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AUGUST 2, 2013 | VOLUME 09 | NUMBER 31

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Fire creates alarm for winery staff Joanne Layh

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Pincushion Quilt Guild celebrates a busy year in quilting

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Peachland Wellness Centre receives renovation boost

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Jeff Cameron of Kelowna removes his wetsuit as he completes the swimming portion of the Peachland Triathlon on Sunday. Cameron

went on to finish in sixth place with a time of 1:07:46. For more triathlon pictures, see pages 8 and 9.

Peachland dodged a bullet last Tuesday when a fire that broke out near Greata Ranch Estate Winery had winery staff and Brent Road residents alike worried the town might experience a repeat of last year’s events.

At 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday Peachland Fire and Rescue Service (PFRS) were called out to what was a travel trailer fire at the beach just below a property in between Greata Ranch and Brent Road, initially believed to be located within the district.

“The fire last night was basically one property outside of our fire protection area at Brent Road,” Peachland fire chief Dennis Craig said in an interview with The View on Wednesday. “We did actually send our engine and our pumper as well but they stayed within the Brent Road area to ensure the fire didn’t spread inside our fire protection area. It was out of our district but we responded with our squad and our water tender to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading to the Brent Road area.”

From the beach the fire went up a steep hillside, spreading to about 1 hectare in size.

“I looked outside and I could see the smoke,” Judy Wellman of Greata Ranch Winery said. “It was a little bit too reminiscent of last year’s Peachland fire for me. It was a little bit too See PEACHLAND on page 3

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Peachland dodges a bullet with brush fire Continued from page 1

soon. It was very scary, actually.”

Wellman says the winery’s vineyard manager was driving when he saw smoke.

“He quickly phoned his son [Brandon Lawrence], who was out on the water in a boat and said, ‘You need to go over and see if somebody needs help.’”

Lawrence took the boat over to the fire area and found two people, residents who live next door to Greata Ranch, in need of help.

“They were trapped on the dock so he rescued them from the dock and brought them back here,” Wellman said.

As this was happening PFRS actioned the fire directly, soon with forestry support as well, who arrived with a couple of bucket helicopters that did bucketing action on the fire alongside fire crews. Craig says air tankers were also dispatched but were called off before they arrived at the scene.

“They were basically just wetlining and soaking two flanks, the north and south flank of the fire, acting as a containment line and then crews would have been establishing hand guard around the perimeter,” fire information officer Melissa Welsh said.

The fire was knocked down before PFRS members left the scene and was completely contained the next morning.

Welsh said 10 personnel returned to the scene Wednesday morning, where they found about six or seven smoke spots.

The fire, which is suspected to be human caused, remains under investigation by forestry.

“It is really dry out there now. We are basically in high to extreme with fire hazards. We do have a Kamloops Centre fire ban going into place as of Thursday at noon so there will be no campfires or open burning allowed at all in the Kamloops Fire Centre. People just need to be well aware of anything that causes sparks that could ignite a fire,” Craig said.

A campfire ban has been in effect for the District of Peachland since July 15.

Kelowna Census Metropolitan Area ranked highest in Canada for crime Joanne Layh

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The Kelowna Census Metropolitan Area, which extends from Lake Country to Peachland, had the highest crime rate in Canada in 2012 according to a Statistics Canada report released last week.

The report indicates that overall property crime in the area increased by 13.5 per cent in 2012 over the previous year.

Specific changes over the previous year are as follows: • Break and enters increased by 7.2 per cent; • Theft of motor vehicles increased by 2.6 per cent; • Thefts from motor vehicles increased by 37.6 per cent; • Frauds increased by 19 per cent; • Theft of bicycles increased by 73 per

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cent; • Other Criminal Code offences decreased by approximately 9 per cent; • Drug offences increased by 3 per cent; and • Persons offences (violent crime) decreased by approximately 2.5 per cent.

The statistics contrast greatly with the Peachland-specific crime rates RCMP Sgt. Duncan Dixon presented to Peachland council earlier this year. At that presentation Sgt. Dixon indicated Peachland has an extremely low crime rate.

In an interview with The View, Cst. Kris Clark explained the Statistics Canada report is not representative of each community in the area but rather a representation of the totality.

“Certainly Lake Country and Peachland are on the low end and if they had any gains they are basically insignifi-

cant. Where we saw the vast majority of increases in property crime were Kelowna and West Kelowna,” Cst. Clark said.

“We had one prolific offender who stole 45 vehicles in 21 days. We had the Cycle Logic investigation, which was over $750,000 in stolen property. Those types of investigations have significant impacts on the increase in our property crime, but certainly weren’t the only ones that help to bring those statistics up.”

Cst. Clark went on to say the Kelowna area is a very safe place but more work needs to be done on educating the public on how to protect their property, such as locking their doors and removing valuables from their vehicles.

However, with property crime on the increase, Inspector Nick Romanchuk, who was only announced to be the incoming Officer in Charge of the

Kelowna RCMP weeks ago, has a tough job ahead of him.

“Community safety is absolutely the highest policing priority here in Kelowna. I believe strongly that we need an all hands on deck approach to this universal issue and that everyone, including the police and the residents of this community, play an important and collective role,” Inspector Romanchuk said. “As the incoming Officer in Charge of Kelowna Regional Detachment, it is my goal that Kelowna is never again mentioned in a Stats Canada report on crime unless it is recognized for significant reductions in crime. I am comforted that I have a very capable team who is dedicated to improving the safety of our communities through a number of means.”

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• Peachland Rattlesnake Island Swim – 7:00 am-11:00 am • Okanagan Paddlefest – 11:00 am-4:00 pm PLEASE EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION ON THE WATER • 7am-11am - Between Rattlesnake Island and Swim Bay for the Rattlesnake Island Swim as swimmers and support boats will be in the open water • 11am-4pm - Along the shore of Peachland from 13th Street (Bliss Bakery) through the public use day wharf for Paddle Festival. Various non-motorized boats will be along the foreshore participating in various activities.

BOAT LAUNCH CLOSURE For safety and event management, the Boat Launch at the Yacht Club (Beach Ave and 8th Street) will be closed to the public. The T-Boat Launch at Hwy 97 and Princeton Avenue will be open.

We hope you will join us for these exciting events either as a participant or a spectator. For more information on these closures or for event information visit www.peachland.ca or www.okanaganpaddlefest.com

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Small businesses face nightmare with new packaging rules in B.C. Laura Jones

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educing packaging and waste is a worthy and noble goal, but new rules being introduced by the B.C. government to support this goal don’t pass the smell test for good public policy and are about to unleash a regulatory nightmare on small businesses.

New rules will require many businesses selling packaged goods or providing marketing and other printed materials “to assume responsibility for the cost of collecting and recycling that packaging and printed paper.”

From what we understand, many businesses will be required to track the packaging they sell (e.g. tin cans, labels, cardboard boxes, shampoo bottles, plastic wrap) and the printed materials they sell or give out (e.g. pamphlets, brochures, letters) and pay a fee in each of many materials categories (e.g. tin, paper, cardboard, plastic) according to volume.

A new government-appointed agency, Multi-Material B.C., will be setting up rules and charging fees to make this vision a reality. As an aside, giving taxing and regulating powers to such arm’s-length agencies is problematic and needs a serious rethink. There simply isn’t enough accountability without a strong connection to an elected official.

Here at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, we have now fielded several dozen calls from confused businesses owners who are trying to figure out what the rules mean and whether they apply to them. A review of the 62-page overview document and 23-page frequently-asked-questions document on Multi-Material B.C.’s website had me pretty darn confused too. So I tried the 1-800 number listed on the

site. The call went to voice mail.

Underscoring the urgency around compliance is the potential for a $200,000 fine.

B.C. has been a leader in keeping a lid on red tape. The province’s regulatory reform policy features a Regulatory Criteria Checklist to vet proposed legislation and regulation.

The checklist includes a list of common sense questions designed to stop red tape in its tracks.

So, I’m totally flummoxed. How did the new recycling rules pass the checklist? The regulatory checklist clearly says that compliance costs, including time, need to be considered and should be reasonable for small business. If the time I spent wading through these new rules is any indication, there is no way the costs will be justified. In fact, I calculate that businesses across B.C. will spend over a million hours just trying to understand the rules, let alone comply with them.

Beyond that, Multi-Material B.C. has not published the fees they plan to charge or any detail on how the regulations will work. That hardly meets the checklist’s “transparent development criteria.”

Under the “simple communication” category, the checklist asks whether the change can be described in one page. If it can, I haven’t seen it yet.

The Clark government says minimizing red tape is a priority. We hope it will demonstrate how serious it is by reversing course on a policy that makes no sense. A good start would be to immediately exempt small businesses from the mountain of red tape headed their way.

Laura Jones is executive vice president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

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Hwy bypass isn’t the solution to local polution and traffic woes The Highway 97 Task Force Society is very good at presenting their agenda to the public.

However, I believe that it does not speak for the majority of Peachlanders; it certainly does not speak for me.

I happen to believe that building a bypass would turn Peachland into a ghost town.

Of course only a fraction of the cars travelling on Highway 97 turn into Peachland. I don’t need a road count to know that - logic tells me that. But even many of those would no longer come to visit. Just ask yourselves: While on vacation, did you ever leave the highway just to visit a town you could only reach by going down an access road?

The arguments made by the Highway 97 Task Force Society do not hold water.

A four-lane highway is no more a division than a two-lane one. A road is a road.

There are many towns with four-lane highways going through them and no

one has problem with that.

Look at Summerland; no one thinks of it as a divided town.

Calgary, for example, had the TransCanada Highway going through the centre of the city (16th Avenue N.E. and N.W.) until they built a bypass recently to handle the volume of traffic.

That need is absent here; we don’t have cities with 1.5 million population in the Okanagan. In the 27 years that I lived there no one thought of Calgary as a divided town.

Finally, and maybe most importantly, there is the cost to consider. Why would anyone spend millions of taxpayer dollars to build a brand new road up a mountain when a perfectly good one exists already that only has to be widened for no further than a couple of miles?

I can only hope that sober heads at MOTI will examine these ideas and make decisions that will benefit all of us.

Felix Possak, Peachland

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Ministry increases allowable annual cut for West Kelowna’s Gorman Brothers PeaChLand VieW Gorman Brothers, along with six other B.C. companies, has had their allowable annual cut raised in a forestry practices agreement that essentially increase how much forest they can harvest. Collectively the agreement allows the companies a combined allowable annual cut increase of 158,736 cubic metres per year, effective Jan. 1, 2012 until Dec. 31, 2015.

The increase was awarded by the regional executive after reviewing their application, forestry plan, timber supply analysis, and considering public and First Nations input. Planned innovative forestry practices, such as ongoing inventory work, supported the increase to the individual licences.

The increase to individual licences does not affect the 3.1 million cubic metres allowable annual cut for the

Okanagan timber supply area, which covers the south-central area of the province, including communities from Penticton to Salmon Arm. “Under delegated authority of the Forest Act, the ministry’s Thompson Okanagan regional executive director made the decision to increase the allowable annual cut of the innovative forestry practices agreement-holders.

Licence holders must comply with conditions of the increase, the agreement, the Forest Act, the Forest and Range Practices Act and other relevant legislation,” a Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations press release stated.

In addition to Gorman Brothers Lumber Ltd., the affected licensees are Stella-Jones Canada Inc., Canoe Forest Products Ltd., Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd., Selkirk Timber Company, Tolko Industries Ltd., and Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd.

Highlights of the regional board meeting – July 29 Regional board says no to Trepanier subdivision application Proposed secondary suite designation

The regional board has given second and third reading to a proposed amendment to the Joe Rich Rural Land Use Bylaw in order to allow development of a secondary suite. The applicant intends to develop a legal secondary suite attached to an existing single-family residence on a .4-hectare property on Greystokes Road in the Central Okanagan East Electoral Area.

Final reading and adoption of the amending bylaw will be scheduled once approval is received from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

Proposed light industrial land use

The regional board has given first reading to proposed amendments to the Ellison Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw. The applicant operates a heavy equipment operator training school on a 9.4-hectare property located off Beaver Lake Road within the Central Okanagan East Electoral Area.

The property had previously been the site of a composting operation and requires the land use designation changes in order to reflect past and the current light industrial use. A public hearing will be scheduled after the applicant provides a letter indicating it will register a covenant on the property restricting use to a commercial school.

Brent-Trepanier land use applications

The regional board did not give first reading to proposed land use designation changes for a property adjacent to Paradise Valley Drive and Trepanier Road in the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area. The applicant requested discharge of a land use contract and amendments to the Brent Road – Trepanier Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw in order to allow a proposed three-lot country residential subdivision from the existing 3.32-hectare property.

The application was not supported by the board for several reasons: it is contrary to growth management in the area; the proposed zoning is not supported by the Official Community Plan and it doesn’t meet the community water system servicing requirement of the Subdivision and Servicing Bylaw. In addition, there is no local fire protection or community water system available in this part of the electoral area.

June building statistics report

During June, the regional district approved 16 building permits for construction projects valued at $364,500 in the Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West Electoral Areas. That compares with 19 permits issued during June 2012 for projects worth a total of $1,201,000.

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LOCAL ACTIVITIES & EVENTS | sundays Jerry Dober Breakfast, 8am, Peachland Wellness Centre Peachland Baptist Sunday School, 9:30am, 4204 Lake Ave. Peachland United Service, 10am, United Church St. Margaret’s Anglican Church Worship, 10am, St. Margaret’s Anglican Church Emmanuel Church Workship Service, 10am, Peachland Elementary School Peachland Baptist Service, 10:30 service fellowship 11:30am, 4204 Lake Ave.

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Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 9:30am, 50+ Activity Centre

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Tai Chi, 12pm, 50+ Activity Centre Needle Arts, 1:15pm, 50+ Activity Centre BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS Tween Scene, 2:30-5pm, 4th Street Place

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS Floor Hockey (age 8-12), 6:30-7:30pm, community centre; $2 (Jumpstart funding available) Bridge, 7pm, 50+ Activity Centre

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wednesdays Summer Reading Club, 10am, Peachland Library.

Ages 5-12. Visit the branch to register.

Chess, 1:15pm, 50+ Activity Centre Yoga, 1:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, Tweens 5-6:30pm, middle teens 6:30-8pm, 4th St. Anglican Church Lions Den Meeting, 7 pm. 2nd week: 6th Ave. Police Station. 4th week: community centre. Dan 250-767-9034

Peachland Guides 5:15pm, community centre Peachland Sparks (girls 5-6), 5:30pm, community centre

Central Okanagan Model Railway Company Group, 7pm, Peachland Museum

Youth Boxing Club, 6-8 pm, 4th Street Place

Meat Draw, 2pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

thursdays Tai Chi (Wellness Centre), 10am continued level at Heritage Park Bereavement, 10am, Peachland Wellness Centre Iron and Silk Exercise, 11am, 50+ Activity Centre Peachland Rotary Club Meeting, 12pm, Gasthaus Pub AA, 12pm, 50+ Activity Centre Meat Draw, 4pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, middle teen hangout 5:307pm, community centre.

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fridays Yoga, 10:30am, 50+ Activity Centre Ladies Snooker, 5pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 Potluck, Meeting, or Entertainment, 6pm, 50+ Activity Centre (4th week of the month only) BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OUTING, meet at community centre; Call to register.

saturdays Carpet Bowling, 10am, 50+ Activity Centre Meat Draw, 3pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

Bingo, 6:45pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Meditation Group, meets weekly 7-8 pm, please join us! Call 778-479-3794 for more information.

UPCOMING EVENTS B.C. Day Pancake Breakfast, August 4, 7:30am - 11:30am, 50+ Activity Centre. All welcome!

Summer Storytime in the Park, August 8, 9:30am, Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park. The free one hour drop in program takes place each week until August 22nd. Youngsters and their caregivers should meet beneath the willow tree next to the playground in the park. Participants will be treated to a new nature-themed story and mini-nature walk each week.

Rattlesnake Island Swim, August 10. 3.7K and 7K swims, registration re-

quired. Volunteers welcome! www.peachland.ca Okanagan Paddlefest, August 10. Celebrate the history of paddling in Peachland. Includes a war canoe demonstration, dragon boat races, kayak races, stand up paddling races, various activities for children and youth, live music and a parade of boats to close the festival.

Country Naturally, August 10, 7pm, Peachland Legion. Listen and Dance to Country Classics of Kitty Wells, Johnny Cash, Lorrie Morgan, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton and more. $6 cover.

Dinner and Appie specials.

Visitor Centre. Volunteers needed to assist with counting bats exiting the primary school at dusk.

Hand held tally counters and tally sheets provided.

Families welcome. Register at Peachland Visitor Centre.

Freemasons Open House, Phone 250-767-2455.

August 11, 1pm, Freemasons Lodge, 5842A Beach Yamabiko Taiko, August Avenue. An open house to 18, 4pm - 5pm, Heritage the general public.

Park. Part of the Rotary Peace Concert Series in the Cod Gone Wild, August Park. Spectacular Japanese 11, 4pm - 5pm, Heritage drums ensemble offer Park. Part of the Rotary astounding rhythms and an Peace Concert Series in athletic performance. the Park. Newfoundlander Dave Whitty and Band per- Peachland Chamber Golf form modern Celtic music. Tourney, August 19, Two Eagles Golf Course. Visit Provincial Bat Counts, www.peachlandchamber.

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Peachland Ambassadors Candidate Speeches and Brunch, August 11, 10am, community centre. Email peachlandambassador@ gmail.com.

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Peachland Fall Fair, September 7-8, community centre. Sew it, grow it, show it! www.peachlandfallfair.ca 65th Anniversary Ambassadorial Pageant, September 13-14. Celebrating 65 years. Past candidates, royalty are invited to participate in the

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Take A Hike, August 23, 9am, Hardy Falls Regional Park. Explore ‘Something Fishy’ during this easy rated outing at Hardy Falls Regional Park. Meet in the parking area on Hardy Road, off Highway 97 along the south end of Peachland.

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Friends In The Park, September 22. A family event by the Peachland Baptist Church.

Peachland High School Rodeo, October 11-13.

Free for spectators. Fri Starts at 4pm. Sat/Sun starts at 9am. Contact Peachland Riding Club 250.718.2761 or www. peachlandridingclub.com.

Halloween Family Dance Party, October 27. Entertainment, games and refreshments. Tickets required. www.peachland.ca

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If you water your lawn… make water work!

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Most of the residential water we use in the Okanagan is used outside on our lawns and gardens. With the Okanagan’s population expected to swell about 45 per cent by 2036 to more than 260,000, and as the need for summer time water increases – for food, for fish, for firefighting, and more – it’s important that we learn to be more water wise.

By following some simple tips, you’ll get the most from the water you use.

The next time you turn on the hose or sprinkler, consider these helpful tips to make water work: Put water on the nightshift. Water during the coolest part of the day to prevent evaporation. A good rule of thumb is between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Water plants, not pavement. Water where it’s needed. It should sprinkle your lawn or garden, not the house, sidewalk, driveway or street. Make water work efficiently and save time, money, and water.

Don’t mow. Let it grow. Leave grass 5-8 cm (2-3 inches) tall. Water stays longer when grass is longer. Leaving your grass longer slows evaporation from the soil, making it work more effectively.

One inch a week will do. Most lawns need just 2.5 cm (one inch) of

water per week – about the depth of a tuna can. Watering deeply and less often promotes deep, healthy root growth.

If you’re watering deeply and not seeing the results the problem may be inadequate topsoil. Try top dressing with half an inch of compost, then over-seeding for a thick vigorous lawn.

Pair water with plants suitable to our dry climate. Okanagan water works best when paired with plants suitable to our dry climate: drought-tolerant turf, and native low-water variety plants.

Reduce and reuse your water.

Look around the house for sources of water that don’t just come out of your tap. For example, collect rainwater. Or, find ways to reuse water. Collect it from your shower or bath in a bucket and reuse it instead of letting it run down the drain. Save your cooking water from boiling pasta, eggs or vegetables, then cool and use it later on your plants.

By taking small steps to conserve our water, we are helping ensure a sustainable supply. Even tiny changes can add up to thousands of litres in water savings each year.

Learn more at www.makewaterwork. ca, then take the pledge and enter to win $5000 in WaterWise yard upgrades thanks to KelownaGardens.com.

Make Water Work is an initiative of the Okanagan Basin Water Board and its Okanagan WaterWise program.

Youth news

A place to call our own Caleigh Ellis This fall the Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs, in partnership with the District of Peachland and the Peachland Chamber of Commerce, are proud to open the Peachland Primary School Youth Centre!

The building will be ready in time for fall programs and we welcome everyone to stop by for a visit.

Programs that will be run in the Peachland Primary School Youth Centre include youth drop-in, tween drop-in, and part of the Peachland after school club.

The youth drop-in program will be held at the new location on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 3:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 3 p.m.

– 9 p.m. Drop-in activities are free and include snacks, dinner nights, pool, ping pong tables, Sony Play Station 3, computer and internet use, movies, music, cards and board games. All activities are supervised.

The tween drop-in program is for youth in Grades 5 and 6.They can meet staff by the bike racks at Peachland Elementary School on Tuesdays and Thursdays

and walk to the club to hang out until 5 p.m. On Wednesdays tweens will get to learn and practice life skills by cooking and eating dinner together as well as participating in a variety of different activities from 5 p.m. -7:30 p.m.

For more information on the drop-in programs call 250-859-3893 or email peachland@boysandgirlsclubs.ca.

If you are a youth who is interested in making a difference in your community come join our youth council.

The youth council meets to discuss interests, youth council goals, special events, community projects, and more. Being a council member will build your leadership and teamwork skills while planning fun events for your friends.

Participation in the youth council is a great addition to your resume! To join, call or text 250-859-3893.

The Peachland after school club will be running two programs this year.

For members in Kindergarten - Grade 2, the after school club will be held at the Peachland Elementary School. For members in Grades 3 - 6, the after school club will be held at the Peachland Primary

Youth Centre in the community room. Join us for fun filled, action packed programs and activities after school. Participate in sports, leisure, creative arts, personal growth, and life skill activities.

We offer transportation, a nutritious snack, out trips, and a variety of recreational activities. Programs are also available on professional days and during school breaks. For more information call 250-7672515.

The Boys and Girls Clubs will also continue offering a preschool program for members aged 3 -5 at Peachland Elementary School.

Our preschools provide children with a program where they will be encouraged to explore, learn, and grow in a stimulating and fun environment. Preschoolers will develop and practice social skills, cooperative play, independent thinking, and an awareness of self. For those who qualify, tuition sponsorships are available. Classes for 3-year-olds are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Classes for 4-year-olds are available Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Call 250-767-2515 for more information.

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fraSer CaSHion of Summerland placed fi anD THey’re off! The Peachland Triathlon began with a swim portion, followed by a bike and run.

GooD SPorTSmanSHiP wasn’t hard to find at last weekend’s triathlon. Here Todd Martin of Kelowna (left) and Sam Lazar congratulate each other for a great race. Martin finished fourth overall in the race, coming in just 10 seconds after Lazar.

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GorD mCinneS of Kelowna finished fourth out of 12 in the Male 40 – 49 category, completing the race with a time of 1:11:44.

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VoLUnTeerS CHeer on Fraser Cashion, the first cyclist to finish the cycling portion of the first overall in the triathlon with a time of 1:04:28. race.

CorDeLL DiCkie of Kelowna finished second overall in the triathlon with a time of 1:06:11.

Hot on his tail was Sam Lazar of Armstrong, who finished third overall with a time of 1:06:13.

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HeLen mUnro of Kelowna was the second place

VaLenTina miLLer of Kelowna was the top

female overall, completing the race with a time of 1:22:05.

female overall in the race. Miller finished with a time of 1:16:01.

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• Dragon Boat Race • Children’s Activities • Parade of Participants

Okanagan Paddlefest Schedule 11:00 am 11:15 am 12:00 pm 12 pm-3 pm

Opening Ceremonies Centennial War Canoe Demo Dragon Boat Races Paddling Demos & “Try-Its” Children’s Activities 1 pm-2 pm Stand-Up Paddle Board Races 2 pm-3 pm Kayak Races 3:30 pm Paddling Parade

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Fall Fair Workshop to teach preserving skills and more Patricia Guest Have you ever thought of entering one of your creations in the Peachland Fall Fair but just never got around to it? As you wandered through the entries at the fair did you think, “My cake/pie/photograph/knitting etc. is better than those ones with the first prize ribbon on it”?

This is the year then. The fall fair committee has made it even easier with our Fall Fair Workshop. This exciting day is geared toward introducing you to the crafts and creations that fall fair participants all over Canada have celebrated for a hundred years or more.

Do you want to make jelly from the tangle of blackberries in your backyard or learn how to felt and make a creation with wool? Have you always admired those people who can throw together a bundle of flowers and make it look like a picture in Good Housekeeping?

The Fall Fair Workshop is a day to learn, experiment and create your own entry. This workshop will provide hands-on instruction for many of the crafts, preserving and baking that make up the categories of the fall fair prizes.

Bakers, preservers, knitters, artists, and many more will be on hand to show you the finer points in making just about everything you might be interested in. Bring your friends or family as this is a community event.

Some workshops, like jelly and jam making, will send you home with your own jar as an incentive to make your own at home and enter it the fair.

Participants will get a feel for as many crafts and arts as they want to and who knows? Participants may go on to be the grand champion of the Peachland Fall Fair this year. There will be big money for prizes on the line this year too. Along with the regular prize money, Crosby Molasses has pitched in $90 for barbeque sauce, cookies

and cake winners. Some champions could come away with $200 or more.

If you already have a special recipe or fabulous technique for crafts or cooking that are uniquely yours try your luck against some of the old timers. These treasures may adorn our homes or be given as special gifts to those we love but they really deserve to be shown to the world, or, at the very least, to the people of Peachland who attend the Peachland Fall Fair.

The Fall Fair Workshop will take place on Thursday, August 15 at the Peachland Community Centre from 1 p.m. - 8 p.m. To find out what workshops will be offered when, check out the sign up sheet at the community centre or Peachland Pharmacy or email your sign up requests to nogmomama@hotmail.com.

The Peachland Fall Fair will take place September 7 - 8 at the Peachland Community Centre. Let’s hope the ending is a little calmer this year!

Pincushion Quilt Guild wraps up a busy year Berkeley Stuart and Susan Driussi

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The Pincushion Quilt Guild wrapped up a busy year with a lovely potluck lunch on June 26. In addition to a number of mini-workshops given in-house by several of our many talented members throughout the year, our guild made this a year of giving by participating in several projects to give back to our community.

Instead of a gift exchange amongst our own membership at Christmas, we opted to purchase gifts for recipients picked from the Angel Tree in the Peachland Community Centre lobby and placed them under the tree during our potluck social.

January was designated as quilt donation month and most of our membership sewed quilts with fabric or services donated by members and several local businesses, including Linda’s Quilt Shoppe, Tyjo’s Fabrics and Blair’s

Sportswear. In all, 37 quilts were completed and presented to the Kelowna Women’s Shelter, along with many bags of miniature toiletries collected from members’ travels. Both the quilts and toiletries were gratefully accepted by the women’s shelter and will be graciously received by their guests.

Some of the extra fabric we had left over was donated to the First Mennonite Church for use in their own projects.

February brought our participation in the HeArts Festival at 4th Street Place, where we decoratively filled our exhibit corner with many of our members’ (and a few from the Peachland Quilters Group as well), finely fabricated quilts, wall hangings and placemats. The guild also held an open house during that week, where we showcased and demonstrated quilting arts, machine embroidery, needlework and various other techniques.

Two of our members were on the organizing committee of the Ca-

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PINCUSHION QUILT GUILD MEMBERS gathered at the Swim Bay dock with the 37 quilts they made and donated to the Kelowna Women’s Shelter. Back (shown from left to right): Jeanne Nagel, Judy Ray, Peggy Barker, Joan Gibson, Gayle Ewacha, Wendy Munson, and Mary-Ann Sanders. Front (shown from left to right): Heather Bethel, Susan Driussi, Brenda Bennett, Helen Dick, Berkeley Stuart, Phyllis O’Connell, Robyn Merchison, Donna Kerbes and Rita MacDonnell.

nadian Quilt Guild’s national quilt show, Quilt BC, which this year was held in Penticton.

As a way of helping out, in addition to filling volunteer spots at the show

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If you know of anyone, please contact Linda Sarsons at 778-479-2843

itself in May, many of our members made and donated small treasure bags. These were used as gifts to delegates and volunteers, and some of the most decorative ones

were auctioned off to earn funds for the Canadian Quilt Association.

A few of our members continue quilting in the summer, but many of us pursue other pastimes

(gardening, golf and travel rank high on the list) and drink in inspiration for the resumption of the guild meetings in September.

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How to make fresh jam or relish in minutes You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to can fruit Blueberry Jam with Zesty Lemon 2 1/2 lbs blueberries Sugar or equivalent, to taste 2 lemons zest and juice 1 package pectin with no sugar Mash blueberries until desired consistency is reached. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Add sugar and pectin and bring to full rolling boil.

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Many people think preserving takes a ton of time, special utensils and long established skills.

Nothing could be further from the truth when you are talking about putting up a batch of jam. Any

Patricia Guest fruit or combination of fruit can be used, limited only by your imagination and held in check by common sense. In the dead of winter it gives a great sense of satisfaction to pull out a fresh jar of your very own jam and get that summer tasty tang.

Some of my favourite combinations have simply been what I could pick or buy on sale that day. Blueberries are in

Remove from heat and add zest and juice. Ladle into hot jars. I do not can my jam as I use sugar and if your jars are clean and they seal good they will keep well. If you are using a sugar equivalent like stevia or (gasp!) Splenda, it is important to can the jars in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. full production now.

Cherries and red currants, which are great companions in the jar, are abundant, and you can still get a few handfuls of some really juicy Saskatoon berries on the higher slopes.

Making jam is not an exact science. You follow some basic guidelines and voila! Your own personalized jam is ready.

The recipes inside the pectin packages tend to be on the really sweet side. If perfect texture is important to you then by all means follow the recipe. However with the price of pectin as much as a jar of jam there are some tricks and tips to get you there without the cost.

If you use a lot of citrus, keep a bag in the freezer and throw all your rinds into it. When you have a bag full of membrane pits and pith, bring them to a boil in water and simmer for a couple of hours. Hang them in a cheesecloth and squeeze out the next day. You can also use quince or green apples.

If you are thinning your apples for sizing don’t discard them. Just throw

Don’t worry! You don’t have to do all that. It is a bit of extra work but it is part of making your life more sustainable.

I use a lot of citrus.

Those pesky C’s (chocolate, citrus and coffee) keep me from being a true locavore! Using the rind in this way cuts down on my waste and increases my savings.

If you do not have jars you can buy them used.

You can sterilize them on the sanitize cycle of the dishwasher or rinse

An Early ‘Merry Christmas’ from St. Margaret’s Anglican Church Peachland Cake Committee 5th Annual Sale of Dark and Light Christmas Cakes and Imported Scottish Shortbread Cakes (dark or light)- 900 grams - $16.00 (tax included) Scottish Shortbread - 380 grams - $7.00 (tax included) Order forms are available at St. Margaret’s Church, 4464 4th St., Peachland, Mondays to Thursdays, 9:30- 11:00 am.

OR by phone at 250-767-3131 (leave a message with contact information) OR by e-mail at stmargarets@shaw.ca OR you can mail your order with payment to St. Margaret’s Christmas Cake Sales, 4464-4th St., Peachland, V0H 1X6 *Post-date cheques to Sept. 1, 2013

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them in a pot, boil the heck out of them and strain.

Blueberry jam is especially tasty with lemon pectin as some of the citrus flavour is carried in the pectin. I always like to throw in some zest as well. It balances the sweetness of the blueberries perfectly.

I bet you are wondering how you can make jam in minutes if you make your own pectin, pick your own fruit and thin your own apples.

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them in hot water and place on a towel covered cookie sheet at 250°F in the oven for 10 minutes.

Simmer the lids in a pot with boiling water while cooking your jam. This softens the rubber lids seal better. One tip that allows you to choose

your own level of sweetness is using no sugar pectin. It will set no matter how much or how little sugar you use. Adding some sugar to jams will make a brighter, better tasting jam than using nothing or sugar substitutes.

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food for the soul

The path of true joy can be found in helping others for the greater good Elaine Diggle

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Many years ago - more years than I care to enumerate - there was a TV series out of the UK called The Good Life that in North America was called Good Neighbours.

In the show Tom Good is employed as a draughtsman for a firm that makes toys to put in cereal boxes, a job that he deeply dislikes. Tom feels that his life has no meaning, simply work and consumption. The need

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to become self-sufficient resonates deeply with Tom. His wife Barbara is concerned but supports him.

The Goods’ house is already paid off so he and Barbara adopt a sustainable and self-sufficient lifestyle while remaining in their home in Surbiton, a suburb of London.

They turned their front and back gardens into vegetable plots, growing soft fruits and vegetables.

They acquire chickens, pigs, a goat and a rooster. They also generate their own electricity by collecting methane from their animal waste, and attempt to make their own clothes. They sell or barter surplus crops for essentials they cannot make themselves and reduce their dependence on money to a minimum and the scheme is mixed success.

What, you might say, while frantically seeing if you can download old episodes of this charming, amusing and still somewhat apropos situation comedy, does this have to do with us today? In the three-year cycle of readings for Sunday services, known as the Revised Common Lectionary, this coming Sunday we will examine the evangelist Luke’s record of a parable told

by Jesus that speaks to the angst Tom Good went through before resigning his secure but

mind-numbing job.

According to Luke, Jesus was out teaching and healing when someone in the crowd called out and asked him to talk to his older brother about how he is dividing up

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We cannot put a price tag on our lives.

So often we forget that all of us are precious in God’s eyes.

a family inheritance, as the caller felt he was being unfairly treated. After all, Jesus was always talking about justice, wasn’t He? Imagine his surprise when Jesus replies in this manner: “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you? Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”

Then He told them a parable. “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

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and conditions.

No, instead there he was building even larger storage facilities with no intention of sharing his wealth with family. Rather, he says to his soul, ‘soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ However, there was a different future in store for the man.

We cannot put a price tag on our lives. So often we forget that all of us are precious in God’s eyes. Our true value is

not measured by our possessions but by how generous, loving, caring, sharing, and compassionate we are. Our true value is measured by how well we appreciate and look after God’s wonderful creation.

The Gospels teach us that everything we are and everything we have are gifts from God. The path of true joy is when we think of others and the greater good first. This is what it is to be a follower of Jesus.

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the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God.” You see Jesus knew that no matter how beautiful, useful, interesting or fun possessions might be, they will never completely satisfy us. Somehow we will always be left wanting more. Soon the shine wears off new possessions and we are left wondering what better thing might be acquired.

What a lonely life the rich man must have been living, with no one to discuss how best to deal with the overabundance of crops and goods. He had no discussions with village elders about how he might help to improve other, less fortunate lives

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And I will say to my soul, soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And

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Friendships bloom at the Peachland Wellness Centre Lisa Spalleck

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Remember when you were a kid and all it took to meet a new friend was to walk onto the playground and join in the fun? Unfortunately as we grow older and supposedly wiser, we can often put up all kinds of barriers to making new friends.

During the years we are working and/or raising children, our friends tend to be the people we work with or the parents of our kids’ friends. This can be great, as many of these people remain lifelong friends. But what happens when you retire and move to a new community?

Unless you are super outgoing and easily meet people, you just might have to join an organization and force yourself to connect with a new crowd. Another way is to volunteer. I speak from personal experience when I say this can be a fantastic opportunity. Not only did I meet many wonderful like-minded people, it offered a chain reaction to many other connec-

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way to feel connected to the community, use some of my skills and give daily life a sense of purpose. So, like many people find when they walk through the front door of our little house on 5th Street, it felt like I had come home and I was thrilled to be invited as a volunteer.

Over the years, I have enjoyed many of the positions and tasks at PWC but was very surprised to discover one of my favourites as a volunteer driver. The staff and volunteers at PWC connect people in need of a ride to an appointment or shopping with our volunteer drivers. I received the call one day asking if I was available to drive Peachland resident Clara Mottram to the local IGA and that was as they say, the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

I instantly knew that something very special was happening after those first couple trips with her. Mottram is fiercely independent and amazing at 97 years young. She dearly misses her husband Bill, as he left a huge hole in her life after nearly 75 years

It felt like I had come home and I was thrilled to be invited as a volunteer.

tions in the community.

Five years ago, a friend of mine invited me to be a guest at a board meeting for the Peachland Wellness Centre (PWC).

She knew I was no longer working in Kelowna and was looking for a

of marriage. However, Mottram doesn’t dwell too long on that. She keeps busy, lives very independently, often still making her own bread, mowing her lawn when she can and keeps her own house spotless!

CONTRIBUTED

Employees of the Okanagan Lake Shopping Centre branch of the Royal Bank recently presented $1,000 toward the yard renovation

of the Peachland Wellness Centre. Royal Bank staff also contributed valuable manual labour in the United Way’s Days of Caring on May 26.

I once asked if she needed to get some help with the housework and she replied, “Then what would I do all day?”

When we return from the grocery store, she bounds up the flight of stairs to the main level of her home and I come behind with the groceries. What often goes through my mind is she should be driving me and carrying my groceries up the stairs!

I was recently honoured to attend her 97th birthday celebration with family, neighbours and friends. They all confirmed what I just recently discovered; Clara

is a shining example on how to live a good long life and I am very proud to call her my friend.

We can all make these wonderful friendships by getting involved in our community. Volunteer just one hour a week, month or year. You too will be surprised by the unexpected benefits that will enrich your life!

Phone us at 250-7670141. Alternately, you can email wellnesscentre@shaw.ca, check us out on Facebook or visit www.peachlandwellnesscentre.ca.

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