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Wildfire, lake rescues (plural), collisions keep firefighters busy CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR

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MEMBERS OF THE Archduchy of Var Heim re-enact medieval-themed combat during Saxfest at Saxon Estate Winery Aug. 20. See pages 10-11.

Peachland firefighters had a busy Sunday.

Volunteers responded to no fewer than four incidents on Aug. 21, including a motorcyclist who left the road, a novice paddleboarder who needed assistance and 55 others who made the bewildering determination that the chop on Lake Okanagan was a good place for a houseboat party.

Peachland Fire and Rescue Service Chief Dennis Craig told the View the new-ish rescue boat his service looks after on behalf of the district has not seen waves that big in the two years it has been deployed here.

A paddleboarder had to be brought back to shore from the far side of the lake at about 5:18 p.m., when the wind started to really whip up, but firefighters were not called to any downed power lines or branches within the district.

They also responded to a one-vehicle collision where a motorcyclist left the road on Princeton near Ellison Avenue. He was transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

They did join the other Central Okanagan rescue vessel, Kelowna’s MR2, shortly after 9 p.m. and together ferried 55 partygoers from a large houseboat from the Sailview Bay area safely to shore.

The new boat was able to take about seven civvies at a time; the former vehicle would have only had room for two or three. The rescue took about two-and-a-half hours.

“The boat went back under its own power,” Craig said, “but that was incredibly rough water to be out in.”

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ONE PERSON WAS brought to hospital after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 in Peachland Wednesday morning.

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Peachland woman forcibly confined by dating site match CONTRIBUTED Police say a Peachland woman was held against her will and injured while being driven around the region for hours by a man she met on a dating website.

On August 13, 2016 at 8:39 a.m., the West Kelowna RCMP received a report of an alleged forcible confinement incident which occurred in the early evening hours of Aug. 12 in Peachland. Police have learned that the victim met the suspect online through a dating website before meeting in person with the suspect a few times prior to this incident.

During their most recent meeting with one another

on Aug. 12, the suspect allegedly confined the woman to a vehicle and drove her around the area for several hours before eventually releasing her.

The victim, an adult woman, sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result of the incident.

“The ongoing police investigation followed several leads as investigators worked tirelessly to positively identify, locate and arrest their suspect,” Const. Jesse O’Donaghey said. “On Aug. 18 at 10:28 a.m., with the assistance of Southeast District RCMP Air Services’ fixed wing aircraft, the man was arrested without incident when police located him in his vehicle in Peachland.”

The suspect, a 36-year-old man, remains in custody at this time and was expected to appear in court Friday afternoon. He faces potential charges of forcible confinement, assault and uttering threats.

Investigators indicate that the man was driving a silver 2000 Dodge Durango bearing Alberta licence plates and alleged to have travelled in the Peachland, West Kelowna, Kelowna and Lake Country areas over the course of several hours during the alleged incident.

Anyone who may have witnessed anything suspicious involving such a vehicle is asked to call Cst. Denise Bendfeld of the West Kelowna RCMP General Investigations Section (GIS) at 250-768-2880.

High winds lead to rescue missions for Peachland firefighters Continued from page 1

That call occurred at almost exactly the same time as fire crews were mobilizing to respond to the Bear Creek wildfire northwest of Kelowna. It wasn’t until after midnight, however, that the West Kelowna fire commanders asked for help extinguishing hotspots from outlying services. Peachland sent one truck with a crew of five who worked for about nine hours near Trader’s Cove. Local firefighters did the same Monday night as well, taking advantage of better, cooler and less windy condi-

tions to beat the flames back to within 60 per cent containment.

Structural fire crews from West Kelowna, Peachland, Wilson’s Landing, North Westside Fire Rescue and firefighters from the BC Wildfire Service monitored and patrolled the fire Sunday night, as RCMP officers patrolled and enforced evacuation orders and alerts.

The fire, was nearly 53 hectares in size. Evacuation orders and alerts for 105 properties in Traders Cove and Bear Creek Provincial Park and for 51 properties along Bear Creek Road and

14 in the Pine Point subdivision were rescinded at noon Wednesday.

Initially, an evacuation order was issued for about 156 properties including the Bear Creek Provincial Park campground, Trader’s Cove subdivision, and properties along Bear Creek Road north of the Parkinson Road intersection including Dougmac, Rose Valley and Petterson Roads.

At this point no dwellings have been lost to the fire although some outbuildings (sheds) may have been damaged.

About 60 had people registered at an emergency crash centre at the Lions

Hall in West Kelowna by the time it closed at 3 a.m. Monday.

The fire closed a portion of Westside Road and forced vehicle and boat traffic away from the area as water bombers were deployed. It was expected to be reopened to two-way traffic Wednesday afternoon.

Also on Wednesday, Peachland firefighters responded to a two-vehicle collision that backed up traffic travelling north and south during the morning commute (see story page 2). One person was brought to hospital, two others were checked out at the scene.

Peachland scarecrow contest hopes to shoulder up tourism CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR

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PEACHLAND HOPES TO scare up some tourism activity with a scarecrow contest in October.

tion 989 or so.

They are looking for an organization to partner with in order to offer a similar co-event. The Nova Scotia festival, for example, cohabitates with an antiques fair.

They’re also looking to recruit some local business owners who may have some creative input for the new project. In terms of entries, they have

commitments from about 10 individuals and organizations, about half of their goal.

Muhs said the fall fair is too early this year to make a combination with that marquee event feasible.

“We’d like to have a good showing in the first year so we maintain interest,” Muhs said. “The goal is to

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(this isn’t Seattle’s scarecrow festival) and stable and sturdy enough to stand up to rain and wind.

“It’s only limited to your imagination.”

Entry is free and materials are typically inexpensive.

There are tips online, at sites such as wikihow.com/ Make-A-Scarecrow.

They include using light stuffing such as plastic bags (the hay market has changed, folks), which offer the bonus of being plentiful and ready for the weather.

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create a low-expense and very inclusive event for the shoulder season, so we can hopefully attract some visitors to town and generate some spending.”

Two prototype scarecrows (scare-o-

There will be prizes for best scarecrow representation of a business or organization (sounds kind of like the technical night at the Oscars, doesn’t it?), most unique and most realistic scarecrow and most unique display.

In terms of construction, the form of a T, or X, two pieces of wood to form a frame for the body, is about where the technical requirements end and the imagination can begin. The forms should be about lifesize, family-oriented

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Scarecrow making con-test! Scarecrow making con-test!

If there is a better way to promote a scarecrow contest than pretending to be in a conga line, it has not crossed this desk.

With hopes of enticing a conga line full of new and returning visitors into Peachland, the tourism committee of council set to creating the district’s first-ever scarecrow contest for businesses, community groups and individuals.

It’s free, it’s for everyone, it’s 10 pounds of fun in a five-pound bag and it’s coming fast.

“We want to remove as many barriers as possible and allow people to be creative with their kids,” tourism committee member Doris Muhs said.

That committee of council and others are currently promoting an event that would draw tourists in on the fall shoulder season inspired by, among others, the Great Scarecrow Festival and Antique Fair held in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, popula-

types? protocrows?) set up at the community centre will be rotated through a couple of other locations in town including the IGA and the planning office downtown to build on the curiosity that started growing in earnest on Canada Day, when they were in the parade.

The Peachland Scarecrow Festival will run Sept. 30-Oct. 16 inclusive. Display the scarecrow in Heritage Park with the group, or install it at home and post a photo to the contest’s Facebook page: w w w.facebook.com/ Peachlandscarecrowfestival.

The park display will open Sept. 30, a workshop to help families building scarecrows will take place the next day and judging will take place Thanksgiving weekend, Oct. 8-9.

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New Monaco’s access dilemmas

Dear Editor: We are perplexed by New Monaco’s (NM) request and timing for Crown Land to build a secondary road access to Cousins Road; presumably this is to provide access to their property.

All their public presentations have clearly stated that they would be securing access to Highway 97 and 97C. To date, NM has not received approval from the regulatory authority for this access!

For a projected population of over 5,000 people would you not think that NM would have secured access to Highway 97 and 97C by now? Maps presented by NM do not show any secondary road connection to Cousins Road. There was no mention of this secondary road configuration in the original NM plans to council.

If I may be allowed a little skepticism, particularly considering the history of failed and incomplete developments in Peachland, I ask that our elected Mayor and Council carefully consider withholding their support for a NM application for a secondary road access.

Would you, as our elected officials, not want formal assurances from the

regulatory authority that NM has officially been granted primary access to Highway 97 and 97C before supporting any land referral request for this secondary access? And why would this be required at this time?

In NM documents, they commit to looking at secondary access in the final phase of their 20-year development, not at the beginning! If they do not get approval for these primary accesses and, therefore feasible access to begin development, is it possible that this proposed road connection to Cousins would become their principal access? NM says not.

Developers have promised many things here in Peachland. You know the history well of some of these failed promises. Undoubtedly NM is facing a dilemma for accessing their property.

NM needs to be more forthright regarding public disclosure and their intentions.Their publicly, presented plans are not recently mirrored in their current actions.

I have previously supported NM’s vision. I do hope that their vision works to the mutual satisfaction of both NM and the citizens of Peachland.

Greg Nicholls, Peachland

Community trust in the New Monaco development is being lost As a member of Council that voted in favour of the New Monaco development (it was unanimous), I can share with you important information that was given to us. It is a very serious concern to me that some recent events have had the effect of undermining the trust factor that is so important as development proceeds. Throughout the approval process in 2014, Mark Holland was the primary contact with members of Council. The fact that Mark does not seem to be directly involved with the project now is unfortunate.

As part of the New Monaco approval process, Council was informed by Urban Systems that there was enough water for all of the development planned for Peachland. After the election of the new Council, a new report from Urban Systems stated that Peachland might have enough water if they obtained new licenses. I was very unhappy to read that subsequent report.

What vision did Mark Holland present to Council? First, there would be a large hotel at the intersection of highways 97 and 97C. I believe that Peachland would benefit greatly from such a facility. Second that the large development proposal presented would include a significant commercial component that would create high-paying jobs in this area.

I believe that such a development would bring young families into our community. The agreement with New Monaco specifies that commercial space cannot be changed to residential. In fact during the discussions, members of Council made it clear that they did not want a large residential project that would compete with the Ponderosa golf course development.

Mark Holland assured us that New Monaco wanted the golf course project to succeed and would not build units that would compete directly with that project.

In preparation for the public hearing in 2014, a large binder of information was prepared for members of Council which included a great deal of documentation regarding access from highways 97 and 97C. There was

no documentation about a western secondary access from the Trepanier/ Cousins area. There was a section describing a “western emergency access”.

Clearly an emergency access (no traffic) is quite different from a secondary/ emergency access (lots of traffic).

I am very concerned that there is discussion about the western (southern) part of the development. Council was told that the project would be started at the eastern (northern) end and that any development at the western end would be towards the end of the 20-year project plan.

The B.C. Local Government Act requires that all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by development, shall be given an opportunity to be heard. Clearly home owners that would be adjacent to a new access road (not previously defined) would have such a legal right. If New Monaco wants to proceed with a secondary access road in the Trepanier/ Cousins area, they have a right to apply by following due process, and by Peachland staff and Council arranging a new public hearing. It is quite possible that this Council will approve such a plan, they have the power to do so. However, to avoid holding a new public hearing and suggesting that a Trepanier/Cousins access road was always part of the plan only serves to undermine public trust in the project.

To rebuild that trust, an immediate update of the status of the primary access road would be appropriate. What access from highways 97/97C has MOTI approved for the New Monaco development and when will it be built?

It concerns me greatly that New Monaco chose to proceed with an application for Crown land without making their intentions clear or even informing members of Council. Mark Holland worked hard to gain the trust of members of Council and the community. In view of what is happening, that trust is in great danger of being lost.

Eric Hall, Peachland

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COMMENTARY

How much food can cities produce?

DAVID SUZUKI COMMENTARY

Humans are fast becoming city dwellers. According to the United Nations, “The urban population of the world has grown rapidly from 746 million in 1950 to 3.9 billion in 2014.”

Sixty-six per cent of us will likely live in urban environments by 2050. The number of mega-cities (more than 10 million inhabitants) is also skyrocketing, from 10 in 1990 to 28 in 2014 — home to more than 453 million people — and is expected to grow to 41 by 2030.

Along with concerns about climate change and the distances much of our food travels from farm to plate, that’s spurred a renewed interest in producing food where people live. Urban agriculture won’t resolve all food production and distribution problems, but it could help take pressure off rural land while providing other advantages. From balcony, backyard, rooftop, indoor and community gardens to city beehives and chicken coops to larger urban farms and farmers markets, growing and distributing local food in or near cities is a healthy way to help the environment.

And it’s much more.

As writer and former Vancouver city councillor Peter Ladner (also a David Suzuki Foundation board member) writes in The Urban Food Revolution: Changing the Way We Feed Cities, “When urban agriculture flourishes, our children are healthier and smarter about what they eat, fewer people are hungry, more local jobs are created, local economies are stronger, our neighborhoods are greener and safer, and our communities are more inclusive.”

Local and urban agriculture can also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and recycle nutrient-rich food scraps, plant debris and other “wastes”. Because maintaining lawns for little more than aes-

thetic value requires lots of water, energy for upkeep and often pesticides and fertilizers, converting them to food gardens makes sense.

A 2016 study from the U.S. Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future found that urban agriculture could “increase social capital, community well-being, and civic engagement with the food system,” as well as enhance food security, provide ecosystem services, improve health and build residents’ skills.

Gardening is also therapeutic.

The study found many climate benefits, including reduced emissions from transporting food; carbon sequestration by vegetation and crops; possible reduced energy, resource inputs and waste outputs; and enhanced public interest in protecting green spaces. It also noted some limitations: possible increases in greenhouse gas emissions and water use “if plants are grown in energy- or resource-intensive locations”; less efficiency than conventional agriculture in terms of resource use and transportation emissions; and, depending on practices, pollution from pesticide and fertilizer use.

The study found urban agriculture to be positive overall, but concluded support from all levels of government is required to make it viable.

Urban agriculture isn’t new. During the First and Second World Wars, Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Australia and Germany encouraged “victory gardens” to aid the war effort by reducing pressure on food systems and farms.

Gardens and chicken coops appeared in yards, parks, school fields, golf courses, railway edges and vacant lots. Sheep grazed on sports fields and kept grass in check. Peter Ladner notes that, during the Second World War, the U.K. had 1.5 million allotment plots producing 10 per cent of the country’s food,

including half its fruit and vegetables; and by war’s end, more than 20 million home gardens supplied 40 per cent of U.S. domestically consumed produce.

Granted, there were fewer people and more open spaces then, but it’s still possible to grow a lot of food in urban areas, especially with composting and enriched soil techniques.

Ladner writes that Toronto plans to supply 25 per cent of its fruit and vegetable production within city limits

by 2025, and a study from Michigan State University concluded Detroit could grow 70 per cent of its vegetables and 40 per cent of its fruit on 570 vacant lots covering 5,000 acres of city land.

One patch of Detroit land where 12 vacant houses were removed to grow food has supplied almost 200,000 kilograms of produce for 2,000 local families, provided volunteer experience to 8,000 residents and brought the area new investment and increased safety.

Cities needn’t be wastelands of car-choked roads and pavement. Incorporating food production into ever-expanding urban areas makes cities more liveable and enhances the natural systems that keep us alive and healthy.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington.

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AFTER September 1, 2016 New in-catchment area enrollments: Parents will be notified by a confirmation email when the school has accepted the student's application for enrollment. Board Policy 405R – Student Placement (Regulations), will be used to determine student placement and priority.

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Getting down to the root of it...

PHOTOS CRAIG GILBERT

THOUSANDS HELD HANDS and danced at the Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival last weekend. On Friday night, Crystal Shawanda (left, centre) and the Great Lake Swimmers (that’s fiddler Miranda

Mulholland at right) set the tone. Check the upcoming fall issue of BC Musician Magazine for more photos and a Q&A with Shawanda on, among other things, what it means to be an Indigenous artist in 2016.

Canada Post strike looms anew ABERDEEN PUBLISHING With contract negotiations having reached an impasse, it’s looking more and more like there could be a strike at Canada Post that would disrupt postal service across Canada.

Late Wednesday afternoon, a press release issued by Canada Post stated, “following nine months of negotiations between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), it is clear that talks have reached an impasse.

“The postal service must adapt to its new reality as Canadians lead increasingly digital lives. The union has unfortunately shown no interest in addressing the fundamental issues that threaten the long-term future of the postal service.

They are now focused on prolonging their strike mandate and the uncertainty it continues to cause for employees and Canadians.”

The union’s 60-day strike mandate, based on a vote by their membership earlier this year, is set to expire on Thursday, Aug. 25.

Rather than secure the

renewed support of their members through a vote, the union is looking at other ways to extend their strike mandate, said the release.

“They are looking for the corporation’s support to extend the strike mandate on behalf of employees, which is unprecedented and would be completely inappropriate,” said the release. “It would only provide further uncertainty for employees and Canadians.

Therefore, Canadians could expect a 72-hour strike notice to be issued by the union between now and Aug. 25.”

Canada Post said it remains committed to negotiating agreements that are fair to its employees, and allows the Crown corporation to continue to provide affordable pricing and service to Canadians.

After nine months of negotiations, there has been little progress on significant issues.

CUPW’s demands, worth more than a billion dollars, would make Canada Post products and services completely unaffordable, said the corporation.

Damage to the financial sustainability of the postal service in Canada would be

significant, said the release.

“Canada Post must make changes to ensure the postal system remains viable for employees and Canadians.”

“On July 8, Canada Post proposed binding arbitration to avoid further harm to the business and end uncertainty for our employees and thousands of small businesses and Canadians who depend on the postal service. The union rejected that suggestion.”

Canada Post management says the union’s ability to issue a 72-hour strike notice at any time is causing havoc with their customers’ business and their ability to reliably and predictably get product and information to their customers.

The union has repeatedly assured Canadians that it does not want to strike, therefore, letting the strike mandate expire on August 25 should not be an issue, says Canada Post.

“If the union is serious about negotiating a deal without work disruption, Canada Post remains available to sit 24/7 at the table to hammer out a deal before August 25,” said the release.

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Water not always a dog’s best friend CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR

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“Hang on, I have an emergency,” Dr. Moshe Oz says, emerging from the back of the Rose Valley Veterinary Hospital in West Kelowna shortly after noon on a Sunday.

The hospital isn’t even supposed to be open today.

“I have an emergency, a dog who drowned,” he continues, a ‘what can you do?’ sort of expression on his face. “I’ll be a few seconds.”

When the reporter is allowed in the back moments later, the sound of a 30-pound dog coughing up water and gasping for air drowns out Oz’s voice as he works fervently to bring him back to life.

He and an assistant are moving fast, bouncing in and out of a small procedure room at the hospital tucked in next to a fitness centre within view of Route 97. The recording reporter looking for a late summer kind of story is kind of in the way.

“It’s a summer thing,” he says. “ In the summertime, dogs and cats are more outside, so we have more dog fights, cat fights, accidents, injuries, dogs running too much in the bush, so I guess it’s a little bit busier now.”

Oz and his wife, Dr. Noa Oz, have been bringing animals back from the brink for 10 years, as Oz puts it, seven days a week, 360 days a year, since they arrived in Canada from Israel in 2006.

“I haven’t been on vacation for 10 years,” he said. “We have emergencies literally almost every day, every night.”

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DR. MOSHE OZ of Rose Valley Veterinary Hospital in West Kelowna with the x-ray of a drowned dog. It should be mostly black; the white is fluid. some help and hit the lakefront like the rest of us?

“This is a huge question,” he responds, taking a breath as he measures out the dosage of some medication for the drowned dog.

“Why? Because it costs so much money and we are the smallest one in town.”

Small but mighty.

Rose Valley has been named the best veterinarians in the province twice by the BCSPCA, and has received best veterinary hospital awards

in Kelowna and the Okanagan in 2013, 2014 and 2015. And despite their size, the hu s b a n d - a n d -w i f e team maintains a full service vet pharmacy, including pharmaceuticals, vitamins, shampoos, flea and heartworm preventatives, an in-house laboratory for quick turnaround on serum chemistry, hematology, urinalysis and parasite testing, plus the aforementioned x-ray machine and its close cousin, the ultrasound.

Oz said it’s the

happy outcomes that keep him going.

“I love to help them,” he said. “I like the life, I get used to it. We had a case a few days ago from Penticton, where the dog was hit by a car in the middle of the night.

So I came, I took an x-ray, the whole leg was broken and the specialist wanted a lot of money … and he offered to euthanize him. So we found a society that would take care of it, and we did a surgery, my wife actually, we donated our time, a few

hours. We amputated the leg, and the dog is alive. This is what makes me happy. It’s my fuel.”

The dog now in a pen in the back recovering with a blanket and an IV, Oz turns to the x-rays he took of its abdomen minutes earlier.

“This is what we need to see, the heart, and anything black,

lungs are black, but you see it’s all white, because of the fluid absorbed through the lungs,” he said.

He turns to another computer and emails the image to a radiologist.

If he wasn’t at the hospital on what was a very sunny mid-August Sunday, he would be at home with his five- and

seven-year-old sons Lee and Eli. The doctors Oz help animals referred by the Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon SPCA branches, and sometimes even from branches as far away as Nelson, Kamloops and the Shuswap, according to facts released when they were most recently honoured by the BCSPCA. “They’re always there for us and always willing to help,” BCSPCA South Okanagan branch manager Corrine Ross said in a press release. “They’re incredibly supportive of what we do at the SPCA – they’ve even adopted cats from us and a number of them have become office cats at their vet hospital. They do so much for us, at discounted rates or even for free. They’re great with helping us make a decision on how to care for an animal and fantastic with follow-up visits.”

Rose Valley sponsors weekly BCSPCA pet rescue ads in this and other publications.

“This is what we do,” Oz says, “we try to save, try to do as much as we can. Why sponsor the SPCA? They do a huge, really, really good walk [The Scotiabank & BCSPCA Paws for a Cause in Kelowna and other cities] so it’s just another way we try to support them.”

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UBC students to train at Oliver Hospital DAN WALTON

ABERDEEN PUBLISHING A program that has proven successful in recruiting physicians to rural communities across Canada is soon coming to the South Okanagan – and the hope is the program will go a long way to resolving the doctor shortage problems in small towns like Oliver and Osoyoos.

Because the resources needed for aspiring to earn their medical degrees are most often available in large cities, it can be difficult to show aspiring doctors the allure of smaller communities.

But through UBC’s family practice residency program, medical students will get to experience life by training in smaller communities and a handful of them will soon be using the hospitals in Oliver and Penticton to help complete their education.

The 2016-2017 school year, which began last month, was the inaugural launch for the program’s South Okanagan cell, UBC’s 18th cell in the province.

The local cell will be headquartered out of the Penticton Regional Hospital, where medical students will be taken under the wings of local doctors.

During their second year of the program, the medical students will be coming to South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver for at least a month, and perhaps some time at health centres in Keremeos and Osoyoos.

The program is part of a “process of decentralizing medical education,” said site co-director Dr. Margie Krabbe. “The residency program is two years of practical education, sort of like an internship.”

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in the South Okanagan will help me to become a very competent rural doctor.”

Krabbe said he hopes his practice in the South Okanagan upon graduation.

Krabbe said the doctors have a habit of staying in the community where they train and nearly 50 per cent will end up sticking around despite being under no contract.

Another major factor that contributes into attracting doctors is the desirability for their spouse and children, she said.

“We feel like the Okanagan is a very desirable place to stay,” she said. “Our hope is that their experience here is going to encourage them to stay.”

With a new tower being added onto the Penticton Hospital and the recently built medical school at UBC-Okanagan, “We’ve seen a rise in what we would call medical learners,” Krabbe said.

The residency program is expanding fast.

“Residents play a very critical role in our healthcare system, helping to enhance service capacity across the province,” Dr. Roger Wong, executive associate dean of education, UBC Faculty of Medicine said in a press release.

“By increasing opportunities for residents to complete their training and build strong community connections in the Interior, we’re hopeful more physicians will be interested in staying in the region to practice,” says Dr. Allan Jones, regional associate dean, Interior, for UBC’s Faculty of Medicine.

Added Krabbe: “If every year residents only train in Victoria, that’s where they’re going to get established – how are they going to want to work in Cranbrook or 100 Mile House?”

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Through each cell, the program will offer two years of practical training to four students.

There is space for eight students in total, but because the upcoming school year is the South Okanagan’s first, there will be just four first-year students.

Next year, those four students will continue their studies locally in their second year, making room for four new first-year students.

The residency program is highly competitive with hundreds of students applying each year.

“UBC is probably one of the more desirable programs in the country,” Krabbe said. “They start out with thousands of applications, narrow it down to 300 people for an interview process, and after they go through this interview process, around 300 will be ranked, and just four get chosen.

Krabbe said students aren’t paid during their training and there’s no financial incentive for students to stay in the community they train, but one goal of the program is to expose medical students to small communities in hopes that they’ll get comfortable and might chose to stay in those small towns.

Of the four students who were chosen for this year to live and train in Penticton, three are from Calgary, and the other – Travis Thompson – grew up in Oliver.

“When you come from a small town, you have a unique understanding of the needs felt by a community,” he said, adding he has plans to stay true to his small-town roots once he completes his family medicine training.

“I’m really passionate about doing my part to help underserviced communities, and I think being a smaller centre, the training site

Back in the late 1940s, medical researchers embarked on mission to identify common risk factors which contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease. These researchers called this project the Framingham Heart Study, aptly named after the people of Framingham, Massachusetts, who were the first group of people studied for the project.

Today, this research

has shaped much of what we know about causes and complications of heart disease and stroke, and how our lifestyle can affect the development of these serious problems.

One useful tool which helps to predict your risk of heart disease and stroke is the Framingham Heart Age predictor.

This calculator pulls in non-modifiable risk factors (ones that you cannot change, such as your age and gender), along with modifiable risk factors (ones that you

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This prediction then tells you what is your risk of developing any form of cardiovascular disease.

So what is cardiovascular disease?

Cardiovascular disease includes everything from a heart attack, angina, stroke, and transient ischemic attack (TIA), to peripheral artery disease and heart failure. Things like having high blood pressure and diabetes increase your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. But by how much? Let’s check out an example. For a 60-year old non-smoking male with a normal body weight, and without diabetes or high blood pressure, the risk of developing cardio-

vascular disease over the next 10 years is about 14.5 per cent, which is fairly low. If that same male was a smoker with high blood pressure and diabetes, his 10-year risk would be 53.3 per cent, which is very high! These three modifiable factors, smoking and having high blood pressure and diabetes, can all be managed or prevented, which will then lower one’s heart age and therefore chance of developing heart disease. A few tools are available right at your local pharmacy which can help reduce your heart age.

BC-wide smoking cessation treatment programs are available from your doctor or pharmacist, and in many cases, are completely free of charge. These programs run for 12 consecutive weeks,

with the purpose being to completely quit smoking by the end of the program. Treatment options include nicotine patches, gums or lozenges, as well as prescription medications which help to eliminate the cravings caused from nicotine withdrawal.

You can make an appointment with your health care provider to find out what strategy would be right for you, and be on your way to reducing your chance of developing cardiovascular disease!

Diabetes can be controlled with assistance from your health care providers, as can high blood pressure.

Losing weight through diet and exercise alone can often have a tremendously positive effect on diabetes and blood pressure control. Introducing healthier food op-

tions for meals and snacks, using portion control with your diet, and adding cardiovascular activity for at least 150 minutes per week is recommended for every adult. These manageable options not only help to reduce weight and blood pressure, but can also improve blood glucose control, which in turn further reduces one’s risk of developing diabetes-related complications such as nerve damage, foot infections, and blindness.

Okanagan Pharmacy will be hosting a free diabetes and heart health clinic on September 14, 2016, where you can have your heart age calculated free of charge, and learn more about diabetes and heart disease management.

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Kate and Wills to visit Kelowna September 27

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Tour Outline September 24: Victoria, British Columbia

September 28: Whitehorse and Carcross, Yukon

September 25: Vancouver, British Columbia

September 29: Victoria, British Columbia

September 26: Bella Bella and Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia

September 30: Haida Gwaii, British Columbia

September 27: Kelowna, British Columbia and Whitehorse, Yukon

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VIEW STAFF Premier Christy Clark is looking forward to the royal couple experiencing the very best of what B.C. has to offer.

“On behalf of all British Columbians, I’m pleased and proud to welcome the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to our province, and the lifestyle, culture and scenery British Columbians treasure,” she said.

Their Royal Highnesses, William and Catherine, have been invited to visit by the Government of Canada and will visit British Columbia and the territory of Yukon as part of their tour.

A spokesman for Kensington Palace said: “The Duke and Duchess are delighted to be returning to Canada. They hold very happy memories from their visit in 2011 – their first overseas tour as a married couple. They are really looking forward to seeing other parts of this beautiful country and having the opportunity to meet many more Canadians along the way.”

His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, said: “Sharon and I will be delighted to welcome Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Canada. Their Royal Tour will take them to the beautiful province of British Columbia and the scenic territory of Yukon.

Once again, our true Canadian pride and spirit will shine and be at the very heart of this visit so they can feel at home.”

This will be the Duke and Duchess’s second visit to Canada together. Their first Royal Tour was between June 30 and July 8 2011 when they visited Canada’s Capital Region, Montréal, Québec City, Charlottetown, Summerside, Yellowknife, Slave Lake and Calgary.

Penticton minor fastpitch is holding tryouts for a U16 B rep team at Columbia field on Saturday, September 10th from 1-4pm.

Coach Korven will be running the try outs and is looking for players born in the years of 2001, ‘02 and ‘03.

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You could call them a feather in Peachland’s cap, but it would be best to let the perm set before you wear it.

Join us in offering an Okanagan-sized welcome to Robert and Brenda Miller, the new owners of the Beach Avenue Hair Studio tucked in the Johnson Meier-Coldwell Banker mall at the south end of the downtown (5878B Beach Ave.).

They’ve been in the U.K. for the past five years – Wilking, specifically – about the same length of time as the non-compete agreement they signed when they and their partners sold a salon chain in Ontario.

As that barrier evaporated, it became just one more reason to leave the United Kingdom: in Robert’s words, they didn’t love the weather, they weren’t enthusiastic about the education system and some

of the immigration concerns cropping up gave them pause.

Robert took a break from the franchise consulting he does within the industry in May to have a look around the Okanagan at what was available.

He had lived in Kelowna for a time as a child.

The couple moved to a farm outside Kelowna with two of their three children, aged 10 and 14, (two rescue horses and nearly four score of chickens). Their el-

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They considered buying a salon in the city, but when they saw the Peachland studio of Linda Barker was for sale, they jumped on it literally the same day.

“We thought about Kelowna but it’s too big,” Miller explained. “Plus the studio we looked at had like five managers? We decided we wanted to go back to basics. We both love doing hair.”

They plan to run sidewalk specials, welcome walkins and focus on men and children, including an upcoming back-to-school promotion.

“The angle is to get kids and men in and grow that way,” Robert explained.

“We can also do ladies’ hair, including colour and foils and perms.”

They also offer discounts for seniors, $4.50 off a $20 men’s cut and up to $7.50 off a basic $30 ladies’ cut, and feature Va n c o u v e r - m a d e AG products in the store.

“We know retail really well.”

Linda has stayed on and continues to cut hair, to the relief of at least one customer who appeared at the door while the View was there to order a housecall haircut for her husband, who can’t walk.

“She’s been coming to our house for 15 years, since she opened,” the woman said. “Would you consider doing the same thing? I don’t want to be a traitor!”

Miller said it’s important she is still there as meshing with the community is a high priority for Peachland’s newest business owners.

They plan to join the Peachland and District Chamber of Commerce and to take part in the Chamber’s annual fundraising golf tournament, held today (Aug. 26).

“We want to network and really integrate with the community,” Robert said. “Come on in!”

Walk-ins are welcome, but the salon was slammed on their very first day open, so consider calling 250-767-2176 to make an appointment (probably after the golf tournament).

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REGIONAL NEWS

A day at the (dusty) stakes...

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THE ONE AND ONLY horse racing day of 2016 in Osoyoos was held at Desert Park on Saturday, Aug. 20 and it was well attended. The heat was blazing, but the track was dry and the horses were fast.

Six races were held, and organizers were pleased with the way it all went. Visit www.osoyoostimes.com to see video of the action.

Don’t mind if we do: Osoyoos council hikes own pay KEITH LACEY

ABERDEEN PUBLISHING Stating there hasn’t been an increase in remuneration in five years, Osoyoos Mayor Sue McKortoff and members of town council voted unanimously in favour of giving themselves a pay raise at a recent regular meeting of council.

The largest increase of 15 per cent will go to McKortoff, whose annual mayor’s salary will increase to just over $27,100.

Councillors C.J. Rhodes, Mike Campol, Carol Youngberg and Jim King will receive a five per cent increase, bumping their annual salary to $16,543.

McKortoff said “it has been several years” since there has been any increase in wages for mayor and council and senior adminis-

tration looked at remuneration paid in eight or nine other small towns in B.C. and this pay increase will bring the wages paid in Osoyoos more in line with what’s paid elsewhere.

Campol said the wage increases are justified, particularly for McKortoff who he said is paid “what seems like a part-time salary” for working exceptionally long hours.

“This increase is more than justified,” he said.

Rhodes has been on council since 2008. Campol, Youngberg and King were elected or the first time in 2014.

Councillors and the mayor are also paid per diems for out of town meetings.

The new wage increases will take effect in January 2017.

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DIVERSIONS

HOROSCOPE

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS 1. Dignified 7. Where to get a pint 10. Broken down 12. Peruvian city 13. Expressed grief 14. Isaac’s mother (Bib.) 15. Sizing up 16. Form of Hindustani 17. __-de-sac 18. Greek sophist 19. Greek portico 21. Christian Television Network 22. Attractiveness 27. The man 28. Home of the Cowboys 32. Home to Hollywood 33. Be later in time 36. Woman 37. A type of protection 38. Conservative people 39. Bela __, Hungarian Leader 40. Rodent 41. Gloss or sheen 44. Looks good in clothes 45. Stephen Malkmus’ band 48. Org. of C. American States 49. Doorways are some 50. Cattle genus 51. Rock bands play them CLUES DOWN 1. Indigenous people of Norway 2. Not odd 3. Ring 4. Adam is one 5. Champion Volunteer QB 6. The smartest Ed 7. Fast cats 8. Two-toed sloth 9. __ humbug!

10. Investigator 11. Explosive warhead 12. Wrap 14. Hidden meaning 17. Reciprocal of a sine 18. Go with pains 20. Small constellation 23. Prohibited

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20

Everyone recognizes your ambition this week, Aries. Channel your energy constructively and don’t be ashamed to pursue your goals so strongly.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21

Taurus, tackle some slow and steady work this week rather than trying to be innovative or unique.

There will be a time to innovate later on. Right now you need to prove yourself.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21

Gemini, you are in the mood to get started on something new over the next few days. Think about some tasks you have been putting off and develop a plan to address them.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, take an intellectual approach to solving a problem that has been bothering you for quite some time. Ask a friend for advice if you find you need some help.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23

Leo, approaching someone who has not done his or her share of the work can be difficult. Tread gently because this person may have been distracted by something more pressing.

24. Blocks 25. Home to Boston (abbr.)

26. Small viper 29. Toward 30. Promotional

materials 31. Plundering and destroying 34. Provokes 35. One point north of due east

36. Freshwater fishes 38. Male parents 40. Little (Spanish) 41. Sean __, actor 42. Bowfin fish 43. Large integers

44. An association of criminals 45. Genus of grasses 46. Annual percentage rate 47. Mechanical belt

SUDOKU

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22

Your big ideas are highly valued, Virgo. Let others know what you are thinking and you may find that even more people are receptive to your ideas than you initially thought.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23

Libra, things have been going your way for some time now. It’s exciting waiting for whatever is just around the corner. This unanticipated good fortune is just what you need.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22

Open yourself up to a new way of thinking, Scorpio. While your way of doing things may be right most of the time, adopting a fresh perspective may help you see things more clearly.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, try doing something on the spur of the moment. Spotaneity may give you a rush that you may not have felt in some time.

This could be just the excitement you need right now.

ANSWERS

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

Try to meet some new people, Capricorn. Add to your collection of networking contacts, which will help further both your professional and personal lives.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, relax when a stressful situation presents itself. Add some humor to the situation so you and others can handle it in the most positive way possible.

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PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, if others are uninterested in being social, find creative ways to enjoy some alone time. This may include music or artwork.

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SPORTS

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TEAM CANADA’S BRONZE medal-winning women’s 4x100 m relay team, Michelle Williams, Chantal Van Landeghem, Kelowna’s Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak (missing: alternate Sandrine Mainville), together responsible for five of Canada’s medals.

Twelve B.C. athletes bring home medals CONTRIBUTED A dozen British Columbia-affiliated athletes brought home half of the medals Team Canada earned at the Rio Olympics.

The ratio is right on par with the 142 athletes with B.C. connections who were on Team Canada, about half of the total. They competed it 18 different sports and brought home one gold, one silver and nine bronze medals.

Kelowna’s Taylor Ruck was among them, winning two bronze medals in the pool.

Other B.C. athletes included: • Kayla Moleschi, Williams Lake – rugby – bronze • Emily Overholt, Vancouver – swimming – bronze • Lindsay Jennerich, Victoria – rowing – silver • Patricia Obee, Victoria – rowing – silver • Hilary Caldwell, White Rock – swimming – bronze • Laura Brown, Vancouver – cycling, track – bronze • Jasmin Glaesser, Vancouver – cycling, track – bronze • Georgia Simmerling, West

Vancouver – cycling, track – bronze • Sophie Schmidt, Abbotsford – women’s football (soccer) – bronze • Christine Sinclair, Burnaby – women’s football (soccer) – bronze • Catharine Pendrel, Kamloops – women’s mountain bike – bronze In total, Canada won 22 medals including four gold, three silver and 15 bronze.

Athletes from British Columbia will represent Canada at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Summer Games from Sept. 7-18.

“British Columbia’s Olympic athletes and coaches showcased to Canada, and the world, what we are capable of,” Premier Christy Clark said in a release. “Our athletes significantly contributed to Team Canada’s medal count, but perhaps even more than that, they inspired another generation of young Canadians to dream big, and participate in international sport.”

Canada had its highest medal count since 1996 at Rio, easily exceeding the 18 medals earned in

London in 2012.

“Rio 2016 proved to be a huge success for Canadian athletes and B.C.-supported athletes were a significant part of Canada’s improvement at these Games,” Wendy Pattenden, CEO of the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific said. “The Canadian Sport Institute Pacific is extremely proud of all the athletes with whom we are fortunate enough to work with in the daily training environment, as well as our team of sport science and sport medicine experts.”

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Peachland Makes Me Proud!

Rotary is like the breeze off the lake: bringing relief. Just a perception. Talking about perceptions: people often shrug Rotary off with the old generalisations: A once a week lunch club, an old mens’ club, cheque writers anonymous, a fusty, dusty group of do-gooders who talk more than they “do”; and so on. And yes, Rotary can be all of these visions of loveliness – but it is SO much more. We have so much fun at times it’s almost sinful! The face we show the world is driven by our upbringing and how we see ourselves. It is also a function of how others perceive us. This year, Rotary has changed. Strictures on membership, attendance and what constitutes a “meeting” have been modified, and, I am proud to say, have brought Rotary International back into line with what Peachland has been doing for quite a while! We lead the way! And we have led the way for quite some time! No lead in our britches!

Over the next while we will grow new members, new projects and new ways of doing things. If you are at all intrigued or interested in what we do, join us for lunch at 11:45 on Thursdays at The Gasthaus on the Lake. We have a website www.peachlandrotary. com which can lead you to other sites where you can learn more about Rotary, who we are and what we are doing. We also have some thirty-four members who would be happy to answer your questions and invite you to come and visit. We will be holding our “By Invitation” Mixers again this year – last year Batman put in an appearance. Who knows who will be there this year – will you?

We are blessed with good people in the Club: people with energy, creativity, initiative and a desire to make things better in the world around them, in their world, in your world.

If you read the View last week you will have seen that a small group of Rotarians from Kelowna have revitalised Silver Lake Camp, giving Peachland another jewel of a project and another tourist attraction. Something else of which to be proud.

Just last week before the Cod Gone Wild! concert, we were able to present our Fire Chief with a portable defibrillator to have in his truck for emergencies. During the presentation he told us that he was able to use it almost as soon as we had given it to him. A great investment in, and for, this town!

The Pier Group – soon to be Society - is working hard to get all the “ducks” in a row.

Craig wrote a super article last week laying out the probable costs and what we will have to raise. The next thing you will see is a semi-permanent sign in Heritage Park, giving some history of the Park, the details of the Pier and how to donate. It should be up in the near future. If you are eager to make a donation you can do so at the Municipal Office: just make sure they know it’s for The Pier. Our thanks to our partners, the Lions and Sportsmens’ clubs, for their persistence and imagination, and to the Municipality for its positive support. This is a project of which the whole town can be proud for a very long time!

We provide the Peace Concerts in Heritage Park at no charge as a way to say “Thank you” to all of Peachland for the support and generosity you all show in supporting our endeavours throughout the year. Your attendance (almost 2000 this year!) is a sign of your appreciation. Your generosity is a sign of your care for others. Thanks to you, we have raised enough for three ShelterBoxes this year. That’s over $3600.00 in our Hat collection! Check out www.shelterbox.org to learn more about ShelterBoxes. Thank you all! (I think Peachland is secretly proud of its Rotary Club. I am! I’m also proud to live in this caring community.)

You should be proud of yourselves!

Chris Boyle, Past President, Rotary Club of Peachland

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PEACHLAND UNITED SERVICE 10 am, United Church

ST. MARGARET’S ANGLICAN CHURCH WORSHIP 10 am, St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

EMMANUEL CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 10 am, Emmanuel Church, Westbank

PEACHLAND BAPTIST SERVICE 10:30 am service fellowship 11:30 am, 4204 Lake Ave.

SUNDAY TEA 1-4 pm, Little Schoolhouse on Brandon Lane. Tea and dessert on the patio and featured local artists.

MEAT DRAW 2-4 pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

PEACHLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday worship at 3 pm, Meeting at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

YOGA (ADVANCED BEGINNERS) 8 am, 50+ Activity Centre

TAI CHI FOR WELLNESS 9:15 am, Heritage Park by the Rotary Pavilion. Weather permitting. Hosted By the Peachland Wellness Centre

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY 9:30 am, 50+ Activity Centre

LADIES MONDAY MORNING COFFEE 10 noon, Peachland Wellness Centre. Closed for the summer, returns September 12

PICKLEBALL 1-3 pm (1.0-4.0), community centre AFTERNOON BRIDGE 1:30-3:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre

YOUTH BOXING CLUB 6-8 pm, 4th St Place

CARPET BOWLING 10 am, 50+ Activity Centre

COMPUTER LITERACY 10 - noon, Peachland Wellness Centre.

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BABY FRIENDLY CAFÉ 11 - 12:30 p.m., every 2nd and last Tuesday, Peachland Wellness Centre.

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MEN’S COFFEE & CRIB 1 - 2:45 p.m., Peachland Wellness Centre.

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Order deadline is August 31 and cheques postdated to August 31 are welcome with your order. Visit the church office Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 11 a.m., call 250-767-3131 or email stmargarets@shaw.ca.

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A NIGHT OF DANCE Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, 7 - 9 pm, Peachland Visitor Centre.

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PINCUSHION HIKE AND YOGA 9:30 am. Call

PEACHLAND VARIETY SINGERS NEW SEASON Sept. 12, 9:30 am, 50+ Activity Centre. New singers welcome. No auditions. Winter Concert on Dec. 11. Cost is membership in the 50+ Activity Centre.

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DEMENTIA CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP 10noon every 3rd Wednesday, Peachland Wellness Centre.

Closed for the summer. Orientation: September 21. First Session: October 19

CHESS 1:15 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

AFTERNOON BRIDGE 1:30-3:30 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

PICKLEBALL 1-3 pm, (1.0-4.0), community centre

BAT CHAT 2:30 pm, Peachland Visitor Centre

TWEEN COOKING NIGHT 5-7:30 pm, Peachland Boys and Girls Club. Ages 9-12

WRITERS UNBLOCKED Second Wednesday of the Month, 6:30 pm, Peachland Wellness Centre

CLOG DANCING 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. 50+ Activity Centre

LIONS DEN MEETING 7 pm. 2nd week: 6th Ave. Police Station.

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CENTRAL OKANAGAN MODEL RAILWAY COMPANY GROUP 7 pm, Peachland Museum

THURSDAYS FITNESS ROOM 7:30 am-5 pm, community centre

TAI CHI FOR WELLNESS 10 am, Heritage Park by the gazebo.

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BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 10 am-12 pm, Peachland Wellness Centre. Runs every week

IRON & SILK 10:45 am, 50+ Activity Centre

MEET OUR LOCAL ARTISTS AND ARTISANS 11 – 4 pm, Peachland Little Schoolhouse.

New artists featured every week, and a great variety of paintings, fabric art, quilling, primitive rug hooking, etc..

ROTARY CLUB OF PEACHLAND 12-1:30 pm, Gasthaus Restaurant. Be a part of your community and join us for lunch. Everyone welcome. (No meeting June 30 or Sep. 1)

AA 12 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

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MEAT DRAW 4-5 pm,

LADIES CRIB 1 - 2:45 p.m., Peachland Wellness Centre. Closed for the summer, returns September 16

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

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Myron Gordon Martinson

It is with profound sadness that we announce that Myron succumbed to the effects of ALS on the morning of August 15, 2016. Months away from their 50th anniversary, Myron is survived by his loving wife and partner Diane, his children, their spouses and his grandchildren (Warren, Jennifer, Alexander and Benjamin), (Rennae, Paul, Mya and Connor), (Sherman, Alexandra and Ella), his sisters (Myrna, Shelley and Wendy and families), many nieces and nephews and extended family. We also wish to recognize Armella Hazzard (Diane’s Aunt) and the support that she has provided to us throughout his illness. Despite our breaking hearts, we take comfort in the fact that so many of his family, friends and neighbours were able to visit him over the last number of months.

Myron was an easy conversationalist and constantly proved that the world was a very small place if you were interested in people. For Myron, a stranger was a friend that he had not yet met. He also had a wonderful and irreverent sense of humour and this is something that he shared and instilled in his children. He was a constant and loving source of support to his family and friends.

We wish to thank all of the healthcare professionals that contributed to Myron’s care from the moment of his diagnosis to his final days. It is difficult to convey how much their kindness, concern and efforts have meant.

In lieu of a service, Myron’s family would ask that all those who knew him take a moment to reminisce, laugh and cry. In the coming days and weeks, a local reception will be held in Peachland followed by a similar reception in Regina. Arrangements entrusted to Everden Rust Funeral Services. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.everdenrust.com Business services

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A Peachland man faces sexual assault charges after allegedly breaking into a home Tuesday night and inappropriately touching two women asleep inside overnight in Kelowna, say police.

On August 23, 2016 at 8:45 p.m., the RCMP received a report of a break and enter and sexual assault just committed at a residence in the 1500 block of Highland Drive North in Kelowna. Police have learned that the suspect, not known to his victims, is believed to have gained entry into the home through an open door.

Once inside he inappropriately touched two women who lay asleep together in the same room. The victims were not physically injured as a result.

“The women were awakened and initially overcome with shock as they confronted the stranger and demanded that he leave,” police said.

“The suspect left the residence, while leaving he passed [the boyfriend of one of the] women, who had just returned home with his friend.”

RCMP arrived on scene and set up an area of containment.

With the assistance of a Police Service dog and witnesses, the suspect was located nearby and taken into police custody.

The suspect, a 39-year-old Peachland man, faces potential charges including, break and enter to commit an offence and sexual assault. He remains in custody and was expected to appear in court Aug. 24.

Anyone with any information should call the Kelowna RCMP at 250-762-3300.

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