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June 13, 2014 / Volume 10 Number 24 / www.peachlandview.com
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New agreement with chamber approved
AT A GLANCE BC Teachers vote in favour of fullscale strike
BC Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker said they are prepared to fully withdraw services and go on a full strike, but that decision has not yet been made.
Joanne Layh / Peachland View
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Events span B.C. during Invasive Species Week
June 9 - 15 is B.C.’s third annual Invasive Species Week. This week-long event provides an opportunity for people all around the province to participate in local events and learn more about how to prevent the spread of invasive species. page 7
The fall fair is the place to be this September
The 95th Annual Peachland Fall Fair is just around the corner and the theme this year is “an old western flair.” page 10
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ANTHONY EVANS OF PEACHLAND came in second place in all of Western Canada in the Elite Pro category
at the Race the Ranch B.C. Cup downhill mountain biking competition in Kamloops on June 7.
Peachland council this week approved a new operating agreement with the chamber of commerce that will relax their responsibilities and hopefully allow the local arts council to move forward with their sublease agreement with the chamber to occupy the Mary Smith Gallery area inside the primary school building. The chamber of commerce has stated they cannot operate the visitor centre area of the building as required in the current operating agreement without going into a budget deficit. Earlier this year the chamber requested additional funding from the municipality to operate the Peachland Visitor Centre, which council declined. Recently the chamber returned to council to request they enter into a revised operating agreement that would be more achievable than the existing agreement. Last Tuesday Peachland council approved entering into a revised operating agreement between the Peachland Chamber of Commerce for the visitor centre for a one-year period. The new agreement includes a relaxation of operating hours for the visitor centre as follows: • Not less than eight hours per day, seven days a week including statutory holidays from July 1 to Labour Day; • Not less than seven hours per day, five days per week during the months of May and June, and during the month of September after Labour Day; and • Make every effort to obtain employment grants and volunteer services to extend the service into the shoulder tourist season. The new agreement also includes several other changes, including adding the right to develop the visitor centre space for additional revenue streams (possibly in the form of a gift shop) and will also require the chamber to enter into a user agreement with the arts council for use of the Mary Smith Gallery. If the chamber executive accepts the agreement, it will form a basis for them to proceed with a sublease agreement with the arts council, whose membership is eager to move into the building as soon as possible. While all but Councillor Cindy Fortin voted in favour of the new agreement, the item generated almost two hours of discussion before a vote was called at last Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting. See COUNCIL APPROVES on page 2
Pat Boden is the lucky winner of our May draw! She chose a $50 gift certificate for Gasthaus and a $50 gift certificate from IGA. Congratulations Pat! Don’t forget to drop in and enter our June draw!
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