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Activity at compost site to be monitored

AT A GLANCE No opposition expressed at New Monaco hearing

Fairly low attendance and no opposition at last Tuesday’s public hearing for the New Monaco project suggest the future Peachland development still has strong public support in the community. page 2

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time with set up and take down for committee of the whole and council meetings; • Improved functionality for webcasting; and • Bring the existing handicap washroom up to code.

Director of community services Cheryl Wiebe says the renovation is scheduled to take place in the summer months when the facilities are used less by council and recreation users than at other times of the year.

The renovation will only impact part of the community centre, including council chambers, the men’s and women’s washrooms, storage areas and a new corridor linking council

An ongoing illegal dumping problem at the compost site up Princeton Avenue has prompted Peachland council to have staff monitor the site for a period to determine what needs to be done to address the issue.

Peachland’s compost site operated as a landfill facility from 1970 until 1997, when it was closed down. Since the closure of the landfill, the site has been operated by the district as a compost facility, but because the site is open daily and unstaffed, it attracts illegal dumping as well as dumping from neighbouring communities.

Currently, the compost site is open from 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., which makes it convenient for commercial users and others. Director of operations Joe Mitchell says the annual cost to operate the compost site is between $50,000 - $60,000 but he estimates that more than 20 per cent of volumes are generated from out of town users.

According to Mitchell, illegal dumping at the compost site has been ongoing but sporadic.

“Overall it is estimated that between two and four tonnes of material is illegally

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Gear up to win at Peachland Family Ride and Rally

Hop on your bikes and bring the whole family down to not only get active together in your community, but most importantly have some good old fashioned family fun! page 7

Roostlogger proves more than one bat species lives in attic

The roostlogger recording information on winter bat habitat in the attic of Peachland Historic Primary School confirms more than one species of bats resides in the attic. page 10

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PEACHLAND’S WORLD OF WHEELS event attracted thousands of visitors to Beach Avenue on Sunday. For more pictures, see pages 8 and 9.

Peachland Community Centre to get minor renovation this summer Joanne Layh / Peachland View The Peachland Community Centre will get a bit of a facelift later this summer, when a renovation project that is expected to begin in July gets underway.

Earlier this year the $250,000 community centre renovation project was approved by council in the 2014 capital budget.

The renovation will address the following: • Accessibility and life safety issues in the washrooms; • Overcrowding of office staff and staff safety; • Accessibility and life safety issues in council chambers; • Efficient use of space in council chambers and reduce staff

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No opposition expressed at New Monaco public hearing Joanne Layh / Peachland View Fairly low attendance and no opposition at last Tuesday’s public hearing for the New Monaco project suggest the future Peachland development still has strong public support in the community as the developer moves forward in the final stages of achieving rezoning approval from district council.

The New Monaco property stretches across 125 acres at the junction of Highway 97 and Highway 97-C on Peachland’s northeastern boundary.

Back in 2011 New Monaco received Peachland council’s unanimous approval of an Area Sector Plan (ASP) and incorporation of that plan into Peachland’s Official Community Plan (OCP). The OCP amendment allows for the development of a mix of approximately 2,800 residential units, in addition to substantial commercial and retail space that will build out over the next 15 - 20 years, depending on market conditions.

Earlier this spring Peachland council gave second reading to the CD-10 New Monaco neighbourhood comprehensive development zone, first and second reading

to a bylaw to amend the Official Community Plan (OCP) to create the New Monaco neighbourhood development permit area and first and second reading to a bylaw to establish the Phased Development Agreement (PDA) for the development of the New Monaco neighbourhood.

The Area Sector Plan (ASP) and OCP amendment establish the overall concept plan and density of the project.

According to the proposed bylaw agreements, new infrastructure for the neighbourhood, such as extension of sanitary sewer and water mains and the road network, will be provided by the developer of the property at no cost to the district.

In addition, the developer will be required to pay Development Cost Charges (DCCs) at the building permit stage, as well as Community Amenity Contributions (CACs) and Housing Opportunities Reserve Fund Contributions at the time of building permit (except for residential buildings greater than 15,000 square feet in size, which will be payable at time of occupancy permit).

Throughout the project the developer is See NEW MONACO on page 3

JOANNE LAYH

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC examine New Monaco’s information display at the public hearing last Tuesday.

Renovation to community centre planned to begin in July er will improve their functionality and use.

“We find in recreation services most people come dressed to participate in their activity and they go home to shower,” Wiebe said.

One spot in the gymnasium that was identified for renovation will not be included in the project because it is not possible to cut through the concrete in that area,

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chambers with the rest of the community centre.

As a result of the renovation, communal shower areas will be replaced with one private and accessible shower in each washroom.

Wiebe says the communal showers are currently used only about once a month and having a private show-

Wiebe told council last week.

“Why do we have to do this if we don’t have to do that?” Councillor Eldon Kerbes said.

“It’s about doing the best we can. Anything that is feasible and possible, we should do our best to do,” Wiebe said.

Councillor Cindy Fortin voted against approving the final floor plan, citing issue with how the space is

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“It just seems that when you look at this drawing that administration is getting bigger and bigger and the elected officials are being squished down into a smaller space. I mean, next thing you know we’re going to be sitting out on the sidewalk. I think that there needs to be an air of formality and professional atmosphere at council chambers and I don’t like the table setting,” Cindy Fortin said. “Just to have tables at a regular council meeting I don’t think is appropriate.”

Wiebe said the drawings are meant only to show the new floor plan, not the furniture configurations, which will be established in a later phase of the renovation.

“The configuration of furniture is not part of the design so we can move the tables and chairs wherever we want them,” Wiebe

said. “We will be looking for professional tables like those that at the regional district board office or at the school board office,

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person to have an office?” Fortin asked.

“It is not necessarily about each person having an office,” Wiebe said. “The recom-

It just seems that when you look at this drawing that administration is getting bigger and bigger and the elected officials are being squished down into a smaller space. I mean, next thing you know we’re going to be sitting out on the sidewalk.

-Councillor Cindy Fortin

that are functional and can move into more of a V shape, which is appropriate for a board meeting.”

“Why when we have three staff members at the community centre do we need each

mended standard is that each person has about 90 square feet of space. If you were to come into our reception area right now, we have two staff working back to back. We have to go single file in and

out of our office. Our staff are back to back and running into each other. They can’t even push away from their desk. We have sick leave that is really, really high because they are in constant close quarters.”

“I think the real issue is that our recreation staff need more room,” Councillor Terry Condon said. “Whether or not they’re configured as individual offices or as an open work space I think really is quite a minor part of the decision. The benefit of private office space, of course, is that you can have private conversations with your own staff or customers who come with some kind of complaint or a need for privacy.”

District council approved the final floor plans of the renovation project. Wiebe says it is expected that tender documents will be available by the end of the month and construction could begin on July 9.

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expected to contribute $2.8 million toward affordable housing and $27 million in DCCs over and above infrastructure costs.

Development servicing agreements that will address servicing costs, the infrastructure phasing plan and security requirements, will be met later in the process, during the infrastructure construction and development process.

The public hearing held last Tuesday was an opportunity for

the public to express any concerns about the project before the developer returns to council for third reading and final adoption of their rezoning application.

“I’m very honoured tonight.

There seems to be a fair amount of support,” New Monaco vice president of development Mark Holland said in an interview with The View following the public hearing. “I thought the questions were good questions. They were real questions about the issues that I think are critical to what is

at stake here. We have answers for a good number of them. Some of them will emerge over the next year during planning work – the detailed parks design and in particular the servicing agreements, which council will have to approve before we get subdivision or can do anything further than that.”

Issues that emerged included questions about fire protection systems, water availability and how building heights might work with the topography. However,

only a few citizens got up to speak and no one expressed opposition to the project.

New Monaco has consulted extensively with the public over the past few years so at this point most residents are familiar with the developer and the project being proposed.

“What it tells me is that Peachland wanted to have a conversation about development that would occur. They’ve come out and told us what they needed and they were reasonable in what they

asked for because we were able to respond to a very good deal of it in how this planning process unfolded,” Holland said. “I think it speaks to the clarity that Peachland has about what they need and the fact that what they are asking for is reasonable. I’m honoured to be able to have a project where we can actually respond to some of that.”

The New Monaco rezoning application is expected to come before council for third reading at next week’s council meeting.

Peachland compost site traffic to be monitored for illegal activity dumped at the compost annually,” Mitchell told the committee of the whole last week.

“This is roughly the equivalent of 15 large industrial bins of garbage annually. The garbage volumes are less than they used to be, but we are still continuing to accumulate significant amounts of garbage.”

The material being dumped at the site commonly includes household garbage, carpets, furniture and metal products, as well as material that is more difficult to dispose of, such as batteries, drywall, chemical containers, propane bottles and concrete.

Dirt, rocks and wood waste are also illegally dumped at the site.

Mitchell says district staff have conducted spot checks of the site and turned away several would-be violators.

However, as the site isn’t regularly staffed, a lack of enforcement has invited some unwanted activity.

“An additional concern is the dumping of compost material to the site by non-Peachland residents,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell went on to say there are several reasons for non-residential dumping, however the main reason is because the Westside Transfer Station in West Kelowna is only open Friday through Monday and doesn’t allow commercial dumping of compost material, while the Peachland site is open more frequently and does accept commercial compost material, provided the users have a Peachland address.

That means a significant amount of commercial waste from other communities, such as West Kelowna, is being dumped in Peachland at district taxpayers’ expense.

Although Peachland hasn’t submitted any kind of proposal to the Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO), Mitchell says regional district staff say they not interested in taking control of the Peachland facility.

“Their recommendation is to either staff the site full-time or close it entirely and direct Peachland users to the Westside Transfer Station,” Mitchell said.

If the district chooses to close the compost site, Peachland yard maintenance companies would be forced to deliver all of their compostable material to the Glenmore Landfill in Kelowna, which would be quite costly.

“I’d like to see us maintain the status quo on this facility with periodic checks by staff whenever they are in the area,” Councillor Peter Schierbeck said.

“I’d like to see penalties for those that break the rules...I’m not in favour of restricting service at this time.”

Councillor Eldon Kerbes said reduced hours at the Westside Transfer Station have caused some of the problems at Peachland’s compost site and the RDCO should step up to help.

“Our problem has been created by the regional district shutting down those things. Basically what they’ve done is they’ve probably transferred about half of the material going there up here and

they’re saying they’re not going to do anything about it. They should either do something about it or open up there seven days a week,” Kerbes said.

Councillor Cindy Fortin said she also believes something should be negotiated with the regional district.

“I do think that we need to better define the problem,” Councillor Terry Condon said.

“I hear anecdotal evidence and see pictorial evidence of garbage being dropped up there but I have no idea over what period of times and in what volumes.

What I would like to see is us get a much clearer idea of what it is the activity up at that location…Let’s find out what is going on up there and pay the cost to do that. Once we understand what it is we have the makings of a solution.”

Mayor Keith Fielding said as part of that process the district may also want to use the opportunity to redefine what they want to achieve from the compost site.

“Do we want to look at it to include nonPeachland residents or even commercial operators, particularly if there are revenue opportunities?” Mayor Fielding asked. “The conclusion I’m coming to is along the lines of let’s maintain the status quo before we leap into a solution. Let’s explore the whole issue with the regional district and take it up formally with the board, and see whether there are any solutions that emerge from discussion with them.”

Fielding also suggested that perhaps video surveillance

cameras be installed at the site.

Mitchell said it is an option but people shoot the cameras out and it is expensive to keep replacing them.

“A lot of people

shoot guns up there,” Mitchell said. “All our signs get shot out up there. That is the problem; they shoot the cameras out…If you just walk around you see the shotgun shells

everywhere.”

Last week Peachland council passed a motion to staff the compost site seven days a week for a two-week period to monitor the traffic and

understand the nature of the problems that are affecting use of the site. After that data has been gathered an attempt will be made to engage the regional district in solutions.

NOTICE OF SCHEDULED POWER INTERRUPTION We will be making electrical system improvements in Peachland area on May 25. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for approximately 8 hours.

Where: ALL customers from just North of Hardy Street on Renfrew Road , South down Hwy 97 to the end of the BC Hydro line (just North of Summerland). Including Renfrew Road, Brent Road, Hardy Street, Thorne Road, Meadow Valley Road, Callan Road, North Beach Road, Savanna Road, Fish Lake, Relkey Road, Marsh Lane, Bathville Road, Kettle Place, Agur Court, Mountainview Road, Princeton- Summerland Road, Deans Road, Antler Beach, Meadow Valley, Shingle Creek, Penticton Indian Band, Greata Ranch and Okanagan Lake Provincial Park.

When: Sunday, May 25, 2014 Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, turn off all lights, electric heaters, major appliances and unplug all electronics.

For the first hour after the power comes back on, please only plug in or turn on those electronics and appliances that you really need. This will help ensure the electrical system does not get overloaded.

We are sorry for the inconvenience. We will restore your power as soon as we can.

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f you haven’t already started spring cleaning inside your home, now is the time to start getting rid of things you don’t need anymore. It’s also a good time to find anything new you might need for summer because garage sale season has officially begun.

Once the May long weekend hits, people suddenly seem ready to start searching for new clothes, furniture and whatever else goes along with summer.

Why not redirect that impulse to acquire new things? New is not synonymous with quality, so consider shopping for items that are just new to you instead and check out some good buys at a garage sale. Who wants to brave all the traffic in the shops that seems to pick up around now? Instead you might find that treasure that used to be someone else’s treasure.

Or, on the other side of the coin, you could probably benefit from clearing some of the older things out of your house to make room for the new things you want. We did: last week staff at The View hosted a garage sale of our personal belongings in the back yard of the office. We were pleased to unburden ourselves of our

household clutter and make a bit of cash in the process.

On the other end of it, someone prevented our junk— I mean, previously enjoyed treasures-from hitting the landfill and walked away with something useful or pretty for not too much coin.

If you don’t want to drive around to attend garage sales, you might want to consider attending the regional district’s truck sale, where an entire parking lot gets taken over by over 150 vendors with stuff to unload.

This Saturday morning the regional district will host its first semi-annual trunk sale of the year at the Okanagan College parking lot in Kelowna. According to the Regional Waste Reduction office, the premise beyond reuse and recycling is to keep any unnecessary material out of our one remaining landfill. After the sale is over, charities will be on site to accept the donation of items that didn’t sell, so it is a win-win situation for everyone.

If you didn’t secure a spot as a vendor at the trunk sale this time around, don’t worry; there will be another one in September, when you can unload all of that summer stuff you no longer need.

PEACHLAND VIEWS Building Canada infrastructure fund has been bungled It’s the middle of May. We’re well into the 2014 construction season. The new “Building Canada” infrastructure fund (BCF) was supposed to be upand-running seven weeks ago (April 1). But not a wheel has turned.

Why? Because of Harper government bungling in Ottawa.

Communities across Canada can’t get access to promised federal dollars for water and sewer projects, public transit and other infrastructure priorities because BCF application forms aren’t yet available. The provinces, who are supposed to manage the process and pick the projects, haven’t been able to get going because the feds held back crucial information until the very last minute.

So much for Infrastructure Minister Denis Lebel’s boast last March that “…the entire New Building Canada Plan is now ‘open for business’, ensuring a seamless transition to the new program.”

But it gets worse. The Harper Conservatives have imposed new restrictions on how local governments can use the federal funding – when it finally becomes available. The provinces and other government “entities” will be competing against municipalities for the same pool of funds. And the BCF program has been severely “back-end loaded”.

That means there’s a big cut in federal funding right up front. The BCF

has plummeted by 87 per cent – down from $1.6 billion last year to just $210 million for the whole country this year. The feds say the money they’ve cut will be replenished, but it won’t get back to last year’s level until after 2019.

Cutting, stalling and complicating federal support for public infrastructure is simply foolish. It undermines what the Finance Department itself describes as the single most cost-effective tool to foster economic growth and more jobs. And it comes at a time when unemployment is stubbornly high and some 200,000 Canadians have just given up looking for work altogether.

We can do better. Justin Trudeau is calling for a far more ambitious infrastructure plan for Canada – one that will be truly transformative.

Significant new investments will be required and strong collaboration at all levels. But the dividends will be powerful. Canada will be able to catch up faster on its debilitating infrastructure deficit. We will drive greater job creation and economic growth, and convert the value of low interest rates into long-term capital assets to underpin better Canadian prosperity and productivity.

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District amends street naming policy Joanne Layh / Peachland View With the Ponderosa and New Monaco developments expected to use 15 of the 26 historical family names currently approved to become future names of Peachland streets, a dozen new names were added to the roster last week and formally adopted into Peachland’s street naming policy.

At last week’s council meeting the street naming policy was amended to include the following new street names: • Bayntn; • Cutbill;

• Ekins; • Finlayson; • Kinchin; • Kraft; • Munro; • Needham Brothers; • Pentland; • Spackman; • Tilton; and • Twiddy.

Back in 2011, council authorized the creation of a four-person working group consisting of members of the Peachland Historical Society and members of the District of Peachland planning department for the purpose of creating a new street

naming policy.

The committee’s work resulted in a new street naming policy that was adopted in 2012, which included numerous historical Peachland family names. Since then, the Peachland Historical Society has been working with both Ponderosa-Treegroup and New Monaco to allocate appropriate names for roads within their development areas.

The developers have accepted at least 15 of the 26 currently approved names from the list to be used in years to come, which has prompted the Peachland Historical Society to develop additional

historic names to be added to the policy.

As there is already a Needham Court in Kelowna, the Kelowna RCMP recommended that houses on a future Needham street not be numbered 4600-4660 to avoid conflict. District staff also suggested that Needham Brothers also be used to further avoid any confusion.

“We thought it was a rather good solution,” Don Wigfield said on behalf of the Peachland Historical Society at last week’s committee of the whole meeting.

Wigfield indicated that the name Needham has a huge historical sig-

nificance to Peachland, especially as we enter the 100th anniversary of World War One, because of the two families who each lost two sons in the war, one was the Seaton family, after whom Peachland has already named a road; the other was the Needham family.

“I had no idea how much work went behind this,” Councillor Terry Condon said after moving the motion to amend the bylaw to include the new historical names. “I’m really quite impressed.”

The street naming policy amendment was unanimously approved

by Peachland council.

Aggressive discussion reveals issue about MP office spending MP Dan Albas Commentary Last week was an unusually partisan one in the House of Commons, even by Ottawa standards. At issue was the Standing Committee on Procedure & House Affairs (often referred to as PROC), where the leader of the official opposition ap-

Dan Albas, MP peared as a witness to answer questions on the use of taxpayers’ funds in what some have described as partisan political satellite outreach offices.

The testimony and exchanges were testy, aggressive and revealing. Ultimately, this issue also exposed what can be a fine line between activities that are deemed to be partisan as opposed to non-partisan. This issue also illustrated there is a general difference of opinion and in some cases a lack of understanding, on what the role of a Member of Parliament’s office should be.

From my perspective, a Member of Parliament’s office is ultimately a location to host meetings, meet with constituents and assist citizens on issues and concerns of importance that are raised relating to the federal government.

Often, providing in-

formation or other assistance to access government services or resolving conflicts are also common items that arise. Collectively, an MP office budget is funded from the House of Commons following regulations established by the all-party Board of Internal Economy and then administered through non-partisan public officials.

Although there are many safeguards and oversights to protect the interests of taxpayers, there are still aspects of an MP’s office that operate on a discretionary basis set by the member, who, we should recognize, is ultimately responsible. Offices may have different operating structures based on how an individual MP allocates resources provided from what

is known as the member’s office budget, often referred to as the MOB internally.

Each fiscal year a set amount of funds is advanced to a Member of Parliament that covers all operational costs. At the end of a fiscal year (March 31), if the full amount of funds allocated are not used by the Member of Parliament, 95 per cent of the balance will be returned to the House of Commons and 5 per cent can be carried over towards the next year’s budget.

Conversely, if a Member of Parliament exceeds that office budget allotment, then the member is personally responsible for the amount over the fixed budget. Once an MP retires, resigns, or is defeated in an election, all funds remaining are

returned to the House of Commons. It should also be pointed out that there are reasonably firm guidelines in spending with requirements for receipts that ultimately are checked over by financial administration staff in Ottawa.

Over time, many unique rules have also been implemented, typically in response to questionable spending or other practices that occurred because a loophole was identified or a specific limitation was not in place outlining a prohibited action.

For example, it is now in the members’ office rulebook that a shortterm travel companion cannot be hired. While I can only speculate how this rule came into being, it is the rule that for any employee to be eligible for a travel ex-

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pense, said employee not from taxpayer pro- citizens’ concerns and providing information must now be on staff vided office budgets.

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LOCAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS | editor@peachlandview.com SUNDAYS

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FRIDAYS

Jerry Dober Breakfast, 8am, Peachland Wellness Centre Peachland United Service, 10am, United Church St. Margaret’s Anglican Church Worship, 10am, St. Margaret’s Anglican Church Emmanuel Church Workship Service, 10am, Peachland Elementary School Peachland Baptist Service, 10:30 service fellowship 11:30am, 4204 Lake Ave. Ukulele Group, 1pm, 50+ Activity Centre. Call 250-767-6574.

Meat Draw, 2pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

Mid-week Study and Conversation Coffee, 9:30am, St. Margaret’s Anglican Church Trail Blazers, 9:30am, Power Creek Trail Outdoor Fitness Trail Orientations, 10am. Meet at the kiosk by Trepanier Creek. Call 250-767-0141 for info.

Carpet Bowling, 10am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre Computer Literacy, 10amnoon, all sessions take place at Peachland Wellness Centre Volleyball, 10am-noon, community centre Wellness Circle Fitness Equipment Guides, 10am. Call 250-767-2133 to register for your spot Peachland Boardwalk for Seniors, 12pm AA, 12-1pm, 50+ Activity Centre Men’s Coffee, 1pm, Peachland Wellness Centre Friendship Tuesday/Movie, 1-3:30pm, 50+ Activity 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+ Peachland Sparks and Brownies, 5:45-7pm, community centre Bridge (Experienced), 7pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Yoga, 8-9am, 50+ Activity Centre Indoor Walking, 8-9am, community centre Aerobics For The Not So Young, 9:30-10:30am, 50+ Activity Centre Pincushion Hike & Yoga, 9:30am. Call Dawn 250-8786342 Wellness Circle, 10-12pm, Peachland Wellness Centre.

Speaker on second and fourth Wednesdays of the month Bridge Creative Playtime (0-6 yrs) 11am-1pm, community centre Chess, 1:15-3:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre Sunshine Singers, 1:30pm, Peachland Wellness Centre Writer’s Bloc, every second Wednesday of the month, 6:30pm, Peachland Wellness 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

Tai Chi, 9:30am, United Church Annex Free Tax Clinics, 9:30am-noon, Emmanuel Church. Until Apr. 24.

Call 250-768-3305.

Intergenerational Choir, 9:30am, Peachland Elementary School Peachland Boardwalk, 9:30am 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 Breastfeeding Cafe, second and last Thursday, 1pm, Peachland Wellness Centre. Call 250-7670141 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 Trail Blazers, 5:30pm, Power Creek Trail 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 Tea in the Tranquil Room, 2pm, Peachland Wellness 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

Easy Solutions, May 28, 10am, Peachland Wellness Centre. The Wellness Circle presents naturopath Megan Kimberley.

Monstrous Garage Sale, May 31, 9am - 2pm, Maple Springs Bible Camp. Help raise funds for the camp.

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Family Bike Ride and Rally, May 28, 5:45pm - 8 pm, community centre parking lot. Celebrate Bike to Work/School Week 2014. Refreshments and prizes.

Quilting on Beach, June 7 & June 8, Peachland Community Centre.

Admission by donation. Showcasing the works of: Pincushion Quilting Guild and Peachland Quilting Guild.

4th Annual Peachland Rose Show, June 21, 11-4pm, community centre banquet room. Rose entries can be brought in from 7 to 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.

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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 Wood Carving, 7-9pm, 50+ Activity Centre

SATURDAYS Trail Blazers, 9:30am, Power Creek Trail Carpet Bowling, 10am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre 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 Trunk Sale, May 24, 8am-noon, Okanagan College. Free to attend, rain or shine, access off of Raymer Avenue only. The Trunk Sale will be held in parking lot 17 next to the student residence buildings.

Peachland Art Group 54th Annual Show & Sale, May 24 6-9pm, May 25, 10-4pm, community

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Luncheon & tea, admission by donation. www.pcartscouncil.com.

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Stellar cycling swag up for grabs at Peachland Family Ride and Rally Julie van den Born / Special to the Peachland View We invite you to celebrate Bike to Work/ School Week 2014 with Peachland Recreation.

The Peachland Community Centre parking lot will be a buzz of activity on Wednesday, May 28 from 5:45 p.m. - 8 p.m. as we host a Family Bike Ride and Rally.

We’ve decided to put a spin on the typical Bike to Work/School Week events. We are planning a great evening of fun and activity for the whole family to enjoy that will provide an opportunity to get outdoors, get active and get pedaling.

Participants are invited to the community centre parking lot, where we will have a variety of fun activities for the whole family. Pedal on through our obstacle course, get a tune up from the on-site bike mechanic or create some awesome bicycle crafts to spiff up your ride. There will also be a photo scavenger hunt, so bring

your camera and/or smartphone as you cruise down Beach Avenue and explore the amazing sites along beautiful Okanagan Lake. Special guests will be on hand such as Canadian national team cross-country mountain bike racer Evan Guthrie.

Refreshments will be available, along with goodies courtesy of Bliss Bakery and Blue Rooster Cafe. There will also be prizes to give away! Enter for your chance to win an array of stellar cycling swag.

Hop on your bikes and bring the whole family down to not only get active together in your community, but most importantly have some good old fashioned family fun!

The event will be organized in partnership with smartTRIPS, the Central Okanagan’s active transportation program.

For more information contact Julie van den Born at 250-767-2133 or email jvandenborn@ peachland.ca.

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T h e s e birds are not native to North America, but are the most commonly kept dove in captivity. They appeared in Peachland a few years ago. Either they accidentally escaped from their cage or the owner didn’t want to care for them any longer.

These birds are monogamous and the territorial males put on quite a display to attract a mate. Once that is settled they decide together where to nest. The female builds the platform type nest herself. It is

made of twigs and leaves carefully selected by the male and delivered to her at the nesting site.

Two to four pure white eggs are laid, and both the male and female incubate the eggs, which takes about two weeks. The chicks are fed regurgitated food by both parents. At about 16 days, the chicks are ready to leave the nest. One pair may raise up to five broods in a year.

In the early morning repeated coo-cooo-coo can be heard.

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Congratulations to World of Wheels team for a great event Mayor Keith Fielding Commentary Peachland was the destination of choice for gazillions of visitors over the Victoria Day weekend – lured by the special events

Mayor Keith Fielding being staged, and of course by the opportunity to experience all that makes Peachland the charming and delightful place that, as residents, we can enjoy all year round.

The World of Wheels was of course

the big draw, and once again our congratulations go to Pam Cunningham and her team for organizing yet another highly successful show. Vehicle entries were down a little from previous years due to the possibility of rain – a prospect that had some proud owners reluctant to expose immaculate body finishes and paint jobs in such threatening conditions. Yes, really!

Nevertheless, it was a great event and with so many amazing vehicles I had difficulty deciding on the “Mayor’s Choice” category.

Eventually however, I settled on a beautifully restored 1933 Plymouth PC, owned

by Dan Knapp of West Kelowna.

On the previous day, Saturday May 17, I was pleased to participate in the launch

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of Peachland Radio, an internet based radio station that will allow listeners to experience something of life in Peachland wherever they may be. Veteran broadcaster, and Peachland resident, Allan Hollander is the owner and operator of the radio station. Allan explains: “Peachland Radio is a place where people gather to listen to intelligent talk, world class entertainment, cool jazz, or to find out about local news. It’s a place to learn about the world, laugh, meet good neighbours, and share ideas. Community volunteers add depth and sparkle to

Peachland Radio. The voices you will hear on the air will belong to real people making radio that is live, immediate, and interactive. Best of all we will be broadcasting in crystal clear digital sound 24/7 without commercial interruption.”

For much of the year Allan will be broadcasting from the front patio of the indoor mall at 5878 Beach Avenue. From there, retro classic radio shows, interviews, conversations with passers-by, sounds of Big Band jazz orchestras, news updates, and much more, will

be broadcast to a worldwide audience, available to anyone able to connect their computer, phone or other device to www. peachlandradio.com.

I believe that Peachland Radio will be

a great addition to Peachland’s ever growing list of cultural attractions — and so convenient for those hordes of visitors who love Peachland, can’t live here yet, and want to stay connected.

Thanks, Allan, for starting up this important new initiative.

I am always interested to respond to reader’s questions or comments and can be reached by email at mayor@peachland.ca.

Van Goghs, Cezannes, Monets, Vermeers and other famous paintings on display in Peachland.

Come to the 54th Annual Art Show and Sale at the Peachland Community Centre and be pleasantly surprised at our “Fakes and Forgeries.”

Our special feature this year is “Fakes and Forgeries” and thirty-five of our artists have painted copies of famous paintings by artists you will recognize. So if you always wanted to own a famous painting, now is your chance! The only criteria for the artists was that the Master or Artist had to be deceased 50 years plus one month.

Instead of millions of dollars, come and purchase these copies for reasonable prices.

As well as the “Fakes and Forgeries,” there will be over 300 original paintings created during the year in various mediums.

The Peachland Art Group will be hosting its 54th Annual Art Show and Sale Saturday, 24 May 2014 6-9pm Sunday, 25 May 2014 10-4pm Fabulous luncheon and tea Admission by donation

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Roostlogger data proves that multiple bat species live in attic Darlene Hartford Special to the Peachland View The roostlogger recording information on winter bat habitat in the attic of Peachland Historic Primary School confirms more than one species of bats resides in the attic. Biologist Tanya Luszcz told a group of approximately 50 spectators at Go Batty in Peachland on May 15 that winter data shows the last bats leaving the roost were Yumas on October 23, 2013 and the first returning were little browns on April 1, 2014. Also, frequencies recorded outside the school, as bats exited for their nightly foraging at Go Batty, indicated both Yumas and little browns were exiting the roost at the same time.

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cator they roost in the same section of the attic, or which species is dominant. It only confirms both have returned. While Luszcz recorded the frequency of sounds of exiting bats, there were also recordings of bigger bats in the neighbourhood.

These frequencies came from outside the building, confirming Peachland has many of the 17 species common to the Okanagan. The bat recorder indicated the larger species, big browns, were also circling the building for insects.

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by Luszcz is a compact piece of equipment that provides interesting information on the habits of Peachland bats and would be a valuable resource for Bat Chats and the annual provincial bat counts. The bat

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detector costs $2,500 and directors of Peachland Bats Educational and Conservation Program are seeking a sponsor to purchase a bat detector to assist in the evolution of the bat program.

Visitors at Go Batty in Peachland also enjoyed the unveiling of the first phase of Legends of the Lake Interpretive Centre.

Live footage of bat activity upstairs was viewed simultaneously with pre-recorded

footage of the roost after the birth of pups in the previous year.

Three kiosks donated

by Interior Health are being programmed by Chris Eytcheson, with interactive activities on both bats and Ogopogo. A visit to the interpretive centre is a must for kids this summer.

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Slim-cut pants result in unfortunate wardrobe malfunction Jordan Marr Special to the Peachland View May 7: Semimonthly self-reminders: askance is how my readers may want to look at these farm journal entries, which is the format I’m using to speak to them this year. I grew bored with the old format and thought this might spice things up in the headroom.

Jordan Marr May 8: Attended a valley-wide chamber of commerce event with winemaker, friend, and Mazda enthusiast Tyler Harlton of TH Wines. Wore a new pair of slim-cut, navy pants for the occasion. En route, remarked to Tyler that I couldn’t figure out why I don’t wear slim-cut pants more often because “I make these look good.” Tyler stopped for a wine delivery in Kelowna.

By the time he returned I had split my pants down the inner thigh, crotch-to-almost-knee. Insisted to Tyler I could hobnob while standing just so to avoid showing off my alabaster skin. Tyler balked at the suggestion just

before realizing he happened to have an extra pair of pants in the canopy of his truck. The lovely folks at Discover Wines allowed me to change in their bathroom, and off I went to the chamber event, apparently concerned about an impending flood. Tyler is a bit shorter than me, turns out. I still think showing off a little thigh would have been the lesser transgression.

May 10: Second farmers’ market in Penticton. Already questions about whether any of my veggies are genetically engineered (a.k.a.

GMO) are rolling in.

I always reply with the same primer: 1.

Certified organic farmers like me are forbidden from using GMO seeds, period.

2. This is a more or less a moot point at the farmers’ market, where the only possible veggie you could find that could have come from GMO seeds is sweet corn,

for which it is unlikely any valley farmer is using GMO seeds to grow. This doesn’t stop veggie vendors from erecting signs that say “GMO free,” which is a bit like an apple juice advertised as “fat free.”

3. Where meat and eggs are concerned, if the producer is not certified organic, it is highly likely the feed used for the animals has GMO soy, corn, or canola in it, since just about all conventional (i.e.: non-organic) livestock feed contains those products.

May 11: Addendum to last entry: I should add(endum) that, while I am not allowed to, and don’t use GMO seeds, I am among a minority of organic farmers who believes that the GMO foods approved for commercial use are safe to eat. I don’t usually mention this to my colleagues and customers because I don’t enjoy conflict and awkwardness.

Read: I’m a coward.

May 12: Woke up to find more cucumber seeds rooted out of their seed trays, insides scooped out like yogurt by an enthusiastic modern woman in a Danon commercial. Mice have been stymieing my efforts to grow cucurbits this year. I’ve got a few traps set now, with cucumber and squash seeds as bait. Let’s hope Mickey returns, hung-over, for some hair of the dog.

May 15: Attended a meeting of the Peachland Fall Fair organizing committee last week. If my prose appears suddenly more illustrious, it’s because I write with a new title: Jordan Marr, Fall Fair Trophy-Master.

Ever noticed how a title’s magnificence is often inversely proportional to its job description? I am to haul 50 trophies back and forth from the engraver, and hand them up to the stage one-by-one

PEACHLAND LEGION Sunday Jam May 25 4:30-6:30 Hollywood Comes to Peachland June 29

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during the event. If the fall fair committee were composed of Archie Comics characters, I’d be Moose.

Incidentally, I hope readers plan to enter something in the fall fair this year. It’s really fun.

May 18: The start of the Homestead Farm veggie box program draws near.

If you’re in the program and haven’t received an update from me, I apologize.

It has been just crazy up here on the farm.

But I’m still thinking of you all; today I stood on my deck and blew you a kiss on the wind to reassure you of your place in my head and heart.

Unfortunately, Joe, co-owner of the farm and an old-school, less sentimental type of farmer, saw what I was doing and blew some armpit farts on the wind at the same time. So, be careful which messages you accept from the breeze.

May 19: Mickey returned and met his end. I’ve got a pretty incredible photo of him caught in the trap on my website’s blog.

Warning for the fainthearted: it features a dead mouse.

Jordan Marr attempts to grow cucumbers and other veggies at The Homestead Organic Farm in Peachland. You can read more of his writing at thehomesteadorganicfarm.ca.

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Grace passed away peacefully after a lengthy illness at Three Links Manor May 9; she is survived by her son Richard (Dawn) Sooke, B.C., daughter Sheryl (Bruce) Stuckey, Calgary AB, sisters Marcy Elliott, Peachland and Darlene Edwards, Spruce Grove AB, sister-in-law Marie Schnelle, Edmonton AB, brotherin-law Fred Cawthorpe, Airdrie AB, and numerous nieces and nephews. She will be sadly missed by all.

She was predeceased by her husband George in 1970, four sisters Anne (Lloyd) Fletcher, Barbara (Bill) Johnson, Frances (Lonnie) Stangeland, Marlene Cawthorpe, and brother Herbert Schnelle.

Grace was born in High River, AB, and spent most of her younger and married life in Okotoks, AB; she retired to Peachland in 1976.

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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Wayne Cousins of Peachland, BC. Wayne passed away suddenly, yet peacefully at home at the age of 59.

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COMMUNITY

There’s an old western flair at the Peachland Fall Fair!

Martha Jenkins / Special to the Peachland View The 95th Peachland Fall Fair will take place on September 6 - 7 and this year our theme is “There’s an Old Western Flair at the Peachland Fall Fair!”

The Peachland Fall Fair is noted for its wonderful displays of baking and preserves, flowers, needlework, fruits and

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Adult exhibitor tags are only 50 cents per item and 25 cents for junior categories.

There are always special prizes awarded for the best-themed entry in each category, ribbons to win and cash to add to your pockets.

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Our fall fair booklet is available online at www.peachlandfallfair.ca, where you can

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eligible to compete in all categories, so not only do we want our local Peachlanders to enter their best, but we want you to challenge your neighbours and friends outside our local boundaries to enter their best also.

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DIVERSIONS

HOROSCOPE

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS 1. Italian cheese city 6. Fed 9. Rights activist Parks 13. Bitter aloe compounds 14. Octagonal motif in oriental rugs 15. Maple genus 16. Shabby (slang) 17. Chopping tool 18. Shakespeare’s epithet 19. Regain 21. Mega-electron volts 22. Unhappy mood 23. NY pharmacy Duane ___ 25. Metrical foot 26. 1950’s Nash automobile 31. Digits 33. Affectional 34. Engine additive 35. Any small tubular structure 36. Lifted something heavy 41. Liquefied natural gas 43. __ of Avila, Saint 44. 2nd Greek letter 45. Assumed the existence of 46. Actress Rooney 49. Claudio __, Chilean pianist 51. Turkish leader titles 52. Don’t know when yet 53. Rectangular groove joint 59. Mythological birds 60. Type or kind 61. White bear 62. Native American group 63. V 64. Author Walker 65. Back talk 66. Doctor of Education 67. Jazz trumpeter Malik CLUES DOWN 1. Henry’s last wife Catherine 2. Wings 3. College army 4. Myth (Spanish) 5. Hungarian word for mum 6. Old World lizard genus 7. Dinner jackets 8. Last possible moment 9. Jewish spiritual leaders 10. Central Florida city

ANSWERS

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, your thoughts are distant right now, almost as if you’re living in a fantasy world. This is creatively beneficial but not so helpful for practical tasks.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

Taurus, if you’re not careful, you could find yourself debating family and friends this week.

Instead, try to sit back and listen rather than fostering debate.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21

Gemini, a realization about what is really important to you instills a renewed sense of confidence this week. You will be focused on important things.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, if your finances seem like they are in a state of upheaval, it could be because you have not looked at everything in black and white just yet. Make some changes.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23

You come on too strong sometimes, Leo. Those who know you best can handle this approach, but you can scare off potential new friends if you do not ease up.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 11. Any watery animal fluid 12. 198 L Egyptian dry measure unit 20. Prophylactic 24. Before 26. Drench 27. ___ River 28. Disorderly crowd 29. Heat unit 30. Medieval capital of Flanders 32. Fencing swords 37. Weekday (abbr.)

38. Vietnamese offensive 39. Point midway between E and SE 40. Father 42. Disjointed 43. Yearly tonnage (abbr.)

44. Lowest male singing voices 46. Jacobs, Ribot & Gasol 47. Athens’ marketplace 48. Contests 50. Gathered fall leaves 54. Three banded armadillo 55. A cord necktie 56. Spot on a radar

screen 57. Components

considered individually

58. Elm, maple or oak

SUDOKU

Be patient and do not demand too much of yourself during the next few days, Virgo. You need to keep your workload light; otherwise, you may get easily overwhelmed.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

This is a time to discover the value of others, Libra. A willingness to try new things and delegate some responsibilities will free up your calendar.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

Certain personalities don’t always click, Scorpio. Don’t feel the need to overcompensate for a strained relationship. Spend more time with those with whom you connect.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Flexible thinking is key, Sagittarius, especially as you face a few new challenges this week.

There are some opportunities to reconnect with family later in the week.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20

A rush of activity fills your calendar and keeps your phone ringing off the hook, Capricorn.

Your challenge will be separating the pressing events from others.

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AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, paperwork has built up and requires more time than you had originally planned.

There is no way to avoid this task, but a helper can make it move more quickly.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20

Moderation is your mantra for the week, Pisces. Do not let the pendulum swing too far in either direction.

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BUSINESS | FAITH

BUSINESS NEWS

New board to be elected at upcoming AGM Patrick Van Minsel Special to the Peachland View Sitting in my couch I look outside my window and watch the sun set.

It was a gorgeous day, with a lot of sunshine, awesome company and a little bit of wine.

Everybody has now gone and it’s time to get some work done.

It is going to be an exciting year for the

Peachland Chamber of Commerce and its members.

Our annual general meeting (AGM) will take place on May 26 at the Peachland Historic Primary School, with a dinner provided by one of our famous local restaurants, Dragon Lotus, which was the 2013 winner of the Rising Star Business Excellence Award. The cost to members is $20 per

person.

Doors will open at 6 p.m. and dinner will start around 6:30 p.m., followed by the meeting and election of the board of directors.

You can register for this meeting at the chamber office or go online, download the registration form and email it to info@peachlandchamber.bc.ca.

As some of our current directors are stepping

down, the remaining directors are looking to build a new team. If you feel up to the task send a resume to info@peachlandchamber.bc.ca.

In May we sent out a survey to our membership asking them for guidance and to gain valuable insight and direction from as many of our membership as possible. Please send your completed surveys in before May 23. Re-

sults will be shared at our AGM. Our strategic plan will be adapted according to the results of this survey.

Important dates to remember: • September 14 - 6th Annual Golf Tournament at the Summerland Golf Course. This is usually a sold out event so sign up early. The $99 rate (+GST) includes green fees, cart and dinner; and

Car stories become life stories Our love affair with cars revved into high gear on the long weekend for Peachland’s World of Wheels. The popular car show taps into our egos, memories and dreams, and fuels our excitement as the town’s population roughly triples for the day.

The idea is so simple. Car owners just come and display their babies, polished and buffed. Car lovers just come and ogle the chrome and leather and show a younger generation how we did transportation way back when.

It was a genius idea that Al Wiebe came up with 17 years ago.

He had restored an old Mustang, and said to some of his car buff friends, “Hey let’s get together and show off what we’ve got.”

It was a case of park it and they will come.

Of course, the picturesque Peachland setting and the waterfront stroll along which the cars are displayed help make World of Wheels a cream puff of a car show.

It’s easy to understand; we’re part of a car-oriented culture, for better or worse. My sons early learned how to tell anyone who’d listen the kind of car that drove them home from the hospital when they were born. Jonathan was driven home in a Volkswagen, which became his first word (yes, really) and Marcus came home in a Jeep (he grew up praying that Daddy would buy another Jeep, and

eventually owned one himself).

The main rite of passage for youth in our culture is getting a driver’s licence. We may remember our first dates and the vehicle that carried us. Over the steering wheel and gearshift we may have fallen in love.

Many of us recall an early road trip, an adventure in leaving the nest to explore the world. We reminisce even about breakdowns at the roadside and worries about an empty gas tank.

Who can forget the angst of that first speeding ticket? Or the first flat tire and hauling out the jack trying to remember what Dad said about changing a tire?

Sometimes we name cars: Betsy, Old Paint. I had friends who named a car Ai, after the Old Testament city that means “heap of ruins.”

Some cars become sort of friends and we actually shed tears when their days are over.

We cry over other cars for other reasons, such as tears of frustration because they refuse to start at the most inopportune times.

Our attachment to cars is not purely materialistic. Rich slices of life are housed in these steel boxes. They eat up distance so we can unite with loved ones for special occasions. They are great places for intimate conversations.

It’s often the only place where you can capture a child long enough to ask about their dreams and day-to-day doings.

It’s easier to have vital conversations about boys/girls when they

interested, send an email to info@peachlandchamber.bc.ca.

You will notice that I included our email address at least three times. This is the best way to contact us, or just approach me whenever you see me walking, jogging or running around town.

Peachland

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FOOD FOR THE SOUL

Dorothy Brotherton Peachland Baptist Church

• October 18 - Fashion Show Extravaganza at the Peachland Community Centre. The fashion show will be organized in collaboration with our local businesses.

We are always looking for volunteers to help out on different events. Join our dynamic team today! If you are

can look straight ahead instead of into your eyes.

Long road trips offer the joy of singing your way over the miles (cars have acoustics similar to a shower).

You may have also prayed your way along the road heading toward the bedside of a loved one.

Cars in themselves become stories. Our kids used to ask Daddy to tell the Car Story. It began, “Well, let me see...my first car was a 1929 Model A Ford. I paid $65 for it, and later I wrapped it around a telephone pole. My next car was....” The plot-less story continued as the history of a life was told in Daddy’s wheels. The sons were spellbound.

My personal favourite car story comes from our first-born

son’s toddler years, as he grappled with the realities of transportation and his own literal view of life.

“Mommy,” he asked, “When the Lord Jesus comes to get us, will he come in a Pontiac?”

My mind struggled as I tried to word an answer that would educate his theology.

“I think it will be much more wonderful than a Pontiac,” I said.

Jonathan’s eyes lit up as if he’d caught a vision of heaven’s glory, and he reached his own conclusion: “I know, a Studebaker!”

We may smile at the limits of a child’s mind, but I wonder if God smiles at the limits of our minds. Our highest concepts of God are no doubt pitifully small measured against His reality. One thing is sure, when he comes

“the little Market that cares” for his children it will be better than the highest perfection we can picture.

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Bring food to cook on the fire.

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