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Help get to the root of the problem of invasive weeds

The invasion has started: pesky weeds have begun sprouting up in fields, empty lots, acreages and naturally growing yards across the central Okanagan.

In April of 2013 Porter announced that the golf course would be completed by the end of the year but that hasn’t happened, leaving many residents wondering when it will reopen.

Earlier this month the development’s sales centre in the mall closed, which furthered some speculation about what is happening.

Porter told The View when the lease at the mall was ready to expire they decided not to renew it because it wasn’t being visited nearly as much as the show homes on site.

The war of the roses will break out once again this Saturday, as horticultural hopefuls duke it out for awards and prestige at the annual Peachland Rose Show.

The first Peachland Rose Show took place several years ago at the Peachland Little Schoolhouse.

After a one-year hiatus the show returned two years ago, making a move over to Fourth Street Place. Anticipated to be bigger than ever, the show once again changed venues last year to accommodate a larger display and increased participation and organizers say this year’s rose show is anticipated to be no less spectacular.

As in previous years, entries will be judged

by Danielle and Malcolm Scott, who have international experience in exhibiting and judging roses. The Scotts will be available to share their vast knowledge of roses after the judging has taken place. As well, master gardeners will be on hand to answer any questions about roses or any other plant concerns.

The Peachland Rose Show is sponsored by the Sowers and

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Bat education and conservation program expands at visitor centre

Drop in and view the bats live or watch footage on Ogopogo, the lake creature. The bat station also features a screen with prerecorded videos of the bats. page 10

Highway 97 Task Force Society celebrates milestone

Established in 2008, the society’s mission statement was to ensure “the best way for our highway.” The founders are now even more convinced that a complete bypass is the better way.

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CUPE MEMBER and itinerant hearing resource teacher Karen Matheson and CEA Leslie Legate walk the picket line at Peachland Elementary to

show their support for the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF). At press time the teachers’ strike was ongoing.

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Ponderosa delays almost over, developer says Joanne Layh / Peachland View Construction at the Ponderosa development should be back on track and moving ahead in early July, the development’s managing partner Norm Porter told The View this week.

A halt in residential construction and no signs of work on the golf course have led some to speculate about the future of the development, which has been approved for about 2,000 housing units in addition to a Greg Norman Championship Golf Course, winery and other amenities.

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Peachland Rose Show blooms again this Saturday Continued from page 1

Growers Garden Club. Garden club vice president Phyllis Papineau is encouraging everyone to enter as many roses as they like in this year’s show and take the time to consult with the judges and master gardeners.

“We’re so lucky to have them. If anybody wants any information at all about why one rose was chosen over another one, they are there all day and they are so happy to share their knowledge and their love of flowers with people,” Papineau told The View.

“They hope this rose show will encourage people to try some of the new varieties

that are out. There are some amazing new rose varieties,” Papineau said. “Also containers are really important. Don’t bring something in a mayonnaise jar with a label on. Think of the vase and the dimensions of the rose. Display is really important.”

Papineau suggests keeping blooms in a cool, dark place if you plan on cutting your roses the night before the exhibit.

Gardeners who wish to exhibit their roses in the show need not register in advance but they will be required to bring their own vases and plenty of water. Exhibits can be brought in from 7 a.m. - 9 a.m. on the day of the show. Exhibit tags can be purchased for 25 cents each on Friday from 1 p.m. - 3

p.m. at the Peachland Community Centre or on Saturday morning from 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.

Ribbons will be awarded for first, second, and third place in all categories as well as Best of Show. Trophies will also be awarded for Best Rose and Best Miniature Rose.

Papineau says the roses do not have to be named and there is no limit to how many entries are submitted in each category.

A rose show brochure is available at Dogwood Nurseries and Bylands in West Kelowna and locally at the Peachland Community Centre and Ace Hardware.

Brochures will also be available on show day at the community centre.

A tea will also take place concurrently

with the show, in addition to a rainbow auction of a variety of garden related items.

Local pianist Kelly Stewart will once again perform during the tea.

“He does cruises and his stylings are fabulous,” Papineau said. “Last year he was fabulous. He played for two hours during the tea and everyone loved him.”

The Peachland Rose Show will take place at the Peachland Community Centre on Saturday, June 21. The show will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A presentation of awards will take place at 3:30 p.m.

Admission is by donation. For more information call Wilma at 250-767-2218 or Phyllis at 250-767-2546.

Comment on golf course “coming soon” Continued from page 1

“Our display homes and sales and marketing centre on site are open from Saturday to Wednesday inclusive each week and closed Thursday and Friday and have been for some time,” Porter said.

“There has been no break in sales and marketing and in fact no break in sales.”

While construction has encountered some delays, Porter says residents can remain confident that the project will succeed.

“We have been experiencing cash flow problems over the course of the last eight months or so and that is due to our inability to get the product to the point where we can enjoy the sales,” Porter said in an interview with The View last Tuesday.

“I am very confident that we’ll get past our cash flow problems and the project will be successful and I believe that a good indication of that is despite our troubles, sales of what we are building have not slowed down and that’s really due to how special Peachland is. It’s a real special place to live and a popular place to live. Even though the project has slowed down, the golf course hasn’t been finished and the project is not necessarily on time, we still enjoy really strong sales and really, really strong interest. Our marketing centre is busy every day.”

Porter says they have already sold 46 townhouses, five of those sales being in May alone.

“There were actually finished units but they weren’t to a point where

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Having said that, we feel we are just about there if not there. We’ve enjoyed the cooperation of the city and the cooperation of our financial partners and we are looking forward to getting going and back up to speed on the construction very shortly.”

Porter says they have put construction on hold until they can achieve subdivision but he estimates that construction will resume on site by early July.

Porter says of a total

of 69 units approved in The Trails portion of the development, 16 homes are finished and at occupancy stage and 16 are under construction and very close to completion.

“The city has allowed some occupancies. We didn’t want people on the street so the city has been gracious enough.

The homes are built.

They’re all to code.

They’re all inspected and the services are all done so this is simply a matter of subdivision.

But the city was gracious enough to allow occupancy so there were not customers on the street,” Porter said. “It’s just the legalities of the servicing agreement and the PDA [phased development agreement] are complex and sometimes needs interpretation but we’re all settled. We’re all done.”

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Porter says there are still some buyers waiting to gain occupancy but once the subdivision is signed they’ll be able to send the documents to Kamloops for land registration.

“That’s another process that takes up to a couple weeks and as soon as that process happens then we can actually close on our sales and have the cash flowing again,” Porter said.

The View asked Porter about the status of the golf course and when he estimates it might be completed.

“I will have news on the golf course very shortly and on how and what we have to do to get the whole project up

and running. It’s a very dynamic situation and also very sensitive at the moment on negotiating what we are doing, so I don’t have a real comment on the golf course but I will very soon have comments on the golf course.”

Porter did tell The View that Greg Norman remains involved in the golf course project and investors in the Ponderosa development in general remain unchanged.

“The ownership from day one has had no change to it,” Porter said.

Porter says he and his partners have invested $80 million in Ponderosa so far and remain committed to the project.

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“Having said that, we’re very positive and we’ve worked closely with the banks and with the city and will continue to do so. I believe we will be up and running, as far as construction of the real estate goes, sometime in early July and then we’ll have further announcements around that time with regard to how we get the golf course up and running and moving again,” Porter said. “We will have further information over the next few weeks.”

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PEACHLAND VIEWS The job of a councillor is to find out the facts How dare Mr. Dave Collins, president of the chamber, a special interest group in Peachland that receives substantial taxpayer money, insult a legally elected councillor in what I consider to be a long “rant” in the June 6 Peachland View. I believe that he has no choice but to step away from any further dealings with our council until a sincere and public apology is issued to the councillor attacked and all our elected local officials.

We, the residents, pay over 90 per cent of the taxes collected in Peachland; the business contribution is small, but we are happy to support a chamber that

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is willing to work cooperatively and candidly with our elected representatives and our community. The job of a councillor is to find out the facts and to do this they must ask questions and raise issues. If Mr. Collins were to watch the May 27 committee of the whole on the municipal website, he would see under “other business” that several councillors are concerned about this unduly long drawn-out process which, we can only hope, will eventually enable the arts council to have space in our community-owned primary school.

Carol Smithson, Peachland

Peachland pizza could equal 630 teaching jobs Wages, class size and composition, and a lack of support for special needs children are out of B.C. teachers’ control as a result of the ongoing war between the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the provincial government. Contrary to a lot of public opinion, individual teachers do not want job disruption in this continual battle; they only want relief from bureaucracy and a means of distributing proper education to their students.

After having spoken with many teachers regarding the ongoing dispute, I have come up with a proposal for raising funds for the much-needed teaching assistants in B.C. classrooms: if 42,000 B.C. teachers each contributed $25 per month – the cost of a large pizza—this would provide $1,050,000 per month, or $12,600,000 per year, toward the hiring of teaching assistants. If the government matched this amount—which would amount to a total of $25,200,000 per year – 630 teaching assistants could be hired at an annual salary of $40,000 per year.

The teachers I discussed this with were overwhelmingly in approval of such an

idea.

This proposal solves several problems, and in the spirit of cooperation, it would show the public our hard-working teachers are anxious to move forward by creating employment for 630 new teaching assistants. The BCTF would gain 630 more union members paying union dues, and the government would regain part of their investment through taxes and spin off economic opportunities that these 630 new jobs provide. Most importantly, this proposal would ensure the younger members of our community receive the educational support and care that they need and deserve.

Although this proposal is not without fault, I believe it has merit and is worthy of discussion. Cooperation and communication always wins over confrontation and in this case contributing the cost of a large pizza per month would show that both teachers and the government could equally be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.

Brian Guillou, West Kelowna

Is this the standard we want for local representation?

On June 10 I had my first opportunity as a resident of Peachland to attend a District of Peachland committee of the whole meeting. The first agenda item was about the changes in the fee for service contract between the district and chamber of commerce to operate the visitor centre. My observation was that Councillor Kerbes, reading a prepared statement outlining his displeasure for the chamber, and Councillor Fortin, continuously making derisive and illogical comments about the chamber, both exhibited a clear, personal bias against the organization. I was astounded with their unprofessionalism and wondered why councillors are not excused from the discussion and the vote when their evident biased attitude and emotional, not factual, comments do not contribute in any way to a positive resolution to the matter at hand.

As for Councillor Fortin’s suggestion that the visitor centre be put out to tender and implying it could be run more cost effectively, she is clearly missing the whole point of the chamber’s present dilemma and has not understood any of the presentations, documentation and budgets prepared for council by the chamber. Does Councillor Fortin have a personal agenda regarding the visitor centre and who runs it?

As well, Councillor Fortin declares her position as demanding justice for the arts council, but her contributions were in fact impeding the successful outcome be-

tween the chamber and the arts council, as pointed out several times by the mayor.

The mayor and CAO Elsie Lemke tried repeatedly to explain to the council and the residents in attendance that the negotiations are going well between the chamber and the arts council.

I was shocked at the behaviour of people in attendance and the lack of respect shown to the mayor and Lemke. I do not understand the protocol that allows individuals to argue with the mayor and display a total lack of respect to what he was trying to achieve. The item on the agenda was the revision of the district and chamber agreement and instead it turned into a witch hunt of the chamber and an inordinate amount of time and focus spent on the negotiations between the chamber and the arts council.

Residents of Peachland, is this the standard we want for our local government representation? Do we want four years of disrespect and short-sighted decision making? Don’t we want people with open minds, a sense of fair play and the desire to bring the community together, not seek to divide it? Don’t we want elected officials who build community relationships in all sectors, putting aside their personal affiliations and personal agendas?

Brian Robinson, Peachland

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Full transparency and public disclosure must become a reality Re: “Facts need to be set straight about school space,” Dave Collins, Peachland View, June 6.

The attack by Dave Collins, president of the Peachland Chamber of Commerce, appears to be joined by The View, who made space for his letter of five double columns plus two different headlines.

By making Councillor Fortin the target of his attack, Mr. Collins has disclosed his own (and perhaps the district’s)

vulnerability about the protracted and ragged negotiations between the arts council and the chamber and the district.

In this context, the public too should get some answers.

Kudos to Councillor Fortin for asking. As a member and acting liaison of the Peachland Arts Council, Ms. Fortin is doing her job.

We deserve to know about the obstacles. What are the issues that have required legal interventions, as well as me-

diation by the mayor and CAO? Through the efforts of the arts community to have access to the building, we have all learned more about the district’s authority and management arrangements of our town asset.

I think it is time for all of us to demand that full transparency and public disclosure become a reality in local governance.

Dora Stewart, Peachland

It’s time to let go of preconceived ideas and act professionally I see a flurry of letters regarding our chamber’s struggle with the operation of the visitor centre and accommodating the arts council in the Peachland Art Gallery in the Mary Smith Hall. A couple of things to point out is that firstly, Cindy Fortin is a paid councillor and in the public eye, and I am fairly certain she understands that not everyone will agree with her, so all these outraged support letters are unwarranted.

I re-read the June 6 letter from Dave Collins and it is in no way defamatory and mentions Ms. Fortin by name only because she is the only councillor who will not make any concession to the chamber’s request and in fact, opposes all motions brought forward at meetings regarding the chamber. And the fact is, coincidentally (or not) Councillor Fortin has the very highest percentage of oppositions to motions carried by the rest of council; among them, for instance, just this year only, a motion for an extension for the district’s health and safety contract, a request by the Peachland Yacht Club for an expansion, and a motion to allocate funds for energy retrofits at the Peachland Primary School that would come from the Community Works grant fund. She was also opposed to community centre renovations.

This number of solo oppositions makes me wonder if Ms. Fortin has limited interests or understanding of some of the operations and requirements of this town and this may be why Dave Collins said that she has a “strong negative opinion.” Uh oh! Is that defamation and bullying?

I believe that, just as Councillor Vern Moberg did when he stepped away from the Peachland Yacht Club expansion question

because of a potential conflict of interest, so should Councillor Fortin excuse herself as she is the liaison and a member of the Peachland Arts Council, according to Pat Ryder’s letter and so has her own axe to grind. I get that she is looking after the arts council’s interest but she appears to be putting up her own roadblocks in this issue and seems to have formed an opinion that the new executive of the chamber may never be able to change, which is unfortunate because I believe some of her conclusions were based on actions of a previous executive. I also understand that she wants to save taxpayers money, but I am sure she had no objection to civic grants made to various groups, including the arts council.

My eyebrows shot up when I read that Councillor Fortin thinks it is “ludicrous” that the chamber/visitor centre contemplate opening a gift store as another revenue source; she must not get out much, because gift stores in visitor centres are the norm, not the exception and in this case, would work well in

combination with the arts council and their work. A gift store with local art, crafts, books and musical recordings would be something else to draw visitors inside, although that might aggravate some residents who want those pesky tourists to bypass us! Fortin also says that “maybe” the chamber should not run the visitor centre at all but offers no alternative. Maybe she could volunteer to manage it with the help of the other members of the arts council?

In one area, I agree with Councillor Fortin that the chamber should provide council with their expenses if they have not already done so – it was brought up at the last council meeting of June 10, 2014, that no documentation had been provided to show that the approximate $46,000 may not cover expenses at the new location. I do feel that the budget for the visitor centre is very modest, so it behooves the chamber to provide this information on an ongoing basis to support their needs.

There is no doubt that at varying times in the past, the chamber has

had its difficulties, as all groups dependent on volunteers do. Somewhat differently than many other groups, which are usually composed of retirees, all of the members are working people volunteering their time. The chamber operates in a similar fashion to the historical society, which also have some paid staff and receive grants to fund those staff.

As a past business owner, now employee, but still a commercial and residential taxpayer, I see and read the barely disguised disdain that the mention of the chamber gets from some people and even disdain for the business owners themselves. That attitude is hard to take sometimes, especially when you consider that over the last 22 years, just our business alone has donated between $7,000 - $10,000 annually, to various groups including the wellness centre, the chamber, the World of Wheels (who in turn donate their excess), the food bank and innumerable other groups or individuals.

I know that there are other businesses in town who do the same,

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I will also guarantee that residents don’t get hit up for donations as much as the businesses do; every week we get at least two requests for silent auction items, cash donations to groups, charities or fundraisers for someone in need, so our local groups do get a lot from the business owners who stick their necks out to try and make their way in this

town. Our businesses are important and so is our chamber – many of our non-profit groups would not survive without our help! So, just as I support all our local non-profits as much as I can, I also support the chamber and respect their goals.

What I expect now, is for Councillor Fortin to let go of her preconceived ideas, act professionally and leave her arts council hat at the door when she is in chambers.

I hope that she can

change her thinking, open her mind up and encourage her fellow arts council members to do the same so that this partnership in the primary school, which appears to now be a “done deal,” can happen smoothly and without further acrimony.

In closing, I quote my guy Shrek: “Change is good, Donkey!” and my other guy, Thomas Kida: “Don’t believe everything you think.”

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Yoga, 8-9am, 50+ Activity Centre Indoor Walking, 8-9am, community centre Pickleball All Play, 9:0510:35am, community centre Aerobics For The Not So Young, 9:30-10:30am, 50+ Activity Centre Pincushion Hike and Yoga, 9:30am. Call Dawn 250-8786342 Bridge Creative Playtime (0-6 yrs) 11am-1pm, community centre Chess, 1:15-3:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre Yoga Flow, 4:15-5:15pm, community centre Spin, 5:30-6:30pm, community centre Writer’s Bloc, every second Wednesday of the month, 6:30pm, Peachland Wellness Centre.

Spin, Sculpt and Stretch, 6:308pm, community centre Tween Cooking Night, 5-7:30pm, Peachland Youth Centre.

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

Peachland Boardwalk, 9:30am Tai Chi, 10am, Heritage Park Bereavement, 10am, Peachland Wellness Centre Volleyball, 10am-noon, community centre Iron and Silk Exercise, 10:45amnoon, 50+ Activity Centre Storytime, 11:30am, Peachland Library. For ages 3 to 5. Until Apr. 24.

Peachland Rotary Club Meeting, 12pm, Gasthaus Pub AA, 12-1pm, 50+ Activity Centre Pickleball All Play, 1:30-3:30pm, community centre Tween Drop-In, 2:30-5pm, meet at Peachland Elementary. Grades 5-6 Youth Drop-In, 3:30-8pm, Peachland Youth Centre. Grades 7+ Meat Draw, 4pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 Drop in Floor Hockey (8-10yrs) 4:30-5:30pm, community centre Gentle Yoga, 6-7pm, community centre Bingo, 6:45pm, Doors 5:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre Volleyball, 7-8:30pm, community centre

Indoor Walking, 8-9am, community centre Men’s Coffee, 10am, Peachland Wellness Centre Bridge Creative Playtime (0-6 yrs) 10am-noon, community centre Yoga Beginners, 10:30-11:30am, 50+ Activity Centre Art Class, 12pm, 50+ Activity Centre Friday Art Club, 1pm, 50+ Activity Centre Ladies Crib, 1pm, Peachland Wellness Centre Pickleball All Play, 1:30-3:30pm, community centre Legotime for Kids, 3pm, Peachland Library. Every other Friday until May 30.

Youth Drop-In, 3:30-8pm, Peachland Youth Centre. Grades 7+ Ladies Snooker, 5pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

1. Beach Run 5K/10K run (registration required). Activities and entertainment, parade, fireworks.

250-767-2133 or www.peachland.ca.

Peachland Triathlon, July 27. Sprint distance triathlon, registration required. Volunteers welcome. 250.767.2133 or www. peachland.ca

Sportsmen Association – Fishing is Forever, July 19.

Provides people with disabilities the opportunity to learn to fish. 250.767.2150 or www. peachlandsportsmens.ca

Interior Savings Rattlesnake Island Swim, Aug 9. 3.1K and 7K Swims, registration required.

Volunteers welcome. www. rattlesnakeislandswim.com

MONDAYS Yoga Advanced Beginners, 8-9am, 50+ Activity Centre Indoor Walking, 8-9am, community centre Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 9:30am, 50+ Activity Centre Ladies’ Coffee, 10am-11am, Peachland Wellness Centre Tai Chi, 12-1pm, 50+ Activity Centre Income Tax Program, 1-3pm, Wellness Centre. Until Apr. 17.

Needle Arts/Quilting, 1-4pm, 50+ Activity Centre Peachland Guides, 5:15pm, community centre Youth Boxing Club, 6-8 pm, 4th Street Place Learn to Speak Spanish, 6:308:30pm, community centre

SATURDAYS Carpet Bowling, 10am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre Partial Lifeguard Service, 10noon, 5-6pm, Swim Bay Full Lifeguard Service, 12-5pm, Swim Bay Meat Draw, 3pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 Boys and Girls Club, 3-5pm, Peachland Youth Centre. Ages 6-12.

Youth Drop-In, 5:30-9pm, Peachland Youth Centre. Grades 7+

UPCOMING EVENTS 4th Annual Peachland Rose Show, June 21, 11-4pm, community centre banquet room. Rose entries can be brought in from 7 9 am. Tags are 25 cents each and can be purchased on Friday, June 20 from 1-3 pm at the community centre or on Saturday morning. Ribbons and trophies will be awarded to the winning entries.

Admission is by donation.

Peachland Mixed Slo-pitch Tournament, June 21-22. Year end Tournament. Beer gardens.

29. Breakfast served. Cost: Free under 5 years, $2.50 child, $5 adult. 250-767-9133.

Free Family Fun Day, June 22, 1-4pm, Maple Springs Bible Camp. Try camp activities, play games, sing songs, take a tour, and enjoy a free BBQ lunch. For information call 250-767-2354.

Peachland Riding Club Canada Day Barrel Race and Gymkhana, June 29 and July 1, 10am start. Free for spectators. Peachland Riding Club 250-718-2761 or www.peachlandridingclub.com

50+ Pancake Breakfast, June

Canada Day Celebrations, July

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CONTRIBUTED

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(right) presents a cheque for $2000 to the PAM CUNNINGHAM OF WORLD OF WHEELS PRESENTS a cheque for $2000 to the Peachland Food Bank. From left to right: Rob Wilks, Russ Paul, Pam Cunningham, food bank coordinator Peachland Wellness Centre. From left to right: Rob Wilks, Pam Cunningham, Russ Paul, Peachland Wellness Centre president Barb Oleschuk, Bill Wakeling, Glenn Hoff, and Ashley Shultz.

Judy Bedford, and Glenn Hoff.

ASHLEY SHULTZ OF WORLD OF WHEELS

Help get to the root of the problem of invasive weeds The invasion has started: pesky weeds have begun sprouting up in fields, empty lots, acreages and naturally growing yards across the central Okanagan.

Some weeds disguise themselves with attractive flowers; others start as a single stalk. But when left to mature, weeds spew forth thousands of seeds to continue their invasion.

Residents can be good neighbours and help combat the problem by arming

themselves with information to help keep invasive weeds in check.

“By visiting www.regionaldistrict.com/ weeds, people can see photos of some of our most serious offenders and get to the ‘root’ of the problem, by cutting or pulling these plant threats. A little information and knowledge can go a long way in helping people identify species that if left unchecked and growing in our yards and properties, can prevent native plants from

growing,” says bylaw officer Kim Mussenden.

The regional district’s noxious weed bylaw is in force throughout the Central Okanagan East and West Electoral Areas, the City of Kelowna, District of Lake Country and District of Peachland.

Right now, some of the biggest weed threats taking root in the central Okanagan include western goat’s-beard that looks like a tall dandelion with a much larger, round

seed ball and wild mustard, with its small, bright yellow flower that can reduce crop value and yields and curtail livestock forage production on pastures.

Other varieties of weeds that are common problems in the region include knapweeds, purple loosestrife and the prickly members of the thistle family, like Scotch thistle.

For more details and information on how you can become a “weed warrior” visit www.regionaldistrict.com/weeds.

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Peachland Visitor Information Centre

Rexall Drugs

Orchard Park Mall & Area

Shoppers Drug Mart, Dobbin Rd Shoppers Drug Mart, Okanagan Lake Shopping Centre

First Canada ULC Orchard Park Mall Lotto

Pharmasave, West Kelowna

Save on Foods Lotto

West Kelowna Municipal Hall

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Congratulations Peachland Graduates!

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Aden Asham

Ethan Barrett

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Tiana Elliott

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Cody Orchard

Emma Poole

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Peachland Elementary Class of 2014

Teja Gaskell

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Tye Holmes

Abby Lawrence

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Aubrey Mingo

Livia Smith

Ethan Thygesen

Chad Titterington

Mateja Vracarevic

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The Corporation of the District of Peachland

Congratulations Graduates! from Mayor Fielding, Council, and Staff

Keep On Going, Tye! We are proud of you!

Love, Grandpa and Grandma Moshuk

Wishing you more successes in the future.

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COMMUNITY BAT REPORT

Bat education and conservation program expands at visitor centre Darlene Hartford and Loretta Robinson Special to the Peachland View Allison Wardle is a summer student joining the Peachland Visitor Centre bat team in the Legends of the Lake Interpretive Centre. Wardle has been a Peachland resident for 19 years and attended the Peachland Primary School. In 2011 she was a vice-ambassador

in the Peachland Ambassador program, and in 2012 the Peachland Rotary Club selected Wardle to attend the Rotary Adventures in Citizenship Program, which encourages youth involvement in politics and voting, as well as exploring Canadian culture and history.

Wardle also attended the Girl Guide international camp, Spirit of

Pet of the Week Name: Ziggy Age: One year and three months Breed: Pomeranian Ziggy is very friendly and loves people and other animals. You can sometimes see him practicing his swimming skills at the dog beach wearing his life jacket.

Adventure Rendezvous (SOAR) as an ambassador of Peachland. In September Wardle will return to her studies at the University of Victoria, seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree with a history major.

Summer student Courtney Verwold is also assisting in the Peachland Visitor Centre and the Peachland Bats Educational and Conservation Program.

Verwold also grew up in Peachland and attended the Peachland Primary School shortly before its closing. As an enthusiastic Okanagan local, Verwold has contributed to the area’s business indus-

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SUMMER STUDENT ALLISON WARDLE stands with interactive kiosks and a video feed, some of the features of the bat display at the Legends of the Lake Interpretive Centre.

try by teaming up with the Canadian Youth Business Foundation

for the inception of her e-commerce retail boutique in 2011 – the

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Activities include Bible Lessons, drama, music, art, outdoor activities, healthy snacks.

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Goldifox Online Boutique. Verwold joins us this summer after returning from Dalhousie University, and plans to attend UBC Vancouver in the fall for her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a film and theatre design major. Throughout the summer, take the opportunity to meet Wardle and Verwold; drop in with any enquiry, join in a bat chat presentation, or interpretive centre tour.

The Legends of the Lake Interpretive Centre received a donation of three kiosks from Interior Health, arranged

by Chris Eytcheson, who is busy completing the programming and technology in the interpretive centre.

Eytcheson has turned the kiosks into interactive stations. You can drop in and view the bats live or watch footage on Ogopogo, the lake creature. The bat station also features a screen with prerecorded videos of the bats.

When you’re at the interpretive centre, pick up information on building your own bat house and take a look at the selection of bat shirts for sale in the gift shop. Have you heard about the high nitrogen content of bat guano as a fertilizer?

This specialty item is

also available in the gift shop.

The next round of grant applications will hopefully provide outdoor signage for the interpretive centre. A successful application would provide signage regarding the Peachland bat colony at the exterior of the schoolhouse during non-business hours.

Funding is also being sought for a bat data recorder that would identify bat species exiting the schoolhouse and flying in neighbouring air space. The frequency of a bat’s squeal is recorded and used to identify the species.

The first of four provincial bat counts was successful with a count of 838 bats. Volunteers Doreen Hall, Lynn Brady, Marjorie Gove, Betsy Robinson and Paula MacWilliam assisted under clear skies, 15 km breeze, and 20° C temperature. The first bat exited the schoolhouse at 9:23 p.m.

The remaining two provincial counts will take place on July 22 and August 12. Registration is available at the visitor centre. On July 1 we will host a Canada Day Fun Bat Count with certificates presented to participants.

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Highway 97 Task Force Society celebrates milestone AGM John Abernethy Special to the Peachland View The Highway 97 Task Force Society met for their annual general meeting on June 12. The society celebrates a paid membership of over 650 members and the Economic Impact Assessment Study commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MOTI) to determine the social and economic impacts of routing the Peachland segment of Highway 97, either through the town or past it on a higher level bypass.

The study is the first tangible MOTI response to years of campaigning by the society. The study was originally budgeted for $70,000. The final price will be $50,000, $20,000 of which will be supplied by the district. The study is not concerned with comparative

routing costs but with social and economic impacts.

Established in 2008, the society’s mission statement was to ensure “the best way for our highway.”

The founders are now even more convinced that a complete bypass is the better way. Subsequent events reinforce that conviction. Further beautification of the Beach Avenue waterfront demonstrates the potential for a four kilometre extension if the highway is rerouted away from the lakeshore. The remarkable proposed New Monaco development proves the inherent attraction of and future potential for similar “green” commercial, employee-attractive developments. The extension and expansion of the waterfront heart of Peachland will complement the doubling of Peachland’s population that will result from the combined impacts of the Ponderosa and New

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COMMUNITY POLICING PAST PRESIDENT BILL GUTHRIE and vice president Wayne Hemsley conduct a speed watch operation Thursday, June 12 to help ensure road safety in Peachland.

Monaco developments.

A bypass will liberate the community from the stranglehold of a dividing, controlled-access freeway through and in front of the most valuable lands. The freed lakeshore effectively doubles the

lakeshore available for beautification, restaurants, boutique hotels and related attractions and will allow unconstrained organic development behind and above. Peachland will be able to evolve into a true destination gem, the Okanagan’s own

Monaco.

Residents are invited and encouraged to attend the sixth annual general meeting of the Highway 97 Task Force Society to be held at the Community Centre on Thursday, November 12 at 7:15 p.m.

DISPATCHES FROM THE FARM

These journal entries are almost completely mostly true, somewhat Jordan Marr Special to the Peachland View June 3: I’m keeping a journal for my readers this year that is fiction-enhanced for their enjoyment.

Same: Today we headed out to gather up our square bales with storm clouds overhead. We had one more wagon load to pick up – 56 bales – when the rain poured down. A haying in the Okanagan takes a minimum of three days, and up to seven, and you need the weather to be fair for all of it.

We needed 30 more minutes to get ours in.

But that’s haying in the spring.

June 9: Called by an aggrieved reader who objected to the treatment I gave Superstore in last journal update, in suggesting I probably wouldn’t get good fishing advice there like I did from Harry at the local IGA. Reader/ caller became even unhappier upon finding out that aspects of this journal are fabricated.

Attempted to explain that the made-up parts are usually meant to add humour to the real parts.

Reader/caller called me dishonest. I pointed out that I start every column with a suggestion that aspects within might be untrue. Reader/caller called me dishonest.

The rest of this dateentry contains only true things.

I shop at Superstore regularly. I rarely encounter its employees, but they seem nice.

Many have smiled at me. I appreciate Superstore’s organic selection and its selfcheckouts.

Outwardly gregarious, inwardly I suffer from social anxiety. I spent a conversation at a recent Chamber of Commerce event terrified that I might somehow suddenly and involuntarily spill my glass of wine all over my fellow attendee. It’s why I like self-checkouts.

I think little Peachland is lucky to have a grocery store in town.

And that, if we want it to be there those times we don’t feel like humping it to Westbank, we have to make a special effort to shop there semi-regularly.

Peachland IGA buys my salad greens, in small quantities, without a lot of bureaucracy. I think there’s a snowball’s chance in hell Superstore would do that.

The latter doesn’t offend me. I’m grateful for the former.

In 2006 I was paid a total of $10 for 21 hours of graveyard shift-work for the Superstore in Whitehorse. Both the store’s management and the Teamsters Union were dishonest with me about the deductions I would face as a supershort-term, unionized worker, probably because they were desperate for labour. The economy was booming then. I was angry at Superstore for a while.

Those graveyard shifts were a drag.

Okay. Back to the

regular, deceptive journal.

June 11: We are building a walk-in cooler here at the farm.

This is a big deal. My business’ growth has been challenged by the lack of cold storage here. It is a used cooler. It is ugly as all sin. It looks less like a place to cool veggies than a terrible, foreboding prison cell.

When we hold our annual Halloween event for customers’ kids this fall I’ll likely use it to scare the bajeezus out of them. All of that is true, actually.

June 14: Explained to Ryan, our farm apprentice and a chef by training, that each of our veggie subscription customers is allowed one veggie they don’t want to see in each week’s delivery, and that

some choose awesome veggies like beets and zucchini, which seems a shame to me.

“They probably don’t like them because their moms were bad

cooks,” he said. “Most people hate Brussels sprouts because their moms ruined them every Thanksgiving.”

That’s definitely not universally true, but

I laughed, because I think it’s probably true for some people.

So, some people: give beets and zucchini another try. They want so badly to please you.

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A resident of Peachland and Westbank, she is predeceased by her husband Alex Burian.

She is survived by her children Sylvia, Viola, Peggy, Kathy, Mark, many grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

A Celebration of Life will be held July 5, 2014 at Peachland United Church.

Details to follow.

The family wishes to send thank-yous and appreciation to all the staff with the Westside Community Care Physio, Nursing, and Palliative Care Team. Also appreciation of care given by Kelowna Cancer Clinic & Hospice House.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Central Okanagan Hospice house and/or Kelowna Cancer Clinic would be greatly appreciated.

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our mother Marlies Burian at Hospice House after a valiant battle with cancer.

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Make sure your Peachland Fall Fair entries are clean and tidy Lynn Brady Special to the Peachland View The 95th Peachland Fall Fair will take place on September 6 and 7 at the Peachland Community Centre.

The handicraft section of this year’s fair invites you to submit items that you have created, carved or constructed to show off your hobby-craft. Perhaps your talents will inspire someone to get creative and start a craft on their own.

There are 40 different categories and you can submit one item in each category. Categories include everything from stuffed animals to homemade dolls, beadwork, ceramics, handmade cards, jewelry, painting, computer art, pottery, scrapbooking, and woodwork.

It is helpful to the judges if entrants write a short description of

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Peachland Wellness Centre welcomes new leadership Lynn Malinsky / Special to the Peachland View The Peachland Wellness Centre (PWC) is pleased to announce that Christina MacMaster has been hired as community programs and services coordinator. MacMaster assumed this new leadership position in April and has taken on her responsibilities with the enthusiasm and diligence required to guide the day-to-day operations of a communitybased organization.

The new position at the PWC was made possible early in 2014, when a grant application to BC Gaming Commission was approved and funds were provided for an administrative position.

“When I moved to Peachland, I thought the Peachland Wellness Centre was a pretty special place in the community,”

MacMaster said. “There were no openings for employment during the first 10 years I lived here, although I heard lots of good things about the programs.”

MacMaster watched for openings and when this position was advertised, she immediately applied, as she was keen to work with the organization. It was undoubtedly her keen interest and ample experience plus her residency in the community that prompted the PWC board to select her from among the numerous competent people who applied for the position.

MacMaster worked for many years in the social benefits sector and 10 of those years were invested in developing programs and supervising staff in a community-based agency.

The agency was located in a small B.C. community not unlike Peachland. MacMaster also worked in leadership positions with a provincial organization and a community social servic-

es agency in Kelowna. She comes to her new position highly acclaimed by her previous employers and favorably recommended by local people.

After one week of working at PWC MacMaster told the staff, “The centre has a feeling of home about it...it’s a good place to be.” That is what PWC is all about – a comfortable, supportive place in the community with friendly, compassionate staff and volunteers. If you haven’t been to the little house on 5th Street or if you want to meet MacMaster, don’t hesitate to drop in and say hello.

Whether people call or drop in to the PWC for personal information or they attend a program with five or 15 other local people, MacMaster maintains there is always something going on at the centre.

See NEW LEADERSHIP on page 15

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my favourite parts of the play was watching how they transitioned from one scene to another. There would be a big song and dance number, with the stage full of actors, building in momentum and volume, and then a collective freeze would overtake them all, the lights would go out, and the crowd of thespians would vanish.

Within seconds, however, the lights were back up, revealing a stage completely changed in scenery and colour, with a fresh set of actors ready to engage us.

The best plays transition well. In contrast to the Kelowna Actor’s Studio, I remember being a part of high school dramas or church Christmas pageants when props fell over at an inconvenient time, lights failed to go off or go on, and mics were inconveniently left un-muted, betraying what some

actors really thought of the audience they were playing for.

Needless to say, weak transitions made for less than ideal drama. Or at the very least, they created drama that was irrelevant to the play at hand – unwanted, entertaining in all the wrong ways, and rather embarrassing.

Author Donald Miller suggested that every life is a story. Like any story, our lives have all the features that can potentially make it interesting.

There are chapters and transitions. There are heroes and villains, plot twists and turns, something to aspire to and something to overcome.

Of course, some lives, like some stories, may be missing some important elements, making them a little less inspiring. Miller argues that we can find a more meaningful life if we turn it into a story we would enjoy reading.

Transitions are one of

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those features that make a great story. Transitions are an essential part of our lives. We can’t go very far before we face a transition. When it comes to our maturity, we transition from infants to children, from children to adolescents, and from adolescents to adults. We also transition in relationships, jobs, locations, wellbeing, and outlooks.

Transitions can be planned or can hit us by surprise.

Transition means change, and a lot of us struggle with change.

We like things the way they are. Change brings a sense of the unfamiliar, which can cause anxiety and fear. We may value transitions as part of a great play or a great book, but when it comes to our own lives, steadyas-she-goes seems like the best policy to hold to. Staying the same may be boring, but it’s safe. It gives us a sense of control.

However, we can’t avoid transitions. We all have to learn how to deal with transitions, regardless of the way they come.

For me, I’ve taken great comfort from a verse in the book of Proverbs that says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path.”

Transitions have a

way of blurring the future and incapacitating us in making good decisions. We need an anchor that keeps the plot of our lives intact, pulling us through each transition, helping us reach the climax of our own story well. God (His words, His story, His promises) is the thread that can pull us through a convoluted or disruptive change from one scene of life to another.

There’s always a moment when I’m watching a play, when the lights go off at the end of act one, that I wonder if we’ve been hoodwinked and the play is actually over.

Perhaps the actors all went home, or went on strike, or they all forgot their lines. But then trust kicks in, and I wait with more patience, knowing that I’m in the hands of a director who has worked hard to make sure this show will go on, and the best is yet to come. It is that trust that allows me to relax throughout the transition, and for that matter, the rest of the play.

Speaking of transitions, we are happy to announce that Arte Overby is our new pastor at Emmanuel Church in Peachland. You’ll see him around town and at our church offices at the back of the Peachland Pharmacy. Our Peachland campus shuts down for the summer, but we will be holding services again in September.

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New leadership at PWC Continued from page 14

The PWC works toward the vision of people in Peachland enhancing their wellbeing, being actively engaged in their community, and seniors living independently in the community. MacMaster’s goals for the short term are as follows: • Continue to provide high quality programs and services for the community; • Support the many caring community members who volunteer their time and expertise with PWC; and • Encourage even more people to take advantage of the programs and services available.

Since its inception in 2001, the PWC has had a working board of directors collectively responsible for the finances, human resource management, program development and service delivery in the community agency. With the new administrative position, the board is moving toward a policy model of volunteer governance and is currently recruiting board members. If you are interested in serving on the board and joining a great group of people in a progressive, community-based organization, call 250-767-0141, email wellnesscentre@shaw.ca, check us out on Facebook or visit peachlandwellnesscentre.ca.

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DOUG RANKMORE, CEO OF THE KGH FOUNDATION, accepts a $10,000 donation from Peachland Hospital Auxiliary members Sue Fisher, Josie Wilcox, Joan Marsh and Gloria Basham.

This is a great opportunity for all ages to see, experience & learn about camp!

Twenty-seven dedicated Peachland women began the Peachland chapter of the BC Hospital Auxiliary in 1976. During the last 38 years the hard working members have donated well over $100,000 toward the purchase of various hospital equipment at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH). This year’s $10,000 donation and the next two years’ donations have been pledged toward the $1.6 million state of the art CAT scan machine to be used in the emergency department of KGH. The Kelowna and Rutland groups have pledged $800,000 each.

Come try camp activities, play games, sing silly songs, take a camp tour, enjoy a free BBQ lunch, and swim in our pool (weather permitting)!

The Peachland Hospital Auxiliary is a happy group of ladies who do catering as a fundraising service to raise money for their annual donation. They were recently honoured to receive the District of Peachland Award of Excellence at the 2014 Awards Night. They are always looking for new members and would welcome all newcomers.

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The ideas presented may be for the benefit of the whole community or specific to a particular segment or region of our community. They may include ideas that could be undertaken by one club or two or more of the clubs as required. They may be of short, intermediate, or long term or even of a continuous nature.

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