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February 25, 2011 Peachland, BC
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City workers don pink in support of anti-bullying day Municipal staff show their support for Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday, February 23. Pink Shirt Day is an opportunity to increase public awareness on bullying, and to demonstrate that we are part of the solution and won’t tolerate bullying any longer. Top row, left to right: Linda Nicholas, Mirjam Glass, Paul Dupuis, Donna Deiaco, Elsie Lemke, Doug Allin, Polly Palmer, Linda Rich, Erin Boyes, Melanie Reynolds and Doug Pryde. Bottom Row: Cheryl Wiebe, Fire Chief Grant Topham and Pelma Haffenden. Photo Mike Giroard
Water meter numbers are in after one year of paid usage By Cindy Fortin The figures are in for 2010, the fi rst full year of paid water usage by Peachland residents, and it seems that a little pain in the pocketbook did the trick. In 2009, the year that only mock water bills were mailed out, the annual total of Imperial Gallons (IGal) used was 663,531,500. Before the mock bills, in 2008, the number was 671,018,250 IGal, a drop of about 7.5 million. Not a huge reduction. In comparison, in 2010
when actual bills for water usage arrived in the mail and residents had to begin to pay quarterly for their personal consumption, the number dropped substantially to 483,640,550 IGal. That’s a drop of a 179,890,950 IGal from the previous year, or a reduction of approximately 27 per cent. City Director of Operations Doug Allin presented the numbers early this week at the February 22 Committee of the Whole meeting in council chambers, and was pleased with the results.
“It’s really outstanding. Reducing our consumption by nearly 180 million gallons is a huge achievement for our community,” says Allin. The numbers are even more impressive if you consider water consumption figures from 1995, which topped 1 billion. In 2010, we used half that much. “It is interesting, since the population has grown since then, but we’ve used less water,” says Allin, who credits much of that reduction to great community understanding of conser-
vation. There are some discrepancies between the figures calculated from individual residential meters and the overall consumption read from the bulk meters. While the bulk meters showed 483 million IGal of usage, the actual Neptune water meters read only 290,246,460 IGal, which leaves a difference of about 193 million. Unmetered withdrawals from the water system could be due to fi re hydrant use, system, sewer, and culvert flushing, unaccounted for irrigation,
incorrect meter readings, and usage by Parks and District facilities. There is also always some unknown leakage into the ground and the city is constantly repairing all water mains, as well as illegal meter bypassing, which has already surfaced in Peachland. While lower residential water usage is a good thing, it did mean a shortfall in projected operational revenue. The total revenue projected for the water operating fund in 2010 was approximately $1.59 million, which included money from user
fees, parcel taxes and grants. That number came in at $1.38 million. A budgetary shortfall of just over $200,000. For that reason, the projected budget for 2011 had to be reconciled to reflect new considerations. But overall, lower water consumption is a good thing, and Allin is pleased with the results: “It has shown us areas where we can improve and reduce consumption. With this information it really provides the community with a good measuring stick of where we’re going.”
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Left to right, Peachland Councillor Terry Condon, Grant Lachmuth of the Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure, Murray Takano, district manager of MOTI, and Sam Samaddar, director of Kelowna International Airport, were just some of those present at the February 18 meeting held at Hainle winery.
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By Darlene Hartford Hainle Vineyard, Deep Creek Estate Winery in Peachland, was the location for discussion February 18 on the Kelowna airport, and Highway 97 updates by two regional organizations. The Okanagan Valley Transportation Panel (OVTP) consists of representatives from local government and Chambers from Osoyoos to Enderby. The OVTP addresses issues relating to infrastructure. The VIA 97 Task Force is a tourism marketing committee that addresses the movement of goods, people, and tourism. It is a cross border group with representation as far south as Wenatchee, Washington, north to Salmon Arm. Sam Samaddar, Kelowna International Airport Director with the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission (COEDC) spoke on the relationship between the economic impact of the times, the Kelowna airport and local communities. Currently 118 local businesses have direct correlation with the airport, with the overall impact for Kelowna being $7 million. Fourteen hundred jobs have been created with 84 per cent of them being full time. The current airport facility handles 450 passengers per hour and 1200 bags per hour. A major issue facing the Kelowna airport is the huge business loss to U.S. markets due to high airport rents and user fees in Canada. On the other side, a depressed US economy finds them looking at ways to stimulate their business. Kelowna International Airport has expansion plans well beyond 2025,
which will accommodate the entire Okanagan Valley. This year $5.2 million is slated for runway improvements as the asphalt overlay has well exceeded its 15 year lifetime expectancy. Five million dollars is also going into development of the Airport Way road system. On the inside, during the spring of 2011, West Jet will provide passengers the ability to print their own baggage tags and be charged accordingly, merely by presenting a passport at the self-serve check-in stations. This will speed up check in times and alleviate lengthy waits at the check in counters. The summer of 2011 into 2012 will see the development of a larger Custom’s holding area at the north end of the existing building. 2012 will also see an increase in baggage facilitation with an increase to 1800 bags per hour from the current 1200, 2013 to 2014 will see the addition of domestic flight carousels, and 2016 will see a relocation of domestic arrivals to the south end of the terminal. Kelowna Airport projects $70 million will be spent over the next five years, but Samaddar states, “They will build cautiously in response to our economy� and “Currently Kelowna has one of the lowest operational cost airports in Canada.� Norm LeCavalier, Chair of the Okanagan Valley Transportation Panel, introduced MLA John Slater, Boundary, Similkameen and Diana Thomas, Constituency Assistant, who announced the upcoming VIA 97 Conference and Trade Show, June 16 to 18 in Osoyoos. The conference
and trade show will bring together local government, businesses and First Nations in order to create a unified plan that can be presented to senior levels of government around the future of the Hwy 97 Corridor. Ongoing goals of the Okanagan Transportation Panel and the VIA 97 Task Force include improving trade and tourism, simplifying border crossing and enhancing business opportunities, as well as improving the Highway 97 infrastructure. More information will be available through the Peachland Chamber of Commerce in mid-March. Bob Sugden, member of Peachland Hwy 97 Task Force and Okanagan Transportation Panel, joined Mayor Keith Fielding for their recent meeting in Victoria with Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI), Shirley Bond. Mayor Fielding reaffirmed that Peachland wishes to be seen as a partner and not a stakeholder in the Business Case assessment for Highway 97 through Peachland. With the expectation of 2000-plus additional homes within the Ponderosa Golf Course expansion, and another 2000-plus homes at the north end of Peachland with the New Monaco development, as well as the revised sustainable downtown redevelopment plan, Peachland is and will experience serious growth pressures on Highway 97. These pressures require immediate support of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements from the Minister’s office in Victoria.
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COUNCIL MEETING
HIGHLIGHTS FEBRUARY 8, 2011
By Erin Boyes, District of Peachland
Primary School Bat Guano Municipal council passed a resolution to enter into an agreement with the Peachland Chamber of Commerce to designate the bat guano in the Primary School attic as property of the Chamber of Commerce.
Proceeds from the sale of the bat guano will contribute to the expense of the bat education project that the Chamber of Commerce proposes to initiate.
Official Community Plan Bylaw Amendment – Downtown Peachland Plan
Canada making waves It may not have made front pages, in play. but Canada’s navy was front and centre NDP Leader Jack Layton was for a while on the high seas this week. Our sailors this week looking and sounding like he and pilots played a key role in a major might decide to support our upcoming Caribbean drug take budget. Then by week’s down. end he was saying he Using the HMCS would vote against it. Toronto, a chopper and All I’ll say is that we are surveillance planes we not pushing for a federal were involved in an election. We believe that operation that stopped most of you want us to major drug shippers in stay focused on jobs and their tracks, seizing a load the economy. That’s our of cocaine in the process. plan. These are high-risk As a matter of fact that’s events that require pretty well what I heard as courage, professionalism I was door knocking this and skill, especially at sea. weekend. The effects of shutting WEEKLY COMMENTARY I’ve explained in this down a narcotics pipe line paper before that I door ripple all the way back to STOCKWELL DAY, MP knock year round. It’s a the nerve centres of the great way to stay in touch dealers and manufacturers. and to get a sense of how people are It doesn’t mean it scares the whole feeling about the issues. network of drug lords enough to make With no fear or reprisals and them totally shut down. But for awhile it with no cameras around, I have found does put a major dent in their capabilities people are pretty good at getting right to to have their poisonous product dumped the point with me. onto our streets here at home. That was certainly the case this So here’s a salute to our troops for once weekend. A number of people brought again having an impact and keeping our up the issue of a federal election. And world a little more secure. they were very clear. They don’t think we Also on the world front, Canada played need one. a lead role at the G-20 meetings in Paris I assured them, and I’m assuring you, this week. we don’t think this is the time for an At the risk of over complicating election. things, I can tell you this was a strategic Our economy continues to do well, set of meetings to try to agree on what but there are still risks globally. We measures should be put in place to need to stay focused. As the time for the monitor a country’s debt levels and federal budget draws closer I hope the sound the alarm to avoid future financial Opposition parties will see it that way meltdowns. too. A number of the key players at the I’ll be in Vancouver this week with meeting are saying it was Jim Flaherty, the Prime Minister, than back to the our Finance Minister who came up with riding mid-week for meetings and some key proposals to keep China and the US announcements.
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Council gave first and second readings to Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1600, 2000 Amendment Bylaw No. 1976, 2011 with staff direction to set up a public hearing. The amendment will incorporate the recommendations from the Downtown Peachland Plan such as future growth and development planning. The Downtown Peachland Plan was created from the Charrette process and is a result
of combined efforts from the UBC Centre for Sustainability, the District of Peachland and community members.
Mayor’s Task Force on Sustainability This Committee will aid the District of Peachland in meeting its greenhouse gas reduction targets as part of the BC Climate Action Charter. Five community members are needed to serve on the task force. In-
terested applicants are invited to volunteer referencing the following information: • Name, telephone number & email address • Letter outlining interest and qualifications Please direct all volunteer submissions to the District of Peachland Planning & Development office at the municipal hall. Preference will be given to volunteers with sustainable energy management planning experience.
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Editor’s Perspective Is New Monaco moving too fast? There has been plenty of disM CINDY FORTIN cussion over the last three years PEACHLANDVIEW@SHAW.CA regarding the New Monaco development. For the most part, the feedback has been positive. The developers and planners genuinely seem to be attempting to please the community and District with public roundtable discussions, open disclosure of concept plans, and visibility within the community. But not all is well in “New Peachland,” as some residents are calling it. Or, maybe it is more accurate to say not everyone of “Old Peachland” is thrilled with the massive development project. The top concerns are regarding water availability, service road access, building form, and whether or not this project is compatible with the Official Community Plan (OCP). There is the worry that New Monaco is moving too fast. I had the privilege of attending the first of the roundtable discussions with the local arts group in January, as well as be present during planner Mark Holland’s address of council earlier this month at the Committee of the Whole meeting. I liked what Holland had to say. Truth is, most developers just storm in, make an outlandish pitch, which they often expect will elicit gasps from the local community, then agree to negotiate with the town. (Most times, for what they really wanted in the first place. For example, settling on a four-story building, not 10, as was originally proposed.) Then they start building, and disappear. Residents usually don’t have much of a voice. The City is offered goodies, such as the infrastructure improvements and employment opportunities, and blam! The OCP gets amended, the building permits go through, and the rest is history. New Monaco seems to be different, -- not that they haven’t served up a healthy tray of goodies --, but they genuinely seem to be putting an earnest effort forth to involve the community in their plans and consider public input. But suddenly there seems to be growing opposition, with some reasonable concerns, and it’s giving me cause to pause a moment and rethink my position. Mark Holland gives an engaging presentation whenever he speaks, welcoming an exchange of ideas from the audience. I haven’t heard so much sweet-talking since my honeymoon. But, as we all know, that can be short-lived once they get what they want. What happens when the honeymoon is over? There’s no divorcing New Monaco. At the council meeting, it was clear that Councillor Lindsay Bell had also heard the grumblings. In brief, if the first and second readings to bylaw No. 1975 were carried, it would allow for the amendment of the OCP, in essence giving the first serious step of approvals to the New Monaco Area Structure Plan (ASP). Instead, Councillor Bell put forth the motion that council only give first reading, and “prior to a second reading a public reading the Area Structure Plan be presented at two community information sessions at least 30 days apart, and that the community information sessions include proposed building heights in form, with illustrations, planned continued page 5 see Editor’s Perspective
Where’s the Kettle in the Kettle Valley Railway? If you are interested in trains, you may es such as Myra Canyon. You can access have taken a ride on the Kettle Valley Rail- that trail from the Upper Mission area in way (KVR) in Summerland during the Kelowna, and that’s where the name “Vilsummer. If you are in Kelowna, visiting lage of Kettle Valley” came from. the Upper Mission area, you may have seen The section of the old railway line mainthe very fine homes in the viltained near Summerland was lage of Kettle Valley. So is the also on the KVR mainline. Kettle Valley in Summerland The route of the KVR from or Kelowna? That’s a trick Midway went west and then question because the answer north through Beaverdell, is neither one. south to Penticton, north to The Kettle Valley is named Summerland and then west after the Kettle River that is to Princeton, north to Brookin southeast BC and passes mere and then south to Hope. through Midway and Grand The high mountains necesForks. The Kettle River flows sitated a longer route and south into the United States created an expensive project and joins the Columbia River for the CPR. They never reEric Hall near Kettle Falls, Washingcovered the millions spent in MY VIEW ton. The Kettle Valley name construction costs. is used in many places that The KVR opened in 1915 were part of the KVR. This railway system, and was abandoned in portions beginning built by Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), in 1961, with the final segment falling into served the southeast of BC and connected disuse in 1989. Decisions on closures came the Kootenay area of BC with the Okana- as a result of washouts, rock slides and othgan and linked to the mainline of the CPR er disasters. Snowfalls of over 14 feet in the near Hope. Coquihalla pass caused expensive mainThe railway route was determined by the tenance issues that were a challenge every lowest grade in the mountain passes, so it was anything but a straight line. The trail continued page 5 that follows the KVR tracks from Kelowna see My View: Kettle Valley Railway to Penticton uses the rebuilt trestle bridg-
Peek Into the Past Am mystery girl. Over 100 years ago this girl came to Peachland and built a log home T in Trepanier. Her hobby was photography, and she most likely used a wooden camer to record almost 100 pictures of the town from 1906 to 1909. She travelled by era he horse down to town, then back home again. It is likely she developed the prints her in her own darkroom. He album was left with a pioneer family in about 1914 and to this day her name is Her u unknown. By the 1950s her abandoned cabin had collapsed into the ground. Her photos remain a rare glimpse of early pioneer life in Peachland. Photo contributed by the Peachland Historical Society
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illustrations, planned highway access, illustrating appearance and location, water availability, and compatibility with the OCP and Regional Growth Strategy.” Her motion was not seconded. It was decided, however, to proceed with first and second readings, but that prior to scheduling a public
hearing the ASP be elaborated on to show building height and form, including illustrations, highway access intentions, water availability and compatibility wit the OCP and Regional Growth Strategy. That motion was carried. So, for now it seems that New Monaco is continuing along the path toward their marriage with Peachland. I, myself, am still court-
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ing the idea. I think that it sounds like an exciting development, but I am a little more cautious now about jumping on board too quickly, and will withhold my “I dos” until more information and public input Dear Editor: is available. Because once How many times have you heard a Peachlander say, “What’s the use? Whatever we have New Monaco flips over that first shovel of dirt, they are to say doesn’t make any difference ‘cause everything has already been decided.” That is the perception. there permanently…”for On the other hand, it is also possible for a community to be on the receiving end of a better or worse, ‘til death stream of information so confusing as to be disempowering. do us part.” It has been drawn to my attention that many towns and cities have processes in place whereby citizen commissions are authorized to receive development proposals prior to elected councils or planning departments receiving them. Such a procedure could begin to offer some opportunity for meaningful public input, and Peachland Council might do well to investigate it. Meanwhile, responding to the public’s concern over the scale and haste of the Area Seccompany, the Great Northtor Plan amendments from New Monaco, council decided to slow the process by schedern controlled by James Hill. uling two community consultation sessions 30 days apart -- postponing the date of the Hill was originally involved public hearing. with the CPR, but became a In my naiveté, I expected these would take the form of town hall meetings during determined competitor. which our elected council and professional staff would have the opportunity to provide The CPR’s plan in conrelevant data and to exchange views with the community, including the four items identistructing the KVR was to fied for addition to the Area Structure Plan by the time of the first community consultatransport mining ore from tion session. the Kootenays to VancouThese additions are: 1) building height and form; 2) highway access intention; 3) water ver on a Canadian railway. availability; and 4) compatibility with the Official Community Plan and Regional Growth Although the KVR was useStrategy goals. Instead of the two additional planned New Monaco presentations, I would ful to CPR, it did not make urge council to be the presenters. enough money to pay back Why not? What is a community consultation session, if not an exchange of informathe building costs. On a pertion and opinions between the community and its elected council and professional staff ? sonal note, we know where What better source of data and information than from the town itself? the kettle is at our home, it’s With informed community input and understanding we get good governance. Public the one we use to make tea engagement takes a lot of hard work on everyone’s part. But before approval is given to and it’s not likely to fall into any major planning changes, the community needs to be clear about them. disuse anytime soon.
City council should hold public consultations, not New Monaco
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year. The last passenger train operated in January 1964 but sections of the KVR were used for freight until 1989. Evidence of the KVR can be seen from the Coquihalla highway. The KVR has been called “McCulloch’s wonder” after its chief engineer, Andrew McCulloch. McCulloch loved Shakespeare and he named places on the KVR after characters from Shakespeare’s plays. These names have lived on after the closure of the KVR. So driv-
ing the Coquihalla highway, you can see historic signs such as Juliet, Romeo, Portia, Lear and Othello. The Othello tunnels are open to the public as a park, north of Hope, and remain as testimony to McCulloch’s engineering genius. If you are driving from Keremeos to Princeton, you can see evidence of an old railway line on that route. But those tracks were not part of the KVR; they belonged to the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway (VV&ER). This was part of the American railway
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Peachland lucky to have family dentist
Dear Editor: After my family’s recent trip to beautiful Peachland for a visit to the dentist I have been profoundly impacted to extol the merits of Dr. Don McRae of Peachland Dental Centre. You might think that after 10 years of patronage from our family (three kids) that our visits would be treated as commonplace since that would be true for many businesses. I am more than happy to report that our treatment has been quite the opposite, so much so that we continue this valued relationship even though it means we spend six hours driving to and from our new home in Kamloops. Life is busy and time is short for everyone but I needed to take the time to share with your community, how blessed you are to have a family dentist like Dr. Don McRae. He treats us all like royalty even though we're not. I have found his attitude and service to be of the highest caliber among all professionals and we are extremely pleased to be called his patients. Stephen Case Kamloops
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Dear Editor: This letter is in reference to the discussion surrounding streetlights up and down Drought Hill. I have had it on my PC for a few weeks so it might be redundant. I have lived in Peachland for 18 years. In the 18 years I would guesstimate that I have made around four to five thousand trips up and down Drought Hill. One thing that I have observed during all those trips is the absence of any signage from top to bottom that would indicate the need to slow down from the posted speed of 90 km/h. I drive according to the conditions. During the day time hours I drive the 90 plus a little bit posted speed. At night, and especially at this time of year with game around, I drive between 70 – 80 km/h. The point I am trying to make is Drought Hill, in my humble opinion, is a very safe roadway to use day or night. Yes, you do have to focus on your driving but there is certainly no need to slow down to 60 km/h around the corners. If you are having trouble negotiating the route at night it may be time to plan your outing so you are only on Drought Hill when it is lit by natural light; not street lights. Part two: Beach Avenue The second half of this letter is in reference to the new 30 km/h zone on Beach Avenue. The distance from the new 30 km/h sign to the existing sign by 6th is exactly 1 km. This makes the math relatively easy. If you are driving at 50 km/h it will take you one minute and 12 seconds; 40 km/h – one minute and 30 seconds and at 30 km/h – two minutes. This is to all the whiners out there. Drive safe and with the extra 48 seconds enjoy a very beautiful, scenic drive along Beach Avenue. Ernie Hurd Peachland
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26 Royal Canadian Legion - Eye Opener Steak N Eggs for $6.50, 10 am to 1 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Meat Draw, 1500 hrs. Followed by Papa Thom & guest Melitta Ree 50+ Activity Centre - Carpet Bowling, 10 am
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27 Jerry Dober Sunday Breakfast Peachland Wellness Centre, 8 - 11 am, for $ 5.75, info. 250-767-0141
days, at 7 pm at the Church. Open to girl’s from kindergarten to grade 6. No charge. For more information call 250-767-9232. Children’s Programs at the ORL- The Peachland Branch holds Storytime Thursdays at 11:30 - noon and Babytime is Fridays from 11:30 - noon. Call 250-767-9111 for more information. Business 2 Consumer Trade Expo - The Peachland Chamber of Commerce is busy gearing up the “Business 2 Consumer Expo” featuring a wide array of local
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Take Off Pounds Sensibly - 50+ Activity Centre, 9:30 am, info. 1-800932-8677 or Doreen at 250-767-2132 Peachland Variety Singers - 50+ Activity Centre, 9:45 am Peachland Quilters 50+ Activity Centre, 1 - 4 pm Wood Carving - 50+ Activity Centre, 7 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Snooker League play Mon. - Thurs., 1 - 8 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Euchre, 7 pm 50+ Activity Centre - Tia Chi, 1:30 pm Royal Canadian Legion - General Meeting, 1930 hrs.
TUESDAY MARCH 01 Carpet Bowling - 50+ Activity Centre, 10 am
and area businesses. This two day event will take place Saturday, Apr. 9, 10 am - 5 pm & Sunday, Apr. 10, 10 am - 4 pm at Peachland Community Centre. Demos, power points, prizes, and consumer participation are all part of this fun event. Throughout the day a variety of food, beverages, and snacks will be available. This is guaranteed to be a fun-filled day that the entire family can enjoy! Vendor set-up is Friday, April 8, 5:00 - 9:00 pm. For more information or to register call the Chamber at 250-767-2455 or email: peachlandchamber@shawcable. com.
Computer Literacy - PWC, 10 am Photography - PWC, 10 am Sunshine Singers - PWC, 1:30 pm Speaker Series - PWC, 1:30 pm at The Little School House
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WEDNESDAY MARCH 02 Chess - 50+ Activity Centre, 1 pm Wellness Circle - PWC, 10 am Yoga - 50+ Activity Centre 1:30 pm Peachland Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours, Blind Angler Grill, 6 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Executive meeting, 7:30 pm
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Westside Toastmasters - Lakeview Heights Community Center, West Kelowna, 7 - 9 pm CO Model Railway Company Group Peachland Museum, 7 pm Caregiver Support Program Peachland Wellness Centre, 1 pm Crib & Cards Party - Peachland Wellness Centre, 4 pm Peachland Baptist Church Gym Night - Kids from Kindergarten - Grade 6, Peachland Community Centre, 7 pm
MARCH 03 Line Dancing - 50+ Activity Centre, 9 am Bereavement Support Group - PWC, 10 am Iron & Silk Exercise - 50+ Activity Centre, 11 am Bingo - 50+ Activity Centre, 6:45 pm AA at Noon - 50+ Activity Centre, noon
Peachland Bridge Club - 50+ Activity Centre, 7 pm, info. 250-767-6407
Wellness Circle, - PWC, 10 am
Tai Chi - PWC, 9:30 am
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AA at Noon - 50+ Activity Centre, noon
Royal Canadian Legion, Liver & Onions Dinner
Girls Club - Peachland Baptist Church, 7 pm
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Royal Canadian Legion - Darts, 7 pm
Peachland Lions Club meeting, 7 pm, at the Lions Den, info. 250-767-9034
Ladies Coffee - PWC, 10 am
Tai Chi - PWC, 6 pm
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February 25, 2011
The Peachland View
Spending outpaces revenue Last week was a busy one in Victoria with transportation and infrastructure in large many different events unfolding including part to fund projects already committed to, the introduction of the BC Budget. As it is and advanced education will see a very slight expected a new premier and cabinet will po- increase as well. There will be roughly 16 tentially bring in a new budget there was not remaining ministries in areas such as fora significant amount of discussion over last estry, environment, tourism and agriculture week’s budget 2011. As many of you may be among others that will be looking at either aware, over the past few weeks I have touched status quo or reduced budgets going forward. on the BC budget with an overview as to how From a revenue perspective British Coour roughly $39 billion annulumbia is anticipating roughly ally is collected and also where $1.4 billion in increased funds roughly $40 billion is spent, for 2011 with taxation leadpointing out that in fact there ing the way with close to a one is a current budget deficit in billion increase in anticipated excess of $1 billion for this past revenues. Natural resource year. royalties are also forecasted to The good news in last week’s increase as are other user pay budget is that the revised revepremiums helping to offset a nue forecast indicates the buddecline in federal government get deficit for 2011-2012 will transfers, largely as a result be reduced to just over $500 of the expected completion million if you exclude a $350 WEEKLY COMMENTARY of major infrastructure promillion forecast allowance. BILL BARISOFF, MLA grams. Total revenue is foreThe bad news is British Cocast to rise up to $41.3 billion lumbia’s total debt is forecast over last year’s revenue figures. to hit roughly $53 billion. Ten years ago our For further information on the budget do not provincial debt stood at roughly $37 billion hesitate to contact my office. and 20 years ago BC’s debt was $17 billion. Finally this week I would like to comment In other words we have been adding roughly on the potential for provincial proposals for $15-17 billion per decade over the past two a new correctional facility here in the Okana– 10-year periods. There are many ways to gan. While I do not intend on personally entry and downplay the debt we have here in gaging in local government discussion I can British Columbia but ultimately we must rec- pass on that our Solicitor General has conognize that in spite of claims of government firmed with me that any and all communicuts and under funding, spending in British ties in the South Okanagan, including First Columbia continues to rise and largely out- Nations, will be given serious consideration pace revenue. This is a practice that is not for a location if a suitable site is identified and sustainable long-term. supported. There have been some suggesAs for increased spending in last week’s tions that only a site north of Kelowna would budget, the vast majority will again be pri- be preferentially considered and I would like marily allocated to healthcare and education. to re-affirm that all potential locations south Healthcare will again see the largest single in- of Kelowna will crease in the budget with a nearly one billion- be given seridollar increase in funding up to $15.7 billion. ous considerNOTICE: PUBLIC The total education budget will be increased ation. to just over $5.2 billion although the majority of this increase will go towards all day kindergarten and previously negotiated wage increases. Other cost increases will continue to present challenges for local school districts. The only other ministries receiving an increase in funding will be
Peachland Gladiators schmockey tournament winners By Rochelle McFarlane Our community of Peachland hosted a wonderful event to celebrate the anniversary of the Olympics by getting people outside and active on Saturday, February 12th. Twas a brilliant day to play schmockey, the field was the right consistency of snow and even the sun made an appearance for the duration of the event.  Approximately 100 people showed up including players and spectators for the 6th annual tournament. The cheering section for the participating teams provided lots of excitement. The Peachland Fire Department was defeated by the Peachland Gladiators in the fi nal match. What a game to watch. It was very intense to the last second! The best part was players and spectators of all ages were smiling and enjoying the brisk fresh air. The Peachland Gladiators team will be added to the list of winners of the Championship Cup. This year’s championship team included Matthew Bark-
Peachland Fire and Rescue gave these youngsters a run for their money during the Schmockey tournament held on Saturday, February 12 at Cousin’s Park. Photo Rochelle McFarlane
ley, Nathan Barkley, Josh Jamrich, Ethan Grover, Devin Smith, Marko Vracarevic, Kris Fummerton, Jacob Mezei and Matthew Abrey. They all celebrated their title together at the Warriors last regular season game, as the team also won the pre-registration prize of eight tickets. The Spirit of BC Committee would like to thank Terry Condon for referring, all of the participants, spectators, volunteers, cake bakers and the sponsors. Livia Smith won the colouring contest. A great big thank you to all who entered on time. Excellent skills and creativity were shown by all candi-
dates. Best dressed went to the firefighters for sporting their bright red turn out overalls. Schmockey has some components of soccer such as playing on a field while using a larger ball and hockey such as using hockey sticks and nets and teams of six, with as many substitutes as a team wishes. The committee welcomes volunteers and players of all ages to support and participate in future events. Please contact Rochelle McFarlane for further details 250.767.2723.  Come out next year to challenge the Peachland Gladiators!
INFORMATION MEETING & OPEN HOUSE
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 from 2:00 - 6:00 pm
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You are invited to a Public Information Meeting hosted by New Monaco Enterprise Corp. and its professional consulting team, to present a proposed development, located on 125 acres of land at the northeast boundary of the District of Peachland. An Area Structure Plan application was submitted to the District of Peachland in December, 2010 for the properties located at 3599 Highway 97. The proposed Area Structure Plan will require Council approval prior to development occurring on the site. This Public Information Meeting will present the New Monaco Area Structure Plan application for a proposed mixed-use development. Site access, servicing and options being considered for the form of development will be presented. The Public Information Meeting will be an open house, and the community is invited to drop-in anytime from 2:00-6:00pm.
Public Information Meeting: • Date: Wednesday March 2nd, 2011 • Time: Open House 2:00-6:00 pm • Location: Peachland Community Centre – Banquet Room - 4450 6th Street, Peachland
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February 25, 2011
The Peachland View
2011 Spirit Festival of the Arts and culture a rousing success! By Phyllis Papineau, Peachland Community Arts Council Over 800 people participated in the Peachland Spirit Festival of Arts and Culture, which took place from February 14 to 20 in a variety of venues. This was made possible by a grant from the Province of British Columbia and the Assembly of BC Arts Councils and was sponsored by the Peachland Community Arts Council. On Valentine's Day, a packed house enjoyed a selection of love songs at the 50+ Activity Centre, followed by lunch. Some stayed on to enjoy the stitching of the Peachland Quilters in the afternoon. Later, the wood carvers displayed their talents. The largest audience ever turned out for the Wellness Centre's Speakers Series to listen and admire Chris Byrd's presentation on Egypt. It was particularly relevant considering the recent conflict in that troubled country. The Little Schoolhouse was filled with magnificent photographs of ancient ruins and colourful characters.
The next afternoon, St. Margaret's Anglican Church welcomed visitors to their Friendship Tea and regaled them with readings and songs. Down the lane from the church, the Pincushion Quilters held an open house in the community centre and wowed the public with their artistry. On Thursday, February 25 artists took part in an acrylics workshop under the inspirational direction of Robyn Lake. The theme was vineyards and everyone was encouraged to use wild colours. Orange skies and blue trees were encouraged. Every one of the canvasses was displayed in the Artists' Showcase on the weekend. Following the workshop, the tables in the community centre were cleared to make way for the Luminaire workshop held by Wayne Powers. Later the lanterns were paraded down the lane to 4th Street Place where they, too, were displayed in the showcase. The crowd was greeted by the Boys and Girls Club who hosted an entertaining evening of native drumming and dancing.
On the weekend, 4th Street Place was transformed by masses of colour. Paintings, glass, pottery, fabric arts and photography thrilled the almost 300 people who thronged through the former bowling alley. Close by, in the Little Schoolhouse, workshops exposed young and old to the joys of quilling and watercolours. Mayor Keith Fielding officially opened the Artist's Showcase on Saturday, followed by Mary Lapointe of New Monaco presenting the prizes for the short story competition. There were 19 entries. Saturday evening pa- Artist Robyn Lake demonstrates working with acrylics during a workshop at the Spirit Festival of the Arts. Photo Frank Warburton trons enjoyed the talents of Papa Thom, Blues Brothers and Country Nights/City Lights. An event of this size could not take place without the cooperation of a huge group of volunteers and generous support of service clubs such as the Rotary Club and businesses like TNI/Effective Printing. Based on this celebration of the arts in our community, organizers are already planning on Winners of the short story contest pose for a group photo with their prize money in hand. The Peachmaking this an annual land Community Arts Council short story contest was sponsored by New Monaco, and was one of many event.     events held during the festival last week. The short story winner in the adult category was “The Remit-
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February 25, 2011
The Peachland View
Recreation Report
Stand Easy By Patricia Day  Have you ever spent an afternoon at the Legion in Peachland? Perhaps, some of you are wondering “Why would I want to spend time there?� Is a friendly game of snooker or darts of interest to you? Or how about visiting a friend and having a drink or a bite to eat? No matter the reason, come in and sit yourself down.
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Leanne Spackman was the winner of the fancy Valentine’s Day basket. Many thanks to Ruth Krenz for assembling such an interesting prize. Ruth also runs our meat draws which are held every Saturday afternoon at 1500 hours. There are many chances to win something for Sunday’s dinner. As many of you may know, Papa Thom is leaving for his Canadian Tour KELOWNA TOYOTA make things better
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to visit homeless shelters. He has chosen to launch his tour from RCL#69. He will be appearing on Saturday, February 26 at 1900 hours. Performing with Papa Thom will be Melitta Ree. Melita was one of the MADames trio that entertained for a full house at the Legion last March as part the Wellness Centre’s fundraiser. Mark this exciting evening on your calendar. Anita along with Pookie will entertain you with Karaoke. They will be appearing on March 5 and March 19. The show begins at 1930 hours. Since the karaoke begins a couple of hours after the meat draw, why not stay for dinner at the Legion and make sure you have a good seat for the karaoke. As some of you may know March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day. Peter and his committee are searching the valley for leprechauns to entertain you that evening. Mary Em is searching through cookbooks
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to make it an interesting Irish culinary experience. Do you  have a favourite way of celebrating this festival? Send an email to: pabudy2@shaw.ca with your ideas.  You can’t let this evening go by without celebrating. Ed Lovell, a member of the singles dart team, won fi rst place and will be advancing to the next round. Way to go Ed! The snooker players are in the middle of their playoffs and are preparing for the championship game. If you would like a friendly game of snooker, the table is available when the team is not in competition. The Zone has a cribbage and a chess tournament in the works, but sadly we do not have any entries from our branch.  However, if you would like to play with friends, just take a peek above the bookcase and there you will fi nd a chess set, and a cribbage board. ...till next time
The foreshore of Peachland is the longest unimpeded freshwater foreshore in British Columbia. The municipality, in partnership with the federal and provincial governments, invested resources to preserve the waterfront and make it a place that the public can enjoy with the installation of the multi-use walkway from the downtown core to 13th Avenue. The views are majestic and everyday – no matter what the weather - you will see many locals and visitors trekking along this beautiful route. Recently, the Peachland waterfront walkway has been added to the Canadian Institute of Planners “Great Places in Canada�. This is a great
way to highlight such a great project in our beautiful Peachland. We need your votes. There is no need to register so voting is as easy as two clicks of the button -- one to the site and one to vote. Visit http://www. cip-icu.ca/greatplaces/ e n /pl a c e . a s p?id =39 0 9 and help showcase our beautiful municipality! On another note, finishing touches are underway for the Spring/Summer Recreation guide. Distribution is next Friday, March 4. Watch for your copy in the Peachland View. Registration will begin on March 7, and will feature our new on-line option. Details coming soon! For program and other information on recreation services, visit www. peachland.ca or call 250767-2133.
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The District of Peachland has been in the process of developing amendments to the OCP and an associated policy which outlines developer’s contributions towards community amenities. A Public Information Meeting is being held on March 2, 2011, from 3 p.m. till 6 p.m. at the Peachland Council Chambers located at 4450 6th Street. A presentation by District staff will be given at 3:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. The time between presentations will be available for any questions that may arise and further discussion. If you cannot attend this meeting you may call or visit the District of Peachland Municipal OfďŹ ce for more information. The ofďŹ ce is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday not including statutory holidays. The District of Peachland Planning and Development Services Department
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Food For the Soul “I'm Innocent!” A dozen years ago or so, I was interviewing a man who had been accused of hiring someone to murder his wife. “I'm innocent,” he said. “I would never do such a thing to the one I love so much.” His denial flew in the face of a great deal of evidence, and the fact that he had already been charged and convicted of the crime. Fortunately, he had hired an undercover police officer to do the dastardly deed, and his wife was not harmed. This man continued to profess his innocence for a long time. As a caseworker in a penitentiary, I found that the vast majority of offend-
ers proclaimed their innocence. That made me think either the justice system was completely inept, or there were a lot of men who were lying. It didn't take me long to side with the second conclusion, since those who had proclaimed their innocence, suddenly had their memories improved after they had exhausted all of their appeals. I do however feel for those who have been wrongly convicted, but they are few and far between. There was another man who was on trial for his life over two thousand years ago who was indeed wrongfully convicted, yet
He said very little in His defence. He didn't need to, for others proclaimed His innocence, and His actions proved it. Who was this man? None other than the Lord Jesus Christ. In Mathew 27, we read that Jesus was brought before the Governor, Pontius Pilate, even though Judas who betrayed Jesus admitted that he had betrayed innocent blood. Christ's accusers couldn't care less about His innocence, saying, “what is that to us?” or in our terms, “so what?” They would have bypassed the judicial system altogether if they could have and just killed
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Jesus right there and then, but for what? Incredibly, they wanted to kill Him for speaking the truth. When Pilate asked Jesus if He was the King of the Jews, Jesus told him yes, that He was a King, but not in the way he thought. Jesus said in John 18:36, “My kingdom is not of this world,” it is not a kingdom like many had hoped for, to overcome Roman oppression and restore them to earthly domination. The people were accusing Jesus of being an enemy to Caesar, but that was far from the truth. He told the people to pay their taxes, did not try to overthrow
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the government, or participate in any civil action. He didn't steal, or lie, or cheat, but only went around doing good. The only conclusion that Pilate could come to was that Jesus was innocent of any charge and his wife agreed with him, but that did not matter to those who would not listen to the truth. Jesus said in John 8:37, “For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world to testify to the truth. Everything Jesus said was true, and everything He did was perfect, and that is why they wanted to kill Him, not because He was bad, but because He was good, too good, much, much better than them, and so they hated Him without any just cause. He spoke the truth and they didn't want to hear that He is God, King over heaven and earth, that His kingdom is spiritual, and that He reigns in the hearts of those who believe and trust in Him.
Jesus said, “everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” Pilate asked Jesus, What is truth, but then did not wait for the answer. If He had, he would have heard Jesus say, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Jesus is the only way to God, the only way to heaven. There is no other way than by putting your faith and trust in Him. He is the truth, the source of all truth and the revelation of God to us, and He is the life, the source and sustainer of all life; physical, spiritual and eternal. Had Pilate taken time to listen to the truth, he would not have taken the next step of washing his hands and declaring himself innocent of condemning Jesus to death. Was he innocent? Far from it! Though he did not believe that Jesus was guilty of any crime, he still signed over his death warrant. That is not the end of the story, but only the beginning, because all who are guilty of any sin, and that includes everyone, may go to the only One who is without sin,100 per cent innocent and receive an eternal pardon by putting their faith and trust in Him. If you haven't already done so, why not do that right now, and be on the side of truth, for today is the day of salvation.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
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The Rev. Canon Sue Mayoss-Hurd Interm Priest, Rev. Canon Jim Kidell
“Staring into the Mirror” Andy Gabruch Next Generation Pastor Peachland Campus 11:00 am - Worship Service at Peachland Elementary School (with Kids Church) 2600 Hebert Road, West Kelowna 250.768.7638 emmanuelnet.ca
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Papa Thom and guest Melitta Ree invite you to attend a Concert of Song from 7-10 pm on Sat., Feb 26, 2011 at RCL #69, Peachland. No Cover Charge, Donations for The Homeless and Shelter gratefully accepted.
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