Summerland Review, December 24, 2014

A career in advertising sales

For the past 24 years, Jo Freed has handled newspaper advertising needs for Summerland’s busi-nesses.

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Power supplyA lineman from

Summerland was in Washington to provide assistance following a significant power out-age.

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Counting birdsBird watchers

recorded the num-ber of birds during an annual count.

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Hockey winsThe Summerland

Steam skated to a pair of wins on the week-end.

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Requests forseasonal hampers up 19 per cent from past years

by John Arendt

The Summerland Food Bank distributed 143 Christmas hampers this year, up significant-ly from last year’s num-ber.

Tara Hollas, resource coordinator of the Sum-merland Food Bank and Resource Centre said a total of 300 people — 201 adults and 99 children — benefitted from the sea-sonal hampers.

The demand was great-er than last year, said John Bubb, president of the food bank.

A year ago, 120 ham-pers were distributed.

“It’s not really surpris-ing,” Bubb said of the increased need. “The cost of living continues to go up, but wages don’t go up.”

Those receiving dis-ability payments and those working for low wages make up the lar-gest numbers of food bank recipients, he said.

“We need an adjust-ment to the welfare and disability rates,” he said “These rates are woefully

inadequate for today’s costs.”

While the demand has increased, the community gave generously to sup-port the food bank.

B u b b said food donations were lower than last year, but cash dona-tions were significant-ly higher.

Cash donations are appreciated since they allow the food bank more flexibility in acquiring the food items needed.

“This community is

amazing,” he said. “We’re constantly humbled by the response of the com-munity to what we’re doing.”

In addition to food

bank donations, Summer-landers gave generously to the Toys and Toonies for Tots and Teens gift drive.

Kathy Janzen, who coordinates the gift distri-

bution along with Wendy Schindel and Maxine Millis, said gifts were dis-tributed to 103 children in 49 families.

“People are very gen-erous here,” she said. “we’re able to give the children a good supply of toys. It’s really quite heartwarming.”

Over the past two months, the community has had numerous initia-tives to support the food bank and the seasonal gift drive.

The food bank pro-vided assistance to 239 households, representing 557 people, between Nov. 1, 2013 and Oct. 31, 2014.

Food bank demand rises

Merry Christmas

Holiday trainThe Kettle Valley Steam Railway’s Christmas Express Trains provided a festive atmosphere for passengers. The train rides were sold out this past weekend and the weekend previously.

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“It’s not really surprising, The cost of living continues to go up, but wages don’t go up.”

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Food bank fundsFull Circle Outlet presented a check for $300 to the Summerland Food Bank on Dec. 19. Pictured is John Ryland, a board member with Full Circle, and Jenny Nemeth, store manager.

Christmas givingStudents at Giant’s Head Elementary School collected toys and cash donations for the Summerland Fire Department’s annual Toys and Toonies for Tots and Teens gift drive. The cash donations totalled $375.69. In the back row is George Pugh of the Summerland Fire Department.

Stolen vehicle recoveredA vehicle stolen from Summerland last

week was recovered in Alberta.The 1997 Honda CRV was stolen from

Jewell Place on Dec. 18. Police say the keys were in the vehicle at the time.

It was located in Canmore, Alta. on Dec. 20, where it had been abandoned.

There are no suspects in this incident.items stolen from vehicle

Overnight on Dec. 15, a vehicle at Pineo Court was entered and items were taken.

Police say the door was pried open. Money and keys were taken.

There are no suspects at present.Driver receives suspension

Police issued one suspension during sea-sonal road checks last week.

The motorist was given a 90-day driving prohibition and the vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

The municipality will hold a public information meeting to discuss the meter failures following a recent power surge.

The meeting will be held at the Arena Banquet Room on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m.

Don Darling, dir-ector of works and utilities for the muni-cipality, said the power surge early on Nov. 26 damaged 69 electrical meters and affected around 220 residences.

The incident occurred following a heavy snowfall.

Property owners whose meters were

damaged in this inci-dent must retain an electrician to per-form a megger test on their electrical system.

The test involves disconnecting all electrical and elec-tronic items and then introducing 500 volts to the internal wiring to determine if there was damage.

The cost for this test is estimated at $600.

A 15-page report, prepared for the municipality by Pri-mary Engineering and Construction of Kelowna, is available on the municipality’s website.

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When a winter storm bat-tered Washington State ear-lier this month, Bill Wilson of Summerland helped to restore the electrical power.

Wilson, who works as a lineman with the City of Pen-ticton, was one of four Pentic-ton workers who travelled to Washington to provide assist-ance.

He and fellow Summer-lander Ryan Robillard were in the northern part of the state, along with other elec-trical workers from around British Columbia.

By the time they arrived, there was a 20-vehicle convoy of electrical workers, from many communities.

Wilson and Robillard left on Wednesday, Dec. 10, after work and were in Washing-ton for five days.

“It was a great experience,” Wilson recalled. “It was the chance of a lifetime.”

Wilson and the other elec-trical utility workers assisted

Puget Sound Energy. The energy utility serves

more than one million elec-trical customers in northwest Washington.

The storm left 170,000 electrical customers without power.

Restoring the electrical power was a big job. Wil-son and the others worked long hours, with little down time, in the rush to restore the power.

The weather conditions were ideal, he said.

The storm’s high winds were over by the time the restoration work began and the workers had blue skies, sunshine and mild conditions as they reconnected the elec-trical power.

“They were appreciative of our work,” Wilson said.

Earlier this year, Wilson finished his apprenticeship as a lineman. Earlier, he had worked as an electrician.

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Food bank supportTimothy Broesch, left of Edward Jones in Summerland, presents a $250 donation to Colin Powell of the Summerland Food Bank. Edward Jones partnered with Summerland IGA, where Powell is the manager, in the fundraising initiative.

A dozen Summer-land families will have special guests for Christmas dinner tomorrow as a part of a NeighbourLink initiative.

S u m m e r l a n d ’ s Great Christmas Match-Up was intro-duced this fall as a way to bring togeth-er those who wish to host others for the day and those who do not want to spend Christmas Day alone.

Mirjana Koml-jenovic, commun-ity coordinator for NeighbourLink said

a dozen host families responded.

“It’s been very positive,” she said.

When the call was announced last month, the response from host families was encouraging, Komljenovic said.

In past years, vari-ous churches in Sum-merland have hosted a special dinner on Christmas Day. More recently, one Sum-merland restaurant offered a Christmas dinner for several years.

Komljenovic said this year’s initiative

is important since there are some who would otherwise spend Christmas on their own.

“How do we bring the spirit of Christ-mas into the com-munity? This is what we are about,” she said.

K o m l j e n o v i c expects next year’s event will be big-ger than this year’s match-up.

She added that the Great Christmas Match-Up will likely become an annual event in Summer-land.

Families open homes for Christmas dinner

Lineman helps after outage in Washington

Restoring powerBill Wilson, a Summerlander who works as a lineman with the City of Penticton, was in Washington State earlier this month to help restore elec-trical power following a signifi-cant outage. Wilson and others spent five days, working long hours, to restore electricity.

Construction workLibrarians Sue Kline, left, Dianne Broadbent and Caroline McKay were at the site of the new library building for the recent pouring of the concrete. The building on Main Street will replace the library’s present crowded facility on Wharton Street.

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At this time of the year, there are many requests from charities of all sorts.

Un fo r tu -nately, there are also some d o n a t i o n requests which are questionable at best and dis-honest at worst.

Each bogus request also makes fundraising more difficult for legit-imate organizations.

Before making a contribution, please take the time to find out about the organizations asking for a year-end donation.

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VICTORIA – In case you missed the outcome of the latest United Nations climate change conference in Lima, Peru, it was another costly, embarrassing failure.

This one is likely to be remembered mostly for a stag-geringly stupid stunt by Green-peace employ-ees, who were t h r e a t e n e d with pros-ecution for defacing the Nazca Lines, a world herit-age site in the Peruvian desert.

These vast 1,500-year-old petroglyphs, visible from space, are among the great myster-ies of archaeology. “Time for a change!” blared huge yellow letters dragged across the sacred site by paid protesters tramp-ling the delicate terrain. I’ll say it’s time for a change, starting with scratching Greenpeace off your Christmas card list.

Earlier there was the spec-tacle of Canada’s national media, reflexively denouncing Ottawa’s supposed inaction on greenhouse gases after U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a surprise climate agreement with China in advance of Peru.

“Over to you, Mr. Prime Minister,” chirped CBC anchor Wendy Mesley, joining other TV networks in falsely por-traying the U.S. deal as a break-through.

This non-binding gesture soon produced many cartoons,

one of which shows Obama stripped to his underwear in a poker game with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is surrounded by a pile of chips and an American flag.

The U.S.-China announce-ment served as a preview of Peru, where developing coun-tries would again refuse any substantive restrictions on their fuel use. China graciously agreed to continue ramping up its world-leading greenhouse gas emissions until 2030, while lame-duck Obama pretended he could commit the U.S. to further reductions.

Between them, the U.S. and China account for about half of global human-caused car-bon emissions. Due mostly to the surge from China and India, Canada’s share has fallen from two per cent to 1.5, which should help put all those “tar sands” protests into perspec-tive.

Days later, Environment Canada released its latest national emission statistics, an event ignored by most media.

“Between 2005 and 2012, total Canadian GHG emissions decreased by 5.1 per cent, while the economy grew by 10.6 per cent over the same period,” the report states.

B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak joined the throngs who jetted to Lima. There she met officials from California and other U.S. states to re-announce their modest efforts to put a price on carbon emis-sions. TV anchors and other wide-eyed innocents might have been left with the mis-

taken impression that the huge U.S. petroleum industry is cut-ting back, when in fact it has grown enormously thanks to shale oil and gas production.

And California continues to produce, by its own state government measure, the most carbon-intensive heavy crude in North America.

Overshadowing all of this is the drop in the world price of oil, mainly the result of Saudi Arabia flooding the market in an effort to push competitors out of business. In the latest sign of the U.S. public’s lack of interest in reducing emis-sions, sales of larger vehicles immediately spiked up as gaso-line prices fell.

I’m still receiving criticism for a recent column in which I declared myself an “agnostic” on human-caused global warm-ing. Agnostic means searcher, and my search has continued for real signs of climate change and its potential causes.

Our glaciers are receding, no question, but the current trend started around the 1850s, when a sport utility vehicle had one horsepower in leather har-ness and B.C. was about to be declared a British colony.

But amid the noise, there is serious evidence being put forward that our province is undergoing a climate shift with major consequences. And there are calls for action.

I’ll discuss that next week.Tom Fletcher is legisla-

ture reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

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This Christmas, a dozen Sum-merland families will open their homes to guests who would otherwise be alone for the holiday.

This spirit of generosity is inspiring and e n c o u r a g i n g . This is a season of giv-ing and generosity.

Sharing a meal is one way of showing this spirit of giving.

Hosting a family at Christmas may also become an important part of the annual holiday trad-itions for some.

ourpickThe need

among usThe number of Christmas

food hampers distributed in Summerland rose significantly this year.

Last week, a total of 143 hampers were distributed to households in the community, up from 120 a year earlier.

The hampers provided for 300 people, one third of them children.

Over the past year, 557 people from 239 Summerland households received food bank assistance.

Problems of hunger and poverty do not just exist in other parts of the world. The same problems are present here, in our community. People we know are affected.

The Summerland Food Bank was established 30 years ago, in 1984. Each year since then, the need has continued to increase.

The growing demand for food bank assistance is not unique to Summerland. Similar trends have been observed provincially and nationally.

Over the past year, 97,369 British Columbians received assistance from food banks.

Across Canada, food banks assist 841,191 people each month.

The people of Summerland have been generous in their support of the food bank, especially as the festive sea-son approaches.

Individuals, schools, ser-vice organizations and busi-nesses have collected food and cash donations to help meet the demand at this time of the year.

The same level of gen-erosity shows in the annual Toys and Toonies for Tots and Teens gift drive.

While this outpouring of support is heartwarming and inspiring, more is needed.

In addition to giving gener-ously, it is important to exam-ine the causes of poverty in our community and to take measures to address those causes.

The growing need for food bank assistance is a disturbing trend which must not con-tinue unchecked.

Climate talks end 2014 in disarray

Tom Fletcher

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Love and joy for ChristmasGifts under the Christmas tree in the 1930s—a stylish hat, cozy quilt, and a pair of warm socks—thoughtful and appreciated, but perhaps not quite as appreciated as the little bundle huddling on the chair. He’s doing his best to blend into the background so he’s a bit hard to see, but the timid puppy will no doubt soon be happily embraced by his new best friend. Christmas love and joy for a child and a puppy with a promise of happy times together. And that’s what we at the museum wish for you: a Christmas filled with love and joy and a very happy New Year (puppy optional).

Photo courtesy of the Summerland Museum

The early years

Last Friday was the last sitting day of 2014 for the House of Commons as the House breaks for the

holiday and allows Members of Par-liament time to be back in home ridings before the session

resumes in January of 2015.

However as is often the case while the House of Commons

rises the Canadian Senate continues to sit for a number of additional days and on Tuesday evening

of this week nine Bills became law as Royal Assent was received on Bills C-45, S-211, S-5, C-483, C-442, C-428, C-43, C-525 and C-266.

What are these new laws? Bill C-45 is a Government Bill and in this instance is an Appropriations Act. Bill S-5 is a Senate Bill – An Act to amend the Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve Act. Bill C-43 is a Government Bill and also the Gov-ernments Economic Action Plan budget for 2014.

A number of Pri-vate Members Bills also received Royal Assent. Bill C-483, An Act to amend the Corrections and Con-ditional Release Act.

This act is an administrative one that transfers the authority to authorize a temporary escorted absence of a crimin-al convicted of first and second degree murder (within three years of full parole eligibility) to the Par-ole Board of Canada as opposed to a pris-on warden as is the current situation.

Proponents of this bill have suggested there is greater accountability to vic-tims when the Par-ole Board of Canada is the authorizing authority in these types of situations.

Bill S-211 is The National Health and Fitness Day Act, sponsored by B.C. Senator Nancy Greene-Raine; it is a Private Member’s Bill first tabled in the Sen-ate that designates the first Saturday in June as a day to pro-mote increased par-ticipation in fitness and sports activities.

Bill C-442 was sponsored by BC MP and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and is the Federal Framework on Lyme Disease Act – this is a bill I voted in sup-port of and also heard strong support from a number of constitu-ents across Okanag-an-Coquihalla.

Bill C-428 is the Indian Act Amend-ment and Replace-ment Act — and is the first private members bill passed by a First Nations MP in the history of the House of Commons. I voted in support of this bill.

The final two bills passed this week were both private members bill as well.

Bill C-525 is the Employees’ Voting Rights Act that pro-vides for a demo-cratic private ballot in matters of union-ization and de-certifi-cation under federal jurisdiction.

Finally Bill C-266, the Pope John Paul II Day Act, designates that April 2 of each year be recognized as Pope John Paul II Day – this bill does not propose that April 2 would be a holiday but rather a day to recognize some of the achievements of Pope John Paul II in pro-moting freedom and human rights.

Some of these bill

were strongly sup-ported by all sides of the House of Com-mons while others were only supported by a small majority of votes.

From my per-spective while it is often disagreement that most defines the House of Com-mons the fact that a First Nations MP and also the leader of the Green Party with a caucus of just two Members of Par-liament have intro-duced private mem-bers bills that have become law is evi-dence of the fact that diversity and debate remain healthy and vibrant in our Can-adian Parliament.

At times there will always be disagree-ment but across party lines there can also be consensus as Mem-bers of Parliament do work together in support on common areas of concern.

While it is often common to focus on the challenges and conflicts it should not be forgotten that col-lectively over the years our Parliamentary democracy, in spite of the many flaws and shortcomings has con-sistently helped to cre-ate the great country of Canada.

It has been a priv-ilege to represent the good people of Oka-nagan-Coquihal la over this past session that has also been a very productive one.

I welcome your comments, questions and concerns on mat-ters before the House of Commons. I can be reached at [email protected] or toll free at 1-800-665-8711.

Dan Albas is the MP for Okanagan Coquihalla.

Nine bills receive royal assent

Dear Editor:As a B.C. resident

and avid hunter I was shocked to learn about the Guide-Out-fitters Association of British Columbia’s proposal to reduce my hunting oppor-tunities in favour of foreign big game tro-phy hunters.

Like many British Columbians, I rely on hunting to feed my

family, so this pro-posal basically takes food out of our freez-er.

Over the years, there’s been steady erosion in the num-ber of hunting per-mits granted to Brit-ish Columbians.

More than 70,000 B.C. hunters apply for 13,000 lottery licenses to hunt moose annu-ally, so only one in

five hunters gets to hunt moose every year.

Most provinces and U.S. states limit foreign hunters to five to 10 per cent of wild game allocation.

But the Guide-Outfitters Associa-tion of B.C. is push-ing to increase that limit to 25 to 40 per cent in B.C., which is unprecedented in

North America.There has to be a

reasonable balance between residents’ access to hunting to provide organic, wild meat for their families and for-eign trophy hunters desire to pursue wild game in this prov-ince.

I would like to see a fair wildlife hunt-ing allocation with 90

per cent going to Brit-ish Columbians and 10 per cent going to foreign trophy hunt-ers and the outfitters

who guide them.I encourage all

British Columbians to write their local MLA and let them know

that B.C.’s wildlife is a public resource and not for sale.

Brian FodeyPenticton

B.C.’s wildlife resource is not for sale

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The Penticton Christmas bird count was held on Dec. 14.

There were 47 observers in 20 to 24 parties.

They recorded 153 party-hours and covered 704 party-kilometres.

The temperature ranged from 1 to 3 C, with no wind and no snow up to 1,000 metres.

At 1,400 metres, 20 centimetres of snow was recorded.

Canada Goose .......................1,650 Trumpeter Swan ..........................9 Tundra Swan ................................4 Wood Duck ..................................1 Gadwall ........................................8 Eurasian Wigeon .........................1 American Wigeon ................... 117 Mallard ..................................1,670 Redhead ....................................505 Ring-necked Duck .......................1 Greater Scaup ..........................185 Lesser Scaup...............................39 Bufflehead ..................................96 Common Goldeneye .................44 Barrow’s Goldeneye ...................5 Hooded Merganser ...................21 Common Merganser .................62 Ring-necked Pheasant ..............19 Ruffed Grouse ..............................3 grouse, sp. ....................................1 California Quail ....................2,954 Common Loon .............................8 Pied-billed Grebe.......................10 Horned Grebe ............................91 Red-necked Grebe .......................9 Western Grebe .............................6 Great Blue Heron ......................19 Bald Eagle ...................................26 Sharp-shinned Hawk ................16 Cooper’s Hawk .........................16 Northern Goshawk .....................1 Red-tailed Hawk .......................42 Rough-legged Hawk...................1 Golden Eagle ................................1 American Kestrel .......................16 Merlin ..........................................12 Peregrine Falcon ..........................1 hawk, sp. ......................................1 American Coot.........................642 Mew Gull ......................................3 Ring-billed Gull .......................132 California Gull ...........................30 Herring Gull...............................71 Thayer’s Gull ...............................3 Glaucous-winged Gull ...........123 GW X Western Gull ....................1 GL X GW ? Gull...........................1

gull, sp. .....................................496 Rock Pigeon .............................691 Eurasian Collared-Dove ...........89 Mourning Dove .........................34 Western Screech-Owl ..................3 Great Horned Owl ....................14 Northern Pygmy-Owl ................4 Northern Saw-whet Owl............2 Belted Kingfisher .........................8 Downy Woodpecker .................15 Hairy Woodpecker ....................12 Am. 3-toed Woodpecker ............1 Red-shafted Flicker .................547 Pileated Woodpecker ..................3 Northern Shrike ...........................3 Gray Jay ........................................3 Steller’s Jay ...............................146 Clark’s Nutcracker ....................82 Black-billed Magpie ................377 American Crow .......................212 Common Raven .......................335 Black-capped Chickadee ........191 Mountain Chickadee ..............133Boreal Chickadee .........................1 Red-breasted Nuthatch ............70 White-breasted Nuthatch ...........6 Pygmy Nuthatch .....................251 Brown Creeper .............................8 Canyon Wren ...............................3 Bewick’s Wren .............................2 Pacific Wren .................................4 American Dipper ........................4 Golden-crowned Kinglet..........21 Ruby-crowned Kinglet ...............8 Western Bluebird .....................161 Townsend’s Solitaire .................19 American Robin ......................335 Varied Thrush ..............................2 European Starling .............. 11,898 Bohemian Waxwing .............7,849 Cedar Waxwing .........................27 Yellow-rumped Warbler .............8 Spotted Towhee .........................18 Song Sparrow ..........................319 White-crowned Sparrow ..........66 Dark-eyed (Ore) Junco ........1,151 Dark-eyed (Sc) Junco ..................7Red-winged Blackbird ............123 Brewer’s Blackbird ......................8 Pine Grosbeak ............................21 House Finch .............................725 Red Crossbill ..............................68 Common Redpoll ......................20 Pine Siskin ..................................17 American Goldfinch ...............484 Evening Grosbeak .....................23 House Sparrow ........................522 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS .....36,326 TOTAL SPECIES ........................98

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Festive choirGrade 1 students at Giant’s Head Elementary School sing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer during the school’s holiday concert which was held last week.

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Virk shuffled to new job after Kwantlen flap

by Tom FletcherBlack Press

VICTORIA – Pre-mier Christy Clark has moved embat-tled cabinet minister Amrik Virk out of his advanced edu-cation ministry role

as the government wrapped up its probe into unauthorized signing bonuses for new executives at Kwantlen Polytech-nic University.

Virk trades cabinet jobs with Vancou-ver-Quilchena MLA Andrew Wilkinson, who was serving as technology, innova-tion and citizens’ ser-

vices minister. The announcement came Thursday, after the government released the latest results of a probe of the Kwantlen hirings.

Virk was an inspector with the Langley RCMP and volunteer Kwantlen board member before being elected MLA for Surrey-Tynehead last year. In November, the NDP produced emails that contra-dicted Virk’s claim he was not involved in a decision to get around B.C. salary guidelines for univer-sity executives.

Virk said he for-got about an email

exchange where he proposed a research allowance for then-University of Regina dean of business Ann Lavack for the pos-ition of vice-presi-dent academic at Kwantlen. B.C. pub-lic service pay rules limited the position to $170,000 a year, and Lavack took the job in 2011 with a $20,000 research allowance and a $50,000 “consulting fee” that were not reported to provin-cial officials.

Clark also announced three new cabinet assistant appointments.

o Peace River

South MLA Mike Bernier takes a new position as parlia-mentary secretary for “energy literacy and the environment,” reporting to Environ-ment Minister Mary Polak.

o North Vancou-ver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite is parliamentary secretary for child mental health and anti-bullying, report-ing to Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux.

o Penticton MLA Dan Ashton is par-liamentary secretary to Finance Minister Mike de Jong.

Provincial cabinet restructured

Seasonal songsGrade 1 students at Trout Creek Elementary School sing and perform actions during their winter concert on Thursday. Schools are now closed for winter break. Classes will resume on Monday, Jan. 5.

Prize winnersHerlinda Burt, centre, of the Summerland Credit Union presents prizes to winners in a recent draw. The draw was for members who participated in a membership survey. Close to 300 people responded. Randy Royer, left, received the second prize of a $100 gift card while Halcyone Guppy, right, received the first prize of an iPod Mini 3. Karen Nairn, not pictured, won the third prize of movie passes.

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Quest donationsBrenda Wilkinson, treasurer of the Summerland Quest Society, presented donations last week. At left, Wayne Cybak of Parkdale Housing Society receives $400 for the use of the Parkdale facili-ties for regular Quest meetings. At right, Marty Salloum receives $4,332 for the purchase of an upgraded hearing system for Centre Stage Theatre. The new system for hearing impaired people will use FM technology. The present system uses infrared technology and is limited and out of date. The new hearing system will be installed early in the new year.

Delay brings total cost estimate to $8.34 billion

by Tom FletcherBlack Press

The B.C. govern-ment has given the go-ahead for BC Hydro to start con-struction on a third dam on the Peace River, with a delay of six months to try to work out settlements with area aboriginal communities and landowners whose properties will be flooded or cut off.

Energy Minis-ter Bill Bennett said Tuesday a review of construction costs upheld the $7.9 bil-lion estimate for the Site C dam that was developed in 2010, but the overall price tag has risen.

Delaying the pro-ject six months from its original start date adds inflation and interest costs, and calculating the effect of the provincial sales tax replacing the HST

brings the total to $8.34 billion.

The province is establishing a “pro-ject reserve” of $440 million to bring the total estimated cost to $8.77 billion.

The project reserve is in case of unfore-seen events such as a rise in interest rates during the eight-year construction period.

BC Hydro CEO Jes-sica McDonald said the six-month delay provides time to work out compensa-tion agreements with Treaty 8 First Nations who have declined settlement offers.

The federal-prov-incial environmental review panel gave the go-ahead for the project in May, but noted its unavoidable impacts on aboriginal hunting, fishing and trapping rights that are assured by the 1899 treaty.

A group of Peace valley landowners has already started legal action against the project, having

refused offers from BC Hydro to buy their land. Aboriginal groups in Alberta, downstream of the project, have also started court action against it.

NDP leader John Horgan called the decision “a $9 bil-lion gamble” and repeated his call for a review by the B.C. Utilities Commission to see if the addi-tional power is going to be needed by the time the dam is oper-ating in 2025.

The BCUC will determine BC Hydro rates in the years ahead, and how much they will go up to pay for the most expensive public con-struction project in B.C. history.

The government plans to mitigate BC Hydro rate impact by reducing the divi-dend the government takes from the power company’s oper-ations each year.

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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. Carpet bowling at the Summerland Seniors’ Drop-in Centre is held every Thursday at 10 a.m. and every Sunday at 1:15 p.m.Euchre is played every second and fourth Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Lyme Disease sup-port group meets on the first Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. at Theo’s Restaurant in Penticton. Everyone welcome.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 information call Cathy Patterson at 250-494-8274 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 focus-es on fishing, shooting, hunting, archery and con-servation and is affiliated with the B.C. Wildlife Federation. New mem-bers welcome.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.The Summerland Traditional Rug Artists will meet every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Summerland United Church Hall. If you are interested in joining this fun group or seeing what this creative craft involves do drop in. Visitors always welcome. For more information about this time-hon-oured art please contact Juliet at 250-494-1278 or Marilyn at 250-494-6434.

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. 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 members are welcome. For more information, phone Fred Monteith at 250-497-8490.

SaturdayHorse rides host-ed at the Red Barn Ranch, Dec 27, noon until 3 p.m. Bundle up the family and come enjoy a horse ride, Hot dogs, chili and some hot chocolate around a cozy bonfire. Great family event.S u m m e r l a n d Secondary School H o m e c o m i n g Tournament Saturday, Dec. 27 starting at noon. Proceeds from this basketball tourna-ment will go to help fund the senior Rockets basketball program at the high school. Alumni basketball players wish-ing to register should contact Blair Haddrell or Walker Outdoor Ed on Facebook or call 250-494-1759 and leave their name, telephone number and graduation year.

SundayVintage 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. 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 sing-ers. Mondays 7 to 9 p.m.

at Summerland Baptist Church, Fireside Room. For more information 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 informa-tion, 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 meet-ings 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 [email protected] Concert Band practices Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. New members wel-come. 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. Email [email protected] Okanagan Genealogical Society is open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Penticton Library Museum building. Contact Nola Reid at 250-492-0751.Summerland 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.Tai chi at the Summerland Seniors’

Centre, Tuesdays at 9 a.m. for beginners, 10 a.m. for advanced, and Fridays at 10:30 a.m. for beginner and intermedi-ate. For more informa-tion call Nancy at 250-494-8902.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 welcome.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.Did you know Summerland has a Garden Club? Meetings are casual. Gardening experience varies. All gardeners are wel-come. Meetings are the third Wednesday of the month. Contact Jan Carlson at 250-494-5112 for more informa-tion.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 informa-tion 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 responsible ridership including registration, insurance, safety certification and scheduled pleasure rides. Membership includes orchardists, farmers, ranchers and fun seek-ers of all ages including those with disabilities.The 902 Summerland Air Cadets parade Wednesday nights, from 6:15 to 9:30 p.m. at the 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. Tyler Willis is

the commanding officer.The Summerland Badminton Club plays every Wednesday at 7 p.m. all year. Shaun at 250-494-1513.

UpcomingMonday, Wednesday and Friday of each week, Recope Society of Summerland offers medically supervised water therapy and land exercise programs helpful to clients with various medical con-ditions, such as joint replacements, stroke, back problems, arth-ritis, to name just a few. A medical referral is required.Oldtimer Hockey Group for ages 55 to 85+ plays Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8 to 9:30 a.m. For registra-tion and details con-tact Wayne at 250-494-7460. One-to-one dietitian and nurse appoint-ments at Summerland Health Centre, 12815 Atkinson St., are avail-able for people with diabetes or heart dis-ease. The sessions can provide extra help with issues including learning about diabetes or heart health and how to manage the condition; understanding medi-cation and starting or adjusting insulin; meter certification and how to use meter results; setting small, specific goals; tobacco depend-ence counselling and support in quitting; and solving problems with chronic conditions. To make an appointment call 250-770-3530 or 1-800-707-8550.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 [email protected] for more info or join Summerland Bakers on Facebook.The members of the Summerland Dance Club invite couples to dances at the Royal Canadian Legion. Dances will be held Jan. 10, Feb. 7, March 14, April 11 and May 9. Dances run from 8 to 11 p.m. For further information call Anne Ling at 250-494-7168 or Ron Hack at 250-486-6858.The Summerland Museum has resumed its fall and winter hours. The museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.

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A class effortStudents in Traci Steves’ Grade 7 classroom at Summerland Middle School raised $650 for muscular dystrophy through the sale of apples. Steves is in the second row of the picture. Billy Boerboom of Windmill Garden Centre, in the second row, supplied the apples and donated all proceeds from the fundraiser. Standing at right is Darryl Tenisci, vice-principal of the middle school.

A sparsely-attended fundraiser at Centre Stage The-atre on Tuesday, Dec. 16 raised $400 for the Penticton SPCA.

The Summerland Secondary School Civics 11 class hosted a Christmas movie Fred Claus, which attracted fewer than 50 spectators.

“The attendance was lacking, but the people there were very generous,” said Megan Avery, a civics student.

Movie tickets, a 50/50 draw, a food/drink concession and donations all were contributors to the total raised.

“We raised about $10 per person,” said student Palvi Bhard-waj.

Teacher Dave Stathers said newly fallen snow on the roads that even-ing likely kept some people away.

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The province’s latest liquor reform will make it easier for wine stores to relocate into grocery stores – provided they offer only B.C. wines – but there’s no sign the govern-ment is rethinking its change to wholesale wine pricing that will sharply drive up the price of more expen-sive bottles.

Friday’s announce-ment by Justice Min-ister Suzanne Anton in Langley at Chaber-ton Estate Winery is being hailed by B.C. wineries because some supermarkets that can begin selling wine come April will be barred from stock-ing foreign wines.

Under the change, existing VQA and independent wine stores can relocate or transfer their licence to an eligible grocery store as long as 100 per cent B.C. wine is sold.

Those licence transfers won’t be limited by a rule that disallows new out-lets if there’s an exist-ing one within one kilometre.

Liquor policy reform leader John Yap called it a “win-

ning combination” to allow grocery shop-pers to also buy B.C. wine and support the local industry.

“The B.C. wine industry is entering into a new era of winemaking,” added Chaberton co-owner Eugene Kwan.

The new model is different from the store-within-a-store model in that it allows B.C. wine to be on regular grocery store shelves and shoppers would pay for it at designated registers staffed by trained employees

who are at least 19.Anton said a lim-

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Vancouver lawyer Mark Hicken, who acts for wine industry clients, predicts there will be “no takers” on

wine stores relocating under the new B.C.-only model because they would lose most of their international product lines.

Hicken said the B.C.-only rule may violate Canada’s international trade agreements.

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CurlingSummerland Curling Club

Results: Dec. 15 to 19Monday morning senior men fun spiel:

Bob Ezart defeated Doug Steinke, Gary Geiger defeated Jerry Lidin.

Monday afternoon men: Warren Parker defeated Eric Johnson, Stan Green defeated Hector Cartier, Dale Abrey defeated Betty Raymond, Paul Cowen defeated Diana Leitch.

Monday evening men: Dale Abrey defeated Steve Clement, Jared St. John defeated Gary Raymond, Brian Hodgson defeated Stan Green, Ken Rae tied Rick Drewnisz.

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

Tuesday evening ladies: Jackie Clement defeated Jodie Brennan, Lil Blashko defeated Shirley McPhedran, Wendi Archer defeated Gail Ostaficiuk, Betty Raymond tied Judy Beck.

Wednesday morning senior men fun spiel: Hector Cartier defeated Diana Leitch, Gary Geiger defeated Doug Steinke, Stan Green defeated Paul Cowen, Jerry Lidin defeated Bob Ezart.

Wednesday afternoon men: Eric Johnson tied Betty Raymond, Dale Abrey defeated Warren Parker.

Wednesday evening men: Rick Drewnisz defeated Ken Rae, Louie Costa defeated Blake Lynch-Staunton, Dave Gartrell defeated Gary Raymond, Glen Brennan defeated Gary Wingerak.

Thursday morning ladies: Betty Raymond defeated RoseMarie Fenrich, Arlene Moser defeated Ev Gillespie.

Thursday evening open: Eric Johnson defeated Russ Lemke, Dale Abrey defeated Gary Raymond, John Egyed defeated Tony Blashko, Jared St. John defeated Cliff Rose.

Thursday late evening: Glen Brennan defeated Clem Beaulac, John McKay tied Kevin Taylor.

Friday evening mixed: Christmas fun night.Upcoming: Our next event is the fabulous

mixed Bushspiel Thursday to Sunday, Jan. 8 to 11. We have 32 teams, from Kelowna, Pentic-ton, Salmon Arm, Vancouver and Summerland.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the executive and curling club members.

Tip of the week: A delivered stone cannot be touched by any item as it is going down the sheet of ice. This is called a burnt stone, and must be removed from play. Any rocks moved by a burnt stone should be replaced to original position.

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Christmas songsKindergarten students from Trout Creek Elementary School sang out during the school’s annual winter concert on Friday afternoon. Students are now on a winter break until Monday, Jan. 5.

The Summerland Steam earned a pair of wins against the Princeton Posse in

Junior B hockey action on the week-end.

On Friday, the Steam travelled to Princeton, defeating the Posse 2-1.

Both Summerland goals came in the first period.

At 8:38, Jack Mills scored, with assists by Cole Woodliffe and Braden Eliuk.

Then, with 14

seconds left in the period, Rylan Sider-off scored, assisted by Nelson Hurry and Woodliffe.

The sole Princeton goal was a power play at 9:00 in the second period.

The following evening, Summer-land hosted the Posse in a 3-0 shutout win.

The first period was scoreless.

In the second, Eliuk scored at 10:17, assisted by Woodliffe and Mills.

Nicholas Gnaz-dowsky scored a shorthanded goal at 14:57 in the third period. Cole Williams and Sideroff had the assists.

With eight seconds remaining, Jarrett Malchow scored an empty net goal unassisted.

Summerland is in second place in the O k a n a g a n / S h u s -

wap Conference: Okanagan Division in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. The Steam have 22 wins, nine losses and one overtime loss.

The next action for the Steam is on Saturday, Dec. 27 when the team will face the Coyotes in Osoyoos.

The next home game is on Sunday, Dec. 28, hosting the Coyotes. The game begins at 7:30 p.m.

Steam add pair of wins

Food Bank contributionKen Bazley of Summerland Legion Branch 22 presents a cheque for $500 to Ingrid Wuensche of the Summerland Food Bank. The Legion also dropped off food donations collected by Branch members and attendees of the Lunch with Santa event.

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Al was raised on the family farm during the depression years and grew up with an intense curiosity for all things in life. When the farm was converted to an Allied Forces training facility during the Second World War he learned how to fly during his early teens. This experience led him into a brief career with the first undercover drug squad of the RCMP and many colourful tales evolved. After leaving the RCMP Al married Peggy Steuart in Summerland in 1953. The couple traveled and worked in the Southern US for a year or two and eventually settled into a steady job in Drayton Valley, Alberta. After many years of holidays in Summerland they purchased a lot in 1965 and eventually retired to their final home in 1980. After some overseas contract work Al retired perma-nently in his late fifties and was thereafter frequently seen riding around Summerland on a small yellow scooter with a bag full of dog treats, Al was a friendly and colourful character with an easy laugh and a big smile. A survivor of four plane crashes, numerous motor cycle accidents, a blown aortic aneurysm and a quadruple bypass, Al did his best to tempt fate. In the end he passed quietly and was very much ready to go. Al loved music and was gifted with a talent to pick al-most any instrument and begin to play. He had a lovely baritone voice and participated in many bands and choirs during his life. A boyhood fascination with trains led to a lifelong hobby with model railroading. He loved skiing and swimming and was always willing to step forward to volunteer his time to assist with community events. Al was cared for, catered to and coddled in his final years by the wonderful staff at Summerland Seniors Village for whom he always had a kind word and was very grateful. He was always treated with re-spect and kindness and he truly enjoyed living there. Al was predeceased by his wife Peggy, 6 years ago and is survived by Jim & Patricia McKillop and Marian and Ross Plewman as well as his four grandchildren Jayme & Justin, Joey & Sandy, Pat-rick and Peter and his two great grandsons Cyrus and Nico. He is also survived by his sister Wilma Lewis and many nieces and nephews. “Uncle Al” is fondly remember by many and will be missed. A gathering in memory of Al will be held at the fam-ily property in Summerland in the summer of 2015. Those wishing to contact the family can reach Jim at

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by Carla McLeodSpecial to the Review

After almost 24 years at the Summerland Review, Jo Freed has retired from her job as advertising manager.

She was raised in Summer-land and also raised her own children here.

“I wanted to work here in Summerland,” she said. “I’ve always loved this town.”

She applied at the Sum-merland Review in 1991 and was hired as a front office employee. Within a year she had moved into sales and has been selling advertising for the paper ever since.

“I’ve always been pas-sionate about my job,” she said. “I’ve never considered doing anything else because I’ve always enjoyed what I’ve been doing.”

Over the years Freed has built up many long-term rela-tionships with those in the business community. She has taken the time to get to know her clients and learn about their businesses and the products that they offer. In so doing, she has been able to know how to best feature and promote them. Her goal was to showcase local businesses so people would not feel it was necessary to leave town to buy things.

“If you don’t support the businesses that have chosen to set up here, because they love this community, you’re not going to have that busi-ness around anymore,” she explained. “I’ve seen that over the years.”

Freed enjoyed the chal-lenge of coming up with new ideas and promotions, always looking for a way to “change things up a little bit.” She also enjoyed doing special features on the different clubs and organizations in the com-munity as well as the agricul-tural industry.

“I’ve always enjoyed my clients. That’s the one thing I liked the most about my job,” she explained. “My clients are the ones that always kept me motivated and happy to come to work every day.”

As the advertising manager she also knew the important role that advertising played in the production of any printed page. “Advertising is what keeps our paper going,” she said. “You can’t have a paper without it.”

Over the years at the Review, she has seen many

changes. She has worked for three different owners and many different staff members.

“Staff changes happen all the time,” she said. “John (Arendt) is the only one that’s been here for 20 years. It’s the longest I’ve ever worked with anyone.”

None of the changes have mattered to Freed. What’s important to her is, “the fact that it’s still the Summerland Review. It’s a community newspaper. We concentrate on our community,” she said.

Even though she has been busy working full time, she still found time to be involved with local clubs and organ-izations, such as the Summer-land Trail Riders Association and the Kettle Valley Steam Railway. She and her hus-band Mike were instrumental in starting the Garnett Valley Gang.

In the future she wants to pick and choose what she wants to do and when she wants to do it.

“I’m looking forward to doing things that I never had time to do, or should have made time for and never did,”

she said. “I want to travel and visit my kids and grand-kids and they live all over the world.”

She would also like to get back into playing the piano, which she hasn’t done since taking lessons as a teenager.

The outpouring of mes-sages that she has received since announcing her retire-ment has been a surprise for Freed.

“I’ve had so many emails coming in from people that are congratulating me and saying we’re going to miss you, it overwhelms me at times,” she said. “It’s so nice to know I have been appreci-ated, because I have appre-ciated the people I’ve dealt with too.”

She is glad that she is able to retire now while she is still able to do things, recognizing the fact that one never knows how long one has. She plans to live life fully.

“I love my community! I love being here and I always have. I’m going to enjoy what this town has to offer me, during my retirement years,” she concluded.

A career in advertising sales

The end of an eraJo Freed cuts the cake at her retirement party on Dec. 17. For almost 24 years, she has played a role in advertising at the Sum-merland Review.

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