Peachland View October 21, 2022

PHOTO JOANNE LAYH

Book launch and signing for local artist

JOANNE LAYH

Peachland artist and author Paula McLaughlin is cur rently promoting the release of her first publication, A to Z Ménagerie: A Parade of Animals in Poems and Paintings, a children’s book that was several years in the making.

The View caught up with McLaughlin this week while she was on her way to make a book related presentation at the Vancouver University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Education.

The origins of the book go back to the beginning of the pandemic, when McLaughlin found herself painting every day.

The book contains an alphabetical assortment of wild animals, fish, and birds, each accompanied by one of Mc Laughlin’s original watercolours.

“It just sort of evolved. I had such a great time creating the paintings that I thought, ‘I should give them names,’” said McLaughlin. Those names would eventually form the basis of the four-line poems accompanying each illustra

tion.

A former seconded teacher and sessional instructor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the UBC, where she taught Principles of Teaching, among other sub jects, McLaughlin says the book can be integrated into curriculum objectives and is appropriate for children in kindergarten to Grade 6.

She continues to practise music, teaching, and art here Peachland, where she is also vice president of the Peach land Arts Council, and president of the Peachland Art Group.

The Peachland Arts Council will promote the release with a book launch and signing event on Saturday, Oct. 29. There will be two sessions held at the visitor centre that day, a morning session from 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and an afternoon session from 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Right: A to Z Ménagerie: A Parade of Animals in Poems and Paintings is Paula McLaughlin’s first book and is avail able for purchase at the visitor centre, just in time for the upcoming holiday season.

Chamber celebrates Small Business Week

DARLENE HARTFORD

Each year, Small Business Week offers an invalu able opportunity to celebrate Canada’s hard-working entrepreneurs and the impact they have upon our local communities.

Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs, Econom ic Recovery and Innovation, has released the following statement on Small Business Week 2022 which runs from October 16 to 22: “Small Business Week in B.C. is an opportunity to showcase the incredible determination, hard work and adaptability of B.C.’s small businesses. In a province with 5.2 million people and more than 510,000 small businesses, roughly one in 10 British Columbians are small business owners or entrepreneurs of some kind. Small businesses are the fabric of our communities.”

The Peachland Chamber of Commerce (PCC) strives to make Peachland a better place to live, play and do busi ness. Economic prosperity is improved by promoting and supporting our businesses year-round. Education, con nectivity, and advocacy are strategies used by the PCC through their website, monthly newsletters and communi ty and business events. The PCC also works in the best interest of local business with the three levels of govern ment: municipal, provincial, and federal.

The PCC belongs to both the BC and Canadian Cham bers of Commerce who advocate strongly on issues that are important to all businesses. As the face of business in Peachland, it is key, the PCC is in the know about issues facing business at all levels of government.

Some of the perks of being a Chamber of Commerce member include increasing your visibility through a cham ber website, directory, and social media. There’s also value in building relationships with other businesses through networking and direct referrals. Additional opportunities include group insurance and discounts, providing a sav ings to your business.

Small businesses face many challenges that are shared across the country. Whether in the trades, agriculture and research or technology, problems such as staff shortages, are addressed by chambers.

Visit peachlandchamber.com for funding guidance and grant solutions to overcome some of the obstacles that may be facing your small business today.

Peachland votes for change in 2022 general election

JOANNE LAYH

When Peachland resi dents went to the polls on Saturday, they voted by large for change, returning only one incumbent can

2011 to 2014 and Fortin from 2014 to 2018 and 2018 to 2022; Fortin also served one term as a councillor be fore running for the mayor’s seat.

Fielding made an unsuc cessful bid for re-election in 2014, when he was ousted

“I want to acknowledge my team that worked very hard for me. This is their doing and I want to thank all of

to this town.

“What I see in this is I got more votes than I expected, so that’s very good. I also

in the first year in getting some heights and setbacks for Beach Avenue frontage and we will do that,” said Van Minsel.

On Monday morning, Van Minsel said he planned to speak to each councillor one on one this week to see what their skill set, priori ties and expectations are so they can form a team.

“What I take back from the election and from speak ing with many, many of our residents is the need for uni ty. They feel our town is a little bit divided and they need a council who works together for residents and will try to unite and bring them together, and that will be one of our main priori ties as a council,” said Van Minsel.

council.

Council incumbents Mike Kent and Pam Cunningham were not re-elected; they received 779 and 725 votes respectively.

Candidate Rainer Uda la received 759 votes, Moira Goodman received 724 votes, Kevin Bennett received 688 votes and Nick Walsh received 643 votes.

Peachland resident Lisa Guderyan was elected school trustee with 940 votes, beating candidates Gordon Wiebe (808) and Karrie Fehr (296).

- patrick van minsel

didate back to council and electing Patrick Van Minsel Peachland’s next mayor.

Van Minsel won with 1,104 votes, followed by Keith Fielding with 983 votes. Incumbent Cindy Fortin ended the night with the lowest share of the vote, receiving just 293 votes.

Fielding and Fortin had each served two terms as Peachland’s mayor, Field ing from 2008 to 2011 and

by Fortin before returning to council chambers in 2018 as a councillor.

Following the announce ment of the general election results, the View spoke to Van Minsel about what this means for Peachland.

“First of all, I want to thank all of the candidates for running because it’s al ways very hard to put your name forward and do all of the work,” said Van Minsel.

the voters who came out and put their confidence in me.”

Van Minsel said he would also like to thank Cindy Fortin for her past eight years as mayor and Keith Fielding for his dedication

acknowledge that Keith Fielding got almost 1,000 votes and that means that people are expecting certain things from this council and I did tell people that we were going to work with

The new council will be sworn in at the inaugural council meeting on Nov. 1 followed by a reception in the banquet room that the public is invited to attend.

Political newcomer Rand ey Brophy was elected to council with the largest share of the vote (1,382), followed by Rick Ingram (1,208), incumbent Terry Condon (1,157), Dave Col lins (1,091), Keith Thom (1,081), and Alena Glasman (978).

This will be Condon’s sixth term on Peachland

Peachland residents were also presented with a refer endum question and voted to support the borrowing of up to $17.5 million for a protective services building. 1,729 voted in favour; 588 voted no.

The last general election took place on Oct. 20, 2018, when there was a tie vote for mayor between Cindy Fortin and Harry Gough with 804 votes each. The result was decided by pull ing a name from the box. At that time Van Minsel was elected to council with the highest vote of 1,094, fol lowed by Pete Coolio with 1,073, Terry Condon with 1,029, Pam Cunningham with 1,022, Keith Fielding with 998 and Mike Kent with 996.

Peachland fire chief very pleased with fire hall referendum results

JOANNE LAYH

Peachland’s referen dum to borrow up to $17.5 million for a protective services building to re place the fire hall passed with just shy of 75 per cent of voters in support.

The question voters were asked was:

“Are you in favour of The Corporation of the

District of Peachland adopting the Protective Services Building Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2364, 2022, to authorize the borrowing of up to Seventeen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dol lars ($17,500,000), over a thirty (30) year term, to fund the construction of a new Protective Services Building to accommodate

the fire department?”

“It was great to see the support,” Peachland fire chief Dennis Craig told the View. “It was a very clear message from the voters for sure.”

“There is still a lot of work to do with public consultation and council.

Just because we got ap proved referendum, like we’ve been saying since

the beginning, does not mean the project is an automatic go and we’re going to put shovels in the ground right away,” said Craig.

The new council will need to approve the budget and the spending as well as fourth reading of the bylaw before anything can go forward.

“At least now we know

we have public support and we can borrow up to $17.5 million, if council decides to do that or move forward,” said Craig.

Craig said he plans to bring a budget recom mendation for council consideration in the 2023 budget cycle to fund a more detailed design and more specific cost esti mates.

He also intends bring a recommendation to coun cil to extend the term for the Fire Hall Advisory Select Committee, a vol unteer group composed of two members of council and nine members from the community at large who have contributed their professional expertise and input into the process lead ing up to the referendum.

The members of Peachland’s next council are Randey Brophy, Rick Ingrim, Terry Condon, Dave Collins, Keith Thom, Alena Glasman (shown left to right) and Patrick Van Minsel (below).

“What I take back from the election and from speaking with many, many of our residents is the need for unity.

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Well, the election results are in and as in many com munities across B.C. many incumbents were unsuccess ful in maintaining their seat. In Peachland I want to ex tend my thanks for the many years of service to Cindy For

tin, Pam Cunningham, Mike Kent and Keith Fielding. All have served our community with the very best intentions and dedication.

I haave had the honour of knowing or working with all four. Being on council can at

times be a thankless job but also a great honour.

If you see any of these four people in town, please stop and thank them for their ser vice to our amazing town of Peachland.

Keith Thom, Peachland

Thank you to those who voted and to those who have served

Thank you, Peachland!

I promise you I will not let you down.

We’ve got moms who need childcare, young families who need affordable housing, a town that needs common sense devel opment to grow, families who want sewer for their homes, a family up at Karmont Farms who needs some red tape removed so they can provide a winery for Peachland, and Peachland kids who just want to play on Peachland teams with their Peachland friends and classmates when they are start ing out in little league and soccer.

I swear to God we’re going to fix all of this, working with a supportive mayor and coun cil.

To the folks and friends who selflessly have served Peachland for many years, Mike Kent, Pam Cunningham, Cindy Fortin and

Keith Fielding, my thanks and gratitude for a job well done.

It takes a lot of courage and commitment to step up and serve and Peachland is better off because of you.

To my fellow candidates and friends, thank you for having the courage to step up and serve. My dad boxed before the war and said there are always those who will fight, only with their mouths, from the safety of the stands.

You are amongst the few who had the courage to put your name into the ring of public opinion. We are all better off for hav ing people in the community like you.

Let’s move forward, committed to make our little town on Okanagan Lake, Peach land, the best it can be.

Randey Brophy, Peachland

New show features

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JANET HORNSETH PEACHLAND ART GALLERY

Over 90 visitors attended the opening of the art gallery’s current show “Impres sions” on Saturday, Oct. 15. Seven of the eight contributing artists were on hand as well.

The artists exhibiting are Liz VanGolen Vincent, Laura Salisbury, Suzanne An derton, Jane Ritchie, Yolanda de Villiers, Lizann Allan, Cindy Smith, and Brenda Thompson. In the past decade, the Kelowna based art group has continued to advance the quality and scope of their skills through ongoing practice, education and mutual support. Their works continue to be exhib ited and to be sold into private collections.

Liz VanGolen Vincent, one of the founding members, was born in Fernie, B.C. and credits her early childhood there to her affinity with nature. Her school age years were in Vancouver, and she studied Art in Merchandising at Langara College.

VanGolen Vincent has been a resident of Kelowna since 1977. She is a long-time ac tive member of the Kelowna Calligrapher’s Guild. As an AFCA member of the Federa tion of Canadian Artists, her work has been accepted in numerous juried shows, both in Kelowna and at Federation Gallery in Van couver. Pieces in various mediums hang in collections in the Netherlands, Germany, United States, and across Canada.

VanGolen Vincent has taught waterc olour classes at the Kelowna Art Gallery, and workshops for the Kelowna Calligra pher’s Guild.

Laura Salisbury paints primarily in acrylic. Her painting foundation in wa tercolour continues to influence her style today, where a conscious effort to save the whites for light and glow now becomes a challenge to save the underpainting (seen as midground) and utilize it in the body of the subject.

Always attracted to realism, getting up close and personal with the material, Salis bury now looks for possibilities behind and under to define, enhance and support the

need for inclusion. Hard and soft, back and forth, lost and found, never one for a chaos of colour, the finish always seems to retain a soft and muted feel. This makes her paint ings more an expression of feeling.

She received art education at the Uni versity of Saskatchewan. Now living in Kelowna, she has taken advantage of stu dio programs at OUC, at the Kelowna Art Gallery and has participated in many workshops with a number of distinguished artists.

Her work has been shown at Innovation Place, University of Saskatchewan, Rotary Centre of the Arts, Kelowna Art Gallery, Gallery 421, group shows with Impressions and private collections.

Suzanne Anderton has been an abstract acrylic painter in the Kelowna group of Impressions Painters for the last 10 years. Working in a group and attending numerous workshops has led this largely self-taught painter to the point where she has been able to achieve her goal of abstracting the es sence of an image without being concerned with the production of a realistic rendering.

Anderton works quickly with vibrant colors and bold brush strokes to achieve unique effects. Her paintings have been sold in local shows, to overseas buyers and at her home gallery “Jackson’s Landing’ in the lower Mission area of Kelowna B.C.

Both of Jane Ritchie’s undergraduate and masters degrees emphasized studio, art history and art education. After a brief ca reer as a high school art teacher and some years staying home with her children, she returned to a Masters in Adult Education program at UBC, which also included stu dio courses. Her major paper made the case for an adult education approach to art gal lery education. This led to the position of educator, then director/curator at the new Art Gallery of the South Okanagan (now Penticton Art Gallery).

Though her career took a right turn to wards community development/education there was always room for art and curating.

Tasselled and Bedazzled by Liz vanGolen Vincent

Okanagan Sunflowers by Lizann Allan

LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

OPEN MIC The Peachland Community Arts Council presents our Open Mic evening at the Peachland Art Gallery, Thursday, October 27, 7-9 pm. Musicians, poets, magicians and comics of all ages are welcome. Hainle Winery will offer wine for purchase; refreshments provided. Call the art gallery to reserve

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

PICKLEBALL (ALL PLAY)

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

4th Street Place

INTRO TO WEIGHT TRAINING

11 am - 1 am

Peachland Community Centre

seats: 250-767-7422, or email Paula McLaughlin: peterpaula76@gmail.com

PAULA MCLAUGHLIN BOOK LAUNCH AND SIGNING for A to Z Ménagerie – A parade of Animals in Poems and Paintings takes place at the Peachland Visitor Centre on Oct 29 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30

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

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

pm to 2:30 pm.

JACK-O’-LANTERN WALK ON THE HAUNTED DOCK Spooky fun in Heritage Park: goodie bag, decorations, music and photo booth. Mon Oct 31 5 pm - 7 pm. Entry by donation to the Peachland Food Bank.

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

LEGION KARAOKE

4:30 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

IMPRESSIONS ART GROUP runs from Oct. 15 –Nov. 20 at the Peachland Art Gallery. A collection of new works presented by this twelve-member art group who have, over the past decade, continued to advance the quality and scope of each member’s skills.

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 SUP

PORT (ALZHEIMER SOCIETY)

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

4th Street Place

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 pm7:45 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

BARGAIN BIN

12 pm - 3 pm

Peachland United Church

LADIES’ COFFEE & CARDS

1pm

4th Street Place

CANASTA

1 pm

50+ Activity Centre

PICKLEBALL LEVEL 3.0 -3.5 1 pm - 3 pm

Peachland Community Centre

BAT COUNTS

7:45 pm - 10 pm

Historic Primary School

SATURDAYS

FITNESS ROOM

5 am - 10 pm

Peachland Community Centre

CARPET BOWLING

10 am - 12 pm

50 Plus Activity Centre

BARGAIN BIN

12 pm - 3 pm

Peachland United Church

MEAT DRAW

3 pm-5 pm

Royal Canadian Legion #69

SUNDAYS

FITNESS ROOM

5 am - 10 pm

Peachland Community Centre

PEACHLAND FARMERS & CRAFTERS MARKET

10 am - 2 pm

Heritage Park

PICKLEBALL - LEVEL 2.5-3.5 12 pm - 2 pm

Peachland Community Centre

#104 1475 Fairview Rd, Penticton

the historic Cannery Trade Centre

furnishings

unexpected & curious finds

Impressions show on display now at the Peachland Art Gallery

Gallery of Art in Castlegar.

Her illustrations are included in several of the in terpretive signs and education manuals she was involved in developing.

During the past several years her focus has increasing ly been on her own painting and drawing with forays into curating. In 2015 and 2016 she curated solo exhibitions for B.C. painters Julie Elliot and Dianne Clark at the Kootenay

Working with a number of Canadian curators on the col lection of her late mother’s paintings and prints has also been a valuable and rich expe rience. Most recently her work has been included in two pri vate outdoor exhibitions, Lake Country Art Gallery’s 100 under 100 and three group exhibitions at Peachland Art Gallery.

Yolanda de Villiers was born in South Africa where

Gratitude for outgoing and incoming trustees

Congratulations to Lisa Guderyan on being elected ’22 Zone II, School Trustee.

I wish her the best as she represents the communities on Westside Road, Westbank First Nations and Peachland on the School District #23 Board.

Thank you to all the res idents who voted and to those who supported my bid for trustee. I’m humbled and grateful.

A special thank you to out going trustee Moyra Baxter. For 26 years, Ms. Baxter has faithfully and selfless ly served Peachland and the broader Central Okanagan Public School community on the school board.

Those are big shoes to fill. Wishing Moyra all the best with her next service assign ment.

Sincerely, Gordon Wiebe

Shared love for Peachland, despite differing views

Dear Kevin Bennett,

I wrote about loving Peachland and you wrote about lov ing it in a different way.

The fact is that I love the Peachland we already have. Also I did not come here to retire, as 19 of my 21 years here I was working. I worked in Kelowna, Penticton, and in camps in Northern B.C. and Alberta. Sometimes there was no work, but I stuck it out and made it work.

During those 19 years, I started and ran the Peachland youth boxing club with no payment to myself, and men tored hundreds of local kids until COVID closed its doors.

I am very proud of what I have accomplished here.

I am happy with Peachland as it exists now and I am vigilant and vocal against developers who see dollar signs in our unique environment.

Some of them are like snake oil salesmen; they want to make a barrel full of cash and move on. Some are attracted to this unique community, but then want to change it to suit their own needs.

If someone moves here and expects there will be lots of employment, then they haven’t done a good job of research ing.

Many people call Peachland a retirement community; perhaps that should be a hint.

Although you were not elected, I hope you still think about planting trees, as that is one thing we can both agree about.

John Wardley, Peachland

she spent the first 33 years of her life before moving to the prairies of Canada. She now resides in the beautiful Okanagan, the closest thing to what she knew growing up.

Being surrounded by art has always been part of her life and something she has

always been passionate about. She is now a full-time art ist who over the years, spent countless hours learning from professional artists by attending painting workshops and receiving professional mentorship. She finds herself constantly wanting to learn

more and focuses on im proving and developing her techniques and skills, always striving to better herself.

She paints landscapes with dramatic skies depict ing places she holds dear to her heart. She has a loose yet dramatic, impressionistic

style where she commits to the gutsy stroke of her brush. Bold colours and the liberal use thereof are always coming into play on her canvas.

“Impressions” runs until Sunday, Nov. 20. Art gallery hours are from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday.

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DISTRICT OF PEACHLAND Night Shift Plowing And Sanding

The District of Peachland is currently accepting applications for one (1) stand-by night-shift snow plow operator. The position runs from approximately Nov 15/22 to March 15/23.

Applications are due by Oct 24.

For details please visit the District of Peachland website at: https://www.peachland.ca/employment

In memory of Ronald Lee Lovestone

September 3, 1951 - October 7, 2022

The family is saddened to announce the sudden passing of Ronald Lee Lovestone, age 71, of Victoria, BC. Born September 3rd, 1951, in Oxbow, Saskatchewan, he is predeceased by his parents Rita, Russel, and Tom.

Ron is survived by his siblings Bev (Larry), Guy, Terry (Sherri), and Wendy (Don); children Paul, Jamie, and Josh (Tanis); and grandchildren Terron, Mai, and Linden; greatgrandchildren Luka and Malakai. Ron will be missed dearly by his many beloved family members and wonderful friends.

St. Margaret’s Anglican Church 4464-4 St, Peachland, BC V0H 1X6 • 250-767-3131 stmargarets@shaw.ca https://www.facebook.com/ stmargaretspeachland106/

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PEACHLAND BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday Church Service at 10:00 am. Zoom service on request Email or Call for Link Come Join Us! All are Welcome.

Matthew 25:35

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”

CELEBRATION! EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE

April 17th at 10:00 am Fellowship to follow. All are welcome.

Vaccinations and masks, please. Zoom link on church website. www.peachlandunited.ca

Lake Ave at 13th St 250-767-9237

Morning Service

10:30 am PASTOR Lyle Wahl peachlandbaptistcanada.com

There is a sermon audio available on our website each week.

Ron spent his working life in the newspaper industry where he built successful platforms to connect his communities. Ron met his wife (Debbie) while working in the newspaper business and they raised their family together in Salmon Arm, BC. As a true lifelong learner, Ron focused on continual self-development, he strived to help and be of service to others, and always positively impacted those around him. His kindness, generosity, and genuine care for others was evident in every interaction that he had. Later in life, Ron’s inquisitive nature led him to develop a passion for travel which took him around the world, and he enjoyed exploring and experiencing new cultures with his loved ones. More than anything, Ron cherished quality time with his family and felt great pride watching them grow into the people they are today.

In lieu of flowers, the family would like to hear special memories of Ron. Please share stories and condolences directly to: memorieswithron3@gmail.com or www. mccallgardens.com

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