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THOM SEEKS DAYCARE FACILITY

Councillor Thom seeks support for housing daycare on first floor of seniors’ housing project 2

HEALTH CARE WILL BOOM

New economic development director Corie Griffiths looks forward to challenge 3

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PEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was a sea of pink on February 25 as students and staff donned varying shades of salmon and rose in support of the seventh annual Pink Shirt Day, a homegrown

campaign started by two Nova Scotia teens in an effort to raise awareness on the issue of bullying and cyber-bullying. In recognition of the campaign, The Peachland View sat down with three students to get their thoughts on the subject. To find out what we learned, turn to page 7.

Resident fuming over yacht club expansion plans ERIN CHRISTIE EDITOR

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Public notification of a recent amendment to the Peachland Yacht Club development permit for expansion (formerly DP14-01) has one resident fuming.

Longtime Peachlander Bert Caffrey says he is not in favour of the expansion, which he notes he was unaware of

because he was out of town during the winter months.

Caffrey told The View on February 16 that he received a letter from the District of Peachland dated February 12, detailing the amendment to DP14-01.

The letter included a drawing of the amended design and invited property owners in the affected area on Beach Avenue, including Caffrey, to share their comments or concerns, in writing, with

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the district’s planning administrator Heidi Simkins by February 23.

Caffrey submitted a letter of concern to Simkin and to the Peachland View (which is printed on page 4) expressing his frustration with the expansion and what he feels was a communication error on behalf of the district.

“I was given only nine days to respond and I think that was done on purpose,” an irate Caffrey told The View last week.

“I don’t like the idea of an expansion that doesn’t benefit the public, but I also think telling us about this without giving us a chance to try to stop it from happening isn’t really fair.”

The amendment, requested for consideration by council on behalf of the yacht club, is a modification to the breakwater design outlined on DP14-01 in Section A-1 and A-2.

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NEWS

Councillor seeking support for daycare facility

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The Peachland Seniors’ Support Society (PSSS) has come up with a solution that would bring a children’s daycare service to Peachland, something Councillor Keith Thom says is sorely needed.

In an interview on February 19, the former health care aide told The View that the concept is that the daycare would be housed in one of the units on the first floor of the proposed seniors’ housing project.

The daycare concept is the result of a brain-

storming session at a recent PSSS meeting in preparation for BC Housing’s upcoming request for proposals (RFP), which are expected to be sought next month.

The PSSS requested funding support from the district in the amount of $15,000, which would be used to refine their proposal in anticipation of the long-awaited RFP. In the initial project outline released in 2006, the PSSS proposed a development that would contain 60 units of housing with a minimum of 40 affordable housing units geared toward seniors, with support services

on site.

The 20 additional units would be a mix of affordable and market rents that would contribute to the overall project.

Thom says the society is still seeking complementary services to rent the first floor retail space, but feels the daycare could be an anchor tenant that would serve as a benefit to the senior residents as well as the children.

“I see this as an opportunity for a winwin situation, the town needs a daycare and this building needs an anchor tenant to help sustain it,” he explained.

He says he is confident the addition of a daycare to a seniors’ building would be successful because he has seen it work before.

Though Thom began his working career as a landscape and design specialist, he quickly discovered a passion for health and wellness after visiting his grandfather in a nursing home.

He sold his design company and entered the health care sector, first as a health care aide and later a senior administrator.

During that time Thom also found himself working in what he refers to as an intergenerational housing facility in a Mennonite community in Ontario.

Thom says he found the unique approach to child care intriguing.

“It ran just like any other daycare but because there were seniors living on the other floors of the building there

British Columbians with an undergraduate post-secondary degree can expect to earn an additional $827,000 over the course of their working life. That’s according to advanced education minister, Andrew Wilkinson. An analysis in 2014 by BC Stats shows that graduates of post-secondary programs earn a higher income over a working lifetime than they would make with a high-school diploma.

The methodology used in the analysis examined the level and type of education of residents between 19 and 64 years of age and considered the timing of their education. A similar study in 2006 looked at a variety of university programs that produced the single number of $650,000 in additional lifetime earnings. The updated numbers show median earnings to account for extreme high and low results.

BC Stats findings of additional lifetime earnings: • Registered apprenticeship certificate – $524,000.

• Undergraduate degree (excluding medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine) – $827,000.

• Undergraduate degree in arts or science – $577,000.

• Undergraduate degree in engineering, business or health – more than $1 million.

• Trade certificate or diploma (e.g., foundation program) – $266,000.

• Certificate or diploma – ranges between $178,000 and $370,000 for a certificate or diploma below a bachelor degree.

• Master’s degree – more than $1 million.

• Medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine – more than $2 million.

B.C. boasts more international visitors in 2014 Figures released by Statistics Canada show an increase in international overnight visitors in 2014.

China led the way with a 26.2 per cent increase, adding an additional 53,217 visitors to B.C. in 2014. Visitors from Japan also grew by 12.2 per cent, partly due to increased air access, while the United States and Australia were also up 3.3 per cent and 5.3 per cent, respectively.

From Europe, the United Kingdom and Germany posted 1.4 per cent and 2.2 per cent increases, respectively. was some interaction. Sometimes they would come read or tell stories to the children, which the kids loved because it was like having surrogate grandparents around and I think having the kids around brought a certain amount of joy and energy to the residents.”

But, he added, when the activity or the noise felt like too much for the residents, they could return to their apartments and not be disturbed.

“I think parents felt really safe dropping

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their children off in a place full of grandparents too,” Thom pointed out.

“I just thought it was a great idea and I’m passionate about bringing it to Peachland.”

Passion is something the 60-year-old Ontario native has been known for in Peachland since the launch of his Shepherd’s Pie tour seven years ago.

During the self-funded tour, which ran annually during the winter months between 2008 and 2012, Thom visited shelters and soup kitchens around the country offering to cook shepherd’s pie and play music for the clients.

He often invited the media and local politicians to attend as a means of raising

awareness of the issues of homelessness, addictions and mental illness.

In those five years he served over 3000 meals and donated 48 guitars to the various shelters for their clients to enjoy.

Thom passion for youth and senior-related issues was perhaps best highlighted during November’s municipal election.

Throughout his campaign Thom shared his personal connection to both sectors.

“My mother in-law has to leave town because there is no place for her to go,” Thom pointed out during the All Candidates forum at the Peachland Community Centre on November 3.

See SENIORS on page 6

Peachland MLA Office MLA Dan Ashton or staff will be available at the Chamber of Commerce office Tuesday afternoons.

For appointments call 1 866 487 4402

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New EDC manager says health care industry will boom by 2020 ERIN CHRISTIE EDITOR

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Though she won’t officially take over the role of director for the Central Okanagan’s Economic Development (EDC) commission until April, Corie Griffiths says she is already looking forward to the challenge.

According to her colleague, Communications and Intergovernmenta l Affairs Officer Bruce Smith, Griffiths served as the EDC’s business development coordinator since 2007, and is well versed in the work of the commission as well as the ins and outs of the Central Okanagan’s business community.

“She was the perfect candidate for the position,” Smith said in a phone interview with The View following the January 30 announcement of Griffiths’ promotion.

“She really knows the EDC inside and out and she brings a lot of energy to her new role.”

The former author and researcher replaces longtime director Robert Fine, who is moving in March to become director of business and entrepreneurial development with the city of Kelowna.

She says she was thrilled to accept the role and credits Fine as a mentor and asset to the Central Okanagan’s business community.

“I am really excited to take on this new challenge. We’ve got a talented and

dedicated team and advisory board representing a wide variety of business acumen and expertise,” she told The View on February 16.

“It’s been great working alongside Robert in the EDC for the past eight years.

He’s been a significant mentor and will be missed. The community is fortunate that he’s going to remain in the Central Okanagan.”

Smith says Griffiths has served the EDC as a key resource for business retention and attraction initiatives, leading such projects as Canada’s first business walks as well as the inaugural Okanagan Valley Economic Profile and Site Selection Toolkit.

In her new role Griffiths is armed with data gleaned from the EDC’s “Growing in the Okanagan 2020 Labour Market Outlook study,” released

by R.A. Malatest & Associates Ltd. last June.

The report, which provides a detailed analysis of the range of human resource issues facing the region, represents 882 establishments, 6.6 per cent of which were within the region, who employed 15,157 full time equivalent (FTE) workers (9.6 per cent of the regional labour force).

Using the study as one of her primary resources, Griffiths said she plans to continue heavily promoting the region to Okanagan alumni and retirees but notes that the main marketing target over the next five years will be

young families. She said the report has encouraged a stronger outreach effort in this respect.

“Peachland has been recognized as a great place to retire,

CORIE GRIFFITHS but it has a lot to offer for young families as well,” Griffiths explained.

Griffiths said the report revealed, alarmingly, that the ability of the current local labour force to fill vacancies is limited.

In fact, the report states that population growth and current migration levels are sufficient to cover between 52.3 per cent and 69.4 per cent of all new hires. Current net migration to the region is required to double or triple to meet labour market demands.

Overall, employers expect that the region’s labour force will grow by approx-

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retiring workers and/ or workers who are leaving the region.

Total new hires for the region are estimated to be in excess of 75,000 workers by the year 2020 and more than two thirds of these hires will require a post-secondary education.

She says the EDC will be working on innovative strategies to both attract new workers to the region, as well as to potentially “re-engage” workers who have left the labour force and/ or have retired.

One strategy the EDC has developed to meet this need is to develop and foster a means for employers to communicate their training needs to those preparing to enter into the working world.

“We are targeting post-secondary students,” she told The View.

“The idea is to ensure the programs relevant to employer demands are available, and that training institutions are not over-saturating the labour market in areas in which job opportunities are limited.”

Griffiths noted that EDC staff also intend to tap into the pool of recent graduates of post-secondary institutions, who are typically mobile and able to relocate to a new region. The program would utilize a targeted recruitment strategy for B.C. and Alberta, post-secondary institutions.

Activities would include: booths at local job fairs, communication with post-secondary career resource centres, and social media outreach.

The EDC is also considering the development of a basic skills training program to prepare the unemployed workers to transition back into the workforce through skills upgrading programs that address the needs of the sectors with projected job openings.

Currently the region’s largest industry is trade (wholesale and retail sales), which accounts for nearly 17 per cent of total employment.

Health care and social assistance, construction, and accommodation and food services are also major industries providing employment in the region.

However, current labour force statistics from BC Stats indicate that health care and social assistance had no regional unemployment data reported, but it is likely very low (the BC average for this industry is 2.2 per cent, making it the second

lowest unemployment rate industry in the province).

Griffiths expects this trend to continue.

“We are anticipating more growth in the health care sector. That’s where the new jobs and business is going to come from.

We are working on meeting that need,” she added.

Griffiths began her professional career with California State Parks as a contributing researcher to the State’s 10-year outdoor recreation plan.

She also authored “Fun and Gains: Benefits of Recreation” published in the California Parks and Recreation magazine.

The married mother of two, who originally hails from the state of California, emigrated to British Columbia in 2002. She says she and her family specifically chose to live in the Central Okanagan for its beauty and the high quality of life.

Griffiths initially joined the Central Okanagan EDC as the marketing and research assistant and quickly grew the role into the business development officer for the commission.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT To consider a proposed amendment to Council Procedure Bylaw No. 2063, 2013 This is a Notice pursuant to sections 124(3) and 94 of the Community Charter, that it is the intent of the District of Peachland Council to consider an amendment to Council Procedure Bylaw No. 2063, 2013 at the March 10th, 2015 Regular Council Meeting, which will be held at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at 4450 6th Street, Peachland.

The purpose of the amendments are to amend the Agenda deadline for inclusion on the Council and Committee of the Whole Meeting Agendas to a day earlier, in order for Council to receive their meeting agenda material five days prior to the meeting. In addition, an amendment that permits Council members attending meetings electronically to verbally vote rather than vote by a show of hand.

The proposed Amending Bylaw No. 2101 is available for viewing from February 17th – March 10th, 2015:

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As the end of the snow season nears, I would like to give a huge shoutout to the road maintenance crews in the Peachland area. We moved here in November and were not too sure how timely the snow removal would be due to the hilly terrain.

After the first surprise 40 plus centimetres of snowfall in early December, I was thrilled to see that our street (a side street off of Princeton) was cleared by early morning and twice more as the snow continued to

fall.

Subsequent snowfalls were handled in the same professional and outstanding way. Thank you again for keeping our roads safe.

Another shout-out to the workers who put up all of the beautiful Christmas lights and decorations in town. Peachland looked so magical and festive!

Lynn Mathers, Peachland

Sick of the puppy peeway!

Ron Mapson nailed it with his letter in the February 20 edition of The View. Our grossly overpaid administrators have done a masterful job of the puppy peeway they call Centennial Walkway.

They had the beach paved with asphalt hidden behind the ugliest mess they call a garden. Urban Systems called it a carbon catching garden with gigantic boulders planted every 50 metres.

When I asked administration who would maintain it, I was informed it would only be summer students. We can all see that is simply not true.

In the summer the asphalt gets to a toxic 140 degrees. The dogs’ feet are burnt. They, just like small children and babies, get to breathe in

fumes from the sidewalk. Beach Avenue has become so user unfriendly you can no longer park at the beach and open any door safely to get out.

It is dangerous and irresponsible to let a child out of a car from downtown to 13th Street, as they would be right on the poorly engineered road. Is it time to get rid of overpaid administration and Urban Systems?

Now the administration, most of whom do not live here, want to pave the easy access beach from 13th Street to Trepanier Creek with little or no input from those of us who live in Peachland. This is not acceptable!

Bob Menzies, Peachland

Proposed yacht club expansion a bad idea I can imagine the reason why the district’s recent letter to me was delivered to my house in the manner in which it was. It was shoved into my front door. This is probably because this proposed expansion would affect only those residences close to the yacht club.

I am not in favour of this, or any expansion of any club, unless it is open to the public and not members-only. If anyone in a boat must dock there they would be unable to access the public restroom, as is the present situation.

I think this expansion would further exacerbate an already congested

problem: more boats, more parking required for the boat owners!

This Beach Avenue congestion will only get worse with the addition of an extra 8,000 residents to an already overpopulated Peachland.

How was the snowbird population advised of this? Why was the letter dated February 12, 2015 and I given only nine days in which to respond? In writing? Why was the letter not registered? The ulterior motives here are rather transparent!

Bert Caffrey, Peachland

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COMMENTARY

Should an MP switching parties mean a new election in their riding?

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As I have commented in the past, many of the major issues on Parliament Hill are often very different from the concerns heard back at home.

MPs who are suspended from their caucus, satellite office expenses and costs of inappropriate partisan mailings, and most recently an MP floor crossing, are issues that receive a considerable amount of media attention in Ottawa but are less frequently raised by citizens in Okanagan-Coquihalla.

All of these issues are quite rare but floor crossings are unique as they tend to involve an MLA or an MP leaving one party of which they were presumably elected as a member, to join another party of which they were not first elected as a member.

As some may know the NDP have a long standing position that any floor crossing should automatically trigger a by-election, a position that we were reminded continues to be subject to this debate.

In this conversation it is important to recognize that citizens can be elected without a party affiliation; often we refer to these citizens, once elected, as independents.

Likewise there may also be an MP or MLA

Dan Albas, MP who was elected as a member of a political party that decides to leave that party or join another.

These can be very difficult decisions for all involved, however they are legitimately recognized positions in public office.

In fact the House of Commons procedure and practice manual confirms that “members are not obliged to retain that party label during the whole of their mandate.” and further states “a member who changes party allegiance is under no

obligation to resign his or her seat and stand for re‑election.”

I disagree with the NDP’s position that a member crossing the floor should trigger a by-election. Ultimately a party cannot exist if it does not elect members to a parliament or legislature in electoral ridings.

For individually elected members to retain the right to leave a party, sit as an independent, or join another party are all means that a member can use to help ensure a party is held accountable.

I mention this as also coming back before the House this week for debate is Conservative MP Michael Chong’s private member’s bill “The Reform Act of 2014,” that seeks to rebalance Parliament by increasing the powers available to party caucuses, individual MPs and electoral riding associations.

This has been a widely debated bill but one that most citizens I have heard from are supportive on and one that I have also supported within the House of Commons.

Over the past

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months as the federal election approaches we have witnessed how some willing candidates have been summarily dismissed and blocked from running for a particular party.

In some cases cause is given but in many cases no cause is provided and in extreme circumstances litigation has occurred.

From my standpoint I have observed how some who are supportive of the democratic reform act have turned a blind eye to arbitrary candidate blocking.

Ultimately this serves as a reminder to why the Democratic Reform Bill is one that should be taken seriously not just by elected officials, but also by those who are actively involved in various political parties and organizations

that democracy should be an open process.

Nomination battles, as they are sometimes called, can be challenging but they are an

important part of our democratic process.

For further comments and concerns I can be reached at Dan. Albas@parl.gc.ca or

toll free at 1-800-6658711.

Dan Albas is the Member of Parliament for Okanagan-Coquihalla.

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Seniors’ support society asks public to weigh in on need for daycare Continued from page 2

“It’s not a lack of money, she just has

to leave because there isn’t anything in Peachland and we need to work harder

at getting the seniors’ housing project off the ground so that people like her don’t

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have to leave.”

Thom later told The View he felt similarly about the lack of services for young families in Peachland.

“I think we all know that the future is in getting young families to come to Peachland,” Thom said on February 19.

“But we, as a town, need to show that we want young working families here and that there are services for them.”

Seniors’ support society president Sharon Halberg echoed Thom, adding that the concept seemed like a good fit for Peachland.

“We’re looking at a number of options to help offset the cost of the building and I think a daycare would work well,” Halberg said in an interivew on February 24.

“I know of other facilities where seniors and children share a

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THIS PHENOMENON WAS witnessed by Peachlander Larry Weisgarber just before

dawn on the morning of February 23. “The sky was orange as the sun was just about to rise when this strange vertical light appeared in the eastern sky and remained there for some time,” Weisgarber said. “It looked like someone shining a powerful light.”

building and they’ve all been pretty successful.”

The PSSS is currently seeking what Thom refers to as an expression of interest in the daycare.

He says there are no official plans to add a

daycare to the building but the PSSS and the district are asking for public input as to whether or not Peachlanders would use this service. They are also hoping to gain input from those interested in operat-

DP amendment irks local man Continued from page 1

Members of the yacht club initially approached the district with a proposal to expand the docking area to create more slips and subsequently, a space to house the new regional district rescue boat in September 2012.

The design and DP application submitted

to council on January 26, 2014 proposed an expansion to the east breakwater, new fingers, walkways, power and the installation of a log boom to act as a floating breakwater at the entrance. The expansion would also include the addition of three slips that would be able to accommodate boats up to 33 feet in length.

However, in order to accommodate the requirements of the Section 9 (the water act and water regulations) of the Notification Approval Process by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations, the yacht club was required to amend the design to change the alignment of the breakwater and

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eliminate the floating log boom.

According to a report submitted to council by Cory Gain, the district’s director of planning, the ministry expressed concerns that the change of the angle of the breakwater could cause issues with sediment and water flow in that specific area.

To accommodate the recommended changes to the design the yacht club proposed that the angled portion of the existing breakwater be dismantled and the existing breakwater structure be extended by 42.67 metres or 140 ft, in line with the existing breakwater (currently 88.20 metres or 289.49 ft long, for a total length of 130.87 metres (429.36 ft).

Council approved the amendment during their February 24 meeting.

Any work within the lake is required to be scheduled between January and May 31, 2015 to coincide with low water on Okanagan Lake.

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ullyingcanada.ca, a youth created anti-bullying website launched in 2006 to offer information and support to victims and perpetrators of bullying, defines bullying as what is occurring when someone hurts or scares another person on purpose and the person being bullied has a hard time defending themselves.

Bullying Fact Sheet

• At least 1 in 3 adolescent students in Canada have reported being bullied this year.

• Among adult Canadians, 38 per cent of males and 30 per cent of females reported having experienced occasional or frequent bullying during their school years.

• 47 per cent of Canadian parents report having a child victim of bullying.

• Girls are more likely to be bullied on the internet than boys.

• 7 per cent of adult internet users in Canada, age 18 years and older, self-reported having been a victim of cyber-bullying at some point in their life.

• The most common form of cyber-bullying involved receiving threatening or aggressive emails or instant messages, reported by 73 per cent of victims.

• 40 per cent of Canadian workers experience bullying on a weekly basis.

Stats courtesy of Statistics Canada’s 2012 report Tackling Bullying.

ERIN CHRISTIE EDITOR

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What would you do if your child was bullied?

Over 13 million kids will be bullied this year in North America, making it the most common form of violence experienced by young people.

In 2007 two Nova Scotia teenagers decided to take a stand against a high school bully after a fellow classmate was ostracized for wearing a pink polo shirt on his first day of school.

According to reports, bullies harrassed the boy, calling him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatening to beat him up.

Two senior students, David Shepherd and Travis Price, decided to do something about it.

The boys went to a nearby discount store and bought 50 pink shirts to wear to school the next day.

Then the two emailed classmates to get them on board with their anti-bullying cause that they dubbed a “sea of pink.” But a tsunami of support poured in the next day.

Not only were

dozens of students outfitted with the discount tees, but hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some headto-toe.

When the bullied student, who has never been identified, walked into school to see his fellow students decked out in pink it was a powerful moment.

The “Sea of Pink Day” spread across North America and became Pink Shirt Day. In recognition of the day, which is celebrated, or at least acknowledged by people – not just students – across the Canada and the U.S., The View sat down with three students from Peachland Elementary to find out what kids have to say about the subject of bullying eight years later.

1. What does bullying mean to you?

Zoe: “Bullying is name calling and making people feel bad about themselves or hitting.”

Ryder: “It’s hitting or kicking someone, name calling. That kind of stuff.”

Jovan: “It’s a lot of different things.

I don’t see a lot of bullying happening

at our school but I’ve seen kicking and stuff on the soccer field when it’s not an accident.”

2. Have you been bullied and if so, what did you do about it? Who did you tell?

Zoe: “I was being bullied by a girl in my class and I tried to talk to her and told her to stop because she kept shoving me all the time, then one day I shoved her back, not hard and she didn’t fall over or anything but she stopped shoving me. I didn’t feel good about it though. I still feel guilty about having to use violence but I think it’s the only thing some people understand and that’s really sad.”

The four most common types of bullying Verbal bullying: name-calling, sarcasm, teasing, spreading rumours, threatening, making negative references to one’s culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, unwanted sexual comments.

Social Bullying: mobbing, scapegoating, excluding others from a group, humiliating others with public gestures or graffiti intended to put others down.

Physical Bullying: hitting, poking, pinching, chasing, shoving, coercing, destroying or stealing belongings, unwanted sexual touching.

Cyber-bullying: using the internet or text messaging to intimidate, put-down, spread rumours or make fun of someone.

I wouldn’t want to get picked on too.

But I would definitely go tell someone.”

Jovan: “I think it’s important to say something [to the bully] unless there is a weapon involved.

Then I say go tell someone.”

ZOE MOXLEY, 10 3. What would you do if you saw other kids being bullied at school or out in the community?

RYDER MILLIGAN, 10 Ryder: “I told the teacher.”

Jovan: “I think sometimes you have to defend yourself but you should usually tell a teacher too.”

Zoe: “It depends.

I try to stick up for other kids if I see them getting picked on but if the kid picking on them is really big or has a bat or something I would just tell someone.”

Ryder: “I try to stay out of it because

them up. Think about what happened to Amanda Todd! It’s bad and it needs to be stopped.”

Ryder: “I think if you bully someone you should get suspended.”

Jovan: “I think the school should send a note or an email to your parents and you should have to miss school.”

5. How do you feel about events like Pink Shirt Day?

Zoe: “It’s amazing. I think it’s really cool that kids started it.”

Ryder: “I think it

shows us that people, even kids, can make big difference if they want to.”

Jovan: “I think it’s important because it shows bullies that people care.”

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4. Do you know your school’s antibullying policy and do you think it’s fair?

How do you think schools should handle persistent bullying?

Zoe: “If someone gets in trouble for bullying at our school they go to the principal’s office and they have to write out an apology letter, I think.

“But I think they should be expelled.

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ABERDEEN PUBLISHING Marty Edwards must always be on his best behaviour. That’s because he has Kenny Rogers’ reputation to uphold.

One look at him and you’ll understand why.

The white-bearded Peachland gentleman often gets mistaken for the legendary country singer, who once told Edwards: “Don’t get me in trouble.”

Edwards doesn’t just look like Rogers, he sounds like him, too, which explains why his tribute show has been so successful for the past 16 years.

Edwards is bringing his show to Frank Venables Theatre on Friday, March 13 at 7 p.m.

In the first half, his band (Marty Edwards and the Revival) will perform music from the 1960s and 1970s, playing tribute to legendary artists such as Tom Jones, The Eagles, Elvis, Tommy James, Lighthouse and Three Dog Night.

The second half of the show will focus on his “Kinda Kenny” tribute, with favourites such as She Believes In Me, Lady, Islands in the Stream, and Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town.

“I see myself as a Kenny Rogers ambassador, and I feel blessed to be able to sing his songs,” Edwards said during an interview earlier this month.

For Edwards, “music is an anchor,” which he uses to transport people back to relive fond memories of the past – back to their first love: “the good stuff.”

Edwards can’t help but revitalize people’s passion for Kenny Rogers and that era of classic country. He calls the song Lady an incredible tribute to spouses. In fact, he was flown to England to

sing that song for someone’s wedding.

Ironically, for a man who’s constantly in the limelight, Edwards is a shy guy. He’s had to work very hard to tame his stage fright.

It all started in the United Kingdom when he was eight years old. His mother, a British diplomat, used to sing and play piano on the radio, and she loved hauling “Martin” out to perform The Desert Song in front of her friends at home.

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I see myself as a Kenny Rogers ambassador, and I feel blessed to be able to sing his songs.”

- MARTY EDWARDS

“It was quite stressful,” Edwards recalled, likening the event to showing guests pictures of your summer vacation.

“That lasted until I was 13 when I sort of put an end to that...she wanted me to be an opera singer.”

Despite that uncomfortable experience, Edwards got into music after moving to Canada in 1954. He started playing in a number of bands spanning the 1960s to 1980s, from country to rock, and even a 14-piece horn band.

His father, an electrical engineer in the armed forces, didn’t care much for the type of music his son was performing.

“There was a bit of a conflict there...he never came to my shows (until he mellowed out). He was in tears for missing so much,” Edwards said.

Of course, his mother was one of his biggest

fans and had her dressmaker create a Kenny Rogers jacket for her son to wear on stage.

The shy Edwards never tried to imitate the country legend; it just came naturally.

One day a producer asked him if he ever thought about doing a Kenny Rogers tribute show. He hadn’t. But after reading about a twoyear-old child who died after being abused, he and his wife organized a benefit concert to raise money for abused children.

During the concert, he decided to perform some Kenny Rogers songs, which prompted fans to ask him to do it again next year. That’s when the tribute show was born.

“When I’m on stage, I’m Kenny Rogers,” said Edwards, who doesn’t mind being called a Rogers impersonator.

“The one thing I don’t do is give away 10 dollar bills to the audience,” he chuckled.

Edwards met the real Kenny Rogers in Billings, Montana where he was doing a tribute show. Rogers was also doing a show and invited Edwards backstage after his performance.

“He was so gracious...I’ve always tried to show Kenny in a good light.”

Just before leaving, Rogers told Edwards: “You better not get me in trouble.”

Almost everywhere he goes, people ask him if he’s Kenny Rogers. He tells them the truth, but even then some people don’t believe him.

One time a cop asked him: “Be honest, how many times have you used the Kenny Rogers bit for evil?”

Never. Edwards just loves portraying Rogers on stage and is flattered that people enjoy what he’s doing.

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Old age not for the faint of heart DOROTHY BROTHERTON

PEACHLAND BAPTIST CHURCH When you are as old as Anna, unless you are exceptional, lots of things don’t work anymore. Maybe it’s the eyes. You find yourself muttering at your sock because you can’t tell if it is right-side-out. You pull it off again and peer closely to find the little strings that show the inside. Why doesn’t some clever person make the insides of socks a different colour from the outsides?

Maybe it’s the ears.

You gave up asking people to repeat themselves. Instead, you guess a lot, and often give the wrong response. You can tell from their expressions that you got it wrong and that they consider you sweetly stupid.

Young whipper-snappers. You could teach them a thing or two.

Maybe it’s arthritis in the joints, gastritis in the stomach, bursitis in the shoulder, or melanoma on the skin.

Age does these kinds of things.

Even great saints of God are not always spared the indignities of dwindling health.

Amy Carmichael, a missionary to India who ran an orphanage for 55 years, had a whopping share of old-age aches. She called them her Amaleks, Sennacheribs and Goliaths, referring to enemies of God’s people in the Old Testament. Problem: you’re not so swift with a sling anymore to tackle those Goliaths.

Complaining wouldn’t be nice, and the elderly are supposed to be nice.

Besides that, you can’t complain because there’s nobody to listen. Your mate is gone.

The much-touted freedom of singleness is quite worthless now.

You’re free all right.

Free from the mutual irritations, but also free from mutual ministrations, from companionship, from being needed as a caregiver. You’re free of anyone who deeply cares for you.

Old and alone may seem synonymous with sad.

But there’s this se-

PRESENTATION OF CHRIST AT THE TEMPLE

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Anna is third from the left.

nior in the Bible, Anna, who seems to break the mold. She was “advanced in years” and alone. She had married young, but her husband died after just seven years. They had no children. When the Gospel of Luke looks at her, Anna is an 84-year-old widow. But amazingly not sad.

She probably had a full quota of infirmities and no long-term care services. The Jewish culture was at its lowest point and care of widows long neglected.

(Several decades later Paul would tell the early Jewish-Christian assemblies to reinstate care of widows and orphans as a priority.)

Luke tells us Anna “never left” the temple.

Possibly she begged on the temple steps, since no pension cheque arrived by mail each month. Maybe she scrubbed floors or tidied the courtyard in exchange for a small room. But her main temple activity was “worship,” says Luke.

During all those years of aloneness, she never left. Oh, maybe she left geographically from time to time, but in her head-space she was always there, in the place of fellowship with God. Bereft of mate, children, travel, excitement, but not bereft of meaning, Anna found her reason for being in worshipping her Creator.

The day-by-day fellowship with God was all intertwined with her aches and pains, her memories, the business of livelihood, and little tasks of getting up and dressing and eating and wash-

ing that seemed to consume more and more of each day. This fellowship with God filled Anna’s life with that for which she was created.

Centuries later, the Westminster Confession asked, “What is the chief end of man? (or woman?)” And the answer is, “to glorify God and enjoy him forever.” Anna could have written that creed.

Her fellowship with God was its own reward, but there’s more.

One day her temple service climaxed in a moment that crowned her life.

A young peasant couple by the name of Mary and Joseph entered the temple with an infant for a dedication ceremony. Old Simeon recognized them and held out his arms to bless the Child.

Anna rushed over as fast as her ancient legs would move. No one needed to explain to her who it was. Somehow she recognized the Child also. This was the “Desire of Nations,” the long-awaited Messiah, the promised Saviour. He had come.

Her hungry old eyes feasted on that fresh baby face. The next thing she did – what else? – she worshipped God, as was her pattern. I think her old words of patient faith held a new note of joy.

She had lived to see God’s promises fulfilled. From that day until the day it was silenced, her cracking old voice told anyone who’d listen about the Child.

Anna’s aches and pains didn’t go away.

But they were interlaced with joy.

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7pm, community centre

VINYASA YOGA FLOW

BEGINNERS’ UKULELE

FLOW YOGA 9:0510:15am, 4th St Place

Activity Centre

WEDNESDAYS LIONS DEN MEETING FITNESS ROOM 8am8pm, community centre

INDOOR WALKING

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

MID-WEEK STUDY AND CONVERSATION COFFEE 9:30am, St.

MONDAYS

Margaret’s Anglican Church

INDOOR WALKING

land Wellness Centre.

Call for appointment: 250-767-0141

8-9am, community centre

FITNESS TRAIL GUIDED TOUR 10am. Call 250-

PICKLEBALL 9:05-

767-2133 to register for your spot

11:05am (3.0-4.0), community centre

BREASTFEEDING CAFÉ 10 am-noonish,

VARIETY SINGERS

9:30am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre

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

MONDAY MORNING COFFEE 10am – noon,

AA 12-1pm, 50+ Activity Centre MEN’S COFFEE & CRIB 1-3 pm, Peach-

Peachland Wellness Centre

land Wellness Centre

FRIENDSHIP TUESDAY/ MOVIE 1-3:30pm, 50+

TAI CHI 12-1pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Activity Centre

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX PROGRAM 1-3pm,

8-9am, community centre

PICKLEBALL 9:05-

10:35am, (1.0-2.75), community centre

AEROBICS AND MORE 9:30-10:30am, 50+ Activity Centre

PINCUSHION HIKE AND YOGA 9:30am. Call Dawn 250-878-6342

WELLNESS CIRCLE 2nd

& 4th Wednesday, 10am-12pm, Peachland Wellness Centre

CHESS 1:15-3:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre

SUNSHINE SINGERS 1:30pm-2:30pm,

Peachland Wellness Centre

PICKLEBALL 1:30-

3:30pm (3.0-4.0), community centre

BRIDGE (ALL LEVELS)

2-4pm, 50+ Activity Centre

TWEEN DROP-IN & MULTI-SPORTS 3-8pm, meet at Peachland Elementary. Ages 9-12

Doggie Designs Grooming Studio  Pickup & Delivery Service Available  No kennels or kennel dryers

Virginia Schmidt

Professional Grooming Stylist

778-214-2991 virglee24@hotmail.com

#3, 6711 Hwy 97S, Peachland

PICKLEBALL 1:30-

MEN’S COFFEE & CRIB 10am-12pm,

3:30pm, (3.75-4.5), community centre

Peachland Wellness Centre

TWEEN DROP-IN

BRIDGE CREATIVE PLAYTIME (0-6 yrs)

3-5:30pm, meet at Peachland Elementary. Ages 9-12

LADIES SNOOKER 5pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

SATURDAYS CARPET BOWLING

10am-noon, community centre

10am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre

CENTRAL OKANAGAN MODEL RAILWAY COMPANY GROUP 7pm,

MEAT DRAW 4-5pm,

YOGA BEGINNERS

MEAT DRAW 3-5pm,

Peachland Museum

FLOOR HOCKEY 4:30-

10:30-11:30am, 50+ Activity Centre. $5 drop-in per class

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

THURSDAYS

5:30pm, 8-10yrs, community centre

FITNESS ROOM 8am-

TWEEN TRIPS 5:308pm, Peachland Boys and Girls Club. Ages 9-12. $5/member/ trip. Pre-registration is required by calling 250-767-2515

8pm, community centre

E-A-S-Y CORE 9-10:15am, 50+ Activity Centre

ART CLASS 12pm, 50+ Activity Centre

LADIES CRIB 1pm-2pm, Peachland Wellness Centre PICKLEBALL 1:303:30pm, (3.0-3.5), community centre

PEACHLAND BOARDWALK 9:30am 11am, United Church Hall

YOUTH ZONE 6-9pm, 13+, Peachland Boys and Girls Club. Ages 6-12 3-5pm

Hours may be adjusted to accommodate renovations Call 250.767.9404 for details

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 10am-12pm, Peachland Wellness Centre

VOLLEYBALL 10am12pm, community centre

50+ Activity Centre

3-5pm, Peachland Boys and Girls Club.

Ages 6-12

Yes, We Are Open!

TAI CHI – PWC 9:30am-

IRON AND SILK EXERCISE 10:45am-noon,

YOUTH DROP-IN

Angee’s Kitchen full menu 11 – 7 Tues.-Sat. and 9 – 7 Sundays Closed at 2 pm Wednesdays

Places of Faith St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

Peachland United Church

Peachland Baptist Church

250-767-2206

Find a friendly welcome, good music, great fellowship, Bible messages

4421 4th Street

Grace Lutheran Church 1162 Hudson Road West Kelowna, B.C. 250-769-5685

Sunday Services Contemporary Worship Service 9 a.m.

Traditional Worship Call for appointment

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

4th week: community centre. Dan 250-7679034

1:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Peachland

3:30pm, (3.75-4.5), community centre

NEEDLE ARTS/QUILTING 1-4pm, 50+ Activ-

 Over 35 years of Grooming Experience

YOGA 8-9am, 50+

PICKLEBALL 1:30-

Peachland Wellness Centre

ity Centre

2nd and last Tuesday, Peachland Wellness Centre

4-8pm, Peachland Boys and Girls Club.

Ages 13+

BRIDGE (EXPERIENCED) 7pm, 50+

Activity Centre. Call 250-767-6574

Activity Centre. $5 drop-in per class

FUSION FRIDAYS

ity Centre

11:05am (3.0-3.5), community centre

COMPUTER LITERACY 10 am-noon, Peach-

INDOOR WALKING 8-9am, community centre

6:45-8:00pm, community centre

Peachland Wellness Centre

6pm, community centre

AA 12-1pm, 50+ Activ-

Activity Centre. $5 drop-in per class.

YOGA ADVANCED BEGINNERS 8-9am, 50+

PEACHLAND ROTARY CLUB MEETING 12pm,

TEA IN THE TRANQUIL ROOM 2pm-2:45pm,

LEGO TIME 3-4pm, Peachland Library.

Open to all ages

FITNESS ROOM 8am-

6:30pm, community centre

PICKLEBALL 9:05-

CARPET BOWLING

Peachland Boys and Girls Club. Ages 9-12

FRIDAYS

8:30pm, community centre

UKULELE 1pm, 50+

10am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre

TWEEN COOKING NIGHT 5-7:30pm,

Peachland Library.

Stories, finger plays, rhymes and fun! From January 15 until May 28.

Peachland Boys and Girls Club. Ages 9-12

RESTORATIVE YOGA 6-7pm, community centre

Gasthaus Pub

FLOW YOGA 9:0510:15am, 4th St Place

8pm, community centre

STORYTIME FOR PRESCHOOLERS 11:30am,

SPIN & SCULPT 5:15-

VOLLEYBALL 7:00-

fellowship 11:30am, 4204 Lake Ave.

FITNESS ROOM 8am-

WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS 3-4:30pm,

Service 10:30 a.m.

March 1st, 2015

Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

Tuesday Morning

9:30 a.m. Study, Coffee & Conversation Office Hours 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Monday to Friday

Rev. Robin Graves

Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

Ages 2 thru to Grade 6 www.gracelutherankelowna.com

“Roots Series: Faithfulness in Spite

250-767-3131 www.stmargaretspeachland.org

Sunday School: 9:30 am

of a Disposable Culture”

Sunday Morning Worship: 10:30 am

Pastor Jeff Bjorgan 9 am - Worship Service & Sunday School 11 am - Worship Service with Kids Church

Located at:

2600 Hebert Road

4th Street & Brandon Ave

“Let Us Worship Together”

West Kelowna 250.768.7638 emmanuelnet.ca

4204 Lake Avenue

Fellowship Coffee: 11:30 a.m.

Office Hours - Tue, Wed, Thur 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Hall rental contact Doreen 250-767-2132 Sunday Morning Service 10 a.m.

Rev. Elaine Diggle

all are welcome

Women’s Bible Study: Wednesday, 9:30 am Dr. Gordon Denison, Pastor 250-707-1735 gdenison@telus.net

www.peachlandbaptist.net

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