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Overdue Peachland snowshoer dead at Telemark Nordic Club JOANNE LAYH The holiday season was marked by mourning for a Peachland family who tragically lost a loved one on Dec. 28. A Peachland man went snowshoeing in the Telemark area earlier in the day and when he was overdue to return home, a family member contacted the RCMP. The police in turn called COSAR (Central Okanagan Search and Rescue), who launched an extensive search of the area that includes 50 km of snowshoe trails. COSAR received the call at 8 p.m. and began searching shortly thereafter, uncertain which trail the snowshoer had taken. “Basically, we hit the
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high probability areas. He
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snowshoe so we hit the longer snowshoe trails. We had a number of different
teams go in from a number of different starting points to cover as much area as quickly as possible,” COSAR volunteer Edward Henczel told the View. COSAR dispatched 18 members to the scene, including a Rapid Insertion Team (RIT) that remained at the base in case one of their members encountered trouble. The members were divided into three ground teams plus a dog in the field, in addition to snowmobiles. It was snowing and cold that evening and after searching for a little over two hours, a COSAR team found the unresponsive subject, provided medical aid and handed him off to officials waiting in the Telemark parking lot. Sadly, the man did not survive.
“The gentleman did a lot of things right. He was dressed for the conditions and he had let someone know where he was going,” Henczel said. “Search and Rescue in British Columbia is free. You’ll never have to pay and we would rather have people call earlier than later.” Residents are advised to be specific when leaving their trip plan, including which trails they plan to take, if possible. If people are going out into areas where there is no mobile service, it never hurts to carry a personal locator beacon, Henczel said. COSAR also recommend people visit adventuresmart.ca for more tips and advice before heading out.
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New fire hall dominates first round of Peachland 2021 budget discussions JOANNE LAYH The first round of Peachland budget deliberations was dominated by discussion about how best to go forward with plans to build a new fire hall in the community. At their last committee meeting, council were presented with general capital budget requests from department heads. In addition to various carry forward projects from 2020, including waterfront foreshore work and the Heritage Park extension and spray park,
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Parks: • Dock replacement $220,000; • Community centre roof in main room - $75,400; • Park pathways 78,685; • Tow and Collect goose poop collector - $11,000; and • Turner Park land $3,100,000. Financial Services and Information Technology: • Vadim fileserver replacement - $45,000; and • Surveillance cameras $9,000. The fire hall analysis and replacement plan that
don said he is a strong supporter of the fire hall project. “I strongly support this reassessment and advance planning for the fire hall. My question relates to the timing. I’m a little concerned we might complete this long before we have the funds available to complete the project and their requirement may then be that we need to do another assessment or a supplementary assessment,” Councillor Condon remarked. Fire chief Dennis Craig told council the assessment they’re doing now is
obviously we have to start over again…if council doesn’t have the appetite to move forward, this is the time to stop it is after this assessment.” Mayor Cindy Fortin said it is hard to know where to start but they have to get going on it so they can at least begin moving forward. “I have very strong beliefs on this topic,” Councillor Patrick Van Minsel said. “First of all, I think that it is inevitable we need a new fire hall, if it’s in five years, 10 years, 20 years. I think seeing the level of low interest
If we delay another five to 10 years or longer, by then it may have doubled in cost and it is all about looking after our taxpayers dollars. This is a project that needs to be done and I’m all in favour of getting it done as soon as possible and paying the low interest rates. - Councillor Patrick Van Minsel
staff presented the following new capital budget items for 2021: Non-DCC roads and storm drains: • Thorne Road paving program - $350,000. Equipment: • Fleet vehicle - $50,000. Fire Department: • Fire hall replacement planning - $100,000; and • Community policing van replacement - $28,444.
began last year is expected to be completed by the end of February, with a presentation to council set to take place in March. The analysis will examine how best to meet the future needs of the community with a new fire hall, including review of the proposed location at San Clemente Ave. and 13th St. Councillor Terry Con-
a long-term vision planning phase that takes into consideration the OCP, growth predictions and strategy. “It is the first step in making sure that we’re building or proposing the right size fire hall for our community going forward. If we wait five, six years this document will still be valid,” said Craig. “If it’s 20 years from now
rates we have now until at least 2023 and that this is a capital project that needs to be fully funded by borrowing, I think the sooner we get this done the better because then it will cost our taxpayers less money. If we delay another five to 10 years or longer, by then it may have doubled in cost and it is all about looking after our taxpayers dollars. This is
The remainder of the Peachland budget process is scheduled as follows:
Jan. 12: Council will review 2021 civic grant requests and applicants will be invited to answer any questions council may have; Jan. 26: Council will review budget briefings for water and sewer capital projects; Feb. 9: Council will review departmental operating budgets and variance reports from the general fund; Feb. 23: Staff will present a cutback schedule that will identify items that could potentially be removed from the budget. Council will be asked to reprioritize projects and identify tax increase levels; March 9: An amended cutback schedule incorporating previous direction will be brought back by staff for council approval. Water and sewer budgets will be presented in the same manner; March 23: The capital and operating budgets will be finalized with consideration to all funding sources. Potentially, council may also be asked to approve early budget requests for any capital or special operating projects that may need to proceed before adoption of the budget; April 27: Public presentation and first three readings of the financial plan bylaw; and May 11: Final adoption of the financial plan, prior to May 15 legislative deadline.
a project that needs to be done and I’m all in favour of getting it done as soon as possible and paying the low interest rates.” Councillor Mike Kent said he is of the same mindset. “I have full confidence that it is the correct decision to forge ahead with the new fire hall planning,” Councillor Kent said. “It is sorely needed to upgrade our facilities, especially with the risk of wildfire in our community. We want to be at the cutting edge when it comes to our fire department.”
Coun. Kent said the move will also free up valuable real estate in the downtown core. “Based on the recommendations from the project that we’re doing now, we would then use this [$100,000 fire hall replacement planning] funding to move forward in that project with the next steps,” Craig said, adding that more detail will be provided about what the money will be used for when they have the results from the firehall analysis and replacement plan next month.
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This year our event will look a bit different. We will be doing two dates where the Fire Department will be picking up (only) the Christmas trees and chipping them.
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Stay vigilant and count your blessings LYONEL DOHERTY Despite the pandemic, Christmas was good this year, even without extended family gathered around the table. Thankfully we didn’t rely on that stupid meat thermometer that we used last time, which gave us a Griswold turkey. The red arrow never reached “poultry,” so we kept putting the turkey back in the oven for another 15 minutes. After the fifth time I could have used the turkey as a burlap sack to carry my fishing lures. It took about two minutes of chewing to swallow one piece. This year that thermometer tried to fool us again, but we ignored it and had a tender bird that didn’t jump off the table when we cut into it. Christmas was nice. We didn’t even think about the pandemic until we read the darn news, which has been dreadful all year. And raising two teenage daughters during the restrictions is stressful. When they complained about boredom, I got them a puzzle, which they worked on for a few hours and then quit. The dog ended up eating a few of the pieces, so it will likely end up at Value Village and purchased by someone praying that none of the pieces are missing. Although B.C. hasn’t gone into lockdown like Ontario, there are some hard and fast rules in our household. Our daughters are not allowed any visitors and they are not permitted to enter anyone’s house. They have to get permission to ride in cars with close friends in their bubble, and only if everyone wears a mask. Am I too trusting? I could add the caveat that I must be in the car during the ride, but I don’t think that would be agreeable to all of the parties involved. Moving forward, I wish I had a crystal ball to predict what will happen in 2021. Will the vaccine be successful? Will the COVID variant from the UK cause more grief? Will Tom Cruise find humility? All we can do is stay vigilant and count the blessings we do have. It’s hard, but we can’t wallow in the bad news that the media tends to focus on. I won’t say happy New Year, or what Dr. Bonnie Henry always urges, but I will say all the best in 2021. I trust you will find your own happiness in all of this muck. Lyonel Doherty is the editor of the South Okanagan’s Times-Chronicle.
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Cheers to the selfless and generous volunteers of Peachland This Christmas the 50+ Activity Centre was closed; no Christmas dinner offered. These same wonderful volunteers gave their and their family’s Christmas day to we who had no one. They prepared a full, home-made Christmas dinner from scratch. They delivered it to our doors. These same Peachlanders are amazing cooks. We were the ones who benefited,
not only from the comfort of Christmas while enjoying it, but providing us with the true Christmas spirit. The IGA provided gifts. We are truly grateful. Thank you. Kathleen North, Peachland
Sooner or later, we will gather with friends and family again Dear editor, This time last year we had never heard of COVID-19 or social distancing. Doctors and dentists wore masks, not us. For some of us older folks, Zoom was something youngsters did on Highway 97 when they passed you. Little did we know it would be our only means of seeing friends and family. At the beginning of 2020 we started looking forward to all the wonderful events planned for Peachland that year. In my case, an inspiring spring concert with the Peachland Variety Singers called Hope and the celebration of 10 years of the Peachland Rose Show. For others it was the World of Wheels Show and Shine, the Peachland Fall Fair and the Christmas Light Up. Sadly, almost all events would be cancelled, working from home would be the norm and over 15,000 Canadians would die. But in spite of everything, good things happened. Recently, the Light-Up Virtual Gala
was a huge success as was the Community Christmas Dinner organized by the Peachland Wellness Centre and the Legion. The light display by the municipality was stunning. Throughout the pandemic, churches held services on Zoom or conducted communion services in parking lots. It didn’t take the place of hugs, but it helped. And for those watching the World Junior hockey, a chance to cheer for Canada. Somehow, with the distribution of the various vaccines there is hope that 2021 will be full of promise. The days are getting longer and before we know it, the magnificent magnolia tree at the Jeffries place on Beach will be blooming. Eventually, we will gather with family and friends again and perhaps enjoy some of those events that make living in Peachland so special. Happy new year. Phyllis Papineau, Peachland
Party discipline to control elected MPs not democratic We are constantly being told we are a democracy, while millions of Americans insist they are a Republic. Interesting points, when we consider why and how our electoral systems were designed to produce successive majority governments to be able to rule colonies. Our government leaders want a two-party system
that will continue to give them absolute control over Parliament, just like Harper and Trudeau have managed to refine and entrench during the last decade. They adopted ‘party discipline’ to control how our elected MPs act and vote, and lying and cheating has become the new normal. That’s not democracy. Andy Thomsen, Kelowna
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LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FIVE VISIONS is an exhibition of over 60 paintings of various media that showcase the talents of BC artists Cherie Sibley W., Dianne Postman, Cecile Derkatch, Suzanne Dansereau and Arlene Currie Plumpton. Opens Jan. 9 at the Peachland Art Gallery. BLOOD DONATION EVENT Donors are needed at the Canadian Blood Services upcoming Blood Donation Event, which takes place at the community centre on Feb. 10 from 12 pm – 6:45 pm. Canadian Blood Services has implemented new safety requirements for COVID-19 in all donor centres. Tips for donors include: be well hydrated (approx. 2L day before
MONDAYS FITNESS ROOM 8 am - 8 pm Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8 am - 9 am Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION 8 am - 9 am Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre THERAPEUTIC FLOW YOGA 9 am - 10:15 am Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre 50+ FIT AND STRETCH 9 am - 10 am 50+ Activity Centre FUNCTIONAL FITNESS 9:30 am - 10:45 am Registration only; no drop-ins 4th Street Place LADIES MONDAY MORNING COFFEE 10:15 am – 11:15 am 50+ Activity Centre Hosted by the Wellness Centre YIN YOGA 10:30 am - 11:45 am Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre TAI CHI 12 pm 50+ Activity Centre BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE ACRYLIC WORKSHOP 1 pm – 4 pm Registration: plsworkshops@ peachlandarts.ca Peachland Community Centre NEEDLE ARTS/QUILTING 1:15 pm - 3 pm 50+ Activity Centre
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Will 2021 be the year Thorne Road residents finally get their road repaved? JOANNE LAYH During the first round of Peachland budget discussions, a familiar topic resurfaced: paving Thorne
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it, but there is no way at that grade the gravel is going to stay in place. “It becomes potholes in two weeks of them fixing it,” Carpenter said.
dangerous,” Councillor Van Minsel said. “This is one of the only unpaved roads in our town and we have been promising them a road for a few years, even before this
make that adjustment for the benefit of the orchard, then the orchard should be paying for it,” Councillor Condon said.
Shawn Grundy, director of operations, said in discussions with MOTI, he learned there really is no way to seek costs from private road users
because it is a public road. Budgetary pricing for the road structure, drainage and paving of Thorne Rd is estimated at $350,000.
It’s not paving Thorne Road exactly. It makes it sound like we just all of the sudden decided we were tired of gravel. It’s completion of that project that we agreed upon and paid a portion of. When we signed up there was absolutely no indication that the road would not be put back. - Jim Carpenter
Rd. If that subject sounds familiar, it’s because paving the road is something council has been deliberating about for some time, but hasn’t yet gotten to approving in their annual budget. Thorne Rd residents had been seeking municipal water hook up for decades and when the water main project finally received budget approval in 2012, each of the nine residents contributed 25 per cent toward the installation costs. However, when the water main was installed in 2013, the municipality tore up the road to put in the infrastructure but didn’t leave the road in the condition they found it. Since then residents of Thorne Rd have been looking for a remedy from the municipality. According to Thorne Road resident Jim Carpenter, prior to the water main installation the road had a hard surface made of recycled blacktop. “It was great. It was perfectly adequate,” Carpenter told the View. “It wasn’t exactly paving, but we would be happy with that again.” Carpenter says the problem has since been compounded by the immense increase in scope of the nearby orchard business that uses the road but is located outside the district. “They’ve built a packing house up there. They’re bringing in semi-trucks at all hours of the day and night and that road is way too steep to be gravel with that kind of traffic,” Carpenter said. He says the maintenance people with the municipality do a commendable job on
“It’s not paving Thorne Road exactly. It makes it sound like we just all of the sudden decided we were tired of gravel. It’s completion of that project that we agreed upon and paid a portion of. When we signed up there was absolutely no indication that the road would not be put back.” During budget deliberations Councillor Patrick Van Minsel said it is a sensitive topic for the people that live there. “At the end of the day, I visit that road many times, and trust me, it can be very
council. So how do we move forward with this? It’s a $350,000 investment but it is the last road we need to pave so do we give it a little more consideration this year?” Councillor Terry Condon said cost sharing seems to be the most equitable way to go, given that there is measurable increase in the costs necessary to build to the four-inch base standard that is only for the benefit of the heavy traffic coming out of the orchard. “I do think it’s appropriate that if we have to spend an extra $50,000 or $60,000 to
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Record real estate sales in Peachland in 2020 to continue into 2021 LARRY GUILBAULT
REAL ESTATE AGENT, COLDWELL BANKER
Peachland has enjoyed record sales this past year. What started out as one of the worst years in real estate with
the emerging COVID-19 virus ended with sales taking off in the last six months of the year. Here is a compilation of the year-end results. These reports illustrate that the record year in sales goes against the logic of what occurred in Canada in 2020, with a stalled economy due the spring lockdown. Note, many factors came into this record-breaking year. The interest rates went down to an historic low, allowing many buyers who in other years could only qualify for townho-
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mes or condos, to now qualify for houses. Secondly, we saw a trend emerge where many city dwellers from Vancouver or Alberta chose to escape the crowds and move into small towns and cities in British Columbia. This pushed the inventories of listed properties to a new low, therefore raising prices and creating multiple offers on selected properties. Peachland enjoyed 200 combined sales of all types of properties in 2020 following 135 properties changing hands in 2019. Sales were up a combined 32.5 per cent. Homes from $500,000 to $1 million were up 9 per cent in average price and townhome prices were up 5.3 per cent, due to larger townhomes at Island Villa and The Terraces selling for more for bigger sized units. The Central Okanagan also enjoyed a banner year with home sales volumes up 35 per cent over 2019 and home prices up 12 per cent. The real estate market forecast for 2021 is very bright for sellers; with the reduced low inventory and many buyers in the marketplace, prices will remain constant and maybe even rise 3 4 per cent in 2021, with the amount of listing this year defining the listing asking price. Peachland as you know, has many factors
in determining fair market value such as lot size, lakeview, general condition and upgrades of any given home and neighborhood, so you should consult with your local real estate agent for an evaluation. We can also look forward to spring 2021 when some new developments start in Peachland. Many new projects are on their way such as Lauren Heights, Somerset Reach, Shoreline on Beach, Ponderosa Golf new townhomes (21 units ready for sell soon) and there are some other exciting projects ready to break ground in 2021. For a full real estate report on the activity in Peachland in 2020, visit peachlandliving.com or email peachlandliving@ gmail.com.
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2020 busiest year in history of Central Okanagan Search and Rescue PEACHLAND VIEW Last year proved to be the busiest in the history of Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR). Over the course of 2020, COSAR responded to 81 emergencies, up from an historical average of 55-60 a year. Of the over 20,000 hours volunteered by the 51-member COSAR team, 4,342 were spent on incidents, over 10,000 were spent on training and the remainder on maintenance, repair and general administration.
August was the busiest month, clocking in 16 calls, with COVID-19 believed to be behind the increase in outdoor recreationalists. The team responded to 10 mutual aid calls, which included assisting Penticton RCMP with evacuations from the Christie Mountain wildfire and searching for a missing hiker in Manning Park. The team also responded to a record number of urban searches for distraught individuals and missing seniors and children.
Sadly, there were also four body recoveries in 2020. The team recruited 14 new members to its ranks last year, in addition to Chase, a two-year-old Labrador retriever and RCMP certified civilian search and rescue dog. COSAR is currently seeking to recruit administration and maintenance staff. The organization also welcomes public donations via the Cosar.ca donation button. Donations made last year went towards first aid and rope team training, a TrailRider wheeled chair, and a new snowmobile.
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