May 29 2015

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May 29, 2015 | Volume 11 Number 22

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WALKWAY PLANS ON HOLD

Council votes to put decision about extending the Centennial Walkway aside for now 2

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NEW PRISON OPENING IN 2016

Recent open houses explained possibilities for Okanagan Correctional Centre is bringing $220 a second bridge over Okanagan Lake 3 million into the south Okanagan

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The Peachland Legion slow-pitch team took second place in the Joe Bullock Tournament last week 12

Don’t expect local taxpayers to pay for mussel invasion, OBWB warns province Board worries province will shirk responsibility for mussels as it did with milfoil RICHARD MCGUIRE

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MEMBERS OF THE Black Widow Rope Spinners demonstration team brought their talents to the 50+ Activity Centre in Peachland on May 22.

The group, which consists of members aged five - 15 and adults delighted the audience as the evening’s after dinner entertainment following the centre’s monthly potluck dinner. To see more photos from this event turn to page 15.

Unless the provincial government brings in appropriate measures to stop invasive mussels from entering Okanagan waterways, local taxpayers should not be on the financial hook.

That warning is contained in a position statement on zebra and quagga mussels approved last Thursday by the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB). The board represents regional districts and municipalities throughout the Okanagan.

“The OBWB will not accept responsibility for the long-term treatment, mitigation or control of zebra or quagga mussels if the province fails to enact appropriate prevention measures and consequently the species are introduced,” the OBWB said in a resolution attached to the position statement.

This is exactly what happened when Eurasian milfoil invaded the Okanagan lakes, said the statement, drafted by James Littley, office and project manager for the OBWB. The program to control milfoil has cost Okanagan taxpayers more than $10 million over the past four decades, while the province has contributed less than $8 million.

There has been no provincial funding in the last 15 years, leaving local taxpayers on the hook, Littley wrote.

The OBWB estimates that the cost of managSee PROVINCIAL MUSSEL PROGRAM on page 8

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MAY 29, 2015

NEWS

Council will put Centennial walkway decision on back burner ERIN CHRISTIE EDITOR

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For the second time in four months, Peachland municipal council has heard what its residents have to say about Urban Systems’ proposed options for the Centennial Walkway expansion project.

In a report presented to council during the May 26 committee of the whole meeting, the district’s director of operations, Joe Mitchell, told the mayor and councillors the data he had gathered from an open house held on March 23 indicated that the answer as to whether or not residents are in favour of the expansion is a resounding “no.”

The open house, which was held at council’s request after receiving mixed results from a similar public consultation session held on October 21, 2014, was attended by roughly 100 residents, each

of whom were given the chance to provide feedback to the district via survey or sticky note on a message board provided.

During both events residents were given the chance to weigh in on options A and B, the initial concepts for the extension, which Scott Shepherd, project leader of Urban Systems Ltd., the engineering firm contracted to design the concepts, had noted were similar, except for the parking.

Option A would allow for two driving lanes and parking on both sides of Beach Avenue, but would require up to 22 mature trees be removed.

This option would also allow for continuous bioswale (landscape elements that allow for drainage from surface runoff) through the majority of the corridor, which would reduce the number of dry wells required along the pathway.

Option B would

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WITH FRESH EYES, and more time to consider the weight of the three available options, each of which would see the walkway extended from

its current end point at 13th Street to Todd Road, a number of residents revealed that not only do they not like Option A, B or C, they didn’t want an extension at all, during the March 23 open house.

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only, but the environmental footprint was considerably smaller, with as few as six mature trees removed, and allowed for a continuous bioswale as well as a greater amount of usable public right-of-way width.

At a committee of the whole meeting in January, Mitchell reported that the feedback from the October open house was split on the two options, with similar low support for each.

In other words, he noted, people seemed to dislike Options A and B equally, which led to the creation of Option C. Best described as a hybrid of Options A and B, Option C, ac-

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sections, or possibly eliminating it entirely in very tight locations.

The challenges council would be met with if they selected this option would be the risk of damage to mature trees during construction as well as a reduced bioswale area, which would require the addition of dry wells where the bioswale was eliminated or reduced.

Upon a more detailed review of the third option, a number of residents indicated to The View that they no longer were interested in an See COUNCIL on page 7

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NEWS

MOTI kicks off new second crossing study with public consultation ERIN CHRISTIE EDITOR

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The creation of a second bridge across Okanagan Lake may be 18 years away but Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) district manager Murray Tekano says the province has taken another crucial step toward that goal.

At a committee of the whole meeting held in Peachland on October 28, Tekano announced the launch of a three-year planning study for the so-called second crossing, to determine the best route options and assess transportation priorities.

The study area for the Highway 97 corridor extends from Greata Ranch, 4 km south of Peachland, north to Clerke Road/College Way south of Vernon, and encompasses Peachland, West Kelowna, Kelowna, Lake Country, Westbank First Nation and Okanagan Indian Band.

Phase 1 of the study (public consultation), which was undertaken by Toronto-based engineering consulting firm, Delcan Corporation (now Parsons) last September, kicked off last week with a set of open houses held in Kelowna and West Kelowna on May 19 and 20.

In an interview with The View on May 20, Tekano said the $2 million provincially funded study will focus on the existing conditions and corridor performance, including: route options, preferred locations and potential timing for the project.

For Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone, who began

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engaging local mayors in discussions about the potential second crossing last spring, timing is the driving factor behind the current consultation process.

“It’s important to understand and ex-

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THE STUDY AREA for the second crossing plans.

plore the transportation needs of the region,” Stone stated in an e-mail after announcing the study. “We need to ensure that we have a clear understanding of the needs to support such a large investment in the Okanagan.”

However, Stone noted, based on the anticipated growth expected in the Central Okanagan, the long-term view requires that planning begin now to address future mobility needs in the region.

According to Statistics Canada (2014), the population of the Central Okanagan is 187,058, with the vast majority located in Kelowna (65 per cent) and West Kelowna (17 per cent). From 1996 to 2011, the Central Okanagan population grew 32 per cent, and Kelowna’s population grew 31 per cent. The trend over 15 years has also shown a gradual increase in growth rate. By 2034, the Central Okanagan population is expected to grow to nearly 255,000, an increase of more than 36 per cent in 20 years.

Coupled with the projected economic growth (annual rate of workforce growth is forecast by employers to be 3.1 per cent), this indicates to Stone, the need for transportation systems to support the needs of the population.

“We need long-term solutions,” Tekano told The View on May 20.

Since 2001, the Highway 97 corridor in the Central Okanagan has received over $4 million in upgrades, including the construction of the W.R. Bennett Bridge in 2008.

At the time it was built, Tekano explained, it was estimated that the bridge would be adequate for 25 years, and current projections support that estimate.

However, Tekano says, it’s the system attached to it that indicates there could be congestion issues later on.

On an average day, Tekano estimates 25,000 vehicles per day enter the Central Okanagan, most of which are destined for Central Okanagan communities. Nearly half of the traffic entering from the south ends up in Peachland, West Kelowna or Westbank First Nation, and more than three quarters of the traffic from the north goes no further than Kelowna.

For West Kelowna mayor Doug Find-

later, news of a second bridge is positive, but the three-term mayor says he is less concerned with the volume of traffic and more concerned with where it will be directed once construction begins.

“Where does it go: in or around West Kelowna? Because it has a lot of implications for this community,” Findlater noted at a press conference following the announcement last April.

“

We have to look at the implications... for our community.

Do we want to be a community of interchanges?”

- West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater

Findlater said he was concerned about the impact the location of a second crossing would have on West Kelowna’s transportation corridors, and if Highway 97 bypasses Peachland, it could potentially bypass West Kelowna also, so it needs to be planned as a whole.

“We have to look at the implications of that for our community,” he said.

“Do we want to be a community of interchanges?”

When asked whether or not the $2 million for planning is related to the Peachland bypass, Tekano referred to the socio-economic impact study, saying only that data gathered from that survey and the new study would provide valuable information regarding the benefits of bypassing or not bypassing Peachland.

In the meantime, Tekano said the current study will complete Phase 1 (Understanding Needs) by fall 2015 and will initiate Phase 2 (Options Review) this winter. Residents are also encouraged to offer their input online by visiting www. engage.gov.bc.ca/okanagansecondcrossing.

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OPINION

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I opened up my shaw.ca account to check my emails and found an email from RBC; I don’t have an RBC account. The email went on to say “Because of an unusual number of invalid log in attempts...blah, blah, blah.” I clicked on the link they left and it took me to an RBC log in page.

The difference between this page and a normal log in page was all the links, except the log in and password, were dead. There are many scams sent to your email – be careful out there.

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Conflict of interest between district and chamber?

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The District of Peachland’s elected officials voted to give the chamber of commerce a huge 40 per cent increase in funding over four years, in part to manage the Visitor Information Centre (VIC).

The District of Peachland is an official member of the chamber of commerce. One of the councillors, who supported this increase, was on a committee tasked with reviewing the VIC’s deliverables and how the services might be provided. His spouse is a member of the chamber of commerce. Many would view both these circumstances as a conflict of interest and abstain from voting. Nobody recused themselves from the vote.

Thanks are in order

Tel: 250-767-7771 Fax: 250-767-3337 The Peachland View is a free community newspaper that is distributed each Thursday to everyone in Peachland.

Anyone who lives outside the distribution area but within Canada can purchase a subscription at $70 per year plus GST. The Peachland View reserves the right to refuse publication of any advertising or editorial submission at its discretion.

Material submitted by columnists does not reflect the opinions of the Peachland View or its employees.

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So, the question to be asked is simply: is there a valid contract between the District of Peachland and the chamber of commerce? Some of us certainly do not think so.

At the very least one would have to question the ethics of how taxpayers’ dollars are being dished out in this community!

You would think if the operation of the VIC is so beneficial to the business community, surely there would be a more equitable contribution of money from this business community and not the taxpayer.

Greg Nicholls, Peachland

I have been building, racing and showing hot rods and racecars for 50 years of my 67 years of life.

To clarify, I am definitely supportive of the cause for the Peachland car show. Since we have moved into the valley I have supported the Peachland car show (and many others) as an exhibitor of the many cars I have personally built/restored.

I have also encouraged my customers to be supportive as well. However, I must express my disappointment in both the car show committee and in The View. In the 50 years I have been showing cars, I have only received one thank-you in the form of a letter.

This letter thanked me for bringing my hot rod out in support of another worthy cause. I think it only appropriate that I mention that letter was from one of the valley’s car shows, the Cops For Kids car show out of Westbank. I think the committee of the Peachland car show should take heed.

Don’t get me wrong, the committee does a very good job and I don’t want to take that away from them. I know they work hard and put in a lot of time and effort. However, it’s getting pretty old, and discouraging for us car guys to prepare our vehicles, pay the registration fee, which in Peachland’s case is $15 a vehicle, and not even a mention or thank-you to the exhibitors that ventured out in the rain.

Many of our cars are six figure vehicles that would easily be worth a $20 entrance fee at an indoor event. Why can’t the thousands of spectators that come out not be asked for a donation (voluntarily) as you do the shuttle bus?

Therefore, giving the exhibitors the luxury of just bringing their cars to the show without having to also pay. There are many of us car guys that feel we are being taken for granted. Not only are we paying to have the beautiful cars, we are the ones that are donating the money for the cause.

I took the time to read The View from back to front and read the many thanks given to the committee, the volunteers and sponsors like Don Folk for example, who didn’t even come out this year. There was not one word of thanks to the guys that were up early and who came from miles around.

I think you have to also remember for us it doesn’t stop when the car show is over, we come home and re-clean our vehicles because we care about them. I think everyone better not forget, without the actual cars Peachland would not have a show.

Just saying, a thank-you to all the car guys that attended would be most appropriate and appreciated.

Gerry Demski, Peachland

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Letters published do not necessarily reflect the editorial policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All letters must include your first and last name, contact number, and town or city of residence to be considered.

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MAY 29, 2015

Taxpayers on hook for Tory promotion During this year alone Mr. Harper has burned through hundreds of millions of dollars, your tax dollars and mine, promoting himself and his party far in advance of anyone visiting the Governor General and having him call for an election.

Now, truth be told, everyone knew that this would happen when it was falsely determined that a parliamentary system of government needed a fixed election date.

Even though there hadn’t been a fixed election date in over 400 years and it had seemed to work just fine, thank you. Everyone knew that the party in power, whoever, would use a great deal of public money months, if not years, in advance to publicize themselves while the opposition would be forced to use their own resources simply in their own defense. Everyone knew taxpayers would be the losers in this silly scheme, but it all seemed so democratic, didn’t it?

I guess it can all still work after a fashion but the governing party would have to approach the issue with some small shred of decency.

Some concept of honour. A sense of duty perhaps.

David Winter, Peachland

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Not paving paradise to put up a parking lot (or in this case a paved walkway) is actually a progressive, earth-friendly way of thinking. We have a beautiful 1.7 km walkway for walkers, and a nice 0.8 km stretch of beach for beach-goers. We are very fortunate in Peachland to have the best of both worlds.”

- Mayor Cindy Fortin

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Peachland must make its case for a bypass Last year a joint MOTI-Peach la nd study was commissioned to compare socio-economic impacts of a bypass route versus widening in place. In February it was returned for revision. The rejected version found no benefits from a bypass and no negatives from widening in place. It is, the MOTI says, “still a work in progress but ultimately will be used to inform possible next steps for improvement.” Whatever that means it gives bypass supporters little hope for a true comparison.

After many years and many, many lake proximate development failures triggered by MOTI’s

conditions to protect er is right. ”It is a lot is too late..

The Hwy 97 Task widening in place, easier to make an the New Monaco de- economic case for a Force Society was velopment confirms Peachland bypass to- born in 2007, as it was Peachland’s potential day than it was ten then the routing of the to be an economically years ago.” But what upgraded highway is and environmentally is now clear; yes, the still the single most decision sustainable holiday case is there to be important affecting Peachland’s made, but, Peachland destination commuHazardous Waste newspaper ad Apr15.qxp_Hazardous Waste nity. MOTI’s District must make it and economic future. On Director Mike Lorim- make it soon, before it Wednesday June 3 at

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Correction

A photo on Page 8 of the May 22 edition of the Peachland View indicated that a group of people in a photo taken at the Peachland World of Wheels Show and Shine were members of the Peachland Lions Club. They group in the photo were members of the Peachland Rotarian Club.

We apologize sincerely for this error and thanks both service clubs for all that they do for this community.

MLA Dan Ashton or staff will be 7 p.m. at the Seniors Centre, the society available at the Chamber of Commerce will hold their AGM. It office Tuesday afternoons. is open to the public. A genuine study will be For appointments call 1 866 487 4402 on the agenda. Concerned residents are encouraged to attend.

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

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While it might have taken longer than the Peachland Seniors Support Society (PSSS) president Sharon Hallberg had hoped, the request for proposal (RFP) has finally emerged from the hidden BC Housing cocoon.

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

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

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The 20 additional units would be a mix of affordable and market rents that would contribute to the overall project.

Frustration aside, the PSSS remains optimistic that this time, their plea will be heard.

“We feel our chances are good,” Hallberg said. “I won’t hold my breath because we’ve been let down so many times, but we’ve put so much work into this proposal and with the reworked proposal that [consultant firm] CitySpaces has helped us create, we feel like this could finally be our chance.”

Hallberg’s sentiment was echoed by members of Peachland’s municipal council during Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting, which included a brief report on the recent announcement from the district’s CAO Elsie Lemke.

In her report, Lemke, who is also a director on the PSSS, told council the society had found a potential operator for the housing facility, should their RFP be accepted, and that if accepted, it would take roughly 90 days from the submission deadline to find out.

Lemke said the PSSS would report back to council once they learn the outcome.

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For Hallberg and the directors of the PSSS, who intend to request $4 million for the construction of Peachland’s long awaited development, this announcement has been 10 years in the making.

In an interview with The View Hallberg said those years have felt like “the carrot being dangled in front of the cart.”

“We’ve been working on this for more than a decade and anytime there has been an opportunity and we think there will be a chance for funding, we get rejected,” Hallberg told The View on May 25.

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

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extension and would prefer to leave the stretch between 13th Street and Todd Road alone.

But it wasn’t only the local media that received that message.

Of the 66 questionaires Mitchell received at the end of the open house in March 23, 51 per cent indicated that they were opposed to the expansion and wanted the walkway left as it is, 22 per cent supported the expansion as it was presented and 27 per cent supported the concept of an expansion but did not favour any of the options.

Of those who supported an expansion as presented

by Urban Systems, Mitchell said Option C was the most popular, with 25 per cent of respondents supporting it, while Options A and B had 5 and 10 per cent of the support, respectively.

Noting that his report was intended to be received as information, and council would not be required to make a decision as to which option, if any, they wished to select, Mitchell reminded council that the expected outcome was to have a project “shelf ready” in anticipation of upcoming grant announcements.

However, he added, in light of the response he received during the open houses, Mitchell told council there is no need to select a project at this point and suggested the decision be left in abeyance and revisited in the future when a grant opportunity is announced.

After a lengthy discussion which, mayor Cindy Fortin noted, was one of many held over the past few months regarding this subject, council opted to put the walkway project on its back burner.

Recognizing the “tough spot” he and his colleagues had found themselves in, councillor Keith Thom said he felt council was making the right choice for its residents.

“As a resident of this town, I like Beach Avenue the way it is, but if we had come back and seen that 98 per cent of the people had wanted Option C, as a councillor I would have had no choice and said let’s go for it,” Thom explained.

“But when I see 51 per cent wanting to leave it alone, 27 per cent wanting an alternative, that adds up to 78 per cent of the people have essentially said we don’t want Option A, B or C, so we, as a council, have to respond.”

Councillor Peter Schierbeck said he would have liked to see the walkway expanded, as it was intended to be in the Beach Avenue Neighbourhood Plan adopted by the District of Peachland in 1999, and asked Mitchell about the possibility of creating an Option D. “I am not in favour of eliminating any beach but I would like to see us continue the walkway all along so we can maintain connectivity,” Schierbeck said.

In his report to council, Mitchell outlined the original Beach Ave. Neighbourhood Plan, which included a continuous waterfront walkway.

Mitchell’s report states that the walkway was envisioned as a “continuous pedestrian amenity” that was meant to link with the Lakeside Trail system south of Okanagan Lake, to the proposed resort development area near Todd Road. This would also link with the proposed regional Trail 2000 system and the trails along Trepanier Creek.

For Schierbeck, who has been an active council mem-

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ber since the walkway’s inception, the vision is not something the three-term councillor is ready to give up on.

“I want to remind everyone that this survey included 100 people out of a population of 5,200,” Schierbeck told the group.

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I want to remind everyone that this survey included 100 people out of a population of 5,200....

“I’d really like to know that the other 5,100 are thinking. Is it complacency? Are they just saying the heck with it? I’d be really interested in finding out what the rest of the people have to say because 100 people can’t represent a whole town.”

Councillor Peter Schierbeck

“I’d really like to know that the other 5,100 are thinking. Is it complacency? Are they just saying the heck with it? I’d be really interested in finding out what the rest of the people have to say because 100 people can’t represent a whole town. This walkway has been a great addition to our community and I’d like to see it extended.”

Councillor Mario Vucinovic echoed Schierbeck,

pointing out that it seemed short-sighted to abandon plans that had cost thousands of dollars, which was provided through the Regional Gas Tax Fund.

“I’d like to see it continue,” Vucinovic said.

“I think it’s a progressive project. That being said, I think there could be a better way to make it happen. I think we need more input and maybe some other options. “ Vucinovic said maintaining as much beach as possible and keeping it accessible should be a priority.

Mayor Cindy Fortin, who admitted she enjoys both the walkway, and the “untouched” area beyond 13th Street, agreed with the rookie councillor, adding that she too, felt more input and more options are needed before a decision can be made. Unlike Vucinovic, Fortin said, she felt compelled to side with what has appeared to be the majority.

“The opposition is too high at this time to proceed with any of the options presented,” Fortin told The View in an email after Tuesday evening’s council meeting.

“This was not just a small group of people who never want to see change, as I have heard it said, but actually a high number of individuals. Clearly the public has spoken. And it’s important to remember, that once that more expansive beach area is gone it’s gone. Let’s not forget that Beach Avenue was named for the beach, and the walkway would reduce it considerably, making it narrower and at a greater incline at most places, which is not conducive to setting up a beach chair or having a family picnic,” she added.

“This shouldn’t be viewed as a lack of progression,” Fortin concluded.

“Not paving paradise to put up a parking lot (or in this case a paved walkway) is actually a progressive, earth-friendly way of thinking. We have a beautiful 1.7 km walkway for walkers, and a nice 0.8 km stretch of beach for beach-goers. We are very fortunate in Peachland to have the best of both worlds.”

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Provincial mussel program doesn’t go far enough, OBWB says Continued from page 1

ing an invasion of mussels would be about $43 million annually.

“While AIS [aquatic invasive species] prevention is clearly the responsibility of the province, the milfoil program has shown that there is no appetite at the provincial level for long-term control and management of these species once they are established,” Littley wrote. “The position of the province is that once these species are introduced and cannot be eradicated, the responsibility falls on the local government to provide control and mitigation.

There is no way to eradicate an infestation of these species.

If they get here, local governments and local taxpayers will be on the financial hook.”

On March 31, the provincial government announced $1.3 million over three years to fund three roving inspection and decontamina-

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INVASIVE ZEBRA MUSSELS covering the surface of a native mussel. tion stations as well as public awareness.

Recreational boaters who fail to decontaminate their boats after using them in infested waterways are the main cause of mus-

sels being spread.

Zebra mussels have reached Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba and quagga mussels have reached a number of waterways in the U.S. Southwest.

The OBWB, howev-

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CBSA inspectors to apply the Uniform Minimum Protocols and Standards for Watercraft Interception Programs for Dreissenid Mussels for every boat crossing the border into B.C. This, said Littley, is a flowchart of questions posed to boaters that could result in a quick inspection if the boat has been in infested waters.

Federal regulations under the Fisheries Act that would empower border inspectors to stop and detain infected boats have

er, says the recently announced provincial program doesn’t go far enough.

They are calling on the provincial government to establish permanent, mandatory inspection stations at each of the five main highway border crossings from Alberta.

The OBWB is also calling on the federal government to finish the process of empowering the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to prevent mussels being introduced via border crossings from the U.S. The OBWB wants

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A spokesperson for the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) was unable to say when those regulations might be enacted.

“Work on the regulation is continuing,” said David Walters, DFO media relations, in an email. “In terms of the legislative process, it would be premature to speculate when the regulations would come into force as all comments received from the public are currently being considered before policy directions are finalized and revisions, if needed, are made to the regulations.”

Littley said the OBWB has heard the federal regulations could be adopted in May or June.

“Hopefully that happens,” he said.

“But we’re not holding our breath given how long it’s taken in the past.”

Littley acknowledged that OBWB and local taxpayers might still be on the hook if mussels invade, despite the resolution warning the province local governments won’t take responsibility if the province doesn’t enact appropriate prevention measures.

“The board recognizes that in the long term we may be on the hook,” said Littley.

“Realistically we don’t have the authority to say we’re not going to do it, but what we’re saying is there should be no reason for us to have to accept responsibility if the province didn’t do its job. It’s a political statement to say ‘Get your act together.’”

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REGIONAL NEWS

Okanagan valley correctional centre on track for 2016 completion TREVOR NICHOLS

ABERDEEN PUBLISHING What will eventually be Pod C of the Okanagan Correctional Centre is still not much more than a concrete shell. Exposed metal beams crisscross the ceiling of the future cell block, and a line of sturdy doors ring the wall.

Open one of the doors and you’ll see a small concrete room with concrete bunks built into the wall and approximately 10-cm-high slats for windows. Aside from a stainless steel toilet and sink fastened to the opposite wall there’s not much else.

One year after ground was first broken on the project, the 36-acre site on Osoyoos Indian Band land is a sprawling construction site. Cranes loom against the sky and construction workers scurry around like purposeful ants.

According to Ted Howard, the provincial director and chief project officer, the new 300,000 square foot facility “has been designed to be state of the art.”

Plenary Justice Okanagan is the consortium selected to design, build, finance and maintain the centre over the life of the 30-plus year contract. Other consortium members are the Plenary Group, PCL Constructors Westcoast and Honeywell.

According to PCL’s construction man-

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ager, Les Krusel, the project is running smoothly and on schedule to be completed by September 30, 2016.

Howard said inmates will likely start being moved into the facility in early 2017, leaving time for the newly hired correctional staff to “get to learn the building.”

The completed facility will contain 378 cells, each equipped to house two inmates (Howard said the total population of the prison will remain “dynamic” as inmates enter and exit the system).

Recently, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen called for a study on how the prison will impact rural policing requirements in the South Okanagan.

“This will change the face of the ru-

ral Okanagan and is anticipated to have a significant impact on policing requirements,” said Bill Newell, the regional district’s chief administrative officer.

Touring the site on May 21, Parliamentary Secretary Laurie Throness focused on the economic benefit the facility will bring to the region.

“It’s a $220 million project. That’s a big investment over a very short time bringing money into the local economy.

“I think the taxpayers of B.C. are getting a really good value here.”

Clarence Louie, the chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band, also toured the facility on May 21 and echoed Throness’ statement.

“There’s not very many $200 million

projects in Oliver and Osoyoos. They happen once a decade, if that, so this is a huge project not just for the Osoyoos Indian Band but for the entire Okanagan,” he said, adding that he was proud of the historic deal that lead to the prison being built on Native land.

So far, 13 contracts have been awarded to local businesses, worth a total of $115 million.

Construction of the facility will also create 500 direct jobs, and spawn 500 more indirect ones.

Krusnel said that there are currently 150 on-site employees, and 50-60 more working off site. He said that number will likely “peak out” in the mid 200s as his company brings in more tradespeople.

Once the facility is operational it will create 300 permanent jobs. Howard said that the newly appointed warden for the facility, Steve DiCastri, has already begun hiring senior staff. Close to 1,000 people have also turned up to information sessions to learn about careers in corrections.

“There’s a lot of jobs being created by this – and good jobs,” Throness said, noting that 40 per cent of those jobs are filled with people from the local area.

Once finished, the new facility will more than double corrections capacity in B.C.’s interior.

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Peachland Wellness Centre welcomes new outreach facilitator CONTRIBUTED Peachland Wellness Centre (PWC) is pleased to welcome Julie Anderson as their new outreach facilitator. Julie, who replaces Wendy Howard, brings over 17 years of social work experience supporting individuals and their families to enhance their wellbeing and cope with difficult and unexpected life transitions.

Most of Julie’s work has been in the field of gerontology and successful aging. She received her Bachelor of Human Ecology (major in Family Studies) and Bachelor of Social Work (Concentration in Aging) from the University of Manitoba.

After attending the Annual Reminiscence and Life Review Conference in Vancouver, Julie provided several reminiscence support groups to residents living in long term care.

She then presented the positive outcomes of these groups at the Annual Alzheimer Conference so other professionals could implement this type of intervention in their own practice.

Julie has also been an instructor at Red River College and supervised first and second year social work students in Winnipeg, MB. In January 2014, Julie and her family decided to make a change of scene and moved to Peachland.

Julie enjoys an active and healthy lifestyle with her husband, Wesley, of 21 years, teenage daughters Meagan and Courtney and the family dog, Bailey.

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During her spare time Julie enjoys birding, baking and cooking, going for walks, hiking, skiing, travelling, and photography.

She is an active participant of local community activities including the annual Peachland bat count, playing volleyball and enjoys attending community events with her family such as the craft fair and Christmas Light-up. Julie also serves as vice-president of the Parent Advisory Council (PAC) where her children attend school.

Julie is excited to be part of a vibrant, cheerful, and friendly organization. The Peachland Wellness Centre is an innovator and pioneer in supporting citizens of Peachland to remain active, independent, engaged and connected to their community.

Julie says she is pleased to join the PWC team because she feels it has “a strong network of support and leadership coupled with a collaborative approach,” which she says, makes this organization “stand out.”

The PWC welcomes everyone to drop by the little house on 5th Street to meet Julie and say hello.

Another opportunity to meet Julie, staff and volunteers is at the PWC’s spring wrap-up event scheduled for Friday, June 19, a backyard luncheon for volunteers, participants and members.

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POPULAR PEACHLAND CHANTEUSE Melita Ree belts out classic rock hits from

the 50s, 60 and 70s during Stars on Stage’s May Day concert at Heritage Park on May 18. Rees is a member of Dark Horse, which is comprised of Bryan Feagan, Gerry Tonn, Darryl Davies, Richard Casseldine and Glenn Mageau. The event, which was hosted by the Peachland Historical Society, also included performances by Peachland’s “Johnny Cash,” Leverne Prozny, and local song bird Syd Kendrick.

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WHAT’S ON

COMING EVENTS HYMN SING, May 31, 10am, Peachland United Church.

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

PEACHLAND UNITED SERVICE 10am, United Church

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

EMMANUEL CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 10am, Emmanuel Church, Westbank

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

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

MONDAYS FITNESS ROOM 8am8pm, community centre

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

INDOOR WALKING 8-9am, community centre

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

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

MONDAY MORNING COFFEE 10am – noon,

PICKLEBALL 1:30-

ZUMBA 5:30-6:30pm,

LIONS DEN MEETING

3:30pm (Novice), community centre

community centre

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

4th week: community centre. Dan 250-7679034

BRIDGE (ALL LEVELS) 2-4pm, 50+ Activity Centre

7pm, community centre

DROP-IN TIME 2-4pm,

VOLLEYBALL 7:00-

50+ Activity Centre

YOUTH BOXING CLUB 6-8 pm, 4th St Place

SPIN & SCULPT 6:307:45pm, community centre

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

TUESDAYS FITNESS ROOM 8am8pm, community centre

FLOW YOGA 9:05-

CARPET BOWLING

COMPUTER LITERACY 10 am-noon, Peachland Wellness Centre.

Call for appointment: 250-767-0141

FITNESS TRAIL GUIDED TOUR 10am. Call 250-

ity Centre

WEDNESDAYS

8pm, community centre

FITNESS ROOM 8am-

E-A-S-Y CORE

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

8pm, community centre

9-10:15am, 50+ Activity Centre

YOGA 8-9am, 50+

PEACHLAND BOARDWALK 9:30am

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

TAI CHI – PWC 9:30am-

MEAT DRAW 4-5pm,

11am, United Church Hall

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 10am-12pm,

FLOOR HOCKEY 4:30-

Activity Centre. $5 drop-in per class.

INDOOR WALKING

AEROBICS AND MORE 9:30-10:30am, 50+ Activity Centre

PINCUSHION HIKE AND YOGA 9:30am. Call Dawn 250-878-6342

WELLNESS CIRCLE 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 10am-12pm, Peachland Wellness Centre CHESS 1:15-3:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre

SUNSHINE SINGERS 1:30pm-2:30pm,

767-2133 to register for your spot

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BREASTFEEDING CAFÉ 10 am-noonish,

PICKLEBALL 1:303:30pm (3.0-4.0), community centre

2nd and last Tuesday, Peachland Wellness Centre

AA 12-1pm, 50+ Activity Centre

MEN’S COFFEE & CRIB 1-3 pm, Peachland Wellness Centre

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

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

FITNESS ROOM 8am-

Activity Centre

10:35am, (1.0-2.75), community centre

10am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre

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

TWEEN DROP-IN & MULTI-SPORTS 3-8pm, meet at Peachland Elementary. Ages 9-12

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

Gasthaus Pub ity Centre

11:05am (3.0-3.5), community centre

Margaret’s Anglican Church

Peachland Museum

PEACHLAND ROTARY CLUB MEETING 12pm, AA 12-1pm, 50+ Activ-

PICKLEBALL 9:05-

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

CENTRAL OKANAGAN MODEL RAILWAY COMPANY GROUP 7pm,

Peachland Library.

Stories, finger plays, rhymes and fun! From January 15 until May 28.

THURSDAYS

PICKLEBALL 9:05-

TAI CHI 12-1pm, 50+

Peachland Wellness Centre

BRIDGE (EXPERIENCED) 7pm, 50+

10:15am, 4th St Place

Activity Centre

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX PROGRAM 1-3pm,

8:30pm, community centre

8-9am, community centre

Peachland Wellness Centre Activity Centre

PEACHLAND SPARKS AND BROWNIES 5:45-

STORYTIME FOR PRESCHOOLERS 11:30am,

BRIDGE (ALL LEVELS)

Peachland Wellness Centre

VOLLEYBALL 10am12pm, community centre

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

TWEEN DROP-IN

5:30pm, 8-10yrs, community centre

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

RESTORATIVE YOGA

PICKLEBALL 1:30-

6-7pm, community centre

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

BINGO , 6:45pm, 50+ Activity Centre

TEA IN THE TRANQUIL ROOM 2pm-2:45pm,

FRIDAYS

Peachland Wellness Centre

FITNESS ROOM 8am6pm, community centre

INDOOR WALKING 8-9am, community centre

FLOW YOGA 9:0510:15am, 4th St Place MEN’S COFFEE & CRIB 10am-12pm,

LEGO TIME 3-4pm, Peachland Library.

Open to all ages FUSION FRIDAYS 4-8pm, Peachland Boys and Girls Club.

Ages 13+

LADIES SNOOKER 5pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

Peachland Wellness Centre

SATURDAYS

BRIDGE CREATIVE PLAYTIME (0-6 yrs)

10am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre

10am-noon, community centre

YOGA BEGINNERS 10:30-11:30am, 50+ Activity Centre. $5 drop-in per class

ART CLASS 12pm, 50+ Activity Centre LADIES CRIB 1pm-2pm, Peachland Wellness Centre

CARPET BOWLING

MEAT DRAW 3-5pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

YOUTH DROP-IN 3-5pm, Peachland Boys and Girls Club.

Ages 6-12

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

Annual General Meeting

Highway 97 Task Force Society Peachland Seniors Centre Wednesday, June 3rd, 7:00 PM

2-4pm, 50+ Activity Centre

DROP-IN TIME 2-4pm, 50+ Activity Centre

WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS 3-4:30pm, Peachland Boys and Girls Club. Ages 9-12

TWEEN COOKING NIGHT 5-7:30pm, Peachland Boys and Girls Club. Ages 9-12

SPIN & SCULPT 5:156:30pm, community centre VINYASA YOGA FLOW 6:45-8:00pm, community centre

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SPORTS

CONTRIBUTED

PRINCIPAL KEVIN AUCLAIR poses with some of the winners of this year’s bike rodeo at Peachland Elementary School on May 15. The event, which is supported annually by Peachland Community

Policing, School District 23 bike safety Officer, Dave Gibson and retired RCMP officer Reg Lawrence, as well as members of the Peachland Rotary Club. Throughout the day students are asked to bring their bicycles to school where they have their helmets and bicycles checked (including pumping up the tires, fixing chains, raising or lowering seats or handlebars) by staff from Outbound Cycle in West Kelowna, before being taken though a safety course. Each student has a chance to win a bicycle, which Lawrence fundraises to purchase. Each year Lawrence purchases seven bicycles, one per grade. This year’s winners were Charlie Deschambault, Grade 1, Izabela Macdonald, Grade 2, Jordan Albert, Grade 3, Larissa Mueller, Grade 4, Tyler McDiarmid, Grade 5 and Emily Baerg, Grade 6.

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Women’s Bible Study: Wednesday, 9:30 am Dr. Gordon Denison, Pastor 250-707-1735 gdenison@telus.net

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welcomed by the Peachland Legion slow-pitch team last week when they spent two days playing in the Joe Bullock Tournament in Summerland. The competition brought eight teams from around the valley to the tournament.

The Peachland team came in second and say they are prepared for a successful season. For more information or to find out the team’s game schedule, contact the Peachland Legion.

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FAITH | COMMUNITY FOOD FOR THE SOUL

Mom’s last letter left an example of how to reach out to people DOROTHY BROTHERTON

PEACHLAND BAPTIST CHURCH During the Mother’s Day season I remember Mom’s letters with a rush of nostalgia. She’s been gone from this earth more than a decade but I still never check my mailbox without a fleeting thought of her letters. She was the last person who sent me actual, tangible, personal paper letters.

I still miss Mom’s letters. They came over a period of about

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A few days after her funeral, I opened my mailbox and found her last letter.

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“I suppose you are busy gardening. My tomato plant is quite a tomato. Has about 12 green nubbins, large and small. I hope it doesn’t die,” said her last letter.

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Dad had visited us in the Okanagan during blossom time. “Those orchards all in bloom.

Almost too beautiful to be real,” she wrote.

Her last letter told about “Little Jon,” a man in the seniors’ residence where Mom lived. (Yes, there was a Big Jon.) “My friend Little Jon died this a.m.,” Mom wrote.

“He knew Dad.” That mattered a lot to her.

You see, eight months earlier, Dad had died, after 66 years together. “Kinda lonesome,” was Mom’s cryptic description of the experience that must have rendered her feeling halved and flayed.

Now one more connection with Dad was severed. But Mom wasn’t one to mope, especially when she saw a need she could help with. She moved slowly with her walker down the hall to Jon’s wife’s room.

Mom wrote, “His wife had never said a word to me before. This morning I

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Mom might have been blindsided by her own grief and hampered by frailty but she reached out to minister kindness.

The next morning, Mom gathered laundry into the basket of her walker, intending to wash it while she ate breakfast in the dining room, making double use of her time. Mom’s efficiency and sense of duty were solidly intact.

But she never ate that breakfast. She gasped, slumped into her walker and went to heaven instead.

Her letter to me was already in the mail.

Through tears I read the bits of information and touches of home as they slipped into the stream of four decades of her letters: “Planted glads today. Hope they don’t freeze.” “Got wool for

a new afghan. Pretty rose shade.” “So happy about the new baby— each one is a little miracle.” “Have to go to the dentist—ugh.”

“Not much news.”

This Mother’s Day there is no letter from Mom for me, and no gifts to her, not even a flowery card or a scarf in her favourite peach shades. But I’m fulfilled in the gift we shared, the warmth of a close mother-daughter bond that became friendship. And so much of it happened through the magic of pen on paper.

One day sitting in her recliner reading her Bible, she said to me, “It’s just like a letter, you know.

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