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PHOTO JOANNE LAYH VERBATEN Kelowna resident Joel Armstong (shown here with his dog Miso) rode into Peachland Tuesday morning as part of the Military Police National Motorcycle Relay that stopped at the Legion for a fundraiser breakfast, wherePHOTO overHUUB $1,300 was raised to help blind children.

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Swim Bay without swim lessons or lifeguards due to a COVID case JOANNE LAYH There were no swim lessons or lifeguards on duty in Peachland for several days this week after a staff person at Swim Bay tested positive for COVID-19. This resulted in scheduling challenges due to contact tracing, Peachland Recreation stated in a Facebook post Monday afternoon. “It’s pretty impactful to a small organization,” director of community services Cheryl Wiebe told the View. The municipality has been working with Interior Health and the CDC for guidance.

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The lifeguard chair at Swim Bay was empty for a few days while contact tracing efforts were underway.

“We’re just going to have to wait and see what happens with the contact tracing and isolation of other employees. We’re still waiting on feedback about what staff are impacted by this,” said Wiebe on Tuesday morning. “Our biggest worry is parents who send kids down assuming there’s going to be supervision and that’s why we are going to have some staff on site to have those conversations and do what we can to make sure it is still a safe place to be,” said Wiebe. “We strongly encourage parents not to send their children to the beach un-

supervised because that is not a level of service we are able to provide, at least for the next three days.” Wiebe says the general rule of thumb in the aquatic world is children under seven should be within arms reach of an adult at all times. It is up the parent’s discretion for children over age seven, based on the child’s ability and judgement making skills and whether parents feel comfortable with their child swimming unattended. District staff were in contact with parents of swim lesson students to inform them of the issues.

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Peachland’s direct of community services says she’s still optimistic that the splash pad in Heritage Park could be completed sometime in August, but until the servicing is done and BC Hydro has come on site to inspect it, they won’t give her a date. The project was originally slated to open on Canada Day but unanticipated issues

with BC Hydro have pushed that date back. Peachland recreation recently received designs from BC Hydro so crews are now back on site to finish the servicing. Once that’s complete, they’ll move forward to concurrently working on landscaping and waiting for BC Hydro energize the line, Cheryl Wiebe told the View. However, after BC Hydro inspects the servicing, it could take another 20 days to energize the line.

Initially the recreation department planned to turn the splash pad on manually for a few hours a day while they wait for Hydro connection, but now there is concern that to do so would be pouring water down the drain in a time of drought, as the system can’t automatically shut itself off without Hydro. “We just have to watch and see what the timeline is and see how patient we have to be,” said Wiebe.

Mandatory indoor mask-wearing returns to Central Okanagan JAKE COURTEPATTE With new positive cases of COVID-19 rising in the Interior, the Central Okanagan is returning to a mandate of wearing indoor masks for those twelve years and older. These new rules include locations such as Kelowna, West Kelow-

na, Peachland, and Lake Country. The restrictions only apply to the Central Okanagan. More than half of the new COVID-19 cases in the province over the last week have come from the region, totalling 240. Several businesses, particularly in the Kelowna 5672 Beach Avenue, 250-767-9133

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This does not include families with kids. Vaccination rates in the Interior have fallen a whole six percentage points behind the rest of the province for dose one, and 3.2 percentage points behind for dose two. The rules came into place as of midnight on July 28.

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JOANNE LAYH Starting Friday morning Peachland Fire and Rescue Service will provide BC Wildfire with an initial attack team to assist with new fires in the Penticton Fire Zone. The initial attack team will be dedicated to BC Wildfire and could be positioned anywhere they’re needed in the Penticton Fire Zone. From 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. a staffed bush truck be on shift and ready to respond at a moment’s notice and from 4 p.m. until midnight they’ll be on standby. “We’re going to be working alongside BC Wildfire as a quick response initial attack crew within our zone. So we could be anywhere from Apex out towards Lake Country,” said Peachland fire chief Dennis Craig. “Although we have resources coming in from out of province and out of country, we’re still somewhat strapped for those rapid response resources for those new starts. This isn’t a crew that is going to go fight Brenda Creek or Thomas Creek or Nk’Mip or anything like that. This is a crew that is ready to respond to any new starts and do our best to try and keep them small or contain them.” All wages and expenses associated with the initial attack team are being paid for by BC Wildfire Service. Craig said the ability to provide this kind of service has always been included in their agreements but it has never been leveraged before. “Our community is still covered. Before we ever commit to any of these commitments with BC Wildfire we always ensure that we have adequate crews in town to support in town,” said Craig. “Our number one priority is our own community. But obviously we want to make sure that not just our community is looked after, but our region’s looked after so that’s why we decided to commit to BC Wildfire to protect the zone and give back to them. We want to make sure we’re giving our resources back to where we can make the most difference.”

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Brenda Creek Wildfire continues to burn out of control Infant rescue JOANNE LAYH

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The Brenda Creek Wildfire that has been out of control since July 14 nearly doubled in size over the last week, increasing to an estimated 824 hectares in size, up from about 450 hectares seven days earlier. However, at press time on Wednesday, the fire had not experienced significant recent growth. Crews were able to reinforce a guard line on the east flank with a planned hand ignition operation, which has significantly reduced the risk of further growth to the east, BC Wildfire said Wednesday morning. BC Hydro’s single

Last Tuesday Peachland’s fire department rescued an infant from a vehicle on Beach Avenue after it was accidentally locked by a tourist. “It was purely accidental. The mom was obviously very, very distraught and upset,” said fire chief Dennis Craig. The rescue was made easier because earlier this year the fire department purchased the tools necessary to rescue pets and children from locked vehicles. So far this year, the tools have already come in handy three times. “We’ve never had that resource or training in the past but this year with the heat warnings and the forecast we we’re getting early on in the season I decided we should probably acquire that equipment just in case,” said Craig. “You call the fire department to help you and we didn’t have those resources to help. The only option we had was to smash a window and then the tow truck shows up ten minutes later. Having these tools, in my opinion, they paid for themselves the first time we used them.” However, the fire chief cautions that people should only call the fire department for this kind of assistance if there is life or safety at risk. “Obviously, we won’t unlock people’s vehicles if they’ve locked their keys in their car . . . we’re only coming if there is immediate danger,” said Craig.

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An aerial view of the Brenda Creek Wildfire taken on the morning of July 26.

transmission line. The high-volume water delivery system that was in

next day. As of Wednesday, 56 firefighters, four heli-

Craig told the View. BC Wildfire said an increase in fire activity is still expected in the coming days as hot, dry and windy conditions will persist and no precipitation is anticipated in the near future. These conditions are expected to continue to challenge fire suppression efforts. As of Wednesday, 248 fires were actively burning in the province, blanketing the southern interior with thick smoke and creating a BC Air Quality Health Index rating of “10+ very high health risk” for the Central Okanagan. The health risk was forecast to improve to “moderate” in the days ahead. In the Regional District of Central Okanagan an evacuation alert remains in effect for 18

properties, three recreational camping areas and Crown land within West Electoral Area, south of Highway 97C and northwest of Peachland, while an evacuation order continues to be in effect for 43 properties in the RDOS. On July 16 BC Wildfire implemented an area restriction order for the vicinity of the Brenda Creek wildfire that will remain in place until noon on October 15 or until it is rescinded. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. B.C’s state of emergency to support the province-wide response to the ongoing wildfire situation will remain in effect until Aug. 4 unless extended or rescinded as necessary.

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Peachland firefighters Matt Stoltz, Jordan Craig, and Avery Takenaka (shown left to right) upon their return from the Brenda Creek Wildfire on Saturday.

transmission line from the Nicola substation near Merritt to the Westbank substation in West Kelowna remains operational and its protection continues to be a priority as there is no redundant source of power to the approximately 22,000 customers it services in the West Kelowna and Peachland area. Crews have continued to work on mop up under sections of the

place last week to protect the section of the transmission line within the fire perimeter has been demobilized due to decreased risk in that area of the fire. Crews have also been focusing efforts on containment along the north and east flanks and an infrared scan of these flanks was set to take place Wednesday night to help crews to locate and extinguish hotspots the

copters, and 20 pieces of heavy equipment were assigned to the fire. Five firefighters have been kept on site overnight to monitor the fire and protect high value features. They’ve been supported by 17 firefighters from six different fire departments. Peachland’s crew were assigned to the fire for eight days and were released on Saturday evening, fire chief Dennis

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A demonstration of the unsung merits of forest management activity in Peachland upper watersheds A huge thank-you to the interagency professional firefighters, heavy equipment, aircrews and incident command team who have worked so tirelessly day and night under hot weather and regular cycles of high wind to hold back and contain the Brenda Creek wildfire burning above Peachland 25 km away. An additional thank-you to the field professionals, forestry companies and historic B.C. government policy for contributing a legacy of long-looking forest management strategies, harvesting, access development and reforestation activities in that local area of “working-forest” landscape, since that has provided an important backdrop of indirect wildfire control benefits during these times. As a retired forestry professional and a former ranger engaged personally in frontline wildfire operations on large-scale and small fires, I believe the Brenda Creek wildfire offers a teachable moment as an example of often overlooked public merit in industry forest tenures for our consideration. An outcome of notably limited fire size and the prospects for successful control of that fire demonstrates the distinct value of harvesting and road development in B.C. forests, for those who might otherwise contemplate the position and perspectives of ENGO groups advocating for a moratorium on harvesting in the Peachland watershed, or wider policies increasing B.C. protected spaces to foster more old growth forests within interior or northern

B.C., as the B.C. government’s recent policy announcement celebrated. In examining B.C. government posted aerial imagery of the Brenda Creek fire, the astute observer will note a mosaic landscape there; essentially a mixture of reforested cutblocks containing new young forest as well as areas of unharvested older original forest. While portions of the wildfire impacted all types of forest, in most cases however the images reveal the fire burning primarily and more aggressively in the areas of dense mature forest rather than in the young vigorously growing reforested patches where logging has occurred in past decades. One can imagine and conclude therefore that the Brenda Creek fire surely would have grown much larger and presented more difficult control challenges for the incident command team and firefighters, were it not for the network of historic cutblocks and access roads that exist in that area to lend diversity. In an alternative landscape of dominantly or entirely unharvested forest without human footprint, such wildfire would have more quickly escalated to grow and could have threatened Peachland, Westbank or a larger number of remote rural properties. With greater certainty under such an alternative landscape the fire above Peachland would also have directly impacted the primary power supply for our communities by rather quickly damaging the powerline infrastructure if it had been sur-

rounded by faster moving crown fire burning in adjacent unlimited continuous mature dense forests. The local fires of 2003, and a few years ago south of Peachland all testify to that literal potential of larger wildfires on landscapes containing continuous mature forest. In this case however, the logged and reforested cutblocks themselves served as anchor and control points for the fire teams to obstacle and contain the fire’s changing directional runs. They also serve as strategic base points to stage heavy equipment and helicopter landing pads, along with the use of pre-existing industrial access trails and gravel road networks to run firehose lines, establish fire guards and to transport equipment supplies aiding the firefighting logistics. With the exception of western coastal rain forest ecosystems, “old forests” here in the remainder of B.C. forest ecosystems do not remain “old” in perpetuity. In these naturally fire-driven ecosystems they all eventually burn, without exception, at some point in time, as they have been doing for thousands of years. Forest management and forest harvesting is an effective tool to maintain a mosaic of mixed forest age classes on the landscape. That can reduce the prospect for otherwise larger scale and more extreme wildfires Continued on Page 5

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that would occur and do occur in similar B.C. watersheds alternatively managed to deliberately exclude industrial harvesting, thus allowing widespread over-mature forests to become the dominant age-class over time. In landscapes absent of such anthropogenic (human) footprint, one might expect continued future news of large wildfires that are challenging to hold or control despite our very best technology and competent wildfire professionals. Residents need only look again across the lake and on google imagery to see what eventually happened to the large area of once over-mature forests that covered much of Okanagan Mountain Park’s west and east slopes. BC Parks documents pre-warned of an evolving forest age state conducive to such an eventual large scale wildfire in that park a decade before the 2003 fire occurred. These times of multiple wildfires are a reminder of the distinct benefits of neighbouring forestry activities and one of the community values inherent in proactive Canadian forest management leadership on those lands. JT (Jim) Witiw, Peachland Biodiversity Stewardship Forest Resources Professional (retired)

In 2020 the Peachland Variety Singers received the Lifetime Service Award from the district for their community service over the last 45 years. Over the decades the Variety Singers performed at nursing home and hospitals, took part in the Civic Award ceremonies, Canada Day, Christmas Light Up and the Remembrance Day services. They also put on three popular concerts a year. With COVID-19, this all came to an abrupt end. They also learned that their beloved accompanist, Margaret Martin was leaving to be with her family in Toronto. With restrictions being lifted, the singers are looking for a new accompanist. They are hoping perhaps someone new to the community or someone who is looking to renew their musical skills would like to be a part of this group. Rehearsals are every Monday morning in the 50 Plus Activity Centre from 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. from January to mid-April and September to mid-December. There is an honorarium. For more information, please get in touch with Phyllis at 250 767 2546 or phyllisap@ shaw.ca. Phyllis Papineau, Peachland

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LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES OPEN MIC EVENT presented by the Peachland Arts Council will take place on Thursday, July 29 at the Peachland Art Gallery. There are two performance sessions, 5 pm - 6:30 pm and 7 pm - 8:30 pm. Performances will include classical piano, pop and blues, folk guitar solos and duets, piano duets, and the Bluebird Band from Kelowna, performing both Chinese and French selections. For tickets call 250 767 7422. Admission is free with donations appreciated. Proceeds from the evening will be donated to the ramp project. SUMMER ARTS PROGRAM WORKSHOPS will be held from Wednesday to Saturday at the Little Schoolhouse. From July 28 – 31 from 11 am to 3 pm, it will be Robert Jenkins and Sandra Kessler with Retrospectives, a workshop displaying and illustrating their pastel drawing and painting techniques. Robert’s pastels of the BC backcountry and Sandra’s colourful mixed media pieces are a nice contrast. Visit and watch them work. Drop ins welcome. 8TH ANNUAL “OASIS” EXHIBITION runs until July 31 at the Peachland Art Gallery. View artworks from the region’s top artists. ARTISTS IN STUDIO opens Aug. 2 and runs until the 29th at the Peachland Art Gallery. Featuring new artists weekly working and displaying in the gallery in conjunction with a tribute to Mary E. Smith. Smith founded the Peachland Art Group in 1955, displaying numerous works spanning her many years of painting. 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

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FOR SENIORS “But How Will I Get My Calcium?” Raina Dawn Lutz, RHN Truth: You don’t need to drink cow’s milk to get your calcium. This fallacy from the past is out-dated. We know better, and it needs to be simple common knowledge now.

So, here’s what we know now. There are much healthier plant-powered calcium sources that you can eat, and it’s not a supplement, either. Yes, we need calcium. Calcium is an essential nutrient. But we don’t need a mega-ton of it. It’s simply another mineral that we need, it’s not more or less important than potassium, iron or magnesium. But non-dairy sources of calcium such as broccoli,

kale, collard greens, and non-dairy, calcium-fortified beverages provide adequate calcium without any of the health, ethical, or environmental detriments associated with milk consumption. You can also get adequate amounts of calcium from eating canned salmon, beans and tofu. We’ve been told healthy aging will be threatened and our abilities will decline if we don’t get enough calcium. But there are so many other parts of the puzzle that are missing from that statement. We need all the minerals we get from whole foods, not just one of them, as well as proper amounts of vitamins, fibre, enzymes, omega 3s, antioxidants, clean water, sleep, passion and exercise for healthy aging.

Broccoli, Tofu, Sweet Potato with Miso Maple

I love this easy roasted veggie dish. Don’t want to cook much? I always get my senior clients to make a double batch and save the rest for meals the next day. This is a simple dinner full of minerals like calcium!

Ingredients 1 head of broccoli 1 cup cubed sweet potato 1 can drained chickpeas 1 cup (248 g) tofu (cubed) 1/2 red or green bell pepper, sliced 2 tsp olive oil 3/4 tsp garlic powder 3/4 tsp salt Dash of black pepper, 1/2 tsp oregano, 1 tbsp curry powder (optional) 3 tbsp sunflower seeds and/or hemp seeds (optional) 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped (optional, but great for immunity) Miso Maple Lime Dressing: 1 tbsp lime juice (lemon works too) 1 tbsp miso paste 1 tbsp water 1.5 tbsp maple syrup (or honey if you don’t have maple syrup) 1 tsp olive oil (optional) Instructions Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (205 C). Line a large baking dish with parchment or oil. Slice/cube the veggies and tofu and add to bowl or directly to the baking dish. Add chickpeas and drizzle oil all over and toss with spices. Spread the veggies in the baking dish in one layer. Bake at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes. Remove and sprinkle the sunflower seeds and hemp seeds, then bake for another 15 minutes or until the veggies are done to preference. Dressing: Mix miso in lime and water until well combined. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix. Serve with a drizzle of the miso maple dressing. You can serve over rice if you prefer, but this meal is a great bowl on its own. Enjoy!

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Bat Education and Ecological Protection Society (BEEPS) director Rachel Truant, along with summer students Jasmin Parsons-Wright and Faith Henrichsen (shown left to right) made Lemon Squares and Agave Lemonade on Tuesday as part of the Bat Kids in the Kitchen class at community centre. Classes run on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the rest of July and August from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Future classes will include Chocolate Cupcakes, Smoothies and Banana Boats. Registration is by donation – just email peachlandbats2@gmail.com to reserve your space.

Wayne Power (centre) led afternoon art workshops last week at the Peachland Little Schoolhouse as part of the arts council’s Summer Arts Program. This week until July 31 Robert Jenkins and Sandra Kessler will present Retrospectives, displaying and illustrating their pastel drawing and painting techniques. Robert’s pastels of the B.C. backcountry and Sandra’s colourful mixed media pieces are a nice contrast. Visit and watch them work. Drop ins are welcome.

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From the Mayor’s Desk: Wildfires, staff changeover and development hurdles MAYOR CINDY FORTIN Hello fellow Peachlanders, We’ve all certainly had to face some challenges over the last year and a half, with a global health crisis we couldn’t have imagined, and the enormous adjustments we’ve had to make to our personal and working lives. And just when it felt like we were slowly coming out the other side we find ourselves faced with an extreme drought, heat waves, and wildfires. I have been posting Brena Creek wildfire updates on my “Mayor Cindy For-

tin” Facebook page, as well as other local sites. You can also receive updates from the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations at: cordemergency.ca and BC Wildfire Services https:// www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status. I can’t say enough about the bravery of our fire fighter, and the gratitude we feel for them, and for all the emergency workers who have stepped up in various roles to assist at this time. We are in good hands. On another subject, I’d like to address a couple topics. I’ve being hearing about some misinforma-

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tion being shared on social media - a place that can sometimes be a source of rumour and speculation that somehow manages to morph into “fact”, when it isn’t. There are two issues that I would like to clarify today. The first is that there’s a mass exodus of unhappy staff members leaving the district. This is simply not the case. Over the last couple of years three longtime staff members retired after several years of service with the District of Peachland - our corporate services officer, our longtime finance director, and of course, our CAO Elsie Lemke. These are all well-deserved retirements after about half a century of combined years with the district. That’s a good record of longevity at the job. We also had a couple employees find opportunities in other communities that they took advantage of, including our planning technician, Matt. This is typical turnover. You lose staff and you gain some. As a staff member’s skill and knowledge set grows over the years it’s not uncommon for him or her to seek a higher position for career advancement. If we were able to offer that person a better position here, we would. But if that position doesn’t exist or isn’t available at the time, it makes sense that a person will

jump at a job opportunity that becomes available in another community. This also happened recently with the resignation of our fairly new director of finance who had the opportunity to take a position closer to home at the Central Okanagan Regional District (RDCO). This occurred after the RDCO’s own director of finance retired. This new position will save him time driving out to Peachland everyday, and allow him more time with his family. We’ll miss him, but it certainly seems reasonable that he jumped at this opportunity. We’ve also gained some new talent at the office, including our new corporate officer Jennifer Sawatzky, building inspector Stephen Dingwall, our bylaw officer Travis Nixon, and Cory Labrecque, our new special projects coordinator. All are already proving to be tremendous assets to the

team. There is one recent staff loss, however, that does hit hard and falls into a category of its own. It is the resignation of our CAO, Joe Mitchell, that will take effect next month. Joe has been amazing at his job. Not only is he knowledgeable when it comes to every nook and cranny of Peachland, he has been hard-working and dedicated to the job. Joe has been with the district about 18 years, having first started as a lifeguard at Swim Bay. Over the years he became a regular staff member, then the director of operations, and most recently, our CAO. His work and relationship with council and staff has been exemplary and we are sad to see him go. True to his nature, Joe has cited personal reasons for his departure, rather than other factors that may have played a role. A consummate professional of the highest degree! We wish him and his family the very best. The second thing I wanted to address is…There have also been some negative comments about our planning and development department on social media. In particular, about lengthy waits in the queue. Like many other communities, Peachland is experiencing an anomaly during these COVID times. The planning department

has never been so busy. And we are not alone. As you may have read in the news, staff shortages in planning are occurring everywhere, including in cities such as Vernon. I was just speaking with someone with the City of West Kelowna where they are experiencing the same incredible increase in permitting and projects. Additional planners are being scooped up everywhere. But they are in short supply right now. Having said that, our planning department is hard at work, often working overtime to keep projects rolling. Patience and understanding would be wonderful at this time. On a final note…Every time I look out the window or drive along the lake I am reminded that we live in an absolutely beautiful place, that is Peachland. My then-future husband and I visited here more than 35 years ago and instantly decided to make this our home where we would raise our family. Not even COVID or other challenges we face today will change my love of this community and the people who live here. I am extremely proud to be your mayor and be a part of the mechanism that keeps our community operating. We are truly the heart of the Okanagan. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay cool. Mayor Cindy.