Summerland Review, July 17, 2014

Banners in remembrance

Street banners this year will commemor-ate the 100th anni-versary of the start of World War I.

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Fewer school suspensions

The number of stu-dent suspensions in the school district has reached a four-year low.

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Critteraid supportThe live-in caretaker

of Critteraid is mov-ing on to pursue other interests.

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Watching waterThirsk Dam has now

stopped spilling, which means the commun-ity must rely on the water in its reservoirs to meet its needs for the rest of the year.

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Bicycle rideCyclists in the fourth annual Prospera Granfondo Axel Merckx Okanagan 2014, rode through Summerland on Sunday morning. They are pictured here riding down Hillborn Street. Up to 3,000 cyclists of all skill levels took part, including Canadian Olympic athlete Clara Hughes. The ride started in Penticton’s Gyro Park and rolled through the communities of Summerland, Okanagan Falls, Oli-ver and Kaleden and then back to Penticton. The ride is touted as being one of the best cycling events in North America.

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by Kristi PattonBlack Press

Garbage, and now fruit, continues to be a nagging problem for those trying to mitigate human-wildlife conflict in Summerland.

Zoe Kirk, Regional Dis-trict of Okanagan-Similka-meen WildSafeBC com-munity coordinator, said Summerland continues to be a hotspot for bears. One of the reasons is residents putting their garbage out early.

“It is like a smorgas-bord for the animals,” said

Kirk. “They get the smells of tomatoes or old pizza and come back again and again. They get habituated and addicted to it much like humans and fast-food restaurants. They just get hooked.”

Currently Summerland does not have a bylaw that restricts residents from put-ting out their garbage the night before it is picked up.

“It is a matter of get-ting personnel out on the ground and an education campaign like WildSafeBC did in Naramata.

Garbage smells attract bears

by John Arendt

Eligible voters outside the community should have the opportunity to participate in civic elections through mail-in ballots, municipal council members say.

“The option should be there for any election in the community,” Coun. Peter Waterman said during a discussion on mail-in bal-lots at the council meeting on Monday evening.

“Regardless of numbers, people should have the ability and capacity to par-ticipate in the election.”

Others offered similar thoughts, suggesting options such as electronic voting be considered in the future.

“It’s time we got into the real world here,” said Coun. Martin Van Alphen.

At present, mail-in bal-lots are offered in some communities, but not in Summerland.

Municipal administrator Tom Day said efforts to pre-pare mail-in ballots are sig-nificant and there is a short

time frame for the work to be completed. “I’m not sure how much benefit we’d get out of it,” he said.

In the last municipal elec-tion in 2011, voter turnout was low, with just 36.1 per cent of Summerland’s 8,276 eligible voters participat-ing. In the 2008 municipal election, the voter turnout was close to 47 per cent.

Concern about mail-in ballots was raised in part because some electors are away for the winter by the time the election is held in mid-November. After this fall’s municipal elections, the election date will be in Octo-ber, before many of the snow-birds have left for the season.

In the end, a change to mail-in ballots was not adopted and council voted to give final reading to the 2014 General Local Govern-ment Election bylaw.

Coun. Peter Waterman voted against the bylaw adoption. He said his pos-ition was a protest vote.

“Electors should have the option to vote,” he said.

Mail-in ballots pondered

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Continued from Page 1“For it to be a suc-

cess in a larger com-munity like Summer-land it takes much more of an effort to get the awareness out there,” said Kirk.

WildSafeBC plans on working a lot more in the area in the late summer and fall with a door-to-door campaign and tagging garbage that is left out early.

Fruit trees are also a concern. Kirk said while orchard-ists tend to take fruit off the trees just before it ripens and bears might wander through in the even-ings, residential fruit tree owners might leave it on until it is ripe.

“This is just an invitation for bears. I encourage people with residential fruit trees that do not use the fruit to allow others to pick it for

them and to keep it off the ground,” said Kirk.

Bears, according to Kirk, have a nose five times more sensitive than a blood hound’s. She said they can smell a peanut butter sandwich from over a kilometre away.

“Many people don’t realize just how strong a sense of smell they have. Put-ting your garbage or leaving fruit to rot in your yard is just invit-ing a bear to come and snack. It can become even worse of a problem if you are leaving these attract-ants on your patio or balcony,” she said.

As part of their awareness campaign, Kirk said WildSafeBC will be holding a number of informa-tion sessions about electric fences.

“These seem to be the best deterrent. It

gives them a good zap, but not enough to hurt them. It gener-ally keeps them away as well as deer,” said Kirk.

Experts will be brought in for the workshops geared for both orchardists and residential fruit tree owners in the fall.

Kirk said with the wave of warm weather Summerland has been experien-cing she expects most bears to head back into the hills.

“We have had sightings of bears in the Giant’s Head area and they have been causing some disturb-ances. But I suspect they will be head-ing to the hills soon and then come back down middle to end of August,” said Kirk.

“That is why it is a good time to get prepared and start to think like a bear.”

Municipal land received earlier attention from developers

by Joe FriesBlack Press

Despite a bit of a resurgence this year in the local real estate market, Sum-merland’s mayor says developers have shown little interest in retrying a twice-cancelled project on Wharton Street.

“I just think that people are not look-ing for new business opportunities at the moment, but it will come,” said Janice Perrino, who con-firmed the district has quit shopping the block of muni-cipally owned prop-erties that at one point was intended to house residen-tial and commercial developments, plus a library, museum and underground parking.

“We stopped mar-keting it because it

takes a lot of time to market and then have things come forward that are not good,” she explained. “And so in a downtrend, you’re not going to get the same action, so we’ve all agreed to just let it go for a bit.”

The district ori-ginally inked a sale agreement for the site with Kamloops-based New Futures Building Group in 2008, but the deal expired in 2011 after recessionary forces killed the project.

A numbered com-pany from Kelowna then stepped for-ward in 2012, but that offer lapsed in 2013 when the firm’s owner became sick and was unable to proceed.

Perrino said the site’s charms — cen-tral location, close to downtown and across from Memor-ial Park — remain in place and it’s just a matter of time before it’s snapped up.

“People know it’s there. Certainly in the construction market people know it’s there, so if it’s of interest, people will come forward,” she said.

“The market is coming back.”

In fact, the total value of property sales in the Summer-land area through the first six months of 2014 was nearly double the number for the same period a year earlier, accord-ing to statistics com-piled by the South Okanagan Real Estate Board.

A total of 154 prop-erties valued at $53.8 million changed hands in the first half of the year, up from 82 properties worth $28.6 million in the first six months of 2013.

Residential prop-erty has led the way this year, accounting for $48.3 million of property sold with an average price of $337,761.

Ripening fruit attracts bears

Preparing breakfastThe First Summerland Scouts served a pancake breakfast at the Grand Re-opening of the Arts Centre and Gallery on Saturday morning. All proceeds from the breakfast went to the Scouts. At left is Jessica Lewis, 14, and Ben Lewis, 12.


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COUNCIL REPORTThe regular meeting of municipal council

was held on July 14. The mayor and all councillors were

present.Rezoning for campground read

Council gave second and third readings to a bylaw amending the zoning at 11208 San-born St. to add campground as an accessory use.

The property is zoned A1-Agricultural Small Acreage Zone.Annual report accepted

Council accepted the 2013 Annual Report which had been distributed on June 9.Audit report accepted

Council accepted the letter from White Ken-nedy (Chartered Accountants) containing the results of the audit for the 2013 fiscal year for the municipality.Land sale bylaw adopted

Council gave final reading to the Land Sale Reserve Fund Expenditure bylaw.

This bylaw is for Prairie Valley Road improvements.Dam improvements bylaw adopted

Council gave final reading to the Capital Works Reserve Fund Expenditure bylaw, for improvements to Isintok Dam.Five-year plan adopted

Council adopted a bylaw to amend the five-year financial plan, 2013 to 2017.

by Joe FriesBlack Press

Major suspensions assessed to local stu-dents hit a four-year low during the 2013-14 school term.

A total of 30 sus-pensions of four or five days were handed out during the strike-shortened session, continuing a downward trend from a high of 42 in 2010-11, according to statistics provided by the Okanagan Skaha School District in response to a free-dom of information request.

“It would have been even lower this year except we had one incident early in the year that involved multiple students in the same situation, and so we reported them all separately but it was all connected to one incident,” said direc-tor of instruction Don MacIntyre.

That incident in early October 2013 saw six students from Summerland Sec-ondary School sus-pended for five days each after “deciding

they were going to have some fun they shouldn’t have been having at school” and showing up under the influence of alcohol or drugs, he explained.

“It’s not something that I’ve never seen in my career, but for that number of kids it was unusual.”

Summerland Sec-ondary recorded just five other major sus-pensions during the year, while Penticton Secondary saw 14 and Princess Margaret Secondary just five.

About half of the penalties were relat-ed to drugs or alco-hol, which MacIntyre said is typical, while the balance dealt with fighting, theft and weapons.

He is encour-aged, however, that the total number of out-of-school suspen-sions is decreasing due to the increased use of school-based punishments that see kids separated from their peers in differ-ent classrooms but still attending and completing work.

Educators “know that when kids miss major portions of

school — and these are kids that are prob-ably already at risk and may already have attendance issues — that sending them out for long per-iods of times is really counterproductive in terms of their educa-tion,” MacIntyre said.

“It’s probably best to try to keep the kids as close to you as you can, but keep them separate social-ly from their peers, which is part of the consequence of poor behaviour. And I’m seeing all three of our high schools moving towards that model.”

Teachers are gen-

erally supportive of that approach, too, so long as the safety of staff and other stu-dents isn’t comprom-ised.

“I guess depending upon the situation, yes, you want to try and keep the child in school,” said Les-lie Woodward, presi-dent of the Okanag-an Skaha Teachers’ Union.

“It’s still a concern in that if it’s a behav-iour issue that it’s still a risk.”

Woodward said while major incidents of student-on-student violence are usually caught, there are

many smaller acts of aggression towards teachers, such as kick-ing or verbal abuse, that go unreported and unpunished.

While she didn’t have statistics avail-able, Woodward said those incidents are due to an increase in the number of spe-cial-needs students in classrooms and a decrease in the sup-ports available to them and teachers.

“This is, again, something the gov-ernment doesn’t recognize and they don’t fund support for these students,” she said.

Fewer student suspensions recorded

Credit Union donationStaff at the Summerland Credit Union raised $728 in the last three months with their Comfort for a Cause fundraiser. They chose to give the money to the Giant’s Head Grind. In centre front, Herlinda Burt of the Summerland Credit Union presents the cheque to Ellen Walker-Matthews, representing the Giant’s Head Grind and Sue Eden representing the Summerland Rotary Club, one of the sponsors of the race. Also pictured are Credit Union staff members. Each week staff members contribute $1 to a fund, which is matched by the Credit Union, to be able to wear jeans to work on Friday. The money raised goes to a local charity or organization, of the staff’s choosing.


VICTORIA – “Fast is the new slow,” declared one Toronto newspaper’s front page when the B.C. govern-ment announced it is increas-ing speed limits around the province.

The headline picked up on Tr a n s p o r t a -tion Minister Todd Stone’s justification for raising limits on 35 stretches of rural B.C. highway. Stone referred to traffic studies that show por-tions of the highway system where the vast majority of driv-ers already travel at the new speeds.

Stone emphasized that acci-dent risk is not so much a func-tion of speed, but of differen-ces in speed between vehicles. That’s why the signs going up this summer will include a new warning for left lane hogs: “Keep Right – Let Others Pass.”

For the first time, there is a 120 km/h limit on three seg-ments of rural divided high-way, parts of the Coquihalla, the Okanagan Connector and a stretch between Parksville and Campbell River on Vancouver Island.

Having regularly driven up and down the B.C. Interior highway system for the past 30 years, I can confirm that par-ticularly once you get “beyond Hope,” drivers do set the speed limit.

In good conditions, it’s gen-

erally about 10 km over the posted maximum, particular-ly in the long spaces between communities where resources to do regular speed enforce-ment simply don’t exist.

Improvements in the road system, and the modern vehi-cles that drive it, have been enormous.

My last trip was in June, up the Fraser Canyon and on through the Cariboo to Prince George.

The canyon offers some of the harshest road-building con-ditions in Canada, but even portions of that cliff-hanging, rock-and-tunnel road are get-ting increases from 90 to 100 km/h.

There are two common assumptions about this move. One is that increasing the speed limit means people will auto-matically drive faster.

The other is that higher speeds mean more accidents, or at least more severe accidents.

The government downplayed opposition to this change, which Stone signalled last fall when he launched the public consultation.

Police agencies don’t like it. ICBC officials are skeptical to say the least. ICBC’s latest rate increase was attributed mostly to cost pressure from higher injury payouts, and it will be tracking the sections of higher speed limit to see if the number of severe accidents goes up.

Speed wasn’t singled out when interim ICBC boss Mark Blucher made the case for an increase of nearly five per cent on basic insurance last fall.

One reason why claims for bodily injury, pain and suffering, future care and loss of earnings are going up is that more people are hiring lawyers.

Another reason is distraction, not just from mobile devices but also more pedestrians and cyclists in urban areas.

Are drivers getting worse? A recent report out of Saskatch-ewan suggests they are.

In 2013, only 48 per cent of new drivers in Saskatchewan passed their road test.

The test hasn’t changed much in the past decade, and there are more immigrants who aren’t accustomed to highway driving, North America style.

But a veteran driving instructor calls today’s new drivers “the weakest genera-tion I’ve ever taught,” after they spent their formative passenger years watching TV or playing with game machines and other screens while on the road.

“The awareness level isn’t where it was when I started 15 years ago,” Margot Podiluk told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. “Today’s generation, they’re so connected to electronic devices they don’t look out of car win-dows.”

If raising speed limits is a mistake, accident statistics will soon tell the tale. My expecta-tion is that on rural highways, speed limits are just catching up to the traffic.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-ture reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

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Despite repeated messages and warnings, too many Sum-m e r l a n d e r s continue to set out their garbage and r e c y c l a b l e s the evening before collection.

As long as this practice con-tinues, Summerland will continue to have problems with bears in search of food.

Encounters with wildlife, espe-cially bears, have occurred too often. They will continue until hab-its begin to change.

bad apples

Banners showing Summerland’s fallen soldiers are an important way to remem-ber and hon-our those who died in military service.

This year, 100 years after the start of World War I, the banners should also serve as a reminder of what can happen when conflicts escalate.

It is important to remember that wars and conflicts are more than statistics. Every person affect-ed deserves to be remembered.

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votingEach time a municipal elec-

tion is held, voters are urged to cast their ballots, although voter turnout is consistently low.

In the 2011 municipal election, 36.1 per cent of Summerland’s eligible voters participated and in the 2008 municipal election, voter turn-out was below 47 per cent.

Civic elections are import-ant and the decisions made at the council table will affect our day-to-day lives much more noticeably than deci-sions made by provincial or federal levels of government.

For this reason alone, it makes sense to consider including mail-in ballots and electronic voting options for those who are not able to vote on election day or in the advance polls.

Any democratic election must be accessible to the voters.

Those affected by mail-in ballots are snowbirds and others who are away from the community on election day and at the advance poll-ing dates, and those who are eligible to vote here but live in other communities.

A mail-in ballot option would allow some the oppor-tunity to vote in civic elec-tions, but it would not address a much more important issue, namely voter apathy.

The number who did not vote in the last municipal elec-tion is far greater than the number who were unable to do so.

Even in communities where mail-in ballots are allowed, the number of votes received by mail is a small percentage of the total number of ballots cast.

While it is important to provide accessible vot-ing options, such options by themselves will do little to change the total number of voters in communities where apathy runs high.

Without an active, engaged electorate, efforts to provide additional voting options will do little to significantly change the number who take the time to cast their ballots.

Letting drivers set speed limits

Tom Fletcher

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THE EARLY YEARS

Keeping your coolIn the 1930s Mary Clark and Kathleen Read knew how to keep cool… and fashionable. Off the beaten track some distance up Trout Creek Canyon, this quaint little swimming hole was popular with young people and, since the water was coming down from higher sources, probably quite cold. The summer weather we’ve been enjoying lately should warm up Okanagan Lake to a refreshing yet not glacial temperature—just right for some welcome relief from the heat. Enjoy our wonderful beaches but when it gets too hot, remember that the Summerland Museum is air conditioned and open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

Photo courtesy of the Summerland Museum

Dear Editor:Just some clarifications

regarding Tom Fletcher’s col-umn, A brief history of treaty talks, (B.C. Views, July 3).

1. Federal and provincial authority may vary with the strength of an aboriginal title claim, as Fletcher contends, in the sense that the obligation to consult and accommodate is proportional to the strength of the claim. But this is not so once aboriginal title has been proved

in court (as the Tsilhqot’in have done).

Once such title is estab-lished it is no longer a matter of a “claim” and the aborig-inal owners must consent to any development proposal respecting their land – unless the government supporting such a development meets the stringent constitutional test for limiting aboriginal rights and title in the absence of con-sent.

2. A finding of aboriginal title does not necessarily “lock in” communal ownership.

Just as treaty First Nations may agree to convert land to fee simple title, aboriginal title holders may agree to surren-der land to the federal Crown on the condition that it be re-conveyed to them for the purpose of conversion to fee simple.

I suspect that obtaining such agreement is no easier in the

former scenario than the latter, but it may be.

3. The Tsilhqot’in had a long history of keeping others out, and were the only First Nation that was hostile even to the fur trade.

But they did not fight a war in the 1860s to defend their territory from a “wave of gold seekers.” They expelled every-one.

In 1864, after being threat-ened by the foreman of a

crew building a wagon road through their territory – he had warned darkly of bringing back the small pox that had killed at least one third of their population two years earlier – they killed nearly all the crew and then killed or expelled all white settlers from their ter-ritory.

Hamar Foster, QCprofessor of law

University of Victoria

Decision doesn’t lock in ownership

Summer in ToyokoroWell it’s official;

I’ve lived in Japan for a year now. It has been a very interest-ing year to say the least, and I am look-ing forward to my second and last year working and living in Japan.

Summer has hit Hokkaido now. It’s hot and humid, and the local summer sports have begun. I have already been to four summer fes-tivals, and we are only a month into this summer! Sum-mer has also defin-itely hit Toyokoro. The baseball fields are being ploughed and cleaned daily, and the school yard is alive with student’s warm-up chants and the brass band dur-ing their after school club practices.

I personally don’t like summer, but I really love the sum-mer here because of the school spir-it. Soon, the students will be off on sum-mer break for about three weeks. Even though it’s a break from school, it isn’t a break from clubs, and homework.

Some students however will be doing an exchange with their Sister City – Summerland! So for just over a week, five students with two chaperones will be visiting Summerland.

Most of the stu-dents going have never left Hokkaido let alone Japan! So it will be a life-changing and eye-opening experience for them! I have spent the last couple weeks, and I will spend the next couple weeks trying to prepare them for their trip.

I don’t mean to brag, but the students here are pretty amaz-ing, so I hope every-one tries to make them feel comfortable

and show them how great Summerland is.

Today at my monthly Kindergart-en class I was finish-ing up my first class, and as I was leaving I said, “See you, thank you!” and the stu-dents replied with, “Thank you, sexy!” then proceeded to walk me out of the classroom chanting “Sexy! Sexy!” How they learned that word among “eth-nic, cute, pretty” is beyond me, but it made for a pretty hil-arious moment!

Thank you for reading. Baka wa shinanakya naoranai – only death will cure a fool/ you can’t fix stupid.

The Summer-land Sister City will be advertising next month for someone to fill my position in August 2015. If you have any questions about the job or the town of Toyokoro please feel free to email me at [email protected].

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

NOTES FROM TOYOKORO

Anna Marshall

Dear Editor:On July 11 the Summerland

ATV Club installed two more tables and fire rings at Crump recreation site outside of Faul-der.

Club members also worked on the Trout Creek ATV Bridge to widen it for side-by-sides to cross safely.

So far the B.C. government has invested $15,000, on upgrades to Crump Siding recreation site in preparation for the ATV B.C. Jam-boree July 15 to 20. This is a great legacy project we are doing, for all of Summerland residents and visitors, alike. When is free camp-ing for all of us not a good thing?

With KVR issues being resolved

at a provincial level, we’ll have a great ATVing site established, for all to use.

When the ATV B.C. Jamboree and Summerland ATV poker runs are completed, the club will digest the idea that through our local combined efforts we’ll have left behind a free camping ATV area for all of us to use.

Plus Summerland business have donated and supported our club to make this happen.

We’ll have up to 200 ATVers coming for this event spending their money locally, supporting our Summerland business.

John Rasmussen, vice-presidentSummerland ATV Club

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ATV improvements will provide benefits

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Two Summerland wineries have been awarded the 2014 Lieutenant Gov-ernor’s Awards for Excellence in British Columbia Wines. 8th Generation Vineyard and Haywire Winery (Okanagan Crush Pad) are among just 12 wineries in the province to receive this year’s award.

The honourable Judith Guichon with members of the con-

sular Corps of BC will visit Summerland on July 25 to present the awards at the winer-ies. Businesses pop up

Several local home-based businesses and artisans have joined together to open a retail pop-up store on Main Street next to Home Hardware. My Chocolate Crush and Indulgences are among those show-casing their goods.

Under new ownership

Brad Alexander Jr. is the new owner of JR Bush Pilot, former-ly Bush Pilot Auto-motive.

Brad has suc-ceeded his uncle Brad Alexander Sr., who has retired. The shop on Victoria Road South, next to the Bottle Depot continues to offer a diverse range of ser-vices, from regular auto maintenance to

motorcycle, marine and small airplane engine repair.

Led by father Garry and son Brad, the McConnell family has taken ownership of Robert’s Fruit Stand (soon to be renamed McConnell’s Fruit Market).

From the first pur-chase of a five-acre pear farm in Sum-merland in 1971, to the most recent addition of the fruit stand and attached

orchards, the family now farms 30 acres and will be supply-ing their market with a huge range of their soft fruit, as well as their own apple juice. Anniversaries

July 1 marked more than just Canada Day for Kim Lam, owner of Sumac Ridge Golf and Country Club. She also celebrated 20 years in business at exactly 5am that mor-ning, which is when she received the keys to the business two decades before.

The team at Mur-ray’s Pizza has marked 20 years in business. Owner Josh Roberts started the business with his father when he left high school, and since then they have grown to four locations in the Okanagan Valley.New chef

Bonitas Winery has welcomed their new head chef of Bonitas Bistro. Mike Sonier started his career in Nova Scotia and has worked in restaurants across the country.

Having now moved to Summerland he says “I’ve finally found a place where I can settle down and cook dishes that advo-cate my passion for fresh, organic foods. Here, the dishes I cook can alter with what the seasons pro-vide and I can prepare dishes with natural foods that the local

community offers.” Stop by the Bistro to

try Chef Mike’s new menu, and follow Bon-itas Bistro on Facebook for beautiful photos from the kitchen. Name change

Earlier this spring the Okanagan Plant Improvement Cor-poration changed its name to Summer-land Varieties Cor-poration (SVC). In a recent interview for BC Fruit Grow-ers Magazine, former SVC Chief Executive Officer Keith Carlson said using “Summer-land” in the brand gives them a stronger position in an inter-national market.

Carlson recent-ly stepped down as CEO, and SVC has announced the appointment of Nick Ibuki as acting gen-eral manager.

Ken Haddrell is the interim special advisor to the board of directors.On the move

Len’s Massage has moved to a new loca-tion downtown.

Owner Len Han-nah has moved his massage studio to Henry Street, where he shares space with The Studio Esthetics.

Okanagan Custom Cut is settling in to their new location at 9211 James Ave. The move from a half-acre to a one-acre lot pro-vides the much need-ed extra room for mill-

ing, and they’ve also added fir wood chips to their product list.

Giant’s Head Auto-motive is moving to a new, larger location. Their current build-ing on Main Street is slated to come down as part of the new library project.

The business will be moving to the cor-ner of Logie Road and McLachlan Street, near the Nixdorf Car Museum. Owner Jeff Schmidt says the new location is twice the size and will give him the opportunity to further grow his business. They will be open on Main Street until the end of July, and re-open in the new location in August.Retired

After 32 years as one of the well known lawyers in Okanagan, Tom Johnston of The Summerland Law Office has retired. The firm of Pearce, Tay-lor, Schneiderat (Mike Pearce, Jodie Taylor and Cary Schneiderat) has purchased John-ston Goodrich Law-yers, and the team will continue to serve their customers from their office on Main Street.

Business Buzz is compiled by Sophia Jackson, Membership Servi-ces Coordinator for the Summerland Chamber. Let her know your business news at [email protected].

Two wineries to receive awards

Car proclamationCollector car enthusiasts gathered at the Dairy Queen to hear a proclamation read last Thursday evening. The province of British Columbia declared that July 12 and the month of July be known as Collector Car Appreciation Day and Month. There are 86 collector car clubs in B.C. which have brought in over 40 million dollars to the province, over the past year. Pictured are Bob Kelly, represent-ative for the sponsor of the event, Specialty Vehicle Association of B.C. and Mayor Janice Perrino.


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by Carla McLeodSpecial to the

Review

“She’s an amazing person, so gifted. To be shovelling manure one minute and painting a beautiful picture or writing the next. She does it all.”

This is how Chris Grauer, director of logistics for Crit-teraid, described Jan-ette Damsa.

He was speaking at a farewell din-ner arranged by the volunteers that was held for Damsa last Wednesday evening. He thanked her on behalf of the board of directors, for all that she has done for Crit-teraid over the last 15 months in her role as live-in caretaker.

Damsa has been living above the cat sanctuary and was responsible for the care of all the ani-mals at the sanctu-ary as well as fixing fences, arranging tours of the property and interacting with the many volunteers that come to the farm daily.

Due to the con-suming demands of the job, Damsa said she had decided to leave and move to a friend’s property in Oliver. She has plans to spend more time with her own animals and pursue her other interests.

“We think she has been wonderful. She’s an animal per-son, but she is many other things,” said Barb Chambers, one of the volunteers. “I’m really sorry she’s leaving. She’s been a breath of fresh air. I think it is a real loss.”

Damsa described her time on the farm as a wonderful learn-ing experience.

“I think the high-light for me has been getting to know the cats and to see the changes in them.”

She has also enjoyed working with the volunteers.

“They have all been so amazing and all I hear from them is encouragement and positive feedback.”

Before coming to the property as care-taker, Damsa had been fostering a wild mare, named Avalon, for Critteraid.

“They had rescued five wild horses and needed people to work with them, so I volunteered to foster the horse and work with her. I had her on my other farm,” explained Damsa. “When they asked me to come to the farm here, I brought Avalon with me.”

Now that Damsa is leaving, there is uncertainty over what will happen to the horse.

“When I move I want to take her with me and continue fos-tering her. I’m the only person she’s trusted so far and she’s bonded with my horse Padre,” said Damsa.

She also said Crit-teraid wants to keep the mare on their property and have her travel back and forth from Oliver to continue working with and training Avalon.

“What they are asking of me is not feasible,” she said.

In thanking the volunteers at the

gathering, Damsa said to them, “You are really the most amaz-ing group of people I have ever worked with.”

She described for them the place where she will be living as a four acre piece of property, with three acres in horse pas-ture. Half of it is treed with a river and trail outside the back gate.

She also explained the progress she has made with the mare over the last two years.

“My training pro-gram with Avalon occurs twice a day. Every time I feed her I touch her. I am now able to go up to her and she will eat out of my hand,” she said. “I feel it is import-ant to keep this daily contact with her. I am going to ask the board once again to let me take Avalon with me when I leave with Padre. I think it would be very dis-ruptive to Avalon to be separated from him. I am asking that I may either adopt Avalon, or continue fostering her.”

A job posting for a new live-in Caretaker has been posted on the Critteraid web-site.

They describe themselves as an ani-mal sanctuary that is committed to keep-ing the lives of the animals free from anxiety and encour-aging adoption to responsible caring human beings.

Critteraid is a registered charity that operates entirely on donations, grants and volunteer sup-port.

Caring for animalsJanette Damsa of Critteraid takes care of Avalon, left, and her horse Padre, right.

Damsa leaving Critteraid position

Silent auctionElizabeth Marion, a board member for Agur Lake Camp Society, arranged the silent auction items at the Summerland Golf and Country Club on Saturday. The club hosted the sixth annual Swing for Kids fund-raiser for the society. Many of the auction items were donated by local individuals and businesses.


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ARTS PALETTE

David Finnis

Last weekend was a busy one for both the Summerland Community Arts Council and the Pen-ticton Art Gallery.

Both saw the openings of new shows and the arts council celebrated the grand opening of the new Arts Centre and Gallery for Sum-merland.

The Arts Council board was joined by our MP Dan Albas, Mayor Janice Perrino and several council-lors and many vol-unteers who had worked on renova-tions to the new Arts Centre as well as members of the pub-lic for an official rib-bon cutting ceremony at the new centre.

Many attending also took advantage of the pancake break-fast provided by the Summerland Scouts.

It was wonder-ful to hear so many people express how great the new cen-tre looked and how pleased they were to see it open again.

If you missed the official opening you can find photos on both the SCAC web-site and Facebook pages.

We’d also encour-age you to drop by and check it out for yourself.

Browse the expanded Gift Gal-lery and enjoy the spectacular watercol-ours by local artist Dale Matthews.

Our colleagues at the Penticton Art Gal-lery were also very busy last weekend with the opening of three new shows at their gallery.

Observation and Invention, featuring works by Keith Hard-er, is now on display in their Main Gallery until September .

The Toni Onley

Gallery has works by Yvonne Morrish.

Morrish thrives on experimenting with a wide range of media and techniques.

She considers the work of the influen-tial Russian painter and art theorist Was-sily Kandinsky as a great source of inspir-ation and in his work you can see where she found her love for colour.

Her show is entitled Drawing Upon the Imagina-tion.

The third show, Days of Augusta, is in the Project Room and features works by one of Vancou-ver’s most unherald-ed artists Robert Kez-iere.

While his name may be largely unknown, you have most likely seen his work as he has quiet-ly documented the social and cultural growth of Canada’s third largest city since the 1970s in his role of chief photog-rapher at the Vancou-ver Art Gallery and the work he under-took as a freelance photographer.

The Arts Palette column is written by David Finnis, publi-city chair and presi-dent of the Sum-merland Community Arts Council, P.O. Box 1217, 9908 Main St., Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z0.

Arts Council opens at new location

Official openingThe Summerland Community Arts Council opened the new Arts Centre and Gallery on Saturday morning. From left are board members Darin Anderson and Karan Bowyer, Summer Arts Program coordinator Carmen McDowell, board member Maureen King, Coun. Peter Waterman, Mayor Janice Perrino, volunteers John Topham and Ron Stacy, Coun. Bruce Hallquist, board member Chris Lewis, president David Finnis, board members Sandra Bassett, Marcia Stacy and Albertine Meyer and MP Dan Albas.


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by Carla McLeodSpecial to the

Review

It has been said that “History repeats itself.”

Many looking at the world situation today are drawing comparisons to a cen-tury ago.

On July 28, we will mark the 100-year anniversary of the start of World War I, often referred to as “The Great War” or the “War to End all Wars.”

At the outset, no one could ever have imagined the casual-ties that were the end result of this conflict. Estimates for cas-ualty numbers vary from nine million to 15 million.

Summerland was not left untouched. The names of our fallen soldiers can easily be found, list-ed on the cenotaph in Memorial Park.

Council’s C o m m u n -ity Cultural Development C o m m i t t e e started a cam-paign to have the pictures of our sol-diers printed on banners, to adorn our streets come Remembrance Day.

David Gregory, speaking on behalf of this committee said,

“The intent behind this was so people could get an idea of what they (the fallen soldiers) looked like and the loss it was to

our community.”Gregory has writ-

ten a book along with Sheryl Foster on the lives of the soldiers from Summerland. It is used in conjunction with this project, pro-viding the pictures for the banners. People are able to go through the book in order to select the photo of the soldier they would like to remember. The soldier’s picture is then printed on to a banner.

The cost to have this done is $189, taxes included. The banners are being produced locally by Ink Works.

There are still photographs of nine World War I and 23 World War II soldiers on our cenotaph waiting to be placed on banners.

The District of Summerland’s Public Works staff, hang the banners in late Octo-

ber, leaving them up until after Remem-brance Day.

“I think if we had it all completed it would be really neat. The intent is to line Main Street and Vic-toria Road and Rose-dale Avenue with remembrance ban-

ners. I think it is a really positive project for our community,” said Gregory.

If you would like to purchase a banner, either individually or as a group, please

contact Karen Jones at 250-494-6451 or e-mail her at [email protected].

Banners commemorate World War I

Memorial bannersWorld War I began 100 years ago, on July 28, 1914. This year, downtown banners will pay tribute to Summerland soldiers who died during the war.

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians served in World War I, from 1914 to 1918.

The war was not Canada’s first military action, as rough-ly 7,000 had served in the South Africa War from 1899 to 1902.

During World War I, 628,736 Canadians served and 66,573 died in action. Another 138,116 Canadians were wounded.

To put these figures into perspective, Canada’s popu-lation in 1914 was 7,879,000.

During the war, 2,818 Can-adians were taken prisoner of war and 175 merchant sea-men died as a result of enemy action.

The number of Canadians who died or were injured during World War I was con-siderably higher than during World War II, from 1939 to

1945, even though the coun-try’s military presence was larger.

The assassination of Arch-duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, in late June, 1914, led to the start of the war, but earlier diplomatic clashes in the Bal-kans and changes in the bal-ance of power in Europe have also been seen as factors in the start of the war.

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“The intent behind this was so people could get an idea of what they (the fallen soldiers) looked like and the loss it was to our community.”

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Thursday Al-Anon offers help to families and friends of alcohol-ics. Summerland Serenity Group meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in the United Church hall. Call 250-490-9272 for more infor-mation.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. 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. SADI youth centre, July 17, 1 p.m. Long haul adventure to Pirates Cove! Bring swimsuit and towel.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 Horse-shoe Club is look-ing for new members. Practices are held in Memorial Park on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. Call Ron Moser at 250-494-0450.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 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.

FridayBirthright, serving the South Okanagan, has Friday drop in from 10 a.m. to noon at 200 Bennett St. in Penticton. This weekly program provides light snacks and an oppor-tunity to build friend-ships, share life skills and participate in baby item swaps. Please con-tact Sandy Mikkelsen at 250-492-4901 for more information.Bridge 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.SADI youth centre, Friday, July 18 Siesta Day 1 p.m.. Bring a hammock or a lawn chair.

Tai chi in Memorial Park, weather per-mitting, Fridays and Tuesdays at 10:30 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.

SaturdayGeology Bus Tours on July 19 presented by the Summerland Museum and Archives from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join geologist Kathleen Jagger to discover fas-cinating geological for-mations and rock types found in the area. Tour inlcudes stop at Giant’s Head Mountain. Pre-registration and pay-ment required. Call 250-494-8238 or visit www.SummerlandMuseum.org.

SundayDrop-in co-ed beach volleyball begins at the Peach Orchard court in Summerland every Sunday through July and August. For more info contact Don Gayton at 250-494-1858. Vintage Car Club, South Okanagan Chapter, meets the last Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. in the Youth Centre on Peach Orchard Road. Anyone interested in vintage cars (those 25 years or older) is invited to attend. For more infor-mation on the club phone 250-494-5473.

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. SADI youth cen-tre, Kelowna’s Gyro Beach Watersports Adventures, July 21 at 1 p.m.The South Okanagan Orchid Society meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Shatford Centre in Penticton. The group meets September to June. For more infor-mation, contact Joan at 250-494-4293.The Summerland Crokinole Club meets Monday nights at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Summerland Seniors Centre. Contact Darlene at 250-494-9310.

TuesdayDementia Caregiver Support Group — Are you providing care or support for someone dealing with Alzheimer’s or another dementia? Please join us at our Summerland meeting to explore how we can assist you. The meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland IOOF Hall, 9536 Main St. Call Laurie Myres at 250-493-8182 or email [email protected] 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. Email [email protected] youth centre, disc golf in Penticton, July 22 at 1 p.m. Movie night 6 p.m.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.S u m m e r l a n d Farmers’ Market in Memorial Park, Wharton Street, every Tuesday April through October, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For information call Paul at 250-494-0540.S u m m e r l a n d Kiwanis Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Kiwanis Lodge on Quinpool at 6 p.m. New

members are welcome. Contact Tom Jacques at 250-494-4339.Summerland VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) members and friends meet the second Tuesday of the month at Parkdale Lounge.The Mental Wellness Centre, Summerland Branch, will be open the first, third and fourth Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Summerland United Church. Inquiries wel-come.The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group joins the Penticton MS Group every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a coffee social at the Cherry Lane Mall Food Court. Whist is played on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St.

Wednesday Be.Free, a 12-step Christ-centred recov-ery program that is not addiction specific, meets every Wednesday at Summerland Alliance Church at 7 p.m. For more information con-tact the SAC office at 250-494-9975 and ask to speak to Pastor Rick.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.SADI youth cen-tre, Naramata beach, July 23, 1 p.m. Mystery event night, 6 p.m.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

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UpcomingA Summerland Children’s Choir will be starting in September on Wednesdays after school for children ages six to 12. For more info, contact Linnea Good at 250-494-5111. Just a reminder to all the home owners who want to enter the Summerland Fall Fair Front Lawn contest to get busy and prepare them now. It is still not too late to get out the pick and shovel and do some major renova-tions, or to put in some new plants or trees to help make Summerland bloom. Eco-friendly lawns are very much eligible for the first and second prizes of $100 and $50 as well. Don’t forget the necessary pictures of 4x6 to enter the contest.Monday, 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.SADI Drop-In open Monday to Friday noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday nights 6 to 10 p.m. and Friday nights 6 to 11 p.m.. Please sign up for spe-cial events by leaving a comment on Facebook.SADI youth centre, Thursday, July 24, movie making / cooking day.SADI youth centre, Friday, July 25, Mexican Movie Fiesta - Atlantis Water Slides, 4 pm.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 Summerland Fruit Tree Project is seeking volunteers. The project collaborates with tree owners looking to get rid of unwanted fruit and organizations within the community who need fresh pro-duce. We pick Tuesdays and Wednesdays most weeks. For more infor-mation, to register your tree or to volunteer please call 250-494-9722.

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Summerland is now using water from its reservoirs for irrigation as Thirsk Dam stopped spilling near the beginning of this month.

According to staff at the municipal water department, the dam stopped spilling July 4 at 8 a.m.

In a contest to guess the date the dam would stop spilling, Lloyd West-by guessed July 3,

7:30 p.m.The third annual

Thirsk Dam Stops Spilling contest was held in conjunction with Earth Week, April 22 to 27.

Earth Week events were sponsored by the Summerland Cli-mate Action Com-mittee, Summerland Community Arts Council, Summer-land Community Cultural Develop-ment Committee, Okanagan and Simil-

kameen Invasive Species Society, Sum-merland Environ-mental Science Group, Summerland Library, Summerland

Merchants Group, Friends of Summer-land Ornamental Gardens, Grasslands Nursery and District of Summerland.


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We will try our best to accommodate you, but we are not always able to attend all events. If this is the case, we will do our best to help you find another solution.

The telephone number is 250-494-5406.

Humphries wins barbecue competitionA Summerland

chef was the winner in the Best Wine and Food Pairing at the fifth annual Simil-kameen BBQ King event on Saturday.

The barbecue event was hosted by the Similkameen Wineries Asso-ciation at the Grist Mill and Gardens in Keremeos.

Chef Lee Humph-ries of Local Lounge and Grille in Sum-merland received top honours.

Local Lounge and Grille and Seven Stones Winery in Cawston received both the media’s choice award and the people’s choice award for Best Wine and Food Pairing.

Humphries’ win-ning dish was cherry barbecue pulled pork tacos with sorrel chimichurri, marin-ated shaved carrots, pickled zucchini, pork sausage, piggy puffs and cherry hot sauce.

The pork was mar-inated overnight with Seven Stones Pinot Noir, which was also the paired wine.

Humphries was assisted by Chef

Damien Mischkinis.“All in all, it was

a very long, hot, rewarding day sur-rounded by amaz-ing talent, excep-tional wine and great people,” Humphries said.

Nine competing chefs from the region

competed for the title of Similkameen BBQ King or Queen.

Each of the chefs received a black box of ingredients includ-ing a 29-kilogram hog, 20 bunches of certified organic rain-bow carrots, nine kilograms of certi-

fied organic zuc-chini, nine kilograms of certified organic Lambert cherries, 0.9 kilograms of organic mixed sorrel and one 100-gram shaker of country pepper.

The sold out event drew more than 400 people.

Barbecue excellenceChef Lee Humphries of Local Lounge and Grille was named the 2014 Similkameen BBQ King on Saturday. From left are George Hanson of Seven Stones Winery, head media judge Rhys Pender, Humphries and Chef Damien Mischkinis of Local Lounge and Grille.

Photo by ET2media

Thirsk Dam stops spilling

Summerland’s Jun-ior B hockey team is looking for billet fam-ilies and volunteers for the upcoming hockey season.

Billet families are needed for Summer-land Steam hockey players who are here from other commun-ities to pursue their hockey goals.

Steam organizers say the billet family experience often becomes a lasting relationship between the player, his family and the billet family.

Billet families are financially compen-sated and receive a season ticket for each member of the house-hold to attend all Steam home games.

“Simply put, with-

out dedicated billet families, we could not put a team on the ice. They provide an environment of sup-port and trust,” said Gregg Wilson, gen-eral manager and co-owner of the hockey team.

He said billet fam-ilies also benefit from the relationship as the hockey players have served as role models for younger family members who see the dedication and sacrifices needed to obtain goals.

Volunteer support is also needed for other aspects of the team for the coming season.

Some of the pos-itions include ticket sales, program sales,

on-ice and off-ice promotion, 50-50 tickets and technical support.

The hockey team enjoyed a strong season last year, advancing from fifth place on Nov. 1 to an Okanagan Div-ision Championship Crown at the end of the season.

The team’s hockey season will begin in September.

Those interested in becoming billet fam-ilies or volunteers with the team are asked to contact Wil-son at 250-462-0905 or [email protected] or Tim Hogg at 250-809-1820 or [email protected].

At the finish lineYoung Summerland riders Heming Sola, left, and Tamatea Westby hold onto each other as they cross the finish line of the Prospera Axel Merckx Okanagan Cortofondo cycling event Sunday on Main Street in Penticton. The boys finished in the top 20 of the 55-kilometre ride and in the top 10 of the Under 19 division. About 2,600 riders from 10 countries took part in the popular cycling event.

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Golf tournamentAgur Lake Camp held its sixth annual Swing-for-Kids Golf Tournament on Saturday. The event was hosted by the Sum-merland Golf and Country Club. Pictured here from left are golfers Cindy Reed, Dianne Chadwick, Brian Chadwick and Jan Klassen.


Steam seeks billet families and volunteers

GolfSummerland Senior Men’s Club

Summerland Senior Men’s ClubThe Summerland Senior Men’s Club

played a 1 gross 3 net event on July 10.Dwain Sandrelli shot a 79 to take the over-

all low gross while Nick Coe fired a net 70 to lead the field.

Seven players shared the deuce pot.First Flight: Low gross Dwain Sandrelli,

79; first net Barry Wicker, 72; second net Bob Karaim, 72; third net Rick Gotobed, 74.

Second Flight: Low gross Sandy McDow-ell, 86; first net Nick Coe, 70; second net Ron Unger, 71; third net Joe Prokopchuk, 71.

Third Flight: Low gross Per Jensen, 93, first net Jim Donnelly, 75; second net Stuart Scott, 76; third net Al Thomas, 78.Sumac Ridge Golf Senior Men

The Sumac Ridge Golf Club Senior Men played on July 9.

Results: Low gross Maurice Wood, 35. Low net Dan Kelly, 27. Birds Leo Caumartin. Closest to pin Grant Fletcher.

SCOREBOARD

Abercrombie wins GranfondoBlack Press

Despite temper-atures of 35.6 degrees, Vancouver ’s Tim Abercrombie man-aged to save the best for last with his head-down sprint to be the first to cross the fin-ish line in this year’s Prospera Granfondo Axel Merckx Oka-nagan.

The South Oka-nagan cycling course passed through Sum-merland.

Abercrombie com-pleted the 160-kilo-metre circuit in four

hours, 11 minutes, 16 seconds.

Gillian Moody suc-cessfully defended her title on the women’s side, finish-ing in 4:34:21.

A total of about 2,600 riders from 10 countries took part in the fourth annual event.

A double-bronze Olympic medalist (1996) in cycling and gold, silver and two bronze medals (2002, 2006 and 2010) in speed skating, Clara Hughes said Sun-

day’s ride “was awe-some.”

Jen Jones of White Rock completed the 92-km Mediofondo and said it was great.

Having signed up twice for the event, she said it’s been a great ride and said it’s well put together, well supported.

Colleen Waugh of Langley enjoyed her second time and was impressed with the pickup for riders. What she enjoyed was cycling by Skaha Lake.

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Money given to cultural organizations and programs

The George Ryga Society, which pre-served the home of the Summerland writer, has dissolved and grants have been given to nonprofit cultural institutions and programs.

Ryga, who died in 1987, was the author of The Ecstasy of Rita Joe along with other plays, poems and novels.

He lived in Sum-merland from 1960 until his death.

In the 1990s, the society was formed to preserve his home on Caldwell Street as a retreat for writers and songwriters.

The activities at the house decreased and in 2012, the society sold the house to pay off its debts.

Remaining funds were used to honour Ryga’s legacy.

Keith Ferlin, presi-dent of the George Ryga Centre Society, said the society had been in place to pre-serve the Ryga house.

Once the house was sold, the society had no choice but to dissolve.

The funding was given to organiza-tions which support Ryga’s goals.

The largest grant was to the Banff Cen-tre for a playwriting bursary at the annual Playwrights Colony.

The Pacific Book-World News Society received an endow-ment to take over the administration of the George Ryga Book Award for Social

A w a r e -ness in L i t e r a -ture.

A one-t i m e g r a n t to Indi-genEYEZ B.C. was given to

commemorate the impact of Ryga’s works on relations between indigenous people in the prov-ince and the larger community.

A grant to the Friends of the Sum-merland Library Society was given to commemorate Ryga in the new library, which will open late next year.

The Good Will Shakespeare Society has also received a grant from the George Ryga Soci-ety.

Ferlin said a birth-day celebration for Ryga will be held at the former home in late July.

This is similar to an event held at the site last year.

George Ryga Society dissolves

First exhibitThe opening reception for Travels With My Sketchbook by Dale Matthews was held on Thursday evening. The artist has taken a sketch-book with him on his travels and along with keeping a written diary each day, he also did a sketch. He then chooses certain sketches and produces acrylic and watercolours from them. The show is the first to be held at the new Sum-merland Community Arts Centre, 9088 Main St.


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