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NEWS
Telus to invest $3M to upgrade internet speeds in Peachland
RDCO to host June 20 open house about regional growth strategy and aggregate supply and demand study updates
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Information about site suitability for gravel pits will be presented
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Internet speeds for Telus customers in Peachland are set to increase this year, the telecommunications company announced in a press release last Friday. Telus says they will invest $3 million in Peachland this year to wire most homes in the community directly to fibre optic cables, which will increase internet speeds and give people access to Telus internetbased Optik TV service for the first time.
“Telus’ $3 million investment means businesses and consumers right here in Peachland will be directly wired to fibre optics, the most advanced communications infrastructure in the world,” said Steve Jenkins, Telus general manager for the Southern Interior. “This means access to the fastest internet speed Telus offers, as well as our internet-based TV service, Optik TV, giving you real choice in your TV service for the first time.” This investment is part of a $3 billion commitment to invest in B.C. over a three-year period.
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The regional district will host an open house next week that will offer residents information about how growth in the Central Okanagan could be approached in the future as well as information about how future gravel pit and other aggregate applications might be assessed. “The update to the regional growth strategy will provide a coordinated and consistent approach for growth management
notice oF Power interruPtion Peachland and Fish lake Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. When: Thursday, June 20, 2013 We will be making electrical system improvements in the Peachland and Fish Lake Areas on June 20. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for approximately 5 hours. Where: Lipsett Avenue from Aitkens Road, Heighway Lane, Renfrew Road, Topham Place, part of Bulyea Avenue to Topham Place, along S Highway 97 from Renfrew Road to past North Beach Road and including all side roads. As well as all of Fish Lake, Bathville, Shingle Creek and Isintok. To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, turn off all lights, electric heaters and major appliances and unplug all electronics. For the first hour after the power comes back on, please only plug in or turn on those electronics and appliances that you really need. This will help ensure the electrical system does not get overloaded.
ernments with more control over aggregate applications. However, with a cost estimated to be in excess of $200,000, the aggregate pilot project fell by the wayside due to a lack of funding. “The board said the next best thing would be to provide local governments here with a checklist that would be a standardized checklist that everybody could use to assess and review and comment on future aggregate applications from the province,” Smith said in an interview with The View. Currently when the province receives an aggregate application it is referred to the appropriate local government where staff review it. The application is then brought before the local board or council for their comment, which is then relayed back to the province for its consideration. As part of the aggregate supply and demand study, the regional district developed the new site suitability checklist as a tool to help relay local comment back to the province in a more standardized way. “The checklist was generated in response to the concerns that were expressed around the [regional] board table from the various municipalities,” Smith said. “We know that there is a demand for aggregate. We know that it is going to continue and we just want to be able to do a better job of dealing with these applications and providing input back to the province so that when it considers the application,
whether to approve it or not, the input from the local government is the best it could possibly be.” The aggregate supply and demand study concerns various types of mining and crushing operations, including gravel pits. The draft checklist, which will be available for viewing at the open house, includes questions that address local concerns such as road travel, distance, and the route trucks would be taking to transport the aggregate. “It analyzes environmental and health related impacts of gravel pits and rock quarries such as groundwater, dust, noise and visual considerations,” coordinator David Widdis said. Widdis says the aggregate study reviews various sources of aggregate supplies throughout the Central Okanagan and forecasts demand for those products over the next 20, 50 and 100 years. At the open house residents will be invited to share their thoughts and comments in the form of a questionnaire based on the information presented. The deadline to submit the questionnaire is Wednesday, July 10. The update to the regional growth strategy bylaw is expected to be up for regional board and municipal councils’ consideration this fall. The information open house will take place on Thursday, June 20 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the RDCO building located at 1450 KLO Road in Kelowna. Information about the draft updates will also be available online at www.futureok.ca.
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across the region by establishing economic, environmental and social objectives to guide local governments in decisions to create a healthy and sustainable place to live, work and play,” RDCO communications officer Bruce Smith said. Smith says the regional growth strategy update will focus on housing, transportation, regional parks, economic development and climate change. “Since the original growth strategy was developed 13 years ago, we have seen dramatic growth across the Central Okanagan. More than 256,000 people are projected to make this their home by 2031, so it’s important that we have a meaningful regional growth strategy to guide future decision making by local governments and help manage growth in a consistent manner,” coordinator David Widdis said. The open house, which will be held in Kelowna on June 20, will also offer residents information about a new site suitability checklist that local governments could use to guide their review and comments to the province on future aggregate applications. It was previously hoped that through the Central Okanagan aggregate pilot project the regional district could develop a process that would help determine acceptable and safe sources of aggregate throughout the region in order to minimize or reduce potential conflicts resulting from sand and gravel extraction. It was also hoped that it would have provided local gov-
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New Monaco seeks community input on design of buildings Joanne Layh
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Representatives from the New Monaco development will be returning for another round of public consultation with the community this month. On June 19 they will hold an open house event to gather public opinion about what the buildings in the future
New Monaco neighbourhood should look like. The New Monaco property stretches across 125 acres at the junction of Highway 97 and Highway 97C in Peachland. Back in 2011 New Monaco received Peachland council’s unanimous approval for an Official Community Plan (OCP) amendment
to include the New Monaco concept within its OCP, which would allow for the development of 2,600 – 2,800 units. The proposed development will begin with the construction of medical, commercial and boutique retail buildings and will later include multi-density residential buildings, as well as a strong arts presence throughout the
neighbourhood. Over the past two years the developers have been in detailed discussions with key medical, educational and technology operators to recruit tenants and develop strategic partnerships. At a presentation to the committee of the whole on Tuesday New Monaco vice president of development Mark
Holland said their intention is to submit a zoning application to the district this September. Holland provided council members with an update on how their planning work is progressing, along with a preview of the various kinds of building design styles the public will be invited to view and comment on at the up-
coming open house. The open house will take place on Wednesday, June 19 from 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the Banquet Room at the Peachland Community Centre. Members of the public can drop by any time between 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., however, there will be 10-minute presentations offered at 4:45 p.m., 5:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.
District loses its last chance to stop Peachland gravel pit Continued from page 1
the Ministry of Energy and Mines. Local municipalities can regulate gravel pits to a limited degree, but they can’t prohibit them. “I agree with the chambers judge’s conclusion that the district required ministerial approval before adopting the 2007 bylaw. As it neither sought nor ob-
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tinue operations at their McDougald Road gravel pit. “That wasn’t the outcome we hoped for but that seems to be the end of the road with respect to the legal issues involved in this,” Mayor Keith Fielding said at last Tuesday’s council meeting, adding that the good news is that as part of an agreement they will be able
That wasn’t the outcome we hoped for but that seems to be the end of the road with respect to the legal issues involved in this.
tained such approval, the chambers judge was correct in finding the 2007 bylaw invalid,” the Honourable Mr. Justice Groberman said in his reasons for judgment. “I would accordingly dismiss the appeal.” As a result of the ruling, Peachland Self Storage is free to con-
to ensure the municipality receives a certain amount of money for each pound of material that is transported from the gravel pit, which will help to defray the costs of maintaining the roads that may be damaged in the process. The ruling brings an end to a legal dispute
that has been carrying on for a number of years. The dispute began back in 2009 when Peachland Self Storage was issued a permit from the Ministry of Energy and Mines allowing them to operate the McDougald Road gravel pit. While Peachland Self Storage began operating with a permit from the ministry in 2010, what they didn’t have was an earthworks permit from the district. Peachland’s now invalid earthworks control bylaw limits soil removal in Peachland to just 200 cubic metres per year without a development permit. In 2010 Peachland issued a stop work order for the gravel pit and shortly thereafter work ceased for the season. Then in 2011 work at the gravel pit started up again, and because Peachland Self Storage did not have an earthworks permit from the district, the municipality sought and was granted a court injunction to stop operations at the gravel pit last August. In March 2012 a twoday summary trial was held at the Kelowna Courthouse and was
based on whether the district’s soil removal bylaw is prohibitory or regulatory, or otherwise inapplicable under the Mines Act. In December 2012 the Honourable Mr. Justice Betton determined that Peachland’s soil removal bylaw is prohibitory and thus invalid. In his reasons for judgment Justice Betton said, “It is my conclusion that the amendment of the Earthworks Control Bylaw No. 832 did require ministerial approval because it prohibited soil removal within the
meaning of s.9(1)(e) of the Community Charter.” In his judgment it was also determined that the bylaw is invalid because it frustrates a provincial purpose. Shortly thereafter the District of Peachland appealed the decision, which concluded with this week’s ruling. The judgment is likely to disappoint other municipalities and groups around B.C. that would like to have more powers to regulate gravel pits in their own communities. If the district’s soil removal bylaw had been upheld in court,
it may well have set a precedent for other communities to adopt similar bylaws. In September of 2010 approximately 30 people from the Lower Mainland area arrived in Peachland for a thank-you rally they had organized to show their appreciation to the mayor and council for enforcing the district’s earthworks removal bylaw. The rally organizers were working to get changes to the Mines Act, while the district was simply looking to enforce its bylaw that is now deemed invalid.
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National Research Council’s new focus ignores how science works David Suzuki
The federal government recently announced a reorganization of the National Research Council to make it more “business-led” and industry-focused. It appears we’re coming full circle to the early 1970s, when Sen. Maurice Lamontagne released “A Science Policy for Canada,” a report proposing Canadian science be directed to “missionoriented” work rather than “curiosity driven” research. Since then, many politicians have encouraged support for science that serves market interests. I believe we should support science because curiosity and the ability to ask and answer questions are part of what makes our species unique and helps us find our way in the world. Still, basic research aimed at specific outcomes can lead to game-changing applications, from transistors and pesticides to nuclear bombs, penicillin and oral contraceptives. But how do new applications flow from science? Many scientists support a mythical notion of what makes science innovative. To be “relevant”, they write grant applications as if their work will lead to cures for cancer, new energy forms or salt-tolerant plants, depending on the priorities of funders and governments. This creates the illusion that science proceeds from experiment A to B to C to solution. But we really have no idea what results an experiment will produce. If we did, there would be no point to the experiment. It’s more likely that a scientist will do experiment A leading to F then O, while another in a different area will do experiment Z leading to W then L. Maybe the two will meet at a conference or even a pub and, in talking about their re-
spective work, realize that results O and L could lead to a new invention! As a graduate student, I studied the experiments of microbial geneticists Werner Arber and Daniel Nathans, and biochemist Hamilton Smith, who were investigating an esoteric phenomenon: bacteria that resisted infection by viruses called bacteriophages (meaning “eaters of bacteria”). Like McClintock’s work, their experiments were elegant, especially when you consider they were working with microorganisms you can’t see the way you can observe a corn plant or fruit fly. It was astonishing. The bacteria produced enzymes that cut DNA into pieces. They were called “restriction enzymes” and acted by recognizing specific sequences within the DNA and cutting at that point. Various bacterial species evolved distinct restriction enzymes, cutting DNA at different sequences. When the original experiments were carried out, no one could have anticipated that these enzymes would turn out to be critical tools for genetic engineering. It was just good science. And, like McClintock, the scientists were awarded a Nobel Prize for their work. If we’re serious about creating partnerships between science and business, we have to support the best scientists so they are competitive with any around the world. We also have to recognize that innovation and discoveries don’t always come from marketdriven research. We should recognize truly internationally groundbreaking work to inspire young people who will grow up knowing they can be as good as scientists anywhere. This takes commitment from governments, more generous grants and long-term support.
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Resident celebrates milestone birthday on zipline Take a deep breath and step off into space. After you let out your breath, you will enjoy beautiful scenery and an experience you will never regret. For my milestone birthday, I embraced my fear at Zipzone. Yes, I even did the dangle and I have a t-shirt to prove it. I want to thank Kevin and his very efficient, safety-
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Buy gas from independent suppliers I read many letters to the editor about high gasoline prices and need to add my two cents worth. As I see it we can either buy stocks in an oil company and then buy fuel only from that oil company as you wait for a yearend dividend or we buy all of our fuel from a company that does not own a refinery. This would eliminate any profits to the downstream side of the major oil companies and they would then have to sell their product to independent fuel outlets. If we all did this then the fuel prices would be lowered quickly as the major fuel producers need to be profitable on their retail marketing side and would lower prices to lure you back to their outlets. 20 years ago I was a dealer for a large oil company in Edmonton and had a full and self-serve outlet (plus carwash and repair bays) that sold a very high volume of fuel for this oil company. All of the dealers in our group were at a meeting where an executive outlined the company plan to shut refinery capacity all across Canada so the refined product more closely matched their retail sales, thereby eliminating the independents’ competitive edge (efficiency). They would keep a smaller amount of product to sell to the independents at a higher price so they would not
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get in trouble under the combines act. Within two weeks of that meeting this oil company announced closure of two major refineries and they followed their plan as it was laid out to us. The results have been slowly coming in as they stated they would and their profits have increased as they expected. All of the major oil companies had the same plans at the same time. Did they plan this together? I purchase all of my fuel (in town and when traveling) from the independent supplier to make my statement and wish we all would also do this. In Penticton there are only two outlets that fit this criteria but when traveling it takes very little effort to locate and support the independent marketers. It also appears that most independents are the last to raise prices and the first to lower them as well as offering an in-store discount in fuel coupons. Please join me in my protest of big oil. If we all do it we will be successful as we have the power of numbers. It should be noted the local dealer at the major oil company outlets is caught in the middle of this and has little to no control over pricing. Doug Maxwell, Penticton
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Think Spring But Conservatives just don’t get food safety Plan For Fall (Fair) Spring is sprung The grass is riz And gardening folk Get down to “biz”
This is the year To be “in it to win it” With blue ribbon veggies And handcrafted “widgets”
There is raking and tilling Preparing the plots Selecting the seeds And cleaning the pots
With beautiful blossoms And green pickle relish A sweet apple pie And that quilt to embellish
There is hoping for sun And warm gentle rains An absence of weeds And fewer back pains
So think about entries And plan with great care To enjoy the magic Of this year’s fall fair Barb McGregor, Peachland
Canadians count on the government to make sure the food we eat is safe, yet when it comes to the inspection system, MP Dan Albas and the Conservative government refuse to own up to their own mistakes. An independent review of last year’s XL Foods E. coli outbreak, which led to the largest beef recall in Canadian history, found that the outbreak was entirely preventable. It found that there was not “a strong food safety culture” in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency at all levels. Staff were inadequately trained and inspection practices weren’t good enough. Our government failed. Many of these problems would have been fixed if the Conservatives had followed through on their commitment to implement the recommendations of the Weatherill Report on the listeriosis contamination at Maple Leaf Foods in 2008, a serious shortcoming they refuse to admit. The Conservatives claim they have been “bolstering” our food inspection system and that they have “added 20 per cent to the personnel.” In fact, documents reveal they plan to cut hundreds of food safety and inspection staff at CFIA, which will reduce, not strengthen our food
safety system. They also failed to implement the final recommendation of the Weatherill Report, which called for an independent, comprehensive resource audit to ensure that the CFIA had the resources, human and otherwise to carry out its mandate. Even the former president of the CFIA, Carole Swan, said that what they did do was not the audit the Weatherill report called for. That could have prevented many of the problems. This slapdash approach allowed problems at XL Foods to go unchecked for years, allowing the E. coli contamination that caused 18 Canadians to get sick, cost $16-27 million to the beef industry and undermined consumer confidence in our food safety system. Will Mr. Albas and the Conservatives actually implement the recommended changes to food inspection to prevent a third major food crisis on their watch? Don’t hold your breath—when I asked in Question Period, they refused to commit to an implementation date. Frank Valeriote, MP Liberal Party of Canada Agriculture Critic
Tax burden on Canadians at lowest level in 50 years MP Dan Albas As I write this week’s report to you it happens to be tax freedom day. This is the day where your combined tax bill from all levels of government is considered to be “paid” by the average Canadian and from that point on, any income can go towards paying for expenses, discretionary spending, debt or directed to savings, etc. I believe that we should never overlook the fact that it takes roughly half a year to get to this point, although the upside is that five years ago it took nearly seven months to reach tax freedom day. In fact, today the federal tax burden on Canadians is at its lowest level in 50 years. Lowering of the GST rate from 7 per cent to 5 per cent and reducing income taxes are primary reasons for these changes, however there have been nearly 150 different types of tax reductions introduced by our government overall in recent years. In addition over one million low income families, seniors and individuals have been
removed from the tax rolls over this same time frame, to directly benefit those most in need. Ultimately these changes leave more money in
Dan Albas, MP your wallet, where you can decide best how those funds can benefit you and your family. It is estimated that the burden on the average family today has been reduced by more than $3,000 per year in combined taxes. Often the debate within the House of Commons will focus around how best to grow jobs and thus support the Canadian economy, and if these objectives are best met through bigger government and more governmental spending
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or smaller government with taxpayers deciding where to best spend their hard earned money. This is to a large extent an ideological debate and while most agree with the need to balance taxation levels there is again disagreement on where the balance point should be. One point that is not in dispute is that last week Statistics Canada announced over 95,000 net new jobs were created all across Canada in the month of May, the majority being full-time, in the private sector. This was the second largest monthly job gain in Canadian history, and I was also pleased to see that youth employment was also up by over 54,000 jobs, the largest increase in youth employment in roughly 30 years. Since July of 2009 there are now over one million net new jobs in Canada as our job creation record is the best
within the G7. Odds are you may not have heard about Canada’s recent success in new jobs or our progress in moving tax freedom day earlier in the year. I have noted most of the recent media focus has been on a fellow backbench MP resigning from caucus as the principal news story dominating a large segment of our parliamentary press gallery. Over the same time frame there have also been many important bills that have moved forward but again are largely unreported as the focus remains on the actions of a few and overlooks the work of many. If I sound somewhat jaded with how some of the Ottawa media cover what we do in Ottawa, it is in large part because I feel the positive work and many accomplishments are constantly ignored or overlooked. This past week I spoke
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in support of several different private members bills that are important to citizens in Okanagan-Coquihalla. I know from my experience with my own private members bill how much effort and compromise is required to bring a bill though the House. The fact that so many of these bills are overlooked is disappointing. Fortunately there is a solution: www.openparliament.ca is a volunteer run website that is the creation and hard work of Mr. Michael Mulley. Open parliament is an incredible resource and does an outstanding job in compiling what occurs within the House of Commons and presents that information in a very user friendly and informative
manner. In short, open parliament allows you to keep tabs on what occurs in the House of Commons and most importantly it is a very effective tool for citizens to hold their elected Members of Parliament to account. I encourage citizens to visit open parliament to hold me to account. Speeches, member statements, voting records and even my Twitter feed are aggregated and presented in an easy to follow manner and I encourage citizens to pay a visit to the site. If you have any comments, questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact me toll-free at 800-665-8711 or via email at dan.albas@parl. gc.ca.
Highway 97 Task Force Society Annual General Meeting Thursday, June 20, 2013 7 p.m. Peachland Community Centre Banquet Room
To all Members: Please be advised that the Annual General Meeting of the Hwy97 Task Force Society will take place at the above time and place. The meeting will feature updates and progress made over the past year, a financial report for the society and election of officers for the coming year. New Members will be welcomed. Should anyone wish to allow their name to stand for a position on the Board of Directors, please forward an expression of interest to the Chairman of the nomination committee: Gus Richardson (email majar@shaw.ca, telephone 250 767 6135). Your Board of Directors encourages members to attend.
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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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Computer Literacy, 10am -12 pm, Peachland Wellness Centre. By appointment only.
Chess, 1:15pm, 50+ Activity Centre
Ladies’ Morning Coffee, 10-11am, Peachland Wellness Centre 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 Peachland Guides 5:15pm, community centre
Meat Draw, 2pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69
Peachland Sparks (girls 5-6), 5:30pm, community centre
Meditation Group, meets weekly 7-8 pm, please join us! Call 778-479-3794 for more information.
Youth Boxing Club, 6-8 pm, 4th Street Place
Peachland Toastmasters, 12pm, Peachland Community Centre AA, 12pm, 50+ Activity Centre Tuesday Mens Coffee and Crib, 1pm, Peachland Wellness Centre 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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Yoga, 1:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, Tweens 5-6:30pm, middle teens 6:30-8pm, 4th St. Anglican Church Peachland Baptist Church Gym Night, 7-8:15pm, Peachland Community Centre For children K-6. Lions Den Meeting, 7 pm. 2nd week: 6th Ave. Police Station. 4th week: community centre. Dan 250-767-9034 Central Okanagan Model Railway Company Group, 7pm, Peachland Museum
thursdays Tai Chi (Wellness Centre), 10am continued level at Heritage Park Bereavement, 10am, Peachland Wellness Centre Ladies Cribbage, 10:30am, Peachland Wellness Centre Iron and Silk Exercise, 11am, 50+ Activity Centre Peachland Rotary Club Meeting, 12pm, Gasthaus Pub AA, 12pm, 50+ Activity Centre Meat Draw, 4pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, middle teen hangout 5:307pm, community centre. Free.
fridays Yoga, 10:30am, 50+ Activity Centre Friday Art Club, 1pm, 50+ Activity Centre Ladies Snooker, 5pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 Potluck, Meeting, or Entertainment, 6pm, 50+ Activity Centre (4th week of the month only) BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OUTING, meet at community centre; Call to register.
saturdays Carpet Bowling, 10am, 50+ Activity Centre Meat Draw, 3pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69
Bingo, 6:45pm, 50+ Activity Centre
Wood Carvers, 7pm, 50+ Activity Centre
UPCOMING EVENTS Family Fishing Derby, June 15, 10am - 3pm, Shannon Lake. The Peachland Sportsmen’s Association is teaming up with the Freshwater Fisheries Society to put on an allday fishing day. The PSA will help show you just how easy it is to go fish. There will be fly tying, fly fishing and lots of fun and excitement all day long! Visit peachlandsportsmens.ca for more info. Glory Days, June 15, 7pm, Peachland Legion. Great little dance band, great dancing and listening music. Appy and dinner specials. Tickets $6. Call 250-7679140.
Regional Growth/Aggregate Supply Open House, June 20, 4:30-7:30 pm, RDCO Office, Kelowna. Information will be on display for drafts of the update to the regional growth strategy and the aggregate supply and demand study, which will include a site suitability checklist that local governments could use to guide their review and comments to the province on future aggregate applications. Highway 97 Task Force Society Annual General Meeting, June 20, 7pm, community centre banquet room. Meeting will feature
updates and progress made over the past year, financial report for the society, and election of officers for the coming year. New members welcome.
ment. Beer gardens. For info come, non-members $3. call Nicole 250-878-2072. 50+ Pancake Breakfast, Stars on Stage, June 23, June 30, 7:30am - 11:30am, 1pm, community centre. 50+ Activity Centre. $5 Stars on Stage presents an- adults, $3 kids 5-12, under other dynamic variety show 5 free. Everyone welcome. Peachland Rose Show, featuring Adam Fitzpatrick, June 22, community centre. Pam Ferens, Dale Seaman, Canada Day Barrel Race, The show is fortunate in Craig Brown, an exciting June 30 & July 1, Peachland having again international mystery guest,and the fabu- Riding Club. 10am start. rose show judges, Malcolm lous Summerland School of Free for spectators. Visit and Danielle Scott. In addi- Dance. Tickets are on sale www.peachlandridingclub. tion, a Master Gardener will now at Rocky J’s Cafe. com be on hand to answer any of your gardening ques50+ Potluck, June 28, Canada Day Celebrations. 6:15pm, 50+ Activity Cen- tions Beach Run, July 1. tre. Last potluck until fall! Be Appreciated! Volunteers Peachland Mixed SloBarbecue, you bring a salad are needed. Volunteers pitch Tournament, June will receive a shirt and or dessert. Chris Millar’s 22-23. Year end TournaPeru trip at 7:15pm. All wel- refreshments. For further
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information, call Pelma at 250-767-2133. 5K/10 K run (registration required). Activities and entertainment, parade, fireworks. Visit www.peachland.ca for more. Sportsmen Association – Fishing is Forever, July 20. Provides people with disabilities the opportunity to learn to fish. Visit www. peachlandsportsmens.ca. Dancin’ Barefoot in the Park, July 20, Cousins Park. Music festival in Cousins Park. Free youth talent contest. Tickets required. Visit dancinbarefoot.com
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Celebrating public education Moyra baXter
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It’s almost graduation time again. Every June, at our secondary schools, many celebrations occur that recognize the achievements of the students who have completed their 13 years of primary and secondary education and are now preparing for the next phase of their lives. For some of them, that means what is sometimes called “higher education.”
Moyra Baxter For others, there are different routes to take. All of them are important. I grew up in a culture that considered people’s
worth by what they did for a living. When I came to Canada, I quickly realized that one’s neighbours were judged by what sort of person they were, not by their occupation. Although I had come to this wonderful country for just a short adventure, I have stayed for over 40 years because this is where I wanted to bring up my children and becoming a Canadian was one of the most important decisions of my life. See PUBLIC on page 8
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Summer Plans? What better way to build your resume than volunteering for a chamber of commerce? The Peachland Chamber is accepting applications from students who are interested in 4 hour weekend shifts through July and August. If successful, the applicant will receive Visitor Info Councillor Certification and be part of the team at the new Peachland Visitor and Legends of the Lake Interpretive Centre located in the Historic Primary School. It promises to be an exciting summer with plans to develop the interpretive centre and a Peachland Art Gallery as well as playing host to visitors from all around the world. If you are an enthusiastic team player, can be available for training July 3,4, and 5th and wish to volunteer for a minimum of 20 hrs. this summer, please contact us:
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Regular council meeting highlights - June 11 Community centre renovation
Council approved a request to apply for a Farm Credit Canada grant in the amount of $25,000, which would go towards the total cost of phase 1 of a 201415 community centre renovation. Council has asked that staff continue to look for additional grant funding to support the renovation. Further, council approved the use of additional funding to
be secured through the amenities fund subject to council’s approval of detailed plans.
RCMP accommodation agreement with the District of West Kelowna
Council approved the signing of the RCMP accommodation agreement between the District of Peachland and the District of West Kelowna, which will ensure that District of Peachland
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Consulting agreement for the primary school building
Council granted a contract extension until July 31, 2013 for the consulting services agreement with Rob Campbell for the primary school building renovations.
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Dispatches from the farm: Organic is all about the soil Jordan Marr
Special to the Peachland View
Great news: the Homestead Farm is still organic. We just received confirmation from our certifying organization that we passed our yearly inspection with no outstanding concerns and can continue to call ourselves organic for another year. Thus caps a somewhat laborious annual
process that begins with a monstrous application to fill out in January, middles with a farm-inspection by a verification officer in April, and ends with a failed attempt to flirt my way to cheaper lamination costs of the new certificate. It turns out that tube tops aren’t a very effective form of persuasion when worn by heavy-set, hairy-chested veggie growers. At least, not with Staples employees called Kevin. I get the sense that for
most people, the organic certification process is like the ingredients in a Twinkie: shrouded in mystery. Most define organic as a system that forbids the use of sprays (not entirely true) and synthetic fertilizers (ditto), and assume that the primary goal of organic farming is the production of healthy food. Actually, organic farmers see healthy food as a happy by-product of their main focus: healthy soil, and the process of becom-
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Public education here in Canada is one of the cornerstones of our great democratic society. In the United Kingdom, strangely enough, the public schools are anything but. To say one has attended a public school is to say that one is a member of a very private elitist group. For me, the public school system here in the Central Okanagan was all I wanted for my three sons and I am proud to have been a part of it, first as a parent advocate and then as a school trustee.
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question; that you had to demonstrate how you got it? Organic certification is kind of like that. It’s not enough that a farmer demonstrates good yields or healthy soil; he or she must also demonstrate how this was accomplished.
Jordan Marr Partly this is necessary to reduce instances of fraud, but it’s also a safeguard against ignorance, something about which, as regards farming, I know plenty. In addition to vouching for the practices of a farmer, organic certification educates farmers about best practices in the process. To this end, there are many more questions to
answer. Is your crop rotation sufficient to reduce the need for organic pesticides? Do your composting practices limit the survival of unwanted pathogens? What efforts did you make to procure organic seeds? How do you discourage disease in your plants? How and where do you store your crops? Are your neighbours doing any spraying? And on and on. And yes, there is a gigantic list of chemicals we’re not allowed to use, and of organic-based sprays and amendments we can use, called the permitted substances list. For most of our customers, it seems that this list is what matters most. Their concern about the residues they may be consuming makes sense. But in general, I think we should all be just as concerned about the resource on which most of our diets depend: the soil. Jordan Marr grows organic veggies for home delivery at The Homestead Farm in Peachland. You can learn more at thehomesteadorganicfarm.ca
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ing certified is much more involved than swearing off certain sprays and soil amendments. As I said, the yearly process begins in January, when I pull out a year’s worth of records and fill out the bulky, 25-page reapplication form. It starts by asking me to state my production of the previous year, which means I have to keep track of that production, which is why I know that last year the Homestead produced, among other horticultural delights, 1,200 square bales of hay, 30 pounds of basil, and 800 bunches of kale. The purpose of this requirement is to allow our verification officer to ascertain whether our land is capable of producing what we’re claiming to be selling. Another requirement is a detailed list of anything we added to the soil or crops in the process of growing them, where we bought them, and how we store them. Do you remember how on algebra exams, it wasn’t enough just to provide the right answer to a
Some people say that our public education system is broken, and I know there is room for improvement, but as I see many students graduate with scholarships to major universities, others pursuing diplomas at colleges, and some graduating because we found ways to support them through difficult times and give them hope for the future, I am truly proud of the people in our system who go the extra mile for all our students. Every one of our students is important and deserves our support and attention. Our responsibil-
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The osprey
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Partiers left behind rubbish in a park area next to Trepanier Creek after a raucous
Sunday night. Neighbours were unimpressed with the noisy visitors who apparently parked a motorhome on the street overnight and failed to clean up when they left. If anyone notices campers who appear as though they may stay overnight you can contact bylaw officer Dale Zimmerman who will warn people before they settle in for the night. Zimmerman conducts beach inspections as often as possible and closes the beach at 11 p.m. If you need assistance with respect to any bylaw matters, contact the district office at 250-767-2647 or call Zimmerman on his mobile phone at 250-212-2331. Also, RCMP will respond to noisy partying and alcohol consumption on the beach when it starts to get out of hand.
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The osprey is a fish-eating bird of prey. Plunging feet first for fish, they nest in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. The nest is a large heap of sticks, driftwood and seaweed built in forks of trees, on utility poles or artificial platforms. Generally, ospreys mate for life, reaching sexual maturity and ready to begin breeding around the age of three to four. If there are no suitable nesting
sites available, young ospreys may be forced to delay breeding. To ease this problem, posts are sometimes erected to provide more sites suitable for nest building. Such a platform was built on the edge of Peachland where Highway 97C meets Highway 97. The sexes appear fairly similar, but the adult male can be distinguished from the female by its slimmer body and narrower wings. Marion Hall
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Stand easy: Legion week to be marked with service celebration Jean SauL
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There is plenty of activity in store at the Peachland Legion in the weeks ahead. Coming up this Saturday, June 15, we will have
entertainment provided by Glory Days. The cover charge is $6. Monday, June 24 will be the last general meeting before the summer hiatus. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. The last week of June has been declared Legion
Week and to mark this incredible honour, we will be hosting our Legion Years of Service Celebration on Sunday, June 30 starting at 2 p.m. Those legion members who will receive awards will be contacted by our membership team prior to the
event. We welcome the public to join us on this date to honour and thank those members that have dedicated their time to our branch. Due to the event, the meat draw on this Sunday only will have a delayed start time of 3 p.m.
Monday, July 1 is Canada Day! Come on out and cheer on the festivities culminating in the parade, which starts at 5 p.m. Wave your maple leafs and be a proud Canadian. Have you got your tickets for Stars on Stage?
Remember the legion is now an ongoing sponsor of these events that showcase local talent. This time around the venue has been changed to the Peachland Community Centre. Have a safe and wonderful Okanagan summer!
Tips for preparing flower entries for this year’s fall fair berkeLey Stuart
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We live in a beautiful place and are so fortunate to have a climate that lends itself to growing a huge variety of beautiful flowers, as well as yummy fruits, vegetables, berries and nuts. Now that warm weather is here, it’s time to set
out flower seeds or seedling plants in preparation for a showy summer garden display. Do a little research to find plants and flowers that fit your garden style as well as your lifestyle. You may have a large garden with space for showy sunflowers or dahlias, a shady patio that you wish to keep cool and fragrant with only white
blossoms, or just a few pots on your deck filled with bright annuals. You might travel all summer and wish to have only easy care and drought resistant flowers, greenery or grasses. Whatever works for you is the best garden to have. Take a look through the flower section on our Peachland Fall Fair website and pick a class
or two (or 10!) into which you might like to enter flowers from your garden. Then baby them along until the morning of September 7, and bring them in to the community centre to exhibit in the fall fair. You could win a prize with your blooms! You can use your imagination with the containers and remem-
ber it is allowable to prepare your blossoms to show their best by removing the odd bugbitten leaf or shriveled petal. Enter this year’s theme class with a bouquet illustrating this year’s theme (magic in the air at the Peachland Fall Fair). Many flowers are magical in their appearances or scents. Remember to
work on entries for other sections as well. Photography, handicrafts and needlework items, fruits, nuts, veggies, baking and wine are all awaiting entries from your efforts. This should be our best year yet! More information about the Peachland Fall Fair can be found at www.peachlandfallfair. ca.
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An advance directive is a legal document that advises others of your refusal (or consent) to a particular type of health care. The theory is that people have a right to decide what happens to their own body, even when they are beyond the point where they are able to give verbal or non-verbal consent. End-of-life care wishes must be documented. Simply telling your children that you do not want to be resuscitated is not enough. Health care providers will typically keep you alive by whatever means possible without specific docu-
ments that indicate your wishes. However, some people feel very strongly about not receiving blood transfusions or life support. This is where an advance directive comes in. You discuss your specific medical wishes with your lawyer or notary public. They draft a document that reflects these wishes. You give copies to your spouse, children and doctor. It’s also a good idea to have one posted to your refrigerator (this is where emergency medical personnel often look for such important instructions).
Typical advance directives may include consent or refusal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), kidney dialysis, blood transfusions and the use of feeding tubes. You can even make note of the specific type of care facility in which you wish to reside. In certain circumstances your family may be able to make these decisions for you, but they may not make the same decision that you would have made had you been capable of such. Health care providers must follow the instructions in your advance directive and do not need to consult your
family members. A power of attorney does not allow for medical decisions. It is exclusively designed for someone to make legal and financial decisions on your behalf. If you have specific medical requests you must document them in an advance directive (or appoint a representative under a representation agreement). Odina Skovgaard is a notary public practicing in Peachland, and the owner of Lakeside Notary. She holds a master’s degree in legal studies and a bachelor’s degree in criminology.
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The Bylaw Beat: Dealing with unwanted sounds A brief introduction to Noise Bylaw #1330 Dale Zimmerman
Special to the Peachland View
This week we will talk about the Noise Bylaw #1330. Please try to keep noise levels down as some people are far more sensitive to noise than others. If you are having a party in the yard, let your neighbours know about it in
Dale Zimmerman advance and keep the stereo equipment and
karaoke machines in the house as noise can carry for great distances under certain circumstances. We can all have fun and still show respect for other people around us. The bylaw includes the following:
nature at a private residence that can easily be heard by an individual at another residence. Please note that this is very subjective as some people have very sensitive hearing. The noise must be above normal for the area.
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noise is allowed: • Weekdays (Monday - Friday) between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.; • Saturdays between the hours of 10 a.m. and 9 p.m.; and • Sundays and holidays between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Permits may be given to extend these hours if required. Many of the bylaws
of Peachland are posted at www.peachland.ca and can be viewed by anyone free of charge. You can also purchase a copy of a bylaw at the municipal hall. Please have a safe and enjoyable summer. If you require any assistance please contact the district office at 250767-2647 or call my cell phone at 250-2122331.
Defibrillator purchase made possible by estate donation Pat Grieve
Special to the Peachland View
How can it be possible that it is June already? It’s almost time for our summer slowdown, when some of our activities stop for the summer. What a great evening we had on the monthly potluck night at the end of May. Dale Seaman and his Highway 97 band entertained a very large and appreciative crowd for over two hours. We’re grateful to Dale for a great show. May’s volunteer of the month was Len Teeple. Teeple runs the Wood Carvers Club, which meets on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. If you are interested in learning more about this club, give the office a call for his contact number. This group and several others will stop for the summer and resume in September. The following programs will also break for summer: • Friendship Tuesday; • Monday Needle Arts; • Aerobics; and • The Variety Singers. If you’re not sure of your group’s intentions, contact
your leader. Don’t forget that bingo will continue all summer and the prizes are usually larger as more Westbank folk come out because their seniors centre bingo shuts down for the summer. Bigger and better winnings are to be had. Maybe you will be lucky! Office hours for the summer will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. If you are calling outside office hours leave a message and your call will be returned the next working day. The board will be in the kitchen for month’s potluck on Friday, June 28. The upcoming potluck will be a barbecue and we promise there will be no Cajun hamburgers this year.
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The centre will supply the burgers, wieners and all the fixings. We ask those who attend to contribute a salad or a dessert. The potluck will follow the usual procedure. Bring your dish along with your own plate and cutlery. We will be entertained by member Chris Millar, who will show a Powerpoint presentation of her trip to Peru. It should be very interesting. Let’s have a big crowd for this, our last meeting until fall. By the time you read this the group on the bus trip to Three Valley Gap will be on their way home and I hope a good time was had by all. We’d like to hear from you about where you would like to go next year. The next pancake breakfast will be on Sunday,
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the enjoyment of all who attended this chance to meet old friends. We were pleased to receive a legacy from the estate of Nancy Gordon, one of our most valued and long-time members who died last year. With this money we purchased a defibrillator that is now installed and ready in case of a cardiac emergency. St. John Ambulance provided orientation and a basic CPR review. Hopefully this device will never have to be put to use. If you would feel comfortable
learning more about this device call the office and we will provide you with the information. We have many rentals booked over the summer so I would remind all to obey the parking sign when it is on the road. Of course no boat trailers are allowed on 8th Street anyway, and it is only proper that the guests of the renters should be able to park close to our building. I hope to see you all at the June 28 barbecue. Have a safe and happy summer.
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June 30 (Canada Day weekend). Breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. as usual. This is the best meal and the best deal in town. Come on down and bring all your visitors who have arrived for the long weekend. We honoured the Peachland and District Retirement Society members who have reached the age of 80 years last week at a luncheon and had our oldest member, Les Sykes, cut the cake. Piano music by Mary Kerkhove added to
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NOTICE is given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate are required to send them to the executors, Phillip Keith Bingham and Randall Cary Bingham, at P.O. Box 11130, #3000 - 1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 3R3, on or before August 6, 2013, after which date the Estate assets will be distributed having regard only to claims that have been received.
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Alcoholics Anonymous Peachland Fellowship
Meets Monday at 7 p.m. (closed meeting) and Friday at 8 p.m. (open meeting). Call 250-763-5555 for more info.
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EXECUTORS: Phillip Keith Bingham and Randall Cary Bingham SOLICITOR: Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP
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CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS 1. Chicago time 4. And hearty 8. In a murderous frenzy (var. sp.) 10. Substance that imparts a hue 11. Italian’s capital 12. Oral flavors 13. The Pitt Family artist, Wm. 15. Most buffoonish 16. A group of 8 17. Overlords 18. Camera artists 21. Resinlike substance in shellac 22. Fundamentally important 23. Fishing implement 24. Hamilton’s bill 25. An adult female hog 26. Emergency broadcast network 27. Transcending national boundaries 34. Applied by spreading 35. Lower in esteem 36. Entered the noneating larval stage 37. Nears 38. Woke up 39. Selfs 40. Parts 41. Dry: esp. of vegetation 42. Knot in a tree 43. River in NE Scotland CLUES DOWN 1. Drive-in server 2. Kiss
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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
You could be feeling under the weather this week, Aries. Even if your to-do list is a mile long, you need to take some time to recuperate before getting back to business.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
Life experience is your advantage, Taurus. When your company is looking to fill a position, they will most likely hire from within. Make the most of this opportunity.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
Gemini, just when things seem hopeless, a small ray of light shines through and you find a solution to your problem. Scorpio has some wise words, so listen up.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
Cancer, once you think you have all of the answers, something pops up to make you reassess a situation. It could take a few days for you to find the answer you’re looking for.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 3. Red fruit eaten as a vegetable 4. Foot and legwear 5. Changes 6. Wind deposited silt 7. Formerly (archaic) 9. Gold fineness measure 10. Military snack bar 12. Capital of Uzbekistan 14. Old Tokyo
15. Heat in a microwave 17. A waterproof raincoat 19. Stared sullenly 20. Slang for cool 23. Revolves 24. Don’t know when yet 25. Sports shoe 26. Opposite of beginning
27. Chevy sedan model 28. Communist nickname 29. 007’s Flemming 30. Drama awards 31. Badgered 32. Towards land 33. Leaseholder 34. Capital of Gyeonggi-do 36. Yellowstone or Central
Leo, you may have fun in the sun on your mind, but others are urging you to buckle down and focus on some tasks that need to get wrapped up before you leave.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
There are some changes coming at work, Virgo. You just don’t know if they will be to your advantage or be something that could tilt you off your axis.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Libra, you have much to learn, but you cannot cram it all into one week. There is no crash course on life. Make the most of a getaway opportunity.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
You can’t seem to focus on one thing for very long this week, Scorpio. You might have to spend a few days clearing your mind before you can refocus on the tasks at hand.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
Sagittarius, you are not one to let an obstacle block you from your goal. Rethink your strategy and you will soon find yourself back on the path to success.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Level: Intermediate
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!
Capricorn, changes at home are in store and you may be feeling both excited and anxious at the same time. This is perfectly understandable as you await the news.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
Aquarius, vacation plans may have been elusive until now, but you finally have the funds and the time to take the trip you desire. Your traveling partner is still up in the air.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
Pisces, a new season inspires you to make changes and reconsider old relationships. Call it a late spring cleaning of your life.
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Food for the Soul: Is this the end of days? John Rankin
Peachland Baptist Church Special to the Peachland View
I remember when I was in high school (way back when), and heard all kinds of talk that there would soon be a nuclear war and that would be it. It
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sion. That we are not to think of the times and dates does not mean that we are not to think of Christ’s return, for that is what we look forward to and long for. Those who don’t care about God in their lives and live for themselves will face a tragic ending.
There will be an end, but not until everyone has a chance to be saved.
was not an encouraging prospect! There have been many more people since then who have predicted that the end is near, but so far, all of them have been wrong. Even Christ’s disciples were curious to know about times and dates and Jesus replied to them in Acts 1:7, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons the Father has put in His own power.” The disciples were asking what Jesus never directed or encouraged them to ask. That is, when He would return, and when the end of the world would come. This knowledge is hidden from people, and reserved for God alone, and it is not wise to dwell on such things. What He has revealed in His word is that He is coming again and that there will be an end to this world. The scoffers may laugh and ask why it is taking so long. It isn’t because He has forgotten. It isn’t because He has changed the date. It isn’t because He has changed His mind. It is because of His great love for all mankind. II Peter 3:9 says, “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” Scoffers would do well to remember that God does keep His promises just as He did with Noah, who along with his family, was saved in the ark. There will be an end, but not until everyone has a chance to be saved. It could be this year, or it could be in the distant future because a day to God is like 1,000 years and 1,000 years is like a day (II Peter 3:9). God is eternal and all things past, present and future are always in His sight. We have limited vi-
Jesus told a parable in Luke 12:15-21 about a rich farmer who had a lot of success growing his crops. He could not con-
tain all that he produced and instead of helping others with the surplus, he decided to build bigger barns. The bigger barns would assure him of plenty of money for years to come and he could just sit back and relax. All that he wanted to do was take life easy and eat, drink and be merry. After all, he worked hard and this was a way of patting himself on the back. He did not acknowledge the goodness of God to him, nor God’s desire that he be benevolent to others. All he thought of was himself and his plans for many lazy and happy years ahead. He did not however plan on what would happen to him that
very night, when he would breathe his last breath on this earth. Who would get what he had worked so hard to accumulate? He certainly wouldn’t be taking any of it where he was going. I don’t know when Jesus
is returning. I don’t know when the world will end. I don’t know what will happen tomorrow or if I will even still be around. I don’t know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future...and I do know that trusting in Him
and walking in His will is the safest place to be. If you have not yet trusted in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, then today is the day of salvation (II Corinthians 6:2). Don’t put it off until tomorrow or it may be too late.
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St. Margaret’s Anglican Church
Peachland United Church 4421 4th Street
Sunday, June 16th, 2013
Grace Lutheran Church 1162 Hudson Road West Kelowna, B.C. 250-769-5685
Vacation Bible School
July 2 - 5, 9 am - noon Age 2 through grade 6 Join us on “Rebekah & her Family”
Sunday Worship 10 a.m. Morning Prayer Tuesdays - 9:30 a.m. Office Hours 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Monday to Friday
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4th Street & Brandon Ave
Peachland Campus Pastor cell: 250.870.3087 Office: 5848B Beach Avenue
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250-767-3131 www.stmargaretspeachland.org
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)
Derek Koch, Peachland Campus Pastor
Peachland Campus 10:00 am - Worship Service at Peachland Elementary School
New Contemporary Worship
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Lyn Stewart 250-767-6211 or John Miller 250-767-9270
Sunday Services
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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
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$333,000 #106 3996 Beach Ave. - Lakeshore Gardens in beautiful Peachland. Only steps from the beach. This ground floor unit offers 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. Granite counter tops, recessed sink and reverse osmosis, custom kitchen cabinets. All this located on the quiet side of complex. MLS®10059660
Bryon Knutsen
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4142 San Clemente Ave, Peachland - Cute, charming and tastefully updated, this 4 bed/2 bath rancher is a perfect place to call home as a part time or full time residence! Great open plan with recently finished & easily suite-able lower level. Located on the popular “Flats” of Peachland featuring a generous lot with fenced yard & a perfect space for the kids or entertaining! CALL TRACEY FOR A FREE MARKET EVALUATION! MLS®10066399
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$55,000 EDGEWATER PINES 55+ • #11 6663 Hwy 97 South Well maintained, updated & spacious open floor plan with this 2 bed / 1 bath 900+ sqft single wide in Peachland’s finest 55+ community. Ample storage & parking; nice yard + workshop. MLS®10062883
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Grow your own food... fertile soil on this 10 ACRE HOBBY FARM, some great building sites, flat land with Trepanier Creek running through with water rights, shallow well, very cute older farm house with some updates, country kitchen with pantry, laminate floors, wood stove & wood insert, ductless heat pump system, new plumbing & hot water tank, whole house water filtration system, chicken coop, fruit trees. MLS®10065471
Lovely bright well-maintained grade level entry home with lake & mountain views, this home is move in ready, 3 bdrms can be 4th has no closet, 3 full baths, large lot .33 acre, spacious room sizes, kitchen with island & eating nook & brand new S/S fridge & stove, cozy sunroom, living room has gas fireplace, family room on lower entry level with a wood stove, C/A, central vacuum, newer stucco exterior, hot water tank and dura deck. MLS®10065812
Incredible sweeping lakeviews, quiet newer subdivision with parkland close by, unique one of a kind custom quality built walkout rancher, attractive acrylic stucco & stone exterior, corner lot with RV & boat parking, covered parking for 7 in 2 different attached garages, hardwood & travertine floors open concept, gourmet kitchen w/granite gas range, large master bedroom walk-in closet & 5 piece ensuite with heated floors, curved staircase. MLS®10061309
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7140 Brent Road Okanagan Lakefront home with over 2 acres of privacy and 251’ of shoreline. This Poskitt Classic Tudor home is a 4 bed/ 4 bath with panoramic lake views. This property also has a 1 bed/1 bath guest cottage on the property. This home has a new roof (2007), newer S/S appliances. This home and property must be seen to be appreciated! MLS# 10065897
$1,980,000
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Gorgeous 5 bedroom, 4 bath home with a close up huge lakeview, room for a pool, quality modern finishing, walkout rancher, open concept 10’ ceilings on the main floor and basement, hardwood floors, open plan gourmet kitchen with granite counters, butler’s pantry, gas/dual fuel stove, S/S appliances, 10’ long island, living room with gas FP, roughed-in bar area in rec room on lower floor, spacious master with 5 pce spa-like ensuite with soaker tub, large shower. MLS®10056724
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SEMI WATERFRONT location..Rare find, well-appointed, open concept, stunning 3 bedroom 2 bath 1748 sq ft luxury condo like new, semi-waterfront with lake views over pool area from large balcony, large spacious kitchen, open concept onto dining and living room with a gas F/P, upgrades include granite counters, S/S appliances (7 total) including wine fridge, hardwood floors, crown moulding, double sinks in ensuite, amenities include outdoor pool, hot tub, exercise room. MLS®10058159
Great community & location! Incredible views! Bright, upscale townhome located in popular “Terraces”; incredible lake & mountain views. 4 bdrm, 3 full bath walk out rancher with open concept, great layout, gas F/P, games room down, built-in vac, 9’ ceilings, crown mouldings, double garage, RV parking, walk to the beach! MLS®10059440
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$299,900 • #201 – 4470 Ponderosa Drive Relax on your large deck with panoramic LAKEVIEWS in a quiet area, many kitchen & bathroom updates, new attractive shaker maple cabinets in kitchen and bathrooms, SS appliance’s, all appliances included and wine fridge, 2 bdrms 2 full baths with newer toilets and lighting, gas F/P vaulted ceilings open concept, skylight, across the road from the new Ponderosa Golf Course close to hiking trails and just a few minutes down to the beach & shopping. MLS®10062103
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5305 Bradbury St, Peachland - Enjoy your stunning view of Okanagan Lake from this 3 bedroom plus den custom built West Coast Architecture home, beautifully landscaped, garden, big luscious green back yard, a must see, a great family home. The Ponderosa Pines living, and Okanagan lake view await you from your back yard and/or deck.
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250-826-2047 5878E Beach Avenue Larry Guilbault Peachland, BC VOH 1X7
$669,500 4134 Beach Avenue, Peachland - HERE’S YOUR CHANCE!! The opportunity to buy this size property only steps to the Beach at this price won’t come along everyday. One of the Okanagan’s favorite locations situated on Beach Avenue in Peachland. A great 1677’ home ideal for the family or for that “vacation location” of your dreams. The dream wouldn’t be complete without lots of healthy varieties of apple, cherry and walnut trees, as well as grapes. MLS®10061202
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