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THOMPSON-OKANAGAN U15 PLAYER Joseph Parsons-Wright deeks an opponent during BC Games action in Abbotsford July 22 as teammate Hunter Blucke gives chase. Led by Peachland coach

Yann Calmets, the underdog squad took the gold. See story and more photos on page 19.

Archaic zoning bylaw has project on pause: proponent CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR

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“Highly unusual” requirements attached to a commercial building proposed for Peachland’s waterfront downtown have set it up for failure, the proponent warns.

Peachland Chamber of Commerce president Dave Collins circulated a letter

to member businesses Tuesday calling attention to a letter written by CityState Creative Urban Solutions president and CEO Gaeton Royer that warns a significant development proposed for the corner of Beach and 4th is at risk of evaporating.

“Again with a proposed downtown project, the developer is being asked to change the size of the building and contribute a substantial amount of funds (most would agree unreasonable relative

to the size of the project) for water and parking upgrades,” Collins wrote. “These requirements will make the construction of the project [not viable] both practically and economically.”

Collins wrote that after 20 years in Peachland Royer’s complaints do not come as a surprise. Nevertheless, he is trying to create a positive out of the situation.

The chamber plans to host a roundtable for developers in August. Collins said

they want to let developers express their concerns, take the feedback and formulate some recommendations for district council on how to improve the situation.

James Kay, chief operating officer of New Monaco, “applauds” the chamber for doing so.

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NEWS

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TARA ZERBE, 17, is days away from a months-long exchange in Denmark. She said last week she is going to miss the beautiful Okanagan.

All that she can’t leave behind CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR

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Tara Zerbe is a mixed bag of emotions as varied as the luggage she’s packing for her journey to Denmark.

The 17-year-old leaves for her nearly yearlong exchange in Egedal, a district a few

kilometres west of the capital Copenhagen, on Aug. 5. The Peachland, Westside and West Kelowna Daybreak Rotary clubs have sponsored her to experience a year abroad via Rotary International.

“It’s a mix of excitement and a little anxiety,” she said.

“Before I even found

out what city or district I was going to be in, I spent a week looking at the entire country, every island, on Google Maps.”

She has already talked to her host family about where to visit while she’s there.

“They’ve suggested Norway, Berlin, even Spain – everything is so close!” she said.

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The bitter side to the sweet is that she’ll be leaving the iconic Okanagan for “flat” Denmark.

“It will be a very big change in culture,” she said. “I’m going to miss the Okanagan every day. I’m going to miss everyone a lot but I’ll come back very different and grown up in June – and speaking Danish!”

Mom Sylvia will be hosting an exchange student from Hungary while Tara is away.

“I’m very proud and very excited for her,” she said, betrayed by the tiniest of quivers in her voice. “[I’m nervous] just a little not because of what

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On July 3 exchange student Yaika Zeeman, 18, returned to Holland after nearly a year in the Okanagan.

“It’s really bittersweet,” the bright-eyed teen said.

“I want to go home because it’s been a long time since I’ve seen my family, but on the other hand to leave all of this behind is hard.

I mean, you build a life in 10 months and now you have to leave it again.”

Zeeman toured “a little bit,” including visits to Vancouver and Vancouver Island.

Since the Peachland club’s turf extends into the United States, she was able to experience life south of the border with a trip to

Oregon. She recalled a rock-climbing excursion as among her favourite memories of the exchange.

Rotary Club of Peachland past president Chris Boyle said the exchange program remains probably the highest-profile charity function of the organization, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2017.

“They learn a new language and become proficient in it and develop all sorts of connections through the program which will stand them in good stead for the rest of their life,” he said, “a network that is far larger than it would be when they left school because they’re meeting kids from all over the world.”

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NEWS

AN AMALGAM OF service groups wants to build one of the only accessible water features in the Okanagan with a $350,000 pedestrian fishing pier in front of Heritage Park.

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Peachland pier pushes on with update from engineer CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR

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The Peachland Pier Group is rolling ahead, confident they’re on sure ground in their pursuit of an accessible highlight for the lakeside town.

A little collaboration and a dash of new information has the team, including members of the Peachland Sportsmen’s Association, the Rotary Club of Peachland and the Peachland Lions, sure they can create a more resilient pedestrian fishing pier with more room for rods and reels for a smidge more than their original estimate of about $300,000.

John Abernethy has been liaising with

the project engineers, CWMM Consulting Engineer Ltd. “There were early indications that it would cost a lot more than we’d undertaken, so we asked CWMM to brainstorm and come up with some ideas to reduce the cost,” Abernethy said.

“They came up with a new design using fabricated beams from a Penticton company in place of natural timber. That allowed the piles to be farther apart, so instead of a walkway with fishing platforms 31 feet apart, there are alternating 24-foot sections of walkway and fishing bays on an extended cantilever over the lake.”

The estimate is now at about $325,000.

Changes to the de-

sign make it more modular, meaning the builder, Kelowna’s Shoreline Pile Driving, can manufacture the deck off-site and simply lower it into place versus building it in-place.

Meanwhile, it has been suggested steel piles in place of timber, which would add about another 10 per cent to the project, but would double the life of its legs to 100 years or more.

Abernethy said the Pier Group would be approaching Peachland councillors to shoulder the cost of those pricier piles.

The engineers are now finalizing drawings and firming up the budget so the group can apply for grants and get on with local fundraising.

“We’re quite pleased it will be a more attractive, more functional and longer-life project,” Abernethy said. “We want to put our ducks in a row and go back to council and explain the value of the steel piles. Hopefully we can convince them it is in the longterm interest of all Peachlanders and the district to find that money. It’s turning into a first-class legacy project.”

Construction is set to take place sometime between June and September next year.

“The district has been behind it so far, all of the permits are in place,” Peachland Rotary past president Chris Boyle said. “We need final approval

from the province for the slight change to our design.”

Fellow Pier Group member Al Springer’s eyes light up when he talks about the project. He was involved in the Forever Fishing Day at the current pier last Saturday that saw people of all abilities brought to Peachland for a day of angling.

He said a floating dock constructed to an island in a lake in northern Italy by artist Christo was expected to attract 700,000 people per year. It gets about two million.

With an aging population, accessible infrastructure becomes a more attractive investment every year.

“There are seniors

who as they age are placed in a home, people who have fished all their lives and suddenly they don’t have access to water,” Springer said.

Added Boyle: “This would put Peachland on the tourism maps as a place where the handicapped can access the lake, in the same way the Lions ramp at Swim Bay does.”

Chipped in Wolf-

gang Muhs: “This brings the lake into Peachland. This is a really great way to get people on the water.

All we do is look at the lake, now we can walk on it.”

Finished Springer: “On Saturday they were catching fish people don’t even try for in the lake, but they had a great time.

There is nothing like this in the Okanagan.”

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

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On foresight

Dear Editor, There thankfully has been some thought about safety concerning the highway planning, but most of the discussion appears to be short-term consideration.

Suppose, in 10 or 20 years that the economy is booming, perhaps double the number of logging trucks, perhaps two active gravel pits, and as we know that there are minerals in the hills a new mine opens or Brenda Mines reopens.

How many heavy loaded trucks can you safely rumble down steep

Princeton without accidents? How much truck traffic is acceptable through the town centre? Of course the Highway 97 truck traffic will increase as well as the total highway is improved.

Another issue: waterfront property is always coveted, whether for parks, resorts, or even tax revenue.

But clearly running a four-lane highway from Antlers to Peachland kills any potential to use this community asset. Zone it for retirement care homes and parks!

Stan Dyck, Peachland

Playing politics with a ‘murderous’ highway?

Dear Editor, The resurfacing of Highway 97 between the William J. Bennett Bridge and the Hwy 97C connector is great news for us on the west side, but there is one huge glaring oversight, and its omission appears to be unfortunately district-specific.

The steep stretch between the connector and Peachland is horribly chewed up, to the extent that it is dangerous. Many of us know someone affected by the multiple head-on collisions and deaths that occur along this stretch every year.

The ruts, potholes, cracks, humps, dips, crumbling pave and patchwork attempts to keep them from causing daily incidents: • are inherently dangerous, jarring and jumping tires around at highway speeds on the only remaining undivided two-lane section of Highway 97 between our major centres, and • local drivers who know the traps and dangerous holes will drive around them or attempt to place them between their wheels, causing a less-than-straight trajectory.

How difficult would it be to get our public servants on board with a simple resurfacing of that lethal stretch, extending the recent West Kelowna work by just a few clicks?

The resurfacing, if for safety’s sake, really really needs to address this murderous stretch of the 97.

This is deeply concerning to the many thousands of people who must cross this obstacle course just to get to work in West Kelowna and beyond.

Please, if you are reading this, call and write your MP, MLA, the premier’s office, and Transportation and Infrastructure, to ask for the resurfacing so urgently needed on the dangerous stretch between the

junction of Hwy 97 and 97C, and Peachland. Please do not wait - contact them now.

You will be saving lives.

Below are the public email addresses of some key public servants involved in this process. These are the officials who know exactly how to get this done: Peachland Mayor C. Fortin, mayorfortinpeachland@gmail.com West Kelowna Mayor D. Findlater, doug.findlater@westkelownacity. ca Peachland Councillor, pam.cunningham@shaw.ca Peachland Councillor, tcondon@telus.net Peachland Councillor, mike.kent.peachland@hotmail.com Peachland Councillor, keithpthom@gmail.com Peachland Councillor, peter.schierbeck@gmail.com Peachland Councillor, mavuca@telus.net BC Premier C. Clark, premier@gov.bc.ca BC Transportation Minister T. Stone, todd.stone.mla@leg.bc.ca BC MLA D. Ashton, dan.ashton.mla@leg.bc.ca GC Transport Minister M. Garneau, marc.garneau@parl.gc.ca GC MP for Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola dan.albas@parl. gc.ca GC MP for Kelowna-Lake Country, Stephen.Fuhr@parl.gc.ca Ultimately, we need a larger scale solution, whether a bypass, or four-laning of this last bottleneck segment of Hwy 97 that is still only two lanes. Until then, we have an economical way to save lives in the here and now.

Please help us save those lives.

Gregory Krasichynsky, Peachland

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‘Precious little’ consultation on western access road Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to the proposed new access road to the New Monaco development to be located above Trepanier Bench. As I understand it, this access route is to be built through two parcels of individually owned private property and provincial land. While I appreciate the vested financial interests of the private land owners and New Monaco to have this roadway built, there has been precious little if no consultation with the other stake holders in the area. That includes those that live in the Morrison Court and Morrison Crescent area, Cousins Road, and other home owners on the Trepanier Bench.

New Monaco is apparently following all correct procedures to acquire access to the public lands. Unfortunately this process is not as open to public scrutiny as it should be.

There needs to be an immediate moratorium on any decisions regarding this roadway until adequate opportunity for full “dispassionate” discussion can be held to fully understand the ramifications of this new street. These discussions need to occur so that if it is concluded that the roadway is not in the best interests of the residents in Peachland, it can still be stopped.

We do not know if the proposed roadway would ultimately be a benefit to the community or a regrettable mistake. Mayor and council should take immediate leadership on this issue and request this moratorium. Let’s not let past decisions regarding development by the district permanently harm our future enjoyment of Peachland’s Trepanier Bench.

Steven James, Peachland

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Main access to New Monaco will be from the highway Re: Western Road as Secondary/Emergency Access has not changed Dear Editor, I am writing to provide additional information with regards to the proposed Western Connector roadway across Crown and private lands west of the New Monaco site in the hope that the additional context will help to clarify the situation.

Firstly, I would like to apologize again to those in the community who were understandably confused by the public advertisement regarding our application to the Crown for tenure rights to develop the planned secondary/emergency “western road” access to the New Monaco project.

The plan for the western road, which is the subject of our application to the Crown (and the public advertisement which accompanied it) has not changed from

that which was presented to the community at the time of zoning approval. It is a secondary/emergency access and is not intended to carry significant traffic volumes.

Although other alignments were also examined, the current approach was considered by the immediate neighbors to be the best option.

Between 2010 and 2014, during the ASP, OCP and zoning approvals phases of the project, the New Monaco team engaged with the residents of Peachland in a comprehensive consultation process, which provided a solid foundation for a shared understanding and strong community support for the project which included a secondary/emergency “western road” access.

The New Monaco project is moving forward. We made application in January and are pursuing key approvals to allow us to proceed to construction. The current work program to secure tenure and to finalize engineering

details for roads and services is an important step in advancing the project.

Unfortunately, our advertisement for acquisition of tenure from the Crown has led to confusion on the part of residents who became concerned that the plan had changed. I wish to reiterate that this is not the case – the plan has not changed. The development of New Monaco will not be feasible without having the highway main access. The plan submitted to MOTI for approval included a main site access on highway 97 and a secondary access on 97C. I am hopeful that this will help to put minds at ease and I again invite anyone who has additional questions regarding our implementation program to contact us directly. In the meantime, we will plan to provide more regular progress reports to the community as a whole.

James Kay, COO, New Monaco

Anger should be directed at developer Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Mr Sewell’s letter regarding the proposed secondary road at Trepanier.

First of all, I am sure all the residents in the area would like to thank you and the Heslas for letting us have access to your land to enjoy the hiking trail. However, I do feel your anger, towards the many residents who are objecting, should be aimed at New Monaco instead, who it appeared mislead the public and councilors into supporting their project on the basis as shown below that is just one of the statements they made in regard to the area and have outraged the

public by completely changing the below plans on which the project was approved.

Quote: “Western Emergency Access The New Monaco neighbourhood needs to include some form of access on its western boundary to connect to the existing road network in Peachland for the purpose of supporting emergency access or egress.”

The new Monaco plan intends to have whatever emergency access is created to “open to the community as a walking trail.”

If you go to the New Monaco website it stated a similar message and at time of writing

does not mention this updated access plan for the area. (Incidentally, though most of the residents know that part of the hiking trail, is on private land, this statement suggests it is only on Crown and New Monaco’s.)

Of course the local residents are very upset at this “bolt from the blue” and it appears that even Peachland councillors were not aware of this application to purchase Crown land, even though you quoted that they had been discussing it “for the past year or more” with New Monaco and the District of Peachland. In this respect, I agree with Ms Zita Thomas, that the plan

to construct was “quietly” submitted.

It is also quite condescending to tell us “what is in the best interests of the neighborhood” without consulting with the local residents or even the councillors.

Now you are receiving public opinion which does not fit with your plans you are indicating that you may “well be within your rights to erect a perimeter fencing around your lands.” Of course you are, but it does rather contradict the former statement.

Incidentally, the application only states that the intention to apply to for a disposition of Crown land is for western road access nowhere can I see

that it includes a trail.

Which quite frankly, even if constructed, cannot imagine being very attractive being squashed between a road and subdivision and highly unlikely to attract wildlife as I would assume the limited space would destroy the mule deer wintering area.

As for the plan that this road alignment will provide direct easterly route for Trepanier Residents, this suggests that this is in the near future, when in fact I understand it is still in discussion with MOTI and may not happen for many years, if at all, especially as we already have Trepanier already has access on to Hwy. 97C.

Finally, we have two failed developments in Peachland who I believe, used a similar strategy to gain approval and there is no guarantee that the same will not happen to this project, with yet another area of Peachland being left with a moonscape.

However, if I were a developer, it would seem logical to me that the constructed secondary road and the land alongside, including the newly purchased Crown land be divided into

building plots and sold to help fund the cost of the road. In this case, the secondary road will become the main entrance, whereby another secondary road will be required as an exit, which would form links to the existing subdivisions along side e.g Morrison Crescent or further down. After all, this whole process demonstrates that plans can be continually altered.

Just saying!

Jack David, Peachland

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Chamber plans roundtable for Peachland developers Continued from front

He continued: “There are approaches and tools that communities can use to successfully attract, incent and launch development. “We will be participating and I know many local developers eager to share their feedback and suggestions towards constructive and progressive solutions.”

An email sent to Peachland Mayor Cindy Fortin and councillors was not immediately responded to. An auto-reply from Fortin’s account indicated she is on vacation until Aug. 2.

Councillor Keith Thom said via email Tuesday night he supports the project.

“It will add some more character to our downtown sector,” he wrote. “I believe this project will happen and have been in communication with the developer on several occasions.”

The proposed site for Peach Tree Village as it is called is formed by 5760 and 5766 Beach Avenue, which the company bought two years ago. The company’s website outlines a vision of a four-floor professional building with commercial space on the ground level, office suites on the second and 10 or 11 view condos on three and four, with the fourth floor stepped back to reveal open air patio space on the third.

The CityState building is not listed in the district planning office’s current projects. In his letter to property owners in the Peachland core commercial area, addressed to “neighbours,” Royer asks those owners to attend the next open house related to the district’s new zoning bylaw on Aug. 9 and outlines some of the “obstacles”

faced by the company.

“Before the July 12 council meeting, we asked for changes to setbacks that would have reduced the buildable area of all downtown properties,” he wrote. “We also asked council to change a setback that would have sterilized 20 per cent of an owner’s property on a 50-foot lot.

“Why is this important? When you plan a third and fourth floor in a downtown building, you need to divide the cost of elevators, lobbies, fire protection, etc. among the suites you build. Reduce the buildable area below a certain number of units and you don’t have a viable project anymore.”

The “show stopper,” though, is water.

“We are told our small project requires us to upgrade (700 metres) of water line, including off-site work in the Minto/Somerset area, far from our site,” Royer continued.

“Our entire team of professional engineers and architects found this request to be highly unusual. If the first developer to implement the Beach Avenue Neighbourhood Plan has to pay over $450,000 for resolving a long-standing water supply problem in the downtown core for the benefit of all future developers, then it is clearly in our interest to wait until someone else moves in first.”

Royer told the View Tuesday the $9 million building would bring an additional $600,000 in tax revenue to the district.

He said Peachland councillors have been nothing but receptive, responsive and enthusiastic, but the hoops placed in front of the project by the district’s zoning bylaw dampen development throughout the downtown core, from the museum to 6th Street.

“In the short term, this is about all the other property owners in the downtown area,” he said. “The Beach Avenue neighbourhood plan is a great vision and it’s well-written, but it falls apart when it comes to the zoning bylaw. It needs to be modernized to match the vision.”

Kay said when he was designing the last master planned community in Peachland, there were significant off-site costs connected to the new 13th Street/Ponderosa/97 intersection. He added that as an engineer, he understands a building can’t go ahead unless it can be serviced with sufficient volume and pressure of water for fire suppression and domestic use.

“New Monaco is looking at having to afford and construct $50 million worth of infrastructure, and significant portions of these investments are in offsite works,” he said. “New Monaco is working closely with district staff to utilize the various cost-sharing and cost-recovery tools available to developers so that when we have to build infrastructure up-front, we have a chance of recovering some of that investment. This is often the best mechanism to keep taxes low, have development pay its fair share, yet allow the first developer the opportunity to be repaid.”

In his message, Collins said that Peachland voters “spoke loudly” in the last election, lamenting the failed TNI downtown project and a lack of downtown development in general.

“Many new councillors were elected with a mandate to support downtown development as part of their election platform,” he wrote. “A reminder of that pledge is in order.”

The chamber anticipates good attendance at the developers’ meeting.

“So far there is not one developer who is missing that meeting,” Collins wrote. “We will prepare a report for council on our findings of that discussion and suggest recommendations to improve the experience of developers, streamline the development process and reset priorities.”

Royer, a former Canadian Peacekeeper, military engineer and city manager, said he and his co-proponent, restauranteur Fred Soofi, want to move their families into two of the condos they plan to build, and they added the second-floor offices, which offer a much lower return on investment, purely to address a dearth of professional commercial space in the town.

“There is a significant risk that the amount of office space we propose to provide will not be absorbed as quickly as lakefront residential units,” he wrote to council in March of this year. “In addition, while there are strata office units in other communities, this will be a new form of commercial space in Peachland. We therefore feel that taking this business risk is a significant concession which we are making primarily to help council achieve its goal of providing more off-season daytime workers and local-serving professionals in the core commercial area.”

The company’s first letter to council more than a year earlier indicated the proponents want to seen as “respectful and compliant investors.

“We wish for our families to be accepted as long-term contributors to the vitality of your community.”

Everything is going according to plan: New Monaco CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR

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New Monaco’s chief operating officer is wading into the fray once more to dispel misinformation about the company’s plans to build a subdivision in Peachland.

After a number of letters against and for a proposed secondary access road to the de-

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velopment appeared in this newspaper, New Monaco chief operating officer James Kay penned one of his own.

That failed to stem the tide, so alongside more letters on the subject, Kay’s second letter appears in this issue.

“We are working tirelessly to get the truth out there,” he told the View. “With

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the facts, we encourage all residents to voice their position; however, it is relevant that with all of the petitions, door-to-door canvassing, signage posted on posts, trees, and at local businesses, that New Monaco received only two phone calls and one e-mail from residents on the topic.”

He said district staff had been “un-

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fairly” bombarded with questions since the company bought an ad in the newspaper giving notice of their intent to seek tenure rights from the Crown to develop the planned secondary/ emergency “western road” access to the New Monaco project The road would run from Cousins Road at the rear of Morrison Crescent to Drought Hill.

“We had hoped that as a trusted corporate citizen, that after nine years in and around the community, with our new local office and visible presence, that residents would feel comfortable approaching us first before mobilizing such efforts,” he continued. “The facts are not being represented fairly and the plan has not changed from five years ago when the area structure plan illustrated a western connection. Such opposition may have devastating long-term impacts.”

Zita Thomas penned the first letter, accusing New Monaco of “quietly”

proposing the Crown land purchase.

“Trepanier is a beautiful flat quiet neighbourhood, which makes it easy for all to cycle or take a stroll including parents with pushchairs and enjoy the farmland with its many interesting animals and wildlife, so please do not spoil this rare area in Peachland,” she wrote. “Peachlanders have been supportive of your development so far so do not ruin this relationship by pursuing this application.”

This drew responses from other readers, including Patricia Ryder, a former owner of some of the land in question, who challenged Thomas’ entitlement to “squatters’ rights.”

“For a long time, people who live at that level have become accustomed to the privilege of roaming about what they feel is a free park,” she wrote. “I remember that New Monaco very publicly expressed an intention to provide walking trails and

‘viewpoints’ throughout the development.

Is this how Peachland people say thank you?”

Likewise, current landowner Greg Sewell warned he would be within his rights to fence off his lot.

“For the past year or more, New Monaco has been in extensive communication with Crown representatives to acquire that portion of Crown lands that would complete this upper roadway alignment through to Cousins Road,” he wrote in our July 22 issue. “We are in full support of New Monaco’s secondary access alignment, as we feel it would have the least impact on the adjacent neighbourhood, and provide the community with a continuous legal trail system along the hillside, complete with beautiful lake views.”

Kay said the western access road has always been a part of the plan.

“Between 2010 and 2014, during the ASP, Official Community Plan and zoning

approvals phases of the project, the New Monaco team engaged with the residents of Peachland in a comprehensive consultation process, which provided a solid foundation for a shared understanding and strong community support for the project which included a second a r y/emerg enc y ‘western road’ access,” he wrote. “The New Monaco project is moving forward. We made application in January and are pursuing key approvals to allow us to proceed to construction. The current work program to secure tenure and to finalize engineering details for roads and services is an important step in advancing the project.

“Unfortunately, our advertisement for acquisition of tenure from the Crown has led to confusion on the part of residents who became concerned that the plan had changed. I wish to reiterate that this is not the case – the plan has not changed.”

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KELOWNA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT and New Leaf Travel officials at the company’s local launch Monday.

VIEW STAFF W i n n i p e g- b a s e d uber-discounter NewLeaf Travel Co. hosted media and guests aboard its inaugural flight from Kelowna International Airport (YLW) to Winnipeg Monday.

The privately owned ultra-low-cost carrier now offers direct flights from Kelowna to the Manitoba capital, Regina and Saskatoon, with

same-plane service to Hamilton.

“NewLeaf opens Kelowna’s doors to travellers on a budget from all over the country,” said Sam Samaddar, YLW airport director. “It also brings new opportunity for leisure travellers to share in and experience all that the Okanagan has to offer.”

The company only offers one class of seating, an economy

“slim line” seat in a dense configuration on a comfortable Boeing 737 aircraft in order to keep prices down.

As part of their lowcost model, NewLeaf will enable passengers to customize their travel experience by purchasing, among other things, priority boarding, on-board drinks, snacks, carry-on and checked baggage, according to a press release.

“Our partnership with YLW and the new city pairings offers Canadians an opportunity to explore a beautiful region in the country – affordably,” said Jim Young, NewLeaf Travel president and CEO. “This is a step in the right direction for Canadian air travellers.”

The travel company’s principal partner for airline service is Kelowna’s own Flair

Interior cities ponder hotel tax hikes VIEW STAFF Hotel taxes appear to be on the rise in a pair of interior cities.

Earlier this month the Kamloops Accommodation Association’s president said an increase to the city’s hotel tax would help it compete with other markets.

Hoteliers will vote this summer whether to renew an agreement to charge guests a hotel tax that goes to Tourism Kamloops to market the region.

The current tax is two per cent. The association is encouraging its members to vote to increase the levy to three per cent on guests.

“The question is fairly simple,” KAA president Joey Beltrano said in a press release. “Do you want to move to three per cent or remain at two per cent? With rising costs of marketing, that one per cent is added value.”

Victoria and Vernon recently voted to increase the levy to three per cent, Beltrano noted.

“We’re competing with markets that have fairly robust budgets,” Beltrano said. “Anything will help.”

Fifty-two properties in Kamloops are eligible to cast a ballot. In order for the measure to pass, a majority of properties representing a majority of rooms in the city must vote in favour.

Results of the measure are expected by the end of summer.

Meanwhile, Salmon Arm councillors have voted to ask the province for permission to implement a two-per-cent room tax of their own.

Council supported a recommendation to submit the application to the province, as well as a recommendation to authorize the mayor and corporate officer to execute a municipal regional district tax (MRDT) for a five-year term, and a related bylaw that will see the city’s economic development wing to administer the MRDT on the municipality’s behalf.

Economic development manager Lana Fitt told councillors nine of 10 accommodation properties have signed on in support, and that this represents 99 per cent of available rental properties in the community. This, she said, is well above the provincial re-

quirement of 51 per cent.

There are four guiding principles that form the foundation of the MRDT business plan: that it be “accommodator led” with input and support from broader tourism stakeholders; that it support the implementation of specific local tourism; that it support and expand the work of multiple tourism stakeholder organizations across the Shuswap region; and that it include a collaborative approach, ensuring a strong alignment with strategic plans of partner organizations.

“The vision for the MRDT program is that Salmon Arm and the broader Shuswap region will be recognized as an all-season destination of choice for visitors from around the world,” states the report.

From the time of approval, MRDT revenue for year one is anticipated to be $136,000, with higher returns expected in the subsequent full, four years.

SAEDS’ remuneration for administering the MRDT in the first year will be 12 per cent, or $16,200, of the anticipated revenue.

Airlines Ltd. Flair is a Canadian-based airline with experienced crew and pilots that fly Boeing 737-400 passenger jets. Flair has been in business since 2003 and has a “strong” track record of safety and service.

Passengers can

make reservations on NewLeaf Travel Company’s website at gonewleaf.ca.

Telephone booking is also available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Central Time) at 204-888BOOK. One of the busiest airports in Canada,

YLW’s total economic impact is 4,545 jobs and $789 million in total economic output to the province of British Columbia. Serving 1.6 million passengers in 2015, YLW offers 66 daily non-stop commercial flights with six airline partners.

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Pride-worthy provincial tourism numbers are panning out in Peachland, according to local officials.

The B.C. government reported last week the number of overnight international visitors is up across the province so far this year, on pace to easily exceed the eight per cent increase seen in 2015.

From January to May, 1,650,703 visitors came to the province, a 14-per-cent increase over the same period last year.

Visits from international destinations were up nearly five per cent.

Tourism supports approximately 19,000 businesses and 127,500 employees in B.C. In Peachland, the number of guests at the Visitor Information Centre (VIC) is on the rise too, according to manager Joey Byatt.

“Our numbers are definitely up this year although we are seeing stronger numbers from Europe and the US, especially Germany and Switzerland, as opposed to strong numbers from Mexico and India [as the broader province is],” she said. “It’s hard to say [why], although it could be due to the fact that there are fewer people heading to the United States because of the high exchange rate. I have family who used to travel to the States every winter who have now bought a condo here in the Okanagan because the exchange rate makes it less desirable to travel south.”

The stats for Q1 are a bit of a wash since the VIC was closed in January and February, but in Q2 show the number of visitors jumped by nearly half from 2,700 to 4,006, dwarfing increases of 27 per cent and 12 per cent in the last two years, respectively.

Byatt is busy growing the VIC’s

retail space and new gift shop stocked with locally made souvenirs and gift ideas from Okanagan artisans.

“If you or someone you know is an artist and interested in having your art on consignment in the Visitor Centre come on down and show us what you do.”

The VIC is also abuzz with plans to partner with the District of Peachland and the Peachland Historical Society to create a display that will highlight the importance of water to early industry, transportation, pioneer settlement and First Nations over the last 150 years.

“An interactive ‘water wall’ as it is coming to be known to us as would provide historic facts on mining, logging, trapping, and other industries lost to our community today,” Byatt said. “Information on First Nations and other early settlements, fir and trapping routes, farming, orchards and the trans-

portation of products and people would be easily accessible by all.”

The district has applied for Canada 150 funding for the water wall.

The VIC is also working with the Westbank First Nations Museum to develop and create a First Nations display that will tell the story of the Spirit of the Lake within the Legends of the Lake Interpretive Centre.

They’re right on the provincial pulse here, as the statistics show Aboriginal tourism more than doubled in value last year to $42 million.

“2016 is shaping up to be an excellent year for Aboriginal cultural tourism in B.C.,” CEO and chair of the Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia, Brenda Baptiste said in a press release.

“There is a strong desire from the international markets to add a world-class Aboriginal experience to their travels and we are able to fill the demand.”

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ARTS

MORE THAN 90 works of art by Syrian artists, most still living in the war-torn country, are on display now in an exhibit at the Penticton Art Gallery that may be unique in North America.

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Syrian artist expo puts Penticton behind the lines CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR

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The numbers, numbing in their enormity, are not enough to describe the nightmare Syria has become.

So, as it has been in every war, every shift in history, it is left to art to absorb the horror and turn it into something beautiful, to allow those affected and the rest of us to process what has happened and move forward.

How else are we to fathom the blur of statistics, to zoom in on the hundreds of thousands dead and the millions driven from their homes and resolve the humanity of a single town, one family, an individual?

In this way art can serve as voice and translator, as it does through a new exhibition at the Penticton Art Gallery. Behind the Lines opened July 8 and features more than 100 original works by 19 Syrian artists, 13 still living there and six that have relocated to Turkey, France, Germany and Austria.

The exhibit features paintings, photography, video, digital art and sculpture and according to the gallery’s director, Paul Crawford, is the largest known exhibition of contemporary Syrian art to take place in North America “and possibly anywhere” since the start of the recent conflict, which

Participating artists include: Painters:

• Omran Younis • Obaida Zorik • Huda Takriti • Reem Tarraf • Maiesam Mallisho • Fadi Alhamwi • Mahmoud Daoud • Alaa Sharabi • Juhayda Bitar • Mohammad Zaza • Lina Malki

• Sculptors:

• Khaled Dawwa • Ali Almeer

Photographers:

• Khaled Youssef • Khaled Akil • Ammar Khaddour

Videographers:

• Fadi Alhamwi • Huda Takriti

Digital Artists:

• Humam Alsalim & Rami Bakhos began on March 15, 2011.

It’s the second in a series exploring the culture, people and art of those countries the government of Canada has engaged in militarily over the past few years. Last year, the gallery featured the work of 19 young Afghani artists. During that exhibit, Crawford made contact with a 24-year-old artist and architecture student in the capital, Damascus, named Humam Alsalim.

Alsalim co-founded the online gallery Syria Art – Syrian Artists, and curated the exhibit in Penticton from afar. He told the View earlier this week just getting the art out of the country was a “hard mission.

“Shipping companies aren’t working as before the war,” he wrote in an email.

“The airport has only flights to Dubai and few countries around, no more flights to Europe and North

America with the embargo the European Union and America have put on Syria.”

He said the works were shipped first to United Arab Emirates on the south shore of the Persian Gulf, then Lebanon, Germany, the United States and Canada.

“Inside Damascus with all these checkpoints it wasn’t an easy mission at all to move with such an amount of artworks,” Alsalim explained. “A lot of questions had to be answered before the shipping.”

Within the war-ravaged country, there are varying levels of danger and destruc-

tion. Alsalim said in Damascus life is still “a bit chaotic” but has calmed down compared to recent years.

Aleppo, one of the largest cities in the region at more than two million, is a different story.

“In other big cities such as Aleppo the situation is catastrophic,” he said.

“Missiles falling on civilians all around Aleppo; most of the time there is no electricity or water, and lack of food materials.

Some of the cities are still safe, while the others are suffering from the clashes between the different sides of this war.”

Alsalim hopes the exhibit will provide the outside world with a closer and decidedly more human perspective on the Syrian people.

“What was important for me is that they see who we are,” he said. “More than 90 artworks should transfer an image, or some feelings, from this place to the other side of the globe.

Being aware of what’s happening here in Syria, recognizing our suffering is an im-

portant thing people should do around the globe.”

He said he has yet to see “any fair enough report/article/documentary” about what’s really happening.

“I guess the whole image is missing, and is completely different,” he said. “There is nothing certain about us anymore.

The death toll is in hundreds of thousands, and refugees in millions. These numbers

are enough to have an idea how bad is the situation.”

Crawford included the contact information of each artist in the exhibition, hoping members of the public would reach out.

“We hope that these exhibitions will help add a direct human element to the conflicts that are gripping these countries, giving us a rare and intimate view into their world,” he told the View. “I am

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REGIONAL

Rattlesnakes rattle more in BC than almost anything: survey RICHARD MCGUIRE

ABERDEEN PUBLISHING More British Columbians are afraid of snakes than anything else, other than terrorism, according to a recent poll.

But snake biologist Jared Maida, in charge of the Snake Research Program at Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre, says snakes are something to respect rather than fear.

Rattlesnakes, says Maida, “are probably one of the most misunderstood and maligned creatures on this planet.”

Through events like a tour and open house recently during World Snake Day on July 16, Maida and his colleagues hope to educate the public about these fascinating creatures.

The results of the recent poll, by Insights West, are astonishing. Terrorism is feared the most at 43 per cent, but snakes aren’t far behind at 40 per cent – tied with heights.

Snakes – including non-venomous ones – are more feared than nuclear war, at 37 per cent and even death itself at just 30 per cent.

“People have this Hollywood idea of rattlesnakes being ferocious and they’ll come out of the bushes to attack you,” says Maida. “That’s furthest from the truth… Rattlesnakes don’t want anything to do with you.”

Rather, they are quiet and docile and only use their rattles when they want a potential predator to freeze and be stunned.

More likely, they’ll hunker down, lie low and try to blend in using their camouflage, says Maida.

Their best defence mechanism, he says, isn’t their rattle or their venom, but rather their camouflage, which can make them almost impossible to spot until they move.

The venom, explains Cole Hooper, a biology student working with Maida, is used to kill and pre-digest small prey. When bitten, a small animal like a mouse or vole will drop quickly and the venom will eat away its tissues, turning them to a gel-like texture.

Some types of snake elsewhere in the world can kill a person in a matter of minutes, but the potency of the venom of Western rattlesnakes is much lower. The antiserums now used are effective, meaning the risk of death is low.

“Snakes are something to respect,” says Maida, who specializes in rattlesnakes, which are the main focus of

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the research done at Nk’Mip. “Rattlesnakes are dangerous, they are venomous and they pose a threat to us.

But understanding their behaviour and their ecology, we don’t need to fear them like we do, say, terrorism.

You leave snakes alone and the snakes are going to leave you alone. They don’t want anything to do with you.”

The Snake Research Program, now in its 13th year, initially looked at ways to relocate snakes when construction was underway at Spirit Ridge and Nk’Mip. The Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) is a major contributor, allowing the program to operate at the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre and to do research on OIB land.

Thompson River University, Environment Canada and Bellstar, which developed the resort, also contribute to the program. The work largely involves monitoring the migrations of rattlesnakes throughout the year from when they emerge from their dens in spring.

Maida estimates there are about 30 to 35 dens in the southern portion of OIB land, and currently the program is monitoring the movements of 17 snakes that have radio transmitters surgically implanted.

Snakes also have pit tags, a tiny transponder, inserted under their skin so they can be identified when recaptured. Their movements are plotted with GPS co-ordinates to track their migrations.

Maida says they are an important component of the ecosystem in B.C., feeding on mice, voles and other small mammals, but also becoming food themselves for birds of prey like osprey, eagles and hawks, as well as animals like badgers, bears and coyotes. Some of these species are themselves endangered.

Rattlesnakes are also a good biocontrol agent for mice and voles, keeping their populations in check. This can be critically important for the winery and orchard industries of the Okanagan, Maida says.

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus: what do all the numbers mean?

CHELSEA ARGENT & ORYSYA FETTERLY CONTRIBUTED

Diabetes mellitus, most commonly referred to simply as diabetes, is a metabolic disorder in which the body’s own insulin supply is not adequate enough to control blood glucose levels. There are three types of diabetes: type 1, type 2, and gestational.

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), sometimes referred to as juvenile diabetes, is due to the pancreas not being able to produce enough, or any, insulin. This occurs from the person’s own body destroying the beta cells in the pancreas, which are the cells that make insulin. Some-

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is due to a few factors, one being insulin resistance, which means that the body is unable to respond to insulin as it should. Normally, insulin is released into the blood stream when it detects higher levels of blood sugar which then signals the body to convert blood glucose into storage molecules inside body cells for future use. As T2DM progresses, the pancreas may be unable to produce enough insulin to keep up

with the high glucose levels in the blood.

People with T2DM will be treated with either oral anti-diabetic medications, insulin therapy, other injectable anti-diabetic medications, or a combination of any of these agents.

Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes mellitus which occurs in pregnant women, and sometimes resolves after birth of the child.

T2DM is diagnosed when any of the following laboratory tests show: • A random blood glucose level is measured to be 11.1 mmol/L or higher, or • A fasting blood glucose level is measured to be seven mmol/L or higher, or • A blood glucose

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Once someone has been diagnosed with T2DM, blood glucose levels are sometimes measured routinely at a laboratory or at home using a blood glucose meter, a device that can usually be obtained free of charge at any pharmacy. HgA1C levels are generally measured once every 3 months from a laboratory or from a pharmacy or physician office with a point-of-care testing device. In order to achieve a HgA1C under seven per cent, which is the target

for most people with T2DM, a pre-meal blood glucose level target is four to seven mmol/L, and a twohour post-meal target is five to 10 mmol/L. Why is this HgA1C number so important?

Glucose molecules attach to the hemoglobin molecules in our blood, and so high blood glucose levels (which happens after you eat a meal high in sugars and carbohydrates) will translate to a high HgA1C reading.

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DIVERSIONS

HOROSCOPE

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS 1. Blackbird (Scot.)

5. Part of (abbr.)

8. Large fish 11. Of urea 13. Mauna __, Hawaiian volcano 14. Organized crime head 15. Bird genus 16. Curve 17. Greek sophist 18. Thick river fish 20. Negative 21. Young woman (French) 22. Extra features 25. Luckily 30. Pounced 31. Congressman 32. 92543 33. Flemish names of Ypres 38. Spherical body 41. Imply 43. Popular zombie TV show 45. Drink 48. Used to have (Scottish) 49. Former hoopster Heard 50. California graffiti artist 55. Managed 56. Irish military organization 57. Felt ill 59. Larkin, Rose, Bench 60. Used to catch fish 61. Jewish spiritual leader 62. Andahuaylas Airport 63. Google development expert 64. Cheek CLUES DOWN 1. Central European river 2. Actor Bana 3. 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet 4. Southeast Asian ethnic group 5. Celestial body 6. Investigator 7. Tangible 8. Type of television 9. Opaque gems 10. Portion 12. Carriage 14. Women’s undergarment 19. Of sound mind

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, this week you will get a strong sense of what you have to do to solidify a relationship. Build off of what you and your significant other have in common.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21

Employ flattery more in your daily conversations, Taurus.

You attract more flies with honey than vinegar, so begin with a compliment before providing constructive criticism.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21

Gemini, others may value your advice even if they do not ultimately take it to heart. Do not let this get in the way of offering guidance to others down the road.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, give more thought to responsibilities that might be weighing you down. It might be time to lighten your load a little bit. Find someone to help you out.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23

Leo, get to the heart of the problem so you can find a solution as quickly as possible. Take ownership of your leadership role in a situation and direct others with confidence.

23. Mentally ill 24. Office skill 25. Follicle-stimulating hormone 26. An obligation to repay 27. Read-only memory 28. The lower end

29. Billy knew a girl from here 34. Not the beginning 35. He wrote “The Raven” 36. When you’ll get there 37. Celtics legend

Auerbach 39. Making fun of 40. Made dim 41. Heston character El __ 42. Small integers 44. Unarmed combat 45. Made of wood 46. Rex and Soren-

son to name two 47. Affixes 48. Wife of Zeus 51. Swiss river 52. Prejudice 53. Actor Idris 54. Runnin’ __: UNLV nickname 58. Criticize

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VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22

Virgo, take a calm approach to an unexpected situation this week. Looking at things coolly and calmly will help you rectify the situation in a way that benefits all involved.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23

Libra, you may have bitten off a little more than you can chew, as you didn’t realize just how much energy was required to complete a task. Don’t hesitate to ask for help.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, although you have many admirers this week, there’s only one person whose opinion matters to you. Strengthen that relationship as much as you can.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, you’re usually helping other people out, but this time others are lending you a helping hand. Accept any help you receive with humility.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

Capricorn, you may be in the mood for entertaining of late, so open your home to friends and family. Enjoy the festive scene, which is right in your wheelhouse.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18

Experiment with a new hobby or a crafty idea, Aquarius. This newfound passion may fill those hours when you find your mind straying toward boredom.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20

Don’t put off rest this week, Pisces. You need to catch up on some R&R, which has been in short supply lately.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Run, don’t walk, to the South Okanagan Events Centre

BY VIEW STAFF The SOEC announced Monday it will host a screening of the Aug. 20 Tragically Hip concert to be broadcast from Kingston on the CBC. “The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration” is free to the public, but you have to pick up general admission tickets at the Valley First Box Office at the SOEC in Penticton. Limit eight per person; first come, first served.

“When CBC announced they would be airing the last concert of The Tragically Hip’s Man Machine Poem Tour, we immediately wanted to be a part of it,” Carla Seddon, SOEC marketing director said in a press release.

“No one wants to watch their last concert alone; we’re excited and honoured to host this free public viewing party for the community. Join us as we come together to celebrate one of Canada’s greatest bands, The Tragically Hip.” She said the Hip played the SOEC in the summer of 2009 to a sold-out crowd.

The Hip, for many as close to Canada’s official band as one could get, announced in May lead vocalist Gordon Downie had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and that their 15-show Man Machine Poem Tour would likely be their last.

“This feels like the right thing to do now, for Gord, and for all of us,” the band wrote in announcing Downie’s December diagnosis. “What we in The Hip receive, each time we play together, is a connection; with each other;

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TRAGICALLY HIP FRONTMAN Gord

Downie was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in December. The band’s Man Machine Poem tour, on now, is expected to be their last.

with music and its magic; and during the shows, a special connection with all of you, our incredible fans. So, we’re going to dig deep, and try to make this our best tour yet.”

Controversy erupted nationwide shortly after tickets for the concert tour seemed to be snapped up by scalpers and posted at stratospheric markups reselling websites, scuttling the hopes of everyday fans seeing Gordie and the boys one last time.

The furor prompted the band to add new blocks of tickets to each venue and four entirely new shows, and led to an ultimately unsuccessful petition to have the Hip added to the lineup of the Canada Day concert on Parliament Hill. The concert was headlined by Montreal’s Metric, an established member of Canada’s new rock vanguard in their own right.

It also prompted talks between the band’s management and the CBC to broadcast the final show. CBC is broadcasting and streaming the commercial-free show starting at 5:30 p.m. PT across CBC Television, CBC Radio One, CBC Radio 2, CBC’s YouTube channels, and cbcmusic.ca.

The Tragically Hip, formed in Kingston in 1984, have recorded 13 studio albums, nine of which hit number one in Canada.

They’ve received 14 Junos and numerous other Canadian music awards, are in the Canadian Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame, and in 2013 was one of four bands immortalized with a commemorative stamp by Canada Post.

Reel Peach Film Festival deadline for entries July 31

BY VIEW STAFF The deadline for the Reel Peach Film Festival video competition at Penticton Peach Fest is fast approaching.

You have just this weekend left to submit a video between one and three minutes long.

The Reel Peach Film Festival was a new addition in 2015 to the Penticton Peach Festival line-up.

The various entries for the film festival will be aired each night during the Penticton Peach Festival after 9 p.m., before the main act hits the stage.

The videos will air beside the Peter Bros. main stage on the big screen.

Typically, each night of Peach Fest before the main act plays, while the stage is set up, there is space to fill as it is too dark and crowded for other entertainment. The Reel Peach Fest offers an opportunity to en-

tertain the large crowds and showcase the Okanagan with authentic experiences and different perspectives.

The Reel Peach Fest is an opportunity to engage the 5,000-plus people in Okanagan Lake Park with films about Okanagan experiences or libations.

There will also be social media exposure as the film festival will have a fan choice award.

Each video must focus on Okanagan libations or experiences.

Format must be HD (1920×1080) MP4 file. Submissions can be electronically submitted (we-transfer/hightail/Google) or on USB stick.

Producers may submit more than one entry or in each category.

Submissions must be TV friendly (i.e. no swearing, nudity, explicit violence).

Visit www.reelpeachfest.com.

THE SECOND ANNUAL Reel Peach Film Fest takes place at the Penticton Peach Festival in August.

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Sunday Services Contemporary Worship Service 9 a.m.

Traditional Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

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Sunday Worship 2 pm New time for the summer

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July 31: John- “Live All Your Life”

For more information call Don McMillan 250-300-1642 John 250-767-2221

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

Rev. Dr. Wayne Atkinson all are welcome

4464 4th Street (St. Margaret’s Anglican Church building)

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BREAKFAST 8-11 am, Peachland Wellness Centre. Closed for the summer, returns September 11

PEACHLAND FARMERS’ & CRAFTERS’ MARKET 10 am - 2 pm, Heritage Park (Beach Avenue). Runs until September 25.

Aug. 7, 10 a.m. community centre. Only $5.

SPIN, SCULPT & STRETCH 5:15-6:15 pm,

(3.75+), community

worship at 3 pm,

community centre

centre

YOUTH BOXING CLUB

TWEEN DROP IN & MULTISPORTS (ages

PICKLEBALL 1-3 pm,

IRON & SILK 10:45 am,

FLOW YOGA 9-10 am,

9-12) 3:05-8 pm. Meet

(1.0-4.0), community

50+ Activity Centre

4th St. Place

at Peachland Elemen-

centre

MEET OUR LOCAL ARTISTS AND ARTISANS 11

BRIDGE CREATIVE PLAYTIME (0-6 yrs) 10

– 4 pm, Peachland Lit-

am-noon, community

Peachland Boys and

tle Schoolhouse. New

centre

Girls Club. Ages 9-12

artists featured every

Meeting at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

MONDAYS

Activity Centre

am-5 pm, community

SPIN XPRESS 7:40-

centre

YOGA (ADVANCED BEGINNERS) 8 am, 50+ Activity Centre

ed Church

am, community centre

ST. MARGARET’S ANGLICAN CHURCH WORSHIP 10 am, St.

TAI CHI FOR WELLNESS 9:15 am, Heri-

Margaret’s Anglican

ry Pavilion. Weather

Church

permitting. Hosted By

Church, Westbank

PEACHLAND BAPTIST SERVICE 10:30 am ser-

UKULELE 6:30 pm, 50+

FITNESS ROOM 7:30

INDOOR WALKING 8-9

10 am, Emmanuel

6-8 pm, 4th St Place

tage Park by the Rota-

the Peachland Wellness Centre

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

vice fellowship 11:30

LADIES MONDAY MORNING COFFEE 10 -

am, 4204 Lake Ave.

noon, Peachland Well-

8 pm, community centre

PICKLEBALL 1-3 pm,

tary School

TWEEN DROP-IN & MULTI-SPORTS 3-8 pm, meet at Peach-

TUESDAYS FITNESS ROOM 7:30

land Elementary. Ages 9-12

3:30-8 pm, Peachland

Peachland Wellness

Youth Centre. Grades

Centre

7+

CLOG DANCING 6:00 –

FLOW YOGA 9-10 am, 4th St Place

MID-WEEK STUDY AND CONVERSATION COFFEE 9:30 am, St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

CARPET BOWLING 10 am, 50+ Activity Centre

COMPUTER LITERACY 10 - noon, Peach-

Activity Centre

WEDNESDAYS

Ave. Police Station.

June 30 or Sep. 1)

4th week: community

FITNESS ROOM 7:30

centre. Dan 250-767-

AA 12 pm, 50+ Activi-

p.m., Peachland Well-

am-5 pm, community

9034

ty Centre

ness Centre. Closed

centre

for the summer, re-

CENTRAL OKANAGAN MODEL RAILWAY COMPANY GROUP 7 pm,

TWEEN DROP-IN

(1.0-4.0), community

CHAIR FITNESS 10:30-

artists.

centre

11:15 am, 4th Street

AFTERNOON BRIDGE 1:30-3:30pm,

Place

Peachland Ambassadors August 7 • 10 am • Community Centre

Wellness Centre.

Closed for the Sum-

Brunch, Candidates Speech and Cake Auction only $5

mer, returns Septem-

Also meet our very own candidate for the BC Ambassadors, Shelagh Sarsons.

Let’s show our support for these young people of Peachland!

AA 12-1 pm, 50+ Ac-

ber 27

tivity Centre

MEN’S COFFEE & CRIB 1 - 2:45 p.m., Peachland Wellness Centre.

YOGA (BEGINNERS)

7 pm. 2nd week: 6th

tio and featured local

Tuesday, Peachland

ber 16

ART CLUB 12 pm, 50+

PICKLEBALL 1-3 pm

Come Support The

pm, Gasthaus Restau-

mer, returns Septem-

welcome. (No meeting

centre

and dessert on the pa-

every 2nd and last

ROTARY CLUB OF PEACHLAND 12-1:30

Closed for the sum-

us for lunch. Everyone

AEROBICS AND MORE

50+ Activity Centre

rug hooking, etc..

land Wellness Centre.

LIONS DEN MEETING

ber 6

gion Branch #69

art, quilling, primitive

7 pm, community

mer, returns Septem-

BABY FRIENDLY CAFÉ 11 - 12:30 p.m.,

ety of paintings, fabric

MEN’S COFFEE & CRIB 10 - noon, Peach-

7:00 p.m. 50+ Activity

returns September 12

Royal Canadian Le-

week, and a great vari-

PEACHLAND SPARKS AND BROWNIES 5:45-

Closed for the sum-

MEAT DRAW 2-4 pm,

Second Wednesday of

centre

ty Centre

Brandon Lane. Tea

WRITERS UNBLOCKED the Month, 6:30 pm,

land Wellness Centre.

Little Schoolhouse on

TWEEN COOKING NIGHT 5-7:30 pm,

YOUTH DROP-IN

for the summer,

ness Centre. Closed

New items this year include dark cakes in gift boxes for $13 (in tins light and dark are $16), Scottish shortbread $7, and Christmas pudding $9.

Order deadline is August 31 and cheques postdated to August 31 are welcome with your order. Visit the church office Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 11 a.m., call 250-767-3131 or email stmargarets@shaw.ca.

am-5 pm, community

YOGA (BASIC BEGINNERS 8 am, 50+ Activi-

SUNDAY TEA 1-4 pm,

ST. MARGARET’S CHURCH 8TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAKES AND MORE

PEACHLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday

PEACHLAND UNITED SERVICE 10 am, Unit-

EMMANUEL CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE

PANCAKE BREAKFAST July 31, 8 - 11:30 a.m., 50+ Activity Centre. Adults $5, children (6-11 yrs) $3, Free under age 5. Includes pancakes, sausages, juice, coffee, fruit. Everyone is welcome.

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WEEKLY EVENTS SUNDAYS

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9:15 am, 50+ Activity Centre

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

DEMENTIA CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP 10noon every 3rd Wednesday, Peach-

Centre

Peachland Museum

THURSDAYS

community and join

3-5:30 pm, meet at

10:30 am, 50+ Activity Centre

LADIES CRIB 1 - 2:45

turns September 16

Peachland Elementa-

PICKLEBALL 1-3 pm,

ry. Ages 9-12

(1.0-4.0), community

MEAT DRAW 4-5 pm,

centre

Royal Canadian Le-

LEGO TIME 3-4 pm,

gion Branch #69

Peachland Library.

am-5 pm, community

TWEEN TRIPS 5:30-8

Open to all ages

centre

pm, Peachland Boys

FUSION FRIDAYS 4-8

and Girls Club. Ages

pm, Peachland Boys

9-12. $5/member/

and Girls Club. Ages

trip. Pre-registration

13+

FITNESS ROOM 7:30

TAI CHI FOR WELLNESS 10 am, Heritage Park by the gazebo.

Hosted By the Peachland Wellness Centre

land Wellness Centre.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 10 am-12 pm,

Closed for the sum-

Peachland Wellness

mer. Orientation:

Centre. Runs every

September 21. First

week

Session: October 19

rant. Be a part of your

DROP-IN VOLLEYBALL

CHESS 1:15 pm, 50+

10 am-12 pm, commu-

Activity Centre

nity centre

Closed for the sum-

AFTERNOON BRIDGE

CHAIR FITNESS 10:30-

mer, returns Septem-

1:30-3:30 pm, 50+

11:15 am,4th St Place

ber 13

Activity Centre

is required by calling 250-767-2515

SATURDAYS

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CARPET BOWLING 10

open 5:30 pm), 50+

am, 50+ Activity

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Centre

FRIDAYS

MEAT DRAW 3-5 pm,

FITNESS ROOM 7:30

gion Branch #69

am-5 pm, community centre

INDOOR WALKING 8-9 am, community centre

Royal Canadian Le-

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

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Yer out! Peachlander umps the umps at BC Games CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR

editor@peachlandview.com

The eye in the sky for the 13 teams vying for softball gold in Abbotsford last weekend was direct from Peachland.

Internationa lly certified umpire Ian Brown served as the Umpire in Charge (UIC) for the biannual tournament for athletes 15 years old and younger, overseeing the seven male and seven female umpires as young as 16.

He was one of more than 300 officials at the games keeping the 2,400-plus athletes (and nearly 500 coaches) in check.

As one member of a tribunal that included one official each from the BC Games Society and Baseball BC, he had the final say in any rule interpretation disputes (there was only one, and it was a “no-brainer”).

More important was his role in help-

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INTERNATIONALLY CERTIFIED UMPIRE Ian Brown served as the Umpire in Charge (UIC) for the boys’ and girls’ softball tournaments at the

BC Games in Abbotsford last weekend.

ing to develop the young umpires from across the province.

The retired Syncrude mining engineer has been in Peachland for a

decade. He umpired and played ball recreationally until about age 37 when he forced himself to decide between the two.

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the positive when giving a young crew pointers, which he did after each game, often showing them video of a thing or things he noticed.

“A lot of times, you don’t know you’re doing something until you see it,” he explained. “A lot of it is positioning; a proper position gives you a better chance of making the right call. You want to help them get a consistent strike zone, too.

“Umpiring is a constant learning curve.

You can’t teach them judgment, it only comes with doing the job itself.”

Brown said the weather for the underarm-pitch fastball competition, which ran Thursday to Sunday, could not have agreed more.

The players, which in British Columbia tend to start recreational play at five and competitive play at 10, are all under 16 and use the BC Games as an entry point to the Baseball BC High Performance Program.

Brown described them as the all-star team from each district.

The best of the best advance to elite programs such as the BC Selects, which competes in the Baseball Canada Cup each year.

Notable alumni include former Toronto Blue Jay Brett Lawrie, now playing for the Chicago White Sox, 2006 American League MVP Justin Morneau and MLB veteran Ryan Dempster.

“It was interesting, there was a little discrepancy in the quality of the ball players, but it was fairly competitive,” Brown said. “I’d say the girls were more competitive than the boys.”

He has already umpired about 100 ball games this summer with more tournaments scheduled for Kelowna and Abbotsford again in August and Vancouver in September, pending approval from the UIC at home.

“It’s a passion, much to the chagrin of my wife sometimes.”

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THE THOMPSON-OKANAGAN BOYS’ soccer team was considered an underdog, with four players under 14.

Peachland soccer coach brings home BC Games gold CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR

editor@peachlandview.com

The Iceland of the BC Games went into the boys’ soccer tournament an underdog and returned to the Thompson-Okanagan all covered in gold.

Pitted against goliath teams drawing from the lower mainland’s commanding population base, Peachland resident and Zone 2 boys’ soccer coach Yann Calmets had his work cut out for him.

The French national, who works for Kelowna United Football Club, told his 18 players in the just two full practices they had that teamwork had to be the key to their success.

“I tried to explain to them how important it is to play together,” he said, “but we had a short time to try and create a team environment. I told them it’s not my project, it’s our project and you have to be involved if you want to succeed.”

Calmets spent time after each game making the team progressively better, reviewing mistakes to avoid repeating them in the final. The tournament broke the eight teams into four groups; after

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playing an internal round robin, the top team from each pool met in the gold medal match.

“It was challenging to try and find the right balance with the pressure, so they are still enjoying themselves and are glad they are taking part in the Games.”

Winning oneon-one battles is important, too, and can lead to a game breaking wide open.

“The game can be completely different if you have a strong player.”

During the final against Vancouver-Coastal, Thomps on- Ok a n agan team captain Carter Edwards of Penticton rallied the troops, comparing their underdog squad to the tiny but mighty Icelandic team at the 2016 Euro, which despite drawing from a population of just

320,000 people, advanced to the quarter-final for the first time ever, knocking off soccer (football) goliath England in the process.

Thompson-Okanagan was also a young team, with four players under 14 in the U16 tournament.

“Those teams always have a greater number of players to

draw from, and the difference is on the field,” Calmets said.

“At the end, I was really enjoying the captain comparing us to Iceland, everyone really enjoyed that.

We’re a little region, and no one is wagering on us.”

Calmets brought his family to Canada in 2001 and arrived in Peachland where

he lives with his wife and three daughters in April of last year.

“My family doesn’t like being in the big city,” he said. “Kelowna isn’t that big but Peachland feels right compared to it.”

They settled in Quebec first, thinking they would be among other French speakers. They were wrong.

“We forgot it was Québécois,” he said, “so we learned another language. We speak French, English and Québécois.”

Thompson-Okanagan finished fifth of eight zones with 89 medals including 33 gold; Vancouver Island-Central Coast finished well ahead of the other seven with 175, 68 of them gold.

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250.878.0626 RogerW.Cyr

Average sale prices for Kelowna and area: June 2016 June 2015 Residential $527,163 up 17.14% $617,517 Mobile Homes

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5983 Meldrum Place, Peachland - Lake view walk out rancher on quiet no thru street in Beautiful Peachland BC. This great family home comes with 5 bedrooms & 3 full baths and incl a main floor master suite where you can wake up everyday to the majestic lake views as well as another main floor bedroom. Open concept floor plan is perfect for entertaining and the huge decks both look over the lake. Newer engineered hardwood and travertine flooring on the main floor.

MLS® 10121460

$114,197

up 1.6%

$363,386

up 18.35%

$254,614

up 13.21%

Unlicensed Consultant

TroyFischer@remax.net

NEW PRICE

$429,900

YTD 2016 sales were way up from last year, with an increase of 32.93%!

Sellers are receiving 98.16% of their asking price Takes on average 49 days to sell a residential home and 44.05% of all inventory was sold!

5832 Brown Place, Peachland - Character House on large .68 acre lot with views, perfect to enjoy as is with lots of privacy from neighbours. Already rezoned in 2013 to R-2 Duplex with plans to expand. Enjoy the house and property as is or expand structure (see plans), no sewer required, District & Interior Health will allow septic permit for second septic system for new structure. Current house has a one bedroom suite with tenant. Plans for duplex incorporate existing structure.

MLS®10118475 How much is your home worth?

Call Dave to find out - no obligation.

Own the Sunshine!

Call Debra Kelly

Lakeside Notary Public

O: 250.448.4997 C: 250.864.6891

778.479.4706

5878A Beach Ave, Peachland

Dave Collins 250-870-1444

DKellyMac@gmail.com

www.lakesidenotary.ca

dcollins@coldwellbanker.ca

www.DaveCollins.ca

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$499,900 3 bedroom $469,000 D SO2Lbedroom

2116 Candalera Pl, West Kelowna - Enjoy living in this wonderful community of Sonoma Pines! Newer 2 bed/2 bath town home features open concept,hardwood flooring, double garage which includes one side professionally finished that could be used as a bonus room. Front courtyard, great for entertaining!

CALL TRACEY FOR A FREE MARKET EVALUATION!

Big view lot! $319,900 for .41 acre

MLS®10117022

Call Debra Kelly

O: 250.448.4997 C: 250.864.6891 DKellyMac@gmail.com

TRACEY OOR M A N TRACEY BOORMAN PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION

250.864.6606

$329,000 • 201-4470 Ponderosa Dr Relax on your large deck with panoramic lake views, many kitchen & bath updates new shaker maple cabinets, SS appliances, 2 bedrooms 2 full baths, gas F/P vaulted ceilings open concept skylight in floor heating included in monthly strata.

MLS® 10120749 Call Cecile for a FREE MARKET EVALUATION

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