Peachland View November 10, 2022

Suspect in Peachland Liquor Store break-in entered through walls

JOANNE LAYH

A suspect who allegedly broke into the Peachland Liquor Store last Monday morning left empty handed only seconds after making their way through the walls to get inside.

The incident happened around 2:30 a.m. on Mon day morning and was captured by a video cam era inside the building. The video surveillance footage, which Menconi’s partner posted to social media, shows a person appearing to emerge from out of the corner and crawl across the floor before adjusting a computer monitor and tak ing a kick at something.

Store owner Eric Men coni believes the suspect was targeting cash on the premises.

“He kicked the safe, but it’s bolted down. He was in for literally 30 sec onds,” Menconi told the View. “I think he wasted too much time because he went into the furthest point unit where Steve’s

going to lease it out, broke into that wall and realized he wasn’t going to hit the liquor store, so he went out, broke in through the other door, and then went through our wall. Then he came in, realized he didn’t have a chance to do any thing, and he just took off again. It was like, really, you did all that work and I’ve got liquor in here, and smokes in here, and he just walked out?”

The “Steve” Menconi referred to is part owner of Budding Creations, Steve Allison, who is currently renovating the south end of the mall for his cannabis business’ second Peach land location. According to Menconi, the intruder was also unsuccessful in ob taining anything from the f uture cannabis store as they didn’t have any tools or valuables on site.

RCMP Cst. Mike Del la-Paolera confirmed there was nothing reported sto len from either business.

Menconi said this is the second time his wall has

been breached in the same spot.

Having the units next to him unoccupied hasn’t helped, suggested Men coni, who says he expects the cannabis store will bring significant addition al building security to the mall.

“There was always someone beside us. Once everyone left there, there was no security on those empty units so they just busted through that side,” he said. “I never had issues with going through walls until there was nobody in that unit anymore . . . it is what it is, I guess. At least they didn’t get anything.”

Menconi isn’t confident that security cameras at the mall will be very helpful in locating the suspect.

“Nine times out of 10 the vehicle was stolen or the li cence plates were stolen, so it’s a no-win situation. But at the end of the day, they didn’t get anything. So if we have to patch a hole in the wall and that’s the big gest thing, then fine.”

Winter waste collection

PEACHLAND VIEW

The Regional Waste Reduction Office is ask ing residents to be patient with their waste collec tion during winter weather events like we’ve experi enced this week.

Residents should leave their carts out until collec tion occurs during times of heavy snowfall or ex cessive inclement weather and icy roadways, if their garbage, yard waste or recycling collection is missed on their regular collection day; bringing your carts back into your home before they are emp tied could result in your collection being missed.

“Safety is paramount, for not only collection staff and their vehicles, but also for residents,” says waste reduction facilitator Rae Stewart. “Slippery un-plowed roads may not be safe for large collection vehicles. The first priority is to clear roads to make them safe and make col lection possible.”

Residents are remind ed to place their carts as close to the street as pos sible, without blocking the street, sidewalk or bike lanes or impeding snow ploughs. Carts should not be located behind or on top of snowbanks and should be at least three feet from any obstacle or parked vehicle.

Yard waste collection will continue until Dec. 31, but during freezing temperatures the carts don’t empty properly if the contents are packed too tight and become frozen, so it’s important especially at this time of year where freezing is common, to keep it loose, says Stewart.

The waste reduction of fice also has the following advice for residents:

• Put carts as close as possible to the street, without obstructing the street, sidewalk or bike lane (often placing your carts on either side of your driveway allows for great er ease for the collection

Multiple weather warnings for area highways

Merritt to Kamloops

• Okanagan Connector –Merritt to Kelowna

Drivers are asked to trav el only when necessary, and plan their route in advance. The areas impacted by the advisory are experienc ing low visibility, blowing snow, and icy conditions. Weather in the moun tains can change suddenly, resulting in hazardous driv ing conditions.

“A Pacific low pressure system southwest of Van couver Island will continue to spread moisture across the southern interior this morning. The snow will gradually ease through the day as the low moves fur ther south,” says a statement on Environment Canada’s website.

Road conditions are available to view at www. drivebc.ca, and drivers are reminded to exercise cau tion.

MARIUS AUER

Due to wintery conditions

trucks and for you);

• Keep carts off the travelled portion of the roadway so as not to inter fere with snowplows- do not place carts in a loca tion where the snowplough will hit them;

• Have your carts out for collection by 7 a.m.;

• Clear your cart of snow and ice to ensure the lid opens when cart is tipped;

• The cart should be no

and expected snowfall, on Monday a snowfall and travel advisory was put into

closer than three feet from any obstacle, parked car, or other cart - an arm’s length spacing is required between each cart;

• Do not place carts behind or on top of snow banks; and

• As the waste collection carts are equipped with wheels, use extra caution when wheeling them in snowy and icy conditions.

effect for the region. The following routes are included in the advisory:

• Coquihalla Highway –Hope to Merritt

• Coquihalla Highway –

Adjust to winter driving conditions, and ensure the use of winter tires or snow chains.

DISTRICT OF PEACHLAND COUNCIL COMMITTEES

VOLUNTEERS WANTED

With a new Council term beginning, the District of Peachland is looking for advisory committee members. If you are interested in participating in any of the following committees, please submit a letter of interest including your background and contact information.

• Tourism and Economic Development Committee

Purpose: To act as a tourism and economic development Task Force.

• Mayor’s Task Force on Climate Change

Purpose: To support the District of Peachland’s efforts to achieve its commitments under the BC Climate Action Charter, inspire community action to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and conserve natural resources, offer leadership and expertise to identify and achieve Peachland’s climate action goals, and to provide information and sponsor projects which support Peachland’s climate action goals.

• Healthy Watersheds Committee

Purpose: To provide advice and support to Council and staff on matters affecting the water quality and quantity in the Peachland Creek and Trepanier Creek watersheds.

• Public Art Committee

Purpose: To establish a standardized and transparent process for the acquisition, selection, installation, maintenance and deaccessioning of all public art located on District owned public property.

Please submit applications to Corporate Services 5806 Beach Avenue, Peachland, B.C. V0H-1X7 or email to corporateservices@peachland.ca by 4:00 pm November 25, 2022. For details on the Committee’s terms of reference, please see the website at http://www.peachland.ca/council-committees.

Correct winter cart placement.

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Help is available for depression

LYONEL DOHERTY

This editorial contains references to suicide which some readers may find disturbing. If you or anyone you know is having thoughts of suicide call 1-800-SUI CIDE (1-800-784-2433). YouthinBC.com is a chat available every day from noon to 1 a.m. for online real-time support, or call 604-872-3311 anytime of the day or night.

I learned something about mental health by watching a hard-hitting biopic on Ian Curtis, frontman for the English rock band Joy Division in the 1970s.

They were a post-punk, new wave band that two members formed after attending a Sex Pistols concert in 1976.

If you’re up for it, watch the movie Control; it’s de pressing but fascinating at the same time. It follows

Curtis as he battles teen angst, epilepsy, fame, and marrying too young.

Much of Curtis’ lyrics were haunting and dark, leaving people to scratch their heads in wonder why the band was called Joy Division. There wasn’t much joy to be had in that circle. But like everything else, Curtis’ songs were open to interpretation. But it was clear he was writing about himself.

In Love Will Tear Us Apart, one of my favou rite songs, Curtis sings, “When routine bites hard and ambitions are low, re sentment rides high, but emotions won’t grow.”

Curtis had a loving wife and child, a job as an employment counsel or, rock band fame, and a girlfriend on the side. However, his epilepsy was a ball and chain, tak ing an enormous toll on his life. His doctor treated him like an experiment, prescribing all sorts of pills with many side ef fects.

While one can argue he was a talented young man with a future, he believed the opposite and hung himself. It was his wife who found him.

His depression was so heavy that it completely overshadowed everything else. I know this to be true because a young woman told me this last year. She had a loving family (still does), she had a car (still does), a boyfriend and a job, but when depression hit, it was an anchor she couldn’t cast off.

She even lied to her counselor when he asked if everything was going well. She didn’t want him to feel Help is available for depression bad, to feel like he wasn’t doing a good job.

One of her best friends committed suicide this year; she never got to say goodbye, which was espe cially difficult.

No one heard Curtis’ cry for help, so he wrote about it in his lyrics. He had no control over his

life and felt that suicide was the only option, re gardless of the pain it caused.

If you have never felt depressed, or only fleet ingly, you can’t begin to relate to this illness. It’s crushing. It’s all consum ing. It’s a dark shadow within a shadow.

But there are options and there are people will ing to listen, no matter how deep the well goes. This time of year is very difficult for some people due to seasonal affective disorder brought upon by lack of sunlight.

If you’re in that well or know someone who is, please reach out to a friend or family member.

By the way, Joy Divi sion was transformed into the hit band New Order with a more upbeat sound that filled dance floors in the 1980s.

Curtis’ legacy lives on today and continues to teach the world about de pression and its effects on people.

Peachland non-profit groups gearing up for Christmas Market Day

JOANNE LAYH

Multiple Peachland non-profit groups are gearing up for this year’s Christmas Market Day, which is set to take place on Nov. 26 at various downtown locations.

Peachland Wellness Centre events coordinator Sherry Kendrick, who is spearheading the market day, recalls that over 10 years ago the event began as a Christmas craft fair that was organized by the municipality.

“It used to be the town ran it and then they offered it to the wellness centre as a fundraiser for us. They were doing that with some of the different things the town was running, which was more than they had volunteers for. So then they handed it off to us and we took it over and ran with it as a fundraiser and orga nized it all,” said Kendrick.

About six years ago dif ferent groups approached the wellness centre and asked if they could amal gamate their events into one big event that en compasses a number of Christmas market efforts, and that is how the Christ mas Market Day began.

The original event, the Christmas Craft Fair, con tinues to be hosted by the Peachland Wellness Centre. It encompasses approximately 50 vendors selling crafts, jewelry, soaps, knitted items and other handmade crafts. The craft fair will also have coffee and lunch for sale, which will be served by the Peachland Ambassadors.

The craft fair will take

place at the Peachland Community Centre from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., which co incides with the date and time of most of the oth er Christmas Market Day events. Entrance to the event will be by donation.

If thrifting and recycling is more your thing, over at the Peachland United Church the annual Christ mas Extravaganza will offer gently used quali ty Christmas items plus vintage jewelry and col lectibles for sale.

The extravaganza will

also take place on Nov. 26 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Across the street Bran don Lane will transform

into Gingerbread Street, where the Peachland Lit tle Schoolhouse will have cookies and crafts on offer.

Over on Beach Ave, cards, pottery, woodcraft ing, and fine art will be for sale in the Peachland

Art Gallery and Peachland Visitor Centre.

The event also coincides with the opening of the Artists of the Okanagan, an annual exhibition that includes regional artists featuring a variety of medi ums; it runs from Nov. 26 – Dec. 23 and reopens Jan. 7 – Jan. 22 at the Peachland Art Gallery.

Next door at the 50+ Activity Centre, members of the Passion 4 Art group will have some of their works for sale.

“This is an opportunity to purchase local gifts for Christmas,” said Kendrick. “It’s going to be a really fun day because there will be so much to see and do.”

Kendrick wants to em phasize that the Christmas Market Day is a great opportunity to support Peachland’s non-profit or ganizations.

“It is important to know that all those non-profits, the wellness centre, the fifty plus, and others, are being supported through the purchases made at the different venues,” said Kendrick.

For more information about the Christmas Mar ket Day contact Sherry Kendrick at 250 767 0141.

KAIROS BLANKET EXERCISE

NOVEMBER 12 • 2 PM – 4 PM

Peachland Community Centre

Participants at this event will find themselves immersed in the history of Canada’s First Peoples through first contact, colonization, land entitlement issues, residential schools and current day challenges bringing understanding to the need for reconciliation. All are welcome.

For more information visit https://www.kairosblanketexercise.org/

This free event is facilitated by Peachland United Church with the assistance of the Ki-Low-na Friendship Society and Kairos. Pre-registration is encouraged as there is limited seating. For general enquiries please call Rev. Ian McLean at 250-767-2206. To register for this event please contact Louise Corbeil at 778-754-9031 or mmlcorbeil@gmail.com

A vendor shows off her wares at a previous Christmas Craft Fair.

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LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

HUB WINTER MARKET on Nov. 10 from 4 pm – 8 pm at the 50+ Activity Centre will showcase a bounty of Christmas gifts and ideas, a Kids Korner where children can create personal wrapping paper using stencils and stamps and more.

REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY at the cenotaph begins at 10:20 am on Nov. 11. Later the Elderly Brothers will perform at the Peachland Legion from 1 pm - 5 pm.

TRIVIA NIGHT at the Peachland Legion on Nov. 18 from

MONDAYS

FITNESS ROOM

5 am - 10 pm

Peachland Community Centre

INDOOR WALKING

8 am - 9 am

Peachland Community Centre

50+ FITNESS 8 am - 9 am ($5 Drop In)

50 Plus Activity Centre

ADULT DAY SERVICE

9 am - 3 pm

Residences on 6th

PICKLEBALL LEVEL 3.0-3.5 9:05 am - 11 am

Peachland Community Centre

FITNESS FUSION 9:30 am - 10:45 am 4th Street Place

PICKLEBALL LEVEL 1.0-2.5 11 am - 1 pm

Peachland Community Centre

PICKLEBALL LEVEL 1.0-2.5 1 pm - 3 pm

Peachland Community Centre

LADIES’ COFFEE SOCIAL

1 pm 4th Street Place

BRIDGE

1 pm – 4 pm

50 Plus Activity Centre

BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE

ACRYLIC WORKSHOP

1 pm – 4 pm

Peachland Little Schoolhouse CARLY THOMAS - CHAIR YOGA 2 pm - 3 pm

50 Plus Activity Centre

7 pm - 9 pm.

GREY CUP PARTY at the Peachland Legion on Nov. 20 from 2 pm - 8 pm.

PEACHLAND UNITED CHURCH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EXTRAVANGANZA featuring gently used quality Christmas items plus vintage jewelry and collectibles takes place Nov. 26 from 9 am - 3pm.

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR hostrd by the Peachland Wellness Centre takes place on Nov 26

PICKLEBALL (ALL PLAY)

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm 4th Street Place

INTRO TO WEIGHT TRAINING

11 am - 1 am

Peachland Community Centre SPIN, CORE & STRETCH 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Peachland Community Centre ZUMBA 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Peachland Community Centre WOODCARVERS

7 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre

TUESDAYS

FITNESS ROOM 5 am - 10 pm Peachland Community Centre YOGA 8:30 am - 9:30 am 50 Plus Activity Centre FLOW YOGA 9 am - 10 am 4th Street Place

PICKLEBALL CLINICLEARN TO PLAY 10 am - 11:15 am

Peachland Community Centre CARPET BOWLING 10 am - 12 pm

50 Plus Activity Centre THERAPEUTIC YOGA 10:30 am – 11:45 am 4th Street Place

AA 12 pm

50 Plus Activity Centre

PICKLEBALL LEVEL 3.75+ 1 pm - 3 pm

Peachland Community Centre PASSION 4 ART 1 pm - 4 pm

50 Plus Activity Centre MAH JONG 1 pm – 4 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre

MEN’S COFFEE & CARDS

1 pm PWC (downstairs) YOGA FOR YOUR BACK 2:45pm - 4 pm 4th Street Place

PEACHLAND HUB NIGHT MARKET

4 pm – 9 pm Cousins Park

LINE DANCING

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

50 Plus Activity Centre SHOW AND SHINE, CARS AND COFFEE 5 pm - 7 pm May 3 to Oct 3

Peachland Village Mall POUND

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 4th Street Place PEACHLAND LEGION DART LEAGUE 7 pm - 11 pm

Royal Canadian Legion #69 COMPUTER LITERACY By Appointment Call 250 767 0141

Peachland Wellness Centre

from 9 am - 3 pm. at the Peachland Community Centre with over 50 crafters and artisans taking part. Coffee and lunch for purchase from the Peachland Ambassadors. Entrance to this event is by donation.

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MARKET DAY coincides with the annual Christmas Craft Fair on Nov 26. Take a walk down Candy Cane Lane and Gingerbread Street to several other venues from the 50+ Activity Centre, to the visitor centre and community centre and on to the Little School House and the Peachland United Church.

WEDNESDAYS

FITNESS ROOM

5 am - 10 pm

Peachland Community Centre INDOOR WALKING

8 am - 9 am

Peachland Community Centre

50+ FITNESS 9 am - 10 am ($5 Drop In)

50 Plus Activity Centre

PICKLEBALL LEVEL 1.0-2.5 9:05 am - 11 am

Peachland Community Centre FITNESS FUSION

9:30 am - 10:45 am 4th Street Place

FULL BODY STRETCH 11 am - 12 pm 4th Street Place

PICKLEBALLDROP-IN LEVEL 3.0 11 am - 1 pm

Peachland Community Centre

NOVICE PICKLEBALL CLINIC 12 pm - 1 pm Peachland Community Centre

BARGAIN BIN  12 pm - 3 pm

Peachland United Church PICKLEBALL LEVEL 3.0-3.5 1 pm - 3 pm

Peachland Community Centre BRIDGE

1 pm – 4 pm

50 Plus Activity Centre

WE ART HERE 12 pm - 4 pm

50 Plus Activity Centre

A great start to the Christmas season.

JUST THIRSTY BAND at the Peachland Legion on Nov. 26 from 5:30 pm - 9 pm.

ARTISTS OF THE OKANAGAN runs from Nov. 26 – Dec. 23 and reopens Jan. 7 – Jan. 22 at the Peachland Art Gallery. Returning for its eighth year this ever-popular exhibition features local artists feat. a variety of mediums.

LEGION KARAOKE

3:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Royal Canadian Legion #69

MINI KICKERS SOCCER

5 pm - 6 pm

Cousins Park

HATHA YOGA

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm 4th Street Place

SPIN, CORE AND STRETCH

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Peachland Community Centre

CENTRAL OKANAGAN MODEL

RAILWAY CO.

Train modellers + visitors meet 7 pm Peachland Musum

THURSDAYS

FITNESS ROOM

5 am - 10 pm

Peachland Community Centre YOGA

8:30 am - 9:30 am 50 Plus Activity Centre

YOGA FOR YOUR BACK 9:30 am - 10:45 am 4th Street Place

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT  10 am-11:45 am

Peachland Wellness Centre

PICKLEBALL LEVEL 3.5 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Peachland Community Centre

THERAPEUTIC YOGA

11 am - 12:15 pm 4th Street Place

IRON AND SILK FIT 11 am - 12 pm

50 Plus Activity Centre

BARGAIN BIN  12 pm - 3 pm  Peachland United Church

TAI CHI FOR WELLNESS 12:30 pm 4th Street Place

PICKLEBALL LEVEL 3.75+ 1 pm - 3 pm Peachland Community Centre

PASSION 4 ART 1 pm – 4 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre

DEMENTIA CAREGIVER SUPPORT (ALZHEIMER SOCIETY) 230 pm - 430 pm 4th Street Place

BEGINNER UKULELE 230 pm - 330 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre

MEAT DRAW  3 pm-5 pm Royal Canadian Legion #69 BINGO 5:30 pm (EOW) 50 Plus Activity Centre

CHOPRA MANTRA MEDITATION

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm & 6:45 pm - 7:45 pm 4th Street Place

FRIDAYS

FITNESS ROOM

5 am - 10 pm Peachland Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8 am - 9 am Peachland Community Centre FLOW YOGA 9 am - 10 am 4th Street Place

50+ FITNESS 9 am - 10 am ($5 Drop In) 50 Plus Activity Centre

Remembrance Day - Mayor and Council Message

in fear every day.

On Nov. 11, as we should every day, we remember those who volunteered, sacrificed, served, fought, and died, for our freedom. We thank and salute you as we salute those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. We will never forget it. We will remember you.

“I lived half of my life in Belgium, near the city of Leu ven, Flanders,” recalls Mayor Van Minsel.

I remember my childhood. It was a happy and sheltered one; visits to my grandfathers and grandmothers were joy ful. My grandfather Jean took the time to tell me about the hardship of the war, what they endured and how they lived

He expressed gratitude to the liberating armies who fought to free them from the horrors of occupation and war. The thing I remembered most was his advice, never take freedom for granted.”

Nov. 11 also serves as a painful and tragic reminder that despite the hope that the carnage of the First World War would make it the “war to end all war,” we are still a long way away from achieving the lasting peace that was perhaps naively envisioned but that we nevertheless still desire.

On behalf of the District of Peachland, we thank all vet erans for everything they have done for this country.

Their legacy is a strong, free Canada, including the warm, welcoming community we call home.

On Remembrance Day, join us at the cenotaph to rec ognize those who have served and continue to serve our nation.

In Service, Mayor Van Minsel & Council, District of Peachland

MAYOR PATRICK VAN MINSEL & COUNCIL DISTRICT OF PEACHLAND

Peachland Branch #69 Royal Canadian Legion

SAUL, CD, MSM VICE PRESIDENT, ROYAL CANADIAN

LEGION BRANCH 69 PEACHLAND

November 11th, 2022 at the 11th hour, we will pay tribute and honour our veterans with a two-minute silence on Remembrance Day.

It is important to us as Canadians to pay tribute to those brave men and women who laid down their lives for their country and their sovereign so that we may have the freedom that we share

today. Many gave their lives, the supreme with wounds both physical and to live with on a daily basis. The more lives per capita in the First munity in Canada!

So, what can we do? We can take ules and honour them by wearing Remembrance – the poppy! A

JEAN

supreme sacrifice, but many returned and mental, which they continued The community of Peachland lost First World War than any other com

take the time from our busy sched wearing the International Symbol of single flower that for over 100

years indicates our deep gratitude to those who served. Not just the First World War, Second World War, the Korean Conflict and peacekeeping missions but wherever Canadians serve to protect us and the rights of others to this day. We are extremely proud of our veterans.

Canada’s youth must continue to carry the torch to represent the continuance of our traditions of Remembrance. Please join our country as we remember them with a two-minute wave of silence from coast to coast!

Gold medal winning Peachland softball athlete Kamryn Allin to compete in US

JOANNE LAYH

Peachland youth athlete Kamryn Allin is making a name for herself in the game of softball.

Next Thursday Allin will be heading out of province for the second time in just a matter of months, this time to com pete in the United States.

This past summer the Okanagan team that Allin belongs to unfortunate ly didn’t qualify for the Canadian U17 women’s softball championships, however, she ended up going anyway after be ing invited to join the Langford Lightning team at the championships in Montreal, which took place in August.

U17 is for participants under the age of 17, so this year it was open to those born between 2005-2007.

Each team is allowed to have a maximum of two pickup players, and the Langford Lightning team chose Allin as one of their pickups.

“They watched her

play throughout the year and Kamryn’s an excep tional ball player so they wanted to take her with them to strengthen their team,” Kamryn’s dad (and former director of operations for the Dis trict of Peachland) Doug Allin, told the View.

At the championships their team went undefeat ed and they won the gold medal.

Taking home the gold is an exceptionally diffi cult thing to do because at the U17 age bracket the youth only get two chances at winning it be fore they’ll age out.

“The team from Langford was head and shoulders above the rest of the teams,” said Doug.

Kamryn will continue to play for the team as needed, including when they head down to Cal ifornia to compete in another tournament next week.

The girls are now in their final year of re cruitment for university so a lot of the universities are talking to the ath

letes about college and university throughout Canada and the United States. Multiple univer sities have been talking to Kamryn, so she’ll have some difficult choices to make in the months ahead.

In the Allin family the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and when he’s not busy at his day job as the chief administrative officer of the Township of Spallumcheen, Doug Allin is also the assistant coach for the Canadian men’s national team.

It turns out Kamryn isn’t the only one in her household who will be travelling out of the country for softball this month.

Later this November Doug will accompany the Canadian men’s national team when they compete in the world champion ships in New Zealand.

Earlier this year the men’s team qualified by placing second in the Pan-American champi onships in Argentina.

Peachland softball athlete Kamryn Allin.

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Explore resources for caregivers

Caregivers are called on to step in for any number of rea sons. Some serve as companions to the elderly, while others assist those with debilitating diseases like cancer. While many caregivers are professionals hired for their services, a good number of caregivers are informal — meaning they are family members or friends assisting loved ones.

Even though they are trying to help others, caregivers often must confront a form of stress known as caregiver burnout. The Cleveland Clinic states this stress is marked physical, emotional and mental exhaustion that occurs in caregivers. This burnout may lead to fatigue, anxiety and depression.

While there may not be a way to completely eliminate all caregiving stress, there are some ways to prevent burn out. Utilizing various resources can be a start. Here’s a look at some available caregiver resources.

TRUSTED FRIEND

Find someone you trust with whom you can discuss your feelings, including any frustration you may feel. This can be a neighbour or a coworker with whom you feel comfort able sharing personal details.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Support groups can provide safe spaces to vent with oth ers who are in the same boat. Houses of worship may host support groups, or you can find out about meetings through hospitals or from personal doctors. The National Family Caregiver Support Program was established in 2000 and provides grants to states and territories to fund a range of support that assists family and informal caregivers to care for their loved ones at home for as long as possible. Oth er groups include Caregiver Action Network and Family Caregiver Alliance.

RESPITE CARE SERVICES

Respite care services provide temporary breaks for care givers by enabling the sick, elderly or injured to stay in care facilities for anywhere from a couple of hours to a few days. Some respite care services will provide short-term, in-home care as well.

PROFESSIONAL THERAPIST

Many therapists are trained to counsel individuals who have particular issues. Some may specialize in grief or even caregiver needs. Utilize their services if speaking with a confidante is not enough.

Caregivers often put the needs of others before their own. But they may need a little help along the way, which is where caregiver resources can come into play.