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Memories of flying JOANNE LAYH YLW’s 75th anniversary celebrations recently brought back fond memories for a Peachland resident who, at just 19 years of age, completed her pilot training at the Kelowna airport. When Kelowna International Airport invited the Canadian Forces Snowbirds to perform an air demonstration over Okanagan Lake last weekend in celebration of the anniversary, Shirley Mae Jeffrey had to be there to see it. The first plane took off from Ellison Field in the fall of 1947 and seven years later, in 1955, Jeffrey was gifted flying lessons from her father, a former principal in the now Historic Primary School, and soon she was zooming around the province in a Luscombe two-seater plane. At the time, there was only one other qualified woman flyer in the Okanagan. When Jeffrey recently pulled out her license, she was reminded that the
FLYING HIGH Shirley Mae Jeffrey watches the Snowbirds fly overhead as part of Kelowna Internation Airport’s 75th anniversary celebrations.
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Category 2 open fire prohibition starts today PEACHLAND VIEW Effective at 12 p.m. on Friday, July 15, category 2 open fires as well as other equipment and activities will be prohibited throughout the Kamloops
Fire Centre, which includes Peachland. These prohibitions are in addition to the category 3 open fire prohibition that was implemented on June 30 and will remain in effect until noon on Oct. 15, or un-
til the orders are rescinded. Specific prohibited open fires and equipment and activities will include category 2 open fires, category 3 open fires, fireworks, sky lanterns and burn barrels or burn cages of any size or
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Councillor Terry Condon seeking re-election
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JOANNE LAYH Five-term Councillor Terry Condon has confirmed he will seek re-election on Oct. 15, when B.C. residents go to the polls in this year’s municipal election. Condon is a retired ICBC executive who has been a Peachland resident since 1999. He’s served on Peachland council uninterrupted since 2005; if re-elected, it will be his sixth term on council. “I am interested in managing the growth of Peachland in a manner that promotes reasonable, responsible and appropriate change and maintaining fiscally responsible management of Peachland,” states his biography.
Annual Municipal Report 2022 Pursuant to Sections 98 and 99 of the Community Charter, the District of Peachland 2022 Annual Report will be presented to Council for consideration at the July 26th, 2022 Regular Council Meeting. The Council meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. with a live webcast available through www.peachland.ca/watch. The Annual Report will be available July 11, 2022 on the website www.peachland.ca and in Municipal Hall for public inspection. Please submit comments or questions regarding the Annual Report, in writing to corporateservices@peachland.ca. Pursuant to Section 94 of the Community Charter, this Notice will be published in the Peachland View July 8th and 15th, 2022.
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Recycle BC to take over Peachland’s recycling services Deer caused accident on Drought Hill JOANNE LAYH
Recycle BC will take over Peachland’s recycling services when the current contract with E360 Solutions (E360S) runs out, council decided last month. Recycle BC is a stewardship program for residential packaging and paper products that is funded entirely by producers. Through the existing partnership, E360S is contracted to collect recyclables while the RDCO provides education and administration. The regional district has historically chosen to administer the program on Recycle BC’s behalf because the funding agreement covered all curbside recycling expenses and provided some surplus revenue that funded special recycling initiatives, according to RDCO manager of engineering services Travis Kendel. However, under recent changes to this partnership,
the District of Peachland is at risk of having to subsidize the program, as it now could face up to $60,000 per year in penalties for excess recycling contamination. The current agreement with Recycle BC allows for a maximum contamination limit of three per cent. If contamination levels exceed the target it can result in “service level failure credits,” which are essentially fines. In the last period reported, Peachland’s recycling contamination was at 15 per cent. In recent years it has ranged between nine and 22 per cent, well over the allowable three per cent limit. “It’s true we’ve never had these service level failure credits levied on us. That said, they are starting to move in that direction, in my opinion,” director of operations Shawn Grundy told council at their last regular meeting. “We had to complete a contamina-
tion reduction plan late last year and what we had to do there is show what steps we’re taking to try to reduce that contamination. As we move forward, if we keep having contaminated recycling going to them, they’re not able to sell it for as much so they’re going to look to recover those costs elsewhere and it’s easy to do it when we already have an agreement in place.” The shift to direct service will remove the financial risk existing in the current partnership, said Grundy in his report to council. He also noted that the shift would likely result in an improvement of services through inclusion of curbside glass collection, and at a minimum, will result in the collection of the same materials at the same frequency as it is collected now. The City of Kelowna, the City of West Kelowna and the regional district have already voted to accept
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the direct service model recommendation made to all RDCO member municipalities by the Solid Waste Technical Advisory Committee, a group of technical experts comprised of staff from the regional district and all member municipalities. Peachland could choose to go it alone and stay with the existing service model but there would be reduced economies of scale for the collection of recycling, warned Grundy, and considering the size difference between Peachland and the other member municipalities of the RDCO, this will likely produce an overall increase in service expense. At an earlier meeting RDCO staff said the switch would likely result in additional bins. However, Grundy noted that in their resolution Kelowna council included a request to encourage the use of a multi-stream cart system (ie: one blue recycling bin
as opposed to several) and curbside glass collection. “The way I look at it, as soon as Kelowna decided to do it, we were sort of left with no choice,” said Mayor Cindy Fortin. “Why is there so much uncertainty about glass and whether it will be included or not?” asked Coun. Keith Fielding. “One of the challenges that Recycle BC has is that once this request has gone out for direct service to Recycle BC they will spend a period of time doing a public procurement process to find a contractor to provide the service,” said Kendel. “If they commit up front to doing something, and the pricing comes back extremely expensive or unreasonable, effectively they don’t want to tie their hands to a service before they have the pricing in place.” The switch to direct service from Recycle BC will take place on Apr. 30, 2026.
JOANNE LAYH Two vehicles sustained significant damage on Drought Hill last Friday morning after a deer crossing the road led one vehicle to come to an abrupt stop. Shortly after 6 a.m. on July 8 West Kelowna RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Hwy 97 at Drought Hill, involving a 2021 Ford Mustang and a 2016 VW Golf. As the lead car (the Mustang) had rounded a bend in the road, the driver came to abrupt stop to avoid striking a deer that was crossing the road, resulting in the second car (the VW Golf) colliding with the Ford Mustang, said RCMP Sgt Kevin Duggan. None of the occupants were injured.
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Re: Councillor Keith Fielding running for mayor Good to see Mr. Fielding is willing to take this job on again. I hope to hear more about his perceptions of what the larger community wants the community planning process to achieve. Specifics of his action plan for implementing those intentions would also be helpful to know before the election. I have witnessed councils for the last 20 years pushing aside the wants and needs of Peachland residents that were explicitly identified when hundreds of us showed up and participated in community planning consultations. Instead, municipal budgets approved hiring or contracting planning and engineering
staff to cater to private profit-making land developer requests. The spending policies adopted in those budgets amounted to residential taxpayers subsidizing wealth creation for a few corporate owners. But the policy has not satisfied the need for affordable housing. The exceptional work done by Mr. Fielding and other members of the notfor-profit Seniors Housing Society points the way forward toward the role council can take in responding to the need for affordable housing. Nancy Merrill, Peachland
Resident contends that with rights come responsibilities I have heard and read a lot over the last couple of years concerning “individual’s Constitutional Rights”, especially in relation to the various COVID-19 health orders put in place by the federal or provincial governments. However, I have seen very little concerning social responsibility relating to the same matters. Like it or not, we are all members of a connected society. What an individual does, or fails to do, affects many others. The Canadian constitution and the laws that derive from it lay out and manage a large part of that interaction. In particular, there are laws that protect a person’s life and well-be-
ing. We all expect to be safe walking down the street without fearing for our life. Most of us expect the governments to protect us from exposure to serious communicable diseases so why is it that when the federal and provincial governments put in place scientifically recommended measures to control an illness that has killed over a million people in North America in the last two years, as well as hospitalizing millions more, so many people refuse to comply, claiming imaginary charter rights as a reason to refuse? Have they even read the charter, or just the conspiracy websites? There is no possible de-
bate that if the majority of Canadians had refused to wear masks in public or refused to take the COVID vaccinations, the Canadian Health services would have been overwhelmed. Far more people would have died from COVID, and just as importantly, many more would have died of other causes because they couldn’t get treatment. Fortunately, most people did the socially responsible thing and wore masks and got vaccinated. Those that didn’t voluntarily made a decision to place limitations on themselves that were clearly laid out in government communications. I therefore have little sympathy with people
who complain when they get punished for breaking government regulations they knew about. Decisions by individuals may have consequences for the individual making them. There may also be consequences for others. Individuals who decide they don’t want to follow health guidelines and mandates are not only putting themselves at risk but also others. They risk spreading COVID (and more people dying) and putting the health services under extra strain. This is socially irresponsible, and no one has the ‘right’ to put my life or health at risk because wearing a mask or complying with health regulations
offends their sensibilities or because they are adherents to some wacky conspiracy theory. I personally believe that with ‘rights’ come responsibilities to society as a whole. The charter is clear in stating that Canada is a democracy. The implication is that if someone wishes to continue enjoying their ‘rights’ then they must support that democracy by not being antisocial and not disobeying legally enacted laws and regulations. If someone doesn’t like those laws and regulations, they have a choice of challenging them legally or moving to somewhere more accepting of their views. Graham Smith, Peachland
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Traffic through Peachland backed up for hours after fatal accident JOANNE LAYH Traffic was backed up along Hwy 97 through Peachland for hours on Tuesday morning following a fatal collision between a semi and a small car. Emergency response crews, including Peachland Fire and Rescue, were called out at 2:40 a.m. for the collision, which happened on Hwy 97 just south of Princeton Ave. “It was a pretty serious impact that involved a semi truck versus a smaller car, so there is extensive damage to the semi truck and a pretty technical recovery for Mario’s to look after the clean up to get the road open,” Peachland fire chief Dennis Craig told the View, adding that the collision left plenty of debris and fluids to be cleaned up. Unfortunately, the driver of the small car did not survive the collision, confirmed RCMP Sgt Kevin Duggan. The RCMP’s collision analyst attended the scene to conduct an investi-
Single lane alternating traffic along Hwy 97 south of Princeton Ave resulted in traffic being backed up for hours Tuesday morning.
gation into the event. As of press time, the RCMP had no additional details to release. The fire department left
the scene shortly after 7 a.m., just as the highway was being reopened to single lane alternating traffic. “The crews did a good job
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Shirley Mae Jeffrey, taken in her flying days.
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“Mr.” before her name had been crossed out and replaced with a handwritten amendment, a reflection of the times. Jeffrey was a natural pilot who, after only six and a half hours of instruction, was flying solo - an achievement that made the front page of the Vancouver Sun. A passion for flying is a torch that has been passed down in the family: Jef-
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frey’s son became an Air Canada pilot who regularly flies a Dreamliner to Australia. Today, the Kelowna airport is unrecognizable from the small building that was there when Jeffrey was training out of in the 50s and the grass runway has transformed into an 8,900foot asphalt runway, but the new aerospace centre and YLW expansion project have Jeffrey excited for the future of aviation in the region.
not being prohibited at this time. The prohibitions apply to all public and private land within the Kamloops Fire Centre jurisdiction, unless specified otherwise in a local government bylaw. Before lighting any fire, people should check with local government authorities to see if any other burning restrictions are in effect. Anyone found in contravention of an open burning prohibition may be issued a ticket for $1,150, required to pay an administrative penalty of up to $10,000 or, if convicted in court, fined up to $100,000 and/ or sentenced to one year in jail. If the contravention causes or contributes to a wildfire, the person responsible may be ordered to pay all firefighting and associated costs.
and we realize it’s an inconvenience for traffic but it’s an unfortunate situation and other responders such as Mario’s are doing their best
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to get the scene cleaned up and open for everybody.” Craig noted there really is no detour for commercial traffic.
“We didn’t want to send commercial traffic along Lipsett or Heighway Ln or anything like that. There was no real safe and adequate detour in our mind to send traffic around the scene so we did just keep all the commercial traffic held,” said Craig. To compound traffic woes in the area, there was also a dump truck with a trailer that got stuck on Renfrew Rd. “I’m not sure how he got through the area but he somehow managed to get through even though we weren’t recommending or sending vehicles up there, he still went up there,” said Craig. “He’s actually broken down, I believe. Stuck and broken down.” West Kelowna RCMP ask anyone who may have witnessed the crash or was in the area and has dashcam footage of the collision, and has not yet spoken to police, to contact the West Kelowna RCMP at 250 768 2880, quoting file number 202242683.
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LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES RECYCLE BC POP UP RECYCLING DEPOT Drop off glass bottles and jars, foam packaging, plastic bags and overwrap, other flexible plastic packaging, plastic, metal and paper containers, paper, and cardboard free of charge on July 16 and Aug 13 from 10 am - 3 pm at the Peachland Community Centre and Sept 10 from 10 am - 3 pm at the 2nd Street parking lot. ENGLISH CREAM TEA at the Peachland Little Schoolhouse July 17 from 1 pm - 4:30 pm. $8 per person. Walk-ins welcome, space permitting. Reservations: eventslittleschoolhouse@gmail.com or 250 258 3239 or 250 767 6446.
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British Columbia introducing fourth COVID shot in the fall MARIUS AUER The next step in B.C.’s COVID-19 immunization strategy will be another round of booster shots, in the form of a ‘fourth shot’ available to people in B.C. starting in the fall of 2022. In October 2021, the province introduced its vaccine booster initiative, recommending a second COVID-19 vaccination for
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HUDEY, Scott Douglas Scott, late of Peachland, BC, passed away peacefully in Regina, SK on Monday, July 4, 2022 at the age of 58 years. Predeceased by his father Stan, Scott is survived by his mother Jean; brother Brad (Marion) and family; and sister Brenda (Ian Billett) and family. Family and friends so wishing may make donations, in memoriam, to the Canadian Mental Health Association - Regina Branch, 1810 Albert Street, Regina, SK S4P 2S8. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.speersfuneralchapel.com
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Debbie Lynn Elliott (Bachelor of Arts and Fine Arts, and a Master of Fine Arts). Born in Edmonton May 17, 1964, and living in Peachland, BC passed away on July 9th 2022, at the Penticton hospital holding the hands of family and friend. “Please accept me as you find me.” Debbie was an artist, writer, daughter, sister, aunt, niece and friend. She is predeceased by her parents Arthur (1999) and Marcelene Elliott (2020) of Peachland, and brother Herbert (2019) of Edmonton. Missing her are her siblings Darlene (Wade) Romanko of Peachland and Tim (Janet) Elliott of Vermillion and her nephews and nieces in Kelowna and Sherwood Park. Also missing her are her extended family and her friends who reside in many places. Deb was a creative inspiration and her visual and performing art has been shown in Canada and Europe. She was instrumental in ensuring Peachland featured an art gallery. Debbie lived her life enjoying the company of others and laughter while dancing to her own tune. Her favourite read was the “Poetics of Space” by Garston Bachelard and her art was influenced by the Fluxus group, Joseph Eyebeuys, and the composer John Cage. Inspired by music, flowers, gardens, people, strange and eclectic things, she trusted in what the universe offered her. Her family and friends would like to thank the staff at the Penticton hospital for all their compassionate care during these past few months. As Debbie floats away, in lieu of flowers and a funeral service, donations to the SPCA are welcome.
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2019 Peachland Fall Fair committee member Barb McGregor.
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If you are involved in growing your own garden, raising your own bees, or tending chickens, the fall fair is for you! This category is at the heart of an agricultural fair, an opportunity to exhibit your bounty with pride. Those who have taken the care, time, and effort to produce beautiful vegetables, eggs and honey deserve recognition, and the rewards are obvious, putting delicious meals on your dinner plate. The Peachland Fall Fair is asking for submissions for the Vegetables, Eggs and Honey section, where you can display your products and possibly win a ribbon. We ask that all vegetables are grown by the exhibitor, with the exception of the “Comic Figure” explained below. Name the variety of your vegetable on the entry tag. Make sure that you exhibit the number that is specified. Your specimens should be as uniform as possible in colour, maturity, shape and size. Tops should not be more than a half inch or one centimeter. Root vegetables should be washed free of dirt, but don’t scrub or buff them. Leaves or stalks should also be clean, fresh and broad. Put your display on a plate or tray. As for Comic Figures, these can come from your own garden, or those of your neighbours, friends, or the local market, as long as the produce has been grown in our beautiful Okanagan. The Peachland Fall Fair takes place Sept. 10-11. For more information visit peachlandfallfair.ca.
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