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Contractors poured concrete for the splash pad in Heritage Park last Tuesday. The splash pad structure is on track to be completed by mid-June but likely won’t open until sometime after Canada Day, due to challenges with BC Hydro.

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Single vehicle crash Province announces four-step “Restart Plan” on Drought Hill JOANNE LAYH A driver was transported to hospital by Emergency Health Services this morning following a single vehicle crash that took place just after 6:30 a.m. on Drought Hill.

The vehicle, a blue Volkswagen sedan, was travelling southbound on Highway 97 when it travelled right off road and rolled onto its side, said RCMP Cst. Solana Paré.

The accident happened on Highway 97 just past the Highway 97C interchange.

The driver sustained minor injuries in the collision and was transported to hospital for further assessment due.

Police say impairment is not a factor in the collision.

Search called off for diver

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Essential workers at the Granville Island Public Market on April 11, 2021.

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CONTRIBUTED After nine days of searching for missing Kamloops firefighter Brian Lannon, Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) has been officially stood down by RCMP. COSAR members volunteered more than 500 hours working alongside the RCMP dive team, who used the COSAR landing craft The Sweatman as a diving platform.

Lannon went missing on May 15 after he failed to surface while diving near the William R. Bennett Bridge.

Criminality is not suspected in the incident.

British Columbia lifted a number of restrictions starting Tuesday, May 25 as part of the four-step “Restart Plan” which includes a green light on indoor dining, gyms and outdoor sports.

The four steps outline goals for the spring and summer and look ahead to ease more restrictions within the coming months and hopefully bring back more normalcy to people’s lives.

Residents can now start dining indoors, going to the gym for low-intensity workouts, having religious gatherings in person, and participating in outdoor sports.

All of these activities still should be happening on a smaller scale while following physical distancing measures and wearing masks.

The B.C. official Restart Plan states that it’s a careful guide to “bring B.C. back together. Starting May 25, we can gradually begin to restart our important social connections, businesses and activities. Getting vaccinated is the most important tool supporting our restart.”

While recreational travel is allowed, B.C. residents are still only allowed to travel within the three regional health zones.

The following is allowed starting May 25 under Step 1 of the Restart Plan: • Up to five visitors for a personal indoor gathering; • Up to 10 visitors for either a personal outdoor gathering or seated, indoor organized gatherings; • Up to 50 people for seated outdoor organized gatherings; • Indoor dining with up to six people; no mingling with other tables allowed; • Outdoor sports games with no spectators; and • Indoor, in-person faith-based gatherings at a reduced capacity based on consultation with public health.

In the last few months, daily case counts and active case counts in the province have gone down by 61 and 55 per cent, respectively.

Currently, about 60 per cent of British Columbians over 18 have received their first dose of the vaccine. The prov-

ince aims for 65 per cent of the population over 18 to have their first dose by Step 2 around the start of July.

According to the Restart Plan, practically all safety measures could be lifted by the first week of September.

Learn more about the plan at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/ gov/content/covid-19/info/restart.

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Peachlanders paying a huge bill Peachlanders are paying a huge bill. An economic negative externality is occurring in our community because the production of goods has caused a harmful effect to a third party. That third party is us.

In Peachland, this negative externality is filthy water coming out of our clearcut watershed and a $24 million cost for our new water treatment plant. Meanwhile, the corporations that caused the watershed damage walk away scot free with their profits.

The citizens of Peachland did not agree to

incur either of these costs and it shows the impotence of our elected leaders at all levels of government to stand up to industry.

Profit driven corporations incentivize politicians to make certain decisions for you. Against your best interests.

Now the citizens of Peachland are left with a desecrated watershed and an annual levy. Taxpayers absorb the full $24 million bill.

Corporations 1, Peachland citizens 0.

Michael Huber, Peachland

Music in the park a top pick in survey The Peachland Recovery Task Force (PRTF) was established in April 2020 to take collective steps to help the people and businesses of Peachland deal with the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic. The PRTF wanted to know what community needs had arisen as a result of COVID-19 and how the pandemic affected the community so a survey was conducted. Participants were asked to answer six questions that would assist the PRTF committee with identifying and planning Peachland’s future needs in the areas of mental health and well-being.

The results are in. There were 114 online responses and 14 hard copy surveys turned in from the Seniors Residences on 6th.

The major takeaway from the survey was that there was a high level of anxiety around the COVID-19 virus, vaccines and keeping family

healthy. Many respondents expressed concern regarding not being able to see family and loved ones. The most enjoyed activities during the pandemic were walking, drive-by celebrations and at home hobbies. The top pick for COVID-19 friendly activities for the future were concerts/ music in the park. The majority of respondents felt that the PRTF was doing a good job in the community and that Peachland is holding its own during the pandemic.

If anyone would like to receive the full eight-page COVID-19 results document, email madeleinenixon@outlook.com. If you would like to review a hard copy, a copy is available at the Wellness Centre and the Senior’s Residences on 6th.

Madeleine Nixon Peachland Recovery Task Force

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Are huckleberries and trembling aspen weeds? New director of corporate services Did you know that you could not plant deciduous shrubs and trees on public land in B.C.?

A Peachland non-profit watershed preservation group found this out when they organized a community tree-planting event on crown land, to replant a portion of their heavily logged and burned forest with indigenous and edible plants that have value to wildlife and biodiversity.

The B.C. Ministry of Forestry advised the group that they had to apply for a permit to plant trees in their community-drinking watershed, which is crown land, and even then, they could only plant commercial coniferous trees (the stated preference is for commercially raised nursery trees, as they are faster growing).

The Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance has since learned that by law, loggers are not allowed to grow deciduous species. That is tough news for wildlife, as deciduous trees provide food and cover for moose, deer, elk and others, as well as provide firebreaks, retain more water and reduce flooding. Aspen do not readily burn because their bark is like a giant leaf, so they act as nature’s fire suppression mechanism.

Logging companies are only permitted to have deciduous dominated forests on no more than five per cent of a regenerating cut block, even if the natural balance of the forest would have a much higher ratio of leaf and coniferous trees.

While we understand the regulations wish to prevent the spread of invasive species, a closer look into tree plantations show it is mostly about profits, less about ecosystem health.

More confusing is the ‘Free to Grow’ legislation that drives other negative refor-

esting behaviour. Loggers are allowed to switch the native conifer species in a cut block after harvesting. If they remove slow growing spruce or Douglas fir, they have persuaded the forest service to allow them to exchange for fast-growing lodge pole pine seedlings, because pine is initially fast growing in early stages and outpaces the surrounding brush in five to seven years, allowing loggers to stop monitoring those cut blocks. While industry is now able to walk away from its responsibility to the clear cut, visits to cut blocks 25 years late show the pine is a poor competitor in its later states. The fake forests just are not thriving…but they make great fire starter.

One final piece of the tree-planting story is cost. Ultimately forestry companies have to spend money to reforest our province, but a little known and rather shady secret of the industry is that they receive tax credits for their reforestation efforts; a tax relief for the money they ostensible must invest in replanting clear cuts. They get this money from government in advance, regardless of how much they spend, if they spend it at all, if the tree farm survives or if the cut block is left to regenerate naturally.

This means forestry companies sometimes happily pocket taxpayer dollars for reforestation efforts they never fulfill.

We’re shocked that we’re prohibited from planting native trees on publicly owned land, that wildlife depends on for their survival. We are simply replacing what the loggers have taken, but it’s not allowed.

The logging industry has an iron clad grip on this province. It is time to end the forest tenure system in B.C. as it doesn’t serve the people – or wildlife – only the logging companies themselves.

Taryn Skalbania, Peachland

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JOANNE LAYH Jennifer Sawatzky recently joined the District of Peachland and is now the community’s new director of corporate services.

Sawatzky takes the place of Polly Palmer, who retired on May 14.

Last Tuesday Sawatzky was officially appointed to her position by council and also made a freedom of information and protection of privacy coordinator for the district.

Sawatzky comes to Peachland from Strathmore, Alberta, where she worked for the Town of Strathmore. Sawatzky began working for the town as the coordinator of legislative services and over a ten-year period worked her way up to become the director of strategic administrative services.

Prior to living in Strathmore, Sawatzky spent five years as the municipal clerk in High Level, which is located in northern Alberta, just two hours from the Northwest Territories border.

Sawatzky’s entire career has been focused on local government in some way or another.

She and her husband grew up in the

small town of Carman, Manitoba, which is where Sawatzky got her start in municipal government as a secretary treasurer for the recreation commission.

Sawatzky says she was drawn to the Okanagan to be closer to family living in the area.

“I haven’t lived close to my family in over 25 years so it was just time to get closer to family, and how could you not want to live here?” Sawatzky told the View.

Sawatzky says she is looking forward to living in a smaller community.

“Living here I’m happy to be close to my family and just have the opportunity to do things with them,” said Sawatzky. “Just the lifestyle here, there’s so many opportunities for recreation and just taking in nature.

On a personal level that’s what I’m excited for. But on a work level I’m also excited to get in and learn how the community functions and get involved in volunteering in the community and getting to know the community. I’m just really excited to be a part of the community and I’m always open to meeting with people if they want to give me a call,” said Sawatzky.

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LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES A 10 X 10 FUNDRAISER is now on at the Peachland Visitor Centre. The Peachland Historic School Accessible Plaza Society is raising funds in their quest for a barrier-free plaza that will provide accessibility into the building and create a plaza area outside.Local artists have been working on their 10 X 10 paintings, which are now for sale at $150 a piece, with the proceeds going towards the plaza project as well as to the artist. They’re awaiting your visit over the next weeks from 10 am - 4 pm at the visitor centre on Tuesdays to Sundays.

PASSIONATE EXHIBITION runs until June 20 at the Peachland Art Gallery. View artworks featuring an expressive exhibition of powerful femaile interpretations...plus more.

MAY HISTORY QUIZ Enjoy fun in the fresh air and learn about Peachland as you take the May History Quiz. Pick up the quiz at the Peachland Visitor Centre and return it for your very on participant’s certificate. The clues can be found on signs, buildings, on the pier and at the museum.

GENTLY USED BOOK SALE will be hosted by the Rotary Club of Peachland on May 29 from 10am - 3 pm in the parking lot of the Peachland Baptist Church (Lake Ave. and 13th St.). All proceeds raised go toward Shelter Box. PEACHLAND ART AND GARDEN TOUR will take place on June 12 from 9 am to 4 pm. Tickets are $15. For more information contact the Peachland Visitor Centre.

BC BAT WATCH BAT COUNTS happen June 11 and 25. Meet in front of Peachland Historic School at dusk with a lawn chair and phone to download the counting app. Register at peachlandbats@gmail.com BUILD A BAT HOUSE WITH DAD on June 19. Details available soon. Registrations are limited due to social distancing.

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BATS OUT OF THE DARKNESS opens July 1 and remains in Peachland until Oct. 31. Many of us are in the dark about bats and their survival depends on our enlightenment. This four-wall exhibition including videos, specimens, and scientific equipment used to find and study bats, brings the bats of British Columbia ‘out of the darkness and into our consciousness’. The exhibiton will serve as a reminder of how essential bats are to the environment and provide a chance to celebrate these amazing creatures.

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WEDNESDAYS FITNESS ROOM 7 am - 4 pm Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8 am - 9 Am Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre BALANCE, CORE, STRENGTH AND STRETCH 9 am - 10 am Outdoor locations CHAIR YOGA 10:30 am 50 Plus Activity Centre

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THE PEACHLAND VISITOR CENTRE is currently seeking volunteers to join their team. They plan to have safe COVID-19 outdoor volunteer led Peachland walking tours plus a Visitor Information kiosk at the Sunday market. Volunteers are required in the centre as well, especially over the weekends.

They ask for a minimum of four hours per week. Hours are 10 am – 4 pm, Tuesday - Sunday, May - June, then in July August, 9 am – 5 pm daily. For more information contact vcmanager@visitpeachland.com or call 250 767 2455.

THE BARGAIN BIN is looking for women and men to volunteer. Shifts are three hours for women and usually less for men. Women work on donations and/or work the cash desk. Men move donations and processed items to other locations. Training is provided. Enjoy some new friends while doing something worthwhile. COVID restrictions are followed. Drop by the Bin during business hours to fill out an application or contact Janet at 250 767 9664 for more details or to volunteer.

BEEPS NEEDS YOUR HELP! Volunteer bat counters welcome June 11 and 25 plus every Friday night during July and August. Bring your lawn chair and a phone to download the counting app. Meet in front of Peachland Historic School at dusk (usually 8:30 pm). Pre-register at peachlandbats@gmail.com Enjoy a leisurely hike? Help BEEPS guide groups or families and friends on walking tours along the Bat House Interpretive Trail on Beach Avenue and Trepanier Creek. For a little more elevation, assist with the BEEPS in the Vineyard Trail and stroll up to Hainle Winery’s plateau vineyard with a panoramic view. Pre-register at peachlandbats@gmail.com

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School board announces plans Birds of Peachland: to repurpose George Pringle

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JOANNE LAYH The site of George Pringle Elementary may once again become home to a high school, the Central Okanagan Public Schools Board announced last Friday.

The board revealed that at their next meeting trustees would be asked to support a motion to repurpose the École George Pringle Elementary School site for the construction of a new secondary school, subject to funding approval by the Ministry of Education.

If approved, the proposal would relocate the École George Pringle Elementary School English program to the Webber Road Elementary School site and the French Immersion program to Glenrosa Elementary School and/or Hudson Road Elementary School for fall 2022.

The proposal also commits the board to conduct a comprehensive community consultation starting this fall to establish new elementary, middle and secondary catchments for Westside schools.

The proposal is intended to provide a long-term solution to address the significant growth in Westside schools.

Mount Boucherie Secondary School is overcapacity and is expected to continue to grow, according to the school board.

The school district received provincial approval for a new secondary school back in 2019, and since then the board has been exploring options to secure land for the school, however, those efforts have proven unsuccessful.

The site of the Webber Road Community Centre, which the school district owns, was considered but cannot proceed due to what the school board refers to as “significant challenges with location, topography, and the designated archaeological/historical site where the school would be built.”

Justin Schneider, Central Okanagan Public Schools communications advisor, says it is urgent that the district move forward with this project since Mount Boucherie Secondary School cannot be expanded further.

“Any delays in approval may cause provincial funding to be revoked or redirected by the Ministry of Education,” said Schneider.

The board says its only solution to securing a site to build a second secondary school on the Westside will be to reopen Webber Road Elementary School and repurpose the École George Pringle Elementary site.

“Left with only a single feasible solution after years of comprehensive investigation, the board is faced with an incredibly difficult situation as it strives to ensure that it has the space to serve our students on the Westside,” said Board Chairperson Moyra Baxter. “As a board, we are committed to ensuring that the students and families of École George Pringle Elementary School will be well supported if the decision is to proceed with this plan.”

At press time, the board had not yet held their May 26 meeting.

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MARION HALL There are many varieties of Woodpeckers in British Columbia and some are very large birds. However, the smallest Woodpecker is the Downy. There are two other birds that are very similar to the Downy - the Hairy Woodpecker and the Three-toed Woodpecker. The Downy is the one that you are most likely to see in your garden and it is quite commonly seen. This photograph is of a female Downy. The male is very similar but has a red patch on the back of its head. Unlike most Woodpeckers, the Downy has a very short bill. The Hairy has a much larger bill.

Feeding: It can forage not only on trunks and major limbs of trees but also on minor branches and twigs. It is often climbing about acrobatically and hanging upside down on shrubs and weed stalks. When feeding on trees, they do more tapping and excavating in winter; more gleaning from the surface in the summer.

Eggs: white, usually four to five. Incubation is by both sexes in about 12 days.

Young: Both parents bring insects to feed the nestlings.

The young leave the nest about 20-25 days after hatching.

They may follow parents around for a few weeks thereafter.

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Peachland Chamber of Commerce responds to B.C.’s restart plan PATRICK VAN MINSEL

PEACHLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Peachland Chamber of Commerce welcomes B.C.’s restart plan as a positive step forwards, but there is still significant concern about the fragility of businesses and the economy.

On May 25, Premier John Horgan and his government unveiled a four-stage process that allows people to come together between now and the fall depending on vaccination results and cases of Covid-19.

It’s very good news that the Circuit Breaker restrictions of almost two months have been eased and that means indoor dining of up to six people can resume as can low-intensity classes at fitness centres. For these businesses specifically, they can welcome back their loyal customers and get their staff back to work.

Beyond ending the Circuit Breaker, phase one allows for recreational travel within the Interior region. Non-essential travel between regions is still restricted.

The provincewide mask mandate, physical distancing measures and business safety protocols remain in place.

We would ask all residents to adhere to the health rules and to respect business owners and their staff while continuing to demonstrate their ongoing support for local businesses, who are essential to a vibrant community and economy.

In terms of the other phases of the restart plan, step two could begin at the earliest June 15 with up to 50 people allowed indoors for movies or live theatre, and indoor sports and high-intensity fitness with safety protocols. Step three in early July could see casinos and night clubs reopen with capacity limits, and increased capacity for indoor and outdoor organized gatherings. Step four in early September would see increased capacity at larger organized gatherings and no limits on indoor and outdoor spectators at sports.

The progression of these stages and the lifting of restrictions depends on people being vaccinated and continuing to follow the protocols as they are in place. Businesses cannot sustain a significant reversal of restrictions again, and all of us can play a role in restarting our economy.

Our Chamber would also encourage the provincial government to continue to provide critical support to businesses of all sizes and in all sectors as the return to stable revenue streams may be some ways off.

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Julie Mearns passed away peacefully in Kamloops at the age of 97. She was an active member of the Peachland community for twenty years. She was born in Saskatchewan and after her marriage to Richard (Dick) Simpson, they moved to Alberta. She helped work on the oil rigs and settled in Calgary, where she raised her two children before moving to Rutland in 1975. After her divorce she married Bruce Mearns. She resided in Peachland from 1994 to 2014, when she went to Kamloops to live with her daughter Carol Haughton for two years and then to Pine Grove Care.

She is survived by her daughter Carol Haughton and five grandchildren, Kerry Ivans of Vancouver, Randy (Koren) Ivans in West Kelowna, Jason Haughton of Kamloops, James Haughton of Kamloops, Josh (Kyle) Haughton of Edmonton and one great grandson, Jackson Ivans of West Kelowna, as well as her sister, Elayne Fischer of Calgary, Alberta.

She is predeceased by her son, James Richard Simpson (2010) who lived with her in Peachland, and her grandson Jeffrey Ronald Ivans (2009) who lived in Kelowna, as well as both husbands, four brothers and a sister.

She loved to dance and loved to help others. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

Due to COVID, there will be no celebration of life at this time.

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COMMUNITY

Passionate Brush exhibition now on at the Peachland Art Gallery

Above: Tranquility by Kato Rempel. Below: Infinite by Katarina Meglic.

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PEACHLAND ART GALLERY The Peachland Art Gallery’s current exhibition, Passionate Brush, features powerful interpretations of the female figure presented by Kato Rempel, AFCA, SCA, and Katarina Meglic, a West Coast painter who considers the human figure to be a vessel of storytelling.

Kato Rempel is a passionately driven Kelowna artist, diverse in her visual language.

She was born in Vancouver and spent her early twenties and thirties in the graphic design industry when the computer age was blossoming. After working 14 years in that industry, she escaped to South East Asia with her family. In Sri Lanka, Rempel studied foreign cultures,

art, and architectural design.

The foreign landscapes that inspired her most were in Sri Lanka and India. Intertwined with these exotic travel adventures, Rempel studied oil painting extensively, and years later turned her passion for art into her career.

Upon her return to Canada Rempel relocated to Kelowna,

where she had the privilege of continuing her studies in oil painting alongside two exemplary local artists, Kristy Gordon and Jerry Markham.

Now an accomplished professional artist, Rempel is constantly honing her craft and developing her style. In addition to public galleries, Rempel’s artwork can also be

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found in private collections worldwide, from Canada to Australia, England, France, Germany, India, and the United States.

Rempel has won several awards through the Federation of Canadian Artists juried shows and has completed a peer review advancement that now gives her the designation of SFCA (Senior Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists).

She received her Elected Membership designation through the SCA (Society of Canadian Artists) in 2020.

‘Passionate Brush’ is a culmination of artwork that Rempel has created over the past year. It is a combination of travel dreams, life drawing studies and figurative realism.

Katarina Meglic has a particular fascination with the figure as a metaphor for human experience and has been exploring this theme in her art for more than a decade. She has taught part-time classes in acrylic painting, large-format painting, portraiture, and figurative studies on Denman Island. Currently, she works in oils, acrylic, and mixed media.

Born in 1976 in Victoria, Meglic studied at the Victoria College of Art and Pacifi¬c Design Academy. She considers the human fi¬gure to be a vessel of storytelling, and her intimate portraits – whether depicting a salacious kiss, underwater dance, or sleeping child – are compassionate studies of character and experience. Her canvases are rich with intense colour, expressive line, and thick textures.

Meglic lives, works, and gardens on Denman Island, on what she respectfully acknowledges is unceded traditional territory of the K’omoks First Nation.

She is fond of the smell of roses and turpentine, and everything she owns is covered with paint.

The exhibition runs until Sunday, June 20, and the gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

We are following COVID guidelines, our volunteers are masked, contact tracing information is recorded and areas are sanitized regularly.

As an extra bonus, Kato Rempel is sponsoring a weekly draw of your choice of one of her small artwork collections.

Above: Empty by Kato Rempel. Below: First Seeing by Katarina Meglic.

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Answers to last week’s Crossword, Sudoku & Word Search CLUES ACROSS 1. A group of sheep 5. Of she 8. This (Spanish) 12. A type of sorcery 14. A team’s best pitcher 15. Port in southern Japan 16. Makes very happy 18. Trigonometric unit of measurement 19. From a distance 20. Winged nut 21. Consumed 22. “Heat” director 23. In all places 26 Made improvements to 30. St. __ Girl: brand of beer 31. A type of “seat” 32. Wood 33. A brief treatise on a subject of interest 34. Approval 39. Basics 42. Where judges sit 44. W. African religion

46. Commentators 47. Having many different functions 49. Member of a Semitic people 50. Flightless, fast-running bird 51. After the seventh 56. Small N. Zealand tree 57. Health care pro (abbr.)

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61. Fishing net 62. Beer 63. Tooth caregiver 64. Japanese beverage

substance 9. Expedition to observe animals 10. One who held landed granted by Anglo-Saxon king 11. Obtain in return for labor 13. Inheritable genetically 17. One who rescues 24. Doctor of Education 25. Liberal arts 26. Shock treatment 27. Disfigure 28. When you hope to get there 29. Peacock network 35. Part of (abbr.)

36. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet CLUES DOWN 37. Not just “play” 1. Garden tools 38. Former CIA 2. Early Syrian kingdom 40. Reduced to a sloping edge 3. 500 sheets of paper 41. Restricted the development of 4. Information 42. Sciences degree 5. Beloved comic strip character 43. Sea eagles 6. Distinct form of a plant 44. Saturated 7. Replenishment 45. Joints 8. Semitransparent glassy 47. Sailing boat

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