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Peachland firefighters Ethan Grover, Matt Stoltz, and Jordan Craig (shown left to right) were deployed to Lytton last week, along with the Peachland Fire and Rescue Service bush truck, to help support the Lytton Wildfire.

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Possible traffic disruptions ahead JOANNE LAYH Peachland residents may experience some traffic disruptions over the next week while a geotechnical firm completes some fieldwork in the area for future Highway 97 intersection upgrades.

Work is scheduled to take place on Huston Rd, Walker Rd, Buchanan Rd, Trepanier Bench and Highway 97.

While drilling work is taking place along the highway and public roads, there may be single lane alternating traffic or traffic interruptions, director of operations Shawn Grundy told the View.

These preliminary works are intended

to aid in detailed design and will consist of utility locating, excavation and borehole drilling, the municipality stated in a Facebook post.

The approximate timelines are as follows: • June 30 and July 5 - utility locator on site; • July 5 - site preparation at the north end of Huston Rd; • July 7-8 - overnight drilling on Highway 97 (primarily at the intersections of Highway 97/Trepanier Bench Rd and Highway 97/Huston Rd); and • July 10-14 - borehole drilling at other locations noted above (daytime).

Mobile vaccine clinic making weekend return PEACHLAND VIEW Interior Health’s mobile vaccination clinic will be returning to Peachland over the weekend.

The mobile vaccination clinic will be located in Cousins Park from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11.

Like last time, it will be a drop-in clinic and no registration is required.

Vaccines will be provided for anyone 12 years old or older who has not yet had their first dose.

Second doses will be provided to anyone who received their first dose more than seven weeks (49 days) ago.

Peachland cooling centre now closed PEACHLAND VIEW The cooling centre set up in the community centre to help residents cope with the heat wave was closed by the municipality at 4 p.m. last Friday.

“Based on the seven-day forecast from Environment Canada, extreme temperatures are expected to take a dip. By next Wednesday, highs should be in the low 30s,” Cheryl Wiebe, director of community services, said

in a press release issued last Friday morning.

The cooling centre opened on June 27 in response to a record-breaking heatwave gripping the province. Temperatures in Peachland reached 46 C on June 30.

Depending on conditions throughout the summer, the cooling centre can be re-opened as needed, said Wiebe.

For information and tips about how to manage during the heat, visit interiorhealth. ca.

Wages consistent with other gov’t JOANNE LAYH Approximately a third of Peachland’s budget went to employee remuneration last year, according to the 2020 Statement of Financial Information adopted by district council at their last regular meeting.

Municipalities are required by the provincial community charter to adopt and release a statement of financial information before June 30 of each year. The charter requires communities to disclose various financial details, including a statement of assets and liabilities, an operational statement, a schedule showing debts, and a schedule of remuneration and expenses for employees earning over $75,000.

Back in 2011 only one municipal employee earned over $100,000; last year that number climbed to seven.

The report shows that twelve district employees received over $75,000 in 2020, not including expenses. The following remuneration amounts include any applicable retroactive pay adjustments, taxable benefits, and overtime. Following are the names

of district staff earning over $75,000 in 2020: • Journeyman mechanic Larry Osborne, $80,337; • Water mechanic Jonathan Poole, $100,156; • Water mechanic Ryan Strickland, $90,368; • Senior accounting clerk Pamela Smith, $78,256; • building inspector Joseph Pomper, $77,513; • Fire chief Dennis Craig, $114,043; • Director of operations Shawn Grundy, $106,936; • Chief administrative officer Joseph Mitchell, $143,963; • Director of corporate services Polly Palmer, $114,488; • Director of planning and development services Darin Schaal, $108,246; • Director of finance Lyle Smith, $75,843; and • Director of community services Cheryl Continued on Page 3

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Friday is moving day for numerous District of Peachland employees JOANNE LAYH At 8 a.m. on Friday morning the municipal office at 5806 Beach Avenue will open its doors to the public for the first time in over a year.

Residents needing to make tax or utility payments or do other municipal business can now go to the municipal office instead of the community centre.

“We’re really looking forward to welcoming the pubic back into the building and actually meeting with people face to face,” director of corporate services Jennifer Sawatzky told the View.

Throughout the pandemic, the district office has been closed to the public and instead a temporary location has been in operation in the lobby of the community centre where the recreation department used to be and the recreation department was moved into council chambers.

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The municipal office will open its doors to the pubic on Friday morning, following the recent relaxation of Public Health Orders in British Columbia.

As of Friday, Peachland Recreation will move out of council chambers and back into their original

location and the municipal office will leave the community centre and return to their Beach Av-

enue office.

“During COVID we spread staff out throughout the district to make

congregation in staff rooms less congested so the parks staff have been in the fitness room while

the fitness room has been in the gymnasium,” said director of community services, Cheryl Wiebe.

“We needed to move the fitness room to the gym to create social distancing space so now that we’re moving back, we’re transitioning everything back as we go.”

Wiebe says transitioning the fitness room back is a little more complicated and will take a little longer because specialists are required to move the treadmills.

The recreation department hopes to have the fitness room moved back to its original location in the portable after the long weekend in August.

There’s no word yet on when council meetings will resume in person in council chambers but district staff believe it will be “soon”.

Currently meetings are being held over Zoom and webcast live.

Mayor paid over twice as much as councillors Continued from Page 2

Wiebe, $111,397.

Collectively, these staff members also claimed $22,190 in expenses.

The total remuneration for all employees was $ 2,825,546.

Mayor Cindy Fortin earned $40,642, while councillors each received $16,000, for a total of

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$136,642.

“I calculate it [staff wages] at 32 or 33 per cent, which is very reasonable for an organization,” said Councillor Patrick Van Minsel.

“For clarification for the

taxpayers, we are not paying exuberant wages here.”

Director of finance Lyle Smith said staff wages are consistent with other local governments in the area of same size.

Peachland Fire & Rescue Service Years of Service Awards Please join us in congatulating our members who received the following years of service awards.

5 Years of Service Geoff Craig Raine Dionne Jeff Froehlich Devin Smith 10 Years of Service Paul Cloutier

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15 Years of Service Wes Aigro 2020 Firefighter of the Year Jordan Craig

Tell us how you use Turner Park and what amenities are important to you!

The District acquired Turner Park on March 30, 2021.

A Concept Plan is now being prepared to determine how the park should evolve or develop in the future.

Please complete the public survey before July 31st www.surveymonkey.com/r/SSMJWBM To learn more about this project visit: www.peachland.ca/turner-park-project or contact Cheryl Wiebe, Director of Community Services, 250.767.3714.

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Lytton couple grateful to Bargain Bin I just wanted to write about the wonderful sense of community in Peachland and to thank the United Church Bargain Bin. My husband and I are from Botanie Valley near Lytton. We escaped the Lytton fire with literally the clothes on our backs. Our hobby farm was completed burned to the ground.

We have been staying with my sister, Bette Johnston, in Peachland. Somehow the Bargain Bin knew where we were in Peachland and con-

tacted us at Bette and Murray’s.

These wonderful people had arranged to open the store for us between 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Tuesday to come in and pick out whatever clothing we needed to get us through for the next while.

Everyone there was so kind. We just wanted to reach out and publicly thank the Bargain Bin and the lovely people there.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Don Glasgow and Tricia Thorpe

Consider flammability when landscaping As a long time ago volunteer firefighter, fire prevention continues to be a very high concern and pre-occupation.

Reflecting on how quickly these ferocious fires continue to consume whole

communities, it would be interesting to know how many of these homes were surrounded by two-foot tall dry grass just waiting for a little spark.

Andy Thomsen, Kelowna

Kudos to Canada Day volunteers I will always be amazed at the spirit and number of volunteers we have in Peachland.

Could we set a record for number of volunteers per capita and win a place in the World Book Of Records?

We saw and enjoyed immensely the care, quality and careful planning as well as deliciousness of food made and served July 1.

I thank the volunteers at Fifty Plus for

our Canada Day pancake breakfast with sausage, orange juice, coffee as well as our town crier, Bruce.

In addition, thanks also go out to the Wellness Centre for a bagged lunch of sandwich, salads, desserts and bottled water.

We must be the only place in Canada who benefits from being Peachlanders.

Kathleen North, Peachland

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Kari Kallen snapped this amazing photo of a blue listed northern pygmy owl while attending a recent birding workshop hosted by the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance (PWPA) and bird expert James Jansen (right). Among those who attended were Kari Kellen, Eric Hall, Greg Cole, Hiedi Gygax, Claude Leblond and James Jensen (centre photo, shown left to right). The PWPA is working with various agencies to help put a halt to logging slated to take place next year in the northern pygmy owl’s habitat.

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LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES 8TH ANNUAL “OASIS” EXHIBITION runs until July 31 at the Peachland Art Gallery. View artworks from the region’s top artists.

BATS OUT OF THE DARKNESS display at the Peachland Community Centre is open daily during July and August from 10 am - 6 pm. Many of us are in the dark about bats and their survival depends on our enlightment. 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 exhibition will serve as a reminder of how essential bats are to the environment and provide a chance to celebrate these amazing creatures.

PEACHLAND HISTORIC WALKING TOURS take place at 10 am weekends throughout July and August. Tour One begins at the Peachland Historic Mural on Beach Avenue and is approximately 1.5 hours. Tour Two begins at the Peachland Visitor Centre on Beach Avenue and is approximately one hour. To register Peachland Visitor Centre 250 767 2455. No charge; donations welcome.

BEEPS FOR SUMMER ACTIVITIES DURING JULY AND AUGUST: Mondays Kids’ Design & Tie-dye a T-shirt, Cousin’s Park at 10:30 am. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Chiroptera (Bat) Kids in the Kitchen at Peachland Community Centre 10am - 11 am & 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm. Fridays at twilight join BEEPS for weekly Bat Counts across from Swim Bay. Bring a lawn chair. Register at peachlandbats2@gmail.com For more information beepspeachland.com

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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 50+ FITNESS 9 am - 10 am ($5 Drop In) 50 Plus Activity Centre BRIDGE 1 pm – 4 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE ACRYLIC WORKSHOP 1 pm – 4 pm Registration: plsworkshops@ peachlandarts.ca Peachland Community Centre WOODCARVERS 7 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre

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 YOGA 8 am 50 Plus Activity Centre FLOW YOGA 9 am - 10 am Registration only; no drop-ins 4th Street Place THERAPEUTIC FLOW YOGA 9 - 10:15 am Heritage Park AA 12 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre BRIDGE 1 pm – 4 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre

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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 THERAPEUTIC YOGA 9 am - 10:15 am Registration only; no drop-ins 4th Street Place 50+ FITNESS 9 am - 10 am ($5 Drop In) 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 on June 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 CHAIR YOGA 10:30 am 50 Plus Activity Centre BARGAIN BIN 12 pm - 3 pm Peachland United Church BRIDGE 1 pm – 4 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre WE ART HERE 12 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre MINI KICKERS SOCCER 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre CENTRAL OKANAGAN MODEL RAILWAY CO. Train Modellers meet - visitors welcome 7 pm Peachland Musum

THURSDAYS FITNESS ROOM 7 am - 4 pm Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre THERAPUTIC FLOW YOGA 9 - 10:15 am Heritage Park

TAI CHI FOR WELLNESS 9:15 am - 10:30 am 50+ Activity Centre Hosted by the Wellness Centre Beginners welcome BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 10 am-11:45 am Peachland Wellness Centre IRON AND SILK FIT 11 am - 12 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre BARGAIN BIN 12 pm - 3 pm Peachland United Church UKELELE 1:15 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre MEAT DRAW 4 pm-6 pm Royal Canadian Legion #69

FRIDAYS 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 FLOW YOGA 9 am - 10 am Registration only; no drop-ins 4th Street Place

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Birds of Peachland: Rufous Hummingbird

MARION HALL British visitors are always fascinated when they see hummingbirds. These birds are only seen naturally in North or South America and not in Europe. The only place you can see hummingbirds in England is at the London Zoo. There are many different species of hummingbirds; the bee hummingbird (native to Cuba) is the world’s smallest bird. Ecuador is home to the largest number of hummingbirds and has more than a hundred different species.

There are five species of hummingbirds found in Canada. They migrate in the winter, going to Mexico or South America, travelling thousands of miles. Hummingbirds have great memories and will return to the same place. The hummingbird that you are most likely to see in Peachland is the Rufous and the photographs are of the female Rufous.

These tiny fast flying birds have a long bill and the ability to fly in any direction or hover on the spot. They feed on flower nectar, very small insects and sugar water at feeders.

Females are single parents. They build the nest and feed the young.

Several factors affect hummingbird migration and when exactly they start the journey.

The most important factor that determines the timing of hummingbird migration is daylight: the amount of daylight and the angle of the sun relative to the bird’s location. As the light levels change seasonally, hummingbirds eat more, increasing their weight by 25 to 40 per cent. That extra fat will be valuable energy for their upcoming long flight. They do not migrate in flocks. They migrate during the day, staying low in the air to watch closely for feeding opportunities, and rest at night. Male Rufous hummingbirds begin their migration to western Mexico in July, the females follow shortly after. The average lifespan of the hummingbird is about five years.

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PEEK AT THE PAST - A portrait of Peachland’s pioneers: Betty Sim PAULA MCLAUGHLIN

PEACHLAND COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL Betty Sim began her life as a true homesteader.

Her parents first owned a cattle ranch south of Coulee Dam in Washington State, which they had to clear, fertilize and settle.

Times were tough after the Second World War, and as her father was frustrated at the price of cattle - less than $5 a head - they came to Peachland in 1942, when Betty was nine years old. The family lived on a homestead 20 miles northeast of

Peachland, which had originally been owned by a sea captain. Her family got it after a big slide, and they had to upgrade and get water. This came from Deep Creek via flumes.

They had 1,000 head of sheep, which were taken to Pennask Summit in the summers.

Betty’s grandparents were local homesteaders as well. Her grandfather was a logger, and the youngest of a large family. He bought Hanks’ Meadow for himself and his new bride, 35 miles past the Chain Lakes. He built a log house, which

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still stands south of Peachland, on Highway 97. When the girls left home, the grandparents moved up to the family ranch.

The three daughters, Ellen, Betty, and Billy Mae, were home schooled, and the girls worked hard in the garden, and looking after their animals.

They also did some trapping, with a groundhog trap line, and they had some friendly silver foxes around the place, which they fed both horse meat and canned tomatoes.

Some of these foxes provided beautiful skins for wearing. The family would drive across town every fall to trade a bag of turnips for apples, staying at the Miller’s place. Billy Miller was a logger, who had horses, and some of the older horses became the meat for the little foxes.

Betty came to the yellow schoolhouse at age nine, her first time inside a school! Their teacher for

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grades 4, 5, and 6 was a young inexperienced lady who couldn’t handle the class. Betty says each day this teacher would end up crying, throwing her book at the wall, and walking out. But the following teacher, Mrs. Wells, was much more capable, and the children had annual Christmas concerts, with solos by Betty!

Betty loved her music lessons. Every Saturday she rode the Greyhound bus to Kelowna to see her teacher on Bernard Street. She also took piano lessons with Elaine Cameron on Guisachan Road, and became accomplished in music, winning the annual music festival five years in a row.

Betty’s young life in Peachland revolved around work and school.

At age 11, she worked in an orchard, thinning peaches and picking cherries. She fell off the ladder on her first day!

She worked every summer, along with other

local kids. The Greata Ranch hired many of them, bringing a truck to transport them all to work each day.

Betty remembers how she had to milk the cows before going to school, and was often late because of this. Mr. Gerrie, the principal, would hear her arriving on her squeaky bike, and would call out, “Go ring the bell, Betty’s here!” There were plenty of school dances, a big social occasion for all the youngsters. Noel Ekrol’s dad and brother were in a band, to provide live entertainment.

The local children loved their days at the lake. At the time, there were lots of trees along the shore for shade, and a pebble beach. After swimming, the kids would lie on the warm pavement of Highway 97 to warm up!

(There wasn’t much traffic then.)

Betty went on to be a music teacher in Burnaby, following all her training

and success in music. She taught all the music in school for 25 years. She took over 300 students to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre to sing for Burnaby’s Centennial. They spent three months touring the UK and Wales, giving concerts all around.

She taught for one year in Birmingham, England, where so many of the students were rude and aggressive. But her strategy of treating them kindly and quietly won them over. She would write on the board each day, “What can we do to have a wonderful time?”

She ignored the naughty behaviour, and used positive reinforcement. Her main philosophy which has stood the test of time, was “Never break down, always build up.”

Betty now lives in Peachland in her family’s farm home on Lipsett Avenue along with a son and daughter-in-law, enjoying her life with animals, music, and family.

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