Horse ridesRed Barn Ranch

held Christmas pony rides on Saturday afternoon.

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Reviewing the year’s events

Transit service, water metering and road upgrades were among the top stories of 2013 in Summer-land.

Pages 2, 6 and 7

Music festival Registration is now

open for the annual Penticton Kiwanis Music Festival, which will be held in spring.

Page 3

Promoting cadetsSeveral members

of the 902 Summer-land Royal Canadian Air Cadets received promotions at a recent ceremony.

Page 11

Hockey actionThe Summerland

Steam kept busy with four recent Junior B hockey games.

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YOUR SMILEA New Year’s

Resolution is something which goes in one year

and out the other.

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Watching the ballDon Walker, left, is guarded by Trevor Parkinson in the final game of the Alumni Basketball Tournament at Summerland Secondary School. The tournament raised money for the high school athletics department. See story on Page 12.

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Donations pay for upgrades to X-ray equipment

With the support and generosity of the com-munities throughout the South Okanagan and Similkameen, the South Okanagan Simi-kameen Medical Foun-dation has reached the goal for the Image is Everything Christmas campaign through the Eighth Annual Tree of Dreams and raised $500,000.

Any extra funds raised will go into the digital X-ray fund for any extra pieces of equipment requested or additional staff train-ing.

This completes the entire campaign that raised a total of $1,500,000 to change the three X-ray rooms along with a portable machine used for the emergency and inten-sive care unit depart-ments from outdated X-ray cassette equip-

ment into state of the art X-ray digital radi-ography.

Construction on the rooms will begin in the spring with completion expected by the late summer of 2014.

Many individuals, service organizations, businesses and auxiliar-ies supported the cam-paign.

Digital radiography uses digital X-ray sensors instead of the traditional cassettes.

Similar to a digital

camera, this technology uses a digital image cap-turing device.

This gives the advan-tage of an immediate image preview and the elimination of costly time intensive cassette processing steps.

Digital has the ability to apply special image processing techniques that enhance overall dis-play of the image and the process is fast, with the least amount of radi-ation.

Tree of Dreams Campaign meets fundraising target

Free wifi here

by John Arendt

Free wireless access is now available to residents, business-es and visitors at 14 public loca-tions around the community.

The locations include Main Street, the Summerland Arena, the Aquatic and Fitness Centre, Municipal Hall, the Museum and Heritage Society, the Sum-merland Chamber parking lot and Victoria Road North between Main Street and Jubi-lee Road.

The free service is also avail-able at several parks and beach-es.

“We are thrilled to provide this convenient and affordable service,” said Mayor Janice Per-rino. “It will enhance everyday life for residents, boost business opportunities and give visitors another reason to stay longer.”

The service is provided by Shaw Cablesystems Ltd.

Summerland has signed a 10-year agreement for the ser-vice and is the first municipal-ity east of Vancouver to have such an agreement in place.

The agreement guarantees free public access for the length of the contract.

The municipality’s cost is for the electricity required. This is estimated at $340 a year.

Downtown wireless access has been in place for Shaw cus-tomers. Customers connect to the ShawOpen link and log in using their Shaw account.

The agreement now allows those who are not Shaw cus-tomers to access this service through a new ShawGuest net-work, separate from the Shaw-Open network.

To use the ShawGuest net-work, the user must agree to the terms of use each time a device connects.

“I’m really excited that Sum-merland has paved the way for public access to Shaw’s wireless Internet service through our innovative agreement,” said Jeremy Denegar, director of cor-porate services for the munici-pality. “It’s a win for everyone.”See EQUIPMENT Page 3

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Fare ChangeEffective January 1, 2014

Summerland bob-sleigh athlete Justin

Kripps continues to work for a spot at the

2014 Winter Olym-pics in Sochi, Russia.

Kripps is the cap-tain of the Canada #3

bobsleigh team and is vying for Olym-pic quali-fication.

T h e t e a m includes Tim Ran-d a l l , J a m e s McNaughton and Graham Rinholm. This year, Kripps has also paired with Canadian Olympic sprinter Bryan Bar-nett in the two-man event.

Kripps, who com-peted in the 2010 Winter Olympics, teamed up with the Summerland Second-ary School Athletics department to hold a fundraiser at the end of the summer.

Merchandise from Adidas, one of the bobsleigh team’s main sponsors, was offered for sale.

Other items includ-ed jackets, workout pants, snow pants, gloves, toques, shirts, caps and other items.

The sale was held in early September.

The Winter Olym-pics will be held in February.

Support the food bankYour contributions will make a difference in our community.

Kripps pursues Olympic goals

Justin Kripps

Clothing saleAmanda Boehm looks on as Cody Wright tries on a shirt at a fundraiser for Justin Kripps. In the background, Kripps’ mother, Libby Harrison, sets out merchandise at a clothing sale held at the school on Sunday. Kripps donated his excess gear to the athletic department for them to sell off in the fundraiser. Proceeds from the sale will be split between the schools athletic program and Kripps bid for the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.

Efforts made to attract customersMerchants in Sum-

merland’s downtown area worked to attract customers in summer and in the buildup to the December holi-day season.

In summer, coun-

try markets were held downtown on Friday evenings. The mar-kets were set up in addition to the regu-lar Tuesday morning markets, which are held on Kelly Avenue

from May to October.In December,

downtown mer-chants opened their doors on Friday even-ings, beginning at the Summerland Festival of Lights.

The response to the December openings was mixed.

On Dec. 6, one of the coldest evening of the winter, many attended the Wine Walk and Shop event

as wineries from Summerland’s Bottle-neck Drive wineries had wine tastings at several businesses.

Todd Laidlaw of True Grain Bread said customers that

evening complained about the difficulty in finding parking spaces downtown.

Other Friday even-ings, without spe-cial events attached, did not see the same

volume of customer activity.

“I was a big believ-er from the beginning that it wasn’t enough just to open our doors in the evening,” Laid-law said.

Bringing customersA Friday evening downtown market in summer and extended shopping hours in December were two efforts used to draw customers to Summerland’s downtown businesses.

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LEGALLY SPEAKING...A public service message from Bell, Jacoe & Company

Considerate, confidential

and affordable legal services for the residents of

Summerland and area.

Kathryn Robinson•

LAWYER

Bell, Jacoe & CompanyBox 520, 13211 N. Victoria Rd.

(250) 494-6621

Merry Christmas from Bell, Jacoe

Instead of the usual Law related column we would like to pass along a Christmas greeting on behalf of the Lawyers and Staff of Bell, Jacoe & Company. Pat, Joe, Kathryn, Shelley, Davina, Sandy, Joanne, Harmony, Julie and Patricia wish everyone in Summerland a very merry and safe holiday season and a very prosperous new year. A very big thank you to all our valued clients for making 2013 a very good year. The trust and confidence in our firm that so many of you have shown makes all of us proud of the service we provide.Please use caution when driving and take advantage of Taxis and a designated driver. It is far more important to get home safely than risk the consequences of overindulging in Christmas cheer. All the best from Bell, Jacoe & Company.

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Lend a helping handVolunteer your time with one of

Summerland’s many community service organizations.

Continued from Page 1Used on practical-

ly every part of the

body, on infants to the elderly, whether we are diagnosing a

trauma injury, a chest infection or a cancer, X-ray equipment is

the most widely used diagnostic device rec-ommended by doc-

tors. More than 40,000

patients had X-rays

from all over the region last year and that number is a four per cent increase from the year before.

X-ray is available in several of the com-munities served by the Penticton Region-al Hospital but many patients need fur-ther treatment and additional X-rays are required.

Digital radiog-raphy will bring a tremendous equip-ment improvement and diagnosis which will benefit all of our patients.

The Image is Everything campaign focuses on provid-ing increased image quality, reduced radi-ation and allows for faster, more efficient diagnosis of diseases and injuries.

As the hospital board prepares for the future hospital patient tower expan-

sion, this new equip-ment will stay in its current location at the hospital and will be used for many years to come.

For more infor-mation and to make donations, contact the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation office at 250-492-9027 or by mail to 550 Carmi Avenue, Penticton, B.C. V2A 3G6 or go on the website at sos-medicalfoundation.com.

Toy drive fundingStaff at the Summerland branch of the Bank of Montreal raised $752.10 for the Summerland Fire Department’s annual Toys and Toonies for Tots to Teens gift drive. From left are Heather Sieben, firefighter George Pugh, Alea Quaal, Hanneke Button, Daisy Brar and Cindy Willis.

Students of music, dance and speech arts are busy pre-paring for the 88th annual Penticton Kiwanis Music Fes-tival which will take place from March 5 to April 29.

The Festival is an opportunity for young performing artists to demon-strate their achieve-ments in music, dance and speech arts to their peers and to the commun-ity and to have their performances profes-sionally evaluated in a constructive and positive manner.

Last year there were more than 1,600 entries from Pentic-ton and area, Sum-

merland, Kelowna, Vernon, Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Oliver, Osoyoos, Keremeos, and Cawston.

Online Registra-tion opened Dec. 1 on the PKMF website at www.pkmf.org.

The registration deadline for piano, choral, classical voice, strings, instrumental and classical guitar is Jan. 15.

For popular music, musical theatre, speech arts, clas-sical dance and stage dance, the registra-tion deadline is Jan. 31.

The Festival opens on March 5 with classical voice and choral and follows with junior and sen-

ior piano, strings, instrumental and classical guitar.

Popular music will begin on April 5, fol-lowed by classical dance, musical the-atre and stage dance.

Competitive ses-sions are open to the public. 

The program will be available online at the end of Febru-ary.

Two final concerts will be held at the Cleland Theatre – Music Highlights on May 2 and Dance Highlights on May 3.

Winners of the coming Penticton Festival will continue on to the Performing Arts BC Provincial

Festival which is being hosted in Pen-ticton in June.

A p p r o x i m a t e l y 450 of B.C.’s most promising students

of music, dance and speech arts will take part in adjudicated competitions, master classes, workshops and concerts. 

Registration opens for music festival

Equipment will improve health care

Volunteers wanted

Summerland Red Cross is looking for more volunteers.

Those interested in volunteering are asked to please call 250-494-0818 and leave their name and number where they can be reached.

Thank -You & Merry Christmas

FromGiant’s Head School Breakfast Club for Learning

We are grateful to our sponsors

Apple Valley CruisersNester’s MarketFood EmporiumTrue Grain Bread

Summerland SweetsBreakfast for Learning

Ladies Auxiliary Royal Canadian LegionFruit Tree Project

Summerland Asset Dev. InitiativeParent Advisory Council

Mazon FoundationKiwanis ClubPenticton ElksRotary Club

and all the Volunteers of the Breakfast Club...

Providing a nutritious breakfast and a welcoming smile.

Thank-you again for being involved and caringabout the children of Summerland.

Program Co-ordinatorValerie Wright

VICTORIA – Here are a few things I’d like to see in B.C. political life in the coming year, but won’t.

An orderly schedule of legisla-ture sittings, one in the spring and one in the fall.

I canvassed this topic with Premier Christy Clark in our year-end inter-view, and got the usual r u n a r o u n d about how it’s always been optional since old Gordon what’s-his-name set the schedule of sittings and elections more than a decade ago.

Spring is for the budget and MLAs sit in the fall if they need to discuss legislation.

They need to all right, but what governments want to do is ram it through as fast as they can, so that’s what they do.

The last couple of years of this have been a sham worthy of a South American banana republic, with three chambers running simultaneously and opposition members trying to prepare as they run down the hallways.

It leads to mistakes in new laws and adds to the pub-lic’s cynicism about the whole business, but it gets things done with minimum exposure of the government to criti-cism.

Stephen Harper would approve.

A political debate about real

issues, rather than just a competi-tion to score points in an endless election campaign.

I appreciate that this is hopelessly naive, but setting aside enough time to consider issues could, at least in theory, lead to that happening occa-sionally.

Certainly the hastily staged mock combat of our legisla-ture today isn’t winning new friends for any political party. The main growth area today is people who have given up on the whole thing.

An opposition with ideas.The B.C. NDP will have

another leadership contest in 2014, and they’d better bring more modern policy to the table than they had in the last one.

Remember the big issues in that pillow-fight? Me neither. I had to look them up. Health care? Local organic carrots into the hospital food. Forest indus-try? A job protection commis-sar to force the mills to stay open. Resource development? They’re for it, unless you’re against it.

These guys need a Tony Blair-type makeover.

They need to be for some-thing, and they need to leave the past behind.

Media that care about more than conflict.

News organizations are in bad shape these days, and the competition for a rapidly frag-menting audience is having some ugly effects.

One thing that needs to go is obsessive coverage of who’s winning and who’s losing. If

the news media are going to be interested mainly in the gaffes and gotcha moments, is it any surprise that’s what politicians try to provide?

The Canada Post announce-ment that it has to wind up home delivery offers a recent example.

Is it really so outrageous for the CEO to suggest that walk-ing to the corner is good exer-cise?

When there’s a 24-hour news cycle to fill, it’s a scandal!

How many people know that Canada Post’s unfunded pension liabilities amount to $6.5 billion, as it continues to pay a dwindling workforce to hand out mostly advertising flyers?

Should they just keep doing that until they run out of cash?

Are taxpayers really expected to maintain another two-tier service that’s only available to selected urban people?

Facts to go with opinions.Whether it’s the govern-

ment’s fantasy figures on job creation or the opposition’s arithmetic-challenged child poverty claims, serious prob-lems can’t be understood, much less solved, without defining them accurately.

Submitting government advertising to scrutiny by the Auditor General to make sure it is accurate and non-parti-san would be a good place to start.

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

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SUMMERLAND REVIEWA PART OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1908 WWW.SUMMERLANDREVIEW.COM

It was a good initiative when downtown merchants opened their doors on Friday evenings to attract more customers, but the increase in business was slower than anticipated.

There are some disturb-ing short-term and long-term implications from a sluggish retail sector.

In the weeks and months ahead, Summerland’s business community, especially those repre-senting downtown businesses, will need to examine ways to market their businesses and the commun-ity as a whole.

culls

The goal was ambitious but the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Founda-tion’s $1.5 mil-lion target was reached.

The money will go for X-ray rooms at the Pen-ticton Regional Hospital.

A significant amount of the money raised came from Sum-merland, through the ongoing work of the Summerland Health Care Auxiliary and through private donations.

ourpickWireless

accessA few years ago, the idea

of providing free wireless Internet access at public loca-tions around Summerland would have seemed ridicu-lous, but the new service, scheduled to take effect in Summerland today, will be welcomed by many.

According to surveys from 2013, more than half of Canadians regularly use a smartphone. Some of the studies suggest use could be as high as three out of five Canadians.

Add to that the people who use a tablet device or a laptop computer and the number who are connected becomes significant.

Many of us will use the Internet for communications, finding directions and getting information. Documents and photographs are often stored using cloud-based online ser-vices.

Internet access has become an increasingly important part of our lives and as a result, a good wireless service has become essential.

The municipality and Shaw Cablesystems Ltd. have entered into an agreement to provide this service.

Summerland’s share of this agreement is the cost of the power required for the ser-vice. This cost is estimated at $340 a year, a small fraction of the total municipal budget.

While the agreement seems positive for all parties, the 10-year term of the con-tract seems extremely long.

Computer technology is changing rapidly and equip-ment which was considered state-of-the-art a few years ago is now slow or obsolete.

The communications tech-nology in place a decade ago has been replaced with faster and more convenient options. The same will likely be true in the next 10 years as well.

Any connection service must be set up so it will remain current.

The service is needed, but in the years to come, the technology to deliver the ser-vice will likely change dramat-ically.

A hopeless wish list for 2014

Tom Fletcher

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The early years

Old merged with newSummerland has seen quite a few changes in the last 100 years. In 1914 residents never had to circle the block to find a place to park their horse on Main Street, or Granville Road as it was called then. Though a lot has changed, some things have stood the test of time — like certain buildings in this photo. Why not make a New Year’s resolution to visit the museum and discover what’s new and what’s old in the town we call home. Happy New Year!

Photo courtesy of the Summerland Museum

Dear Editor:There are many support-

ers for Summerland’s growth strategy which represents very good short-term thinking, as

it allows a compact town with minimal infrastructure costs.

However, we should be thinking long term (meaning 40 or 50 years) in which case

this strategy is very poor as it assumes that we will always continue to import food.

For example, with droughts and depleting aquifers, I would

not count on California con-tinuing to export food.

Therefore, we must save our prime agricultural land and densify our downtown core

by eliminating barriers such as building height restrictions and infilling wherever possible.

George BrakeSummerland

An example of short-term thinking

Dear Editor:The proposed

north and east expan-sion of our down-town is not exactly a new idea.

Some folks would have us believe it was even thought up so a couple of our coun-cillors could have their land included in the Urban Growth Area.

This concept began over 100 years ago when Summerland was conceived as a real estate venture for wealthy English folks.

Lowertown began on the lake shore necessitated by trans-port but when the railroad made stern wheelers obsolete the commerce moved to West Summerland.

From there the town grew to the north and east with continuing “infill-ing” between the two zones.

Even the hospi-tal was built on the hillside beside Solly Road.

Later the highway further encouraged development along the main transport corridor.

It was only in 1972 with the advent of Premier Barrett’s vote catching ALR scheme that orderly urban growth came to a halt at Bristow and Quin-pool.

Thus began our quest for “urban sprawl” when plan-ners, land owners and developers were forced to ferret out

small parcels that were either too small to be included in the ALR or were exempt. In spite of this restric-tion our community did continue to grow but often in a very convoluted fashion and sometimes in places that are dif-ficult and expensive to live, service and maintain.

One reason why it has taken so long for urban planers to get it right is because former councils always put a caveat on the consultants that there was to be no change to the ALR boundaries.

I was on two Offi-cial Community Plan committees and this was our mandate.

At least the last

time we managed to get some of the pre-amble and vision right, but we were not allowed to change the maps.

Over the past year the consulting group came up with very innovative and inclu-sive methods of try-ing to obtain input

from all factions in the community.

The workshops were well attended by a reasonably good cross section includ-ing students, busi-ness people, seniors and growers.

We were all given a chance to partici-pate in a construct-

ive hands on venue. I understand over 1,300 townsfolk pro-vided input

Collectively these participants agreed this was the best plan for our com-munity.

I think it would be very difficult to fault the methodology

behind the process.Those who pre-

ferred to not take part but now wish to complain do not have much credibility in my books.

The opportunity was very well pre-sented.

Don HudgeonSummerland

Proposed expansion plan is not a new idea

Dear Editor:Thank you Summerland

mayor and council for your response to my letter.

So you say there would be no net loss of Agricultural Land Reserve lands. Except for the little detail that the land proposed for the swap is of a lower rating and less valuable ALR land. Not a helpful deal for the ALR.

Those wonderful planners’

dream circles look and sound so good — as they did 20 years ago. But they do not work everywhere, as in Sum-merland.

The thriving grape and wine industry has become as large and viable as it is because the land there was protected and could be used as needed. Without ALR protection there would have been wholesale divisions or

orchards, creating a frag-mented land base.

Who knows what exciting enterprise is going to appear in the next few years. But we could have the land for the new agricultural pursuit.

So keep cool. Wait until there is need and other alternatives considered. Then approach this idea again.

Sheila WhiteSummerland

Land swap not good for ALR

South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation550 Carmi Avenue, Penticton, B.C. V2A 3G6Ph: (250) 492-9027 • Toll Free: 1-866-771-0994Visit us on-line at: www.sosmedicalfoundation.com

Help Light The

Tree of Dreams The Eighth Annual Tree of Dreams campaign is underway. Honour yourself or someone close to you by purchasing a bulb or a strand and help light the Tree of Dreams. The focus of this year’s campaign is to provide Penticton Regional Hospital (PRH) with Digital X-Ray equipment. Three X-Ray rooms along with the portable machine used for the Emergency Department have outdated X-Ray cassette equipment that must be changed into state of the art X-Ray Digital Radiography.

Thank YouSummerland!!

You helped usto raise

$500,000!

- Earl’s Restaurant - Road 13 Winery - South Okanagan Events Centre - IGA - Hillside Winery & Bistro - Peacock’s Perch Neighborhood

Pub - Summerset Massage Therapy - Ramada Inn & Suites - CUPE 1136 - Summerland TIM-BR Mart - Adrian’s Automotive - Hong Kong Garden Restaurant - Zia’s Stonehouse Restaurant - Windmill Garden Centre - George Pugh - Summerland Rental Centre - The Keg Steakhouse & Bar - Penticton Lakeside Resort - Dr. Mike Abougoush – Dentist - Dr. John McIntosh – Dentist - Summergate Winery - Alder Street Auto Body - Minty Bulldozing - The Suburban Princess - Bonitas Winery - Blasted Rock Repair

– Kirk Cristante - Summerland Soleil Tanning - Summerland Golf and

Country Club - Sumac Ridge Golf Club - Keller’s Cellar U-Brew

- Summerland Waterfront Resort - Thornhaven Estate Winery - Nesters Market - Summerland & District

Credit Union - AB Solutions Pilates &

Fitness Training - Rainier Reds Hockey Team - Deep Dado Cabinets Ltd. - Solus Day Spa – Katy Leardo - Wagon Wheel Bistro - Zep Sales and Service - Summerland Physiotherapy

& Sports Care - Shopper’s Drug Mart - Santorini’s Restaurant - Summerland Fire Department

Association - True Grain Bread - Parker / Brown Real Estate Team - Darren McWatters - Summerland Home Hardware - Summerland Glass - Franks Upholstery - Sumac Ridge Estate Winery - Yakis’s Pizza & Subs - Naramata Heritage Inn & Spa - Dirty Laundry Vineyard - Infinite Beauty - Alvin Bone - Tammy Antrobus – Remax - Kettle Valley Steam Railway - Sherwood Trophies

- Heather’s Hair Design - Fairview Mountain Golf Course - Poplar Grove Winery - Vanilla Pod Restaurant - Prima Pizza - Summerland Sweets - Tim Hortons - Royal Bank – Summerland - Country Café - Beauty & The Brit - Subway - High Roller Lanes - Good Omens - Summerland Heritage Cider

Company - Summerland Recreational Dept. - The Beanery Café - Heaven’s Gate Estate Winery - Country Corner - Tones Hair Design - Summerland Cleaners - Larry Bate & Sharry Hodgson - Summerland Medicine Centre - Martin’s Flowers – Summerland - Sweet Tooth Café - Willowbrook Lane - Heeling Sole Reflexology - Summerland Health and Bulk

Food Emporium - Duradek South / Thermotech

Insulation

Thanks to the hardworking volunteers and businesses who generously donated raffle prizes which made this

event such a tremendous success!!

A Special Thanks to Colin and Alana BuckinghamThank you to the businesses whose names we did not have at the time of printing.

911 and Friends

The upgrades included a large roundabout at the intersection of Vic-toria Road South and Prairie Valley Road.

The roundabout is the third for the com-munity. It was offi-cially opened in late August.

The construction project had a price tag of $3.34 mil-lion. This included $600,000 from the Gas Tax Fund and just over $54,000 from the Insurance Corporation of Brit-ish Columbia.

The remainder of the money came through municipal revenues.

The roundabout is expected to reduce congestion at one of Summerland’s busi-est intersections.

While the four-way stop intersection was in place, traffic would be backed up in all directions at certain times of day.

The intersection is near two schools and during the start and end of the school day, buses and vehi-cles dropped off and picked up students.

In order to allow the construction, the Darke house at the intersection, one of the oldest houses in the community, was torn down.

Work on the pro-ject began in August, 2012.

In addition to the road work and the roundabout intersec-tion, improvements were made to util-ities.

Sidewalks were also added.

For years, the road had been identified as a priority in Sum-merland.

Although some motorists have com-plained about the

roundabouts, police have repeatedly stated that safety

is improved in the intersections.

Police were called

to one accident in a roundabout in late June, but the major-

ity of motorists man-age the intersections without incident.

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Road improvements completed

On the roadRoad crews were a common sight on Victoria Road South and Prairie Valley Road in 2013 as upgrade work resulted in delays and detours.

Summerland’s two Penny Lane Bargain Outlet stores closed their doors at the end of May, after 11 years of providing clothing

and home furnishings and raising money to benefit the youth of the community.

The first of the two stores, on Victoria

Road North, opened in July of 2002.

A second location later opened on Main Street to sell home furnishings.

For most of the store’s history, it had enjoyed a rela-tionship with Sears Canada, but that relationship came to an end in October, 2012.

Over the years, Penny Lane raised more than $2 million for youth organiza-tions.

Funding from Penny Lane has assisted the Break-fast Club programs at Giant’s Head Ele-mentary School and Summerland Middle School.

The stores also raised money for numerous youth pro-grams and for the hiring of two youth counsellors at Sum-merland Secondary School, in partner-ship with the Oka-nagan Skaha School District.

Bruce Hallquist, a member of the Penny

Lane Bargain Outlet society said the clos-ure came because of difficulties in acquir-ing merchandise after the Sears agreement ended.

While the stores are now closed, the sup-port to the commun-ity has continued.

In fall, a new Penny Lane Com-munity Fund, with an initial commitment of $500,000, was creat-ed by the Commun-ity Foundation of the South Okanagan and the Summerland Charity Shops Soci-ety.

In addition, a new store, based on the Penny Lane model, opened in August.

Full Circle Out-let, on Victoria Road North and across from the Penny Lane location, was set up to provide a similar array of merchan-dise, offered at low prices.

Money raised through Full Circle Outlet will go to benefit local initia-tives.

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Options were considered during 2013

Summer landers remained on a flat rate system of resi-dential water billing in 2013 as municipal council and staff con-tinued to examine options for metered billing.

For close to two years, council and staff have been work-ing to convert the water billing system to a metered system instead of the flat rate system in place at present.

During this time, numerous billing models have been considered and pre-sented to the public. Changes have been suggested after each model has been pre-sented.

The municipality has also sent mock bills to show prop-erty owners how much they would pay under a metered billing system.

The most recent billing model was

shown at an open house in November.

Adopting this method would require some time for the council decision and the implementa-tion of the system.

Municipal admin-istrator Tom Day said the municipal-ity plans to introduce the billing system in January of 2015.

Earlier, council and staff had been work-ing for a launch date early in 2014.

By waiting until the start of the year, he said the metered bills would begin when water bills are typically small, not during the summer irrigation system when water con-sumption is at its highest.

The switch to a metered system has been time-consum-ing, in part because there are many resi-dential property sizes in Summerland, each with unique watering requirements.

Mayor Janice Per-rino has repeatedly

stated that the coun-cil will take as much time as necessary to develop a fair billing system before intro-ducing it to the pub-lic.

“It’s one of the most complicated issues our commun-ity has ever had,” she said.

During the conver-sion to the metering system, munici-pal staff must find the leaks within the water system.

In addition, a fair method of billing for condominium units must be set up.

There are some questions about whether to have one meter in a multi-family building or one meter for each residential unit.

The billing models which have been pro-posed begin with a base fee for the water service, followed by billing for all water used. Higher char-ges are in place for those who consume excessive amounts of water.

Water metering structure studied

Scheduled bus service launchedTransit takes passengers to and from Penticton

After years of wait-ing and planning, Summerland finally received a scheduled transit service in 2013.

The first bus ride was on Monday, Oct. 28 when a bus left the Summerland Library at 7:15 a.m.

“This is a big move forward for Summer-land,” Mayor Janice Perrino said after the service was started. “It will really assist people who live in Summerland but need to commute to activities.”

The bus service includes stops within Summerland and ser-vice to and from Pen-ticton. The cost of a ride is $2 within Sum-merland and $4 to Penticton. The price drops for a book of 10 tickets and a monthly transit pass is also available.

As an introductory service, fees were not

charged in 2013.The service was

well received.Meribeth Burton of

B.C. Transit said the service averaged 50 passengers a day in its first few days of operation.

A paratransit ser-vice has been in place much longer, but that service requires users to call ahead, 24 hours in advance, for the service.

“We’re adding something new and exciting, which is a fixed schedule,” Bur-ton said. “This is the first time we’ve intro-duced a fixed route to Summerland. It has to work.”

Perrino said she has worked to bring a scheduled transit ser-vice to Summerland since 1999.

The initial service is for Monday to Fri-day during the day. Perrino and others on municipal council would like to extend the service to even-ings and weekends as the demand increas-es.

Bus stopIn the early morning of Monday, Oct. 28, pas-sengers wait to ride Summerland’s first scheduled transit bus to Penticton. Fees were not charged in 2013, but have now been introduced for the service.

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Maddy Leew prepares to give Chelsea Kommes, four years old, a ride on Zipper.

Trinity Gray, six years old, beams with delight as she prepares for a ride.

Alicia Halbach leads Cooper around the corral during the rides on Satur-day afternoon.Claire and Dave Jones prepare food for hungry riders and their families.

Horse ridesRed Barn Ranch held its annual afternoon of Christmas pony rides on Saturday, providing plenty of fun for children and families.

Band will perform at January concertChildren’s Show-

case is a non-profit organization dedi-cated to  bringing professional quality live  entertainment to the South Okanagan four times a year.  

To mark the

30th  anniversary of the organization and  to celebrate the occasion they will mount a one-hour  extravaganza of local talent Jan. 12 at 2 p.m.  in the Cle-land Theatre,  Pen-

ticton Commun-ity Centre.  

Children’s Show-case is reportedly the longest-running  chil-dren’s entertainment series in the province.

The  hosts  and musical head-

liners  for the show are the newly-formed group,  The  Super Cooligans  under the leadership of  Bobby  Bovenzi, known to the  com-munity as the rhythm specialist, the  “Afri-

can drum guy.” He is joined by lead singer and songwrit-er Yanti Sharples-Rowland, Thomas Tumbach  (violin and trumpet), Milan Star-cic  (rhythm guitar), Chris Ward (bass

guitar) and Thom-as  Hunter (drum kit) complete this ensem-ble.

Tickets are avail-able  at the door  on the day of the  show. Advance purchase tickets are only avail-

able in  the form of a series ticket. 

Series tickets can be purchased at  Tumbleweed Gal-lery, Penticton and The Beanery Coffee Company,  Summer-land.

Call 1-855-678-7833 today for more details.

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One year has ended and another is set to begin.

The Summerland Community Arts Council is looking forward to another great year with six shows scheduled for the Main Gallery, and additional shows scheduled for the Adams Room. Not to mention workshops for kids and adults, another Street Banner Program, Summer Art Program and so much more.

Here are a few dates to remember and mark on your new 2014 calendars.

Memberships are due at the beginning of January. Please renew your member-ship promptly.

Like all organiza-tions your member-ship is important and valued.

You can find mem-bership forms on our newsletter or you can download them from our website (see the members page

at summerlandarts.com) or drop by the office when it reopens on Jan. 6.

The Summerland Community Arts Council will be hold-ing its Annual Gener-al Meeting on Satur-day, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. and if you would like to get more involved in promoting and enhancing the arts in your commun-ity please consider joining our board or becoming a volunteer.

Our art gallery

remains open because of a dedicated group of volunteer gallery sitters.

Volunteers are vital for our other pro-grams as well.

Our first class of the year is a weekend workshop in Inter-mediate Watercol-ours on Feb. 8 and 9.

Our first open-ing for a new show is Thursday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m., with colourful abstract paintings by Fiona Neal followed by the artist’s talk on

Friday, Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. The office is back

open on Monday, Jan. 6 at 10 a.m. and the newsletter will be sent out shortly afterwards.

Thank you for your support in 2013 and we hope to see you at the Arts Centre in the new year.

o o o If you know of an

event you feel should be included in the Arts Palette or on the Arts Council’s online calendar, please email: artspalette@

summerlandarts.com or call: 250-404-3225.

The SCAC online Event Calendar is on

the “News” page of summerlandarts.com Additional informa-tion can be found at www.facebook.com/SummerlandArts . Keep up with current news by following @artspalette.

The Arts Palette is written by David Finnis, Publicity Chair and President of the Summerland Community Arts Council , P.O. Box 1217, 9533 Main St., Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z0.

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David Finnis

On Dec. 12, the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society mem-bers elected a new slate of directors at their Annual General Meeting.

There were 130 people present, which was the largest AGM attendance in the organization’s history.

The new board is comprised of people who represent a wide cross section of professional back-grounds in our com-munity.

Jason Cox is a local business owner and is a director of the Penticton Chamber of Commerce. Jessica Hermiston is a certi-fied general account-ant, Elaine Edmond works in the Health Care field, Roger Curry is a medical doctor, Jason Poon is a personal injury lawyer, Don deGagne is a retired CAO of Summerland. This well qualified group will form our policy board.

The Brain Injury Society offers servi-ces and programs for people who have experienced changes in functioning caused by brain injury acquired after birth that is not neuro-logically caused, such as injuries from falls, motor vehicle accidents, and sport

related injuries. P r o g r a m m i n g

includes groups such as the Brain Injury 101, Coping Skills for Managing Emotions after Brain Injury, Women’s support group, Men’s Sup-port Group, Stroke Recovery program and other recreation programs.

The society also has three housing programs: Subsid-ized housing for people with disabil-

ities, a Mental Health Housing Program by referral through Interior Health and a Homeless Outreach Program .

The society also wishes to thank the outgoing board mem-bers for all of their effort and commit-ment. Peter Arm-strong, John Pethy-bridge, Darin Ander-son, James Palanio, Elmie Saaltink, Rita Peterson and Max Uhlemann.

Board membersThe members of the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society were elected on Dec. 12. In the front row from left are Jason Cox, president; Linda Sankey, executive director; Jessica Her-miston, secretary-treasurer and Elaine Edmond, vice president. In the back row from left are Roger Curry, director, Jason Poon, director and Don deGagne, director.

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New shows set to open at art gallery

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Come Join The Circle

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. Be.Free, a 12-step Christ-centred recov-ery program that is not addiction specific, meets every Thursday 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.Come try your hand at an old art made new. The traditional Rug Hookers of the South Okanagan meet every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Summerland

Art Gallery on Main Street. Visitors always welcome. Lots of sup-plies available. Try your hand at this timeless art. For more informa-tion phone Marilyn at 250-494-6434 or Juliet at 250-494-1278.Euchre is played every second and fourth Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Lyme Disease sup-port group meets on the second Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. at the A&W in Summerland. Everyone welcome.Peach City Toastmasters meets Thursdays noon to 1 p.m. in Penticton at the United Church on Main and Eckhardt, Room 202. Call 250-486-5313. Summerland Mat-erial Girls Quilt Guild meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from September to May at 9 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. For more informa-tion call Doris Flynn at 250-494-7262 or Annie Smirmaul at 250-494-2286.Summerland Sports-men’s Association meets every third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Summerland Legion. The SSA focuses on fishing, shooting, hunting, arch-ery and conservation and is affiliated with the B.C. Wildlife Federation. New members wel-come.The Rug Hooking Circle meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month from noon to 3 p.m. at Leir House Arts and Cultural Centre, 220 Manor Park Ave., Penticton. Practice a traditional Canadian

art form in a group setting. Host is certi-fied teacher, fibre artist and published contribu-tor Angela Possak. 250-767-0206 or online rug-hookingteacher.ca.The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group meets on the first Thursday of every month at 10:30 a.m. at the MS office, 3373 Skaha Rd., Penticton. Everyone welcome. For more information call Sherry at 250-493-6564.TOPS BC #725 Summerland meets every Thursday in the lower level of the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Weigh-in is from 5:30 to 6 p.m. and is fol-lowed by a meeting. For more information call Marlene Vancha at 250-494-9565.

FridayBridge is played every Friday at 1 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St. Phone 250-494-8164. Cribbage is played every Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St.Tai Chi at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. and Tuesdays at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Contact Nancy at 250-494-8902. The 890 Wing of the South Okanagan Air Force Association of Canada have a get-together every Friday night from 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. in Penticton. New mem-bers are welcome. For more information, phone Fred Monteith at 250-497-8490.

SundayDivorceCare is for all who are suffering from the difficulties resulting from separation or divorce. Meeting at

Summerland Baptist Church just inside the Victoria St. entrance on Sundays 5 to 7 p.m. A free course is offered. Please call 250-494-3313 or just walk in. Jazz Vespers at St. Saviour’s Anglican Church in Penticton are held through the fall and winter on the third Sunday of each month at 4: 30 p.m.Vintage Car Club, South Okanagan Chapter, meets the last Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. in the Youth Centre on Peach Orchard Road. Anyone interested in vintage cars (cars which are 25 years or older) is invit-ed to attend. For more information on the club phone 250-494-5473.

MondayDabber 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 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 sen-ior 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 meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the IOOF Hall, 9536 Main St., Summerland. For infor-mation call Laurie Myres at 250-493-8182 or email lmyres@alz-heimerbc.org.South Okanagan Genealogical Society is open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Penticton Library Museum build-ing. Contact Nola Reid at 250-492-0751.Summerland Care-giver Group meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. at the Summerland Health Centre. Call Julie Steele at 250-404-8072 for further information. Penticton Concert Band practices Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. New members welcome. Intermediate to advanced players. Call Gerald at 250-809-2087.Quest Society of Summerland meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the meeting room at 9700 Brown St. (Parkdale Place). For more infor-mation phone Marilyn Topham at 250-494-6434 or Joan Lansdell at 778-476-0596. S u m m e r l a n d Kiwanis Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Kiwanis Lodge on Quinpool at 6 p.m. New members are welcome. Contact Tom Jacques at 250-494-4339.Summerland VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) members and friends meet the second Tuesday of the month at Parkdale Lounge.The Mental Wellness Centre, Summerland Branch, will be open the first, third and

fourth Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Summerland United Church. Inquiries wel-come.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 Summerland Air Cadets parade Wednesday nights, 18:15 to 21:30 hours at Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. All youth aged 12 to 18 welcome. Call the Air Cadet office at 250-494-7988. Summerland Art Club meets every Wednesday, September to June, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the Summerland Library on Wharton Street. Painters of all levels are welcome. Workshops available. For information call Mary at 250-494-5851.Summerland ATV Club meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland Library lower level. The club promotes respon-sible ridership includ-ing registration, insur-ance, safety certification and scheduled pleasure rides. Membership includes orchardists, farmers, ranchers and fun seekers of all ages including those with disabilities. The Summerland Badminton Club plays every Wednesday at 7 p.m. all year. Shaun at 250-494-1513.

UpcomingSADI Drop-In Program Monday to Thursday 3 to 6 p.m. for students in Grades 6 to 12.  Play pool, ping pong, chill out or chat. Summerland Bakers is a new, fun baking club where it doesn’t matter if it didn’t turn out perfectly; we’ll eat it anyway! We meet monthly to share our creations, eat, laugh and take home heaps of leftovers. Email Sophia at pleasebringcake@gmail.com for more information or join Summerland Bakers on Facebook.

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What’s happeningIf you would like to have your event listed

on this page, please e-mail us at news@summerlandreview.com, send us a fax at 250-494-5453 or drop off your information at the Summerland Review, 13226 Victoria Rd. N, Summerland.

The Summerland Review’s website at sum-merlandreview.com also has an online calen-dar where you can list your events.

Raffle winnerAl Warkentin was the lucky winner of Summerland’s Quest Society recent raffle. He had the choice of the decorated Toonie Tree or a cheque for $200. Presenting the cheque is Marilyn Topham, president of the Quest Society. All money raised will be used for local hearing and speech enhancement projects. Thanks to all who supported Quest by purchasing of a raffle ticket.

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At the benchSummerland Steam players Brett Huber, left, and Michael Winnitoy watch the action during a recent Junior B game at the Summerland Arena.

Honouring veteransKen Bazley (back row second from right) representing Summerland Legion Branch 22 gave Legion scarves as Christmas presents to veterans in Angus Place. The Legion gave a scarf to all known veterans in Summerland. If you know a Summerland veteran who did not receive a present please contact the Legion at 250-494-2301.

Family and friends, squadron officers and members of the Parents’ Sponsoring Committee were proud to participate with the 902 Summer-land Royal Canadian Air Cadets  at their Christmas Party and

Promotions night on Wednesday, Dec. 18. 

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Bryce John-ston was the Master of Ceremonies. 

Captain Philip Paterson, past Com-manding Officer, was pleased to promote

the following cadets: Lara Desjarlais, Bryanna Johnston, Benjamin Jones, and Jack Taylor  pro-moted to the rank of Corporal;  Josiah Baran and Meaghan Vader  promoted to the rank of Flight

Corporal;  Rachael Smith  promoted  to the rank of Flight Ser-geant; and  Zachary Fitzpatrick  was pro-moted to  the rank of Warrant Officer 2nd Class.

The cadet motto is To Learn, To Serve, To

Advance.  Cadets develop

s e l f - c o n f i d e n c e , leadership and team-work skills. They are exposed to the air element of the Canadian Forces and  learn about  avi-ation, wilderness survival, physical fitness,  and more. They serve and are involved in commun-ity events.  Cadets have a wide range of opportunities and advance through proficiency levels, parade positions and ranks.  January is a good time to join Cadets. 

Boys and girls who  are 12 or older can join Cadets and experience fun, friends, and adven-ture.  

Cadets  meet on Wednesday evenings at the Harold Simp-son Memorial Youth Centre in Summer-land.

For more informa-tion about how to join the 902 Summer-land Royal Canadian Air Cadet squadron, call the cadet office at 250 494-7988.

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Health care workers agree to wage deal

by Tom FletcherBlack Press

Health science union members have voted 75 per cent to accept a five-year “growth sharing” wage agreement with the B.C. government.

First to accept the groundbreaking pro-posal are 16,000 spe-cialists in diagnostic, clinical and rehabili-tation services. A lar-ger group of govern-ment union members is also voting on a similar offer.

The agreements include guaranteed wage increases of about 5.5 per cent over five years, plus extra money in years where the B.C. econ-omy grows beyond independent fore-casts.

They are also for an unusually long term and have been reached three months before the current contracts expire.

Val Avery, presi-dent of the Health Sciences Associa-tion, said the “mod-est wage increases” were in addition to employer commit-ments to recruiting and retaining pro-fessionals in highest demand.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the health science agree-ment is “unique to the needs of the employ-ers and employees, and I expect we will see that pattern con-tinue with subse-quent agreements.”

A similar five-year proposal has gone to a vote of 51,000 main-ly B.C. Government Employees’ Union members. They include direct gov-ernment employees, home support work-ers, alcohol and drug counsellors, adult day centres, child development centres and mental health group homes.

Thank you from all theVolunteers at the Summerland Food

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Because of your support through the Summerland Fire Department, Service Clubs, Businesses, Schools, Churches, Building Complexes and Seniors Homes, we were able to hand out food to just over 316 people this Christmas Season.

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The pre-Christmas week started early for the Summerland Steam as they started with a Wednesday night matchup with the North Okanag-an Knights in Arm-strong.

Kienan Scott pow-ered the Steam to a 3-1 victory scoring all three Steam goals, while goaltender Darren Hogg made 37 saves to get the victory.

The Steam and the Knights had played each other three times in 31 days including their game on Wednesday and it showed, as both

teams were certainly not pleased to see the other.

On Friday night the Steam returned home to face the Chase Heat.

These teams had played once previ-ously, that game being a 4-3 Chase win in overtime on Oct. 19 in Chase.

This meeting was not nearly as pleas-ant to the Heat as the Steam exploded for six goals in the third period to blow a 3-3 game wide open and give them a 9-3 vic-tory.

They got two goal performances from Scott and Sam Nigg, while Michael Winnitoy, Daylan Robertson, Braden Saretsky, and Jordan Boultbee each tallied one goal and one assist.

Brett Huber made 22 saves in the Steam

net and was solid when called upon to pick up the win.

Saturday night brought a much tougher test to the Summerland Arena for the Steam as the Kelowna Chiefs paid them a visit.

The Chiefs are the leaders of the Oka-nagan Division and their leading scorer, Nick Josephs, also led the KIJHL in points with 70 going into the contest.

Josephs opened the scoring in the first period before a hard-nosed effort from the Steam’s Olli Dickson tied the score at one near the end of the first period.

In the second period the teams exchanged goals until Summerland had a 3-2 lead.

The lead, however, did not last long, as Nick Josephs took control of the hock-ey game and led his team to three goals in a little under five minutes that saw a 3-2 deficit turn to a 5-3 lead going to the third period.

In the third the Steam came out with a purpose.

They were helped by the Chiefs taking consecutive major penalties from Jor-dan Salahor and Aus-tin Fisher to put the Steam on the power play for a whole 10 minutes.

On the first five minutes the Steam were not able to generate more than one shot, but on the second five-minute penalty they were able to score twice.

The goals came from team captain Daylan Robertson and Braden Saretsky to tie the game at five.

The score would stay the same all the way into overtime,

when with 59 seconds remaining on the clock the Steam took a delay of game pen-alty that sent Kelow-na to a four-on-three power play.

Josephs once again set things up for Levi Johnson, who moved out from behind the net with the puck and roofed one on goal-tender Brett Huber to lift the Chiefs over victory.

Josephs finished with three goals and two assists to bring his KIJHL leading

point total to 75 in just 33 games.

The Steam then took a seven-day holiday break.

On Saturday, the team defeated the Osoyoos Coyotes 3-2 in overtime.

The first period was scoreless.

In the second, fol-lowing an Osoy-oos goal, Robertson scored at 13:20, assist-ed by Riley Hunt and Scott.

A power play goal by Burton, with 35 seconds remaining,

gave the Steam the lead. Scott and Hunt assisted.

Osoyoos brought the game to a tie with a goal in the third period.

Hunt scored in overtime, at 4:01, with the assists by Alex Williams and Easton Bodeux.

On Sunday, Osoy-oos defeated Sum-merland in a 3-2 deci-sion at home.

Hunt scored for the Steam at 7:35 in the first period, assisted by Josh DaCosta and

Boultbee.The Coyotes then

scored on a power play in the second period and added two more goals in the third before DaCosta scored for the Steam on a power play at 7:57. Nigg and Bur-ton assisted.

Live broadcasts of every game can be found on KIJHL.ca and watch live every home game, or visit Summerlandsteam.blogspot.ca for pre-game and post-game comments.

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The 2013 Sum-merland Alumni Basketball Tourna-ment was another success.

On Dec. 21, basket-ball enthusiasts of all ages showed up to cheer on the current team as they took on players from as far back as 1968.

The Rockets fin-

ished third, defeating the team from 2004-2009 on the strength of 28 points from Abi Lekhi.

The high school team lost the opening game to the eventual tournament winners from 1968 to 2003.

The oldest team was very grateful for the lightning speed

of Lee Agar and the strong play of Jeff Dolan.

There was one girls game played between 17 former and current players.

Chloe Kennedy dominated with 28 points for the younger team while all players on the older team chipped

in with at least two points.

Returning players pay a small entry fee and spectators are admitted by dona-tion.

All proceeds from the games is given back to the school’s basketball program.

This one day event used to be a single

boys and girls game, but in 1998 there was enough interest to turn the event into a tournament.

This year saw 34 returning male and 13 returning female players with more than 100 fans cheer-ing on many fine plays and a couple of laughs.

Alumni team dominates at tourney

On the iceJosh DaCosta of the Summerland Steam keeps ahead of a Chase Heat player during a game in Summerland on Dec. 20. Chase won that game 4-3 in overtime.

Steam play to two wins, two losses

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The end of incandescent light bulbsIt is rare that I re-

submit a previously completed report however in this case with the upcoming Jan. 1,  2014 deadline for certain classes and wattages of incandes-cent light bulbs much of this information has been requested.

With the start of the New Year in 2014 will be changes to Can-ada’s national light-ing standards that in turn will impact some of the light bulbs that will be available for sale.  

The new standards establish energy effi-ciency levels for light bulbs sold in Can-ada that also calls for less energy efficient incandescent bulbs in certain wattages to be phased out.

Specifically the standards will apply for bulbs in the 75- and 100-watt range after  Jan. 1, 2014, and bulbs in the 40- 60-watt range on or after Dec. 31, 2014.

Once the new standards are in place consumers will have energy efficient lighting choices that include  light emit-ting diodes (LEDs),

compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and with the most recent amendment incan-descent halogen bulbs. 

It should also be noted that not all light bulbs cur-rently on the market will be affected by these changes – for example  decorative lamps and related light bulbs, appliance bulbs, three-way fix-tures, chandeliers, rough service/utility bulbs, oven lamps as well as specialty bulbs for agriculture and industrial appli-cations will all be exempt from these new regulations.

Why introduce these light bulb energy efficiency standards?

There are a number of reasons for these changes.

Currently lighting (on average) accounts for roughly 10 per cent of household energy use. 

By using more energy efficient light bulbs nation-ally the  cumulative energy savings are estimated at more than $750 million by 2025 with corres-ponding  greenhouse gas emission reduc-tions by up to 7.5 mega-tonnes over the same time frame.

At the same time, these regulations also parallel the same standards being introduced in the United States.

Having the same lighting standards across North Amer-ica will also benefit those in the lighting and electrical sectors including manufac-turers, wholesalers and importers.

Canada is one of eighteen countries currently in the pro-cess of implementing minimum standards in light bulb energy efficiency.

In my view it is

also important that citizens be aware that while CFL bulbs offer high energy effi-ciency and long life they also  contain a small amount of mer-cury, roughly enough to cover the tip of a ball point pen.

Although no spe-cial handling is required in the use of these bulbs in the event a CFL bulb breaks Health Can-ada does have recom-mendations on best practices for clean up.

Some of the recom-

mendations include allowing the room to ventilate for 15 min-utes prior to entry, and to use gloves when picking up the glass and sticky tape for loose pieces. Using a vacuum or broom is not recom-mended as this can spread the dust to other areas of your home.

For more informa-tion on CFL bulbs and disposal of broken CFL bulbs the Health Canada web-site has some helpful information, please

goto:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/prod/cfl-afc-eng.php

The intent of this week’s report is to help eliminate con-fusion on Canada’s minimum energy efficiency light stan-dards given many recent questions on this topic.

If you have further question on this or any topic please do not hesitate to contact my office at  via email at  dan.albas@parl.gc.ca  or via phone at 1-800-665-8711. 

Before I close this week’s report, I would like to take a moment to wish all citizens a safe and enjoyable holiday season along with best wishes for the New Year. 

As many of may have an opportun-ity to be away from work over the holi-day’s if you do have a comment or concern please do not hesitate to send it my way at your convenience.

Dan Albas is the MP for Okanagan Coquihalla.

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Let it snowWhile Summerlanders have been digging out from heavy snowfalls in December, the snowy weather is not unusual, as this picture from the former Summerland 5¢ to $1 Store shows. The store, famous for its Crazy Days sales, closed its doors in the 1990s. Thanks to Bruce Hallquist for submitting this picture.

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VICTORIA – Med-ical premiums for all but low-income B.C. residents go up again with the start of a new year.

The B.C. govern-ment is increasing its Medical Services Plan premiums for the fifth straight year, by four per cent across the board.

The Canadian Tax-payers’ Federation released its annual survey of tax and other payroll deduc-tions Monday, calcu-lating that MSP pre-miums in B.C. have risen 28 per cent since 2010.

Effective Jan. 1, the monthly health premium for a sin-gle person rises from $66.50 to $69.25. In 2014, families of two pay $125.50, up from $120.50, and fam-ilies of three or more

pay $138.50, up from $133.00.

Many full-time employees have their MSP pre-miums paid by their employer.

People earning $30,000 or less are eligible for reduced premiums on a slid-ing scale, with pre-miums eliminated for those earning $22,000 a year or less. 

The B.C. govern-ment has used the increased MSP rev-enues to offset the long-term growth of health care costs, which are approach-ing half of the total provincial budget.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s 2013 budget projected health spending to increase 2.3 per cent in the current fiscal year, 2.7 per cent in the year beginning April 1 and only 2.2 per cent the follow-

ing year. The government’s

critics called that unrealistic after years of increases of more than five per cent.

The CTF reports that Canada Pension Plan and Employ-ment Insurance payments are also going up for many people, despite a federal government pledge to freeze EI premiums for three years.

In its New Year Tax Changes report, it calculates that max-imum EI premiums will go up $23 in 2014, totalling $914 for the year.

The maximum employee Canada Pension Plan deduc-tion, charged to those earning $52,500 or more, goes up $70 to $2,426.

Employers match employee CPP pay-ments dollar for dol-lar.

Medical, pension payments to riseby Joe Fries

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Some school trustees are worried local boards of edu-cation will be easy pickings as the B.C. government looks for ways to cut costs.

They’re concerned one of the recommendations from the ongoing core review of government services will suggest reducing the num-ber of boards for the 60 pub-lic school districts across the province.

“It is essential that we firmly establish the critical importance that locally elect-ed boards of education play in the system and dispel the myths of easy econom-ic gains that amalgamation or regionalization would bring,” B.C. School Trustees Association president Teresa Rezansoff wrote in a letter to members.

She said the BCSTA con-siders the core review “a top priority and an important call to action for boards of education as co-governors of B.C.’s public education sys-tem.”

The BCSTA intends to com-mission a study to analyze the cost of its mem-bers’ work that it will submit to the government, and embark on an external rela-tions campaign to make its case to the public and politicians.

Bruce Johnson, chairman of the board of the Okanagan Skaha School District, said he isn’t worried about the out-come of the core review on the board or education fund-ing.

“It’s just that we want to be proactive and we want to get our message out there for what our district and other districts are trying to do.”

Johnson said the B.C. edu-cation minister told trustees at a conference earlier this month that boards should continue to seek efficien-cies and revenue-generation opportunities.

“He was very blunt that the funding we’ve been

receiving is pretty much what we’re going to get and there’s no magic wand and no pot of money,” said John-son.

Penticton MLA Dan Ash-ton, who is a vice-chair of the cabinet working group on core review, said a specific money-saving proposal relat-ed to school boards would originate in the Education Ministry, and so far, “that hasn’t come to us.”

“I think, personally, as what we did in Penticton, everything should be on the table,” Ashton added.

The former mayor said he hasn’t personally considered the idea of school board amal-gamation,

However, he did say that he “always appreciates local input,” and also believes “there are huge opportun-ities to look at stuff region-ally.”

Recommendations from the core review are expected to be finalized by the end of the 2013-14 fiscal year, with completion of the process by the end of the 2014 calendar year.

MLA has not considered school board amalgamation

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