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HEADWATERS RISING
After a year under new ownership and some TLC, Headwaters Family Camp returns to glory 2
CONDUCTING A FIELD TRIP
Passengers at the annual Selkirk Express switched tracks to check out the Peachland Museum’s model railroad 6
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME
The sixth annual Peachland Rose Show and Tea was held in the community centre on June 18 7
GONE FISHIN’
The Westbank Legion Fishing Derby brought over 70 anglers to Peachland 14
‘Just make that highway safer’ CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR
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DOMENIC CHERNOFF, EIGHT, enjoys a swing on the last day of spring in Heritage Park in Peachland.
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Sharon Devlin isn’t interested in noise barriers or asphalt, or frontage and easements, or tourism dollars, or even Bambi, not really. She walked into the Peachland Community Centre Tuesday afternoon, June 21 clutching a few documents, among them a weathered and yellowing copy of the Peachland View, which led with a hard news story that week: the March 11, 2005 collision that killed her mom, Diana Devlin. She turns to a page with a black-and-white picture of the aftermath of the “horrific” headon collision on Highway 97 near Brent Road. Devlin said she drove past the spot on the way from her Penticton home to get to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s (MOTI) open house, where officials shared what they had learned so far about Peachland’s relationship to the highway and how that fits into the wider Okanagan Lake Second Crossing project. Most of the dozens of people who packed the parking lot and passed through the information gauntlet inside were there with an opinion on whether the ministry should widen Highway 97 in-place or build a new bypass that would eventually connect with the second crossing. Not Devlin. “To me, it doesn’t matter as long as they make the road safe,” she said. “People are worried about wildlife, but I’m worried about people.” To the chagrin of some who were hoping to harvest more specific information from MOTI personnel like senior project director Murray Tekano, the ministry has not decided whether 97 will be widened or fitted with a new bypass. Best options for either scenario will be released in the fall, “before December” as Tekano See OKANAGAN on page 7
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