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Residents invited to take part in transportation survey

Starting this week, central Okanagan and Vernon residents will receive a survey in the mail that will be used to help determine future land planning and transportation decisions throughout the region. page 3

“I fully support this and look forward to the next phases that will include increased number of trips between Peachland and West Kelowna at peak times and the possibility of internal service as well,” Mayor Keith Fielding said. “This is a good start.”

It is unclear just when in 2014 BC Transit will be able to roll out the improvements but it will likely be at a time when region-wide changes also take place, BC Transit senior regional transit manager Steve Harvard said at Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting.

BC Transit senior transit planner Matthew Boyd said

Last Thursday represented a big win for food security advocates in B.C. when the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) passed a strongly worded resolution calling upon the province to legislate the prohibition of all genetically engineered plant and animal species in B.C. The Union of B.C. Municipalities, primarily through its annual convention, provides an opportunity for local government officials to gather together to take a united position of various issues, which can be particularly helpful when seeking cooperation from senior levels of government, many of whom attend the convention to meet with municipal elected officials and staff.

At this year’s convention, held in Vancouver last week, UBCM passed a resolution asking the British Columbia government to legislate the prohibition of importing, exporting and growing plants and seeds containing genetically engineered DNA, and raising GE animals within B.C., and to declare through legislation that the province of B.C. is a GE free area in respect to all plant and animal species.

While the recommendation was brought forward by the community of Me-

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The Central Okanagan Business Walk takes place on Tuesday, October 1 and helps launch Small Business Month in Canada. Businesses located in the targeted Peachland areas will be presented with a survey of three questions.

Each interview should take no more than 10 or 15 minutes of the business owner’s time. page 8

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In her regular report to council this week RCMP Cst. Sherri Lund said the Peachland Skate Park has been really positive for the community.

“Thank you for the skate park because I was getting regular calls to Peachland Elementary for mischief and kids hanging out when they shouldn’t be. I haven’t had one since the skate park opened. It’s had a huge positive effect,” Cst. Lund said. “I don’t think we’ve had any calls there to speak of. It’s such a great location…when I go by I’m always seeing families there. It’s a really positive place for the kids to be.” Lund went on to say the visibility of the park from the highway is an important factor in making the park a safe place.

Peachland to receive improved BC Transit service in 2014 Joanne Layh / Peachland View Peachland transit users can look forward to improved transit service in 2014 when BC Transit rolls out a threeyear expansion initiative that will make getting around the area a little bit easier.

The three short-term expansion initiative includes: • Introducing a bus stop on Highway 97 in front of the IGA; • Improving Sunday/holiday service to match Saturday service; and • Introducing direct evening service between Peachland and West Kelowna.

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Peachland misses top honour at Open for Business Awards Joanne Layh / Peachland View While Peachland was recognized among the top finalists for the 2013 Open for Business Awards, the community was unfortunately not lucky enough to be one of this year’s award recipients.

The Open for Business awards recognize communities that support small business through local government measures aligned with the B.C. Small Business Accord.

The awards are issued by B.C.’s Small Business Roundtable, which was established in 2005 to be the voice for small business to government. One of the objectives of the roundtable is to help government develop strategies to support the growth and success of small business through-

out the province.

The award evaluations are based on how communities enhance small-business competitiveness, recognize the contributions of small businesses to the community, and promote the principles of the B.C. Small Business Accord.

The awards were presented last Thursday at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) annual convention, where two other Okanagan communities received that distinction.

This year’s Open for Business Awards winners are as follows: • Central Saanich; • Chilliwack; • Coquitlam;

• Fort St. James; • Kelowna; • City of Langley; and • Penticton.

Peachland had been among the 15 finalists of the 39 submissions received, along with neighbour communities Lake Country and Vernon.

“Although we were disappointed not to take top honours, we were delighted to be selected as being one of the top 15 communities in B.C. being considered for this award,” Mayor Keith Fielding told The View.

As an incentive to promote an open-for-business culture, each winning community will receive $10,000 to help implement measures that benefit small business.

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in the Central Okanagan transit changes are typically introduced in April and September.

“Those are the best opportunities to make the service change because they’re not exclusively changes to the Peachland service. They do impact the number 21 routing because in the evenings the 22 and the 21 are one and the same so we’ll be splitting those two apart as part of the proposal we’ve been talking about,” Boyd said.

The transit improvements follow a Peachland council decision last year to invest more in transit. After a public consultation process this spring, Peachland council chose to proceed with the changes outlined above but they don’t come without a price tag.

The municipal share of the increased transit costs is estimated to be $31,638 per year. The local share to improve Sunday/ holiday service to match Saturday service will be $15,800 while the local cost share to introduce direct evening service between Peachland and West Kelowna will be $18,000.

One of the concerns raised by several members of Peachland council was just how BC Transit will make it clear to users which bus stop to wait at when they introduce an evening stop along the highway in front of IGA that will replace the daytime stop directly in front of IGA. “Yesterday afternoon when I drove by there were big semis parked there so that’s going to be a problem,” Councillor Fortin added.

“Clearly when we make any service change we’ll be advising the public that

yes the stop will no longer be here it will be in another area so we’ll do due diligence with that,” Harvard said. Harvard also said BC Transit has plans to meet with representatives from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure in late October to discuss the stop and how best to proceed with it as it is their jurisdiction.

Harvard went on to say that the presence of semi trucks is an issue he has certainly flagged for the discussion.

“I applaud this. I think we understand that the system is broken and this is an attempt to fix it,” Councillor Peter Schierbeck said of the transit improvements. “I do have a slight concern with reference to the trucks that are parked in front of the mall. These are truck drivers on their way through Peachland who stop for a coffee and they’re there for only a few minutes.

I wouldn’t want to see these people affected so they could not stop there.”

Councillor Schierbeck went on to say he hopes a solution could be found that can accommodate both transit users and the truck drivers.

“They contribute to our economy as well and I appreciate that,” Coun. Schierbeck said.

Councillor Eric Hall said he shared Coun. Shierbeck’s point of view to a point regarding trucks parked along Highway 97 but went on to say compromising truck parking is an inevitability.

Coun. Hall also said it is clear Peachland is going to have to spend more money on transit in the future.

“One of the comments in the report which I very much support is the need for more bus shelters and amenities,” Coun.

Hall said. “If we can’t allocate the money in our capital budget for shelters then at least I’d like to see some more benches in some places.”

Councillor Terry Condon said he feels very strongly that they should find a way

to put proper shelter on the new highway stop.

“Not only is it a vehicle for carrying the kind of signage that is required to carry the message about where you’re supposed to be but it’s also a refuge. It’s pretty barren out there,” Coun. Condon said. “I know it is going to cost us some money but I really think that we really need to put a proper shelter there.”

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These are truck drivers on their way through Peachland who stop for a coffee and they’re there for only a few minutes. I wouldn’t want to see these people affected so they could not stop there.

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Coun. Condon went on to say that while he supports the incremental changes they’re making he is disappointed however that the bus stop is going to be moved from the doors of the IGA out to the highway.

Boyd said the bus stop along the highway would only be utilized during the evening when large buses that can’t safely access the mall are in use. Boyd said ideally at some time in the future all Peachland buses would be converted to the smaller community size buses, which might make the stop on the highway unnecessary.

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Yes, you do need a permit to build that Peachland View staff The Regional District of the Central Okanagan (RDCO) has placed stop work orders on 27 construction projects this year, which is a marked increase in the number of illegal building projects underway in the Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West Electoral Areas.

“Even though we were down to one inspector for six months in 2012, that’s more than three times the number of stop work orders issued during the same time last year,” says communications officer Bruce Smith. “In

many cases, it’s simply the oversight by the property owner, who has undertaken the work themselves.”

Smith adds, “Basically, building permits are required for construction and renovations of any structure, including fireplace installations, sewer systems, fences and outbuildings and Inspections are required to approve various stages of construction. The fees for building permits range according to the size and type of structure.”

Homeowners who don’t follow the permit process during construction could find themselves facing issues

with obtaining insurance, selling their home, and other issues.

Any property owner in either electoral area that has questions about building permits, new construction or renovations and inspections, should contact the Regional District Fire and Inspection Services staff at 250-469-6211 who will guide them through the process or visit regionaldistrict.com for information and links to the building bylaw and related information including a detailed checklist of items that will be reviewed during building inspections.

Residents invited to participate in Okanagan transportation survey Joanne Layh / Peachland View Starting this week Central Okanagan and Vernon residents will have an opportunity to participate in an Okanagan transportation survey that will be used to help determine future transportation and land planning decisions throughout the region.

Officials say the goal of the survey is to gather information about resident travel behaviour that can be used to develop a database of resident travel patterns. That database of information can then be used as the basis for transportation planning, policy development and monitoring.

The information will be gathered through the Okanagan travel survey, a household-based survey targeted to the more than 300,000 residents of the Central Okanagan and City of Vernon.

The last similar survey was

completed in 2007 and will be compared to this year’s survey results to identify trends and changes. City of Vernon municipal transportation engineer Amanda Watson says having accurate and up-to-date information on the travel patterns of residents will help communities, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) and BC Transit assess current transportation needs, identify trends and develop transportation strategies and improvements.

The joint regional travel survey project is being conducted through a partnership between Vernon, Lake Country, Kelowna, West Kelowna, Peachland, the Regional District of the Central Okanagan (RDCO) and Westbank First Nation (WFN).

“I think this is an important initiative that will draw attention to our travelling habits and perhaps lead to a greater under-

standing of alternative methods that will be in the long run more environmentally sustainable,” Mayor Keith Fielding told The View. “Part of the initiative is to develop walkways and cycle pathways and other methods of active transportation and MOTI have an important role to play in helping to secure corridors of that kind.”

Earlier this week organizers began sending invitation cards with unique access codes to households, inviting residents to participate. Residents that have opted out of Canada Post’s flyer distribution can call 1-877778-8220 to receive their access codes or visit www.oktravelsurvey.ca to register online.

Those who choose to participate will first be asked to provide information about their family members and vehicles. Based on that information, participants will be assigned a specific day

on which they will be expected to complete a trip diary.

Those who participate in the survey will need to complete a trip diary for each member of their households age five years and older. The trip diary will record all trips made within a one-day period.

Organizers of the initiative say all information provided will be kept completely confidential and will be reported only in aggregate statistics.

In order to increase the participation rate of residents completing this survey, participants will be entered to win one of more than 100 prizes including: • A grand prize of a $5,000 shopping spree; • Three $1,000 mini-shopping sprees; • $5,500 worth of gift cards; • A weekend for a family of four (including lift tickets, les-

sons, lodging, rentals, tubing, and skating) at Big White Ski Resort plus opening day lift tickets; • Seasons and FlexPack tickets to West Kelowna Warriors; and • 60 $25 gift certificates from Kelly O’Bryan’s Neighborhood Restaurants.

“The feedback we receive will help us plan our transportation systems to better fit residents’ needs,” says Kelowna Mayor Walter Gray. “Through the survey, we hope to gain a better understanding of the travel behaviours of residents in Kelowna and other participating communities and thus help determine future transportation infrastructure and services. It’s important that residents complete the survey.”

The survey invitations will be delivered from September 23 - October 11. The survey will close around October 31.

Genetically engineered plants and animals not welcome, says UBCM Continued from page 1

tchosin and endorsed by the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities, several other B.C. municipalities, including Peachland, have passed local resolutions with similar sentiments.

Mayor Keith Fielding, who attended the convention, said he is pleased with the resolution that was presented at UBCM. “I’m interested that Peachland adopted its own version of the regulation of genetically modified foods and fully support the resolution that was presented at UBCM,” Fielding told The View. “I think there is a lot that we still have to learn about the value of introducing DNA from different species into another species and what the long-term effects of that would be. So this is as much a precautionary resolution as it is based on good science knowledge.”

Patricia Guest, leader of GE Free Peachland, a small group of farmers and others interested in food security, made a presentation to Peachland council earlier this summer asking for the ban of genetically engineered crops in Peachland.

“The seeds contaminate all seeds so if we brought the Okanagan Arctic apple into the valley and released it freely as they have applied to do, all apple trees in the valley would be GE within about five years because you cannot stop pollination,” Guest said in an interview with The View, adding that GE foods also bring with them concerns about who owns the food supply.

The GE Free Peachland group distributed a petition around Peachland between April and June and received over 500 signatures supporting a GE free community.

However the authority to ban GE crops lies primarily with the federal government so instead Peachland council passed a resolution that recognizes Peachland does not support the planting of GE food in its boundaries. The resolution also recognizes that Peachland supports consumer choice and advocate for strengthened senior government management of GE crops and food. In its resolution Peachland also called upon the provincial and federal governments to implement a regime of mandatory labeling of all GMOs for sale in B.C. Guest says she also is pleased with the resolution passed at the UBCM convention.

“I’m ecstatic. The UBCM resolution moved the fight for food to a whole different level. With this resolution passing we have a chance to not only make B.C. a GE free zone but make Canada a GE free zone,” Guest said.

In their recommendation to UBCM to pass the resolution, the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities cited the following reasons for the prohibition: • Some genetically engineered (GE) crops, through pollination, can disperse their pollen and genes indiscriminately and potentially contaminate non-GE crops, resulting in lawsuits, loss of organic certification, and marketability;

• There is particular concern with the transfer of DNA between species and the potential unintended consequences, especially with animal species; and • Vancouver Island and associated coastal communities are isolated from other potential agricultural areas in B.C., which can provide practical approaches to avoiding contamination by GE organisms, and these locations suggest there is an opportunity for local farmers to pro-

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vide organic production to help maintain long-term sustainability, to foster a living seed bank, and to be a refuge from genetically engineered contamination.

While the UBCM resolution is a success for food security advocates, Teresa Lynne of the Society for a GE Free BC, a volunteer non-profit group, says the provincial government needs to legislate this ban and then ask the federal government to do the same.

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Imagine living where fruit doesn’t grow Joanne Layh / Peachland View

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all is officially here and farmers’ markets are now overflowing with varieties of squash, plums and apples. Here in the Okanagan I’m not sure we all realize just how fortunate we are to have such an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables available to us locally. Not many other Canadians are as lucky.

While supermarkets across Canada offer much more produce choice than they did a couple decades ago, it is surprising to look back and realize just how much homemakers had to depend upon dry and frozen goods to get by until recently.

When I was growing up in Saskatchewan the produce departments of our grocery stores carried the same food year-round and it didn’t stray far from potatoes, carrots and celery for vegetables and apples, bananas and pears for fruit. I can distinctly recall one of my aunts making a big to-do when kiwis arrived for the first time. It was almost up there with the cheese in a can she brought back from a trip across the line.

Want to know what it’s like to live in a place that can’t grow a peach or a pear?

A browse through an 80s community cookbook that belonged to my mom gives you an idea of what cooking in rural prairie communities was like just a generation ago.

A recipe for Russian Chicken calls for chicken breasts, an 8-ounce bottle of Russian dressing, a package of onion soup mix and an 8-ounce jar of apricot jam. I somehow doubt this is a traditional Russian recipe. My mother wrote a checkmark beside it and the word “Try” underlined. Oh my.

A recipe for Fruit Salad, apart from a can of pineapple, contains no real fruit but it does ask for a package of lime Jell-O, a cup of boiling water, a cup of creamed cottage cheese and a container of whipped cream (size unspecified).

You’re probably mortified already but it gets even more depressing.

Check out the ingredients for someone’s prized Glazed Strawberry Salad: 1 package strawberry glaze (prepared), 1 can frozen sliced strawberries (thawed), 1 can pineapple chunks (drained), 2-3 sliced bananas, and 1 package miniature marshmallows.

I can’t guess if this cook is trying to cover up the nondescript taste of the frozen and (!) canned strawberries with the sugary glaze and marshmallows or if she just thought these ingredients would go great together. In either case she obviously didn’t have a lot of options to work with and was trying to make do with what was available.

Another one of my aunts has at least two recipes in the cookbook that ask for a package of Jell-O and a container of Dream Whip. In my family, that’s what fruit salad was all about when I was growing up.

Thank God tastes have changed.

A look back at what it was like in times when fresh fruit and vegetables weren’t readily available should make a person think about our food supply and how important it is to protect it, whether that means keeping it free of contamination, protected in the ALR or supported by local consumers. Unless you’re starting to hanker for that Glazed Strawberry Salad, that is.

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Council member says debate is a normal part of the process At Peachland’s September 10 council meetings, there was discussion about the issue of the contracting out of the Christmas Light Up events. Because some members of council had a problem with the process (including myself), one might conclude that I am opposed to the contracting out of services. Actually I am very much in favour of that concept generally. For me the issue was not about contracting out but was one of communication. Was council kept appropriately informed about this new contract?

The question arose at the August 13 council meeting when the July community services report included the following sentence: “… agreements have been negotiated for the following: Chamber of Commerce will host the 2013 Christmas Light Up…” Some members of council (including myself) wanted to know more about this new contract including the financial implications. The result was a motion asking for a report on the contract, which passed unanimously. At the September 10 council meeting, our director of community services, Cheryl Wiebe, presented a report explaining the rationale for the decision, which was made by staff.

One of the main concerns from members of council was the role of the Peachland Lions and the Peachland Rotary, who have for many years provided outstanding volunteer support for the Christmas Light Up. At the meeting, we were given a copy of the new contract, which satisfied many of the concerns expressed by some members of council.

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used to cover the usual costs to run the event in the traditional way. I was satisfied with that explanation and I moved a motion to proceed with the contract. Most of the debate was about the process that was followed rather than the decision itself. In my opinion, changing the Christmas Light Up was an important enough issue to bring the details to council for review.

The relationship between staff and mayor and council is not clearly defined and can vary from one local government to another. Our chief administrative officer, Elsie Lemke, has always been very prompt in replying to council requests for information. But when a relationship is not clearly defined, it will be subject to debate from time to time. This is a normal part of the interaction between staff, the mayor and council and it does not imply any criticism of members of staff.

I believe that our debate on September 10 helped both staff and members of council to understand each other better. Some people might say that a contract for just $7,000 is not worthy of council’s attention; I don`t agree. As a matter of interest, staff have often brought items to council’s attention that involves far less money than that. I now have the information about the changes to the Christmas Light Up. I believe that the community expects members of council to be well informed about how their money is spent.

I know that the chamber will be very careful about any changes that are made and I feel confident that they will do a good job.

Eric Hall Peachland Councillor

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Greata Creek Camp grateful for help and volunteers Greata Creek Camp (GCC), formerly known as Mosquito Hollow, has had a very productive year thanks to some great community support and fabulous tireless volunteers.

Peachland Lions Club was instrumental in dealing with water issues at the camp, providing funds to repair the well and purchase fire fighting equipment. Gorman’s Lumber helped on numerous occasions in a variety of ways. Hundreds of man hours by many volunteers have been donated

to the camp, mostly removing dead standing trees.

Providing rustic Canadian camping opportunities to families, outdoor enthusiasts and groups, GCC is used by local youth such as Girl Guides and church groups, with some returning annually such as cowboys wrangling range cattle in the hills. Greata Creek Camp was even a wonderful wedding venue in the colours of last fall.

Most recently, Team Depot Westbank arrived at Greata

Creek Camp with workers and a truckload of supplies to repair outhouses and woodshed roofs, drywall, paint, and lay donated flooring.

What a difference this crew made for camp! We are grateful to Home Depot for this valuable and industrious weekend.

Thank you community!

Lee Humphries, Peachland

Wine tourism has a large impact on our local economy MP Dan Albas / Commentary In the discussion on the importance of direct jobs and industry, we often hear about the positive economic spinoff effects from a particular industry but usually as a secondary concern and very rarely in a quantitative or business like way.

Recently the Okanagan Wine Festival, in partnership Dan Albas, MP with the British Columbia Wine Institute and the Okanagan College School of Business conducted a study looking at the economic impact of wine tourism to our local economy. The results are both encouraging and surprising.

According to the study there are now

800,000 wine tourist visits to British Columbia annually. The study further indicates that on average between wine purchases (that can now be legally taken back to other provinces in Canada), meals enjoyed at local restaurants, transportation and accommodation, the average visitor spends $474 daily. Of the visitors who arrive over 50 per cent will visit four or more wineries and a further 25 per cent will visit as many as seven or more wineries. Currently Penticton, West Kelowna and Kelowna are the primary destinations, although Osoyoos is becoming increasingly popular as are daily bus tours.

By the numbers the wine tourism industry now employs roughly 1,100 full time jobs and is estimated to have a direct economic impact of $87 million with a further $52 million estimated in indirect economic activity with over $4 million raised in increased government tax revenues.

These are certainly very impressive numbers considering that across British Columbia we have 217 wineries with the vast majority being small family run operations that grow over 80 different varieties of grapes on some 9,800 acres. It is also im-

portant to recognize that this success did not happen by accident– as the upcoming 33rd annual Fall Wine Festival reminds us, local vintners have been pioneering this growing industry in British Columbia now for over three decades.

Also coming up is National Forest Week.

In the riding of Okanagan-Coquihalla we have lumber mills in Merritt and West Kelowna and significantly sized value added wood product manufacturers in Okanagan Falls, West Kelowna, and Penticton. Much like the wine industry there are also forestry related spin off jobs located in Penticton, West Kelowna, Summerland and Okanagan Falls. Over the summer months I had the opportunity to tour many of these operations and remain impressed at the innovation and market reach of our local producers.

Currently there are a few more manufacturers I am hoping to visit in the next few weeks before the House of Commons is back in session. One aspect that remains a constant is the importance of trade relationships and having access to outside markets.

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Diversification of clients and expanded export markets helps keep employment steady as many operations have witnessed over the past recession the dangers of relying on a specific market. Overall there are expansions and new investment occurring throughout Okanagan-Coquihalla and that helps create new jobs and supports our local economies.

The recent study on the Okanagan wine tourism industry is very encouraging as it helps to illustrate the importance of secondary jobs and how one industry can serve as a catalyst to other new and pre-existing industries that creates a stronger overall regional economy.

What is also promising from a wine perspective is that the majority of the Canadian wine market is currently dominated by foreign produced wines, meaning there is ample opportunity for continued expansion in this industry that in turn can create more direct and indirect local jobs.

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Jerry Dober Breakfast, 8am, Peachland Wellness Centre

Yoga Advanced Beginners, 7:45-8:45am, 50+ Activity Centre

Peachland United Service, 10am, United Church

Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 9:30am, 50+ Activity Centre

St. Margaret’s Anglican Church Worship, 10am, St. Margaret’s Anglican Church Emmanuel Church Workship Service, 10am, Peachland Elementary School Peachland Baptist Service, 10:30 service fellowship 11:30am, 4204 Lake Ave. Kokanee Interpretive Program, 12pm-4pm, Hardy Falls Regional Park.

A parks interpreter will be on site each weekend until September 29.

Meat Draw, 2pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

Morning Coffee For Ladies, 10am, Peachland Wellness Centre Tai Chi, 12-1pm, 50+ Activity Centre Needle Arts/Quilting, 1-4pm, 50+ Activity Centre Peachland Guides 5:15pm, community centre Peachland Sparks (girls 5-6), 5:30pm, community centre Youth Boxing Club, 6-8 pm, 4th Street Place

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Yoga, 7:45-8:45am, 50+ Activity Centre

Computer Literacy, 10am, Peachland Wellness Centre. By appointment.

Aerobics For The Not So Young, 9:30-1:30am

Toastmasters, 12-1pm, Peachland community centre. www.peachland. toastmasters.org Men’s Crib & Coffee, 1pm, Peachland Wellness Centre Friendship Tuesday/ Movie, 1-3:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre Bridge (Experienced), 7-8pm, 50+ Activity Centre

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Tai Chi (Wellness Centre), 10am continued level at Heritage Park

Men’s Crib & Coffee, 10am, Peachland Wellness Centre

Bereavement, 10am, Peachland Wellness Centre

Yoga Beginners, 10:3011:30am, 50+ Activity Centre

Iron and Silk Exercise, 11am-noon, 50+ Activity Centre Peachland Rotary Club Meeting, 12pm, Gasthaus Pub AA, 12-1pm, 50+ Activity Centre Meat Draw, 4pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 Bingo, 6:45pm, Doors 5:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Tea in the Tranquil Room, 2pm, Peachland Wellness Centre Ladies Snooker, 5pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 Potluck, Meeting, or Entertainment, 6pm, 50+ Activity Centre (4th week of the month only)

saturdays Carpet Bowling, 10amnoon, 50+ Activity Centre Kokanee Interpretive Program, 12pm-4pm, Hardy Falls Regional Park.

A parks interpreter will be on site each weekend until September 29.

Wood Carving, 7-9pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Meat Draw, 3pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

UPCOMING EVENTS Potluck Supper, September 27, 6pm, 50+ Activity Centre.

register as a vendor, call the Regional Waste Reduction Office at 250.469.6250.

Trunk Sale, September 28, 8am-12pm, Okanagan College parking lot #17.

Looking to sell, trade or give away some of your unwanted or pre-loved stuff and can’t hold your own garage sale? Then you’ll want to take part in the latest Trunk Sale!

Organized by the Regional Waste Reduction Office, the event champions reuse and recycling, with one huge garage sale. Deadline for registrations is Wednesday September 25th. To

Book Sale, September 28, 11am-4pm, Peachland Library. Friends of the Peachland Library are holding their annual book sale. All items in excellent condition.

Proceeds to support Peachland Library activities.

Decluttering and Downsizing Presentation, October 3, 10:45am - 12pm, Westside Seniors Centre.

Presented by Cindy Bruckner, Senior to Senior Home Services Ltd. Free admission - open to everyone. Coffee & tea provided.

Cliff Thorburn, September 28, 1-4pm and 5:308:30pm, Peachland Legion.

Watch the exhibition match with snooker legend Cliff Thorburn at 1pm, $3 in advance and $5 at the door. Then, take part in the Sportsman Dinner at

Lego Time, October 4, 3-3:45pm, Peachland Library. It’s Lego Time at the Peachland Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library, every second Friday beginning October 4th.

All ages are welcome – let your imagination go wild

5:30pm, $15 limited seating.

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Open House, October 5, 50+ Activity Centre. It’s their 40th anniversary!

Astrid Blodgett, October 8, 7-8pm, Peachland Library. Friends of the Peachland Library are hosting award winning author Astrid Blodgett for a reading. Astrid’s book of short stories, You Haven’t Changed A Bit, has recently been published.

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Beginners Acrylic Painting Program, October 16, 1 - 4pm, 50+ Activity Centre. The class is limited so call Roberta at 250-7672054 to register.

Halloween Family Dance Party, October 27. Entertainment, games and refreshments. Tickets required. www.peachland.ca.

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The annual event features lunch, deli, crafts, silent auction, books, bake table.

A licensed appraiser returns to put a value on your collectables for a fee of $5.00.

Remembrance Day Services, November 11, 10:00am. Join the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 as we honour our veterans and fallen comrades.

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Community Remembers at 10:30am, reception following at the Peachland Legion. Contact 250-7679100.

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Wineries important to tourism Continued from page 5

ulation and government can potentially change to further support our Canadian wine producers and this will be part of the discussions taking place in the months ahead.

I look forward to continuing to spotlight the success, challenges and ideas on how to grow our economy and build jobs right here in Okanagan-Coquihalla and sharing what I have learned with my colleagues in Ottawa. I also appreciate the time that constituents take in contacting my office with their ideas and suggestions and can be reached at Dan. albas@parl.gc.ca or via telephone 1 (800) 665-8711.

Dan Albas is the Member of Parliament for Okanagan-Coquihalla.

It’s open! The Peachland Visitor Information Centre (VIC) received occupancy approval to move in to the Historic Primary School Building last

Friday. VIC staff have already moved in and begun welcoming visitors at the new location. A community ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled to take place on October 5 from 2:30 - 4 p.m.

FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK

Productive discussions with Premier and Ministers at UBCM Mayor Keith Fielding / Special to the Peachland View At the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) annual conference last week our delegation consisting of myself, Councillor Condon, Councillor Schierbeck, and CAO Elsie Lemke, met with Premier Christy Clark, and with Rich Coleman, Deputy Premier and Minister for Housing, Todd Stone, Minister of Transportation, and Coralee Oakes, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. Our MLA, Dan Ashton, and Dan Huang, principal of Urban Systems, were also in attendance.

Our agenda included: first, welcoming Premier Clark as our new neighbour, and extending to her an invitation to visit Peachland for an orientation tour; secondly, striving to advance the status of our seniors housing project; thirdly, establishing a process for strong political engagement with our Highway 97 issues; and finally, seeking a federal, provincial, municipal funding partnership suitable for completing the reservoir component of our water master plan and other infrastructure.

Premier Clark indicated her interest in attempting to schedule an orientation visit to Peachland, and was an active participant in all of the issues under discussion. With Mayor Keith Fielding respect to seniors housing, she emphasized the importance of allowing Peachland seniors to “age in place” instead of being forced to uproot and leave the community due to lack of suitable housing when they can no longer live independently. In that regard, Minister Coleman acknowledged the existence of our “shovel ready” non-profit seniors housing project, and indicated that he would initiate a problem solving discussion with senior staff designed to seek ways to increase private equity contribution to the project. We look forward to a fuller understanding of the Ministers’ expectations and will be scheduling meetings in the near future with a view to accelerating implementation of this crucially important project.

In our discussion of Highway 97 issues we emphasized that the future four-laning of the highway through, or around, Peachland is of major interest to the community; that four-laning through Peachland is an unwelcome solution compared to a bypass; that the social and economic impacts of all options need to be studied; that we need to end the development paralysis caused by uncertainty about future highway routing; and

that it is unhelpful to be told by MOTI staff that four-laning is not currently a priority and is therefore not something to be discussed.

We were very pleased to discover that Minister Stone has a very clear understanding of Peachland’s Highway 97 concerns and that he embraces the need for development of a long-term vision and plan. He will be visiting us in the near future to discuss with ourselves and the mayors and staff of regional partners how our respective interests inter-connect and how to best proceed with the creation of a go-forward plan to meet our individual and collective needs. That is good news indeed!

Premier Clark and Minister Oakes congratulated Peachland for our work on the water master plan and for building reserves to fund our share of implementation costs. We discussed the value of three-way, federal, provincial and municipal funding splits for non DCC (i.e. developer paid) infrastructure projects, and learned that future provincial grants of the kind we are seeking will be announced upon completion of a gas tax program review and analysis of other grant programs currently underway.

We look forward to a time when there is greater local discretion as to how municipal funds can be matched with federal and provincial grants, and to a time when there is greater certainty as to the available supply of the latter.

On a different note, readers may be interested to know that while not unanimous, there was majority support at UBCM for a resolution calling upon the provincial government to prohibit the import, export and growing of genetically engineered plants and crops within B.C., as well as the raising of genetically modified animals, and to declare B.C. a GE free zone in respect to all plants and animal species.

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While the UBCM resolution was not the result of it, a delegation of concerned citizens recently addressed Peachland council and presented a petition on this subject requesting us to make Peachland a GE free zone. Lacking that authority, council subsequently passed a resolution indicating our opposition to the planting of GE crops in Peachland and calling on the province to support a policy of mandatory labeling of GE food products.

I thank the petitioners and am pleased that our council had already declared itself on this important matter before it reached the floor at UBCM. Readers’ comments and questions are always welcome, and for this purpose I can be reached by email at mayor@peachland.ca.

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Peachland Business Walks to kick off Small Business Month Local businesses will get face time with leaders Gail Scott / Special to the Peachland View Local businesses will once again be visited by teams of Peachland business and political leaders on Tuesday, October 1 as the Central Okanagan Business Walk helps launch Small Business Month in Canada.

The award-winning Business Walk Program is powered by the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission, which launched the first Business Walk in Canada in October, 2012. The program is a partnership Gail Scott between the Economic Development Commission, business improvement associations, Westbank First Nation, and chambers of commerce throughout the region.

Business Walks have proven highly effective in gathering information that can be used to retain businesses in a community and creating an environment where they can grow. The Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission (COEDC) Business Walk program was awarded Community Project of the Year from the Economic Development Association of BC (EDABC) in 2012.

“The Business Walk provides an opportunity for our partners and stakeholders to connect face-to-face with individuals in the business community – to ‘take the pulse’ of the economic climate as well as identify businesses that require one-on-one support or expertise from the commission,” says Corie Griffiths, business development officer with the COEDC. Last year more than 30 Peachland businesses were visited and we hope to be able to meet or surpass that number again this year, says Rob Campbell, president of the Peachland Chamber of Commerce. Campbell says the chamber’s board of directors, Mayor Fielding and some of the local councillors will make up this year’s teams.

He adds that the purpose behind the walks

is to listen to the voice of business because the information that is provided will directly contribute to the services available to businesses in the Central Okanagan.

The plan is to have six or seven teams of two people going out to businesses located in the targeted Peachland areas. Each team will be expected to conduct up to six business visits using a survey of three questions and each interview should take no more than 10 or 15 minutes of the business owner’s time. We hope to have the whole event wrapped up within two hours from start to finish. Following the walks

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the surveys will be reviewed and collated in order to effectively and efficiently address probable topics as workforce development, signage, zoning, parking, opportunity identification, investment attraction, business retention and expansion services, importing and exporting, and business to business connections and networking.

In response to the information gathered from the Central Okanagan’s Manufacturing Walk earlier this year, the COEDC has developed a half-day seminar to be held on September 25 to assist the region’s manufacturers in addressing employee recruitment and retention issues as well as the development of a Central Okanagan Manufacturers’ resource guide.

The Peachland Business Walks will take place on Tuesday, October 1 from 9 a.m.

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Regional board meeting highlights – September 23 Adjusted park project funding allocation

The regional board has approved adding previously approved funding from one regional park project to another. As a result of circumstances beyond its control, the regional parks department is unable to complete $123,600 worth of budgeted work to remove, reconstruct and replace the Cottonwood Bridge over Mission Creek this year.

Instead, the board supports contributing that money, along with $150,000 from the federal government community infrastructure program to replacing sections of the north breakwater at Okanagan Centre Safe Harbour Regional Park. The board also supports allocating $123,600 in its 2014 budget to complete the bridge upgrade project next year.

No land swap at Fintry Provincial Park

The regional board will not pursue further discussions with BC Parks regarding the possibility of a land swap within Fintry Provincial Park to facilitate possible operation of a historical working farm. Regional parks staff has heard from both BC Parks and the Friends of Fintry Society that they would rather investigate heritage and recreational opportunities as possible revenue streams for the park and that the idea of a working farm is not feasible. Some area residents also objected to the idea of a working farm so close to the camping areas of the provincial park.

Rose Valley Regional Park road application

The regional board does not support an application to the province for a road dedication through a northerly portion of the crown lease in Rose Valley Regional Park. The applicant has asked the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to approve the proposal in order to allow a full municipal standard road access from Bear Creek Road through the park to a property on the eastern edge of the park boundary.

Instead, the board supports the province issuing a temporary use permit that would only allow personal and private use vehicle access through the park to the private property.

No support for renewing lake lease lots

The regional board does not support a Front Counter BC referral application to renew an existing residential-recreational lease for one lot with one cabin on Browne Lake. The lake is one of several that supply water to the South East Kelowna Irrigation District.

While the .095-hectare property is on Crown land, in the interest of protecting drinking water sources and public health, the regional district, Okanagan Basin Water Board and other local government jurisdictions have generally not supported the leasing of lots adjacent to reservoir lakes.

The board wishes to begin discussions with the provincial government and other jurisdictions to discuss long term planning regarding tenure and leases on reservoir lakes with the goal of ensuring source drinking water protection and in the interim that the province not approve any further lease extensions.

The house sparrow

The house sparrow is found in most parts of the world. It was introduced into North America in 1851, being brought to Brooklyn, New York from England. Along with the European starling and the rock pigeon, these are some of the most common birds. The house sparrow is the most commonly distributed bird in the world.

They take frequent dust baths by throwing soil and dust over their body feathers, just as if it were bathing with water. In doing so, a sparrow may make a small depression in the ground, and sometimes defends this spot against other sparrows.

The house sparrow prefers to nest in manmade structures such as nest boxes instead of in natural nest sites such as holes in trees. It is most commonly found in urban areas near human habitation.

In flocks they have a pecking order much the way chickens in a farmyard do. You can begin to decipher the standings by paying attention to the black throats of the males. Males with larger patches of black tend to be older and dominant over males with less black. By wearing this

presentations before the regional board by Chair Robert Hobson. Derek Fletcher has received an Exemplary Service Award from the federal government for 20 years of service and a Long Service Award from the provincial government in recognition of his 25 years of service and commitment to the Wilson’s Landing community. Fletcher retired as chief of the Wilson’s Landing Fire Department earlier this year, but continues to serve as its training officer.

Former fire chief recognized

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Regional board meetings take place at the regional district office located at 1450 KLO Road, Kelowna in the Woodhaven Board Room. Residents are welcome to attend.

• Thursday, October 10 following the 8:30 a.m. governance and services committee meeting; and • Monday, October 28 at 7 p.m.

Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park Harvest Fair Saturday September 28th 10 am - 3 pm

The regional board has approved a request from the Kelowna Dirt Bike Club to change the date of one of the events previously approved for its special events permit. One of the four events for 2013 that was exempt from the noise bylaw regulations had been scheduled for September 15. Instead, the club is asking for the special events permit to apply to a charity event for October 20 in order to raise funds for the Spinal Cord Injury Society of BC. During August, the regional district approved 11 building permits for construction projects valued at $299,400 in the Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West Electoral Areas. That compares with eight permits issued during August 2012 for projects worth a total of $227,900.

So far this year 103 building permits have been approved for projects worth an estimated $6.2 million. During the first eight months of 2012, 84 building permits were approved for projects valued at just over $6.2 million.

information on their feathers, sparrows can avoid some fights and thereby save energy.

House sparrows are monogamous, and typically mate for life. Many birds do not find a nest and a mate, and instead may serve as helpers around the nest for mated pairs, a role that increases the chances of being chosen to replace a lost mate. The female develops a brood patch of bare skin and plays the main part in incubating the eggs. The male helps, but can only cover the eggs rather than truly incubating them. The female spends the night incubating during this period, while the male roosts near the nest. Eggs hatch at the same time, after a short incubation period lasting 11–14 days.

Young house sparrows typically remain in the nest for 14-16 days. During this time, they are fed by both parents. As newly hatched house sparrows do not have sufficient insulation, they are brooded for a few days or longer in cold conditions.

Only about 20 per cent of hatchlings survive the first year. Domestic cats are their main predator.

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COMMUNITY

Peachland snooker players plan to challenge Cliff Thorburn

World of Wheels gives back to community

Barrie Hewer / Special to the Peachland View

Champion snooker player Cliff Thorburn Have you been wondering why the snooker table at the Peachland Legion has suddenly become so busy? Why has the average score shot up? Could it be that these players are practicing to play Cliff “The Grinder” Thorburn?

Saturday, September 28 will see B.C. born World and Canadian Champion Snooker Player Cliff “The Grinder” Thorburn. Thorburn, affectionately nicknamed “The Grinder” because of his patient and determined style of play, has held scores of championship titles during his professional career and now tours with the Legends of Snooker.

Thorburn has also received the Order of Canada and tours to maintain the sport of snooker. During his visit to the Peachland Legion The Grinder will showcase his game, play guests who attend and will also conduct a snooker clinic from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

During the afternoon there will also be a silent auction and other opportunities to win dozens of prizes. This event is an important fundraiser for the Peachland Legion. The proceeds will go to Legion renovations and the Legion’s Remembrance Celebration.

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World Of Wheels volunteers Glen Hoff, committee chair Pam Cunningham, Russ Paul Ashley Shultz and Rob Wilkes (shown left to

right) present a $3,000 cheque to Judy Bedford (centre) of the Peachland Food Bank.

The World of Wheels Show and Shine is a non-profit event that each year donates all proceeds back to the community. “We were fortunate enough this year to have a surplus as we did last year,” Cunningham told The View. “We love to give back to the community as we are a non-profit and we’re all volunteers. Everyone in Peachland that comes to the show and supports it can all be proud that we’re giving money back to the community.”

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World Of Wheels committee chair Pam Cunningham and volunteers Glen Hoff, Russ Paul Ashley Shultz and Rob Wilkes (shown left

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Award winning author Timing is important with green tomatoes to read at library LOCALLY in SEASOn

Patricia Guest / Special to the Peachland View It seems as though everyone I speak to is doing something with green tomatoes this week. One person is making relish.

Another shared a vanilla, ginger and green tomato jam recipe that sent shivers down my spine. Yum! Yet another is drying them. To what avail I am not sure.

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Sandra Halme / Special to the Peachland View Astrid Blodgett’s recently published short story collection has been called “a complex and darkly tinged look into the lives of troubled characters and the traumatic, life-altering events of their lives.” One reviewer, Caroline Adderson, went so far to say the book “has the complexity and texture you’d expect from a well-established short fiction writer. The fact that this is a debut collection is a remarkable achievement and should convince you to keep an eye out for more of Blodgett’s work.”

Sponsored by the Friends of the Peachland Library, Astrid will be bringing her dramatic fiction flair to the Peachland Library on Tuesday, October 8, where she will be reading from her book You Haven’t Changed a Bit. The book consists of 13 stories. One of her author fans, Leslie Greentree, calls her writing “clean, spare and intelligent with details carefully chosen to reflect larger relationships and moments. Blodgett has a knack for sketching out complex relationships with telling little moments that are deftly and subtly rendered. I was filled with writer envy, wishing I’d written the last line of Ice Break.

A perfect little moment, so honest, so true and so shocking for that.”

Astrid earned her MA from the University of Alberta and has received numerous awards including the James Patrick Folinsbee writing prizes. Her stories have been read on CBC and published in Meltwater: Fiction and Poetry from the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Journey Prize Stories 24, The Antigonish Review and Prairie Fire.

As is often the case, authors are used to writing and not necessarily speaking, so the Friends of the Peachland Library will be securing a sound system to make her easily heard. This is a free event with light refreshments being served following the reading and a short question and answer session. Everyone is welcome.

The Friends of the Peachland Library are a group of book loving volunteers who enhance the profile of the library through special events such as author readings. The Friends also raise funds to support activities that fall outside or which are not funded entirely by the Okanagan Regional Library, such as the children’s summer reading club. New members are most welcome and information can be found at the library.

Blodgett’s book reading will take place at the Peachland Library on Tuesday, October 8 from 7 – 8 p.m.

Few groups are as genuinely determined to use all of the fruit of their hobby as gardeners. Perhaps it is the memories of the stresses of the day falling away into the warm nights of summer as you harvest your veggies and pull the weeds.

Maybe your calloused hands remember the many wheelbarrow loads of compost and horse poop used to enrich the soil and make the worms happy. Perhaps you will throw even the smallest green tomato into the compost until such time as it screams, “I’m rotten” just as you stick your finger through the oozing hole.

While nothing beats rotten potatoes for smell and disgustingness, the black holes in tomatoes that are too immature to ripen seem to have a sort of evil eye thing going on with them.

We here in the north always wait till the last minute to pick our shivering plants out of the ground, hoping to get that

vine ripened flavour from just a few more tomatoes.

If you want to ripen your tomatoes off the vine they must be picked before first frost to prevent damage.

If a tomato is mature or ripe enough to redden rather than rot they have started to turn colour from pure green to white or yellow and have a little give in them. The seeds are encased in gel and some colouring is apparent at the stem end. You can pull the whole plant and hang them in your garage if the temperature will stay above 10°C. These ripen more slowly and I have experienced less loss with this method.

To store tomatoes off the vine, wash and dry the fruit and leave the stem in to prevent opening them up to bacteria. Pack the tomatoes loosely in cardboard with a paper layer on the

Green Tomato Jam with Ginger and Vanilla 3 cups chopped and deseeded green tomatoes 1 cup underripe or green apple peeled, seeded and chopped 2 tsp fresh ginger, finely minced Juice and zest of one lemon 1 cup cane sugar or honey to taste 1 tbsp good vanilla In a pot toss all ingredients together except the vanilla. Bring mixture to a simmer over low heat until it reaches the consistency you want.

Add the vanilla and stir. Place in sterilized jars and seal.

bottom and store them in an area that has higher humidity and a temperature between 10° and 18°C. As they ripen bring them out and finish ripening on your counter now that the fruit flies have disappeared.

It is recommended that you check your tomato box every day and immediately remove any tomatoes showing signs of decay so they do not contaminate their neighbours. I would rather have a few feasts of fried green tomatoes with the ones that are ripe enough and make a jam or

relish with the others and be done with them.

Apparently our southern neighbours actually pick green tomatoes throughout the year and consider fried green tomatoes a tasty treat, which of course they are. This recipe, however, is the one that sent my taste buds tingling. Some of you might be a little leery so I have made this recipe just for two medium jars so you can store it in the fridge and experiment a little. This is great on English muffins with cheese or paired with yogurt.

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You must file a Response to Civil Claim within the period required under the Supreme Court Civil Rules failing which further proceedings, including judgment, may be taken against you without notice to you.

This advertisement is placed by the Plaintiff whose address for service is: Murphy Battista LLP 2020 – 650 West Georgia Street Box 11547 Vancouver Centre Vancouver, BC V6B 4N7 Facsimile: (604) 683-5084 This Advertisement is prepared and filed by Stephen E. Gibson of the firm of Murphy Battista LLP, whose place of business and address is stated above.

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VIEW

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PEACHLAND VIEW The Peachland View is looking for a dynamic Sales Executive capable of selling print and online advertising concepts. You will service existing clients and build new business. You are enthusiastic and well organized. You are great on the phone and confident face to face and able to communicate well in English, written and oral. You are also comfortable working with Microsoft Office, the internet and understand the importance of meeting deadlines.

Advertising sales experience is not necessary but personality is a must. If you believe you are creative, adaptable, detail oriented and... have a sense of humour, submit your resume and cover letter in confidence to:

Attn: Steve Ceron careers@osoyoostimes.com

Suite For Rent Above ground basement suite for rent. 1 bedroom N.S. Prefer female, retired lady. Quiet area, $650/mo. Ground level entrance.

Small pets neg.

FR-37

wanted

Unbreakables: anytime in our drop box.

Breakables: Wednesday morning and Thursday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Rifles Wanted Winchester lever-action big game rifle and Winchester lever, pump or semi-auto .22 rifle. Call evenings (250) 767-6740 W-11

puzzle answers

Serving Peachland and Westbank

AberdeenPublishing.com 778-754-5722

employment

Peachland For Rent Brand new renovated walk out suite 1 bedroom, NS, N/P. All new appliances, furnished or unfurnished. F/P, F/S, D/W, A/C and insuite W/D. Lake view, quiet surroundings, close walk to bus stop. Private patio. $900 utilities included. Call 250-767-6170. FR-36

We very much appreciate your donation.

Also House/Pet Sitting

The Peachland View is part of the Aberdeen Publishing group.

Basement Suite 1 bedroom furnished basement suite for rent; jacuzzi, $800/month, utilities incl. No pets, no smoking.

Peachland; avail. Oct. 1. 250-4694996.

FR-32

Peachland United Church

J&M Cleaning • Commercial • Residential • Move-Outs • Locally owned & operated • References available 250-878-9729 S-18

Homewatch

Only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

for rent

services

BARGAIN BIN

Advertising Sales Representative

Bookkeeper Needed Part-Time Bookkeeping position 2-3 days/wk. A minimum of 5 years current bookkeeping experience is required. Must be proficient in Simply Accounting and a working knowledge of Quick Books would be an asset.

The successful candidate will enjoy a varied workload, including bookkeeping and payroll for our diverse clientele. Please reply with wage expectation and resume to tammiegilbert@shaw.ca E-8

services

For further information please call Derek at 250-767-2892 or email dbunce@telus.net

garage sale

Garage Sale

• Providing Peace of Mind, while you’re away • Experienced, Reliable and Affordable • Bondable, with References available • Free Home Consultation

6064 Jackson Crescent Saturday and Sunday 8-4 pm Loads of stuff: cars, bikes, quads, tires, washer/dryer, skis, tools, housewares

Painting Services Residential or commercial, New construction or repaint. Interior or exterior. Call G. C. Contracting for a free estimate. 250-767-2701 S-3

GS-51

Notices

PEACHLAND VIEW DEADLINES DISPLAY ADVERTISING (boxed): Mondays 4 p.m.

CLASSIFIED ADS by noon Tuesdays

Alcoholics Anonymous Peachland Fellowship

(Must be prepaid, cash, Visa or Mastercard) Email: sales@peachlandview.ca

Meets Monday at 7 p.m. (closed meeting) and Friday at 8 p.m. (open meeting).

NEWS COPY: noon Mondays

Call 250-763-5555 for more info.

services Castles to Cabins Housekeeping, cleaning, offices or yard work. move ins & move outs, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly appointments. Experienced & reliable. Call Michelle 250-826-6285

S-14 Renosense Home Repair Ltd. Renovations including dry walling, textured ceilings, etc., decks, tiling, etc. No job too small. Call Eric at 250-317-6570 S-2

CLASSIFIED AD RATES: Up to 20 words - $9.00; 15¢ each additional word.

Per column inch $9.00 plus GST Garage Sale Ads include box and headline: $15.00 plus GST NOTICES: Weddings, engagements, birth announcements, cards of thanks, in memoriams, obituaries, and other notices (min. charge) $9.00 plus GST up to 20 words, 15¢ each additional word.

Business display advertising rates on request.

PHONE 250.767.7771 Fax: 250.767.3337 Email: sales@peachlandview.ca Advertising Regulations: The Peachland View reserves the right to classify ads under appropriate headings and to separate and to determine the page location. The Peachland View reserves the right to revise, edit, classify or reject any advertisement.

All claims of errors to advertisements must be received by the publisher within seven days after the first publication.

It is agreed by the advertiser requesting space that the liability of the Peachland View in the event of failure to publish an advertisement or in the event of an error appearing in the advertisement as published, shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for only one incorrect insertion for the portion of the advertising space occupied by the incorrect or omitted item only and that there shall be no liability in any event greater than the amount paid.

Need a Handyman?

Look to our Service Directory or the classifieds for the professional you need today

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pEAChLAND SErViCE DirECTOry WestCan Business Services

Blade to Blade Lawn Care & Snow Removal

NOW AVAILABLE IN PEACHLAND

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Accounting Bookkeeping Small Business Management Consulting

Pruning

The Yard Guise

Specializing in properties with those “Hard to Reach Places”

by appointment please

250-767-2222 Willie’s

Interior Painting • Design • Consultation

Call Scott Hudey at 778-821-4053 “Where Business is Growing Like a Weed”

free estimates & free installation

Willie Wainwright Home:

Free Estimates

250-868-0126 www.blindsplus.ca

250.878.3918

Full yard clean-ups

250-862-0567 Free estimates Serving Peachland for

“The grass is always greener on YOUR side of the fence”

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✔ Blinds ✔ Drapery ✔ Upholstery ✔ 3M Tinting

Westside Curb Appeal Inc.

renovation & remodeling • Kitchen / Bathroom Renos • Decks & Railings • Windows & Doors • Siding & Rock work • Small Jobs Welcome • FREE ESTIMATES

250.801.3521

M. Scharer Enterprises

• Hot Water Tanks • New Construction • Water Filtration Systems

"One call does it all"

SERVING PEACHLAND FOR 16+ YEARS WCB & Liability Ins.

Call Jeff 250-212-0781 Res. 250-767-9565

250-767-6018 www.s to nes ho wroom.ca

• New • Re-Roofs • Repairs ALSO: • Siding • Soffit • Fascia • Gutters

• Plumbing Renovations • Heating Systems

Certified Plumber & Gas Fitter

250-878-7279 or 250-767-9350 Exteriors TOPLINE for all your ROOFING needs

Located in Peachland!

Call... LEE THE PLUMBER For all your plumbing needs:

Quality Finishing Carpentry • Bath & Kitchen upgrades Tile Setting • Hardwood Floors • Painting & Repairs

Suppliers and installers of Natural & Manufactured Stone Free estimates · 1-866-766-0505

#130-1135 Stevens Rd, West Kelowna

Family portraits and wedding photography

Having problems getting your Mac set up the way you want?

Is Windows technical support unable to help you?

Serving the Okanagan. Professional photography capturing your family, important events, and professional head shots. You keep your high-res digital images to print as you choose.

• Mac/Windows networking • Software Installation • E-mail setup • Memory upgrades • Backup creation • iPhone and iPad setup • Help with setting up Facebook and video chatting

info@mikeintosh.ca

Jazel Homes

You Deserve The Best

Quality Custom Homes

T 250 768 5799 C 250 469 1451 jazel@shaw.ca F 250 768 5733

Simplifying Your Books Support Training Payroll Bookkeeping Income Tax

TMG Business

250.767.6521

Services

Tammie Gilbert, CFB | tammiegilbert@shaw.ca

GM Trained Technicians GM Accessories

mikeintosh.ca Okanagan’s On-Site Mac Tech Support

Mike Rieger

Leaf clean-ups

msrp

insured and bondable

Cell:

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Hedging

up to

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Snip, Grip & Rip

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Accredited by the PPOC

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Complimentary Wash & Vacuum With All Service Calls

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT 250-493-2333 www.huberbannister.com • 933 Westminster Ave. West, Penticton

Critter Sitter and Groomer Welcome Peachland and West Kelowna Pet Owners • No kennels - if they’re sleeping on your bed, they’re sleeping on mine.

• Special rates for long term vacationers and snowbirds.

• Pick up and delivery available.

• Dog Sitting and grooming since 1983. Lots of references.

Call Elizabeth

250-864-6800

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diversions

HOROSCOPE

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS 1. Cape near Lisbon 5. Chew the fat 9. Time of the 90th meridian 12. 1982 planned city in Israel 13. Vehicle carrying passengers 14. Expression of surprise 15. Long range nuclear weapon 16. 2nd largest Muslim denomination 17. Mad Men’s Draper 18. Spanish artist Salvador 19. S.F. murdered mayor 20. Baby talk fathers 22. Religious discourse 24. Poet Dickinson 25. Emblem stamps 26. Competes 27. 40th state 28. Expects 31. In an ageless way 33. A person in religious orders 34. Pa’s partner 35. Two considered as a unit 36. NE 68770 39. Duple time dance 40. Greek myth’s 1st woman 42. Word element meaning right 43. Point that is one point E of SE 44. Common teen skin disease 46. 4th Caliph of Islam 47. Oblong cream puff 49. Phoned 50. Very low frequency 51. Guild Wars creatures 52. Cozy 53. Hooray!

54. Work units 55. Soft-finned fishes CLUES DOWN 1. Foray 2 Killer whales 3. Television systems 4. Marvel at 5. Connected spirals 6. Moroccan outer garment 7. Play a role 8. ____ Daniel Webster 9. Golf attendants 10. Large school of fish 11. Tanacetum vulgare 13. Lower jaw fronts 16. Burn without a flame 21. Cordiality 23. PBS drama theater 28. Mandela’s party 29. 42nd state 30. One who distributes alms 31. 20th C. playwright T.S. 32. Smallest state 33. Turn into lime 35. Spanish seafood dish 36. Language synonym Bura 37. Large-grained or

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, someone whose opinion matters to you may disagree with you on an important point. Use your powers of persuasion, and both of you will be better for it.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

Take your upbeat attitude to new heights this week, Taurus.

New challenges will emerge in the coming weeks, so find new inspiration and things will go smoothly.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21

Gemini, keep your head on straight over the next week, which figures to be hectic. Cool heads always prevail, and your calm approach will be noticed by others.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, your ingenuity is treasured among the people closest to you, but those who do not know you may be unfamiliar with the tricks you have up your sleeve.

Take time to show them.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23

rough to the touch 38. Understood by only a few 39. Thickened meat

juices 40. Anjou and bartlett 41. Declare invalid 43. Molten metals

surface scum 45. Bird reproductive bodies 48. Chronicles (abbr.)

SUDOKU

Leo, someone wants to take your relationship to another level, so let this person know you are on the same page. Otherwise, you both may be floundering around for some time.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22

Virgo, good news awaits on the job this week, even if it is totally unexpected. Nonetheless, it can be exciting to know that someone is watching out for you.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

Libra, you may be excited about an upcoming event or getaway, but don’t let your anticipation get the best of you.

Remember, you do need to plan and pack.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, embrace a challenge that presents itself this week. No matter the scale of the challenge, you will soon find you’re up to it, and so will those around you.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, be open to new experiences, as you do not know when surprises are going to come around the bend. This week may prove to be a real eye-opener.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20

It’s time to ditch any bad habits that have been holding you back, Capricorn. Set a new course, with new goals, and those old habits will soon be an afterthought.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

Level: Intermediate

Here’s How It Works - Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

A heightened sense of urgency may have you jumping into a situation, Aquarius. But give this situation the careful consideration it deserves. Keep your eyes on the future.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, now is the time to redirect some of your professional ambitions to your personal life.

It’s an effort worth making.

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faith | SPORTS & RECREATION

FOOD FOR THE SOUL

Look to the Bible for marriage advice Derek Koch Emmanuel Church The beginning of any new adventure is exciting.

We often celebrate new beginnings. One adventure worth celebrating is marriage. Two weeks ago I stood under an arbour at Gellatly Nut Farm in West Kelowna and led a couple through their vows as they declared their love for each other in a beautiful ceremony.

The groom shed some romantic tears as the bride walked down the aisle.

I’d say that was a good start. What really matters though is how this couple will navigate through the challenges, roadblocks, and difficult times as they cry for other, less romantic reasons down the road.

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if we all gathered together again 50 years later and all cried together because of a love that made it through the test of time?

So how do you make marriage last?

Include God in your marriage. As I have listened to the stories of successful couples, one common thread is a life dedicated to learning and application of the principles of love, commitment and conflict resolution as laid out in various passages in the Old Testament and New Testament. Prayer has also been significant. Talking to a God who listens, watching Him change our circumstances, and then seeing answered prayer cannot help but keep love alive.

A second tip is to surround yourself with couples who are successful. This principle is not unique to marriage. If you want to succeed in any venture, get to know people that are doing well what you are just starting to do. We could call these people mentors.

Search for couples whose relationship you respect and begin to grill them on their secrets of success!

These people may be easy to find. They may be right there in your family. On the other hand, if the search is more difficult, look anywhere and everywhere!

The quest is worth it. In my own life, I’ve been privileged to get a front row seat

Contributed

Peachland Legion senior’s softball team The RCL 69ers attended a luncheon last Thursday September 19 at The Hidden Gem to mark the end of their 2013 season of

play. They also celebrated receiving the League’s trophy for the Most Improved Team. Pictured above holding the trophy are Robin LaBossier (left) and Roland Marcotte (right).

If you would like to more about Peachland Legion’s sports teams call 250-767-9100.

watching my parents’ marriage. I’ve seen their love go through difficult times and become steadily stronger as the years have gone by. When they first met in Europe, they had a simple wedding with a marriage commissioner in a government office. On their 25th wedding anniversary, dad surprised mom with a church wedding and a renewal of vows that we still talk about fondly today.

They just celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary in August!

Third, and finally, be willing to change. I haven’t seen a successful relationship yet that hasn’t

Proud to Be Your Family Pet Doctors

required adjustments in attitudes and priorities from both participants. No one likes change or being told to change. The Man’s Prayer on The Red Green Show comes to mind: “I’m a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess.”

However, without change or even more basic, the humility to decide to change, your marriage will begin to veer in the wrong direction.

Best wishes to you all!

And hey, I’d love to hear some of the advice you get. Feel free to email me at Derek@emmanuelnet.ca and we can learn from each other.

Free Exams for New Pets

Peachland

Places of Faith

St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

Peachland United Church 4421 4th Street

Grace Lutheran Church 1162 Hudson Road West Kelowna, B.C. 250-769-5685

Sunday Services

New Contemporary Worship Service 9 a.m.

Traditional Worship

Sunday, September 29th, 2013

Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

Morning Prayer Tuesdays - 9:30 a.m.

Office Hours 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Monday to Friday

Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Ages 2 thru to Grade 6 www.gracelutherankelowna.com

Fun for the whole family!

11:00am - 1:00pm

Fellowship time with coffee and cookies at 11:30 a.m.

4th Street & Brandon Ave

Peachland Campus Pastor cell: 250.870.3087 Office: 5848B Beach Avenue

www.stmargaretspeachland.org

Summer Schedule Family service at 10:30 am

Peachland Campus at Peachland Elementary School

250-767-3131

“Let Us Worship Together”

Peachland Baptist Church

“Fall Family Gathering”

Lyn Stewart 250-767-6211

Service 10:30 a.m.

250-767-2206

A Friendly Welcome Awaits You At...

2600 Hebert Road, West Kelowna 250.768.7638 emmanuelnet.ca

Office Hours - Tue, Wed, Thur 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Hall rental contact Doreen 250-767-2132 Sunday Morning Service 10 a.m.

Rev. Elaine Diggle

all are welcome

Join us for: Good Music Bible Messages - Great Fellowship

www.peachlandbaptist.net 4204 Lake Avenue

250-767-9232

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 2012 Real Estate Review- peachlandliving.com

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$249,000 6376 Topham Place - Soak in the views from your future dream home! Great building lot with unobstructed views from Penticton to Kelowna. Site prepped, driveway in. Lot would accommodate house with shop or pool.

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Real Estate Professional

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Each office independently owned and PROFESSIONALS operated

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5305 Bradbury St, Peachland - Enjoy your stunning view of Okanagan Lake from this 3 bedroom plus den custom built West Coast Architecture home, beautifully landscaped, garden, big luscious green back yard, a must see, a great family home. The Ponderosa Pines living, and Okanagan lake view await you from your back yard and/or deck.

www.kelownaokanaganrealestate.com

$455,000

MLS®10064403

250-826-2047 5878E Beach Avenue

Larry Guilbault Peachland, BC VOH 1X7

I would like to thank my clients for trusting in me the sale of their home!

If you would like a market analysis of your home please call me.

For all your mortgage needs...

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CURRENT RATE SPECIALS

Reduced!

5 yr fixed rate 3.59% 10 yr fixed rate 4.29% 5 yr variable rate (Prime – 0.40%) 2.60%

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764 Francis Ave, Kelowna

Great 4 bed/ 2 bath home Within blocks to the hospital Brand new high efficiency furnace Close to beach and all amenities

MLS# 10067160

$364,000

Leanne Cody 250-215-5028 leannecody@invis.ca

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1254 Pettman Road, West Kelowna

Desirable West Kelowna estates Lakeviews and privacy Kitchen and baths renovated 5 minutes to the bridge

Sold!

MLS# 10068745

$425,000

250-470-8989

Let us negotiate for your best mortgage!

sgeiger@coldwellbanker.ca

Saving up for your Dream Home?

3821 Harding Road, West Kelowna DON’T MISS OUT! ENDLESS LAKEVIEWS ON A LARGE LOT! Just steps to the beach, lakeside walking trails and all amenities - close to shopping, schools, golf, skiing, marina, recreational facilities, wineries, restaurants, doctors and much more! This 3 bed/ 2.5 bath walkout rancher is exceptionally clean and has been lovingly maintained. The generous lot is .36 acres and has a detached double garage with 220 power, plus additional parking - room for the boat or RV.

#415 2330 Butt Road, West Kelowna • • • •

Sun Village on the waterscape 2 bed/ 2 bath Walk to all amenities Clubhouse/ pool

MLS# 10060736

MLS# 10068963

$512,000

$325,000

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(250) 768-3339

Kelowna office

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PERFECT FOR RETIREMENT! D!

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7140 Brent Road

$1,980,000

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Okanagan Lakefront home with over 2 acres of privacy and 251’ of shoreline. This Poskitt Classic Tudor home is a 4 bed/ 4 bath with panoramic lake views. This property also has a 1 bed/1 bath guest cottage on the property. This home has a new roof (2007), and newer S/S appliances. This home and property must be seen MLS# 10065897 to be appreciated!

$45,900

Shirley Geiger

Adult 45+

Some conditions apply. Rates may change at any time.

One of these realtors will be happy to help you make the most of your savings!

#32 6663 Hwy 97 - Quality adult park across from Lake Okanagan. No need to pay rent when you can own this 2 bedroom 1 bathroom mobile home with a large family room, living room with fireplace, eat in kitchen with pantry. Nice covered deck, storage room, sheds & your own yard. A lot of furniture included, all appliances including a freezer. Call me to see it. MLS® 10059029

6158 Davies Crescent, Peachland - 2 bed/2 bath rancher on generous, private .30 acre lot. Located on a quiet street with beautiful LAKE VIEWS, just minutes drive from all amenities including beachfront walking trails, community & senior’s centres, cafes, restaurants, shopping, doctors and groceries. Large family room, sunny eating area & ample parking with room for the RV! Offered at $359,900.

CALL TRACEY FOR A FREE MARKET EVALUATION! MLS®10066616

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250.864.6606

$339,000 • 5348 Huston Road Fantastic lake views, close in to the beach and shopping mall, extra wide lot, .25 acre 4 bdrms, 3 baths, grade level entry, formal living and dining areas, master with a 2 piece ensuite, built in vac, U/G irrigation, C/A, large covered view deck, garden boxes, easy to make extra parking, lovingly maintained for decades.

MLS®10070392

Cecile Guilbault

250-212-2654

PROFESSIONALS

Each office independently owned and operated.

T R AC E Y B O O R M A N. C O M

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