Series finalThe Summerland

Steam provided excit-ing hockey action in the Junior B division semi-finals.

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Recycling feesAn alliance of B.C.

business groups are demanding the prov-ince halt the new Multi Material BC recycling system.

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School upgradesProposed improve-

ments for Summerland Secondary School have been deemed a low priority by the provincial Education Ministry.

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Years of service The Summerland

Food Bank is mark-ing its 30th anniversary this year.

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mers brought back medals following a recent swim meet in Chilliwack.

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ary added to the snow pack levels at Summer-land Reservoir and Isin-tok Lake, according to the latest measurements by the municipal water department.

At the beginning of March, measurements

taken at Summerland Reservoir showed a snow level of 950 milli-metres, or the equiva-lent of 230 millimetres of water.

This is 112 per cent of the historic average, measured over 54 years.

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Growth plan on holdTown hall meeting, new public hearing held before council vote on controversial strategy

by John Arendt

Summerlanders will have to wait a little longer before members of municipal council make a decision on the community’s pro-posed Urban Growth Plan.

On Monday evening, Mayor Janice Per-rino announced that one or more town hall information meetings, followed by a second public hearing, will be held before coun-cil makes a decision on the controversial growth strategy.

A public hearing was held at the Arena Banquet Room on March 3.

Around 300 people attended the hearing, filling the room to capacity.

An estimated 50 people were locked out of the proceedings — a move which resulted in con-siderable outrage.

“No one should have been left out of the public hearing,” Per-rino said.

“Those people are going to have the right to speak.”

The town hall meetings prior to the next public hearing will provide more informa-tion about the growth strategy.

The plan, as presented, calls for the remov-al of 80.34 hectares of land within the Agri-cultural Land Reserve, near the core of the community. In exchange, 91.7 hectares in the Prairie Valley area would be added to the land reserve.

The removal of this agricultural land has been at the centre of the controversy over the plan.

Many of the comments at the public hear-ing addressed this issue.

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Review

As a retiring mem-ber of the board of directors of Agur Lake Camp Society, I have saved a space for you.

The camp society is actively looking to recruit new board members to be elect-ed at their AGM in April. Would you like to take up the chal-lenge? As you will see from my story, there will never be a dull moment if you do.

Five years ago I became a joiner.

I had just moved to Summerland and felt a need for social contacts. I set about locating groups where I might feel at home.

I joined the Sen-iors’ Drop-in Centre, the Camera Club, a writers’ group and

Agur Lake Camp Society.

Polio at 15 had landed me in a life-long adventure of pushing back my lim-itations.

Agur Lake Camp back then was plan-ning a facility in the wilderness where people with dis-abilities could camp like they had never camped before.

At that point I was a bit disappointed to learn that it was just a plan, not a reality. I attended events on site and imagined what it might be like to be a camper there. I had barely made myself known to board members when I was asked to be on their board of direc-tors.

They wanted me to work on a dream with them and to help them make it happen.

I had some useful skills and experience. I was a photographer and a writer.

I also had experi-ence with managing websites.

And I had lived my life with a dis-ability, so I saw things from a unique perspective.

All those skills were put to work immediately, and as that was happening I noticed that dozens of people with other skills were there

making their contri-butions also. I found myself caught up in an ongoing series of meetings, events, work-parties and plain old-fashioned socializing.

I am turning 80 this year and am finding it increasingly hard to keep up the pace of my first 15 years of retirement.

I would love to continue the ALCS activities that have become so much of

my life, but I no long-er have the energy to do it. So I have made a decision to resign from the Board, com-forted by the know-ledge that someone out there will replace me and get to enjoy the sense of accom-plishment that work-ing for ALCS has brought me.

The camp wel-comed its first camp-ers last summer.

In this transi-tion from a plan to a

reality many volun-teers are still need-ed, including people with totally new skills and abilities. ALCS now has a new office.

Volunteers are

needed to man the office. ALCS now has a site by a lake with two cabins and a dry camp ground ready for summer oper-ation.

Planners and pro-moters and trail builders and money-raisers and shovel wielders and paper pushers are all need-ed. If you want to learn more, click on Volunteers in the top panel of our Home page.

Also on that page there is Job Oppor-tunities under Agur Lake Camp. Right in the middle of Home page is a red Camp Registration button which will explain all about getting to camp this summer, if that is your goal.

Don’t forget the opening I am leaving for you on the board of directors. I promise you, if you take up my challenge, it could be the most exciting ride of your life.

Keith Dixon is the website manager and a retiring direc-tor of the board at Agur Lake Camp.

Hockey fundingCal Johnson, Head of School for the Summer-land Montessori School, accepts a cheque for $2,000 from Jim Henderson of the Telus Community Board. The cheque will be used to purchase equipment and pay for ice rental for the school’s Hockey Development Program.

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Camp workKeith Dixon helps with some of the upgrade work at Agur Lake Camp. The camp is looking to recruit new board members in April.

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Continued from Page 1Between those

who spoke at the hearing and those who presented writ-ten submissions, 154 people commented on the plan, with 110 opposed, 25 in favour and the rest not holding a pos-ition on either side of

the issue.In addition, a peti-

tion opposing the proposed growth plan was presented.

The petition received more than

2,600 signatures, including 1,200 Sum-merland names.

Perrino said some of the comments at the hearing were based on inaccurate or incomplete infor-mation.

“I was so shocked by the misinforma-tion the public has,”

she said. “ W e n e e d to have i n f o r -m a t i o n g o i n g out to the public so

they can see what we’re seeing. I want them to understand how we got to this place.”

In addition, the hearing will be held

at a larger venue, in order to accommo-date all who wish to attend.

“We were wrong. You cannot lock people out of a pub-lic hearing,” Per-rino said, adding

that nobody will be turned away from the next hearing.

A town hall meet-ing will be held in early April, although the details of that meeting have not yet been determined.

“We were wrong. You cannot lock people out of a public hearing.”

Janice Perrino

New public hearing will be held

Business alliance battles recycling feesby Jeff NagelBlack Press

An alliance of busi-ness groups opposed to the new Multi Material BC recycling system are demand-ing the province halt the planned May 19 launch and go back to the drawing board.

MMBC, an indus-try stewardship group, is poised to take responsibil-ity for curbside blue box collection – with more containers and material types col-lected than before –  while charging businesses for the recycling of the pack-aging and paper they generate.

But it’s been in a

bitter fight with small business groups that complain they are set to pay punishingly high fees, which will then be passed on to consumers.

The battle took a new turn Mon-day, when the Can-adian Federation of Independent Busi-ness and eight other associations launched a campaign in B.C. newspapers and online at rethinkitbc.ca to amplify the pressure on Victoria.

CFIB provincial affairs director Mike Klassen predicted job losses and some business closures as a result of the MMBC regulations and fees. “This is public policy

run amok,” he said. B.C. Agriculture

Council vice-chair Stan Vander Waal said farmers can’t readily stop pack-aging strawberries and blueberries in plastic clamshells, because retailers insist that’s what con-sumers want.

Canadian News-paper Association chairman Peter Kvar-nstrom, who is pub-lisher of a paper in Sechelt, warned the new system will be “catastrophic” to B.C. community and daily newspapers, resulting in job losses in an already chal-lenged industry and reduced service to communities.

The opposition groups say they sup-port the aim of the program –  to make generators of pack-aging pay to recycle it – but they dispute the fees and say multi-national consumer goods firms like Uni-lever and Walmart control MMBC and are manipulating it to their benefit, not that of local businesses.

Most of the fees for container waste are double or even quad-ruple what business-es in Ontario pay to a similar agency.

Newspapers say they face a $14-mil-lion-a-year bite out of their operations because of the 20 cents per kilogram

they will pay on newsprint, compared to less than half a penny in Ontario.

They contend a high proportion of newsprint is already recycled in B.C. through blue boxes.

Kvarnstrom said newspapers are con-sidering options to create their own newsprint collection system – a move that could also deprive MMBC of newsprint revenue and under-mine the program’s viability.

Magazine indus-try reps also warned small B.C. magazines will pay not only for their own paper

recycling, but will also effectively subsidize big U.S. magazines like Harper’s or Vogue that will be exempt from MMBC fees on magazines mailed into B.C. Printers pre-dict some orders will shift to presses in the U.S. or Alberta to skirt the fees, costing jobs in B.C.

MMBC managing director Allen Lang-don said MMBC’s higher fees are because they fully finance the program and ensure service for multi-family apartments and rural depots, in contrast to Ontario’s more lim-ited focus on single-

family homes.He said B.C.’s suc-

cessful container deposit system also means there’s less recyclable material left here for container stewards to collect and sell, so fees have to be higher to cover the system costs.

Environment Min-ister Mary Polak said most businesses are exempt from the fees if they have under $1 million of retail sales, generate less than a tonne of material or operate out of a sin-gle retail outlet, while generators of one to five tonnes per year pay flat fees of $550 or $1,200.

Provincial recycling initia-tives set to take effect in spring are much less severe than the fees which were first proposed, Summerland Chamber of Commerce repre-sentatives say.

Christine Petkau, manager of the chamber, said initially the changes meant a direct cost to all B.C. businesses, but revisions in early Febru-ary meant fewer than 3,000

of more than 385,000 busi-nesses would be targeted by the regulations.

“The government has shown a willingness to address this,” she said. “Hope-fully, this will continue.”

While the new regulations target only the larger busi-nesses, Petkau said consum-ers and smaller businesses are affected when larger busi-nesses must pass on their

expenses through higher prices.

Since early February, the chamber has not been involved in any further dis-cussions about the recycling program.

“We would certainly work with any member who faces a negative impact from the pro-gram, to find proactive solu-tions,” said chamber presi-dent Arlene Fenrich.

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VICTORIA – Proceedings here at the B.C. legislature were briefly thrust into the spotlight last week, firing up the radio talk shows and twitter feeds.

No, it wasn’t the B.C. Liberal government forcing through legislation to allow indus-trial “research” for things like pipeline routes in provin-cial parks, or the debate on s a n c t i o n e d wolf and griz-zly kills. It wasn’t the teach-er strike vote, as the scripted motions of that ritual combat are well known to weary par-ents.

It was muffins. More specif-ically, “free” muffins in a newly relocated and equipped MLA lounge, and a rack installed to hold the said muffins at a cost of $733.

This was portrayed as part of a spending spree by Richmond East MLA Linda Reid,  elected Speaker last summer. In fact it’s just the latest phase of a strik-ingly expensive refit to provide wheelchair access, which Reid has championed.

The new MLA lounge replaces a seldom-used one at the top of steep stairs high in the 1898 stone structure.

The new lounge is served by a ramp near the chamber exit to another under-used room in the library, and equipped with big-screen TVs to follow proceed-ings, similar to those installed in the legislature chamber last year.

Everything done here is expensive, from match-ing ornate woodwork to upgrading ancient plumbing and wiring.

But the public, conditioned by media to expect corruption and scandal, would rather be outraged about free muffins. 

Prior to this, MLAs had to troop down to the basement dining room to put muffins and coffee on their expense accounts, or have an assistant fetch them.

The outraged talk shows didn’t mention that.

There are access issues in the dining room too, a fact more difficult to ignore with Chil-dren and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux, Paralympian Michelle Stilwell and former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan now elected to serve using their wheelchairs.

A costly new outside access ramp assisted Kenny Michell, who visited last week to tell his harrowing story of the Burns Lake sawmill explosion that nearly burned him to death in 2012 and left him in a wheel-chair.

The NDP brought a delega-tion of survivors and family members of the dead from saw-dust explosions in Burns Lake and Prince George.

They supported the opposition’s demand for an independent inquiry, although their own demands ranged from  counselling  for long-suffering wives to seeing someone punished for alleged negligence.

The scandal pushed in this

tragic story is that some evi-dence was not protected by WorkSafeBC and wouldn’t have been admissible in court. Prosecutors also said they had enough evidence for charges, but the companies or execu-tives would be able to show “due diligence” that would likely result in acquittal.

What that means in English is that the explosion risk of extra-dry dust and air wasn’t fully grasped by either mill operators or WorkSafeBC.

All B.C. mills are now subject to more scrutiny, and a cor-oner’s inquest will be calling witnesses this fall to see what lessons can be learned.

Back to pipelines through parks. This may seem like a scandal to urban B.C. resi-dents who already fret about the possibility of the 60-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline, or one of several proposed gas pipelines, intruding on a park.

It’s not as well known that Trans Mountain completed a major twinning and upgrading project on the Alberta side in 2008. It crosses Mount Rob-son Provincial Park and Jasper National Park, without incident or scandal to date.

But back to muffingate, as it’s  become  known around here.

I don’t know why people are so cynical and uninterested in serious issues. I wish I did.  

Tom Fletcher is legisla-ture reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email:  tfletch-er@blackpress.ca

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Low enrolment was a decid-ing factor as the Okanagan Skaha School District chose to make a proposed $15-million renova-tion of Summer-land Secondary School a low priority.

While the school oper-ates below its capacity, the renovation work is still needed.

The community’s demograph-ics and enrolment trends have an effect on the student population in Summerland.

Unless trends change and student numbers increase, it is unlikely the work will proceed any time soon.

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The Summerland Steam fin-ished their hockey season on a strong note last week in a sev-en-game div-ision semi-final series.

While the North Oka-nagan Knights won that series, the Steam players gave a strong performance.

As Steam management and coaching staff discuss plans for the coming year, the strong show-ing should help the team when hockey action begins again in fall.

ourpickDelaying

a decisionThe decision on

Summerland’s Urban Growth Plan has been postponed.

On Monday evening, muni-cipal council opted to wait before a decision is made on the controversial plan.

The postponement came after a public hearing on the proposal, held on March 3. At that hearing, some who wished to attend were turned away as the venue was filled to capacity.

At least one town hall meeting and a new public hearing will be held before the final decision is reached, delaying the decision by at least another four to six weeks.

The extra time allows for more information to be pre-sented about the plan before a decision is reached.

It also provides an opportunity to alleviate some of the tensions which have developed since the report on the growth strat-egy was presented in early December.

Since that time, the com-munity has become divided over this issue, with passion-ate arguments presented for and against the proposal.

At present, a decision either way would leave a sig-nificant segment of the com-munity dissatisfied.

Considering the strongly held opinions on both sides of this issue, there is some question as to whether pub-lic opinion on the plan will change, even with additional information presented.

The longer process may serve to ease tensions, at least at present, but a decision will still be required.

Summerland needs a new growth plan and council will have to vote on whether to accept the Urban Growth Plan which has been proposed.

This decision will not be an easy one.

Whether council chooses to proceed with the plan as presented, reject the plan or ask for a redrawing of the growth area boundaries, no decision will satisfy all in the community.

Forget issues, pass the muffins

Tom Fletcher

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THE EARLY YEARS

Spring choresOn the far left, Sandy Smith seems enthusiastic about wielding a pitchfork, while Gordon and Margaret (front centre) aren’t quite as thrilled about their little shovels. Edward is one of the boys in the back, and the other two children in the photo haven’t been identified. “Everyone helps” must have been the motto at the Smith Orchard around 1918 and working in the orchard was probably on the list of chores for kids when they weren’t in school. Spring break starts on Saturday and thanks to tractors and other machinery you probably won’t see too many children with pitchforks working in local orchards. And for that, kids (and their parents) are undoubtedly very thankful. 

Photo courtesy of the Summerland Museum

Natural connection needed hereDear Editor:I was talking to a

person that moved to Summerland from

Kelowna a few years ago. 

He said he had moved here because

of the open spaces, the orchards and the ambience of a small community, where he

has gotten to know many more people than in the much longer time he was in

Kelowna.  He has much more

time to commune with nature now,

too, as he spends time biking in the area.

This is often the

problem with life in the big cities.

People there are no longer in touch with nature.

They spend their leisure time looking at TV and its celebri-ties.  This has become more significant to them than a know-ledge of local birds and edible wild plants. 

Nature becomes out of focus and they no longer notice its decline. 

It is only those of us who deal with nature on a daily basis; who notice when the birds are gone; when we get more and more intrusive plants into our fields; when we have lost control of our farm land with the continuous intru-sion of  residential and industrial build-ings.

When nature as a whole becomes less interesting to the urbanite, it makes it even less likely that they will pay atten-tion to it. 

When that hap-pens it won’t mat-ter if we lose our orchards, our vine-yards, or our back-yard gardens.

Our natural habitat  and our agricultural way of life will be gone with it.

Frank MartensSummerland

Dear Editor:I was pleased to

see so many people come out to voice their opinions and listen to the opinions of others at the public hearing on March 3.

As I sat there and looked around the room I was amazed by the passion and concern that one young woman has been able to inspire in an entire commun-ity.

Thank you Erin Carlson.

The one thing that I object to is the idea that those of us who spoke out against the land swap are simply opposed to change.

One young man

even made the point that we consider “growth” to be a dirty word.

This idea, that to oppose the develop-ment of ALR land is tantamount to opposing “growth” or “change,” has long been the view of people who argue in favour of such development.

The truth is, at no time did I say that I oppose either.

I didn’t hear a single person who spoke against coun-cil’s proposal say that they were opposed to change.

Change is inevit-able. Growth is also and with that growth will come develop-

ment. I have always

known this, Joe knew this and the people I have spoken to who spoke out against council’s proposal know this also.

We do not oppose growth or develop-ment — we simply refuse to believe that it requires the deci-mation of our pro-ductive food land.

I applaud every person who had the courage to stand up and speak at the pub-lic hearing whether I agree with your views or not.

Every person has a right to their own opinion on this issue. No one, however, has the right to put

words in my mouth or the mouths of others.

The truth is this entire process has been flawed since the beginning.

The Agricul-tural Land Reserve was created to pre-serve viable farm land for the produc-tion of food and to make it unavailable for development in perpetuity.

By the very defin-ition and mandate of the ALR, these 199 acres should never have been included in Summerland coun-cil’s “Where do we grow from here?” scenario.

Julie SardinhaSummerland

Farm land, not growth, was reason for concerns Dear Editor:

The public hearing last Monday to discuss our new Official Com-munity Plan revision brought some interesting questions about how our society reacts to modern media influence.

There were about 270 people in attendance, which is rather good for any planning issue, but I have to ask how many of the folks that attended the hearing, actually took to time to review the options and participate in the almost year long Future Summerland process that lead up to the plan that we were there to discuss. Hopefully everyone.

This plan was not put together by council, planners or consult-ants.

It was put together by five times as many local residents who took time and effort over the past year to review the options and make compromises.

This is the community’s plan. The reason the result is differ-

ent this time is because this was the first time we were not told

where the growth area can be. Other OCPs we were specific-

ally told we were not allowed to modify ALR boundaries.

There was no OCP committee this time.

The entire process was left up to the residents that wished to participate.

Personally, I thought the young folks in the consulting group had a very innovative and “hands on” process, both to encourage par-ticipation and interpret the result.

Every time we made a change to the design the effect the instant-ly evident.

There really was no excuse to not become involved because it could actually be done in your own living room.

It always amazes me how so few folks are willing to become involved in our community plan-ning when the planning is actual-ly being done, but are so willing to attend a one-night event and complain about the result.

Don HudgeonSummerland

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6 www.summerlandreview.com O P I N I O N S Thursday, March 13, 2014 Summerland Review

Dear Editor:This was the first

public hearing in Summerland, to my knowledge, where the general public who arrived 15 min-utes before the meet-ing start time came

against enforced locked doors.

I would have thought general cour-tesy would have been to adjourn this meet-ing and find suitable space to accommo-date all interested

public. Is this not what the

public hearing pro-cess is all about; to hear all the different points of view and let the citizens have a voice?

I counted 67

people outside the locked doors before the meeting time and then still people came and other frustrated people left.

As people exited the meeting, they let in others to the same

proportion. There were even

town councillors, head table people, who were out there until the door was unlocked to let them in.

They were well

aware of the situation outside.

I think it would be proper now to hold another public hear-ing.

Or, after a 35-minute wait out-side and hearing dif-

ferent opinions and concerns against the land swap, the mayor and most councillors should abandon their pur-suit.

Jim HuntSummerland

Dear Editor:Last week’s public

meeting in Summer-land regarding the proposed ALR Land Swap was a disaster.

By 7 p.m. when the meeting was sched-uled to begin, there were 47 members of the public locked out of the arena, unable to sign up on the speak-ers’ list, unable to be seen as interested par-ties in the argument, either for or against.

The number of persons prevented to access this public hearing ebbed and flowed for over an hour after the meet-ing commenced. No one in, no one out. That’s pretty effective silencing when you think about it.

Yes, the fire mar-shal needs to uphold public safety by main-taining control of seat-

ing at the venue. But to hold a single

meeting at a 225 cap-acity venue is silly, certainly when the petition against this proposal has over 2,000 signatures on it.

Is it legal for Sum-merland council to close a subject when there are that many persons who have not been given the opportunity to speak and voice their con-cerns or opinions?

Truthfully, no council member can honestly claim a fair and open public hearing when such a situation occurs.

Locking the public out of a public meet-ing constitutes a non-public meeting.

Summerland coun-cil needs to allow this issue to be dis-cussed — if one were to do the math, a 225

person venue would require 10 nights of meetings in order to properly and respect-fully hear the con-cerns of (at least) the 2,000 persons who signed the petition.

This is not democ-racy.

But it is likely not democracy that has determined this Agricultural Land Reserve land swap in the first place.

If one is to honestly look at the available residential building sites within Summer-land proper: the old RCMP building site, the vacant and bare Kelly Care site across from the town park (excellent executive condo location) or even the now-aban-doned packing house site in the very centre of the town, there’s no need to rezone

any agricultural land when these sites are a) more readily avail-able, b) more cen-trally located, and c) more appropriate for increasing the town’s population and eco-nomic flow.

What happened only shows how Summerland coun-cil has effectively stopped their ears, and simultaneously plugged the mouths of too many members of the public.

This was not a fair or reasonable public hearing.

Offer the pub-lic more chances to speak out. Book some more hearings, and hear what the public has to say.

That would be the fair and democratic thing to do.

K.D. IngramSummerland

Hearing not fair or reasonable

Board of directorsThe Seniors Drop-In Centre elected a new board of directors at their Annual General Meeting on March 6. Gladys Schmidt was elected president by acclamation, replacing Geraldine Koropchuk who completed three years in that position. In front from left are Paul Reinholdt, Rhea Larson, Marg Dionne, John Stringer, Opal Kenzle and Keith Dixon. In back from left are Gladys Schmidt, Irene Sadler, Sheila White and Geraldine Koropchuk. Missing are Ken Ball and Roman Meinhardt.

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In general terms, the Community Charter permits a municipality to close a road and remove the highway dedication. In order to complete this process, Council must adopt a Road Closure and Removal of Highway Dedication Bylaw and must advertise its intent to adopt the bylaw.Pursuant to Section 40 of the Community Charter, the District of Summerland gives notice of its intention to close to traffi c that portion of the highway adjacent to Lot 19, Plan 5297 known as 9535 Main St. shown outlined in black on the sketch below, and to remove the dedication of that portion as highway.Bylaw No. 2014-003, closing that portion of highway to traffi c and removing its dedication as highway, will be considered by the Council at its Regular meeting at the District of Summerland, Municipal Hall, 13211 Henry Avenue, Summerland, B.C., on March 24th, 2014 at 7:00pm. Persons who consider they are affected by the bylaw will be provided an opportunity to make representations to Council at the meeting or by delivering a written submission to the Corporate Offi cer by 4:00pm on that date.Pursuant to Section 26 of the Community Charter, the District of Summerland further gives notice of its intention to sell the closed portion of highway to the Okanagan Regional Library. The closed portion of highway will be transferred to the Okanagan Regional Library for consideration in the amount of $1,000.00.Enquiries relative to the proposed Road Closure and Removal of Highway Dedication Bylaw No. 2014-003 should be directed to the Administration Offi ce, District Hall, 13211 Henry Avenue, Summerland, B.C., or by calling 250-494-6451. A copy of the Road Closure and Removal of Highway Dedication Bylaw No. 2014-003 may be viewed at the Administration Offi ce, during normal business hours (8:30am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday).

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Outstanding sci-ence fair projects from the District Sci-ence Fair last week will go on to regional competition.

A total of 30 entries, including nine from Summerland Middle School students, were chosen.

Raja Gupta, sci-ence teacher at Sum-merland Secondary School and an organ-izer of the science fair, said this year’s entries were good.

“I am always pleasantly surprised by the variety of topics covered each year and this year was no exception,” he said. “Would it be feasible to have

all of Summerland use solar power? Can you make a car run on wood? Just a few of the amazing questions which were addressed in student projects.”

In past years, some of the Summerland entries have done well at regional and national competi-tions.

The following are the winning entries from Summerland students.

Does the high cost of outdoor lighting reward a co?, Grant Mansiere

Don’t curdle your herbal, Simon Carter

Le connexion du corps et du cerveau,

Natalie BenoitSolar Pop Can

Heater, Simon Groot and Kaleb Schram

Summerland on Solar Power?, Ethan Sands and Aden Samuel

Skin Cancer Kills, Hannah Mistal

One Stressful Situ-ation, Chloe Knowles

What Affects Aero-dynamics of Air-plane?, Akira Mori and Brenda McWat-ters

Pea Plant Growth, Katarina Stohler and Emma Redding

The entries will be at the Regional Science Fair at KLO Middle School in Kelowna on April 12.

Top science fair projects go to regional competition

Upgrades proposed for high school gymnasium and arts area

Joe FriesBlack Press

A proposed $15-million renova-tion of Summerland Secondary School has been deemed a low priority by the B.C. Education Ministry.

“I’m tremendously disappointed,” said Linda Van Alphen, one of the commun-ity’s two trustees on the board of the Oka-nagan Skaha School District.

The project, which would overhaul the school’s gymnasium and fine arts area and include accessibility and energy efficiency improvements, had been rated a high priority in the school district’s capital plan for at least a decade.

Van Alphen said she’ll continue to advocate for the facil-ity, but is worried its tired state could have broader impacts in Summerland.

“How are we going to attract students or retain students at that school if we have a gym that looks like that?” she said.

Education Min-istry spokesman Ben West said in a state-ment the Summer-land pro-ject was r a n k e d as low prior i ty because t h e s c h o o l “ d o e s not have the cur-rent enrolment nor projected enrolment growth necessary to support the extra space.”

The school, which

competes for cap-ital funding against all others in B.C., is operating at about two-thirds capacity with 420 students, he continued, and enrol-ment is expected to decline further over the next decade.

West also noted the district’s total enrolment is down by about a quarter since 2000-01, but in

the meantime has received $53 million in capital funding for work at both Pentic-ton high schools and to create additional

spaces for full-time kindergarten.

Summerland Sec-ondary School prin-cipal Chris Van Ber-geyk was disappoint-ed to learn his facil-ity, where volleyball court lines run up the walls of the under-sized gym, had slid down the priority list.

“There’s definitely a feeling of frustra-tion on the part of the students,” Van Ber-geyk said.

“I think (a renova-tion) would go a long way to improving some of that energy around the build-ing.”

Six of the 11 other projects the district listed in its capital plan were bumped down by the ministry to medium priority.

The remaining high-priority pro-jects are mechanical upgrades at four Pen-ticton schools and the board office.

School renovation deemed low priority

“There’s definitely a feeling of frustration on the part of the students. I think (a renovation) would go a long way to improving some of that energy around the build-ing.”

Chris Van Bergeyk

Scientific conclusionsBen Geertz, a Grade 7 student at Summerland Middle School, created an anaerobic digester for his science fair project examining methane produc-tion. The District Science Fair was held in Summerland last week.

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A number of years ago, local fibre art-ist Brandy Lynn Maslowski met a young 10-year-old girl named Kristy Lincoln who had cre-ated an entire quilt from scratch in just one weekend.

Kristy’s family runs a rustic lodge in the scenic Canadian Whiteshell Provincial Park and Kristy was inspired to quilt by the annual In Stitches quilting retreat.

In spite of being a beginner and a scar-city of supplies in

that remote location she was able to create a quilt from scratch in a weekend.

Maslowski, a quilt-ing teacher and host of Canadian Quilt Talk, decided that she would write a chil-dren’s story entitled Kristy’s Quilt based on Kristy’s story.

Maslowski paired up with local art-ist and professional graphic design-er Marcia Stacy and together they launched a month-long Kickstarter cam-paign to fund the

book. If you would like

to receive a copy of this locally produced book and help fund

the project you are invited to visit www.kickstarter.com and search for Kristy’s Quilt.

The funds will be used to pay the illus-trator and for pro-duction costs as well as sending the book to supporters.

In two weeks The Summerland Sing-ers and Players will be presenting the delightful roman-tic comedy Almost Maine at Centre Stage Theatre.

This play is com-prised of nine short

vignettes performed by four actors; James Fofonoff, Colleen Fox, Christa Phillips and Vance Potter.

Almost Maine explores love and loss in a remote, mythical almost-town called Almost, Maine.

Summerland Sing-ers and Players will be entering Almost Maine in the The-atre B.C. Okanagan Zone Festival in Ver-non later this spring and you are invited to assist them in this endeavour by buying a special Zia’s Stone-

house Restaurant gift certificate when you purchase your tickets to Almost Maine.

Zia’s will be donat-ing 50 per cent of the proceeds towards the Okanagan Zone Festival expenses of Singers and Players.

This is your oppor-tunity to support local theatre and enjoy a great meal.

Tickets are avail-able at the Summer-land Arts Centre and Good Omens Coffee Shop.

Almost Maine will be at Centre Stage Theatre from March 27 to 30. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Friday and Sat-urday. There will be a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, March 30.

The Arts Palette column is written by David Finnis, publi-city chair and presi-dent of the Sum-merland Community Arts Council, P.O. Box 1217, 9533 Main St., Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z0.

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Working with colourLarry Jackson, an artist from Regina, dis-cusses artistic effects with Joyce Hoglund during a Summerland Art Club workshop last week. Members of the art club used colour techniques to create paintings of the Aurora Borealis.

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The school system is quite different here in Japan.

The students are tested almost on a daily basis in differ-ent subjects, so it’s no surprise they are in the top five aca-demic countries in the world.

The lessons (at least English) are struc-tured to be mostly grammar, vocabulary, (and since I’m here) a bit of pronuncia-

tion. There isn’t much room for free learn-ing or games.

In Japan, the school year starts in April and ends in the fol-lowing March.

They get a three-week break in between years, a three-week break in August, and a three-week break in December.

There are things that I think are quite brilliant in the school

system but there are also things that com-pletely perplex me.

For instance, dur-ing the break in March and April, teachers are relocated with about one to two weeks notice.

I can see some benefits in turn over like that, but I can’t imagine having my life change so quickly without much notice.

I’ve asked sever-al teachers why the

government does this, and no one that I’ve asked, so far, has been able to give me an answer other than, “I don’t know why, that’s the way it is.”

So, as of now, the teachers that will be teaching at a new school in April, do not know, and won’t know until the break starts at the end of March.

Probably my favourite aspect of the Japanese school system is when a teacher starts in ele-mentary school they stay with that same class throughout the years until the stu-dents move to junior high school in Grade 7. If a teacher starts with Grade 1, he or

she will be with that class for six years.

Another thing that is incredible is the treatment of dis-abled students and the student to teach-er ratio.

In both my Grade 5 and 6 classes in ele-mentary school, for each disabled stu-dent, there is an extra teacher in the class to help them, one on one.

In a different ele-mentary school, there are a total of nine students in the entire school but there are five teachers. For example, one day in my Grade 4 class of two students, there were a total of three teachers in the class-room.

Lastly, before stu-dents enter high school in Grade 10, they go through a process similar to our college and univer-sity systems.

They have to take entrance examina-tions and interview tests for each high school they apply to.

Students in their final year of junior high school attend programs after school called Cram Schools, which are focused on the entrance exams.

It is very common for students to go to cram schools every-day after regular classes.

Getting into a good high school means getting into a good college or good uni-versity, and eventu-ally a good job.

And now, to end on a happy note, ‘Mikka bouza’ (three-day monk.) Someone who gives up easily.

Anna Marshall is in Summerland’s sis-ter city of Toyokoro, Japan as the assistant English teacher.

Learning lessons from Japan’s schoolsNOTES FROM TOYOKORO

Anna Marshall

This is the 30th anniversary year for the Summerland Food Bank.

There will be a Thirty Years of Need Recognition Tea held at Summer-land United Church on Saturday, May 3 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. If you volun-teered for the food bank or its related activities you are invited to attend.

Over the years the food bank has been supported by various Summerland church-es and by many local service clubs and organizations.

Please reply to info@summerland-foodbank.org or P.O. Box 20015, Summer-land, B.C., V0H 1Z0 or call 778-516-0015.

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CurlingSummerland Curling ClubResults: March 3 to 7Monday morning senior men: Paul

Cowen defeated Hector Cartier, Lionel Cole-man defeated Doug Steinke, Bob Ezart defeated Stan Green.

Monday evening men: Steve Clem-ent defeated Gary Raymond, Dale Abrey defeated Ken Rae, Rick Drewnisz defeated Mike Lemke, Stan Green defeated Brian Hodgson.

Tuesday morning mixed: Jerry Lidin defeated Jim Hunt, Ev Gillespie defeated Barb Ezart, Bill Penman defeated Bob Ezart, Bill Moffat defeated Hector Cartier.

Tuesday evening ladies: Diana Leitch defeated Bev Skinner, Lil Blashko defeated Gail Ostaficiuk, Judy Beck defeated Harlene Knorr, Wendi Archer defeated Betty Ray-mond.

Wednesday senior men: Lionel Coleman defeated Doug Steinke, Doug Cade defeated Bob Ezart, Paul Cowen defeated Hector Cartier.

Wednesday evening men: Bob Walker defeated Ken Rae, Dave Gartrell defeated Gary Wingerak, Glen Brennan defeated Rick Drewnisz, Louie Costa defeated Dave Tether.

Wednesday late evening: Gary Raymond defeated Eric Cooper.

Thursday morning ladies: Bev Skinner defeated Virginia Cundliffe, RoseMarie Fen-rich defeated Ev Gillespie, Betty Raymond defeated Diana Leitch.

Thursday evening open: Jerad St. John defeated Clem Beaulac, Tony Blashko tied Glen Brennan, Eric Johnson defeated John Egyed, Gary Raymond defeated Dale Abrey.

Thursday late evening: Russ Lemke defeated Ken Rae.

Friday evening mixed: Bob Wareham defeated Val Utigard, Steve Favel tied Louie Costa, Sue Woods tied Bonnie Young.

Friday evening mixed: Tracy Wadding-ton defeated Patty Eldridge, Blair Stuckey defeated Gavin Griffiths, Allen Tower defeated Dan Laktin, Dave Hood defeated Ian Rogers.

Results: Feb 24 to 28Monday morning senior men: Dale

Abrey defeated Paul Cowen, Lionel Coleman defeated Bob Ezart, Stan Green defeated Doug Steinke.

Monday evening men: Ken Rae defeated Steve Clement, Stan Green defeated Dale Abrey, Mike Lemke defeated Gary Raymond, Brian Hodgson defeated Rick Drewnisz.

Tuesday morning mixed: Bill Penman defeated Jim Hunt, Ev Gillespie defeated Hector Cartier, Bob Ezart defeated Jerry Lidin, Bill Moffat defeated Barb Ezart.

Tuesday evening ladies: Bev Skinner defeated Betty Raymond, Harlene Knorr defeated Lil Blashko, Judy Beck defeated Gail Ostaficiuk, Wendi Archer defeated Diana Leitch.

Wednesday senior men: Doug Steinke defeated Hector Cartier, Doug Cade defeated Stan Green, Paul Cowen defeated Bob Ezart.

Wednesday evening men: Gary Wing-erak defeated Bob Walker, Ken Rae defeated Dave Tether, Gary Raymond defeated Dave Gartrell, Louie Costa defeated Eric Cooper.

Wednesday late evening: Glen Brennan defeated Rick Drewnisz.

Thursday morning ladies: Virginia Cund-liffe defeated Betty Raymond, Diana Leitch defeated RoseMarie Fenrich, Bev Skinner defeated Diane Krancenblum.

Friday evening mixed: Tracy Waddington defeated Allen Tower, Blair Stuckey defeated Ian Rogers, Patty Eldridge defeated Dan Laktin, Dave Hood defeated Gavin Griffiths.

Friday evening mixed: Bonnie Young defeated Val Utigard, Bob Wareham defeated Louie Costa, Steve Favel defeated Sue Woods.

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SCOREBOARDSteam lose in seventh gameIt took seven games

to determine the out-come of the division semi-finals in the

Okanagan/Shuswap Conference: Oka-nagan Division, but in the end, the win

went to Armstrong, not Summerland.

The final game took place in Sum-

merland on March 5 as the Steam hosted the North Okanagan Knights.

The first per-iod belonged to the Knights, with two power play goals to take a decisive lead.

In the second per-iod, Paulsen Lautard of the Steam scored at 6:28, assisted by Day-lan Robertson and Michael Winnitoy.

The Steam tied the game in the third per-iod at 15:21 as Sam Nigg scored, with assists from Jordan Boultbee and Dylan Burton.

A power play goal by Lautard at 8:13 gave Summerland the lead. Robertson and Easton Bodeux had the assists.

Less than two min-utes later, the game changed.

The Knights had a shorthanded goal at 6:15 to tie the game, followed by a goal at 2:36 and an empty net goal with 36 seconds remaining.

John DePourcq,

coach of the Junior B hockey team, said two Steam penalties early in the game gave the Knights an advantage, resulting in the two power play goals.

The Steam players persevered and were able to keep the game close until the end.

“I’m very proud of what they’ve done and how hard they’ve worked,” DePourcq said.

Going into the div-ision semi-finals, the Steam held the top spot among the five teams in the Okanag-an/Shuswap Confer-ence.

“To finish in first place in our division was a goal we had all set to achieve,” DePourcq said.

Coaches and man-agement at the team will now work on a strategy for the next season, which begins in fall. “We’re already starting to recruit for our spring camp, which will happen in early April,” he said.

The final gameMichael Winnitoy of the Summerland Steam attempts to block a North Okanagan Knights player during the seventh game of the division semi-finals on March 5.

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Thursday Al-Anon offers help to families and friends of alcoholics. Summerland Serenity Group meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in the United Church hall. Call 250-490-9272 for more information.Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers meet at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre on Thursday evenings. Beavers meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Cubs meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Scouts meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Venturers meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For details call Trent at 250-494-1990. Come try your hand at an old art made new. The traditional Rug Hookers of the South Okanagan meet every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Summerland Art Gallery on Main Street. Visitors always welcome. Lots of sup-plies available. Try your hand at this timeless art. For more informa-tion phone Marilyn at 250-494-6434 or Juliet at 250-494-1278.Euchre is played every second and fourth Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. iPad Club at the Summerland Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library Thursday, March 13 at 3 p.m. Join fellow iPad users for an informal shar-ing session. Bring your best iPad tips, tricks and queries. No regis-tration required for this free program. The Summerland Branch of the ORL is at 9525 Wharton St. For more information please call 250-494-5591 or visit www.orl.bc.ca.Lyme Disease sup-port group meets on the second Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. at the A&W in Summerland. Everyone welcome.Peach City Toastmasters meets Thursdays noon to 1 p.m. in Penticton at the United Church on Main and Eckhardt, Room 202. Call 250-486-5313. Seniors’ volleyball at the Youth Centre begin-ning at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. For additional informa-tion call Jane or Frank

at 250-494-4666. Summerland Mat-erial Girls Quilt Guild meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from September to May at 9 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. For more informa-tion call Doris Flynn at 250-494-7262 or Annie Smirmaul at 250-494-2286.Summerland Sports-men’s Association meets every third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Summerland Legion. The SSA focuses on fishing, shooting, hunting, arch-ery and conservation and is affiliated with the B.C. Wildlife Federation. New members wel-come.The Rug Hooking Circle meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month from noon to 3 p.m. at Leir House Arts and Cultural Centre, 220 Manor Park Ave., Penticton. Practice a traditional Canadian art form in a group set-ting. Host is certified teacher, fibre artist and published contribu-tor Angela Possak. 250-767-0206 or online rug-hookingteacher.ca.The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group meets on the first Thursday of every month at 10:30 a.m. at the MS office, 3373 Skaha Rd., Penticton. Everyone welcome. For more information call Sherry at 250-493-6564.TOPS BC #725 Summerland meets every Thursday in the lower level of the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Weigh-in is from 5:30 to 6 p.m. and is followed by a meeting. For more information call Marlene Vancha at 250-494-9565.

FridayBridge is played every Friday at 1 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St. Phone 250-494-8164. Cribbage is played every Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St.Pleasure Painters meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre,

9111 Peach Orchard Rd. Come and enjoy or check it out. Drop-ins welcome. Tai Chi at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. and Tuesdays at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Contact Nancy at 250-494-8902. The 890 Wing of the South Okanagan Air Force Association of Canada have a get-together every Friday night from 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. in Penticton. New mem-bers are welcome. For more information, phone Fred Monteith at 250-497-8490.

SaturdayA Ukrainian night fundraiser dinner is being held on Saturday, March 15 at 6 p.m. Tickets available at the Royal Canadian Legion on Rosedale Avenue.

SundayDivorceCare is for all who are suffering from the difficulties resulting from separation or divorce. Meeting at Summerland Baptist Church just inside the Victoria St. entrance on Sundays 5 to 7 p.m. A free course is offered. Please call 250-494-3313 or just walk in. Summerland’s own Larry Crawford, Debi Johnson and Stefan Bienz and Penticton’s Mike Treadway appear along with Vernon guitarist extraordin-aire Neil Fraser at this month’s Jazz Vespers.  The jazz-filled hour will take place Sunday, March 16, 4:30 p.m. at St. Saviours Anglican Church, 150 Orchard Ave. Penticton. All are welcome for an hour of music, relaxation and meditation.Vintage Car Club, South Okanagan Chapter, meets the last Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. in the Youth Centre on Peach Orchard Road. Anyone interested in vintage cars (those 25 years or older) is invited to attend. For more infor-mation on the club phone 250-494-5473.

MondayBeginner Tai Chi on Mondays at 2 p.m. at the Summerland Legion. Continuing classes at 2:30 p.m. All proceeds go to the Legion.Dabber Bingo is played at the Senior Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St., every Monday at 1:30 p.m. 16 regular games, Lucky 7, Odd/Even, Bonanza. Everyone is welcome. License #832873. Free workshop: stop

emot iona l / compu l -sive eating for good. Register early. Limited seating. Monday, March 17, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.. Hosted by Summerland Women’s Fitness, #2-7519 Prairie Valley Rd, Summerfair Mall. To register, call 778-516-2001, e-mail slan-dfitness@gmail.com, or drop by our facility.Join us for Pickleball, a tennis-like game, fun for all ages, at the Summerland Baptist Church gym, Victoria Road entrance, Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. Paddles provided. Wear comfortable clothes and gym shoes. For more information call 250-494-3881.Men — Love to Sing? Okanagan Christian Men’s Choir. This non-denominational choir invites you to join us, have fun, sing unto the Lord and enjoy the fellowship of other singers. Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Summerland Baptist Church, Fireside Room. For more infor-mation contact Hans at 250-494-7127. The South Okanagan Orchid Society meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Shatford Centre in Penticton. The group meets September to June. For more infor-mation, contact Joan at 250-494-4293.The Summerland Crokinole Club meets Monday nights at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Summerland Seniors Centre. Contact Darlene at 250-494-9310.

TuesdayBridge games at St. Stephen’s Church Hall on Tuesdays beginning at 1 p.m. New players are always welcome. Refreshments served. Call 250-494-6116 or 250-494-5363.Dementia Caregiver Support Group — Are you providing care or support for someone dealing with Alzheimer’s or another dementia? Please join us at our Summerland meeting to explore how we can assist you. The meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland IOOF Hall, 9536 Main St. Call Laurie Myres at 250-493-8182 or email lmyres@alzheimerbc.org.South Okanagan Genealogical Society is open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Penticton Library Museum build-ing. Contact Nola Reid at 250-492-0751.

Summerland Care-giver Group meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. at the Summerland Health Centre. Call Julie Steele at 250-404-8072 for further information. Penticton Concert Band practices Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. New members welcome. Intermediate to advanced players. Call Gerald at 250-809-2087.Quest Society of Summerland meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the meeting room at 9700 Brown St. (Parkdale Place). For more infor-mation phone Marilyn Topham at 250-494-6434 or Joan Lansdell at 778-476-0596. S u m m e r l a n d Kiwanis Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Kiwanis Lodge on Quinpool at 6 p.m. New members are welcome. Contact Tom Jacques at 250-494-4339.Summerland VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) members and friends meet the second Tuesday of the month at Parkdale Lounge.The Mental Wellness Centre, Summerland Branch, will be open the first, third and fourth Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Summerland United Church. Inquiries wel-come.The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group joins the Penticton MS Group every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a coffee social at the Cherry Lane Mall Food Court. Whist is played on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St.

Wednesday Be.Free, a 12-step Christ-centred recov-ery program that is not addiction specific, meets every Wednesday at Summerland Alliance Church at 7 p.m. For more information con-tact  the SAC office at 250-494-9975 and ask to speak to Pastor Rick.Summerland Air Cadets parade Wednesday nights, 18:15 to 21:30 hours at Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. All youth aged 12 to 18 welcome. Call the Air Cadet office at 250-494-7988. Summerland Art Club meets every Wednesday, September to June, from 9 a.m. to

3 p.m. in the lower level of the Summerland Library on Wharton Street. Painters of all levels are welcome. Workshops available. For information call Mary at 250-494-5851.Summerland ATV Club meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland Library lower level. The club promotes respon-sible ridership includ-ing registration, insur-ance, safety certification and scheduled pleasure rides. Membership includes orchardists, farmers, ranchers and fun seekers of all ages including those with disabilities.The Summerland Badminton Club plays every Wednesday at 7 p.m. all year. Shaun at 250-494-1513.

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of Canadian music  on Sunday, April 6 at 7 p.m. at Penticton United Church, corner of Main and Eckhardt, when the Penticton Tune-Agers choir and orchestra present their annual spring con-cert.  Tickets available at Dragon’s Den, 12 Front St., at the church office weekday mor-nings or from a mem-ber of the Tune-Agers. For more information contact Peggy  at 250-494-9700.Summerland Bakers is a new, fun baking club where it doesn’t matter if it didn’t turn out perfectly; we’ll eat it anyway! We meet monthly to share our creations, eat, laugh and take home heaps of leftovers. Email Sophia at pleasebringcake@gmail.com for more information or join Summerland Bakers on Facebook.

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Orca swimmers bring home bronzeSwimmers from

Summerland’s Orca Swim Club brought back bronze medals in recent competi-tion.

“I feel that the momentum of the Orca Swim Club has been building over the past three years,” said head coach Joanne Malar.

“This year in par-ticular, our swimmers have set personal goals to reach the AA and AAA Provincial time standards, and the amazing thing is that we had more swimmers qualify this year than I have ever coached before in the club!”

The Orca Swim Club sent eight swimmers to the AA Championships in Chilliwack Feb. 28 to March 2.

They returned with three bronze medals, 13 top eight finishes and 37 personal best times. Orca swim-mers racing were: Haley Berrisford, 13; Madison Hilgersom, 13; Brittany Parlia-ment, 15; Annmarie Lang-Hodge, 15; Danny Nixon, 15; Keagan Ingram, 11;

Morgan Hilgersom, 11 and Taylor Smith, 11.

“Our swimmers are earning their stripes,” Malar said. “I am so happy that they see that all their hard work pays off. Self-confidence is half the battle going into competition, and it’s so satisfy-ing as a coach to see when swimmers feel a sense of belonging at the top and many of our swimmers are just realizing their potential.”

She added that the highlight of the meet was the girls 200 metre medley relay, where the Sum-merland participants won bronze.

“Two of our four relay members had to swim up in an older age category but it was fitting that all of their best strokes suited this relay,” she said.

“They came to me with the splits they needed to do to earn a medal, and not only did they get the bronze, but they beat their projected time by over two seconds. They swam out of

their tree for this medal.”

The medley relay consists of four swimmers, each racing one of the four strokes. Madi-son Hilgersom led off with the back-stroke, Annmarie Lang-Hodge swam the breaststroke leg, Brittany Parliament

swam the butterfly leg and Haley Ber-risford anchored the team with the free-style. They earned a bronze medal by the narrowest margin of 0.01 seconds.

Berrisford topped up Orca with another two personal bronze medals in the 800m freestyle and the

400m individual medley (IM).

Parliament and Hilgersom both placed fourth in individual events, narrowly having an individual medal elude them, however, their swims were per-sonal bests.

Other Orca finalists who had gutsy top

eight individual fin-ishes included Taylor Smith and Keagan Ingram in their first AA meet and veteran Lang-Hodge.

Competitive swim-ming has a 10-month season with two peaks- the AA and AAA Provincial Championships short course (in a 25 metre

pool) in February and March and the AA and AAA Provin-cial Championships long course (in a 50 metre pool) in June and July.

With more than 100 competitive swimmers being part of Orca in Summer-land, there are more meets this spring and summer.

The Kamloops Spring Madness meet was held March 8 and 9.

The Vernon Invita-tional is April 12 and 13 while the Kelowna Invitational is May 9 to 11.

The Long Course AA and AAA will be held in Victoria June 20 to 22 and July 3 to 6.

Orca will be having their Swim-a-thon fundraiser Saturday, April 5 where swim-mers will complete up to 200 lengths (five kilometres) in two hours.

Registration to join Orca for the upcoming season will be on Thurs-day, June 12 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Summerland Aqua-tic Centre.

Medal winnersThe Orca Swim Club’s relay team won bronz in the 200 metre medley relay. From left are Haley Ber-risford ,13; Brittany Parliament, 15; Annmarie Lang-Hodge, 15 and Madison Hilgersom, 13.

CrokinoleSixth Annual B.C. Open Crokinole

ChampionshipResults: March 1Competitive Doubles Division: First

Michael Hughes (Summerland) and Jody Good (West Kelowna), second Linda Irvine (Oliver) and Ralph Hargrave (Osoyoos), third Ed Ripley & Jordan Ripley (Summerland), fourth Adrian Conradi (Kamloops) and Krista Hargrave (Osoyoos)

Competitive Singles Division: First Adrian Conradi (Kamloops), second Quin Erzinger (Penticton), third Jody Good (West Kelowna), fourth Linda Irvine (Oliver)

Recreational Doubles Division: first Nancy Clarke and Peter Critchley (Arm-strong), second Pearl Pauls and Wilf Pauls (Enderby), third Bruce Slater (Summerland) and Andreas Wins-Purdy (Penticton), fourth Reilly Irvine & Cecil Smith (Oliver)

Recreational Singles Division: first Andreas Wins-Purdy (Penticton), second Wilf Pauls (Enderby), third Saje Good (West Kelowna), fourth Brendan Pauls (Kelowna)

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Karate medalsFour Summerland athletes brought back medals in karate at the B.C. Winter Games. From left are Declan Riddle, Mickayla Becker, Takeshi Smith and Simonka Slizek. Becker earned silver in the kumite girls intermediate 44-kilogram weight class. She and Slizek earned bronze in girls kata. Riddle and Smith earned bronze in team kata.

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logging business & his favourite retirement pastime was golf. John was happiest when working.John was born in Westbank Feb. 27, 1915, youngest son of Washington & Kathleen(Drought) Brown. He was predeceased by his 1st wife Marjorie (Young) Brown in 1998 and his 2nd wife Iris (Walker) Brown in 2013. Also predeceased by his older siblings George, Harry, Charlotte Ingram and Jeane.John is survived by Jan Blower (Bill) Westbank, Doug Brown (Grace), Westbank and Evonne Hickaway (Darrel) Summerland, 4 grandchildren, Steve Blower (Heather), Donna Blower(Tonya) Jen Brown & Dan Brown and 8 great grandchildren.As requested by John there will be no funeral but a celebration of John’s life will be held at a later date when the Westbank Community Hall reopens. John as a teenager helped to build the original hall.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your favourite charity.The family wishes to thank all the staff at The Village at Smith Creek for their extraordinary care and kindness to John during his 5 year stay!

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Stanwood, Lillian MargaretPassed away peacefully on Feb. 28, 2014 at 97 years of age. Remembered and sadly missed by her three sons and two daughters: Bruce (Judy) Stanwood,   Philip (Shirley) Stanwood, Ronda (Allan) Fabbi, Sharon (Bob) Morgan, Greg (Gail) Stanwood, eleven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Lillian was sadly predeceased by husband, Lawrence Stanwood in 2002. Lillian was a very special person with a heart of gold and a deep love of her family.  She will be remembered for her ‘fashion sense’  and her love of all sports, especially golf. Special thanks to her caregivers at Angus Place in Summerland and recently, Spring Valley Care Center, Kelowna, who immediately embraced her loving nature and gave her exceptional comforting care throughout her last few months there. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.

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FLYNN, Francis (Frank) JamesJuly, 1928 - February, 2014

Frank was born in Vancouver, 30th July, 1928 and passed away in Burnaby 6th February, 2014 after a lengthy illness. Frank was predeceased by his son Brian in 2013. Frank is survived by his loving wife Doris and his family. Two daughters, Karen (Zafar), Georgina and son Michael. Stepsons, Jon Paul (Jae-Bun), Robert (Tina), Jeffery and Jeremy, twelve grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

TIDBALL - Janet DorothyTIDBALL - Janet Dorothy Tidball passed away on the 2nd of March, 2014, at the age of 83. Jan-et is survived by her two daughters, Judy Tid-ball and Elaine Mearns, her son Rob Tidball, 6 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Janet was sadly predeceased by her husband, Bill. Janet grew up in Penticton with two sisters and a brother (predeceased). Janet holds the honor of being a princess in Penticton’s first Peach Fes-tival. She married Bill after WWII and moved their young family to Vancouver. They moved back to the Okanagan in 1974 where Janet en-joyed many years being very active at St. Mi-chaels. Janet will be sadly missed by her family and friends.A Memorial Service was held Thursday, March 6th, at 1:00 PM at St. Michael’s Cathedral, 608 Sutherland Street, Kelowna, with a reception that followed in the church hall. Should family and friends so desire, memorial donations may be made to the BC Alzheimer Society. Condolenc-es may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.

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Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience.Apply at:www.sperryrail.com,

careers & then choosethe FastTRACK Application.

Career Opportunities

Employment

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

REGIONAL and Long haul drivers wanted. We offer stable secure employment, Extended Benefi ts, Pension Plan, Auto Deposit Pay, $0.70 per mile BC runs, $0.65 BC/AB runs, paid tire chains, tarps, and extra picks /drops. Class 1 with clean abstract and verifi able mountain experi-ence, apply online: at sutco.ca or fax: 250-357-2009. Call 1-888-357-2612 Ext:230

Career Opportunities

Employment

Trades, TechnicalENSIGN IS looking for Assist-ant Drillers, Drillers, Night Tour Pushes, and Rig Managers for our Australian Division. Re-cruiter’s will be in Nisku, Alber-ta, March 31 - April 9 to con-duct interviews. If you want to hear more about our Interna-tional opportunities please contact our Global group and apply online at www.ensign jobs.com. Call 1-888-367-4460.

HVAC Journeymen for Beebe Mechanical Systems in Thun-der Bay, ON. Full service un-ion shop. Relocation Incentive will be discussed with suc-cessful candidates. Trade and Gas (G3 min) Certifi cate re-quired. Please send your re-sume to: christa@beebeme-chanical.ca or fax to: 807-623-2551

Services

Financial ServicesANNACIS ISLAND Pawnbrok-ers open ‘till midnight 7 days a week. 604-540-1122. Cash loans for jewellery, computers, smartphones, games, tools etc. #104-1628 Fosters Way at Cliveden. annacisislandpawn brokers.com.DROWNING IN debt? Cut debts more than 60% & debt free in half the time! Avoid bankruptcy! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1-877-556-3500 BBB Rated A+GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

Legal ServicesCRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certifi -cation, adoption property ren-tal opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

HandypersonsBill’s Handyman Service. “No Job Too Small” Fencing, Decks, Land-scaping, Cleanup & Removal, Small moves. 250-494-7267 Summerland

Painting & Decorating

Residential painting. Small jobs welcome. Heather Ross 250-494-7697

WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM (1) 250-899-3163

3 Rooms For $299,2 Coats Any Colour

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls. Cloverdale Premium

Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT, until job is completed!

Pets & Livestock

Pet ServicesLooking for doggie daycare in Summerland or Penticton, 2 days a week from 2:30-11:30 pm. Call Lily at 250-809-2180

Help Wanted

Merchandise for Sale

Appliances

#180-1652 Fairview Rd(across from Home Hardware)

NEW & REBUILT APPLIANCES HUGE SELECTION - LOWEST PRICES

493-3011 492-7236

Ask about our6 month buyback

Rebuilt Appliances with Full Warranties

WASHERS from $299WASHER/DRYER sets from $449FRIDGES from $299RANGES from $299

FirearmsWANTED: FIREARMS. All types wanted, estates, collec-tions, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Deal-er. 1.866.960.0045 website: www.dollars4guns.com.

FurnitureSLIDE INTO COMFORT w/ A

BRAND NEW QUEEN MATTRESS $160. Still in plastic, mfg. warranty.

250.870.2562

Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

SAWMILLS FROM only$4,897 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDING sale. Big year end clear out continued! 20x20 $3,915. 25x28 $4,848. 30x32 $6,339. 32x34 $7,371. 40x50 $12,649. 47x68 $16,691. One end wall includ-ed. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

STEEL BUILDINGS/metalbuildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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Pete’s Massage

Call for Appointment

250-274-4634

5177 Eden Road

Massage therapy for athletes and active agers.

FRT and Fascial stretching.

Stay on top of your game

$40 for 50 minutes

www.doctorwiens.com 250-494-3321

106-13615 Victoria Rd. N.

Dr. Jese Wiens, B.Sc. ND.

Naturopathic Doctor

Allergy testing and

desensitization available.

Start now for results this spring!

Wendy Otto B.Sc.P.T., C.A.F.C.I., M.C.P.A.

Pieter Rijke, R.P.T., L.Ac.

Greg Nield, R.M.T.

Lisa Hallquist, B.C.R.P.A.

10121 MAIN ST., SUMMERLAND

Phone: 250-494-1828www.summerlandphysio.com

SUMMERLAND Physiotherapy

Medical Services DirectorySummerland’s Health Professionals

Advertise your Business HERE

for only $20 per week

+ GST. (10 week commitment)

Call Jo @ 250.494.5406

10108 Jubilee Road250-494-3155

Convenient Hours:Open Mon. - Fri.: 8:30 am - 9 pm

Sat: 9 am - 6 pm Sun & Holidays: 10 am - 6 pm

FREE PRESCRIPTION DELIVERIES

Tara Ricketts, B.Sc. (Pharm)Basil Cogill, B.Sc. (Pharm)

Ida Vergamini, B.Sc. (Pharm)

Dr. Shane Carlson

250-494-3321#106-13615 Victoria Rd. N.

www.summerlandchiropractic.com

SUMMERLAND FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC

Licensed Chiropractor since 1998

Summerland Medicine Centre Pharmacy

#100-13009 Rosedale Ave. Pharmacy: 250-494-0531

Monday - Thursday: 9am - 7:30pm Friday: 9am - 7pm

Saturday, Sunday & Holidays: 12pm - 4pm

FREE DELIVERY

- Doug Mailey, Pharmacist- Al Fabbi, Pharmacist- Ron Little, Pharmacist

See our daily specials and our entiremenu online at www.yakispizza.com

SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

Summerland residents turn to the pages of this paper to find professional and reliable local companies and service providers. To add it to your marketing mix, call 250-494-5406

QUALITY residential/commercial storage, Professional Wine Vaults,

rates from $15.00/month250-494-5444 • 9400 Cedar Ave.

www.aaministoragewinecellar.com

www.martinstfl owers.comSUMMERLAND

#3-13604 Victoria Rd. N. in the Sungate Plaza250-494-5432 or 1-877-494-5432

Specializing in fl owers for every occasion

14205 Rosedale Ave. • 250-494-9781

DID YOU KNOW THAT......We have a 10 foot big screen to watch

your favourite sport?

SHOE REPAIR DEPOTNOW IN SUMMERLAND

PICK UP ANDDELIVERY AT

#3-13604 VICTORIA ROAD NORTHCannery Shoe Repair & Western Wear

Now Selling Canada West Western, Biker & Work Boots.

307-1475 fairview roadpenticton • 250-492-5501

Notice to Creditors and OthersNOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of William John-Tait Lennie, deceased, who died on the 5th day of November, 2013, are hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned executor, care of P.O. Box 576, #107-13615 Victoria Road North, Summerland BC V0H 1Z0, by March 31, 2014, after which date the executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which they have notice.

Denese Espeut-Post Avery Law Office P.O. Box 576#107-13615 Victoria Road NorthSummerland, BC V0H 1Z0

DL#

1116

2

9203 James Avenue

250-494-0010

• Volkswagen & Import Repair Specialists

• Auto Sales• Used Auto PartsAUTOMOTIVE LTD.

ValleyWest

Legal Notices Legal Notices

Auto Services

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. WantedCoin Collector Looking to Buy Collections, Estates, Gold & Silver Coins + 499-0251Chad

COLLECTOR looking to buy a coin collection. Also looking for coins, bars, medals, ingots from Royal Canadian Mint, Franklin Mint, US Mint & oth-ers. Todd 250-864-3521 I make house calls!

Wanted - Hard shell golf club travel case. Please phone Ken at 250-494-9848.

We pay cash! Bring in your unwanted jewelry, gold dental crowns, silverware, war med-als, Canadian and US silver coins to Summerland Gold and Silver Exchange. 13209 Victoria Road. Locally owned and operated. 778-516-5888.

Musical Instruments

GUITAR & UKULELE LESSONS

Summerland Sounds250-494-8323

Real Estate

Open HousesOPEN HOUSE MAR 9TH. 16748 85th Surrey, Gorgeous Fleetwood Home. 6 bedroom, 4 bath, 3,651 sq ft. Lot 6,069 sq ft. 18yrs old. A grand entrance with vaulted ceil-ings, and massive windows, Kitch-en/family room are open concept. Family room shares a double fi re-place with the den. Mountain view $649,999. For virtual tour:info@ barbraven.comPhone: 778-928-4524

Rentals

Apartment Furnished

Furnished main fl oor bachelor apartment. Includes W/D, TV. $600/mo. NS. 250-494-5444.

Homes for Rent1 bdrm home w/ large private yard. F/S, W/D. $750 per mo + utilities. Leave message at 250-494-1033.

Suites, LowerGround level suite, 1350 sq ft, 2 bedrooms plus den/offi ce, W/D, F/S, carport/garage. N/S, N/P. $850 per month (nego-tiable) plus utilities. Close to town. 250-494-8617.

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts

Auto Financing

Auto Financing - Dream Catcher, Apply Today! Drive Today! 1.800.910.6402

Auto Loans. All Credit Approved. Bad Credit Guru. www.badcreditguru.com or call 1.844.843.4878

Auto Services

Transportation

Vehicle WantedGOT Old Cars or Parts Laying Around? New, upcoming web-site to connect sellers and buyers. Want to know more? Email us a list of what you have and we will send you a fact sheet.drew@rustedfenders.com

Legal

Legal NoticesDavid Hanna, unit #D90, will be liquidated March 20, 2014 for non-payment of rent. A & A Mini Storage. 250-494-5444.

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Well, lookie here.

One minute you have a perfectly good Blue Box recycling program. The next, something new and rather questionable is being put in its place. And they thought they’d get away with it right under your nose, without telling you or asking your opinion.

That’s defi nitely not democracy in action.

The BC Government, elected by us to represent our best interests, has decided to offl oad the costs of recycling to big multi-national corporations. To implement this new plan, they’ve set up an association that doesn’t really seem to hold the environment, local jobs, or the municipalities that run the Blue Box program, close to its heart.

Perhaps that’s why some of our local elected offi cials are using the word “scam” to describe how the new program is being set up. It’s also perhaps why several of BC’s municipalities refuse to jump on board.

That’s gotta tell you something.

Now it’s your turn to let Premier Christy Clark know what you think. Contact her today to say that dismantling an already-working recycling program to replace it with something that few people think will be as good, is a bad idea.

What’s going on here?

Email Christy Clark at premier@gov.bc.ca or call 250-387-1715. For more info, visit RethinkItBC.ca. #RethinkItBC.

This Message is brought to you by:

While you’re not looking, this is what’s happening to BC’s world renowned recycling program.

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