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Mayes confident heading to vote RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff
Okanagan-Shuswap voters are preparing to decide who will represent them in Ottawa. Voting in Monday’s federal election runs from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. throughout the riding, with four names on the ballot — Greig Crockett with the Greens, Liberal Janna Francis, Nikki Inouye with the NDP and Conservative Colin Mayes. “Going door-to-door and talking to people on the street, I’m very encouraged,” said Mayes, who is the incumbent. “People appreciate the hard work my staff and I have done to represent their priorities.” Mayes is confident he will claim a third term. “People are not happy about the election but they’re not blaming our party for the election. I don’t see a major swing away from my support,” he said. Inouye says there has been a positive response to her inaugural campaign. “People are definitely looking for a change. They want someone that they can approach and who will represent them,” she said. Despite the Conservatives dominating the
riding since the mid-1990s, Inouye insists the NDP can prevail. “An incumbent is hard to beat but the NDP have had a positive ride with Jack Layton’s leadership,” she said. This is Crockett’s first foray into politics, but he is optimistic about the end result. “People are becoming more comfortable with the Green message and voting with their conscience,” he said of his chances of winning the riding. “The campaign generally has engaged voters. People are concerned about the Conservative agenda and they are assessing the opposition parties. I have had a lot of feedback from people showing great support for the Greens.” Francis is looking to come out on top and
not to repeat her 1998 performance when she was fourth. “We’ve run a strong campaign and I’m a strong candidate,” she said. “People want a change. People understand there is no progressive in the Conservative Party and they are looking for a home. People like the Liberal platform of families first.” In terms of the national scene, opinion polls indicate there could be a major transformation in Parliament, with the NDP possibly surpassing the Liberals as official opposition. “I don’t believe the polls because a significant part of the population you can’t poll because they don’t have land lines or they have call display. Mr. (Michael) Ignatieff ’s events are standing room only,” said Francis. “I believe there will be at least a Liberal minority government.” Crockett says he hasn’t been paying much attention to the national scene or poll results. “Polls can be skewed by the time of day you conduct them and they are conducted by private companies who have their own interests,” he said.
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The Royale Cup Canadian Senior Women’s Golf Championships will be held in August, 2013 at the Spallumcheen Golf & Country Club. Michael Loftus of Golden West Golf Group, owners of Spallumcheen and The Morningstar Golf Club in Parksville, received the good news this week. “We were accepted for 2014 but we were asked to host it a year earlier,” said Loftus. “It’s a good thing for the city and good thing for the golf course. This is a good community and we’re likely bringing more national events to Vernon and Spallumcheen. “Spall meets the RCGA standards; they like what we have. We may have to have the course play a little longer than usual so the tees will be a combination of whites and reds.” Loftus said there was a strong field of 150 at last year’s three-round Canadian tournament, won by Mary Ann Hayward of Ontario, at The Morningstar track. “There is some great talent out there. We had 11 players from the U.S., two from New Zealand and one from the U.K. I was amazed that almost every player brought their spouse so it will help the hotel business.” The team trials will be held in conjunction with the national tournament so the top players from each province will have to qualify. Loftus said scores of volunteers will be required, including a live scorer for each player. Kyle Wiebe, tournament director at Spall, will be seeking corporate sponsorship from the North Okanagan. The national championship is open to players turning 50 by the first scheduled day of competition. Players will earn world amateur ranking points at the event.
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News Candidates make one last pitch 1,200 doctors over the next decade. Over the next six years, 6,000 new spaces for nurses and health professionals including technicians, nurses’ aides and front line workers. Jack Layton’s plan is an affordable, targeted strategy that starts to address the staff shortage issues and helps everyday Canadians have medical services that they are entitled to have. The people of Okanagan Shuswap should elect me to represent them because I am very passionate about my beliefs, positive energy and integrity. I also have loyalty to this riding. I will work hard and put all my extra energy representing this riding the way it should be.
Editor’s note: To help voters make a decision in Monday’s federal election, The Morning Star asked each candidate to answer the following question: “What do you think is the No. 1 issue for Okanagan-Shuswap voters and why should they elect you to represent them in the House of Commons in Ottawa?� GREEN PARTY - GREIG CROCKETT Voters in Okanagan-Shuswap are concerned about health care. We’re not excited about 65 fighter jets. We’d prefer 65 more beds in the Vernon and Salmon Arm hospitals; better access to doctors and support for regional clinics. The Green Party will work to provide more beds and less bureaucrats. We will guarantee a universal, single-tier, publicly funded health care system. We are in favour of efficiencies but against privatization that skims profits from services. The U.S. system is the most expensive in the world and excludes many. It’s not the example to follow. Greens propose more funds for doctor and nurse training, home support, complimentary health professionals, and a comprehensive mental health program. We advocate for extended pharma-care, including dental, and bulk purchasing to reduce drug prices. The Green Party speaks strongly in favour of improving health for our own well-being and to reduce demand on the care system. We advocate for a federal water protection policy, removal of toxins from the soil, and a levy on junk food to help reduce the epidemic of cancers and mounting evidence of immune, intellectual and fertility deficiencies that appear to be associated with the heavy load of chemicals added to our lives. We approach drug addictions as health and social issues and would provide funds for programs and education in this area. LIBERAL - JANNA FRANCIS No. 1 issue - Voters in the Okanagan Shuswap are concerned about the sustainability of our health system and the quality of
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services we are getting for taxpayers’ dollars. A Liberal government will implement the following new initiatives. The Liberal plan for Family Care: investing in health promotion, sport and a National Food Policy; a Canadian Brain Health Strategy; collaborating with provinces and health professionals on quality and innovation; new measures to improve rural healthcare; addressing the gaps in coverage for prescription drugs and the high cost of drugs in general. Why me? - During this campaign I have met with health care providers, individuals and families about the health care challenges we face in our communities. No level of government acting alone can be as effective as when we collaborate with each other. As your Member of Parliament, in the first six months, I commit to gathering the information need-
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ed for a discussion paper on the status of health care provision in our communities. This document will include clear objectives, action steps, time frames and an evaluation framework. As your Member of Parliament I will work tirelessly on your behalf to strengthen health care in our communities. NDP - NIKKI INOUYE There are so many local issues in the campaign that are important to residents in the riding. One that seems to come up again and again is healthcare. Tommy Douglas created universal Medicare in the 1960’s, it has been Canada’s most cherished public achievement. The American for-profit model is not efficient. In Canada, you are never refused basic medical care. Jack Layton will ensure Canadians have access to health care by funding an increase of
CONSERVATIVE - COLIN MAYES As I have travelled through the constituency this election campaign, the number one issue I hear from voters is: “Why are we having this unnecessary election? Why couldn’t the Opposition wait 18 months for the scheduled election? This election is costing us 350 million dollars.� Why should you vote for Colin Mayes and the Conservative government? The reasons why are clear and my record speaks for itself: Numerous highway upgrades, new aquatic centre in Armstrong, upgrades of seniors’ facilities, investments in Okanagan College, municipal infrastructure and investments in local arts and culture. I have been an active listener and have addressed the priorities of the voters in our riding. Seniors support our tough-on-crime agenda and tax benefits such as income splitting, increases to tax credits, and a proposed increase to OAS. Families appreciate lower taxes, Child Care Allowance, and tax credits for their children’s activities. Most important to me, voters during this campaign have expressed their appreciation to me for my honesty and core family values. People, of all political stripes, are telling me that they want a majority government, so that we can move forward with the job of governing this nation.
NDP bracing for historic election Continued from A1 Inouye believes the federal election could be historic. “Finally the people of Canada are listening,� she said. “Jack Layton’s message has been the same all along. He relates to every part of the country.�
Mayes isn’t convinced there will be an NDP breakthrough. “I don’t know if the claims in the polls reflect the scene outside of Quebec. I don’t think we’ve seen that great a swing to the NDP,� said Mayes. Opinion polls suggest another Conservative minority government, but Mayes is pushing for
a majority. “I still have confidence that people who don’t traditionally vote Conservative will give Stephen Harper a chance because they are tired of the instability with minority governments,� he said. For polling station details, check the Elections Canada voter information card that was mailed out or call 1-866-545-0624.
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“Although serious, the adult RCMP continue to investigate a female’s injuries are not believed to fatal Highway 6 collision Thursday be life-threatening.” The infant escaped that left one man dead. injury in the collision. The Officers were called just driver of the semi suffered after 11:30 a.m. to an acciminor injuries. dent approximately 40 kiloNo name or hometown metres east of Cherryville of the victim has been involving a loaded tractorreleased by RCMP. trailer chip truck unit and a The highway was closed Ford F350 pick-up truck. for five hours for collision The driver of the pickup Gerry Kovacs re-construction, re-opening truck, a 22-year-old man, to single-lane traffic at 4:30 died at the scene. p.m. An adult woman and Road conditions were good at the infant, also from the pickup truck, were transported to Vernon Jubilee time of the crash. “The investigation is ongoing by Hospital. “The adult female suffered seri- North Okanagan Traffic Services to ous injuries and was later transferred determine the cause,” said Kovacs. Police are asking that anyone who to Kelowna General Hospital where she remains at this time,” said RCMP may have witnessed the collision or spokesperson Cpl. Gerry Kovacs the vehicles prior to the crash to contact the police at 250-541-7171. Friday.
Marijuana grow-op busted Morning Star Staff
Another North Okanagan marijuana grow-op operation has been shut down by police. RCMP executed a search warrant Thursday at a home in the 1700 block of Grandview Avenue in Lumby. Police had originally obtained a warrant for theft of Hydro at the residence, and while executing the warrant, they happened upon the growop in the basement for which RCMP obtained another search warrant. “In total the RCMP seized 1,679 marijuana plants and a large amount of related growing equipment,” said spokesperson Cpl. Gerry Kovacs.
A 23-year-old male resident was arrested and has since been released from custody for a future court date. He will face charges of production of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, and theft of Hydro. The residence has been posted under Lumby’s drug house bylaw which restricts access to the location until it is deemed fit for occupancy. “The detachment remains committed to preventing drugs from infesting our streets, as well as identifying those individuals whose criminal involvement pose a risk to our community,” said Kovacs.
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The Green Cone digester works by accelerating the aerobic process of decomposition. The combination of heat from the sun and air circulation created by the double walled plastic cone makes for an active decomposing environment. The Green Cone is different from a composter in many ways including; it does not require stirring, it is emptied only once every two or three years, it takes all food waste including meat, bones and dairy, and you will not receive compost as 90% of the waste is decomposed into a nutrient rich water that soaks into the soil. For more information go online to
Open House Schedule: Armstrong- Odd Fellows Hall on Wednesday, May 4th 5-8 p.m. Vernon- The People Place, Wednesday, May 11th 5-8 p.m. Lumby- Whitevalley Community Centre, Tuesday, May 17th 5-8 p.m. All Open Houses will have presentations starting at 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. The topics for discussion and input for each Open House include: Use of Development Cost Charges for solid waste projects and funding, Inter-Regional cooperation opportunities, Eco-depot collection system, Blue Bag Processing Facility options and upgrades, Blue Bag Recycling Program enhancements, Blue Bag Recycling for businesses, Universal Curbside Collection, Demolition, Land Clearing and Construction waste options, Organic Waste diversion options, and disposal and recycling options for NonTypical Waste.
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Police are searching for a motorist who wedged a vehicle under a modular home on a flat-bed trailer. Lake Country RCMP arrived on scene at Highway 97, near Oceola Road, at 4:40 p.m. Thursday to find a small portion of the trunk of the vehicle sticking out from beneath a trailer. “Apparently, the 63-yearold driver of the tractor trailer had pulled over in order to wait for his pilot vehicle,” said Cst. Steve Holmes, media relations officer. “Suddenly, a blue Honda coupe, that witnesses advised was travelling at a high rate of speed, slammed into the rear of the trailer, diving underneath and compressing the roof almost down to the body frame.”
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This is all that is left of a vehicle that slammed into the back of a trailer carrying a modular home in Lake Country Thursday. Somehow the driver, and sole occupant of the Honda,
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Wood chip truck overturns Morning Star Staff
A truck driver was sent to hospital after avoiding wildlife on the highway and sending his unit into the ditch. A southbound tractor trailer hauling wood chips was travelling near Falkland at 3:30 a.m. Friday on Highway 97 when the driver swerved to avoid wildlife on the road. The unit rolled over into the ditch. The driver, a 56-year-old Armstrong
resident, was trapped in the vehicle for some time, and was extracted from the truck by fire rescue teams from Falkland and Armstrong. The driver was transported to Vernon Jubilee Hospital for treatment of his non-life-threatening head injuries. The driver has spoken to investigators and alcohol is not a factor in this incident.
“The male driver responded to offers of first aid with an expletive and appeared quite belligerent at the scene,” said Holmes. “Were it not for the fact that this vehicle had right-hand side steering, the outcome would most likely have been fatal.” The individual was picked up by another vehicle which headed northbound on Highway 97. Police measured a 132-footlong skid mark, made by the Honda, which likely indicates a high speed. “The investigation is continuing with respect to contacting the vehicle’s owner in order to locate the driver,” said Holmes. The driver of the tractor trailer unit, from Prince George, was not injured in the collision.
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time – such as the North Okanagan Regional Coldstream’s top District. spender has come under “Why is Mrs. Besso attack. But she attending says every dolthese meetlar was well ings on spent. her own? On top of She’s not earning $15,996 appointed,” in remuneraquestioned tion for 2010, resident Coun. Maria John Hegler Besso had the at Tuesday’s Maria Besso highest expenscouncil es out of her meeting. colleagues – $3,359. Hegler also quesBesso says hers are tioned raises given to highest due to the fact staff during tough ecothat she attends more nomic times. meetings on her own “As a taxpayer I Morning Star Staff
object to this. If I want to go sit in a meeting you’re not going to pay me for this.” Besso defends her decision to attend so many meetings. “I make no apologies for trying to be better informed to make better decisions.” Coun. Richard Enns defended Besso’s pay while questioning the work ethic of others. “Coun. Besso has done a lot of work,” said Enns. “If you look at Coun. (Pat) Cochrane you might find there
might be some evaluation needed there,” said Enns, as Cochrane had no expenses. Cochrane admits that with a full-time job he doesn’t have the time to commit to extra meetings like Besso does, but he praises her for dedicating so much of her time to the job. “I have attended some meetings but I don’t put in for meeting pay. That’s just a personal choice I make,” said Cochrane, who feels the occasional extra meeting is part of the job. He also states “one-
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The Armstrong-Spallumcheen Parks and Recreation Commission plans to run with its reduced budget. The commission had originally submitted a budget of more than $1.1 million for the communities of Armstrong and Spallumcheen to split. That was up from a $793,000 budget in 2010. When both councils informed parks and recreation they couldn’t work with that number, the two sides submitted budget dollars they were comfortable with, the number totalling near $965,000. “We got $520,000 from Spallumcheen and $440,000 from Armstrong and we’ll run with it,” said Spallumcheen Coun. Dave Brew, chairperson
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of the commission. Originally Spallumcheen was eyeing a three per cent tax increase, but has now bumped that number up to five per cent. In Armstrong, the proposed tax increase is three per cent which was given three readings at last week’s regular council meeting. Armstrong Mayor Chris Pieper said the budget was a tremendous increase over last year, but noted there is some maintenance catch-up work needed in facilities following recent major projects like the water park which put maintenance on hold. Brew said there will be trims, but no parks and recreation services will be cut. “We’re quite comfortable with the budget, really,” he said.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION AND INPUT SESSION KIDSTON ROAD MULTI-USE PATH Where: Council Chambers, Coldstream Municipal Hall When: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. An Information and Public Input Session will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 to provide information and obtain feedback regarding the proposed design and construction of a multi-use path on Kidston Road. Urban Systems was retained to provide detailed design and construction administration of this path, which is to run from the “Red Gate” entrance at Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park and north to the Palfrey Drive bicycle path as shown below. It is proposed to construct this path in the summer of 2011.
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YOUR Nicol wants road follow-up LEGAL RESOURCE “I’d like to find out what they RICHARD ROLKE
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A Vernon politician doesn’t believe it’s enough for crews to simply finish road work and then move on. Coun. Patrick Nicol is demanding the city consult with residents after traffic patterns were changed on 20th Street, from 45th to 48th avenues. “When we do projects, we should get the response of the neighbourhood after the fact,” he said of whether concerns exist once the project is done. “I’d like to find out what they think.” That portion of 20th Street was recently narrowed as a way of slowing motorists down and improving safety. On-street parking has been removed. In a letter to council, resident Don Cowan points out that many of the multi-unit complexes on 20th Street don’t provide sufficient on-site parking. “My kids have grown up and now have cars but still live with me, and there is no on-site parking available for them so they park on the street,” he said. “The traffic generated by the BMX track during one of their weekly races in the summer is strong evidence that parking is necessary. Cars and trucks
think.” — Patrick Nicol are lined up for two to three blocks during this time.” Cowan adds that other Vernon neighbourhoods haven’t lost on-street parking because of through traffic on a collector road. “Elimination of all parking is too great a disruption, particularly given that the neighbourhood density that is made allowable by city hall.” Some city officials are defending the work on 20th Street. Coun. Jack Gilroy says the changes were implemented after meetings with Harwood Elementary School. “People with kids wanted safety improvements on 20th Street because it was a speedway,” he said. “I’ve had calls and people are happy with 20th Street. People who aren’t happy are the ones who can’t park on the street any more.”
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City raises $4,000 for quake relief RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff
Vernonites have dug deep for those struggling through the devastation of Japan’s earthquake. An auction and entertainment at the Performing Arts Centre raised $4,000 for Vernon’s sister city, Tome. “The fundraiser was a tremendous success,” said Coun. Buffy Baumbrough, one of the organizers. The event included the City of Vernon, the North Okanagan Arts Council, the sister city committee and the Vernon Japanese Cultural Society. “The city came together to help our sister city,” said Coun. Jack Gilroy, sister city committee chairperson. “It was a tremendous evening. It was a huge success.” Much of Gilroy’s praise is directed towards local artists who made items to be sold off during a silent auction. “A total of $2,100 was raised from that alone,” he said. The city and the Japanese Cultural Society recently established a fund to collect donations for Tome, which experienced damage from the earthquake. Residents wanting to
donate funds to assist Tome can drop cheques off at city hall or mail them to 3400 30th St.,
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uddenly the election that apparently nobody wanted and would waste a bunch of money and change very little is, well, if you believe the polls, anyway, a potential game-changer. Wow. Now if you’ve read this space before you know I’m not a huge fan of polls, you can’t trust them and they have way too much influence on the media and the campaign and governing and pretty much everything else, but obviously something is happening out there and it’s not necessarily good for the two traditional ruling parties. Plus, people may tell pollsters they’re going to vote a certain way but when they go into the Glenn Mitchell booth they may secondguess changing lifelong party preferences, or even rethink the ramifications of marking an X for orange over red, or blue, or even green. I mean we may think we’d rather go for a beer with Jack Layton over Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff, actually that’s probably a nobrainer for most of us. He’s got the most charm and personality by a country kilometre, but then the competition for drinking partner isn’t that stiff (to use a drinking term). But does that mean handing over the keys to the throne to a party that has never ruled before, may or may not have a spending problem if it actually got the right to throw money around for real, and may or may not jeopardize a fragile economic recovery? Maybe. Maybe not. However, the power surge from the left is mainly due to the lack of electricity from the right side of the political spectrum during this campaign. Harper continually and annoyingly stays on message – election unnecessary, coalition dangerous, trust me not them – why didn’t they just clone him 10 times, play the same tape over and over again, and be done with the campaign? Heck, they could have made a game out of it. How can he be in all 10 provinces at once? Which
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Less than three years ago, Canada dipped to a shameful low in voter participation when only 58.8 per cent of registered voters bothered to cast a ballot in the Oct. 14, 2008, federal election. That set the mark as the lowest voter-turnout in an election in history. Only the 1898 national referendum on prohibition (we actually voted in favour!) resulted in a more pathetic turnout, at 44 per cent. Nothing much has changed between 2008 and 2011 and, according to all the polls, Parliament will likely look the same following Monday’s election: A minority Conservative government and perhaps the Liberals and New Democrats switching spots in the second and third positions. Yet, for some reason, there are signs pointing to a surge in voter participation. Advance-poll numbers from last weekend were at record levels, which may result in a healthy turnout on Monday. Perhaps the electorate as a whole will rise up and vote en mass because it is sick and tired of having to vote so often. Perhaps the polling numbers in an age of cell phones and e-mails and texts are way off and we will see a radically different look to the House of Commons come Tuesday. Perhaps we might even see the first Green candidate elected. Whatever the reason for the apparent heightened voter awareness, it is welcome and, if an increased number of voters is composed of the younger set, it will bode well for politics in Canada as we enter this century’s second decade. Vote on Monday. For something, against something — just vote. — Kamloops This Week
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've just finished watching the news and there was yet another story on the apathy of young voters with regard to the election Monday. The ironic thing is the young people interviewed for the story seemed very passionate about various issues such as education and health care. Yet they shrugged off the option of voting with a general response of "I don't know enough to vote," or "They don't care about my vote." How sad. I want to tell the young voters (and I'm only in my early 40s so I don't feel like an old voter), that their votes really do matter and this country really does care if they vote or not. I care. Think about what has happened this year in Egypt, Tunisia and other places in the Middle East where people have been, and are still, fighting their governments for the kind of democratic rights we enjoy here in Canada. Those people are risking jail, injury and even death for what so many of us take for granted. Please reconsider and get out to vote Monday. POLITICS UNCHANGED I've just finished watching the news on TV. One of the stories involved Stephen Harper's election road trip. What was brought to light were these carefully orchestrated whistle stops and how they are implemented. Every person at the event is there by invitation only, even reporters, who are only allowed five questions pre-approved. Wow, talk about a mutual admiration society. It's really nice to get a one-minute photo-op which will be seen from coast to coast, and not have to account to you and I for his policies and practices. I can understand his reluctance to face us — to explain his behaviour from billions on jets to patrol our imagined control over northern waters. The Americans and Russians might have something to say about that. And my personal pet peeve is to bless the corporations, banks and insurance companies at a 16 per cent tax rate while the poor and elderly will carry the burden tax-wise. Bill Frohlick FEELING GREEN I feel disenchanted with politics. I can understand why only 58.8 per cent of the eligible voters turned out for the last election. What scares me is knowing the
With regard to people feeling like they don't know enough about the issues to vote, it has never been easier to become informed. We live in an amazing age of technology and all you need to do is type in a search of the political parties running in your riding and you will find the info you need to make an informed decision. Many, if not all,
choice for MPs is being made by a little more than half the people. Not only that, a letter by Michael Banfield April 13 stated the Green Party got 6.78 of the popular vote but no elected members. The Bloc on the other hand had 9.98 of the popular vote and had 49 MPs elected (www.sfu.ca). It appears to me that most of Canadians’ voices are not being heard. I usually vote Green because the other parties are so entrenched. Rather than respecting each others good ideas, they seem to disregard them out of hand and as a result, Canadians suffer. The Green Party seems to have more of a sense of co-operation as well as a respect for the environment. It occurred to me that if everyone who is undecided or the ones who didn’t get out and vote last time decided to vote Green, we would have a fresh new head of government. It would be interesting to see what happens. Jill de la Salle TAX CUTS Accusations of corruption and Prime Minister Harper’s personality aside, one must pause and consider the foundation of the fiscal conservative platform — cutting taxes. While it sounds good to regular working folks like you and me, one must be wary of the true nature of this platform. Does cutting taxes to corpora-
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corporate tax rates to 25 per cent. How much more do us regular folks want to lose in this bargain? Kelly Winston CHOICE IS CLEAR Decision day has almost arrived and with it, some thoughts. If we do not elect a majority government, we'll be faced with more dysfunctional proceedings in the House of Commons — bickering, mudslinging, name-calling. In other words, no productive or concrete governing will occur (minority governments seem to function in this manner). Fabulous promises made to us during the campaign regarding improved health care, family issues, education, unemployment and the environment are wonderful. But where will all of the money to implement these programs come from? You're right — either from individuals or corporations, which means us, the taxpayers. I would rather be led by a leader with a sound economic background (Harper and Flaherty) during these worldwide uncertain economic times, than others who wish to implement programs and initiatives that are not economically feasible. Rather than spend millions on a needless election, which could have been spent on current problems, let's allow our government the chance to actually pass legisla-
tion and make decisions that will make a positive difference in our country. If after the mandatory four years we're dissatisfied, we can make a change at the polls. Let's give the Conservatives a chance. Vote in order to provide them with a majority. Monica McDonald
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even have Facebook pages and Twitter accounts. You will find what you are looking for to make your choice. You must be a Canadian citizen and at least 18 years old to vote, and you must prove your identity and address when you vote. If you are unsure of where to go May 2, check www.elections.ca for information or to contact someone. I got this info from my voter information card. I do not come from a passionately political family, but I have voted in every election since I was of legal age with the exception of one time. I had moved and started a new job and could not find my polling station. It was totally my fault. It will not happen again. Vote as if your life depended on it. Value your ability to make your voice heard. Every vote counts. Those who are elected to political office do make the decisions that affect the lives of all Canadians at some point. Please make the effort on behalf of the Canada you wish to live in. Jennifer Greenwood
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Tables turned in political forum ROGER KNOX Morning Star Staff
Normally, it’s the public who ask all of the questions at a political all-candidate’s forum. But Wednesday, in front of a crowd of about 75 at the Enderby Senior’s Complex, five-year incumbent Conservative MP Colin Mayes kicked off the proceedings with his own poser. “This is the third time in the last five years I’ve been in this building campaigning. That’s the question you need to ask today and get some answers on: why are we here again?” asked Mayes, the former mayor of Salmon Arm, during his opening statement. “What was so important to the opposition that they needed to bring the government down into this election, costing you $350 million? What was so important they couldn’t wait 18 more months until the next election?” Hosted by the Enderby and District Chamber of Commerce, Mayes was joined at the forum by the other three candidates in the riding: Greig Crockett of the Green Party, Nikki Inouye of the NDP and the Liberals’ Janna Francis. During the 90-minute forum, candidates were asked questions written by the Enderby chamber and those in attendance on such topics as a long gun registry, finances, wild salmon stocks and agriculture. Crockett drew applause for his reply to a question about how the Greens would support innovation and productivity by businesses located in small and rural communities. “Innovation and productivity stems from knowledge to a great degree, so we would improve the systems for training and excellence in the area,” said Crockett, a retired lawyer. “We would build on the colleges and apprenticeship programs by making them more affordable, lowering tuitions and provid-
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Director Maureen Walker sorts through some questions prior to the start of the Enderby Chamber of Commerce-sponsored all-candidate’s political forum Wednesday at the Enderby Senior’s Complex. ing loans and bursaries and also incentives for employers to hire young, newly trained people.” Asked by a member of the public about what green initiatives the Liberals would support in the riding, Francis said the party had its greenest platform ever
in the last election, but none of the policies were ever put in place. “We have to implement policy and plans that reduce our carbon footprint,” said Francis, a retired social worker. “We need to shed our dependency on fossil fuels and it’s critical we take action on the envi-
ronment and on the issue of climate change, and we will do that.” One member of the public wrote about childcare options, citing that the day of the stay-at-home parent is gone, that their daughter and her husband’s monthly childcare costs exceed their mortgage payments. Inouye, a mother of two and a cook, took a jab at Mayes’ reply about the government providing $100 a month in child care allowance for families with children under the age of six. “I can tell you as a mother that $100 into my pocket wouldn’t spread very far when the prices of fuel and heating and everything else is going up,” said Inouye. “Jack Layton and the New Democrats will work with provinces and territories to establish a fund for Canada-wide childcare and learning programs. The ideal situation for all parents is we all want to stay home with our kids. “I know I would have loved to have stayed home with my daughter instead of getting up at 5:30, dragging her to day-care, spending a fortune and not being able to spend any time with my daughter. I don’t think I’m alone when I say these kinds of programs are important.” Mayes didn’t like
the fact that CP Rail had shut down a rail line important to the Enderby area. “It’s a private company, not run by the government and there’s a process in place where the company has to make that line available,” said Mayes. “When it became apparent nobody was interested or able to buy the line, the company shut it down. Doesn’t mean I necessarily like it, but it’s a business decision. The Government of Canada is not going to start subsidizing rail in this country.” Mayes was heckled by audience members on a couple of his answers. One man held up a two-sided card every time the MP answered a question. One side of the card called for the man to receive tax cuts along the same lines as corporations, the other side wanted Mayes to answer why the HST was implemented in B.C. and in his riding. The question was not asked by moderator Tate Bengston of the chamber.
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Some Enderby residents are concerned changes to traffic patterns could cause havoc. The Ministry of Transportation is currently in the midst of installing lights with left-turn lanes on Highway 97A, at Hubert and Mill streets. A median will discourage such movements on to other side roads. “A lot of people aren’t happy with the current model of the highway project,” said resident Ed Murdoch. Murdoch believes only allowing leftturns in certain locations will make it difficult for residents to get around town. “They aren’t making traffic changes for people who live in Enderby,” he said. It’s been suggested tourists could be inconvenienced. “No left-turn lanes will really impact businesses,” said one woman who didn’t want her name used. “Are you going to go up to the next light, turn around and go three blocks just to go to the store? I think not.” Murdoch would like a centre left-turning lane, also known as a two-way left-turn lane, installed through the entire length of Enderby.
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The Ministry of Transportation is proceeding with changes to traffic patterns on Highway 97A in Enderby. He says such a device would allow for increased access on to side roads. “As an ex-trucker with 50 years on the road, I always breathed a sigh of relief when I went into a town with a centre left-turning lane,” he said. “There wouldn’t be the sudden jamming stops from people wanting to turn left from the main lane.” Murdoch is encouraging residents to demand changes to the design before paving occurs. “I’d dearly love for (MLA) George Abbott to get involved,” he said. The City of Enderby insists it played a limited role in the design of the highway corridor. “We looked at it and thought it was a solution that would work well,” said Mayor Dee Wejr of a centre leftturning lane. “The ministry called them suicide lanes and they would not consider them. It’s a main highway and we don’t have the final say.”
Ministry officials defend the design. “We’re putting in left-turn lanes at two intersections,” said Ken Aura, project manager. “People can wait in those lanes to turn without backing up traffic on the highway.” As for a centre leftturn lane, Aura says the concept has been considered. “The intersections in Enderby are closely spaced together and there are private accesses so that would create a lot of conflict points. There is the potential for head-on collisions,” he said. The federal and provincial governments have funded the $4.17 million highway project, with the city contributing towards water and sewer works. “We’re working hard to get it all done before summer traffic starts,” said Aura.
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“Barry will be here full-time in Morning Star Staff 2012 and then he will cut down There will be nothing quick his time by 20 per cent each year about an administrative transi- and depart in 2015,” said Wejr. tion at Enderby city hall. During the period that A process has Gagnon is reducing his been established workload, the acting CAO for Barry Gagnon’s will be Monica Dalziel, who eventual retirement will become treasurer after as chief adminisGeri Ferguson retires this trative officer in summer. 2015. A permanent Once Gagnon retires in replacement will 2015, Dalziel will become likely be in place by CAO while continuing with Tate Bengston 2017. her financial duties. “It’s going to It’s anticipated Bengston work out well for us with succes- will have sufficient training to be sion planning,” said Mayor Dee named full-time administrator in Wejr. 2017. In early 2012, Tate Bengston, Wejr says council decided to who is currently Enderby follow this transition process Chamber of Commerce executive instead of just advertising for a director, will take up duties as replacement for Gagnon. deputy CAO and chief financial “It’s getting harder and hardofficer with the city. er to hire an administrator with
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A leaky roof that nearly soaked an Asparagus Theatre production at Centennial Hall in Armstrong will be fixed permanently. The community theatre group wrote a letter to Armstrong council April 15 explaining that during its production of the musical Chickens in March, a ceiling water leak “was not only unseemly but dangerous for patrons in the building.” “The floor was wet and slippery, the paint along the walls peeled and it appeared there my have been some permanent damage to the hall floor,” states the group. “Other than just being unsightly and smelling like mould, the general happy ambience during the production was somewhat dampened by the water damage caused by the melting snow.” Armstrong council deferred the matter to the parks and recreation commission, which is responsible for the hall. “We didn’t patch it right away because we knew we’d have some decisions at the budget level,” said commission chairman Dave Brew, a councillor in Spallumcheen.
“We put a Band-Aid on it and we’re going to fix it. It’s fixed now but not permanently.” The theatre group was concerned that deterioration at the hall could continue to the point where the hall and theatre are no longer functional. Brew said the hall roof would be fixed permanently, now that Spallumcheen and Armstrong have committed $965,000 for the 2011 parks and recreation budget. “We’ve been in economy mode since February,” said Brew. “We got quite an increase in our budget this year over last year and we’re very comfortable with where we are.” Brew said the first three months of 2011 are right on projection in the budget in terms of labour cost and extra sales. “The numbers we put in are panning out and we’re basically right on the money,” he said. “It’s working out well. We’re very pleased with it.”
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B.C.’s hockey pride has hit new heights as Predator Ridge changes its name to Canucks Ridge. Canucks Ridge will be cheering on the home team all week as they face-off against the Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The golf resort guests will even be greeted by a new Canucks Ridge sign and staff will don Vancouver Canucks jerseys as their new uniform. The change comes in response to a petition with more than 200 signatures rallying for the name change. The petition was launched by SUN FM hosts Kevin Lim and Sonia Sidhu. “We were pleasantly surprised by the petition and all of us at Predator Ridge felt that we should show our support for the home team,” said Rod Cochrane, resort general manager. “Go Canucks, go.” The temporary change will even see the clubhouse louge decorated in the Canuck colours (blue and green). Canucks Ridge will also donate $25 to the Canucks Place Children’s Hospice for every goal scored during the series.
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Since the pile driver is technically in the water, it’s jurisdictional boundary questions surfaced over whether Coldstream could force the machine (which is generally used in dock construction) off the lake. “We’ve been given the legal opinion to go ahead,” confirms Besso. Coldstream is establishing a public places bylaw which would not permit the pile driver and is exploring enforcement action against the owner (under an unsightly premises bylaw). A number of amendments to existing water use bylaws are also being made in Coldstream, including one to prohibit moorage in front of publicly owned lands and one to restrict dock features such as aircraft parking, multi-berth docks, sun decks and temporary roof structures.
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Resident wants transparency at council JENNIFER SMITH Morning Star Staff
Concern is rising over the potential for a repeat of some controversial decision-making in Coldstream. Some district staff and politicians have suggested that work on upgrades to the municipal works yard may go ahead, even if residents vote against borrowing funds for the project in November’s referendum. An estimated $1.05 million borrowing referendum coincides with the municipal election for construction of a new mechanics shop, restructuring of the Quonset and site grading of the works yard. “We have to ask for permission to borrow this money,” said Mayor Jim Garlick. But one resident insists the referendum is a waste of time if the district is just going to go ahead with the work regardless of what the residents say. “History doesn’t have to repeat itself,” said resident John Hegler. “This building (municipal hall) was built against the taxpayers’ wishes.” Garlick confirms that some of the work will have to be carried out regardless in order to meet work safety requirements. There are also issues around security of equipment that may need to be addressed.
“You’re putting the cart before the horse here.” — John Hegler Coldstream has already approved spending $78,500 for a partial design and construction estimate, which Hegler also protests. “You’re putting the cart before the horse here.” Meridian barricades targeted Some Vernon road design work is driving neighbouring concerns. Changes are proposed in the 2800 block of 30th Avenue this summer with a centre median to prevent left turns (both from 28th Street and on to 28th from 30th). But also 28th Street just happens to be home to Vernon’s new Okanagan Regional Library, currently under construction. “It’s an issue,” said Coldstream Coun. Maria Besso who is a director on the ORL board. “I know that the library wasn’t pleased about that. “It was brought up and it surprised everyone during the charrette (planning) process in October.” Vernon businesses and citizens have also raised concerns with
the median. “I have a concern that the design of the project will impact the Vernon Winter Carnival parade and the flow of commercial truck traffic,” said Vernon resident George Serhan. Vernon engineering staff say turns can easily be made by all vehicles, including large floats, transport trucks and fire engines. Water woes Coldstream’s mayor is defending increased water rates after a Coldstream resident
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North Okanagan residents have an opportunity to provide input on the future of garbage disposal. The North Okanagan Regional District will hold three open houses on its solid waste management review. “Decisions made over the next few months will affect how garbage and recyclables are handled and how much these services will cost,” said Nicole Kohnert, engineering services manager.
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Efforts to keep Vernon’s pet population healthy are getting a financial boost. The City of Vernon will provide $3,000 to the local SPCA shelter to care for stray and homeless animals. “I am impressed with the work they have done,” said Coun. Patrick Nicol, finance committee chairperson. “They are looking after a great number of animals around the clock.” In 2010, the branch cared for 875 animals. While at the shelter, each animal receives a basic health check, behaviour assessment, medical care, rehabilitation if required, vaccinations, spay/neutering and tattooing. The shelter also feeds and cares for the animals until they have been adopted. “With vaccinations alone costing $9.50 per dog and $2.45 per cat, a grant of $3,000 from the city would help us provide vaccinations for 240 dogs and 294 cats and assist us in giving these animals a second chance for happiness,” says the SPCA’s grant application. Nicol is confident taxpayers’ dollars are being used wisely. “This money does not supplement staff. It’s purely for helping the animals themselves,” he said.
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licence to operate the market with Mimi Lloyd Coldstream is about and Anita Fletcher. to harvest some winter Coldstream politibusiness. cians have bought into A winter farmer’s the idea as it fits in well market is slated with existing to set up shop at OCP polithe Coldstream cies for the Wo m e n ’s Coldstream Institute Hall town centre. on Kalamalka Even though Road. the zoning The market doesn’t fit, would run every the district Bill Firman We d n e s d a y is working between 2 and on issuing a 6 p.m. from temporar y October to April. commercial permit for “There’s a lot of two years for the marinterest and it’s address- ket, along with waiving ing a need that people application fees for the have,” said Lynn Piva, market. a Pinantan Lake farmer “Sounds like the best who is applying for the thing I’ve heard in a Morning Star Staff
long time,” said Coun. Bill Firman, after hearing about the market proposal. The market would include two Christmas craft sales on Nov. 26 and Dec. 10, but for the remainder of the time it would be focused on strictly food. “We’re looking at various things from cheeses, tea, coffees, fruits, vegetables and preserves,” said Piva, noting local products ranging from baked goods to her own organic beef and greenhouse produce making vegetables available year-round. “There’s some great artisans in this area and
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The Kalamalka Lakers found out why the Collingwood Cavaliers are the No. 1-ranked side in B.C. senior AA boys rugby Friday afternoon. The Lakers put up a fight but were outmatched in a 41-17 exhibition loss at Kal Secondary. Collingwood showed their abilities after Kal converted an early penalty. “The Kal players could not secure enough possession to mount a sustained attack as the Cavaliers were dominant in the tight five at the breakdown, which allowed their back row to combine with their backs to create numerous overlaps,” said Laker head coach Ian Busfield. “The Kal players did not back down and gave a very strong effort throughout the match.” The Lakers, who had five junior call-ups in the lineup, had trouble matching Collingwood’s outside speed as the Cavaliers ran in three tries in 10 minutes to seize control before halftime. The Lakers were rewarded for their persistence with a try from Tom Hettrich, who
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The Vernon Vipers will go up against a familiar face when they meet the Wellington Dukes at the Royal Bank Cup Wednesday in Camrose. Former Viper defenceman Elliott Richardson, who was traded in early December to the Quesnel Millionaires as part of the deal that brought netminder Kirby Halcrow to Vernon, now plays with the Ontario Junior Hockey League champion Dukes. Richardson, a 19-year-old Hanmer, Ont. native, posted 11 points in the final 15 games of the season with Wellington, and added 10 points in 25 playoff games. “I fit in pretty well here. It worked Richardson out pretty well and it feels like playing at home in Ontario. Like I’m on home soil,” said Richardson, who is getting plenty of ice time and a regular shift on the powerplay. “We’re pretty deep; we have four lines that all offer something different. We’re solid on defence and our goalie (Jordan Ruby), he gives us a chance to win every night.” Ruby, a Tavistock, Ont. product, backstopped Canada East to silver at the World Junior A Challenge last November in Penticton. Leading the Dukes offensively is Sean Rudy, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound play-making centre who led the team with 22 goals and 51 assists in the regular season. He uses his size as well, delivering big body checks and he is hard to knock off the puck.
The Dukes won the Dudley Hewitt Cup to advance to the RBC Cup. They faced champions from the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (Soo Eagles), Superior International Junior Hockey League (Wisconsin Wilderness) and tournament host Huntsville Otters in a round-robin tourney. In the Dudley Hewitt final, Darcy Greenaway broke open a 3-3 tie early in the third period as Wellington grounded the Otters 5-3 to advance to nationals for the first time since 2002-03. Richardson said the Dukes endured a marathon semifinal to reach the championship, battling through four overtime periods (nearly 140 minutes of extra play) before brushing back the Eagles 2-1. “It was a battle. We played five games in five days. More if you include the overtime,” said Richardson. Richardson is thrilled to be competing against the Vipers. “It was kind of in the back of my mind the whole time, being traded from a team that is going to the RBC. It’ll be pretty exciting to play my old team,” he said. In the Eastern regional playdowns, the Pembroke Lumber Kings of Ontario advanced to the RBC for the first time since 2007 after doubling the Longueuil Collège Français of Quebec 6-3 in the eastern Fred Page Cup. The Kings’ Jonathan Milley had two goals and two assists and Matthew Peca chipped in with a goal and two helpers. Peca (no relation to former NHLer Mike Peca) also skated for Canada East at the World Junior A Challenge. He had 26 goals and 26 assists this season. The Lumber Kings’ main scoring threat is Tyler Tosunian, a smooth-skating California product who finished second in
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the league with 31-81-117. In Western qualifying action, the Portage Terriers of Manitoba got a 22-save showing from Jason Kasdorf to brush back Saskatchewan’s La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-0 in Game 7 of the Anavet Cup. 1993-born rookie Brent Wold led the Terriers with a 68-point regular season, including 46 assists. Extremely competitive, he also has superior passing skills. Where Wold is the set-up man, fellow Portage rookie Brendan Harms is a finisher, scoring a team-high 28 goals and finishing ninth in the MJHL with 63 points. The Terriers are returning to the RBC Cup for the first time since 2005. Tournament host Camrose Kodiaks are led by 20-year-old Luke Challier, who had a team-high 23 goals and 164 penalty minutes. The Surrey native played parts of two seasons with the Penticton Vees and Burnaby Express before finding a home in Camrose. Another important piece of the Kodiak puzzle is Jordan Hale, a 6-foot-4, 217 pounder, who played with the WHL Brandon Wheat Kings. SNAKE BITES: Viper grad Connor Jones was named Rookie of the Year at the NCAA Division 1 Quinnipiac Bobcats annual awards banquet. Jones, who plays alongside twin brother Kellen, collected nine goals and 15 assists to lead all Bobcat freshmen and finish second in team scoring. Scott Zurevinski, another former Viper and current Quinnipiac captain, earned the award in 2009. It is the fifth time in the last seven years that a BCHL grad has been named the team’s top rookie.
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a mistake when he left the avid Robinson was two years old when his Bruins just before Christmas in the 2009-10 season to join father, Jack, a popular the Vipers. He sees thing difchartered accountant in town, ferently after learning how to died of cancer. compete hard with and against Hardly a fair start in life, some of the world’s elite playbut the positive personality ers in the Western League. traits he inherited from his “Team-wise, I knew they father and a strong family had a good team here and network have combined to I wanted to win a national make David the class act he is today as captain of the Vernon championship. I wanted to get that spark back in my game I Vipers. lost. I think I did that, and I’ve Robinson, 21, has never been having a lot of fun. And held any pity parties, but being one of the goinstead made the to-guys and being best of his upbringthe guy that all the ing and succeeded younger guys look as an athlete and a up to has been pretty human being during rewarding for me.” the process. Robinson has He will, once pretty much the the Royal Bank same leadership Cup tournament qualities as the last in Camrose, Alta. Kevin Mitchell six Vernon captains ends next Sunday, sit of championship down with “Bill and teams: Bruce Ramsay, Terry Kim” and discuss his future in Klapstein, Jeff Cheeseman, hockey and education. Lenny Rampone, Chris Kim is his hockey-crazed Crowell and Kevin Kraus. mom. Bill Richardson is “I talk in the dressing room, his hockey-crazed step-dad. but I go out there and try Together, they have been and lead by example and just David’s rock since he left work my bag off, whether it’s Vernon at 17 to play major in practice or in games, and junior for the Chilliwack hopefully the young guys have Bruins. learned that from me, that I’ll “Growing up, my mom go out there and give an honwas a single mom and I owe est effort out there every night. everything to her really. She When I need to say something, had a great support staff in my (older) brother, Chris, and I’ll definitely say it.” He listened and watched then I could look at guys like closely the class acts in (uncle) Jack Gilroy, who kind Chilliwack, where in his secof stepped in, and were father ond season, he was a rotating figures, and eventually Bill. captain. You couldn’t ask for a better “My first year, I had Nick step-dad. He’s the nicest guy in Holden who was playing in the world. Syracuse (Springfield Falcons “For Bill and Kim, my of the AHL and five games junior career’s been kind of with Columbus Blue Jackets a roller-coaster ride, but they this year). He was our captain kind of stood by me, stayed and I learned a lot from him. positive and stayed in my corGuys like Oscar Moller and ner so I owe a big thank you Mark Santorelli to them.” as well. They’re Robinson is also thankful professionhe comes from strong family als now so you genes. His late grandfather, learned a lot Vern Dye, helped found the from them. They local junior A franchise and came to the rink the BCJHL. His late uncle, every game and Wayne, was this city’s athlete they acted like of the last century after being professionals and drafted in pro baseball and they were playing hockey. “There’s a pretty rich histo- junior. “There’s ry in my family. Looking up at guys like Jesse the wall in the dressing room, Craige and Matt you see Vern’s name, you see Meropoulis Wayne’s name. I wish I would have got to see Wayne play, but (second year) I’ve heard a lot of great stories, who were more and definitely I owe a lot to my like my style. They were capgrampa. I was talking about myself being an honest guy; he tains when I was captain and we was probably the most honest kind of just fed guy I’ve known so I learned a off one another. lot from him. It’s nice having We didn’t have a that history behind me.” great year but it Some hockey people was still a good thought Robinson made
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Viper Captain David Robinson hoists the Doyle Cup in Spruce Grove. experience.” He says the Viper newbies are a pretty laid-back group which may explain why they are in another RBC tournament when nobody outside their dressing room really expected them to be there. “Looking back, you couldn’t tell. What’d we lose, 16 guys last year? You can’t give enough credit to the guys who have come in and done their job. Looking down the road, this team has a pretty bright future.” Net detective Kirby Halcrow, who said he had a perma-grin when told he was being traded here in early December, likes Robinson’s moxy. “Dave, he’s a very good guy. He’s very intense during the on-ice sessions and then
off the ice, he kinds of likes to joke around a lot so it’s really good both ways.” Halcrow, a money goalie for sure, said he quickly saw the Vipers’ five-star hotel template put in play. “You get treated very well by everyone in the town and the coaching staff ’s really good to you,” said the Alberta product. “If you’re having a tough time, they’ll take you aside and talk to you. They’ll talk things through and they’ll always be there to help you no matter what and they’re not gonna get down on your neck for anything. “They’ll be the helping hand first which is really good. I think that’s why a lot of players wanna come here. They’ve got a great coaching staff and a great staff in all.”
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Juniors settle for draw Continued from A20 “It’s not very often you get to see that kind of speed from an athlete. This kid could move. He did not have to decelerate to change direction,” marvelled Fulton head coach Rick Smith. The Maroons controlled possession with great forward play lead by Cody Hownslow, Clayton Coles and Jesse Griffin. Defensively, junior call-up Lucas Hofer was a tackling machine all over the field. Similar exhibition games were held across the province and were meant to give teams a good read on provincial playoff positions. Meanwhile, in junior boys action, the Maroons and Vernon Panthers battled to a 5-5 draw Thursday at Grahame Park. Austin Richardson handled the scoring for the Maroons in a game that was back and forth for the first 20 minutes. Neither team was able to push past the
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Keona Joe smacked a clutch sixth-inning home run as the White House Mortgage Gators gonged the Grapes 13-5 in Vernon Women’s SloPitch League action. Taryn Robertson went 4-for-4 with two RBI and a triple to spark the Gators, while Jen Doyle was 3-for-4 with three ribbies and Courtney Solmes was also 3-for-4. Tiffany Disher went 2-for-4 with three RBI, while Kelli Graham was 2-for-4 with one ribbie. CORY BIALECKI/MORNING STAR
VSS Panthers' Travis Barker strips the ball from the Maroons' Lucas Hofer in high school junior boys rugby action Thursday at Grahame Park. 10-metre line. “It was a great junior rugby game between two evenly matched clubs,” said Fulton head coach Mike Scheller. “Vernon is a very good team, and they run hard in attack. “Our kids played great. They ran hard,
rucked well and tackled effectively. We owned a little territorial advantage at the end, but could not capitalize.” Inside centre Clark Richardson and flanker Lucas Hofer delivered numerous tackles. “Austin Richardson played his best game
of the season. Layne Greene had to step in at scrum half and he played very well, as did lock Riley Braidwood. He was all over the field,” said Scheller. The 3-0-1 Maroons host VSS Tuesday afternoon (4 p.m.) at Grahame Park.
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The Armstrong Shamrocks knew they were in for a tough game with only 13 runners, but overcame the odds to pull out a 5-4 comeback win over the host Kamloops Rattlers Friday night at Memorial Arena. The Rattlers opened the Okanagan X-treme Lacrosse League tilt by scoring a minute into the game when Ryan Kurzak capitalized on a Shamrock turnover. League scoring leader Steve Clark equalized with a power play goal later in the first. The Rattlers’ Rylan Derose and Shamrocks’ Dan Giger traded goals in the second period, but Armstrong got into penalty trouble later in the frame. Sometimes down by two men, they were able to kill off most of the last nine minutes of the period, but Kamloops’ Nate Woldum buried a buzzer-beater to give his team a 3-2 lead going into the third period. Shaun Koenig, on a nice outside shot, pulled Armstrong even in the third, only to have former Shamrock AJ Lockwood reply for Kamloops on a nice pick and roll. Running on fumes, the Rocks equalized yet again on Giger’s second of the night, and took the lead with four minutes remaining when Chad Pounder scored on a nice solo effort, beating netminder Mike Smith in close. Chad Pieper made 38 saves for the win, Smith had a 35-save night for Kamloops. Said Pieper: “I was very proud of our defence tonight. They didn’t have much time to rest but they worked their butts off and it was a great reward to win the game.” Added Pounder: “It was nice finally to get a win in this barn. We didn’t have much luck last year with us losing two games 2-1.”
The Shamrocks host the back end of a doubleheader against the Rattlers Friday night, 8 p.m. at Nor-Val Sports Centre. Meanwhile, the Vernon Sr. Tigers fell 18-11 to the Kelowna Raiders Friday night at Kelowna Memorial Arena. “It sounds worse that it was,” said head coach Lawrie Skolrood, noting the Cats had just 11 runners because of illness, injury and work commitments. “There’s no doubt we have work to do, but all in all I can’t be too hard on them. We won the third period, which was a nice surprise. The guys pushed hard for it.” Robbie Short led the Tigers with 3+2, while junior call-up Kasmer Boudreaux added 2+1. Skolrood is expecting four more bodies back in the lineup for the Tiger’s home opener against the Raiders Friday night at Wesbild Centre. ■ James Campen scored twice as the North Okanagan Legends clipped the Kamloops Rattlers 3-2 in Midget B play Wednesday night. Samuel Hanley also scored for the Legends, who got clutch goaltending from Alex Tomiak and strong defence from Wyatt Tarr. The Nor-Val Rentals North Okanagan Pee Wee A2 Legends stopped host Kamloops 11-4 Wednesday night at McArthur Island Sports Centre. Jayden Hunter supplied 4+1 for the Pee Wee crew, while Brady Marzocco and Jake Pelletier each scored twice and singles went to Niklas Luttmerding, Riley Swiscoski and Conor Webb. Assists came from Jaxson Cummings, Dawson Boyce, Chase Bronson, Nicholas Mann and Chase Wirth “The kids are showing a really great work ethic to start the season,” said coach Harold Mann. “They seem to know and understand what they need to work on and do so each and every practice.”
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Running right good for the sole Week #5 in training for the June 19 Mr. T’s Kids of Steel Triathlon, benefitting North Okanagan Youth & Family Services Society Mara House renovations, is the Run & Brick. The run is the most gruelling part of the triathlon and will require good endurance to finish comfortably. Make sure you don’t start too quickly, and stay hydrated. During your training runs, keep your intensity low so that you can carry on a conversation. If you can’t talk, lower the intensity. The tendency is to run with your shoulders up around your ears. Relax the shoulders and hands and you will find that your run will feel much smoother. The newby triathlete should do most of their training on flat terrain for the next few weeks. The more advanced can add hills to their work load. Have you had a good look at your running shoes lately? Are they the same shoes that you use to work in the garden and walk the dog? You may be feeling discomfort in your
legs or back. Your shoes may be worn out. Check out our local sport stores and talk to an expert who will advise you on the best type of shoe for you. The brick is a very critical part of your triathlon program. Your legs will be making the transition from spinning circles on your bike to running. The legs will feel like lead and you will feel uncoordinated. Don’t fret, we all feel like this. Take short steps and keep the effort easy. Focus on your breathing rhythm. Don’t forget to finish every run with a spring in your step and a big smile on your face. You did it! 16yrs & Adults Swim: 2x week 6x50m rest 30sec/ each 2x 100m, rest 45sec/each Bike: 1x week 40 min (or one loop of race course) check out vernonkostri.ws for a map of the course. Run: 2x week 5 min walk - (3min ez run-1 min walk repeat 4 x); Cool down 3 min walk - stretch 5 min. 12-15yrs Swim: 2x week warm up breast stroke 2x25m & back stroke 2x25m 30 sec/ea 25m: kick board 2x25m breast kick & flutter kick; 2x100m freestyle, rest 45 sec/ea 100m. Bike: 1x week ride the race course
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League action, Vantage/One Man of the Match Jenne Huberts pulled the hat trick and set up two others as Kal Tire ambushed Lake Country 6-1 at Marshall Field #3. Rob Culos, Mark DeVolder and Kevin Mitchell also scored for the Tiremen (3-0). Michael Ley replied for Lake Country. Lake Country keeper George Heiss stopped a Mitchell penalty kick in the first half, while Kal Tire keeper Gordie Campbell watched a penalty kick strike the crossbar in the second half. The Vernon Stars edged Kelowna 3-2 at Mission Sports Centre with Sleeman’s Man of the Match Al Bensmiller scoring once and enjoying several other offensive chances. Glen Stephanishin, who ended a lengthy scoring drought, and Jeff Curtis also converted for the 2-1 Stars.
The Anchor Inn Panthers used a fifth-inning rally to stop the Dominion Securities Reds 7-4 in Pee Wee baseball action Thursday night at Creekside Park. Jesse Helmle led the Panthers going 2-for-2 at the plate while pitching in the third. The bats came alive in the fifth with Kyle Kerr, Morgan Johnson, Nick Stelmachowich, Keffer Kaemph,
Chase McRae and Tiege Doughty adding singles. Speedy Steel Sigurdson swiped a pair of bases. Daymond Jassal, batting clean up, drove in two runs. Alex Laurila was strong on the mound, striking out two and picking off a runner. Jake Emmons went to the mound for two innings, allowing no runs and shutting down the side in the fifth. Sage Shaw was a vacuum behind the plate catching for three innings.
up 2 loops very ez : 1 loop race pace, 1 loop ez - 2x cool down, 1 loop ez / stretch. 6-7yrs: Swim: 2x week try 4x 1/2 the pool with your parents. Use the skills you have been working on/face in water, blowing bubbles, big arms, kicking. Bike: 1x week ride the trail in Polson Park out & back non stop. Run: 2 x week warm up 3 min walk run 4 x 1/2 Polson track walk the other 1/2 for rest and recovery: stretch and cool down.
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SPALL MENS NIGHT APRIL 26 FIRST FLIGHT 0-8 Low Gross: Kyle Wiebe 71 Low Net: Brian Knourek 67 Low Gross Front: Dave Gray 36 Low Net Front: Bob Smith, Guy Ballaux 35 Low Gross Back: Warren Fredrickson 36 Low Net Back: Bob Slonski Dueces: Knourek, Rick Spiller $20 SECOND FLIGHT 9-12 Low Gross: Charlie Briskham 78 Low Net: Dick Regier 69 Low Gross Front: Don Redgwell, Tyler Galenzoski 41 Low Net Front: Dick Rosman 36 Low Gross Back: Dave Bissell 35 Low Net Back: Jeff Smith, Gord Hull 34 Deuces: Briskham $110 THIRD FLIGHT 13-15 Low Gross: Bob Collins 84 Low Net: Dave Minshull 70 Low Gross Front: Hagen Klose 42 Low Net Front: Neil Chester 35 Low Gross Back: Dave Hank 40 Low Net Back: Art Heale 32 FOURTH FLIGHT 16+ Low Gross: Ken Robertson 87 Low Net: Ken Jantz 70 Low Gross Front: Laurie Jenner 42 Low Net Front: Bill Smith, Gord Hamilton 35 Low Gross Back: Clay Anderson 43 Low Net Back: Harry Bowker 35 Dueces: Gus McNeil, Hamilton, Paul Munroe $15 NET SKINS: #1, #2: Benny Bentson (#20, $15); #10: Anderson ($15); #13: Klose ($5); #17: Collins ($20); #18: Jeff Parker ($5). GROSS SKINS: #2: Dick Regier ($10); #3: Smith ($20); #6: Doug Kuhn ($5); #14: Redgwell ($5); #17: Regier ($15). SPALL BUSINESS LADIES NIGHT APRIL 27 FLIGHT A Low Gross: Bev Gilchrist 41 Low Net: Linda Gordon 36 2nd Net: Laura Guidi 38 R FLIGHT B Low Gross: Diane Watts 45 R Low Net: Colette Burns 35.5 2nd Net: Sheren Kripps 35 FLIGHT C Low Gross: Jacqui Jakeman 52 Low Net: Carol Martel 35.5 2nd Net: Chris Panasiuk 39.5 R FLIGHT D Low Gross: Ellen McGee 49 Low Net: Nancy Agassiz 35 2nd Net: Elain Evans 36.5 No handicap: Judy Johnston RBC Dom. Securities: Cheryl Fisher Least Putts: Renata Zimmerman 14 KPs: #3: Tara Brown; #7: Martel Long Drive: Zimmerman (A), Burns (B), Martel (C), Agassiz (D), Betty Reid (NH). SPALL LADIES DAY – APRIL 27 FLIGHT A Low Gross: Sigi Bentham 82 R Low Net: Noreen Payne 69
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PIRANA POKER TOUR NORTH OKANAGAN REGION PLAYER PTS Fernando Ciarniello 9796 Don Walper 8065 Jerry Stuebing 7459 Lars Tornlov 7429 Andre Danyliu 6564 Jason Antoine 5912 Greg Tkachuk 5842 Clayton Wargovcsik 5775 Chris Paul 5545 Adam Welsh 5027 Monica McCoy 4772 George Weiher 4733 Elmer Sawnson 4709 Mike Montemiglio 4687 Irv Rowan 4651 TEAM PTS Bad Bandidos 14010 EuroBrats 13706 Cossacks 11548 Datson 9914 Go For Gold 8710 Team Family 8480 Suited Connectors 8376 Ace Holes 8097 ASSO 7479 The Untouchables 7315
CALENDAR 2nd Net: Jean Bushey 71 KP: Bushey Accuracy: Nancy Laframboise FLIGHT B Low Gross: Mabel Hamilton 95 Low Net: Marion O’Flynn 71 2nd Net: Barb Logan 73 KP: O’Flynn Accuracy: Carole Morin FLIGHT C Low Gross: Sylvia Tyldesley-Gore 94 Low Net: June Mitchell 67 2nd Net: Marj Griffin KP: Celine Lockert Accuracy: Jill Gerhardt FLIGHT D Low Gross: Carol Sawada 102 Low Net: Lou Luknowsky 72 R 2nd Net: Keiko Nomura 72 KP: Alice Rowland Accuracy: Helen Tonogai Deuces: #7: Cindy Hoffman; #17: Carolyn Berube; #15: Irene Oizumi, Lou Luknowsky. VERNON MEN’S NIGHT - APRIL 27 2 MAN COMBINED NET 9 HOLE TEAMS 1st: Ken Juniper, Rick Schaeffer 69 2nd: Ray Moran, Glenn Kitigawa 69.5 18 HOLE TEAMS (0-25) 1st: Clive Lee, John Doyle 130 2nd: Brian Ostafew, Larry Hackman 137 R 3rd: Paul Toovey, Trevor Perepolkin 137 4th: John Martin, Dan Bulford 137 5th: Bob Birmingham, Chris Rogers 137 18 HOLE TEAMS (26+) 1st: Bob Keyser, Ron Schwab 135 2nd: Herb Willms, Ian Foord 139 3rd: Bill Marshall, John Gay 142 4th: Bruce Kerr, Dave Merklinger 143 5th: Ron Fairburn, Larry Harmata 144 ROYAL YORK LADIES CLUB WINNERS FOR APRIL 19 FLIGHT A Low Gross: Blanche Delanoy 44 Low Net: Jean Danyk 38R Long Drive: Sandy Bennett FLIGHT B Low Gross: Sandy Melvin 48R Low Net: Marilyn Arrowsmith 35.5 Long Drive: Melvin FLIGHT C Low Gross: Sharon Bain 51 Low Net: Raija Cominetti 36.5 Long Drive: Alma Marshall FLIGHT D Low Gross: Andie Dauncey 55 Low Net: Nora Fulop 37.5 Long Drive: Kathy Rooke Flight for Fun: Brittany Lippert Long Drive: No winner KPs: Blanche Delanoy Deuces: D Par: Marjorie Hopkins, Rooke; D Birdie: Angie Dauncey Least Putts: Delanoy 15 Longest Putt: Bea Hoyseth
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Sharing joy through music CARA BRADY Morning Star Staff
Bob Kresier got his first guitar when he was 14 and he’s been playing country music ever since. The music has taken him across North America, given him the chance to play with legends and inspired odes from admirers. “My sister Lil brought home a guitar for herself and showed me a few things then I kind of took it over. All the boys my age were listening to Hank Snow and Wilf Carter on the radio and trying to yodel like Wilf Carter,” he recalled of his teen years in Southern Saskatchewan. “Then I found a fiddle that belonged to the family but no one played it, it was just hanging there in the closet in a pillow case.” Kresier joined the Canadian Army in 1949 and stayed in four years, always playing the guitar and learning from other players around him. “I was always sold on country music and the guitar and I worked hard at getting it,” he said. After he left the services, he went to Toronto where he played in the house band for the Edison Hotel and had a chance to play with musicians like Tommy Hunter, Gordie Tapp, Tommy Commons and Bobby Bear. He owned a business, the Electrahome and RCA branch in Victoria, and kept playing. After an early retirement, he lived on the East Coast for a few years and met and played with Stompin’ Tom. Kresier also played at a four-day Hank Snow festival and met Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings when he traveled around the United States in his RV. He has been a Snowbird in the American south-west and played in Las Vegas and Phoenix with local musicians for seniors’ gatherings.
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Bob Kresier is a popular entertainer on his own as Amigo and with Larry and Friends Band at the Vernon Legion and the Old Time Fiddlers. He brings those influences and all his experience to his music at local seniors’ centres, residences and the Royal Canadian Legion. He plays with Larry and Friends Band and the Old Time Fiddlers, as well as on his own as Amigo. With a repertoire of more than 1,000 songs, he keeps busy, looking good in his John B. Stetson hat that he got in Texas, and his western shirts. “I took an early retirement at 62 so I had a fair amount of life in me and I decided to go into music. I think it keeps me sane. It’s almost like meditation. It keeps me happy and when someone else appreciates it, that makes it all worthwhile,” he said. “I like to see people waiting for me to play and enjoying the playing and saying, ‘keep coming back.’”
His newest project is working on some comedy songs which make people smile. He’ll be trying them out at Seniors’ Fun Time at The Schubert Centre May 12. Ask him for his version of Phone Call to Margaret. Kresier plays with Larry and Friends every Sunday afternoon at the Legion. “It’s just that good, old cowboy music and a chance to sing and maybe get up and dance,” he said. “I’m content plugging along. Music will always be interesting to me and I like to be able to provide some entertainment. I enjoy it just as much as the audience does so it’s fun for everyone.” As a secret admirer wrote in Ode to Amigo, he has, “A smile that melted our hearts....our singing, guitar-playing, smiling amigo.”
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The language of international fluency FREE PETER KENDAL
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Perhaps it is the actual physical size of the British Isles and lack of some of the useful natural resources for today that has made English (the language that is) the world-wide phenomenon that it is. Or is it just that, as mankind developed, those few resources that Britain had found their place in history and in the world just at the right time? I believe that it is a combination of these and many other factors that have given English (admittedly American English by 66 per cent to 16 per cent British English) its pre-eminent place in today’s world. Let’s face it, the British had the advantages of coal, steel, good armed forces and people who would go willingly, or unwillingly, out to colonise, develop, exploit, conquer, or bring “enlightenment” (this is open to question!) to the darker corners of the earth. And if the local language had a word that everybody understood and was easier to pronounce (as loudly as one needed to so that the benighted heathen would understand it!) or to spell, then why not use it where it was convenient or appropriate? Such facts as that 66/16 ratio and other
statistics that I quote hereafter are gleaned from a 1965 edition of a splendid book by Richard Lederer called A Man of My Word. Where he got these facts from I don’t know but they make fascinating reading. I will list just a few of them here for you. The number of languages in the world is approximately 6,800 in 218 countries. Percentage of world population who learned English as a second, third or fourth language is 51.5 per cent. English has official status in 87 countries. Percentage of people in the European Union who speak English fluently is 75 per cent. Percentage of all books in the world printed in English is 50 per cent. Percentage of global e-mail in English is 80 per cent. Percentage of all English words throughout history that no longer exist is 85 per cent. Number of words listed in the Oxford English Dictionary is 61,6500 and the average number of words added to English every year is 1,000. Number of words in the largest dic-
tionary of the second largest language, German, is 185,000. Number of words in the largest dictionary of the third largest language, Russian, is 130,000. Number of languages whose words are incorporated into English as English words is 300. And just to show you how little we use this amazing number and variety of words, we learn that the percentage of the average English speaker’s conversation made up of the most frequently used 737 words is a whopping 96 per cent! So that out of a probable total now of more than 620,000 words the vast majority of us get by everyday with using a mere 737! You, dear reader, are in the majority of people who have at least enough knowledge of English to be able to read and understand this! That saves you a lot of trouble in having to learn the basics of the most widely-used language on earth so you can use your spare time to learn another language. Or even learn more about the many dialects of English to allow you to appreciate what a wide variation of one language there exists.
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that depend on the client’s income. Emergency treatment will be provided at no charge for those with dental infection and no means to pay for care. Only $70,000 is left to raise before the clinic opens, hopefully before the fall. There is already a waiting list of more than 150 people. Many of the people who will benefit are seniors and families where the parents are working at minimumwage jobs that lack benefits and cannot afford the costs of dental care. Most low income seniors that I have heard from have been walking around for years with tooth and gum disease and infection and it does affect their overall health. This is a pretty poor way to treat those who have worked hard for this country and made it the great place we now live in. The reality is, however, that there are no other resources to deal with this issue so that if you need dental care and can’t afford it, you just live with your pain. The Community Dental Clinic’s number is 250308-7163 or e-mail at lesly.cdac@gmail.com and if you can help it would be much appreciated. I often wonder what would happen if all the funds we have collected from this community for the new tower were spent on other needs that weren’t direct medical costs. Aren’t we already paying taxes for health care, which usually includes hospi-
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A small but enthusiastic group participated in an Enderby multi-party rally to Get Out the Vote Thursday. Federal candidates and supporters rode on a horse-drawn wagon from A.L. Fortune Secondary to the Splats’in pow-wow grounds at the south end of Enderby where they were joined by students, artists and musicians. An impromptu concert was enjoyed by about 30 attendees, some of who took the opportunity to pat the large draft horses and to go for a short wagon ride before heading to the all-candidates forum in Salmon Arm.
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It’s time for the school district to start hammering the province to return funding stripped by the elimination of negotiations over class size, composition and ratios for specialist teachers, the Central Okanagan Teachers’ Association president says. Earlier this month a land-
mark decision by Justice Susan Griffin deemed Bill 27 and 28, which removed teachers’ right to negotiate on all three fronts from the collective bargaining agreement, unconstitutional and illegal. The bills, brought in under then education minister Christy Clark, were said to provide more flexibility in composing classes, but the
judge estimated they also stripped an annualized $275 million from the provincial education budget. “Think what you could have done without the stripping of that language,” said Alice Rees, COTA president. Rees was quick to point out the diligence of the Central Okanagan Regional District, thanking them for
their persistent letter writing on the matter. “We’ve been working very, very hard to get this judgement,” she said, adding teachers in Okanagan classrooms have worked even harder to deal with the effect of the legislation. Rees asked the board of education to demand restitution and to return to those
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letter-writing roots and refuse to back down on the matter. “I will not, nor will any teacher accept, that there isn’t money in the budget when the roof on the dome cost ($458 million),” she said. Meanwhile in other news, Central Okanagan school trustees will not get a pay raise this year.
Proposed Zoning: R4 — Small Lot Residential Purpose:
To rezone the property with the intent to subdivide the property into three lots. Enquires relative to the above proposed bylaw should be directed to the Planning Department, located at City Hall, 3400 - 30th Street, Vernon, B.C. or by calling 250-550-3634. Copies of the bylaws and relevant background documents are available for inspection during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday to Friday inclusive (excluding Statutory Holidays) from May 2 to May 9, 2011. Any correspondence relating to this application can be delivered to the Corporate Officer, City of Vernon, 3400 - 30th Street, Vernon, B.C. V1T 5E6 or by sending an email to phearings@ vernon.ca. All correspondence and petitions received between May 1, 2011 (the date of notification) and 3:00 p.m. on Monday, May 9, 2011 be copied and circulated to the members of City Council for consideration before the Public Hearing. Any submissions received after 3:00 p.m. on Monday, May 9, 2011 will not be accepted. Correspondence and emails must include your name and civic address. You may present your verbal submissions and speaking notes at the Public Hearing. If you are unable to attend, you may appoint an agent to act on your behalf. NO REPRESENTATION WILL BE RECEIVED BY COUNCIL AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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ADVISORY PLANNING BOARD REQUEST TO FILL THREE (3) VACANCIES The Council of the Corporation of the City of Vernon is seeking to fill three (3) vacancies on the Advisory Planning Board. The Board’s purpose is to provide City Council with advice and recommendations on proposed land use and planning changes, and related matters. The Advisory Planning Board meets every two weeks on Tuesday following Council’s Regular Meeting. The membership term runs concurrently with Council’s term, therefore the term of this vacancy will expire February 1, 2012. If you are interested in serving the community on this committee, you may pick up a copy of the Terms of Reference and a volunteer application form at Reception at City Hall or visit our website at vernon.ca/ committees. Applications will be accepted at City Hall no later than Friday, May 6, 2011.
City Calendar DATE Mon., May 9, 2011 8:40 am Mon., May 9, 2011 1:30 pm Mon., May 9, 2011 5:30 pm
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#ENTRE WORKS FOR ,UMBY The Whitevalley Community Resource Centre offers a wide variety of programs, support and services CARA BRADY Morning Star Staff
The Whitevalley Community Resource Centre welcomes spring with some new programs, staff members, volunteers and board members. The Kick It To The Curb project gave people a chance to clean up their houses and yards and put furniture and other still-useful household items out to be taken free by people who could use them. Left-overs were picked up by the village. “This was a great way to recycle and it fits in with our strategic goals for the year focusing on poverty,� said Gay Jewitt, executive director of the Whitevalley
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ty differently, to look at standards of what is acceptable and not be judgmental about what people find personally acceptable. It’s also to look at ways to connect with people and help them make the changes they want through sharing resources,� said Jewitt. She urges people to think about what they can share but to call the office first and say what they have, not to drop it off, as there is no storage space at the centre. The centre has a number of family, youth and seniors programs. Alisa Singh is the new youth program coordinator and Nadja Cuijpers is the new home and school support/family support worker. Sharon Harvey, a Cherryville native and nurse, is a new board of directors member. Judy Stewart retired to the Lumby area with her husband from Alberta two years ago and is looking forward to volunteering at the centre. For more information about the Whitevalley Community Resource Centre and its programs, call 250-547-8866 or see www.whitevalley.ca.
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Cawkell hangs up his stethoscope CARA BRADY Morning Star Staff
As Dr. Will Cawkell looks back on 43 years of practice in Lumby and Vernon, he sees that a lot has changed but a lot has stayed the same. “People of the area have always had access to first-rate medical care up to the standards of the day but there have been many changes in medications and equipment. Now we can give much more complex care to patients in the hospital here,” he said. “There have also been changes in the relationships between the medical personnel. When I first arrived, when doctors came to the nursing station the nurses stood up. The doctors wore white coats and the nurses were in white uniforms.” He sees that there is more of a team approach to care now and that patients stay in the hospital for a shorter time. When he first came to Vernon, there was not an intensive care unit in the hospital. “There have been a lot of fascinating things happen. I don’t think we have as many horrendous industrial accidents as there were 40 years ago. And everyone used to have a family doctor. I found family medicine was a natural for me. I was able to do a lot of things: maternity, emergency room, some surgery and some anesthesia. A general practitioner was truly general,” said Cawkell. “The last two weeks of my practice have been very emotional for me. I’ve had some patients for 40 years or more and really got to know them. They have been coming by with some wonderful cards and gifts to say good-bye. It’s been a wonderful career.” Cawkell grew up in Toronto and was considering a career in the priesthood after he finished his
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farm, playing cards around the table, and camping. It is my memories of my mother when I am an adult that are really my favourite. Our relationship ebbed and flowed; sometimes I drove her crazy and vice versa, and always we loved each other. Mom introduced me to so much: the joy of reading books, and thoroughly reading a newspaper, yard sales, the joy of walking on a beach till your calves hurt, the comforting sound of water lapping on the shore, taking the back roads, and so much more. About being kind, accepting, and curious. She provided a safe place to grow, become my own person and like a mother eagle, she could give a good push. The best gift was the joy of parenting. We were loved so much and I always knew Mom loved parenting and having six kids in her life. I am sure there were laundry days, and the poor days, and moments where she fantasized about her life BC (before children) days but she never shared that. I hope I will pass that gift to my sons, in the distant future of course. We had some nice holidays together: going to Hawaii for her 75th birthday, a tour of the States and lots of time in Florida, and a fun European holiday when I turned 30 with my sister as well.
s I watched the lovely Kate Middleton walk down the aisle to her handsome Prince William, I was flooded with memories of my mother. Thirty years ago I was visiting her at her cottage on Lake Huron, and she woke me up in the middle of the night to watch Diana and Prince Charles wed. I resisted and lost and we curled in under the covers drinking tea, eating Michele Blais toast, chatting and just enjoying the spectacle of the ceremony, the crowds on the streets and the whole production. And I enjoyed watching the wedding of William and Kate, and wished so much that my mother could be with me sharing the moment. And Princess Diana was certainly missed by her sons. I miss her very much and her memories visit me at different times, something I am doing, or a statement I’ve made that sounds like her, and once again the spirit of Margaret has visited me. There are many memories of family times of being at the beach, the
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My youngest is in Europe at the moment with his uncle he is named for, and his older brother visited there last fall. I am envious and pleased that they have both travelled there. It is my favourite. There is something that resonated for me to be able to walk streets that had survived hundreds of years, or stay in a house built 200 years before that provided comfort. It has probably influenced my love of heritage homes. I love to live in a house that other families have spent their time in, creating their histories and weaving those with mine. Mom always voted and took seriously the elections’ whether municipal, provincial or federal, she felt voting was a responsibility of citizenship. Vote tomorrow even if it feels hopeless, let your ballot count that you have said the direction you want for our Canada. We need to pay attention to the votes that send the MP’s forward, and those that say we wouldn’t pick that party. Those votes are a voice that need to be paid attention to. After all, the elected official is not there to only represent the folks they have coffee with. To mothers everywhere, thank you for being a safe haven and for loving your children so much your heart aches. We noticed and we are grateful.
Mental Health Week connects communities Morning Star Staff
National Mental Health Week turns 60 this May and the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is inviting Vernon to celebrate. The annual awareness week, May 1-7 this year, encourages everyone to learn, talk, reflect and engage with others on all issues relating to mental health and well being. “Mental Health Week is about connecting communities, building respect for people with mental illness, and remembering the things we can do every day to build mentally healthy lifestyles — for both ourselves and our children,” said Sandy Rysen, executive director, CMHA Vernon. This year’s theme in B.C., “Thank You for Trusting Me,” focuses on speaking of the importance of having people you can trust when faced with challenges and the rewards of being able to provide that support to others. It is a reminder of the role each of us can play in promoting the well being of those we care about and to take the time to thank those who are part of each individual’s support network. Mental Health Week was founded nationally by CMHA and has grown each year with community activities across the country. CMHA Vernon has celebrated Mental Health Week for 52 years. Mental Health Week is a time for everyone to learn what they can do to promote good mental
health for themselves, their families and those around them. Simple things to promote good mental health include: ■ Adopt an attitude of gratitude by thinking about things and people that are appreciated, and saying so. ■ Nurture relationships, which can be the most rewarding parts of life but need time for maintenance. ■ Take time out for tea, or a good book, or a walk in the park, relaxation and reflection and sharing those times with others. ■ Eat right, keep fit to keep the mind and body healthy for mood balance and relieving stress. ■ Get a lifestyle tune-up by seeking professional help for life challenges. For more information about Mental Health Week see www.mentalhealthweek.ca or www.vernon.cmha.bc.ca or call 250-542-3114.
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Community Calendar MAY 1
Feature Event: Vernon Friends of the Library 20th annual book sale
DOG AGILITY May 1, AAC Dog Agility Trial. Hosted by Dog’O’Pogo Agility Club at the Agriplex in the Armstrong fair grounds 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Come out to watch the sport of dog agility. From Prestarters to Master level. All sizes and breeds of dogs maneuvering through numbered courses for the fastest times in Standard and Jumpers, and for the highest points in Snooker and Gamblers. Bring a friend, bring the family for a fun day. KELOWNA CHAPTER OF CELIAC SOCIETY MEETS May 1, noon at the Lake Country Seniors Activity Centre, 9832 Bottom Lake Rd., Winfield. Please bring a gluten free dish/dessert, and cutlery and plates. THE COMMUNITY-WIDE SING-ALONG May 1 from 7 - 8 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 1406 – 32 Ave). The Sing-along Band will play and Karl Janzen will lead as we sing our favourite hymns, and southern gospel songs. Invite your friends to join with us for this hour of sharing God’s love through music. LUMBY PUBLIC MARKET Grand opening May 1, and runs to October at The Community Park Oval, every Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Locally made and grown produce and products; baking; bannock; preserves; jams and jellies; jewelry; herbal teas; soaps and lotions; Watkins products; books; antiques; collectibles; and the best burgers in town. New vendors, call Murray at 778-473-0013 or Bertie at 250-547-9756 for costs and information. THE VERNON COLLECTORS CLUB MEETS Usually meets the last Sunday of every month. Because of Easter, we’ll meet instead May 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 1204-30th Ave. DINNER BANQUET May 1 at 6:30 p.m. at Schubert Centre, with guest speaker Russ Moyer of Eagle Worldwide Ministries, special music by Tehillah Ministries. Come and hear Russ’ amazing story where he was set free from a life of drugs, alcohol and anger through the transforming power of God. Tickets, $20; children 12 and under, 1/2 price. For reservations, call 542-5961 or 250-3089404. All welcome. Sponsored by FGBMFI of Canada. 10TH ANNUAL POLSON POND KIDS’ FISH-OUT Hosted by the Kalamalka Fly Fishers. The pond will be stocked with 1,000 rainbow trout in the ¾ lb range. The fish are donated by the Summerland trout hatchery for this special event. Vernon and area children have a chance to catch a limit of two fish per day for supper. Polson Park Pond, May 1, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bring: fishing rod, worms, bobbers and barbless hooks. This is a free event for children aged 4 to 14. An adult must accompany children under the age of 10. BISHOP WILD BIRD SANCTUARY Looking for an active, rewarding way to spend some time with your community this spring? Join us for Xeriscape Gardening May 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All willing workers encouraged to come out, Please e-mail, call us or simply show up. Kids welcome! We are at 12408 Coldstream Creek Rd., off Kidston Rd. Call 250-542-5122 for info. or e-mail us at bishopwildbird@gmail.com ALLAN BROOKS NATURE CENTRE invites the whole family to our seasonal opening celebration May 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Discover, explore, learn and play. Admission by donation. Join our
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oin the crowd at the Vernon Curling Rink Thursday, May 5 at 3 p.m. when the Vernon Friends of the Library hold their 20th annual book sale. Choose from thousands of books — everything from children’s books to fiction, non-fiction, videos, and CDs. There will be something for everyone! The sale is open from 3 to 9 on Thursday, 9 to 9 on Friday, 9 to 4 on Saturday and 11 to 3 on Sunday, May 8. Call 250-549-1466 for more information about the greatest recycling event in the North Okanagan. guest speakers: 10 a.m. it’s Harry Adam on creating and building a square metre garden; this is your chance to get first hand information; 1 p.m., Chris Siddle, a well-known ornithologist will discuss the Birds of Prey in the North Okanagan. At 3 p.m., Marnie Williamson on attracting bluebirds and why they are important for grassland and the Okanagan. Kids can come up and build a paper raptor flyer and test how far it flies at 2:30 p.m. Prizes awarded. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CRISIS LINE TRAINING The PIN Crisis Intervention Society is looking for men and women to help volunteer for its crisis line. Volunteers needed to staff 24-hour crisis line, provide support, referrals and crisis intervention services. We offer non-judgmental support to those in emotional need. Training is over two weekends. Begins Friday evening May 27 and runs May 28 and 29; then one more weekend, Friday evening, June 10, June 11 and 12. To book interview, call 250-545-8074. We will accept people into class until May 24 or until we reach capacity. CYCLING FOR INDEPENDENCE 12th Annual event May 1 starts and ends at the People Place, 3402-27th Ave. Register now, $25 per cyclist. The 50 km crank hammer starts 8:30 a.m.; 20 km fun ride starts 9:30 a.m. This year’s event is in memory of Byron Chatham, who died recently after a cycling accident. With $100 in pledges, registration fee is waived; first 70 registered get free T-shirt. Cyclists get lunch and massage from 11 to 1; a chance for great door prizes! Register by calling 250-545-9292, e-mail to info@ ilvernon.ca or see www.ilvernon.ca HIKE FOR HOSPICE Join us! Walk for a great cause during the North Okanagan Hospice Society’s Hike for hospice 2011: Communities Share the Care May 1 at Polson Park! Participate individually or get a team together to collect pledges. Create an online hike profile (watch your goal thermometer climb) and access your e-mail and Facebook connections. Enjoy a great walk, some local entertainment, food and prizes! There is a pancake breakfast for $5 hosted by the Armstrong Lions Club starting at 8 a.m., registration begins at 9:15 and the hike starts at 10! For pledge
forms visit Nolan’s Pharmasave, VantageOne CU, Wayside Press, Hospice House or online at www.nohs.ca CARAVAN SUNDAY FARMERS’ MARKET Caravan Farm Theatre every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Market will include local organic produce, art, food and drink, as well as wagon rides. Special events are planned for the inaugural market on Mother’s Day, including live music, raffle, auction, hamburger and hotdog barbecue, bake sale, and flowers for mom and grandma. There will also be face painting and balloons for children. For more information or vendor inquiries please call the Caravan office at 1-866-546-8533, or visit www.caravanfarmtheatre.com. Caravan Farm Theatre is located at 4886 Salmon River Rd., Armstrong-Spallumcheen. ECKANKAR Meets the first Sunday of the month we have a worship service at 11 a.m. at the Halina club room and on third Sunday there is a community HU song at Halina club room at 11 a.m. SMARTIES DROP-IN ART PROGRAM, GALLERY VERTIGO All ages welcome. No registration necessary, just drop in for some fun. Everyone welcome! Suggested donation: $3 per person. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by adult. Teens welcome too. High school students interested in art invited to assist at workshops, every Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Gallery Vertigo is upstairs at suite #1, 3001-31st St., downtown Vernon, across from Nolan’s Drugs. Please use the side entrance under Krause Jeweller’s awning. Our May 1 program is Inside Out Drawing with Ryan Robson. For more information call 250-503-2297 or see www.galleryvertigo.com ELKS CRIB TOURNAMENT first and second Sunday of each month at the hall, 3103-30th St. Cost is $10, please bring your own lunch. Registration at 9 a.m. FOURTH ANNUAL PERENNIAL PLANT EXCHANGE May 1 to 15, Whitevalley Community Resource Centre, side door, with table set up. A great way to thin out your extra perennials and maybe gain some new ones. Drop off plants at the centre, include name of plant and details on care. Week two of the exchange will be open for those who don’t have plants to take some.
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COMPUTER LESSONS At Independent Living Vernon for $2. Time available Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Please call and book time at 250-545-9292. We are in People Place, room 107. THE NORTH OKANAGAN NATURALIST CLUB MEETS May 4 at 7:30 p.m., Vernon Lodge Ball Room #2. Don Gayton will speak on BC Grasslands Ecologies and Challenges. FINDING MY WAY: GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP North Okanagan Hospice Society is offering a grief support group, running for eight consecutive weeks starting May 4. Participants will be able to attend either a day or evening program. Participants will be introduced to the definitions of grief and mourning; discuss ways that grief affects people differently; and identify ways of getting through a time of loss and transition. Pre-registration is required. Call Leigh at 250-503-1800, ext. 200. LIVING WELL DRIVING WELL WORKSHOP BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation hosts this practical workshop for mature drivers May 4 and again May 11, 10 a.m. to noon, both days, Schubert Centre. Assess your driving skills and habits. Update your knowledge of vehicle safety features and road regulations. Register early! Space limited. Pre-register by calling 250-550k-7840. THE LADIES NEWCOMERS SUPPER CLUB Meets the first Wednesday of the month. If you are new to Vernon and area, join us for our monthly suppers. We want to meet you. Call Rosie for details at 545-1489 or Kathy at 545-4185.
Shaw will give short presentation and lead group discussion on “The Justice System in Canada-part 2.” New members and visitors welcome. Call Nadine at 250-549-1479.
MENTAL HEALTH WEEK May 1 to 7 is Mental Health Week. Drop by the CMHA’s Georgette Shop. It’s seven days to talk, reflect, engage and celebrate. It’s a chance to do more for yourself every day, because good health includes mental health. Join us for daily specials in the shop and a cup of tea. We are at 3100-28th Ave. behind Sir Winston’s. SINGLE FRIENDS 50+ May 3, weekly coffee at Red Barn 10 a.m. OKANAGAN SINGLES GROUP 40+ May 2, movie night at the Come out for coffee and meet new friends, pick up a list of activiTowne Cinema, showing of Jane Eyre, 5:15 p.m. Meet in foyer ties for May. Deadline for tickets for the Murder Mystery Dinner & where chairs are. Cost is $7. Call Dot by Sunday if attending. May Show at O’Keefe Ranch May 27. Also a birthday party for one of 3, wine lovers tour of five wineries from Vernon to Osoyoos in a our members at Longhorn Pub. Call for more info., 260-5238. comfortable bus. Cost $50. Call 250-308-8224. BOSOM BUDDIES BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Meets THE ENDERBY QUILTERS MEET The first, third, and fifth Monday May 3, noon at Boston Pizza. Please call Sadie at 250-545-0253. of each month at the Enderby Evangelical Chapel from 1 to 4 p.m. ARMSTRONG AND DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB Our regular Come and work on your quilt or other craft project. For more infor- monthly meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each mation contact June at 838-5655 or Bonnie at 838-7024. month in the small room of the Odd Fellows hall in Armstrong and VERNON ACCORDION CLUB Meets Mondays from 7-9 p.m. we would welcome anyone interested in becoming a member. at the Halina Centre. Accordion players welcome. Listeners and BUSINESS NETWORKING IN ARMSTRONG Check out our free dancers also. Call Nyla at 250-546-3192 for more information. networking opportunity over lunch with a new interesting topic each YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED (YOU) Peer support group meeting! We meet first Tuesday of the month. Format: 10 minutes for youth and young adults with variety of disabilities at Independent networking with others, one minute optional personal intro. for each Living Vernon, #107, 3204- 27th Ave. (People Place), Mondays from attendant, 10 minute speaker, finish with casual networking over lunch. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Open to all youth ages 16 to 29 who would like Armstrong Inn Banquet Room. Would you like to be a future speaker? to meet others with disabilities who have similar interests and want RSVP to tanyac@dominionlending.ca or call 250-546-3963. to share or build skills about community networking, independent VERNON PLACER MINERS’ CLUB Meets the first Tuesday of choices, career paths, leadership skills, etc., and would like to have the month at 7 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church (basement), 1204 fun and be supported in a safe comfortable environment. Contact -30 Ave., Vernon. If you are interested in gold panning or mining Crystal Compton at 250-545-9292 or to crystal@ilvernon.ca 116 - 5301 25th Ave, VERNON • 250-558-5832 you are welcome to come to the meetings. Family-oriented club. AA MEETINGS ON MONDAYS Upon Awakening meeting, Monday For more information, call 250-547-9690 or 250-549-4395. Chuck NEW CUSTOMERS to Saturday 7 a.m., Anglican Church, 3205-27th St. (back door), ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 25 VERNON Open cribbage Vernon. Nooner Solution Group Monday to Friday, noon, open, Tuesdays at 1 p.m. Come early for lunch! Call 250-542-2696. WINE BOTTLES AND CUSTOM LABELS ON 1ST ORDER. * VTC, 2810-48th Ave. (H) Women in Recovery Group (H), closed, SUPPORT GROUP FOR SENIOR PARENTS For seniors parents $45 DOLLAR VALUE • 24 hour Reverse Osmosis water vending 7 p.m., Albert Place, 3610-25th Ave. Cornerstone Group (X). Men’s of children with developmental disabilities, meets the first Tuesday In-store vinting only. *Of no cash value. Closed meeting 8 p.m., Gateway Shelter, 2800-33rd St., Vernon. of each month at 10:30 a.m. at Schubert Centre meeting room, Wine New Life Group (H), open meeting at 8 p.m., Lutheran Church, 3505-30th Ave. Join us for a cup of coffee and an opportunity to ON THESE FEATURED WINE KITS of the 1204-30 Ave, Vernon. Cherryville Grapevine meeting (X), open, 7 connect with other senior parents facing similar joys and chalMonth AUST. GEWURZTRAMINER AUST. CABERNET SHIRAZ p.m., 7th-Day Adventist Church, Holmes Rd., just off Creighton lenges. Call Julie at 250-307-4216. Valley Rd., Cherryville. (H) Handic. Access (X) No access. FREEDOM GROUP MEETS Every Tuesday, 1 p.m., Upper Room BINGO IN ENDERBY Mondays at 6 p.m., Enderby Seniors Complex Mission. Group gives support to people who want to quit hard drugs. on George Street at 6 p.m.; 19 games. While it accepts total abstinence, it does not require it to join. CODA MEETS Mondays at noon at The Arbour, Vernon Alliance KIWANIS CLUB OF VERNON FOUR SEASONS Meets Tuesdays at LAWN N ORNAMENTS ORN NAMENTS AM NT Church. noon at Schubert Centre. New members welcome. For more informa• Benches • Bird Baths • Fountains REBEKAH LODGE meets the first and third Monday of the month at tion, call 545-8650. • Planters & Other Misc. Statuaries 1 p.m. at the Schubert Centre. HALINA SENIORS CENTRE Bingo every Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. All Lowest Prices and the Largest Selection in the Okanagan! FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES The Vernon Aerie meets the first 19 and over welcome. For more information, call 250-542-2877. Open 7 Days A Week and third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Call 542-3003. ARMSTRONG LIONS CLUB, BINGO Every Tuesday at the Oddfellows 9:00 am - 5:00 pm GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN Support group Hall, 3005 Wood Ave. Doors open at 6 p.m., early bird starts 6:50 p.m. meets every other Monday at the Schubert Centre. 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Don’t expect comedian Derek Edwards to use Monday’s federal election as an excuse to crack a few jokes at the politicians’ expense. He’ll leave that up to satirists such as Rick Mercer and the gang at This Hour Has 22 Minutes, or their American counterparts Bill Maher and Jon Stewart. “I can’t imagine trying to mesmerize an audience with an hour talking about politics,” said Edwards, speaking to The Morning Star before setting off on his new tour, My Blunderful Life, which arrives in Vernon May 12. “It’s drudgery to me, those petty negative attack ads. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth.... After May 2 no one will care anyway.” Instead Edwards will do what he does best, making his wry observations about this crazy thing we call life. “Life is full of blunders... We never consider the repercussions of the dumb ideas we come up with until someone comes along and swats us across the head.” Born and raised in Timmins, Ont. (yes the same town where country star Shania Twain grew up), Edwards has been taking mental snap shots of his own life, and the everyday things that circulate around him, since he first got up on stage two decades ago. And he’s not afraid to aim an arrow at the absurd, but he does so in his laid-back, low-voice delivery, which eventually comes to a point sharp enough to pierce the toughest funny bone. “It’s a great sound, laughing,” said Edwards. “A good day at the rock pile is quite satisfying. I used to work a front loader and
when I moved at least 15 tons of rail in one day, I’d be like ‘right on’ and Clint Eastwood in my stride. Stage work can be just as tenuous, but you see the results of the work right away and you learn quickly when it’s s--t. “I find it handy to talk about the town I am in: the story, the explanation and the observation. I look to Stuart McLean, who is the raconteur of the story, he spellbinds people with those stories, and people don’t mind sitting back waiting for him to get to the point.”
“We never consider the repercussions of the dumb ideas we come up with until someone comes and swats us across the head.” — Derek Edwards Edwards also cites fellow comedian Stewart Francis as someone he admires for perfecting the oneliner, adding his colleague delivered a few zingers while they recently performed together at the Halifax Comedy Festival. “I find one-liners poetic, sort of like Gary Larson’s series of one-panel cartoons. You know the ones on the calendar where he lets go with 365 of them? Every one is hilarious,” said Edwards. “I have some quick segments, but my act is more at a relaxed pace. I like to get the pacing down before the curtain opens.” More recently, Edwards has had his challenges with the per-
ils of going from radio to live television with CBC’s platform for comedians: No not Just for Laughs, but that titular tryst known as The Debaters. Edwards has debated his fair share of important topics, such as small town vs. big city on the radio version of the show, but he wasn’t impressed when he appeared in the newly televised rendition. “Once it went on TV, then it went hell,” he said. “I know comedians who make the twominute rant look like a comic character is delivering it. They are made for TV. I am not.” It also didn’t help that while his appearance was being taped, producers stopped him midway through his introducing argument. “I had a tincture of sweat on my brow,” he explained. “Comedy is about momentum. In radio they would let you go on even if you sweat.” Edwards is grateful to be back home on stage in front of a live audience with his 13-stop tour through B.C. The funnyman admits he still gets nervous before stepping out from behind the curtain, but he has his own technique for overcoming the jitters. “Ideally the stage is lit up, and everyone else is in the dark. Maybe you’ll get a couple of rows lit up where you can focus on the miserable bastard that someone dragged to the show. It’s like a challenge to get the pr--k to smile, but it certainly is worth it.” Derek Edwards brings My Blunderful Life to the Performing Arts Centre May 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $48 at the Ticket Seller, 549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca.
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Film follows change in Afghanistan via singing contest Morning Star Staff
After 30 years of war and five years of Taliban rule, Afghan Pop Idol is sweeping the nation. But this is more than just a TV talent show: In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. This is the subject of the documentary film, Afghan Star, which will be presented by Amnesty International Vernon for its annual Human Rights Film Fest May 9. “This film won at Sundance two years ago, and has been featured on Oprah. It is sure to please audiences in Vernon,” said event organizer Lee Brinkman. “Reality TV is very popular and in Afghanistan it’s no different. But what we consider frivolous entertainment is revolutionary in Afghanistan.” Since 2005, millions have been tuning in to Tolo TV’s wildly popular American Idol-style
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A female contestant performs on Afghan Star. series, Afghan Star. Like its western predecessors, people compete for a cash prize and record deal.
More surprisingly, the contest is open to everyone across the country despite gender, ethnicity or age. Two thousand people audition, including three extremely brave women. And when viewers vote for their favourites via cell phone, it is, for many, their first encounter with the democratic process. Amnesty International has long been concerned about the human rights situation in Afghanistan, said Brinkman. “Access to health care, education and humanitarian aid is deteriorating, particularly in the south and south-east of the country, due to escalating armed conflict between Afghan and international forces and the Taliban and other armed groups,” she said. “Afghan women are increasingly participating in politics and public life, but continue to suffer from high rates of domestic violence with little recourse to legal protection. While
access to education for girls and women has improved considerably since the Taliban were ousted. Girls in rural areas continue to face intimidation, harassment, threats and attacks on them and their schools.” Afghan Star, viewed by 11 million people per episode, is a catalyst for change. “It’s giving its many viewers a hope for a more democratic and peaceful Afghanistan”, said Brinkman. “And it’s very interesting to see the country try find a balance between very old ways and modernity. “Please plan on attending this Amnesty International Human Rights Film Fest and prepare to experience cinema with a social conscience.” Afghan Star will be shown at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Monday, May 9 at 7 p.m. Admission is by donation. The film is rated PG.
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Pianist breathes life into Grieg concerto with OSO JENNIFER SMITH Black Press
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Pianist Kinza Tyrrell joins the Okanagan Symphony for its Spirit of the North season finale at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre May 8. this was her day job. “I had a teacher way back and he always said to me ‘play this phrase like you’re a singer,’” she explained, admitting it took time to understand what that meant, how the flow and breath and depth of the instrument draws from that human touch.
“I must not allow my hands or arms to breathe when they want, they must breathe where a singer would breathe, so you get this sense of legato, this lengthening,” she said. “Otherwise, we play each note and bang each note and we don’t get the sense of a horizon. We
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Next week, when the symphony’s accompaniment stops and Kinza Tyrrell’s magic fingers start their solo, the dynamics should test the range of one’s heart, ears and very understanding of music. An accomplished pianist who serves as principle répétiteur and music director of Vancouver Opera in Schools, Tyrrell will offer the icing on the cake for the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra’s Masterworks Series Five: Spirit of the North. Playing the Grieg piano concerto, a popular piece with a myriad of pop culture ties from Twin Peaks to Otis and Milo and even a Nike ad, the piece is already palatable to a very wide audience. The musician said her interpretation is one that aims to please. “I try to really bring a big range of dynamics from the really soft and sensitive to the really loud, rumbly stuff,” she said, noting every time the music opens up and it’s her time to shine she winds up finding something new and different in the music. A concerto has three movements, a fast-paced intro followed by a slower, beautiful second section, which leads into an even faster up-beat ending. Spending her days with opera singers, frequently stepping in to sing their parts in rehearsal for those who might need to save their instrument, Tyrrell said she’s learned to play her pieces on piano as though
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just play very vertically.” It’s one piece of a lifetime’s worth of advice that has made her the accomplished star she is today. A Victoria native, Tyrrell made her orchestral debut at age 12 with the Victoria Symphony. She has studied with Hans Graf at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and J.S. Benda at the Graz Musikhochschule. Over the years, she has also studied with world-renowned pianists Jon Kimura Parker, Anton Kuerti and Gyorgy Sebok. She won the 2003 Bösendorfer Prize from the Opera Coaching division of the International Belvedere Opera Competition in Vienna and holds a doctorate of piano and vocal coaching from McGill University. The OSO’s Spirit of the North includes I Send Only Angels, from Canadian composer Marcus Goddard and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony
No. 5. All three composers are from northern countries: Goddard from Canada, Sibelius from Finland and Grieg from
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the cramped trailer –– a ater For long-ago photo from the Elephants Benzini Bros. Circus, a isn’t just a show infamous wonderfully for some kind old-fashioned of haunting love story, it’s tragedy –– wonderfully immediately old-fashioned. takes Jacob If you love to down memory be swept up lane. in the sheer The year emotional is 1931, grandeur of Jason Armstrong and Jacob cinema, a rar(played in ity these days, his younger years with it’d be tough not to fall surprisingly effective for this one. depth by Twilight’s What’s even better, Robert Pattinson) is the aforementioned love one exam away from isn’t relegated solely to receiving a degree in romance here – it’s the veterinary science from love of a more innocent Cornell. Suddenly, word era, when the wonder arrives that his parents of the big top eclipsed have been killed in a car all else. accident. Crushed, Jacob Who would’ve walks away from his thought that in the swift, education, packs a bag noisy surroundings of and hops on to a passing 2011 that we’d be viewtrain –– one occupied by ing something like a lions, tigers, clowns and travelling circus with acrobats –– and finds a such aching fondness? new life for himself. I’m not sure if chilOnce it’s discovered dren still dream of runby smooth-yet-ruthless ning off to join such ringmaster August an operation anymore, (Christoph Waltz) that but Water For Elephants his recent stowaway is recalls a time when they an animal doctor (or did. And it’s awesome. as close to it as one can Based on the successfully soapy novel by Sara Gruen, Water For Elephants is a Great Depression-era yarn with a present-day wraparound twist as bookends. We first meet elderly Jacob (Hal Holbrook), looking lost as a circus packs up its caravan of trucks, ready to roll on to the next city. The circus manager (Paul Schneider) brings the old codger 15% OFF ALL SERVICES FOR NEW GRADS in from the cold to call the nursery home from Unit 245 - 2306 Highway 6, Polson Place Mall 778•475•5947 which he wandered off from. But a picture in
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The keikes (children), ages four to nine, competed in four numbers and placed first in three and second in the fourth, said Hula Halau owner Pat Springborn. “The adults competed in
Vernon’s Hula Halau Ke Aloha Polynesian Dancers have returned home victorious after competing at the Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts held recently.
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three numbers and placed first in all three.” The dancers will be performing at Creative Chaos in June as well as this summer’s Sunshine Festival and the Silhouette Dance Studio’s year-end show June 19.
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Duffy was active with the Calgary chamber as a volunteer member of its tourism and It is not entirely uncommon for new environment committee for six years. Despite employees to feel a little left in the dark on its smaller size, he says Vernon, with its memtheir first day on the job. bership of about 800 small- to medium-sized That was literally the case for George Duffy businesses, has a lot going for it. when he went to meet board members of “My first impression is very positive with the Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce this chamber because it seems to have a very Wednesday morning. A brief power outage progressive attitude towards governance and in the downtown area resulted in Duffy, the towards business,” he said. chamber’s new general manager, and the “The chamber here is extremely well orgaboard having to huddle around a window so nized and seems to be well respected in they could read their meeting agendas. the community. They put on a ton of great “At least he knows we’re adaptable,” chuck- events.” led Deb Leroux, chamber president. Duffy, who originally studied biological “We’re very excited that George has joined sciences technology at NAIT in Edmonton, us. We’re very glad we went through the also has two decades of experience in the entire process of running through 21 appli- tourism field. Most recently, he was owner cants to find the very best and right person,” of an eco-tourism company in Calgary called she added. Worldwide Ecolodges which operated in Duffy, who is taking over for outgoing Central and South America. He has since inimanager Val Trevis, spent Wednesday after- tiated a succession plan to allow an employee noon getting acquainted to buy the company from with members and other him. community partners – Duffy says it will be a including representatives while before he can begin from the Downtown Vernon working with the chamber Association, Community to determine which direcFutures and Mayor Wayne tion it wants to head in the — George Duffy Lippert – during a meet and future. More importantly, greet at the chamber office. he wants to get out into the Duffy, who grew up on the Prairies, moved community and find out what makes Vernon to the Okanagan last year when his wife, tick. Alanna Dean, took over as director of engi“My priority is to really get out and meet neering with the District of Coldstream. the members. I want to get to know them, Before that, they lived in Abbotsford for the find out what’s important to them and how last seven years. the chamber can help them out,” he said, add“We decided we wanted to get out of the ing there is a backlog of e-mails and voicemail major metro area and this was an opportuni- messages he needs to plow through before he ty waiting to happen. Like a lot of people, we can really get up to speed. came out on holiday out here and really liked Duffy plans to continue working in the it,” said Duffy, who prefers the Okanagan’s vein of member advocacy and networking, drier climate, and is an avid hiker and cyclist, while providing leadership and encouraging both on and off road. sustainable growth. He would also like to see Morning Star Staff
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George Duffy, the new general manager with the Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce, talks shop with Downtown Vernon Association president Ruth Hoyte at a meet and greet Wednesday afternoon at the chamber office. the Vernon chamber continue bringing policy resolutions to government. Added Leroux: “The staff is all engaged and looking forward to the new things that can be added and we are looking to continue to build on all the wonderful things that have
already begun.” Duffy’s first major function will be the Valley Wide Business After 5, Thursday, May 12 at Gatzkes Farm Market in Oyama. After that, it will be the B.C. Chamber of Commerce AGM at the end of May in Prince George.
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There’s an opportunity for ArmstrongSpallumcheen business owners to get together. The Armstrong-Spallumcheen Chamber of Commerce will hold its next Business After Business networking event Wednesday, May 11 at the Kindale thrift store. “Meet new business contacts and
catch up with familiar friends while you enjoy refreshments sponsored by Armstrong Wine & Brew, A&W, Okanagan Spring and the Village Cheese Company,” said Patti Noonan, chamber of commerce executive director. “Be sure to bring plenty of business cards to exchange with others in attendance.” The event will be held from 5:30 to
7 p.m. at the Kindale thrift store on Patterson Avenue. “There is no cost for members and guests, and it’s $5 for non-members,” said Noonan. For information on upcoming chamber of commerce events, go to www. aschamber.com. “You can also follow us on Twitter,” said Noonan.
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Community Futures North Okanagan is hosting a workshop for businesses looking to get the most out of their marketing dollars. In particular it will help business owners find ways to combine conventional and online media to maximize their exposure. “Marketing is used to identify the customer, satisfy the customer and keep the customer. In the new world of technology it involves traditional tactics and new methods,” said Leigha Horsfield, business services coordinator with Community Futures. The workshop will will also provide handson tips, tools and techniques; show which marketing strategies are yielding the best results; discuss what is involved in developing a plan; and what types of marketing best suit a particular business. The workshop goes Wednesdy, May 11, 1 to 4 p.m. at Community Futures (3105 33rd Street). Cost for the workshop is $29 (+HST). To register, contact your local chamber of commerce office.
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The remains of an empire Continued from previous page The Incas, who ate little meat, grew more than 20 varieties of corn and 240 varieties of potatoes. Our next stop, the nearby Maras, is renowned as the oldest and most unusual salt mine in the world. It consists of about 2,000 small pools that glisten like a surreal white honeycomb along the valley bottom. Water from a salinerich stream is directed into the pools where the water evaporates leaving salt, which is shovelled into bags. I was amazed at the simplicity of the operation, which is still “mined” as it was in the Inca days. I dipped my finger into the source stream, barely two feet across and licked the salty fluid. As we travelled through mountainous country toward Machu Pichu, I was impressed by the administrative skills of the Incas. They constructed an extensive road network including two main roads that ran the length of the empire, one in the high-
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Villagers cultivate terraces in Moray for agricultural purposes. lands and one along the seacoast. All travel was by foot, nevertheless, they achieved excellent communication by using a series of trained runners, who carried quipus, i.e. several coloured strings knotted in different positions conveying numeric and other information. It was the closest the Incas came to writing. I stifled a scream as the bus careened around a hairpin turn, and clung on desperately as we dodged down-
ward bent buses on our ascent up an absurdly steep mountain to Machu Pichu. This architectural masterpiece is in perfect balance with its surroundings and is also aligned with the sun’s orbit. The structures are built of chiselled boul-
ders that fit pefectly without using cement and are extraordinarily stable, an important feature in an earthquakeprone area. Abandoned by the Incas when the Spanish invaded, Machu Pichu was not re-discovered until 1911. With my back resting against an enormous sun-warmed boulder and the splendour of Machu Pichu laid out before me, I wondered at life’s ephemerality. The mighty Inca empire was built in just under a century. But it crumbled as the conquistadors lust for riches led to treachery and cruelty. In a decade, they destroyed one of the most advanced societies in the world. Now only these amazing, silent stones remain. Hans Tammemagi is with Travel Writers’ Tales, an independent newspaper syndicate.
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The B.C. government says 27,000 people stayed on the phone for the first of Finance Minister Kevin Falcon’s harmonized sales tax “town halls” in Surrey Wednesday. Another 5,900 people in the Peace River region responded to the recorded invitation to hear local MLA Blair Lekstrom defend the HST, and explain why he returned to the B.C. Liberal cabinet after quitting last year in the face of a taxpayer revolt. The regional telephone conference calls are to continue in the next two weeks, calling listed home phones in each region for an hour-long question and answer session on the tax, and what happens if voters reject it in a mail-in ballot in June. Lekstrom was asked about the impact of HST on farmers and oil and gas workers in northeastern B.C., and whether the government would abide by the results of the referendum. One caller referred to it as the “ripoff tax,” and others said the region is losing even more business as people head for the Alberta border to shop for goods and services. Lekstrom said the HST is no more of a burden in the north because it doesn’t increase heating or fuel costs beyond existing carbon tax and other levies. And he promised the government would accept a simple majority vote to restore the old provincial sales tax without expanding its base. “If this vote is to reject the HST and go back, we are going back to the way it was,” he said. Both Lekstrom and Falcon have left the door open to making the HST more palatable with further exemptions, or reducing the rate once the agreement with Ottawa allows it. But Lekstrom noted that reducing the pro-
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Horoscope BY BERNICE BEDE OSOL Don’t be reluctant or fearful to take on heavier than usual work-related responsibilities in the year ahead. You have the knowhow and ability to run the show, and you’ll be rewarded proportionately to your contribution.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) A development that you’ll have nothing to do with might work out far more fortunately for you than any plans you design yourself. Go with the flow.
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Bridge by Phillip Alder Robert Service, the Bard of the Yukon, said, “Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out -- it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.” It shouldn’t be the full deal that wears you out -- it ought to be the first trick. With that big hint, how should South plan the play in five diamonds after West leads the spade queen? South just blasted away with five diamonds. He was slightly nervous that either he would miss a slam or three no-trump would be the only game, but he liked to annoy the opponents. Both West and East were tempted
to overcall, but the unfavorable vulnerability dissuaded them. When the dummy came down, South thought they had missed a slam. If spades were 4-2 or 3-3, he could take the first trick with dummy’s king, draw trumps, play a spade to the ace, ruff a spade, return to dummy with a club, trump another spade if necessary, and still get back to the dummy. However, when East ruffed the spade king and returned his second trump (a club would also have worked), the contract became unmakable. This was more than a petty annoyance to North. He said, “You had 11 tricks: two spades, seven diamonds and two clubs. Why didn’t you conserve
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RANCHERO / DEEP CREEK FIRE SUPPRESSION COMMITTEE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING All residents of the Ranchero / Deep Creek Fire Suppression Area are encouraged to attend. This meeting will provide an opportunity to answer any questions you may have about ¿re department activities, its equipment and the cost of the function as it relates to your taxes. DATE:
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Funeral Planning Seminar Thursday, May 5, 2:00 PM Reginald David Saunders, a pioneer of the Lumby area, passed away peacefully April 27, 2011 aŌer a brief illness. Reg was born in Trinity Valley June 26, 1922 to Don and Jenny Saunders, original seƩlers in the area. AŌer his service in the RCAF during WW 2, Reg seƩled in the Lumby area where he farmed for many years. He was acƟve in the community, the Legion and very involved with St James the Less Anglican Church. PromoƟng and supporƟng the local dairy industry was very important to him and he became a Director of NOCA Dairy and an original board member of SODICA. Every organizaƟon acƟvity he became involved in beneĮƩed from his knowledge, his commitment and energy and his contacts.
Reg’s number one passion was people. His family always came Įrst in his heart and they knew it. His commitment to his wife and children was evident to everyone as in between milking cows and farming acƟviƟes he would run to plays, band concerts, 4H events and horse shows. Last fall he completed, published and released his family history book as a Įnal giŌ to all the family. It chronicles the Saunders family from the early 1600’s in CalcuƩa to pioneering in Trinity Valley to current day generaƟons. Reg was predeceased by his parents Don and Jenny and his Įrst wife Thora. LeŌ to celebrate his life is wife Mary, children David (Linda), Freddi (Glenn), Tim, Jennifer (Joe), Sheila (Blaine), grandchildren Christopher, Lyle, Kim, Michelle, Chad and Christy and great-grandchildren Mikaela, Keely, Rylan, Kurt, Logan, Logan, Leia, Leia, MaƩ MaƩhew, hew Lauchlin and brother Eric (Melva). and Lauchlin. The funeral will be held at All Saint’s Anglican Church, 3205 27thth Street Vernon, B.C.,, on B.C. on Thursday, Thursday, May May 5, 5, 2011 2011 @ @ 1:00. 1:00. Interment will follow at the Saunders family plot in the Lumby Cemetry with a recepƟon and celebraƟon of life to follow at 3:00 in the White Valley Community Center, 2230 Shields Avenue in Lumby. Reg asked for no Ňowers please, but donaƟons to North Okanagan Hospice Society 3506 27thth Ave. Vernon V1T 1S4 are welcomed. Arrangements are in the care of Vernon Funeral Home 250-542-0155. Condolences may be oīered at www.VernonFuneralHome.com
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NEWCOMB, Mary Veronica It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce the passing of Mary Veronica Newcomb on April 26, 2011 in Vernon, BC. Service details to follow. 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 250-5467237.
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MAGENIS, Robert Hill It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce the passing of Robert Hill Magenis on April 23, 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.
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John Alexander MacLeod It is with great sadness we announce the passing of John on April 8th, 2011 at the age of 85 years. John was born in Earltown, Nova Scotia on April 13th, 1925. John was a WWII Veteran. He was a soldier in the Canadian Tank Corp and later joined the South Saskatchewan Regiment. John married his sweetheart Jean Cleverly in 1949. They were inseparable until her death on Dec. 28th, 2002. Jean & John raised three children in Rossland, BC: Beverly, Jeannie, and John. John loved music, played the harmonica, and more than anything enjoyed a Highland Pipe Band. John worked for Cominco for 42 years after which he enjoyed a long retirement. John was predeceased by his parents, brother; Dan, sisters; Kay, Daisy and Annie Jean, wife; Jean and grandson Shane LaFace (Warner). John is survived by his 3 children; Beverly (Shirley) Jeannie (Bucky) and John (Marie). Also sisters Marian, Lily: brother Alex: grandchildren Gordon (Hocking), Jeremey, Stoya and Alex MacLeod, and Kyle and Tanis Georgetti: extended family Lisa, Chris, and Jamie. John will be deeply missed by all.
JAMES MAURICE BANKS It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden passing of James Maurice (Maury) Banks, on April 26, 2011 at the age of 71. He is survived by his wife Deborah, sons Cory and Colin, and daughter Jenica. Maury was born in Vermilion, Alberta, and grew up in Fort Saskatchewan. He moved to Peace River to begin his radio career, and worked on several radio stations in the province. He moved to Davenport, Iowa to pursue a Chiropractic degree, working at radio station WQUA to put himself through school. He graduated in 1971 and worked in Edmonton before moving to Vernon, where he worked at radio station CJIB while starting his practice. He will be remembered for his sense of humor and great voice. He loved taking care of people and was hugely proud of leading the fight to allow chiropractors the title of Doctors of Chiropractic. He was married to Deborah for 33 years, and he and his sons were very involved in the sport of BMX, at the local Ranger Park – and raced every BMX track in western Canada. He served as local and national president for many years. He enjoyed traveling out of the country as well, to Japan, Spain, Belgium and France for World BMX Championships. He also enjoyed special coffees, homework, and dance Recitals with his daughter. Maury was active in the Gyro Club, Rotary Club, and Palmer College Alumni. He loved to read and learn, and continued taking health-related courses after retirement. Cremation and no service by request. Arrangements are in the care of Vernon Funeral Home 250-542-0155. Condolences may be offered at www.vernonfuneralhome.com
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Helmut Wenz It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved father, Helmut Wenz, on Sunday, April 24th, 2011. Helmut was born in Mainz-Rheine, Germany on Oct 21, 1933 and belonged to a large family of ten children. Times were hard, but the stories he told of his youth were not about the struggles, but about the hijinks of his boyhood, swimming in the Rheine River, stealing apples from the orchards. He would tell them and laugh unƟl tears were Ňowing from his eyes, and you couldn’t help but to laugh along. He married in his early twenƟes and sailed across the ocean to Canada with his bride, Theresia and seƩled in Edmonton. They started up a Restaurant and ran it successfully for several years. AŌer a while they decided they would like to try farming, so they moved to Athabasca and set up life there. During that Ɵme, Helmut and Theresa raised several foster children and were lucky enough to be able adopt 3 as their own. From there they moved back to Edmonton for a few years, and eventually seƩled in Vernon, B.C. simply because it was so beauƟful. He and Theresia also spent several of their reƟrement years in southern California, but again were drawn home to Vernon. Throughout his working career Helmut was a talented carpenter and worked very hard in construcƟon. He was proud that he had worked at both the Revelstoke and Mica dams and had many stories to tell about those places and had met and made many friends there. He is even a hero to one parƟcular man whom he saved the life of, by prevenƟng him from falling oī the top of a tall construcƟon crane in Edmonton many years ago. AŌer his wife Theresia passed away Helmut was fortunate to Įnd love a second Ɵme. He remarried a lovely woman named Reine Bru, to whom he was completely devoted to for the last 14 years. She welcomed him into her life and her extended family and we are grateful for that. The laƩer part of Dad’s life was quieter, and he enjoyed spending his Ɵme with Reine, shopping, going to church, going to the Eagles Hall and occasionally to the Legion. Helmut had made many friends over his lifeƟme and he would always take the Ɵme to stop in and chat with friends whenever he was in the ‘neighbourhood’. He was a wonderful person, helpful to a fault and would oīer to give you the shirt of his back if you needed it, and someƟmes even if you didn’t! Helmut was predeceased by his Įrst wife Theresia, his dearest younger brother Horst and both his parents Wilhelm and Luisa. Helmut will be remembered and dearly missed by many, his wife Reine Bru, and her large extended family. His children, Cindy, Janet Enoch (Dave), Jeī (Nancy), Erica Griĸn (Mike), Joanne Fraser (Robert), Gerald House, Brenda Lane. Opa will also be very much missed but not forgoƩen by his grandchildren, whom he loved so very much. Joshua, Mariah, Jennifer, Michael, Isabella, Sheri-Lee, JusƟn, Andy, and the mulƟtude of grandchildren. Distance divided his family and he didn’t get to see all his grandkids, but he would have loved to. He is also survived by an extended family in Germany. Dad we will miss you and not forget what you taught us, how to be a hard working, deeply caring and genuine human being. We know you’re dancing the waltz with Mom in Heaven. Love you.
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Part-Time Sales Associate Far West is looking for a mature, responsible part-time sales associate. Ideal candidate must love the outdoors and be passionate about sales and customer service. Sales experience strongly preferred. This position is weekends only to start with possibility of additional hours. Please drop off resume at 2900 48th Ave. The Greater Vernon Minor Hockey Association (GVMHA) is currently looking to fill the position of
BOOKKEEPER This position is a part time position, fifteen hours per week. The Bookkeeper is under the direction of the Executive of the GVMHA and is responsible for providing financial support to the Executive of the GVMHA. Duties include: • Ability to perform all day to day general bookkeeping functions (including GL/A/R, A/P, Payroll, Billing) • Monthly account reconciliations • Preparation of monthly financial statements • Annual budget preparation and review • Coordination of Gaming activities, and preparation of Grant Applications Some flexible hours are required. Salary is dependent on experience and qualifications. Applicants should show competency in the following areas: • 3 + years bookkeeping experience • Proficiency in MS Office, Excel, Simply Accounting • Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills • Adaptable to change, contributes to the development of processes and controls • Personal commitment to deadlines, quality and accuracy of work • Ability to interact diplomatically and cooperate with people at all levels • Ability to build and be part of a team with mutual respect, courtesy and support Interested applicants should drop off their resume with a hand written covering letter to: GVMHA Office, Civic Arena 3003 – 37th Avenue, Vernon, BC Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
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Growing, progressive and well established Coquitlam based LTL carrier hiring a P/T Branch Clerk required at our Vernon Terminal for a 1:00pm start time. Must have excellent data entry and typing skills, good command of the English language, and a strong attention to detail. Preference given to those candidates with previous experience in the transportation industry. Please fax resume with cover letter to 604-472-2136 Attn: HR Administrator or email to hrfrt@telus.net
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CARRINGTON PLACE COMPUTER NETWORK TECHNICIAN Protocol Technologies Inc. is a premier provider of IT solutions and support to the business community. Providing a focus on “Making Technology Work” ensures our customers are provided with innovative technology solutions delivered by a team of IT professionals. We are looking to expand our team of network technicians. If you are highly motivated, experienced, and posses excellent communications and customer service skills this may be the opportunity for you. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2 years experience in ANY of the following technologies; • Microsoft Server platforms and posses or working toward MCITP or MCSE certification. • Cisco Networking including router, VPN, VLAN, Wireless, VOIP, Firewall configurations and posses or working towards CCNA or CCDA certification • Server Virtualization and posses or working towards VMware VCP certification • Server+, Network+, Security+ certifications or equivalent experience • Remote Management & Monitoring Please forward resumes via email to admin@protocol-tech.com
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PROCARE INSTITUTE has been in operation since 1987 and is an accredited institution, with Private Career Training Institute Agency (PCTIA), the official career body responsible for registering and accrediting all the private colleges in the province. Our curriculum exceeds the standard set by the Provincial Government. The benefits of ProCare training are: • Over 98% employment rate • Proven method of training • Instruction on site by experienced nurses • Small class sizes • Earn $18-$22 an hour after graduation • Convenient locations Requirements for the program are: • Grade 11, or have adult student status We require photo ID as proof of age for our adult students. • Medical clearance, TB test, Criminal Record Check
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Drivers/Courier/ Trucking Drivers Wanted: Terrific career opportunity outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects. No Experience Needed! Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 weeks vacation & benefits pkg. Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time Valid License High School Diploma or GED. Apply at www.sperryrail.com under careers, keyword Driver. DO NOT FILL IN CITY OR STATE
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• Full/and or part-time travel consultant for a well established travel office • The successful candidate should possess a minimum of two years agency experience • We offer competitive salary & bonus incentives Please forward resume to Morning Star, Box #15 c/o The Morning Star.
Breakfast Cook, P/T, experienced, weekends. Drop resume in person @ 9172 Kalamalka Rd. Friesens Countrytyme Gardens.
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Apply within #103 - 2800 29th Street, Vernon • 778-475-5648
HEY YOU... YEAH YOU! WANT A JOB?
ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS? Relief is only a call away! Call Harry Martens, Estate Administrator (28 years experience) at 250-503-5300 today, To set up your FREE consultation in Vernon. Donna Mihalcheon CA, CIRP KPMG Inc. Trustee in Bankruptcy, #300 - 3205 - 32 Street, Vernon, BC V1T 9A2
Kelowna company is looking for hard working individuals. We provide full training, no experience required. $2,500+/mo! Must be 18+ and able to start immediately.
CALL 250-860-9480
• Hostesses • Food Runners Apply in person with resume & references to: Blue Heron Pub & Restaurant 7673 Ok Landing Rd, Vernon Mon. - Fri. 10am - 3pm NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Auto Mechanic wanted. Automotive mechanic required for oilfield construction company. We want a journeyman mechanic preferably with Dodge truck experience. Your work schedule will be 5-10hr days. Call Lloyd @ (780)725-4430 Busy Local Landscape construction company, looking for experienced foreman/ lead hands, block layers, irrigation installers, mini excavator/bobcat operators, wage neg. based on experience. Reply to screaminreels@hotmail.com
Spring into action! Consider being an independent carrier for The Morning Star. You will get exercise AND earn extra dollars three times a week to deliver our award winning community newspaper to the homes in your neighbourhood. Students and Adults both welcomed. BX RT 73 - 25 St & 39 Ave Available ASAP
COLDSTREAM RT 208 - Cactus Dr & Primrose Dr Available May 13
CITY RT 100 - 27 St & 37 Ave Available May 13
COLDSTREAM RT 207 - Kalamalka Rd & Aberdeen Rd Available May 13
COLDSTREAM RT 207 - Kalamalka Rd & Creek Dr Available May 13
Volunteers
Volunteers
V eernoo n and D i strict V o lunteer B u reau COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
April 27, 2011 If you would like to offer a few hours of your time to the community, here are some Volunteer Opportunities Required Positions
Duties
Key: you and agency will determine time Comments
N.O. Therapeutic Riding
Horse Handler
side-walking for disabled riders
Vernon Visitor Centre
Visitor Counselor
provide information
Salvation Army
Swamper
pick up donations
Receptionist
general office duties
Many Other Positions RCMP Policing Office
Office Receptionist
general office assistance
4 hrs. shifts
Vernon Dist. Riding Club
Parking Supervisor
directing traffic
4 hrs. shifts
Jump Crew
moving jumping equipment
Many Other Positions
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
Trades, Technical
Heavy Duty Mechanic wanted. Heavy Duty Mechanic required. for oilfield construction company. Must be 3rd year to Journeyman, prefer a mechanic with Cat & or Hitachi experience. You will work in shop or field & be home virtually all nights. Call Lloyd @ (780)725-4430
Memphis Hair Group req’s stylist w/clientele, affordable chair rental/lease. Steve 250542-8668, (wk) 250558-6565
A well-established Highway, Heavy Civil and Mining Construction Contractor in Southern BC is seeking an experienced Civil Construction Superintendent for a fulltime, year-round position. You must be a highly motivated, self-starting individual. Responsibilities to include: • The planning and schedul-
Class 1 Drivers to haul dry vans Western Canada & USA. Only drivers with 2 years exp. & US border crossing capability need apply. Dedicated tractors, paid drops & direct deposit, no phone calls please Fax resume 250-546-0600 Dozer & excavator operators required by a busy Alberta oilfield construction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have constructed oilfield roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051. Experienced Breakfast Cook needed full time. Also weekend hostess. Please apply in person at Diner on Six 2511 Highway 6. Farm workers for thinning & picking, pruning. $9.28hr up to 50hrs/week. June 26th-Oct 15th. Contact RS Dhaliwal. 15850 Old Mission Rd. Oyama, B.C. 250-548-3017. Farm workers needed at Bagry Bros. Orchards Ltd. 317 French Rd, Vernon, June-25Oct 8. 250-542-2136. GENERAL LABOURER, Rigger/Welder Fabricator/Crane Operator. Amix Salvage & Sales /Marine Division. Amix is seeking motivated, hard working team members to add to an already strong and versatile team. Do you want to work in the water? Do you want to make the big lift? Do you want to help to make a mark in the marine salvage industry?... Come Aboard!!! Experience with barges, cranes, boats is an asset. Certifications in respective disciplines also an asset All applicants considered. We are COR certified and very serious about the safety of our Team. Fax: 1-866-812-3132 or hcoisine@amixsalvage.ca
JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! No experience necessary, we will train. Must be 18+yrs. of age. Call 250-860-3590 or Email: info@plazio.ca Last Frontier Heliskiing Ltd. requires an experienced bookkeeper, to begin immediately for their head office in Vernon. A thorough knowledge of full-cycle accounting, proficiency with Microsoft Office products, & attention to detail is required. Completion of or registration in a recognized accounting program as well as previous experience with MYOB would be an asset. Responsibilities will include A/P, A/R, payroll, monthly reconciliations & preparation of year end working papers. The position is part time with the possibility of full time employment during our busy ski season. Salary will depend upon education & experience. For further information about our company go to our website at www.lastfrontierheli.com. Interested applicants should email their resumes to sally@lastfrontierheli.com before May 6, 2011. Looking for mature, well grounded person looking for a permanent part-time professional position within our total wellness detox and weight loss studio. Reception duties, answering phones, booking appointments, product knowledge and sales will be required. Training in all other areas will come with time. Check out our website www.healthyinsights.ca to see what we are all about and if this is really something for you. Please respond in person with resume @ Healthy Insights 3006 30th ave Vernon BC.
Require Careaid who lives in Vernon to work in private residence, female / non-smoker need only respond. (250)5585148, Fax: 250-558-5285 ROWING/ Paddling Assistant Vernon- No experience - full training provided 30-35 hrs $400/week May9-Sep.Great work cond. Suited to students returning to studies-Lisa 250 938 7769
Skidder operator in the Vernon area. No less than 5 years experience. Resume to mibar@ telus.net SUBCITY DONAIR opening soon in Vernon. Looking for experienced food service workers. Please email resumes to: vernon@subcity.ca Working 4th Class Engineer with maintenance experience needed for processing plant. Applicant needs to be able to work unsupervised. Bring resume to Colonial Farms 3830 Okanagan Street, Armstong, between 8am & noon. (250)546-3008.
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the classifieds
250-550-7900 Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services COOKS needed immed. with min. 3-5 years experience in AUTHENTIC MEXICAN CUISINE. Knowledge of Jaliscostyle cuisine an asset. Must be organized & work well under pressure. $17/hour, 40 hrs per week,+ gratuities. Fax res with ref’s to (250)492-5617 e-mail thevallartagrill@shaw.
Professional/ Management
•
• •
ing of day to day construction operations including personnel and equipment delegation. Demonstrate and develop a positive relationship with all staff, owners and subcontractors. Knowledge of all aspects of WCB and Ministry of Mines Regulations. Ensure all safety values are met or exceeded.
Please forward Resume in the strictest of confidence to: civilminingcontractor@yahoo.ca Only those short-listed will be contacted.
Licensed Trailer Mechanic or Commercial Transport Mechanic with BC Inspection Certificate. Full time with benefit package. $27.50/hr. Fax Resume to 250-545-0683
Work Wanted A1. DUMP RUNS, MOVING, YARD CARE & PRESSURE WASHING.Paul 250-550-4256 DUMPRUNZ Fast, courteous service, yard waste, household junk or ? 250-307-9449 Handymen: Repairs, Reno’s, Painting, Window Cleaning, pressure washing, yard work, dump runs... 250-550-9099 Mark’s Yard Maintenance Tree pruning, hedges, yard clean up, dump runs & tree removal. Small landscape jobs. Call (250)307-0683 Will clean up your Junk Metal, Dead Batteries, dead autos, etc. Also dump runs. Call us first, Russ, 250-546-2416
Services
Holistic Veterinary Practice seeks Office/Marketing Manager. Exc Comm. & computer skills essential. Should have exp. in marketing or business management or customer service. Resumes to Britt Mills at millsdvm@gmail.com
SEWING and ALTERATIONS. In Lavington and Coldstream area. 250-999-1504 or 778475-3335.
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
Alterations/ Dressmaking
Growing company is seeking
EXPERIENCED EQUIPMENT REPAIR TECHNICIAN The type of equipment includes commercial cleaning equipment and commercial restaurant and hotel chemical dispensing equipment. The successful candidate will possess: an ability to work on their own or as a member of a team, basic experience with electrical systems (AC and DC), and basic experience with plumbing as well as a positive attitude and a commitment to customer service. Starting wage of $18 per hour plus benefits. Please reply to Box #10 c/o The Morning Star, 4407 25th Avenue, Vernon BC V1T 1P5
EXPERIENCED COOKS NEEDED
volunteervernon.ca or 250-545-0585
(June 3-5, 2011)
Help Wanted
We are growing...
H earts and Hands Community Network
Organization
Employment
The Okanagan Science Centre is looking for enthusiastic, creative, and organized individuals to join our Summer of Science 2011 team! Introduce the wonders of science through our camps, delivering public events and activities, or even riding our NEW science cargo bike throughout the community! Please visit our website, www.okscience.ca, for detailed job postings and apply today!
contact Donna TuesdayFriday, 250-550-7901 for more info
Volunteers
Employment
Roberts.Seymour.Group@shaw.ca
• Kitchen Staff including
Minimum 3 years experience, serious applicants only apply. Apply with resume in person to 12408 Kal Lake Rd., Vernon Attn: Glen NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
Employment
Casual Rotation Health Care Assistant (Community Care Aid) must have experience with home care Alzheimers/ Dementia Geriatrics. Competitive compensation. Resumes by email to
GOLDEN CROWN RESTAURANT F/T EXPERIENCED DINING ROOM SERVERS REQUIRED. Apply in person with resume after 4:00pm to 3006-28TH Ave. Vernon
Employment
to compliment our great kitchen. Apply by fax to 250-558-0626 or email matilec@bostonpizza.com or find us in the construction zone at Boston Pizza
OPENING SOON!
Sunday, May 1, 2011 - The Morning Star B25
www.vernonmorningstar.com
HOME MAINTENANCE / RENOVATIONS CONSTRUCTION
WHITESTONE RENOVATING & PAINTING
Kicking Horse Construction Ltd. At Kicking Horse Construction Ltd. it is our objective to provide a quality, stress free project. We do all aspects of house construction. From project management of large high end homes, to labor on small renovations. No job is to big or to small!
• Renovations Quality • Handyman Since 1989 CALL TOM: 308-8778
House Washing starting at $
15000
Quality construction management...everytime! Contact Info: Ed Hoffort - Owner • Office: 250-549-1175 Fax: 250-549-1175 • Email: ed@khcl.ca • Website: www.khcl.ca
We do Painting too!
250-550-8519
Ralph Blackwood
SIDING
Hardiplank & Vinyl Siding, Fascia, Soffits, Gutter Cleaning & Repair
(250)
549-0202
Since 1982
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)
250-542-8368 (Home)
Taping/Drywall/Finishing Textured Ceilings New or Additions
No Job Too Small! Carpentry Work from ground up. Serving Vernon area.
Morgan@547-6646
550-4535
Over 25 years experience
Insured * References * Guaranteed
250-317-6260 Kelly Hinger
Ron Kleefman 250-309-0435
HANDYMAN
HANDS Renovations & Repairs Painting & Decorating Kitchens & Bathrooms Lawn & Garden Care
TIM 250-307-8772 Quality Work Guaranteed
Inside - Out
Mark of Excellence • Full Renovations • Cert. Vinyl Deck Inst. • Elect./Plumb.• Painting & Home Design
• • • •
DIRECT APPLIANCE Major Appliance In Home Service
Servicing Winfield, Oyama, Vernon, Lumby, Cherryville, Falkland, Armstrong & Enderby
ADAIR ELECTRIC LTD.
Red Seal Certified Refrigeration and Appliance Technician “C” BC Safety Authority Gas Licence
Over 25 years experience. RENOS, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL
STUCCO CARWAY STUCCO
CONTACT THE CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT
250-550-7900
EXPEREINCED CRAFTSMEN QUALITY WORKMANSHIP SERVICE YOU CAN TRUST
CHRIS - 250-540-0025
• Bath Remodels • Decks • Drywall
BILL’S HOME REPAIR
• Kitchen • Basement Remodels Finishing • Painting • Tile Work • Plumbing • Much More Licensed, Bonded & Insured 250-545-3130
• Painting (Exterior & Interior) • Decks, Plumbing, Fencing
kelowna.handymanconnection.com Now serving all the North Okanagan including Armstrong, Enderby, Lumby, Falkland, Lavington, Coldstream, BX & Oyama
1-800-88-HANDY
Independently Owned and Locally Operated
NO JOB TOO SMALL • SINCE 1992
503-4606 • 558-3352
BUSINESS DIRECTORY QUESTIONS?
250-550-7900
LTD.
• Siding • Soffit
• General Carpentry • Aluminum Railings • New & Renovations • Vinyl Decking
GEORGE SIMMONS C: 250-309-0621 H: 250-838-0449 Fax: 250-838-0459
FENCING
X Fine Interior Finishing X Custom Woodwork X Basement suites X Design & Colour Advice Call for a free estimate - Over 30 years experience
Call Errol or Roberta 250-545-3321
EXCAVATING
DRYWALL
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
All Your Drywalling Needs EARTHWORKS LTD. Excavating, Trucking & Materials Bobcat, Mini Hoe, Residential, Earthworks
HERE!
250-558-7653 250-558-7653
References • All Work Guaranteed
Kitchens and Baths Holm Renovations Ltd
25 + years Experience
You Belong
FREE ESTIMATES • Call Dave
For Free Estimate Call:
Stucco, Re-stucco & Repairs
Ph: 307-0387
“I Do Not Hesitate To Recommend Dave” “We Wholeheartedly Endorse Dave” “We Recommend Him To You”
TILING (WALLS & FLOORS) WOOD & LAMINATE FLOORS CARPENTRY • PLUMBING GENERAL REPAIRS & RENOS
Supplier & Instal Installer of Windows & Doors ~ 25 Years Experience
250-309-1380 • directappliance@hotmail.ca
BOB ADAIR 250-275-4780
220th 0thh A Anniversary i RENOVATIONS & & ADDITIONS ADDITIONS RENOVATIONS
QUALITY ENGLISH CRAFTSMANSHIP
ELECTRICAL
Free Estimates/Emergency Service Bonded and Insured License #92048 BBB Member – Quality Work
Complete Renovations * Repairs * Decks * Fences “Framing to Flooring”
Local Westside Rd References
Mark Usselman • 250.308.9384 M
Honest Renovations
Nu-Look Homeworks
Kelly’s Construction
Joe Prebushewski Cell: (250) 550-6208 Fax: (250) 549-3899 • Email: bearpawearthworks@telus.net
“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 • Email: gordiek@telus.net • Cell: 250-308-7373
Additions, Basements, Renovations, Steel Stud Framing, Drywalling, Taping, Dropped Ceilings Call Attila: 250-546-6282
DAVIES DRYWALL CUSTOM HOME DRYWALLER NEW OR RENO BOARD, TAPE & SPRAY CALL KYLE 250-308-4663
Protect Your Property with the effective and virtually invisible
Add-On Deer Fence Easy to install Weather resistant Animal friendly Affordable
www.deerstop.ca H&G Metal Works
250-306-5206
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www.vernonmorningstar.com
PAINTING
SPECIALTY TRAILERS
DAN’S PAINTING & REPAIRS
“EXTERIOR’S ONLY”
RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING RELIABLE - WORK GUARANTEED - CHEAPEST RATES IN TOWN - WCB INSURED
Rainbow City Painters
250-542-2599 250-540-3484
You WILL be noticed and get MORE business by placing an ad in this directory
SPECIALIZING IN EXTERIOR FINISHES
HARDI - BOARD - STUCCO - CEDAR - VINYL - DECKS & FENCES All work guaranteed • Free Estimates • Serving Vernon since 1990 Ask us about our 5 year warranty - Get my quote and compare
250-542-1347
DUMP TRAILERS 5,000 & 10,000 lb. SPECIALTY TRAILER RENTALS 250-545-3238
INTERIOR • EXTERIOR • TEXTURED CEILINGS REPAIRS TO DRYWALL • FREE ESTIMATES
250-308-2870
YOU
BELONG
HERE!
INTERIOR/EXTERIOR FREE ESTIMATES WORK GUARANTEED 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE
549-0115
DEPARTMENT
250-550-7900
CONTACT THE CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT
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
* Quality Cleaning * Eco Friendly Products
Tannis 250-558-8552
Retired guy looking to keep busy. Reasonable rates for weekly or one time work. Call Warren 250-545-2298 or 250-306-3395
Residential & Commercial • Licensed & Insured Cleaning with Integrity & Diligence! atwood.bernice@gmail.com
Phone: 778-475-5578 LANDSCAPING
Garden Maintenance & Design
Women with 10 yrs Horticultural Experience
250-549-4242
NAGY LANDSCAPING
WEEKLY LAWN MAINTENANCE, TREE PRUNING & REMOVAL, HEDGE TRIMMING, WEED CONTROL, YARD CLEANUP, LANDSCAPE RENEWALS, LANDSCAPING Licenced & Insured
250-547-2429 • 250-306-9896
EVERCARE LANDSCAPING • HEDGE & SHRUB, TRIM & SHAPE • TREE PRUNING & REMOVAL • LAWN MOWING • WEED • PLANT • CLEAN-UP • DUMP HAUL (NO HST)
RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL, STRATA
VERNON & AREA: 250-558-5342
Serving the Interior of BC
1 - 877 - 475 - 8700
GUTTERS • Seamless Gutters • Vinyl & Hardi Plank Siding • Fascia & Soffits • Exterior Painting
( 250 ) 542-4492
SAND & GRAVEL GRAVEL • TRUCKING
Let Us Do It 4 You Cleaning
tannismorrison@gmail.com
DOWN-TO-EARTH
Wall Sawing Slab Sawing Core Drilling Cutouts for Windows & Doors
308-9783 549-5140
CLEANING Cleaning Services
Interior CONCRETE CUTTING & CORING SERVICES
LAWN MOWING LAWN AWN MOWING
3D
Ask for a FREE Quote! HOT • COLD • STEAM • GRAFFITI REMOVAL Ph: 250-308-7940 www.mobilepressurewash.ca
250-550-7900
SIMPLY CEILINGS AND WALLS
CLASSIFIED
FOR ALL YOUR PRESSURE WASHING NEEDS
CONCRETE CUTTING/BREAKING
JACK WESSELL PAINTING FREE COLOR CONSULTANT
CONTACT
PRESSURE WASHING
• SAND & GRAVEL LTD •
LAWN CARE MAINTENANCE Dave’s Landscaping
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
NO JOB TOO SMALL
mazerjan@hotmail.com
250-550-5386
• Design • Installation • Maintenance
Now Booking for Pruning, Power Raking, Fertilization, Weekly Lawn Care & General Yard Maintenance 45 Years ++ exp. Call Dave
250-308-8910
558-3507
www.outdooraspects.com
You WILL be noticed and get MORE business in this directory
MOT SPEC
• 3” minus Spec • Pitrun Bank Run • River Rock • Rip Rap
Pit Address: 1504 Blattner Road, Armstrong, BC Mailing Address: Po Box 183, Vernon, BC V1T 6M2
• SGSB • HFSA • WGB • Topsoil • BEF • Manure • OGSB Phone No: 250-546-3340 Fax No: 250-549-3808
EXTERIOR WOOD RESTORATION
EXTERIORWOOD RESTORATION
BOOK NOW!
SOLID STAIN - SEMI TRAN - WEATHERED - WATER DAMAGE DECKS - FENCES - CEDAR SIDING - LOG HOMES Work Guaranteed • WCB • Free Estimates
Lawn Mowing, Weeding, Hedge & Shrub,Trim & Shape, Garden Recovery etc.
BLUEMACESMS Lawn Care, Hedges, & Yard Clean-Up. Fully Insured. Vernon/Armstrong.
Bringing wood back to it’s original state.
250-542-1347
ROOFING Glendale Roofing & Renovations Seniors Discount - Free Estimates
CONTACT CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT
250-550-7900
MUNICIPAL • Sand • Drain Rock • 1” minus Spec • 2” minus Spec
BOOK-250.540.0202-NOW!
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
“Making Green Space YOUR Space”
Quality Aggregate Gravels Manufactured and Engineered to Government and Municipal Specifications
250-550-6593
We guarantee our workmanship at an affordable price
Cliff Battensby 250-308-1193
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www.vernonmorningstar.com
CONCRETE
You Belong
HERE!
WINDOW CLEANING
WINDOWS & DOORS
R. I. P. Mudjacking
You WILL be noticed and get MORE business by placing an ad in this directory
• Lift sunken sidewalks, slabs, stairs,
“All Your Concrete Needs”
pool decks and house foundations • Form and place new sidewalks, patios, driveways
(250) 545-9522 (778) 475-3978
• Foundations • Concrete Floors • Driveways • Retaining Walls • Sidewalks/Curbs • Suspended Slabs
Construction
Concrete
Tazz’s Concrete
!Free Estimates!
• Framing • Siding/Roofing Hardi Plank/Vinyl • Decks/Patios • Renos Complete • Post & Beam
WINDOW CLEANERS • Homes • Commercial • Construction Clean • Water Stain Removal VERNON - LUMBY - ARMSTRONG - OYAMA
250-307-3760
Phone: 558-5452 • Cell: 308-8268
Dave - (250) 309 0206
$
- WE CANwindow DO IT!” $70 per
Alternative Health
New Construction or Renovations
BOOKKEEPING
1999
KV Fairglass is the authorized dealer for Milgard Windows in the North Okanagan
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Computer Services
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Landscaping
Landscaping
LARGE. SMALL 250.541.0111 VISA DECORATIVE DEBIT SPRING HOURS MASTERCARD Mon. - Fri. INTERACT 8:00 am - 4:30 pm LAVA ROCK SENIORS DISCOUNT Sat. 8:00 am - 4:00 pm SLATE Sun. 9:00 am - 4:00 pm LANDSCAPE BLAST ROCK WHITE DOLOMITE BARK MULCH www.justrocks.ca TOP SOIL SAND & GRAVEL
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INCOME TAX SERVICE E-FILE Specializing in Small Businesses
1-866-767-0102 • Okanagan Based
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NO ROCK TOO BIG NO PURCHASE TOO SMALL
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G.L. Aluminum Patio Covers Inc.
ATTRITION MMA Specializing in kickboxing and athletic conditioning. Open to all ages and experience level. Details at 250-307-1000.
Mountain Acupuncture & Laser Therapy
Cheryl Andrus Microsoft Professional + Internet Microsoft Certified System Engineer A+ Service Technician
NEW 2001 43rd St Vernon, B.C.V1T 6K7
250.306.2679
See our website: www.glaluminumpatiocovers.com Do-It-Yourself Kits Available!
250-550-7900
Marcel Mallette, Registered Acupuncturist. 7639 Silver Star Rd. Vernon 250-260-3892
Quality Professional Installations See us at our new location
Many Other Sizes Available.
CONTACT CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT
250-545-8294
Financial Services
Financial Services
CUSTOM ROCKCOUNTERS.COM
TOPSOIL CLEAROUT CUBIC YARD DELIVERED
While supplies last
Classifieds Work!
QUARTZ the best stone for countertop surfaces. 156 colors. 10yr guarantee. Complete kitchens or countertops only. We will not be undersold. Classic Countertops & Cabinets. (250)549-2875
Landscaping
Landscaping
Convenient IN TOWN Location • Delivery Available • FREE Onsite Loading
OWNERS: KEVIN & LORI WOURNELL
• Topsoil • Bark Mulches • Decorative Rock • Flagstone • Landscape Supplies
Authorized Dealer
250-542-8191
4620-23rd Street
www.vernonlandscape.com • Behind ICBC OFFICES, OFF SILVER STAR RD.
ICBC, MVA’S, SLIP & FALL or Any Injury? MARCO D. CEDRONE Making The Difference in Personal Injury Claims! 24hrs.1-866-913-3110 Cascade Law Corporation
MIKE’S ELITE CountertopsAll Countertops - Granite, Caesar Stone, Sile Stone, Han Stone, Quartz and Laminate Surfaces. Hundreds of colours to choose from. We also supply and/or install any Tile application. We offer a special every month, call Mike to find out this month’s deal! Please call (250)575-8543, 2392 Dominion Rd., W. Kelowna. (Mon-Fri 8-4), (Sat 10-2).
Landscaping
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Countertops REFACE Countertops. 1/2 the Cost of Replacing. Granite & Corian Designs. 470-2235.
GRANITE SLAB SALE 30% OFF All Kitchens, kitchen counters, bathroom counters, vessel sinks. 150 colors to choose from GREAT QUALITY & SERVICE Open 9-4 Mon-Fri, 10-2 Sat. Showroom: 1115 Gordon Dr. Free Est. 250-870-1577
Classifieds Work!
250-558-8822 or 250-542-9394
Legal Services
Countertops
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6 yards or more 10K radius of Vernon
• Installations • Wood windows • Vinyl - Fiberglass - Aluminum • All milgard windows c/w Suncoat Lowe Glass • Free Estimates … 2 to 3 Week Delivery
Toll Free 1-800-661-8003 1044 Middleton Way, Vernon • 545-6096 • Fax (250) 545-1977
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“For all your window and door needs GOVERNMENT GRANTS
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Enjoy a new patio cover from G.L. Aluminum Patio Cover ....................
CONTACT
Home Repairs
window cleaning
DECK/PATIO COVERS
QUESTIONS?
Door & Window
Brighter Outlook
20 x 10’
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Enoch
& Underpinning Ltd.
Fencing POST POUNDING & Excavating. Great rates. No transport fee. 250.308.5403.
Garden & Lawn ARMSTONG AREA- reliable weekly lawn cuts, from $25. 250-546-6050, 250-317-5940. LAWN CUTTING, dump and yard maintenance, sonable rates, seniors counts. Call Doug for free mate 250-503-6870.
runs readisesti-
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
Handypersons
Rent it
SPRING HOURS Monday to Friday 8-6 Saturday 8-5 Closed Sunday
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
Landscaping LOCALLY Grown Pyramid Emerald Cedars 6’-7’ $20. 8’ + $30. Many other Junipers & shrubs. Ph: 250-542-6004
Moving & Storage
ACROSS FROM VERNON GOLF COURSE ENTRANCE
609 KAL LAKE ROAD
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
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Services
Painting & Decorating Abode Decorating & Painting. Lots the ladies do it! Interior painting- free estimate. Save time and $$ with our color consultations. Call 250-309-3178 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 250-808-0733 SKYHIGH DISPOSAL. Full service Junk Removal & Bin Rentals. DUMPRUNZ Fast, courteous service, yard waste, household junk or ? 250-307-9449 JUNK REMOVAL We haul it all. Call anytime. Ray 250-307-0837.
Buy, Rent, Sell! 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
Pets & Livestock
Feed & Hay 2nd cut grass hay, small square bales, $7/bale. 250838-6725 9 round bales, approx., 1000 lbs. $50 a bale. 250-545-5284. Ginseng tarps 24’ x 165’ for shade or windbreak. Inexpensive and attractive solution for hay shed, livestock shelter etc. $150 each. 250-558-8322. Quote available for installation. HAY FOR SALE, easy access. Call (250)545-1817 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.
Lessons/Training Dog Obedience, Agility and Flyball starting in mid-May. Carol 250-545-5269 spaniels@telus.net
Livestock MILLER HYLINE PULLETS Brown egg layers avail now. 9 weeks old $7.50 each. 250546-6608
Pets END HOMELESSNESS & SUFFERING
Call the Animal Care Society @ (250) 542-7203 or email heather@vernonanimalcare. com for info about our lifesaving programs: • spay/neuter and emergency vet care financial assistance for low income owners • Feral cat trap/neuter/return • Spayed/neutered barn cat adoptions WE ARE NOT A SHELTER - WE HELP REDUCE THE NEED FOR A SHELTER ADORABLE tri-color Jack Russell puppies, 1st shots, cuddly, kind natured, Must see. 250-838-5584.
Basset Hound Puppies, ready May 21, vet checked, 1st shots, $600 (250)833-4081 BOOSHAY’S TRAINING ACADEMY Novice obedience classes, all age & breeds welcome. New class June 9th. Enroll now, class fills fast. (250)558-5322 Shih-Tzu / Bichon puppies, 3 females, $250 each. 10 weeks old (250)835-8616 Trinity Shepherds Old World Style Shepherd puppies, 10-16 weeks, $350$500. Vet checked, all shots. (250)547-9763 WESTY PUPS 4 mon old, excellent conformation and natures, champion lines. $1300. Call for details 250-335-4443 highrollery@gmail.com
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Pets & Livestock
Merchandise for Sale
Merchandise for Sale
Merchandise for Sale
Real Estate
Real Estate
Pets
Heavy Duty Machinery
Misc. for Sale
Misc. Wanted
For Sale By Owner
Houses For Sale
NEED BUILDING PLANS New or renovation. Call Okanagan Blue Print. 250-558-8791
Wanted: Kash for copper/ brass- radiators, wire, plumbing. Also clean up yards/metal haul away. 250-546-3556
3+1-bdrm, DT, media rm, new kitchen, 3 bath, finished bsmt, $225,000. (250)558-4722
WOLF HYBRID Cubs reserve. now. Sun Valley Wolf Kennels www.sunvalleywolfkennels.com 250-765-4996 Kelowna, BC
Merchandise for Sale
Antiques / Vintage South Okanagan Silver Buyer Top Payouts for silver coins, bars and bullion. Also Buying scrap sterling and gold. Visit my website for current payouts www.sosbuyer.ca 778-931-0558
Appliances #1 Choice, Washer & Dryer $250. Many other items. We also buy appliances. Wayne 250-549-6649
Building Supplies Quality Patio Covers @ reasonable prices. www.glaluminumpatiocovers.com Steel Buildings. 30x40, 50x100 - Others. Time to Buy Now at Old Price. Prices going up! www.sunwardsteel.com Source# 1JS 800-964-8335
A-**Special** 53’ insulated makes Great Shop! Only $7200 freight included! And 40’HC $2800. No Rust! STEEL SHIPPING Containers/Bridges 20’40’45’53’ Used/Damaged Semi Trailers for Hiway & storage.Delivery BC and AB Call 24 hrs 1-866-528-7108 www.rtccontainer.com COMPLETE automotive machinery for sale. $35,000. Will separate. 250-833-4282
Medical Supplies Like new single electric medical bed. Asking $600 obo. 250-545-1588, 250-546-8957 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
WANTED
Quality furniture, household appliances, antiques, collectables and vehicles for CONSIGNMENT. We also buy, sell & pick up.
Firearms FIREARMS SAFETY & HUNTING COURSES PAL & CORE by Master Firearms instructor. Call Jim for dates and information at 250-275-6316 KAMLOOPS GUN SHOW: This weekend, April 30 & May 1, meet Chris from The Best Little Gunshop Around Weber & Markin 4-1691 Powick Rd, Kel. T-Sat 10-6 250-762-7575.
Free Items CASH! Free Removal of unwanted vehicles etc. With or without papers 250-938-6777 Free pickup, aluminum, windows, wire, pipe from reno’s & batteries. 1-250-717-0581
Fruit & Vegetables Nickla Apple Trees for Sale. 250-308-0045
Firewood/Fuel PREMIUM FIREWOOD 14yrs in business. Guaranteed dry, cut & Split. All species. Delivery 250-260-7932.
Furniture 8pce solid pine bdrm set, dbl bed & mattress, headboard w/mirror, 2 night stands, 7 drawer dresser w/mirror, 5 drawer chest, $795. Mini rolltop oak desk $225. 10pce oak dining rm collection $1500. Oak rocking chair $100. Oak oval coffee table w/2 oak end tables $200. Kimball swinger 500organ $150. 250-306-5500 KING size pillowtop boxspring & mattress. Brand New! Worth $1300,sell $495 250-550-6647 King size solid pine bed frame. C/w bookshelf headboard, 6 drawer base unit $50. 250-558-5382 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 White modern kitchen table & 4 chrs, exc. cond. $125. obo. 250-545-5192 or 308-9465
Garden Equipment 2 Gas Lawnmowers $80. & $100. Trimmer/Mower TroyBilt $200. (250)260-5819 Sears 5hp Garden refuse Shredder $175. 1944 Onan Gen-set $200. 250-503-2177
Misc. for Sale
Call Dodds Auction 250-545-3259 1/2 Price 12.3 laminate 1000s/f, underlayment included. Will install. 250-260-8511 1984 Circle J 2 horse straight haul trailer, $2900 obo. Kubota T1460 lawn tractor with grass catcher, $1700 obo. 250-5462108 evenings. 1x4 Cedar T/G plained 5’ Long $1 per board, approx. 500 boards to lift. Bucket & backend grapel for a 310 John Deer backhoe, excellent condition, $2500. (2) 150 Gal. alum. fuel tanks, freight liner. 250-545-4653 27” color TV, good picture, only $15. 250-542-4919 2 used wood overhead garage doors, 14’x12’, $250 each. (250)547-6332 5 42”x65” office panel screens with 2 work surfaces & 4 shelves, $100. TEC-MA 1400 electronic cash register, $100. 3 metal cash drawers, $25 each. Misc. office organizers. (250)546-3724 Attn: Landscapers! River rock available U-pick/u-haul. Contact Will @ 250-545-7105 for more info. Black swivel picture/cassette holder, like new, $25. 20” Panasonic TV, great cond. $75 obo. 250-545-5192 lv/msg Brada portable dishwasher and portable Noma air conditioner/dehumidifier/fan. Both in new condition. asking $200. for each. Call (250) 260-7726 BRAND new 5 stage reverse osmosis water filtration system. Retail price: $795. Now: $250. Call 250-863-1544 Camcorder w. instr. book $50., canister vacuum $20., 2 burner hot plate $20., 13” TV and VHS $30.(250)549-7015 Envirofire 40,000 BTU pelett stove, good cond. $800.obo 250-832-2468. Free executive office desk, new, 250-503-5454. 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 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com Loveseat, dark grape leather 2 matching chairs, like new. $2000. firm. 250-545-1446 Must Sell: Washer & dryer, futon, curio cabinet, deep freezer. 250-260-2662
Check out our April Specials on the web www.briteland.com Awarded “Green Business of the Year”
250-545-3420
Hydroponics Giveaway! Come in to Briteland and enter to win a Hydroponics starter set valued at $99.99
FREE ENTRY Deadline May 20, 2011
NEWCAN COINS & CURRENCY, buying & selling coins & bank notes & gold & silver bullion. For more info see Misc Wanted. (250)838-0100 New Tub - large 71”Lengthx 36”Widex21”Deep. Paid $600 Sell $300 obo. (250)804-6872 Scooter, electric, used one summer, gas saver, exc. cond. $850. (250)545-2440 Shop-Ryder Scooter. Asking $350. Sm guitar $30. Booster Pak $25. Rollaway cot $30. (250)549-7015 Silver Buyer in Town Now. Buying Old Coins, Collections, Silver, Sterling,Flatware, Gold, Jewelry, etc. 1-800-948-8816 Simplicity 4-in-1 portable a/c 12000BTU, dehumidifier, air purifier, 3 speed fan. Still in the box. $500. TV screen magnifier fits 26”-29” screen (CNIB) $50, never used. Magnavox universal 6 button easy remote (CNIB) $10, never used. (For sale separately or can go with magnifier screen no charge) (250)542-3240 after 6pm.
Sporting Goods KAMLOOPS GUN SHOW: This weekend, April 30 & May 1, meet Chris from The Best Little Gunshop Around Weber & Markin 4-1691 Powick Rd, Kel. T-Sat 10-6 250-762-7575. Ladies Golf shoes. condition. Size 9. (250)545-1200
Good $10.
THE SPORTS STORE... WANTS to sell your, hunting, fishing, motocross, BMX, GREAT rates. 4412 27th Street, Look for the big ORANGE sign, 778-475-5997
Stereo / DVD / TV 2 SP-5 15 inch Peavey Speakers. $500. 250-503-7273 8 channel Samick Mixer/Amp $300. 250-503-7273
Garage Sales
Tired of mowing around or looking at those unsightly stumps? For affordable, stump removal call 250-804-6073
WANTED:
DonaƟon of good work boots, tool belts, hand tools and work clothing. Please drop oī at Howard House, 2307 - 43rd Street, Vernon.
Learn it
PRIME LAKEVIEW LOTS from $150,000. www.orlandoprojects.com Also: 1 precious 3 acre parcel, owner financing. 250-558-7888
DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY 2PM 3 LINES OR LESS (approx 10-12 words) $17.36 INCLUDES TAX
250-558-4795
Ready now! 1100 sf townhouse; open plan, 2 BR, lovely patio, garage and extra parking. View phase 7 Camarillo plan at www.sonomapines. com Below developer’s price. $299,900 Call 250-768-2277 or 250-486-8181
EAST HILL House for Sale or rent to own 26th St. @ 32nd Ave
5 Bedroom
Houses For Sale
(Incls in-law-suite)
DISTRESS SALES
FREE computerized printout of foreclosure properties Salt Team, Re/Max Vernon
250-549-7258
FIRST TIME BUYERS
GARAGE SALE DIRECTORY STARTS APRIL 8th/2011
399,900
Brand new 2200 sq ft home. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. Triple car garage. All appliances included. Close to schools, parks, lake.
Immediately - 4bdrm townhouse, centrally located, term neg., small d/p. 250-542-0060.
Why rent when you can own?
WANTED: Good used furniture, beds also. Phone Furniture Emporium, 250-545-0240
Misc. Wanted
Beautiful Home in Bella Vista, above OK Lake, built in ‘05. okhomeseller.com #26599
www.OkanaganForeclosures.com
Garage Sales
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Free list of homes for under $1000/month (+ 5% down) www.VernonFirstTimers.com 250-549-7258
Salt Team, Re/Max Vernon
******* 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
$325,000 Call 250-309-2565 Full Duplex 2bdrm each, reno’d currently rented at $1700. offers considered. 250-5031926 House for Sale, ready to be moved. 936 sq. ft. Windows and roof replaced in 2005. Location. Deep Creek Rd. Enderby area. Home 250-804-0035 cel 250-804-6717 Spacious & vacant Easthill 3bdrm rancher w/ private pool & patio area exc. location close to town & schools $357,000 call 250-307-1512 w w w. o k h o m e s e l l e r. c o m #26504
2 houses at Turtle Mountain starting at $399,000. Call Bruce 403-305-3663
small ads, BIG deals!
the classifieds
250-550-7900
Includes 2 garage sale signs Please remove your garage sale signs after the sale. $1.95 per extra line
Real Estate Acreage for Sale 3 Acres, Whitevale Area, Lumby. Flat, trees, drilled well, gas/hydro to driveway. Price $230,000.00 + HST OBO. 250-547-6932.
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.
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. Financing avail.
SCRAP & BROKEN GOLD JEWELLERYGold/Silver coins top prices paid on the spot- Raven Traders, 2904 30th Ave. (250)549-4322
BC Cherry Orchard 10 acres. www.bccherr yorchard.blogspot.com
9 acres alfalfa for lease. Coldstream area. $3000 per year including water. 250-549-4531
Apt/Condos for Sale
WANTED… Good Quality Records; LPs or 45s, 195070s Rock, R&B or Soul. Call Jim 250-938-7727
Six-Plex For Sale. East Hill. Overlooking Downtown. For more info call 250-542-4269
Livestock
Livestock
COME AND TAKE A LOOK
Beautifully updated home with suite!
4 bdrm + den, 3 bath. Great OK Landing Location. Brand New: Custom Kitchen, Bathroom, Flooring, Paint & Hardware throughout For more info & pictures see www.propertyguys.com, sign #5512
2217 Teal Place $395,000 • Call Leah 250-308-2511
WANT TOP DOLLAR FOR YOUR PROPERTY? sales associates average more experience and more sales per agent than their Competitors. There is no substitute for experience. 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)
Auctions
Auctions
LIVESTOCK HAULING Reliable and committed
Independently owned and operated by the Raffan Family since 1963.
Call Paul:
MACHINERY SALE th
250-938-0868
SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR - Regular & Screened Sizes -
REIMER’S FARM SERVICES
250-260-0110
Saturday, May 7 9:00 am
Consignments accepted until 3 pm Friday, May 6th Park n’ Ride available - Follow the signs FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL US AT
250-546-9420
903 Raffan Rd, Armstrong, B.C. Owners & Auctioneers: Don & Peter Raffan mail@valleyauction.ca • www.valleyauction.ca
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Real Estate
Rentals
Rentals
Rentals
Mobile Homes & Parks
Apt/Condo for Rent
Apt/Condo for Rent
Apt/Condo for Rent
Apt/Condo for Rent
Apt/Condo for Rent
Duplex / 4 Plex
One bedroom $600 in adult building. Suitable for one mature person. Sorry, no pets / parties or drugs. Call to view 250-558-5020
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 2 Bdrm; 1 Bath; F/S; DW & AC. Very well kept in secured adult only building. Underground parking On site laundry. Avail immediately. $750 250-549-1679 or 250-550-6991
SILVERSTAR condo. Fully furnished king bed plus double bunks. Bottom floor, well behaved dog ok. $800/month inc utilities, cable, internet. Avail now - Nov. (250) 548-4153 or email chezstoltz@shaw.ca. Updated central 2bdrm condo, in-suite w/d, top floor, view, $875/mo. RR. ONE MONTH FREE! 604-727-1518 VERNON, BRAND NEW! Large 2 BR, 2 Bath CONDO for RENT in Vernon, secure heated U/G parking, storage locker, elevator, d/w, A/C, stainless appl., private W/D avail. $1130/month. Call Melissa at 250-545-2834. maracondos@gmail.com
3bdrm in Lumby, 1.5 bath, laundry, ns, small pet ok, avail. May 1. $850/mo 250-549-1668 3 Units for rent 2-4 bdrm $800.-$1000./mo. short/long term, View at www.arttales.ca or call Sean 250-306-0959 Duplex on acreage, 4bdrm, 3bath, R/R, large deck, garage, fabulous view, F/S, laundry h/u, NP. $1200/mo +util. June 1. 250-542-3914. FAIRLY New Duplex. 3 Bdrm, 2 Baths, Attached garage, fenced big yard and a shed, lot of parking. Close to school and park. $1200 Call 250-503-7642 E-mail: MANN2494@GMAIL.COM FOUR BEDROOM duplex East Hill. Includes W/D, F/S. $1050.00/month plus utilities. NS. NP. Available June 1st. 1250-309-4671. Large 3bdrm, 1.5bath suite, NS/NP, $925/mo includes most util. 250-542-1210.
Home & Lot Packages
832-6699
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www.countrysidemanufacturedhomes.com 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 1-888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca
Revenue Property Great buying Opportunities for Canadians in Phoenix, Vegas, Palm Springs & more! Check out information for buying South at www.BestUSBuys.info SALT Team, RE/MAX Vernon 250.549.7258
ALEXIS PARK MANOR
A beautiful one bedroom suite is now available at The Victorian. All meals, utilities, housekeeping and heavy laundry included in rent. Vacancies rare so don’t wait! (3306 22nd Street)
250-549-2770
250-545-0470
The CLIFFS 2 Bedroom Suites from
$
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
Apt/Condo for Rent Level Entry -
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
www.victorianvernon.com
NORTHLAND PROPERTIES Adult building Available June 1 1 Prime top 4th floor 1 bdrm suite, F/S, DW, AC, appliances and 24 hour access to restaurant, swimming pool 250-260-1162 Best location for Great living
250-542-1701
Horizon
Discover the Secret!
1903 - 31A Street
Hawthorn Lane 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:
250-503-1257 A New Tradition of Quality Living
Immaculate!
Rentals
Retirement Residence
• Bright 1 and 2 bdrms. • Renovated, Spacious, Air Conditioned Suites • Adult Oriented • Close to Bus • Park-like Settings • Clean, Well-Managed Building
Apartments ■ 1 or 2 Bedroom ■ Adult 40+ ■ N/P ■ N/S ■ Balcony ■ Coin Laundry ■ Covered Parking ■ Close to Hospital
250-558-9696
Seniors Building 1604 - 31st St, Vernon
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
• Includes Heat, Water, Elevator, Parking, Coin Laundry • No Smoking / No Pets
1bdrm, overlooking Vernon Golf Club, W/D, D/W, A/C, $800/mo. +util. (250)3061936
Move In Incentives
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
*Apartments * Duplexes * Suites *
1 bdrm 1 bath downtown apartment $585+util 3504 32nd Str Includes FR ST Avail now 1 bdrm 1 bath rural suite Pets considered $750 Incl util 6980 PV Rd Incl Fr St Wa Dr Avail now CONTACT DOUG WILLIAMS 250-260-0198 • email: d-williams@shaw.ca See pictures & maps at
FREE Rental List
www.buyokanagan.com
at 5603 - 27 St., Vernon
• 1 or 2 Bedroom
Westmount Apts 2 Bdrm Apartment +40 Adult, Secure Building No Pets, No Smoking, Covered Parking, Elevator, Cable Included
250-545-7251
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
GREEN VALLEY ESTATES Armstrong
Seniors 55+ 1 bedroom Apartment 660 sq. ft. Walk to downtown $ 700 per month Call Troy at 250.546-3933 or cell 250.833-9158
1bdrm condo,w/d,a/c,covered parking, storage unit, clean, quiet and priced to sell. $135,000. 250-550-4963
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. Starts at $685. 250-550-4069 2bdrm 1bath apt NS, close to D/T, sm. pet ok, $900 +hydro. Avail June 1st. 250-307-6174 2bdrm, 2bath, 55+, downtown, fully furn, 5 app, n/s, n/p, util incl $950. 250-545-7586.
Open Houses
Open Houses
250-558-9696
OPEN HOUSE
SUNDAY MAY 1ST • 1-3pm #508 - 4701 Pleasant Valley Rd.
DELUXE
CONDO
Centennial Drive, close to dowtown and services. Beautiful view. Two bedroom with washer and dryer in suite. Fireplace. Indoor parking. Quiet secure adult building. Short or long term. $1000. 250-260-4273 References required. #
NEW SRI HOME FOR SALE
$212,000
INCL. NET HST
2 bedrooms, 2 bath, den, single garage, City of Vernon, in an adult community. Call Bill 250-545-9485 to view this home, or call for more information on ordering your choice of Áoor plans.
33,, 1600 43RD AVENUE
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS 1:00pm-3:00pm Half a year of pad rent FREE + a new 42” TV!
Rentals
2BDRM, 2bath condo, nicely finished, f/s, w/d, a/c, d/w, avail imm $900/mon n/s, n/p. 250-503-6002.
2bdrm avail June 1, East Hill/ Lakeview Manor, hardwood flrs, N/S, N/P. On site laundry, heat incl. Avail immed. 250260-5870 2bdrm, close to DT, reno’d, insuite laundry h/u. $850/mo. 1 month free rent or $400 grocery voucher! 250-549-0440. Armstrong apartment, 2bdrm, 1 bath, f/s, private laundry, balcony, covered parking, secure building, N/S, pets negotiable, $825/mo 250307-6467 AVAIL. 2 bdrm, 900/mo. Reno’d cov park. 1/2 block to bus. VERNON 250-558-5131 Bach. suite in quiet D/T location, 35+ H/W cable incl. a/c, coin laundry, elevator, no/pets, $580 +DD. 250-549-4220 Cat friendly, luxury adult 1bdrm, hospital area, in-suite laundry, f/p, jetted tub, secured ug prkg, guest suite. Heat incl. $850. 250-306-3939 ENDERBY Condo 1 bdrm newly renovated. In suite laundry and dishwasher. Ac unit available. Level entry, perfect for seniors. Small pets ok. (no large dogs) $750 + UT $375 DD. Please call or text Bryan for viewing. 250-833-2734.
LARGE 2bdrm apt. $800/mo. +hydro, NO PETS, Avail. Now. 250-869-9788 Luxury 3bdrm, 3.5bath 1/2 duplex, Lwr East Hill. Walk to town. Low main yard. $1200/ mo + utils. 250-542-5902 NEW, 2bdrm, downtown Vernon, $1050/mo incl all appl., A/C, W/D, Secured heated U/G parking. Call Mel 604-936-8513, 604-816-9835 NEWLY RENOVATED with ceramic & laminate, Enderby, 1 & 2 bdrm apartments. 250-308-9299
Fantastic central location, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, very quiet, a new 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
Commercial/ Industrial 2038 FT. COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL SPACE IN NORTH END 9’ X 9’ OVERHEAD DOOR $1495 PER MONTH CALL RAY @ 250-549-0198 2400 sq ft packing house for lease or rent. 1200 sq ft cold storage and 1200 sq ft open storage. situated in orchard setting in Summerland, $600/mo utilities extra. Please call Lance @ 250-558-5732 or email odean@telus.net 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 Plaza 43, 4300 Block on 27th St, Vernon. Small retail or office space. Excellent street exposure on major intersection. Complex fully occupied with onsite restaurant and lots of parking. Call 250-542-2060, leave message.
Duplex / 4 Plex
½ DUPLEX FOR RENT Great area, 3 bdrm., 1 bath, $915 plus 2/3 utility, N/S, N/P, references
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Rent Incentive Available: Arlington/Embers/Century Manor & Rickford Manor - 1 & 2 bdrm, NP, NS, close to Bus/Shopping/Schubert Centre - Clean and Well Maintained, 250-275-8066 RICKFORD MANOR. 1 & 2bdrm suites, NS, NP, adult bldg. Call 250-545-1412 Silver Star apt. 2bdrm, 1bath, furnished, ns, np, incl. sat. TV, internet, phone & util’s. avail. now, $900. 250-260-0067 Silver Star, furnished studio, May1 Monthly to Nov30. $650 util/incl. NS/NP 250-542-7084.
1/2 duplex, 2bdrm up $795 +util. laundry, close to school, lots of prkg, small workshop. Avail. now. 250-306-0864 1/2 DUPLEX renovated 1bdrm avail. immediately, parking, fenced yard, shed, east hill washer/dryer. Parking. Cat ok $750. 250-540-6294 2bdrm duplex, one floor. Deck, fenced, shed, N/S, sm pet ok. Avail May 15. $800 + utils. (250)503-1239 3bdrm 1/2 duplex, 2yr old, full bsmnt, parking, Lumby, discount for lease. $1200/mo. 250-550-4396 3bdrm, 2bath, family rm, avail. May 1. ns, np, n/parties, RR. $1100/mo. 250-549-2338 3bdrm, affordable, clean, lovely,yard, pet ok, n/s, $875/mo 558-0969, 938-1957 3bdrm duplex, $900/mo. f/s incl., fenced yard, avail May 1. 250-545-9191.
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Commercial/ Industrial
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.
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* Retail Commercial and Industrial Space * 1854 sq ft Main flr corner unit New Train Stn Office/Rest $2165/mo incl Tnet Avail now 1160 sq ft Main floor Old Train Station Office/Retail $1355/mo incl Tnet Avail now 696 sq ft Second floor Old Train Station Office space $725/mo incl Tnet Avail now 7652 sq ft N. Vernon Warehouse/Office/Manufacturing $12.00 sq ft incl Tnet Avail now PLUS 5480 sq ft N. Vernon Whse. incl LOADING DOCK $9.00 sq ft incl Tnet Avail now
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*Houses and Furnished Accommodation* 4 bdrm 2.5 bath Armstrong townhouse $1375+util 8-2655 PV Road Appl incl avail now 4 bdrm 3.5 bath home with suite $1475+util 1806 32nd St includes appl avail now 3 bdrm 2.5 bath lakeview home $1475+util 7463 Tronson Rd Fridge/stove incl avail May 5 bdrm 2 bath renovated OK Landing home $1700+util 7491 Longacre Dr Appl incl Avail June 5 bdrm 2 bath Armstrong home $1400+util 3825 Highland Park Dr FR, ST, incl. Avail May CONTACT DOUG WILLIAMS 250-260-0198 • email: d-williams@shaw.ca See pictures & maps at FREE Rental List at 5603 - 27 St., Vernon
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250-309-1742 • Bachelor suite in complex. Shared washrooms, all utilities incl. cable TV. $550 • 1 bdrm apartment on top floor in city centre (Mountain View). Renovated, balcony, in-building laundry, wall A/C unit, parking stall, does not incl hydro. $650.
vernonhomes.ca/forrent • 2 bdrm above ground suite in Alexis Park. Just renovated, F&S, shared laundry, yard, parking, utilities incl. $995 or $895 for single person • 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.
vernonhomes.ca/forrent • 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.
VERNON MANAGEMENT LTD. 2805 – 35TH Street, Vernon MIDDLETON 2 bdrm, very private condo, F.S., A/C, W.D. Available May 1. $800/mo. Sorry, NS, NP. ADULT ORIENTED Private 2 bdrm, 2 bath condo, F.S., DW, A/C, on-site laundry, new paint. Available Immed. $750/mo. Sorry, NS, NP. CENTRAL LOCATION 2 + 1 bdrm west Vernon home, F.S., full bsmt, carport, fenced yard. Available Immed. $1000/mo. Sorry, NS. Small pet okay
250-542-5580 1bdrm on Kal Lake, adult oriented, N/S N/P avail immed, $1350/mo. 250-545-8914 1-Fantastic 4bdrm, Silver Star chalet, superb fully furnished & equipped, avail immed-Oct 31. $1100/mo. includes all utilities. ianaheath@yahoo.ca 1-250-661-9914 2bdrm downtown, car storage, fenced yard, $850 +some util. n/s, avail. now. 250-503-1926
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Rentals Homes for Rent 1-Fantastic 4bdrm Silver Star chalet Superb fully furnished & equipped, Avail immedOct 31. $1100/mo. Includes all utilities. ianaheath@yahoo.ca 1-250-661-9914 2bdrm 1 bath, fenced backyard w/wired shed, W/D, DW, AC, pets neg, avail May 15. $1300/mo +util. 250-275-3393. 2bdrm home, in Grindrod, lrg yard, shed, $850pm $425 D.D. Pay own utilities., Phone after 5pm 250-540-3455 2-bdrm. main floor country home 8km N. of Enderby, organic garden, pet ok, ns shared util. inter/cable. RR & DD $885/mo. 30x40 Shop on property $150/mo. 804-4247 2bdrm on 1/2 acre, $950/mo. includes util. ref’s req. pets ok. Avail. now. 250-306-2306 3bdrm 1.5bath Lakeview,6497-Bella Vista Rd, garage & street prkg, shared w/d, suits prof. couple. Refs req. n/p, n/s. $1075 + gas. 250260-6775 or 250-938-2166. 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, $1200/mo. 250835-0057. Avail May 1. 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, $1200/mo. 250517-9333. Avail May 1. 3bdrm house with basement suite for rent in Enderby. $1600/mo. 250-838-6630 3bdrm Walmart area, 2bath, fenced yard, single garage. Avail May 1. Prefer n/p. $1425 + utils. 250-869-9788 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath fully furnished house at Silver Star, $1200/month plus utilities.Also 1 Bedroom plus Alcove fully furnished lower suite, $750/month plus utilities. Available May 1st to October 31st. n/s, n/p.250-545-4764 or email s2ross@telus.net. 4-bdrm 1bath, 3 storey Middleton, 4-appl, shared laundry, formal living, sunroom, $1250.+part util. 250-558-3664 5bdrm, East Hill, f/s, dw, w/d, large yard, n/s. Avail immed. $1500 + utils. (250)308-4940 5bdrm Vernon home, 4appls, 2 baths, $1200 + utils. N/P. Ph. (778)475-0122 A daylight suite, 2bdrm, lrg private yard, Bella Vista area. 250-542-8990. Beautiful new home for rent in Winfield, 3bdrm +den, 2bath, f/p, w/d, f/s, a/c, ns, np, $1675 util/incl. 250-550-4096
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Bella Vista, 4bdrm, 2 1/2 bath, garage, f/s, 2 f/p, n/s, n/p, $1300. Avail May 1st. 250-838-9657 Coldstream Estates 2300sqft, 3bdrm up, lower level walkout bsmn’t w/2bdrm inlaw suite, 2decks, beautiful view, $1700 NS/NP. 250-260-3630. Older large 4bdrm, South Vernon area, lg kitchen, big yard, $1600 util. extra. avail. May 1. 250-545-8443, 250-307-4948 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
Office/Retail PACKAGED OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. ACCESS TO GENERAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT & BOARDROOM. CALL 250-558-1111 TO VIEW.
Pasture Pasture for rent, Christian Rd. Lumby, BC. (250)547-6334
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 1BDRM, newly decorated. New laminate flooring. $625 + DD. Phone (250)545-6810
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
Senior Assisted Living 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 Furn’d rm in lrg hse, 7min. to Vernon. 15min. to Silver Star. Pool & fitness rm. $450/mo incl/util 250-503-8018 Furnish room for rent, $400$425 plus d/d. Includes all utilities & cable. 250-550-4740
Office/Retail
Furnished bdrm in executive lakeside home, util., cable & wireless internet incl. shared laundry & kitchen, priv. bathroom, $500/mo 250-545-4718.
Suites, Lower 1 BEDROOM SUITE View, shared laundry, internet, heat, elec. included. Good parking, separate entrance. NO smokers, no pets, single person only. Rent: $625/mo. 250.558.8728, leave message
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1 BDRM East Hill bright walkout bsmt, priv. entr., incl util, cable & internet, shared w/d, close to golf course, parks, n/s, n/p Avail now $750 250309-8788 1bdrm, f/s, shared laundry, sep/entry & prkg, ns, np, $800 util. cable & internet incl. avail. immed. 250-550-4536 1bdrm level entry, fully reno’d, very quiet bldg, 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. Avail.now. 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 suite, in Westshore Estates, $650/mo. + DD. incl. util. & wireless internet, ns, no dogs, sep/entry, adults pref., avail. immed. 250-558-0907, 250-681-4404 1bdrm walk out bsmnt suite on private Coldstream acreage, cat ok, n/s, w/d, f/p incl util. $750. 250-308-8138. 1 BED bsmt, Armstrong, Shared laun, sep ent, N/S, N/P $700 +DD 250-546-3327 1 Bedroom basement suite, ground level, nice yard, close to park and school. $700 Call 250-503-7642 E-mail: MANN2494@GMAIL.COM 2bdrm clean daylight, level entry basmnt ste. $750 utils incl. N/P, N/S N/party. Suits prof. Refs Req. (250)542-5962
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Suites, Upper 1Month FREE rent with long term rental- 1bdrm level entry $750. BX area, large yard, covered patio, immaculate, laundry, utils incl. N/S, N/P. 250-804-0531
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Suites, Upper 2bdrm, close to downtown, quiet adult building, No smoking, N/P, $680. 250-558-0305 3bdrm, 1.5bath, private laundry, central a/c, ns, np, close to all amenities, $1150 util/incl. ref’s req. 250-308-8845 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 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 May 1. (250)545-5841 Sunny 1bdrm, recently reno’d, W/D, Priv. entr, parking. n/s, util incl. $675. 250-545-0369.
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Suites, Lower 2bdrm East Hill newly reno’d. daylight lvl entry, ns, np, w/d, f/s, 1car garage, avail. now $875. incl/util. 250-542-8831 2-bdrm East Hill,storage, sep. entry & laundry, reno’d, ns/np, $875/mo incl. util/cable. July 1. RR/DD 250-938-8983 2-bdrm, private level entry, BX area, updated bright & clean, N/S, N/P, RR/DD, avail. June 1, laundry/util. incl. $950./mo. 250-558-9656
2bdrm + storage rm, newly reno’d, daylight suite, rural setting, lakeview, n/s, n/p. incl/util cable, internet, laundry, $850. Avail. May 1. 250-306-9590 2 Bedrooms basement suite, ground level, new floors, close to park and school. $800 Call 250-503-7642 E-mail MANN2494@GMAIL.COM 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, adult oriented util/incl. $1000/mo. 250-545-8191 40th Ave, large bright, updated, 2 bdrm, new bath, great location, avail May.1st. $800 incl util. 250-260-4403. Armstrong 1bdrm, $625/mo. incl. util. + shared laundry. np, ns, Ref’s. (250)546-9919 Armstrong 2-bdrm daylight, laundry, June 1, $1050. incl. util/sat/int 250-546-2953 ARMSTRONG lrg 2 bdrm, $1050 incl utils+wire-less, W/D. 546-6050 or 317-5940 COLDSTREAM 2bdrm, 1 bath suite in executive home with pool. Avail May 1st.Lrge walkout suite, sep ent, patio, g/f, a/c, bi vac, shared laundry room, parking. Close to bus, schools & Kal Lake, n/s, n/p. $950 pm. RR. 250-549-3090. 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. $750/mo. 250-558-9656 New 2bdrm East Hill, n/s, n/p. $950 incl. util’s cable & internet, laundry hook/up.avail. May 1st.250-558-3430. REDUCED RENT Upper Coldstream One Bdrm, New appl, DBL parking, sauna. Util inc. Safe. Quiet. Clean. No Pets NS, $750/month DD /Ref 250 542 2144 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
1bdrm, Avail now, East Hill, 1 person only, 5-appl., util., cable & internet, ns, np, $750 250-558-4670 1 bdrm basement suite, below clinic, downtown, avail, June.1 $700 inc util. 250-558-0688 1 BDRM bsmt suite, priv ent,1 bath,in suite W/D, incl util, cable & wifi, share fence yrd, parking, pets ok, near transit & walking distance to town, N/S, avail immed, $850 mo. Call 250-542-5791. 1bdrm daylight, n/s, n/p, single prof preferred. $750 util incl.,250-558-0883. 1-Bdrm, East Hill. Bright, new, sep. entrance. Single person preferred. F/S, DW, laundry, F/P, $750. incl util, cable, internet, security. NS, NP, DD. Ref. (250)542-7671
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.
$900 + triple net. (250) 260-4273
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2bdrm, priv/entry, s/s appl, W/D, A/C, hw floors, close to Kin beach, n/p, n/s, $850/mo. (250)835-0057
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Townhouses 2bdrm, 2bath, next to Golf Course, short walk to Kal beach, NS, RR, $900 +DD. avail. May 1. 250-306-2828 3bdrm townhouse for rent, Corner unit. $1050. Available May 1. Call (250)938-5762 CLEAN 3bdrm, 1.5bath in HARWOOD. F/P, skylight, laminate, fresh decor. F/S, W/D, DW. $1175+part utilities. N/S. (Pix on Castanet) 250938-2911 FULLY RENO’D 3 bdrm, 1 bath. Family friendly complex, close to schools & shopping. N/S; N/P; F/S; W/D; DW. Available immediately. $950/mth. Call 250-549-1679 OR 250- 550-6991
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1983 SL Mercedes Benz 380 conv, 2 tops, new tires, shocks,exc haust, excond, $14,000 OBO.250 -503 -3144. 1995 VW GTI VR6 red: winter tires,10 disc CD changer, 225, 000km. $3,000. 250-542-7078 1998 GT V8, auto, Mustang convertible, Lazer red, blk leather int, 45,000 original km’s. No haggle firm price. $9,900. 250-545-4899. 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse, 2.0 Litre turbo, black, p/w, p/l, sunroof, leather, Tokico suspension. $4,000. 250-308-8660. 1999 Honda Civic Hatchback, auto, 155,000kms, new winters, cd $5,500.(250)542-5048 2001 Honda Prelude SE, fully loaded, leather heated seats, 5spd. 110,000KM. Clean title. $7800. 250-545-3482 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 2003 NISSAN 350Z. Silver. 72,000 km. Loaded. $22,000 obo. 250-503-6199
2006 Honda Pilot EX-L One owner, black with grey interior, 130,000kms, eight passenger, Honda installed trailer package. Meticulously maintained. $19,000. Located in Nelson B.C. Call
250-354-7471 for more information
Antiques / Classics 1986 Honda Prelude. Small surface rust. Mechanically great $800. 778-475-2867 Loc ATTENTION COLLECTORS 1980 CAMARO, only 50,000 K on reblt punched 305 eng. 3 spd. $2,800. Call for more info. 250-523-9762. (Logan Lake) SPECIAL Anniversary Edition 1987 Cougar LS, black, great shape, absolutely no rust, only 106km. $3600. (1-250)5178087
Auto Accessories/Parts 350 CHEVY, all new, 400+ hp. Call for info: 250-833-4282 5th wheel rails & sliding goose L shaped jockey tank. 85gals + tool box. (250)549-4113 FREE Removal of unwanted vehicles etc. Dead or Alive Auto Recycling. Call Leo (250)550-5245 RE-MANUFACTURED ENGINES 2 Year, 60,000 km, Warranty. 250-542-2685. WRECKING GM FWD CARS, motors from $250; trannies from $200; doors from $50. All parts on shelf. Since 1994. Armstrong. 250-546-9055.
Cars - Domestic 1997 Pontiac Grand Am. PS, PB, P door locks. Sr driven. 174KM. Exc condition, runs great. 4cyl, sips gas. Call Erv @ (250)542-7462. $2200. 2001 Ford Taurus SE, auto. $3000. 250-558-0466 or 250308-2731 2002 Pontiac Sunfire. 2dr, 4cyl 5spd. 180KM. Good cond in & out $2,900 Firm 250-308-2225 2002 Sunfire, 4 door, 5 speed, 112,000km, $3950. Immaculate. (250)542-8293 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, five 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 1975 MGB, great cond., hard & soft top. No rust, $6900. 250-541-0782, 250-309-5627 1990 Honda Accord, 4dr, auto, lady driven, n/s,235kms, good cond. $1400. 250-307-8787
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Recreational/Sale 1997 - 27’ Travel Mate fifth wheel including hitch and tripod. Rear bunks in separate room, a/c,microwave, outside shower,awning, tandem axle, good condition. $9500. 250549-4875 2002 Titanium 5th wheel with 2005 GMC 3/4T 4x4 Duromax. Ph (778)475-2541 2005 22’ Class “C” SunSeeker MH,450 Chassis tow pkg dual air & awning 47,000m., ex. shape,$33,000 250-869-1464 2005 Jayco Jay Flight, 25 ft with slide, exc. shape. $13,950. (250)260-3545 2006 Monterey 26’ trailer, loaded, bunk,, 4300lbs., mint, ext. warr., $12,900. 764-4256 2008 Forest River Puma 245RKS 25’ 8” Fifth Wheel, Dinette slide, surround sound, oak interior, queen bed, 2 swivelling chairs, 30,000 btu furnace. $15,000 obo. Call Ray at (250)550-5602 For Sale or trade on house as down payment- 2006 38’ Terry Quantum Fleetwood. 4 slide outs, 2 f/p, 2 tv’s, satellite. Also 2000 Freightliner, 6spd, auto, 230hp, 40” sleeper w/new rubber, used 3 times. Selling due to death in family. $90,000. Open to best offer. (250)8380153 Package- 2004 Ford 350 Lariat dually, 4wheel drive, fully equipped for towing 5th wheel, like new. 26,700km. Extras fuel tank/ tool box. 2011 Chaparral 5th wheel 27ft, 1slide, loaded. Used twice. (250)545-0944 SKYLINE 1986 21ft Special Edition Travel Trailer Hitch and go, with dependability. Fully loaded, $6995 obo. 5410704. Very clean liteweight 20’ tandem trailer, sleeps 3+, must see! $6800. 250-545-2967
Scrap Car Removal 2010 Elantra Touring. White, new condition. $14,900. (250)306-6262 92 Miata, 221,000 kms, yellow, well maintained & babied,car runs & looks great. $5,000. Must sell! 558-1432.
Motorcycles 2006 Yamaha Royal Star, cruiser, chrome extras, exc cond. balance of warranty. $9,995. It’s time. 250-5455412. 2007 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic. 7000km. Show room condition. $16,800. (250)503-0259 2007 Suzuki GSX-R 750, blue/ white. Low miles, clean title, never dropped. One owner. 250-545-3482 Collectors Items. 1986 Honda Shadow, 1100 cc, great cond, 34,000kms. 250-545-4653 or 250-308-0977
Off Road Vehicles 2008 Honda ATV quad, TRX 500, good tires, rope winch. Asking $5500. Jerry cell 250549-0224.
Recreational/Sale 1967 red & white Travel air, 12 ft camping trailer. Good cond. $1500 obo. (250)547-2424 1977 SKYLARK 19.5 tandem c/w equalizer hitch, 2 prop tanks new hot water heater, newer fridge & upholstery, everything serviced, clean, NO LEAKS, $3000. 250 549 4570 1989 Ford Econoline camper van. 6cyl, fridge/stove, furnace 125,000km. Exc overall condition. $4500 obo. 250-549-5131 1993 Class C Yellowstone RV. Ford 350, queen bed, sep bath, shower/tub. A/C, new roof, new lino flr, 3 burner stove, oven. Sleeps 6. Electric step. No leaks. 97,000km. Exc shape. $13,800. 250-542-6399 1993 Daulphin Class A 32’ diesel pusher, low mileage, f/s, oven, air, generator, exc. cond. 250-547-6643 1994 29’ Corsair 5th wheel, 1-slide, F/S microwave, A/C, shower, 2 propane tanks, $10,000 obo. 250-306-1434 1994 Palomino by Vanguard, clean 8’ camper, pop top, f/s, furnace, 1owner 250-260-3950 1995 Bigfoot camper, 9.5ft. lt. wt. 761kg. Everything works great, freestanding awning, full bath $9000 obo 250-838-7790 2002 Coleman YUMA tent Trailer $5500. 8.5ft sleeps 6 mint cond. 250-860-1877
1AA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Min $60 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 250-899-0460 SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equipment. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288
Sport Utility Vehicle 1995 Ford Explorer. Great shape. Leather, loaded, 4x4. $2,500. (250)938-1811 1998 Honda CRV, Auto, AWD, ABS keyless entry. Elec. windows. Tow bar, remote brake sys. Ready to tow behind RV. $8750. (250)549-3182
Trucks & Vans 1979 Dodge Dakota Sport, 4x4, new brakes, tires & trans $1500. obo. 250-549-9166. 1986 GMC PU 4wh dr, 3/4T. 150,000KM, original, 5000lbs. Winch. Exc cond. 1989 5w 22.5ft, 70amp solar panel, very clean, good cond. Sale as unit. Asking $10,500. (250)545-1728 1988 Chev Van, fule injection, trailer hitch, very good shape. $1400. obo (250)309-6381 1991 Dodge Cummins Diesel, reg cab, 189,000 kms,1 (250)547-6334 1999 F350 Lariat 7.3 CC LB molded running boards, great shape. $10K. (250)549-4113 1999 GMC 2500, 4x4, extended cab, 3 door. $6500. 250308-9821. 2000 2500 Silverado, 4x4, Loaded. 187,000miles. $9000. 250-545-6490, 250-540-8344 2001 Dodge extra cab, short box, 4x4 $4900. Canopy- grey, short box, $200. Alum. boat rack, short box $175. 250-5457659, 250-938-5860 2001 Ford F350, 4x4 ext.cab, shortbox, XLT, 7.3 diesel, auto Reduced to $11,500. obo.250546-0994. 2003 Sonoma,V6, auto, extra cab, a/c, cruise,140,000kms, $6800. 778-475-5651 Vernon. 2003 Windstar van, sport model, mint cond. 82,000KM. $7,200 obo. 250-260-1180 2004 Ford Freestar SE, 167,000 km, remote starter, stereo, with DVD, 2nd row buckets, rear stow n go great cond. $4900. Call Cole for more info 250-833-2637. 2006 Nissan Titan 4x4, ex cab 150KM, full load, very good cond. $13,900. 250-308-2225 Wanted: Refrigerated van. Call 250-938-2868
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PUR-11-51 - Shop Supplies / Small Tools - Central Stores You are hereby invited to fax or email your price quotation for the supply and delivery of the following items. Supply various shop supplies / small tools for Central Stores for two years commencing June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2013. Faxed Quotes will be received at the ofďŹ ce of the Purchasing Agent at 250-550-3523 or emailed at sshannon@vernon.ca or must delivered in a clearly marked sealed envelope at 1900 – 48 Ave, Vernon, B.C. V1T 8Y7, up to and including closing time of 2:00 p.m. local time, Thursday, May 19, 2011. Further information, speciďŹ cations and Quote Forms may be obtained from the ofďŹ ce of the Purchasing Agent between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. 250-550-3646.
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• Manufacturer’s warranty • 150 + point inspections • 30-day/2500 km no-hassle exchange privilege • 24-hour roadside assistance 2007 HYUNDAI ACCENT
2007 MAZDA 3
2008 CHEVROLET COBALT
Stk# 11-291A. A/C, 4 cyl, manual, keyless entry, CD player, P/B, P/L, P/M, P/S, P/W, rear window defrost, tilt
Stk# 11-337A. A/C, alloys, cruise, 4 cyl, manual, keyless entry, CD player, P/L, P/W, rear spoiler, sunroof, tilt
Stk# P10-683A. A/C, cruise,4 cyl, auto,
keyless entry, CD player, only 60,000 kms, P/B, P/L, P/W, tilt
2006 HONDA ACCORD
2008 SUBARU IMPREZA
Stk# 11-317A. A/C, alloys, cruise, 4 cyl, manual, keyless entry, CD player, P/L, P/W, sunroof, tilt
Stk# 11-272A. A/C, alloys, cruise, 4 cyl, manual, heated seats, keyless entry, CD player
NICE WHEELSS
AWD
7,780 11,846 11,926 12,986 SOLD!
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2007 CADILLAC CTS RWD Stk# A11-360. A/C, alloys, cruise, auto,
V6, heated seats, keyless entry, CD player, P/W, P/L, tilt
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2005 GMC YUKON DENALI AWD
2007 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4
2010 BUICK LUCERNE CXL
Stk# 11-455B. A/C, alloys, cruise, auto, V8,
heated seats, CD player, DVD, P/W,P/L, running boards, sunroof, tilt, tow pkg
DENALI LEATHER
LEATHER SUNROOF
Stk# 11-286A. A/C, alloys, cruise,
automatic, V8, heated leather seats, CD player, P/W, P/L, remote start, sunroof, tilt, tow pkg
LEATHER NAVIGATION
2009 MAZDA CX7 AWD
Stk# P11-411. A/C, alloys, cruise, auto, V6,
heated seats, keyless entry, CD player, only 15,000 kms, OnStar, P/W, P/L, tilt
Stk# 11-428A1. A/C, alloys, cruise, auto,
4 cyl, heated leather seats, CD player, P/W, P/L, sunroof, tilt
LEATHER
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$ SOLD! 17,928 19,995 22,463 26,600
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2010 CADILLAC CTS RWD
2008 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2008 CHEVROLET TAHOE 1/2 TON 4X4 4X4
Stk# P11-490. A/C, alloys, cruise, V6, auto, heated seats, keyless entry, CD player, OnStar, P/W, P/L, tilt
LEATHER SUNROOF
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Stk# 11-308A. A/C, alloys, cruise, auto, V8, heated leather seats, CD player, OnStar, P/W, P/L, remote start, running boards, tilt sunroof
Stk# A11-381A. A/C, alloys, cruise, auto,
V8, 5.3L, heated seats, CD player, OnStar, P/W, P/L, remote start, running boards, tilt, tow pkg
LEATHER SUNROOF DVD
LEATHER
2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2010 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 3/4 TON 4X4 1/2 TON 4X4 Stk# 11-263A. A/C, alloys, cruise, auto, CD player, OnStar, P/L, P/W, remote start, tilt, boxliner
Stk# A11-363. A/C, alloys, cruise, auto,
000 ONLY 11,0 KMS
LEATHER SUNROOF
V8, heated leather seats, CD player, OnStar, P/W, P/L, running boards, tilt, remote start
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