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Passionate quilter Jeanne Nagel (fourth from the left in back row) donated nine quilts to the staff at the Peachland post office this week to express her thanks for always handling her parcels in a friendly and helpful manner. It took Nagel three months to make the quilts, each of which contain 3,240 individual squares. “I ambushed you all!” Nagel announced, when she surprised the Canada Post staff with the quilts.

Shown with Nagel are lucky recipients Lisa Cain, Leslie Ainslie, Sandy Davison, Grace Springer, Gail Ness, Caron Zukowsky (back; shown left to right), Crystal Spaeth and Debbie Powell (front). Earlier this year Nagel whipped up a batch of quilts for emergency workers who saved her home in the Trepanier fire. Nagel plans to take a break to entertain guests for the summer but promises “Come September, I’ll be quilting non-stop.”

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A representative from the BC Fruit Growers Association (BCFGA) made a presentation to Peachland council last week to highlight the main issues currently facing their industry, including competitiveness, worker housing regulation, water

storage investment and invasive pests.

Following the presentation, BCFGA general manager Glen Lucas also spoke out against genetically modified foods, when asked by Mayor Keith Fielding how important the issue might be to local growers.

“The BCFGA is opposed to the genetically modified arctic apple

being released. We’ve written to the Ministries of Health and Agriculture. They are claiming it is a science matter. The reason we are opposed to it is marketing. We’re very fearful about the backlash on this,” Lucas said.

He went on to cite several examples of genetically modified foods contaminating the supply with disastrous results,

such as the case of prairie farmers who now cannot get their flax into European markets.

“The experience with genetically modified food is a train wreck. I wish that the federal government would wake up and understand this is a big risk to our industry. We have what we consider to be a pure and natural food and we do not need

this risk to our reputation. We really would like to see them put a moratorium on that product,” Lucas said.

In more general terms Lucas said local growers are doing a good job of remaining competitive but there are still some challenges to overcome.

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JULY 19, 2013

NEWS

Electrical fire sweeps through Campfire ban imposed by Whinton Crescent home Peachland fire chief Joanne Layh

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A Princeton area man is lucky to be alive after the house he was living in burst into flames, forcing him to evacuate last Tuesday afternoon.

The fire took place at 6266 Whinton Crescent, which is located a little north of Bulyea Avenue and just off of Princeton Avenue.

The resident called

9-1-1 at about 3 p.m. on July 16.

Peachland fire chief Dennis Craig says the call originally came in as a power line with smoke coming from the roof of the house.

When fire crews arrived on scene there was smoke coming from the electrical mast of the house, confirming the fire was coming from the wall area of the house.

Craig says when

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our crews arrived on scene they searched the house. There was heavy smoke inside the house but no visible flame.

The members then breached the walls and suppressed the fire inside the wall.

While the fire was knocked down by 3:30 p.m., crews remained on scene until 8 p.m., Craig said.

“The house requires restoration. It is not inhabitable at this time.

We did have to breach the walls to suppress the fire so there is significant smoke damage throughout the bottom floor and some minor smoke damage to the top floor of the house,” Craig told The View.

Craig says he is unaware if the occupant had insurance but the homeowner was insured.

The fire chief says the fire is considered to be electrical in nature and is currently under investigation. The incident is not considered to be suspicious.

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A campfire ban is now in effect, Peachland fire chief Dennis Craig announced this week. The ban went into effect in Peachland at midnight on July 14.

“It’s getting dry out there now. There is a lot of tall grass from the wet

Police are reminding boaters that there are speed limits in effect on the lake and they will be enforced.

One boater learned that lesson the hard way this summer after being issued a $575 fine for operating a vessel in an unsafe manner.

RCMP boat patrol members spotted the vessel, a white “cigarette” boat, travelling northbound at 4 – 5 times the speed limit under the gap at the west end of the William R. Bennett

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boating in proximity to swimming areas, docks, non motorized water craft, and other hazards,” Cst. Steve Holmes said. “There are no lanes of travel on a lake, boats can go any direction which makes it all the harder to navigate around other boaters, especially at higher speeds.”

Police are also urging watercraft operators to wear approved life jackets or personal flotation devices for their own safety.

A semi tractor trailer travelling eastbound on the connector burst into flames after experiencing brake trouble as it descended the Brenda Mines hill into Peachland last Monday afternoon.

RCMP Cst. Steve Holmes says the driver, a 61-year-old Delta man, advised he began having brake troubles about 12 km outside of Peachland.

“The driver managed

to pull the truck onto a chain off area where it then burst into flames. A fire extinguisher proved ineffective as the flames continued to spread from the rear of the truck, engulfing the tractor and part of the trailer. Thankfully the driver escaped the burning vehicle unharmed,” Cst. Holmes said.

Police and forestry crews attended the burning semi, which is registered to a trucking company out of Manitoba.

Due to the risk of the

fire spreading into surrounding trees, forestry personnel were called in to keep the flames from spreading. The forestry workers deployed a water truck to cool down the wreck, soak the area and completely extinguish any hot spots.

The incident happened on Monday, July 15 just before 1 p.m.

The RCMP are reminding commercial drivers to thoroughly inspect the braking systems on their vehicles prior to engaging the steep hills of the Highway 97 connector.

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RCMP members followed the operator and stopped her boat at the log boom at the west end of the lake, just north of Kelowna.

The incident happened last Thursday at 1:45 p.m.

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the ban is in effect until September when temperatures begin to cool down.

No open flames, open burning or campfires are allowed while the ban is in effect.

Propane fire pits are permitted, but if residents are unsure of what is allowed they should contact Peachland Fire and Rescue Service.

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spring that we’ve had and it is going to dry out really quick,” Craig told The View. “People get nervous and start calling smoke in so we do impose a campfire ban from that standpoint because it does tie up a lot of our resources.”

The campfire ban is in effect until further notice.

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NEWS

Couple suffers injuries following three-vehicle crash Joanne Layh

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A male and female couple in their 50s were sent to Kelowna General Hospital with undetermined injuries last Sunday after congestion at the intersection of Highway 97 and 13th Avenue resulted in a three vehicle crash.

All three motor vehicles were travelling northbound on Highway 97 when the crash occurred.

“The traffic started to back up at the light ahead. The first vehicle, which was a truck towing a trailer, stopped, the car behind that vehicle stopped, and the third vehicle struck the second vehicle, pushing it into

the first one,” Cpl. Steve Woodcox told The View.

“The third vehicle didn’t stop in time, striking the vehicle ahead of it.”

The driver and passenger in the middle vehicle, a black Volkswagen, suffered minor injuries that included neck injuries.

The accident happened around noon on Sunday, July 14.

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Fruit growers need to see government come to the table Continued from page 1

ducers to compete is in large part due to our late season apple and cherry production, Lucas said, adding that growers are now picking into September – something that was unheard of even 20 years ago.

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in West Kelowna there are 15 varieties of apples; 14 are U.S. You are indicating that you are very competitive. How can we be more competitive? Is it subsidies? Are they better at it in some way than us?”

Lucas said the single largest factor is the heavy

The experience with genetically modified food is a train wreck. I wish that the federal government would wake up and understand this is a big risk to our industry. We have what we consider to be a pure and natural food and we do not need this risk to our reputation. We really would like to see them put a moratorium on that product.

–– BCFGA general manager Glen Lucas on the arctic apple

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“To me, that says we need to store our water,” Lucas said, adding that while Canadians are doing a good job on research, our infrastructure is not competitive and

there is a lack of investment in water storage in B.C. compared to Washington.

“We need to see the province and federal government come to the table,” Lucas said.

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Campfire Ban in Effect Dear Residents and visitors, A campfire ban is in effect (July 15, 2013) within the District of Peachland fire protection area until further notice.

The ban applies to open fires of any size, including campfires.

The ban does not apply to cooking stoves that use propane or briquettes.

Sincerely, Fire Chief Dennis Craig

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subsidies Americans receive for water, but he also suggested that consumer education to buy local and a commitment to continue to introduce new varieties of product to the market are also important considerations.

“If you look at our varieties of cherries and

lem are regulation inconsistencies between municipalities, which causes confusion, Lucas said. On behalf of the BCFGA, Lucas asked Peachland council for their support in seeking a valley-wide approach to housing regulation.

Finally, Lucas said water continues to be an ongoing concern for growers, citing climate change projections out to 2030 in the region that suggest there will be a large increase in spring and fall precipitation and a slight decrease in flow of water from July – September, when it is needed

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Lucas said for local growers to compete with Washington State they have to be smaller, nimbler and smarter.

“I have a great problem with the apples that I see in the grocery stores.

The Americans are there,” Councillor Schierbeck said. “At a grocery store

apples we have more acreage and a higher percentage of newly developed varieties than they do in the U.S. Red Delicious is still a big deal in the US and it is virtually gone up here,” Lucas said.

Lucas said Canada also does a better job with regard to labour.

At least 80 per cent of workers in the US are undocumented, meaning they are in the U.S. working illegally, whereas in Canada we have the seasonal agricultural worker program, which has the participation of Mexican and Caribbean governments.

“That program is so important to us, having access to that labour,” Lucas said.

Housing for foreign workers continues to pose some difficulties, however.

“Having a number of workers, 20 – 200 in a single location, can be a challenge although it seems to work generally.

Rural neighbours often have urban expectations of that housing so that can lead to issues,” Lucas said, adding that those concerns crop up primarily in large orchards in the Kelowna area.

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JulY 19, 2013

OPINION

Rail, pipeline and climate disasters are symptoms of fossil fuel addiction daVid suZuki Like smokers who put off quitting until their health starts to suffer, we’re learning what happens when bad habits catch up with us. We’re witnessing the terrible effects of fossil fuel addiction every day: frequent, intense storms and floods, extended droughts, rapidly melting Arctic ice, disappearing glaciers, deadly smog and pollution, contaminated waterways and destroyed habitats. Transport accidents are also increasing as governments and industry scramble to get fuels out of the ground and to market as quickly as possible.

Throughout it all, we’re asking the wrong questions. Take the recent horrific disaster in LacMégantic, Quebec. A train carrying fracked crude oil from North Dakota to a refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick, derailed, caught fire and caused explosions that destroyed much of the town and killed dozens of people, sending millions of litres of oil into the ground, air, sewers and Chaudière River. It’s a senseless tragedy that has everyone in Canada and beyond grieving for the community’s citizens and their families.

Governments and the railway company must answer numerous questions about safety regulations and practices, to prevent a similar catastrophe from ever occurring. The larger questions, though, are about the dramatic increases in fossil fuel use and transport. Sadly, industry proponents quickly exploited the situation to argue for expanding pipelines.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers expects oil

production in Western Canada to double from three million barrels a day to more than six million by 2030. This means a huge increase in the amount of fuels transported around the country and the world in pipelines, rail cars, trucks and ocean tankers.

According to the Railway Association of Canada, rail shipment of oil has already increased dramatically in Canada, from 500 carloads in 2009 to 140,000 this year.

It’s true that rail accidents can be more devastating to human life than pipeline accidents – although when it comes to oil, pipeline breaks usually spill greater quantities and cause more environmental damage than train derailments.

We’re not going to stop using oil overnight, and we will continue to transport it, so we must improve standards and regulations for pipelines, rail, trucks and tankers.

This should include safer rail cars for moving dangerous goods. Also, many environmental groups are calling for “a comprehensive, independent safety review of all hydrocarbon transportation – pipelines, rail, tanker and truck.” But in the long run, we have to find ways to slow down.

By conserving energy and switching to cleaner sources, we can start to move away from fossil fuels – and to use remaining reserves less wastefully.

That’s the discussion we need to have, rather then getting mired in debates about transport methods. As energy writer Russ Blinch noted in a Huffington Post article, “Looking at pipelines versus rail tankers is really like asking, ‘Should I drive the car with bad brakes or the one with bad tires?’”

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Citizen questions cost of potential bypass Four-laning the Highway 97 bypassing Peachland seems to be on the minds of a number of citizens. To these groups I ask how much will it cost the provincial taxpayer to build the diversion?

If the group wishes to start in the Antler Beach vicinity, have you any idea the cost of the viaduct or bridge to raise the elevation some 100 feet above Hardy Falls? After that the topography is mostly rock and valleys, which adds to additional cost of the project.

Yes, there is also the snowline, eventually joining the Connector then down to the Highway 97 overpass to Westbank. Which other town on Highway 97 would

welcome a bypass?

I am sure if the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure requested Peachland to pay the difference between the four lanes through Peachland and the group’s proposed diversion, many would run for cover. It would be cheaper to fill in the lake with rock blasted above Antler Beach and blasting Drought Hill rock joining the Coquihalla overpass on Highway 97.

Most recent highway improvements on Highway 97 are not high rock areas.

In any case it is an interesting subject.

Mick Read, Peachland

Cabinet ministers do matter, despite early judgment dan aLbas

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As you may have already heard, one of the larger media stories out of Ottawa this week focused on the subject of Monday’s cabinet shuffle. For political pundits and journalists alike, cabinet shuffles are somewhat like open season as speculation, opinion and judgment are

cast within mere hours of the announcement, long before any of the newly announced ministers have had the opportunity to spend time in a new or pre-existing portfolio.

Over the past two years while I have served on Parliament Hill, I have worked with many of those named to cabinet on Monday. I have gained an insight and a much better appreciation of and re-

spect for the demanding job of being in cabinet and the great importance of the role. My comments might be at odds with what you may have heard from recent media reports.

From reviewing many of the pundits’ comments over the past 24 hours, one recurring theme from some in the Ottawa-based media gallery seems to be that cabinet “doesn’t matter.” It was not my in-

tention to cover the topic of the cabinet shuffle in this week’s report, however after reading many media stories I feel compelled to comment from another perspective. It is my experience as a Member of Parliament that who serves in cabinet does matter, and in my view, it matters to all of us.

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COMMENTARY

Weak jobs market for youth is hurting parents, too Today’s weak labour market for youth is not only hurting young Canadians. It’s also taking a financial toll on their middle class parents.

There are still 200,000 fewer jobs for young Canadians than before the recession. According to TD Bank, young Canadians are not only losing out today, they also face lower wages for more than a decade as they try to catch up on missed work experience. A growing number of 20-somethings are now competing for unpaid internships in an attempt to get ahead.

While job prospects for young Canadians have deteriorated, the price of everything from tuition, rent and

groceries has gone up. Yet student debt levels have remained relatively constant. So who is picking up the tab?

It’s middle class parents – and in some cases, grandparents – who are stepping in to financially support their adult children.

According to TD, more than half of baby boom parents have continued to financially support their adult children, even after they leave school. 43 per cent let their adult children live at home rent-free.

Many Canadians were struggling to make ends meet even before their children boomeranged home. Now parents are taking out personal lines of credit and delaying

their retirement plans to help their adult children.

Instead of listening to Canadians on this issue, the Harper Conservatives have cut the number of youth jobs in the Canada Summer Jobs Program by more than half, and frozen the skills training budget at 2008 (pre-recession) levels without allowing for either inflation or population growth.

It’s time for the federal government to recognize the depth of the problem, help young Canadians and give their middle class parents a break.

Scott Brison, MP Liberal Finance Critic

Mega-cabinet not deserving of intense criticism Continued from page 4

one of my first challenges as an MP that will forever be in my memory. Not long after being elected, a situation occurred where a priest, who was legally in Canada and working on starting a new life here at a local temple, was, in error, issued a deportation order and given five days to leave our country.

In this instance the community in question, including the local mayor and MLA, rallied strongly in support of the priest. As the newly elected MP, my only option was to pursue this matter directly with the minister responsible. I was very much aware that

the minister could have simply said “MP Albas, there is nothing I can do in this case,” however that was not the response I received.

Instead the minister in question took the time to hear the concerns, looked at the information I presented and offered to try and help. In the end, we found a solution; however it was not lost on me that were it not for a minister who was willing to take the time to get involved in this case, it certainly would have had a very different outcome.

In another instance when I first arrived in Ottawa, one of my primary tasks was to take on the

archaic prohibition-era liquor importation rules that prevented Okanagan based wineries from sending wine to other regions in Canada. This was an issue that was raised in an all-candidate’s debate and throughout my initial summer listening tour I heard that it was a problem which had frustrated many in Okanagan-Coquihalla for years.

It was an out-of-date law that made no sense.

Although this issue would eventually be addressed by a relatively short amendment through my private member’s bill, I also received incredibly strong support from the minister in question, and from oth-

er ministers with related portfolios.

Little did I know how important this support would turn out to be. Although this issue was a relatively small one on the national scale, many of the bureaucrats I spoke with said it could or should not be done as a private members bill. In fact, the number of reasons why this could not be done seemed to grow almost by the day. Without the support of the minister it is highly unlikely that the bill ultimately would have received royal assent, or if it had, certainly not within the first 12 months of this 41st parliament.

To the pundits in Ottawa these small events

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seldom make the media radar screens but to the people involved, they are important. Having ministers who take the time to listen and are willing to help make things happen goes a long way toward making a difference in our communities. In this shuffle the ministers referenced in this report have been moved into other Ministries where I believe they will continue to make a difference for Canadians.

There are also a number of parliamentary secretaries who will be moving into cabinet that I have worked with extensively on various parliamentary committees and without exception these are very

capable and committed people who I also believe will do good work on behalf of Canadians.

There are a number of different and important issues to be addressed in the communities within Okanagan-Coquihalla and I look forward to working with our new cabinet to ensure continued success for our region. As my summer listening tour is soon to begin I welcome the opportunity to meet with you or your organization.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at 1-800-6658711 or via email at dan. albas@parl.gc.ca.

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

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

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Yoga, 7:30am, 50+ Activity Centre

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

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

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wednesdays Summer Reading Club, 10am, Peachland Library.

Ages 5-12. Visit the branch to register.

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

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

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

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

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

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fridays

Tai Chi (Wellness Centre), 10am continued level at Heritage Park

Yoga, 10:30am, 50+ Activity Centre Ladies Snooker, 5pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

Bereavement, 10am, Peachland Wellness Centre Iron and Silk Exercise, 11am, 50+ Activity Centre

Potluck, Meeting, or Entertainment, 6pm, 50+ Activity Centre (4th week of the month only)

Peachland Rotary Club Meeting, 12pm, Gasthaus Pub

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OUTING, meet at community centre; Call to register.

AA, 12pm, 50+ Activity Centre

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Meat Draw, 4pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

Carpet Bowling, 10am, 50+ Activity Centre

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, middle teen hangout 5:307pm, community centre.

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Meat Draw, 3pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

Bingo, 6:45pm, 50+ Activity Centre

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

UPCOMING EVENTS Painting, July 18 and 19, 10am - 4 pm, The Little Schoolhouse. Friends of the Summer Program are invited to join us to paint, display your work, visit and exchange ideas. This should be a fun two days with a variety of projects. Everyone welcome, bring your paints and canvas.

Fishing Forever, July 20, 11am - 2pm, Heritage Park.

Fishing Forever provides a day of supervised participation in fishing activities for all who require some assistance.

The event is free for people with disabilities. All equipment will be supplied as well as food and prizes.

Dancin’ Barefoot in the Park, July 20, Cousins Park.

Music festival in Cousins Park. Free youth talent contest. Tickets required. Visit dancinbarefoot.com Pauline Kyllonen and her Band, July 21, 4pm - 5pm, Heritage Park. Part of the Rotary Peace Concert Series in the Park. Folk/Americana/ country.

Summer Reading Club, July 24, 10am, Peachland Library. Runs Wednesdays until August 21. Ages 5-12.

Registration is free- drop in to the library to register, or email peachland@orl.bc.ca for more information.

Summer Storytime in the Park, July 25, 9:30am, Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park.

The free one hour drop in program takes place each week until August 22nd.

Youngsters and their caregivers should meet beneath the willow tree next to the playground in the park.

Participants will be treated to a new nature-themed story and mini-nature walk each week.

Visitor Centre. Volunteers needed to assist with counting bats exiting the primary school at dusk. Hand held tally counters and tally sheets Johnny Rocks, July 27, 7pm, provided. Families welcome.

Peachland Legion. Dance Register at Peachland Visitor and Music Trivia – Challenge Centre. Phone 250-7672455. yourself to win prizes while you enjoy your favourite B.C. Day Pancake Breaksongs. Fun and prizes too! $6 cover. Dinner and Appie fast, August 4, 7:30am specials.

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Regional Park. Learn about peachland.ca Includes a war canoe demon‘The Trepanier Saga’ as stration, dragon boat races, historian Bob Hayes joins our moderately challenging hike Provincial Bat Counts, July kayak races, stand up padthrough Trepanier Creek Gre- 29 and August 15, Peachland dling races, various activities

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for children and youth, live music and a parade of boats to close the festival.

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

Volunteers welcome! www. peachland.ca Peachland Ambassadors Candidate Speeches and Brunch, August 11, 10am, community centre. Email peachlandambassador@ gmail.com.

Freemasons Open House, August 11, 1pm, Freemasons Lodge, 5842A Beach Avenue. An open house to the general public.

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LOCALLY IN sEAsON

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The markets are starting to overflow with the bounty of the Okanagan summer as apricots, cherries, nugget potatoes, peas, garlic, spinach, and lettuce of all shapes and colours are now locally available. So much comes on all at once it is hard to choose what to put on the dinner table today.

Minty Lemon Potato Salad with Fresh Herbs 2 large handfuls of new nugget potatoes cut in half, scrubbed but not peeled 2 tbsp. lemon juice Zest of a lemon, chopped fine 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt (or use 1/2 sour cream and ½ mayo)

Patricia Guest The colours and textures of fresh vegetables and the smell of the berries as they warm in the sun all spell summer to many other garden grazers in the Okanagan.

While the hot sun causes beach venues to overflow, foodies like me are prowling the gardens to find the curliest garlic scape to wrap around the first perfect pile of garlic grilled new potatoes generously doused with Italian parsley, basil, oregano, chives, rosemary and butter.

Oh the aroma! The peas are popping out of their shells, the first small cherry tomatoes are waiting patiently for a few more heat units to split their skins, and tender beans are just getting big enough to be worth picking.

One of the first things that springs to mind in these first heady days of garden glory is throwing together, quite literally, a big pot of hotchpotch or hodgepodge as it used currently in English.

Hotchpotch is variation of the word hochepot in French, which means to shake.

A shaken pot au feu was a hochepot. Of course we could stretch this and say it was from Asian hot pots, which are simply mixtures of veggies and meat served sizzling to your table.

To make hotchpotch, use any freshly cooked vegetables in season, such as peas, nugget potatoes, small beans, baby carrots, onions, summer squash

1 tbsp. Dijon mustard 4 spring onions or onion tops 3 tbsp. chopped mint 2 tbsp. flat leaf Italian parsley (rosemary, dill, thyme, lemon thyme, or oregano can also be used) 2 tbsp. chopped capers (optional) Simmer potatoes in water with lemon juice until just tender. Toss all ingredients together and serve warm or cold. or golden beets (not red beets).

Chop the vegetables, simmer separately, drain and return to stove. Add butter and shake pan to make sure the vegetables are well coated. If additional seasoning is needed, add a dash of salt pepper. Add a dusting of flour and pour in milk to cover partly. Allow the mixture to come to a boil. Most recipes call for cream so govern yourself according to your preferences. Later in the season corn is the vegetable of choice to add to this melange.

Next on the list are the first potatoes. Small nuggets of Warbas, usually the first out of the ground, are great for light potato salads with peas and mint. In the summer we try to keep ingredients simple using the mantra less is more.

Even zucchini can elicit excitement in their perfection when they are small.

For a yummy grilled accompaniment to those first glorious barbeques, toss small zucchini, cut

in half lengthwise, with balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper and a touch of olive oil. Marinate for half an hour or half a day and grill over high heat until soft enough for you.

As far as fruit goes, dig into the golden apricots, raspberries and the last of the Saskatoons on our dry hillsides. We are in the middle of cherry season and right in the middle of the very short sour cherry season. If you like cherry pie these are the only kind to buy to use for winter pies. The Lapins and Sweethearts are just coming in. These two very crisp and juicy cherry varieties that are great for fresh eating.

I can’t wait to get cooking!

The GE Free Peachland group made a presentation to the committee of the whole on making Peachland the 63rd GE free community in the province. We believe we must walk the walk if we talk the talk. Tell your councillors how you feel about making Peachland GE free!

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BerKeleY stuart, a volunteer at the Peachland Little Schoolhouse, works hard to help look

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ARTS & CULTURE

Nick Gilder Sweeney Todd Group to headline Dancin’ Barefoot Okanagan residents and visitors can expect a great show this Saturday night in Peachland when the Vancouver-based Nick Gilder Sweeney Todd Group will headline Dancin’ Barefoot in the Park.

Gilder says audiences can expect to hear a number of their hit classics,

including Roxy Roller and Hot Child in the City, as well as The Warrior, a song Gilder wrote for Patty Smyth’s band Scandal.

As an added treat, former band guitarist and co-writer of Roxy Roller and Hot Child in the City Jim McCulloch will be joining Gilder on stage for the Dancin’ Barefoot show.

“I haven’t been on stage with him since the late 70s,” Gilder said in an

interview with The View.

“It’s going to be a reunion that’s 35 years in the making.”

With Sweeney Todd, which once featured a young Bryan Adams, Gilder began his career as a pioneer of glam rock and eventually went on to perform and write a wide range of music over the years, though he is probably best know for the Juno Award winning single Roxy Roller, which

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was a number one hit on the Canadian music charts for three weeks in 1975.

Since then, many of Gilder’s hits have appeared in films such as The Runaways, Youngblood, The Wraith, as well as television shows including Sex and the City, That 70s Show and Nip/ Tuck.

“The glam thing ended sometime in the 70s and then I did get into doing more of the writing thing for a while and some of the songs wound up in movies like Barb Wire, The Race, and My Science Project,” Gilder said.

“It has been a really truly interesting career I’ve had so far and that acts as a catalyst for me to want to do more. I don’t know if you ever get enough and I don’t know why that is.

Maybe it’s a bit of a drug.”

Gilder says he still enjoys playing classics and looks forward to performing familiar hits at Dancin’ Barefoot.

“The years have turned the songs into something different. The expression ‘soundtrack of our lives’ is clichéd but it actually really does apply. But these songs become something different after a while, I think. And it takes people back to a time and a place that they seem to really cherish. The crowd sings along and it’s great.

shift away from the way the mechanism worked in terms of building an artist. Now it’s all home grown and to be really truthful the best records were made with a knowledgeable producer.”

Despite the challenges, Gilder is optimistic about the future of the industry for artists.

“Somehow I think it’s going to work out. I think they’re going to figure out how to use the internet and turn it into something that does what it is really going to need to do and that is put back the money that it took out.

That in a lot of respects is what makes it possible for people to get investors interested because there is money in it.”

Dancin’ Barefoot in the Park will take place on Saturday, July 20. The Nick Gilder Sweeney Todd Group will take the stage at 9:45 p.m. Tickets are available at the Peachland Chamber of Commerce.

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I love it, the whole party vibe. I think it’s what you want your life to be. It gets manifest in this sort of feeling of celebration of the years that have gone by and we’re still here,” Gilder said.

Gilder has been active in the Canadian music industry for over 40 years and has seen many changes to the business.

“To say the music industry is changing would be the understatement of the century perhaps, but it certainly is. The internet has changed everything and the jury so to speak is still out as to whether it’s a boon or a bust,” Gilder said. Gilder says downloaded music “shut down a great deal of the mechanism that was at work and replaced it with free, which takes the money out of the machine and the machine was built to run on money so it makes it increasingly difficult.

We’re seeing music stores starting to close and a

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arts & culture

West African drummers entertain Peachland The Peace Concerts

Music at the Rotary Pavilion in Heritage Park Food kiosk from 3 p.m.

Music at 4 p.m.

July 21 Pauline Kyllonen and band

Folk/Americana/Country B.C. musicians with a Nashville sound.

August 11 Cod Gone Wild

Newfoundlander Dave Whitty and band perform modern Celtic music.

August 18 Yamabiko Taiko

Spectacular Japanese drum ensemble provide astounding rhythms in an athletic performance.

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Bobby Bovenzi and his group of West African drummers brought downtown Peachland alive last Sunday with the beat of drums when Bovenzi and his group entertained an audience at Heritage Park. Their performance marked the second of a five-part summer concert series organized by the Rotary Club of Peachland.

Young and old enjoyed the performance, especially the part when the audience was encouraged to participate. As usual, the Rotary Club operated a food tent, offering bratwurst and smokies on a bun as well as soft drinks, water and ice cream.

Donations collected during the concerts will go towards the purchase of ShelterBoxes that provide temporary tent accommodation for a family of up to 10 people. Two ShelterBoxes purchased from last year’s donation were deployed this February in the Philippines when an island of that nation was devastated by a typhoon.

The next concert of the series will be held this Sunday, July 21 at 4 p.m., featuring Pauline Kyllonen and her band, who will be playing folk music with a Nashville sound.

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SPORTS & RECREATION | COMMUNITY

RECREATION REPORT

Get involved with triathlon or Rattlesnake Island Swim Cheryl Wiebe

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There are so many ways to get involved in your community. There are two major events happening in the coming weeks. The 18th Annual Peachland Triathlon will take place on Sunday, July 28 at 7 a.m. starting at Swim Bay. The scenic route features a sprint distance course with a 750-metre open water swim, 20K bike, and a 5K run.

Participants can tackle the race as an individual or as a team (each team member participating in a leg of the race.) Registration is open until Friday, July 26 at 12 noon. Volunteers are still needed for this event – call 250-767-2133 to get register or get involved.

There are also various roads and parking lots/ stalls that will be closed

for the triathlon: • Yacht club parking on Beach Avenue and 12th Street; • Beach Ave from 1st Street - 13th Street (alley way access is permitted between 1st and 6th Streets); and • Parking stalls directly in front of the Edgewater Hotel and Waterfront Grill Restaurant.

Residential access will be permitted. Please be cautious of athletes on the road. Roads and downtown parking stalls will be open at approximately 9 a.m. The parking lot at the yacht club will open after the conclusion of the race.

The Rattlesnake Island Swim will take place on Saturday, August 10. Participants choose from the 3.1K or the 7K route, which ends at Swim Bay. Registration is available until 12 p.m. on Friday, Aug 9. Volunteers, paddlers and boats

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are needed for this event.

Call 250-767-2133 to get involved.

Finally, the Recreation Department is assem-

bling information for the fall recreation guide.

Do you have a program idea or skill to share?

Contact Pelma to dis-

cuss your idea and she will get you started on a program plan to launch your idea.

For more information

or to get involved in these races or recreation opportunities, call 250767-2133 or visit www. peachland.ca.

be water wise

Xeriscape – not zero-scape – your yard Contributed Yards can be designed to reduce the amount of water – and time – needed for maintenance.

Xeriscape, a word derived from the Greek word “xeros” for dry, is gardening in a way that reduces the need for more water than what nature provides. In the Okanagan, 24 per cent of all our water is used on residential lawns and gardens – this is the second highest use after agriculture.

By changing the way we design our yards and

adopting xeriscape principles, we can significantly reduce the amount of water we use.

The Okanagan Xeriscape Association (OXA) is a great local resource for xeriscape information.

Among the many reasons to xeriscape, OXA suggests it can: • Enhance the value of

your home; • Save time with less watering, trimming, weeding and mowing; • Save money with less water, chemicals and fertilizer; and • Eliminate pesticide and herbicide use.

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of plant species that thrive in the Okanagan. Find a fantastic database on the OXA site at okanaganxeriscape.org.

There are seven principles to xeriscape. They are: • Planning and design Know which conditions will influence water use (sun and wind exposure, slopes) and plan to group together plants with similar water needs; • Soil improvements Use compost, peat moss, manure and other amendments to improve heavy clay or sandy soils that will better retain moisture and nutrients; • Plant selection - All plants need water while they are being estab-

lished, but choose low water-variety items that can withstand dryness and high temperatures; • Practical turf - Reduce turf as much as possible, while retaining some for functionality.

Consider over-seeding remaining lawn with drought-tolerant turf which requires less water, and less mowing since it grows slower; • Efficient irrigation Water deeply and less frequently. Hand-water, or use soaker hoses and drip-irrigation that deliver water directly to the base of your plants. A healthy, mulched garden or lawn should only require one inch of water per week; • Mulches - Apply compost, well-rotted manure

or wood chips to soil surface to reduce evaporation and moderate soil temperature. This can also help control weeds and erosion. Be aware that rock mulch can intensify heat on your plants, making it less suitable; and • Appropriate maintenance - Sit back and relax.

You’ll still have to mow, water, mulch and weed, but not nearly as often.

Learn more at www. makewaterwork.ca, then take the pledge and enter to win $5,000 in WaterWise yard upgrades thanks to KelownaGardens.com. Make Water Work is an initiative of the Okanagan Basin Water Board and its Okanagan WaterWise program.

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Full Food Menu served daily from noon.

Private catering/room hire available for up to 125 guests.

Non-members welcome. Call 250 767 9404 to book tickets or reserve a table.

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Peachland Fall Fair welcomes natural and synthetic floral entries Wayne Power

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For over 94 years flower arranging has been a very popular section in the Peachland Fall Fair and has always highlighted our autumn bounties.

The art and skills of flo-

ristry has become a very profitable industry, even for amateurs, and you are invited to try your hand at making sprays of shapes, sizes and colours for our friendly competition.

With what appears to be magical tips, tricks and techniques borrowed from the professionals,

anyone can create pleasing flower arrangements in vases, bowls, baskets or other attractive containers. In recent times, with the invention of realistic synthetics and plastics any eye can be fooled into thinking that a plant is from nature, when instead it is re-

ally man-made. With the help of silica gels, dried arrangements preserve the beauties of nature and become everlasting creations. With the introduction of silks, artificial flowers have become even more realistic. With all these materials readily available, you too have

the opportunity to enter many categories in the Peachland Fall Fair.

Check out our current Peachland Fall Fair booklet or visit www. peachlandfallfair.ca to plan your items for showing and judging. The fun comes when your creations are recognized by

neighbours, friends, and especially by the judges.

Peachland gardens have long been envied by other Okanagan locations and a warm welcome is extended to you to carry on the reputation. Flower arranging truly shows the magic of creating memorable displays.

Wellness Centre links residents to programs and social experiences Judy Wyper

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Summer brings changes at the Peachland Wellness Centre (PWC).

Our hours are currently Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Many of our programs take the summer off to give volunteers a break.

The Jerry Dober Sunday Breakfast is taking August off, but until then please come over for a traditional style breakfast and help support us through this successful fundraiser. A draw is made at the end of each month for a free breakfast. Congratulations to the past three winners: Marion Hawthorne, Chris Hildebrand, and Gil Evans.

Speaking of winners, the PWC was recently given a special quilt by the Pincushion Quilt Guild. The quilt started as a mystery quilt created by one of its members, Doreen Kaiser. You don’t know how a mystery quilt is going to end up until it’s finished, as the pattern is distributed monthly in small blocks!

Unfortunately, Doreen became ill and after struggling with cancer for a few years she passed away early in 2012, and her mystery quilt remained unfinished.

As a tribute to Kaiser, one quilt guild member, Helen Dyck, took the unfinished quilt and completed it. The members of the quilt guild wanted the quilt to be donated somewhere so that the money raised from raffling it would be put to a worthy cause. The quilt will be raffled off later in the year. We are grateful for this beautiful donation and the tender sentiments it represents.

The Wellness Centre’s outreach and referral program operates all year.

The vision at the PWC is that no one in Peachland is isolated or vulnerable.

The knowledgeable office staff can link people to

services and social agencies.

Wellness Centre outreach worker Wendy Howard seeks out people in our community who can benefit from programs and services offered at the PWC through the community and the government. One day Howard was at the IGA when she saw one of the program participants. Let’s call her Sal. It was 5 p.m. on a hot day, and Howard noticed Sal was disoriented and shaking. Howard knew her well, and suspected dehydration and/or hunger. Howard bought her a banana and some water and Sal began to perk up. They had a meal together, and Sal felt even better.

The next day Howard accompanied Sal to the doctor. After lab tests and an examination she was diagnosed with dehydration and malnourishment, and was cautioned that this can cause tremors, and worse yet, can cause the kidneys to shut down and lead to death.

Many steps were then taken to ensure Sal’s safety and health. Community Care now makes daily morning visits to her. Howard ordered a weekly frozen meal service to be delivered. Each week Sal shops with Howard at the IGA for

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HELEN DYCK AND BERKELEY STUART (shown left to right), members of the Pincushion Quilt Guild, present a mystery quilt to Shu Gardner, Peggy Worobetz, and Barb Clark of the Peachland Wellness Centre.

wholesome foods. As well, Lifeline was set up and Howard attended to ensure it was installed.

Sal happily wears her wrist bracelet and feels more secure with all these interventions. Senior excursions with small groups of local friends round out Sal’s care plan.

The needs of outreach participants vary widely.

Some are contacted daily after a health incident.

Most fall into weekly or monthly contacts. There is a pronounced effort to link people to programs and social experiences within Peachland, with the understanding that people who are interconnected usually are able to stay longer in their own homes with a few supports. A monthly schedule of activities at the PWC and the 50 Plus Activity Centre are provided to participants.

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Jacqueline Jocelyn Gaudet of Peachland, B.C. passed away on Wednesday July 3 at the age of 84. She is survived by her daughter Jahalla Holly Wood of Vernon B.C. and her sons Tom Gaudet of Edmonton and Jason Gaudet (Twyla) of Calgary.

Her grandchildren Nicola and Adian Gaudet of Calgary, Shauna McGarvey (Bill Marsh) of Turner Valley and great grandson Finn Marsh.

Jackie was born in Regina, Saskatchewan October 31, 1929 to James and Norma Cote; she spent the majority of her adult life in Edmonton, Alberta.

She was an amateur pilot, an excellent rifle shot, a firearms safety teacher, hotel manager, a beauty pageant winner, model, actress, singer, dancer and raconteur. But most of all she was a devoted mother and friend. She will be lovingly remembered by her family and many friends in Peachland, a community that she loved.

A Celebration of Jackie’s Life will be held Friday, July 26, 2013 at 11:00 am at First Memorial Funeral Services, 1211 Sutherland Ave, Kelowna. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.mem.com, clicking on stories and typing in Jacqueline Gaudet.

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HOROSCOPE

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS 1. Part of a deck 5. Georges, French philosopher 18471922 10. Winglike structures 14. Swift Malay boat (var. sp.)

15. White poplar 16. Ripped 17. Dog: ____ best friend 18. Grimes 19. Goods carried by a vehicle 20. Freestanding cooking counter 23. Apiary residents 24. Mains 25. Paved outdoor space 28. Colonic irrigations 32. __ Ladd, actor 33. Point that is one point E of SE 34. Fixed boring routine 35. Relative biological effectiveness (abbr.)

36. Burrowing marine mollusk 38. Walk heavily 39. Capital of Zimbabwe 42. Levity 44. Hoover and Aswan 46. Administrative division of a county 47. Klum reality show 52. Doyen 53. One who converts skins into white leather 54. Iridescent silica gem 56. Longest river in Albania 57. Homer’s epic poem 58. White, brown or wild 59. Booby bird genus 60. Pennies 61. Create CLUES DOWN 1. Cycles per minute 2. Traditional Iraq liquor 3. Wife of a rajah 4. Holds rubbish 5. Ribbon belts 6. Double-reed instruments 7. Strap used to control a horse 8. Schenectady, NY, hospital 9. Leaseholder 10. Books of maps 11. Bird with a laughlike cry 12. Little Vienna on the Mures 13. The termination of a story 21. Executive responsible for operations 22. Local area network 25. Make thirsty 26. Spurious wing 27. Invader of 13th-C Russia 29. Country legend

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, work to strengthen a relationship with a coworker or acquaintance. Developing this relationship now will bear fruit down the road.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

Taurus, take some time for quiet contemplation this week. You have a lot of things on your mind and need to work through them before you can focus on other things.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21

Gemini, you may find yourself on a spending spree and it may be difficult to know when to put your credit cards away. Bring a friend along to help you reign in your spending.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, with so many big decisions looming on the horizon, you may be thinking of running away from it all. But all of your problems will still be waiting for you when you get back.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23

Haggard 30. Superior of an abbey of monks 31. Worn and shabby 37. Louise Ciccone 38. AKA threadworm 40. British rule over India 41. Induces vomiting

42. Hard rind vine fruits 43. Grass bristle 45. Instrument for weighing 46. Source of a special delight 47. South American country

48. Track for rolling vehicles 49. One of two born at the same time 50. Samoan capital 51. Noisy talk 52. Tooth caregiver 55. Side sheltered from the wind

SUDOKU

Leo, people have been coming at you from all angles and you’re ready for a break. Retreat to a quiet place sometime this week and pamper yourself.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22

A change of scenery breathes new life into your daily routine, Virgo. Although it may be temporary, you will embrace the opportunities to recharge for a while.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

Libra, a new job may give you a new perspective on life. Make the most of this new perspective and apply it to both the personal and professional parts of your life.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, sometimes people just do not get your sense of humor, so don’t be upset if a joke doesn’t garner the laughs you anticipated.

Your closest companions will still share a laugh.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, you will host a house full of guests this week. This role suits you well, so don’t worry as the party draws closer and the pressure begins to mount.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20

Capricorn, the final countdown until big changes are in store has begun. Are you ready for all of the things you still have to get done?

If not, get busy and enlist a few helpers.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, you are often supportive of those around you and they appreciate that support. Continue to be a valued friend and confidante, and you’ll be happy you did.

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Here’s How It Works - Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, you may have to ask for some help this week. Accept this support and recognize it’s necessary to get the job done.

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FOOD FOR THE SOUL

Freedom 55 found nowhere in Christ’s message

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on this earth. In Revelation 3 Jesus gave a stern warning to a particular church that had become smug and self-assured.

Instead of serving others, they were more concerned with serving themselves and had become spiritually lukewarm in the process. They boasted of their acquired wealth and said that they didn’t need a thing. They had no need of church or others or even God for they were secure in their own success.

Jesus quickly reminded them that although they thought they were on top of the world, their condition was really pitiful.

They thought they were rich, in reality they were spiritually bankrupt. They were blind to the truth, and so the Lord gave them a reality check in order for them to turn back to His ways.

It’s so easy to get caught up in the “serve me” consumer mentality of the world. That’s why it is good to be reminded of Jesus who came to serve, and not to be served.

I hope you as a Christian can remember these three main things. Our freedom is only in Christ; our paradise is only in heaven; and our retirement is at our last breath.

May you experience the joy of serving and never tire of it so that others may praise and honour our dear Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

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A friend of mine recently asked a local couple where they were going for their holidays, and they replied, “Right here! Why would we want to go anywhere else? This is the most beautiful place in the world.”

It’s true that the Okanagan is incredibly beautiful, and many people come here for their holidays.

After all, everyone needs a vacation and a beautiful place with sunny weather is definitely a bonus. In fact, a great number of people come here to retire, and therein lies the potential problem for believers. For some, retirement from work means retirement from serving God and serving others.

Jesus made it very clear in Mark 10:45 that He “did not come to be served, but to serve, and give His life as a ransom for many.” In this consumer driven world it is easy to forget the world does not revolve around us. Even though there are many who claim to want to be of service, usually it is for a price.

That not the kind of service Jesus was speaking of.

Jesus came to serve without any strings attached, without obliging others, and without adding up the cost to them and giving them their bill. In fact, He served freely and lovingly, and then He paid the debt – the price of our foolishness and sinfulness – with His own life and in turn offered an eternal paradise to anyone who would accept His offer.

There is no one who has served more than Him, nor loved more than Him, so none of us really has any right to boast at all, except in the Lord who has been so good to us.

Jesus’ disciples had left their jobs and extended families to serve Him and help others, and at one point two of them began thinking a bit about their retirement. They thought it would be nice to have a special place of honour, seated at Jesus’ right and left hand, and asked Him to grant this request. Not surprisingly, the other disciples were not very pleased with the request, and thankfully Jesus inter-

vened.

Jesus reminded the disciples in Mark 10:42 that it is the unbelievers who like to lord over others, to have their own way and be served by others. It is those whose affections are of the world that love their leisure and pleasure “but not so with you.”

Christians are to be characterized by their love and devotion for others.

In fact, Jesus told His disciples if they wanted to become great, to not be great as only God is great!

Jesus told them in order to do great things they must humble themselves and become the least in order to be a servant to all. In other words, they couldn’t just pick and choose who they wished to serve. Jesus instructed them to serve everyone, not only their friends or those who would return the favour, but rather they must help anyone in need.

Jesus told them service to others should continue until death, for even up to death they could give words of encouragement.

There was no Freedom 55 in Christ’s message.

The freedom He offered was a spiritual freedom: the freedom from the penalty for our sins, and the freedom to become more like Him. Living in a beautiful, well-to-do area can be wonderful, but it can also be hazardous if we take our eyes off of the real purpose of why we are here

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Places of Faith

St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

Peachland United Church 4421 4th Street

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

Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

Summer Tuesdays-

Discussion of Sunday’s Reading - 9:30 a.m.

Drop-in for Coffee - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Services

Office Hours 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Monday to Friday

Service 9 a.m.

Lyn Stewart 250-767-6211 or John Miller 250-767-9270 4th Street & Brandon Ave

New Contemporary Worship Traditional Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

A member congregation of CALC and LCMC

www.gracelutherankelowna.com

250-767-3131 www.stmargaretspeachland.org

Sunday, July 21st, 2013

250-767-2206 “Let Us Worship Together”

“After You Believe”

Peachland Campus Pastor cell: 250.870.3087 Office: 5848B Beach Avenue

2600 Hebert Road, West Kelowna 250.768.7638 emmanuelnet.ca

Peachland Baptist Church Sunday school for all ages at 9:30 am Church service at 10:30 am (Children’s church during service)

Jeff Bjorgan, Spiritual Formation Pastor Peachland & Westbank Campuses combined 10:00 am - Worship Service at our Westbank Campus

A Friendly Welcome Awaits You At...

Fellowship time with coffee and cookies at 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

Pastor John Rankin Join us for: Good Music Bible Messages - Great Fellowship

www.peachlandbaptist.com 4204 Lake Avenue

250-767-9232

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3930 Dryden, Peachland - Stately colonial home with great street appeal. Double garage, lots & lots of parking, bring the toys! Quiet rural setting, grand front porch, mountain views as you stroll the .44 acre lot complete with a hot tub gazebo, detached workshop & shed. Yes, lift the fence to get to the back yard too.

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6148 Davies Crescent - Updated lake view walk out rancher in quiet area on fully landscaped lot. Immaculate condition with many updates including roof, furnace, hot water tank, paint, flooring, kitchen & bath fixtures. All appl & window coverings. Sewer prepaid!

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6158 Davies Crescent, Peachland - Lovely 2 bed/2 bath rancher on generous, private .30 acre lot. Located on a quiet street with beautiful LAKE VIEWS, just minutes drive from all amenities. Large family room & master bedroom, sunny eating area & ample parking with room for the RV! CALL TRACEY FOR A FREE MARKET EVALUATION! MLS®10066616

5685 Somerset Avenue - Fantastic 5 bedroom rancher with walkout basement. This home gives you an inviting feel and is located in a beautiful, quiet, treed area with private large backyard, fenced dog kennel, yet only minutes to the downtown lakefront and mall. It features a gas fireplace, French doors from both living room and dining room to an almost new, huge 600 sq.ft deck. Laminated flooring and ceramic tiles throughout, gas stove, newer roof, H20 tank, exterior paint and furnace. Only steps from the new Ponderosa Golf Development.

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