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January 10, 2014 / Volume 10 Number 2 / www.peachlandview.com
Winter Family Fun Day planned for January 18
The Peachland Fire Brigade will once again host a Winter Family Fun Day at Turner Park. Peachland fire chief Dennis Craig says the fire brigade, this year in partnership with the District of Peachland, will host the event as a public appreciation day.
Joanne Layh Peachland View
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January will be a busy month for the school district
Along with several ceremonies, there will be board and committee meetings to attend, schools to visit, and decisions to be made. page 7
Legion elects new executive
The legion invites you to join them at their general meeting on Monday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. to welcome their new board members.
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A JEEP CHEROKEE lost control coming down the hill and ended up colliding with oncoming traffic during last Tuesday’s snowfall.
MIKE RIEGER
Heavy snowfall wreaks havoc on Highway 97 Joanne Layh / Peachland View Last Tuesday’s heavy snowfall wreaked havoc on Peachland’s roads, causing two separate accidents on Highway 97 alone within minutes of each other. The first accident occurred at about 1:10 p.m. when a northbound Jeep Cherokee in the 6800 block of the Highway 97 lost control. “It went down the hill and the vehicle lost traction due to snowy conditions, slid into the shoulder and then back across, hitting and oncoming vehicle,” Cst. Kris Clark told The View. Clark says the driver likely overcorrected when he slid into the shoulder, which caused him to cross into oncoming traffic.
The driver of the Jeep Cherokee, a 45-year-old Summerland man, did not suffer any injuries. The driver of the second vehicle, a 26-year-old Penticton man, was also uninjured. Both vehicles incurred significant damage and had to be towed away. Shortly afterward, at about 1:30 p.m., a single-vehicle crash, also caused by loss of traction, happened in the 500 block of Highway 97. The accident occurred when the driver of a southbound green Honda Accord, a 40-year-old Penticton man, lost control due to icy conditions, went off road and struck a northbound barrier. No one was injured. The vehicle was no longer drivable and had to be towed from the scene.
The District of Peachland has a new director of planning and development services. An Urban Systems interim planner, Tina Atva, filled in briefly following Dave Smith’s retirement last November, but as of December 9 the vacancy was filled by Corine (Cory) Gain, a planner with experience working in several other B.C. communities, including Kelowna. Gain’s planning career began in the District of Mission in the late 80s. As a planning technician, Gain was responsible for rezoning, development variance permits, development permits, commercial development permits and later also subdivisions. “It was just outside Vancouver so there was a push for huge developments like there is here,” Gain said. Gain worked in Mission for three years before having her first child. That life change led to Gain being employed on and off in various other sectors, working for a number of years as a product manager for Nike Canada, for example. “When I had my children, rather than going back to a really See DISTRICT on page 2
It’s a happy new year for our December Winner! Jenny Hall was the lucky winner of our December draw. She chose two $50 gift certificates for the Gasthaus. Congratulations Jenny! Don’t forget to drop in and enter our January draw!
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