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Countdown to Winter Games ROGER KNOX Morning Star Staff
Tanya Callon has lots of memories competing at the 1992 B.C. Winter Games in Vernon. Callon, then 13 and from Penticton, won gold and silver in Vernon in aerials and moguls. She would win gold in moguls and silver in the air two years later at the B.C. Winter Games in Smithers. Now a resident of Tanya Callon Coldstream, and a coach with the Silver Star Freestyle Ski Club and the B.C. Freestyle Ski Association, Callon has been a part of freestyle skiing for 19 years. She was on hand at the Wesbild Centre Tuesday night for the official
countdown launch to the 2012 BC Winter Games set for Feb. 23-26 in Greater Vernon. “What I remember the most is coming to Vernon and I was the only girl on the Zone 2 team,” said Callon, who has been part of freestyle skiing provincially for nearly 20 years. “We slept on cots in a school. I was quite nervous at first but I got to meet a lot of other girls and those girls became friends and, to this day, I still keep in touch with a lot of the friends I made in Vernon.” Callon, who spent two years on the B.C. mogul team before qualifying for the national team, was among a handful of local athletes introduced by the local Winter Games committee who have competed with success at past Games. Also introduced to the crowd were the three-time BCHL champion Vernon Vipers.
Local Winter Games committee president Akbal Mund welcomed the crowd and encouraged residents to help out with the event. “I anticipate we won’t have any problems getting volunteers,” said Mund, who also introduced his 14-member board of directors. The committee will work with approximately 125 volunteer chairs, each of which has a committee of volunteers responsible for different operational areas of the Games. It’s expected an estimated 2,800 volunteers will be involved in the Winter Games, which will see athletes, coaches and officials involved in 18 sports. The only event taking place outside of Vernon will be speed skating, which will be held at the Nor-Val Sports Centre in Armstrong.
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The 2012 Vernon Winter Carnival will sport an athletic touch. Carnival chairman Dave Fletcher announced Tuesday that the theme for the 52nd annual event in February will be “Sporting With Carnival,” tag-teaming with the B.C. Winter Games, slated for the same month in Greater Vernon. “We debated the theme long and hard,” deadpanned Fletcher at a B.C. Winter Games launch party at Wesbild Centre Tuesday. “Actually, it was a no-brainer. With the B.C. Winter Games happening in the same month, we’re going to make February 2012 a month-long party in Vernon.” The Vernon Winter Carnival will run Feb. 3-12, while the B.C. Winter Games kick off 11 days later and run Feb. 23-26. Fletcher, who is also on the board for the local Winter Games committee, expects volunteers to turn out in force for both events. “This is absolutely huge for the community,” he said of Vernon hosting the Winter Games for the second time (first was in 1992). “One of the first things I discovered as carnival chair was how the community responds when the call for volunteers goes out. This community is absolutely amazing when it comes to volunteers.” Fletcher can’t wait to get the parties rolling. “It’s going to be a month of fun, and a month to remember,” he said of both events. “Vernon can do it.”
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Lumby minor hockey was thinking outside of the box for fundraising — the pizza box that is. The Lumby Minor Hockey Association has been awarded $50,000 for submitting 6,174 UPC codes from pizza boxes in the Delissio WHL Hockey Challenge. “We joked it wasn’t what we were eating tonight, it was what flavour?� said Tracy Williamson, association president, of the nonstop pizza served to her family. It was a similar scene at the Kineshanko residence. “I think I have 10 or 12 boxes still in the freezer. People were calling me the Delissio lady,� said Sherry Kineshanko, fundraising chairperson. Significant support came from the Sheardown family, which owns Lumby’s grocery store. “Super A Foods put Delissio on sale quite a bit and the clerks were cutting codes off the boxes before
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that would still involve the public. “Our community has so much heart,� she said. A key player in the effort was Kineshanko’s mother, Marg Luszcz,
who wielded a pair of scissors to cut labels. “I would go get boxes and give them to her,� said Kineshanko, who also gives credit to Dianne
Hockey and Peter Romailler. There are already ideas as to how to spend the $50,000. “We want to replace every home and away game jersey and the executive will come up with other plans for the rest of the money,â€? said Williamson. “I know that we want to focus on making sure that every kid that wants to play can play so we may work with Kidsport.â€? Kineshanko believes the contest earnings will take financial pressure off the association and families. “It’s eye-opening the actual costs of running the association. Ice costs are $55,000 and insurance is $10,000. HST has kicked us in the pants,â€? she said. “There are so many tears involved because this will help so many people.â€? Representatives from NestlĂŠ Canada, Delissio’s parent company, and the Western Hockey League will be in Lumby in June to present the $50,000.
Newspaper chain shares story as Games unfold Continued from A1 Sports in Vernon will include the likes of archery, badminton, girl’s hockey, curling, gymnastics, judo, karate, netball, figure skating and ringette. Silver Star and the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre will host the skiing events. Kelly Mann, president and CEO of the B.C. Games Society, was also on hand to make a special announcement. Mann was happy to announce a four-year partnership between the Games and Black Press, parent company of The Morning Star. “The provincial network of Black Press papers and the B.C. Winter and CORY BIALECKI/MORNING STAR B.C. Summer Games are in virtuAkbal Mund, local Winter Games committee president, shows his ally every community in B.C.,� said excitement Tuesday at Wesbild Centre during the countdown to the Mann. “Black Press will be providing 2012 B.C. Winter Games to be held in Vernon Feb. 23-26. extensive coverage and advertising to
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“Mr. Ignatieff held Mr. Harper to account and talked abut what we have to offer,” said Francis, adding that she wasn’t impressed with Harper.
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Controversial pit plan proceeds JENNIFER SMITH Morning Star Staff
Despite significant opposition, Coldstream Ranch has dug up just enough support locally to move ahead with its gravel pit operation. An application for soil removal and reclamation at the Rosebush gravel pit is being forwarded by Coldstream council to the Agricultural Land Commission for consideration. The application is a continuation of reclamation work being done at the site on Highway 6 across from the King Edward forest access road. While the ranch has undergone reclamation work to improve agricultural capability on its properties for 50 years, the work at this particular site has stirred up significant opposition. “We’re dealing with quite a long, tortured history of this pit,” said Coun. Richard Enns, who did not support forwarding the application to the ALC, along with Councillors Maria Besso and Bill Firman. Many neighbouring residents have complained about the operation over the years – citing concerns over noise, dust, hours of operation and property impacts. “Local residents have experienced a collective real estate depreciation of much more than a million dollars as this mine has moved rapidly towards their homes,” stated Jeff Mellows in a recent presentation to council. Therefore, when Coldstream Ranch sub-
“It’s very important to come with clean hands.” — Richard Enns mitted its latest application in January (which council must approve before forwarding to the ALC) Coldstream council had local concerns in mind as it held back from pushing the application forward. “It’s taken two-anda-half months,” said Ted Osborn, Coldstream Ranch director of projects. “Every month that is delayed in actual field work is actually four to six months.” Enns defends the delay, saying it was necessary to examine the operation and resident complaints. “The delay that you are seeing is Coldstream Ranch’s own fault,” Enns told Osborn Monday. “I resent the fact that you are blaming us for a delay here.” Some concerns have been raised that the ranch is not complying with reclama-
tion requirements and/ or going ahead with work when it is not approved. “It’s very important to come with clean hands and quite frankly it hasn’t happened thus far,” said Enns. Taking offence to Enn’s accusations, Osborn says the ALC has approved all of the work Coldstream Ranch has done. Bob Bibby, Coldstream’s bylaw officer, adds: “My understanding is all the criteria has been met that’s been asked in 2009.” After going through the paper trail of applications, Coun. Maria Besso agreed that the ranch appears to have complied with reclamation requirements. But since the district anticipates another ALC application from the ranch in the summer (covering lots closest to Buchanan Road), coun-
cil will be working with the ranch to address concerns. The two parties may enter into a binding agreement, enforceable by injunction or bond, to establish performance measures to address dust, notice and hours of operation. There may also be a requirement that more area is being reclaimed than mined in any given year. The ranch already provides quarterly reports to the ALC to track the progress of mining and reclamation. In response to other concerns, Osborn says hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, with any outside hours being notified to the bylaw officer. There are also several dust control measures onsite and to limit impacts to Buchanan Road residents the only access to the project is by a road from Highway 6. “Obviously the desire is there to satisfy the neighbours,” said Besso. The ranch is also keen to deal with complaints immediately and has therefore requested the district to notify
them of any issues. “When there’s a complaint, within 24 hours that information is sent by email to the contractor to find out if it’s legitimate,” said Osborn, adding that they don’t need names, they just need to look into the situation. “So that if there’s a complaint, that it’s looked after right now.” The ranch is interested in completing the reclamation process as soon as possible, says Osborn. But the rate of reclamation is dependant on the appropriate clean fill coming from excavation from construction, placement of underground water and sewer infrastructure and the development of roads. Depending on such factors, this could take six to eight years before the entire project is complete. “It could be as early as 2016,” said Osborn.
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Lister replacing Lent as OC dean Morning Star Staff
A prominent Vernon community leader will be assuming the role of Okanagan College’s North Okanagan regional dean in June. Jane Lister, who has headed Community Futures Corporation of the Jane Lister North Okanagan for 20 years, will replace retiring regional dean John Lent. “Okanagan College is a critical component in the cultural, social, and economic development of our region,” said Lister, who has a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree from UBC. “Over the past two decades, I’ve worked closely with the college in my role as general manager of Community Futures, and in other capacities.”
Lister served as a member of the college’s board of governors and was vice-chair. “I’m eager to help the college further develop its connections with and value to the region.” The college is equally excited to bring Lister on board. “I’ve been fortunate enough to have worked with her over the past two decades and I know that she will bring a dedication to education and service to the role,” said OC president Jim Hamilton. Lister acknowledges she’ll have big shoes to fill in replacing Lent, who retires after 32 years with the college. “John has a tremendous reputation as a teacher and casts a long shadow across the country as a poet and author. As a dean, he’s helped focus the efforts of the staff at the college on the opportunities that are at hand in the region, and on better serving the needs of students here,” said Lister. Lent began his career with the college in
1978 when he was hired to teach an evening section of Business English at the Vernon campus. The following year he settled into a full-time teaching position in the English department, where his passion for teaching and writing flourished. Lister’s efforts have extended far beyond her position with Community Futures. She’s served as a member of Vernon’s Economic Development Committee, of the Trades Industry Partnership Advisory Committee, the Provincial Regional Economic Development Initiative, the Vernon and District Community Land Trust, Vernon’s Affordable Housing Committee, and as chair of the volunteers committee of the 2011 Sparkling Hills Masters World Cup. In 1997, she was recognized by the Vernon Women in Business organization as Woman of the Year. In 2009, she was named the Don McMillan Award Recipient for Provincial Community Economic Development work.
Skydive centre in holding pattern RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff
It’s still unknown whether a business will have clearance to remain at the Vernon Airport. City staff has been instructed to work with Okanagan Skydive in an attempt to address the business’ concerns about a lease and the specific location it can use at the airport for operations. “It’s a unique business and draws people from all over,” said Coun. Mary-Jo O’Keefe. “It’s important to keep this business in town.” Bret Chalmers, with Okanagan Skydive, believes the city’s plans to develop housing and hangars could force him to lose his space at the facility. The city has proposed moving him to the other side of Tronson Road, but Chalmers says that area is not ideal because its shape could lead to new skydivers overshooting their target. Leon Gous, the city’s chief administrative officer, says discussions continue with Chalmers. “It’s unlikely for it to remain exactly where it is but the objective is to retain them at the airport,” said Gous. Transit Project On Hold There’s still no decision on a proposed transit bus terminus in downtown Vernon. Discussion on changes to Cenotaph Park to allow for a transit terminus on 31st Avenue have
been delayed for another two weeks by city council. “I just want everyone to have a place at the table,” said Coun. Patrick Nicol, who asked for deferral because Coun. Jack Gilroy was absent from Monday’s meeting. The item was presented to council March 30 but it was deferred so more details could be obtained about the potential impact on Cenotaph Park. Some politicians are suggesting that the transit terminal be moved to the former Coldstream Hotel site, which the city owns. Council Distributes Cash The City of Vernon has approved financial assistance for a number of community organizations. The Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre will receive $6,000 to assist with the construction of a bridge and trail as part of the recent Sparkling
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n their oversized T-shirts and mile-wide smiles, children from elementary schools across the district wait for the starting gun that signals the first race of the cross country running season. And they’re off! Hundreds of kids, arranged according to grade, leave the starting line at JW Inglis elementary school in Lumby for the Monashee Cross Country Run, their legs pumping across the field, hoping to triumph at the finish line. With parents cheering on the sidelines, Katherine Mortimer these kids gave it their all Wednesday. Sure, some were a little more skilled while others had a little more trouble keeping up, but to see this huge group of kids out on the field, running, having fun and not sitting in front of a TV or with a DS in their hands was something to behold. When my Grade 1 daughter expressed an interest in joining her school’s cross-country team, I fully supported her decision and the first order of business was getting her a pair of “real” running shoes: the kind with laces, not the kind with velcro and flashing lights (fun though those are). The next order of business was mastering the art of tying shoes. I was on the track and field team in high school, and was admittedly not a particularly skilled runner, but loved going to the meets with my friends and discovered what has become a life-long love of running. With practices twice a week during lunch hour and three races throughout April: the first on Wednesday, the Paddlewheel PushOff Run next week at Marshall Field and the Commonage Cross Country Run the following week, the kids are busy learning new skills while burning off some of their excess energy. And for anyone who still thinks teaching is a job that ends at 3 p.m., the dedication shown
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by the district’s teachers, principals and viceprincipals continues to astonish me. My daughter’s teacher finished up in the classroom in Vernon and then made the drive out to Lumby to cheer on her students, enthusiastically telling them how well they’d done. And she is just one of the many teachers giving up their lunch break (a break that I suspect is much needed after a morning of teaching) to coach the cross-country teams twice a week. At the meet itself, I saw principals leading warm-ups, cheering on kids, I saw administrators showing their support. When we left at 4 p.m., it was still going on. So even with the doom and gloom of cuts to education funding, there are so many good things happening out there for kids. Here is a sport that, besides a pair of running shoes, doesn’t cost anything to join and, for intermediate grades, provides busing to and from the meets. And the camaraderie amongst the kids was fantastic: older kids from rival schools cheered on the younger ones, encouraging them to keep going when their little legs wanted to stop. And of course for parents, there is the added bonus of the entertainment factor: watching our precious kids giving it their all. One friend said it was hysterical watching these little ones dashing across the field; another was choked up watching her son give it his all. It is definitely one of those wonderful moments of parenthood: that lovely sense of pride you feel as your child enjoys him/herself, as they learn a new skill, and the pride they feel in themselves. And, while my daughter finished near the back of the pack, she wasn’t too worried. Later that night, reflecting back on the race, she said simply, “That was so much fun.” And that’s what it’s all about. Kids know, without being told, that exercise feels good. So when their races were over, these kids weren’t sitting around relaxing — they were in the playground, jumping, climbing, swinging and laughing.
February 2012 is shaping up to be a fantastic month for Vernon residents. The annual fun festival of the season, the Vernon Winter Carnival, runs Feb. 3 to 12. Nearly two weeks later, Greater Vernon plays host to more than 2,000 athletes, coaches, and officials as it hosts, for the first time since 1992, the B.C. Winter Games. If we are in the midst of a long Okanagan winter like we were this year, both events are perfect remedies to shake off the blahs. Carnival, tag-teaming with the Games by announcing its 2012 theme as “Sporting With Carnival,” features many fun events for all ages, and there are endless opportunities for creativity with such a theme (picture, say, The Morning Star editorial department wearing speed-skating suits, or city council dressed in full hockey regalia). The B.C. Winter Games will be more serious, of course, but it doesn’t mean that the visitors can’t have fun while in town. As freestyle skier Tanya Callon pointed out, her first real major competition was the 1992 Games in Vernon, a place where she met new friends, friends that she still keeps in touch with 20 years later. Both events, of course, will rely on the efforts of volunteers to be a success. As carnival chairperson Dave Fletcher – who is also on the Games’ local organizing committee – points out, you never have to worry about people volunteering in Vernon. The community is amazing. So, yes, let’s enjoy spring, summer and fall, but it’s not too early to think about how the end of winter will be punctuated with two fabulous events locally.
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fter reading the editorial in the April 3, 2011 issue of the Vernon Morning Star, 'ALC clearly out of touch,' I am compelled to respond. Evidently, the author believes the Agricultural Land Commission erred in its decision to refuse the proposed sports complex at Okanagan College. However, in the same article the author goes on to say that no one contests the need to protect farmland. These seemingly contrary views provide an excellent example of the challenges facing the commission during its deliberations. Over almost 40 years, the commission's track record of working with local governments will show that it is very much aware of land use issues facing local governments.
While the commission has not always agreed to the conversion of Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) land for community purposes, it has accommodated local governments when compelling evidence
PRISON A PLUS I have been following the issue of the prison pursuit with interest. Although I do not live directly in Lumby at this time, we did at one point. We chose to move to Vernon to raise our son as it had more to offer with club activities as well as opportunities within the school system, recreational activities for adults. Lumby has had school closures as well as mill closures due to the downturn in the economy. It has been recently noted that the due to the downturn in the economy, people are moving from the Okanagan and for the first time in a long time, there has been a decline in population. A prison may not be deemed suitable, but it would boost the economy, assist in keeping taxes at a reasonable level, and as noted by the article in the paper from the mayor of the Rocky Mountain community that has a prison, the prison would support the community in a variety of ways. If I could obtain a job within the prison system, I would. The opportunities are overwhelming. The government pays its employees well. It is sustainable and not likely to close due to a downturn in the economy. It seems no one wants it in their own backyard. Well, I for one would support it, and if more opportunities abd programs became abundant in Lumby, I would definitely move back there. It is time to think for the future. You can not sustain a community with nothing. The community will eventually fall apart as more and more people move to sustainable employment and leave behind poverty. Sandra Wolfer
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PRISON BLUES I am a resident of Area E in Cherryville. I am deeply troubled with the Lumby prison proposal by Lumby council. The very notion that a prison in the centre of their town being the answer to all their economic and infrastructure problems tells me much. I couldn't think of a bleaker vision for my town. My No. 1 objection is the disregard for the true jewel in Lumby's crown, the salmon creeks that flow through their village. Already you have to turn a blind eye to the industry that surrounds them. Walking the salmon trail is somewhat revealing as to the real priorities in Lumby. I believe the village has an obligation to clean up the environmental issues that already exist in their industrial area before adding this new giant to their problems. Even the most state-of-the art sewage treatment facilities are a flawed system at best. The better the system, the more toxic and pollution-producing they are. Furthermore, they are in constant need of upgrading and repair which adds up to millions and millions of future dollars needing to be spent. The dangling carrot of the prison fixing your infrastructure woes is just that, a dangling carrot. It will be your community's responsibility once the prison is in place, and the added burden of an industrial facility of that size on your water usage and the increased amount of sewage effluent being discharged into your local creeks is not of any benefit to your community or anyone
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was provided showing that nonALR options were either unavailable or impractical. The Okanagan College property is prime agricultural land. If a local government proposes to
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downstream. None of it sounds green, sustainable and least of all, visionary. I am a firm believer in supporting local businesses, eating locally grown food and consider the impact of everything I do on the environment and the people around me. I do my banking in Lumby, go to the doctor there, my son went to school there and my grandchildren are slated to go there in the future. I use the local building supplier, go to the vet there, restaurants, bakery, get my car fixed whatever, you get the idea. It is said we in Area E have no say in this matter, it is not our town. I believe community goes beyond the imaginary lines that separate us from Area D and Lumby. What we do to our water here in Cherryville certainly affects the people downstream from us. The same applies to Lumby. I applaud the Concerned Citizens of Lumby for their hard work. Their commitment and vision to a greener and brighter future for all of the people of Lumby and surrounding areas is commendable. It occurred to me at the information session at the community centre it would be great to see the panel on stage sitting around the table in council chambers. I know I would feel better represented. We all make choices and our choices now are what steers our future. If you can't vote in the referendum, exercise your right to vote on who sits on council next. Carla Vierke
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convert prime farm land to another use, the commission expects the application will be accompanied by detailed planning information. Most notably absent in the Okanagan College application was an in-depth report from the Greater Vernon Advisory Committee outlining anticipated regional recreational needs along with a comprehensive assessment of all available siting options. The commission remains prepared to discuss recreational development options following a thorough analysis of recreational land use needs in the Greater Vernon area. Richard Bullock, Chair Provincial Agricultural Land Commission
ELECTION REQUIRED I constantly hear on the news, the statement that Canadians didn’t want an election. This Canadian wanted an election. There are a lot of important issues that I want to have a say in. An election is not a hardship. And stop putting a price on the election like it is not money well spent. This is how democracy works. It’s cheaper than tax breaks. Bill Darnell
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Recreational concept approved RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff
Guidelines are now in place for any future expansion of recreational facilities in Lumby. The White Valley Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee has adopted a two-site concept plan for the recreation complex. “There is now an opportunity to look at issues if they come forward from the community,” said Rick Fairbairn, chairperson. “If we want to replace the arena or build an aquatic centre in the future, we now have a plan.” One site option would see a new arena constructed before a pool, while the second option would see the pool proceed first.
“We will look at phases for anything done.” — Tracy Williamson Other facilities such as a water park or amphitheatre could be considered. “We will look at phases for anything that is done,” said director Tracy Williamson. “It’s a 20- or 30-year plan. Without a plan, it’s hard to know where to position facilities.” Williamson points out that there is no guarantee that specific amenities will proceed and any development will depend on the availability of funding. The concept plan must still be approved
by the North Okanagan Regional District. Park Ownership Changes The North Okanagan Regional District now owns a Whitevale park it has been maintaining for years. Transfer of title of South Lumby Park on Whitevale Road has gone from the South Lumby Playground Society to NORD. “We have been doing parks maintenance and the Lions have donated equipment,” said Rick Fairbairn, White Valley Parks, Recreation
and Culture Advisory Committee chairperson. The society intended to transfer title of the property to the regional district in 1988, but it was discovered in 2010 that transfer had never occurred. Ownership has changed on the condition that the land be used exclusively as a community park. Yes and No for Funding The Lumby Public Market has missed out on one funding source, but another opportunity has arisen. The White Valley Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee has turned down a $1,500 grant request from the market because the 2011 budget is already completed.
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“They should apply during the normal process for grant applications. We can look at it for next year,” said Rick Fairbairn, committee chairperson. However, as rural Lumby director, Fairbairn will provide the market with $1,000 from his discretionary fund. “I want to promote the 100 mile diet and local foods,” he said. The market was seeking funds for insurance costs. “The major expense in organizing the market is the insurance coverage necessary to mitigate any potential claim against vendors, the regional district and the Village of Lumby,” said Marcel Galli, market treasurer, in a letter to the committee.
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Coldstream is providing 100 per cent of remaining money from its grant bank to help the ranch cover outstanding water pipeline costs. “We are contributing all we have available and not everybody can say that,” said Coun. Pat Cochrane. But the reality is, the district only has $600 left in its grant bank, so that’s all the ranch will be getting. Coun. Maria Besso called the lack of support petty, stating that the ranch managed to raise all of the funds to install the pipeline and are now just looking for some help to cover the remaining $15,000 to $20,000. “They raised at least $230,000 from the community in order to install the water lines. Now it’s just a matter of turning on the tap,” said Besso, whose idea of Coldstream contributing 20 cents per capita through a new regional ranch function was shot down Meanwhile, several other Coldstream council members were not in favour of pro-
viding any support to the historic ranch. “They are just coming in dribs and drabs constantly coming in asking for money,” said Coun. Gyula Kiss. “We have our own ranch here that is try-
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Event reveals justice system KATHERINE MORTIMER Morning Star Staff
For many people, getting up close and personal with the legal system is something they avoid at all costs. But Vernon lawyers are hoping the community will head to the Vernon Courthouse Saturday for a fun and casual introduction to the justice system at the 2011 Vernon Law Day open house. “It’s for members of the public to have access to justice and to raise the community’s awareness of the different community organizations and facilities that are there to help them and that don’t cost anything,” said Deborah Pearce, a lawyer with Allan Francis Pringle and the president of the Vernon Bar Association, which is hosting this year’s event. Pearce said for many people, the idea of simply walking into the RCMP detachment is intimidating, so this is a way of introducing the public to services in the community in a fun, non-threatening way. “We’ve had so much support from everyone with this,
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The Vernon Courthouse will be the site of a Law Day open house Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. including the Community Policing Office and the sheriffs’ department — we couldn’t do it without the sheriffs, as they keep the building secure and will participate in the mock trial. And they’ll have the holding cells open as well.” Sheriff services include escorting prisoners by ground and air to and from remand facilities for court appearances. Sheriffs also provide security in courtrooms and courthouses and manage the jury selection process. Also on Saturday, the B.C. Branch of the Canadian Bar Association will hold its province-wide Dial-A-Lawyer
event as part of Law Week. In 2010, 25 volunteer lawyers assisted 216 people in five different areas of law including: family, tort/MVA, immigration, criminal, and wills and estates. Vernon residents are welcome to call 1-800-663-1919 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to speak with a lawyer for up to 15 minutes at no cost. The 2011 Vernon Law Day open house is a free event that takes place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a mock trial held from noon to 2 p.m. and organized by Vernon Secondary School law students. There will also
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A rally will be held in Vernon Saturday to call for animal welfare protection. The event will take place at Cenotaph Park at 7:30 p.m. Organizer Monique Lamoureux says she decided to take action because of the 100 sled dogs destroyed in Whistler last year. “It is up to us, as citizens, to stand up for those that can’t speak for themselves,” she said. “This movement is very important and close to my heart. Similar rallies will be held across Canada.
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be a composition competition for elementary and high school students, a question and answer session with lawyers, and displays by the RCMP, specialized victims, legal aid and sheriffs. Also on board will be Vernon lawyer Dirk Sigalet leading tours of the courthouse and providing some history; an aboriginal worker, Vernon Women’s Transition House, and Kelowna lawyer Tom Fellhauer, with the Law Society of B.C. The mock trial will be presided over by Judge Mark Takahashi of the Provincial Court of B.C. Crown counsel Sandra Sinclair will act as prosecutor and defense lawyer Juan O’Quinn will represent the defendants. “This is wonderful that we have so many people who are willing to give their time for this event, especially on a Saturday,” said Pearce. “So we’re encouraging everyone to just come and enjoy the day — we’ll have the barbecue going and we’re looking forward to meeting everyone.”
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Besso says she attends more meetings and conferences than Next to the mayor, other politicians. Coldstream Coun. Maria “I’m probably Besso pocketed the most the one who puts in pay in 2010. for the most meetMayor Jim Garlick ing pays,” said Besso, earned a total of $26,563 who frequents North ($24,461 remuneration and Okanagan Regional $2,102 in expenses), while District and Greater Besso followed close behind Vernon Advisory earning $19,355 ($15,996 Committee meetings Maria Besso remuneration and $3,359 even though she is not in expenses). on those boards. Compare that to the lowest-paid “I go and watch because that politician, Coun. Pat Cochrane, way I know what’s going on.” who made $8,885 (he had no Politicians can claim $139 for expenses). each meeting attended which they Morning Star Staff
are not already paid for. Besso also had expenses from driving to conferences in Whistler and Sun Peaks. The top staff earner for 2010 was Michael Stamhuis, chief administrative officer, with $131,137 ($124,914 remuneration and $6,223 in expenses). Council awards contract Even though taxpayer approval hasn’t been granted, Coldstream is spending $78,500 on a proposed public works yard upgrade. An estimated $1.05 million borrowing referendum coincides with the November municipal election for construction of a new
mechanics shop, restructuring of the Quonset and site grading of the works yard. Prior to the referendum, Coldstream is going ahead and spending $78,500 (before HST) for 30 per cent design and construction estimate of the project. Wilf Lunde Architects Ltd. was the only company to submit a bid so it was awarded the contract. The spending is defended as a necessary investment to give the public a better idea of what they are voting to borrow funds for. “This will give us the tools to then present it to the public,” said Coun. Maria Besso, as the invest-
ment will provide a better cost estimate and an architectural drawing showing the different aspects. “Then you really have an idea of what it’s going to look like.” But she is cautious that the money could be spent for nothing. “There is a risk that you do this 30 per cent work and the populations says no.” There is also a possibility that Coldstream will go ahead with the project, despite what the public says. But the district would have to find alternative ways to fund it than borrowing the funds, and Besso notes that there isn’t much in the reserves to do so.
Crane Day a sign that a new boating season has arrived JENNIFER SMITH Morning Star Staff
It’s a bird, it’s a plane. It’s a boat? That’s right, boats are hitting new heights Saturday as the Vernon Yacht Club gets ready to kick off the season it loves most with Crane Day. Sailing through the sky, a number of boats will be lifted back into the water via crane between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. “Certainly for the sailers, it’s a big start for the season,” said Craig Williams, the club’s director of publicity and marketing. Everyone is welcome to come down to
the club and watch the lake-loving giants be lowered back into their rightful place. The public is also encouraged to come by the club’s 22nd annual Boat Show May 7 and 8. Wander around the docks, grab a yacht dog and check out the variety of vendors on-site, from marine mechanics to sales of water-wear. “There’s a couple guys that come up and they sell docks, there’s boat lifts, there’s usually the guy there that has batteries and solar chargers, there’s the boat dealers themselves and the Power Squadron,” said Williams.
It is also an ideal time to refresh your boating knowledge and get your Pleasure Craft Operator Card (if you don’t already have one). It is now mandatory for every operator of a vessel, from large power boats even to a canoe with a small engine, to have their PCOC. “I heard last year, they (authorities) were getting really heavy handed with that,” warns Williams. After the boat show, the local yacht club will not only be in full boating season, but it will be prepping for another big event – the charity regatta.
Sailors up and down the lake are invited to raise funds for United Way in the June 3 to 5 regatta, which includes three days of races. “We want to encourage more boaters to come and we want the public to be aware of it for when we’re out there collecting pledges,” said Williams of the event that has averaged $25,000 in annual support for United Way. “Plus there’s always people looking for crew and we offer sailing lessons.” For more information on any of the club’s events visit www.vernonyachtclub.com.
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Council gets peek at complex It’s hard to say what impressed members of Armstrong council more, Tuesday, as they visited the construction site of what will be Heaton Place, a seniors’ residence slated to open later this year. Some, like Coun. Shirley Fowler, were impressed with the surrounding landscapes from the third- and fourth-floor suites. “That’s an incredible view of Rose Swanson Mountain,” said Fowler, whipping out her cell phone to take a picture of the sun-baked mountain which looms on the horizon of Heaton Place. Others, like Mayor Chris Pieper and Coun. John Trainor, were admiring the workmanship that was going into the entire facility. “I’m impressed with the quality, the soundproofing, all of the extras in the building,” said Pieper. “We all looked out all of the windows at the views of the city. It’s pretty neat. “I’m really excited about it. This will allow seniors to stay in Armstrong and Spallumcheen.” Located on Okanagan Street and Wolfenden Terrace, Heaton Place will be a retirement community that features amenities and services that will enable active seniors to enhance their lifestyle, maintain their independence and preserve their wealth through direct ownership of their suite. Council and members of the media were given a 45-minute tour of the facility under construction by Caretenders Inc., which
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Beats will be bumpin’ and feet will be thumpin’ as 300 dancers bust a move at Armstrong’s fourth annual Adrenaline Dance Competition Saturday. The local team, Adrenaline from Pleasant Valley Secondary School, is up against seven other teams from B.C. and one from Alberta at the school-hosted event at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Advance tickets, available today at the PVSS office, are $5, or $10 at the door – if there’s any left. Adrenaline, which is the North Okanagan’s only dance team, recently took first place at the High School High competition in Vancouver for best hip hop senior team. Now the students are looking to secure another win on hometurf. “We go out and we usually kick some butt,” said Jordyn Malkinson, one of the 25 senior dancers. “We’re pretty confident,” adds Mariah Enoch, after practicing a well choreographed hip hop routine featuring old school beats – one of four routines the team has perfected since September. The team meets for two-and-a-half hours every Monday, with shorter practices in between, to make their moves seamless. “It’s intense...some days brutal,” said Brandon de Wit, whose break-dancing skills are a feature in their winning-number. Dance teacher Janet Gillis has stepped up the practices this week in preparation for the competition, and sitting just one day away, hopes are high they can repeat the Vancouver win at home. “This year we had just the right mix,” said Gillis, adding that the
local team doesn’t have the city-swagger teams in Vancouver have, yet they still impressed. “We really were able to nail the style and dance we were doing and the judges loved it. “Now it’s like, ‘oh my gosh, can we do it again?’” Anyone who can’t make it to Saturday’s competition, or anyone wanting to catch more dance-floor action, is encouraged to come to the school’s iSing and iDance 2 competition June 1 to 3. Along w ith Adrenaline, the event features the school’s other dance and music programs. -With files from reporter Roger Knox, after Adrenaline was honoured with a certificate of achievement from the City of Armstrong Monday.
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The popular new sport Crossfit defines itself as the sport of fitness. “It’s huge now. It was developed in 1995 by Greg Glassman in California. He was fed up with training regimes and took the best from powerlifting, gymnastics and endurance training,” said Jeremy Meredith, a former welding inspector, who started Crossfit to help train in martial arts three-and-a-half years ago. “I was so impressed with the results that it was all I wanted to do. It’s constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity.” He liked the sport so much that he got certified as a trainer in 2009, opened a business, CrossFit Vernon, last summer, and has been
competing in Canada for two years. His goal is to go to the Crossfit World Games in July. He also has his national coaching certificate in Olympic weightlifting. The CrossFit program is used by police academies, for training for firefighters, military special operation units and professional athletes. The CrossFit program includes cardio and respiratory endurance, stamina, physical strength, flexibility, power, speed, agility, balance, co-ordination and accuracy. Each are of fitness is measurable. The same program, scaled for load and intensity can be used for people of all ages and physical conditions. Merdith’s gym looks simple — weightlifting equipment and some bars and rings hanging
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Dylan Walchuk never played a period of Rep hockey until he was in Bantam. Which places his rise to B.C. Hockey League prominence with the Vernon Vipers somewhere between astonishing and downright impressive. His hometown of McBride (population 745), which lies in the shadow of Mount Robson, wasn’t big enough to field a Rep team, and Prince George, the closest city with a competitive program, wasn’t taking out-oftowners. So instead, at the age of 13, Walchuk moved four hours south to Kamloops where he earned a roster spot with the Kamloops Bantam AAA Blazers. His dad, Stan, who works as a guide/outfitter, moved with him, while his mom, Marlene, stayed in McBride to work as a teacher and look after Walchuk’s sister, Aaron. After leading the North Kamloops Midget AAA Lions in scoring as a 15-year-old, Walchuk earned the attention of the KIJHL Nelson Leafs, where he continued to impress in the 2008-09 season. He was the top rookie scorer, finishing ninth overall with 29-36-65 in 49 games. GRAEME CORBETT/MORNING STAR The 5-foot-9, 170-pound centreman then Dylan Walchuk (right) and linemate Pat McGillis have a laugh during a Wednesday-morning pracled all playoff scorers with 26 points in 16 tice session at Wesbild Centre. games to help the Leafs claim the KIJHL championship. “Good support from my family has helped RBC national Junior A championship, lead- said Vipers’ head coach Mark Ferner. “From the top of the circles down, I don’t me along, and coming into real good pro- ing his team in both regular-season (24-32know if there is anyone better in our league. grams in Nelson and here in Vernon have 56) and playoff (10-5-15)scoring. Vernon hosts the Spruce Grove Saints in He’s great in tight areas and he has a great helped my development and kept me going,” Games 1 and 2 of the Doyle Cup regional ability to spin off a guy and take it to the net. said Walchuk, who joined the Vipers after one series tonight and Saturday night respectively. He just seems to find a way.” year in Nelson. Patrick McGillis, Walchuk’s linemate for He was already committed to the NCAA The Snakes grounded the Saints in seven Division 1 Northern Michigan Wildcats – for games in last year’s Doyle Cup. The winner the better part of two seasons, agrees. “He’s just a really hard-working guy who the 2011-12 season – before coming to the will represent the Pacific region at the RBC Cup, April 30-May 8 in sees the ice really well and he’s got a great set Viper den. Camrose. of hands. Just the style he plays separates him “I went to Junior B “It’s been awesome from the rest of the league.” and had a good season so far. We’ve got a great If there is a knock against Walchuk, it is his and all of a sudden all series coming up with size, but that hasn’t seemed to matter much these schools are talkSpruce Grove. There’s so far. Marty Stein, a part-time scout for the ing to me. From there I already a heated rivalry Detroit Red Wings, has watched him over the got some attention and from last year and it’s past two seasons, and aside from the typical learned about the pro— Mark Ferner going to be exciting this growing pains of a developing junior player, grams and got some good year. We’re ready for it, has been impressed. offers,” said Walchuk, who “Any time I’ve seen him come into an remains grounded despite his rise to success. we’re confident and it should be a good important game, he has risen to the challenge. “I just didn’t let it get to my head. I just ride.” Walchuk may not be the biggest player, He’s not afraid to be creative,” said Stein. let it happen, weighed out my options, and it And while Walchuk hasn’t garnered much just kind of happened all at one time. I didn’t but he’s not afraid to get his nose dirty to attention from NHL Central Scouting, that even really know what college hockey was in score goals. “He’s the type of player that will go to doesn’t necessarily mean his potential is Midget even.” Walchuk, now 19, has been a key piece in those tough areas, and when he does have the limited. “He’s a player that we want to watch as he the Vipers’ charge towards a third straight puck he loves to challenge guys one-on-one,”
goes through college and starts to play against bigger, faster skaters. He’s going to develop physically and mentally,” said Stein. Added Ferner: “He’s going to be one of those guys that steps in and just starts contributing, not only offensively, but having the trust of the coach they he can put him out there in any situation.” SNAKE BITES: Viper d-man Ryan Renz is rated 195th in the Central Scouting final term rankings of North American skaters. F Sahir Gill, of Boston University (6-18-24) is ranked 110th. Gill moved up 29 spots from the mid-term list. There are 139 European skaters rated separately...Spruce Grove 16-yearold d-man Matt Benning is the son of former NHL d-man Brian Benning. Brian, who racked up 568 games for five NHL teams, played alongside Ferner with the 1984-85 WHL Kamloops Blazers...Ferner played for Walt Kyle on the 1994-95 IHL San Diego Gulls. Kyle will coach Walchuk next year at Northern Michigan...Saints’ grad Dillon Simpson, a rookie with North Dakota (2-810), is rated 157th. He is the son of former NHLer Craig Simpson...Viper D Max Mowat and F Dane Muench practised in full gear and are close to being off injured reserve... Viper forward Mike Zalewski earned BCHL Player of the Week honours after he scored the series-clinching overtime winner against the Powell River Kings in Game 4 of the Fred Page Cup finals. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound New Hartford, N.Y. product is tied for second on the Vipers with five playoff goals.
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Hill strikes Canadian silver
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Brenden Davies grabs some airtime as he sails over the first jump at the Ranger Park BMX track Sunday. Davies and other Vernon BMX Club members gave a demonstration of their growing sport during an open house.
Vernon’s Kevin Hill looked certain to defend his Canadian Snowboardcross title last weekend at Lake Louise. After earning holeshot in the championship heat, Hill, 24, had a sizeable lead halfway down the course; however, he spun out on a flat section of the course and lost all his speed. He was passed by the American Jared Minghini, who went on to finish first overall, and Cranbrook’s Rob Fagan, who took the Canadian title. “It’s boardercross and things happen,� shrugged Hill, who is sponsored by BioX Nutrition, Oakley, Dunas Skate Shop and Rancho Vignola. Competing under sunny, winter skies against 47 riders from across North America, Hill got off to a sizzling start by clocking the fastest qualifying time. A total of 32 riders raced in four-man heats, with Hill wining all the way until the finals. With snowboarding done until September,
Freestylers shine at Whistler Morning Star Staff
Silverstar Freestyle Ski Club (SSFC) members shone at the B.C. Freestyle Ski Championships at Whistler. Connor Reeves topped his second-place finish in the mogul competition with gold in the men’s 16-18 division to claim both the provincial and grand prix mogul titles. Jordan Cario topped the podium in the 14-15 age group with teammate Thomas Rutkowski narrowly missing the podium. Following in big brother’s footsteps, Davis Rutkowski pocketed fourth in the 12-13 category. Rising mogul star Hayden Person captured bronze in a field of 25 athletes in the super youth category. Noah Morrison, a Silver Star club grad now with Team B.C., took gold in the men’s 14-15 age group. In the men’s 16-18 division, Vernon products took five of the top 10 places on the 22-foot Blackcomb Super Pipe. Tyson Oland (SSFC) came third, followed Evan Berg (Team B.C.) in fourth, Will Finch (SSFC) in fifth, Bryce Barker (Team B.C.) in sixth and Reeves in eighth.
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Zone 5 organizers are putting the call out to Okanagan-Similkameen athletes and teams looking to compete in the 2011 B.C. Seniors Games. The 24th annual Games, scheduled for August 16-20 in the Kootenays (Castlegar, Nelson and Trail), feature 26 sport and recreation events for competitors 55 years and older. More than 3,300 seniors participated in the 2010 Games in Campbell River/Comox Valley. Zone 5 athletes should register with their sport/ event representative by May 20. Visit www.bcseniorsgames.org for a contact list. For general inquiries, or to volunteer at the Games, contact Marsha White (Vernon, Lumby, Coldstream and Lavington) at marshawhite@ yahoo.ca, or by calling 250-558-1555. White is also the Zone 5 tennis coordinator. Inquiries from Armstrong-area residents can be directed to Gary Phillips at 250-546-6110.
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smaller OHA players. The Okanagan boys are practising at the Kelowna Capital News
Centre in preparation for the Mainland Cup this weekend in Vancouver.
Lions serve up lacrosse fundraiser Morning Star Staff
Get a huge plate of pancakes and support minor lacrosse and the Armstrong Lions Club at the same time. That’s the idea behind the Lions pancake breakfast Saturday morning (9:30) at Hassen Arena in Armstrong. “We invite anyone and everyone looking for a great start to their day to stop by and have a bite to eat,” said Harold Mann of minor lacrosse. “The Lions Club has been a great supporter of the association over the years
with the proceeds going back to the North Okanagan Minor Lacrosse Association.” Picture day for lacrosse follows the breakfast which features pancakes and coffee or hot chocolate for $4 or a ham ‘n egger with a beverage for $3. “We figure a good, warm breakfast will bring a smile to the players for team pictures,” said Mann. Meanwhile, the sixth annual Archie Jack Memorial Ice Breaker Junior Lacrosse Tournament goes Saturday at the Nor-Val Sports Centre.
There will be six 90-minute games played with the Vernon Re/Max Tigers facing the Armstrong Shamrocks in the 9 a.m. opener. The Kamloops Rattlers battle the Kelowna Raiders at 10:30 a.m., followed by a noon encounter between the Kamloops Venom and the South Okanagan Flames. Kelowna takes on Vernon at 2 p.m., South Okanagan tangles with the Rattlers at 3:30 and the Shamrocks play the Venom at 5 p.m.
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Hawks’ stars strut playoff potency WARREN HENDERSON Black Press Sports
KELOWNA – As uphill climbs go, the one the Kelowna Rockets face is formidable, to say the least. In order to prolong their Western Hockey League campaign beyond the second round of the playoffs, the Rockets must beat the Western Conference-champion Portland Winterhawks three consecutive times in a span of four nights. The first step comes Friday night in hostile territory as the Rockets visit the talent-laden Hawks in Game 5 at the Rose Garden in Portland. Still, as daunting as it all may sound, captain Tyson Barrie isn’t ready to close the door on the 2010-11 season, let alone his days in a Kelowna Rockets uniform. “Obviously the boys know what we’re up against, but there’s no quit in any of us,” said Barrie, a draft pick of the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche who will, in all likelihood, play pro next season. “I think we’ve played right with them, things just haven’t gone our way. I’m definitely not ready to be finished. We know we can beat them, so we need to start Friday night and get it back to Kelowna for Game 6.” Since stealing the series opener last Thursday in Portland, the Rockets haven’t had much success in muffling Portland’s big guns: namely Ryan Johansen and Nino
Niederreiter. The pair of NHL first-round picks have combined for six goals and seven assists in the last three games – 6-3, 5-4 and 4-2 victories by Portland. Johansen supplied the backbreaker on Wednesday night in Kelowna, beating Adam Brown five-hole on a breakaway with under four minutes remaining. “We have to find an answer for No. 19 (Johansen),” said Rockets head coach Ryan Huska. “He’s created the bulk of the offense for them, him and Niederreiter have pretty much been carrying them. We need an answer, something to slow them down.” Still, as much misery as the Hawks duo has caused for Kelowna, Huska credits his Rockets for playing two solid home games without the desired results. “We feel like with the way we played, we could have come out with two wins,” said Huska, whose Rockets trail Portland three games to one after sweeping Prince George in round one. “We thought we deserved better. We were one or two plays from getting momentum in all of the games in the series. We just need to keep battling.” If anything gives the Rockets cause for optimism it’s their ability to grind out wins on the road. Kelowna had a better record away from home this season than at
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Geordie Wudrick of the Rockets is stopped in close by Portland netminder Mac Carruth in WHL playoff action at Prospera Place in Kelowna. Prospera Place and, thanks to a 5-1 triumph in Game 1, proved they can win in Portland. Huska assured his club isn’t making the trek to Oregon just to make an obligatory appearance.
“We still think this is doable,” he said. “We’re not driving all the way down there just to play a game… we’re going down there to win. We feel like we’re still in this.” If the Rockets can find a way
to solve the Winterhawks on Friday, Game 6 would be played Sunday, 5 p.m. at Prospera Place. A seventh and deciding game, if needed, would go Tuesday back in Portland.
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QUESNEL – “The Millionaires are for sale,” Bob Sales, president of the Quesnel Millionaires hockey team said with a heavy sigh. Sales made the comment in front of more than 80 Quesnel residents packed into city council chambers to hear the latest information regarding the Multi-Centre project. “This has made me sick,” Sales said after the meeting. “We’re [owners] really bothered by this. We got involved because we wanted to keep the team here.” Despite their best intentions and best efforts, the Millionaires owners have lost money for two years in a row. Not helping matters was the economic downturn and the loss of the Williams Lake Timberwolves. The amount of money lost is not trivial. “This isn’t a little bit of money we’re talking about, this is a huge amount of money,” he said. However, Sales was quick to tip his hat to local businesses and volunteers who went out of their way to support the Millionaires. “They’ve really done everything they can to support us,” Sales said. The real problem, Sales said, there were too many empty seats on too many nights, this despite “heavy marketing” based on the previous year’s playoff run.
“We just can’t get anybody to walk into the building,” Sales said with a resigned shrug of the shoulders. “That’s our biggest problem. “One night, after paying security and the referees, we made a $37 deposit,” Sales said to highlight the importance of game-day ticket sales. The playoffs, usually the icing on the cake for a sports franchise, were also a disappointment this year, with less than 400 people in the stands. Following two money-losing seasons, the Mills’ investors have decided they can no longer continue to add money to the pot and hence the decision to put the team up for sale. Although the Mills are for sale, they have not left town yet and the ownership group are still hopeful they will find a “made in Quesnel” solution. But it isn’t an easy sell, Sales admitted. Potential owners, interested in keeping the team in Quesnel, have already remarked the state of the Vault and the less than enthusiastic fan support are drawbacks, Sales said. “We have no firm offers,” he said. The directors of the team are meeting Wednesday night to go over potential options and will then present the best options to the team’s investors. “They’ll vote on it and we’ll go from there,” Sales said.
The team of 20 BCHLers lost 9-2 to a Russian select squad in an exhibition match in preparation for the tournament starting Saturday. Captain David Killip (Salmon Arm SilverBacks) and forward Malcolm McKinney had the goals
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The Western Hockey League issued an extremely brief statement Tuesday afternoon confirming what is already accepted as fact in Chilliwack. “The Western Hockey League (WHL) announced today that it has granted conditional approval to a request from the ownership of the Chilliwack Bruins for the sale of their WHL franchise.” said commissioner Ron Robison. “Until such time all of the conditions related to the sale have been satisfied the WHL is not in a position to make any further statement on this transaction.” This is the first on-the-record public confirmation that the team has been sold, and will only add fuel to the speculation fire.
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Police officers sit outside courtrooms in heavily backed-up Surrey Provincial Court awaiting their turn to defence has become far be called. If they’ve come for more onerous and now a trial that has already consumes much more been adjourned mul- police time than in the tiple times, it could be past – particularly if there’s translatheir third or tion and traneven fourth scription costs appearance in involved with an attempt to non-English testify in the speaking witcase. nesses. And if the “The costs institutional are huge for delay is ruled Jim Cessford us,” Delta excessive, Police chief the case may Jim Cessford said, be tossed out and the recounting one case accused will walk free, where disclosure and rendering the officers’ transcription costs time and effort null and alone devoured more void. Critics say it all adds than $250,000 over six up to a colossal waste of months. “To have the case taxpayers’ money. denied because of And the hours police unreasonable delay is spend in court is just really, really frustrating the tip of the iceberg. By the time they set for everyone,” Cessford foot in court, officers said. “That really sends have spent many hours a bad message to everyinvestigating and inter- one.” Cases are increasviewing witnesses. DNA ingly being tossed out tests or other forensic over delays in Surrey work and expenses may and across B.C. because have been ordered. jammed courthouses After a suspect is collared, there is also can’t keep up. More than 2,100 a mountain of papercriminal cases have work to be completed, dragged on so long, notably the report to they are at risk of being Crown counsel requestquashed. ing charges. The reason? A severe What’s more, in shortage of judges – as recent years the duty to well as sheriffs and other disclose evidence to the
court support staff – because of chronic provincial underfunding of the system. Police officers realize what happens in the court system is out of their hands. But investigations that go nowhere or die in the courts without justice being dispensed hurt officer morale, Cessford said. Cases can be quashed by judges or stayed by prosecutors who anticipate a judicial stay because of delay. Crown sometimes bargains down to a lesser charge to secure a guilty plea. Prosecutors are now increasingly triaging incoming charge requests from police because court congestion has forced them to raise the bar for charge approval. As a result, lesser offences such as nonviolent property crimes are less likely to make the cut, particularly if the evidence doesn’t provide a very strong likelihood of conviction. The trend is also affecting policing decisions on the level of resources committed to an investigation – particularly for less-serious
crimes that could be bogged down in court delays and ultimately quashed. Delta’s Carol Berner was convicted of dangerous driving and impaired driving causing death in the crash that killed four-yearold Alexa Middelaer in Ladner on May 17, 2008. Delta Police staged an elaborate and expensive months-long sting to get Berner to admit to an undercover officer she drank three glasses of wine before driving that day. Cessford said his force would still put the same resources into a similar case today. “On a much lessserious offence, we would be very, very careful about how far we would get into the investigation,” he said. Even when charges aren’t at risk of being quashed, there are still dangers from delay. Witnesses may forget details and weaker testimony – from civilians or police officers – can result in the accused walking away unpunished. “Memories start to fade,” Cessford said. “They’re not as sharp as if the case had been brought forward much sooner. That can have an effect on the outcome.” The police job of protecting and managing witnesses – tracking them as they move to new cities or provinces and getting them to come back to testify – also becomes more
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Public confidence corroding with lack of justice Continued from A29 Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender fears too many suspected criminals aren’t even getting into court in the first place. They’re being turned aside by prosecutors who can’t justify loading so-called minor cases into the already jammed system. And he suspects police increasingly aren’t pursuing cases they know will never get to court. “People are frustrated by that and the police are frusFassbender trated by it,” said Fassbender, who co-chairs the Lower Mainland District RCMP/Mayors’ Consultative Forum and sits on Metro Vancouver’s policing issues committee. He said there are too many prolific offenders with numerous charges on their files who never seem to suffer consequences. It all threatens to corrode public confidence in the justice system among law-abiding citizens and weaken the deterrent of penalties for the criminally inclined. “There used to be a sense that if you do the crime, whatever level of that it might be, you’re going to suffer the consequences,” Fassbender said. “I think people are beginning to question that.” Too many defendants and skilled defence lawyers know how to exploit delays, he said. Local cities are intensely concerned about rising policing costs. Surrey alone pays $97 million a year for RCMP operating costs, one-third of the city’s budget. Surrey RCMP officers spent nearly 9,200 hours in court last year. Since experienced officers make $37 an hour and about half of court time is overtime at double pay, the cost of court time approaches $500,000 a year. Fassbender said court delays are driving those costs up. If officers appear in court on their regular work shifts, that’s time they aren’t available to actually police the community, forcing detachments to backfill with other staff. And if officers are in court on their days off, overtime must be paid. Either way, Fassbender said, delays in court translate into more taxpayer dollars being spent and sometimes fewer boots on the ground to patrol communities. “It all drains on the human and financial resources the more they have to be in court.” He wants “creative solutions” pursued – even night court sittings if that’s what it takes. But he also said the province must hire more judges to help reduce the case backlog. “I happen to think it’s worth it,” Fassbender said. “We need to give the police and the judiciary the tools to deal with some of this stuff.” *** Criminologist Daryl Plecas, of the University of the Fraser Valley, says there’s not enough judges, prosecutors or courthouses to deal with the caseload. He traces the rise in congestion to government’s decision nine years ago to close two dozen courthouses across B.C. “Whose brainchild was that?” Plecas asked. “You in effect narrowed that funnel such that no matter what police do, the capacity of the court system is only so much. Only an idiot would think that was sustainable.”
Attrition resulting in fewer sitting judges and impaired driving. “What they’ve in effect done is dump those reduced court time came despite a growing population, more police officers being hired, and a cases,” he said. Not everyone is convinced the shift to roadgreatly increased complexity of cases. For example, an impaired driving trial that side impaired driving penalties is in itself a silver bullet that will relieve pressure on the once took a couple of hours can now take system. three days. Some police officers do nothSamiran Lakshman, president of ing but handle disclosure requirements. the B.C. Crown Counsel Association, And court delay means a longer, more said early evidence suggests police who challenging job of protecting witnesses in are freed up from the hours spent serious crimes, Plecas said. on impaired driving investigations, the “The delays are just devastating in so accompanying paperwork and court many ways,” he said. “We’re saying at the time, are getting back on the street end of the day to a victim, ‘Your case is not Daryl Plecas faster and pursuing other cases to bring being dealt with because we don’t have a to court. system which is capable of doing this’.” “They’re going and finding other Some relief could be on the way. New administrative penalties instead of charges criminals,” Lakshman said. “They’re policing the community in ways they for impaired driving may mean much fewer drunk weren’t able to when they were spending time on drivers clogging the courts, Plecas said. That might – over time – help reduce the court time-consuming impaired driving files. “It’s great for the community. But it does nothcase backlog, which Plecas believes is the main reason behind the reform that some observers ing to relieve the pressure of how many of these have criticized as a de facto decriminalization of files are coming into the system.”
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North Vancouver’s Jessica Van Ruyven and her best friend Torie Gerard from Whitehorse had just graduated from university and were working at lodges near Campbell River in the summer of 2007, when in an instant, their lives were changed forever. The two young women were driving down the Island Highway with dreams of a trip to Europe. Then a drunk driver slammed into them head-on. An airbag saved Van Ruyven from serious injury. — Van Ruyven But Gerard’s head went through the windshield. She initially wasn’t expected to live. Three-and-a-half years later, after multiple surgeries on her left eye, Gerard still requires a walker to move around, suffers from psychological and emotional trauma, and has a permanent brain injury. “She will never, ever be normal,” said Andy Van Ruyven, Jessica’s father. “She’s got a life of handicap and challenges that are not her own fault. And no one will be responsible or pay anything for that.” He thought the crash was an open-
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(Those wishing to take part in the Twitter It was Canadian poet/singer Leonard dance, can sign up ahead of time at twitter. Cohen who once sang about the gypsy’s com/balletvictoria.) With Carmen being served as the entrĂŠe, wife, but it was composer Georges Bizet who brought the most famous gypsy of them all most people would not call Swan Lake’s second act a side dish, however, Ballet Victoria to the stage. Vernon audiences are about to see a is not your ordinary ballet company. The company attempts to find a unique number of dance interpretations –– from the fiery love story of the untamed gypsy in balance of honouring ballet as an art Carmen to an emotional solo performance form and pushing the boundaries, said of Cohen’s oft-covered ballad Hallelujah to Destrooper. “The mixed repertoire is really about an interactive performance that involves dancers, the audience and their cell phones the expression of dance in this century. All –– when Ballet Victoria brings its innova- the works still use classical lines but it has a lot more fluidity, emotions, tive blend of classical and and originality,â€? he said. “This contemporary ballet to the offers variety to both the Performing Arts Centre, dancers and the audience.â€? April 30. Besides the excerpts from “This show is like a good Swan Lake in the first half of meal,â€? said Ballet Victoria’s the show, Ballet Victoria will artistic director and chorealso feature a two-male duet ographer Paul Destrooper choreographed by Shawn in an interview with Hounsell who has created and Madeleine Shaw, dance staged pieces for numerous outreach coordinator at the — Paul Destrooper Canadian companies includPerforming Arts Centre. ing the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, “You come for Carmen, but you are also going to be served other deli- Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Le Jeune Ballet cious dishes as well.â€? In the first half of the show, Destrooper du Quebec and Festival Dance Company. There will also be three pieces created and his company are inviting audiences to take part in the performance in a new and by Royal Winnipeg Ballet choreographer innovative way. And don’t worry, it doesn’t Bruce Monk, performed to Cohen’s Suzanne, involve donning pointe shoes and perform- Closing Time, and Hallelujah (recorded by kd lang). ing a grande jetĂŠ through the air. “The first half offers variety to both Instead, those with internet access on their mobile phones can be part of a Twitter- the dancers and the audience. The audience will see what dance is all about in this dance improvisation. Audience members will be able to “tweetâ€? century. For the dancer, it deepens their acta word on their phones to a projected screen ing ability. It makes for a deep connection and the dancers will improvise short dances between the two,â€? said Destrooper. The second half is Carmen, in a perforto randomly selected music on DesTrooper’s mance choreographed by Destrooper. iTunes library. The famous novella-turned-opera tells “Instead of asking people to turn off their phones, we will be asking them to turn the story of the tragic affair between Carmen, them back on,â€? said Destrooper. “No one has the passionate, hedonistic gypsy, and her desperate lover, Don JosĂŠ. ever done this before.â€?
“You come for Carmen, but you are also going to be served other delicious dishes as well.�
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Dancers Robb Beresford and Megan Cox of Ballet Victoria perform in Carmen, one of the dances being presented at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre April 30. “I put the entire four-act opera into a one-act ballet. It challenges the dancers as actors and to establish their characters quickly,� he Destrooper. “It is so dramatic. The costumes, the music, the characters, it’s a perfect match.� Of interest to dance students, Destrooper who also serves as artistic director of the Okanagan Summer Dance Intensive, is donating his time to teach a ballet work-
shop to local dancers at the Performing Arts Centre’s Marie Fleming Hall prior to the performance. Those interested can email danceoutreach@ticketseller.ca. Carmen is the final show in the Performing Arts Centre society’s 2010/2011 dance and presentation series. The April 30 performance starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $30/adult, $27/ senior and $25/student at the Ticket Seller, 250-549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca.
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Mountain bikers, hikers and music lovers have reason to dance when the 2011 Rarearth Music Festival heads up to Silver Star Mountain Resort this summer. After three years at Kin Race Track in Vernon, the festival’s artistic director and founder Kath
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Raeber says it was time for a change in both the festival’s location and time slot. The festival will now take place the weekend of July 23 and 24, as to not go against other area festivals such as Komasket or Salmon Arm’s Roots and Blues. “As a Vernonite for the past 30 years, part of the pride I have is the
emerald that sits peacefully to the east of us, our own beautiful Silver Star Mountain, and I am so beyond happy to say that Silver Star has agreed to host the Rarearth Music Festival and the North Okanagan Music Festival Society is excited to bring the event up to the mountain,� said Raeber. Concerned about low atten-
dance, as well as other issues, the local singer says this year’s festival almost didn’t happen. “After a very long winter, and a lot of thought, I had pretty much resided myself to the fact that I was going to shelve the Rarearth Music Festival for a year,� said Raeber. “However, with so much time and financial input invested, I went
ahead to become a not-for-profit society and in October, 2010, we were granted that status.� Under the North Okanagan Music Festival Society, Rarearth organizers now have the capacity to apply for government grants as well as funding through various corporate businesses.
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Roadshow is in Vernon: 5 Days Only! TERRY INKLER Canadian Collectors Roadshow Staff Writer
Local Roadshow Expert Examines Some Gold Jewellery
amount of precious metals such as gold and silver coming to the Roadshow, which makes sense considering how high it’s currently trading at. He added, “The Roadshow is great because it puts money in people’s pockets, especially during such hard times. Lots of items that are just sitting around collecting dust in basements and jewellery boxes can be exchanged for money, on the spot!”
After very successful shows in Penticton and Kelowna, The Roadshow is coming to Vernon. So you had better search through your attics and garages, go through your lock boxes and jewellery, because you may be sitting on a small fortune and not even know it! Roadshow experts are here to examine all your At another Roadshow event, a woman, antiques, collectibles, gold and silver. named Mira Kovalchek, walked in with a tin full of hundreds of old coins that During a show near Toronto, a woman were given to her as a young child by her came in with a jewellery box that she grandfather. She Ànally decided to come had just inherited from her late aunt. “I in to the Roadshow and see what he don’t wear jewellery,” explained Barbara had given her. She was ecstatic to learn Engles, “so it was an easy decision to she had coins dating back to the late come down to the Roadshow to sell it”. She was very excited when she was able 1800’s, some of which were extremely rare. Roadshow consultant Perry Bruce to walk away with a cheque for over $2,100 for jewellery she was never going explains “We had uncovered an 1871 Queen Victoria 50 Cent piece, valued at to wear anyway. over $2,000!! She had a nice assortment of coins that were not rare dates, but Expert Elijah Gold explains, “We have she was able to sell them for their silver noticed a substantial increase in the
content”. She explains, “I never would have thought that my old tin of coins was worth so much! I can Ànally afford to renovate my kitchen”. Perry Bruce continued, “Canadian coins prior to 1967, and American coins prior to 1964 are all made with silver, and we have noticed a large increase of customers coming to the Roadshow with coins and cashing them in for their silver value”. Experts at the Roadshow will evaluate and examine your items, FREE OF CHARGE, as well as educate you on them. The Roadshow sees hundreds of people during a one week event, and they have been travelling across Canada to different cities and towns, searching for your forgotten treasures. Trains, dolls, toys, old advertising signs, pocket watches, porcelain and bisque dolls, pretty much everything can be sold at the Roadshow. Any early edition Barbie’s are sought after by the Roadshow collectors, as well as a variety of
Dinky Toys and Matchbox cars. Lionel Trains and a variety of tin toys can also fetch a price, especially if they are in their original box or in mint condition. If a collector is looking for one of your collectibles, they can always make an offer to buy it. A man brought in a 1950’s Marx Tin Toy Robot, in fairly good condition, still in its original box. They were able to locate a collector for that speciÀc toy within minutes, and that gentleman went home with over $700 for his Toy Robot and a few other small toys. So whether you have an old toy car, a broken gold chain, or a Barbie sitting in the closet, bring it down to the Roadshow, they will take a look at it for FREE and it could put money in your pocket!
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Musical lineup to be announced soon Continued from page B1 So far a grant of $23,500 has come in from the Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program through Canadian Heritage, however, much more is needed to pay artist fees, production costs and everything else, said Raeber. “Silver Star has been so gracious in helping us with providing a
space, as well as camping and accommodation facilities, but we still need funding so we will be pounding the pavement,” said Raeber who will be working with Silver Star’s summer business manager Ian Galbraith and her team to get everything prepared over the next three-and-a-half months. “Our hope is to literally invite the world to
Silver Star Mountain for two days of actionpacked music and fun and make Vernon a destination spot to keep tourists here and create an economic boost for our city.” The festival also plans to continue with its green mandate, and promote young artists through its Our Kids Have Talent competition. Raeber is also cur-
rently working on booking this year’s musical lineup, with announcements expected to made over the next few months. (Those interested can check out the festival website at www. rarearthmusic.com for updates.)
Tickets for the festival go on sale this week at Silver Star Mountain (1-800-663-4431), Ski Dazzle (250-558-6010) the Bean Scene in Vernon, or the Ticket Seller at the Performing Arts Centre (250-549-7469, www. ticketseller.ca).
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Rarearth Music Festival artistic director Kath Raeber performs with her band, Kath and the Tomkats, at last year’s festival.
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Turn on (the computer), Tune In (the television), and Drop Out (of society); is the screen the new drug of choice? While there has long been a concern about the impact that television watching can have on child development, in recent years the total screen Ɵme has become an issue. According to the Canadian Pediatric Society, the average Canadian child watches 14 hours of television each week, a total that exceeds, in the Įrst 18 years of life, the number of hours they spend in school. There is emerging research and concern about the links between the number of hours children spend in ‘screen Ɵme’ or engaged in new media, and the inacƟvity of those children, increases in obesity, and impacts on overall health of children…what
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first saw Arthur in the summer of 1981, I was 11 years old, and I loved it. The rest of my friends were at Superman Two (for, like, the third time), but there was something about this boozing millionaire playboy (Dudley Moore) and that unforgettable belly laugh that made the comedy irresistible and WARNER BROS. forever planted it firmly Helen Mirren takes on the role made famous by Sir John Gielgud, while Russell on my all-time guilty pleasures list. Brand is the new Arthur, originally played by Dudley Moore. Thirty (ouch) years later, I still found more charming toys at the breakfast a cartoon. A love Arthur, than Liza Minnelli’s table, and a screening film that, only now, room that plays Looney waitress). on paper, there are Oh, and Hobson’s Tunes 24/7. doesn’t stray plenty more here too, only three Why? Because he too far from reasons why. decades later, the hired can, I suppose. its source John Thankfully, the bulk help experiences a material, but Gielgud, playgender switcheroo, as of the movie pretty somehow, ing Arthur’s Helen Mirren takes on much follows the late when all proper-butSteve Gordon’s original the role. And Mirren is, is said and deliciously Jason Armstrong done, ends up script: Arthur is forced well, it’s Helen Mirren sardonic butto marry socialite Susan for crying out loud, miles away. ler, was brilliant. The tough to go wrong (Jennifer Garner), who In this updated verjokes, most of which there. comes complete with sion, Russell Brand could’ve easily been And really, there’s (Get Him To The Greek) a rich, bully of a father throwaway gags in a isn’t anything terribly plays Arthur as more of (Nick Nolte), despite lesser script, have such wrong with Arthur, the fact that he finds a man-child. True, the playful vibrancy. The boy does love his liquor romance with a charm- other than the fact that movie itself has a very a re-make was rather ing tour guide (Greta something fierce, but gentle quality to it. And the sauce seems secunnecessary, and so is Gerwig, who I actually there’s a reason the ondary to his juvenile role became Moore’s nature. ★ ★ signature one – he was While Moore’s ★ ★ Movie Information Line 250-545-0352 www.vernoncinema.com endearing without Arthur had a chooHome of the Vernon Film Society ★ ★ being obnoxious... Oh, choo train, Brand’s Friday, April 15, 2011 ➠➠➠ Thursday, April 21, 2011 and yes, I still do love Arthur has a batmobile ★ ★ Moore’s laugh. Makes (which he crashes on ★ ★ me miss the little guy Wall Street during the ★ ★ something fierce. film’s out-of-place ★ ★ By comparison, the opening credits), a new Arthur re-make is magnetic bed, wind-up ★ ★
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a lot of the behaviour within it. Why, for instance, when Arthur visits ailing Hobson in the hospital (a scene that should be more touching than silly), does he insist that she put on a talking Darth Vader mask? Sigh. Because he can. That’s why. The feature is currently playing at Galaxy Cinemas in Vernon.
For the month of April Little Bird Tattoo is taking Donations for Tattooers for Japan. A $10.00 donation gets your name in a draw to win $300.00 toward a tattoo. This is a great cause, Please pop in and check it our at our shop located at #3 4205 27th Street Vernon, 250-549-2473(BIRD), or on our website littlebirdtattoo.ca or on the charity’s website tattooersforjapan.com
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Friday, April 15 Today, students in our schools are choosing to be silent. It is our hope that this silence will lead to awareness about the homophobia, and gender stereotypes that affect all of us by perpetuating ignorance and stifling our ability to be ourselves. From research in BC we know that: • A majority of secondary students report hearing homophobic remarks frequently in school. • Sexual orientation is the second most common reason why students report being harassed at school • The majority of students who are called homophobic names actually identify as straight • Students who identify as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender) report feeling less safe at school and a far higher rate of emotional distress than their heterosexual peers.
As the Day of Silence illustrates, speaking up doesn’t always require using our voices. • When we choose to invite a student with special needs to join us, we are speaking up. • When we refuse to laugh at a gay joke, we are speaking up. • When we replace ignorance and intolerance with understanding and acceptance, we are speaking up. And yes even silence when used to show support and unity can be a powerful way of speaking up.
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Live Wire ART SHOWS CHERRYVILLE ARTISANS SHOP 1187 Hwy. 6, Cherryville, 5470020. The shop re-opens April 22 with its 10th annual Earth Day community clean up along Highway 6 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The shop is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday through Monday or by appointment anytime, featuring new local art work, glass art, handmade glass beads, jewelry, paintings, sculpture, weaving and more. GALLERY ODIN 215 Odin Rd. Silver Star Mountain, 503-0822. Artists are showing work in a variety of media: oils, acrylics, watercolours, mixed media paintings, sculpture, one of a kind ceramics, textile, scrimshaw; all original works in very unique and distinctive style. During the off season, please call the gallery to make an appointment. GALLERY VERTIGO Suite 1 - 3001 31st St. Vernon, 503-2297. Vertigo presents three new exhibitions: Heidi Maddess’ Nature made me what I am now; Cat Fink’s Drawing Home and Rosanna Marmont on the NOAA Featured Members Wall. Exhibitions run to April 21. HEADBONES GALLERY 6700 Old Kamloops Rd., 250-542-8987. From Venus to the Gods, features work by American feminist artist Judy Chicago, Toronto’s Srdjan Segan, Saskatchewan’s Dagmara Gendar, and Vernon’s Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante. Exhibition runs to May 8. Regular hours are Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 6 p.m., or by appointment. KALAMALKA VERTIGO Kalamalka Campus of Okanagan College. Selected works from local artist, Sindri Hans Guðmundsson will be on exhibit at Kalamalka Vertigo until May 6. These colourful paintings reflect the artist’s exuberant graffiti and mural work. NADINE’S FINE ART & FRAMES 3101B 31st Ave. 542-8544. Voted the Best Place to Buy Art in the North Okanagan, Nadine’s is currently hosting its sixth annual Winter 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. Current exhibitions include Kelowna-based artist Byron Johnston’s site specific sculptural installation, Music... Audience... Youse. April 21 is the start of SD #22 secondary students, Art and Soul exhibition. Opening reception is May 7, 2 to 4 p.m. and the work will be on display until May 19.
CONCERTS FLORA WARE is performing a jazz concert in Enderby, presented by the Enderby & District Arts Council as part of B.C. Arts & Culture Week, tonight at the Enderby Drill Hall (901 George St.) Doors open at 7 p.m. Music starts at 7:30. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for youths. Children 12 and under are free. VERNON COMMUNITY SINGERS present Classic to Country spring concert tonight at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. at Trinity United Church. Special guests Colleen Venables on piano, and Some Other Time Barbershop Quartet. Tickets are $10, available at the Schubert Centre, The Bean Scene, choir members or at the door. Concert is in support of the North Okanagan Hospice Society. GEORGE RYGA FUNDRAISER Singer/songwriter Al Brant is in Vernon Wednesday, April 20 to perform in a fundraiser for the ninth annual George Ryga award. Brant will be joined by Michael Lent on bass and Barrie Nighswander on guitar. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. in the lecture theatre, Okanagan College, Kalamalka Campus. Tickets are $20, call 250-545-7291 or purchase them at the Bean Scene, Okanagan College administration office or the door. TOME – VERNON SISTER CITIES FUNDRAISER Thursday, April 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre is an art auction and live entertainment featuring a Buddhist sutra chant by the Buddhist Church; Japanese dance by Chidori-kai; judo demonstration by the Vernon Judo Club; karate demonstration by the Vernon Shotokan Karate-Do; and a Japanese drumming performance by Yamabiko Taiko. Admission by donation. All proceeds are going to the City of Vernon’s sister city, Tome, Japan.
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FILM FRESH THE MOVIE The Food Action Society presents Fresh, celebrating the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet. Shows Saturday at 7p.m. at Vernon Christian Fellowship Church, 4506-29th St (behind Canadian Tire). Followed by a panel discussion. Admission by donation. VERNON FILM SOCIETY Monday is The Illusionist, a follow up to the Triplets of Belleville, nominated for an Academy Award for best animated film. All films screen at the Vernon Towne Cinema at 5:15 and 7:45 p.m. Advance tickets ($7) are on sale one week in advance at the theatre and The Bean Scene.
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Christine Pilgrim, right, dresses a model in a riding habit from the 1800s in her talk, What Women Wore and Why, which takes place at the Mackie Lake House in Coldstream Saturday. The local actress demonstrates how women squeezed into corsets, among other garments, in this entertaining and interactive show, which includes songs and refreshments. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The show starts at 7 p.m. Advance tickets are $35, available by calling 250-5451019 or order at www.mackiehouse.ca. SUGAR COATED KILLERS Kelowna glam rock band headlines this 19+ show at the Vernon Elks Hall April 23 with special guests Vernon’s Mos Eisley and Kelowna’s Riaz Virani/ Shannon Hillbom. Admission is $7. Doors open at 7 p.m. CHEESECAKE BURLESQUE REVUE Last seen in Vernon when they sold out the Performing Arts Centre, Cheesecake is returning to town as part of their Okanagan tour 2011. They stop at the Vernon Army Navy Airforce Hangar April 29, 2500-46th Ave. off 27th across from Canadian Tire. Also appearing at the event is Vernon’s Space Monkey, who will play live music to dance to during this night of raucousness. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show is at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are at the Bean Scene. For more info call (250) 260-0071. A SPRING FLING Concert with Celtic harps galore, featuring The Crimson Rich Trio with The Okanagan Harp Orchestra, happens April 30 at 2 p.m. at the Schubert Centre, 3305 - 30th Ave., Vernon. Tickets are at the door: $10/adults, $5 seniors and students. BONNIE KILROE Celebrity imposter brings Vegas to Vernon at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 25, April 30. Kilroe, who last sold out the house with her Patsy Cline impersonation, returns with no less than 14 characters from Cher to Mae West to Lady Gaga, with dazzling costumes and no lip syncing. Tickets are $30 available at the Legion’s bar, 4609-29th St. Vernon. CARMEN AND OTHER WORKS Ballet Victoria comes to the Vernon Performing Arts Centre April 30 with an innovative blend of classical and contemporary ballet. Tickets are $30/adult, $27/ senior and $25/student at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca.
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ACOUSTIC JAM 605 Knight Ave., Enderby. Open circle jam every Thursday at 7 p.m. Share your talents. For more info call 306-3688. ARMSTRONG INN 3400 Smith Dr., 546-3056. Karaoke with Brenda every Saturday at 8 p.m. Singers enter to win two tickets to see k.d. lang in Kelowna July 24. 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 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. CHECKERS BAR AND GRILL at the Vernon Best Western Lodge. The Rippin’ Rattlers host a regular Sunday jam from 5 to 9 p.m. COLDSTREAM COFFEE HOUSE Location and date change for the last open mic of the spring season to: Vernon Towne Theatre at 2910-30th Ave., Thursday, April 28. Performer sign-up is between 6:30 to 7 p.m. Sign up early to play. Show time: 7 to 9:30 p.m. Your hosts: Manfred Harter and singer/songwriter Pauline Kyllonen. Admission: $5. Feature act: Andrew Mercer from Cod Gone Wild. ENDERBY INN 707 Cliff Ave, 838-7100, (Enderby). Karaoke with 3 Monkees every Friday and Saturday. Starts at 8 p.m. FORTUNES LANDING/HOWARD JOHNSON 1510 George St. Enderby, 838-6825. Karaoke with Brenda Galbraith every Wednesday and Sunday night starting at 7 p.m. EAGLES HALL 5101 25th Ave. 542-3003. Karaoke with Brenda is every Friday starting at 8 p.m. JUNCTION CAFE 2410 Pleasant Valley Blvd., Armstrong, 5466355. Acoustic-style open mic, hosted by Rory, every Friday, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Bring your instrument and/or voice. Open to music, poetry, story-telling, comedy. Family-friendly evening. Limited seating so come out early and sign up when you arrive. LUMBY ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 167 2016 Miller St. (250) 547-2338. Karaoke April 15 and 29. TALKIN’ DONKEY 3923 32nd St, 545-2286. Open mic open to everyone, Wednesday nights starting at 7 p.m. Sign up sheet available at the coffee shop. TORO’S PUB 1220 Kalamalka Lake Rd, 545-7856. Thursday night is karaoke with Anita. Come out and show your talent. VERNON ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 25 4609 29th St., behind the Fast Lane Car Wash. Play an instrument? Sing? Join the Legion’s live jam session every Sunday at 2 p.m.
LITERARY BC BOOK PRIZE FINALISTS George Bowering, Julie Flett, and Derek Lundy read from their respective works that have been nominated for prizes this year in an event sponsored by the Okanagan Regional Library and Gallery Vertigo. They will be at Gallery Vertigo, 3001-31st. St. (upstairs) Monday at 7 p.m Event is free. Signed books available to purchase.
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Live Wire IN THE CLUBS/PUBS ARMSTRONG INN 3400 Smith Dr., 5463056. James Keelaghan “Canada’s finest singer-songwriter” will be performing at the Inn tonight at 9 p.m. Tables are yours at 7 p.m. Tickets $15 at the Armstrong Inn Liquor Store. Info at armstronginn.com. ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE CLUB 2500 46th Ave, 542-3277. Tonight and Saturday in the Spitfire Lounge is music by Sierra. CLIFFS CAFE 709 Cliff Ave., Enderby, 838-2328. On Saturday at 8 p.m. One Camel Short, featuring duo Dick Owings (violin) and Murray MacDonald (guitar/percussion) meld musical cultures and sounds described as “ancient, uncompromising and utterly refreshing.” HOWARD JOHNSON FORTUNES LANDING PUB 1510 George St. Enderby, 838-6825. The Whisky Danglers, four-piece band from Salmon Arm, perform original tunes Saturday at 9 p.m. No cover. LORENZO’S CAFE 901 Mabel Lake Rd. (8 km east of Enderby), 838-6700. Tonight is live blues with the Dan Engelland Band. Saturday is alt.country folksters Leslie Alexander and Jenny Allen with their Dirty Laundry Dual CD Release Tour 2011. Call for reservations. MONASHEE’S BAR AND GRILL 2922 30th Ave., 503-1378. Laugh away the week’s worries at Monashee’s with the YukYuks Comedy Show every Friday in April. Tickets are $15 each and are available at Monashee’s. Call for tickets and reservations or visit www.monashees.ca. SNEAKERS SPORTS BAR in the Village Green Hotel, 542-3321. The Undercover Band plays Saturday at 9 p.m. No cover. VERNON ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 25 4609 29th St., behind the Fast Lane Car Wash. Saturday, Jay Cee takes the stage in the lounge. VERNON JAZZ CLUB 3000 - 31st St. Local favourite Judy Rose serves up “hot jazz with panache” Saturday. Doors open at 7:15 p.m: Music starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for members, $20 for non-members in advance at the Bean Scene and Bean to Cup. For more details check out www.vernonjazzclub.ca.
THEATRE ART This award-winning comedy in one act by Yasmina Reza takes the stage at the Elks Hall in Vernon tonight, Saturday and Sunday. Doors open at 7 p.m. and performances begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available from The Bean Scene in Vernon or by emailing jumpentertainment@yahoo.ca. Group discounts are available.
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT On Sunday, Toronto-based Erewhon Theatre brings this favourite children’s fable to stage at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre for the last of this season’s kids series. Shows at 2 and 4 p.m. All seats are $12 available at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca. FIND YOUR OWN INNER ELDER Onewoman theatre presentation takes place at the Vernon Recreational Complex Wednesday, April 20 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Kookum Martha, a comedic character, will help you find yours; she has a quick wit and unique aboriginal humour that will have you laughing with tears. Michelle Thrush is an award winning actress, seen on APTN’s one-hour drama Blackstone, as well as many other film, television and theatre productions. Information and reservations are available by emailing Marilyn Alexis at malexis@okanagan.bc.ca. VERNON POWERHOUSE THEATRE presents the Pulitzer Prize winning drama, “Rabbit Hole,” written by David LindsayAbaire and directed by Debra Bob. The play runs April 20 to 23 at 8 p.m.; April 24 at 2 p.m.; and April 26 to 30 at 8 p.m. All performances are at the Powerhouse Theatre, 2901 35th Ave. Tickets are available at the Ticket Seller. Phone 250-549-7469 (SHOW) or go online www.ticketseller.ca. Tickets are adult $22; adult matinee $20; student $16; and Terrific Tuesday $16. By special permission of Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Note: Mature Content.
UPCOMING SWING INTO SPRING Counterpoint Choir, conducted by Coreen Smith and accompanied by Dyan Cornies, performs May 1 at Knox Presbyterian Church, 3701 - 32nd Ave., at 2 and 7:30 p.m. The choir welcomes special guest performers Jewels plus musicians Gerry Sholomenko, Rod Goodrick, Monty Hughes and Rick Smith and dancers from the Cheek to Cheek Dance Studio. Tickets for these lively performances are now available and are $10 for adults and free for children under 12 from choir members, Shear Dimensions and at the door. GREATER VICTORIA POLICE CHORUS This renowned choir, whose members include serving, retired and reserve police officers, plus some non-police performing members, tour the Okanagan in May. They will be at Knox Presbyterian Church, 3701-32nd Ave., in Vernon May 4 and at Armstrong Bible Chapel, 2145 Rosedale Ave., May 9. Both performances start at 7 p.m. Tickets for the Armstrong show are $15 for adults, $10 seniors and students, available at the Armstrong Chamber of Commerce or by calling 250-546-6767.
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THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE Charity Van Gameren Studios and Lights of Broadway celebrate their 10th anniversary with this award-winning musical filled with timeless tapping and wonderful flapping, dashing leading men and a dragon lady of a villainess audiences will love to hate. Stages at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre May 6 at 7 p.m. and May 7 at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $25/adult and $22 student/senior at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca. SONGS OF THE EMERALD ISLES Sally “O’Malley” Evans and Molly “Mallone” Boyd present this concert May 6 at the Schubert Centre from 2 to 4 p.m. Fundraiser for the Arthritis Society. Tix are $8 in advance at Schubert and at the door if available. OKANAGAN SYMPHONY: SPIRIT OF THE NORTH May 8 at 7 p.m. Dynamic pianist Kinza Tyrell joins the OSO, performing Grieg’s Piano Concerto. The orchestra will also perform Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 reflecting the vastness of the Scandinavian landscape. Tickets are $47/adult, $41/senior and $21 student/child at the Ticket Seller, 5497469, www.ticketseller.ca. DEREK EDWARDS The Timmins-born comedian, star of comedy festivals, such as Just for Laughs, and stages all over Canada, brings common sense and an inspired sense of the ridiculous to My Blunderful Life at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre May 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $48 at the Ticket Seller, 5497469, www.ticketseller.ca. THE PRODUCERS Valley Vocal Arts (now its its 16th season) presents the inimitable smash Broadway hit, Mel Brooks’ The Producers, at the Powerhouse Theatre in Vernon, May 19 to 21 at 8 p.m., and May 22 at 2 p.m. It’s a laugh riot with a stellar cast and a North Okanagan debut performance, directed by Melina Moore. Tickets are on sale now and cost $27.50 at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca. MICHAEL KAESHAMMER Called Canada’s triple-threat combo of piano virtuosity, vocal ability and charisma, Toronto-based Kaeshammer and his trio will be playing superlative boogie-woogie, blues, jazz, and pop cross-over material, drawn mostly from an impressive list of standards and his catalogue of studio recordings, May 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Creekside Theatre, Lake Country. Limited seating tickets are $32/general and $30 senior/ student at the Lake Country musical hall customer service counter, or call 250-766-9309.
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The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue returns to the North Okanagan with performances in Vernon and Ashton Creek.
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They wowed the local crowd two years ago with their special brand of sparkle and sass, and now the Cheesecake Burlesque Revue is returning to the North Okanagan. A vaudevillian-style variety show, Cheesecake comes complete with dancing, singing, and comedy centred on the classic art-form of striptease. Anyone who has caught the Victoria-based troupe’s act knows they pull out all the stops, from show-stopping group performances to scintillating solos in a range of styles — from classic to contemporary and from comedic to sultry. And troupe members say they are bringing more laughs, more tease, and more body confidence to their tour through the Okanagan. Influenced by cult classics and Broadway to create their own imaginative performances, the performers are as individual as the stars on the walk of fame — cute
and geeky, rock n’ roll, classic and elegant — audiences usually can’t help but have a favourite, two, or three. Audiences reaction has been “phenomenally enthusiastic, with non-stop applause, cheering and screaming from the moment the show began right through to the immediate and thunderous standing ovations,” said Michael Cade, former executive director of the Vernon Performing Arts Centre, who booked the troupe for a soldout performance in Vernon back in 2009. The women originally came together in 2006 with the desire to create an environment where they could cast off the shackles of their 9-to-5 jobs and have some silly, sparkly fun. Their passion for performance has blossomed into an energetic troupe that inspires as well as entertains. Audiences identify with the performers and the Cheesecakes love to connect with people after
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their shows. Since those humble beginnings, the Cheesecakes have booked out shows across B.C., and have shimmied across stages in Las Vegas, New York, Vancouver, Berlin, Seattle and Victoria, and have scooped more than eight Monday Magazine Awards in their hometown. The women will perform two shows in the North Okanagan. The first is April 29 at Vernon’s Army, Navy & Air Force Club, 2500-46th Ave. Also appearing at the event will be live band Space Monkey. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are at the Bean Scene. For more info call 250-260-0071. The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue also visits Lorenzo’s Café April 30 in Ashton Creek, 901 Mabel Lake Rd., east of Enderby. Call the café at 250-838-6700 to reserve a seat.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 24 - 8 PM - Jazz Café Trio Bernie Addington on double bass, Neville Bowman on piano and vocals, and Anna Jacyzyn from the ‘Jazz Café’ in Kelowna. Showtime will be at 8 PM. Tables are yours at 6:30 PM for dinner. Tickets $10 at the Armstrong Inn Liquor Store 250-546-3056. SUNDAY, MAY 15 - 8 PM - Mah/Goodman Quartet - Award winning Saxophonist Brent Mah is one of the hottest young players around. This Toronto band is on across Canada tour with support of the Canada Council for the Arts. www.brentmah.com/live/
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his Nordic trio hail from Stockholm and are considered Sweden’s pre-eminent indie pop/rock alternative/whatever band. Peter Bjorn and John gained some big fame and notoriety for their hit Young Folks (also known as The Dean Gordon-Smith Whistle Song) some years back and they’ve continued on an unconventional path ever since. The eccentricity is prevalent and all over album number six, Gimme Some, recorded last year in Stockholm. The threesome have an unrestrained affinity for quirkiness and tinny riffs, sourced from lo-fi new wave albums and neo-psychedelic sensibilities. Gimme Some is a beat-heavy album, relying and revolving around John’s tom-heavy attack. Although nary a trace of a Swedish accent can
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be heard in Peter’s vocals, he still retains an off-beat pop melodic sense not commonly encountered south of the Baltic, but his clean attack is well matched in the band’s jangletrash style, which gets tough in spots (Don’t Let Them Cool Off) and goofy in others (Eyes, Breaker, Breaker). Gimme Some wisely errs on the side of rough charm and shimmery retro-pop while ignoring attempts at seriousness and any type of depth or artifice. They stick to melodic-heavy poprock on Second Chance which flies the flag of under-the-radar alternative radio inspirations. Just to keep things typically weird, the band’s lyrics are both funny and indecipherable in a candid fashion. Here’s a typical sample: “Please put down your guitar before it goes too far/Your music sounds like s&*t/ How many times do I have to say it?” Sounds like some Ingmar Bergman line from a ‘60s art-house movie. In their own unself-conscious and silly way, PBJ rock in reverberant fashion, culminating in a pointed rave-up (I Know You Don’t Love Me) that ties the pessimistic lyrics and clanging instruments together in happy chaos.
Artisans celebrate Earth Day Morning Star Staff
The Cherryville Artisans are hosting their 10th annual community cleanup along Highway 6 to celebrate Earth Day, April 22. “People can pick up garbage along the highway and bring it down to the shop or start at the shop as I will have coffee on, some snacks, and I have lots of garbage bags to hand out,” said Helen Kovacs with the Cherryville Artisans.
A highway’s crew from Argo will haul away the debris and garbage collected that afternoon. “The event is to raise awareness of our community and the need to keep it clean and green,” said Kovacs. The event coincides with the opening of the Cherryville Artisans’ Shop, which features locally made art work from glass art, handmade glass beads, jewelry to paint-
ing, sculpture, weaving and more. The Earth Day event goes from 9:30 a.m. to noon, April 22 starting at the Cherryville Artisans’ Shop, 1187 Highway 6, Cherryville. The shop will be open from April 22 to June 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday to Monday, or by appointment anytime. Call (250) 547-0020 or visit cherryvilleartisans.com for more information.
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Hospice provides love for the journey CARA BRADY Morning Star Staff
George Robb’s family will always remember him as a man who was a good friend and liked to do things his own way. “He was an ordinary man who worked as a car salesman and a taxi driver. He always had something funny to say and he’d talk to everyone he met anywhere,” his daughter, Lorna Robb, recalled. Daughter-in-law Antje Schirwinsky said that she had not known George for long but he had left an impression. “When we had just started the business, he would come in every morning and bring us a newspaper and make a few jokes for a good start to the morning,” she said. When George was 83, he started saying things like, “I’m done.” He stopped going out and when the family, Lorna and her brother, Scott Robb, visited, they were concerned. “He didn’t have any particular disease but he seemed to be fading away. We called an ambulance and had him taken to the hospital. He didn’t talk to us for two days after that. He wanted to die alone at home in his own way,” said Lorna. “When he went to Hospice House the staff was so respectful of his unique personality and situation. The staff was just as concerned about us as family members. I was able to describe the care our father was getting to my sisters who had visited him in the hospital but couldn’t stay longer and it gave them peace of mind. I have to say that I think the staff there really loved my dad when he was there. They are not afraid to show emotion and that helped us.” Lorna knew about Hospice House from doing the fundraiser Dancing with the Vernon Stars but did not think she would have a personal experience there, and Antje didn’t have any experience with it. “Walking in the front door, I didn’t know what to expect. It is so friendly and bright and the rooms are so comfortable. It made just such a peace. It is such a different way of leaving. We were able to stay as long as we wanted, anytime we wanted,” said Antje, Scott’s wife. “He enjoyed being pampered. The nurses and other staff members knew exactly what to do, how to engage him and talk with him. “I think he liked the touch, he had been living alone for a long time and they would stroke his head and ears or pat his arms.” The family has a special memory of the night not long before George died when they played Johnny Cash CDs and drank Grande Marnier — his favourite music and drink. George could not swallow well so they put some of the drink on a sponge and put it to his lips. “He was sucking it up. We knew he was enjoying it,” said Lorna. “Sometimes he asked us to tell it to him like it is and he would ask, ‘is this the end of the road?’ and I would say, ‘Yes, it’s the end,’ and he seemed satisfied with that.” George was at Hospice House for two weeks and two days. The night he died the family was there until about 9 p.m. The nurse on duty sensed it might be time to say goodbye and told the family. “I had not thought of saying good-bye so peacefully like that. I wished him a nice journey,” said Antje. They all said their good-byes and it seemed that George had been waiting to know that they would be all right when he was gone. He died at midnight that night,
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The Robb family will take part in the Hike for Hospice in memory of dad George Robb (centre): Eleanor Ostrander, Kathleen Tregaskes, Antje Schirwinsky, Scott Robb, Lisa Robb and Lorna Robb (photo taken last October). Hike for Hospice takes place May 1 in Polson Park. March 14, 2011. “When Dad’s friends and family members died, he would always say, ‘Now they know.’ Now he knows,” said Lorna. “Hospice House made sure our dad got good care so we could spend time with him. Our father was able to die in his own way but in a way that was so much nicer than being all alone.
“Our father was able to die in his own way.” — Lorna Robb “It sounds strange to say, but it was such a good experience for us all. The staff continues to help us with things like the paper work and the social worker, Sheila Odney, calls to see how we are doing. I wish my sisters could have the help we got — Scott and I were the lucky ones.” Lorna is going to continue Dancing with the Vernon Stars
this year and she and Antje are getting teams together for the Hike for Hospice fundraiser in May. “We are going to dance part of the way for the hike, maybe the foxtrot to Dean Martin’s Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime. He liked that song, I remember him singing it when I was a little girl and he was a great dancer,” said Lorna. Antje is doing another fundraiser through her business, Crush Bistro in downtown Vernon. The proceeds from every crème brûlée sold during the month of April will go to Hike for Hospice. Hike for Hospice takes place May 1 in Polson Park, with a pancake breakfast at 8 a.m. and the walk starting at 9:15 a.m. Pre-registration is encouraged but people can register the day of the event. For more information, registration and pledge sheets, please call Valerie at 250-503-1800 (extension 113), see the website at www.nohs.ca or pick up pledge sheets at Hospice House, Nolan’s Pharmasave or VantageOne Credit Union.
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Corsets and more are on the menu Morning Star Staff
Do you fancy dressing up in a corset? Maybe you’d prefer trying on a riding habit from the 1800s? Christine Pilgrim will demonstrate these and other fashions from the past in her interactive, entertaining show entitled What Women Wore and Why at the Mackie Lake House on Saturday. Pilgrim has a long history in “history.” Since moving to Canada almost 20 years ago, she has worked at Barkerville, Hat Creek Ranch, Fort Langley and the Grist Mill and Gardens in Keremeos, as well as at more local historic sites that include O’Keefe Ranch, the Mackie Lake House
and Caetani Gardens. Her presentations for both students and adults at the Vernon, Penticton, Kamloops and Enderby museums have always been popular, too. And that’s not surprising because Pilgrim started her career as a stand-up comic. Well, almost. She actually performed in London’s West End immediately after she left drama school. And she still gets repeat cheques for her performances in Benny Hill’s TV shows that remain popular throughout the world. The Fool, a movie starring Derek Jacobi, in which she features briefly, is available on DVD. “Of course, those who prefer to sit
back and laugh, or learn, or join in the odd (sometimes very odd) songs of the Victorian era need not dress up at all,” said Pilgrim. “There’s no obligation to participate, other than to munch on the yummy desserts and hot beverages during intermission.” As Mackie Lake House manager Marilyn Berglund adds, “The idea is to have fun, whichever way that works.” Doors open at 6.30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. Advance tickets available by phone at 250-545-1019 or via the website: www.mackiehouse.ca. As seating is limited, it’s best to book early.
Running the way nature intended Morning Star Staff
Barefoot running is the latest trend sweeping through the running world; as crazy as it sounds there is mounting evidence to suggest that running barefoot helps runners “listen” to their feet and run more naturally. A Harvard study recently showed that when people ran barefoot instead of in conventional running shoes with a cushioned heel, they tended to land more on the front of their foot to avoid the force of the heel thumping. “It’s pain avoidance and your body naturally just wants to find comfort and ease,” said functional movement specialist Brent Kisilevich, “so some people have started thinking
that running barefoot may help you avoid injury because it allows the brain to get the most accurate neuromuscular feedback for balance and control from the feet.” Shoe companies have responded by creating minimalist footwear like the New Balance “Minimus” to allow runners to safely try the “barefoot movement” without fear of puncturing or scraping their feet on unforgiving running surfaces. But safe injury-free running isn’t as simple as buying a pair of funky looking shoes. “If you want to reduce the risk of injury, you need to learn how to focus your attention on what happens within your
body,” said Kisilevich. Sandra Bradshaw and Susinn Shaler, functional movement specialists trained in a method developed by physicist and mechanical engineer Moshe Feldenkrais, offer runners a way to optimize their running style from the inside out. “ We created BarefootBootcamp.ca to help runners more easily discover their natural running form, to improve their ground feel and control, and to reduce the stress on their ankles, knees, and hips no matter what kind of footwear they choose,” said Bradshaw. Shaler, who took up barefoot running more than 18 months ago and has run two half mara-
thons in her minimalist shoes, adapted her own running style and created optimal biomechanics through an intentional focus on movement lessons derived from the Feldenkrais Method. “I was able to develop techniques that help me prevent injuries before they occur,” said Shaler, “and techniques that enable me to safely run long distances in my barefoot shoes.” BarefootBootcamps are being held in Kelowna on Saturday and Vernon on Sunday. There will be plenty of men’s and women’s Minimus trail shoes available, allowing all participants to experience the “barefoot movement.” You can register at BarefootBootcamp.ca
Seeking out the ultimate in remote controls
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n our western culture we are surrounded by a variety of remote devices — to send a message to someone from any remote location in line of sight with a cell phone tower, to open or close a garage door, to turn a television display or recording/playback device on or off, to vary the temperature in a room by adjusting the output of a fireplace, furnace or a/c unit, to locate a telephone handset that has slipped between sofa cushions, to summon an ambulance and I’m sure
a host of other remotely in devices yet to one device emerge from small enough the Sony’s and to hang Apple’s of the around your neck and world. light enough I only have not to cause three in my you to walk little world and someVernon PC Users’ Club with a stoop. It would also times it’s a have to be intuitively challenge for me to locate the one I need at easy to operate, have any particular moment. a readable screen and keyboard, and not So my vision of the ultimate remote control require an instruction manual the size of a would be something that combines all of the phone book. On the other hand, functions that would would it be too much be handy to invoke
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to ask of ourselves to get out of our car to open a garage door or get up from the couch to change a channel? I can almost hear my grandchildren chorusing, “Seriously, did you really have to do that?” Yes, I guess we did, and it didn’t seem like a big deal at the time, although I must admit
to having thoughts about how convenient it would have been to perform such tasks while sitting on my backside. The Vernon PC Users’ Club meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Schubert Centre in the cafeteria. Call Betty at 542-7024 or Olive at 542-8490 for more information.
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It’s time to tell daughter the truth
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ear Annie: I’m a 47-year-old father of four kids. My oldest, “Janet,” is 24 and lives on her own. I adopted Janet when she was 2. Her mother made it clear that Janet is to never know that she is not my biological child. Janet’s mother and I are now divorced, and I have moved on to a happier life. I have always treated Janet the same as my other kids. I co-signed for her car and covered when she missed payments. When she needed money, I was there for her. When she graduated from college, I forgave the $4,000 she owed me for her tuition. Janet’s mother never offered a dime to help. Unfortunately, Janet has inherited her mother’s tendency to drink and take advantage of people. She appreciates nothing I’ve done for her. I finally couldn’t take it anymore and stopped trying to help. That was 18 months ago, and we haven’t spoken since. This is causing problems with my other kids. They want me to forgive everything. But I need Janet to admit she is out of control. She hasn’t responded to any of my past letters, so why should I keep trying to make her see that she needs to grow up and stop hurting herself and her family? Janet still owes me more than $21,000 in school loans and refuses to repay any of it. Now I am thinking of suing her. I’m a firm
the media misrepreting the type believer in senting this condition. and workbeing responOne cannot automatiers should sible for your cally assume that all be careful. actions. I bipolar people are Another also think it violent or have such account is time to tell tendencies. I have never is that it Janet about been violent in my 69 originated her biologiyears and would never in English cal father. It consider it. I know I am may help her Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar pubs where one of the lucky ones bartenders understand kept a tally of pints and whose disease is comwhy she is so differpletely controlled by quarts. Our favorite, ent from her siblings. the right medication, however, is that “p” is I’m hoping it will also and I am diligent about short for “please” and demonstrate that I’m following my psychia“q” is a contraction of the only one who has trist’s advice. been there for her. I feel “thank you,” and the I am a successful and saying was used by I have lost a daughter. happy person. I wish parents to teach their What should I do? — people would not always children to be polite. At a Crossroad with a assume that all bipolar Dear Annie: You Broken Heart recently printed a letter individuals are hopeDear Crossroad: less, unemployed and from a woman whose Many biological pardysfunctional. It’s simply husband “claims” he ents have these same not the case. Thank is bipolar. He is also issues with irresponsible you. — Stigmatized in abusive. adult children. It’s up California I have known I was to you whether or not Dear Stigmatized: bipolar since I was 46, to sue Janet, but she Bipolar symptoms are back when it was still is not likely to repay different depending called manic depresthe $21,000 either way. upon the individual, and sion. I get so tired of However, we agree that she should know about her biological origins — not because she will appreciate you more (not likely), but because she deserves to have her medical history. A Big “Thank You” to First consult a Our Amazing Volunteers counselor who deals who contribute so graciously to respectful, with adopted children so you can present compassionate and comforting end of life it properly, and then care for our clients and their loved ones in warn your ex-wife. the North Okanagan. Dear Annie: In the expression, “Watch Our Hospice Society relies on volunteers your P’s and Q’s,” for everything from care support to what do the letters “P” board governance and fund-raising, and “Q” stand for? — to maintaining our beautiful home Always Wondered in and grounds. During the past year our Ohio volunteers donated over 12,000 hours as Dear Ohio: The part of the hospice team – thus helping most accepted explainsure excellent care for our clients. nation is that the expression comes from It’s Volunteer Appreciation Week old printing presses and We Appreciate Our Volunteers! where the letters “p” They are a special & integral part and “q” could easily be transposed when setof our Hospice Team.
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Community Calendar APRIL 15 OKANAGAN SINGLES GROUP 40+ April 15, dance to music of Sierra at The Army & Navy Club (2500 – 46 Ave.) Music runs 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. (rock and country). Contact Dot at 250-5424042 if attending so seats can be saved. No cover charge. April 16, acoustic jam at Towne Cinema. Come out and hear the jammers. Tickets are $5. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 7 p.m. Call Dot at 250-542-4042 if attending so seats can be saved. 19TH ANNUAL GIANT BOOK SALE Annual event hosted by Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum and Arts Society April 15 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and April 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at museum and art gallery, 3415 Pleasant Valley Rd. Tens of thousands of books to choose from and more put out daily. Call 250-546-8318. WONDERCAFELIVE! IN LUMBY Featuring DVD, MONSANTO: Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit. We welcome Neville O’Grady of Cherryville, who has been expressing his concern over Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the evident power of the Monsanto Corporation to take over the world’s food supply for many years. April 15, Lumby United Church, 7-9 p.m. Contact Dave at 250-547-6368 or daboss@telus.net. FOURTH ANNUAL VERNON & DISTRICT HERITAGE FAIR April 15, Priest Valley Gym, behind Rec Centre. Students in Grades 3-6 from School District 22 have been working on researching and preparing projects on Canadian history and will have them on display. Doors open 6:30 p.m. for public open house and closing ceremonies begin 8 p.m. Join in the celebration of being Canadian. Admission free. The fair is a project of the Greater Vernon Museum & Archives. For info., call the museum at 542-3142. METIS WOMEN HOLD A BAKE SALE April 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Métis office, 2913B-29th Ave. Home baking and traditional Métis bannock. For more info., call Jeanette, 250-549-1565. DEEPENING OUR FAITH WEEKEND SEMINAR “Learning from the Passover and the Hebrew Perspective on Scripture,” April 15 to 17, hosted by Vernon Church of Christ, 4107 Pleasant Valley Rd., Friday and Saturday sessions 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Sunday presentation 10 a.m., sermon 11 a.m. All sessions presented by Erol Dogan, a Hebrew scholar and missionary to Israel Call 250-545-6892. APRIL IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH Many events to celebrate: April 15 from 9 to 11 a.m. it’s “My Child, Food and Eating-Where do I Begin?” Presented by Diana Sharpe, occupational therapist at NONA Child Development Centre. April 26, a sensory-friendly movie, at the Galaxy Movie Theatre. The lights are on, sound turned down, walking around and talking permitted. Make this sometimes daunting event a more friendly family experience. Movies and time (approx. 4 p.m.) to be announced in The Morning Star after April 18. April 29 from 9-11 a.m., showing of Golden Globe-winning HBO movie about Temple Grandin. Everyone welcome to all of the above events. For families of the NONA Autism Services Program, barbecue April 28 from 5-7 p.m. at the NONA Clubhouse. For more info., please contact Rebecca at NONA, 250-260-7884 or rebeccca.kerr@nona-cdc.com BUDDHIST MEDITATION CLASS with monk Gen Kelsang Sanden April 15, 7-8:45 p.m.. Vernon library, 3001-32nd Ave. The topic will be “What Is Buddhism? A Practical Approach To Life.” Dropin class. Fees $10 adults; $5 students and seniors. For info www. dorjechang.ca or call 250-558-0952. No fragrances please. Take note: Next class will be April 29. ARMY, NAVY & AIR FORCE SPITFIRE UNIT #5 Grandpa Darts Fridays at 1 p.m. ELKS FRIDAY NITE SUPPER At 3103 -30th St. (across from Greyhound). Just $8 for a home-cooked meal that includes soup or salad, buns, dessert and coffee at 6 p.m. Following dinner we have a mini meat and 50/50 draw. Everyone welcome: members, nonmembers and children. All proceeds go to charities in Vernon. WEE TREASURES Drop-in playtime for parents and children (ages 0-6). Informal play, song, craft and snack time. We meet Fridays from 9:30 to 11 a.m. downstairs at Faith Baptist Church (3908-27th St). For more information please call Tina at 250-260-4121 or Carmen at 250-545-7700. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 25 VERNON Piranha Poker. These live Texas Hold’em tournaments are played all over B.C. Here
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and let’s get creative. Members can help stage events and workshops in all artistic mediums or showcase their own work if they choose. If you have an interest in the arts or heritage or just want to be part of something special, become a member of the Caetani Cultural Centre Society and help us create a thriving creative centre for the community. We need your support! See www.caetaniculturalcentre.org SENIORS INFORMATION & RESOURCE BUREAU The Seniors Information and Resource Bureau is now located in the People Place, room 005, 3402-27th Ave., Vernon. For seniors info., please call 250-545-8572, Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. See website at www.socialplanning.ca or e-mail sirb@socialplanning.ca FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES Friday night supper at 6 p.m., a home-cooked meal for $7.50 and meat draw every Friday at 5:30 p.m. Also Fridays, karaoke with Brenda at 8 p.m. All monies from meat draws go directly to local charities. CARCINOID CANCER SUPPORT GROUP If you or anyone close to you has been diagnosed with this rare form of cancer and you are interested in joining a support group, please call Joanne at 545-3967. Together we can make a difference in our lives the lives of others. TINY TOT HAND DRUM GROUP For children two to six years at the Aboriginal Infant/Early Childhood Development Program, free, every Friday from 10 to 10:30 a.m., at 2902-29th Ave. Call 542-7578. WEIGHT AND SEE DROP-IN PROGRAM Weekly program will be held Fridays from 10 a.m. - noon for families at the Vernon Health Centre, 1440-14th Ave., with babies aged 10 days to two months old. Public health nurses will be present to weight and assess babies, provide breastfeeding and parenting support, and make referrals to community partners, as necessary. There will be information available on topics such as: feeding issues, immunizations, safety, adjustment to parenthood, family planning, community resources and smoking cessation. For more information, call 250-549-5721. VERNON TABLE TENNIS CLUB Meets Fridays at Halina Centre, 6:30 - 10:30 p.m. Call Ron Dickey at 545-1842. MOOD DISORDERS SUPPORT GROUP Meets Fridays from 3 - 4 p.m., at Peer Outreach Centre, 3100-28th Ave. Family, friends and caregivers welcome. Call Patricia, 558-6900; Gail, 260-3879. VERNON TREATMENT CENTRE Do you or a loved one have an alcohol/drug and/or other addiction problem? We can help! Day and evening courses available. Please call 542-6151 for more information.
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SOCIETY SPRING BAKE SALE April 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 gmail.com, call us at 250-542-5122 or simply show up on the day. p.m., Village Green Mall. All proceeds to our Spay/Neuter and To get to the sanctuary, travel on Kal Lake Rd., as if you were going Emergency Veterinary Care Assistance Programs. Please bring to Kal Lake Park, take Kidston Road to Coldstream Creek Rd. (first your baking donations to the sale or call Pat at 250-545-5724 four-way stop), turn right towards the lake. The sanctuary is the last LAVINGTON’S ANNUAL COMMUNITY-WIDE GARAGE SALE driveway on the left. Limited parking available on the street. Our 17th annual event April 16 starting at 8 a.m. No early birds. A GARAGE SALE April 16 from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., parking lot of Vernon map of the area with a list of all participating addresses available Square Safeway. We are looking for any donations of items for at the ice rink on School Road at 7:45 a.m. Concession at ice rink the garage sale (items in good/working condition). All donations includes hamburgers, hot dogs, smokies, pop, coffee, doughnuts. can be dropped off at the Customer Service Desk. We are raising BC ARTS & CULTURE WEEK The Vernon Public Art Gallery money for Easter Seals & Special Olympics. The Vernon Lions celebrates BC Arts and Culture Week. April 16 from 1-3 p.m., will be joining us during this fundraiser and will be selling Egg join us for a workshop in Monoprints, Spring Creativity. We invite McMuffins, hot dogs and hamburgers. During the month of April families, youth, youngsters and seniors alike to join us for an after- we will also be selling raffle tickets in store for a large gift basket noon of hands-on-art making. This art-making process drawing and valued at over $175 and a 42-inch flat screen TV! Last but not least painting onto plexi-glass plates with water-soluble paints and inks we have a huge book sale, with books being sold for minimum that will then be run through a high-pressure printmaking press. donation of $1 and once again we are taking donations of books. This technique of image making is interesting, easy and the end GREEN FAIR 2011 Hosted by the Armstrong Spallumcheen result is always surprising! Hope you can join us here at the gallery Environmental Trust, April 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Askew’s for an afternoon of creativity! This workshop is free! parking lot, Armstrong. A market event featuring sustainabilTHE FOOD ACTION SOCIETY PRESENTS FRESH THE MOVIE ity, ideas, products and services. The Armstrong Spallumcheen FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across Environmental Trust is a non-profit organization that raises funds to America who are re-inventing our food system. Forging healthier, give bursaries to students involved in environmental studies at the sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future post-secondary level. This fair event will help send more local stuof our food and our planet. April 16 at 7 p.m. at Vernon Christian dents to university and bring about a green economy faster. Fellowship Church, 4506-29th St. (behind Canadian Tire). Followed VERNON YACHT CLUB HOLDS CRANE DAY Flying Boats, a by a panel discussion. Admission by donation. sight to see April 16 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Vernon Yacht Club, YARD SALE FUNDRAISER The PVSS grad 2011 class is hosting 7919 Okanagan Landing Rd. The public is invited to come by the in participation with the ASET Green Fair, Askew’s parking lot in club and watch sailboats and large power boats being lifted by a Armstrong April 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come on out to the large crane and put back into the water for the start of the 2011 Green Fair and support our PVSS grads! boating season. LUMBY CURLING CLUB HOSTS GARAGE SALE April 16 from KELOWNA SINGLES CLUB DANCE April 16, Rutland Centennial 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lumby Curling Club. Hall, 180A Rutland Rd. N. Kelowna. Music by Wyshbone, western O’KEEFE RANCH SECOND ANNUAL VOLUNTEER FAIR April theme. Doors open 7 p.m. Dancing 8 p.m. to midnight. Bar and 16 from 1-3 p.m., O’Keefe Ranch Pavilion. The ranch has a busy refreshments available at reasonable cost. Light lunch at 10:30 p.m. season planned and as a result will have a variety of volunteer posi- Tickets at the door: members $9; non-members $12. Memberships tions to fill to ensure the success of the 2011 season. Opportunity $12 per year. Call 250-763-1355 or 250-763-1867. for those in the community who want to come out to the ranch and see the variety of volunteer positions available for the season. There is no obligation to sign up for anything. People will also have opportunity to speak to individuals with whom they would be working directly and ask any specific questions they may have. Small $MBTT 4J[FT t Monthly Intakes Refreshments served. Volunteers can spend mornings in the General Qualified *OTUSVDUPST t Latest Software Store, or maybe their afternoon in the rose garden, or perhaps they Financial Options t Free Lifetime Refreshers might want to dress up and provide info. to guests. Call 250-542No 8BJUJOH -JTUT t Career Fairs 7868 or e-mail events@okeeferanch.ca or visit okeeferanch.ca Job 1MBDFNFOU "TTJTUBODF t 4LJMMT Warranty GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER Held by The Society for the Protection of Kalamalka Lake, April 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Log House, 8505 Kalavista Dr., Coldstream. Administrative NOGLO PRESENTS “EASTER PARTY AT THE MANSION” April Assistant 16. Come in your best “Hef-Inspired” outfit and party your bunny} Office Procedures tail off from 9 p.m. till 2 a.m. at the Eagles Hall (5101-25th Ave). Bookkeeping } Memberships available at this event, tix at the door. More informa} Simply Accounting tion please e-mail info@gayvernon.com or visit www.gayvernon. } Business Communications com. Adults only, please. BISHOP WILD BIRD SANCTUARY If you’re looking for an active Legal Secretary way to spend time with your community this spring, please join us for a spring clean-up April 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and April 17 } Civil Litigation from 11 a.m. to } Conveyancing 4 p.m. All willHALINA SENIORS’ } Family Law ing workers welCENTRE come, kids too! TH 3310 37 AVE, VERNON, BC Please e-mail to 250-542-2877 bishopwildbird@
VERNON & AREA PRO LIFE SOCIETY AGM Annual general meeting and dinner April 16 at 6 p.m. at The Pantry Restaurant. Guest speakers will make a presentation about a Vernon pregnancy care centre. Tickets, $20, available at the Pro Life Thrift Store, 3102-31st Ave. or call 545-8705. LOYALISTS ANNIVERSARY POTLUCK April 16 at 11 a.m., Peace Lutheran Church basement. Call Pat at 250-545-0879 for info. OUTREACH DINNER April 16 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Salvation Army, 3303-32nd Ave. Sponsor: Vernon Alliance Men’s Group. KNITTING CIRCLE AT GALLERY VERTIGO First and third Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. to noon. All knitters and crocheters welcome. Drop in and join local fibre artist and passionate knitter Janet Armstrong, for knitters of all experience. Expert knitters will be on hand to offer help and advice to beginner and intermediate knitters if desired. Bring along your current project and completed projects for show and tell if desired. Goodies are often brought in by members of the group and coffee is provided by the gallery. Admission is a $5 donation to Gallery Vertigo’s Smarties Family Sunday Art Program. For more info., call 250-503-2297 or see www. galleryvertigo.com or e-mail info@galleryvertigo.com 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. Upon Awakening meeting, Monday to Saturday 7 a.m., Anglican Church, 3205-27th St. (H) Handicap access. (X) No handicap access. FREE HOT LUNCH FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN For families with children zero to six years: Saturdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Join us for a free nutritious lunch at the Aboriginal Infant and Early Childhood Development Centre, 2905-29th Ave. Call 542-7578. 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! E-mail us at youthglo@hotmail.com BX/SWAN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOC. Visit Web site at www.bxswanlake.blogspot.com. The site contains current information that is important to residents of regional districts B and C such as pine beetle, meat inspection regulation, governance and water issues. THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 25 VERNON Feeling lucky today? Check out our meat draw Saturdays at 3 p.m. Dinner, followed by entertainment, every Saturday. FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS (FA) Meets Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. at the People Place, 3402-27th Ave. Do you have trouble controlling your food? We are a fellowship of individuals recovering from food addiction. No dues or fees. For more info., call Sylvia at 250-548-3346. CHRISTINE PILGRIM: “WHAT WOMEN WORE & WHY” Christine Pilgrim performs April 16 at Mackie Lake House. Enjoy remembrances of the Victorian era; restrictive garments and how they affected customs, furniture and the architecture of the period. As with all of Christine’s shows, this presentation is interactive and is interspersed with songs and jokes. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Tea and desserts served. Tickets available online at www.mackiehouse.ca or by calling 545-1019; $35 per person. Seating limited, so book early. Mackie Lake House is at 7804 Kidston Rd., Coldstream. GARAGE SALE FOR A CAUSE! No time for a garage sale? Need to clean up? Please help those in need in our community by donating your items for garage sale to Lavington Baptist Church, which is holding a sale April 16 at 8 a.m., with all proceeds going to food hampers for those in need in our community. Items can be dropped off Friday at the church between 6 and 8 p.m. or for The Board of School Trustees pick-up, please call Bonnie invites you to attend at 250-542-4820. Please be sure all items are clean and the Regular Public Board meeting in good working condition. CANADIAN CANCER Tuesday, April 19, 2011 SOCIETY DAFFODIL TEA at 7:00 p.m. April 16 from 1 to 3 p.m., Enderby & District Senior Board Room Citizens Complex, 1101 School District No. 22 (Vernon) George St. 1401-15th Street, Vernon, B.C. VERNON ANIMAL CARE www.sd22.bc.ca for agenda package
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Knox Presbyterian Alexis Pk. Dr. at 32nd Avenue â&#x20AC;˘ 250-542-8613
ÂĽ Traditional services with organ & choir ÂĽ Friendly, welcoming congregation This Sunday: 9:50 a.m. - Hymn Sing 10:00 a.m. - Palm Sunday Rev. Dr. Ed Millin - Sermon: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Humble Kingâ&#x20AC;?
OPEN VALLEY COWBOY CHURCH All are welcome at Head of the Lake Hall
Sunday April 17th, 2011 at 6:30 pm Speaker: Herb Taylor Music: Crystal Taylor
Pastor Fred & Christina Cardinal 250-546-2449 or 250-306-8959
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH 3908 - 27th St, Vernon â&#x20AC;˘ 250-545-7700 www.faithbaptistvernon.com â&#x20AC;˘ Pastor Larry Dyck
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9:30 am Adult Sunday School Class 10:30 am Morning Worship Service (nursery care available) Sunday School for age 3 - gr. 5 Wednesday 10:30 am Bible Study and Prayer Time
* Live Music * Joyful Messages * Reiki/Healing Circle Following Service
Community Baptist Church 4911 Silver Star Rd. â&#x20AC;˘ 542-4028
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VERNON FAMILY CHURCH A Place to call â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homeâ&#x20AC;? 3508-25th Ave â&#x20AC;˘ 545-7978 Next to Lincoln Lanes Bowling
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CANADIAN REFORMED CHURCH Join us each Sunday
Sunday Worship 10am Wed. Bible Study 7pm Friday Coffee House 7pm
1st Service 10:00am 2nd Service 2:00pm
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 Noon Sundays
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7pm Evening Service (Presentation from Families)
Wednesdays Bible Study & Prayer 7:30pm
Erol Bortucene Weekly Fellowships, College & Career, Youth
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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!
WORSHIP SERVICE 10AM Pastor Larry is preaching â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Victory Paradeâ&#x20AC;? Matthew 21:1-17 CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CHURCH AT 10AM LEAD PASTOR: LARRY WOELKE ASSOCIATE PASTOR: GREG SUMNER
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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TRINITY UNITED CHURCH 5661 Silver Star Road, Vernon 250-549-3095
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3300 Alexis Park Drive â&#x20AC;˘ (250) 545-0797
10:00 am Morning Worship Earth Day Reflection with Sharon Ferguson-Hood, Paul Britton & Bill Darnell Ministers: Rev. Sharon Ferguson-Hood, Leanne Benoit & Rev. Bob Thompson
Visit our websites: www.unitedchurchvernon.com & www.camphurlburt.com
2601 - 43rd Avenue 250-545-7105 www.vernonalliance.org
Saturday 6:30pm Sunday 9:30 & 11:11am Stuart McKnight Revelation Revealed - Part 6 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judgement & The Age to Comeâ&#x20AC;? All are Welcome â&#x20AC;&#x153;Helping People Discover Jesus Christ & Become His Followersâ&#x20AC;?
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Health authority pays tribute to volunteers Morning Star Staff
we thank each of them Volunteers. Passion. for their compassion, Action. Impact. dedication and enthuThat is the theme siasm.” being celebrated by “Interior Health the Interior Health relies on its own small Authority durarmy of voling National unteers to Volunteer Week, augment which runs many of our until Saturday. programs “The pasand sersion and action vices,” says Dr. Robert of all the volunteers throughH a l p e n n y, Norm Embree out the Interior CEO. “They Health area have a positive impact play an invaluable role on all of our commu- in our health care sysnities,” says Norman tem, whether in our Embree, Interior Health hospitals, our residenAuthority board chair- tial care facilities or our person. outreach programs, “Volunteers are wel- sharing their time and comed, respected and energy and lending a valued members of the helping hand wherever health care team, and it’s needed.”
Throughout National Volunteer Week, various recognition events are being held across Interior Health to honour the extraordinary efforts of its volunteers who donate hundreds of thousands of hours
every year. Their generosity creates an atmosphere of care, comfort and community whether driving people to medical appointments, delivering meals, welcoming new patients, visiting long term care residents, serving refreshments or
working in a hospital gift shop. According to the 2007 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Serving, nearly 12.5 million Canadians volunteered in 2007, but only four per cent did so in a health-related
environment. Interior Health would like to boost that number by providing positive, challenging and satisfying volunteer experiences. More information about volunteer opportunities can be found at www.
interiorhealth.ca. Volunteers undergo screening to ensure the highest standards for our clients, and Interior Health provides a thorough orientation program as well as interactive training, ongoing support and education.
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The North Okanagan Community Life Society’s Charity Golf Classic has a reputation for fun. The 20th annual event will take place May 5 and 6 at the Vernon Golf and Country Club. “The camaraderie and the enthusiasm among the golfers is incredible and that’s what keeps people coming back year after year,” said Garry Molitwenik, executive director. “They also know that they are supporting a worthwhile cause.” Funds raised during the Molitwenik Classic go towards programs for developmentally disabled adults in the Vernon area. There is room for 144 golfers to participate in the event and there is a chance to win more than $100,000 in prizes for teams and individuals. The Golf Classic gets underway May 5 at 6 p.m. with a team draw, barbecue and caddy auction. “A number of celebrities and dignitaries from throughout the North Okanagan have volunteered their time to be caddies and we are appreciative of their support,” said Molitwenik. Caddies include MLA Eric Foster, RCMP Supt. Reg Burgess, Vernon Mayor Wayne Lippert, Funtastic executive director Jim McEwan and representatives from Sun FM, Kiss FM and The Morning Star. Golf action gets underway May 6 at 12:30 p.m., followed by a live auction, dinner, awards and a video presentation. Registration for the Classic is $200 (includes all meals, activities and a golf cart for every two golfers). A tax receipt for $70 will be issued. “We encourage everyone to get involved and have some fun,” said Molitwenik. For more information or to register for the event, call 545-5153 or e-mail garry.molitwenik@ nocls.com.
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Tougher boater exam in place incidents,” said BOATsmart! president It’s time for North Okanagan boaters Cameron Taylor. to hit the books before they hit the water. “More than 100 boating fatalities occur As of today, all Canadian boaters will each year in Canada, with another 6,000 face new, stricter boating exam standards suffering non-fatal injuries. Most of these as a result of Transport Canada’s are preventable and this move move to standardized testing. will help better prepare boaters BOATsmart! Canada, the to enjoy Canada’s waterways.” country’s largest pleasure craft Under the new regulations, operator card (PCOC) providboth online and in-person exams er, supports this new learningwill be increased from 36 to 50 focused approach, which aims standardized questions. to increase safety on all waterIn order to give a more accuways by setting a higher stanrate assessment of a person’s dard for people to obtain their Cameron Taylor boating safety knowledge, the pleasure craft operator card, exam questions themselves will commonly known as a boating be based on the latest informalicense. tion on prevention practices and critical “It is our hope that by providing safety knowledge. Canadian boaters with increased educaBoaters who choose to take their exam tion and training before they head out on online (available at www.boatsmartexam. the water, we can significantly decrease the com) will also be required to complete number of and severity of boating-related an online study guide prior to taking the
exam. The online exam will no longer have to be supervised and can be completed from any Internet connection including the candidate’s private residence. Those who already have their BOATsmart! Card will not be affected by the new exam standards. While operators of any motorized water vessel are required by law to have a PCOC, it is estimated that out of the four to six million power boat operators in Canada, up to three million boaters have yet to obtain a license. Failure to present a PCOC while operating a boat can result in a $250 fine. With the increase from 36 to 50 questions, boaters are encouraged to prepare for their exam in advance by purchasing a BOATsmart! Home Study Guide at participating Canadian Tire stores, or by taking the BOATsmart! Classroom Course, available to boaters across Canada.
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Pat Furey (left), with the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation, accepts a $6,666 cheque from Vernon Rotary Club members Rina Wheeldon and Carol Schroeder. The donation makes up the final installment of a three-year pledge totalling $20,000 for the new patient care tower at VJH.
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MLA Mike Farnworth. “There are three major candidates running, all good people, any one of whom would make a fine premier,” Harcourt said. “However, I believe that Mike Farnworth would give the BC NDP the best chance of winning the next elec-
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As NDP members started voting in advance polls Monday, former Premier Mike Harcourt joined other elder statesmen of the B.C. NDP in declaring his choice for the next leader. Harcourt made a rare political appearance in Vancouver Monday morning to endorse Port Coquitlam
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Government urged not to cut fisheries staff JEFF NAGEL Black Press
Salmon advocates say federal fisheries staff in B.C. should be shielded from planned government cuts to avoid compromising potential recommendations of the inquiry underway into the collapse of Fraser River sockeye. The planned cuts announced last month aim to carve nearly $57 million out of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans budget over the next couple of years. Sto:lo fishery advisor Ernie Crey said Justice Bruce Cohen’s commission has been hearing evidence on the state of the fishery for months and may well hand down findings next year that call for new initiatives – and increased spending – to improve salmon science, habitat protection and fishery monitoring. “It will make a mockery of the inquiry to make those cuts,” he said. “Don’t start swinging the axe until Justice Cohen comes down with his findings. It makes no sense.” Crey spoke out after the Fraser sockeye inquiry heard evidence showing habitat protection efforts on which sockeye depend are already in deep trouble because of past cutbacks and policy changes. One exhibit tabled was an internal note penned a couple of years ago by a Kamloopbased DFO habitat and enforcement manager who bluntly outlined the challenges. “We can’t keep up,” Jason Hwang said in the note, in which he cited “huge” amounts of development in the Thompson, Okanagan, Nicola and Shuswap regions and long backlogs to examine proposals for possible habitat threats. “We are not able to pursue smaller occurrences that in the past we have pursued and prosecuted.” Regulatory streamlining, a poorly coordinated referral system and staff cuts have
reduced DFO capacity to respond, his note said, resulting in an overall failure to achieve the department’s policy of no net loss of fish habitat where developers must compensate for any damage they do. “Our staff are very disillusioned that the department is not doing more to address this.” Hwang’s note also
warned logging in the Interior had increased massively to salvage timber killed by mountain pine beetles. “We are totally disengaged from operational forestry,” he wrote. “We don’t have a handle on what is going on, and are not providing any meaningful guidance on what we would like to see for fish.”
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The Vancouver Aquarium is coming to you. The B.C. Hydro AquaVan is delivering aquatic programs throughout the Okanagan,
The Vernon visit is in collaboration with B.C.’s Year of Science. Open to both students and the general public, the mobile classroom offers the opportunity to touch a sea star, understand
how a barnacle feeds, observe a hermit crab up close and discover the connections among animals, environments and themselves. Since 1994, 400,000 people in B.C. and Alberta have experienced AquaVan.
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Province’s export sector experiences growth Domestic exports from British Columbia totalled nearly $2.4 billion in February, up by $328 million or 15.8 per cent compared with the same month last year. Growth in exports of energy products, up by 25 per cent, helped lead the way for
British Columbia. Gains were also recorded in exports of industrial goods, machinery and equipment, forestry products and consumer goods for the month, compared with February 2010. “Exports to most of our major trading
partners are up, but it’s the growth to Asia that is most impressive,” said Jobs Minister Pat Bell. British Columbia recorded year-overyear growth to most of its top export markets. Exports to the United States climbed
by more than four per cent, while yearover-year exports to Japan – B.C.’s second largest export market – were up by 63 per cent. Gains were also recorded to China, Taiwan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Germany.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) If you attempt to flatter someone in hopes of securing a favor, it is likely to have the opposite effect. You’ll have a better chance of getting what you want if you’re up-front and honest.
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you might have fewer than 16 points. In today’s deal, you should overcall three spades with three notrump. You have no better action available. And you are hopeful of receiving a spade lead, which would give you time to drive out the club ace if that card is not in the dummy. This time, though, West has a good excuse for failing to lead a spade! Instead, he cashes four diamond tricks, then shifts to a low heart. How would you continue? Since East must have the king and jack of spades, you have nine tricks via three spades, two hearts and four clubs. But you need two dummy entries to take the two
spade finesses. After winning the heart shift, cash the club king and club queen. When both opponents follow suit, overtake your club jack with dummy’s ace and play a spade to your 10. Return to the dummy with a club to the nine, take the second spade finesse, and claim.
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SWARTZ, Harold Stanley Roy It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce the passing of Harold Stanley Roy Swartz on April 13, 2011 in Vernon, BC. Expression of sympathy may be forwarded to the family via email: vernon@myalternatives.ca. Arrangements entrusted to PERSONAL ALTERNATIVE FUNERAL SERVICES, Vernon 250-558-0866 & Armstrong 250-546-7237.
Obituaries
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SUTHERLAND, James “Jim” Campbell It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce the passing of James “Jim” Campbell Sutherland on April 11, 2011 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.
SPARROW Surrounded by her husband and two daughters, Ruth Sparrow passed away at the beautiful age of 76 on Monday, April 11th, 2011. She was a devoted Wife, Mom, Grammy, Sister, Aunt, and Friend. She “lived” every day until she died. Family was her life. She was always there to guide us through our life’s journey and showed us what life was all about, right until the end. We have learned so much from her and were so loved by her, and know that anyone else she touched felt it too. She was the hardest working woman we have ever known. She could be seen in her garden every morning at 5 a.m. (that’s the best time of day, you know). Always in the kitchen, she blessed our homes weekly with homemade bread, soups and cookies. We loved her for that. She Àlled our pantries with fresh vegetables and fruit, always encouraging a healthy diet. We loved her for that. She was a talented seamstress, always there to lend a hand with mending and tailoring. We loved her for that. She was our best friend, always willing to give advice, guidance and help with so many decisions. We loved her for that. She will be forever remembered by her loving husband and best friend of 55 years, Vern; two daughters, Jody and Clay Anderson, Janis and Marty Christian, and the loves of her life, her two grandchildren, Kyle and Kristy Anderson. Also surviving Ruth are her Àve siblings: Linda & Roy Berthold, Matthew & Lena Ulansky, Vera & Gordon Murray, Walter Ulansky, and Marg & Tom Murphy. Ruth also leaves behind many nieces and nephews whom she held close to her heart. She cherished them all. Ruth was predeceased by her parents, Jean and Stanley Ulansky, and her beautiful niece, Michelle Murphy. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Lindsay Pritchett whom Mom so admired and respected; his staff: Leslie, Mary, Bev, and Jill, you are our angels; Dr. Hardy, Dr. Blyth, and the wonderful caring staff at the Cancer Clinic, thank you for your compassion while treating Mom; the nurses at the short stay unit at Vernon Jubilee, you comforted us in our time of need; the staff at 3 East, your dedication to the care of Mom was second to none; Nurse Garrett, she had a special bond with you; Karen, our savior, and the rest of the Interior Health home support team, you were there for us and we will forever be grateful; to Mom and Dad’s neighbors, thank you for always being there; to the staff at the North Okanagan Hospice House, how can we begin to thank you. We had such a lovely experience there and you were all so kind and caring. Although we weren’t there long, we appreciated everything that was done for us. Brenda Hala, our angel . . . . . Thank you. At Mom’s request, there will not be a service. Due to allergies, we are requesting no Áowers, but please consider donating to the North Okanagan Hospice Society, 3506-27th Avenue, Vernon, BC V1T 1S4, the place where Mom’s Ànal journey ended. “We are who we are because we were loved by you.” Arrangements have been entrusted to: PLEASANT VALLEY FUNERAL HOME (250) 542-4333 Condolences may be offered at www.pleasantvalleyfh.com
Zimmer, Frances Irene
With great sadness the family of Frances Zimmer announces her passing April 9, 2011 taken from us suddenly in Vernon, B.C. at the age of 76. Frances left us the way she lived all her life doing things her way, living every day to the fullest. She had a force all her own, a real free spirit. She will be deeply missed. Frances had survived cancer twice, raised her family on her own. She began her career in Surrey as a court clerk and over time became a Justice of the Peace before retiring. She enjoyed camping, fishing, travel, dancing, and had recently moved to the Okanagan to enjoy her family and new found friends. Survived by her daughter Sherry and husband Alec, son Frank and wife Irene, and her beloved dog Max, her brother Gerald Pape and wife Ines, along with nieces and nephews. A service was held April 13, 2011 at Our Lady of the Valley in Coldstream. The family would also like to express its appreciation to all the people who welcomed her to Vernon and special thanks to the staff at Polson Specialty, Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Interior Health Homecare, Gateby Daybreak, Mind in Motion, Dr. Peter Henley, Dr. A Cader.
Katherine “Kathy” Jane Dean
In loving memory of Katherine “Kathy” Jane Dean who passed away suddenly on April 9, 2011 in Falkland at 55 years of age. Kathy was born on October 30, 1956 in Vernon. She grew up in Armstrong and lived around the surrounding area her whole life. Kathy was a devoted horse trainer and mother. She will be sadly missed but never forgotten by her mother Barbara “Bunny”; her beloved husband Bruce; her Àve children Kane, Dustin, Cory, Ryan and Blaine; her brothers Terry, Marty and Bill; her sister Vicki; and several extended family members and friends. Kathy was predeceased by Walter “Wally” Chudyk. In lieu of Áowers, donations in Kathy’s honour may be made to Canadian Cancer Society. A Celebration of Kathy’s Life to take place at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday April 16, 2011 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Hall (3335 Patterson Street, Armstrong BC). Cremation arrangements entrusted to PERSONAL ALTERNATIVE FUNERAL SERVICES Armstrong 250-546-7237 & Vernon 250-558-0866
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& Underpinning Ltd.
â&#x20AC;˘ Lift sunken sidewalks, slabs, stairs,
pool decks and house foundations â&#x20AC;˘ Form and place new sidewalks, patios, driveways
!Free Estimates!
back filling post pounding general excavation demolition landscaping preparation skidsteer services shrub & brush removal driveway prep rock walls hauling Owner/Operator Gord Kennedy â&#x20AC;˘ Email: gordiek@telus.net â&#x20AC;˘ Cell: 250-308-7373
(250) 545-9522 (778) 475-3978 EARTHWORKS LTD.
DRYWALL
Excavating, Trucking & Materials Bobcat, Mini Hoe, Residential, Earthworks Joe Prebushewski Cell: (250) 550-6208 Fax: (250) 549-3899 â&#x20AC;˘ Email: bearpawearthworks@telus.net
DAVIES DRYWALL
KV Fairglass is the authorized dealer for Milgard Windows in the North Okanagan
Mark of Excellence Mark Usselman â&#x20AC;˘ 250.308.9384 M
NEW 2001 43rd St Vernon, B.C.V1T 6K7
New Construction or Renovations
JOB JAR
Light Framing, Decks, Sheds, Ceramic Tile, Drywall Repairs, Painting, Door/Window Installations, Kitchen Renovations, Cabinet Installations, Insurance Restorations
No job too small! Annette & Dennis 250-307-6484 (Cell)
Nu-Look Homeworks
BRICK & STONE Brick or Stone Work
RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL
Over 25 years experience. Red Seal CertiďŹ ed Refrigeration and Appliance Technician â&#x20AC;&#x153;Câ&#x20AC;? BC Safety Authority Gas Licence
CUSTOM HOME DRYWALLER NEW OR RENO BOARD, TAPE & SPRAY CALL KYLE 250-308-4663 All Your Drywalling Needs Additions, Basements, Renovations, Steel Stud Framing, Drywalling, Taping, Dropped Ceilings Call Attila: 250-546-6282
CONTRACTORS
Ultimate Enclosures 250-253-2244 MACHINE SHEDS â&#x20AC;˘ WORKSHOPS HAY SHEDS â&#x20AC;˘ CATTLE SHELTERS â&#x20AC;˘ RIDING STABLES
WOOD POST STRUCTURES COMPLETE METAL CLADDING Email: ultimateenclosures@gmail.com
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PAINTING DAN’S PAINTING & REPAIRS RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING RELIABLE - WORK GUARANTEED - CHEAPEST RATES IN TOWN - WCB INSURED
250-542-2599 250-540-3484
SIMPLY CEILINGS AND WALLS
Repaints our specialty! • Walls • Doors • Windows • Trim • Textured Ceilings Painted - Repaired or Retextured GET MY ESTIMATE OR PAY TOO MUCH! Free Estimates • www.timetopaint.com or
308-9783 549-5140
STUCCO ONE ROOM FREE CARWAY STUCCO Stucco, Re-stucco & Repairs
25 + years Experience
Ph: 307-0387
FREE ESTIMATES WORK GUARANTEED CALL FOR DETAILS
LAWN MOWING Retired guy looking to keep busy. Reasonable rates for weekly or one time work. Call Warren 250-545-2298 or 250-306-3395
LAWN CARE MAINTENANCE
“EXTERIOR’S ONLY”
Rainbow City Painters All work guaranteed • Free Estimates • Serving Vernon since 1990 Ask us about our 5 year warranty - Get my quote and compare
Now Booking for Pruning, Power Raking, Fertilization, Weekly Lawn Care & General Yard Maintenance 45 Years ++ exp. Call Dave
250-308-8910
250-542-1347 BOOK-250.540.0202-NOW! B
CONCRETE CUTTING/BREAKING Specializing in Small Businesses
250-545-8294
SPECIALTY TRAILERS
DUMP TRAILERS 5,000 & 10,000 lb. SPECIALTY TRAILER RENTALS 250-545-3238
WELDING
( 250 ) 542-4492
SAND & GRAVEL GRAVEL • TRUCKING
Dave’s Landscaping
HARDI - BOARD - STUCCO - CEDAR - VINYL - DECKS & FENCES
INCOME TAX SERVICE E-FILE
• Seamless Gutters • Vinyl & Hardi Plank Siding • Fascia & Soffits • Exterior Painting
549-0115
SPECIALIZING IN EXTERIOR FINISHES
BOOKKEEPING
GUTTERS
LAWN MOWING
Interior CONCRETE CUTTING & CORING SERVICES Wall Sawing Slab Sawing Core Drilling Cutouts for Windows & Doors
1 - 877 - 475 - 8700
Lawn Mowing, Weeding, Hedge & Shrub,Trim & Shape, Garden Recovery etc.
Pit Address: 1504 Blattner Road, Armstrong, BC Mailing Address: Po Box 183, Vernon, BC V1T 6M2
Phone No: 250-546-3340 Fax No: 250-549-3808
FENCING
BLUEMACESMS
EXTERIORWOOD RESTORATION Bringing wood back to it’s original state.
250-550-6593
SOLID STAIN - SEMI TRAN - WEATHERED - WATER DAMAGE DECKS - FENCES - CEDAR SIDING - LOG HOMES Work Guaranteed • WCB • Free Estimates
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
PRESSURE WASHING
CONTACT
Portable Welding
MOT SPEC • SGSB • HFSA • WGB • Topsoil • BEF • Manure • OGSB
• 3” minus Spec • Pitrun Bank Run • River Rock • Rip Rap
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
EXTERIOR WOOD RESTORATION
250-542-1347
MUNICIPAL • Sand • Drain Rock • 1” minus Spec • 2” minus Spec
BOOK NOW!
Lawn Care, Hedges, & Yard Clean-Up. Fully Insured. Vernon/Armstrong.
Serving the Interior of BC
• SAND & GRAVEL LTD •
Quality Aggregate Gravels Manufactured and Engineered to Government and Municipal Specifications
Vinyl Fences Chain Chain Link & Link, CedarCedar, FencesOrnamental / Cedar,Vinyl,& Composite Wood Decks Commercial & Residential Experiece •• Free FreeEstimates Estimates 15 Commercial & Residential• •15 12Years Years Experience
Chris … Phone/Fax 558-0590 • Cell 309-0410
Protect Your Property with the effective and virtually invisible
Add-On Deer Fence
QUESTIONS?
250 550 7900 250-550-7900
Easy to install Weather resistant Animal friendly Affordable
www.deerstop.ca H&G Metal Works
250-306-5206
Structural Steel Fabrication & Repairs Call 778-475-2088 Michael 250-550-3936
ELECTRICAL
Ask for a FREE Quote! HOT • COLD • STEAM • GRAFFITI REMOVAL Ph: 250-308-7940 www.mobilepressurewash.ca
EVERCARE LANDSCAPING
SWIMMING POOLS
VERNON & AREA: 250-558-5342
RENOS, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL
BOB ADAIR 250-275-4780
• HEDGE & SHRUB, TRIM & SHAPE • TREE PRUNING & REMOVAL • LAWN MOWING • WEED • PLANT • CLEAN-UP • DUMP HAUL (NO HST)
RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL, STRATA
ADAIR ELECTRIC LTD. Free Estimates/Emergency Service Bonded and Insured License #92048 BBB Member – Quality Work
LANDSCAPING
FOR ALL YOUR PRESSURE WASHING NEEDS
Designer & Installer
Lee (250) 260-0793
~ Custom Pools ~ Water Features ~ Pool Renovations ~ Retaining Walls
www.poolspondsandwaterscapes.com
DOWN-TO-EARTH Garden Maintenance & Design
Women with 10 yrs Horticultural Experience
You Belong
HERE! CONTACT THE CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT
250-550-7900
ROOFING Glendale Roofing & Renovations Seniors Discount - Free Estimates We guarantee our workmanship at an affordable price
Cliff Battensby 250-308-1193 6083 Okanagan Ave, Vernon, BC V1H 1L9
250-549-4242
• Design • Installation • Maintenance
558-3507
www.outdooraspects.com
MERIDIAN LAWN & GARDEN CARE
Landscape Renewals - Journeyman Gardener Offering Complete Lawn & Garden Care
* Residential * Commercial * Strata “Improving Your Property One Visit at a Time”
Call or email jan for a Free Estimate
250-547-2429 • 250-306-9896 nagylandscaping@shaw.ca
NO JOB TOO SMALL
mazerjan@hotmail.com
250-550-5386
A.S. (Andi) Towns • Driveways Owner • Patios • Walkways OFFICE: (250) 542-8316 • Rockwalls CELL: (250) 309-4539
NAGY LANDSCAPING * Maintenance Programs * Tree & Shrub Care * Dethatching * Aeration * Lawn Mowing * Weed Control * Yard Cleanup
“Making Green Space YOUR Space”
Stone Paving & Landscaping
EMAIL: heritagestonepaving@hotmail.com
Over 15 years Experience • Call for a Free Quote
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Services Garden & Lawn ALLIUM LAWN CARE. Spring Clean-Ups, Weeding. Exp’d & Insured. 250-307-4933 ARMSTONG AREA- reliable weekly lawn cuts, from $25. 250-546-6050, 250-317-5940. LAWN CUTTING, dump runs and yard maintenance, reasonable rates, seniors discounts. Call Doug for free estimate 250-503-6870. PRUNING- shrubs, fruit trees, etc. Rototilling, aerating & power raking also available. Over 30 years experience. Also quoting on strata or residential lawn & garden maintenance. Meridian Lawn & Garden Care. Jan 250-5505386, mazerjan@hotmail.com
Home Improvements Log cabins on display. Natural wood flooring, log sidings, Cedar & Pine T&G. Cedar decking. Special orders. 1-800-960-3388. Rouck Bros., Lumby. www.rouckbros.com
Landscaping LOCALLY Grown Pyramid Emerald Cedars 6’-7’ $20. 8’ + $30. Many other Junipers & shrubs. Ph: 250-542-6004
Moving & Storage FAMILY Movers. Moving? Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance trips. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687
Painting & Decorating Renew the beauty and value of your home this summer with College Pro Painters! We have 40 years of experience and we specialize in exterior siding and stucco. All jobs are fully insured and come with a 2 year warranty. CALL US FOR A FREE ESTIMATE! 250-3099754 or 1-800-32-PAINT
Rubbish Removal DUMPRUNZ Fast, courteous service, yard waste, household junk or ? 250-307-9449 JUNK REMOVAL We haul it all. Call anytime. Ray 250-307-0837.
Stucco/Siding Do you need stucco work done? If so, book now! Spaces are filing up fast. Call Dion at 778-930-0284
Swimming Pools/ Hot Tubs PENGUIN MFG. HOT TUB COVERS. 250-306-5706
Tiling CUSTOM ROCK COUNTERS Granite Shower Sale. Full Slab Shower Stalls. Cover old tile. Maintenance Free. SHOWROOM 1115 Gordon Dr Free Est. 250-870-1577
Pets & Livestock
Pets & Livestock
Boarding Horse boarding, May/Oct. pasture, shelter, tack barn. Near R. Club Coldstream. 250-545-0955, (604)925-4214
Feed & Hay 1st Crop Grass/Alfalfa Mix For Sale, easy access. $6.50/bale. Call 250-545-1817
Merchandise for Sale
Merchandise for Sale
Merchandise for Sale
Merchandise for Sale
Heavy Duty Machinery
Medical Supplies
Feed & Hay
Pets
Building Supplies
Firewood/Fuel
BOOSHAY’S TRAINING ACADEMY Novice obedience classes, all age & breeds welcome. New class June 9th. Enroll now, class fills fast. (250)558-5322 Bullmastif X puppies, $400. Without shots, family raised. Pics available. (250)308-4329 German Rottweiler pups, 8wks, 1st shots, dewormed, Socialized $500 250-307-2333 GREAT Pyreness x Husky pups, ready to go. Good w/kids, family dogs. $300$400 obo 250-497-5676 Purebred Siamese kittens, ready to go end of April, $100. litter trained. 250-260-3511 Shih-Tzu / Bichon puppies, $350 each. 8 weeks old (250)835-8616 WOLF HYBRID Cubs ready now. Sun Valley Wolf Kennels
New Vinyl white fencing, 350ft. 3 boards fencing, 3-10’ gates, 1-4’ gate hardware incl. Offers. 250-260-7705 Quality Patio Covers @ reasonable prices. www.glaluminumpatiocovers.com Steel Buildings 20x24, 100x100 - Others. Get a bargain, Buy Now! Not available Later. Prices on the Move w w w. s u n w a r d s t e e l . c o m Source# 07P 800-964-8335
PREMIUM FIREWOOD 14yrs in business. Guaranteed dry, cut & Split. All species. Delivery 250-260-7932.
Fertilizers
Beautiful Flexsteel- Marietta leather loveseat, 2 chairs, 2 ottomans, 3 end tables, tall entertainment centre w/2 pillar bookshelves Rosewood finish. Like new, hardly used. Everything for $4000. Call Debi 250-542-0195
www.sunvalleywolfkennels.com 250-765-4996 Kelowna, BC
1000 rounds .38 special ammo $250 tax in. Penticton Gun Show. April 16/17. Meet Chris Weber of The Best Little Gunshop Around Weber & Markin 4-1691 Powick Rd, Kel. 250762-7575 Tues-Sat, 10-6
Livestock Brown hens, just started laying, $10. 250-308-7972 Brown laying hens, $9.50. Chicken manure, bagged in 20kg bags, $4. 250-309-4420 WANTED to rent: Quiet beef bull to breed 4 red Angus cows, ready now. 250-5460101 or 250-309-4411
Pets
Poultry HYLINE PULLETS. Hyline brown egg layers available now. 7 weeks old. $7.50 each 250-546-6608
Tack/Supplies Well experienced saddle, $395. Call 250-306-4604
Merchandise for Sale
Antiques / Vintage Antique Madison piano, antique dining set hutch, antique chairs. 250-491-0823. SOUTH OKANAGAN Silver Buyer Top payouts for Silver coins, bars and bullion. Also buying scrap sterling and gold. Visit our site for current payouts. www.sosbuyer.ca 778-931-0558
Animal Care Society
ADOPTION DAY SATURDAY 10 am to 1:30 pm at Crescent Falls Vet Hospital 2800 45th Avenue Meet our “Better Than Free” Kittens and Adult Cats
This Handsome Dude is looking for his forever home. 2505457535. Australian Shepherd puppies, ready to go April 20, 1st shots, vet check, $450, (250)4995397, 3winds@telus.net Basset Hound Puppies, ready May 21, vet checked, 1st shots, $600 (250)833-4081 BEAUTIFUL blue eyed Siamese/Himalayan kittens. 3 left. Constant handling. $75 Firm. Call 250-306-6086 Beautiful & intelligent Papillon Pups. 1st & 2nd shots, dewormed, $500. 250-767-6104
Landscaping
Appliances #1 Choice, Washer & Dryer $250. Many other items. We also buy appliances. Wayne 250-549-6649 IT’S Mr. Mike! Washer & dryer starting at $250. Stackers & front load, plus other stuff. 250-503-6368, 250-549-3781.
Automotive Equipment, Hoists, Tools & More Auction. Mr Transmission. Sat. April 30, 11am. 4702B - 31 St, Vernon. For complete list view photos at doddsauction.com. 250-545-3259
Building Supplies FREE ESTIMATE
CONCRETE WORK Sidewalks, retaining walls, steps, driveways, patio & general construction. ONE CALL DOES IT ALL
250-545-6251 In Vernon since 1973
Landscaping Monday to Friday 8-6 Saturday 8-5 Closed Sunday
ACROSS FROM VERNON GOLF COURSE ENTRANCE
609 KAL LAKE ROAD
• Topsoil • Bark Mulches • Decorative Rock • Flagstone • Landscape Supplies
Authorized Dealer
250-542-8191
KING size pillowtop boxspring & mattress. Brand New! Worth $1300,sell $495 250-550-6647
Firearms
Food Products Naturally grown BEEF, approx 250lbs sides, no additives, $2.65/lbs cwf. 250546-6494
Fruit & Vegetables BLACK CURRANT PLANTS, mildew assistant. $10/each. 250-542-1032 Raspberry canes, Titan variety, large berries, well suited for the Okanagan. 25/$45 or $2.00/each. 250-832-4176.
Firewood/Fuel
Like new, beige, occasional chair, $425. (250)549-6727 New Platform Bed with New mattress, all still in package. Clearout $490, (250)550-6647 PILLOWTOP mattress, box. Queen. Brand New! MFR warranty. Worth $1100, sell $390 250-550-6647
Garden Equipment Honda lawnmower 3spd s/p $150. Gas lawnmower $80. 250-260-5819 WANTED: Farm tractor, 25 to 35hp, 3PH & loader. 250-5468630
Heavy Duty Machinery
2 + cords full length apple wood, delivered $250. 250546-3505
10 ton triple axle flat deck Pintle beaver tail & floating tip down ramps, air over hydraulic brakes, $2900 obo. 250-5460452
Farm Services
Farm Services
WOOD CHIPS HOG FUEL
BARK MULCH / SHAVINGS HAY & STRAW SALES DAVID BEERSTRA TRUCKING 549-0324 547-6815 ANYTIME
BARK MULCH & CEDAR MULCH 10 TO 40 YARD LOADS
Livestock
Livestock
SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR - Regular & Screened Sizes -
REIMER’S FARM SERVICES
250-260-0110
FARM SEED
Convenient IN TOWN Location • Delivery Available • FREE Onsite Loading
OWNERS: KEVIN & LORI WOURNELL
Furniture 4pc Skylar Pepler living rm suite chair, ottoman, loveseat & sofa w/ queen hide-a-bed also 2 end & 1 coffee table, $1000. Lazy boy chair, $200. All in good cond.250-542-9761
Feed & Hay
We load pickups, trailers, etc … and we deliver! • Screened Topsoil • Decorative Rock • Natures Gold Products • Bark Mulch • Manure and Peat • Sand and Gravel
542.7520
Composted horse manure, no shavings $20, we load. 250546-6968 Well composted chicken manure, $65/pick up truck load. I load w/bobcat. (250)804-6361
Auctions
SPRING HOURS
Equestrian DIAMOND H TACK : 15th Annual Consignment Garage Sale! One Day Only! Sat., April 16, at 9am Sharp. Consign Any Of Your Horse, Rider, and Stable Products from March 26 to April 13.Pick up your consignment package, 1953 Kirschner Rd. Kelowna, BC. 250-762-5631
Pets & Livestock
2nd cut grass hay, small square bales, $7/bale. 250838-6725 4x4 rolls of grass hay “had rain” $20/roll. 4x4 rolls of quality Timothy fescue brome mix $36/roll. Barn stored, Cherryville BC. 604-833-4626, jhbeeler@telus.net Alfalfa/grass round bales first cut no rain good quality. Aprox 600 lbs. $45 each. Barn stored. 250-546-9974 or 250260- 8253 Armstrong. Free manure, you pay for trucking. Bark mulch & sawdust for sale. 250-804-6720 Good quality hay, alfalfa grass mix, heavy square bales, barn stored. 542-9419 or 309-5956 Hay- 1st cut grass/alfalfa, no rain $6. 2nd cut alfalfa, no rain $6. Armstrong. 250-546-9832 HAY FOR SALE; Grass or Grass Alfalfa mix, Round bales $70 each, approx. 800lbs, delivery avail. on larger orders, also Silege bales or Feeder hay. 250-838-6630 *HAY-SALES-GUARANTEED Quality Grass, Alfalfa, Mixed square bales, round bales & Silage bales. Delivery avail. (250)804-6081,(250)833-6763. HIGH QUALITY Grass Hay for Sale $7/bale. Enderby 250838-6669
Tree Services Certified climber will safely remove danger trees Fruit tree and hedge pruning Clean up done right! Professional service at great rates 250-5589030 Cheap danger tree removal by Certified faller. 250-546-6299 250-804-5113
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Feed & Hay
6900 11900 1000 1295
Horse & Sheep Pasture Mix $ 20 kg............................................................... Non-Irrigated Pasture Mix $ 20 kg............................................................. Seed Oats $ 20 kg................................................................ Lawn Seed $ 5 lb ............................................. Starting at Other Seed Available
Country West Supply farm & ranch supplies | pet food | bagged feed | tack & clothing
4620-23 Street rd
www.vernonlandscape.com • Behind ICBC OFFICES, OFF SILVER STAR RD.
love 3155 Pleasant Valley Rd, Armstrong, BC gottaace! (250) 546-9174 u o Y is pl Open Monday to Saturday th
FREE Removal of unwanted equipment etc. Dead or Alive Auto Recycling. Call Leo (250)550-5245 Toyota 2000 lb propane forklift, $2500. Sellick 5000 rough terrain forklift. $5500. Grove 4 1/2 ton pick and carry crane, $5500. New plate compactor for 120 size excavator. $2500. Clearing rake for 200 $1600. 250-547-8993.
Garage Sales
SHOPRIDER Scooters & Power Chairs, Lift Chairs, Walkers & ramps, new & used. www.okmobilityscootersplus.ca Shoprider Dealer, Kelowna: 250-764-7757, Vernon: 250542-3745, Toll free: 1-888-5423745,
Misc. for Sale 4 Heavy Rims 16” Dodge Caravan, $120. Washer/Dryer, $150 obo. (250)542-5250
Garage Sales
GARAGE SALE DIRECTORY FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES SUNDAY BREAKFAST & FLEA MARKET 5101 - 25TH Ave. EVERY SUNDAY 8 am - 12 pm CALL 250-542-3003 Alexis Park: 4100 + 4102 + 4104 34 A St Sat. & Sun. 8:30-1:30 HUGE multi family + multi house garage sale, everything from furniture to tires, even the kitchen sink! ARMSTRONG: 2335 Wilson Ave, Sat. 16 April, 8am-noon. Antiques, Lionel train, generator, railroad lanterns, Coleman lanterns, Ducks unlimited framed print, Bradford Exchange collector plates, trophy mount Mule deer & antelope, tools, wine making supplies, and lots more. Armstrong: 4100 Lansdowne Rd. April 16, 9-2. Fence panels, something for everyone!
Armstrong: 4111 Swanson Mtn. Rd. Sat. Apr 16, 8am-4pm. MOVING SALE! 2001 Buick Century, Mission style LR & BR suites, computer hutch, computer, 17” tires & alloy wheels (Subaru), freezer, camera equip., small appliances, books, much more. Call
250-542-0903 for more info. Bella-Vista: 6601 Orchard Hill Rd. Sat & Sun 8-1. Furniture, electric f/p, swing set, misc. household, kids & baby items. BX: 5599 Pearson Rd. Sat. Apr. 16, 9-2. Multi family, furniture, baby/children items,misc. COLDSTREAM:646 Middleton Way, Sat, April16th, Sun, April 17th. 10-2pm.Figure skating boots, all new, Gam,Riedell, Youth to Ladies. Coldstream: 7508 Holtam Dr. Sat. 8-4pm. Household items, antique oak table, sports equip Coldstream Meadows: 9104 Mackie Dr. Fri Apr. 15 12-4pm & Sat. Apr 16, 9-3pm. Craft Sale & Garage Sale! Coldstream, multi-family sale, Saturday, 8-12. 983 Mt Bulman Court. Coldstream - Saturday, April 16, 8-1. 580 Mt Thor. Redecorating sale.
COLDSTREAM Shop Downsizing Large & small gas engines, electric motors, computer equip, alarm panels, etc. Saturday & Sunday, 9-4. 7901 Cunliffe Rd.
EAST HILL 1305 40th Ave. April 16, 8am-2pm. Books, magazines, cassettes, records Easter items, pussy willow branches, coffee end tables & craft items, stuffed animals, games & misc. East Hill, lots of great stuff. 2408 25th St. Friday, 3-6pm, Sat 8-1pm. No early birds pls.
Enderby: 309 Baird Ave. Fri. 12-5 & Sat. 8-5. Large multi family, household & tools. ENDERBY: 406 Kildonan Ave, Sat, April 16th, 9-3, Something for everyone.
Harwood
Crib, car seat, garden pots, elliptical, aluminum trays, maternity wear, camping gear. 4502 17th St. Saturday April 16, 8-1. HOUSEWARES, BIKES, books, toys, suitcases,camping stuff, BBQ, even the house. 7396 Longacre Dr. April 16-17th 9-2.
LAVINGTON’S 17TH ANNUAL COMMUNITYWIDE GARAGE SALE: Sat. April 16th,8 am No early birds please! Map of area & list of participating homes with their addresses will be available at the Concession/Ice Rink on School Rd. at 7:45am. Lots of nifty things. Sat, 8-4. 11506 Tassie Dr. Follow signs off Kidston. LUMBY: 656 Mabel Lake Rd. EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY FROM APRIL TO OCT. A Little bit of everything! LUMBY Curling Club Community Garage Sale at the Curling Rink on April 16, 8AM to 2PM
Middleton: 211 Sarsons Rd. at Telafrend Kennels, Sat. Apr 16 at 9am. Household, camping, dog stuff, etc. * Also bottle drive for Kenya Trip Fundraiser * Mission Hill: 3502 17 Ave. Sat. Apr. 16 ONLY 9-1. HUGE “Indoor” House Plant ONLY Sale. Over 50 to choose from.
Mission Hill 4700 Bellevue Dr. Saturday, 8-2. Compact bar fridge, wheeled walker, die-cast cars, new luggage, bikes & helmets, records, CD’s, DVD’s lots of misc. Vernon: 2104 42 Ave. Sat. 8-3. Multi Family, household items, homemade perogies (cheddar, bacon & sauerkraut) Vernon: 4004 27 Ave. Sat. April 16, 8-3pm. VERNON:
7037-Amber Dr (Lakeview Estates), Sat, April 16th, 9-3. Sun, April 17th. 9-3. Bikes, beds, bbq, lawn mower, sinks, etc., NO EARLY BIRDS! Vernon: Corner of 50 Ave & 20 St. Sat & Sun 9-5. 2 Semi Trailer Loads of furniture, TV’s, bed’s, oil paintings & mirrors! Vernon: (East Hill) 3100 15 St. Fri & Sat 15 & 16, 8-2. Moving Sale! Misc. Tools, household items & yard tools.
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Merchandise for Sale
Merchandise for Sale
Real Estate
Real Estate
Real Estate
Rentals
Rentals
Misc. Wanted
For Sale By Owner
Houses For Sale
Apt/Condo for Rent
MINUTES FROM SCHUBERT CENTRE
Full Duplex 2bdrm each reno’d currently rented at $1700. offers considered. 250-503-1926
Mobile Homes & Parks
Apt/Condo for Rent
IM a private buyer/collector of 1950’s, 60’s and older 10¢, 25¢, 50¢ & $1. I want to buy lots! All conditions! US & Canadian. Todd 250-864-3521 NEWCAN Coins & Currency Buying & selling rare coins & currency, gold & silver bullion for over 30 years. We pay strong prices for your bullion coins & even more for scarce collectors coins & bank notes. Do NOT clean collectables in any way. 250-838-0100. Vernon: 5868-Flemish Place, (off Bella Vista).Sat, April 16, 8am. Estate sale! Car, furniture, everything. Wanted: Kash for copper/ brass- radiators, wire, plumbing. Also clean up yards/metal haul away. 250-546-3556 WANTED: Used 2dr glass cooler. Call 250-549-3145
Seniors Building
Westmount Apts
Misc. for Sale
WANTED Quality furniture, household
appliances, antiques, collectables and vehicles for CONSIGNMENT. We also buy, sell & pick up.
Call Dodds Auction 250-545-3259 A Parklane 3 wheel bike, with basket, like new, incl. new bike pump, $350. 250-550-5524 Beautiful 3 seat Canadian made traditional chesterfield, $200. Small microwave, $10. Call Betty (250)558-5944 BRAND new 5 stage reverse osmosis water filtration system. Retail price: $795. Now: $250. Call 250-863-1544 Cheap! 26” color TV, Samsung, good picture, $25 obo. 250-542-4919 CHIPS AHOY! Fish and Chips truck back downtown by Library. Ready to serve you.
FREE REMOVAL of all unwanted vehicles & metals. No vehicle or metal too big. 250-351-9666 Free scrap metal dump site. If it’s metal, we take it! 250-3096107, 250-546-9536 Free Scrap removal. All metals & cars. No microwaves or t.v.s. Minimum p/u load. 250-309-6107, 250-546-9536 Gas Lawnmower, electric weed whacker: $175 for both. Westinghouse Stacking Washer/Dryer: $200. Kerosene Heater & fuel: $45. Exercise Bike: $35. Phone 250-5426198 (before 8pm) HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com Maytag washer & dryer, can be seen working. $400. 250542-3430. NEED BUILDING PLANS New or renovation. Call Okanagan Blue Print. 250-558-8791 NEWCAN COINS & CURRENCY, buying & selling coins & bank notes & gold & silver bullion. For more info see Misc Wanted. (250)838-0100 Rebuilt Electrolux vacuum. Also Rainbow power head & tools, war. 1 yr $150 each. 250-549-3352 Shop Smith multi-purpose power tool, $400. Scotty electric down rigger, $400. Sliding Mitre saw & stand, $140. Router table, $30. (250)5458300 Vortech Force vacuum $150. oval walnut DR table, 4 chairs $175. Old wood winder $95. Slant front desk, $175. Misc. collectibles, 10-4pm. 250-5450444 WANTED: Good used furniture, beds also. Phone Furniture Emporium, 250-545-0240 WANTED: Used 2dr glass cooler. Call 250-549-3145 Weslo Treadmill, hardly used, $500. (250)838-6653
Musical Instruments HARTKE AC75 solo amp. 2 channels, perfect for lounge and coffee house gigs. $375. Ph (250)833-1976 Take Guitar playing to the next level w/Master guitarist Chris Madsen, all styles $60 session Professional cd/dvd burning, recording also. 250-558-1960
Sporting Goods 1000 rounds .38 special ammo $250 tax in. Penticton Gun Show. April 16/17. Meet Chris Weber of The Best Little Gunshop Around Weber & Markin 4-1691 Powick Rd, Kel. 250762-7575 Tues-Sat, 10-6 Basketball hoop, Huffy Titatanium, full size, fully adjustable, free standing, new $300, asking $150 obo. 250-260-5821 Brodie Dynamo FS mountain bike,26” tires. $450. 250-5581560.
Tools Rockwell beaver wood lathe, stand & 8 turning tools, $250 firm. 250-542-6931
Garage Sales
Real Estate Acreage for Sale 3 Acres, Whitevale Area, Lumby. Flat, trees, drilled well, gas/hydro to driveway. Price $235,000.00 + HST OBO. 250-547-6932. 5 1/2 ac. $89,900. 11.80 ac, c/w cabin, two 10.94 ac build lots for Pics email selkirk8@telus.net Arrow Lakes area. 250269-7328.
Apt/Condos for Sale 1&2bdrm condo’s, totally renovated, insuite laundry, from $149,900. 250-307-5552
For Sale By Owner 1bdrm apartment for sale in Armstrong. All appliances and washer/dryer included. $135,000. 250-550-4963
House for Sale
EAST HILL 26th St. @ 32nd Ave
5 Bedroom #
214 - 3704 27 Avenue Vernon
• Immaculate 1 bdrm condo. • Secure 55+ community • Secure underground parking • Great location, close to all amenities • Balcony. $
119,900
250-540-7757 Beautiful Home in Bella Vista, above OK Lake, built in ‘05. okhomeseller.com #26599 Immediately - 3bdrm townhouse, centrally located, term neg., small d/p. 250-542-0060.
Houses For Sale
$
399,900
Brand new 2200 sq ft home. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. Triple car garage. All appliances included. Close to schools, parks, lake.
(Incls in-law-suite)
$325,000 Call 250-309-2565 OPEN HOUSE, April 30, 123pm. SOUTH Valley Ranch, Ok Landing, gated community, 2bdrm rancher, new paint & carpets, c/a, f/s, w/d, d/w incl. Pet friendly w/restrictions, $329,900. 250-309-5127 Updated quiet East Hill 4bdrm, 2bath, extra prkg, 1906 23 Ave. $346,000. 250-2606225, (250)540-8277
Lots SPECTACULAR 2.5 acres in Vernon area. $289,000.00. Completed site prep includes engineered building footprint, rock walls, driveway, oversize parking area. Lower half with south facing slope, and beautiful views. Upper acre is level and suitable for cultivating or recreation. GST/HST included. Phone (250) 558-4274.
Mobile Homes & Parks
250-558-4795
1969, 2 BEDROOM Country Estate, 12’ x 60’ mobile home, located in Falkland. Must be moved. $6,000/obo. (250)379-6899 WHOLESALE FACTORY DIRECT. Manufactured, Modular & Park models. Tremendous savings. Luxurious 1512 sq. ft home including delivery and installation only $ 109,950. Many other plans available. The Home Boys 877-976-3737 509-4819830 or www.hbmodular.com
Mortgages Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations. Call 1888-711-8818 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca
DISTRESS SALES
5YEAR OLD ONE LEVEL 2BDRM, 1BATH TOWNHOUSE VAULTED CEILING, WITH WALK IN CLOSET, F/S, W/D, D/W, OVERSIZED SINGLE GARAGE, 3508 24TH AVE #2 $228,000 FIRM. (250)308-6999
Rentals Acreage BARN & 5 acres for rent for livestock in Vernon $300/mo. Call Jack 250-550-4740.
Level Entry -
Home & Lot Packages
www.OkanaganForeclosures.com Salt Team, Re/Max Vernon
250-549-7258
FIRST TIME BUYERS Why rent when you can own?
Park near your Door 2 bdrm + office + dining room. Large bright corner unit, patio on lawn, in unit laundry. Mature adult, NS, NP property. $795. 250-309-2000
Immaculate!
www.VernonFirstTimers.com Salt Team, Re/Max Vernon 250-549-7258
www.countrysidemanufacturedhomes.com
2 bedroom luxury condo in mature-adult building with secure U.G. parking + guest suite + more! $955 includes heat, 3 pce. ensuite, gas fireplace. No stairs to the unit! NS, NP. Cat OK. 250-309-2000
******* OKHomeseller.com Where smart sellers meet smart buyers! View Thompson Okanagan properties for sale.// Selling? No Commission. (250) 545-2383 or 1-877-291-7576 3.69 Acres updated Home and Shop in Vernon home, Detached 1000 sqft Shop with hoist. Great holding property! $690,000 Call Wade 250-5506364. 6177 Okanagan Ave
Houses For Sale
Houses For Sale
Free list of homes for under $1000/month (+ 5% down)
Vernonwww.okhomeseller.com #26513l
Custom Built, Beautiful lake & valley views from this 3bdrm, 3bath + den home, 1bdrm self contained suite, dbl garage, RV prkg, central air, priv. backyard, etc, etc. $396,500. 250-938-3673
832-6699
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sells more Real Estate in the North Okanagan than all other real estate companies.* Why not call a top negotiator today at Vernon 250-549-4161; Armstrong 250-546-3119; Lumby 250-547-9266; Enderby 250-838-0025 (Not intended To Solicit Properties Currently Listed For Sale) *OMREB MLS North Okanagan Listings 12/31/10
BELLA VISTA 21, 4303 - 27 Avenue Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $219,500
EAST HILL 1, 4404 Pleasant Valley Road Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $199,000
ARMSTRONG 3780 Schubert Road - Willowbrook Sat & Sun, 1:00-3:30 starting at $299,000
CITY 4003 - 27 Avenue Sunday, 11:30-1:30 $289,000
31, 1600 - 43 Avenue Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $89,900
ENDERBY 173 Salmon Arm Drive Sat & Sun, 2:00-4:00 $269,000
2525 Jarvis Street - The Aspens Sat & Sun, 1:00-3:00 starting at $389,900
COLDSTREAM 9065 College Drive Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $444,900
2805 - 25 Street Sunday, 11:00-1:00 $329,999
127 West Enderby Road Sunday, 1:00-4:00 $379,000
1501 - 15 Avenue Sunday, 12:00-2:00 $406,900
FOOTHILLS 6502 Blackcomb Way Sunday, 1:30-3:00 $659,000
3715 Sage Avenue Sunday, 1:30-3:30 $344,000
1086 - 11 Avenue Sunday, 2:00-4:00 $369,000
2920 Okanagan Street Sunday, 12:00-1:45 $269,000
DESERT COVE 510 - 5 Street Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $330,000
Move In Incentives
250-558-9696
250-545-7251
Horizon
The CLIFFS
Apartments
2 Bedroom Suites from
1903 - 31A Street
■ 1 or 2 Bedroom ■ Adult 40+ ■ N/P ■ N/S ■ Balcony ■ Coin Laundry ■ Covered Parking ■ Close to Hospital
250-558-9696
1505 - 15 Avenue Sunday, 12:00-2:00 $416,900 503, 4701 Pleasant Valley Road Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $185,900 511, 4701 Pleasant Valley Road Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $249,900
$
1000 / month
F/S, W/D, D/W, A/C, + heat, hot water and hydro all included. Great quality living in a clean and spacious secure building. N/S, N/P. Good building for Seniors! On-site Resident Manager. REFERENCES REQUIRED SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY PLEASE
250-542-1701
GREEN VALLEY ESTATES
Discover the Secret!
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
Renovated condos with private courtyard — enjoy air conditioning and large deck, located in a convenient location right in the heart of Vernon. Affordable family living. In-house manager. Ask about rental incentives. 2 bdrm … $825 per month 3 bdrm … $925 per month To view, please call:
Hawthorn Lane
Armstrong
250-503-1257
1&2bdrm, adult building, F/S, N/P, near Schubert, heat incl. $600-$750. 250-307-4300
A New Tradition of Quality Living
Houses For Sale
Houses For Sale
33, 1600 43RD AVENUE
#
Half a year of pad rent FREE + a new 42” TV!
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION
modular home with a lovely big bay window, carpet and lino. The kitchen is beautiful oak cabinets, new appliances. Central air. Washer and dryer are new and front loading. Relax at the end of the day in your wonderful soaker tub. 55+ park, no dogs. (private sale).
250-306-6262
$
97,000
OPENHOUSES WEEK-END DRIVE OPEN
ALEXIS PARK 3903 - 38 Street Sunday, 12:00-2:00 $349,900
8747 Hofer Drive Sunday, 1:30-3:00
• Includes Heat, Water, Elevator, Parking, Coin Laundry • No Smoking / No Pets
2 Bdrm Apartment +40 Adult, Secure Building No Pets, No Smoking, Covered Parking, Elevator, Cable Included
PROPERTY NOT SELLING?
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27, 3805 Patten Dr - Country Lane Thur to Sun, 1:00-3:00 starting at $399,000
• 1 or 2 Bedroom
Townhouses
Apt/Condo for Rent
FREE computerized printout of foreclosure properties
1604 - 31st St, Vernon
EAST HILL 1907 - 27 Crescent Sunday, 1:00-3:00
LAVINGTON 6231 Dawe Court Saturday, 10:00-12:00 $424,900
OKANAGAN LANDING 201, 6710 Tronson Road Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $114,900
9842 Hill Drive Sunday, 2:00-4:00 $439,000
9, 6688 Tronson Road Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $204,000
LUMBY 2215 Linea Crescent Sunday, 12:00-2:00 $389,000
SOUTH VERNON 1310 - 42A Street Sunday, 1:30-3:30 $276,500
NORTH BX 5296 MacDonald Road Sunday, 1:00-3:00
4205 - 16 Avenue Sunday, 12:00-1:00 $339,000
HARWOOD 2508 - 45 Avenue Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $279,900
OKANAGAN LANDING 1000 Snowberry Road - The Breeze Sun-Fri., 11:00-4:00, Closed Sat. from $367,838
WESTSIDE 15078 Pinecrest Road Sunday, 12:00-2:00 $474,870
26, 3906 Pleasant Valley Road Sunday, 1:00-2:00
18, 2727 Lakeshore Drive Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $189,000
1497 - 35 Avenue Sunday, 2:00-3:00
B32 Friday, April 15, 2011 - The Morning Star
Rentals
Rentals
Apt/Condo for Rent
Apt/Condo for Rent
ALEXIS PARK MANOR
NEWLY RENOVATED with ceramic & laminate, Enderby, 1 & 2 bdrm apartments. 250-308-9299
• Bright 1 and 2 bdrms. • Renovated, Spacious, Air Conditioned Suites • Adult Oriented • Close to Bus • Park-like Settings • Clean, Well-Managed Building
250-549-2770
MORRIS MANOR Large 2 bedroom 2 Bath, 1 large bachelor suite and 1 bedroom available. Senior oriented building, downtown across from Schubert Centre. Heat included. For more information call
250-542-8989 1bdrm apt. near Hospital, laundry, heat, water, F/S, parking incl. NS, NP, $650/mo. Ref’s req. (250)542-7982 1bdrm lrg & small, close to Rec Centre, $550-$700, no dogs. Furn ste avail. 250-3074948, 250-545-8443. 1bed & 2bdrm, bright & clean in a quiet, well managed Apt building on bus route/walk to dwntwn. incl’s appls, heat, hot water, cable, locker/ prkg. Also, avail. furnished. n/p, n/s. Starts at $685. 250-550-4069 1 Fantastic 2bdrm, Silver Star chalet, updated, fully furnished & equipped, Apr. 1st-Oct 31. $890 incl/util. 1-250-661-9914 ianaheath@yahoo.ca 2bdrm, 1 bath, close to amenities, laundry avail, small pet okay, F/S/AC, R.R. Contact 8am-8pm.$800 + util. 250306-8252 250-545-8252 www.rentinvernon.com 2bdrm, 2bath, 950sqft, 5-appl, a/c, laminate flr, city views, partial util incl in rent $975/mo. Avail May 1, 250-306-6123 2bdrm, close to DT, reno’d, insuite laundry h/u. $850/mo. 1 month free rent or $400 grocery voucher! 250-549-0440. 2 Bed, 1 Bath Furnished Silver Star Condo May 1st to Oct 31st $750 inc Hydro Cable Parking N/S, N/P Coin Laundry. Brad 549-8470 3bdrm, 1.5bath, level entry, 5appl, Alexis Park area, $1100 May 1. n/s, n/p. 250-558-5420. Armstrong, 2bdrm, 1 bath, f/s, private w/d, balcony, covered parking, secure building, storage available, N/S, N/P, $900/mo + utilities. 250-3076467. Available, 2 bdrm, reno’d, covered parking,1/2 block to bus, 900/month. Call 250-558-5131 Avail May 1st, Fully reno’d 1 bdrm, very large, quiet mature adult building, cable incl, a/c. 250-545-8985. EASTHILL. 1 BDRM, 2nd floor bright apt, fully reno’d. $700/mo +utils. On site ldry. n/s. Avail May1. 250-545-4774 Highland Court-3130 18 Ave. (2) Lg 2bdrm condo, 5-appl. a/c, ns, np, avail. now & June 1, $875 +util. 250-308-9402 LARGE 2bdrm apt. $800/mo. +hydro, NO PETS, Avail. Now. 250-869-9788 Midway Silver Star & Vernon, quiet location, 1 room bachelor priv/entry, util. prkg, ns, np, $450. 250-542-8553
ONE MONTH FREE RENT 1bdrm, 1bdrm + den, on site managers, f/s, d/w, a/c, balcony, secure prkg, adult oriented on 2 acres of park like setting, n/p, n/s. 250545-5773 or 250-550-0243.
RENT INCENTIVE AVAILABLE Arlington/ Embers/ Century, 1 & 2 bdrm, NP, NS, close to bus/ shopping/Schubert centre clean/ well maintained, 55+ 250-275-8066 RICKFORD MANOR. 1 & 2bdrm suites, NS, NP, adult bldg. Call 250-545-1412
Apartment Furnished 1 Bdrm Suite + loft Silver Star Chalet, 700/mo incl util. Fully furnish and equipped. Great spot for 1-2 people. Available Apr - Nov. Ken 250-307-0370 or email kenny-g@shaw.ca
Commercial/ Industrial 2038 FT. COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL SPACE IN NORTH END 9’ X 9’ OVERHEAD DOOR $1495 PER MONTH CALL RAY @ 250-549-0198 Commercial/Retail space in busy Spallumcheen Industrial Park, 600-1100sq.ft avail. immed. 250-549-0141 Office for rent, busy location, $400/mo + HST, 500sq.ft incl/util. 5005 24 St. 2nd floor, Call Susan (250)542-5728 SUB DIVIDABLE commercial space for lease. 250558-1166.
Duplex / 4 Plex 2 BEDROOM 3608 - 25th Avenue, Vernon $825/month + utilities W/D, Fridge & Stove Included No Pets • No Smoking Available February 1st Separate Entrance • Private Yard
250-558-9696
½ DUPLEX FOR RENT Great area, 3 bdrm., 1 bath, $915 plus 2/3 utility, N/S, N/P, references
250-550-0234
www.vernonmorningstar.com
Rentals
Rentals
Duplex / 4 Plex 3bdrm, lovely, clean, yard, cat ok, n/s, $950/mo + util, (250)558-0969, 938-1957 Clean bright 2bdrm main floor, newly reno’d, in-ste laundry, n/s, n/p. $950/mo incl utils Avail June 1. 250-306-4088 Harwood area, 2bdrm, 1 bath, f/s,w/d incl., R.R. avail immed. $800 + util.250-545-6962. Large 3bdrm, 1.5bath suite, NS/NP, $925/mo includes most util. 250-542-1210.
Housesitting LOOKING to housesit, clean, reliable, trustworthy, good w/pets, Ref’s avail. Avail May 1. Marie 250-542-1740.
Mobile Homes & Pads IN Lumby, 2-bdrm, gas heat, f/s, w/d, n/p, $750/mo avail. immed. (250)503-7044
Homes for Rent YEAR ROUND LAKESHORE
4 bdrm., 2 bath home on 1 acre lot w/large outbldg. Available now for one year lease. $2000+ util. Dan Irvine Re/Max Vernon 250-549-0119 www.buyokanagan.com for pictures and map
Thor
250-309-1742 • Bachelor suite in complex. Shared washrooms, all utilities incl. cable TV. $550 • 2 bdrm smaller home, reno’d inside. Central location. F&S, W&D, pet negotiable. Yard, shed. $850.
vernonhomes.ca/forrent • 2 bdrm lower suite in Alexis Park. Just renovated, F&S, shared laundry, yard, parking, utilities incl. $1,000 • 2 bdrm new above-ground lower suit, lots of light, Middleton area. 2 very large bdrms, 5 appliances. Looks fantastic, incl. internet. You pay 1/3 of utilities. $1000. • 3 bdrm dated home in Lavington. Furnished, short term rental, home is for sale. Very large yard. F&S, W&D, high efficiency furnace. Pets OK. Carport. $900.
Rentals
Rentals
Homes for Rent
Homes for Rent
1 bdrm country cottage PVX Rd Armstrong, just freshened. N/P, N/S, D/D, references $800/mo + hydro. Call 250.306.0664 1-Fantastic 4bdrm, Silver Star chalet, superb fully furnished & equipped, April 1-Oct 31. $1190/mo. includes all utilities. ianaheath@yahoo.ca 1-250-661-9914 2bdrm main flr of house with yard & 1 car garage. Quiet neighbourhood, close to amenities. F/S, D/W, utils, A/C, shared laundry incl. N/S, N/P. $1075/mo + DD. 250308-7657 2 LRG bed Easthill home with city view of park. Full kitch. Priv. yard/deck. Util, AC, Intrnt, Cbl, W&D incl. Pets. $1250 May 1. 1 (250)542-6552 3bdrm, central location, 5appl, 1.5 bath, N/S, fenced yard. $1200/mo +utils 250-542-7283 3bdrm executive top floor & partial bottom floor, fenced backyard, u/g sprinklers, AC, single car garage, shed, garden, hardwood floors, F/S, DW, W/D, 2 full ensuites, cat ok, NS, quiet professional, long term, $1400/mo. 250517-9333. Avail May 1. 3bdrm house with basement suite for rent in Enderby. $1600/mo. 250-838-6630 3bdrm top floor of house. Great view. Big shared yard. $1200/mo. Avail April 15 or May 1. 250-549-4158 3bdrm Walmart area, 2bath, fenced yard, single garage. Avail May 1. Prefer n/p. $1425 + utils. 250-869-9788 5bdrm, 2living rm, 3bath, big family home. Fully fenced, garage opener, nice area, $1500 + utils, avail now, N/P N/S. Bella Vista Rd. Vernon 250864-2786 5bdrm hse w/2 kitchens. Lwr Mission Hill, avail May1 $1400 + utils. (250)545-7512 eves. Beautiful lakeview close to beach, 3bdrm, 3bath, new reno’d, $1300. 7477 Tronson Rd. by appt. 250-503-1954 Bella Vista, 4bdrm, 2 1/2 bath, garage, f/s, 2 f/p, n/s, n/p, $1500. Avail May 1st. 250-838-9657 Charming 1914 heritage home, hardwood floors, 2 bdrm, 1 bath 5 appliances, non smokers, n/p, Avail May 1. $1,000 plus util 250-503-2445. Coldstream Estates 2300sqft, 3bdrm up, lower level walkout bsmn’t w/2bdrm inlaw suite, 2decks, beautiful view, $1700 NS/NP. 250-260-3630.
Near Hospital 2bdrm lwr flr. Priv/entry, laundry, patio & storage. Electric f/p, jaccuzi tub & prkg. $950 utils incl. N/S, N/dogs. (250)309-5212 New 2bdrm house w/ add. loft space total 1500 sqfin a very private setting,10 minute drive to Vernon,large deck w/beautiful views, fully equipped kitchen, w/dradiant floor heat plus wood fire place avail. May or June $1,450 p/month.Ph. 250542-8004, 250-309-8912 Totally renovated 3 bed home, 5 appl, huge mstr, fenced yard, large deck, N/S, N/P, reference req. Avail Immed, $1300/mo +util. 250-275-0665
Shared Accommodation
EAST HILL
1/2 DUPLEX 1bdr avl. April 15. Parking for 2 car, fenced back yard, storage shed, low east hill, w/d and water, garbage incl. Cat ok. $800 per month. Credit check and references a must. 250-540-6294 Trevor 2 BDRM, 4-PLEX, laundry hook-ups, D/W, $800 +utilities. N/S, small dog okay. Available Immediately. 250-545-7644 or 550-5832 2-bdrm, f/s, w/d, garbage & water incl. $830 n/s, no-dogs, avail now. (250)542-5006 2bdrm lakeview suite, reno’d, gas f/p, f/s, w/d hook up. $1150 util incl, 250-503-2080 2BDRM suite in 4plex, level entry, newly reno’d, close to Multiplex. W/D, F/S, N/S, N/P. Avail. immed $900/mo. +util. 250-545-4461 250-503-7296 3bdrm 1/2 duplex, 2yr old, full bsmnt, parking, Lumby, discount for lease. $1200/mo. 250-550-4396 3bdrm duplex, $900/mo. f/s incl., fenced yard, avail May 1. 250-545-9191.
1200sqft, 2bdrm 1bath. Great location w/huge master bdrm & lrg bath, 2 car garage & sundeck, bright, clean & spacious $1050/mo. 250-215-4564. 2bdrm downtown, car storage, fenced yard, $850 +some util. n/s, avail. now. 250-503-1926
Furnished, Silver Star, 4bdrm executive home. Avail April 15-Dec 15. N/S, N/P. $995 + utils. 250-558-5045
Apt/Condo for Rent
Office/Retail
Office/Retail
Two Deluxe
CONDOS
Centennial Drive, close to dowtown and services. Beautiful views. Two bedrooms, with washer and dryer in suite. Fireplace. Indoor parking. Quiet secure adult buildings. Short or long term. $1100 and $1200. 250-260-4273 References required.
vernonhomes.ca/forrent • 3 bdrm 2½ bath home in ‘The Rock’ Bella Vista. 5 newer appliances, garage, deck, hardwood flooring, nice finishing. $1,300. • 3 bdrm townhome in Birchland Gardens (lower Mission Hill). Some updates, F&S, DW, W&D, deck area, 2 stall parking. Cat OK. $950. • 4 bdrm 2½ bath home in Bella Vista. in-law kitchenette setup downstairs, yard, carport, 2 fireplaces, older home in good shape. $1,350.
5 bdrm house avail immed, 3 upper + 2 lower, inlaw suite + separate entrance, fenced garden, 2 parking spaces. $1550 + utils. Call 250-309-2565 s.montizambert@shaw.ca East Hill, upper floor,3bdrm, 11/2 bath, f/p, nice yard, 5 appl., n/s, n/p. $1200 util incl., Avail now.250-558-0474. FANTASTIC 2 bdrm, big yard, N/S, Harwood area, $1000 mo, call 403-807-9795.
FULL HOUSE; Newly Reno’d Home, May 15, 4BDRM, 3 FULL BATHS, all appl., pool, energy efficient, on quiet cul-desac, near VSS, $1900/mo. neg. on lease term, small dog ok, ns, must have references. 250-938-3234
Professional
OFFICE SPACE On one of Vernon’s busiest streets. High visibility, terrific exposure. New, with all services installed. Ready to move in. Low maintenance, excellent street parking. Approx. 580 sq. ft. All office furniture available.
$950 + triple net. (250) 260-4273
Motels,Hotels 1bdrm,quiet, non smoker, kitchenette, Monthly $630. Weekly rates. 250-558-6837. Twin Creeks Motel, Lumby. Newly reno’d, fully furn. affordable rooms for monthly, weekly & daily. Special group rates. Less than 20 min drive from Vernon. Call or email t w i n c r e e k s . r e s e r va t i o n s @ gmail.com 250-547-9221
Office/Retail PACKAGED OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. ACCESS TO GENERAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT & BOARDROOM. CALL 250-558-1111 TO VIEW.
Room & Board For Senior, nice home environment, quiet, near bus, good location, all util’s, neg. rent. 250-549-7418, 250-307-9407
Rooms for Rent Bdrm for rent & run of home. $500/mo. N/S, N/Pps, N/DDs. (250)545-6251 Furn’d rm w/sunrm, access to back yd, priv bath. Use of kitch /laundry. $550. 250-260-3400
RV Pads FARM COUNTRY RV PARK Best view. Best rates. Full service incl wi/fi & cable. Daily, Weekly & Monthy Rates.
Kelowna Call 250-862-7448
Seasonal Acommodation 2-bdrm reno’d, Silver Star, covered prkg, avail now. $1200. 250-558-3786 April-Dec. Silver Star house with 2 suites, 1-800-894-0554 www.silverstarskichalet.com LACASA Lake Cottage Resort on the lake for rent, sleeps 8, Elegant & Modern 2bdrm, den, April-May $750/wk, June $1000/wk, July $1500/wk, August $1750/wk. 250-491-0823
Senior Assisted Living Abbeyfield House, 250-5423711, Seniors Supportive Living. Home cooked meals. SUITES FROM $1025/MO. 3 home cooked meals daily. Includes utils. 250-545-3351 Silver Springs Residence.
Shared Accommodation 1BDRM, no-drugs, no-parties, downtown. $450 incl.util. N/P, furniture, cable. 250-549-0644 Character house upper loft, East Hill, sep/bath $500 share with health prof. 250-308-6339 Furnished condo, 1-room to responsible adult, close to town prkg, $500 util/cable/internet incl. avail. now. 250-306-3169 Furnish room for rent, $400$425 plus d/d. Includes all utilities & cable. 250-550-4740 Furn. room in large house, $450/mo incl/util, Suits mature prof./student (250)503-8018 Large Room ,East Hill rooming house, shared kitchen & bath, cable/utils incl. $450/mo. avail. immed. 250-558-3579
Nice furn bdrms. Near Hospital. $475 or part suite $550.util incl.,mature,n/s 250-558-7347 PRIVATE ROOM in large home Overlooking Swan Lake/BX. Includes everything. $500.00. 778-475-5911 778930-0181 kisersuzy@aol.com
Storage 8X8X20 New Containers Household/ Commercial rentals. $110/mo. Your place or mine. Warren 250-545-8118 Vernon. Rent, Sale or Lease. STORAGE FOR LEASE 5177 Silver Star Road. 480sq ft; 240V, Gas heat, AC, covered parking, storage. Available 1 May. 250-2608618
Suites, Lower 1 BEDROOM SUITE View, shared laundry, internet, heat, elec. included. Good parking, separate entrance. NO smokers, no pets, single person only. Rent: $695/mo. 250.558.8728, leave message (1) 2bdrm nice bright & clean newly reno’d bsmnt ste in East Hill. Brand new appls, washer & dryer. $850/mo + hydro. 250-542-0995, 250-550-5413 1bdrm above ground, Coldstream, a/c, cable/internet/utils incl. In-ste laundry. s/s appl. n/s, n/p. Avail May 1. $700. 250-558-4830 1bdrm, Avail now, East Hill, 1 person only, 5-appl., util., cable & internet, ns, np, $750 250-558-4670 1bdrm, daylight bsmt suite, quiet, f/s, w/d, util incl., n/s, n.p. R.R. $700. 250-545-3175. 1bdrm daylight, N/S, incl W/D, F/S, util. internet & satellite. 6km up Silver Star Rd. $650/mo. 250-542-4807, 250-558-8308 1-bdrm daysuite S.S. Mtn. large living area w/futon, sauna/shwr, fully furn. equipp, BBQ, priv/entry, deck, parking $800/mo lv-msg(250)558-2906 1bdrm, f/s, shared laundry, sep/entry & prkg, ns, np, $825 util. cable & internet incl. avail. immed. 250-550-4536 1 bdrm Large bright and clean. Harwood area,laundry,n/s. $700. + share of util 250-5453813 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 1bdrm Middleton, bright, ns, np, 1 person, $750 incl/util. May 1, 250-309-8712 1bdrm newly reno’d, $700 util/incl. Sep entry & driveway. Shared w/d. n/s, n/p Avail May 1. Must see! 250-308-6111 1BDRM, newly reno’d, semifurnished, NS/NP, $750 util & cable incl 250-309-6340 1bdrm, separate entry, ns, np, $690/mo. incl. cable & laundry, avail. immed. 250-542-7806 2bdrm, clean, close to all amenities, np, ns, laundry h/u, Apr. 1. $850. 250-558-4623, 250-558-7814 2bdrm East Hill newly reno’d. daylight lvl entry, ns, np, w/d, f/s, 1car garage, avail. April 15 $850 incl/util. 250-542-8831 3bdrm, modern, daylight suite. Incl; in-floor heating, H.D. satellite, 4-appl. only 15 min. from town. $975. 250-503-8468. 3bdrm suite, downstairs, garage attached, util/incl. $1000/mo. 250-545-8191 Armstrong 1bdrm, $625/mo. incl. util. + shared laundry. np, ns, Ref’s. (250)546-9919 Armstrong– Detached Bachelor suite, Walking distance to Downtown, spacious, clean F/S, W/D, M/W, D/W Avail Immed, N/P, N/S $650/mo, incl utilities 250-309-2986 Armstrong/Tolko Mill area, 2bdrm, f/s, w/d, util/incl. suits responsible single. n/s. $700/mo. 250-546-8709 Brand new 2bdrm East Hill, n/s, n/p. $950 incl. util’s cable & internet, avail. April 15. 250558-3430. Bright newer 2 bdrm, private entrance, driveway, laundry. $850 utils incl. n/s, 2010 35th St. 250-379-2627. Coldstream One Bdrm, Safe, new appl, private laundry, parking, steam/sauna. Utilities inc. No Pets NS $800/month DD / Ref. 250 542 2144
Rentals Suites, Lower GROUND level 2bdrm 1bath, living rm, ns, $525/mo. avail. now. 250-549-1703 Large 1bdrm walk out basement suite, on acreage, cat ok, n/s, w/d, incl util., No neighbours. $850.250-308-6024. Large daylight 1 bedroom with Kal Lake view, separate entrance, WD, FS, patio, carport, no pets, no smoking, quiet, private, heat and power $750 available immediately 250-545-1050 Lower East Hill deluxe 1bdrm, private entrance., utils & carport incl. RR/DD, N/S, N/P. $775/mo. 250-558-9656 Middleton Mtn. Newer 1bd. Util, w/d,internet. N/S N/P. Close to bus. May 1st. $800. 250-550-7177 New 2bdrm daylight suite, 6 appl. priv entry/deck, n/s, n/p $1000/mo+dd 250-558-8823 NEW, 2bdrm, East Hill, avail. May1, util. cable, internet, incl. $900. ns, np. (250)550-4056 Newer 2bdrm daylight suite, own laundry, sep/entry, storage, 10min walk to Kal beach, NS, no pets, cable & wireless internet incl. Ref’s, $1000/mo. avail. 250-545-2592 NEW! spacious 1bdrm, East Hill, great loc. bright, sep. entry, w/d, np, ns, $650 util/incl. avail. now. 250-938-2131 ONE BDRM suite in quiet neighbourhood. Separate entrance, N/S, recent renos, all appliances. Close to schools and bus route. $750/month incl ulilities. 260-0029 or 5177266. Unfurn’d or furn’d 1bdrm +den daylight bsmn’t suite, w/d, d/w, util/incl. ns, suitable for profes. single person or couple, avail. May 1, $850. 250-542-0743 Upscale furnished 1bdrm, + den, private entry, patio, view, security, prkg, w/d, mature adult. n/s, n/p, DD, $850 incl/util (250)558-0374
Suites, Upper 1200sqft, 2bdrm 1bath. Great location w/huge master bdrm & lrg bath, 2 car garage & sundeck, bright, clean & spacious $1050/mo. 250-215-4564. 1bdrm, daylight walk out, clean & quiet person, all util., cable, laundry, priv/entry, deck, prkg, view, ns, np, $750. 250-542-1427, 250-503-0781 1bdrm in Coldstream, large suite, laundry, ns, np, sep/entry, avail. immed. $800/mo. incl/util. 250-260-1941 1bdrm, North BX, furnished, kitchenette, priv/entry, balcony, suits 1 person, ns, no dogs $600 incl/util. 250-542-3450. 1bdr suite very priv. loc. Coldstream Valley Estates. Lots of sun, view, all util. incl. internet, pool, laundry, etc. mature profess. couple or person, avail. May 1, $950. 250-558-7296. 2bdrm, close to downtown, quiet adult building, No smoking, N/P, $700. 250-558-0305 2bdrm 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. 3 bdrm, 2 bath,Enderby,bright, modern, inclds utils. NS May1. $1050. (250)938-0149. 3bdrm Lower East Hill, fenced yard. N/S, cat ok. April 15 or May1. $950+util 250-549-2623 Adult building/ Bach. apt. $500. Large 1bdrm $600. Quiet, n/p, n/s please, prkg, large yard, close to downtown, call after 6pm 250-938-1144 Avail. May 1, 2011. 1bdrm upstairs suite close to downtown. Balcony, W/D, F/S, DW, A/C, N/S, N/P, $720/mo + util. Ref’s & credit check required. 250.545.6045 between the hours of 8-5 Monday to Friday. Coldstream 1400sq.ft. Executive suite, 2bdrm, 1.5bath, sep. entry, single garage, own driveway, open space kitchen & living area, patio, very private, n/s, n/p. $1200 incl/util. Avail now. 250-558-4941 Furnished, 1bdrm + den, Silver Star, 4th flr Silver Creek, N/S, N/P. $649. 250-558-5045 Lower Easthill 3bdrm, 1.5-bath, spacious, deck, clean, NP, NS, $1000. Avail now. (250)545-5841 Mission Hill, 3bdrm, 2bath, furn, util/incl., cable, internet, shared laundry,May1st. $1150. 250-863-7439. Sunny 1bdrm, recently reno’d, W/D, Priv. entr, parking. n/s, util incl. $725. 250-545-0369
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2bdrm w/pool Vernon 1.5 bath gas f/p, 5-appl. 2 prkg spots, new kitchen & baths, have use to strata pool, kid friendly, $1000/mo. water & sewer incl. other util extra. NP, NS. avail. May 15. 250-540-4056 BEAUTIFUL 3 BR townhome in Vernon $1050 plus utilities, gas ďŹ replace, pool, recently renovated, NP, NS, photos at: http://gallery.me.com/jsbuller call Jon 250-307-3119
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Auto Accessories/Parts FREE Removal of unwanted vehicles etc. Dead or Alive Auto Recycling. Call Leo (250)550-5245 P215/70R14 Hankook tires on alum. Ford rims with caps. $250 obo. 250-306-3126 RE-MANUFACTURED ENGINES 2 Year, 60,000 km, Warranty. 250-542-2685. Summer tires & alloy rims for Ford Windstar, P215-70R-15. $125. Ph Mike 250-306-0801 WRECKING GM FWD CARS, motors from $250; trannies from $200; doors from $50. All parts on shelf. Since 1994. Armstrong. 250-546-9055.
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For Sale or trade on house as down payment- 2006 38â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Terry Quantum Fleetwood. 4 slide outs, 2 f/p, 2 tvâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, satellite. Also 2000 Freightliner, 6spd, auto, 230hp, 40â&#x20AC;? sleeper w/new rubber, used 3 times. Selling due to death in family. $90,000. Open to best offer. (250)8380153 Selling your RV? Park & Sell, Call 250-545-5394
Brand new utility trailer, built strong, 2â&#x20AC;? spruce ďŹ&#x201A;ooring, 1â&#x20AC;? ďŹ r walls, very strong & profess. welded, 3500lb axles, 15â&#x20AC;? tires, 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x9â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x20â&#x20AC;?H, $1700. 250503-0107 Trailers for Sale. Cargo* Utility* Dump Box* Hi-Deck* Flat Deck* Atv/Sled. BC CARGO TRAILERS 1-866-546-5899 WANTED: Utility trailer for 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; aluminum ďŹ shing boat. Rollers if possible. 250-545-1441 leave message.
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Check ClassiďŹ eds! Cars - Domestic 1980 Buick Regal 2dr, 107,000k, 305hp, auto, $500 obo. 250-260-5819 1995 Metro, 1.3L, 5spd, 4 dr, SDN, new clutch tires. $1500.obo.250-306-4512. 1998 Audi A4 quattro, V6, 5spd, $3300 obo. 250-3071215. 1998 Chev Cavalier Z24, 2dr, sunroof, A/C, tinted windows, white, 2-sets of tires on rims, lady driven, great on gas. Good cond $2500. 250-503-1270. 1999 FireďŹ&#x201A;y, 1.3 L, auto, 4dr, low kms, new mufďŹ&#x201A;er, aircared $2400 obo. 250-306-4512. 2001 Chev Cavalier, 283,000k $1200 obo. 250-545-6927 2002 Grand Prix, all power options, 230,000k, very good cond.$3100 obo.250-550-6325 2002 Pontiac SunďŹ re, 2dr, 5 spd, 180k, very good cond, $3250. 250-308-2225. 2005 Hyundai Tuscon. 2 ltr, front wheel drive, AM/FM stereo w/MP3 CD, alloy wheels, anti-lock brakes, power brakes/steering/mirrors/windows/locks. Roof rack, ďŹ ve doors, tilt steering, 4 wheel disc brakes, electronic stability control, block heater, heated front windshield & heated mirrors. New winter tires, timing belt, windshield & front brakes. Good on gas +/- hwy 30, town 28 m/g. 100,000 kms. EXCELLENT CONDITION. New Price: $8900 obo. Call: Cell 250-617-9944
Cars - Sports & Imports 1986 Honda Prelude, reconditioned engine, white, 5spd, 2dr, cheap on gas, $900 obo. 250-542-2286 1999 VW Golf, 4dr, 5spd, asking $3800. 250-547-2428 2002 Volvo S60 T5, fully loaded, 160kms, 300hp intake exhaust, custom brakes, Chrome summer rims and tires & Winter rims and tires, $10,000 obo. Must See! 250938-2868 2006 Smart car diesel, ac, pw, pl, sunroof, auto or standard trans. w/paddle shifters, alloy wheels, keyless entry, 22,500km. 250-260-7705
2006 Harley Davidson, softtail deluxe, all options, $14,400. one owner, 250-938-3358 2008 H.D. Heritage Softail Classic, low kms, like new, Call (250)545-6854 evenings. 2008 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 Exc. cond. Like new 3130kms. Great mid-size cruiser $4975. 250-545-1181
Recreational/Sale 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; CAMPER, EVERYTHING WORKS, NO LEAKS, $1200 OBO. 250-545-2592. 1992 26â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Alpenlite, 5th wheel, original owner. $6900. 250545-4834 1993 Dutchmen 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 5th wheel, livingroom & kitchen slide, $7500. 250-309-3405. 1994 27 1/2ft. Rustler 5th wheel, new tires, foam under coated, new mattress, ns, np, full awning, full bath, hitch incl. $8000. (250)542-6915 1994 29â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Corsair 5th wheel, 1-slide, F/S microwave, A/C, shower, 2 propane tanks, $10,000 obo. 250-306-1434 1994 Nomad travel trailer, 18 1/2â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, tandem, awning, rear bed,shower, toilet. Asking $69,900. 250-309-0737. 1999 Corsair, 28.5 5th wheel w/slide, Elite model, many extras, c/w hitch, ex cond. $13000. obo. 250-503-8489. 2003 21â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Trail-lite, sleeps 4, loaded, exc. cond. $10,500 obo. 250-549-3136 2003 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kustom Koach fully loaded, mint cond., $14,000 obo. Call 250-503-1045 after 6pm or leave a return number. 2005 Jayco JayFlight Trailer in great condition, new battery, foam mattress, low mileage on tires, also includes tow package, sun screens, accessories, kitchen ware. N/S N/P Ready for the road, $12,900. Vernon 250-275-1449 2008 ARTIC Fox 30U Travel Trialer. Meticulous, 2 slide, full size shower. Comes with equalizer hitch. $31,500. Please call 250-546-0312. 2010 Trail Sport Travel Trailer, used one weekend. 250-5580176 23â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rustler by Travelaire, fully loaded, sleeps 6, new tires, brakes, used 1 yr, amazing cond. in/out, $7000. 250-5587296, 250-275-1285 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Vanguard Camper, older model, f/s, everything works, hydraulic jacks, $1000 obo (250)542-1430 BOATS, RV DETAILING Truck & Cars. INSTALL HITCHES All vehicles Truck & Trailer Accessories & Parts. Call (250)-769-1945
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Boats 12 1/2â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Glasscraft boat, 35 hp Mercury, pull start, home made trailer. $1000. 250-8387632. 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; aluminum car top boat, includes 9.8 merc. outboard, oars, running lights, rod holders, fuel tanks $1500. 4x8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; box trailer w/lid & boat racks, spare tire, very well built $700. 250-542-9691 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Canaventure 75hp Merc trim, tilt, new prop, canvas top, 2 Merc tanks, ďŹ sh ďŹ nder, w/trailer, runs good. $2500. obo. 7.5 Evinrude w/tank, new carb kit, low hrs, runs like new. $600 ďŹ rm. 250-558-0372 or 250-307-2840. 1984 Malibu 162 Yamaha 130 hp outboard, 2 props, CD player, wake tower $6500 250.308.0558 2007 15â&#x20AC;&#x2122;1â&#x20AC;? Legand all sport, full stand-up top, 40hp, 4 stroke merc., 2 electric downriggers, ďŹ sh ďŹ nder, black box, as new, $14,000. Jerry 250545-3123. 20ft White Sailboat Cruiser. Jib, Genoa & Main sails. White canvas Dodger & Tonneau cover. 2 cyl, 9.9 HP Mercury outboard motor, Anchor, Porta-Potti, etc. Crews 4 or sleeps 2. $5500 obo. 250-707-0494 BOATS, RV DETAILING Truck & Cars. INSTALL HITCHES All vehicles Truck & Trailer Accessories & Parts. Call (250)-769-1945
1995 Jeep YJ, $3500. Call 250-540-9917 2000 Ford Expedition XLT, Triton V8, new motor & winter tires , all black, 285,000km, (250)835-8616 2004 Tahoe LT, full load, leather, exc. cond. $12,900. Call for info 250-545-8781 2006 Pontiac Torrent, 50,000k AWD SUV, exc. cond. full load leather,$14,000.250-549-9153
Trucks & Vans 1994 Plymouth Grand Voyager. Air, tilt, cruise, security system with remote start. Good cond.$2200 obo.250-545-0339 2003 Sonoma,V6, auto, extra cab, a/c, cruise,140,000kms, $6800. 778-475-5651 Vernon. 2004 Chev 3/4 ton reg. cab, 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; box HD TR. hitch $4750. 1101 Kal Lake Rd. 250-549-1945 2004 Ford Freestar SE, 170,000 km, remote starter, stereo, with DVD, great cond. $5700. Call Cole for more info 250-833-2637. 2004 Toyota Tacoma, 78KM, reg cab, 2wd, ac, 5sp, excellent. $8900 obo. 250-545-5949 2005 Grand Caravan, stow & go seats, power group & seat, 129k $7800 obo.250-308-9764 2005 Montana extended, 110KM, very clean cond. $5000 obo. (250)260-5232 2006 GMC 2500, hd, 4x4, crw cab, lb, 126k, very good cond, $13,500. 250-308-2225. Selling your Truck? Park & Sell, Call 250-545-5394
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Re: The Estate of GEORGE WILLIAM HOOD, Deceased of Vernon, British Columbia. Notice is hereby given that creditors having claim against the estate of George William Hood, deceased, who died on the 31st day of March 2009, are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor; c/o Marilynne Calver 6585 Apollo Road, Vernon, BC, V1H 1J2 on or before the 30th of April, 2011. After which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which it has notice. MARILYNNE CALVER Executor of the Estate of George William Hood.
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NOTICE WOODLOT LICENCE PLAN WL 1456 OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC VIEWING Notice is hereby given that a Woodlot Licence Plan applicable for a minimum of 10 years, for Woodlot Licence 1456 has been prepared. This woodlot is located near Hullcar and Glenemma, B.C. This plan outlines applicable resource constraints and information about areas where future forest operations may occur and where operations will be avoided or modiÂżed. A written report and maps for this Woodlot Licence Plan can be viewed by contacting Dirk Pereboom, R.P.F. at (250) 542-0681 in Vernon. To ensure consideration of concerns or inclusion of additional information, written comments should be submitted to Dirk Pereboom, R.P.F., at TRP Forestry Consultants Inc., 2108 23rd Ave, Vernon, B.C., V1T 1J4 before May 20, 2011.
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The B.C. NDP is completing its first one member-one vote leadership contest on Sunday, with as many as three quarters of its members coming from the populous southwest corner of the province. That’s the system the B.C. Liberal Party changed for its vote in February, in an effort to balance influence beyond Metro Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island. And Education Minister George Abbott, who pushed for that change as a leadership candidate, says the NDP’s decision will come back to haunt it. “I think they’ve sold people from rural and northern British Columbia short by not moving to a weighted vote system,” Abbott said in an interview Tuesday. “If a half a dozen ridings end up determining who wins the leadership of the party, it may give them some pause, I think, to consider whether to look at this in the future.” NDP leadership front-runner Mike Farnworth estimates that of the party’s 28,000 members, there are about 5,000 in Vancouver, 7,000 in Surrey, another 2,000 in the suburbs north of the Fraser River and 7,000 on Vancouver Island. That’s a distribution of NDP members that roughly reflects the population of B.C., and the party will probably review the one member-one vote system at its next convention, he said. “And I’m sure constituencies from rural B.C. will weigh in with their perspective,” Farnworth said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we get resolutions saying, let’s go to a weighted system. I wouldn’t be surprised if you get resolutions saying go to a regional system.” Two rural contenders for the NDP leadership, Fraser-Nicola MLA Harry Lali and
Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons, both dropped out when they decided they couldn’t compete with the membership clout of rural candidates. Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Adrian Dix caused a stir when he brought in thousands of new memberships at the deadline for voting in the leadership contest.
The NDP hosted a series of debates in every region of the province except the northeast, where the party has never had substantial voter support. And Farnworth said rural policies such as his proposal for an expanded northern development trust are what count. “At the end of the day it’s the person you
choose,” Farnworth said. “You can have an idiot elected from Fort St. John and just because they’re from rural B.C. doesn’t mean they’re going to be a particularly good premier. Likewise, you could have somebody from Vancouver who might not be that good a leader in terms of even dealing with urban issues.”
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NDP leadership candidates take part in one of their series of regional debates.
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