The view nov 17

Watch for the

Peachland Recreation Guide

One suite left!

Call Bettyann at

250-768-2934 2505 Ingram Rd West Kelowna

(right behind Save On Foods)

PEACHLAND VIEW

December 8th

• bettyanng@regencyresorts.ca

November 17, 2017 Volume 13 | Number 46 ThePeachlandView

inside your

regencyresorts.ca

Every house ~ Every business ~ Every week

www.peachlandview.com

Winter 2018

@PeachlandView

THINKING OF SELLING? FREE MARKET EVALUATION

250-212-2654

www.peachlandrealestate.com

The Gateway 105A-4200 Beach Ave K 100 Peachland, BC V0H 1X6 K 29.8

Inside VIEW

Taking new trekkers /2

Local man recounts the Battle of Britain/3

DAN WALTON

Remembrance Day pics/6

FLUORESCENT FLARING – Slash burnings near Naramata caused some Peachlanders to notice an orange glow show above the southern sky earlier this week.

CAMEO BUTLER is our lucky October draw winner!

She chose two $50 gift certificates: one for Petro-Can & one for the Gasthaus.

Remember to drop in and enter our November draw!

PEACHLAND VIEW

2

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Royal Canadian Legion #69

Special Musical Guest

Chili Challenge November 25

th

Tasting/Judging at 6 pm Winners announced at 6:30 pm Proceeds to local charities

Dance afterwards 250.767.9404

Local walking club taking new trekkers ERIC HALL

PEACHLAND TREKKERS

W

hen I lived in England, I got used to having quality sidewalks on both sides of the street. My family did not have a car when I was growing-up, so walking was a fact of life. Of course England is famous for all the walking trails that make the countryside so accessible. They have been used for hundreds of years and the access is well-protected by law.

After coming to Canada and buying a house in Surrey, I liked to walk to the local corner store but my neighbours would stop

and offer me a ride. They seemed puzzled when I told them that I preferred to walk.

Here in Peachland we noticed a difference when they put in a proper sidewalk opposite our house. An upgrade to the water main along Turner Avenue also allowed for the construction of a sidewalk. Since then we have noticed a significant increase in people walking along this street, now that it is safer to do so.

Residents that are new to Peachland may not be aware that we have a walking club here. The Peachland Trekkers organises a weekly walk led by members of the group. During the summer,

we walk on Wednesday evenings and in the winter on Sunday afternoons. Our walks are casual in nature and last about an hour.

After the walk, we get together for a coffee and a chat.

For many years, the Peachland Trekkers were called the Peachland Volkssport walking club. In 2011, it was decided that the club should drop its membership of Volkssport and become an independent walking club.

The club has about 60 members, who live in Peachland or West Kelowna.

Summer walks are often on forest trails in the area between Kelowna and Penticton. In the

NEWS CONTRIBUTED

winter, the walks are more likely to follow a road instead of a trail.

When there is snow, the walk sometimes uses the Peachland Beach Avenue walkway. Some longer hikes are also organised for our more active members.

The club philosophy is to encourage members to “take a hike” without “taking a risk”;

most walks are very gentle in nature. Members are advised of the type of walk by use of a trail grading code The club website has details of these codes and the walks at www.peachlandtrekkers.ca. The club also has a display panel which is in the kiosk near Beach Avenue on ”Harold’s walk” path.

Council highlights from Tuesday’s regular meeting

2018 Council Meeting Schedule

Council approved the 2018 Council Meeting schedule.

COTW and Council will continue to meet twice a month, except in July, August and December when they will meet once per month. The updated Council meeting schedule can be found at http://www.peachland.ca/corporatedocuments.

Christmas Village Display Donation

Council accepted the generous Christmas Village Display Donation from Sharon Fentiman, valued at $5,255.59.

The Christmas Village will be stored and displayed annually from Christmas Light Up until early January by the Visitor Information Centre. The Central Okanagan Railway Company will maintain, set up and take down the

Veterinary Medical & Surgical Service

www.kelownavet.ca Vaccinations & Examinations Onsite Ultrasound, Lab & X-Ray Veterinary Pharmacy

display each year.

Peachland Seniors’ Support Society – Estoppel Certificates And Tri-Partite Agreement

Council authorized a new Tri-Partite Agreement with the Peachland Seniors’ Support Society and British Columbia Housing Management Commission that sets out the rights and obligations relating to the lease and mortgage for affordable senior’s housing to be constructed.

Additionally, Council approved the Landlord Estoppel Certificate and Acknowledgement of the property located at 4445-6th Street.

Council authorized the issuance of a Development Variance Permit to vary the Front Yard Setback from 6m to 0m for the purpose of reconstructing a front porch and steps at a property located at 3898 Beach Avenue.

School Board Trustee

Traffic Lights Along Highway 97 In Peachland

Council directed staff to write a letter to the Ministry of Education and the Okanagan Public School Board on their behalf, to oppose an amalgamation of 2 Westside School Trustee positions representing all of the westside (West Kelowna, Westbank First Nations and Peachland).

Proud to be your family pet doctor.

Cats Only Boarding Facility

112 - 2476 Westlake Rd., West Kelowna V1Z 2V2 Open MONDAY to SATURDAY

250.769.9109 (ALSO FOR EMERGENCIES)

• Zoning Bylaw No. 2100, Amendment Bylaw No. 2195, 2017 – Amendments to reflect the new manufactured home park bylaw • Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 2119, Amendment Bylaw No. 2196, 2017 – Amendments to reflect the new manufactured home bylaw.

Development Approval Procedures Bylaw No. 2105, Amendment Bylaw No. 2198, 2017

Council adopted Development Approval Procedures Bylaw No. 2105, Amendment Bylaw No. 2198, 2017. The amendment to the bylaw is a text amendment for the addition of an Intensive Residential Development Permit Area to reflect changes made to the Official Community Plan Bylaw.

Manufactured Home Park Bylaw

Council adopted the following bylaws: • Manufactured Home Park Bylaw No. 2193, 2017 – a bylaw to reflect current legislation

Development Variance Permit

Council directed staff to request that the traffic lights along Highway 97 in Peachland, including Princeton Ave, 13th Street, and Clements Crescent, revert back to shorter pre-summer wait times to cross or turn onto the highway.

Electoral Area Planning Referral

Council directed staff to respond to the Regional District of the Central Okanagan referral from the Ministry of Energy and Mines for a property located at 4482 Trepanier Rd., that they oppose the application to expand a gravel pit as it is located in the immediate vicinity of the Trepanier Water Intake.

If permission is granted, despite Council’s comments opposing the expansion, they request that the following conditions be met: • Demonstration of how detrimental impact to Trepanier Creek will be mitigated • Gravel trucks should only enter the District of Peachland municipally owned roads when they are delivering product to Peachland addresses • Recommendations from the Peachland Watershed and Source Protection Plan (Golder 2010) and Best Management Practices to protect source water are followed.

PEACHLAND VIEW

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

3

NEWS

Looking back on the days of dodging doodlebugs

DAN WALTON EDITOR

editor@peachlandview.com

M

any decades before he became a Peachlander, Derek Coyle was a 7-year-old boy experiencing the Battle of Britain from right underneath.

In 1940, Coyle was living with his widowed mother in Greater London – the same time that German Chancellor Adolf Hitler tried to force Great Britain into submission through a months-long bombing campaign on the City of London and nearby manufacturing cities.

He remembers looking up into the sky to see flaming planes that had just taken gun fire.

“We wouldn’t watch a plane fall though because it might fall on us,” he said.

“We had an air raid shelter in our backyard. It was made of corrugated steel, and buried halfway un-

derground with earth toppled back on top of it. That was called an Anderson shelter.

If you didn’t have a yard for the Anderson shelter you would have Morrison shelter – that was a square table made of solid steel and you slept underneath it.”

There were also public shelters for those with out a personal one.

Coyle had to take cover when deadly objects were falling to the earth, but once he heard the sound of the impact, he and his friends would go searching for the wreckage. There was a 60-foot mountain of rubble and debris that had been piled onto the property beside his family home, so they would climb up on it to get a good vantage point.

“A 500-pound bomb would only take out about one house completely and ruin one or two others partially.

Not the 5,000 pound bombs that came later.

They would wipe out a block” Even though major portions of London were in ruins, Coyle remembers moral was kept high, as grownups would often say things like, “Our boys are doing well.”

Once the Allies were able to fend off the first major Nazi attack on the British mainland, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his famous speech, “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.”

But a few years later, the Nazis had invented the V1 and V2 rockets – history’s first cruise and long-range ballistic missiles – and all of a sudden Hitler had a much cheaper way to terrorize London.

Coyle describes the V1 rocket as a pilotless plane, though he refers to them by their slang name, Doodlebugs. The missiles were launched from Nazi territory and given just enough fuel to make it to London. Once they ran out of fuel, the sound of a running engine would stop, and civilians knew a bomb was about to drop.

To minimize the accuracy of any airborne attack, London was completely blacked out every night throughout the entire war.

“The air raid warden police (Air Raid Precautions) would come around, and if you had a tink of light showing through your drapes they’d say get that tink of light fixed or else!

We had lights inside, we just weren’t allowed to show any lights onto the outside.”

On the first day that war was declared, Coyle was coincidentally staying in army barracks while he was visiting with his aunt.

In the days leading up the start of war, he was walking along a seaside base where soldiers were filling bags with sand.

“I asked a man, how many sand bags are you going to fill?

And he said the whole beach. I was worried as a kid that I wouldn’t have any beach left.”

Once the declaration of war had been made, those barracks became a much higher priority for soldiers, so young Coyle was taken home to his mom that same day.

He arrived home and nobody was there.

Everything was dark.

So he went over to his next-door neighbour’s house, knocked on the door and found his family there.

When he walked in – his mom, sister and neighbours all had gas masks fitted to their faces. His five-monthold nephew was laying in an incubator that served as a giant gas mask.

“I thought, why are they doing that? I just came from outside and there’s no gas.”

The Nazis never did use gas in their attacks against London, “But we didn’t know they weren’t going to.”

So as a necessary precaution, Coyle, along with everybody else in the city, were fitted with a custom gas mask, which they had to carry everywhere they went. And he hated it.

“They were always coming around to add another filter for the end of your gas mask.

At first the gas masks were issued with a cardboard box on a string that you carried with you. But with the extra filter, now it wouldn’t fit in the box.

Now you gotta find a

DAN WALTON

new box.”

But Coyle never let the Second World War bum him out.

“It wasn’t a case of poor me – it was just a case of life.”

He remembers collecting cool-looking pieces of shrapnel on his walk to school and then make trades with other students.

A man on a horse and buggy used to roam the streets to trade a few pennies for anything salvageable, such as old clothing or glass jars. Parents would often send their children out with such items so they could bring a bit of extra change home for the family.

“People think that recycling is a modern thing – but this was before the war.”

But while kids were supposed to be getting money in exchange, they were often happy to accept a goldfish as payment instead.

“When the kid got home with a goldfish and no money, a lot of them got into trouble because they’d been sent out to try and get a few pennies.”

Families were on rations, and only given a limited amount of certain goods each week, such as a quarter pound of tea, two ounces of butter, four ounces margarine, sugar, milk and clothing.

“But someone who really liked their tea would swap their clothing coupons for tea coupons. British people like their tea.”

Coyle, while still a young boy, began his first job working on

Student Exchange

PINTEREST

- a Gift for Life -

weekends to help with the milk runs. Shortly after that, he took on another job helping out with laundry deliveries via horse and buggy.

“I remember Marjorie was the horse’s name, and she didn’t like trolley buses, so she’d shy every time one went by.”

Those were the days during the war, which spanned half of his life by the time it came to an end when he was 13 years old.

He remembers seeing London lit up again for the first time.

“It was marvelous – my friends and I all went out in the street.

The blackout curtains coming down, we hadn’t seen lights in people’s windows in six years. Imagine walking around Peachland after dark for six years without seeing any light, and

then all of a sudden people took down their drapes to reveal shiny windows again.”

Coyle’s stories have been chronicled in his personal memoir, Who Cares? 70 Years in the Life of a Nobody. He and his wife Andrea have been residents of Peachland for the past 17 years.

Mad Hatter BOOKSTORE Come in & browse

BUY 5 BOOKS GET 6th ONE FREE! TUE-SAT: 9:30-5

closed SUN & MON 1/2 the price of new #5 Plaza 97 South 2483 Main Street, Westbank

250.768.2231 madhatterbookswk.com

Peachland MLA Office MLA Dan Ashton or staff will be at the Chamber of Commerce each Wednesday afternoon.

Drop ins welcome or call 250-487-4400 for appointments

dan.ashton.mla@leg.bc.ca

the Christmas House For the 10th straight year Beverley is opening her house to everyone from 1:00 until 6:00 on the 10th of December in support of the Peachland Food Bank. Much thanks also to Déjà Vu Gifts for their generous contribution to the day.

Bring along the kids and grandkids. It’s a feast of wonderful decorations, many beautifully dressed Christmas trees and a whole house filled full of the Christmas Spirit.

4750 Peachland Place 1 p.m. to 6th p.m. on Sunday, 10 December

For more information call 250-767-2409

Merry Christmas!

PEACHLAND VIEW

4

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

OPINION

PEACHLAND

VIEW

QuoteWeek of the

Dan Walton Editor

editor@peachlandview.com

Tracey Woodward Advertising Sales sales@peachlandview.com

“

Imagine walking around Peachland after dark for six years without seeing any light, and then all of a sudden people took down their drapes to reveal shiny windows again.

– DEREK COYLE RECALLING

THE END OF A SIX-YEAR-LONG

LONDON DURING SECOND WORLD WAR (STORY ON PAGE 3)

BLACKOUT IN THE

Peachland Annick Stoltz

Office Administrator admin@peachlandview.com

Associate Publisher designer@peachlandview.com

Calvin

News Hound

calvin@peachlandview.com

4437 - 3rd Street P.O. Box 1150 Peachland BC, V0H 1X0 250-767-7771 published by Aberdeen Publishing Inc.

Robert W. Doull, PRES rdoull@aberdeenpublishing.com The Peachland View is a free community newspaper that is distributed each Friday to everyone in Peachland. Anyone who lives outside of the distribution area but within Canada can purchase a subscription at $70 per year plus GST. The Peachland View reserves the right to refuse publication of any advertising or editorial submission at its discretion. Material submitted by columnists does not reflect the opinions of the Peachland View or its employees.

The Peachland View retains complete and sole copyright of any content, including stories, photographs, and advertisements published in the Peachland View.

Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission or consent from the publisher is strictly prohibited.

email editor@peachlandview.com

From the Mayor’s Desk: Water Treatment and AAP CINDY FORTIN

MAYOR OF PEACHLAND

Mary Kletchko

Views

Happy mid-fall everyone! (Although it feels as if we skipped fall altogether and have moved straight into winter.) Many trees hadn’t dropped the bulk of their leaves when the first snow fell. Weather forecasters have said to expect increased precipitation, due to La Niña, which is expected to continue into early 2018. Please remember to park off-street during snow days to make it easier for the snowplough drivers to do their job.

Regarding the new water treatment plant, we have moved onto the important next step in the process. Many of you are already aware that we are amidst the “alternative approval process” for the new plant. While residents should have received the District’s quarterly newsletter in the mail with your utility bill, explaining the process, I felt it important to explain it for those who may still have questions, or are unclear as to why the borrowing and alternative approval process is necessary.

First, a little background information… The District currently has two water districts, serviced by different creeks: Peachland Irrigation District (Peachland Creek) and the Trepanier Irrigation District (Trepanier Creek).

The goal is to service both areas using one course of water – Peachland Creek.

The new water treatment plant will include Trepanier area water users through a Trepanier Interconnect.

The water treatment plant will cost roughly $18.8 million to construct, and the Trepanier Interconnect roughly an additional $4.9 million. The reason I say “roughly” is that construction labour and materials, as well as other costs related to the facility, can fluctuate over time. But that is the estimated cost.

We did receive a grant for $6.9 million toward the plant. The District has also been saving up for this over the years through the water treatment parcel tax. That amount is at $7.1 million. Development cost charges will provide another $408,000.

That leaves approximately $4.29 million needed through borrowing, plus the Trepanier Interconnect cost of $4.9 million.

The total long-term borrowing of the two will be just over $9.28 million.

I should mention that we have applied for a grant to assist with the cost of the Trepanier Interconnect, but we have not yet heard a decision on our application. We need to move forward with the construction plans so that all Peachland residents will be serviced at the same time, by the one plant. If successful in getting more grant funding, the amount we borrow will be reduced.

What is the Alternate Approval Process (AAP),

and why have we chosen to use it, rather than go to a referendum? The AAP is a method of obtaining public opinion on matters, such as long-term borrowing. If you are in favour of the borrowing for the treatment plant—do nothing.

Residents who are opposed to borrowing for the water treatment plant have 30 days to sign an elector response form against borrowing. If 10% of the eligible voters are against borrowing, then we will go to a referendum. That 10% has been set at 452 residents. (The reason we are using the AAP, rather than going straight to a referendum, is because the AAP is much less costly than a referendum, by thousands of dollars.)

As per legislative requirements, the AAP was advertised twice in the local newspaper, on October 27th and November 3rd. We also held an Open House on October 30th, that was well attended.

The Alternative Approval Process commenced on November 6th, 2017, and the deadline date is 4 pm on December 7th, 2017.

What will the cost of the borrowing be to residents?

There should be no increase in taxes to residents, as the current parcel taxes will continue to cover the cost of borrowing for the construction of the water treatment plant.

Once the treatment plant is built, each household will likely see an

increase of approx. $15 a month for the operations and maintenance of the plant. This is about half as much as paying to buy water from a water service provider.

Why do we need the water treatment plant?

As you are aware, our community has been on lengthy boil water advisories and notices—most often due to the turbidity created during spring runoff. While this happens each year, it was particularly bad this last year with the extreme weather.

The new water treatment plant will improve service levels by providing safe, reliable, and clean drinking water to the community. Residents who completed last year’s Citizens’ Survey listed drinking water as their Number One Priority.

The District and Peachland residents have been planning for the Water Treatment Plant for over ten years. The Interior Health Authority requires that a water treatment plant gets built.

To reject borrowing for this plant would be a major setback for Peachland residents, and boil water notices could continue for an indefinite period of time.

The plant is slated to be constructed by March 2020.

I hope that better explains the need for the new water treatment plant and the Alternative Approval Process.

Bylaw officers quit all the time It’s pretty common in B.C. for bylaw officers to quit after feeling like they’re been mistreated by the community.

Since their job is to interfere with the freedoms of strangers, they get to deal with contention and confrontations daily.

We all want a calm, peaceful community free of dog poop where nobody uses street parking or their lawn as permanent storage for their automobile.

But every municipality has a long list of fickle rules, and we all disobey a few of them at some point, whether we realize it or not. When bylaw officers choose not to show leniency, it can be difficult to accept the mild consequences they try and impose.

On the other hand, when our annoying neighbours are the ones breaking bylaws, it’s much more comforting to send over a professional rather than confront them ourselves.

Our last bylaw officer threw in the towel after claiming he was constantly harassed. Now we don’t have anybody doing the job full-time. But just like all the high schools that manage to function without a hall monitor, Peachland probably isn’t going to slip into chaos.

Dan Walton Editor

PEACHLAND VIEW

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

5

OPINION/COMMUNITY

Public invited to Peachland Wellness Open House Centre’s open house next Wednesday PWC

The PWC has undergone many changes since the flooding of 2017. The basement has been completely restored, office space has been reconfigured and we have a Logo to unveil.

Everyone is welcome to join us at an

Open House

November 22, 2017 10:00 am to 12:00 noon Presentations will be at 10:15 with the building open, providing an opportunity for everyone to see the many changes enjoy some coffee and goodies and visit with others.

The Peachland Wellness Centre 4426 5th Street, Peachland BC phone: (250) 767-0141 email: wellnesscentre@shaw.ca www.peachlandwellnesscentre.ca

The beat goes on Dear editor: I thought that the PeachTree development issue, which has inundated the View’s pages for months had been laid to rest (albeit kicking and screaming) — to allow, finally, the reporters to return from their ‘sabbatical’ to resume reporting other newsworthy articles. But alas, as the proverbial Phoenix rising from the ashes, Randey Brophy’s article, “Still not over PeachTree approval process” materialized in last week’s View.

As with most of the editorials plus ad hominem comments from some citizens at the Open Houses, his approach seemed to be to vent and vilify, viz; the Mayor and Council. “. . . the Mayor then warns of double and triple tax increases if things are not done her way”. The Mayor only has ONE vote on Council!

Speaking of Council. It is composed of seven conscientious, well-meaning Peachlanders who, after taxes, receive little remuneration for the many hours they devote to District business and for the many unpleasant phone calls on a variety of issues they tolerate.

They all exert due diligence re every project that comes before them.

Six of the seven coun-

cil members, after much deliberation with the information at hand voted for the PeachTree development — only one dissented.

This was not a close vote — it was nearly unanimous! By casting aspersions on the Mayor and Council’s motives serves only to demean the dedication and energy that each one brings to Council on behalf of the residents. I do agree with some arguments on both sides of the issue. But after the fourth reading, it is a ‘done deal’.

It is time to move on.

I take umbrage with you, Mr. Brophy, with the constant use of ‘we’ as if you are speaking for all of us, e.g., “We are not old, nor . . .” I am most decidedly old! After stating that, “the real challenge is . . . to change how the decision making is done”, you conclude with, “. . . I think it is nice that our wonderful community has an election next year.”

After reflecting upon the articulation and the fervour of your article, your candidacy for Council next November to “change how the decision making is done” would certainly be applauded. You have my vote!

SUSAN HAGLUND

PEACHLAND WELLNESS CENTRE

S

ixteen years ago, when the Peachland Wellness Centre was just getting underway, local artist Kelaine Kerry, who still lives here in Peachland, was asked to paint something to represent PWC and to make it playful and bright. Not only did she accomplish this, Kelaine created vivid elements that remind us of the core values and philosophy of our founding members.

She included vibrant symbols that remain strong and valid all these years later: caring, compassion, trust, dignity, respect, and the list goes on.

This painting remains in a place of honour on the wall at PWC and is a wonderful legacy. We still strive to emulate and honour these core elements as shown in her painting. However, it was not created nor was it originally intended to be used

as a logo but to illustrate the values and philosophy of PWC. A greatly reducedin-size copy of the painting has been used on PWC letterhead, business cards, and on publications and until the past few years, it was workable.

Fast forward 16 years to today ...PWC continues to evolve to deal with changing demographics, increased demand and need for services, and with very rapid technological advances.

PWC has a few dedicated staff and a large number of fabulous volunteers, and works within a very slim budget, meaning we must be as efficient as possible while we keep up with necessary changes.

As PWC has evolved over the past 16 years, so have the demands and realities of an accelerated use of technology and the importance of showing a visual “face” to the world. PWC needs an appropriate logo to showcase itself when

we apply for funding and seek to develop relationships with other organizations.

A painting with such rich detail, so valued in a painting, does not work well in print media and especially does not work in the digital world.

Escalating reliance on social media triggered the PWC Board of Directors to constitute a committee, including community representation, to develop recommendations on how to represent the essential elements of the painting into a logo that can be used for multiple purposes and especially for the digital world we are all now in. The Board insisted that the wonderful legacy of the cozy little house on 5th Street as illustrated in the painting be retained and honoured.

The Committee has now completed their work and the Board has approved a new official logo for PWC. The Board is thrilled

Got Household Hazardous Waste?

(Look for explosive, flammable and poisonous symbols.)

• HOUSEHOLD ONLY! • Limits and fees may apply • No leaking containers please!

• No commercial waste.

and services possible for the community we love. Our collective vision is for people of all ages in Peachland enhance their well-being, embrace opportunities, and enjoy life in the community. We encourage you to drop in for a visit, send us an email or give us a call with your thoughts on how we can better serve Peachland. We also encourage you to volunteer for the Centre and/or join the Board of Directors.

If you have an interest in sharing your talents and expertise with PWC and would like to learn more about us, please contact us at 250-767-0141 or email to wellnesscentre@shaw.ca.

Pet of the Week

Email a picture and description of your pet to admin@peachlandview.com

South Okanagan/Similkameen SPCA

Name: Ellie Age: 4 years. ID: 440758

Female Border Collie-Labrador Retriever Ellie is the sweetest cuddle bug ever! This adorable young girl is looking for a calm and experienced single lady to bring her home.

Ellie bonds much more readily with women than with men. She is hesitant meeting

Sponsored by:

My Best Vacation Ever?

Rose Valley for Cats Only Boarding, of course!

For safe disposal year round take it to the

For peace of mind and a happy cat, call:

Battery Doctors 1972 Windsor Rd, Kelowna

West Kelowna’s Full Service Small Animal Hospital

THE BATTERY DOCTORS

Bud Day Peachland Editor’s note: Letter was submitted Nov. 6

that the new “look” of PWC shows direct relationships of its elements to the original painting. The official unveiling of our new logo will be at the PWC Open House on Nov. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon.

If you have never seen the original painting, our upcoming Open House is the perfect opportunity for you to come for a visit, and see how this legacy art inspired the new logo. If you have seen the painting, please join us to celebrate PWC’s first official logo and see for yourself how “old meets new.”

PWC is a dynamic entity and one that is committed to providing the best programs

112-2476 Westlake Rd., West Kelowna V1Z 2V2 Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 5:30 pm; Saturday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

250-860-2866

For info call or visit regionaldistrict.com/recycle

www.KelownaVet.ca

250.769.9109

PEACHLAND VIEW

6

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

COMMUNITY

Exceptional people Kudos to the amazing ladies at the post office. They are always smiling, welcoming and help with everything!

Ashley Rodenbush Peachland

PHOTOS BY MARY KLETCHKO AND DAN WALTON

LOCAL SERVICES directory free estimates & free installation

70% OFF

Remembrance in Peachland

up to

msrp

250-868-0126

CPB Logo Formats

Pantone Version www.blindsplus.ca

CMYK Version

C=25 M=100 Y=100 K=35

✔ Blinds ✔ Drapery ✔ Upholstery ✔ 3M Tinting

MEMBER - INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPERS OF CANADA

CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPER

E E E S T I M AT E

C=0 M=0 Y=0 K=100

CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPER MEMBER - INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPERS OF CANADA

CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPER

FREE HEARING TEST Tom Millar, RHIP Hearing Care Professional

MEMBER - INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPERS OF CANADA (IPBC)

FR Black Version

250.801.3521

Pantone=195C

CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPER

KEEP IT LOCAL Bathroom Renovation Specialist Custom Tub/Shower Tile Flooring Custom Cabinetry Quartz/Granite Installation Design Service & More!

MEMBER - INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPERS OF CANADA (IPBC)

778-754-1424 Inside the Peachland Visitor’s Centre (by appointment only)

Located in Peachland

Simplifying Your Books CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPER

MEMBER - INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPERS OF CANADA

CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPER MEMBER - INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPERS OF CANADA (IPBC)

• Support • Training • Payroll • Bookkeeping • Income Tax

TMG Business Services

250.767.6521 Tammie Gilbert, CPB

www.TMGBusinessServices.ca

Willie’s

Interior Painting • Design • Consultation

PAINTING insured and bondable

Willie Wainwright Home:

250.767.6467 Cell:

250.878.3918

Peachland’s Dawg!

• Basic yard work (grass cutting, flower and vegetable gardens) • Sprinkler start up and repair • Hot tub maintenance • Weather stripping

• Small plumbing issues • Putting flat-packed furniture together • Plants watered while on vacation • Minor aesthetic renovations

“The Dawg’ll Do It” — just ask!

778-479-1363

Free Estimates

PAYING RESPECT – Nicola Kittner, who’s just 2 and 3/4 years old, laid her poppy at the cenotaph after taking part in Peachland’s Remembrance Day ceremony last weekend.

RICHARD SMITH

PEACHLAND HISTORIAN

P

eachland is fortunate to have two Remembrance services, one at the Community centre which is warm but very crowded and the increasingly popular outdoor venue at the original historic cenotaph on the waterfront.

This year was no exception and a large crowd and very well organized service was held.

It was fitting and touching to see a ‘missing man’ formation of aircraft pass overhead, lead by a twin engined aircraft, so reminiscent of the Avro Anson twin of WWII RCAF training fame, followed by a further formation of three private aircraft.

Of even more significance is the fact that three of the four WWII men killed were RCAF airman, a pilot, Freddie Mills, a navigator George Pringle and an Air Gunner Raymond Wilson.

Our attention was also directed to the WWII Navy veteran present.

A touching highlight for the crowd was the excellent reading of Flan-

der’s Fields by three very young schoolboys, who stood in front of the cenotaph to do so.

Thanks for the sponsorship of a Scottish piper and the dignified presence of a veteran RCMP officer.

A big thank you to Bob Maxwell— unable to attend but who helped organize the service and the MC’s.

On a historical note, as I can’t resist, is the fact that this cenotaph was for years in the middle of a boulevard on the other side of the street and was lifted to it’s present location in the 1970’s and re-dedicated.

In it’s original location it was visited by two Governor Generals of Canada, Alexander of Tunis and Vincent Massey. In 2009 it was visited by B.C. Lieutenant Governor Stephen Point. The fact that Peachland had the greatest WWI loss per capita was not lost on them. Our beautiful street banners and the giant poppies on the entrance signs remind us of this.

Did a Peachland resident serve at Vimy Ridge in WWI? Yes indeed, and his name was Alfred Mash and his daughters still live nearby.

PEACHLAND VIEW 7

P2EACHLAND VIEW

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Customer NEWS Appreciation

Aveda Christmas Shopping Event

Saturday November 25th • 1:00 to 4:00 pm

t I y r T

• Aveda gift sets • 20% off regular Aveda products (excluding gift sets)

250

767

0276

for

• 10% off Gift Set Sales donated to Peachland Food Bank • Special on Gift Certificates $50 and up

• Demo’s • Swag bags • Wine & Appies

Free!

5884A Beach Avenue, Peachland, BC Wednesday Sept 7 • 11:30 am - 12:15 pm

Intro to Chair Fitness

Monday Sept 12 • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Intro to Functional Fitness

COMMUNITY

nd at Peachla !

Recreation

Tuesday Sept 13 • 5:15 - 6:15 pm

Zumba

Friday Sept 16 • 10:30 - 11:30 am

Therapeutic Yoga

Monday Sept 19 • 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Vinyasa Yoga Flow

Tuesday Sept 20 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Volleyball (drop in) Wednesday Sept 21 • 5:15 pm

Spin, Core & Stretch Wednesday Sept 21 • 6:30 - 7:00 pm

Spin Blast

Thursday Sept 22 • 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Total Body Blast Circuit Thursday Sept 22 • 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Vinyasa Yoga Flow

Thursday Sept 22 • 6:30 - 7:15 pm

Kindermusik

Call for class locations and to reserve your spot

250-767-2133

Follow us on Twitter! @PeachlandView

THE SECOND ANNUAL Peachland Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m. That’s when reg to director Cheryl Wiebe, who assu painting and the photo booth, whi Stratton, Addison Chadwick and Hea $10 and phone 250-767-2133. Almos

A FRESH PERSPECTIVE – Peachland always has a stunning view of the Okanagan, but it’s not easy to capture it as a vivid panorama the way Canmore photographer Nick Fitzhardinge did earlier this year from atop Pincushion Mountain.

NICKFITZHARDINGEPHOTOGRAPHY.CA

COLLISION & GLASS

Yard Waste Collection at the curb ends

November 30

• Accepted items include leaves, needles, prunings and branches, grass clippings, fruit droppings, and pumpkins.

• NO garbage, plastic bags, flower pots, rocks, soil, sod or kitchen scraps please.

• Remember, you can also take your yard waste year round to the Glenmore Landfill (up to 250 kg free until year end) or the Westside Residential Recycling and Disposal Center. (fees apply)

We Do it All...And We Do It Right!!

• Free Estimates • Courtesy Vehicles • ICBC & Private Insurance Claims • Lifetime Guarantee On All Collision Repairs •From Small Dents to Large Collision Repair • Windshield Replacement • Certified Technicians Committed To Quality For Our Customers Owner/ Operator • Laurie Fisher • 5463A McDougald Rd.

For more info visit

regionaldistrict.com/recycle

Ph: 250-767-2100 Fx: 250-767-2104 peachcol@telus.net

PEACHLAND VIEW

8

COOK’S MILL

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Now Open Mondays

Delicious food now 7 days a week ~ MON: Noon - 5 pm TUE to SAT: Noon - 7 pm SUN: 9 am - 6 pm

4407-2nd Street • Peachland BC • 250-767-9404

NEWS

DAN WALTON

Lundin,

Hazel Elizabeth 1928 - 2017

Hazel Lundin, resident of Westbank/West Kelowna, formerly of Peachland, passed away on November 8, 2017 at KGH at the age of 89 years. Hazel was born in New Westminster, BC on March 28, 1928 to Jack and Dolly Biggs of Whonnock, BC and grew up in Haney (Maple Ridge). She married Rayno Lundin in 1949 and lived in many BC communities until settling in Peachland in 1968.

She is survived by her loving family: children: Gary (Sandi), Glen (Norma), Penny (Jim) Flinders, Arno (Priscilla); grandchildren: Lesa (Ken) Gibbs, Shawna Lundin, Brad (Laura) Flinders, Robert Lundin, Tammy (Rod) Clemmer, Jay Lundin; great grandchildren Hailley and Josh Gibbs; sister Annie Voth; extended family: Gayle, Jaxx, Dawnie, Billie and many more family and friends. Hazel enjoyed short careers as a nurse and telephone operator before becoming a grade school teacher which she practiced until retirement; she was well liked and is still acknowledged by many of her students. She was well known for being a great wife and mom to her kids, including all of their friends. She was positive, happy and always there for you. She enjoyed playing bridge, cards, games, knitting and crocheting. She was a good bowler, winning a trip to Reno and qualifying for the World Championships in Vancouver. She was also a key volunteer for the Peachland Historical Society in writing the “Peachland Memories”.

Hazel will now join her Husband Rayno of 53 years and her son Ivor of recent.

A gathering of family and friends will be held on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 2:30 pm at the West Kelowna Senior’s Center, 3661 Old Okanagan Highway, West Kelowna, BC. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the SPCA at www.spca.bc.ca and Canadian Wildlife Federation at http://cwf-fcf.org/en/.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com

250-860-7077

Discovering dad’s heroic monument in Europe This past Remembrance Day my sister Hilary and I laid our poppies at the Peachland Cenotaph in memory of our Father.

It was the first time my sister and I had been together as adults on this day which made it an even more poignant moment.

The year 1973 found me in Europe travelling through Spain and North Africa playing guitar and

singing for anyone who would listen. I had been there about nine months when a Dutch music agent heard me playing in a cantina in Torremolinos in southern Spain. Consequently this long-haired hippie stepped off the plane in Amsterdam 2 weeks later.

As I walked down the steps to the tarmac I saw TV cameras and reporters and thought

to myself there must be someone famous on the plane. What I didn’t know was that my Dutch agent had done a little research on my family and discovered that my Father, Major Murray Maxwell Thom had led the Royal Canadian Dragoons into northern Holland through the liberation in WWII. This entourage of media was there to greet me with

Your Ticket to Great Entertainment 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Jan 27- Feb 4, 2018 SOUTH OKANAGAN EVENTS CENTRE

Old Dominion February 11, 2018 SOUTH OKANAGAN EVENTS CENTRE

Cirque du Soleil CRYSTAL April 18-22, 2018

SOUTH OKANAGAN EVENTS CENTRE

Brett Kissel March 16, 2018 PENTICTON TRADE & CONVENTION CENTRE

BOOK NOW! Tickets: Valley First Box Office (at the SOEC), charge-by-phone 1.877.763.2849, or online at ValleyFirstTix.com

such love and respect.

I knew in a moment that this warm greeting was not for me or for my amazing musical talent, but indeed they were there in admiration of what my Father and his troops had done for the people of northern Holland. I was humbled.

A week later I was in the city of Groningen to do a concert and prior to the show I was walking through the town square and came upon a small monument and my Fathers name jumped out at me. The inscription was thanking Major Murray Maxwell Thom and the Royal Canadian Dragoons for liberating their town. Tears poured down my face as I thought of him leading troops across Europe.

He was maybe 25 years old at the time, with the sole intention of simply serving his country. My Dad had always been my

hero at home, always supportive, encouraging and kind and now I discovered he was a hero overseas.

That evening I called my Dad and asked him if he knew their was a monument with his name on it, he said yes. Why didn’t you ever tell us about it? His reply was: “ I was simply doing my job and if the Dutch people felt the need to put up a little monument, then so be it.”

Every Remembrance Day, so many of us across Canada gather in gratitude to remember fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, cousins that simply stepped up to serve their country.

My Dad’s story is just one of many that tug at our heartstrings and fill our hearts with pride and sometimes sorrow. Lest we Forget.

Keith Thom Peachland

PEACHLAND VIEW

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

9

Classifieds

Peachland

Call 250 767 7771 or email admin@peachlandview.com BUSINESS SERVICES

NOTICE

Peachland United

BARGAIN BIN All donations are welcome and appreciated,

except large items and electronics.

Household items, clothing, linens, etc

Service Installation, Maintenance.

Residential, Commercial.

Lic’d, Bonded Insured.

Do it Right Make it Safe.

Peachland 250-863-5180

Odd Job Jeff Long time Peachland senior recently retired.

Will do: Yard work, Snow Shovelling, carpentry, painting, minor plumbing and electrical and anything else you may need.

Call Jeff at

778-581-3304

Home Repair Ltd.

Renovations including siding, decks, carpentry, drywalling, ceiling texturing, window & doors. Need walls moved? All work done to code.

Call Eric

250-317-6570

Serenity Painting

Peachland’s own premier interior painting company.

Specializing in high-end interiors with a strong emphasis on quality and professionalism. Call for a free estimate.

250 469 1899

Alcoholics Anonymous Peachland Fellowship Meets Monday at 7 pm (closed meeting) and Friday at 8 pm (open meeting).

Call 250-763-5555 for more info

Sign Up Now our next online auction runs Nov 24 to Dec 6

4thMeridian.ca fourth Meridian

250.490.9272

9:30 am - 3:00 pm

visit bcyukon-al-anon.org

Shop our online gallery anytime.

LEGAL SERVICES HEALTH

LEGAL SERVICES

WANTED LEGAL SERVICES

Get up to $50,000 from the Government of Canada.

CRIMINAL RECORD?

THU, FRI, SAT

Renosense

Offer help to families & friends of alcoholics.

Meetings in Penticton Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays; and in Summerland Thursdays.

For more information

Do you or someone you know have any of these Conditions?

ADHD, Anxiety, Arthritis, Asthma, Cancer, COPD, Depression, Diabetes, Difficulty Walking, Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowels, Overweight, Trouble Dressing ...and Hundreds more. ALL Ages & Medical Condition Qualify.

CALL THE BENEFITS PROGRAM

Why suffer: Employment/ Licensing loss?

Travel/Business opportunities?

Be embarrassed?

Think: Criminal Pardon. US Entry Waiver. Record Purge. File Destruction. Free Consultation 1-800-347-2540.

accesslegalmjf.com

1-(800)-211-3550

Business Opportunity HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT? Arthritic Conditions/ COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dressing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply Today For ASsistance:

1-844-453-5372.

WANTED Pump-action .22 caliber rifle and lever or bolt-action centre-fire rifle.

Call 250-826-4793

Browse our Classifieds online on our website! www.peachlandview.com

For individuals, in their own homes, to talk, go for a walk, playcards or read a book. If interested .

Email: wellnesscentre@shaw.ca or call

250-767-0141

Administration Support Volunteer Wanted PEACHLAND WELLNESS CTR

3 HR SHIFT / WEEK Answer phone calls, greet visitors, other office tasks. Email: wellnesscentre@shaw.ca or

Places of Faith Peachland United Church

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

Sunday Services Contemporary Worship Service 9 a.m.

Traditional Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 10:30 am

9:30 a.m. Study, Coffee & Conversation Office Hours 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Monday to Friday

We are wheelchair accessible

250-767-3131 www.stmargaretspeachland.org

Sunday Mornings

For more information call John 250-767-2221 Don McMillan 250-300-1642

10:30 am

Sunday Morning Service 10 a.m.

Rev. Robin Graves 4th Street & Brandon Ave

Lake Ave at 13th St 250-767-9237

with Pastor Don McMillan

Pastor: Ian McLean 4464 4th Street (St. Margaret’s Anglican Church building)

all are

welcome

PEACHLAND LEGION Looking for

MOTIVATED SERVERS

Competitive Wage Send resumes to rcl69@shaw.ca

MEDICAL

TRANSCRIPTION! Employers have work-athome positions available.

Get online training you need from an employertrusted program. Visit: C a re e r S t e p . c a / M To r 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-athome career today!

Wednesdays Sept to May

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 am Dr. Gord Denison PASTOR

peachlandbaptist.com

GET RESULTS!

Post a classified in 101 newspapers in just a few clicks. Reach almost 2 million people for only $395 a week for 25-word text ad or $995 for small display ad. Choose your province or all across Canada. Best value. Save over 85% compared to booking individually. communityclassifieds.ca

or 1-866-669-9222.

FOR SALE

STEEL BUILDING

“BLOWOUT SALE!” 20X23 $5,998 25X27 $6,839 30X33 $8,984 One End Wall Included.

Bonus Drill/Impact Driver Combo Kit Included.

Pioneer Steel 1-855-212-7036

(P.A.O.C.)

Sunday Worship 2pm

EMPLOYMENT

CHECK OUT

“Let Us Worship Together”

Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

Tuesday Morning

Mary died at peace on October 21, 2017 following the sudden onset of cancer. At the time of her passing, she was surrounded by her loving family (by her son and four daughters, sister, grandchildren and other extended family). She will be missed by all the family and by friends in Peachland and Boston Bar. By her request, a service will not be held. If you wish to privately celebrate her life, a donation to your favourite charity would be appreciated. As our mother enjoyed the many years she lived in her beloved Peachland, she will be rested next to her dear mother at the Peachland Cemetary. The family thanks the nurses at Kelowna General Hospital for the wonderful care they gave to our mother in her last days.

www.pioneersteel.ca for more prices.

250-767-2206

Ages 3 through Grade 6 www.gracelutherankelowna.com

PEACHLAND

BAPTIST CHURCH

4421 4th Street

Grace Lutheran Church

(78 years)

call 250-767-0141

Peachland

St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

Mary Langner

In-demand career!

VOLUNTEER

VOLUNTEER WANTED

OBITUARY

& Collectibles

We are LOCAL and cater to eclectic tastes.

We support non-profits with fundraising auctions.

OP EN

R. BROWN ELECTRICAL

AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS

Fine Art

SAWMILLS

from only $4,397 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.

NorwoodSawmills. com/400OT

1-800-566-6899 Ext: 400O

APPLE BOXES

New apple pine boxes for sale $4.00 per box!

778-214-6001

For Sale

Little Chief meat/ fish smoker: $30, Craftsman wood router and attachments: $50, Radiator oil heater: $30 and a 4.4 cu ft compact bar refrigerator (new): $60 + stand

Call 604-767-4086 (in Peachland)

For Sale

Excellent winter apples Nicola, ambrosia, gala and fuji. Available at Westbank Harvest 2672 Sharp Rd. Westbank 250-707-0986

PEACHLAND VIEW

10

Local Events and Activities Coffee Chat With The Mayor - No appointment necessary! Meet with Mayor Fortin on the 1st and the 3rd Thursday of the month, from 9:00 am to 10:00 am at the Beach Ave Cafe. Location/date/times may change, call Municipal Hall to confirm.

Peachland Artisan Indoor Market- Saturday, November 18 at 10 am - 3 pm at The Peachland Visitor Centre.

Come and see all that the Peachland Artisan Indoor Market has to offer! Free admission.

Peachland Business Excellence Awards Night Presented by The Peachland Chamber Of Commerce, Saturday November 18th at the Recreation Centre. Awards, Dinner and Entertainment. Doors open at 5:00 pm. Dress Code: Red & White. Ticket $65.

O Every Thursday, 6:45 p.m.

G N Lotto License #103899

Everyone over 19 years is welcome!

Membership not required.

Newcomers welcome. Casual callers and sellers are still needed.

Friday, Nov, 24 6 pm Speakers at 7 pm

Vantage 1 Credit Union and i-Guard Stove

Sit n Be Fit Cancelled Canasta Fridays, 1 pm

Everyone is welcome *If you are interested in becoming a Director give us a call* Find us on Facebook by searching Peachland 50 Plus Activity Centre peachland50plusactivitycentre.ca

Every Week: Art • Chess • Bowling • Bridge • Crafts • Exercise/Yoga • Ukulele MONDAYS FITNESS ROOM 7:15 am-8 pm, Community Centre YOGA (RESTORATIVE) 8 am, 50+ Activity Centre INDOOR WALKING 8-9 am, Community Centre PICKLEBALL (3.0-3.5) 9:05-11 am, Community Centre VARIETY SINGERS 9:15 am, 50+ Activity Centre FUNCTIONAL FITNESS 9:30 -10:30 am, 4th Street Place TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY 9:30 am, 50+ Activity Centre BEGINNER SPANISH 10-11 am, Community Centre LADIES MONDAY MORNING COFFEE 10:00 am, Peachland Wellness Centre PICKLEBALL (1.0-2.5) 11 am - 1 pm, Community Centre CHAIR FIT 11:00-11:45 am, 4th Street Place SURVIVAL SPANISH 11:15-12:15pm, Community Centre MEDITATION GROUP 11:30 am-1:00pm, Peachland Wellness Centre

TAI CHI noon, 50+ Activity Centre NEEDLE ARTS/ QUILTING 1:15 pm, 50+ Activity Centre PICKLEBALL (1.0-2.5) 1:00-3:00 pm, Community Centre CONTRACT BRIDGE 1:15 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

PICKLEBALL (3.0+) 3:00-5:00 pm, Community Centre SPIN, CORE, STRETCH 5:15-6:15 pm, Community Centre HATHA YOGA 6-7 pm, Community Centre KARATE CLASS 6-7 pm, at the Little Schoolhouse YOUTH BOXING CLUB 6-8 pm, 4th St Place WOOD CARVERS 7 pm 50+ Activity Centre TUESDAYS FITNESS ROOM 7:15 am-8 pm, Community Centre FLOW YOGA 9-10 am, 4th Street Place MID-WEEK STUDY AND CONVERSATION COFFEE 9:30 am, St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

Peachland Wellness Centre Open House - Come meet the staff, board and volunteer facilitators that run the Programs and Services. Wednesday November 22nd, 2017 at 10:00 to noon at 4426 5th Street Peachland.

Everyone Welcome and goodies provided.

Season’s Sparkles - Light up the Arts this November 24th from 5 to 9 pm. The Summerland Arts Centre, located in Summerland’s cultural district, at 9525 Annual Christmas Sale - Peachland United Church on Wharton Street, will present the annual Season’s 4th St. in Peachland is holding their annual Christmas Sparkles Christmas Art & Gift Sale, offering a huge sale on Saturday, Nov. 25 from 9 to 4pm. Featuring selection of unique gifts guaranteed to help you find the gently used Christmas decorations and jewelery.

Handmade items and baked goods will also be available. perfect gift for everyone on your list.

For more information call 250-767-2206

Office open Mon - Fri, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Potluck

Send the information for your Peachland event to admin@peachlandview.com

Pre-Christmas European afternoon - Ad Lib Art Gallery is hosting a Pre-Christmas European afternoon event on Sunday November 26 from 2-5 pm at 3063 Bridlehill Drive in West Kelowna. To register with payment (required in advance) call 250-768-1404 or email claudia.kargl@telus.net. Cost is $35.00 per person.

For more information go to www.claudiakargl.com

5672 Beach Avenue, Peachland 250-767-9133 Call for Info

BI

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

CAPC CREATIVE PLAYTIME (0-6 yrs) 10:00-noon, Community Centre CARPET BOWLING 10 am, 50+ Activity Centre THERAPEUTIC YOGA 10-11 am, Community Centre BABY FRIENDLY CAFÉ Every 2nd & last Tues 11:00 am - 12:30pm, Peachland Wellness Centre ACTIVE AGER 11-11:45 am, 4th St Place AA 12-1 pm, 50+ Activity Centre MEN’S COFFEE & CRIB 1-2:45 pm, Peachland Wellness Centre PICKLEBALL (3.75+) 1:00-3:00 pm, Community Centre MAHJONG 1:15 pm, 50+ Activity Centre BEGINNER’S UKELELE 1:30-3:00 pm, 50+ Activity Centre YOUTH DROP IN 3:30-8 pm, Peachland Youth Centre, Grades 7+ BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS TWEEN DROPIN & OPEN GYM (ages 9-12) 3-8 pm, Pick up available at Peachland Elementary School ZUMBA 5:15-6:15 pm, 4th St Place

PICKLEBALL DROP IN (ALL LEVELS) 5:45-7:45 pm, Community Centre WEDNESDAYS FITNESS ROOM 7:15 am-8 pm, Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8-9 am, Community Centre YOGA (BASIC BEGINNERS) 8 am, 50+ Activity Centre PICKLEBALL (1.0-2.5) 9:05-11:00 am, Community Centre 50+ FITNESS 9:15 am, 50+ Activity Centre FUNCTIONAL FITNESS 9:30-10:30 am, 4th Street Place WELLNESS CIRCLE 10 am-12 noon; 2nd & 4th Wed Peachland Wellness Centre.

DEMENTIA CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP 10 am to 11:30 am Peachland Wellness Centre to register: 250-767-0141 PICKLEBALL DROP IN (3.0+) 11:00 am-1:00 pm, Community Centre PICKLEBALL (3.0-3.5) 1:00-3:00 pm, Community Centre SUNSHINE SINGERS 1:15 to 2:15 pm, Peachland Wellness Centre CHESS 1:15 pm, 50+ Activity Centre CONTRACT BRIDGE 1:15 pm, 50+ Activity Centre PICKLEBALL (3.0+) 3:00-5:00 pm, Community Centre BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS TWEEN DINNER NIGHT (ages 9-12) 4-7:30 pm SPIN, CORE, STRETCH 5:15-6:15 pm, Community Centre WRITERS UNBLOCKED First Wednesday of the Month, 6:30 pm, Peachland Wellness Centre

CLOG DANCING 6-7 pm, 50+ Activity Centre KARATE CLASS 6-7 pm, at the Little Schoolhouse LIONS DEN MEETING 7 pm, 2nd week and 4th week: 4440 5th St. Contact: Gary 250-767-3491 CENT. OKANAGAN MODEL RAILWAY COMPANY GRP 7 pm, Peachland Museum

MEAT DRAW 4-5 pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HEALTHY TEENS (ages 13+) 4-7 pm MINI KICKERS SOCCER (REGISTERED ONLY) 4:30-5:15 pm PICKLEBALL DROP IN (ALL LEVELS) 5:45-7:45 pm, Community Centre BINGO 6:45 pm (doors open 5:30 pm), 50+ Activity Centre

SATURDAYS

THURSDAYS

FRIDAYS

FITNESS ROOM 7:15 am-8 pm, Community Centre YOGA (FOUNDATIONS) 8am, 50+ Activity Centre PEACHLAND UNITED CHURCH 9:30 am-3 pm, Bargain Bin TAI CHI FOR WELLNESS 9:30 am, Hosted

by The Peachland Wellness Centre at the new location (Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69). Beginners and newcomers welcome BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 10 am-12 pm, Peachland Wellness Centre.

IRON & SILK 10:45 am, 50+ Activity Centre ACTIVE AGER 11-11:45 am, 4th St Place ROTARY CLUB OF PEACHLAND 12-1:30 pm, Gasthaus Restaurant.

Everyone welcome AA 12 pm, 50+ Activity Centre ENERGY FOR WELLNESS Moved to Thursdays due to flooding, 1:00-2:30 pm, Peachland Wellness Centre PICKLEBALL (3.75+) 1:00-3:00 pm, Community Centre UKULELE (BEGINNER) 1:15 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

SUNDAYS

FITNESS ROOM 7:15 am-6 pm, Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8-9 am, Community Centre 50+ FITNESS 9 am, 50+ Activity Centre FLOW YOGA 9-10 am, 4th Street Place THERAPEUTIC YOGA 10-11 am, Community Centre CAPC CREATIVE PLAYTIME (0-6 yrs) 10 am-noon, Community Centre PEACHLAND UNITED CHURCH 9:30 am-3 pm, Bargain Bin MEN’S COFFEE & CRIB 10 - noon, Peachland Wellness Centre YOGA (BEGINNERS) 10:30 am, 50+ Activity Centre ART CLUB 12 pm, 50+ Activity Centre LADIES COFFEE & CRIB 1-2:45 pm, Peachland Wellness Centre PICKLEBALL (3.0-3.5) 1:00-3:00 pm, Community Centre CANASTA 1:00 pm 50+ Activity Centre LEGO TIME 3-4 pm, all ages, Peachland Library BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS TWEEN DROP IN (ages 9-12) 4-8 pm

SUNDAY BREAKFAST 8-11 am, Peachland Wellness Centre PEACHLAND UNITED SERVICE 10 am, United Church ST. MARGARET’S ANGLICAN CHURCH WORSHIP 10 am, St. Margaret’s Church EMMANUEL CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 10 am, Emmanuel Church, Westbank PEACHLAND BAPTIST SERVICE 10:30 am, fellowship 11:30 am, 4204 Lake Ave. CARPET BOWLING 10 am, 50+ Activity Centre THE PEACHLAND WALKING CLUB 1 pm. for details of the walk and meeting location visit www. peachlandtrekkers.ca UKELELE 1: 15 pm.

50+ Activity Centre MEAT DRAW 2-4 pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 PEACHLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday worship at 2 pm, Meeting at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

PEACHLAND UNITED CHURCH 9:30 am-3 pm, Bargain Bin CARPET BOWLING 10 am, 50+ Activity Centre MEAT DRAW 3-5 pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS Drop In (6-12 yrs) 1-4 pm, Youth Zone (ages 13+) 4 - 8 pm

PEACHLAND VIEW

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

11

NEWS

Military mom goes through first Remembrance Day after losing her son DAN WALTON EDITOR

editor@peachlandview.com

R

emembrance Day 2017 was the first year that local military mom Jill McCullum attended the ceremony since losing her son Nick Stevens.

After returning from the War in Afghanistan around four years ago, Stevens had developed post traumatic stress disorder and then an opioid addiction. He tried taking several paths towards recovery and had the full support of his family, but an overdose took his life in March.

“I don’t care if people know Nick had a drug issue that he finally succumbed to,” McCullum said. “Kids don’t just wake up one morning and decide to become an addict.”

After Stevens returned home to the Okanagan and began facing the demons that come with PTSD, he was prescribed opioids as a solution only to the side effects – depression, anxiety and a sleep disorder. So at a time when he was coping with deeply painful memories, he was given access to an extremely powerful drug.

By 2015, “He fully grasped that he was masking his issues with drugs.”

At the end of 2016, Stevens entered a rehabilitation program in Cranbrook to treat his addiction. And although he completed the program, it proved ineffective – the doctors even admitted they aren’t schooled enough to treat addicts with PTSD. “He needed to see people whose prime objective is to treat PTSD; he should have been using the skills, strategies, techniques, and medications that actually work. But instead he was in a hodge-podge facility of 22 or 23 beds with people affected by all sorts of addiction issues.”

Stevens’ family was optimistic that he would be able to take his place again after completing the program.

“They told us not to be in his face right away, so I didn’t go

near him for a week, and when I did see him he was like a ghost. He had taken ten steps back even more. Whatever it was designed to do, it didn’t work.”

It was recommended that Stevens check into a clinic in Ontario that’s tailored for patients with PTSD, but he wasn’t prepared to leave the Okanagan.

“He had his reasons for not going and not assessing that help,” she said. “It was wrong, in hindsight, he should have gone.”

Between the staff at the Cranbrook facility and the medical professionals around the Okanagan, everybody was well-intentioned and experienced at treating addiction, but they weren’t able to properly treat Stevens.

“I wish he had been more open with his family. I wish I had been more knowledgeable. If that had been the case we would have sought out a qualified veterans PTSD program instead of shuffling around with psychiatrists here in the Okanagan.”

In the years leading up to his death, Stevens would travel to Prince George each year for Remembrance Day. He went to console the family of his best friend, Corporal Darren (Fitzy) Fitzpatrick, who was killed at the age of 21 by an improvised explosive device while on foot patrol near Kandahar.

That happened during a mission that Stevens would have been a part of if he wasn’t recover-

DAN WALTON

ing from surgery at the time.

“I think there was survivors guilt, he felt like he wasn’t there for his buddy.”

While Stevens was grieving himself during visits to Prince George, he was there to support others, and “There was no one to say to him, ‘You know what, it’s okay to cry.

It’s okay to shed your heartache.’”

Another close friend of Stevens was killed a year later. At the age of 28, Master Corporal Byron Greff was among 17 killed in Kabul by a suicide bomber. He was the last Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan.

Stevens, Fitzy and Greff were all part of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry from Edmonton.

Stevens decided to honour both of his fallen comrades by having their names tattooed on his leg.

“They were all handsome young men who

are missed by loved ones,” she said. “I had no idea until one day I saw these names on his leg and I asked who’s that? And he told me. If I knew then what I know now I would have asked him to talk about it; I would have been a concerned individual. But I was naive, I didn’t know the depth he’d plummeted.”

Stevens’ death was the result of numerous issues that had been compounding for years, but it was his time in Afghanistan that marked the beginning of the end.

When he came back to Canada, “The light had gone out of his eyes. He was not the bubbly young man that I remembered.”

Stevens excelled as a soccer player and loved literature. For somebody like him, who grew up in a small, nurturing town in the Okanagan – it’s difficult to rationalize the way life is treated

in a war-torn, poverty-stricken place like Afghanistan.

“Your neighbour knows you here, they’ll help you. Everyone looks out for each other in Oliver. Then you’re all of a sudden thrust into a war zone. It was the most horrendous thing he’s ever smelled. They burn tires to heat their homes, animals are overburdened and kicked and abused, and Nick was a very caring, loving kid who loved animals.”

As overdose deaths in B.C. have been drastically rising over the past several years, McCullum wants to minimize the number of families that go through the same experience as hers, so she’s been advocating to reverse the trend.

Speaking candidly about a loved one’s severe addiction can feel like a taboo topic, but until the stigma can be overcome, victims are being deterred from accessing help.

“It is not just the victims of drug addiction that go through the pain, it’s the thousands of people connected to them.”

To anybody suffering silently: “Confide in people you trust.

Speak it, talk about it.

Don’t have a stigma.

You are more than the sum total of an addiction.”

program didn’t launch until after Stevens’ death.

“He was my son. He was his girlfriend’s someone. He was a person with a brain that could have contributed towards society. If my other son has a child, there’s never going to be an uncle.

“Nick worked very very hard to beat his demons, he will always be my hero for trying the best he could with what was available to him.”

As a response to the ongoing opioid crisis, the province of B.C. has recently launched a pilot project in Penticton, and McCullum was invited to take a tour.

“They have four doctors experienced in drug and opioid issues.

You can walk in off the street and get help immediately. They treat patients with sympathy, timeliness and with compassion. It’s not just lip service” Unfortunately, the

BRIANS.DANCE.CLASS @GMAIL.COM 778-516-7272

SWING, LATIN, COUNTRY & BALLROOM BRIAN UDAL DVIDA Master since 2004 • Private & Wedding Classes Now • Group Social Classes start Jan 11 & 12 • Teacher Training Certification Program

GIFT S CERTIFICATE

Christmas Fair

&Artists’ Market Saturday November 25th, 2017 9:00 am - 1:30 pm

Family Fun

5

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Parish Centre 2547 Hebert Road, West Kelowna

Raffle 3

Delicious Homemade Lunch Great Prizes

+

Theme Basket Raffles

*

Facepainting

by Jesse

Santa arrives at 10:30 am

The Catholic Women’s League Supports our Communities’ Needs

DESIGNATED INSPECTION FACILITY

Where Your Safety is our Priority

modern engine diagnostics • brakes • shocks & struts • tires • wheel aligNments • oil changes • suspension • air conditioning • imports & domestic

Full Automotive Service & Repairs

locally owned and operated

250.767.6615 5866A Beach Avenue, on the corner of 1st & Beach Ave., Peachland

Full Automotive Service & Repairs

lIcensed technician on duty

Golf Course Views 0 9,9 2 $3

November 17, 2017 page 12

REAL ESTATE

Great ; properties great realtors!

0

315 2377 Shannon Woods Dr - Spectacular views of Shannon Lake Golf Course from this TOP FLOOR 2 bed / 2 bath townhome. Located in a quiet gated friendly complex. Includes single garage & spacious storage room. A great location. It’s a MUST see!

Private Lakeshore Estate $3,800,000 Craftsman home with 6 bedrooms

MLS®10141699

Lakeshore Gardens

Ground Floor 2 Bedroom: $459,900 SOLD Fully Furnished 2 Bedroom: $445,000 SOLD

Call Debra Kelly

C: 250.864.6891 DKellyMac@gmail.com m

MLS®10143473

349,000

$

#3208 1990 Upper Sundance Ridge, Shannon Lake

Spectacular 2nd floor 2 Bedroom + Den with view of lake and golf course. Full upgrade package featuring granite counters, stainless steel appliances, maple cabinets, 9’ ceilings, fireplace and A/C. Lovely quiet location, close to nature.

250-718-2761

Sandy@nextdoorteam.com

Patrick Bell

Joseph Jacoe

• Personal Injury • Wills & Estates • Real Estate • Civil Litigation • Family Law • Corporate Law 13211 N. Victoria Rd. P.O. Box 520, Summerland BC V0H 1Z0

1-800-663-0392 • 250-494-6621 • 250-492-8137

t e k r a M e d i s y n n SuUOR AGENCY COLD BEER & WINE BC LIQ

Summerland Beach Home

Semi-lakeshore for $929,900

ONVENIENCE GROCERIES/C

Stock up now

for the holiday season!

Smokin’ Cheap

es!

Pack RPYrDic AY EVE

Beer • Wine • Liquor

BC Liquor Store Prices Guaranteed!

Cheapest in Peachland - 7 Days a Week -

If you find it cheaper, show us proof and we will price match on the spot.

5854 Beach Ave. Peachland • 250.767.2361

Comments, questions or concerns, email: sunnysidemarket@shaw.ca

Sunnyside Market