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MISSING SINCE JUNE 9 Kara Stoyanowski left her campsite near Peachland over a week ago

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It must be summer now that rocks have been removed and the dock repaired at Swim Bay 5

The Peachland Elementary track and field competed in the Kelowna Apple Bowl on June 10 10

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Seniors housing proposal is ready for BC Housing ERIN CHRISTIE EDITOR

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MEMBERS OF THE PEACHLAND UNITED CHURCH celebrated the 90-year anniversary of the United Church in Canada on June 10 by ringing

Affordable housing for Peachland’s senior citizens is one step closer to becoming a reality now that council has agreed to formalize its financial commitment to the Peachland Seniors Support Society’s (PSSS) proposed seniors housing project.

In an announcement issued on MERX, an electronic tendering service, on April 29, BC Housing officially issued the long-awaited call for Okanagan-based non-profit organizations to submit proposals by June 18 for the creation of affordable rental housing projects for low and moderate income households for seniors and people with disabilities.

In their announcement BC Housing also stipulated that the funding, should it be granted, is a one time only subsidy and the proponents would not receive any ongoing funding. Any projects that involve ongoing support, or services to tenants, will require additional funding from other programs or funders to be considered viable, and these projects must demonstrate a commitment of the funding along with their submission.

At a committee of the whole meeting on June 9, council unanimously approved a motion to donate the municipal land between 5th and 6th Street (Waldo Way and Highway 97) by way of long-term lease to the PSSS, in order meet BC Housing’s requirements.

According to the district’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and PSSS director, Elsie Lemke, this “commitment” provides the

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RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance to locate missing woman ERIN CHRISTIE EDITOR

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It’s been over a week since Kara Stoyanowski wandered away from her campsite west of Peachland.

The 24-year-old Winnipeg woman, last seen on June 9, reportedly walked away from a recreational area south of the Okanagan Connector near Headwaters Fishing Camp Road and Peachland Lake Road.

Her fiancé, believed to be the last person to see her, reported her missing, and Kelowna Search and Rescue volunteers were notified the evening of June 10.

As of Friday, June 12, Dave Crawford, spokesman for the search team, told members of the media that the young woman was considered lost and the Kelowna Search and Rescue has brought in expert trackers from the Kootenays and the Okanagan to detect where she went.

The team of volunteers, which come from as far as

Stoyanowski is described as: • Caucasian female • 24 years old • Five feet eight inches tall • 120 pounds • Short pink hair • Wearing shirt, shorts and flip flops Princeton and Kamloops, have spent days in the dense bush near Brenda Mine hunting for clues, however Kelowna RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Joe Duncan said the search has met with negative results.

The police are continuing their efforts to locate Stoyanowski, and crews are now conducting ground and air searches in hopes of finding the missing woman.

On June 14, the Kamloops Search and Rescue team officially joined the hunt, deploying their team’s man-tracker and a dog team to aid the search.

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KARA STOYANOWSKI, 24, has been missing since Tuesday, June 9, in the bush northwest of Peachland.

Alan Hobler says the fact the woman has been gone for so long is very concerning.

Though Duncan confirmed that Stoyanowski’s disappearance is not being considered suspicious, there is growing concern for her well-being because she was wearing only a shirt, shorts and flip-flops and is unfamiliar with the area.

“We’re assuming she’s out there,” Duncan said in an interview on June 16.

“However, she may have gotten into town, but that’s why her picture is out there hoping that somebody has seen her and will call us.”

Stoyanowski is a Caucasian woman, 5’8” tall, 120 lbs with short pink hair.

In the meantime, the RCMP are reaching out to the public for assistance.

Anyone with information on the missing woman’s whereabouts is asked to call the West Kelowna RCMP at 250768-2880 or their local police. Remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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necessary contributions to complete the revised proposal in time for June 18 deadline.

The donation, Lemke continued, which is valued at $950,000 (based on a recent appraisal of the property), would also require the district to enter into a sixty-year lease with the operator, the Penticton and District Society for Community Living (PDSCL).

Additionally council agreed to waive the district’s development cost charges (DCCs), development fees (zoning, subdivision and permit) and building permit fees, and to fund commercial DCCs as well as the Regional District’s DCCs. Lemke said that fee waivers and “forgiveness” of municipal charges had been previously discussed with the Minister of Housing and BC Housing as a way to provide additional equity contributions and make the project more sustainable.

The district, she added, has the authority under the Local Government Act to waive or reduce certain fees at its discretion, however, she noted, other fees like the DCCs for commercial space cannot be waived, but the district can choose to fund them itself.

The Regional District also has a policy of not waiving fees for the sewer treatment plant or DCCs for any new development. The district can also elect to fund those charges as well.

The total value of equity contribution, including the land lease is $1,917,000. Of that amount, $154,000 would have a direct cash cost to the district. The total anticipated cost of the entire project is expected to be $14,250,443.

“This has been a long time coming,” councillor Terry Condon noted during last week’s meeting.

“I am personally in favour of this. I’m not in favour of surrendering three whole properties under any circumstances, so I think it’s entirely appropriate that we will retain ownership of them.”

Councillor Peter Schierbeck also supported the project but expressed concern regarding the district’s contribution. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited,” Schierbeck said emphatically.

“As Councillor Condon said, this has been a long time

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It’s been very frustrating because Peachland always seems to get missed when it comes to funding for seniors. It’s just exasperating because we have proven time and time again that we have a large population of seniors and there is a definite need for this.”

- Sharon Hallberg, PSSS president

coming. But what I’m getting at is, how long will it take to recoup this nearly one million dollars we will be investing?” he asked Lemke.

Of the total value of equity contribution of $1,917,00, including land lease, Lemke pointed out that $154,000 would have a direct cash cost to the district.

“But would we recoup the cost?” Schierbeck pressed.

“In this case, no,” Lemke responded. “It would be strictly waived.”

Councillor Mike Kent said he felt the project, though costly, and potentially located in a prime space, would become an asset, and would strengthen the town.

“It’s going to generate some taxes from the renters, it will provide affordable housing, and the commercial space will generate some taxes,” Kent reminded his colleagues.

“This is ultimately going to be close to a $14 million project coming to downtown Peachland, so I’m in favour of moving forward with this.”

Councillor Keith Thom, who recently stepped down from the PSSS board in order to be able to participate in council’s discussions without having to declare a conflict of interest, told the group he still supported the project

and council’s decision to waive the fees, but took an uncharacteristically pragmatic approach in his comments.

“I have always heartily supported this project, but I think I would be remiss as a councillor if I didn’t bring some community concerns to the table,” Thom began.

“I think as a council we need to recognize that this would not be a walk in the park. There will be push back from some residents that will say various things about giving away land for affordable housing.”

For president Sharon Hallberg and the rest of the PSSS directors, who have been waiting for BC Housing’s request for proposals (RFP) to be issued for the better part of a decade, council’s recent resolution is the final piece of a very complicated puzzle she is ready to see completed.

In an interview with The View on May 25, Hallberg said the past few have been frustrating, to say the least, and described the process of waiting for BC Housing to issue the RFPs as “the carrot being dangled in front of the cart.”

“Anytime there has been an opportunity and we think there will be a chance for funding, we have been rejected,” Hallberg told The View.

“It’s been very frustrating because Peachland always seems to get missed when it comes to funding for seniors. It’s just exasperating because we have proven time and time again that we have a large population of seniors and there is a definite need for this.”

The development, which was initially outlined by the PSSS in 2006, includes 68 units of housing, including 40 affordable housing units and 28 market units in a five-storey wood frame building. The building would also contain 2,000 square feet of commercial space and 6,200 square feet of amenity space and support services.

According to BC Housing’s announcement in April, a total of $10 million will be available for the proposal call, with project funding being provided to successful applicants in exchange for equity ownership in the project.

The PSSS, who intend to request $4 million for the Peachland project, will submit their completed proposal on June 18. Hallberg said it is expected to take roughly 90 days from the submission deadline to find out if the proposal is accepted for funding.

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I live up at Eagle’s View, halfway up Ponderosa Drive. Recently we noticed a homeowner, further down Ponderosa Drive, putting up a trellis with a seat facing the street.

Above it reads “Rest Stop,” what a kind gesture, and we have actually

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I don’t think the provincial authorities should wait for some far-off decision on the second crossing in or near Kelowna.

I don’t think they should wait for some far-off decision on what to do, if indeed anything, about the highway through West Kelowna.

The narrow, unsafe, two and three lanes from Antlers Beach in the south to the foot of Drought Hill are an embarrassment for the residents who live here but more important, a serious drain on any economic development this international artery was built to enhance some 50 plus years ago.

That’s right. It’s been that long since it was built and while it’s been patched up here and there it’s still obsolete and has to be seriously upgraded. Right now!

We have a Highway 97 “study” group of course. Their title subtlety suggests that they’re studying how best to redesign and rebuild the existing highway, which would actually make sense economically, practically and environmentally, but they are really a small self-interested few who have weaseled their way into becoming an arm of your local government. Be very careful there.

The reality is, they want to kill any chance Peachlanders, all 5000 of them, have of ever enjoying a decent, safe highway through town.

They will baffle you with baseless noise and traffic mythology gleaned only from discussions over coffee and they will promote fear because it works on the mindless but they really don’t have you, your money or your community front and centre.

Leave them with their massively expensive highway to nowhere and their Disney World dreams.

If the Ministry starts by rebuilding both of those old bridges outside of the

normal tourist season, even one at a time, traffic will be little affected.

Next, that awful stretch of what passes for a 21st century highway from Greata Ranch to Princeton Ave. has to go. Properly designed, to a world standard, a modern highway there will save lives and improve both the aesthetics and the value of the roadside along the lakeshore.

Finally then we might get a real highway between Princeton Avenue and Drought Hill. North and south of this unnecessary bottleneck the highway speed is 90 km/h, as indeed it should be, despite the fact that it passes through numerous intersections, private and public. The infamous Peachland speed trap, on the other hand is dead flat, has no intersections of any kind, and is set at a dawdling 70 km/h. Who came up with that for crying out loud? The average speed on that section of highway is actually closer to 84 kilometres per hour. Again, as it should be. Safe and effective.

Get it rebuilt properly and get it rebuilt soon. Look around you. Banks and businesses are leaving and never coming back. As a result, people are leaving because there are no senior level schools. And who wants to invest a significant part of their lives in a place where, alone in North America, you can’t buy a simple pair of jeans, underwear, work boots or shoes of any kind or even a bra? What kind of real town is that?

So let’s provide our residents, 90 per cent of whom live above the highway, with a modern, safe and effortless passage to Beach Avenue so they can be a physical part of this town rather than just some remote tax base and at the same time give travellers both a tantalizing taste of a beautiful city and a safe, speedy passage through the community.

David Winter, Peachland

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WORKERS SPENT MUCH of Tuesday afternoon removing rocks from the shores of Peachland’s popular Swim Bay area and repairing the municipal docking area in preparation for the busy swimming season.

New highway legislation could mean $167 fines for left-lane hogs ERIN CHRISTIE EDITOR

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Drivers who like to travel in the left lane of multi-lane highways had better have a good reason, according to new highway driving regulations.

In a release issued by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure on June 12, Minister Todd Stone said the provincial government has decided to strengthen the law in order to give the RCMP better tools to crack down on drivers who monopolize the left lane on highways.

According to Stone’s release, police can now ticket drivers who don’t use the left lane for either passing, allowing traffic to merge or preparing for a turn. Lawbreakers could be hit with a $167 fine and three driver penalty points.

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speeds drop to 50 kilometres an hour or slower, the province is encouraging drivers to use the left lane in order to keep traffic

moving.

Stone says the legislation was inspired by comments he received during last year’s Rural Highway Safety and Speed Review.

“I heard that one of the top driver frustrations across the province was being prevented from passing because someone won’t leave the left lane,” Stone explained in an email.

“We know from a variety of data sources, whether it be ICBC, collision information, or RCMP traffic reports, that failure to keep right except to pass is actually a cause of a lot of collisions across British Columbia.

“It can lead to driver frustration and so forth, so we’re committed to strengthening the language to help law enforcement officers.”

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That includes drivers who travel slowly on curved sections of the road before speeding up on straight stretches, thereby preventing anyone from passing them.

“Aside from feedback we’ve received from actual speed adjustments, the number one theme that came across in every region of the province was this whole issue of left-lane hogs, and people camping out in that left lane when they need to get over,” he continued.

an education awareness campaign and new road signs warning drivers to use the right lane if they plan on traveling slowly.

New laws will also allow the ministry to define winter tires, studded tires and traction devices such as chains in regulation.

Another change will permit local governments to permit motorcycle parking within six metres of intersections with stop signs or signals, as long as drivers’ views are not impeded. This will reportedly allow more efficient use of space that is not large enough for a car.

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A number of U.S. states have adopted similar keep-right laws. In Maine, for example, a driver may use the middle or left-hand lane when overtaking and passing another vehicle, “but must return to the right-hand lane at the earliest opportunity.”

Stone noted that according to current legislation, it is an offence under the Motor Vehicle Act to drive at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal movement of traffic, without moving to the right. The fine is $109.

In addition to new legislation, the government is planning

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More than just an institution Peachland United Church celebrates 90 years and beyond TREVOR NICHOLS

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The historic bell nestled in the tower of the Peachland United Church rang out June 10, as the church joined with others across the country to celebrate 90 years of the United Church in Canada.

About a dozen members of the congregation took turns ringing the bell – one ring for each year of the church – but that bell, in fact the entire church, has a history that goes back much further.

As early as 1904, Peachland was home to a loosely organized religious community, with several denominations holding services out of a church building on the corner of Beach Avenue and Third Street.

On August 19, 1907, a group of “ u n a t-

tached, like-minded Methodists” met to discuss starting a church of their own. That day would go down in history as the first official meeting of the Peachland Methodist Church, the congregation that would eventually morph into the Peachland United Church.

It took about five years for those “like-minded” Methodists to find their own home, but in 1911 they finally did, when the church on Fourth Street was constructed, largely thanks to the work of volunteers from the congregation, and the bell was donated by the T. Eaton Company of Canada.

On June 10, 1925, Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational churches across Canada merged into what is now known as the United Church. It was an historic occasion, and the one the church marked June 12 this year, but for Peachland i t

was nothing exceptionally new. Here, Presbyterians had already began sharing services with the Methodists for more than a decade.

For Elaine Diggle, the current reverend of the Peachland United Church, that spirit of acceptance is still a hallmark of the United Church in Peachland. In an interview June 16 she said that she is proud to be a part of a church with such a long history of acceptance and coming together.

For her, the bell-ringing ceremony was an opportunity to recognize the church’s commitment to those very things.

“To me it’s really special that we can celebrate the forming and the coming together and the uniting of people – that we want to celebrate it [and] that disparate sort of congregations came together to really form something that was richer than the individuals.”

Diggle said she believes that spirit also imbues itself into congregation members, who she says volunteer across the community.

With shining eyes she listed how places like the police station, information centre and wellness centre all receive help from United Church members – and how that spirit of giving and contributing to the community is woven into the social fabric of the church.

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Council and district encourage residents to reduce bear conflict ERIN CHRISTIE EDITOR

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As Peachland’s Mayor Cindy Fortin pointed out recently, the best way to get rid of an unwanted guest is to quite simply stop feeding them.

But Fortin, who made the comment in her May installment of “From the Mayor’s Desk,” wasn’t offering an unsolicited etiquette lesson, the first-term mayor was referring to Peachland’s ever-present, and increasingly bold, population of bears.

According to Fortin, a number of local residents are getting more frequent visits from the “fearless and foraging bruins,” prompting council and the Regional District to issue a series of public reminders encouraging residents to “bear-proof” their neighbourhoods in an effort to reduce human-bear conflict.

“We, in Peachland, live on the fringe area of what used to be prime bear habitat,” she wrote in the May 22 edition of The View.

“With the amount of fruit orchards and the availability of wild berries in the area it is no wonder that bears frequent some of the areas they do.”

The problem, according to Peachland’s district by-law enforcement officer, Dale Zimmerman, isn’t the availability or the abundance of fresh fruit in the area.

“It’s the garbage,” Zimmerman told The View on June 16.

“They’re on the hunt for food and once they get a taste for garbage, that’s it.

They know where to look.”

Zimmerman says once the bears come out of hibernation, he can receive as many as 50 calls per week regarding bear sightings, or reports of bear-related disturbances, mainly on Mondays and Wednesdays: garbage collection days in Peachland.

Once a bear knows where to find a regular food source, Zimmerman added, they will continue to return to the site.

Rae Stewart, waste

reduction facilitator for the Regional District of the Central Okanagan (RDCO), says one of the main culprits for repeat visits from hungry bears

is residents putting their garbage out the night, or day before garbage collection is due. “Bears and other animals have a keen sense of smell,” Stew-

art noted.

“The idea is not to attract them to your garbage unnecessarily. If they do find your waste, not only can they make a real

mess, but they also pose a risk to people, as well as themselves, by attracting the unnecessary attention of conservation officers.”

Stewart and Zim-

merman suggest that the solution is for residents to store their garbage in a secure shed or garage until pick-up day.

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TREVOR NICHOLS

THE 2015 PEACHLAND ELEMENTARY track and field team members are: Stella Katona, Molly Dyck, Janessa Elliot, Ferrah Goulet, Eva Barrett, Jack Crofts, Cian Cain, Ryder Kline, Ciera Binstead, Mya

Krahn, Namoi Tutt, Lindsay Thompson, Jaxson Stratton, Aiden Wieberg, Lucas Blatchford, Kylee Kallen, Hanna Grover, Shelby Kwasnica-Lanches, Madison Lewis-Brisco, Leyland Vucinovic, Logan Tutt, Jared Tkachuk and Marcus Jones.

A fed bear could become a dead bear if garbage problem persists Continued from page 7

added that any security device used to deter wildlife must be removed before the day of collection.

Bears repeatedly visit the same neighbourhoods to forage for food. Zimmerman says if a bear finds easily obtainable food and/or food trash, the

animal will continue to return until the food source is gone.

If the food source remains, the bears continue to return and, in an effort to

obtain their meal, can become destructive.

“People get nervous,” he explained.

“The conservation officers are called and the bear ends up hav-

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ing to be destroyed.”

Zimmerman says simply removing the bear from the area, even taking it hours away from their hunting/foraging grounds, isn’t effective.

“I’ve seen bears driven from Calgary to Fort St. John and they find their way back.”

Zimmerman said the instance he is referring to occurred when he worked as a by-law officer for the City of Calgary.

According to Zimmerman, the local conservation department, when called to resolve a human/bear conflict, would tranquilize the animal and paint a number on it, as a method of tracking it, and then take it several hours away and release it.

If it returned, the

animal was eventually put down because it was considered to be a potential threat to human safety.

According to WildSafeBC, which is owned and operated by the British Columbia Conservation Foundation, over the past five years in B.C., an average of 658 black bears have been destroyed each year, while 91 have been relocated due to conflicts with people.

“It’s really not fair that these animals are getting put down because people don’t want to put their garbage out at seven in the morning,” Zimmerman said.

To help reduce human-bear conflict and accommodate residents, as well as improve safety, council agreed to give early

budget approval in the amount of $4,000, to join the Bear Smart Community program.

To participate in the program, WildSafeBC requires a three-year commitment from Peachland and a minimum contribution of $2,500 to fund a community co-ordinator for the local BearSmart faction.

With that contribution, $8,000 is provided by the province for wages.

WildSafe BC also provides another $2,000 in training and support costs for the program coordinator.

The program is a province-wide initiative designed to reduce human-wildlife conflict through education, innovation and cooperation.

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WHAT’S ON

COMING EVENTS PEACHLAND ROSE SHOW AND TEA, June 20, 11-4pm, Community Centre. Entries from 7 -9:15 Sat. morning. Tags 25 cents each. Admission by donation.

POTLUCK/BBQ, June 26, 6pm, 50+ Activity Centre. Entertainment at 7pm: Old Tyme Fiddlers. non-members $3

PANCAKE BREAKFAST, June 28, 7:3011:30am, 50+ Activity Centre. Everyone welcome

SUNDAYS JERRY DOBER BREAKFAST 8am-11am, Peachland Wellness Centre. Everyone welcome!

PEACHLAND UNITED SERVICE 10am, United Church

ST. MARGARET’S ANGLICAN CHURCH WORSHIP 10am, St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

EMMANUEL CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 10am, Emmanuel Church, Westbank

PEACHLAND BAPTIST SERVICE 10:30 service fellowship 11:30am, 4204 Lake Ave.

MEAT DRAW 2-4pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

MONDAYS FITNESS ROOM 8am8pm, community centre

YOGA ADVANCED BEGINNERS 8-9am, 50+ Activity Centre. $5 drop-in per class

NEEDLE ARTS/QUILTING 1-4pm, 50+ Activ-

PEACHLAND SPARKS AND BROWNIES 5:45-

ity Centre

7pm, community centre

PICKLEBALL 1:303:30pm (Novice), community centre

BRIDGE (EXPERIENCED) 7pm, 50+ Activity Centre

BRIDGE (ALL LEVELS)

WEDNESDAYS

2-4pm, 50+ Activity Centre

FITNESS ROOM 8am-

DROP-IN TIME 2-4pm,

8pm, community centre

50+ Activity Centre

YOUTH BOXING CLUB

YOGA 8-9am, 50+

6-8 pm, 4th St Place

Activity Centre. $5 drop-in per class.

WOOD CARVERS CLUB 7-9pm, 50+ Activity Centre

INDOOR WALKING 8-9am, community centre

TUESDAYS

PICKLEBALL 9:05-

FITNESS ROOM 8am-

11:05am, (1.0-2.75), community centre

8pm, community centre

AEROBICS AND MORE

FLOW YOGA 9:05-

9:30-10:30am, 50+ Activity Centre

10:15am, 4th St Place

PICKLEBALL 9:0511:05am (3.0-3.5), community centre

MID-WEEK STUDY AND CONVERSATION COFFEE 9:30am, St.

CENTRAL OKANAGAN MODEL RAILWAY COMPANY GROUP 7pm, Peachland Museum

THURSDAYS FITNESS ROOM 8am-

10am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre

DROP-IN TIME 2-4pm,

FITNESS TRAIL GUIDED TOUR 10am. Call 250-

WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS 3-4:30pm,

50+ Activity Centre

Peachland Boys and Girls Club. Ages 9-12

9-10:15am, 50+ Activity Centre

PEACHLAND BOARDWALK 9:30am 11am, Rotary Pavilion

Peachland Wellness Centre

IRON AND SILK EXERCISE 10:45am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre

PEACHLAND ROTARY CLUB MEETING 12pm, Gasthaus Pub

AA 12-1pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Shannon Lake • Sat. June 20 10 am - 3 pm

3:30pm, (3.75-4.5), community centre

TWEEN DROP-IN & MULTI-SPORTS 3-8pm,

BBQ • Prizes

meet at Peachland Elementary. Ages 9-12

YOUTH DROP-IN 3:308pm, Peachland Youth Centre. Grades 7+

Everyone welcome! No licence required Everything free! Rods • Bait • Food Ages 1 to 100 • Come and fish for free

For information call 250-767-2287

INDOOR WALKING 8-9am, community centre

PICKLEBALL 9:0511:05am (3.0-4.0), community centre VARIETY SINGERS 9:30am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre

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

TAI CHI 12-1pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Saturday June 27

Father’s Day Breakfast Special!

Dinner & Concert $30 - 5 pm

$6 all day

Concert Only $15 - 7 pm

ART CLASS 12pm, 50+ Activity Centre

SATURDAYS

GENTLE YOGA, 1:152:15pm, 4th St. Place

10am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre

PICKLEBALL 1:30-

MEAT DRAW 3-5pm,

3-5:30pm, meet at Peachland Elementary. Ages 9-12

MEAT DRAW 4-5pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

TWEEN TRIPS 5:308pm, Peachland Boys and Girls Club. Ages 9-12. $5/member/ trip. Pre-registration is required by calling 250-767-2515

FRIDAYS

FAMILY FISHING DERBY 2015

PICKLEBALL 1:30-

TWEEN DROP-IN

E-A-S-Y CORE

F O R C O N S E R VAT I O N O F F I S H A N D W I L D L I F E

Activity Centre

FLOW YOGA (BEGINNERS) 10:15-11:15am,

BINGO , 6:45pm, 50+

Peachland Sportsmen’s Association

FRIENDSHIP TUESDAY/ MOVIE 1-3:30pm, 50+

PICKLEBALL 1:303:30pm, (3.75-4.5), community centre

8pm, community centre

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 10am-12pm,

BRIDGE (ALL LEVELS)

AA 12-1pm, 50+ Activity Centre

7pm. 2nd week: 6th Ave. Police Station.

4th week: community centre. Dan 250-7679034

Dawn 250-878-6342

2-4pm, 50+ Activity Centre

767-2133 to register for your spot

LIONS DEN MEETING

PINCUSHION HIKE AND YOGA 9:30am. Call

50+ Activity Centre

CARPET BOWLING

Peachland Boys and Girls Club. Ages 9-12

TAI CHI – PWC 9:30am-

CHESS 1:15-3:30pm,

Margaret’s Anglican Church

TWEEN COOKING NIGHT 5-7:30pm,

Tickets and info call 250-767-9404

Angee’s Kitchen full menu 11 – 7 Tues.-Sat. and 9 – 5 Sundays Closed at 2 pm Wednesdays

Activity Centre

4th St. Place

3:30pm, (3.0-3.5), community centre

LEGO TIME 3-4pm, Peachland Library.

Open to all ages

FUSION FRIDAYS 4-8pm, Peachland Boys and Girls Club.

Ages 13+

INDOOR WALKING 8-9am, community centre

FLOW YOGA (MODERATE) 9-10am, 4th St. Place

BRIDGE CREATIVE PLAYTIME (0-6 yrs) 10am-noon, community centre

CARPET BOWLING

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

YOUTH DROP-IN

3-5pm, Peachland Boys and Girls Club.

Ages 6-12

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

50+ Activity Centre 5672 Beach Avenue, Peachland 250-767-9133 Call for Info

FITNESS ROOM 8am6pm, community centre

LADIES SNOOKER

5pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

Office open Mon - Fri, 9:30-11:30

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Every Thursday, 6:45 p.m.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Our Bingo Pots Are Hot

Loonie Pot is $338.40 • Senior Pot is $130 in 62 Numbers Lotto License #103899 - 19 years or older Membership not required

Potluck/BBQ

Friday, June 26, 6 p.m.

Entertainment 7 p.m.: Old Tyme Fiddlers, nonmembers $3

Pancake Breakfast

Sunday, June 28, 7:30 a.m., everyone welcome!

Variety Singers need a pianist for Sept, call the 50+ if interested!

Weekly Activities

Art • Chess • Bowling • Bridge • Crafts • Exercise/Yoga • Ukulele

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Dr. Karl Oppenheim Dr. Peter Cormillot Dr. Jeff Krawchuk

Peachland Dental Centre

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Tom Millar, RHIP Hearing Care Professional

778-754-1424 Every Tuesday by appt.

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Chiropractors Dr. Peter Stapleton Dr. Todd A. Penner

Massage Therapists Catherine Gnius, RMT Nick Berry, RMT

Many people view swimming as a purely recreational activity, but the health benefits of swimming should not be overlooked.

Swimming is a great way to get fit, providing great cardiovascular exercise that’s easy on the joints.

Swimming engages a variety of muscle groups, making it a great way to get a complete workout. The following are some additional benefits of including swimming as part of your exercise regimen.

• When swimming, muscles are worked hard, which can help build strength. Much of that work can be traced to the fact that water is far more resistant than air, forcing a body in water to work harder to move than it would if it were walking on solid ground.

• Water buoyancy can enable people to do exercises that would be jarring on land. In water, roughly 90 per cent of the body is buoyant. That means working out in the water will put less

strain on the knees and hips when it comes to performing high-impact jumping exercises.

• Swimming is a great cardiovascular workout. Swimming can elevate the heart rate to an optimal level and work the lungs, too. Pushing oneself harder and harder can help to burn calories and lead to weight loss.

• Just about every muscle is used when a body is swimming.

Swimming targets the shoulders, back, arms, legs, hips, and gluteals without requiring complicated workout equipment.

• Swimming may help improve coordination, balance and posture. Swimming also may promote greater flexibility by stretching the body through fluid movements.

While swimming is often considered a relaxing activity tailor-made for warm summer days, it also provides a complete and demanding workout that can benefit the body in a variety of ways.

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Why I learned to listen to my father DOROTHY BROTHERTON

PEACHLAND BAPTIST CHURCH You know how it is. You keep hearing that voice in your head, although your father may be far away or even passed away. I hear my Dad’s voice almost every day in my memory’s ear, but especially around Father’s Day, I listen harder.

Like many of us, I had a Dad who was mostly worth listening to.

“Don’t do something stupid.” I hear it clearly in my head. The voice is the exact inflection of Dad’s, although he went to his reward in 2002.

I can still invoke his tones and speech patterns in my mind.

Dad’s words were spare. Sometimes he used a few colourful phrases, without straying into the realm of invective. “Dadgum it” was about as strong as he got.

“That carnsarn hunk of junk” was the worst thing he could say about a broken piece of farm machinery.

The strongest rebuke he ever sent my way was, “What the heck did you do that for?” That was when as a teen I pulled the jeep up to the wrong tank on the farmyard and filled it with diesel fuel.

As a kid I strongly wanted not to disappoint Dad, but if I did, he’d likely only say, “Oh for crying out loud.” I don’t remember his voice ever raised in anger.

Dad’s humour sometimes sneaked through in words. He named a milk cow Bess, and its calf, Lorelle. Bess is a common name for cows, but Lorelle? Where did that come from? You see, my mom had a dear friend named Bess whose daughter was Lorelle.

“You can’t do that!” gasped Mom, but he just grinned.

Dad had one son, also a silent type, and three daughters, all fairly chatty. When Dad got tired of the chatter, he’d throw up his hands and say, “Peep-peep-peep-peep, yap-yap-yap-yap.” It was his imitation of baby chicks, which are silent only when asleep. We got the message.

Hard work left Dad little energy for talking, but sometimes on winter evenings, when farm work eased off awhile, he would tell stories of growing up or even of his dreams.

“I have this dream where I’m flying, real slow. I touch down every so often and spring up as high as I want. It’s a lot of fun,” he’d say, his blue eyes alight. That dream likely prompted his decision to take flying lessons and buy a small plane. He claimed it could be used to

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round up cattle, even though we knew it was basically a toy.

Sometimes Dad talked about stuff I didn’t get. As a kid, my mind glazed over when he and Uncle Byron talked about bushels per acre and the newest Caterpillar models. When I became an adult, Dad would regale anyone who would listen with his take on the stock market, and although I asked him to explain it, I never really followed what he was saying.

Still, when I hear him in my mind even talking about things I didn’t get, I remember his earnestness, his eagerness to share what was important to him. It’s a warm sound.

Easiest to hear in my head is Dad’s voice singing. It’s recorded on a fading cassette tape, but it’s better in my head. The first song he sang publicly, shyly, was, “Now I belong to Jesus.”

He became a regular soloist in the little church near his ranch.

His rendition of The Holy City at Easter and O Holy Night at Christmas became annual traditions. Dad’s voice singing, “Fall on your knees,” still brings tears to me, even hearing it in my head.

Sadly, we don’t all have dads who leave us with treasured words, but we all – potentially – have a heavenly Father whose words deserve careful attention. I can hear some of those in my head too. For instance, He too sometimes tells us to be quiet. “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). He shares his dreams with us for a world without “death or mourning or crying or pain” (Revelation 21:4). Sometimes we don’t quite get His words because “His ways are higher” than ours, (Isaiah 55:9), but the tone is warm.

On our worst days our heavenly Father’s voice rings in our hearts, “I have loved you with an everlasting love,” (Jeremiah 31:3); “I will never leave you nor forsake you,” (Hebrews 13:5).

Words worth listening to for sure.

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Traditional Worship

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Tuesday Morning

9:30 a.m. Study, Coffee & Conversation Office Hours 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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Sunday Worship 3 pm

“Those who know their God” Pastor David Laity 778-478-2446

Service 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School

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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

all are welcome

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Classifieds IN MEMORIAM Herbert Walter Hayes (1934 - 2015)

Herb Hayes of Peachland, B.C., passed away June 13, 2015, of complications of Parkinson’s.

He was 80 years old. He is survived by his common-law wife Patricia Zorn, brothers Fred, John, Charlie and Len, and sister Pat, a son Peter, and nieces and nephews.

He was born and educated in Folkestone, England, obtaining a Royal Society of Arts degree.

After serving in the British army, he immigrated to Canada to join his brother in the printing business. He also worked as an insurance adjuster, building manager, BC Transit (Vancouver) driver, and a Kelowna school district bus driver. He loved all sports and took great pride in being a soccer referee. He also flew model airplanes as a hobby.

Many thanks to Dr. Oyelese and all the staff at Lakeview for their caring support during his illness. He has been cremated and there will be no funeral at his request.

A celebration of his life will be held July 12, 2015 from 2-5 p.m. at 2690 Campbell Road, West Kelowna.

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Career OppOrtunities Now Hiring Full Time Employees $10.25 to start all shifts A & W Restaurant apply in store or at www.aw.ca

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Free Black Futon Good condition, Free to Pick up 250-300-9303

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6041 Turner ave at Seaton Place Saturday June 20th 8am to 12 pm tools, household items, golf clubs,double bed frame, kids stuff, small kids bikes, swing set...

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AERO AUCTIONS 1 Day Industrial Auction.

Tuesday, June 23. 9 a.m. Hwy 16 & Hwy 60 Edmonton. Live & On-Line Bidding.

Timed Auction. Mobile offices, excavators, dozers, graders, truck tractors, trailers, pickup trucks misc attachments & much more!

Consignments welcome!

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Meets Monday at 7 p.m. (closed meeting) and Friday at 8 p.m. (open meeting).

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United Church celebrates 90 years in Canada with 90 bell rings Continued from page 6

Perhaps the best illustration of that spirit is the Bargain Bin secondhand store that operates out of the church basement.

Valerie Frederiksen started the store in 1997 as a once-a-week flea market out of the church hall.

That year it made $3,000 for the church, and everyone agreed it was a success. After several years it moved into the church basement, where today it’s open several days each week, offering low-cost household

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items to people in town with less financial security.

Frederiksen talks about the Bargain Bin with the same pride Diggle does about her congregation. She points out that the shop has become an important part of not just of the church, but of the entire community.

“Because it’s not just church people who work down there…people in the community come, and use it all the time.”

Not only do people buy much of the

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she and her husband got married in the church, and returned 50 years later to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

“It’s a pretty special little church in our lives,” she says.

It is that sentiment, and those like it, that Diggle said is what makes her most proud to be celebrating 90 years of the United Church. The history is interesting, she said, but the people are what’s really important.

“When you have a congregation that has people coming from different backgrounds…it helps us be richer in our own faith, and then more understanding of other people and their differences.”

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pulpit that were originally built for the church.

She explains that while the building has gone through some renovations (most notably the addition of the copper spire in the early 2000s), much of the original pieces still remain.

Gerrie has an entire life of memories wrapped up in that building. As a child she recalls a church door that was never locked, inspiring Sunday school teachers.

She still remembers the thrill of fleeing down the alley, heart pounding, after sneaking in to ring the bell on Halloween.

“We’d run so fast, we were so frightened,” she recalls with a smile.

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While making money for her church is nice, it is being able to help those who really need it that Frederiksen says she’s most proud of.

For other members of the congregation, the church represents memories of community that stretch out over a lifetime.

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Take some time to smell the roses this weekend DIAN TOMPKIN CONTRIBUTOR

Come down to the Peachland Community Centre this Saturday, June 20 and smell the roses! The Sowers and Growers are putting on their fifth annual Rose Show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Entry tags are available for pick up on Friday at the community centre from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and are just 25 cents each and you can enter as many roses as you wish.

Roses can be brought to the community centre on Saturday morning from 7 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

International rose show judges Malcolm and Danielle Scott from the Lower Mainland will be awarding trophies, ribbons and plaques.

Five master gardeners will be on hand to answer any of your gardening questions.

There will be a rainbow auction with lots of prizes and a colouring contest for children.

Mayor Cindy Fortin will officially open the show at 1 p.m. Sit down and have a cup of tea from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and listen to Kelly Stewart on piano while you enjoy the beautiful floral displays.

The Peachland Community Arts Council (PCAC) is making huge preparations this year for Canada Day on July 1.

For the first time ever, the PCAC will enter a float in the Canada Day Parade representing all its umbrella groups.

A special handout listing all the various shows and events next year will be given away at the parade. As a special event on Canada Day at 12:15, there will be an unveiling of The Harmony Tree.

This was a Peachland Elementary School project done in partnership with the Wellness Centre in 2008 by Grade 1 students during the Centennial Celebrations in 2009. It is a three section mosaic that will be given a permanent home on the grounds at Heritage Park. The children who crafted it are invited to be there for this special occasion.

Each year several members of the PCAC decorate the Canada Day Cake.

This year Mayor Cindy Fortin will have the honour of cutting the cake in Heritage Square with a little help from the Ambassadors. The PCAC, Telus, Athena Productions and the District of Peachland are sponsoring a special art project for all children,

of any age, between 12-3 p.m. on Canada Day in Heritage Park. It is coordinated through the Peachland Boys and Girls Club and each child will be given a white T-shirt to paint in a Canada Day theme. These will be hung on a special clothesline for all to enjoy in the park.

There will be a new show starting at the Peachland Art Gallery in the Mary Smith Hall on June 29. The Society of Visual Artists will be displaying their work until August 3.

The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week.

As president of the Peachland Art Group, I would like to thank the 500 visitors who attended our 55th Annual Art Show and Sale last month. It was a wonderful show with 474 original paintings displayed. We were pleased to donate $160.00 from the sale of our Zentangle paintings to the Peachland Wellness Centre.

The winner of the People’s Favourite Vote was as follows: First Place: Lucie Carlson for Lemons and Lavender.

Second and Third Place (tied): Dianne Postman for Sunday Picnic and Lucie Carlson for Yellow Roses.

Dian Tompkin is the Peachland Art Group President and PCAC Director.

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