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The Heritage Park Splash Pad will have numerous play features as well as lights for evening use and choreographed light shows.

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Community hopes for Canada Day opening of Heritage Park Splash Pad JOANNE LAYH At last Tuesday’s council meeting Peachland council members were presented with an update on the Heritage Park Splash Pad project which, if all goes well, will open to the public for Canada Day. The project has been in the works since 2015, when it was identified as a top priority in

the Council Strategic Plan.

The splash pad project is considered to have a high level of community support. A Parks and Recreation Master Plan finalized in 2018 included the results of a statistically valid survey in which 70 per cent responded that a water park was very important or important, Continued on Page 2

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Splash pad expected to please young Peachland families

The splash pad will have a total of 14 sprays and six unique features.

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Cheryl Wiebe, director of community services, said in her presentation to council last Tuesday.

The splash pad will have a total of 14 sprays and six unique features, including four geysers on the outside that will initially be used with a low flow plate to control water usage but can be switched to a medium flow or high flow plate.

The splash pad will also feature split spurts, which create an arc so kids can crawl underneath them. The middle of the splash pad will have an interactive feature called “pop its” where the water pops out of the ground in one location, encouraging kids to chase the water when it lands somewhere else. Additional features will include fountain mountains as well as two confetti spray features that have eight large streams of water in a circle with eight smaller streams inside. The centrepiece of the splash pad will be a mop top feature located in the centre of the park.

While the splash pad will use treated water that will go into the sewer system, it won’t be turned on and left running all day. A participant will need to push a button to activate a programmed sequence that will automatically turn off. To add recycling would double or triple the budget, Wiebe said.

The municipality will also have the ability to create an interactive light show with or without the water. The LED lights are programmable by colour so the possibility exists for parks staff to create a two-minute interactive light show at dusk or in the evening. Wiebe says the lights can also be used in winter as a Christmas feature.

“If you go to any of these features throughout the Okanagan you see families there. They are an absolute hotspot for family gatherings, birthday parties, those kind of things and the type of play and interaction that does not cost money but brings people together,” said Councillor Mike Kent.

“I think it’s really the type of attraction that benefits all generations within the community. . . I think it’s a great investment that we’ll be proud of for many, many years to come.”

Councillor Pam Cunningham said she also loves the idea and how it is coming along.

“Just think if we could add music [to the light show at night] for a Peachland Bellagio. How amazing for tourism would that be,” Cunningham said.

The park is designed to be shaped like a jelly bean and will be located just south of the playground in Heritage Park.

The total budget for the project, which was awarded to RecTec Industries, is $210,000.

Electric vehicle charging stations to remain at no cost JOANNE LAYH The electric vehicle charging stations installed in the 2nd Street parking lot will continue to be available free of charge to users for at least another year, council unanimously decided this week.

The charging stations were set up in 2018 to support council’s strategic priority of addressing climate change.

At their regular meeting last Tuesday, council received an update on the usage and cost of the charging stations.

Use of the EV charging stations in the 2nd Street parking lot continues to steadily increase from past years, director of operations Shawn Grundy said in his report to council.

“There was a significant depression in

the three months following the declaration of the pandemic in March, but use recovered as we moved into summer,” Grundy said.

There were 308 unique drivers over the course of 2020, ranging from just nine unique users in January to 60 unique users in August.

On average, vehicles remained parked for two hours and 48 minutes.

“There is likely an economic benefit where the station users are exploring the downtown area and businesses while they wait for the vehicle charge to complete,” said Grundy. “The amount of time spent parked increased by roughly an hour compared to 2019. With increased adoption of electric vehicles, we anticipate the steady increase to continue as they become more

prevalent on our roads.”

Grundy estimates that over a year usage contributed to the equivalent of 3,083 kg of greenhouse gas emissions savings.

The cost to the municipality for electricity usage and the annual operating fee to ChargePoint totalled an estimated $1,740.

Councillor Pete Coolio said he sees a lot of expensive Teslas on the road and questioned why the municipality isn’t charging for the service.

“These are very wealthy people driving these cars so what’s the rationale behind free charging at this point?” Coolio said.

“Why aren’t we making money off these charging stations?”

Grundy said the stations offer a benefit to the environment and are a draw to the downtown.

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Spirit of Peachland Civic Award nominations open until March 5 JOANNE LAYH Peachland has an abundance of community engagement and volunteer spirit and on no night of the year is that more evident than at the annual Spirit of Peachland Civic Awards.

Each year, outstanding residents are recognized for their service at the Spirit of Peachland Civic Awards.

The municipality is now accepting nominations to recognize achievements or actions from 2020 for the following awards: • Peachland Excellence Awards - A Peachland resident, youth and/or group who gave significant service or had a significant achievement in a specific category during the past year. Categories include but are not restricted to: Arts, Culture, Sports, Recreation, Heritage, Environment and Conservation, Community Inclusion or Accessibility, Volunteerism, Leadership, Health Promotion, and Community Spirit. Other categories can be created but will be judged by the committee as to their merit; • Unsung Hero - An individual whose everyday actions and quiet efforts have made a significant impact on the lives of others; • Lifetime Service - Peachland resident or group, in recognition of a minimum of 15 years dedicated service to the community; • Green Citizen Award - A resident who protects and restores our natural environment; • Youth Citizen of the Year - A school age youth who demonstrates outstanding leadership or makes significant contributions to youth and/or the community; and • Citizen of the Year - A Peachland resident making the greatest contribution to the improvement of the community.

Selections will be based on the nominee’s achievements and contributions for the year of 2020.

“Civic awards exist to recognize excellence in volunteerism within the community, to give that stand out acknowledgement for the people who really go above and beyond in their community service throughout the year,” recreation coordinator Ben Stringer told the View.

Stringer is encouraging residents to consider the contributions of people in the community and nominate a deserving citizen.

“We have our Unsung Hero Award to recognize a Peachland who has given contributions throughout the years but has never received an award at our civic awards. We have Lifetime Service Awards to recognize long-term contributions by residents or by groups,” said Stringer. “Sometimes the Unsung Heroes have been dedicated for years and years and years and for whatever reason, maybe they’re always part of larger committees and haven’t had that individual recognition yet. It gives that great opportunity to give that pat on the back to someone who has put in the effort, put in the time, and always the one to say ‘yes’ when help’s needed.”

The top prizes awarded at the ceremony each year is the Citizen of the Year and Youth Citizen of the Year.

“For these two categories that is the volunteer who has contributed the most within that calendar year,” said Stringer.

Past recipients of the Citizen of the Year Award include Mary Smith (1979), Richard Smith (1984), Wes and Judy Bedford (1994), Don Wilson (1996), Wilma McKinnon (2005), Al Springer (2006), Phyllis Papineau (2008), Chris Scowen (2011), Jean Saul (2014), Darlene Hartford (2017), Peachland’s first two-time winner, Judy Bedford (2018), and the most recent recipient, Deb Livingstone (2019).

A record of past Citizen of the Year Award recipients is located in the lobby of the Peachland Community Centre.

Recognition isn’t limited to people involved in community groups; it could be a good neighbour who is always helping out.

“If they’re giving back in ways big or small and someone wants to recognize them, we’re always happy to consider them for an award,” Stringer said.

“With 2020 being such an unusual year with the extra restrictions and challenges of COVID-19, for those volunteers

who came in and stepped up to the plate despite the pandemic, this is a really good opportunity to recognize them for extra achievements in a challenging year.”

In addition to the awards listed above, the ceremony is also the time of year when, upon request, the municipality recognizes 50th, 60th and 70th wedding anniversaries, residents who have reached their 100th birthday and those who have lived in Peachland for over 75 years. The mayor and

council will also select the Councillors Award of Merit and the Mayor’s Award of Merit.

How the awards ceremony will be presented this year is still to be determined.

Residents can download a nomination form from peachland.ca/civic-awards.

The deadline to submit a completed nomination package to the municipality is March 5 at noon.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WAIVED Notice is hereby given that Council has waived the requirement to hold a Public Hearing under Section 464(2) of the Local Government Act. The bylaw amendment proposes to add the use of Care Facility, Major to the property located at 6140 Turner Avenue for the purposes of increasing the provision of childcare services to more than eight (8) children.

Bylaw No. 2312 to proposes to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2100, 2014 as follows: 1.

THAT Section 7.5 R-1 Zone – Single Detached Residential be amended by adding Subsection .3 – Site Specific Uses, Buildings and Structures;

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AND THAT Sub-section .3 include the following: a.

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‘On Lot 2, DL 1183, ODYD, Plan 29212 (6140 Turner Avenue): one Care Facility, Major for the purposes of the provision of childcare services’ as indicated on Schedule ‘A’ of Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2312, 2021

AND FURTHER THAT Schedule “B” – Zoning Map be amended by: a.

Depicting the site specific text amendment on Lot 2, DL 1183, ODYD, Plan 29212 (6140 Turner Avenue) as shown in Schedule ‘B’ of Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2312, 2021;

Approval of this bylaw will support the development of an additional two (2) childcare spaces at an existing childcare facility.

Applicant:

Megan Leckie

Civic Address: 6140 Turner Avenue

The public may review copies of the proposed Bylaw, Council reports and related material at the Community Centre, 4450 6th Street, Peachland, B.C. during normal business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)

Monday to Friday excluding Statutory Holidays, from February 12, 2021 to February 23, 2021 or on the District’s website at www.peachland.ca/publichearings.

NO REPRESENTATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE RECEIVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL DUE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING BEING WAIVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT

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Chamber voices support for MP Dan Albas’ ‘Buy, Sip and Ship’ Peachland Chamber President Greg Sewell is vocal in his praise for MP Dan Albas’ Private Member Bill C-260. The Globe and Mail joined the chorus of serious voices at the end of January, calling it a “no brainer that Canadians should be able to buy alcohol online from producers.”

“For several years, the Peachland Chamber has supported the Kelowna Chamber who has submitted policies to both the provincial and federal governments asking them to tear down the barriers that prevent interprovincial shipping of beer, wine and spirits,” said Sewell.

“We always hear enthusiastic support, but then nothing ever happens to change the status quo. What MP Albas has done is, in journalist Rita Trichur’s words, found ‘an elegant fix to a thorny issue that has dogged the industry for years.’ Trichur asks the Prime Minister to adopt the idea and incorporate it into the upcoming federal budget. We second that ask.”

Using Canada Post is indeed, an elegant work-round to get Okanagan-manufactured spirits, beer and wine into the hands of consumers now. In the midst of wide-ranging travel bans and the inability of our valley’s outstanding beverage products to legally make it even to Alberta – a sensible idea.

And, if there is a beer that consumers in the Okanagan want to order from Alberta, or a wine from Niagara, that would then be possible, too.

There is an online e-petition started by the CEO of Lightning Rock Winery in Summerland, Ron Kubek (also president of the Summerland Chamber), and it can be accessed here: https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3044&fbclid=IwAR0sAQ_xcgHcByVWK8XSmKLru6Edsob0-DrQiKFw6YDYf3470Qus_CNjBvE The Private Member’s Bill can be found at: https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails. aspx?Language=E&billId=10929012 “You know what?” asked Sewell. “It’s time. Canada Post would welcome the business.

Canadians would welcome more open access to Canadian-made artisanal products. And we would all benefit.”

Patrick Van Minsel, executive director Peachland Chamber of Commerce

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History quiz at Peachland Visitor Centre to continue until fall The history quizzes will continue until the fall with a new one each month. Get outside, breathe in the fresh air and find the answers on signs all over downtown Peachland. Pick up and return your quiz to the visitors centre and receive a beautiful participation certif-

icate. Learn about Peachland’s past and get exercise at the same time. Don Wilson at the museum may give you the answers if you bribe him with homemade cookies.

Phyllis Papineau, Peachland

Reflections on our Rotary Club activities during a year of COVID

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Peachland Rotary donated $1,000 to Cops for Kids last summer.

Never did I imagine when I took on the presidency of the club that a worldwide pandemic would isolate us in our homes and put us in face masks whenever we ventured out. Nor could I have imagined that we would see so much financial stress and mental anguish from not being able to shake hands, hug, kiss or get socially close to family and friends.

When I reflect on the last year, albeit a COVID year, I believe our Peachland club rose to the challenge of adapting to new Zoom technology and carried on with local projects, activities and fundraisers for the betterment of our community. In many cases, due to social distancing requirements, we were unable to fundraise or do service projects in the traditional way.

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone,

especially our Rotary club members who so generously donated their time, hard earned dollars and giving spirit for the betterment of humankind. Even in a

• Supported 2020 Cops for Kids by donating $1,000; • Donated $3,000 to the Peachland Food Bank; • Donated planters and flowers to JoeAnna’s House in Kelowna, providing a more cheerful welcome for those families using the accommodation while their loved ones are in hospital at KGH; • Put seven volunteers through Canadian blood donor training and began volunteering with the CBS clinic in Peachland, helping with blood donor clinics; • continued the Starfish Backpack Program, delivering seven weekly backpacks

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Peachland Rotarians braved the elements to raise funds for End Polio Now.

COVID year we achieved a lot. Here is a smattering of what we accomplished: Locally, our club has:

to students identified as being in need at Peachland Elementary School. We also provided extra Save-

On-Foods gift certificates at Easter, Christmas and the end of school year; • Made weekly bread deliveries to the Starfish Program, Peachland Foodbank and Peachland Wellness Centre; • Conducted a Peachland Pumpkin Patch event, which helped with funding for the Starfish Program; • In conjunction with the Legion, provided funding for the Field of Crosses in honour of Peachlanders who gave their lives fighting in the First World War and Second World War; • Provided the Okanagan College Foundation a donation of $4,442.99 to purchase a gurney for the college’s new nurses training facility in Kelowna; • Raised funds through a Christmas raffle to provide three $1,500 scholarships for the Okanagan College Foundation; • Raised $2,500 toward supporting End Polio Now, our international Rotary program; • Organized Christmas gifts for needy seniors and assisted the Salvation Army with their annual Christmas Kettle Drive; and • Donated an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) machine to the Peachland Wellness Centre.

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Internationally, we: • Gave to the Roll-a-Hippo Project to support the Survival Gardens project in Africa by providing water transport and sustainable food; • Supported Guatemala Literacy, providing a donation to support this basic literacy program; • Gave a $2,500 donation to the Gitsegukla First

Nation Community in Kitseguecla, Northern B.C. to assist the WritetoRead Literacy Program; and • Club members also donated $3,900 to Shelter Box, which supports those living in disaster areas, providing shelter and necessities for survival.

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LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES DRIVE BY HOT CHOCOLATE is the latest Peachland Recovery Task Force event. Head to the community centre on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) between 10 am and 2 pm, roll down your window (wearing a mask) and receive hot chocolate to warm the heart and spirit. There is no charge, but donations will be accepted to help with their next event. Those who can’t drive to get hot chocolate can register by emailing a request to prtf2020@gmail.com or calling Madeleine Nixon at 778-214-1999 for delivery of a ‘make-at-home’ hot chocolate package. This event is being graciously supported by realtor Larry Guilbault of Coldwell Banker.

PEACHLAND PIG-OUT FOR PRIZES - THE MORE YOU EAT, THE MORE CHANCES YOU HAVE TO WIN! From Feb. 15 – Mar. 31 the Peachland Recovery Task Force will help struggling local restaurants with a promotion to encourage residents to dine locally. Dine-in and take-out purchases of $20 or more from Friday – Sunday or $10 from Monday – Thursday during the promotion period will qualify diners for entry into a draw for some fantastic prizes, including local restaurant and retail gift cards.

HeARTS FESTIVAL is going virtual this year! The Peachland Community Arts Council’s annual festival will run from Feb. 8 - 13: The theme this year is Art is Love. All ages are encouraged to participate through painting, fabric art, poetry, photography, garden design, and an historical quiz about Peachland. Prizes will be drawn for both adults and children

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 THERAPEUTIC FLOW YOGA 9 am - 10:15 am Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community 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 BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE ACRYLIC WORKSHOP 1 pm – 4 pm Registration: plsworkshops@ peachlandarts.ca Peachland Community Centre

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CAPTURED IMAGES, the largest and longest running fine art photography exhibition in the Okanagan, returns for its seventh year. The exhibition will take place at the Peachland Art Gallery from Feb. 13 - Mar. 28.

COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL SEEDY SATURDAY CONFERENCE Feb. 19 - 21. Visit bcseeds.org PEACHLAND AMBASSADORS INFORMATION NIGHT for youth aged 14-17 on Feb. 23 at 7 pm. Call Linda at 778 479 2843.

PINK SHIRT DAY BREAKFAST IN A BOX Box includes breakfast, pink items, and a surprise or two and to help celebrate Pink Shirt Day on February 24. The club will also host a short Virtual Kick-Start on the morning of Feb. 24 with details on how to join them and what to do to be included in each breakfast box.

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Captured Images photography exhibition to feature seven local artists in line-up

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PEACHLAND ART GALLERY The Peachland Art Gallery is proud to showcase the seventh annual Captured Images, the largest and longest running fine art photography exhibition in the valley showing over 70 works by 36 contributors. While it attracts many photographers from the entire valley, we are happy to feature seven local artists in the line-up.

Nicole Remillard is an emerging artist, working primarily in photography, often using nature, landscapes, and architecture to tell her story. Working in the corporate world for a large part of her life prevented her from fully exploring and showcasing her passion for photography.

Now following her dream, Remillard is breaking out of the corporate mold. Through her lens of the world and its beauty, she shares her personal journey of self discovery and ultimate awakening.

Alexandra Morrison is an award-winning photographic artist specializing in freestyle fine art photography. Mor-

rison was selected the Canadian Photographer of the Year in 2009 by the Professional Photographers of Canada and was selected three times as the Manitoba Photographer of the Year in 2011, 2012 and 2015. She earned the designation Craftsman of Photographic Arts in 2018 and was a finalist in the top 10, for best Landscape Image in the 2013 World Photographic Cup. Berkeley Stuart was born in Berkeley, CA. During her high school years, her father’s work took them abroad, where they lived in Pakistan and a travel bug was born. The history, colours and textures of Asia have been a lifelong influence and inspiration to Berkeley. The decision to retire early and move to Peachland, after raising two sons in Calgary, has been a great one. Adventurous touring, bicycling, and hiking trips have provided many ideas for her creative arts pursuits in photography.

Christopher Byrd is a retired secondary school teacher of English, Photography, Filmmaking, and Graphic Design, originally from Montreal.

In retirement, he record-

ed his world travels in digital images that he now prints, mounts, and exhibits.

While photojournalism was an integral part of his travels, Byrd also became absorbed in semi-abstract imagery. There he found himself in another realm that lends itself to the imagination and entices the viewer to participate to explore all possibilities rather than stand back and accept complacently what lies on the surface.

After graduating from Queen’s University with a degree in Finance and Computer Science, Martin Marchyshyn embarked on a 35-plus year career in the field of computer engineering, a highly structured discipline. That’s when he turned to photography as a creative outlet, a medium to free his inner artist.

Marchyshyn fills any “free” time teaching the craft and art of digital photography to local camera groups, jurying photographic exhibitions and competitions, and mentoring several photographers in the Okanagan Valley.

Martha McKenzie was born and raised on the North Shore of Vancouver, B.C. McKenzie has followed her father’s love for photography, showing particular interest in nature and urban settings.

Her love for travel has added to her creativity; Paris is one of her favourite cities because of its beauty, culture and graffiti.

Recently retired, she spent the past 20 years working as an education aide at a high school, volunteering her spare time shooting sporting events, plays and outings with the students.

Kerry Rawlinson was raised in Zambia, where her dad inspired her photographic bent.

Rawlinson and hubby emigrated to Canada, and after a 35-year career in architectural design and technology, retired to Peachland.

They now enjoy their grandkids, travelling

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whenever they can, whilst Kerry pursues a second career. She’s achieved many notable awards and nominations in photo-art; flash fiction and poetry; (including for a Pushcart prize); and her work can

be found in dozens of literary publications. Kerry also volunteers as curator of the Kelowna Airport Art Gallery.

The exhibition opens Saturday, Feb. 13 and runs until Sunday,

March 28. The gallery is open Tuesday – Sunday from 10 a.m. -4 p.m.

COVID protocols are in place, including hand-sanitizing, social distancing and of course, masking.

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Tim and Doris O’Donnell enjoyed some warm temperatures last Friday before the cold weather set in. Cold arctic air pushed southwards across the B.C. Interior and persisted throughout the week. Temperatures over Interior regions were 10 to 20 degrees below the seasonal average, making for the coldest conditions seen this season.

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PEEK AT THE PAST - a portrait of Recovery task force launches Peachland’s pioneers: Noel Ekrol Peachland Pig-out for Prizes JOANNE LAYH

Noel Ekrol in 1949 (on the left, shown with friend Shirley Mae Jeffrey) and today.

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PEACHLAND COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL Noel (Witt) Ekrol moved here at age three from Arrow Lakes/Nakusp, the middle sister of three girls. Her dad had the Esso station and started the sawmill with Mr. Dell. Her mom had a big garden behind the Peachland Wellness Centre.

Ekrol’s family lived on Victoria Ave. on five acres, and her three daughters, Cameo, Melanie, and Holly, went to school here, along with one stepson from her second marriage.

Marietta and Zeb Witt were her grandparents and Maude and Frank Witt were her great grandparents. Her grandparents from her mother’s side were James and Alice Dowler. Her father was Neil Witt. Her mother was Sybil, the last of nine siblings, named after Lady Grey, who was married to the Governor General. Ekrol’s great-aunt Annie was a registered nurse at Government House in Ottawa, as well as a VON nurse in Vancouver. She carried a pistol for safety, but never had to use it.

Noel’s childhood fun centred on activities around Peachland for the most part.

The road to Kelowna was gravel from Hardy Falls on. They went to Summerland more often, as that section was paved.

School activities included Cadets, basketball, and dances at the community hall. She remembers it was always open, and on Saturday nights, Karl Culllor would play the piano for the dances. Her older sister had a gang of friends, who would go together to the dances. Sometimes the kids would go out on the wharf to dance beside the lake, where the cenotaph now stands.

Ekrol enjoyed some mischief once in a while, like most kids. Once Noel and her friend found some corn in a field in Westbank, picked some ears, went down to Deep Creek with her mom’s boiler, and invited everyone to come for a corn roast. But it was “cow corn” - no good to eat!

Deep Creek was not a good place for swimming. It had a lot of big boulders, and no path to the falls. The beach was covered with poison ivy and thick with trees, until after the Second World War. Noel’s great grandfather picked a bouquet of it for her

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grandmother, as it had turned bright red in the fall. He never got the poison ivy itch, but she sure did!

Ekrol remembers Mr. Watt - he always carried the Haggis at Robbie Burns night at the Legion hall. When she was little, they would lie in the raspberry patch and call out “two-Watt belly-buster!” from their hiding spot.

Ekrol was married four times. Her first husband was Harry Hudson. Hudson was in the Navy during the Korean War, and they lived in Halifax briefly, as well as Victoria. She met Hudson playing basketball in Peachland. A local woman named Madeline organized the basketball; she had a big heart, and the biggest foul mouth, but the kids loved her. Madeline looked after Shirley Mae Jeffrey’s mother, and would make jam for Ekrol, using the crabapples that grew on the Jeffreys’ property.

Ekrol’s adventures took her to Seattle and Portland to learn to be a florist. She also spent some years in Calgary. When she returned to Peachland she met and married her fourth husband, Robert Ekrol, a farmer from Alberta. Her grandmother had taught him piano in Veteran, Alberta, two hours east of Red Deer, in the Nose Hills. Her parents were friends with his mother, and went to a reunion there, where Noel met him.

He had a house in Peachland, along with the farm, which he continued working on during their marriage. She would drive back and forth to the farm by herself every season, for over 20 years. She didn’t mind the long drive, and found out which were the good motels to stay in along the way.

Ekrol’s travels have taken her to Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Japan, Russia, and the UK, where she drove around England and Scotland, the homeland of her ancestors, with her mother, aunt and sister.

Ekrol lived in Westbank when her husband was there in a nursing home. She later moved back to Peachland, to Antler’s Beach.

She currently resides in a seniors’ complex in downtown Peachland and enjoys watching the comings and goings from her vantage point, along with her little dog, Sassy.

The Peachland Recovery Task Force has launched its latest initiative to help the community through COVID-19: Peachland Pigout for Prizes.

“It’s to help our struggling restaurants,” Peachland Recovery Task Force member Rick Ingram told the View. “The more you eat, the more chances you have to win.”

“The idea is that all purchases that people make between February 15 and March 31 will qualify them for an entry into a draw and in order to encourage even more entries, it’s for both dine in and take out.”

For every $20 spent on Friday, Saturday or Sunday diners will receive one entry and to further encourage people to support local restaurants when they’re even slower, diners will receive an entry for every $10 spent from Monday through Thursday.

Ingram says they have some very nice prizes to give out, which include gift certificates to restaurants and local retail stores.

The hospitality industry has been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“For a period of time restaurants were shut down and could only be take out and since then they’ve been allowed to open up, but they are at about 50 per cent capacity. They have to have the social distancing between tables and people have to wear masks as they come in, can take them off to have their meal and then put their mask back on to go out,” said Ingram.

The task force is hoping that by April the restaurants will be able to use patio spaces again but until then they need some extra love from the community.

Typically, Peachland’s restaurants only survive the winter because they’ve had a good summer and last year most of them did not have a good summer.

“We really need to help them through the winter,” said Ingram. “In Peachland, we’re very lucky that

we have quite a few restaurants and they need extra support to make sure they survive.”

The task force has been reaching out to local businesses to provide prizes

and so far the reaction has been very positive.

“They’re going to be very nice prizes,” said Ingram.

“Hopefully that entices people to go out a lot so they have lots of entries.”

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