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Member of munici-pal council will work through the 2015 budget in the coming weeks.
The 99-page prelim-inary budget document was presented to muni-cipal council earlier this month.
It has also been post-ed to the municipality’s
website.The prelimin-
ary budget calls for $11,587,347 in total rev-enue for the municipal-ity’s general fund in 2015, with operating expenses of $10,903,614.
This leaves $683,732 for discretionary spending.
The general fund does
not include the electrical, water or sewer utilities. Each of these has its own budget, funded by user rates, levies and grants.
The municipality will hold a series of com-mittee meetings and an E-town hall meeting to consider the budget for the coming year.
At the Jan. 12 Commit-tee of the Whole meeting, council will review the core operating budgets for the coming year.
Additional reviews will be held on Jan. 15, 19 and 22 to examine core budgets and discretion-ary spending.
The bylaw is expected
to come before council for first reading on Jan. 26.
The E-town hall meet-ing is planned for Feb. 16.
The second and third readings are expected for the Feb. 23 meeting, with adoption expected at the March 9 meeting.
Christmas dinnerSummerland’s Great
Christmas Match-Up was a special experi-ence for those who participated.
Page 12
Birthday partyA Summerland
woman celebrated her 101st birthday on Box-ing Day.
Page 2
Basketball actionPast and present
Summerland basket-ball players competed in a tournament on Saturday.
Page 3
Gift basketThe Artisans of the
Okanagan Market-place in Summerland held a holiday gift draw.
Page 8
Junior hockeyThe Summerland
Steam faced the Osoy-oos Coyotes in a pair of weekend games.
Page 9
YOUR SMILE
My New Year’s resolution is to stop
hanging out with people who ask me
about my New Year’s resolutions.
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Awards honour excellenceChamber will recognize efforts from individuals, organizations,businesses
by John Arendt
The Summerland Chamber of Commerce is looking for outstand-ing individuals, organizations and businesses for the annual Business and Community Awards.
The 77th annual awards cere-mony will be held on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Summerland Waterfront Resort.
As in previous years, there are 11 categories.
Sophia Jackson of the Summer-land Chamber said there were seven nominations for the Citizen/Volunteer of the Year category last year.
The Rising Star award, for new businesses, also received several nominations, Jackson said.
The other award categories are Sustainability Leader, Technology and Innovation, Professional Ser-vices Excellence, Trade Services Excellence, Manufacturing/Indus-trial Excellence, Retail Excellence, Tourism and Hospitality Excellence and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
In addition, the Mayor’s Award of Excellence will be presented. This award is presented by they mayor, not the chamber.
Jackson said the awards allow the community to recognize out-standing effort.
“It’s a great way to honour people,” she said. “It’s inspiring. They work incredibly hard.”
In past years, many of the nom-inees and recipients have been those with a long history of business or community excellence, but Jackson said the awards should not be seen as a recognition of lifetime achievement.
The focus is on accomplishments over the past year, she said.
Nomination forms are available at the chamber’s website at sum-merlandchamber.com and at the Summerland Review office.
The deadline for nominations is Jan. 23.
Council to examine budgetOut for a rideScarlett Ehmann, seven years old, prepares for a ride on Sunny during the Christmas horse rides at Red Barn Ranch on Saturday. See related pictures on Page 7.
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Cotton candy promotionRemax Orchard Country hosted a cotton candy outlet in front of their new location at the Sum-merland Festival of Lights. Proceeds from this effort were donated to the Children’s Miracle Net-work. From left are real estate agents Patrick Murphy, Mike Stohler and Wes Burdick.
101st birthday celebrationMayor Peter Waterman chats with Rosa King, a resident of Prairie Valley Lodge, during King’s 101st birthday party on Dec. 26. King was born in Munich, Germany on Dec. 26, 1913. She emigrated to Canada in 1951, living in Winnipeg and later in Calgary. In 1973, she retired to Summerland.
by Steve KiddBlack Press
Though he’s still not reached the two-year mark in provin-cial government, Pen-ticton MLA Dan Ash-ton is already a junior cabinet minister.
Ashton, already a member of the Treas-ury Board and chair of the finance com-mittee, was appointed parliamentary secre-tary for Finance Min-ister Mike de Jong by Premier Christy Clark last week.
Ashton said it’s an honour to work with de Jong and the finance ministry staff, noting that next to the premier, finance is the second ranking minister in cabinet.
“I am fiscally responsible, always have been, both inside and outside of public life, and I guess it has been noticed,” said Ash-ton. “I have always worked hard, and as
many people know, I am a strong believer in good governance. I think I showed that at the City of Penticton, whether it was in the councillor’s position or as mayor.”
As Penticton mayor, Ashton led
the city through a core review process that saw the city’s finances and staffing reorganized and par-ticipated in a similar process as chair of the Regional District Okanagan Similka-meen.
“I am incredibly proud of what we were able to accom-plish, both at the regional district and the City of Penticton by everybody work-ing together,” he said.
Ashton said the accomplishments at the city and at RDOS were due to every-one working togeth-er, adding that he is good at working with people and ensuring they all come for a common cause.
“I am proud of what was accom-plished at the City of Penticton. We were far from perfect, but we worked really hard,” he said. “It is my understanding that was noticed.”
Parliamentary sec-retaries are appointed to assist senior min-isters in their duties. Ashton said the core review of the prov-ince he is working on with Minister Bill Bennett is wrapping
up, and he will retain his seats on the Treas-ury Board and the finance committee, though not as chair.
“Being now a par-liamentary secre-tary to the Minister of Finance, that is deemed not impar-tial, so I will remain on the committee but not as chair,” said Ashton.
Clark also appoint-ed Peace River South MLA Mike Bernier as parliamentary secre-tary for Environment Minister Mary Polak, and North Vancou-ver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite as parliamentary secre-tary for Minister of Children and Family Development Steph-anie Cadieux.
Amrik Virk, who had been minister of advanced education, swapped places with Andrew Wilkinson, who was minister of technology, innova-tion and citizens’ ser-vices.
Ashton promoted to junior minister role
“I am fiscally responsible, always have been, both inside and outside of public life, and I guess it has been noticed.”
Dan Ashton
A career in
advertising sales
For the past 24
years, Jo Freed has
handled newspaper
advertising needs for
Summerland’s busi-
nesses. Page 15
Power supply
A lineman from
Summerland was in
Washington to provide
assistance following a
significant power out-
age. Page 3
Counting birds
Bird watchers
recorded the num-
ber of birds during an
annual count.Page 6
Hockey wins
The Summerland
Steam skated to a pair
of wins on the week-
end. Page 12
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SMILE
Playing
Jingle Bells
on the
touch-tone
phone
is not allowed.
It runs up
an incredible
long distance bill.
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Requests for
seasonal
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 train
The 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.”
John Bubb
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A career in
advertising sales
For the past 24
years, Jo Freed has
handled newspaper
advertising needs for
Summerland’s busi-
nesses. Page 15
Power supply
A lineman from
Summerland was in
Washington to provide
assistance following a
significant power out-
age. Page 3
Counting birds
Bird watchers
recorded the num-
ber of birds during an
annual count.Page 6
Hockey wins
The Summerland
Steam skated to a pair
of wins on the week-
end. Page 12
YOUR
WHAT’S
INSIDE:
VOLUME 67 - ISSUE NO. 52 •
THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1908
Requests for
seasonal
hampers up
19 per cent
from past years
Food bank demand rises
Merry Christmas
Holiday train
The 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.
end.
YOUR
SMILEhampers up
19 per cent
from past years
by John Arendt
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The annual Sum-merland Second-ary School Alumni Basketball Tourna-ment took place last Saturday and it was once again well attended as fans took in some excellent basketball action.
The tournament is hosted by the high school’s senior basketball teams and includes grad teams from 2014 back to 1981.
The oldest grad this year was 1981 grad Joe Wacker-bauer, who had the opportunity of guarding his son Nic in the opening game.
Summerland Sec-ondary School teach-er Tom Brickenden (grad 1981) also had the chance to guard his son Landon for a few minutes.
Tournament dir-ectors Don Walker and Blair Haddrell reported an excellent turn out this year, with some new faces that hadn’t played in quite a few years.
The purpose of the alumni tournament is to gather past and present basketball players from the high school, have some spirited competition, catch up with old friends, and celebrate high school basket-ball.
The tournament opened with the present senior boys Rockets taking on the fan favourite Old Guys team.
Aided by 6’8” Josh Hood, the old grads fought off fatigue and
a spirited high school team to defeat the Rockets 66-55.
The Old Guys proved just too tall and too large for the younger Rockets.
High-flying Jeff Dolan and towering Josh Hood led the way scoring 16 points
each for the victors. The Rockets were
led by Landon Brick-enden and Abhi Lehki with 17 points and 12 points respect-ively.
The second game of the tournament pitted the legendary Red team taking on
the Blue team in their annual battle.
This game is con-sistently one of the best of the tourna-ment and the two teams did not dis-appoint the many fans in attendance.
In the end, the Red team defeated the
Blue team by a score of 63-62.
The teams are made up of players from 2004 to 2010 and 2011 to 2014.
Scoring leaders for the Red team were Trevor Parkinson with 15 points, Jor-dan Stathers with 14 points and Harish Anand with 13 points.
Shaun McGaw with 12 points, Drayden Power with 11 points and Eric Buddingh with 10 points led the scoring for the Blue team.
This game was amazing from start to finish and provid-ed many highlight moments.
The third game of the tournament pit-ted the female grads against the present senior girls Rock-ets team, who were helped by the play of their present coach Jenny Mitchell and teacher Tama Cor-day, both grads of the high school.
Despite a lack of substitutes, the two teams battled right to the final buzzer and the older grads defeated the Rockets by a score of 54-43.
The grads were led by the scoring touch of Lisa Isaak with 18 points and Mel-issa Stathers with 10 points.
The Old Gals were led by the incredible passing and play-making of present high school teacher Tama Corday.
Haven Dufty led the Rockets scoring with 13 points.
In the consolation final of the boys side of the draw, the Blue team grads took on the boys Rockets, and in the end the grads proved to be just too big and too tall and they defeated the Rockets by a score of 78-57.
Drayden Power and Eric Buddingh were again the high scorers for the third place Blue team with 15 and 13 points respectively.
The Rockets’ attack was led by the great three-point shoot-ing performance of Gurek Rathore, who drained six three-pointers for 18 points.
Landon Brick-enden also provided countless rebounds and contributed 15 points to the team total.
The tournament final for the boys draw saw a repeat of
the match up of the previous two years, with the Red team taking on the tired and stiff Old Grads.
Guest coach How-ard Wiens helped guide the Old Guys and provide much needed inspiration.
The game was dominated in the first half by the Red team with their sharp shooting and went in to half time with a 42-35 lead.
In the second half, the Old Guys slowly crept back in to the game. Led by the rebounding and scor-ing of Josh Hood, the grads clawed back to a lead of 62-60.
With just seconds to go, the Red team had last possession of the ball and threw up the potentially win-ning three point shot, only to narrowly miss and give the Old Grads the victory.
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Changes are in the plans for the struc-ture of Summerland’s municipal council meetings.
Mayor Peter Waterman said he plans to introduce some changes to the bylaw which governs the structure of the meetings.
One of the changes will be a 10-minute open question time at the start of the meet-ings.
Speakers will have two minutes each to present their ques-tions to the council.
In addition, the
existing question period at the end of the meeting will continue, but it will come prior to adjournment.
At present, the question period comes after the coun-cil meeting has been adjourned.
The changes will provide a greater opportunity for pub-lic participation and input, Waterman said.
While the pro-posed structure chan-ges are a departure from Summerland’s past council meet-
ing format, they are in use in other com-munities.
He also plans to revisit the Committee of the Whole meet-ings.
At present, these meetings are held on the mornings of Mon-day council meetings. Items are considered and clarified, but the resolutions are not passed until the evening meetings.
In order to adopt the changes to the meeting structure, the municipality’s pro-cedure bylaw must first be amended.
Changes proposed for council meetings
An eye on the ballAlumni basketball players in white and members of the Summerland Sec-ondary School senior boys Rockets basketball team watch in anticipation during one of the games on Saturday afternoon.
Alumni basketball teams compete
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Computers and the LawComputers and the new software and technology that has accompanied them have had a huge impact on all our daily lives. Well, the Legal system is no different. Computers now occupy most Lawyer's desks and absolutely all of our Secretary's Desks. In addition to revolutionizing word processing and research techniques, computers and their related technologies have created a huge new range of questions to be answered in the fields of Privacy, Publishing, Censorship and Trademarks to name a few.
It will be some time before Courts can decide on the parameters and rules to be put in place to govern these areas. Many people in the legal community have realized that the technology is changing and expanding so fast that the game may change before the rules are in place. Lets hope that the new technology not only raises the questions but also helps the system quickly determine the answers.
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The holiday shopping season may be over, but online scam-mers are continuing to use gift cards, post-Christ-mas sales and other offers to lure unsuspecting victims.
Some of the fraudulent attempts are cleverly designed to mimic the appearance of a legitim-ate business.
It is worth taking the time to check carefully before clicking on an offer, particularly if it comes in the form of an unsolicited email.
bad apples
VICTORIA – It’s time to look beyond the protests and pol-itical battles around climate change that dominated 2014, and look at the year and the decade ahead.
From the California drought to shifting forest patterns across B.C., there is evidence that our climate is changing more rapidly. Public debate con-sists mainly of squabbling about the sig-nificance of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, rather than what can be done to prepare.
A draft discussion paper from the B.C. forests min-istry on wildfire control was released in December after an access to information request. “Climate Change Adaptation and Action Plan For Wild-fire Management, 2014-2024” describes the progress made in the province’s community for-est fire prevention plan, and its goal to create “wildfire resili-ent ecosystems and wildfire adapted communities” over the next 10 years.
The final discussion paper is to be released early in 2015, but the key research is in.
It estimates that by 2017 there will be 788 million cubic metres of dead pine in B.C. forests.
Fires in these areas spread 2.6 times faster than in healthy green stands, up to 66 metres per minute.
The report calls for fuel
management beyond com-munity boundaries to stop “mega-fires” by creating landscape-level fuel breaks, with targeted harvesting, pre-scribed burning and new silvi-culture practices.
It notes that bark beetle infestations and bigger, hot-ter fires are being seen across North America, with costs ris-ing along with urban develop-ment. For example, the 2011 Slave Lake fire in northern Alberta generated the second largest insurance charge in Canadian history.
The costs of preparing are huge. The costs of not prepar-ing could be catastrophic.
Also in 2014, the B.C. gov-ernment appointed an advisory committee to prepare for the renewal of the Columbia River Treaty with the United States.
While this 1964 the treaty has no end date, its flood con-trol mandate expires in 2024. I spoke with Deborah Harford and Jon O’Riordan, members of the Simon Fraser University Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT), who, along with ACT senior policy author Rob-ert Sandford, have written a provocative book on the treaty. They hope it will help lead to a renewed agreement that will be a model for a changing world.
“If you’re looking ahead 60 years from 2024, there’s a lot of climate change projected in that period, for British Col-umbia and the U.S.,” Harford said.
“For the B.C. side, we’re looking at heavy precipitation
and potential increase in snow-melt runoff, while in the States, you’re getting the opposite, much less snow.
“There will probably be no snowpack left down there, and they’re looking at the prospect of quite drastically lower flows in the summer.”
The treaty, sparked by dev-astating floods in 1948, led to construction of three dams on the B.C. side and one at Libby, Washington that backed up Kookanusa Lake into B.C. Between that reservoir and the Arrow Lakes, 110,000 hec-tares of B.C. land was flood-ed, including orchards, dairy farms and the homes of 2,000 people.
Those dams hold back spring flood water and provide for irrigation that has allowed Washington to expand its agri-culture to a $5 billion-a-year industry.
The treaty shares the value of hydroelectric power generated by the many downstream U.S. dams such as the Grand Cou-lee, but it pays B.C. nothing for agricultural benefits that were achieved at the cost of B.C. farms and aboriginal territor-ies.
O’Riordan notes that climate shifts create a strategic benefit for B.C. The U.S. has no more dam capacity to exploit, and needs us more than ever, for flood protection and water sup-ply.
Tom Fletcher is legisla-ture reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]
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Proposed changes to the struc-ture of municipal council meet-ings will allow a greater level of public partici-pation.
The chan-ges include a 10-minute question per-iod at the start of each council meeting and a time for questions and com-ments before adjournment.
While Summerlanders have always been given access to local government, the proposed chan-ges will make the public input process much more visible.
ourpickOutstanding
achievementEach year, the Summerland
Chamber of Commerce pre-sents awards to businesses, organizations and individuals who have exceeded expecta-tions.
The Business and Community Awards evening is an opportunity to recog-nize outstanding efforts in a variety of categories.
For much of January, nom-inations will be accepted for the awards categories.
The nominations are important as a way to recog-nize the extra effort made by Summerland’s businesses and individuals.
It is easy to talk about the challenges faced by the local business community, especially when the national or international economy is considered.
Still, there are positive examples of business excel-lence.
In some cases, a business deserves recognition for delivering consistently good and reliable customer ser-vice.
For others, an expansion or the addition of a new product or service is note-worthy.
As for the individuals who are nominated, there are many who work tireless-ly as part of service organ-izations or on their own for the good of the entire community.
Such efforts deserve to be recognized.
Often, those who are committed to excellence, whether individually or pro-fessionally, will go about their work tirelessly and unnoticed.
For those who provide extra efforts, the motivation is in the work itself, not in public praise or accolades.
At the same time, the nominations and the awards are important as they are a way for the community to say thanks for a job well done.
2015: The year of climate adaptation
Tom Fletcher
Dear Editor:The request by
The Guide Outfitters Association of B.C. for a wildlife alloca-tion increase to 25 to 40 per cent for non-resident hunters is astounding!
Aside from sheer greed and the desire to chase the almighty dollar, I can see no other reason why GOABC would push for a change to our wildlife allocation policy that would grant more hunting privileges to non-residents and that would see the hard working, tax pay-ing residents of our province lose their hunting privileges to an already declin-ing trophy hunting industry in British Columbia.
The norm for most provinces in Can-ada, and states in the USA, is an allocation of five to 10 per cent of their wildlife to non-resident hunt-ers.
This has proven to be a healthy and sus-tainable allocation of the wildlife popula-tions and has allowed for ample hunting opportunities for both resident and non-resident hunters alike.
So, the request by our province’s Guide Outfitters Associa-tion for an allocation of 25 to 40 per cent for non-residents seems a bit high to say the least.
We, as resident hunters, need to help regulate this sale of our precious wildlife to foreign hunters, by voicing our opinions to those in govern-ment who have the power to legislate fair allocations for all.
The number of resi-dent hunters in B.C. has risen by 20 per cent over the last 10 years, from 85,000 to upwards of 102,000, while the number of
non-resident hunters has seen a decline of 30 per cent over the same time period, from 6,500 down to 4,500.
That is 102,000 out-doorsmen, women and children who love to spend time in our wilderness while in pursuit of a healthy, organic and challenging source of food and who stand to lose their hunting opportunities to the mere 4.500 or so non-resident trophy hunt-ers.
I am the father of young children, and I can only hope that in 10 years time, when they are old enough to hunt, that there will still be opportun-ity for them to do so in our province.
It is an experience as Canadian as hock-ey, and the oppor-tunity to hunt, fish and enjoy the out-doors should remain a right for us, the residents of British Columbia.
I would ask that you, as a resident of B.C., hunter or not, please show your support for those of us that love this experience by writing a letter to our local MLA, to our premier or by simply signing a petition on www.change.org under the title “Don’t Take Away Resident Hunt-ers’ Rights.” Every voice counts!
Adam LangloisSummerland
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Winter water sportsIn 1937 anyone who was headed for the lake in winter knew what to wear: coats and sweaters, toques, mitts, and boots or skates. Some even brought hockey sticks. Over the years, things have changed! Be at Sunoka Beach on Jan. 1 to see just how much. It’s the 30th Annual Summerland Kinsmen Club Polar Bear Dip. You can dive right in or stand by the warm fire enjoying hot chocolate and a hot dog while watching the crazy antics of the brave and foolhardy. It’s a great way to start the New Year and support a great cause. Happy New Year!
Photo courtesy of the Summerland Museum
The early years
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Changes to harm hunting industry
Dear Editor:The people of the
Okanagan Valley need to know that what you can’t see will hurt you.
Eminent, in-dependent, non-industry-funded sci-entists with expertise in the area of elec-tromagnetic radiation have warned us now for many years that:
a) long-term, low-level, pulsed, non-thermal radio/microwave frequency radiation is harmful to humans and all liv-ing things, and
b) power line (60 Hz) electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation given off by house-hold wiring, electrical appliances, high volt-age power transmis-
sion and distribution lines, etc. is equally harmful to humans and all living things.
Deployment of smart meters and their imposition on an unsuspecting popula-tion will eventually cause a crisis in human health unseen before in human history.
We are facing what Dr. Devra Davis, distinguished e p i d e m i o l o g i s t , author of “Discon-nect” and founder of the Environmental Health Trust in the United States, calls “the slow roll-out of an epidemic.”
Around the world, people are already suffering. They are going to their doc-tors with symptoms
consistent with elec-tromagnetic hyper-sensitivity, yet doc-tors are untrained in the biological effects of electromagnetic radiation and treat patients according to their symptoms. This violates the first rule of medicine which is to remove the patient from the cause of their disease.
Scientific evidence is being swept under the carpet. Confu-sion over scientific results is being cre-ated by people like Dr. William Bailey, of Exponent, a product defence consultant for FortisBC in last year’s smart meter hearing before the B.C. Utilities Com-mission.
The BCUC and government officials such as Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall are turning a blind eye to the unfolding carnage.
FortisBC Smart Meter Project Direc-tor Ian Dyck is a busi-nessman. His sole purpose is to increase corporate profit. B.C. Hydro is a Crown corporation. As a government body B.C. Hydro is break-ing the social contract that binds our soci-ety for the benefit of everyone.
I have decided not to have any smart meter installed on my house. This after also having read the concise and precise power point presen-
tation by Jerry Flynn, a retired Canadian military officer who spent more than 22 years in electron-ic warfare: bcuc.com/Documents/Proceedings/2013/DOC_33282_C6-10_Flynn_Submitting-Comments-ppt-pres-entation.pdf
To my knowledge, this presentation so far has not been refuted nor rebutted by authorities.
Your readers are also referred for more independent to cit-izensforsafetechnol-ogy.org and stops-martmetersbc.com.
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Three propon-ents have been short listed to participate in the next stage of the selection process to design, build and partially finance an expansion at the Pen-ticton Regional Hos-pital.
Ellis Don Infra-structure, Plenary Health and Tandem Health Partners were short listed last week and have been invit-ed to move on to the Request for Proposal stage.
“Today’s an-nouncement is one more step forward on the path to a new patient care tower for residents of the South Okanagan,” said Health Minister Terry Lake.
“The new facility is a great example of the investments we are making in com-munities across the province to strength-en health-care service
delivery for patients and families.”
Six teams had responded to the Patient Care Tower Request for Quali-fications. This stage closed on Nov. 6.
“Each completed stage of the competi-tive selection process brings us closer to the start of construction,” said Dan Ashton, MLA for the riding of Penticton.
“The new patient care tower is eagerly anticipated by our community and I’m looking forward to seeing the first shovel in the ground.”
The respondents included local, regional, national and international firms.
“Interior Health is committed to quality patient care for resi-dents of the South Okanagan and Simil-kameen,” said Nor-man Embree, Interior Health board chair.
“The expansion of PRH is a priority for us and I am pleased that the procurement process is progress-ing on schedule.”
The total budget for the patient care tower is $325 million.
It will be funded by the province with $122 million to come from the Okanagan Similkameen Region-al Hospital District and $20 million from the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation.
The first phase of the project is the construction of the tower.
It will include an ambulatory care cen-tre, surgical services centre, 84 medical/surgical inpatient beds in single patient rooms, a new med-ical device reprocess-ing unit, and space for the UBC Faculty of Medicine pro-gram.
The tower will be approximately 26,700 square metres.
The second phase is the renovation of vacated areas in the existing hospital.
Construction is expected to begin in 2016, with the new tower opening in 2019.
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Legion toquesKen Bazley of the Summerland Legion, standing, presented veterans at the Dr. Andrew Pavilion with this year’s gift of toques from the Legion. From left are Robert Smith, John Love, Mabeth Sampson and Don Wertz.
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At top right, Ilsa Kelliherm four years old, meets Shasta, a miniature horse.
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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.
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.T h e 9 0 2 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. 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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Gift basketThe Artisans of the Okanagan Marketplace in Summerland held a draw for a Christmas gift basket. Each vendor at the Market donated an item for the basket. Pauline Sykes was the winner of the basket. Ron Dixon is shown presenting the basket to Sykes’s husband Ernest.
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Raffle winnersThe $500 first prize winner in the Summerland Midget Jets Hockey Club Nesters Raffle was Linda Hoshizaki. She then donated half of her winnings to the local food bank. Second prize of $300 went to Dale and Karen Hooper while the third prize of $200 went to J. Martins. Nesters Market is the team sponsor of the Midget Jets. In addition to the raffle, Nesters employs some of the players. The grocery store has also helped with a hamburger sale, bringing Gatorade to the team at the home tournament and selling tickets at the store. The team recently raised $3,600 to help pay for a tournament in Victoria on Jan. 2 to 4. Dale Hooper is seated second from left. Standing at right is Leanne Sieben, manager of Nesters Market.
Kamloops rolled into Summerland for their last league meeting of the season on Saturday, Dec. 20 and the Jets last game before the Christmas break.
All three previous games had gone in Kamloops’ favour.
After beating Kam-loops recently at a tournament in Revel-stoke the Jets were ready to play.
They came out fly-ing and controlled the play despite being down three regular players.
Kamloops scored a power play goal just before the ice clean, so the Jets headed to the dressing room down 0-1.
They held Kam-loops for the rest of the second period and then the third period was owned by the Jets.
Jacob Acheson led the way with assists from Darren Keilty and Mereno Coco. Liam Trewhitt tipped the score in Sum-merland’s favour unassisted. Mitchell Gove scored a third period hat trick, first assisted by Ty Sider-off, then unassisted, and finally with assist to Jacob Ache-son.
The Jets are off now until Jan. 4, when they head to Kelowna for their next league game.
The following weekend, it is the SMHA Bantam Rep Winter Classic Jan. 9 to 11, with teams from Everett, Lower Mainland and the Okanagan joining the tournament.
Bantam Jets win 5-1
The Summerland Steam lost to the Osoyoos Coyotes twice in Junior B hockey action on the weekend.
On Saturday, the Steam travelled to Osoyoos, losing to the Coyotes in a 3-2 decision.
Osoyoos took the lead with a goal in the first period and a goal in the second period. In the third period, Wyatt Gale of the Steam scored at 18:49, assisted by Jar-rett Malchow.
Jack Mills brought the game to a tie with a goal at 16:58. Cole
Woodliffe and Braden Eliuk assisted.
The winning goal from Osoyoos came on a power play with 12 seconds left in the game.
On Sunday, the Steam hosted the Coyotes, losing 4-3 in overtime.
Summerland took the lead with a goal by Malchow at 14:43 in the first period. Riley Pettitt and Nel-son Hurry had the
assists.Malchow scored a
second time with two seconds remaining in the first period. Gale and Pettitt had the assists.
Early in the second period, the Coyotes had their first goal.
At 8:26, Nicholas Gnazdowsky scored for the Steam on a power play, with assists by Tyson Klingspohn and Jack Mills.
In the third per-iod, two unanswered Osoyoos goals brought the game to a tie.
The game was decided in the second overtime period.
The Steam have a record of 22 wins, 10 losses and two over-time losses this sea-son.
The team is in second place in the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference: Oka-
nagan Division in the Kootenay Inter-national Junior Hock-ey League, behind the Coyotes.
The next action for the Steam is on Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 5:30 p.m. when the team faces the Posse in Princeton.
The next home game is on Friday, Jan. 2 when Summerland hosts the Sicamous Eagles. The game begins at 7:30 p.m.
Steam lose twice to Osoyoos
Midget Jets in tie for first place spotThe Summerland
Midget Jets Hockey Club is having a very successful year, only losing two league games so far this year and is currently tied for first place in
the Okanagan Main-line minor hockey league.
The team has also had several players affiliated with junior teams.
Jarred Breitkreuz,
a junior, is an AP player with the Sum-merland Steam and Seth Morgan, a sen-ior, is an AP player with the Osoyoos Coyotes. Dawson Jenner and Linden
Gove, both juniors, are AP players with the Coyotes.
This year has been an excellent develop-ment year for this hockey club.
Come out and see
some of the future Summerland players as they try to win a division champion-ship and earn the right to represent the Okanagan Mainline at the B.C. Provincials
this year. The next home
game is on Jan, 17 as the team hosts the West Kelowna War-riors in the first of an important home and home series.
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The annual Sum-merland Second-ary School Alumni Basketball Tourna-ment took place last Saturday and it was once again well attended as fans took in some excellent basketball action.
The tournament is hosted by the high school’s senior basketball teams and includes grad teams from 2014 back to 1981.
The oldest grad this year was 1981 grad Joe Wacker-bauer, who had the opportunity of guarding his son Nic in the opening game.
Summerland Sec-ondary School teach-er Tom Brickenden (grad 1981) also had the chance to guard his son Landon for a few minutes.
Tournament dir-ectors Don Walker and Blair Haddrell reported an excellent turn out this year, with some new faces that hadn’t played in quite a few years.
The purpose of the alumni tournament is to gather past and present basketball players from the high school, have some spirited competition, catch up with old friends, and celebrate high school basket-ball.
The tournament opened with the present senior boys Rockets taking on the fan favourite Old Guys team.
Aided by 6’8” Josh Hood, the old grads fought off fatigue and
a spirited high school team to defeat the Rockets 66-55.
The Old Guys proved just too tall and too large for the younger Rockets.
High-flying Jeff Dolan and towering Josh Hood led the way scoring 16 points
each for the victors. The Rockets were
led by Landon Brick-enden and Abhi Lehki with 17 points and 12 points respect-ively.
The second game of the tournament pitted the legendary Red team taking on
the Blue team in their annual battle.
This game is con-sistently one of the best of the tourna-ment and the two teams did not dis-appoint the many fans in attendance.
In the end, the Red team defeated the
Blue team by a score of 63-62.
The teams are made up of players from 2004 to 2010 and 2011 to 2014.
Scoring leaders for the Red team were Trevor Parkinson with 15 points, Jor-dan Stathers with 14 points and Harish Anand with 13 points.
Shaun McGaw with 12 points, Drayden Power with 11 points and Eric Buddingh with 10 points led the scoring for the Blue team.
This game was amazing from start to finish and provid-ed many highlight moments.
The third game of the tournament pit-ted the female grads against the present senior girls Rock-ets team, who were helped by the play of their present coach Jenny Mitchell and teacher Tama Cor-day, both grads of the high school.
Despite a lack of substitutes, the two teams battled right to the final buzzer and the older grads defeated the Rockets by a score of 54-43.
The grads were led by the scoring touch of Lisa Isaak with 18 points and Mel-issa Stathers with 10 points.
The Old Gals were led by the incredible passing and play-making of present high school teacher Tama Corday.
Haven Dufty led the Rockets scoring with 13 points.
In the consolation final of the boys side of the draw, the Blue team grads took on the boys Rockets, and in the end the grads proved to be just too big and too tall and they defeated the Rockets by a score of 78-57.
Drayden Power and Eric Buddingh were again the high scorers for the third place Blue team with 15 and 13 points respectively.
The Rockets’ attack was led by the great three-point shoot-ing performance of Gurek Rathore, who drained six three-pointers for 18 points.
Landon Brick-enden also provided countless rebounds and contributed 15 points to the team total.
The tournament final for the boys draw saw a repeat of
the match up of the previous two years, with the Red team taking on the tired and stiff Old Grads.
Guest coach How-ard Wiens helped guide the Old Guys and provide much needed inspiration.
The game was dominated in the first half by the Red team with their sharp shooting and went in to half time with a 42-35 lead.
In the second half, the Old Guys slowly crept back in to the game. Led by the rebounding and scor-ing of Josh Hood, the grads clawed back to a lead of 62-60.
With just seconds to go, the Red team had last possession of the ball and threw up the potentially win-ning three point shot, only to narrowly miss and give the Old Grads the victory.
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Changes are in the plans for the struc-ture of Summerland’s municipal council meetings.
Mayor Peter Waterman said he plans to introduce some changes to the bylaw which governs the structure of the meetings.
One of the changes will be a 10-minute open question time at the start of the meet-ings.
Speakers will have two minutes each to present their ques-tions to the council.
In addition, the
existing question period at the end of the meeting will continue, but it will come prior to adjournment.
At present, the question period comes after the coun-cil meeting has been adjourned.
The changes will provide a greater opportunity for pub-lic participation and input, Waterman said.
While the pro-posed structure chan-ges are a departure from Summerland’s past council meet-
ing format, they are in use in other com-munities.
He also plans to revisit the Committee of the Whole meet-ings.
At present, these meetings are held on the mornings of Mon-day council meetings. Items are considered and clarified, but the resolutions are not passed until the evening meetings.
In order to adopt the changes to the meeting structure, the municipality’s pro-cedure bylaw must first be amended.
Changes proposed for council meetings
An eye on the ballAlumni basketball players in white and members of the Summerland Sec-ondary School senior boys Rockets basketball team watch in anticipation during one of the games on Saturday afternoon.
Alumni basketball teams compete
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GenerationsFive generations of the Gowing family recently gathered. Seated is Dolly Gowing, mother to Terry Gowing, (back row, second from left), father of Trevor Gowing, (back row, second from right), father of four children: Alyshia Gowing-Pepin (Tony),( back row first on left), mother of Parker and Kaleb Pepin, ‘left and right of Dolly): Aaryn Gowing (Jocelyn), (back row far right,) father to Emily Gowing, (back row, left side) , Hunter Gowing (Joei), (back row, third from left), father of Levi Zunti-Davidson-Gowing, being held and Travis Gowing (not pictured.) The late Emeral and Dolly (nee Sutley) Gowing came to Summerland in 1956 with their children Carrol, Terry and Patt, Terry married Linda Gowing (nee Kehler) in 1966, and had three children, Rhonda, Tracy and Trevor. Trevor married Tina Gowing (nee. Howe) in 1993 and they have four children, Alyshia, Aaryn, Hunter and Travis. All family members still reside in Summerland and surrounding areas.
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by Carla McLeodSpecial to the
Review
Juliet Schoonder-woert first read about the Great Christmas Match-Up initiative, in the Summerland Review. Neighbour-Link was looking for host families, willing to welcome people into their homes, who would otherwise be alone on Christmas day.
Schoonderwoert couldn’t help remem-bering her first Christmas in Canada. It was the only time she had ever been homesick.
She was already planning on having two friends over for Christmas dinner.
“I thought, if I’m cooking turkey for
two people, why not for more? There would be plenty for others,” Schoonder-woert said.
Recalling another Christmas in her life also helped Schoon-derwoert come to a decision.
“After my hus-band passed away a friend here in Sum-merland thought of me and invited me to join her family and that meant a lot to me,” she said.
“I saw this as a way of paying back and sharing and to me, that is what Christ-mas is all about.”
In the past S c h o o n d e r w o e r t had invited her co-workers, many who were single and had come from overseas, to join her and her husband on Christ-mas day.
She also enjoyed cooking for a crowd.
Although she ended up having only one addition-al guest for dinner this C h r i s t m a s , Neighbour-Link had o r i g i n a l l y put her in contact with two people.
It was up to her to phone and invite the guests to her home.
For the guest,
S c h o o n d e r w o e r t arranged for her friends to pick her up and bring her along with them.
Upon arriving, the lady gave her a big hug. From this
physical response, S c h o o n d e r w o e r t knew that her guest was very grateful.
“She was a very warm hearted per-son and we all got on very well,” said
S c h o o n d e r w o e r t . “We were all seniors. We sat around and had some mulled apple juice and then we ate our meal.
Rather than cook-ing a whole turkey,
S c h o o n d e r w o e r t chose to cook a stuffed turkey breast. She said there was plenty for the four of them and enough for her guests to go home with leftovers.
What made the day special for Schoonderwoert was “sitting around the fire having a good chat, enjoying a few laughs and just get-ting to know another person,” she said.
N e i g h b o u r L i n k hopes to make the Summerland Christ-mas Match-Up an annual event.
Schoonderwoert says she will par-ticipate again and encourages anyone who may be alone for the holidays next year, not to hesitate to come forward.
There were more folks willing to be host families this year than there were guests.
She also thinks this program is bet-ter than those that involve volunteering to go down to a com-munity hall or church to help prepare a din-ner for others.
“This is the way it should be,” she said.
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.
Christmas dinner a shared experience
“I saw this as a way of paying back and sharing and to me, that is what Christmas is all about.”
Juliet Schoonderwoert
The gift of hospitalityJuliet Schoonderwoert opened her home for Christmas dinner as part of the NeighbourLink Great Christmas Match-Up. This is the first year NeighbourLink has matched guests and host families for Christmas dinner.
Offering foodGrayson Pim, two years old, assisted in handing out lunches and doughnuts on Christmas day. The distribution is a yearly tradition for the Pim family. This year, 120 lunches and doughnuts were handed out.
