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Four-year-old Jakob Holliday hitches a ride with his mom Temple as they go for a wild ride down the hill at Vernon’s Grahame Park Tuesday while enjoying the sunny outdoors.
Star focuses on families for New Year’s RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff
Silver Star wants to ring in 2011 by avoiding problems. The resort will host its annual New Year’s Eve torchlight parade and fireworks at 8 p.m. tonight, and it’s being stressed that alcoholrelated incidents will not be tolerated in the village. “It’s a family event,� said Robin Baycroft, resort services manager, of the festivities. “People don’t get rowdy but we don’t want to be responsible for 15-year-olds drinking too much and sleeping in a snow bank.� RCMP officers will be on scene, and the resort will also have additional security in place. “Our primary concern is drinking,� said Gord Molendyk, with the RCMP.
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Skiers and boarders have been flocking to Silver Star. The resort expects more than 5,500 skier visits a day over the holidays. Police patrols will run from 6 p.m. today to 4 a.m. Saturday, and the priority will be the public fes-
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one is safe and has a good time,� said Molendyk. It’s expected that the fireworks and parade will be wrapped up by 9 p.m. “There is nowhere for young people to go after that,� said Molendyk, adding that the police will also be monitoring motorists returning to Vernon. Besides people staying at the resort, the torchlight parade and fireworks are popular with North Okanagan residents. “We love to see people come up from town,� said Baycroft. “They’re a real tradition for local residents and lots participate in the parade.� Silver Star has had about 5,500 people per day on the hill during the holidays, and accommodations are expected to reach about 95 per
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New Year’s Eve could begin with life-altering devastation if you choose to drink and drive. RCMP officers will ring in 2011 by keeping an eye out for impaired motorists at CounterAttack road checks later today and early Saturday. “We don’t want to be investigating fatalities or injury accidents,” said Gord Molendyk, RCMP spokesman, adding that public safety is the priority. “We will have officers on in every community in the North Okanagan. We will also have auxiliary officers and the Citizens on Patrol on duty.” To cover as large an area as possible, there will be roving roadblocks. “Officers will set up a roadcheck in one area and then move it,” said Molendyk. “There could be three or four at any one time in the city.” According to Molendyk, there is no reason for anyone to get behind the wheel of a car while under the influence of alcohol. “Plan ahead, bring in the new year and have fun but don’t drink and drive,” he said. Among the options for people to get home from celebrations are cabs or alternative driving services, calling a friend or relative to pick them up or ensuring there is a designated driver available.
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There is still time to rally behind the United Way. While 2010 is coming to an end, the organization is still trying to reach its fundraising goal of $300,000. “With many agencies facing government and gaming cutbacks at the same time we are already seeing increased demand on their services, more will be looking to United Way to help them provide the funding for much needed services to the residents of our community,” said Linda Yule, executive direcLinda Yule tor for the United Way of the North Okanagan Columbia Shuswap. The funds will go towards 28 non-profit agencies that provide a variety of services to residents in the region. Organizations that have received funding include Abbeyfield House, the Enderby Family Resource Centre, the Falkland/Westwold First Responders, the North Okanagan Family Resource Centre, the First Nations Friendship Centre, the Kindale Development Association, St. John Ambulance and the White Valley Community Resource Centre in Lumby. “Your donation stays here and makes a genuine impact in your community,” said Yule. The address of the United Way office is 3304 30th Ave. It is located next to Corbett Office Equipment. Another option is to call 250-549-1346 to donate by credit card or go to www.unitedwaynocs.com to donate.
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Hansma looks towards sixth term ROGER KNOX Morning Star Staff
S p a l l u m c h e e n’s mayor still enjoys being on the job. Will Hansma has indicated he’ll seek a sixth term as the township’s mayor in the November 2011 municipal election. “There’s a lot of stuff on the go and I think continuity is important,” said Hansma. “I hope all of council runs again because I think it’s important for the township to have that continuity.” After returning from the Christmas break, council will look at three main goals for 2011: the township’s budget, hillside standards and the completion of the official com-
“I think continuity is important.” — Will Hansma munity plan. “With the budget, we’ll be trying to do the same thing as last year and that’s to have a very minimal increase in taxes,” said Hansma. “We’ll go through our capital road expenditure budgets and make sure they’re all in line.” Council will be reviewing its five-year capital plan to make sure the plan meets what is currently needed in the township.
Hansma points out that some items on the list are quite old. “We need to review the list to see if we can move some items up or move them down,” he said. “It will be an extensive project for our public works committee.” To minimize impact for the taxpayers, administration will look at acquiring grant money from the province. With the potential
for some serious development in the township’s southeast sector on the horizon, council wants to complete hillside standards guidelines for its road network in 2011. “We want to look at what type of grades to put in, the different radiuses,” said the mayor. “We will also look at our current hillside standards. We don’t want to impose something that can’t be met because they were built under old guidelines from the past. A lot of stuff has changed.” The community has had a lot of say into the township’s future, with a number of residents completing surveys and participating in the
public process to shape the region’s OCP. Council will meet with OCP planners to go through the responses in order to prepare a draft bylaw so the public can have a look at what the OCP may look like. “It will go through the public hearing process, and we hope to have the OCP completed by late spring or early summer,” said Hansma. One issue council will continue to pursue in 2011 is re-opening the rail line between the township and Grindrod, which closed in late 2009. A lot of the discussions about the line are in-camera as negotiations for the line are
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Residents have an opportunity to get rid of Styrofoam products that have been piling up around the house. The North Okanagan Regional District will hold a free Styrofoam recycling dropoff from Jan. 3 to Jan. 8 at Venture Training (Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and at Interior Freight and Bottle Depot (Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.). “By diverting Styrofoam from disposal, valuable landfill capacity can be preserved,” says Dale Danallanko, recycling and disposal facilities operations manager. The Vernon and District Association for Community Living (Venture Centre) and NORD purchased an expanded polystyrene (EPS) Styrofoam densification machine. The unit is capable of reducing the volume of expanded polystyrene (EPS) and expanded polyethylene (EPE). The unit can process approximately 90 kilograms of material per hour and produces a dense, plastic resin that can be recycled. For the unit to function properly and to maximize the value of the end product, the material being dropped off by residents
ongoing. “We’re hoping to see rail service re-implemented,” he said. “We’re working towards that right now, and are still waiting for some of the results.” Along transportation lines, 2010 saw major improvements made to Highway 97A, particularly the stretch through the township. “It gives us access to points beyond that we never really had before,” said Hansma. “It gives us a lot better access into the city (Armstrong) and the township, and, for safety, it’s been awesome.”
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got an early Christmas present from my girlfriend, Terryn, the other day. It was actually her gift to me for our 10-year anniversary, and I can’t help but say I was truly surprised (and equally impressed) when she told me what it was. I haven’t owned a cat for nearly 15 years, and when she said we needed to take a trip to meet the good folks at the Vernon and District Animal Care Society, I was pretty excited (and perhaps a little anxious). Dasha, an eightyear-old tabby, was the first cat I saw. She was sauntering around the Graeme Corbett lobby like she owned the place and made a B-line to greet me as soon as I walked through the door. She is a pudgy little thing, and like I joked on Facebook, her stubby tail has more kinks than Morning Star crime reporter Roger Knox’s golf swing. There were two other kitties at the care society that caught my fancy, but it soon became apparent Dasha was the one for me. There was Sam, a handsome long-haired Siamese cross with crossed eyes. He was a big, beautiful cat, but he didn’t like dogs. There was also a four-month-old ginger male who would have provided plenty of entertainment for London, our black lab-border collie cross, but I would have dreaded the thought of him sneaking outside at night and running into a coyote. It seems we usually lose four or five kitties from our neighbourhood to the coyotes every year (I’ve seen the evidence in our dog park). Even if Dasha figures out how to use the dog door, I doubt she’d be able to scale our fenced-in back yard. Her previous owner had her de-clawed, and until she sheds a few pounds, her vertical leap is more like a hop. She seems more like a stay-at-home kind of
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girl anyway. We brought London into the clinic to have a meet-and-greet with Dasha on that first day. She only hissed once, which was more than enough to keep our canine at a distance. It has been less than two weeks since she joined our family, and she and London are already settling in nicely. One thing I forgot about cats is they are finicky eaters. It’s no secret Dasha needs to trim some excess weight, and the best way for her to do that is on a raw food diet. The problem is she has turned her nose up at three different kinds of raw food we have put in front of her so far. Good thing London isn’t fussy. My mom visited us over Christmas and brought her cat, Gemma, with her from Vancouver Island. And while the two cats showed a healthy disdain for one another (we had to keep Gemma locked in a room most of the time), Dasha certainly took a shine to Gemma’s tinned food. I haven’t seen her move as fast as when she heard my mom opening the lid to the can of food in the mornings. The last cat I owned, a diabetic long-haired tabby named Fuji (after a Japanese exchange student who lived down the street from me), definitely wasn’t a picky eater. She would be ravenous for her breakfast every morning. Which was a good thing because she was too busy shoveling back food to care about the daily insulin injections she required. If I didn’t finish my cereal quick enough, Fuji would try to butt her head in to get the left over milk. Anyone interested in adopting or fostering an animal should consider the Vernon and District Animal Care Society. It is an all-volunteer non-profit organization whose fundraising proceeds go entirely to the alleviation of animal suffering in the North Okanagan. To find out about upcoming adoption days, e-mail the society’s Heather Pettit at heather@ vernonanimalcare.com, or visit their website at www.vernonanimalcare.com.
With New Year’s Eve upon us, the tradition of bidding farewell to the past year and ringing in the new one is here. Parties will no doubt be plentiful tonight as people celebrate the prospects of 2011, and perhaps even look to forget 2010. Friends and family will gather, New Year’s resolutions will be made and in many cases the bubbly will be flowing. But before popping the cork on the champagne, everyone is urged to make one final decision in 2010 – to get home safely. Since not everyone will be drinking tonight, pair up with a sober friend for a ride home. Locally, you can call a cab or the new company in town which will drive you and your car home. If all else fails, two feet and a heartbeat are always a better decision than getting behind the wheel after drinking. If you’re at a friend’s house, plan ahead and pack a pillow and sleeping bag, or call shotgun on the couch. This message may seem redunant, but statistics show it is still necessary. While the impaired driving message is getting through, it hasn’t reached everyone. According to ICBC, our province is still averaging about 133 people killed and 3,400 injured a year due to drinking and driving. That’s why the RCMP are out, trying to get drunk drivers off the roads. And if they catch you, you’ll be in for an immediate roadside prohibition (three to 90 days, vehicle impoundment (three to 30 days), having to pay $600 to $4,060 and other penalties. Now doesn’t it seem worth it to think before you drink and drive?
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harles Wills stated that, “Premier Campbell should be made to suffer in some way for his arrogance, stupidity and foolishness as a result of how he introduced the HST – stealth and a scarcity of good information.” Well, perhaps Mr. Wills should know what Campbell did is typical of Conservative/Liberal tactics and has nothing to do with stupidity. It just more “class-war” being carried on by the Liberals and Conservatives against the general public – by ignoring them and serving the interests of the rich and powerful. This wealthy class has throughout history opposed democracy (the will of the people) and all regulations and taxes which hinder their making of profits. And with the HST – a regressive and unfair form of taxation – it shifts the burden of taxation onto the middle and lower taxes. The unfairness is that the high-income earners do not spend all of their money on consumer goods so they do not pay the HST on all their earnings. However, the lower income earners pay the HST on all of their income as they need it to survive, thus it is unfair (but for the moneyed class there is no sales taxes on stock
LIBERALS WRONG I find it hard to believe the Liberal opposition has the gall to accuse our MP Colin Mayes of wasting taxpayers' money for circulating a pamphlet opposing a private member's bill, C-248, on behalf of himself and the Conservative government. That is his job as the sitting member of Parliament to keep all members of the constituency informed. Now all and sundry can speculate on the motives of our MP as much as they wish, but it will be the conclusions of the electorate that count in the end. I believe that Colin Mayes was inundated with calls and e-mails of concerned constituents who also opposed Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla’s proposed bill, which would allow a 62-year-old senior who lived his entire life in a foreign country to move to Canada and get a free pension at the age of 65 at our expense. It is all very well to say that the Liberal leadership did not support the proposed bill either. Would it be beyond the realms of common sense to ask why that same leadership did not discuss
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market transactions, and their capital gains are only taxed on 50 per cent of the gains). The unfair burden of the HST can be seen that if a person makes $100,000 a year and pays $12,000 in the HST, it is barely noticed and no burden at all. But a single parent making $8 an hour (or $16,000 per year) and then has to pay about $2,000 in sales tax, it’s a hell of a burden and completely unfair. When taxation was first being devised – and is still acknowledged by at least 90 per cent of political economists – it was concluded that the fairest form of taxation is “progressive taxation” (the more you make, the higher the rate)
the ramifications of such a bill in caucus, especially as Bob Rae was a supporter. If they did, are they, as I suspect, without discipline, preferring to imply racial overtones to the government's decision of fairness to all Canadians? It is this type of Liberal thinking that makes me so glad that we have a Conservative government. Ron Lovell HEY ABBOTT So George Abbott is running for leader of the Liberal Party of B.C. This is the man who promised to democratically represent his constituents, then betrayed our trust by deliberately siding with one man (Gordon Campbell) over the majority wishes of his constituents. Does he not realize more people signed the anti-HST petition than voted for him? If he believes we will reward him for his betrayal by re-electing him, he is sadly mistaken. People of his ilk refuse to understand this is not merely about whether or not the HST is good or bad.
It is, however, very much about politicians deliberately misleading the electorate to get elected. I voted for the Liberals, and hence, George Abbott, based on two very important points: (1) They told us British Columbia's economy was the best in Canada, and that we were the only province which didn't have a huge deficit, simply because of Liberal prudence and fiscal management during the height of the recession. (2) The Liberals told us the HST would be bad for B.C.'s economy and would hinder recovery from the recession, so they would absolutely not be instituting such a regressive tax measure. A couple of short months after they were re-elected, we all discovered that we had been defrauded of one of the most precious things Canada has to offer - our votes. We, the majority of citizens, will no longer tolerate this. We will no longer allow the few to thwart the will of the majority. If we, the majority, fail to decisively act now, we will forever be subject to autocratic rule. I put it to my fellow citizens that this is a matter of democracy! Robert Thibeau
for a just and civilized society. Unfortunately, the rich and powerful have pressured Conservative and Liberal politicians to initiate sales taxation (GST, HST etc.) rather than progressive taxation – to escape paying their fair share of the tax burden. The greedy politicians and the deluded go along with the “class-war” plans of the Fraser Institute, the C.D. Howe Institute and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation which are all funded by the corporations and the wealthy. Yes, Mr. Wills, the HST may save businesses $150 million in annual tax compliance, but it shifts the burden onto consumers even more costing them billions extra. The best way to save taxpayers and government millions in administration costs is to eliminate all types of sales taxes (GST, PST, HST) and re-institute the progressive form of taxation which we had in the 1950s. Lastly, taxation has normally been seventh on the list of priorities of what determines whether businesses will invest in a location or not, and Wills' claim that this will help B.C.'s recovery is again unfounded and just more gobbledegook by spokesmen for the rich and powerful and contrary to a just and civilized society. J.J. Rousso
PAYMENTS A CONCERN The latest misuse of Canadian tax dollars is the exorbitant salaries being paid to native on-reserve politicians. According to the latest figures from the Canadian Taxpayer Federation, last year, more than 80 aboriginal-reserve politicians were paid a tax-free equivalent that was higher than the salary of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. As well, 222 First Nations politicians were making more than their respective provincial premiers. One aboriginal-reserve politician in Atlantic Canada made $978,468 last year. Why do we as taxpayers constantly have to pay, then pay some more for the aboriginal leaders to live high off the hog, tax free? At the same time, provincial governments are giving away vast areas of the natural resources of the province to the local native bands. So again the average family is taxed some more to make up for this loss of provincial and federal revenues. It’s time that the Department of Indian Affairs and the provincial government get a hold of the on-
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Year in Review
January 2010 Editor’s note: this is the first in a series looking back at events of 2010 As the calendar flips to 2010, new provincial laws kick in banning British Columbians from using cell phones while driving. Fines of $167 are implemented for motorists caught talking or texting on hand-held phones or other electronic devices. A new hardwood floor is installed in Priest Valley Gym at a cost of $103,000. A third of the funding came from the provincial government for the floor which is expected to last a quarter century. Georgia Thiem becomes Vernon’s New Year’s baby when she is born Jan. 1 at 1:52 p.m. at Vernon Jubilee Hospital to parents Jody Gamache and Michael Thiem. Robert Russell Johnson, 68, of Vernon dies in a car accident on Westside Road about five kilometres south of Highway 97. Johnson, the lone occupant in a van, clipped a power pole flipping the vehicle onto its side and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 42-foot shrimp trawler sinks in Okanagan Lake. The boat, insured and worth more than $300,000, was anchored safely Dec. 31 but was found submerged the next day. There were no injuries in the incident.
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Vernon kicks off 2010 with the Olympic Torch Relay in town. The suspect in a string of November robberies in Vernon is arrested without incident in Richmond after RCMP in that city got information from Vernon police. MP Colin Mayes belittles the federal government’s decision to prorogue Parliament saying most local constituents are more concerned about the OkanaganShuswap economy than political posturing in Ottawa. The City of Vernon unveils
a new logo that will be used in tourism marketing, letterhead and business cards. The logo features three Vs, blue, green and orange, that form the shape of a tree. A B.C. Supreme Court judge rules the Okanagan Nation Alliance cannot interfere with Tolko Industries timber harvesting at Browns Creek. Both Tolko and the Alliance are pleased with the ruling as Okanagan Indian Band chief noted there are restrictions on what Tolko is allowed to do.
A Vernon man garners international attention when it is discovered he shared living quarters with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who allegedly attempted to blow up a plane headed for Detroit Christmas Day. Journalists found the blog of Matthew Salmon, 27, who wrote online about living with Adbulmutallab. The Vernon Vipers welcome back a familiar face in Sahir Gill who returns after a stint with the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League. Water in the Antwerp Springs well source becomes contaminated and about 3,500 people are notified not to drink their tap water. Residents of a BX neighbourhood act fast as continuing warm temperatures produce more runoff that threatens several homes. Sandbags are filled rapidly as homeowners on Spalding Road battle waters alongside BX-Swan Lake volunteer firefighters. May Correale is taken aback by a surprise visit from Junior Chamber International members who named her Vernon’s Good Citizen of 2009. Correale was recognized for her many years of volunteer work at Vernon Jubilee Hospital. Former Vernon Mayor Neil Davidson passes away at the age of 93. Plans for all-day kindergarten are unveiled for eight of Vernon School District’s elementary
schools. Alexis Park, J.W. Inglis, Cherryville, Lavington, Ellison, Mission Hill, Harwood and Okanagan Landing Elementary introduced the program in September. Vernon defence lawyer William Mastop is arrested and charged with participation in activities tied to local organized crime. Organizers of the Vernon Winter Carnival are excited as work begins on an ice palace in Polson Park to help celebrate the event’s 50th year. Efforts by the Kalamalka Rotary Club raise funds to send shelters to Haiti after the island nation was devastated by a huge Jan. 12 earthquake. Vernonites catch Olympic fever as the cross-Canada torch relay comes to town. Thousands of spectators come out to line the streets and catch a glimpse of the flame as it is carried into Polson Park by the lucky winners of a national draw. Vernon council approves funding for a green space in the downtown core as it furthers plans to redevelop the Vernon Medical Clinic property. Taxpayers will foot the $199,500 tab. Loss of revenue after the closure of the Lavington glass plant and new Canadian accounting rules force Coldstream to consider a 5.59 per cent tax increase for residents.
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February 2010 The North Okanagan Regional District spends $1 million to acquire a lot on Lakeshore Road. Money for the purchase came from development cost charges and funds set aside for parks in a 2005 referendum. It is hoped the lot can be turned into a lakefront park. A driver attempting to evade police slams a stolen truck into the front of an East Hill home in the wee hours of Feb. 1. The driver fled the scene on foot and the homeowners, though shaken awake, are not injured. Another B.C. Supreme Court ruling in the Tolko IndustriesOkanagan Nation Alliance dispute allows archeological work to be done in advance of the harvest of eight blocks of trees in Browns Creek. Athletes from Finland, Norway, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand have been using the trails at Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre and Silver Star Mountain Resort for their pre-Vancouver Olympics preparations. Efforts by the Okanagan Landing and District Community Association are progressing to restore the old CPR station house at Paddlewheel Park to its former glory. Association project coordinator Val Heuman says the 117-year-old building will have the original CPR colours and a model railroad replica of the area as it was in the 1930s. Vernon Mayor Wayne Lippert defends his decision to accept tickets to an Olympic hockey game saying the Games will be an opportunity to promote the Vernon and the Okanagan. Veterans will continue to park for free after a recommendation to reduce free parking from 12 months to one month was defeated by council. A boil-water advisory for 567 customers east of Murphy Road and Highway 6 is downgraded to a water quality advisory. The Greater Vernon
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Year in Review Advisory Committee approves a plan to prevent the use of herbicides and pesticides in district parks. Alternate pest and weed controls will not be looked at until 2011 budget planning occurs. Some Falkland residents are alarmed at a proposed high-density development in the village. They feel it is too big for the area and would be difficult to service with utilities. Mild weather allows Spallumcheen Golf and Country Club to set new record for earliest opening of its driving range. A price decline for 2009 apples forces orchardists to ask for government aid to stay afloat. The average price for all apple varieties fell to 13 cents a pound while the cost of
March 2010 production is 22.5 cents a pound. The continuing dispute between Tolko Industries and the Okanagan Indian Band has the band considering a blockade on Westside Road to check Tolko vehicles. The Vernon Vipers clinch top spot in the B.C. Hockey League with a 4-1 win on the road over Salmon Arm. The North Okanagan Regional District considers a recommendation for an across-theboard water rate hike of nine per cent due to requirements from the Interior Health Authority for operating systems, testing
and ongoing upgrades to the system, including the Duteau Creek treatment plant under construction. Dangerous conditions along Okanagan Landing Road dominate a City of Vernon budget input meeting after a 15-year-old girl was sent to hospital with major head injuries after her bicycle collided with a vehicle in February. The North Okanagan celebrates the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games after Canada beats the U.S. in the nail-biting men’s hockey finish. NORD eliminates $49,576 from the 2010 tax requisition to fund the district’s air quality function, and decides to use reserves to fund remaining activities. Enderby farm-
er Richard Yntema applies to NORD to rezone one-hectare of his land to agricultural industrial for an animal carcass incinerator, which has some residents concerned
about ash and how it will affect air quality and the Shuswap River. The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce gives its support to the federal budget, saying
plans to drop the deficit to $49.2 billion in 2010/11, and to $1.8 billion by 2014/15, is a step in the right direction.
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Continued from A11 A pitch is made by the Partners in Action Committee for the need of more public washrooms in downtown Vernon. Washrooms for public use are currently only available at the Vernon library and at the Upper Room Mission for its clients. The City of Vernon has dipped into police reserve funds to cover an $851,000 operating deficit primarily because of a lack of interest revenue in 2009. Falkland-based MĂŠtis artist Lottie Kozak and former Paralympic athlete Sarah MorrisProbert, with the Silver Star Adaptive Sports program, both carry the Paralympic torch on its way to VancouverWhistler for the start of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games. Members of the B.C. Fruit Growers Association demand that Victoria provide apple growers with $10 million and initiate a claim for a provincial/ federal insurance program so they can escape from financial disaster due to the lowering cost of apples and growing
production costs. Local farmers are furious over the nine percent increase in water rates, telling the Greater Vernon Advisory Committee that improvements at the Duteau Creek water treatment facility will not affect them as treated water is not required for irrigating crops or looking after livestock. “Agriculture got screwed,� said Ted Osborn, director of projects at Coldstream Ranch, who insists the rate hike goes against previous promises made to agricultural customers. B.C. aboriginal relations minister George Abbott requests a meeting with Okanagan Indian band chief Fabian Alexis to negotiate a resolution to Tolko Industries logging in the Browns Creek area. The band has established camps at Brown Creek to prevent Tolko from logging in an area they feel will negatively impact their community’s watershed. Despite the last-minute cancellation of his original race due to foggy conditions, Vernon’s
Games in Whistler. Law firm Nixon Wenger unveils plans to build its new office at the corner of 30th Avenue and 28th Street. The building is expected to be four storeys and will include commercial space and the Blenz coffee house which is currently on site. The Okanagan Symphony celebrates its 50th anniversary by reuniting current and former players and conductors to re-create its very first concert. Ministry of Forests issues a reminder that conditions are dry from last summer/fall’s drought and minimal precipitation at lower elevations over the winter after three human-caused spot fires take place Kalamalka Provincial Park. About 70 people attend an Okanagan Equestrian Society open house to voice their concerns about racing events being moved from the Kin Race Track to an equestrian centre somewhere else in the region. The society is in the midst of litigation with the North Okanagan Regional District over the use of the track. NORD, which owns the property with the City
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Vernon’s Sun Valley Speedway is renamed to the MotoPlex Speedway and Events Park, with plans to become the B.C. Interior’s largest outdoor auto racing event and concert venue.
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Year in Review April 2010 Continued from A14 Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster says considerable misinformation is being presented about the minimum wage after the B.C. Federation of Labour calls on the provincial government to raise the wage from $8 to $10 an hour. Foster says B.C. has one of the highest average wages in the country, and many people who receive minimum wage work in the service sector and get tips. A barking dog alerts a family to a blaze inside their rental property on McLeish Road off East Vernon Road. Everyone manages to escape the house before BX-Swan Lake volunteer firefighters arrive to find the house fully engulfed in flames. The speedway announces its fist concert event, an all day music festival on the May long weekend with opening act Marianas Trench. Farmers and agriculturalists hear some good news when North Okanagan Regional District directors vote in favour of a 2.5 per cent increase in water rates, over the initially recommended nine per cent increase. Two 23-year-old men from Vernon are facing drug-related charges as a result of a lengthy RCMP investigation that has stretched across B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan. One man has been arrested in Vernon, and the other in Saskatchewan, with both charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. North Okanagan Regional District directors have voted to spend $8,000 for a follow-up study on the relocation of Kin Race Track. However, BX-Silver Star director Mike Mcnabb voted against the expenditure, saying it’s a waste of money as the Okanagan Equestrian Society has taken NORD and the City of Vernon, who own the track property, to court after being served an eviction notice.
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Vernon Vipers captain Kevin Kraus hosts the Doyle Cup following the Vipers’ 7-3 win over the Spruce Grove Saints in Game 7 of the regional series April 26. The Snakes advance to the Royal Bank Cup in Dauphin, Man. reported to be hiking in the vicinity at the time. The Vernon Vipers stop the Spruce Grove Saints 7-3 in a Game 7 of the Doyle Cup regional series, which advances them to the Royal Bank Cup in Dauphin, Man. Vernon school district offi-
cials say a $2.1 million deficit includes eliminating almost 25 full-time equivalent staff positions and reducing resources. As a result of 17 full-time equivalent teachers being laid off, the pupil-teacher ratio will climb from 18.1 to one to 18.5 to one.
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Robbie Short didn’t realize he had won the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League’s Most Valuable Player Award until The Morning Star contacted him for an interview days before the Christmas holidays. The Lavington product, who was named for the award in late November, has slipped off the North Okanagan sports radar the last few months as he tries to launch his pro hockey career with the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The Flyers were tied with the Huntsville Havoc for first in the league heading into the holiday break. Short, a 21-year-old right winger, has two goals for eight points in 16 games. This is Short’s second league MVP honour (he won it the first time in 2008), and considering he missed the first four of a 14-game season, it makes the award all the more impressive. He was busy helping the Vernon Vipers claim their second-straight Royal Bank Cup national Junior A hockey title in Dauphin, Man. In just nine games with the Tigers, the athletic 6-foot, 210-pounder racked up a dozen goals and 17 assists for 29 points. “It’s a pretty big honour, and aside from winning a (TOJLL) championship I would say it is the best way to end my career in that league,” said Short, who captained the Tigers to provincial silver two years ago in Esquimalt. If Short isn’t the most decorated multisport athlete to come out of the North Okanagan, he is certainly close to the top. In addition to the RBC titles, MVP awards and provincial lacrosse silver, he also holds
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Robbie Short (front) charges up the floor with an opponent in tow during Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League play. Short was named League MVP. the honour of playing the most games in a Viper uniform and is the first member of that organization to have his jersey (No. 20) retired to the rafters at Wesbild Centre. Tigers’ general manager Rich Zecchel has been high on Short’s play since he joined the club from North Okanagan minor lacrosse. “He has been our franchise player since
he’s been here. He’s a do-it-all kind of player. He was gifted with tremendous ability, strength and stamina, all wrapped into one.” Regarding Short’s captaincy, Zecchel said he was a quiet leader who preferred to lead by example. “Players looked up to him because of his stature. He treated everyone with respect,
and in turn everyone paid respect to him.” Short had equally high praise for Zecchel and head coach Bryan Klein, who provided a creative environment in which the Tigers’ offence could flourish. “Rich and Bryan made the big differences with the team. They both sacrificed a lot of time, and were always understanding and willing to work with us, and (listen to) any ideas we had with regards to offensive plays and systems. “(It) made it a lot of fun for us because we had a creative say in a lot of things, especially our powerplay,” he said. Short started the 2010-11 season with the Allen Americans of the Central Hockey League (CHL), but was released early on. A fellow Americans’ teammate who was also let go, Mark Hinz, now captain of the Ice Flyers, talked him into coming to Pensacola. The Ice Flyers didn’t get time off for Christmas so Short won’t be coming home until after the season ends. Not that he really minds. It just means he will continue to enjoy the country-club lifestyle down on Florida’s north coast. “That’s OK with me. I live right on the whitest beach in the Gulf of Mexico,” grinned Short, who has been sightseeing all over Alabama and northern Florida, and visited New Orleans before Christmas. “I have a house with two other guys right on the beach, and the rest of the team lives no more than five minutes away. We practise at 10 a.m. so we have the rest of the day to go to the beach or go golfing.” Former Viper captain Kevin Kraus joined him for a short stint in Pensacola, but recently decided to step away from hockey to enroll in a heavy machinery operations course with scholarship money he earned during his Western Hockey League days.
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Vernon’s Jon Gardner didn’t dwell too long on his first loss at the Tim Hortons B.C. Junior Curling Championships. After falling 9-6 to Delta’s Kyle Jackson Tuesday night, the Vernon Super League skip rebounded with a 5-4 win over Victoria’s Josh Hozack Wednesday morning. Gardner, supported by third Michael Longworth, second Michael Hiram and lead Jonathan Hatten, built a three-point lead after five ends, and then settled into a defensive game to ride out the win at the North Shore Winter Club in North Vancouver.
Gardner, tied for first with Kelowna’s Justin Nillson at 4-1, foiled Hozack with countless peels and doubles, forcing the Victoria skip to blank ends six, seven and eight. The Victoria skip fell short with a single steal in 10. “We didn’t give him an opportunity to take any multiple points,” said Gardner. Tuesday night, Jackson jumped out to an early lead with three points in the first two ends. Gardner answered with singles in three and four, but the Delta crew cracked four points in the fifth and never looked back. Gardner, who went 7-0 in round-robin play before settling for silver last year, believes
losing might not be a bad thing. “It gets you back to reality. It’s not going to be an easy road to the final,” he said. Gardner faced Erik Leisinger of Prince George (0-5) Wednesday night, and ended the round-robin against Nillson Thursday. On the women’s side, Vernon’s Jenn Gerow dipped to 3-2 after she fell 9-5 to Victoria’s Dailene Sivertson in a rematch of last year’s gold-medal game Wednesday. Gerow, backed by third Kayte Gyles, second Melissa Moen and lead Vanessa Samborsky, held a two-point lead after six ends, but Sivertson fired deuces in the final three ends
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They took on 117 other ringette stars and made Team B.C., for the 2011 Canada Winter Games, Feb. 11-27, in Halifax. After eight training camps, from Ottawa to Smokey Lake, Alta., three Vernon girls – Karli Mazu, Mallory Sisson and Rylee English – were chosen by head coach Richard White and his staff. Mazu, who turned 18 in October, learned work ethic from her logging father, Glen, “the hardest working man I know.” She also praises her seamstress mom, Tralee, for doing a wonderful job as “my full-time caretaker.” An employee at Sun Valley Source For Sports, Mazu has played ringette since she was four, following her sister Brianne. “The most challenging thing to prepare for Canada Winter Games is organizing my life around work, school, training, travelling, and having time with friends and family, which is very important to me,” said Mazu, a Kalamalka grad. “My most rewarding challenge, would be travelling Europe this summer. I was so proud of myself, that I actually up and decided to go, with no regrets. It was an educational experience, and it changed my outlook on life. I will not procrastinate to do things, for they will never be done. “The same goes for the Games. If I did not put myself out there, and work hard at tryouts, I would not have become a contender for this team. “I have trained my butt off to make this team all winter on and off ice…it was really rewarding, when I got to tell my trainer, Kelly (Hanscom) the news that I made the team. “I love the game as much as I love ice cream. I have passion for the game, and I’m always willing to work hard to get better, and learn new things.” Mazu lists teammate Erika Lipsett of Salmon Arm as her mentor, the
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Vernon players, from left, Rylee English and Mallory Sisson, and Salmon Arm’s Brittany Burge will represent Team B.C. Missing: Karli Mazu. “best ringette player ever, so inspirational.” She’s also high on the coaches. “The coaches have been awesome, they seem to know the limits we can reach, and push us to raise the bar. My support from coaches has been amazing.” Sisson, who works at Safeway, has played the game for 11 years and is currently coaching a local Tween team. “Ringette never gets boring! Keep playing!" are her words of wisdom for younger players. Her folks – Howard and Tina – have encouraged Sisson to strive for excellence. At 19, Sisson, a VSS grad, is juggling Team B.C. training and full time work. “The most rewarding challenges are meeting new girls, and becoming friends with old rivals,” said the defenceman. “It’s been great to play at a AAA calibre, playing to the best of my ability, and pushing myself even harder so I can become stronger. I am learning to cap my emotions, and my physical abilities are much better than they used to be. I lose focus when I get frustrated, so I try to stay relaxed; that’s when I am at my best playing ringette. “I get my inspira-
tion from my ringette friends. We motivate each other. Even though my dad is my supportive fan, I have had great support throughout the past six years of AA. Coaches have always believed in me, and never gave up on me, even when I know I have been a real royal pain. It’s good to get positive feedback from coaches, but I like negative feedback too, because I have been able to take it and use it to become a better player. I think the coaches of the CWG program have done a really good job of that, and it definitely helped me make this team.” English is actually a transplant from Terrace, where her parents live. She billeted with a local ringette family (Monika Weatherill) until the Christmas break to give her the best opportunity in ringette. She’s back in Terrace for the rest of the school year. She spent her 16th birthday on Sept. 2 with new ringette friends and family. Coming from a northern B.C. town of 13,000, Rylee played for the North AA team, but with challenges of travelling four hours to practice every second weekend, in Prince George, the financial and time commitments
were too overwhelming. Rylee is a first-year belle forward and one of the youngest on Team B.C., but she brings a lot of spirit and a wicked shot to the team. She has played ringette for 10 years, and it has always been her No. 1 sport. The tall, lanky English enters the locker room with a joke and a smile at 6:30 a.m. and radiates energy that overpowers the sleepy bug in her teammates. “I play ringette because I love the competitiveness, and being on the ice. I have played so long, it’s just part of my life now, and I can’t imagine not doing it. Also, a lot of my good friends were made through ringette. There were other sports I played, volleyball, soccer, and I’m very social, like hanging with my friends, a lot.” Being part of the Canada Winter Games program has been sweet. “My mom encouraged me to try out. I can be encouraging and positive. I have the desire to improve my play, and can work hard to get there. I have a good shot, and I’m fast and competitive. I need to work on the way I see and think on the ice, stabbing the ring, sometimes, I’m over-anxious.”
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The Vernon Home Building Centre Vipers bounced back from a disappointing 3-1 loss to the California Wave with a hard-fought 1-1 tie with the Coquitlam Chiefs at the 30th annual Richmond International Midget Tournament Tuesday. A slow start and penalty trouble cost the Tier 1 Vipers against the Wave as a pair of powerplay goals was the difference. Brett Hawrys, unassisted, tied the game briefly in the second period before the Wave scored twice with the man advantage to seal the victory. Defenceman Joshua Vetter was named MVP and goalie Danny Todosychuk kept the Vipers in the game with numerous quality saves. The Vipers played tough against the Chiefs until well into the third when Coquitlam finally beat a stellar Michael Hails in net. However, the Vipers pushed back for the tying goal and Richard Meaney, from Chris Gillies and Austin Krahn, notched the equalizer two minutes later. Hails stopped 32 shots and was named game MVP. There are 28 Tier 1 teams competing in the tourney that continues until Friday. In the 10-team Major Midget division of the Richmond event, Vernon’s
Curtis Lazar and the Okanagan Hockey School of Penticton were 2-1 going into a Wednesday afternoon game versus the Vancouver NE Chiefs. Lazar had one assist in Okanagan’s 3-2 loss to the Alaska U18 All-Stars Tuesday night, and also had one helper as the Hockey School edged the North Island Silvertips 2-1 Tuesday morning. The Okanagan crew, coached by former NHL defenceman Robert Dirk, opened with a 3-0 win over the Kitchener Rangers. At the 33rd Mac’s Midget Tournament in Calgary, the Okanagan Rockets were 0-3 going into a Wednesday night game against the St. Albert Sports Raiders. Dustin Folliott pulled the hat trick as the Vernon Battery Seagulls clipped the Advertising Works Broad Street Bullies 6-5 in exhibition Midget Super League action Monday night at Civic Arena. Tyson Clark supplied 2+1 for the Seagulls, while Josh Readhsaw scored once. Nat Wilson pocketed a pair of assists in support of Rodger Sewell. Randy Todsychuk scored twice for the Bullies, who had forward Brad Jones in net. Singles came from Russ Hickman, Liam MacPhee and Jared Barendregt.
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acquired left wing Spencer Bennett, centre Teal Burns, a first-round pick in the 2011 WHL bantam draft, and a second-round pick in the 2012 draft from the Portland Winterhawks in exchange for centre and captain Craig Cunningham, and a sixth-round choice in the 2011 lottery. Bennett, a 20-year-old from White Rock, is in his second year with the Winterhawks and currently has 12-921 in 37 games. The 6-foot-four Bennett spent two seasons in the BCHL and was selected in the 2009 NHL entry draft, 141st overall, by the Calgary Flames. Burns, 18, of Victoria has 1-6-7 in 32 games in his rookie year. Last year Burns played with Victoria and Nanaimo of the BCHL. Cunningham leaves the Giants as the franchise leader in career regular-season games played with 295. Cunningham won four division titles and a Memorial Cup with Vancouver, and was the ninth captain in franchise history. The 20-year-old Trail product had 10-35-45 in 36 games with Vancouver. “Without a doubt, this is the hardest trade I have ever had to make in my WHL career,” said executive vice-president and GM Scott Bonner. “Craig has been a part of this organization since 2005 and epitomized Giants hockey; however, this is a deal that works for both teams. We are excited to bring in two B.C. boys in Spencer and Teal, as well as replenish our draft stocks, while the Winterhawks get a high-end scorer who knows what it takes to win at this level.”
KELOWNA – The Rockets’ power play certainly didn’t show any rust as they returned to action Tuesday night, defeating the Everett Silvertips 4-0 before 6,126 fans at Prospera Place. The Rockets struck four times with the man advantage as Kelowna improved to 20-15-0-0, leapfrogging Prince George into first place in the Western Hockey League’s B.C. Division after the Cougars lost 3-0 to the Chilliwack Bruins. “We had a couple good days of practice,” said Kelowna defenceman Zak Stebner on the AM 1150 post game show. “I thought we brought a lot of energy into the game. They took some penalties and we capitalized.” Evan Bloodoff scored twice and added an assist while Geordie Wudrick and Shane McColgan also tallied for the Rockets. Adam Brown was solid in net, turning aside 26 shots for his first shutout of the season. The Rockets opened the scoring on a first-period powerplay. After a Kevin Smith blast from the point hit Bulmer, the Minnesota draft pick slid the puck under sprawling Silvertips’ goalie Kent Simpson. Bloodoff was waiting at the side of the net and tapped in his seventh of the season. Bloodoff added his second of the game in the second period when he banged home his own rebound. Brown’s toughest test came in a short span in the second period when he turned aside Josh Birkholz on a breakaway, flashing his glove to snare a high shot. Then Brown stared down Scott MacDonald all alone in the slot, again using the trapper. Kelowna returned to action Thursday 444 Trans Canada Hwy SW night against the visitSALMON ARM ing Kamloops Blazers. 250-832-8233 The Rockets host the Spokane Chiefs Saturday night. Meanwhile, the Vancouver Giants have
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The Westside Warriors ambushed the Trail Smoke Eaters 7-1 Tuesday night, moving within a point of the second-place Vernon Vipers in the B.C. Hockey League Interior Conference. Grayson Downing and Dru Morrison each supplied 2+1 for the Warriors, who got singles from Tyler Brickler, Shawn Hochhausen and Alex Grieve before 1,380 fans at Royal LePage Place. Kevin Boyle made 19 saves for the win as Westside improved to 22-13-2-3, while starter Matt Larose (allowed four goals) and Kiefer Smiley combined to record 22 stops. The Smokies, who are 3-6-1 in their last 10 games, fell to 22-16-1-1.
Former Viper defenceman Darin Robak scored his sixth goal of the season as the Cowichan Valley Capitals shaded the Victoria Grizzlies 3-2 in double overtime, in a fight-filled tilt Tuesday night in Duncan. Robak’s powerplay goal with five minutes left in the third period forced overtime, where Mike Hammond connected at 3:55 of the second session for his 28th of the year. Tyler Matheson also scored for the Caps (14-19-1-4), while Madison Dias and Nick Buchanan replied for Victoria (21-15-0-3). First star Jordan Grant had two assists for the Caps. There were four fights, three game misconducts and four misconducts before
1,272 fans. Vernon’s Trent Dorais scored his sixth goal of the year, shorthanded, into an empty net, as the Alberni Valley Bulldogs doubled the host Coquitlam Express 4-2 before 825 fans. Sam Mitchell, Connor Varley and Tyler Berkholtz also scored for the Dawgs, who went to 17-15-3-2. Garrick Perry and Michael Krgovich answered for the Express (14-16-1-8). The Vipers faced the host Salmon Arm SilverBacks Wednesday night and again Thursday night (after early holiday deadlines) at Wesbild Centre. See the Vernon Morning Star website for details. Vernon hosts the first-place Penticton Vees New Year’s Day at 7 p.m.
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National Hockey League PLAYERS Mike Santorelli Florida Panthers Jerred Smithson Nashville Predators Rod Pelley New Jersey Devils Aaron Gagnon Dallas Stars Andrew Ebbett Phoenix Coyotes Aaron Volpatti Vancouver Canucks Eric Godard Pittsburgh Penguins Tyson Strachan St. Louis Blues
GP 34
G 10
A 5
PTS 15
PIM 8
36
3
4
7
16
35
1
1
2
25
5
0
2
2
0
6
1
0
2
2
6
1
0
1
9
13
0
1
1
44
19
0
1
1
24
22
6
16
22
4
24
7
4
11
8
26
0
6
6
44
7
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
5
ECHL/CHL Les Reaney Rapid City Rush CHL Andrew Lord Wheeling Nailers ECHL Ryan MacMurchy Victoria Salmon Kings, ECHL Hunter Bishop Wheeling Nailers, ECHL Cameron Brodie Stockton Thunder ECHL Erik Felde Rapid City Rush
27
11
11
22
53
26
7
12
19
74
18
7
4
11
30
9
2
3
5
4
25
0
4
4
25
3
0
0
0
2
22
19
35
54
18
36
13
32
45
12
26
10
18
28
40
29
17
9
26
40
26
9
12
21
22
29
4
15
19
10
European Pro Lanny Gare EC Bad Nauheim, DEL Germany Stacy Roest Rapperswil-Jona Lakers - Swiss A Brad Farynuk Tohoku Free Blades, Asia Ken Magowan Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams - DEL Ger. Matt Higgins Ljubljana Olimpija HK – Austria Dustin Whitecotton Straubing Tigers – DEL Germany
Goalies Matt Zaba Bolzano HC, Italy Mark Sibbald Huntsville Havoc - SPHL Chris Osgood Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
GP 24
GAA 2.11
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W-L-T 18-0-6
11
2.38
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7-3-0
9
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JUNIOR A HOCKEY – Vipers vs Penticton Vees, 7 p.m., Wesbild Centre. MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY – Rockets vs Spokane Chiefs, 7 p.m., Prospera Place.
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W 16 14 14 12 11 9 8 7 7 7 6 3 3
L OTL PTS 1 1 33 2 2 30 3 2 30 6 0 24 5 1 23 8 1 19 8 1 17 7 3 17 7 2 16 11 0 14 12 0 12 14 1 7 15 0 6
GP G A 13 47 40 18 27 41 14 29 37 17 38 17 18 29 22 15 8 36 15 23 19 15 27 13 16 12 28 8 14 25 16 14 24 15 18 17 17 13 22 MIN GA W-L-T 720 47 12-2-2 720 63 11-4-1 765 66 7-7-3 765 71 15-1-1 765 71 12-3-2
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GA 77 52 75 79 70 102 109 73 111 140 113 166 133
PTS 87 68 66 55 51 44 42 40 40 39 38 35 35 GAA 2.94 3.94 4.12 4.18 4.18
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Texans Even the upset win won’t save coach Kubiak’s job with Houston. Texans 31-28.
Texans Underachieving Texans win sixth game with strong running game.
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Rams No team in this division deserves a playoff spot. Rams better than Seabags.
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of unstable minority rule has prevented it from taking effect. Clark is the only unelected candidate seeking the B.C. Liberal leadership, but she suggests that whoever becomes premier should call an election. “I think Tom Fletcher two-and-ahalf years in government as an unelected premier is an awful long time.” Clark said. “I think British Columbians might be right to say, by the time 2013 rolls around, hey, you were elected by people who had to pay in order to vote for you. We want to have a chance to vote for you under the basic principles of democracy.” Clark is the education minister-turnedhotline host who served as deputy premier in Premier Gordon Campbell’s first-term cabinet. That was the cabinet that enacted
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support is to shift the scheduled date to the fall, so the annual provincial budget isn’t disrupted every four years by a spring election. The modern-day master of calling snap elections for political gain was Jean Chrétien. He accomplished little in a decade beyond perpetuating his own hold on power, calling early elections in 1997 and 2000 to prey on weak and divided opposition parties. Clark came of age politically with the Chrétien-era federal Liberals, and has shown the same opportunistic eye as the little guy from Shawinigan. The NDP is leaderless, rudderless and presenting as tempting a target as Stockwell Day in his legendary wetsuit. Would there be some kind of campaign about ideas if a B.C. election were to be held next year? No. It would almost unavoidably devolve into a referendum on the harmonized sales tax, which
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Bumbershoot, a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theatre company based out of Kelowna, is spreading its umbrella over Vernon this January. Teamed up with the directing efforts of local Matt Brown, Bumbershoot makes its debut here in Vernon with its 2011 season opener, Munschapalooza, an all-ages show. Five of Robert Munschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most classic books are rock and rolled into a fun storytelling musical using charismatic unforgettable characters from Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Loose Tooth, Something Good, I Have to Go!, and Smelly Socks, along with The Paper Bag Princess, one of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best-loved stories. The show consists of three very energetic storytellers played by Jonathan Pretty, Starling Taylor and Erica Dolman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These actors are not your average players. They are preparing for one of the toughest crowds to entertain and win over,â&#x20AC;? said Brown, who is directing the production. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The amount of costume changes, props handling and set interaction alone, without adding the fact that they will be playing to sell-out crowds of kids, is a feat in itself.â&#x20AC;? Brown is joined by a familiar local, Amy Wagner, who is following in the footsteps of her father (local playwright/director Phillip Wagner), and is wearing the official hat of assistant director for the production. She has also taken on props master and stage management. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is someone who has a lot of drive and determination,â&#x20AC;? said Brown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amy takes on initiative as to what needs to get done. I first was witnessed to her hard work ethic when adjudicating her scholarship application last year and knew in my heart this is someone I wanted to work with at the first opportunity I got. She will go very, very far in life.â&#x20AC;? The cast is made up of locals. Pretty, who has recently moved from Alberta to live closer to family here in Vernon, is the sole male in the show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His energy and enthusiasm is unmistakable,â&#x20AC;? said Brown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jonathan is theatrically and vocally trained, something that he continues to study here in Vernon with local mentors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jonathan was someone who took everything I threw at him in his audition and had
something that was just there. My gut feeling was that this person has a lot to offer.â&#x20AC;? Taylor and Dolman are both accomplished actresses in their own rights, and have studied with some of Vernonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well-known performing arts instructors. Each has also worked with Brown in the past. Taylor starred in Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prodigy Productionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; show, Say the Right Thing, which took place at Gallery Vertigo in the fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had worked with both actors before and knew their capabilities... They were able to showcase their best attributes to the auditioning panel that I was already familiar with,â&#x20AC;? said Brown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so lucky to have such a talented and dedicated cast. The dynamic that these three carry forth on stage together is something you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t teach. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be blown away.â&#x20AC;? Among a myriad of set and costume changes, more than 10 each, the actors are able to tell a fast-paced, high-action series of tales in a compact amount of time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The show is seamless and ever progressing as it goes from one story to the next to the next and so on,â&#x20AC;? said Brown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The intensity is felt beyond the stage as the players utilize quite a bit of interaction with the audience.â&#x20AC;? Young people will be encouraged to join in and help the actors on stage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing for certain with this show, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that Munschapalooza will have more than just the actors hopping around and creating a buzz,â&#x20AC;? said Brown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This show is fun to the full extent of the possible definition.â&#x20AC;? Launched in Kelowna in 2009, Bumbershoot Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre is a non-profit registered charitable theatre company dedicated to introducing Okanagan youth and children to the magic of the theatre. Their productions are designed to appeal to all ages and are performed by experienced adults who assist young performers to advance their acting, dancing and singing skills. As well as those before the lights, each production includes youth and adult members working behind the scenes in everything from stage props to sound and lighting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of these experiences offer excellent opportunities for young people to explore the fun in theatre and to make new friends and great memories,â&#x20AC;? said Bumbershootâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artistic director Tracy Ross. Another community initiative of the company is the residency program, which will also be extended to Vernon this year. The program interfaces with individual schools in the Vernon and Kelowna areas. For these, Ross and her artistic team will work with
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the respective schools to create a full-scale production within the school calendar. The productions are written by Ross with music by Ashleigh Sommerville. The compressed week-long sessions culminate in the students giving two musical stage productions, which are hosted by the respective schools at the end of the week. The Vernon program will be coordinated by Brown.
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Live Wire ART SHOWS COATCHECK GALLERY Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre lower lobby. Artist’s Choice 2010 juried art show featuring work by members of the North Okanagan Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists. Runs to Feb. 15. Available for viewing to ticket holders for shows at the PAC. GALLERY ODIN 215 Odin Rd. Silver Star Mountain, 503-0822. Ninth annual Winter Show and Sale. Artists are showing work in a variety of medium: oils, acrylics, watercolours, mixed media paintings; sculpture; one of a kind ceramics; textile; scrimshaw, all original works in very unique and distinctive style. Winter hours are Wednesdays and Saturdays 1 to 6 p.m. or by appointment. GALLERY VERTIGO Suite 1 - 3001 31st St. Jan. 11 to Feb. 4, Vertigo’s Gallery One and Two features work by Vernon School District 22 secondary school students in the show, Sound and Sight: The Art of Music. Opening reception is Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. On the NOAA Members Wall is work by Bev Wilson. KALAMALKA VERTIGO Kalamalka Campus of Okanagan College. The work of local painter Destanne Norris is featured for January/February. Norris gives an artist’s talk at Gallery Vertigo Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. NADINE’S FINE ART & FRAMES 3101B 31st Ave. 5428544. Currently hosting its sixth annual Christmas Art Show. Regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily and 9:30 to 4 on Saturdays. VERNON PUBLIC ART GALLERY 3228 31st. Ave., 545-3173. Opening Thursday, Jan. 6 with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m., is R.B. Wainwright’s Dream Symbols and My Art, a body of paintings based on the understanding of psychosomatics and a psychoanalytical study of dreams (Wainwright will give an artist talk about his work Jan. 6 at 6 p.m.); Group exhibition, Dermagraphics: The Art of Tattoo Design, created by seven tattoo artists from Vernon, Vancouver, Salmon Arm, and Toronto, all of whom are involved in developing and creating original designs intended to be executed as permanent bodily adornments; UBCO Advanced Printmaking, Proof Positive a group exhibition created by students enrolled in the advanced printmaking studio courses in UBC Okanagan’s creative studies program.
CONCERTS ‘SWONDERFUL An all singing, all dancing, musical revue that celebrates the genius of George and Ira Gershwin takes place at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45/adult, $42/senior, $40/student at the Ticket Seller, 5497469, www.ticketseller.ca. APRIL VERCH Canadian fiddler, singer and step dancer performs Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m at the Creekside Theatre, Lake Country. Verch and her band perform traditional and original repertoire that is deeply rooted in the style she grew up with in the Ottawa Valley region of Ontario. Tickets are $20 adults, $18 students/seniors, group of 4 tickets $64 at the Customer Service Counter at Lake Country municipal hall, or call 250-766-9309. OKANAGAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: VIENNESE WALTZ Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre, the UBC Opera Ensemble, with director Nancy Hermiston, joins the Okanagan Symphony in a show that celebrates melody and romance in works by Johann Strauss, Franz Lehar and friends. Tickets are $47/adult, $41/senior, $21 student/child at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca. COUNTERPOINT CHOIR has tickets ready to sell for its Jan. 30 concert, Phantastic Choruses, now available from choir members or at Shear Dimensions downtown and are $10 per person or free to children under 12. Two concerts, scheduled at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church, 3701-32nd Ave. are sure to delight music lovers throughout the valley. For further information contact Counterpoint president Cynthia Markson at 250-545-1505.
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Musical duo The Kings, featuring guitarist Bob and vocalist Dawn King, are back at Vernon’s Schubert Centre tonight to welcome in 2011 with their popular New Year’s Eve bash. The show, featuring a four-course meal and hit tunes from the ‘50s and up, always sells out. Any last-minute revellers can try their luck for tickets by visiting the Schubert Centre or www.TheKingsBand.ca. Check out the New Year’s Eve listings in today’s Live Wire for more events in the North Okanagan.
FILM VERNON FILM SOCIETY All films screen at the Vernon Towne Cinema. Theatre doors open at 4:30 p.m. with regular show start times of 5:15 and 7:45 p.m. Jan. 10 is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, the final conclusion to the Millennium trilogy. Second show starts at 8 p.m. due to length of film. Admission is $7, and tickets are available a week in advance at the Towne Cinema box office and the Bean Scene coffee shop.
JAMS/KARAOKE/OPEN MICS ACOUSTIC JAM St. George’s Anglican Church Hall, Knight Ave., Enderby. Open circle jam on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Share your talents. For more info call 306-3688. BLUEGRASS JAMS Jams are held every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at the Vernon Community Arts Centre in Polson Park. Jams start at 7 p.m. and go to 9:30. Please bring your acoustic stringed instruments and your voice and join the fun. Admission $3 at the door. For more information please call Sid @ 250-549-1024. BLUE HERON PUB 7673 Okanagan Landing Road, 542-5550. Cat Wells and Hazardous Waste host a jam on Thursdays at the Blue Heron at 7 p.m. BLUE OX PUB Hwy 6 Lumby. Friday night jam with the Mabel Lickers Band. Dinner music starts around 7 p.m. Rockin’ country blues jam from 9 to midnight. More info at www.RauckOn.com. BRANDING IRON PUB 3445 Okanagan St., Armstrong, 5460044. Every Sunday jam, 4 to 8 p.m. Country, rock, blues with Zeb and Driving Sideways. CHECKERS BAR AND GRILL at the Vernon Best Western Lodge.
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LIVE MUSIC ETC. ARMSTRONG INN 3400 Smith Dr., 546-3056. Paisley Jura, a multi-instrumentalist (and classically-trained double bassist), is taking her sophomore release, Time Is How You Spend Your Love, on the road. She plays her jazzy-blues music, with the right mix of soul and classical, in the Armstrong Inn Pub Jan. 8. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 available at the Inn or call for info. BLUE HERON PUB 7673 Okanagan Landing Road, 542-5550. Guitarist Les Copeland is at the Blue Heron Saturdays from 7 to 9 p.m. THE DEN Silver Star Mountain Resort. Located down below the Town Hall cafeteria, 558-6032. Monday nights Scottie Reh & Nicky Bampton perform foot-stomping favourites. Tuesday afternoons are filled with the après sounds of Rob & Marjory 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Coming in January is The Den’s third annual Winter Music Duel, an open mic style competition where contestants return week after week to compete against each other. Two contestants a night, three nights a week. Grand prize is 10 hours of studio recording time. MONASHEE’S BAR AND GRILL 2922 30th Ave., 503-1378. Next Yuk-Yuks comedy show at Monashee’s is Jan. 15. Funny Fridays starting in February. Tickets are $15 each and available at Monashee’s. Come for dinner and stay for the laughs! ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 189 OYAMA, LADIES AUXILIARY presents Robbie Burns Night. Jan. 15 at the Oyama Community Hall. Doors open at 5 p.m. Highland dancers, haggis, roast beef dinner and dancing until midnight. Music by Art Taylor. Tickets $15 each. Transportation available from Winfield. Call 250-548-3521 after 3 p.m. or email lsdmjb@yahoo.com for more info. Adults only. VERNON JAZZ CLUB 3000 - 31st St., presents Jon Treichel’s Scattered Atoms Jan. 8 performing Latin and jazz favourites from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. for the show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for members, $20 for non-members available in advance at the Bean Scene and Bean to Cup. See www.vernonjazzclub.ca for details.
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Live Wire NEW YEAR’S EVE ARMSTRONG INN 3400 Smith Dr., 546-3056. Karaoke with Brenda at 8 p.m. tonight. ALEXANDER’S BEACH PUB 12408 Kalamalka Lake Rd. Coldstream, 5453131. New Year’s Eve celebration. Steak and prawns special. Live music –– acoustic rock & blues –– 7:30 to 10 p.m. ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE CLUB 2500 - 46th Ave, 542-3277. New Year’s Eve dinner and dance. Cocktails at 6 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. Dancing with Copper Creek Trio from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets available at the ANAF; $30 per person. ENDERBY INN 707 Cliff Ave, 838-7100, (Enderby). Karaoke with 3 Monkees starting at 8 p.m. Draw prizes and party favours. No cover. FORTUNES LANDING/HOWARD JOHNSON 1510 George St. Enderby, 838-6825. Buffet dinner and live entertainment with Breakin’ Curfew. $40 per person for dinner and entertainment. $100/couple for room, dinner and entertainment. Call for information. THE KINGS New Year’s Eve Dine and Dance happens only once a year, and sells out every time. Join Vernon’s dynamic duo for an exceptional award winning four-course meal and then dance into 2011 to the greatest hits of all time! Tickets available at the Vernon Schubert Centre, or online at www.TheKingsBand. ca. Tickets are $50 per person or $360 for a table of eight. Call 250-545-7777 for more info. LORENZO’S CAFE 901 Mabel Lake Rd. (8 km east of Enderby), 838-6700. New Year’s Eve party with the Salmon Armenians. Winner of the Okanagan Music Awards best blues band for 2007. The eight-member group will deliver an evening of scorching R&B hits from the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, and their own original songs. Gourmet buffet, champagne, Zeppelins, dancing, bowling and much more. SNEAKERS SPORTS BAR in the Village Green Hotel, 542-3321 New Year’s Eve opening at 8 p.m. with live music by the Young ‘uns, voted best band of the North Okanagan by Okanagan Life Magazine People’s Choice Awards. Party favours, free glass of champagne, midnight munchies and balloon drop. Tickets are $20, limited seating, available at Sneakers. THE SALOON Silver Star Mountain Resort village, 250-558-6881. Get your tickets now for New Year’s Eve with DJ Coletrain. VERNON SINGLES CLUB Strapped for funds but still want to go out for New Year’s Eve? The Vernon Singles Club is having a gala dinner and dance open to everyone at the Vernon Recreation Centre tonight. The evening includes a hot roast beef and ham dinner followed by dancing to a live band. Happy hour at 6 p.m., dinner at 7:30 p.m. and
dancing at 8:30 p.m. to the live sounds of Sierra. Tickets are $30 available at the Vernon Rec Centre, Bean to Cup, or from any executive member. Some tickets available for the dance only will be available at the door. For further info call Eva at 545-1179, Lottie at 549-2495 or Ed at 540-5288. VERNON JAZZ CLUB 3000 - 31st St. presents a rockin’ rollicking New Year’s Eve party with John Lee Sanders, master of the Louisiana Blues scene. Doors open at 8 p.m. All tickets are $45 available in advance at the Bean Scene and Bean to Cup. Light appetizers and a toast to the New Year included. See www.vernonjazzclub.ca for details. VERNON ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 25 4609 29th St., behind the Fast Lane Car Wash. Dance in the New Year to Pam Ferens and her side partner, Wild Bill. Starts at 8 p.m. At 11 p.m., The Legion will offer a creative, light buffet. Tickets are $25. Everyone is welcome... no need to be a member! Call 250-5422696 or 250-545-3295 for more information, or drop by the Legion. WASSABI COLLECTIVE Komasket Music Festival hosts New Year’s Eve dance party with Nelson’s own global groovers, Wassabi Collective, with special guests, Vernon band Redfish, plus DJ Zazen, DJ GranpaGruv and Celestial Cirque. Fun for all ages; night of dancing, celebrating and gathering together at Paddlewheel Hall, Okanagan Landing Road. Silent auction. Champagne at midnight. Tickets are $30 at the Bean Scene coffee house in Vernon, and the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca.
UPCOMING CSI “OKANAGAN” A sketch comedy revue starring Roman Danylo from CTV’s Comedy Inc. is at the Creekside Theatre in Lake Country Feb. 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m. This touring comedy show is jammed packed with hilarious sketches, improv comedy, and a title parody sketch featuring Roman impersonating David Caruso cracking a case that could only happen in “your town.” Roman’s sketch called “The David Caruso School of Acting” is closing in on 200,000 hits on YouTube. Tickets are $25/adults $23 students/seniors, Group of 4 $84 at the Customer Service Counter at Lake Country municipal hall or call 250-766-9309. SNOWED IN COMEDY TOUR Laugh out loud at this annual Vernon Chamber of Commerce/Winter Carnival event with some of Canada’s top comedians who will snowboard into the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Feb. 5. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. and tickets are $40, available at the Ticket Seller box office, 549-7469, www. ticketseller.ca. EMERSON DRIVE Canadian country band brings its Decade and Driving Tour to the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Feb. 10. Expect all of Emerson Drive’s greatest hits. Tickets are $42.50 at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca. ELVIS, ELVIS, ELVIS Just when you thought Elvis had left the building… along comes three Las Vegas impersonators who will pay tribute to the King at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre, Feb. 11. Tickets are $39.75 at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca. QUARTETTO GELATO North Okanagan Community Concert Assoc. brings back this classical quartet which blends oboe, cello, violin, accordion – and human voice – with multi-instrument mastery, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 15 at 1:30 p.m. NOCCA memberships and single tickets ($35/adult, $17.50/student under 18) are available at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca.
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ld Father Time walks a long way behind Neil Young on the accurately titled Le Noise. Why grow old gracefully? Young once wrote, “It’s better to burn out than fade away,” and by now it’s apparent that he means it, man. Besides, in rock music, the sound of growing old politely doesn’t work well. This album is a Young Dean Gordon-Smith solo effort –– no Crosby Stills and Nash, no Crazy Horse –– but Young has a partner here whose presence acts as an invisible band mate sending the signals down different highways. Producer Daniel Lanois adds thunderheads of guitar triggered texture for some radical re-imaging of Young’s voice and guitars. Lanois’ studio savvy creates the effect of the guitar as a bomb bouncing around a hallway on Angry World, while Young’s voice fractures into loops –– it’s a ferocious, huge sound, especially when heard after the acoustic Love and War, a haunting end-of-the-line track. In Walk With Me, the opening chords kick in like a storm, unexpected and primal. Young doesn’t stand stylistically still for long, but his one constant is chasing the muse where it’ll lead. On Le Noise, this chase sounds like it leads into a pre-avalanche mountain top storm. Le Noise is an unusual album; one man playing and singing live with an electric guitar, and from there it morphs into the room’s reverb and echo,
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which are treated as essentials to the songs. At eight songs in length, it’s splitting hairs to pass comment on highlights, but why not try anyway? Standout tracks are the angular Sign of Love (a re-imagined Cinnamon Girl), and the unflinchingly autobiographical Hitch Hiker. (“You didn’t see me in Toronto, When I first tried out some hash, Smoked on a pen and I’d do it again, but I didn’t have the cash.”) All the tracks are intense and relevant. This is a raw immediate album with songs and ideas that are presented as hovering slabs of sound that split like amoebas as they progress. This album ranks with the best of Young’s more extreme, but focused work (Tonight’s the Night; Ragged Glory). A good album for consideration as 2010’s best. Saturday, January 1
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Country superstar Toby Keith is making a stop at the South Okanagan Events Centre (SOEC) Feb. 26, and he’s bringing both Canadian country star George Canyon and One More Girl with him. Though it’s Keith’s first time performing in Penticton, Juno award winner Canyon and Vancouver duo/ sisters One More Girl provided the music for the Holiday Festival on Ice at the SOEC in early December. One More Girl will open the show with a set including some of their top singles from their 2009 release Big Sky, followed by Canyon, who is touring in support of his upcoming album, Better Be Home Soon. Keith’s 14th studio album, Bullets In The Gun, is a defining career milestone, but then so have each of his previous releases. The songwriter/ performer, now in his 18th consecutive year at the top of the charts, is embarking on a western Canada tour in 2011
Toby Keith in support of the new album. “It’s the same as always,” Keith says of the album making process. “I do most of my writing on the road while I’m touring. As usual, I’ll have guys out to write with.” Every year since 1993, Keith has shown up at the very top of country music. His 1993 debut made
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Ed Ewanchuk just got back from walking around Hawaii — in theory anyway. He is the first of the 211 participants in the Vernon Steps Out Hawaiian Islands Trek, a parks and recreation walking challenge launched on Car Free Day Sept. 22. Participants keep track of their steps online, following a map that shows them photos and history of the parts of Hawaii they wish they were walking through. “I’ve always liked walking, — Knights it keeps me going. I just get out and walk, sometimes really early when it’s quiet. I’ve seen owls, coyotes and deer when I’m out,” said Ewanchuk, who did all of his 1,100 kilometres (1.5 million steps) outside. Now he’s starting the trek a second time while a number of other participants are near the finish line behind him. “The response has been overwhelming but we underestimated how long it would take people to complete the route. It was supposed to take a year,” said Mike Knights, recreation programmer. “People were really motivated and we’re happy to see that so many are walking and more are joining.” The City of Vernon has signed up every department while the North Okanagan Employment Enhancement Society has signed up 20 participants
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“People were really motivated and we’re happy to see so many are walking and more are joining.”
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Ed Ewanchuk was the first to complete the Hawaiian Islands Trek walking program. He has put in 1,100 kilometres since Sept. 22. and Tolko Industries 15. “We hope to see more businesses and individuals joining in the new year,” said Knights. “They can do the Hawaii trek or try some of our new contests.” Participants also have access to a series of talks on health and well-being. People can use other activities besides
walking to complete the challenge. The website gives conversions for activities from snow shoveling and yoga to bowling, golf and Wii. “It’s a great program. Just get out and do it,” said Ewanchuk. For more information, contact Knights at 250-550-3669 or e-mail mknights@vernon.ca.
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Dec. 16: Born to Colin and Clorissa Herman of Coldstream, B.C., a boy, 7 lbs. 7 oz., named Cohen Bentley. A grandson for Dennis and Kim Topolewski of Coldstream and Pam and Dave Herman of Osoyoos, B.C. A great-grandson for Nick and Jesse Topolewski of New Westminister, B.C. and Donna Love of Syracuse, N.Y. Dec. 17: Born to Geoff and Ashley Bevan of Lumby, B.C., a girl, 6 lbs., 11 oz., named Jillian Rae. A granddaughter for Willy and Sharon Bevan of Lavington, B.C., Dave and Jeanne Arcand of Cherryville, B.C., and Al and Darlene New Additions Bobryk of Coldstream, B.C. A great-granddaughter for Yvette Arcand of Pitt Meadows, B.C., Betty Hanson of Vernon, B.C., George and Joan Bevan of Winlaw, B.C., Lyall and Nancy Hanson of Vernon, B.C., and Bob and Marian Stephenson of Keremeos, B.C. A great, great-greanddaughter to Ilse Bevan of Vernon. Dec. 20: Born to Shannon Roach and Dean Mauro of Coldstream, B.C., a boy, 7 lbs., 9 oz., named Colton Dean Nicola. A grandson to Yvette Mauro of Coldstream, Ken Mauro of Kimberley, B.C. and Sandra and Nicola Pitaro of Sault Ste. Maria, Ont. A great-grandson to Clara and the late Robert Roach, Liberata and Antonio Pitaro, Victor Mauro and Elsie Kelly. Dec. 21: Born to Kris and Tamara Jmaeff of Vernon, a girl, 7 lbs., 6 oz., named Giavonna Lauren. A sister for Tessa. A grandaughter for Jacob Jmaeff of Saskatoon, Sask. and Leon and Carol Kazakoff of Vernon. Dec. 23: Born to Bruce and Sarah Hale-Pearson of Vernon, a boy, 7 lbs., 5 oz., named Cai Torsten John. A brother for Freyja and Carys. A grandson for David and Enid Hale-Pearson of Exmouth, Devon, U.K. and Roger and Jean Stanton of Cheshire, U.K. Dec. 24: Born to Lyla Wawatie and Dion Whitney of Vernon, a girl, 7 lbs., 5 oz., named Kyla Aurora Sue. A granddaughter for Lynn Davis of Vernon and Darcy Whitney of Penticton, B.C. Dec. 24: Born to Ryan and Tracy Jolicoeur of Salmon Arm, B.C., a girl, 5 lbs., 12 oz., named Rayla Sage. A sister for two-and-a-half-year-old Trentyn. A granddaughter for Pat and Laura Rice, Dan Jolicoeur and Sandy Hayes, all of Salmon Arm. A great-granddaughter for Larry Hayes of Tappen, B.C., Ed and Eilene Jolicoeur and Jackie Hayes. Dec. 25: Born to Trent and Kim Sommerfeld of Vernon, a girl, 8 lbs., 8 oz., named Bristol Marie. A sister for five-and-a-half-year-old Drew and threeand-a-half-year-old Dane. A granddaughter for Gwen Langley of Vernon, Jerry and Karen Langley of Langley, B.C., and Les and Fay Sommerfeld of Vernon. A great-granddaughter for Rosamond Adams of Langley.
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Responsible hosting key at parties VANESSA DOWELL Special To The Morning Star
Tis the season for New Year’s parties, good will, good cheer, family and friends and alcohol is often a part of many social events during this time of year. It’s important to remember that alcohol is a depressant drug that impairs judgment, vision and reaction time. Numerous people are killed or injured every year in B.C. due to alcohol-related vehicle accidents. We all have a roll to play in decreasing dangerous alcohol-related situations and one way we can contribute to this is by planning ahead before we host a party where alcohol is served. Being a good host involved planning an event that is fun, entertaining and safe for everyone. Here are a few tips for making sure your New Year’s Eve party is a success:
Provide lots of food Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach increases intoxication. By providing a wide variety of appetizers and snacks for guests to nibble on, you can help slow down not only the amount of drinking but also the effects of the alcohol. Be careful not to have too many salty snacks on hand; high-salt foods increase thirst and may actually encourage more drinking. Offer non-alcoholic beverages Consider providing a festive non-alcoholic punch or mocktails (alcohol-free cocktails) for your guests to enjoy. Many of your guests will appreciate these tasty, alcohol-free beverages. Have a designated bartender Party guests tend to drink more when there is an open bar. If you don’t have a designated bartender, encourage your guests to properly measure
their drinks and keep track of how many drinks they are having. Encourage your guests to have a designated driver Check in with your guests about their plans to get home safely. Make sure you have phone numbers for taxis or designated driver services on hand. Stop serving alcoholic drinks an hour before the party is over Provide water, coffee and tea as the evening winds down. However, remember that coffee will not sober up a guest who is impaired, only time can do that. Be prepared for overnight guests Get the guest room ready and have extra blankets and pillows on hand. Avoid drinking too much yourself Not only is this good role modeling, it will also make it much easier to respond to potential problems if
your judgment is not compromised. A little bit of advance planning can help make sure everyone at your party has a terrific time and they arrive home safely. For more information on alcohol and other drugs or if you are concerned about your own or someone else’s alcohol or drug use
please speak with your family doctor or contact your local Mental Health and Substance Use office. Have a safe and happy New Year celebration! Vanessa Dowell is the prevention and health promotion co-ordinator with Mental Health and Substance Use, Interior Health.
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“PSALM”: Hebrew: mizmar, from a prime root to strike with the Àngers. Hence to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument; i.e.: to play upon it, to make music accompanied by the voice: hence to celebrate in song and music: a song of praise. “Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance” Psa. 89:15. Isa, 56:7: “I (God) will bring them to my Holy mountain (Zion) and make them joyful in my house of prayer.”
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Community Calendar DECEMBER 31 OKANAGAN CENTRE FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING hosts the 25th anniversary of World Peace Day Meditation Dec. 31 at 4 a.m. (the morning BEFORE your New Year’s eve party!) You are invited to participate in this powerful event by uniting with others locally in a peace consciousness that will envelop the entire planet. NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY AT HALINA SENIORS CENTRE Dec. 31. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Dance starts at 8 p.m., music by Bill and the Boys. At 10 p.m. we stop for a buffet. There will be party favours, spot dance prizes and a whole lot of fun. Come on out and bring in the new year with some good ole’ country music. Cost: $20, tickets available at the Halina Canteen. The centre is located at the back of the Rec. Centre, 3310-27 Ave. For further info., call 250-542-2877. KELOWNA SINGLES CLUB DANCE New Year’s Eve dance Dec. 31, Rutland Centennial Hall, 180A Rutland Rd. N. Kelowna. Doors open 5:30 p.m., dinner 6:30 p.m., dancing 8 p.m. to midnight. Music by Rutland City Limits. Tickets, $35 per person. Dance only tickets are $20. Call 250-763-1355 or 250-763-1867 for information. VERNON SINGLES CLUB Strapped for funds but still want to go out for New Year’s? The Vernon Recreation Centre is having a gala dinner and dance for only $30 Dec. 31. This includes a hot roast beef and ham dinner followed by dancing to a live band. Don’t miss the grand finale for the year. Happy hour at 6 p.m., dinner at 7:30 p.m. and dancing at 8:30 p.m. to the live sounds of Sierra. Tickets available at the Vernon Rec Centre, Bean to Cup, or from any executive member. We also have some tickets available for the dance only by calling Eva at 545-1179. Tickets available only in advance so don’t miss out. For further info call Eva, Lottie at 549-2495 or Ed at 540-5288.
JANUARY 1 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 189 OYAMA Sixth Annual Polar Bear Dip Jan. 1, 2011, noon at Oyama Station beach, north end of Wood Lake. Anyone who wishes to volunteer to swim, please register at the Branch by calling 250548-3521 after 3 p.m. All proceeds will be equally divided between the BC Firefighters Burn Fund – BC Children’s Hospital and RCL Branch 189. An open house will follow the dip at the branch, adults only please. AA MEETINGS ON SATURDAYS Saturday Serenity group (X), closed meeting, noon at VTC, 2810-48 Ave. (H) Institutional meeting (H) open meeting 7 p.m., at Vernon Jubilee Hospital Education room basement, 2101-32 Street, Vernon. “A Way Out” meeting,” closed, 8 p.m. (H) at Anglican Church, 3205-27th St., enter off 26th St. (H) Handicap access. (X) No handicap access. YOUTHGLO!! YouthGLO! For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning (LGBTQ) youth aged 14 to 18, living in or visiting the North Okanagan. Connect with others who understand what it’s like growing up as an LGBTQ youth in the North Okanagan. Trust us: you are not alone! For more information about the group, e-mail us at youthglo@ hotmail.com
Feature Event: Vernon Scottish Dancers resume classes Jan. 4 Consider coming and joining this exciting activity that is so much fun. We exercise our bodies and our brains at the same time. You don’t need a partner, nor even a kilt. You just need two legs and functioning feet in soft shoes, the ability to listen and a sense of fun. We will not be dancing Jan. 11 because later that week, we will be leading the dancing at a Burn’s Night Supper but we will dance on Jan. 18 and subsequent Tuesdays at Knox Presbyterian Church, Alexis Park Drive. Do join us. For more information, call 250-5455743.
UPCOMING COMMUNITY-WIDE SING-ALONG The first for the new year is Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 1406 – 32 Ave. We will fellowship together as we sing your favourite hymns, songs and southern gospel songs with the Sing-along Band playing as Karl Janzen leads. Bring your friends and come and enjoy making music together. VERNON MUSEUM NEEDS BOARD MEMBERS The Greater Vernon Museum and Archives is seeking individuals to fill two vacant positions on its board of directors. Applicants are expected to attend one scheduled meeting per month and be prepared to assist with matters associated with fundraising, marketing and promotions, membership, policy-making, and other issues as needed. Written expressions of interest for this very rewarding and worthwhile experience may be forwarded to: Mr. Ian Hawes, chairperson, board of diretors, Greater Vernon Museum & Archives, 3009-32nd Ave., Vernon, B.C., VIT 2L8 THE TAOIST TAI CHI SOCIETY OF CANADA Armstrong centre offers new beginner classes starting Jan. 3 at 9 a.m. Classes take place twice weekly Mondays and Thursdays at the Oddfellows Hall, 3005 Wood Ave., Armstrong. Sets practice will recommence Jan. 6 at 10:15 a.m. at the Oddfellows Hall. For more information, please call the Taoist Tai Chi Hall in Vernon at 250-542-1822 or e-mail vernon@taoist.org. VERNON SCOTTISH DANCERS After a wonderful and stimulating fall session, Vernon SCD starts dancing again on Jan. 4 Consider coming and joining this exciting activity that is so much fun. We exercise our bodies and our brains at the same time. Many new dancers joined us last fall and we can always enjoy more new friends You don’t need a partner, nor even a kilt (!) You just need two legs and functioning feet in soft shoes, the ability to listen and a sense of fun. We will not be dancing Jan. 11 because later that week, we will be leading the dancing at a Burn’s Night Supper but we will dance on Jan. 18 and subsequent Tuesdays at Knox Presbyterian Church, Alexis Park Drive. Do join us.
THE TAOIST TAI CHI SOCIETY OF CANADA OPEN HOUSES The Vernon Taoist Tai Chi Centre will hold two open houses to announce winter session of classes. Please join us Jan. 6 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. or Jan. 8 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Taoist Tai Chi Hall, 3105-28th St. People of all ages and in any state of health can practise this ancient art form which promotes relaxation and health improvement. For more info., please call 250-542-1822 or e-mail vernon@ taoist.org WONDERCAFE.LIVE! IN LUMBY “The Attributes of a Happy & Joyous Person,” featuring Bill Doak, a retired chemical engineer from Vernon, who has turned his interest to those larger questions. Most appropriate for new-year learning, come and sample our wondrous Thailand Organic Fair-trade Coffee and organic teas. Jan. 7, Lumby United Church Hall (Vernon St. at Park Ave.), 7-9 p.m. Questions to Dave at 250-547-6368. THE ARTHRITIS SUPPORT GROUP Meets the first Friday of the month from 1 to 3 p.m. at the People Place, 3402-27th Ave. All welcome. Call Carolyn at 542-6333 or see www. arthritis.ca for more information. THE LUMBY AND AREA GOOD MORNING PROGRAM This Program involves trained volunteers that will call anyone who would benefit from a phone visit. Would you like a phone call once-in-awhile? Do you know of someone that would benefit from a phone visit? All information is confidential. To arrange a phone visit, call Olena at 250-547-8866 TELESCOPES & THE NIGHT SKY Okanagan Science Centre, Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. Did Santa bring you a telescope for Christmas? Do you already have one that you never figured out? Wondering what you might be able to see in the sky in the winter? Bring in your telescope or just your questions and get some answers from OSC staff. Free for OSC members, regular admission applies for non-members. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 189 OYAMA Installation of Officers Jan. 9 at 2 p.m., for both the branch and our Ladies Auxiliary. All branch members are invited to meet our new executive committee, Legion attire is requested.
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6161 P.V. Road We believe in the unity of all believers, based on a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus is the only Hero here!
LEAD PASTOR: LARRY WOELKE ASSOCIATE PASTOR: GREG SUMNER
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10am Worship Holy Communion & Sunday School Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays Pastor Richard D. Schulz
www.vcfvernon.ca
1204-30th Avenue 545-5787 Fax: 545-2267
New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve 6pm Vernon Christian Fellowship 10:00 AM FAMILY WORSHIP
Speaker: Clint Batchelor
(Evening of testimonies and sharing)
New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Morning Service 10:30am Sunday Jan. 2 10:30am Worship Service (No evening service this week) Prayer Week Mon. Jan. 3 - Fri. Jan. 7 at 7pm
Weekly Fellowships, College & Career, Youth
VERNON FAMILY CHURCH
4506 - 29th St 545-2927
A Place to call â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homeâ&#x20AC;? 3508-25th Ave â&#x20AC;˘ 545-7978
Pastoral Staff: Clint Batchelor & Erol Bortucene
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Next to Lincoln Lanes Bowling AfďŹ liated with the PAOC of Canada
Spending time in Worship and Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Word Toddler Care available Sunday School for ages 3-11
Sunday Worship 10am Wed. Bible Study 7pm Friday Coffee House 7pm Pastor Dithmar Molzahn
ALL SAINTS Anglican Church WELCOMES YOU! 3205 - 27th St. â&#x20AC;˘ 250-542-3179 allsaintsvernon.org
Sunday Services 7:45 a.m. Traditional Eucharist (BCP) 9:15 a.m. The Table* 11 a.m. Choral Eucharist (BAS)*
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VERNON ALLIANCE CHURCH 2601 - 43rd AVENUE 250-545-7105
Saturday 6:30pm Sunday 9:30 & 11:11am
OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY CATHOLIC CHURCH 10102 Middleton Drive Coldstream â&#x20AC;˘ 542-1276
Mass: Sunday 10:30am 1st Sunday of the Month Sunday 7pm Mass
ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH
Phone 250-542-0128 Sr. Pastor: Rev. Dan Watt
2607-27th Street 542-1276
10:00am Sunday
Mass: Sat. 5:00 pm Sun. 8:30 am 7:00 pm
Worship Service Impact Youth 6:30pm Thursdays Son Kids Trekking Adventure www.ďŹ rstbaptistvernon.net
1st Sunday of the Month No 7:00 pm Mass
TRINITY UNITED CHURCH 3300 Alexis Park Drive â&#x20AC;˘ (250) 545-0797
Stuart McKnight
10 am Morning Worship
5 Really Big Issues
Reflection: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unity in Diversityâ&#x20AC;?
Part 1 - The Future of the Planet All are Welcome
www.emmanuelvernon.ca
Join us Sunday 10:00am
*With Sunday School & Nursery
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Community Baptist Church
Pastor: Rick Corak
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PEACE LUTHERAN ELCIC
Sunday Jan. 2nd, 2011 at 6:30 pm Speaker: Fred Cardinal Pastor Fred & Christina Cardinal Music: Christina Cardinal 250-546-2449 or 250-306-8959
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Helping People Discover Jesus Christ & Become His Followersâ&#x20AC;?
with Bob Thompson
Ministers: Rev. Sharon Ferguson-Hood, Leanne Benoit and Rev. Bob Thompson
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BRIDGE LESSONS
Activity
Beginner/Refresher Courses start January 8th
Horoscope
Saturdays 9 AM at the Halina Centre
BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL Significant long-range plans will be implemented in the next year, with impressive possibilities for success. However, it is to your advantage not to discuss them with those who are not directly involved.
PUZZLE NO. 203
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) What a wonderful way to end the year with two great things going for you! First is your natural ability to form amicable relationships and second is having Lady Luck in your corner.
ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 203
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) A number of substantial opportunities are hovering over you, regarding both tangible situations and intangible circumstances. Breaks could be happening for you in each venue.
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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) You are likely to be lucky when a well-calculated risk is involved, but not so much with an out-and-out gamble. When you know the difference, you can play the hand that is dealt you quite well. ARIES (March 21-April 19) A change in conditions that you were hoping would take place is likely to show some signs of starting to do so. What occurs will be out of your hands but still quite lucky for you. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - This is a good day to call it quits on stuff that you want in your rearview mirror. Conditions are stirring that you’ll want to be part of, but you’ll need to be unencumbered to do so. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) With a new year about to begin, you’ll want to be free to focus on several new meaningful objectives, so do what you can to clean up as many old obligations as you can.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Get out and circulate, because good things happen when you mingle with people from all walks of life. The more you move about, the bigger your chances will be for meeting someone great. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Additional ways can be found for expanding and improving on something good that you already have going for you. You’ll find what you’re looking for when you elevate your expectations. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) If you are inclined to take a gamble, do so on your own talents and knowledge, not on someone else’s. The former is within striking distance for success; the latter isn’t.
Queen’s Garden Restaurant
Chinese and Western Smorgasbord
New Year’s Special! Minimum $45.00 order for Pick-Up, Take-Out or Delivery and receive one additional item
FREE!
Up to $10.00 value) FREE DELIVERY with restrictions.
Open Wednesday-Monday • 250-503-2322 3102 - 30th Avenue, Downtown Vernon
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) People in general are likely to do nice things for you, especially your relatives and friends. It’ll pay to keep track of who does what so you can return the favor later.
HORMONES
Let’s Celebrate
Q: I am having problems with sleep, sex drive, hot flashes and weight gain. What can I do?
2011!!
A: These are just a few symptoms of hormone dysfunction. You need hormone testing (saliva or blood tests) to identify imbalances. Treatment includes the use of bioidentical, plant based hormones that closely duplicate hormones your body produces. Natural hormones also slow the aging process.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Wherever and whenever you make an appearance, you’ll be well-received. However, if you want to have a great time, do things with persons with whom you share some special interests. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Do not put any limitations on expectations or probabilities for what you want. If you want to paint rainbows in your life, use a brush that cleans out what is old and refreshes the colors.
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Born Loser
Like to curl? Think you’re tough?!! Then take it on the ice with 1-on-1 action at the
Falkland Tuff Spiel
Soup to Nutz
February 18 & 19 Falkland Curling Club • 6 rocks per end, 4 ends per game • Guaranteed 3 games • No skip, no sweeping • No excessive throwing • $25 per person entry (incl. Calcutta) • Limit of 48 players • Potluck supper Saturday night • Silent auction • Cash bar
Frank and Ernest
For more info or registration, call Duane 250.379.2226 Del 250.379.2162 Nancy 250.379.2483 Register early to avoid disappointment!
Moderately Confused
Every effort will be made to ensure out-of-town players are accommodated for play times. Play will continue on to Sunday, Feb. 20 if number of players warrant it.
Bridge by Phillip Alder Look at only the North hand. Your partner opens one heart, you respond one spade, and he rebids one no-trump. What would you do now? (Yes, you might have bid two clubs on the first round, but then you would have risked either burying the spade suit or overbidding to a no-play game.) If your system permits, you might take your side into a club contract. However, since this deal occurred in a pair event, North liked the idea of no-trump because it paid more points. (In pairs you gain matchpoints by outscoring the other players who hold your cards. If you are plus 120 and another North-South pair is only plus 110, you
receive one matchpoint.) So North raised to two no-trump, inviting game. This was a mistake. When you have a good long minor and know that partner has some fit (here, South had promised a balanced hand), bid three no-trump (or make your long suit trumps). If your suit is useful, you will win at least nine tricks. If your suit cannot be established, you will probably collect at most seven tricks. At the table South passed out two no-trump. West guessed well to lead his heart six. Declarer took East’s king with his ace, then understandably ran the club 10 (when the ace and another would have worked much better). East won with
his queen and returned the heart nine. Now South blundered badly by playing his 10. This allowed West to cash four heart tricks and the spade ace for down one. But even if declarer had not covered the heart nine, East could have shifted to diamonds with effect.
START OFF YOUR NEW YEAR WITH A FITNESS GOAL IN MIND Recreation Services has all the programs you need to succeed! • Fitball Basics (Mon/Wed mornings) • Yoga (Hatha and Older Adults) Land based, water based and weight based classes for adults and seniors. It all starts with YOU ... set a goal ... make a commitment and have fun getting fit!! For more information call 250-550-3672. To register visit us online at greatervernonrecreation.ca or in person at the Recreation Complex
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Obituaries
Obituaries
SMITHSON, Marion 1930 - 2010
Marion Smithson was born in Gate House Cottage, Goosnargh, England. She passed away on Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 at Cottage 2, Heron Grove Care Facility in Vernon, BC at the age of 80 years. Marion immigrated to Canada in 1954 with her husband, Bernard, and sons, Bernie and Mike. They resided in Port Coquitlam, BC until 1963 when they moved to Vernon. Her extraordinary sewing abilities got her work as a seamstress for several ladies fashion stores. She also sewed numerous bridal party ensembles for many of her children and friends. Marion also enjoyed knitting, watching hockey and supporting her children and grandchildren in their sporting endeavors. She loved to spend time with special friends and could always be found with them at Tim Horton’s on a Friday night. Marion will be forever remembered and loved by all who were close to her. The family would like to thank Heron Grove Care Facility with special thanks to the entire staff of Cottage 2. Marion is survived by her loving family: her sons, Bernie (Dianne), Michael (Bev), and Derrick (Vonnie) her daughters: Cheryl, Linda, and Pam, seventeen grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, brothers: Bob (Kate), John and Bill Parker in England, many nieces, nephews, and extended family. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Bernard, on May 9th, 1995, brother, Dennis Parker in England, granddaughter, Christine in 1988 and great granddaughter, Angela in 2005. The Celebration of Marion’s Life will be held in the Pleasant Valley Funeral Home Tea Room on Monday, January 3rd, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of Àowers, those friends wishing to make memorial contributions in memory of Marion may do so to the Heron Grove - Activities Fund, 4900-20th Street, Vernon, BC V1T 9W3. Arrangements have been entrusted to:
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Obituaries
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NUYENS, Audrey Beatrice It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce the passing of Audrey Beatrice Nuyens on December 28, 2010 in Kelowna, BC. Expression of sympathy may be forwarded to the family via email: vernon@myalternatives.ca. Arrangements entrusted to PERSONAL ALTERNATIVE FUNERAL SERVICES, Armstrong 250-546-7237 & Vernon 250-558-0866.
QUIRING, John It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce the passing of John Quiring on December 25, 2010 in Vernon, BC. Expression of sympathy may be forwarded to the family via email: armstrong@myalternatives.ca. Arrangements entrusted to PERSONAL ALTERNATIVE FUNERAL SERVICES, Armstrong 250-546-7237 & Vernon 250-558-0866.
FURGASON (nee RHOBACH), Lucille Rose It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce the passing of Lucille Rose Furgason on December 23, 2010 in Vernon, BC. Expression of sympathy may be forwarded to the family via email: vernon@myalternatives.ca. Arrangements entrusted to PERSONAL ALTERNATIVE FUNERAL SERVICES, Armstrong 250-546-7237 & Vernon 250-558-0866.
HALL, Richard “Dick” 1941 - 2010 It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Richard “Dick” Harold Hall on November 26th, 2010 in Hua Hin, Thailand at the age of 69 years. He will be lovingly remembered by his son, Brad (Carmelle) Hall, of Rocky Mountain House, AB; daughter, Sheree (Michaël) Dubé, of Kelowna, BC; his two grandchildren, Ella Dubé and Ruby Hall; his older sister, Patty Hall-Howorth, of Vernon; his younger sister, Donna (Ken) Lapp, of Vernon; several nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. He was predeceased by his mother, Anne Hall, father, Harold “Sonny” Hall and older brother Ken Hall. Dick was retired and loved spending his winters in Thailand. A Celebration of Life will be held in the Tea Room of Pleasant Valley Funeral Home at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 8th, 2011.
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Attention VALUED READERS With the cold weather comes icy roads and driveways
Please try to keep your driveway clear of ice and help us keep our carriers safe from accidents. Some carriers will be choosing to deliver after school to prevent early morning slips.
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Obituaries running in paper are also kept in a permanent archive online. These may be viewed at www.vernonmorningstar.com
Arrangements have been entrusted to:
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Career Opportunities
Personals THANK YOU St. Jude prayers answered.
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Childcare Available 1 full time opening available, starting age 0-2, lots of TLC, exc.ref’’s, 20yrs exp. Wendy 250-558-0142.
INTERESTED IN A REAL ESTATE CAREER? • Extensive Training • 6 Figure Income Potential in your first year • Market is Changing • Now is the Time Call for an appointment
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Career Opportunities LITTLE ARK INFANT/ TODDLER CENTRE looking for infant/toddler certified care givers for new program, competitive wage and benefits available. Send resume attention: janine@little.ark@hotmail.com
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Drivers/Courier/ Trucking RUSSAM HOLDINGS INC Has the following positions available: Log Truck Driver Various Locations. Chip Truck Driver-Vernon or Penticton based. Commercial Transport Mechanic-Vernon. Drivers should have super b or log hauling experience. Please send resume and abstract to kmc-gerry@uniserve.net or fax to 250-545-2195. Only persons selected for an interview will be contacted.
Help Wanted ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS? Relief is only a call away! Call Harry Martens, Estate Administrator (28 years experience) at 250-503-5300 today, To set up your FREE consultation in Vernon. Donna Mihalcheon CA, CIRP KPMG Inc. Trustee in Bankruptcy, #300 - 3205 - 32 Street, Vernon, BC V1T 9A2
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is offering a meeting room for non-profit organizations. Available for day & evening. Contact Elaine Collison @ 250-558-6585 or email to peopleplace@shaw.ca to set up appointment.
“Tom” Mother Nature was kind to me this year and someone put dirt on the mean little hill. So the drive to your Ànal home on the range was easy. I put the wreath on the pole that holds the solar light. The frost on the bench that spells your name sparkled and danced in the sun. The wind was gentle and kind. I see the coyotes were in to keep you company. It was a perfect moment as the memory of you Áowed through my heart & soul as the silent tears fall. God knows we miss and love you. P.S.: Tell Ray I love the horse
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Consider being an independent carrier for The Morning Star. You will earn extra dollars three times a week to deliver our award winning community newspaper to the homes in your neighbourhood. Students and Adults both welcomed.
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PROCARE INSTITUTE has been in operation since 1987 and is an accredited institution, with Private Career Training Institute Agency (PCTIA), the official career body responsible for registering and accrediting all the private colleges in the province. Our curriculum exceeds the standard set by the Provincial Government. The benefits of ProCare training are: • Over 98% employment rate • Proven method of training • Instruction on site by experienced nurses • Small class sizes • Earn $18-$22 an hour after graduation • Convenient locations Requirements for the program are: • Grade 11, or have adult student status We require photo ID as proof of age for our adult students. • Medical clearance, TB test, Criminal Record Check
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HEAVY DUTY – FIELD TECHNICIAN REQUIRED Great West Equipment is currently seeking a Journeyman Certified Heavy Duty Mechanic or Equivalent for our Vernon Location. Applicants should have 3 – 5 years working experience in Forestry & Construction Heavy Duty Equipment. Preference will be given to those applicants with experience in Volvo, & Metso diagnostics and repairs. Additional experience with pipe laying, & rock crushers would be a definite asset. Please apply: Human Resources Attn: Lynda Wagner lwagner@gwequipment.com Fax 250-549-3304.
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OFFICE EMPLOYEE required for Lynx Well Testing based in Coldstream. Strong computer skills required. Experience with Excel essential, Simply Accounting and Access preferred. We offer full time employment, a benefit package after 3 months, a flexible work environment and competitive wages. E-mail resumes to r.sauer@telus.net.
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15 gal. fish tank w/all accessories, incl; heater, filter, air rater, even fish if you want! $100. 250-306-2752 2 Teacup Maltese/Pom X. 1 M 1 F. $400 each. 1st shots & dewormed. 250-542-7261 Free to good home, 8 month old male kitten, house trained, friendly w/dog. 250-260-3951 Male Bichon pups, great disposition, litter trained, non shedding, micro chipped, 1st shots, $550. 250-832-4923 OLD WORLD Long Haired Shepherds and Belgian Puppies Ready At the end of January. Soft Beautiful Coats. Black, Black and Tan. Red or Brown Sables. Both Shots and Wormed. Health Records. Calm Easy Going Temperaments. Straight Backs with no Hip Issues. Meet the Parents and Grands. $500. For info 250-547-9763. Lots of references. Purebred female Jack Russell pup, well socialized w/ beautiful color markings, will make great show or agility dog & great family pet. Ready to go Jan.4. $600.obo 250-3097230. Purebred Shitzu, male 7.5 mo., crate trained, shots to date,$500. (250)546-2007 Satin Angora rabbits for sale, born Sept 14. friendly & used to being handled, easy to groom, call Andrea 250-5035416
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Career Opportunity – Sales Professional Vernon Nissan – A Member of the Sentes Auto Group Vernon Nissan invites you to join our ever expanding team with a newly created position within our award-winning New and Pre-Owned Vehicle Sales Department. Work within a very supportive team environment at a state-ofthe-art import automotive facility. Although automotive industry experience is not a requirement, candidates must have a proven track record of success in sales. This individual will develop ongoing, profitable relationships with customers and continually maintain a professional image of the company. Integrity, passion, and excellent presentational skills are essential for this role. Come and see why we are the largest automotive group in the Okanagan as we continue to set new benchmarks and expand our presence in the valley. The Sentes Auto Group offers an excellent compensation package, an incredible work environment, and career advancement opportunities. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by email with resume, cover letter, and references to pamelagarwasiuk@sentes.com.
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Seniors Building 1604 - 31st Street, Vernon • From $625 to $725 1 or 2 Bedroom • Includes Heat, Water, Elevator, Parking, Coin Laundry • No Smoking / No Pets
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Spacious & Deluxe 2 bedroom, 2 bath Condo, Gas Fireplace, Lge. Sundeck. Secure & monitored mature adult building, Guest suite, Library + Rec room, UG parking. $995, incl. heat, F&S, DW. NS, NP. Cat OK. 250-309-2000
GREEN VALLEY ESTATES Armstrong
Seniors 55+ 1 bedroom Apartment 660 sq. ft. Walk to downtown $ 700 per month Call Troy at 250.546-3933 or cell 250.833-9158
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1BDRM downtown, N/S, W/D, cable, util/inc. $800/mo. (250)260-3196 1bdrm quiet convenient location, near Schubert Center, rent incl. hot water, cable, prkg, F/S, N/S, 50+, $595. 250-309-3763 1bdrm small & large $575$700 & 1bdrm bsmt suite, $600/mo. incl/util, no dogs. (250)545-8443, 250-307-4948. 2bdrm, 1bath, balcony, central location, new paint, small pet ok. n/s. $850/mo. avail. Jan 1. 250-545-0529, 250-308-8878 2bdrm 1 Bath, ground level, close to amenities, laundry available, small pet okay, FS/AC references Req. Contact 8am-8pm $750/mo. +util (250)306-8252, (250)545-8252 2 BDRM, 1 Bath, upper unit, laundry, D/W, N/S, N/D. Close to town. Ref checked. Avail. Immed. $775/mo 250-5457644 2bdrm, 2 bath, new flooring, paint & a/c, gas f/p, n/s. 5appl., $950pm. 250-306-0996 2-bdrm loft on farm in Mara, utilities included. $650/mo. 250-838-6630.
Very Quiet Secure Building Super large & bright. 1 bdrm totally renovated, new appliances. 2 bdrm, gorgeous view. Very clean. 250-545-8985
BRIGHT 2bdrm, close to downtown, $850/mo +hydro. 250-549-4315, 250-306-9385. Large 3bdrm, 1.5bath suite, NS/NP, $925/mo includes most util. 250-542-1210. Newly reno’d 3bdrm, 2bath, OK Landing, lg yard & deck, close to schools, ns, pets neg. $1100/mo. 250-542-2085
ARMSTRONG Quiet 3 Bedroom Main Level. 1 1/2 bath, f/s, w/d, dw, fp, ns, pets ok, 1 covered deck, 1 uncovered deck off master bedroom leading to private hot tub. 1/2 utilities. Avail Jan 1. $1400 + DD 250-540-0214 or 250-5469060
Adults 45+, 2bdrm, 2bath, central location, $750 +util. 1st week FREE.
Commercial/ Industrial 1200sqft shop / ware house, 14’ OHD, mezzanine, 200amp, gas, yard space, avail. Jan 1. 250-549-0141 Office for rent, busy location, $400/mo. +HST, 500sq.ft incl/util. 5005 24 St. 2nd floor, Call Susan (250)558-5003
Cottages / Cabins SOUTH SPALLUMCHEEN Newly renovated 1 bedroom cottage. New appliances F/S, W/D. NP, NS. $800 per month plus damage deposit and utilities. 250-546-9974
Duplex / 4 Plex Bright, Clean 2 Bedroom Suite in Fourplex. Adult building.N/S N/P.Quiet area. Good parking. Only $675.00 p.m.
250-549-0665/250-550-0234
BACHELOR suite across fr. Schubert Ctr. in adult building. Completely renovated ground flr. unit. F/S, heat & hot water included. Pay laundry. $575/mo, no pets (250) 3088500 BACHELOR suite with balcony, furnished or unfurnished, avail. immed. (250)541-0077 ENDERBY 1 & 2bdrm apartments, A/C, N/S, N/P, no parties. 250-308-9299 Harwood area, 2bdrm 1bath, level entry apt. style townhouse, very good cond. end unit, adult bldg, NP/NS, $760 +util. Drive by #6-1900 46 Ave. avail. Nov1.Don 250-558-8762 LARGE 2bdrm apt. $800/mo. +hydro, NO PETS, Avail. Now. 250-869-9788 RICKFORD MANOR. 1 & 2bdrm suites, NS, NP, adult bldg. Call 250-545-1412 Spacious 2bdrm/2bath with elevator. N/S, n/p. Adult building. $950/mo. (250)546-8857
1BDRM lower & 2bdrm upper, Immaculate, BX area, util/incl., suitable for single person, N/S, N/P, laundry, $750 & $800. 250-804-0531. 2bdrm, 1.5bath suite, NS/NP, $750/mo. includes most utilities. 250-542-1210 2bdrm 1bath 1/2 duplex in great cond, hardwood flrs, fenced yard. All appl. Pets ok. 2700 39th St. $850/mo. Call Brian Rogers (250)308-1888 2 BDRM, 4-plex, laundry hook-ups, D/W, $825 + utilities. Available Immediately. References checked. 250-5457644 or 250-550-5832 2BDRM suite in 4plex, level entry, newly reno’d, close to Multiplex. W/D, F/S, N/S, N/P. Avail. Dec. 15. $900/mo. +util. 250-545-4461 250-503-7296 2bed, 1/2 duplex, newly reno’d, $850, 4601 Bolduc Rd. BX, avail. Feb 1.250-550-6063 4BDRM, +den, 2 full baths, fenced yard, DW, WD, near Fulton, cul-de-sac, single garage, NS/NP, $1300/mo +util. 250-308-1148, 250-503-7273 ACREAGE / pets ok. 1bdrm near Walmart.Senior discount. $625. 1-877-803-7168.
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250-558-8261. Also, 2bdrm, 2bath, downtown location, newly reno’d. $775 +util. 1st week FREE. 250-549-0644.
250-542-8989 1&2bdrm, close to DT, reno’d, in-suite laundry h/u. $850/mo. 1 month free rent or $400 grocery voucher! 250-549-0440. 1 & 2 bdrm Suites, NP, NS, near Bus/Shopping/Schubert Ctre, clean/well maintained, Seniors, 250-275-8066 1bdrm $775, 1bdrm den $740. Quiet adult oriented building, on-site managers, F/S, DW, AC, balcony, N/S, N/P, 250545-5773, 250-550-0243. 1bdrm condo, Vernon, close to downtown, $675/mo. (250)838-6904
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Industrial Zoned 3000sq. ft. shop by Squires Pub. Hwy. access, automotive, warehouse, manufacturing or retail. 3 phase power, overhead crane. Shop, office space, shared secured compound, attached bachelor suite also available. (250) 309-1925.
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3 bdrm 1.5 bath downtown duplex $875+util 3600 Centennial Drive Incl appl Avail now. 2 bdrm 1 bath level entry West Vernon $825+util 3906 27th Ave Incl Fr St avail now 2 bdrm 1 bath furnished Adv. Bay condo $825+util 26-8800 Adv. Bay Rd Avail now 2 bdrm 1 bath downtown condo $800+util 205-3700 28A St Incl FR ST Avail now 2 bdrm 1 bath downtown townhouse $750+util 3413 Okanagan Ave incl appl 2 bdrm 1 bath quiet downtown condo $750+util 3700 28A Str Incl fr st available now 2 bdrm 1 bath 55+ West Vernon condo $745+util 109-3701 27 Ave Incl FSDWWD Avail Now 1 bdrm 1 bath downtown apartment $600+util 3504 32nd Str Includes FR ST Avail now CONTACT DOUG WILLIAMS 250-260-0198 / DAN IRVINE 250-549-0119 See pictures & maps at FREE Rental List
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*Houses and Furnished Accommodation* 6 bdrm 5 bath house with suite $2100+util 5000 Valleyview Pl includes fr st dw avail Dec 4 bdrm 3 bath exec Middleton home $1900+util 721 Mt Ida Incl appl available now 2 bdrm + den 2 bath exec. Foothills view home $1500+util 1512 Apex Lane incl appls avail Dec 15 4 bdrm 2.5 bath house with suite $1600+util 3830 15th Avenue incl appls avail now 4 bdrm 2 bath Coldstream home $1500+util 7504 Holtham Dr Incl Fr St Available Now 2 bdrm 1 bath reno’d Lake Country home $1100+util 15464 Oyama Road incl Fr St Avail now 3 bdrm 1.5 bath semi rural home $1100+util 5862 Bella Vista Road incl fr st Avail Jan 3 bdrm 2 bath home with garage $1090+util 3701 27th St incl appliances Avail Nov CONTACT DOUG WILLIAMS 250-260-0198 / DAN IRVINE 250-549-0119 See pictures & maps at FREE Rental List at 5603 - 27 St., Vernon
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Homes for Rent 2bdrm house, $900/mo. N/P, N/S, laundry, sun deck, avail. Jan 1. (250)542-9403 2bdrm, level-entry, downtown, large yard, & shed, W/D, NS avail immed., R.R., $875/mo +util. 250-558-8226. 2bdrm up, 2 down, Seaton School area, fenced yard, sm. pet ok, $1100/mo. +util. avail. immed. 250-938-5626 2bed, 1/2 duplex, newly reno’d, $850 4601 Bolduc Rd. BX, avail. Feb 1.250-550-6063 2bed, 1bath, 1100sqft, 1950’s home in OK Landing, 2 acres. Large 3 bay detached shop. Lots prkg, beautiful area, close to town. $1000. avail. immed. to May 2011. 250-938-0869 2 lrg bdrm, lower East Hill, fenced yard, garage, s/f, w/d, dw, mw, a/c & f/p, pets neg, n/s, $1200 incl. util. Feb1. 250275-4906. 3bdrm, 2bath, new kitchen, new bath, all new flooring, new appl. hardwood floors, avail. immed. $1100/mo. NP/NS, #302-2100 43-Ave. Call Brian Rogers 250-308-1888 3bdrm, Coldstream, 180° view Kal Lake, $1250 + 60% util.shared laundry, n/p, avail now 250-869- 9788 4bdrm approx 3000sq/ft. Priv quiet area near Swan Lake. Lrg yard. New furn. Nice view. R.R. $1275+util 250-763-2106 4bdrm Coldstream, 2 kitchens, 180° view Kal Lake, $1900 + util, np, avail now. 250-869-9788 Avail. Jan. 1. 3bdrm Home in Whitevale, $900/mo., with option to lease 700sqft of attached commercial space. 250-542-4494
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(New) 3bdrm 2 full/bath, upper flr, Bella Vista, 1800sqft. family rm, garage, a/c, 5appl, shared laundry, n/s, n/p, Avail. Jan 15 $1100 + half util.250-260-4246 New Home 4bdrm on acreage, 5min from Falkland, $1275 (250)379-2774, 250-938-1124 Okanagan Landing Log Home, in-town, borders designated Ribbons of Green walkway. 1000sq.ft. basement storage, 2 bath, hardwood, granite, gas F/P,A/C, stainless appl., incl. DW,W/D, heated dble garage. NS. pet neg. $1750/mo, lg yard, maint. incl. 250-503-2227. Not for Sale. Reno’d 2bdrm +den, main fl. +part bmsn’t, Vernon, Jan. 15, d/w, w/d, storage, fenced yard. $1150. 604-306-3530 RENT-TO-OWN: 4 br Vernon homes from $1600/mo with $5k down, 4 br with lake view in Peachland, $10K down from $2000/mo 250-309-2565
Buy, Rent, Sell! Motels,Hotels 1bdrm, kitchen, n/s, very quiet Motel low weekly/monthly, responsible single.250-558-6837
Recreation Ski in/out Silver Star luxury chalet, sleeps 10, hot tub. Special nightly rate $299. Min 3 nights. Jan-March availabitlity. Joannehlheath@yahoo.ca www.silverstar-ski-chalets.com
Ski in/out Silver Star suite, sleeps 8, hot tub, special $199 night. 3 nights min. joannehlheath@yahoo.ca www.silverstar-ski-chalets.com
Senior Assisted Living
UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP Start your new year in style, a beautiful one bedroom suite is available in the Victorian Retirement Residence. Congregate care at its best. Call Tracy at 250-545-0470 to view. Visit our Website at www.victorianvernon.com
Shared Accommodation 1BDRM, no-drugs, no-parties, downtown. $450/mo. incl.util. N/P, furniture, cable. 250-549-0644 Armstrong - furn rm. $500/mo or Room & Board $700. Sharing house etc. Must be mature & responsible. 250-546-0357. Close to town, 2 rms for rent $500 or $375. Shared bath. Sec. deposit. 250-308-1147
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Lumby 3bdrm, reno’d, big yrd, n/s, pets neg., $1250 + utils & dd. RR. Jan15. 250-550-6222
Silver Star Mountain – 1 bed, 1 bath self contained lower suite with alcove. On Spencer Lane. Ski in/out. Shared hot tub. Rent by the season, the month, the week, or the night (3 night minimum). Queen bed in bedroom, single, single bunk in alcove. Great for a couple or family with 2 young children. Call 250 545-4764 or e-mail ‘s2ross@telus.net’ for prices & availability”
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Small Ads work! Suites, Lower 1 BDRM, 1 BATH, 1200 sqft walk out bsmnt suite with priv. ent. Newly reno’d, bright, clean. Avail. now. $900/ month. Jen at 250-309-4819. 1BDRM, 5112 19th St close to Wal-Mart N/P, N/S. 2BDRM 1700 Mission Rd., pet ok, f/s w/d, Avail.now (250)549-6554 1bdrm,above ground, Coldstream,n/p, 180° view Kal Lk. $850 + 40% util. Shrd lndry, avail now. 250-869-9788. 1bdrm level entry, fully reno’d, very quiet area, large tree’d backyard, hot water/inc. N/S only, N/P, $600. 250-545-1220 1BRDM, all new big kitchen & lvg rm, full bath, 5-appl, own w/d. West yard backs on Alexis Park School. $695 Avail. now. 250-309-4405 1 LARGE BDRM, 1bath, beautiful, bright, clean, reno’d, F/S, DW, gas F/P, Large yard, incredible view, sep.entrance. Close to town, bus & college. $750/mo incl.all utilities, wireless internet, & cable. R.R. Avail Imm. 250-503-1270. 2bdrm, Coldstream, util/w/d incl., n/p, $800. ref’s req. (250)542-7003 2bdrm, kitchen, livingroom, full bath, new bsmn’t, level entry, close to schools, $900 util/incl. 250-307-8009 2bdrm Middleton above ground, lakeview, n/s, no parties $700. Imm. 250-545-4665 ARMSTRONG 2 Bedroom Daylight Basement Suite. F/S, FP, WD, NS, Pets ok, Sauna. 1/2 Utilities. $750+DD 250540-0214 or 250-546-9060 Bright spacious, 2-bdrm, avail Jan 1, f/s, d/w, shared w/d, $750+util, (250)558-3357 Fully furnished upscale 1bdrm, mature adult, private entry, view, parking, extras. n/s, n/p, DD, $850 incl util (250)558-0374 LOWER EAST HILL New 1 bdrm. Short walk downtown. Features W/D and DW. All Utilities included. N/S. $800. Call 250-308-8796 Spacious 2bdrm 1bath, above ground, lg deck, great view, avail/imm. $850.250-542-1473
Suites, Upper 2bdm fully reno’d, very large & clean, balcony w/private entry, covered prkg, A/C, large tree’d backyard, quiet area, $775/mo. N/S, no dogs. ph 250-545-1220. 2BDRM, f/s, w/d, avail Jan 1. N/S, N/P, D.D, R.R., $850pm. 250-546-3383. 3bdrm $900 util/incl. Vernon, n/s, n/p, suitable for couple. Avail Jan.15. 250-549-5054.
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