glance at the road ahead and then eyes back to the tree line again.

“See that bush back behind those houses, the trees have to be kept thinned to the point where their tops don’t touch,” he explains. “If a fire starts hopping from tree top to tree top, that’s called crowning—and fires that start crowning can get out of control fast.”

When you’re the Fire Chief in Logan Lake, BC, it’s not house fires you worry about; it’s forest fires that make you toss and turn at night.

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timber can hopscotch through the tree tops at about 11 kilometers an hour, twice the pace of a brisk walk. Intense fires can produce fire whirls that spin through the forest at 80 kilometers an hour with tornado force.

A forest fire is one thing. A town on fire is quite another.

This morning, Chief Leighton’s attention is focused like a laser beam on the area between the edge of the forest and people’s houses—the area foresters call the interface.

I3'4$%/&%G,1"7%%G,"J&%5.3"%/&%G,1"% The Chief swings right down a pleasant little street on the edge of town. You get a glimpse of barbed wired fencing that has been moved up to the edge of residential property $(-%5b()&9$$#!5&'9))$%&)#&=39:%&59<%$*&(-&=3955*&93%95&)"9)& have grown up in the thinned or treated areas under a canopy of pine, spruce and aspen.

& cB%&%-'#.39=%&39-'"%35&)#&$%)&)"%(3&'#!5&=39:%& close to residential areas—less risk of grassfire that way.

We call it our ‘Cowmunity Program’” says the Chief with a big grin. “Some people complained about the ‘mooing’,” he says, “but I say, hey, would you rather have your house burn down?”

K/3$%'")%&+$%56%D"&$3/,3%%%%% Located high on a plateau, Logan Lake is just 40 minutes 5#.)"&#<&d91$##@5&9-/&Y.5)&66&D($#1%)3%5&#<<&)"%&\#K.("9$$9& highway that connects the interior of the province to the $#!%3&19(-$9-/+&F"%&)#!-&#<&6OQQ&(5&5.33#.-/%/&0*&3#$$(-=& hills, covered with thick stands of timberland as far as you can see. There are millions of lodgepole pines in the region—the trees most affected by the relentless campaign of the mountain pine beetle that have chewed their way through giant swathes of BC forest.

In town, the streets are lined with neat and tidy houses, ornamented with hanging baskets, plumped up with the summer rush of colourful petunias, geraniums and 193(=#$/5+&F"%3%A5&19*0%&9-&IH&(-&)"%&*93/>&#3&9&ReR&<#3& hunting. There are lots of the “over 60 gang”--out for a walk or heading down to the post office to mail a letter.

It’s typical, in many ways, of the growing number of small communities in BC where more and more people have chosen to make their homes, living close to the peace and

quiet of the forest, free to enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle and the spectacular beauty and serenity that is the envy of the world.

Of course there is no way to be sure that a wildfire won’t come charging over the hill in Logan Lake, or any other urban area that shares close quarters with BC’s vast woodlands, but as Chief Leighton sees it, in Logan Lake, they at least have a fighting chance to save the town from disaster.

“We could stand and fight,” says the Chief, a calm, clear headed kind of a guy who’s fought everything from =939=%&<(3%5&)#&-#3)"%3-&=95&$(-%&<(3%5&#2%3&"(5&6Z&*%935&95& a fire fighter. “We wouldn’t have to necessarily order an evacuation and run, we could fight it and we have.”

The Chief’s confidence might come as a surprise to some. @+/=&/"(%G/3$#&/,"*% Just a few years ago, Logan Lake was tagged as the '#11.-()*&!()"&)"%&"(="%5)&<(3%&"9:93/&39)(-=&(-&)"%& province. It was a fire waiting to happen.

Now after close to a decade of hard work, a forward thinking and innovative plan of action, Logan Lake has proven itself to be a leader in wildfire protection and set the standard for other communities in BC. Logan Lake has invested heavily in protecting its town from fire over the last 8 years, spending more than northof50.com

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f7+O&1($$(#-&#-&)"%&/%2%$#@1%-)&9-/&(1@$%1%-)9)(#-&#<&9& Community Wildfire Protection Plan.

“If we are not at the top, we would be right near the top in fire prevention,” says Logan Lake Mayor Marlon Dosch. “A number of other communities have been 3%'#=-(:%/&<#3&)"%(3&!#3D&(-&<(3%&@3%2%-)(#->&0.)&U&)"(-D&!%& are at the forefront of planning for urban interface projects.” & U-&)"%&5.11%3&#<&6QQO>&C9*#3&g#5'">&$(D%&19-*& @%#@$%&(-&)"%&93%9>&!9)'"%/&)"%&"#3(:#-&9-G(#.5$*&95&51#D%& from hundreds of forest fires filled the air. To the north, just 40 minutes away, just outside Kamloops, a column of smoke billowed from the runaway Strawberry Hill fire, rising hundreds of meters into the air.

“Anywhere you lived in the province you were sitting on pins and needles. Fire could happen anywhere,” says Logan Lake Town Councillor Al Smith looking back., Smith’s an energetic, solid, community guy. “I mean BC was burning.”

Fire on the Edge of Town

Town councillor, Al Smith (left) and Mayor Marlon Dosch (right) review Community Wildfire Protection Plan map showing areas for current and future mitigation work.

56J@%L,3*&%K/3$%@$'*," Communities were being evacuated; homes burned to the ground, entire neighbourhoods were threatened or destroyed.

The pine beetle infestation had turned the once green forest into thousands of hectares of dead trees. An exceptionally long hot summer combined with decades of <#3%5)&&<.%$&0.($/8.@&0%'91%&D-#!-&95&)"%&6QQO&<(3%5)#31+& That summer a provincial wildfire specialist showed up in Logan Lake with a blunt and alarming assessment of the town’s chances if a wildfire took hold anywhere near the town.

He told us, look,” says Dirk Werring, who was the Logan Lake Chief at the time, “If fire breaks out around here it will be ten times worse than what happened in Kelowna.”

Many of the 1100 homes in Logan Lake had been built within meters of the bush. With no fire break between the forest and the community the chances of stopping the <(3%&!%3%&'$#5%&)#&:%3#+&F"%3%&!95&-#&(11%/(9)%&)"3%9)>&0.)& if a fire happened it would be bad.

The evaluation, although stunning, was hardly a surprise. & c?-'%&)"%&<(3%5&#<&6QQO&"9@@%-%/&b()&Y.5)& heightened everyone’s awareness and council was really concerned at the time,” says Logan Lake’s Mayor Dosch.

A,%@.33$")$3% Logan Lake town council huddled. This was one little BC forest town that would not go down without a fight.

Fireproofing a whole community smack in the middle of dense forest was an overwhelming task, but for Logan Lake

it was the only option.

One thing they did have on their side was a lot of people around who understood forests. Among them, Tom Lacey, a determined take-no-prisoners type of guy. He signed on to lead the charge.

“Tom was really the driving force,” says town 9/1(-(5)39)#3&B9*-%&H#$$39)"+&&c]%A5&5(-'%&@955%/&#->&0.)& we’re in good shape now and a lot of it was Tom’s work.”

No town had ever done what Logan Lake wanted to do, but Logan Lake was going to do it. And so, as the province lay blanketed in smoke, Lacey and the others went to work grid mapping their little town, learning that the prevailing winds came from the south, studying historic fire patterns, identifying trouble spots—places where fire might try to break through into the community.

They found some money to hire a consultant who helped decipher the problem, set priorities and identify specific actions to reduce the risk of fire. They picked a few @3(#3()*&93%95&(-&)"%&(-)%3<9'%&:#-%5&9-/&!%-)&)#&!#3D+ It would mean cutting down trees, close to town, trees that provided shade in the summer and shelter in the winter—and if it’s one thing Logan Lakers love, it’s their trees.

“It was quite an undertaking,” says Mayor Dosch.

“We needed not only to commit money to the process; we needed to get the community to buy in to the idea.”

And when Mayor Dosch says buy in, he means buy in.

M'0/"(%=,3%&+$%M<'"%% The municipality is huge—it goes way beyond the edge of town and the surrounding forest was loaded up with extreme amounts of fuel. If the town could take over the management of the forest in the area it could make a big difference.

The priority for the Wildfire Management Branch is firefighting on crown land, and when there is time forestry crews will assist communities to clear interface areas that 3%@3%5%-)&9&@#)%-)(9$&"9:93/+& They could do some of the work around Logan Lake, but not all of it.

This is a place that prides itself on its low property taxes, and town council was about to risk upsetting a lot of people.

To Logan Lakers the only thing worse than tearing down trees is wasting piles of money. The town’s plan was to invest $100,000 dollars in an arm’s length corporation that would get into the competitive and often volatile forestry business.

Today Logan Lake’s Community Forest Corporation

is not only a money maker, it is an integral part of the \#11.-()*&B($/<(3%&,3#)%')(#-&&,3#=391+&U-&6QQZ&()&!95& awarded timber rights to the 17,000 hectares around Logan a9D%&9-/&(5&#-&)93=%)&)#&%93-&9-&%5)(19)%/&fZQQ>QQQ&0*&6Q76+& It creates jobs in the community; it manages socially responsible logging in the interface and reduces the risk of fire.

“There was tremendous competition for the timber rights, but we were desperate to thin that forest. I don’t think we would have been in a position to get those rights if we hadn’t done the work we did,” says Brown who is manager of the Community Forest Corporation. “The Minister of Forests at the time was Mike De Jong,” says Don Brown. “All the work we were doing got the province’s attention.”

A substantial portion of the money earned by the Community Forest Corporation is and will continue to go to funding mitigation projects around Logan Lake. And the $100,000 invested has been returned to the town kitty— ahead of schedule.

There are 60 Community Forest Corporations in the province—their purpose is to allow communities to have more local control over forest operations but what sets Logan Lake apart is its focus on fire prevention.

“It has taken awhile, but we are seeing profits. One of our goals is to take the cost of fire protection away from taxpayers to fund wildfire protection planning and fire proofing work,” adds Brown.

“We started off small, just to show the residents what we could do—what a treated area would look like,” adds Mayor Dosch. “It is not a wholesale logging operation.

There are many trees still standing. Much of the area looks like managed parkland.”

“After dealing with the small areas we started on larger operations and that’s where we are now.”

“It is not a fail safe plan,” says Brown. “A fire could still come through town but the work we have done to date will make it a whole lot easier for firefighters to defend the community.”

K/3$%,"%&+$%F)($%,=%B,1" For proof of that, look no further than a recent fire in the Acreages neighbourhood—a pocket of nicely kept, large homes on the edge of town. Hundreds of beetle kill trees have been felled, logged and cleared from the interface area over the last several years and a good thing too for homeowners.

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of Logan Lake’s volunteer fire department plus one water bomber and two helicopters to make get it under control. It could have been a disaster.

“If this area was still full of beetle kill trees we would have had to evacuate the area. We just wouldn’t have been able to control it, not with those high winds,” says Chief Leighton. &&&& U<&f7+O&1($$(#-&5%%15&$(D%&9&$#)&1#-%*&<#3&9&B($/<(3%& Plan it all makes sense when you consider what could be lost. “What’s that really,” says Councillor Al Smith. “That’s the cost of replacing four or five homes maybe.

8,('"%8'9$%5$'&*%/&%C':% Logan Lake seems to have beaten its rap as the BC town most likely to burn. Of course, the reality is that fire is a '#-5)9-)&)"3%9)&(-&[\+&?-&92%39=%&)"%&@3#2(-'%&"95&6LQQ& <#3%5)&<(3%5&9&*%93&'#-5.1(-=&9-&95)#-(5"(-=&6L>QQQ&"%')93%5& of forest.

And while no fire season since has matched the <%3#'()*&#<&)"%&6QQO&<(3%5)#31>&'#-/()(#-5&93%&-#)&(1@3#2(-=& --BC forests remain flammable.

“We know that our fire seasons are getting longer and the fuel sources in the forest are changing, possibly because of climate change and because of the impact of the mountain pine beetle—we have to be aware of that,” says Steve Schell, Kamloops Fire Centre Manager.

Schell is very familiar with the hard work done by Logan Lake and has nothing but respect for the vision and effort of its community leaders. “I think Logan Lake has been very proactive and is better positioned to withstand any wildfire threat.”

A fire could still happen but the work that Logan Lake has done changes the likely outcome. “The fire would be less severe, firefighters would be able to bring it under control more quickly, and because the interface areas have been addressed so effectively, water and fire retardants dropped from the air will certainly be able to penetrate that tree canopy and reach the ground,” says Steve Schell.

M3,&$#&/"(%&+$%B,1"%'")%M3$:'3/"(%&+$%A$N&% I$"$3'&/," The town council’s wildfire committee seems to have incorporated every possible weapon available in the battle )#&D%%@&<(3%&#.)&#<&a#=9-&a9D%88<3#1&'#!5&=39:(-=&/#!-& the grass, to keeping the interface area pruned and cleared, to finding a successful way for its fire prevention plan to fund itself. They’ve even come up with a way to fund summer jobs that fit the needs of the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. The money comes out of town council’s pocket, but it is well worth it.

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The kids get good paying jobs close to home. It’s hard work, no doubt about it. But they can learn a lot about wildfire protection—and it is knowledge they can spread to their peers.

Chief Leighton takes a sharp left and heads down a bumpy double track trail leading towards the duck pond on the south side of town and parks the truck.

“Logan Lake’s prevailing wind is from the south,” says Leighton, “this is prime area for fire to come through.”

The rest of the way he’s on foot, he crosses a little bridge and heads for a group of high school kids decked out in orange safety vests and hard hats.

“It’s looking good here,” says Leighton in response to the gang that proudly reports on how much they’ve managed to do in just a day or two in the area. They’re students from Logan Lake Secondary and they’re hired to help with the town’s Community Wildfire Protection Program.

“After provincial forestry crews thin out the trees, the kids prune, stack and cleanup what’s left behind.” When winter comes, they burn the wood piles. “It provides local jobs for kids,” the Chief says, “and it gives them a good understanding about what wildfire can do and about fire prevention. It all helps.”

8,('"%8'9$%B'9$*%'%O/#&,30%8': We’re proud of the work we’ve done and we want to share our story with other communities. We think too that the fire protection plan is a good selling point for our community, just like our low taxes,” says Councillor Smith.

Logan Lake has come a long way since the summer #<&6QQOb!"%-&'#11.-()*&<(3%&@3%2%-)(#-&'#-5(5)%/&#<& flagging down cars on their way into the backcountry and begging them to be careful in the forest.

It’s been a masterful dance through government bureaucracy and overlapping boundaries. A kind of “ain’t no mountain high enough, ain’t no river wide enough” strategy that is working.

There are still ongoing grant applications to be done, there are planning meetings across multiple jurisdictions and the maintenance of the mitigated areas never stops.

“We’ve had to put up some money and that was supported by the province through UBCM grants,” says Mayor Dosch. “And, of course, it has taken us awhile to build a team with the Fire Department, the Ministry of Forests, Thompson Okanagan Interface Committee. We had to define some best practices, but we have had help from a lot of people.” & cU)&(5&9$$&!%$$8#3=9-(:%/&-#!&9-/&!%&"92%&$%93-%/& over time that it is important to get everything co-ordinated at the start of the year so everyone knows who is doing what

and when and where,” he adds.

If Logan Lake feels like it has bragging rights, well maybe it does.

“It took us a long time to figure out how to do this,” says Mayor Dosch.

“I think it is important for other communities to understand what the financial commitments are, the manpower that is needed and to understand the challenges we had in implementing our program. I would hope other communities would look at us and learn from the good things that have happened—and the bad things,” he says with laugh.

“They say it’s going to cost $4 to $5 million to rebuild the homes in Slave Lake,” says Leighton, sitting in his office at Logan Lake Fire and Rescue.

There a couple of rooftop sprinklers on the bookcase—just in case someone pops in for one.

“And then there are the schools, all the infrastructure, all the roads, all the municipal buildings— and how many people move away, how many people decide they have had enough and they are out—they want to get to a safer place?” he says.

“You have to keep on top of your Community Wildfire Protection Plan. You have to make sure everyone is still on the same page so you get a quick response. When something does happen—you want to be ready to make the right decisions—to move people, to protect their homes and their lives.”

“When you think about it—how long does it take for it all to be gone in a fire—maybe two days?”

It’s not going to happen in Logan Lake—not if anyone there has their way.

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pumpkin facts Pumpkins are a common sight come around Halloween. This fruit of the fall is often used in decorating the interior and exterior of homes, but can be an integral component of cooking and baking as well.

Little thought is given to pumpkins and their makeup.

But pumpkin afficionados who want to know more about these delicious gourds can dig into the following facts.

Pumpkins are a member of the squash family that grow on long vines close to the ground. Before pumpkin fruit grows, brightly colored flowers will form and then turn into pumpkins. Pumpkins adapt to many climates and are grown on all of the continents except Antarctica.

In colonial times, settlers and natives alike relied on pumpkin as a staple of their diets. The British saw the possibilities of pumpkins as a food source and brought seeds back to Europe to enjoy as well.

Pumpkins are comprised of several parts. The pumpkin is covered in a skin that surrounds the pulp, or the meaty part of the pumpkin. The stem is at the top of the pumpkin and connects to the vine. Tendrils are thin pieces of vine that tether the pumpkin to the ground to protect it from the wind and weather. The inside of the pumpkin is known as the cavity and can contain seeds and fibrous strands. The bottom of the pumpkin is known as the blossom end because that's where the flower started before the pumpkin formed.

Most varieties of pumpkins are edible, but some taste better than others. Once pumpkins turn orange they can be eaten. People bake the meat into pies, soups and stews. It can also be used in breads and cakes. Pumpkin puree can replace the oil in cake recipes much in the same way applesauce can. Adding pumpkin to recipes provides a healthy way to increase nutritional value.

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Trade Talk U-)%3-9)(#-9$&)39/%&(5&)"%&$(<%0$##/&#<&\9-9/9+&V#1%&RO& percent of Canadian gross domestic product is generated by )39/%&9-/&6L&@%3'%-)&#<&\9-9/9h5&Y#05&'#1%&<3#1&%G@#3)5+&;& strong advocate in the drive to develop the country’s trade is Ron Cannan, Member of Parliament for Kelowna-Lake Country. As a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade, Cannan has worked with his colleagues in Parliament to ratify some of the country’s major trade initiatives.This involvement began at the same time as his parliamentary career. cB"%-&U&!95&<(35)&%$%')%/&)#&,93$(91%-)&(-&i9-.93*&6QQM>&)"%& Prime Minister [Stephen Harper] asked me what my area of interest was,” he recollects. “Under his direction I became involved with the trade committee and I really grew to enjoy it, because of its diversity and the fact that Canada is a trading nation.”

In this capacity, Cannan supports the Harper government’s efforts to diversify Canada’s trade. Nine trade agreements have been signed, among them, those with Colombia, Panama (pending) and the European Free Trade Association.

These, along with the Prime Minister’s recent four-country tour of Latin America and continuing negotiations with India, the European Union and the countries of the Pacific Rim have resulted in a drop in dependency on US trade <3#1&-%93$*&NQ&@%3'%-)&)#&9&$())$%&#2%3&ZQ&@%3'%-)+&&cF"%5%& developments provide opportunities in Kelowna-Lake Country for forestry products, tourism and wine,” Cannan notes. “Some wineries are already trading directly with China.”To further spur the local wine industry, Cannan )90$%/&C#)(#-&67P&)"9)&!#.$/&#2%3).3-&5)3(').3%5&/9)(-=& from Prohibition to allow the direct sale of wine to consumers rather than through provincial liquor stores.

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security the Prime Minister has embarked upon with President Obama to ease the flow of Canadian exports. “We 5"#.$/&19D%&)"%&RN)"&@939$$%$&#.3&$95)&$(-%&#<&5%'.3()*>&-#)& our first,” said Cannan.

Cannan has also been instrumental in improving infrastructure on the ground in his riding to improve trade and travel with initiatives such as the Kelowna Passport Office, the Kelowna Airport Expansion, and the upgrade of ](="!9*&NZ>&0.)&"#!&"93/&(5&()&<#3&9&09'D0%-'"%3&)#&!(-& these types of project? “It’s a team effort,” replied Cannan. cj#.&"92%&)#&!#3D&!()"&'#11.-()*&#3=9-(:9)(#-5&5.'"&95& our localchambers of commerce, the City of Kelowna, and our three local MLAs.” He said as a Kelowna city councillor

he was aware of a “disconnect” between the two senior levels of government – federal and provincial – which as an MP he sought to remedy. “What we set out to do has since worked really well,” he said, explaining he meets quarterly with the Chamber, the mayor, the city administration and the provincial representatives. “It’s good to sit down with those groups and discuss ideas and priorities, work cooperatively, and from there we build a business case.”

One project underway as a result of a collaborative effort is Accelerate Okanagan, a support program for entrepreneurs in technology, tourism and aviation. “The art of lobbying,” said Cannan, is “first you inform, and then persuade!”

That sense of teamwork also extends to the MP’s own family and his staff. “We have an excellent team, comprising two staffers in the constituency office and two in Ottawa,” he said. “I also have a wonderfully supportive wife and family,” said Cannan who has been married to Cindy Cannan 5(-'%&7NPR&9-/&!"#&93%&-#!&=39-/@93%-)5&!()"&9&5%'#-/& grandchild on the way at the time of writing.

Family was also a factor in his choice of career in public service. “My parents were always involved in the community,” said Edmonton-native Cannan. “From them I learned that if you want to make a difference, you have to get in the game; it’s about the value of one and the power of many!”

I#-&\9--9-&933(2%/&(-&d%$#!-9&!()"&9&*#.-=&<91($*&(-&7NNQ& and began a sales and marketing career with local leading companies including the Kelowna Daily Courier, Costco Wholesale, Corus Entertainment, and later worked in management for two Okanagan automobile dealerships.In T#2%10%3&7NNM&"%&39-&<#3&d%$#!-9&\()*&\#.-'($&9-/&5%32%/& for nine years before successfully running for federal office (-&i9-.93*&6QQM>&0%(-=&3%8%$%')%/&(-&?')#0%3&6QQP&9-/&1#5)& 3%'%-)$*&(-&C9*&6Q77+ For Cannan, his most memorable moment in politics was his initial visit to Parliament Hill. “I will always remember that first day when I visited Ottawa as a tourist. It still feels surreal to have the honour to serve,” he said. Despite his obvious idealism, he remains realistic about his role and the expectations of him. “Every MP is like a franchisee who runs their constituency as they see fit to get the best results, and every election you get judged,” Cannan said.

Ron, far right, making a celebratory toast with (far left) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture Pierre Lemieux, Owner of Gray Monk Winery, George Heiss (centre) after making an announcement for the B.C. Wine Grape Council. Photo supplied.

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The masthead at the top of the opinion page in a recent (55.%&#<&)"%&H9-'#.2%3&V.-&<%9).3%5&@(').3%5&#<&)"#5%&=3%9)& Canadian social philosophers Benjamin Franklin and Ronald Reagan, the latter assuring us that â&#x20AC;&#x153;there are no great limits to growthâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? And old Ben, chiming in from his 18th century vantage point, provides us with similar wisdom: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.â&#x20AC;? But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

just to soften us up. The headline directly below, fronting Harvey Enchin’s column, screams “Greenest City Moniker an Orwellian Nightmare.” (You can almost hear the exclamation point at the end, can’t you?)

Now wondering how becoming a green city is tantamount )#&?3!%$$A5&?'%9-(9>&!"%3%&.-<#3).-9)%&'()(:%-5&$(2%/&&#-& a diet of black bread, synthetic meals and cheap gin, were spied on by the Thought Police and turned in by their brainwashed children, and where every move was observed 0*&.0(K.()#.5&FH&1#-()#35>&!#.$/&0%&9&3%95#-90$%&3%9')(#-+&& But no matter; like his “journalistic” colleagues in the States, the implication is enough. Frame “green cities” as Orwellian and half the battle is over. Your reader has bypassed logic and is now reacting with emotion. But stunning the unsuspecting reader with a vicious right jab of a headline isn’t enough. In this world of journalism as propaganda, you )"%-&<#$$#!&.@&!()"&9-&%K.9$$*&<3%-:(%/&.@@%3'.)k&&cl3%%-& economies don’t create wealth,” the subtitle blares, “but dissipates it, which should send a shudder down the spine #<&%2%3*&@%35#-&(-&H9-'#.2%3+m Ooh. A chill down the spine. Scary. Creepy even. I’m convinced.

For most readers that is about where it will stop. Enchin has succeeded in associating Mayor Gregor Robinson (a large picture of whom -- looking slightly seedy and shifty -- is plastered below the headlines so you won’t miss the connection) and his commitment to sustainable growth, ecological responsibility, a livable city, and community enjoyment and happiness with totalitarianism, poverty, and irresponsible flightiness. (Of course he’s getting a little help from the other “pantheists ruling the roost at City Hall.”)

And just in case an intrepid reader takes the time to slog through the entire article itself, he or she will encounter a 3910$(-=&&/(9)3(0%&)"9)&9))9'D5&H9-'#.2%3A5&'"#('%&#<&)"%& peregrine falcon as their “green city” symbol (“a carnivorous predator…that has a particular fondness for songbirds” and “carries a host of parasites and pathogens , including the avipoxvirus, which is fatal to humans”), smears “green economies,” and makes it clear to all of us that the only true path to prosperity is the tried and true religion of “oldfashioned economic growth.”

Another case in point. Did you hear about the Republican’s having a cow when the US government decided that public buildings should be outfitted with those new spiral CFL bulbs? Opposing cost-saving devices as “trampling on our right to choose” and “government forcing decisions down our throat” might seem only comprehensible in the

context of the loony right of the Republican party. But in 9&3%'%-)&93)('$%&0*&,%)%3&S#5)%3&(-&)"%&H9-'#.2%3&,3#2(-'%& (reprinted as a “guest column” from the Financial Post), we are confronted with this alarming headline: “Eco-Zealots Don’t Care if New Light Harms You.” Whoa. Those damned @%5D*&%'#8:%9$#)5&9=9(-+&&B"9)&"92%&)"%*&/#-%&)"(5&)(1%n&& Well, it seems, they (whoever they are) nearly succeeded in forcing Canadians to use more efficient light bulbs. Yep, and when the Conservatives delayed the decision, they did so “quietly…so as not to enrage environmental NGOs or suggest to Washington that Ottawa was daring to walk out of ecogoosestep.” Whoa. Eco-goosestep. Environmental NGOs. Aren’t those the devious buggers creating all this fuss around their silly “theory of catastrophic man-made climate change” just to get oodles of research grants? (Awfully good thing those oil companies are out there spending tens of millions to make sure we all know the real truth.) And while Foster claims CFLs can cause a host of physical problems, he has another idea on how these new fangled bulbs can cause depression. “What about sensitivity to having your freedom taken away?” My goodness. This is serious.

You don’t know the half of it. Foster goes on, “Radical greens make no secret of rejoicing in the prospect of reducing human convenience as they assert more control over our lives.”

Who knew?

This irresponsible fear mongering is new to Canada, and I have to wonder to what extent the Canadian right and it’s media hand maidens are taking signals from the right wing “think tanks” in the States. The extreme language, appeal to <%93>&/(2%35(#-&#<&9-=%3&<3#1&'#3@#39)(#-5&)#&c%'#8:%9$#)5>m& placing of individual “freedoms” above social responsibility, presentation of governments as totalitarian wannabes, and the use of half-truths and distortions emulates the hate and divisiveness being churned out by right-wing ideologues employed by the Koch brothers and other American oligarchs to protect their wealth and privilege. Surely Canadians are too well-informed and sophisticated to fall for this sort of nonsense.

Aren’t we?

Don Sawyer is a writer, educator and former Director of Okanagan College’s International Development Centre. He lives with his wife in Salmon Arm. You can contact Don by email at donsawyer@telus.net or by mail at Don Sawyer c/o North of 50°, Box 100, Armstrong, V0E 1B0.

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Police misconduct or brutality? Oh well, it's a hard job dealing with criminals. Governments that lie or kowtow to and cut sweet deals to vested interests? Ah, you can't trust @#$()('(9-5+&\#3@#39)(#-5&)"9)&<$%%'%&)"%&@.0$('>&2(')(1(:%>&#3& exploit? Hey, did you hear about the good deal at Wal-Mart.

Our security forces using torture or imprisoning the wrong guy? Well, we have to protect ourselves. Global warming that will bring about disaster? It's all overblown, there is no global warming.

Denial allows addiction to persist. Similarly with those in positions of power at the head of companies or government agencies, those who follow blindly the mantras of profit and growth as though they are God's laws. They are addicted to those ways of being and thinking, and when evidence surfaces of the pain caused or wrongness of direction, they '#2%3&.@>&1(-(1(:%>&#3&19D%&%G'.5%5&!"*&()&3%9$$*&(5-h)&5#+& Before we react in a logical and healthy way, we need to hit bottom. To literally be faced with crisis and feel we have no choice but to take action. The same way it is with an alcoholic. The great positive is that, unlike the child we were, as adults we actually can make change occur. In the Arab world, we see what is possible when humans reach their critical limits. And for each human who chooses to cast aside denial and take action, even when they aren't able to fully change what needs changing, there is an additional reward. They feel better. They feel stronger. They become more capable and alive in all other aspects of their lives.

Their sense of positivity increases. This applies whether it's a societal issue or a personal issue. ;&!#19-&/3(2(-=&7QQd,]&#-&)"%&H9-'#.2%3&<3%%!9*& recently had a heart attack, and her car began to veer out #<&"%3&$9-%+&F!#&*#.-=&=.*5&(-&9&'93&0%5(/%&"%3&3%9$(:%/&)"%& situation. They drove parallel to the unconscious woman so her car was forced to stay in her lane. Another man saw what was happening. He got in front of the woman and allowed her car to bump his. A third guy noticed it all and boxed the woman's car in from behind. They got the car stopped, and gave her CPR. This is what humans can do.

Calvin White is a retired high school counsellor who lives in the North Okanagan. He has over 70 essays published in various Canadian daily newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun and Province. If you have any comments on this column, you can write to Calvin White at calvinwhite@northof50.com or to Calvin White c/o North of 50째, Box 100, Armstrong, BC V0E 1B0

Inside, at some level, we know the truth and it scares us, but our capacity for denial, overrides the fear. We slip into it. And as adults we throw ourselves into our jobs, our sports, our media distractions, our busyness. We keep conversations to the trivial. We resist thinking. Reality FH&3%@$9'%5&#.3&#!-&$(2%/&3%9$()*+&U19=(-%&9&$#-%$*&'"($/& absorbed in a video game as one of his drunken parents screams at the other.

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The Haunt ,"%B,3,"&,%H;$".$ Story & Photos By Dawn Renaud

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!"#$%&#'()#$%&*+,-"#.(#/,(0.10%(#.(#-20,#310%4,*5# you might want to steer clear of a certain house on Toronto Avenue. It’s not hard to avoid; the peaceful little street is a mere block long, nestled in a quiet residential area of modest 1(/87NRQ5&2%)%39-&"#.5(-=+&F"%&-%(="0#.3"##/A5&5(1($93&)#& those in other Okanagan towns and cities, but what goes on here isn’t normal. Paranormal perhaps. Certainly a little weird.

“Every year same thing happen, late October,” explains the homeowner, Mme Russaud. (It’s probably not her real name, and her accent is hard to place—Albania, Romania come to mind.) “Hag usually show up first, sit around on broom all day, maybe all night too. Some say she look for children. She come nine or ten years now, but no children now on Toronto Avenue. Probably coincidence.

Some years her sisters come too, make camp on lawn, stir nasty brew in pot, leave bones all over flower bed.”

It gets worse. “Is oldest house on block, but when I purchase home was not told might be graves out front,” says Russaud. “Now tombstones pop up, coffin. Grave digger come. He just sit, sit, sit. Waiting, maybe. People think he not alive anymore, but sometimes see he still breathe.

Scarecrow in yard normally quiet, just do his job, now start acting up. Let lots of birds come, too.”

Russaud says some neighbours have made a habit of strolling past occasionally to see what’s new, but the strange goings-on aren’t confined to the front yard. Some years, a scientist has taken up residence in the back shed. “One time, creepy girl show up in back flower bed, rise up now and then like climb out over rock wall. Scare teenager. Daughter 59*&)"(5&=(3$&(5&1#2(%&5)93>&9')&(-&5"#!&'9$$%/&I(-=+&H%3*&.=$*& girl, black tangled hair very messy. I say, ‘Movie star not $##D&$(D%&)"(5&(-&1*&/9*+&J$(:90%)"&F9*$#3&$##D&$(D%&)"9)>&5"%& probably not go so far.’ And last year, something very bad happen in husband’s garage; ugly thing show up in favourite car. Husband not want to work on hot rod any more.”

Not surprisingly, Russaud says all this takes a toll on the other members of her household. “My family start to behave very strange. Father and mother not themselves. Age very badly. Husband get pale, look like he need good sleep, but our room not good for this; ghost hover over bed, peer out at street, wave candle up and down. Makes difficult to sleep.

My youngest daughter have same problem. She look very sickly. Maybe just sad, moody. You know how young people get when not have enough sleep.”

Russaud says her older daughter actually seems to enjoy the annual happenings. “She say this all just good Halloween fun. She dress up, go out to party. Probably northof50.com 23

good idea; cannot stay home watch television. Chandelier floating around living room get in the way. Also, my sister Olga usually come, bring cat and chicken, set up crystal ball in family room. Sometimes just stares for hours and hours, saying nothing. "Can be very boring.”

Last year, Russaud decided to take action. “We cannot enjoy nice evening at home. So I say, ‘Fine, same thing always going to happen, not stop until end of October.

Might as well take advantage.’ I talk to Judy Sentes at OSNS Child Development Centre. I tell her plan, and she say is good idea. So I dress in best skirt, shawl, boots and tell good people of Penticton, ‘Cross my palm with bit of silver, and I show you around whole yard. Look in window, see what I got to put up with.’ Many people not too afraid to come.

They bring the children, enjoy bit of spooky stuff.”

Russaud and her daughter took the visitors donations to the OSNS Child Development Centre, whose annual Share A Smile Telethon takes place on the last Sunday in October; last year the fundraiser coincided with Halloween.

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“I check with Olga, she look in crystal ball and say same thing likely to happen again this year,” says Russaud. “So I talk to Judy, she say yes, can always use the money help children. So if anybody want to come I show around, maybe you see ghost too. Bring family. Also maybe bring in-law, houseguest, anyone else you not mind leave behind; maybe you find them here next year.”

Although Russaud claims her yard is “probably perfectly safe,” we’re not sure we should recommend you go.

However, if you insist, you’ll find the haunt at 754 Toronto Avenue. Guided tours of the property are by donation from MkOQ&)#&PkOQ&#-&?')#0%3&6P&)"3#.="&O7>&!%9)"%3&@%31())(-=+

Russaud shared these photos, taken in previous years.

She says she’s never sure what to expect, but that it will always be spooky.

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onning a Victorian attitude seems appropriate when visiting Victoria, B.C.’s capital.

Forts with big guns cater to visiting men while female tourists can gambol in glorious gardens: inappropriately sexist today, but fine 110 years ago.

For couples these divided interests often result in divided vacation time. Rare is the male who will patiently perambulate and pose for pictures among posies at such famed floral sites as Butchart and Glendale Gardens. And for how long will women climb the ramparts, explore the dungeons and caress the cannons of a place like Fort Rodd?

Before heading in separate directions I suggest a couple starts with an outing to Hatley Park, home of both castle and =93/%-5+&B"($%&)"%&'$955('>&7QO&*%938#$/&5)#-%&19-5(#-&'#1%5& up short in the department of dungeons and cannons, it does 5@#3)&9&1%-A5&51#D(-=&3##1>&0(=&#9D&/##35>&9-&P68<##)&)9$$& turret and other macho accoutrements. Outside, acres of gardens include vegetable, Japanese, tropical, greenhouses, ponds and streams. Statuesque artwork intermingles with the flora; a sure female pleaser. It’s the perfect place for those with divided interests to stroll hand-in-hand.

For my wife Lian and myself Hatley, operated by Royal Roads University, provided the best compromise and, with

9/1(55(#-&#<&90#.)&fOQ&<#3&)!#>&9&=##/&29$.%+&B%&3%'%(2%/&9& guided tour of the enormous castle and spent several hours "9@@($*&%G@$#3(-=&)"%&=3#.-/5+&;&'#1@9-(#-&@(%'%>&ON83##1& Craigdarroch Castle, built by Robert Dunsmuir the father of James who built the mansion at Hatley Park, also makes the sightseer’s list.

H(')#3(9A5&0%5)&5(=")5%%(-=&29$.%&'91%&'#.3)%5*&#<&)"%& government with a $4 admission to Fort Rodd and adjacent Fisgard Lighthouse national historic sites. The first western Canadian lighthouse, built in 1860, still operates although the restored keeper’s premises have long been vacant. Fort I#//>&0.($)&(-&)"%&$9)%&7PNQ5>&<%9).3%5&)"3%%&=.-&09))%3(%5>& .-/%3=3#.-/&19=9:(-%5>&'#119-/&@#5)5>&=.93/"#.5%5>& 09339'D5&9-/&@%3(#/&<.3-(5"%/&3##15+&U)&/%<%-/%/&H(')#3(9& and the Esquimalt Naval Base.

H(')#3(9&@3#./$*&@3#1#)%5&()5%$<&95&9&<$#3(5)5A&"92%-+& Among the floral fabrications, Butchart Gardens claims international fame and deserves it. Rows of roses, aisles of 9:9$%95>&@9)'"%5&#<&@%).-(95&9-/&0%/5&#<&0%=#-(9&D%%@&=3%%-& thumbs awestruck for a day: the rest of us find several hours of stamen sniffing. Dancing waters, displays that depict history, Italian statues, concerts in the park and, of course, a giant souvenir shop supplement the flowers. northof50.com 27

Glendale Gardens, with 10,000 varieties of plants on nine acres, might be considered a Butchart for those without the time or the money for the full meal deal.

Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, a great family attraction near the Sidney ferry dock, combines education and entertainment. With aquariums and displays it interprets the local coastal water and its inhabitants. The highlight of our visit was an active octopus, more than two metres in diameter that slithered around its glass-enclosed home.

Whale watching tours abound from the harbour, with no guarantees of what you will or will not see. While such excursions do not rate among my favourite outings (on good days you spot distant backs and fins breaking the surface), a boat trip that chugs through the harbour and along the island-studded coast makes for a fun three hours as long as sea sickness does not rear its pale, ugly head. &S#3&1#3%&H(')#3(9&(-<#&$##D&.@&]%$$#[\+'#1+

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Victoria’s Butchart garden’s rose walkway.

A walk around the harbour, with artists, performers and musicians offering both souvenirs and entertainment, rates as a must do. With the parliament buildings and the majestic Empress Hotel in the background and the harbour and yachts in the foreground a finer stroll is seldom found.

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Boats moored in the marina at Inner Harbour in Victoria.

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Natural Bridge in Aruba. The bridge has since collapsed. Photo: Matthew Hull

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The ideal Caribbean vacation used to mean hours of tanning on the beach, margarita in hand, with Jimmy Buffet crooning in the background. Today's traveler, however, seeks engaging and enriching activities as an alternative to simply lounging around the hotel. The trend towards active vacations can be seen in the growing awareness in ecotourism and interest in outdoor activities such as hiking, biking and climbing. The island of Aruba is responding to this increasing demand for active vacations by proving that it has much more to offer than Caribbean sun and 59-/+&F"%&(5$9-/>&6Q&1($%5&$#-=&0*&M&1($%5&!(/%>&(5&)"%&3(=")& 5(:%&<#3&'#-2%-(%-)&%G@$#39)(#-&#<<&)"%&0%9)%-&@9)"&!"($%& the semiarid topography and geological formations offer a wealth of activities distinct from other Caribbean isles.

With an incredible marine life as well, Aruba's diversity provides adventure for water babies and landlubbers alike.

Renting a 4-wheel drive is the best means for an unforgettable around â&#x20AC;&#x201C;the island tour. Well-known sites along the way include the picturesque California a(=")"#.5%>&)"%&'"931(-=&;$)#&H(5)9&'"9@%$&9-/&)"%& Bushiribana gold mill ruins.

!+-2():+#127,+#%"",*#&(),*;*%&()#2)7,(0&*,+ Most visitors don't expect to find underground caves on a tropical island. At the Guadirikiri cave, sunlight filters through two inner chambers, providing the perfect photo opportunity for cave explorers. The cave's 100-foot long tunnel is home to hundreds of harmless bats. Nearby, the Fontein cave is testimony to the island's native population.

Still-visible drawings by the Arawak Indians decorate the cave's ceilings and are a powerful reminder of the island's indigenous history. Couples aren't the only ones who will want to visit the Tunnel of Love, so-called because of ()5&"%93)85"9@%/&%-)39-'%+&;&OQQ8<##)&$#-=&).--%$&!(-/5& through eerie rock formations and narrow passages.

The back roads of Aruba run along the rugged north coast, passing eerie rock formations, cacti and the famous divi-divi trees.

A desert in the Caribbean Arikok National Park is an ecological preserve composed of a large swath of land, stretching from the northeast coast inland. The National ,93D&(5&9&OR&5K.93%&D($#1%)%3&-9).39$&@3%5%32%/&93%9>&9$1#5)& one fifth of the island, located at the north-eastern part of Aruba. It entails several kilometers of walking/ hiking trails that take the visitor to historic and cultural treasures well preserved in a unique protected area. Sites like the Fontein Cave, the Miralamar Gold Mines are some of the gems ready to be explored. The island's rich crust makes it one of the rare places in the world where you can trace its geological origins with the naked eye. The main road lays between hills, each with its own name and character and adorned with surprisingly varied trees and shrubs that are well adapted to the dry climate. Iguanas and many species of migratory birds nest in the park while goats and donkeys =39:%&#-&-%930*&03.5"&)3%%5+&H(5()#35&<%%$(-=&@93)('.$93$*& active can explore the dunes at the nearby Boca Prins. At dusk, parakeets and other birds bid a cacophonous farewell to the day in Jaburibari. northof50.com 31

@8.9?*,1A+#;.7,#).7,*+#2#;-.B9+,#%"#08,#92+0 Some of the world’s most fascinating wrecks lie just off of Aruba’s shores, offering the best wreck diving in the \93(00%9-+&F"%&,%/%3-9$%5&B3%'D&WOLAX&'#10(-%5&$93=%& pieces of a wreck spread out between coral formations.

Divers can see complete washbasins and pipe line systems remaining from this oil tanker, torpedoed during World War II by a German submarine. The California Wreck W7LA&p&OQAX&(5&9&=3%9)&5()%&<#3&9/29-'%/&/(2%35+&C%95.3(-=& almost 400-feet in length, the Antilla Wreck is one of the largest wrecks in the Caribbean. This German freighter was @.3@#5%<.$$*&5.-D&0*&()5&'9@)9(-&(-&7NRL&W!"%-&)"%&l%319-5& invaded Holland during World War II) in order to avoid the ship falling into Dutch hands. Home to the nocturnal lobster and giant tube sponges, the Antilla is also great for night dives.

C2A.(;#08,#B%+0#%"#6*&42>+#0*2),#?.()+ \#-5)9-)&03%%:%5&19D%&;3.09&#-%&#<&)"%&0%5)&!(-/5.3<(-=& sites in the world. Some of the more popular windsurfing areas, for windsurfers of all skill levels, lie along Arashi and Hadikurari Beach. In June, the Hi-Winds Amateur World Challenge draw professionals, amateurs and spectators to the island for great racing conditions and warm weather, that’s why Aruba is considered “The Windsurfing Capital of the World.” Aruba is also attracting kite-surfers. For those who want to try this new sport or just sit on the beach and enjoy the spectacular jumps performed by these surfers, visit the Fisherman Huts after 4:00 pm.

Article courtesy of Aruba Tourism Board. www.aruba.com

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Capsule College Lectures Return!

Vernon’s University Women’s Club is pleased to present our October Capsule College Lecture Series, which supports two $1,500 scholarships every year for Okanagan College students, Kal Campus. Do join us at Halina Centre (Vernon Rec Centre, 3310, 37th Ave) every Thursday in October, 9:30 – 11:30am. Cost: $7 each or $20 for the series.

October 6: Transforming Lives And Communities JANE LISTER, Dean, Okanagan College, Kal Campus, presents the college’s vision and key direction for the next 5 years, including opportunities and initiatives to benefit all learners in our region.

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October 13: Is a Moral Economy Really Possible?

CHRISTOPHER LIND, author, theologian, ethicist, explains how our current economic crisis is really a moral crisis. He will show how economics became separated from ethics and how popular protest around the world has demanded that they be put back together.

October 20: Common Sense Solutions That Help Today’s At-risk Youth DAVID ROSSI, award-winning youth mentor, uses stories and humour to show us how he builds independence and self-reliance in youth who struggle with personal, environmental, and social issues.

October 27:&U-5%')5&U-&?.3&C(/5)k&;&H(5.9$&\%$%039)(#-&#<& Our 6-legged Neighbours WARD STRONG, entomologist and research scientist at Kal Forestry Centre, will wow you with his stories, incredible microscopic photos, and videos of beneficial insects around us. Learn his photography techniques too! \#-)9')k&&a(-/9&9)&6LQ8LQO86L6M

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Wed. Nov. 2 The Minstrel Café, Kelowna

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Dinner: 5:00 p.m. Show: 8:00 p.m.

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Special Guests: Blu & Kelly Hopkins Tickets at Acorn Music Ph. 250-832-8669

Dinner: 6 p.m. Show: 8:00 p.m.

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SIMPSON THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOW Life with George A fan of my writing (thanks, Mom) recently commented upon the excellent photo of my dog that accompanies my column. My standard line about George is that he reminds me of an underwear model – he’s good looking, but not that smart. The truth of course is that he probably is quite clever – it’s his dumb humans who have failed to teach him any suitable ways of demonstrating his intelligence.

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George is a typical golden retriever...loving, goofy, affectionate, fun-loving, and gentle. He’s always thrilled to see me, and forgives me for any harsh words I may speak to him if I’m upset. I prepare the exact same meal for him twice daily, and he gobbles it up with sheer delight. He makes me laugh. He loves me unconditionally. Quite honestly, I prefer George to a vast number of people I know.

A friend of ours was visiting recently, and as we sat enjoying a glass of wine I couldn’t help but notice he was brushing dog hair off his pants with thinly-disguised annoyance.

George sat panting up at him lovingly, and as our friend =9:%/&09'D&/#!-&!()"&#02(#.5&/(5$(D%>&"%&59(/&c)%$$&1%& exactly what this daffy dog does for you and your kids. Why do you always have pets around? I’ve never had pets, and I’m certain my kids are none the worse for wear”.

My husband and I exchanged a glance and a smile. Certainly, our house is hairy and occasionally a bit ripe with Au De Damp Dog, when the boys have taken him down to the river.

We have to pay for dog food and occasional vet bills and grooming bills. We can often be heard yelling “GEORGE!!” in frustration, as he jumps up on a visitor or happily chases the neighbour’s cat.

What does owning a pet do for children...how shall I count the ways! It teaches them responsibility (“the dog can’t take himself for a walk. Get the leash and take him, please. I don’t care if you don’t feel like it. And when you get back, feed him, and give him fresh water”). It teaches them to think of things other than just themselves. It teaches them to be patient and kind. It gives them a companion. It gives them a sense of pride and a sense of ownership. It’s a four-legged $(2(-=&%G91@$%&#<&$#*9$)*+&;-/&*%5>&()&'9-&0%&)"%(3&435)&$%55#-& in loss, and coping with the pain of that, and learning to move through it.

First and foremost, a child’s relationship with a pet is a beautiful, unspoken demonstration of unconditional love.

F"%&0%-%4)5&#<&@%)&#!-%35"(@&93%&!%$$&/#'.1%-)%/+&;5D& anyone who works at a care home – the days that dogs or cats or what-have-you come to visit are the best days of the week. Studies clearly show that owning a pet can dramatically reduce stress in humans. Pets reduce loneliness and a sense of isolation that can descend upon someone living alone. Loving an animal is, in many ways, easier than loving a person.

I recently witnessed a lovely moment between George and one of our children. Our son was struggling with the typical teenager angst that can be so incredibly overwhelming. As I came around the corner I saw him lean over and gently scoop our dog up into his arms, burying his face into the soft silky fur. “I love you, George,” mumbled our son. He doesn’t want to say it to his Mom, but he can murmur it to the dog.

I suppose life without George would be cleaner, quieter, and fresher smelling. But when he plops his soft head in my lap 9-/&=9:%5&.@&9)&1%&!()"&)"#5%&03#!-&%*%5>&-#-%&#<&)"9)&5).<<& seems to matter.

Lise Simpson has lived with her family in Armstrong for 14 years, and would not return to the Coast for any sum of money in any global currency. She is a terrible poker player, and becomes alarmingly agitated if delivered late to an airport. She enjoys pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain.

RAILWAY TALES

By Jack Godwin THE RAILWAY DOCTOR What are the personal qualities you’d like to see in your family doctor? Would the list include someone highly skilled in the healing arts, dedicated to patient care, willing to listen and good with children? Those qualities describe Dr. J. J. Gillis, the man who for many years was the official /#')#3&<#3&)"%&d%))$%&H9$$%*&I9($!9*+ Dr. Gillis was born on Prince Edward Island and did his medical training in Montreal where his surgical talents were so obvious that he was chosen to operate on C.P.R. president Thomas Shaughnessy. During post-operative care, an impressed Mr. Shaughnessy told Dr. Gillis that there were many opportunities to practice a wide variety of medical skills in the railway construction camps of British Columbia. The lure of the west was already exerting its pull on the young man so he took Shaughnessy up on his offer and settled in Merritt where he set up a practice and ministered to the needs of the community and workers 0.($/(-=&)"%&d%))$%&H9$$%*&a(-%+&& Dr. Gillis cared for everyone regardless of race or creed.

Chinese patients looked after his garden and natives brought him presents of freshly killed game, while groups of children followed him everywhere because he always had candies in his pocket. Thomas Shaughnessy proved correct in that railway construction brought Gillis the chance to treat burns, broken bones and a myriad of other conditions.

With his athletic skills (he was a member of the local hockey team) and outgoing personality he quickly became a @#@.$93&'()(:%-&#<&C%33())+&& However, it was Dr. Gillis’s willingness to risk his own safety for the betterment of those in need that really spread "(5&<91%+&&]%&0392%/&9&0$(::93/&)#&9))%-/&9&!#19-&=(2(-=& birth and once while visiting a patient in Brookmere he learned via telegraph that he was needed back in Merritt and, with no locomotive or speeder available, Dr. Gillis rode atop a boxcar rocketing down the long grade to Merritt-jumping off two blocks from the hospital!

No wonder this much loved public servant was elected Mayor of Merritt then later served as the region’s long term MLA. Dr. Gillis truly “Merritted” great respect from the entire community. &&&&&F"%&5#-=&cI9($!9*&g#')#3+m&0*&F"%&d%))$%&H9$$%*& Brakemen is available on the CD “Take The Train”. To discover more about the group including concert schedules, other CDs and bookings please visit www.kvbrakemen.com northof50.com 35

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By Bob Harrington

Economist Lester Brown, in the latest book of his Plan B series, states that “socialism collapsed because it did not allow the market to tell the economic truth. Capitalism may collapse because it does not allow the market to tell )"%&%'#$#=('9$&)3.)"+m&U-&()5&<3%-:*&<#3&1#3%&'#-5.1%35&9-/& 9-&9@@93%-)$*&%K.9$&<3%-:*&)#&3929=%&%'#5*5)%15>&'9@()9$(51& ignores the obvious truth that human overpopulation may already have reached plague status.

Dr. Alan Watt once told a New York City audience that, “You didn’t come into this world at all. You came out of it, in just the same way that a leaf comes out of a tree... Our world is peopling, just as the apple tree produces apples, and the vine grapes.” He explained that, if we are intelligent beings, it must be that we are the fruits of an intelligent Earth, symptomatic of an intelligent energy system, for one c/#%5-A)&=9)"%3&=39@%5&<3#1&)"#3-5+m&B%&5"#.$/&3%9$(:%&)"9)& we are intelligent products of a sentient Earth. If we wish to “survive” in what is likely an intelligent cosmos, we must heal planet Earth, which we have been steadily maiming.

Reducing our population is essential.

Today’s economic problems will remain unsolvable as long as the illusion is maintained that Earth can support an infinite number of people. Scientists understand that a species can remain healthy only as long as its population does not exceed the environment’s carrying capacity. World population six centuries ago, in 1500, was just 400 million.

U)&K.9/3.@$%/&)#&7+M&0($$(#-&0*&7NQQ>&9-/&(-&$())$%&1#3%&)"9-& one century has now mushroomed to almost seven billion.

Physicist Fritjof Capra, in The Web of Life, states that “scarcity of resources and environmental degradation combine with rapidly expanding populations to lead to the breakdown of local communities and to the ethnic and tribal violence that has become the main characteristic of the post-Cold War era.”

It is an ecological maxim that species are healthiest in under-populated habitats.

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Critical Mass A homocentric focus enables people to assume they own Earth and can extract from it whatever wealth and amusement will sate our boundless avarice. We are trapped (-&9&5*-/3#1%&!"('"&'#10(-%5&)"%&19G(1(:9)(#-&#<&0#)"&)"%& production of goods and the number of potential consumers.

In Collapse, Jared Diamond repeated the Malthusian insight “that population growth proceeds exponentially, whereas food production increases arithmetically.” This was exemplified in Rwanda’s genocidal bloodbath. A @#@.$9)(#-&(-'3%95%&<3#1&7+N&)#&P&1($$(#-&@%#@$%&)##D&@$9'%& )"%3%&0%)!%%-&7NLQ&9-/&7NNR+&F"%&91#.-)&#<&$9-/&9$$#!%/& each individual for growing food declined from one-fifth of an acre to one-seventh. Forest growth could not equal the demand for firewood, the traditional cooking fuel. People started using crop residues such as straw as cooking fuel.

Soil fertility then declined from lack of needed organic matter. Land scarcity contributed to the massive attack

by Hutus on Tutsis, which led to the massacre of 800,000 people, mostly Tutsis. Entire Tutsi families were slaughtered so that no survivors would be left to claim the available land.

Today’s focus on the economy largely ignores the problem of human numbers and the Malthusian consequences: war, famine, and disease.

The economic focus also ignores Plato’s insight that a stable society can be preserved only if deeply moral philosophical concerns guide advances in technology. Lulling materialists with a never-ending cascade of new toys, our industrial society has foolishly felt itself exempt from judicious moral restraint and so has recklessly set the stage for disaster.

In his book Ecological Ethics, Patrick Curry, senior lecturer at Bath Spa University, informs readers that a studious neglect of population problems has become a modern characteristic. He advises that England’s present population of 60 million people is twice what the nation will be able to support as energy problems grow more severe. He quotes an Optimum Population Trust researcher who states that only by extravagant use of fossil fuel can England support its present numbers and that, as such fuel runs out, the

5.5)9(-90$%&@#@.$9)(#-&<(=.3%&c9)&1#5)m&!($$&0%&OQ&1($$(#-+&U-& England as well as North America there is “little evidence” of public concern or political awareness of this problem. ;&3%'%-)&(55.%&#<&B#3$/!9)'"&C9=9:(-%&#<<%35&@#@.$9)(#-& =3#!)"&<(=.3%5&<#3&5%2%39$&-9)(#-5&88&<(=.3%5&<#3&7NLQ>&<#3& )#/9*>&9-/&@3#Y%')(#-5&<#3&6QLQk&c;<="9-(5)9-&M>&6P&9-/& ZN&1($$(#->&3%5@%')(2%$*q&,9D(5)9-&OZ>&7ZQ>&9-/&6N6&1($$(#-q& V#19$(9&6>&N>&9-/&67&1($$(#-q&V./9-&N>&ON>&9-/&ZO&1($$(#-q&9-/& j%1%-&R>&6O>&9-/&LP&1($$(#-+&F"%&@3#Y%')(#-5&<#3&;<3('9&95&9& !"#$%k&6R6&1($$(#->&N66&1($$(#->&9-/&#2%3&6&0($$(#-+m& Alan Weisman, in The World Without Us, states that every four days the planet’s population rises by 1 million, and that (-&76&*%935&@#@.$9)(#-&!($$&(-'3%95%&0*&9-#)"%3&#-%&0($$(#-+

and act on that knowledge before it’s too late.

As J. Anthony Cassils points out, “The good news is that populations that grow exponentially can shrink exponentially.” If all fertile women, worldwide, were to have only one child, global population would drop one billion by 6QLQ+&[*&6QZL>&".19-&@#@.$9)(#-&!#.$/&0%&3%/.'%/&)#&O+RO& 0($$(#->&9-/&0*&67QQ&()&!#.$/&0%&3%/.'%/&)#&7+M&0($$(#-E& An awareness is growing that our planet is becoming #2%3@#@.$9)%/+&]93@%3A5>&9&!(/%$*&3%9/&19=9:(-%>&"95& repeatedly published full-page advertisements stating that, .-$%55&3%5)39(-%/>&)"%&r+V+&@#@.$9)(#->&-#!&OQQ&1($$(#->&!($$& 3(5%&)#&RQQ&1($$(#-&!()"(-&OQ&*%935+&U-'3%95(-=&/%19-/&<#3& water, food, housing, recreational sites, and other resources are a natural result of increased population.

Unlimited population rise on limited planet is untenable Curbing our numbers as urgent as curbing climate change Humanity has eliminated predators, introduced sanitation, 1%'"9-(:%/&9=3('.$).3%>&9-/&(1@3#2%/&1%/('9$&)3%9)1%-)5>& and has thus unwittingly accelerated population growth.

Sometimes increased knowledge can become a two-edged sword. In Seeds of Change, Henry Hobhouse writes that the British in India became supersensitive to the impact of malaria. When India’s population was 150 million, each year a million babies under the age of one year died from the disease and another million between one and 10 years 5.''.10%/>&!"($%&6&1($$(#-&1#5)$*&#2%3&7Q&!%3%&'3(@@$%/& by recurrent fever. Malaria, Hobhouse conjectures, was a population control factor. The British answer was to invent the Wardian Case (terrarium) and import thousands of cinchona trees to plant in India’s Nilgiri Hills and thereby making quinine available to the native people.

The population of India has now risen to 1.1 billion.

Yes, our species’survival has been enhanced, but to an extent )"9)&)"%&=3#!(-=&5(:%&#<&".19-&@#@.$9)(#-&-#!&)"3%9)%-5& )"%&@$9-%)+&].19-5&-%%/&)#&3%9$(:%&)"%&391(<('9)(#-5&#<& their skills. Controlling our numbers is now a procedure we have usurped from Nature, but continue to ignore, and the ecological consequences are calling us to account. A terrible fate awaits humankind if we do not grasp the reality that Earth provides a limited carrying capacity for all species –

Recent examples given by UN Earthwatch clarify this .-/%35)9-/(-=+&F#&!()k&F"%&6Q`&#<&.5&!"#&$(2%&(-&(-/.5)3(9$& -9)(#-5&.5%&PQ`&#<&)"%&!#3$/A5&9$.1(-(.1>&P7`&#<&()5&@9@%3>& PN`&#<&()5&(3#-&9-/&5)%%$>&9-/&ZM`&#<&()5&)(10%3+&;-&92%39=%& '()(:%-&#<&)"%&r+V+&/.3(-=&"(5&#3&"%3&$(<%)(1%&'#-)3(0.)%5&)#& the use of 540 tons of construction supplies, 18 tons of paper, 6O&)#-5&#<&!##/>&7M&)#-5&#<&293(#.5&1%)9$5>&9-/&O6&)#-5&#<& chemicals.

More examples could be given, but consider this salient point about increase in consumption-population ratios: “In the U.S., total consumption of virgin raw materials was 17 )(1%5&=3%9)%3&(-&7NPN&)"9-&()&!95&(-&7NQQ>&'#1@93%/&!()"&9& )"3%%<#$/&(-'3%95%&(-&@#@.$9)(#-+m&Wj#.-=&7NNL9X&& We must choose between starting now to reduce our population, or move rapidly toward apocalypse.

(Bob Harrington lives at Galena Bay, B.C. His latest books are Testimony for Earth and a new edition of The Soul V#$.)(#-&!()"&9&<#3%!#3/&0*&g3+&g92(/&V.:.D(+&V%%&3%2(%!5& at www.hancockhouse.com

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HEALTH MATTERS SMOKING IN CANADA HITS ALL TIME LOW According to new statistics released today, the smoking rate in Canada has /3#@@%/&)#&7Z`&(-&6Q7Q+&F"(5&(5&)"%&$#!%5)& level ever recorded, according to annual 3%5.$)5&#<&)"%&6Q7Q&\9-9/(9-&F#09''#&r5%& Monitoring Survey (CTUMS).

"The numbers announced today are encouraging, as they show more Canadians are making the healthy choice when it comes to smoking," said the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health. "I am particularly encouraged by the numbers when it comes to youth." ;''#3/(-=&)#&)"%&6Q7Q&5.32%*>&51#D(-=& 39)%5&"92%&5(=-(4'9-)$*&/%'$(-%/&<#3&D%*& 9=%&=3#.@5+&S#3&%G91@$%>&(-&6Q7Q&51#D(-=& 91#-=&)%%-5&9=%/&7L&)#&7Z&<%$$&)#&N`&88&)"%& lowest recorded rate in an age group often 5%%-&95&D%*&(-&)"%&4=")&9=9(-5)&51#D(-=+ CTUMS, a national survey conducted

by Statistics Canada on behalf of Health \9-9/9&5(-'%&7NNN>&@3#2(/%5&%55%-)(9$& input to the development of sound and effective tobacco control policies and programs, as well as their evaluation.

U-&6Q7Q>&)"%&=#2%3-1%-)&(1@$%1%-)%/&)"%& Cracking Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed At Youth Act in response to an increase in little cigar smoking among *#.)"+&;''#3/(-=&)#&\FrCV&6Q7Q>& )"%&-.10%3&#<&*#.)"&9=%/&7L&)#&7N&!"#& reported smoking little cigars in the past OQ&/9*5&(5&M`>&9&5)9)(5)('9$$*&5(=-(4'9-)& /%'3%95%&<3#1&)"%&39)%&#<&P`&3%@#3)%/&(-& 6QQN+ ?2%3&)"%&76&*%935&)"9)&\FrCV&"95&0%%-& conducted, smoking rates have decreased <3#1&9&"(="&#<&6L`&(-&7NNN&)#&7Z`&(-&6Q7Q+

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The Harper Government gave final approval for tough new warning labels on cigarettes and little cigar packages, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, announced today. Tobacco manufacturers and importers have been given until March 21, 2012 to transition to the new labels, while retailers will have until June 19, 2012 to ensure all packages on their shelves feature these new labels.

M8HODT%HAG%MC!B!A%MEUM%DAVD5DB!C@%W%EMGHBFG Since that time, new studies have shown that, while PPIs do interact with Plavix, not all PPIs interact to the same degree: some have a strong effect on Plavix, while others do not.

The labelling for Plavix has been updated with new recommendations regarding the use of PPIs: PPIs known to strongly or moderately reduce Plavix %<<%')(2%-%55&5"#.$/&0%&92#(/%/+&?1%@39:#$%&(5&#-%&#<&)"%5%+& If a PPI must be used in a patient taking Plavix, consider a ,,U&)"9)&/#%5&-#)&(-)%39')&95&5)3#-=$*+&,9-)#@39:#$%&(5&#-%&#<& these.

Health Canada is informing health professionals and patients of updated recommendations involving the use of Plavix in combination with a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). New evidence has shown that while PPIs do interact with Plavix, not all reduce the effectiveness of Plavix to the same degree.

Plavix (the brand name for clopidogrel) is a prescription blood thinner used to prevent blood clots that could lead to heart attack or stroke. It is given to patients with a history of heart-related problems, such as heart attack and stroke, to prevent future events. PPIs are prescription antacids used to treat heartburn and stomach ulcers. As heartburn and stomach ulcers can occur as side effects of Plavix, patients taking Plavix may also be given a PPI to prevent or ease their symptoms. Some Proton Pump Inhibitors sold in Canada are: t %FYMBOTPQSB[PMF TPME VOEFS UIF CSBOE OBNF %FYJMBOU

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Patients taking Plavix should continue taking it as directed.

If you are considering or are already taking a PPI, talk to your health professional regarding any questions or concerns about your treatment. There are alternatives to PPIs for the treatment of stomach ulcers and heartburn.

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Roxi will be hosting a TALK, TAROT AND TEA at the Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum and Art Gallery on October 8th from 1 - 4 pm, as well as a workshop, THE FOOLISH PAINTING, on Oct. 66-/>&]JeU8BUF\]&];aa?BJJT&IJ;gUTlV& #-&V./-9*>&?')+&OQ)">&9-/&9&)%-)9)(2%&!#3D5"#@& entitled THE MAGICIAN on Nov. 5th. Her art exhibit, THE FOOL'S JOURNEY, will run from October 6th until November 10th with the opening reception on Friday, October 7th from 7 N&@1+&&S#3&1#3%&(-<#319)(#-&2(5()&)"%&l9$$%3*>&OR7L& ,$%959-)&H9$$%*&I#9/&#3&'9$$&6LQ+LRM+PO7P+

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Well known for creating outstanding and decorative pottery, Lynda Jones, October feature artist at the Courthouse Gallery, 7 West Seymour Street, Kamloops, presents “Crags and Crevices.” Inspired by the rough texture of medieval pottery, Lynda adds a band of texture after the pot is made using a 0$9'D&5$(@&9-/&9&)"(-&!95"&#<&=$9:%&)#&9''%-).9)%&)"%& irregular surface. No HST, free parking, handicap accessible. Open 10 to 5, Tues to Fri, 10 to 4, Sat.

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