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Chamber directors

The Summerland Chamber of Com-merce will select four directors to serve for two-year terms.

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Budget matters

The proposed municipal budget calls for a tax increase as well as increases to utility rates.

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Hockeyplayoffs

The Summerland Steam will face the Kelowna Chiefs in Junior B hockey playoff action.

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Basketball championship

The Summerland Secondary School senior boys Rockets basketball team will compete in the val-ley championship.

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Youth centre floodedSADI copes with aftermath of second water incident

John Arendt

After recover-ing from a damag-ing flood in fall, the Summerland Asset Development Initia-tive’s Unity Youth Centre was hit a second time, earlier this month.

The youth organ-ization is housed in a municipally-owned building on Prairie Valley Road.

Ayman Kanaan, president of the SADI board, said the first flood at the youth organization’s build-ing occurred as the result of a faulty pipe on the roof.

This resulted in extensive damage to the lounge area in the centre

The cost of pump-ing out the water, drying the space and removing damaged laminate was around $5,000.

The rest of the res-toration work and materials came as the result of donations.

ABK Restorations did the rest of the work to the space, including drywall repair.

Sierra Flooring provided the new laminate flooring.

A parent donated his time to finishing work on the build-ing.

Then, on Friday, Feb. 6, just days after the restoration work had been finished, a

second flood dam-aged the lounge area again.

Kanaan said the second flood was caused by the runoff from rapidly melt-ing snow behind the building. Again the lounge was destroyed.

“It’s really the hub of the activities,” he said, adding that the space features arcade games, a big screen television and more. “That’s where all the activities hap-pen.”

The floods have left staff and board members scrambling as they are working to accommodate the youths who are mem-bers.

“We’re trying to still provide a place for the kids to go,” Kanaan said.

From 2013 to 2014, the number of youths who are members of the youth organ-ization has increased from around 40 to more than 90.

Kanaan said a suit-able facility is need-ed.

“If we shut our doors, we’re sending 90 kids to the streets,” he said.

The youth mem-bers include a mix of middle school and high school stu-dents.

Since the flood, restoration crews have been working to dry out the lounge area, but Kanaan expects replacement work will be neces-sary.

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After the floodAyman Kanaan examines the damage following a recent flood at the Summerland Asset Develop-ment Initiative Unity Youth Centre. The incident was the second flood at the centre since fall.

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The Summerland Chamber of Com-merce will choose four people to serve on its board of direc-tors next month.

The chamber ’s annual general meet-ing will be held at Sumac Ridge Estate Winery on Tuesday, March 10 from 5 to 7 p.m.

The annual meet-ing is being held in conjunction with the chamber’s March Business After Busi-ness event.

Four of the seven positions on the board are up for elec-tion or re-election this year. All positions are for two-year terms.

“We are looking for potential board mem-bers who are business leaders in the commu-nity, are prepared to represent all sectors of Summerland busi-ness, and subscribe to positive growth

and change that will strengthen the eco-nomic health of Sum-merland and the busi-ness community,”

said chamber presi-dent Arlene Fenrich.

Christine Pet-kau, manager of the chamber, said the

board is looking to find board members from the various sec-tors of Summerland’s economy. Nominees

from manufacturing, trades, technology and professional ser-vices are being sought.

Nominations are

open until Feb. 23 at 3 p.m. The list of candi-dates will be finalized on Feb. 24.

Additional infor-

mation and nomina-tion forms available at the chamber’s website at summer-landchamber.com.

Chamber to select four directors

Road workMunicipal crews were called to clear Lakeshore Drive following a landslide which blocked a portion of the road surface on Feb. 11.

Police in Summer-land responded to 2,601 calls for service in 2014, a two per cent increase from the previous year.

Sgt. Stephane Lacroix of the Sum-merland RCMP detachment pre-sented year-end sta-tistics to municipal council earlier this month.

While the number of assaults in 2014 showed a decline of 22 per cent, the number of sex offences investi-gated by police rose from four in 2013 to 10 in 2014.

Business and resi-dential break and enters both showed substantial increases in 2014.

The number of vehicle thefts also rose from 10 in 2013 to 40 in 2014.

The number of frauds investigat-ed by police nearly doubled, from 14 in 2013 to 27 last year.

Drug possession incidents rose from 39 to 56.

On the roads, there were 27 collisions

with injuries, up from 23 a year earlier. There were no fatal collisions.

Police issued six 24-hour driving sus-pensions, down from 13 the year previ-ously.

The number of immediate roadside prohibitions rose from 36 in 2013 to 46 in 2014.

Police see increase in calls

Continued from Page 1He has met with

municipal repre-sentatives to discuss options for the youth organization, includ-ing finding a new location if necessary.

Mayor Peter Waterman said muni-cipal staff responded quickly after the flooding incidents occurred. “Our staff were there right away, looking at the

situation.”Municipal staff

and council are now looking at immedi-ate solutions for the building as well as a longer term solution.

Over the winter,

Summerland has been hit with some heavy snowfalls and snow accumulation. Earlier this month, warmer temperatures led to a rapid snow melt.

Municipality seeks solution for SADI

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Canada vs. The USADo you believe we are becoming more and more like our American cousins? Well, in some respects their culture has been a very big influence on ours. Whether or not that is a good thing is a matter of opinion and for that matter who=s opinion it is.From a legal stand point, there are many areas where the American judicial system has encountered situations years ahead of the Canadian experience and as a result has been used as a guide by the Canadian courts in dealing with that situation.One aspect of our two legal systems will never be the same however, and that is the influence that juries play in creating law and awards. In America, a jury has a relatively free reign in handing out awards in civil matters. In Canada there are strict limitations on the amounts a Judge or Jury can award.The reason for this column? An article in the Canadian Lawyer Magazine estimated the value of all monetary awards given by juries in the US in 2002. The number was $283 BILLION dollars. Something to think about.

A committee con-sisting of three mem-bers of municipal council will examine changes to Summer-land’s Official Com-munity Plan.

The committee consists of Mayor Peter Waterman, Coun. Toni Boot and Coun. Erin Trainer.

They will review all OCP bylaw amend-ments and proposed amendments which have been made since the plan was adopted in 2008.

The committee will report back to council before April.

Waterman said community plans are supposed to be put in place and then reviewed after a five-year period.

While adjustments

will be made, he said it is important to have a consistent direction to a com-munity plan.

He said there were some amendments made between 2008 and 2011, and sig-nificant changes pro-posed between 2011 and 2014.

“Do these changes meet with the com-munity’s thinking in

the past 18 months?” he asked.

“We can’t have considerable changes to the direction, as we had.”

He added that a consistent commun-ity plan is important for those looking to invest in the com-munity.

“I want to create some certainty for investors,” he said.

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Cost totals expected to add $106.51 for typical household

John Arendt

The municipal budget for 2015 calls for a property tax increase and increas-es in municipal utility rates.

For the coming year, the municipal-ity’s general fund has a budget of $11,327,346.

Of this amount, $7,421,643 will come from taxes. In addi-tion, $2,130,685 will come from sales of services and rentals.

The remaining money comes from grants, licenses, per-mits and fines, pen-alties and interest and transfers from other municipal funds.

Lorrie Coates, dir-ector of finance for the municipality, presented council with a recommenda-tion for a three per cent property tax increase, a five per cent increase for non-irrigator water, a five per cent sewer rate increase and a 2.625

per cent electrical rate increase.

The proposed property tax increase is dedicated to infra-structure costs.

Municipal staff set out a list of capital projects for the com-ing year, with a value of $3,042,477 for all. For a three per cent tax increase, the pro-jects would total $2,244,477.

Calculations were also made based on tax increases of 2.5 per cent and 3.5.

Coates said each one per cent increase in the property tax rate brings in roughly $67,500.

The water rate increase is to cover an anticipated drop in usage and an increase in core costs. The sewer fund increase is to cover the increased core costs of that service.

The electrical rate increase is 75 per cent of an anticipated 3.5 per cent increase by Fortis B.C. Coates said the cost of elec-tricity from Fortis B.C. represents three-quarters of the elec-trical budget, so the increase was based on three-quarters of

the power cost to the municipality.

Taxpayers will notice additional costs from the budget.

For a typical home with an assessed value of $350,000, the property tax increase, the electrical, water and sewer rate increases would add a total of $106.51.

Of the proposed increase, 40 per cent will cover infrastruc-ture costs, 40 per cent will cover operat-

ing costs from Fortis and from the Inter-ior Health Authority, six per cent covers a decrease in water consumption and 14 per cent is for the water and sewer administration fee and fleet costs.

Coates said decreased water consumption has resulted in changes to the water costs.

“For an average family who turns on lights, expects clean

water to come from the tap when they open it, flushes the toilet, travels on local roads and sidewalks, enjoys police and fire protection and uses recreation and park facilities, it will cost slightly more than an extra 29 cents per day in 2015,” Coates said in her presentation to the municipality.

These increased costs do not include increases from any other taxing agency

such as the school district, hospital, library or Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen.

The recommenda-tions to approve the

funding of the core budget, the property tax increase and rate increases and the dis-cretionary spending items will be con-sidered at the next regular meeting of council on Monday, Feb. 23.

“This is a critical budget,” Waterman said. “It’s our first budget.” He added that a decision on the budget should be made at a regular meeting of council, not a special meeting, in order to ensure the public has the oppor-tunity to comment.

“We’re now entering a new phase with this council with public participation,” he said.

The budget bylaw must be complet-ed by May 15. The bylaw is expected to come before council at a March council meeting.

Budget calculationsSummerland’s 2015 budget calls for a property tax increase, higher fees for non-irrigation water and sewer and an electrical rate increase.

Property tax increase proposed

The regular meeting of municipal council was held on Feb. 10. The mayor and all coun-cillors were presentVariance permit denied

Council denied a development variance permit for 19273 Lakeshore Dr.

The permit application was to increase the maximum allowable dock width from 9.0 metres to 14.0 metres.Council procedure bylaw adopted

Council gave final reading to a bylaw to amend the council procedure.

The new procedure adds a time for public comment at the start of each meeting.

CounCil report

Wallet stolenOn Feb. 12, police were called following a

theft from a vehicle parked on Butler Street.A wallet with identification was reported

stolen in the incident.Credit card compromised

On Feb. 13, a woman reported a fraud against her credit card.

The fraud is believed to be connected to the rash of mail thefts in the community from mid-December until early February.

Police are urging residents to watch for fraud attempts following the mail thefts.exposure reported

On Monday around 3:30 p.m., police were called following a possible indecent exposure on Peach Orchard Road near Highway 97.

A young girl noticed a man with his back to her. Police say when he turned, he exposed him-self to her. Police are continuing to investigate.

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VICTORIA – The annual ritual of declaring a crisis in health care is upon us, with the B.C. Liberal government boasting that we have the best system in Canada, while the NDP and the B.C. Nurses’ Union try to portray it as the worst.

The BCNU is the last big public sec-tor union still to settle in the latest round of contract talks.

Feeding horror stories to the media is part of its strat-egy, and this time it was a patient at Abbotsford Hospital assigned a bed in a small shower room for a month due to chronic overcrowd-ing.

Hospital officials said his care wasn’t compromised.

We’ve seen it in Abbotsford, Surrey and elsewhere: a new hospital or expan-sion is built and is immediately over-crowded.

We are reminded every winter that

influenza season brings a wave of people into emer-gency, expecting treatment for a viral infection that in most cases can only run its course.

Many people still don’t understand what “the flu” is, beyond the notion that it sounds serious enough to tell the boss you won’t be in to work.

And as fewer doc-tors choose the end-less demands of family practice, the expectation that all problems must be dealt with quickly and for free seems to grow as inexorably as the health care budget.

An emergency physician of my acquaintance pro-vided a typical scen-ario for night shift at the ER. Where once nights were quiet, now there are patients waiting for hours, around the clock.

Several are drunk, and one has urinated on the floor.

Surveys show as many as half of ER visits are alcohol-related, from over-doses to fights, falls, car crashes and chronic conditions.

Into this chaos comes a mother with her young child, who has nasal and chest congestion.

The child’s cough led her to throw up, so off to ER they went, blithely assum-ing that this is where you bring a kid with a cold.

This week’s B.C. budget brings us a step closer to the moment when half of all provincial rev-enues go to keep the health care system running.

In the legisla-

ture, NDP health critic Judy Darcy blasted Health Min-ister Terry Lake for the government’s failure to keep its 2010 promise to find everyone in B.C. a family doctor.

Lake allowed they’re still work-ing on that, and then plugged the latest Conference Board of Canada study showing B.C. ranks third in the world in health care out-comes, second only to Switzerland and Sweden.

Darcy, a former president of the Hospital Employees’ Union, was quick to respond: “This is surely a first in ques-tion period, the Min-ister of Health going back to the record of the NDP govern-ment in the 1990s, because we’ve had the best health out-comes in Canada since 1993. The fact is that we exercise more, we smoke less and we drink less, and that’s to the credit of British Col-umbians.”

We also have more

elderly people, as Premier Christy Clark argued in 2011 when the fed-eral government changed its finan-cing formula.

After years of increasing transfers by six per cent per year, the late federal finance minister Jim Flaherty announced that starting in 2014, increases would be tied to economic growth, but wouldn’t fall below three per cent.

This of course was treated as a cut, rather than continued increases above infla-tion.

But there it is, and all provinces have to deal with it.

Darcy is quite right that personal responsibility is the key, something to remember as the usual squabbling of special interests con-tinues.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twit-ter: @tomfletcherbc. Email: [email protected]

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Summerlanders can expect to pay a little more in taxes and utility rates this year.

The proposed municipal budget, which will come before council at the regular meeting on Feb. 23, includes a three per cent property tax increase as well as increases to utility rates.

While tax increases and fee increases are never pleasant, they are necessary.

Inflation alone means the cost of run-ning any organization will increase slightly from one year to the next.

This means a government which chooses to do without an increase will have less spending power available than in the previous year.

In addition to rising costs, there are also capital projects and maintenance expenses which will add to total budget for the year.

The budget proposal this year has capital projects topping $2.24 million.

The most expensive of these is the Garnett Valley water system separation project, with a total cost of $559,472. Even with funding from grants and statu-tory reserves, the work will have a signifi-cant cost for the municipality.

Other projects include a fire depart-ment training facility, at a cost of $147,138, road and sidewalk work at $150,000, drainage work from Morrow Avenue to Prairie Creek at $105,530 and the expansion of the trail network at $150,000.

These and other projects are neces-sary.

Tightening the belt and putting off cap-ital projects and maintenance work will mean the work must be done at a later time and likely at a higher cost.

For a typical homeowner, the total impact of the increases proposed for this year has been calculated at $106.51.

This works out to a little more than 29 cents a day.

While all public budgets and spending must be considered carefully, the effect of a three per cent property tax increase is small.

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A tower of Boy ScoutsLord Robert Baden-Powell started the Scouting movement in England in the early 1900s and his ideas came west. In 1909 the Summerland Boy Scout Association was formed, the first of its kind in the South Okanagan. As well as outdoor skills and good values, the boys developed other practical abilities as demonstrated by this group (ca. 1921). Our records identify them as: bottom from left B. Munn, W. Gayton, J. Gayton, J. Marshall, A.Harris. In the second row from left are Mel Monro, R. Reid, A. Marshall, A. Smith. In the third row from left are Ivor Harris, E. Hobbs, Chick Chisholm. In the fourth row from left are J. Smith, Moe Saycox. At top is R. Purvis. Scout-Guide Week 2015 is Feb. 15 to 22 so Scouts and Guides will be celebrating with special events and an invitation to other young people to get involved in something great. Happy Birth-day Lord Baden-Powell!

Photo courtesy of the Summerland Museum

THE EARLY YEARS

Dear Editor:Summerland resi-

dent Sherril Foster, an ardent supporter of local heritage, is mov-ing to Ontario this month and deserves public recognition and gratitude for her contributions to our community over three decades.

Since coming to Summerland with her husband Gareth Young in 1984, our town has benefited from Sherril’s talents as a playwright, auth-or and volunteer.

Throughout all of these activities, Sher-ril’s love and know-ledge of Summer-land’s history have been unmistakable.

She has written three books: Accord-ing to the Giant (1999); Summer-

land: In Celebration of 100 Years (2006) and A Steady Lens (2013), and co-auth-ored Summerland Remembers (2007) and Summerland: Our Fair 1909-2009 (2009).

Readers may remember entertain-ing local productions of her two successful plays Summerland Revue (1985) and The Great Kettle Val-ley Railway Calamity (1986).

As a volunteer, over the years Sherril was involved with the Summerland Cham-ber of Commerce, Summerland’s Herit-age Advisory Com-mission, Action Fes-tival and Music ’91. She was president of the Summerland Arts Council and Okanag-

an Mainline Regional Arts Council. Sherril also volunteered and worked at the Kettle Valley Steam Railway and the Summerland Museum. In 1992, the chamber of com-merce honoured her as Woman of the Year.

Her most recent contribution was to lead tours of our Main Street on Herit-age Day, Feb. 16.

Thanks to Sherril’s research, the ground-work to create an accurate list of most businesses and their locations on Main Street over a century has been laid.

I appreciate all that Sherril has done to preserve and pro-mote Summerland’s heritage.

Mary TrainerSummerland

Foster has worked to promote heritage

Dear Editor:I wonder if local

farmers know that BC Hydro offers special farm rates in

those areas which it serves?

Fortis does not, although Fortis does offer farm rates in

Alberta. Why not here in

the Okanagan?Frank Martens

Summerland

Farm rates for power needed here

Dear Editor:Contrary to Tom

Fletcher’s assertion that B.C. teachers and the BCTF are not “adapting,” (B.C. Views, Feb. 5, Teach-ers adapting, but not union) we are actual-ly leading the way in protecting and enhancing education in our province.

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is active-ly involved in B.C.’s task force on assess-ment, the graduation requirements review and the curriculum redesign teams. Our two vice-presidents and I have been meet-

ing with senior Min-istry of Education staff on these initia-tives as well.

As a union of pro-fessionals, we work hard to enhance our practice in support of teaching and learning. The BCTF has 32 prov-incial specialist associ-ations — ranging from science, social studies, and art to technology and trades education — that put on excep-tional professional development confer-ences, write reports and lead important teacher inquiry pro-jects.

There are a lot

of excellent things happening in B.C. schools and teachers are front and centre making it all happen. However, we can-not forget that any government strat-egy, initiative, direc-tion, plan, etc., needs funding. Unfortu-nately, we’re still waiting for this gov-ernment to fund the basics like improving class size and com-position. A change in government attitude towards funding is the first adaptation B.C. students need.

Jim IkerBCTF President

Teachers leading the way

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Richard RolkeBlack Press

It will be deja vu for Okanagan orchardists.

Just as they did last year, Vernon’s Jeet Dukhia and Kelow-na’s Fred Steele will go head-to-head for the presidency of the B.C. Fruit Growers Association Saturday.

“We carried out a progressive agenda in the first term and we received $8.4 million over seven years for the replant program,” said Steele, who is

currently president.Steele says he is

seeking a second term because he has a number of initiatives to pursue.

“There are things we can do in terms of infrastructure money from other levels of government,” he said, adding that an industry strategy will be developed and that will help broad-en funding opportu-nities.

“Agriculture has relied on talking to the federal and pro-

vincial agriculture ministers and there are also opportunities under Western diver-sification, the indus-try ministry and the trade ministry.”

Steele is calling for increased exports of fruit. “We have to expand in different horizons and we’re looking at that,” he said.

Dukhia was presi-dent of the BCFGA prior to losing to Steele at the 2014 con-vention.

“I had a lot of

issues started and I would like to com-plete them,” said Dukhia referring to insurance protection.

Dukhia also insists that he established a good working rela-tionship with senior federal and provin-cial officials that ben-efitted the industry.

“They understand me and where I want to take the industry,” he said, adding that there needs to be more focus on grow-ing varieties that will bolster exports.

The BCFGA’s 126th annual convention runs Friday and Sat-urday in Penticton.

The agenda includes consider-ation of resolutions, industry updates and reports on the envi-ronment, food safety, crop protection and labour.

The keynote speak-er will be Dr. Kirsten Hannam, with the University of B.C., on building resil-ient orchard systems using integrated man-agement practises.

Orchardists to select president

It’s that time of the year, when gradu-ates are filing off their report cards and transcripts to the pro-grams and universi-ties they’re eyeing as their new four-year homes.

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Discussing heritageSherrill Foster leads a tour of downtown heritage sites during a tour on Monday. Fos-ter conducted two one-hour tours of local history.

Dramatic productionStudents at Summerland Secondary School are staging the musical Beauty and the Beast. The play opened on Wednesday evening and continues to Feb. 21 and Feb. 25 to 28. Tickets are available at The Beanery Cafe and at the Summerland Secondary School office.

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Summerland Review Thursday, February 19, 2015 L i f e s t y L e www.summerlandreview.com 7

Carla McLeodSpecial to the

Review

People call her the “egg lady.” Ann Vergamini agrees it might have some-thing to do with the fact that she and her husband John have been raising chickens and selling eggs in Summerland for the past 45 years.

The Vergamini family came here from Italy in 1957, when John was a young man of 20 years old. He met Ann Downton in 1966 and they mar-

ried in 1968.John built their

first home on Gayton Street where they had over an acre of land. They had fruit trees and a few chickens and sold eggs on a very small scale. The couple’s two chil-dren were born there. When their daughter was six and their son was nine, they moved to the five acre prop-erty and farm house on North Victoria Road.

In order to gain farm status the Verga-minis were required to show an income from their property.

“When I bought the place, there were hardly any trees,” explained John. “To get quick income I replanted half the orchard in peaches and we did very good.”

“We put in lots of garden,” said Ann. “We sold tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, corn and raspber-ries.”

Ann remembered the first time they planted the gar-den, they put in 800 tomato plants and almost an acre of pickling cucumbers.

The Vergaminis

trained their children to help work on the farm.

“They would pick the cucumbers, bag them and mark how many pounds in each bag,” said Ann. “That’s how they made their spending money. I would take the orders and they got to keep all of the money.”

“If the kids wanted this or that, they had to work for it,” John said. “It was a good thing I think.”

Once the children had left home and Ann was working at the tree nursery, John

decided that grow-ing peaches was to labour intensive.

“I couldn’t han-dle it because I was working at the cor-poration full-time,” he said. “So I cut down the peaches and replanted apples. But then I discovered it was easier to make money raising chick-ens than apples and that’s when we went into the egg busi-ness.”

At the peak of pro-duction they sell 25 to 30 dozen eggs per day. Ann estimates that over the years she has had more

than 500 customers.“I have custom-

ers that come all the way from Peachland, Kelowna, Penticton and Kaleden,” she said. “Some people have passed away and new people have come to Summerland and now they are my customers.”

John does not think that raising chick-ens is hard work, although it does tie them down because he has to collect the eggs three times a day.

He said his wife likes to talk to people, so having customers come to the house to buy eggs is a way for her to socialize.

“It’s more good than bad,” he said.

John also explained how important it is to him to lead a pro-ductive life.

“I feel we do a favour to people because they want the eggs,” he said. “It’s nice to produce

and to serve the people that like it. At the end of the day I feel like I did some-thing good.”

The Vergaminis both have been experiencing some health problems the last few years.

Even though they have had to make a few adjustments, they intend to keep on farming.

“I’ve leased the orchard out for now,” said John. “I’ve got more time to play with the chickens.”

“Since we have to be here for the eggs, we might as well plant a garden too,” said Ann.

The Vergamini farm is located at 15008 Victoria Rd. N.

If you know a positive story about someone in our com-munity, contact Carla McLeod at [email protected] or con-tact the Summerland Review newsroom at 250-494-5406.

Farmers have sold eggs for 45 years

Science fair entries from the Okanagan Skaha School District will be on display at Summerland Sec-ondary School next month.

The district-wide science fair will be held on Thursday, March 5 in the sci-ence wing at the high school, with the awards presentation to take place at Cen-tre Stage Theatre.

Raja Gupta, science teacher at the high school, said between 50 and 70 entries are expected.

He added that

some teachers include science fair projects as part of the science curriculum. In addi-tion, some students will enter as part of a science club at the middle school.

Gupta said the sci-ence fair is important because it teaches stu-dents to ask questions and find answers.

“The scientific method applies not only to science but to the world around us,” he said. “The students learn a lot about their world.”

Good science fair entries also require

effort from the stu-dents. “It’s a bit of dedication,” Gupta said. “You have to commit to doing this.”

The top entries will be able to advance to further competition. This year, the nation-al science fair will be held in Fredericton, N.B.

Gupta said Sum-merland has a strong tradition of science fair excellence.

He credits Rod Eldridge and Ellen Woodd, former sci-ence teachers in Sum-merland, for promot-ing the fair.

The community has also shown sup-

port to science stu-dents, he said.

Summerland to host science fairRaising chickensAnn and John Vergamini have been raising chickens and selling eggs for the past 45 years.

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Ready for the playoffsThe Summerland Steam Junior B hockey team will advance to the playoffs later this month. In the front row from left are Brett Huber, Daylan Robertson, John DePourcq (Coach), Gregg Wilson (GM), Wade Parker (A/C), Michael McEachern, Spencer Huff. In the middle from left are Rick Gay (Team Chaplain), Rylan Sideroff, Adam Jones, Nelson Hurry, Calvin Hadley, Paulsen Lautard, Kendell Wilson, Cole Woodliffe, Jarrett Malchow, Nicholas Gnazdowsky, Darrell Becker (Equipment). In the back row from left are Lathan McKinney, Riley Pettitt, Cody Egilson, Wyatt Gale, Jack Mills, Tyson Klingspohn, Cole Williams, Coleton Fisher, Braden Eliuk. Missing Alex Williams, Rob Drummond (Equipment).

The Summerland Steam will face the Kelowna Chiefs in playoff hockey action.

The best of seven series begins with two home games, on Friday, Feb. 20 and Saturday, Feb. 21. Both games begin at 7:30 p.m.

The third and fourth games are on Sunday, Feb. 22 and Tuesday, Feb. 24 in Kelowna. Game time is 7 p.m.

If necessary, the fifth game will be held in Summerland on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m.

The sixth game, if required, would be in Kelowna on Friday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.

The seventh game, if required would be

in Summerland on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m.

The Summerland Steam finished their season in second place in the Okanag-an/Shuswap Confer-ence: Okanagan Div-ision of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.

The team’s record is 28 wins, 19 losses, two ties and three overtime losses.

The Kelowna Chiefs are third in the division with 23 wins, 24 losses, two ties, one default and two overtime losses.

The winner of this series will face the winner in the Osoyoos Coyotes and Princet-on Posse series.

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Wine, jazz, spe-cialty coffees and incredible desserts come together this Saturday at the Arts Centre as the Sum-merland Community Arts Council hosts Cafe Noir.

Your ticket will provide you with a beautiful pottery mug created by a member of the Summerland Pottery Guild.

This beautiful keepsake will, of course, be yours to take home.

However, before you leave you will have the opportunity to fill it with a deli-cious coffee created by Darin Fair of Lone Tree Coffee.

Equally tempting will be the sumptu-ous desserts, all of which can be enjoyed while listening to the soft music of Almost a Few.

In addition, Sonor-an Estate Winery will

be on hand with an array of their deli-cious wines for those who prefer wine more than coffee in the evening.

All of this takes place in the Arts Centre where you’ll be able to view the current show Talking with Strangers.

For those who have not been able to visit the Art Gallery in the last week you will notice the new track lighting that has been installed provid-ing the much needed accent lighting that a gallery requires.

As I mentioned in last week’s column the Arts Council will be holding its annual general meeting on Feb. 28 and this is an excellent opportun-ity to hear all about SCAC’s activities in the last year.

Both the good (we survived our move) and the bad (it bor-

dered on the over-whelming) not to mention all the posi-tive things like a very successful Summer Art Program and the very successful Sea-sons Sparkles that really benefited from the new, street-level location.

As with all volun-teer based organiza-tion the Arts Council is always looking for new people to assist with various special events and/or join the board.

And as I’ve men-tioned before you don’t have to be an artist to get involved and help promote the arts in Summer-land.

Helping with the Gift Gallery is perfect for anyone wanting to gain some retail experience.

If you are interest-ed please call me at 250-404-3225 or email [email protected]

This is the first week of Beauty and the Beast at Centre Stage Theatre and if you’ve never seen a high school drama production you’ve been missing great theatre.

David Finnis is the publicity chair and president of the Summerland Com-munity Arts Coun-cil, P.O. Box 1217, 9908 Main St., Sum-merland, B.C. V0H 1Z0.

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NeighbourLink boardNeighbourLink installed its new board of directors at its annual general meeting on Feb. 10. From left are vice-chair Terry Sotir, secretary Linda Green, treasurer Betty Ann Xenis, volunteer office coordinator Marj Ericson, community coordinator Mirjana Komljenovic, spiritual advisor Armand Houle, chair Marj Plitt and board member May Lalonde.

Volunteers with NeighbourLink spent 2,597 hours respond-ing to 366 requests from the community over the past 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 support group meets on the first Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. at Theo’s Restaurant in Penticton. Everyone welcome.Recreational volley-ball for all. Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 10 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. Contact Frank or Jane at 250-494-4666Summerland Material 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 focuses on fishing, shooting, hunt-ing, archery and con-servation and is affiliat-ed with the B.C. Wildlife Federation. New mem-bers welcome.Summerland TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Thursday at 5:30 p.m., lower floor of Summerland Seniors Centre. Now is the time to get in shape for the coming bathing suit season. For info call Vicki at 250-494-5484.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 wel-come. For more infor-mation about this time-honoured 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 mem-bers are welcome.

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

SaturdayCharity bottle drive at Summerland IGA each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds from the collections will go to support the Summerland Food Bank.Indoor garage sale Saturday, Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. Tables available. Contact Carrie at Peanuts and Pumpkins, 250-488-4452. In addi-tion, 50/50 tickets will be sold with pro-ceeds going to the Summerland Food Bank, and a donation will be made to Big Brothers and Sisters.

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. Learning About Stroke is a nine-week program for stroke survivors and caregivers Mondays at 2 p.m. at the conference room of the Summerland Health Centre, 12815 Atkinson Rd. Each ses-sion is 1.5 hours long and follows a small group format. To register, call the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society at 250-490-0613. The program is offered at no charge.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.On Tuesday mor-nings, Robbie Shea BSW, Family Support Worker from the Mental Wellness Centre is at the Summerland Food Bank and Resource Centre. Creating a car-ing community when a person has a mental illness by support and education for family, friends, the commun-ity and the person. Coming for six weeks, Jan. 20 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. relaxation training. Call 250-493-7338 or register at the Resource Centre.Penticton 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

intermediate. For more information 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 cof-fee 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 B.C. Retired Gov-ernment Employees Association monthly meeting Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. at the Penticton Library the-atre room. Julie Fowler, author of Grande Dames of the Cariboo will be the guest speaker.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 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 responsible ridership including registration, insurance, safety certification and scheduled pleas-ure rides. Membership includes orchardists, farmers, ranchers and fun seekers of all ages including those with disabilities.

UpcomingOldtimer Hockey Group for ages 55 to 85+ plays Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8 to 9:30

a.m. For registration and details contact Wayne at 250-494-7460. South Okanagan Immigrant and Community Services is putting on a one-act play by Beyond Theatre Productions called Respect Lives Here at the Shatford Centre on Friday, Feb. 27. Show times are 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for more information call 250-492-6299.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.Summerland Minor Softball practice nights are held at Giant’s Head Elementary school on Monday and Tuesday evenings. On Monday, the U8 and U10 players practice from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. while the U12 and U14 players prac-tice from 7:30 to 8:30 or 9 p.m. On Tuesdays, the U16 and U19 players practice from 7 to 8:30 or 9 p.m.The British Columbia Youth Writers Camp is open for submissions. The annual day-camp runs from July 5 to 10 at Okanagan College, Penticton Campus. Creative writers, illus-trators and readers age eight to 18 are welcome to attend. The registra-tion fee includes all cre-ative writing and illus-tration workshops, daily snacks and lunch, the camp anthology (which features the work of those attending), and camp supplies. Forms and rules for submis-sions are posted at pen-writers.com. Deadline for submissions to the anthology is April 18. Deadline to register for camp is May 1. The members of the Summerland Dance Club invite couples to dances at the Royal Canadian Legion. Dances will be held 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.World Day of Prayer 2015 will be held at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 9311 Prairie Valley Rd. on Friday, March 6 at 1 p.m. World Day of Prayer services are held in more than 170 countries and 2,000 communities across Canada.

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Seven Summer-land swimmers com-peted at the B.C. AA Championships on the weekend, earn-ing medals for their efforts.

The swimmers are part of the Summer-land Orca Swim Club.

“We were really pumped up that we had a large scale team competing this week-end,” said head co-coach Joanne Malar. “The first day, it was like a snowball effect of best times, top-eight performances and podium finishes.”

All seven swim-mers performed per-sonal bests in more than 90 per cent of their races. Each one made a final top-eight performance.

“As a coach you try to prepare them the best you can, but

at a meet it’s all up to them and they were up to the task this weekend,” said head co-coach Del-ano Ducheck.

Five of the swim-

mers earned medals.Holden Berrisford,

11 took silver in 800 freestyle and bronze in 100 butterfly.

Haley Berris-ford,14, received sil-

ver in 800 freestyle.Brooklyn Parlia-

ment, 12, finished with gold in 50 free-style.

Taylor Smith,12, earned bronze in 200

individual medley.Many club records

fell this weekend. Smith and Holden

Berrisford qualified for the B.C. AAAs in Surrey March 5 to 7.

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Competitive swimmersSeven members of the Summerland Orca Swim Club competed at the B.C. AAs in Chilliwack on the weekend. In the front row from left are Keagan Ingram, Connor Berrisford, Holden Berrisford, Brook-lyn Parliament and Taylor Smith. In the back row from left are Ethan Sands and Haley Berrisford.

Orca swimmers earn five medals

The Summerland Steam ended the regular season of Jun-ior B hockey action with a pair of week-

end losses.On Friday, the

Steam lost to the Osoyoos Coyotes in a 3-1 home game.

Osoyoos began with a power play goal at 8:51 in the first period to take the lead.

In the second per-iod, Daylan Rob-ertson of the Steam scored at 3:34 to tie the game. Tyson

Klingspohn and Michael McEachern had the assists.

In the third period, Osoyoos regained the lead with a goal at 2:23.

The final Osoyoos goal was a short-handed empty net goal with 11 seconds remaining in the game.

On Saturday, the Steam travelled to

Kelowna where they faced the Chiefs in a 3-1 loss.

Kelowna took the lead at 10:57 in the first period with a power play goal.

In the second per-iod, Jack Mills scored for the Steam, with assists by Cole-ton Fisher and Cole Woodliffe.

In the third period, the Chiefs scored at

17:17. The final Chiefs goal was an empty net goal on a power play with 35 seconds remaining.

The Steam will now advance to the playoffs.

On Sunday, Feb. 22, Tuesday, Feb. 24 and Friday, Feb. 27 the Steam will face the Chiefs in Kelow-na. All games begin at 7 p.m.

Steam lose two in hockey action

The Summerland Birdei Bantam House Jets hosted South Okanagan in exhib-ition play on the weekend, finishing with a 6-4 loss.

The teams were well matched and the game was score-less for almost 12 minutes, before the visitors put one past Jets goalie Ben Lewis. Five minutes later Rylan Campbell replied for the Jets.

Two minutes into the second period South Okanagan regained the lead. Two minutes later, Campbell replied again. The period ended in a draw.

South Okanagan took a two point lead mid-way through the final period.

Tristan Preston, assisted by Jackson Wagner, put another on the scoreboard for the Jets. In the last minute of play, the Jets pulled Lewis. The six skaters poured on the pressure, but a South Okanagan player managed to steal the puck, send-ing it end to end for an empty net goal, winning the match 6-4.

The Bantam House Jets will fin-ish their season in a few weeks, hosting a tournament.

Bantam House Jetslose to South Okanagan

The Summerland Secondary School senior boys Rockets have qualified for the Okanagan Valley double A basketball championship.

The Rockets defeated George Elliot Secondary of Winfield 63-45 last Thursday in a home game.

S u m m e r l a n d jumped out to a 8-0 first quarter margin, never trailed in the game, and led by ten at the half.

Captain Abhi Lekhi scored a team-high 30 points and led the defensive press as well.

Co-captain Gurek Rathore netted two three-pointers in the first quarter to get the team going and Grade 11 forward Landon Brickenden scored 12 despite leaving the game in the second half with a cramp.

Brickenden also

scored on a break-away slam dunk in the third quarter.

“The team showed a lot of emotion, pas-sion and composure in this game,” he said.

Coach Dave Stathers said, “the boys have really improved over the course of the sea-son and I am glad to see a team stacked with seven Grade 12s moving on to the next step.”

The next step is the valley tournament to be held in Kamloops on the Feb. 26 to 28 weekend.

Other southern Okanagan teams advancing include Princess Margaret Secondary of Pentic-ton and South Oka-nagan Secondary of Oliver.

The Rockets must place either first or second to advance to the provincial finals in Langley in March.

Rockets ready for valley championship

Summerland bob-sleigh athlete Justin Kripps and his team-mates finished with a season-best fourth-place finish on the track at Sochi, Russia.

The track is the same one where roughly a year ago, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Kripps and his teammates crashed.

This year, the team finished with a time of 1:50.85, just 0.18 seconds off the

podium.“I’ve got a bit of a

love-hate relationship with the Sochi track,” Kripps said. “I really enjoy sliding here, and it’s a challenge to be fast. I took a few risks this week like I did at the Olympics, but this time, I got away with it. We’re very happy with how the weekend went.”

They finished just behind teams from Latvia, Russia and Germany.

Kripps places fourth in Sochi bobsleigh

Basketball actionMembers of the Summerland Secondary School senior boys Rockets basketball team attempt to block a Princess Margaret Secondary School player during a recent game in Penticton. Summerland players from left are Landon Brickenden, Abhi Lekhi and Taylor Ledoux.

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The Summerland Bantam Rep Jets, sponsored by the Summerland Den-tal Centre, played Revelstoke over the past two weekends in their first games of the playoffs.

Summerland lost one and won one.

On Sunday Sum-merland travelled to Revelstoke and lost 8-5.

Mitchell Gove scored the first goal of the game at 19:19 unassisted.

Second period goals went to Ty Sideroff and Steven Sauer with assists to Remy Houde and Will Gray.

In the third per-iod, Sauer scored his second goal assisted

by Liam Trewhitt and Darren Keilty. With four minutes left on the clock, Jacob Ache-son scored the final goal unassisted.

In Monday’s game the Jets played to a hometown crowd

excited for a win, and they did not dis-appoint.

Only 1:24 into the first period Liam Trewhitt scored the first goal of the game assist to Darren Keilty.

The Jets stayed strong in the first with three more goals, two by Houde and one by Gove. Assists went

to Sideroff, Carter Tower and Sauer.

The second period saw a lull in action with no goals for Summerland. The Jets came off the bench fired up for the third period.

Sauer shot one in with assists to Houde and Alexandros Tsoy-calas.

Gray scored with 5:28 left, assisted by Quinn Ferguson-Moberg, and less than 10 seconds later Jacob Acheson caught them by surprise and scored the last goal of the game assists to Tsoycalas and Julia Cook.

The Jets won 7-3. In the third game

of the playoffs on Sunday, the Jets were ahead 2-0 at the end of the first, tied up in the second, but final-ly lost 4-2 to wrap up their season.

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Learning to swim can be a fun and chal-lenging process at any age.

For young chil-dren, some enter the pool for the first time all smiles as they hold onto their par-ents while others are filled with fear and anxiety. However, not every child learns to swim. What is it like to learn to swim as an adult, and face an age old fear?

Meet Gurpinder Curry. In 2009, Gurpinder moved to Summerland from Punjab, India.

In 2011 , Gurpinder’s son Arjin was born. Health complications and numerous surgeries followed. Her doctor recommended swim-ming to improve her strength. However, Gurpinder did not know how to swim.

Although previ-ously she had taken weekly parent and tot swim lessons with her then 16-month-old son, she never waded beyond the shallow end.

Now, with her health goals in mind, Gurpinder was up for the challenge to learn to swim for herself and her health.

In January of this year, Gurpinder signed up for pri-vate swimming les-sons with lifeguard and instructor Wanda Ward.

Wanda shares, “When Gurpinder started, she had never put her head under the water. Initially she had fear, but gained confidence really quickly. She has good coordination, kines-thetic awareness and hand-eye coordina-tion. We started with breathing, then front

and back floats, assist-ed to unassisted. She learned to stand up from a floating pos-ition. Next was learn-ing how to rollover to her back to breathe.” By her second les-son she jumped into the deep end with a noodle and floated. “I would show her a skill and she would do it.”

With only three lessons, she is now swimming on her back across the pool.

Gurpinder con-tinues to take swim-ming lessons once a week with Wanda, and practices on her own another to three times a week.

Gurpinder is a role model to her son and us all. We can learn anything at any age- with the will, right support and attitude.

Red Cross states that on average there are 400 drownings in Canada each year. The importance of learning to be water safe is critical, espe-cially when we live next to a lake.

“Since we have

beaches here, it is most important to me that when my son is older, he can swim safely by himself,” shares Gurpinder.

“I love swim-ming. I didn’t get a chance to learn to swim before. I feel so much better, more confident. I recom-

mend swimming 100 per cent for your life and health. I noticed when I started swim-ming, I’m feeling bet-ter, I sleep better and I feel stress free.”

“I feel confident that she will be able to swim safely with her son at the lake and not be afraid to

help him if he needs it,” says Wanda.

Kudos to you Gurpinder. Congratu-lations!

Adult Learn to Swim one-on-one lessons are available for $15 per half hour with our qualified lifeguard instruct-ors at the Summer-

land Aquatic Centre. Call 250-494-0447 for more information.

Joanne Malar is the program coordin-ator for Summerland Recreation, three-time Olympic swim-mer, 2012 Olympic Commentator, kin-esiologist and holis-tic nutritionist.

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Learning swimming skills as an adult

Swimming successAs an adult, Gurpinder Curry, left, learned to swim with help from lifeguard and instructor Wanda Ward.

Bantam hockeyThe Summerland Bantam Rep Jets travelled for playoff game three in Revelstoke on Sunday. The Jets were ahead 2-0 at the end of the first, tied up in the second, but finally lost 4-2 to wrap up their season.

Bantam Jets face Revelstoke

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FARROW, Bryce Bryce Cresswell Farrow died 6 February 2015, aged 95, at home in Kelowna. Predeceased in 2006 by his wi e, Kathleen, he is sur i ed by his e children, elen, arilyn, hirley, anice, and Douglas, twelve grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Bryce was loving to all of them, and much loved in return. Bryce was born in 1919 in inni eg, the eldest son of enry Cresswell Farrow and elen orton Farrow. e grew u in Kelowna, where his father established the city s rst self-serve grocery store. After a short career in banking, Bryce joined the military, serving as a staff sergeant in radar units stationed in Quebec and BC during World War II.

e was married to Kathleen Florence atheson, daughter of A. . and Fleta atheson, in Kelowna in 19 2. Following the war, Bryce and Kay lived brie y in oronto and ancouver, before returning to the kanagan to settle in ummerland, where Bryce worked as arts manager for a local auto dealershi rior to earning his certi cation as a teacher of industrial arts. In 1961, the family moved to Cranbrook, where Bryce and Kay taught school until their retirement. heir retirement years were s ent in ernon, where Kay died in 2006. Bryce moved to ountainview illage in Kelowna in 2012, where he resided until his death. Bryce will be lovingly remembered for the remarkable care and concern he demonstrated for each member of his large family; his love of music, photography, and camping; his pride of craftsman-ship; and his unwavering Christian faith, which provided a central focus for his life. Arrangements are in progress for a memorial service aturday, ay 2, 2015. Donations in memory of Bryce may be made at www.gideons.org.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www. rstmemorialfuneralkelowna.comArrangements entrusted to First emorial Funeral ervices, Kelowna, BC 250- 62-2299

ASSUNTA CROATTO FERLIZZA“NONNA” “ZIA”

Born in Vallemontana, Udine, Italy January 9th 1920. Parents Teresa and Giovanni Croatto. Assunta was the second oldest of seven children raised in a mountain village in Italy. She married her childhood sweetheart in 1942 Antonio Pietro Ferlizza.Th e family immigrated to Canada in 1961 to seek a better life. Th ey fi rst settled in Prince George where she worked at the Prince George Hotel and later Inn off the North with her sisters. She also helped raise her two oldest granddaughters before moving to Penticton in 1976, as it reminded them of their homeland. She would ride her bike to work with her son Claudio at South Main Market to bake the bread every day. She was a hard worker who looked aft er her family. When South Main sold you would see her travelling to Summerland with her son Dario to help Claudio and Shannon renovate and open the Stonehouse. It was in honor of her and her sisters to name the Stonehouse “Zias”. When the children started to arrive she looked aft er the babies so the parents could run the restaurant. Customers will always remember her holding babies at the front of Zias. In 2010, Assunta moved to Summerland to the Seniors village where she made many friends and continued to come to the Zias Stonehouse. Assunta stayed active with family picnics, beach outings and gatherings with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She made the best Polenta, gnocchi and lasagna and her garden grew lettuce year round. Assunta is survived by her three children Dario Ferlizza, Diana(Alberto)Sultano, Claudio(Shannon) Ferlizza. Her grandchildren Tiziana, Lucia, Aviana, Tiana and Sophia as well as six great grandchildren. Special thanks to Dr. Barb Main for her gentle care and for giving her a good quality of life for so many years. Also the Dr. Andrew Pavilion staff for their care and support, you are a wonderful bunch who made our Nonnas life better. Prayers were held Th urs., Feb. 12, 2015 at 7:00pm followed by Mass of Christian burial on Feb. 13, 2015 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 1296 Main Street, Penticton, BC. Internment followed at Lakeview Cemetary, Penticton, BC. In lieu of fl owers a donation may be made to a charity of your choice.

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NIELSEN, BENDT AXEL GERHARDT HOLCK

Bendt Nielsen passed away peacefully at the Summerland Senior’s Village on February 10, 2015, at the age of 89 years. He will be remembered and sadly missed by his family: 2 sons – Carsten (Valorie) of Summerland, Flemming (Anita) of Dawson Creek. 4 grandchildren: Michelle (Kent) Miller, Aaron (Christine), Drew, Adam. 4 Great Grandchildren: Logan, Everett, Jasper, Griffi n.Family in Denmark includes brother Ole & sisters Gerda & Kirsten. Predeceased by his brothers Kaj & Mogens. Bendt was born in Odense, Denmark on August 10, 1925 and immigrated with his family to Calgary in 1957. In 1966 he moved to Summerland where he had a small farm and started up a mink ranch. As well, during the next 15 years, he operated as a general building contractor and cabinet maker. He built numerous houses in Summerland as well as the original Th rift Shop on Victoria Rd and the clock tower on Main St (originally above the 5¢ - $1 Store). Trained as a furniture maker in Denmark, he built many pieces of beautiful furniture for his family. Aft er retirement he moved to Vancouver Island for several years before returning to Summerland in 2012. Th roughout his life, Bendt enjoyed traveling, sailing, cross-country skiing and hiking. He was a great “story teller” and family dinners were never complete without a few of his adventure stories. For many years he was an active member in his church.A small family gathering will be held to “Celebrate his Life”.


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While many will wear pink shirts on Feb. 25 as part of a national anti-bullying initiative, there are no community-wide events planned in Summerland.

Tina Martin of Summerland Bully-Free said instead of rallies, flash mobs or other events, she would like to see dis-cussion of the issue.

“I’m challenging the community to put the focus on giving

kindness in the com-munity,” she said.

She said this is a departure from the anti-bullying messa-ges of past years. “If we are kind, it actual-ly kiboshes bullying behaviour,” she said.

The pink T-shirts will still be part of

Pink Shirt Day. The Summerland

Bully-Free shirts are available at the Summerland Visitor Centre on Highway 97 or by contacting Martin at 250-404-0301. The cost is $10 for an adult shirt and $5 for a children’s or

youth’s shirt.In addition to past

events around Pink Shirt Day, Summer-land Bully-Free has worked to create dia-logue about bullying behaviour. In fall, a conversation cafe event was held on the topic.

Kindness urged for Pink Shirt Day

Valentine’s Day concertOn Feb. 14, several students from Perry Music Studio performed a Valentine’s Day concert for the residents at Summerland Seniors Village. The children played as part of an initiative by the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers’ Association to encourage music students to volunteer their musical talents as a community service. Standing from left are Allister Gil-man, Annika Carlson, Paulina Steinberg, Elizabeth Haddow and Lukas Gerzen. Seated at the piano from left are Mckenna Carlson, Saskia Carlson, and Cyan Nickel, Missing is Sydney St. Hilaire.

A mariachi band will bring the sounds of Mexico to Centre Stage Theatre next month.

El Mariachi los Dorados will play in Summerland on Sat-urday, March 14, on the last day of the band’s Okanagan tour.

Diego Kohl, who plays the guitarron, a bass instrument, said

the music is tradition-al mariachi, but also includes some new original songs.

“Every year we try to prepare a different show,” he said.

He added that mariachi continually features new arrange-ments of old songs.

“New generations can connect with the music too,” he said.

Kohl said the

12-piece band works to perform for the audiences.

“We sing for the people. It’s a grass-roots movement,” he said. “It’s folk music and it connects with the people.”

The Vancouver-based band was founded by Alex Ale-gria in 2003 to bring mariachi music to Canada.

Over the years, the band has performed in western Canada and in the United States.

The Summer-land show will be on March 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Centre Stage Theatre. Tickets are available at Martin’s Flowers in Sum-merland and at the Dragon’s Den in Pen-ticton.

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15-725 Carmi Ave.Penticton, BC V2A 3G8

778-476-0010Monday-Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Saturday-Sunday CLOSED

Fantastic Healthcare Made Easy!

Steve: Store Owner

Bryan:Front Store Manager

Dave:Pharmacy Manager

Carmi Ave

Main St

Dartm

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Governm

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Industrial Ave E

Hospital

Carmi Remedy’sRx

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Carmi Remedy is pleased to announce the addition of Dave Zamorano to their staff as Pharmacy Manager. Dave joins us after spending the last 5 years at Summerland Pharmasave. He is looking forward to seeing his custom-ers at his new location. Visit Dave, Steve and Bryan for all your health care needs.

LEONA HOPMAN

[email protected]

BRYAN HART

[email protected]

250-494-218113219 Victoria Road North,

Summerland

• Second fl oor, 2 bed, 2 bath condo

• 1100 sq.ft. of living space

• Large living room, lovely kitchen

• Laminate fl ooring, close to town MLS®

Ask for Bryan to view or for more info

www.homesfore-u.ca$169,900

• Fabulous well cared for townhouse in upscale gated community

• Fresh paint, bright & cheery kitchen, ready to move into

• Spacious attached double car garage MLS®

Ask for Leona to view or for more info

[email protected]$339,000

LINDEN TERRACE LA VISTA

You do not need anyone’s permission to be your true self.

www.summerland.ca

Better than a thousand hollow

words, is one word that brings peace.that brings peace.

250-494-4376

7519 PrairieValley Rd.,

There is nothing to fear...

except fear itself.

#101-9901

Main Street

778.516.5656

Stand Up Against Bullying…

Courage is fire. Bullying is smoke

13604 Victoria Road (In the Sungate Plaza)

250-494-8338

Stand up for others. Stand up for yourself.

13601 Victoria Rd. N. 250-494-7181www.sdcu.com

On Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 be sure to wear your Pink Shirt Day t-shirt and say ENOUGH to bullying! This special day takes place in schools, workplaces, and neighbourhoods across the nation, and features individuals like you bringing awareness to the cause. The goal of the Pink Shirt Day campaign is to raise $300,000 to fund local anti-bullying programs and you can be a part of this amazing campaign!

Bullying and CyberbullyingBullyingBullying happens when there is an imbalance ofpower; where someone purposely and repeatedlysays or does hurtful things to someone else.Bullying can occur one on one or in a group(s) ofpeople. There are many different forms of bullying:■ Physical bullying (using your body or objects

to cause harm): includes hitting, punching, kicking, spitting or breaking someone else’s belongings.

■ Verbal bullying (using words to hurt someone): includes name calling, put-downs, threats and teasing.

■ Social bullying (using your friends and relationships to hurt someone): includes spreading rumours, gossiping, excluding others from a group or making others look foolish or unintelligent. This form of bullying is most common among girls (Canadian Children’s Rights Council).

CyberbullyingCyberbullying involves the use of communicationtechnologies such as the Internet, social networking sites, websites, email, text messaging and instant messaging to repeatedly intimidate or harass others.Cyberbullying includes:■ Sending mean or threatening emails or text/

instant messages.■ Posting embarrassing photos of someone

online.■ Creating a website to make fun of others.■ Pretending to be someone by using their name.■ Tricking someone into revealing personal or

embarrassing information and sending it to others.

Cyberbullying affects victims in different waysthan traditional bullying. It can follow a victimeverywhere 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, fromschool, to the mall and all the way into the comfort of their home - usually safe from traditional forms of bullying.ImpactsOver time, youth who are bullied or bully others fi nd their own ways of dealing with it. While some victims/bullies may become depressed and begin to withdraw socially, others react aggressively and turn to violence.Dangers for Children and AdolescentsWho Are Bullied:■ Depression■ Social anxiety, loneliness, isolation■ Stress related health problems (e.g.,

headaches, stomach aches)■ Low self esteem■ School absenteeism and academic problems■ Aggressive behaviours

■ Contemplating, attempting, or committing suicide

Dangers for Children and AdolescentsWho Bully Others:■ Not knowing the difference between right and

wrong■ Delinquency and substance use■ Academic problems and increased school

dropout rate■ Aggression■ Sexual harassment and dating aggression■ Gang involvement and criminal adulthood■ Diffi culties in their relationships with others■ Being bullied at the hands of othersBullying and the LawBullying can be a traumatic experience, and some forms of bullying can even be considered illegal.These include:■ Threats - whether done face to face, online,

over the phone or through text messaging.■ Assaults - including pushing, tripping, slapping,

hitting or spitting.■ Theft of personal items - like a backpack,

books, electronic devices, etc.■ Harassment - repeated tormenting online, with

texts, phone calls and/or emails.■ Sexual Exploitation - sharing videos or photos

with nudity of people under 18.■ Hate crime - bullying based on ethnicity, sexual

orientation, religious beliefs, etc.For all of these criminal offences, it is important to notify your local police detachment or report it to CYBERTIP.CA. Based on the available information, police will decide if an investigation is warranted and whether charges may be laid. What You Can DoYouth If you are a victim of bullying:■ Walk away or leave the online conversation.■ Keep track of the bullying (write it down and/or

save a screenshot of the online message).■ Tell a trusted adult. If you don’t trust anyone or

need to speak with someone urgently, contact the confi dential and toll-free Kids Help Phone.

■ Report the bullying to school administrators.■ Report criminal offences, such as threats,

assaults and sexual exploitation to the local police detachment.

■ Report unwanted text messages to your

telephone service provider.■ Report online bullying to the social media site

and block the person responsible.■ Facebook■ YouTube - Safety Centre■ Twitter■ Instagram – block a user or report something■ Tumblr – how to “ignore” (block) someone If

you know someone who is being bullied... Most types of bullying go on as long as someone is watching and laughing. As a bystander, know that you have the power to stop the bullying. 60% of the time, bullying stops in less than 10 seconds when someone steps in (Kids Help Phone).

■ If you feel it’s safe to do so, tell the bully to stop.

■ Find friends/students/youth or an adult who can help stop it.

■ Befriend the person being bullied and lead them away from the situation.

■ Report it to a teacher or school staff.■ Fill out an anonymous letter and drop it off to a

teacher or any adult you trust.AdultsIf you know or think that a child is a victimof bullying...■ Talk to them - Let them know that they can

trust you and that they shouldn’t deal with bullying alone.

■ Help them:■ document the bullying;■ report unwanted text messages to their

telephone service provider, or cyberbullying to social media sites;

■ report the bullying to school administrators; and

■ report criminal offences, such as threats, as saults, harassment and sexual exploitation to the local police detachment.

Challenge your friendsand co-workers to

commit to a bully-freelifestyle and wear pinkon Wednesday, Feb 25

Bullying…

Wednesday, Feb. 25

Join the cause and buy a pink shirt at

pinkshirtday.ca or at London Drugs

16 www.summerlandreview.com Thursday, February 19, 2015 Summerland Review

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