Summerland Review, June 26, 2014

Construction completed

The Summerland Credit Union held a barbecue to celebrate the completion of an expansion project to its building.

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Cultural tiesSince 1996, Sum-

merland and Toyokoro, Japan have partici-pated in a Sister City agreement.

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Food Bank benefit concert

Music students held a recital to collect donations for the Sum-merland Food Bank.

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Special Olympians

Two athletes and one coach will be on Team B.C. 2014 in the Special Olympics in July.

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Sewer system extends

by John Arendt

Summerland’s sewer system will expand to include 25 homes in the Juniper Street, Milti-more Avenue and Willow Avenue area.

On Monday, municipal council voted to retain a consultant for the design, tendering and construction of the sewer extension.

Of the 25 homeowners affected, 17, or 68 per cent, were in favour of the extension, four were opposed and four did not respond.

The estimated costs of extending the service is $391,000.

This works out to a cost of $1,786 a year for the next 20 years for each of the property owners.

While some of the properties affected are within the Agricultural Land Reserve, Ian McIntosh, director of development services for the municipality, said the municipality does not need a decision from the land commission in order to extend the sewer service.

Coun. Orv Robson said the sewer extension is a necessary service.

“This is an investment for our community,” he said. “If they’re willing to pay, we should provide them with that service.”

Mayor Janice Perrino said the request for the expansion came from the residents.

“Many of the septic systems in that area are in very bad shape,” she said.

The petition was then circulated to determine the level of support.

Devon van der Meulen, manager of utilities for the municipality, said the expansion is needed as some of the septic tanks in the area have been failing.

Municipal administrator Tom Day said he anticipates future requests to extend the sewer into other areas which are not serviced at present.

In the past, residents in other non-sewered areas including Dunham Crescent and Hespeler Road had asked about extending the service.

Perrino said those expansion requests were not feasible at the time.

She said the community’s sewer system, which was built in the 1990s, is under-utilized at present and can accommodate additional connections.

Soccer skillsRupert Haverkamp works on his soccer techniques during a practice at the Dale Mead-ows Sports Complex on Saturday morning. Haverkamp is part of a team made up of seven- and eight-year-old players. Soccer players of all ages hold practices and games each weekend.

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Amendment process streamlinedTimeline shorter for community plan and zoning amendments

by John Arendt

The process for amend-

ing the Official Commun-ity Plan and zoning bylaw will become quicker as a bylaw before council will remove one step in the process.

Under the proposed bylaw, the first step of

having council approve the authorization to create the bylaw for the amend-ment will be eliminated.

Instead, the bylaw required to amend the zoning and community plan for a property will

come to council directly.Ian McIntosh, director

of development services for the municipality, said the extra step of author-izing the creation of the bylaw would add two weeks to the amendment

process.“The practice of asking

council for authorization to create a bylaw is rela-tively unusual in munici-pal government,” he said in a report to council.

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by John Arendt

After 15 months of construction, the extensive renovation work at the Summer-land Credit Union has been completed.

The plans called for expanding the building from around 930 square metres to around 1,125 square metres.

The footprint of the building increased by less than 47 square metres, but the changes allowed for plenty of additional space inside. The main floor as well as the upstairs floor area was increased.

Sandy Berry and Carsten Nielsen, board members of the

Credit Union acted as general contractors for the project.

Berry said the changes included extensive electric-

al, heating, IT and energy efficiency upgrades throughout the building.

He described the completed facility as a new building with-in the framework of an older building.

In depth planning began three years ago, when Summer-land Financial Ser-vices and McBain Insurance relocated to offices separ-ate from the Credit Union.

The cost of the work was around $2.1 million and was financed from capital reserves.

The work was undertaken to accom-modate a steady increase in business and align the build-ing with corporate strategic objectives.

Since the last reno-vation more than 15 years ago, the Credit Union’s assets have doubled, Nielsen said.

Most of the con-struction work was done by local con-tractors, 87 per cent of the money spent was for locally-based trades workers and businesses.

“We’re really strong believers in supporting the com-

munity as much as we can,” he said.

Nielsen said the local component shows the quality of trades work in the community.

“We have the tal-ent in Summerland to handle these large projects,” he said.

Bill Yargeau, build-ing contractor for

the project said the people working on the construction took pride in their work-manship.

The branch remained open to the membership for during the renova-tion project. The staff worked closely with Canyon View Con-struction to complete the project with the least possible amount of disruption.

“I’m sure it must have been a chal-lenge for members, staff and our build-ing contractor” Berry said. “They’ve been top-notch.”

The grand reopen-ing took place Sat-urday afternoon. More than 600 people attended the event and enjoyed a barbe-cue lunch and tours of the credit union. Music was provided by Kirk Dixon and Fat Cat and Trixie the Clown were on hand to entertain the chil-dren.

Credit Union expansion completed

At the barbecueSummerland Credit Union manager Kelly Mar-shall barbecues hamburgers and hot dogs on Saturday at an event to mark the opening of the expanded Credit Union building.

More space insideSummerland Credit Union members examine the completed work inside the building at the corner of Jubilee Road East and Victoria Road North. The building was officially reopened on Saturday.

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Continued from Page 1“This practice may

save staff time in

the odd case where a bylaw does not receive first read-

ing, however that is an unusual circum-stance.”

Mayor Janice Per-rino said the addi-tional two weeks

required for the initial authorization could be significant-

ly longer at certain times of the year.

In August and September, when one of the two regular monthly meetings is cancelled, the author-ization process could add four weeks to the time line.

At the end of the year, with meeting cancellations during the festive season, the delay could be even longer.

“We’re cutting a little red tape,” she said.

“It just streamlines the process.”

Coun. Martin Van Alphen said the

s t r e a m -lining is a necessary improve-ment for t h o s e who need b y l a w c h a n g e s for their develop-

ments.“I’m all for it,”

he said. “I think it will be a welcome change.”

“It’s just a way to get things done quicker,” added Coun. Orv Robson.

The resolution received unanimous approval.

Change will shorten bylaw process

Janice Perrino

by Tom FletcherBlack Press

The B.C. govern-ment has begun allowing “happy hour” discounts for alcoholic drinks, imposing minimum drink prices that force some outlets to raise their prices.

Effective this week, the minimum price for draft beer or cider in B.C. is 25 cents per fluid ounce, which puts a 12-ounce sleeve at $3, a 20-ounce pint at $5 and a 60-ounce jug at $15. Using a one-ounce minimum, the lowest permitted price for any alcohol-ic drink is $3.

The release of the

regulations Friday was greeted with pro-tests from some pubs that were offering drink specials below that price.

The regulations also give licensed restaurants the abil-ity to serve drinks without a food order, although their licence still requires them to offer a full food menu. The B.C. government’s liquor policy review also levels the field between pubs and restaurants by allowing families with children into pubs at mealtimes.

The B.C. Restau-rant and Foodservices Association issued a

statement reminding its members that the new rules also allow customers to carry a drink from a lounge to an adjoining res-taurant. Licensees are also allowed to trans-fer small amounts of stock from one to the

other if they run out of a particular prod-uct.

In a policy direc-tive to industry asso-ciations, local gov-ernments and police agencies, the govern-ment’s Liquor Con-trol and Licensing

Branch says the lower price may be applied selectively for “ladies night” specials or “team night” for players in uniform.

Minimum prices do not apply to catered events, or special occasion licences.

Not all happy with happy hour

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VICTORIA – A few things have changed since the last all-out teacher strike in B.C.

That was just two years ago, when the B.C. Teachers’ Federation was coming off its second-ever voluntary agree-ment with a 16 per cent raise over five years and what the union termed an “enhanced” signing bonus of $4,000.

Even with special teach-er-only top-ups, BCTF m e m b e r s almost rejected the last of the government’s big-spending pre-Olympic labour deals signed in 2006.

By 2012, outraged teachers were back on the legislature lawn, howling for another 16 per cent, with backup vocals provided as usual by HEU, CUPE, BCGEU and other pub-lic sector unions that settled for less.

Teachers had just sailed through a crippling global recession with a series of rais-es, but were oblivious to all that.

Last week the protest venue switched to Vancouver, where both the crowd and the demands looked a bit thinner.

The signing bonus target is up to $5,000, but the raise is a mere eight per cent over five years (compounded, for those who passed math), plus another huge basket of cash disguised as benefit improve-ments and so forth.

Government negotiators

put their total compensation demand at 14.5 per cent.

One obvious dodge: they want the bottom two steps of the teacher salary grid dropped. That’s simply a raise for entry-level teachers.

Admittedly those are rare creatures these days with shrinking enrolment and iron-clad seniority rules that allow retired teachers to monopolize substitute work.

Something else that’s changed since 2012 is that the government has granted the BCTF’s wish to bargain directly with the province.

The education ministry exe-cuted a takeover of the B.C. Public School Employers’ Asso-ciation after last year’s election, and installed veteran industrial union negotiator Peter Cam-eron.

He’s backed up by long-time labour specialist Lee Doney, whose task is to keep the teacher deal within Treasury Board limits that have defined all other public sector union settlements.

Doney made it clear last week that no mediator is going to come in and “split the baby” as long as the BCTF position is so far beyond the current com-pensation framework.

Despite constant union com-plaints of low wages and deteri-orating working conditions in B.C. schools, education grads remain lined up around the block hoping to get in. Why is that?

For those who have been exposed to life outside school for a while, it’s fairly simple. The job market out here in the

real world is tough. And here’s how the real world evaluates a teaching job.

Start with 189 working days, each nine hours long as per the accepted definition, and the top-heavy senior-ity list that places the aver-age teacher salary at around $72,000 a year.

That works out to $42.32 an hour, plus a suite of benefits that most private sector employees can only dream about, starting with three months of prime-time vacation.

I am occasionally lectured by teachers that the job goes far beyond five hours in the classroom and an additional four hours a day preparing and marking.

They throw out different estimates, variously defined. Alas, it’s a salaried job, and we salaried employees in the real world don’t waste a lot of time counting hours. Here’s the work, here’s the deadline, here’s the pay. Take it or leave it.

Consider another union demand that seems to be just another thinly disguised raise.

The BCTF wants a large increase in preparation time for elementary school.

There are no duties being added here. For this one item, government negotiators calcu-late the cost to taxpayers at $86.2 million every year by the fifth year of the BCTF pro-posal.

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

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

Each summer, forests in Brit-ish Columbia are destroyed as a result of person-caused fires.

While the majority of campers, hik-ers and others in wilderness areas are careful, it only takes a carelessly discarded cigarette or a neglected campfire to cause widespread destruction, sometimes threatening homes and communities.

Everyone enjoying the out-doors has a responsibility to pre-vent wildfires from starting.

bad apples

Since 1996, Summerland and Toyokoro, Japan have enjoyed a Sister City rela-tionship.

Both com-munities have been enriched as a result of the numer-ous visits by delegations from each community.

The relationship also allows residents of both communities, especially those hosting the dele-gates, an opportunity to learn from another community and another culture.

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time linesThree years ago, during

the municipal election cam-paign, several of the candi-dates spoke of the need for a more efficient, streamlined process for those dealing with the municipality.

A proposed protocol change will help to accomplish some of this streamlining.

The change eliminates the first step in bringing forward an amendment to the Official Community Plan and zoning bylaw.

Under the existing struc-ture, municipal council must first pass a resolution to authorize the creation of the necessary bylaw amend-ments.

The new system will allow the staff at the plan-ning department to make the necessary changes and then bring the amendments before council.

This trims two weeks from the amendment process.

The remainder of the pro-cess will be unchanged.

While it is important to have an open, transparent process for municipal deci-sions, this initial stage did little to make the process more public, and the pro-posed streamlining change will not make the process less public.

Municipalities in British Columbia are required to hold a public hearing on any Official Community Plan and zoning bylaw amendments.

Approving a zoning and community plan change requires a minimum of two council meetings.

This is the case with or without the need for an authorization to create the bylaw for the amendment.

If numerous requests for zoning and Official Community Plan changes were consistent-ly turned down at the council table, it would make sense to include the step of authoriza-tion, but this is not the case. Instead, the majority of the requests make it to the bylaw stage and are considered at that point.

A simpler system will make sense for all.

A brief history of teacher demands

Tom Fletcher

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THE EARLY YEARS

Pint-sized patriotsThe Kindergarten class of 1948-1949 probably didn’t know what patriotism meant—they were just having fun waving flags. The Union Jack was the official flag of Britain and many of the Commonwealth nations, including Canada. For a time, the unofficial Canadian Red Ensign was used, though not formally sanctioned, until a new national flag was adopted and the red and white maple leaf flag began flying in 1965. Wave your flag with pride and celebrate our country on Canada Day! By the way, the flag-waving tykes pictured include Billy Wellwood, Keith Taylor, Donna Powell, Elaine Dunsdon, John Underwood, Marilyn Milne, Veronica Adams, Linda Wilkin, John Lott, Doug Rumball, Howard Oxley, Douglas Laidlaw, Charles John-ston, Angus Whitmore, George Burnell, Judy Johnston, Marilyn Baker, Roselyn Sedlar, Ginny Braddick, Linda Scott, Sheila Green, Patsy Surtees, and Judy Nicolson.

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Dear Editor:I do not believe

that the Northern Gateway pipeline should be built.

This is a cold coun-try, and we don’t even have any over-all federal energy policy.

But we allow com-

panies to try to sell off our non-renew-able oil to others as fast as possible.

What about our future energy secur-ity? Oil will eventu-ally run out. What then?

There’s no plan regarding future

clean energy com-ing from our political parties.

We also don’t even demand a revenue cut from what we do sell to the level that Norway does.

Why are we so stu-pid? Why aren’t we refining the oil our-

selves for our own use?

We really need a concerted effort at making an energy plan for this coun-try.

Another point is that the new pipe-line would go over rugged mountainous

land, cross at least 17 river systems, and go through areas subject to potentially severe earthquakes.

I was in Anchor-age and Valdez, Alaska, after the ter-rible earthquake of 1964 which had a magnitude of 9.2, the

second most power-ful earthquake in recorded history.

In Anchorage, a large section of land with houses on it had fallen into the sea.

Valdez was sub-stantially wrecked and they had to move

what was left of the town.

In other areas, land was raised 30 feet and infrastructures were torn apart.

Don’t naively think that this couldn’t happen in BC’s earth-quake zones.

Naval architects, who build ice break-ers, do not believe that this new pipeline could survive a ser-ious earthquake.

I certainly don’t think so either after having seen what happened in Alaska.

Besides, Enbridge has a poor track rec-ord of 800 spills and poor results with attempts at clean-ups.

Pilots who work on our coast say that there will be an even-tual spill if we have a large increase in tanker traffic in the wild seas off B.C.’s coast.

There have been waves of 80 and 100 feet recorded, strong enough to capsize any boat.

We are told that there would be 360 permanent jobs as a result of Northern Gateway. That’s a measly number.

Our fisheries and coast could be perma-nently covered with tarry bitumen. An ocean food source and 45,000 jobs in fisheries and tourism would vanish, prob-ably forever.

What a trade-off for only 360 perma-nent jobs in Canada and for sending refin-ing jobs to China.

The question remains: Are we stu-pid? I hope not!

Marilyn HansenSummerland

Pipeline should not be constructed

Dear Editor:During a recent

CBC interview Agriculture Minis-ter Norm Letnick emphasized he “has landed” on affirming the primary purposes of the Agricultural Land Commission set out in Section 6 of the Agricultural Land Commission Act, especially farmland preservation.

He mentioned the “only proposed change” in Bill 24 is to create a Zone

2 with the purpose of helping farmers to “grow their busi-ness.”

This would be through “flexibility to consider social and economic fac-tors” in allowing non-farm uses or revising land reserve boundaries.

Affirming prior-ity on preserving agricultural land is meaningless unless supported by sub-stantive and consist-ent policies.

Application of undefined factors by separate panels cre-ates limitless oppor-tunities for decisions inconsistent with ALR objectives.

There appear to be no consistent policies regarding use of land for non-farm purpos-es.

Certainly, meth-ane digesters, green-houses, co-gener-ators, etc. linked to farm operations are, as the minister stated, appropriate.

The problem is that suitable non-farm uses and their extent on agricultural land are not well-defined, leaving excessive scope for interpreta-tion.

U n r e g u l a t e d expansion of non-farm uses is not a sound long-term economic approach if it means losing or impairing productive farmland.

For example, is a rodeo grounds an appropriate use

of farmland when alternative sites exist, even if it generates spending? Spending may not represent sound long-term eco-nomics.

Also, there is no assurance that revenue from pro-posed non-farm uses intended to “grow the business” will be used for that pur-pose.

Will “aging farm-ers” actually launch new (farm) projects as suggested?

Certainly some parcels can have lower capability components. How-ever, what safeguards will ensure that their development won’t impact farmable holdings?

That includes sub-division pressures and future land use conflicts.

It’s better to refine ALR boundaries than enable incon-sistent application of potential “social and economic weight”

in making land use decisions.

Bill 24 proposals should be dropped.

Instead the com-mission should be funded to develop and apply policies and identifying non-farm uses consistent with ALR objectives.

These can be put in place using exist-ing regulation pow-ers, ideally following sound public consul-tation.

Denis O’GormanPenticton

Land reserve requires clear definitions

In the next five years, up to one-quarter of the busi-ness owners in the Okanagan could be looking to sell their businesses, most due to retirement.

The majority of these owners have no exit strategy, and some plan to sim-

ply close their doors without even trying to sell.

These changing demographics will create shortfalls in both employers and employees that will result in numerous closures of small businesses.

This reality will deeply affect smaller and rural commun-ities such as Sum-merland. We have already seen exam-ples of this type of closure on our Main Street in recent years. Store fronts are shut-tered and jobs are lost.

One organization that is working to reverse the trend is Venture Connect.

Originally a pro-ject of Commun-ity Futures, Venture Connect is now an independent organ-ization serving com-munities all over B.C. by connecting business sellers with Canadian and inter-national investors. The organization helps businesses by not only market-ing their businesses effectively, but more importantly, pro-viding advice and counselling on how to prepare your busi-ness for sale so it’s attractive to a buyer.

It’s important to remember that the average time it takes to sell a business has increased from six to eight months in 2006 to about a year and a half now.

Sadly 75 per cent of business sales fail to close so it’s vital to have a plan to transi-tion your business.

In Summerland, the Chamber of Com-merce and the District of Summerland have

recently partnered with other South Okanagan commun-ities and Community Futures in the cre-ation of Venture Con-nect’s first Business Buyers Guide for our area.

Sample guides can be viewed at venture-connect.ca.

The guide is dis-tributed in a printed digest format and online. The listing is free. If you or some-one you know has a business for sale and would like to be included in the first Okanagan digest, or if you need informa-tion on how to pre-pare a business for sale, please contact Venture Connect Business Advisor, Darrell Goertzen at [email protected].

To benefit from a free listing for your business, please con-tact Darrell by June 30.

We always appre-ciate your feedback. Please contact me at [email protected] or our Chamber Presi-dent, Arlene Fenrich, at president@sum-m e r l a n d c h a m b e r.com.

Christine Petkau is the manager of the Summerland Cham-ber of Commerce.

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Demographic changes affect Main Street

Pancake breakfastSummerland Sweets held its third annual pancake breakfast on Saturday morning. The free breakfast was an appreciation to customers and the community.

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COUNCIL REPORTThe regular meeting of municipal council

was held on June 23 in council chambers. The mayor and all councillors were

present.Financial statements approved

Council approved the municipality’s 2013 Consolidated Financial Statements.

The statements were prepared by White Kennedy for the municipality.Annual meeting set

The annual meeting to consider the 2013 Annual Report will be held on Monday, July 14.

Municipal staff will advertise the meeting twice.Elections bylaw read

Council gave first three readings to the Gen-eral Local Governance Elections bylaw.Temporary road closure approved

Council approved a temporary road closure request for July 17 between 5 and 8 p.m.

The road closure is to allow the Summer-land ATV Club to hold the Parade of ATVs for Ice Cream Run.

The event is part of the ATV B.C. Jamboree and Annual General Meeting events.RCMP generator approved

Municipal staff will purchase a generator for the Summerland RCMP station.

The generator, from Cummings Western Canada, is at a price of $48,750 plus taxes, based on the current U.S. exchange rates.Subdivision bylaws adopted

Council adopted a bylaw to amend the Offi-cial Community Plan, zoning bylaw and Sub-division and Development Servicing Bylaw for 8709 Jubilee Road.Zoning change adopted

Council adopted the amendment of the zoning bylaw for 18006 Bentley Road.Sewer fees amended

Council adopted a bylaw amending the fees and charges for sewer rates.Campground bylaw read

A bylaw amending the zoning bylaw for 11208 Sanborn Street was given first read-ing.

The bylaw adds campground as an acces-sory use at the property.

A public hearing on this bylaw will be held on July 14.

The Summerland Quest Society for Hearing Enhance-ment will hold its garden tour this weekend.

The self-directed tour is the ninth for the service organiza-tion. It features 10 Summerland gar-dens.

The tour will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Participants will receive a map of the gardens and a brief description of each when they purchase their tickets.

Master garden-

ers will be present at each of the gardens to answer questions.

Money raised from the tour will go to various Quest Society projects to improve the lives of deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired people as well as contributing to other needs in the com-munity.

Tickets are avail-able at Art Knapp’s in Penticton, the Bean-ery in Summerland and the Summerland Visitor Information Centre.

Quest to hold garden tour

Preparing breakfastSummerland Kiwanis Club president Tom Jacques, left, and Dan Duck prepare a pancake breakfast at Summerland Sweets on Saturday mor-ning. This is the third annual free breakfast at Summerland Sweets.

DISTRICT OF SUMMERLAND 2013 ANNUAL MUNICIPAL REPORT

2014 PROPERTy TAxES ARE DUE FRIDAy, jULy 4Th by 4PM

At the Regular Meeting of Council on Monday, June 23rd, 2014 Summerland Council set the Annual Meeting to consider the District of Summerland’s Annual Municipal Report for 2013.

Council will receive submissions and questions from the public at the Regular Council meeting of July 14th, 2014 at 7:00pm in Council Chambers, Municipal Hall, 13211 Henry Avenue.

The Annual Municipal Report for 2013 is available for public inspection at the Administration office at Municipal Hall or on the front page of our website at www.summerland.ca under Community Updates.

The Annual Report summarizes the year and includes Municipal Goals and Objectives, community facts, departmental reports and financial information.

All payments and eligible Homeowner Grants must be claimed by July 4,2014 to avoid a 10% penalty. Payments can be made by internet or telephone banking, cash, cheque or debit card (charge cards are not accepted). Post-dated cheques are also accepted. Postmarks are not considered proof of payment so please don’t delay sending in your payment.

If you have any questions, please call Municipal Hall at 250 494-6451.

13211 Henry Avenue 250-494-6451 • www.summerland.caMAYOR: Janice Perrino COUNCILLORS: Lloyd Christopherson, Robert Hacking, Bruce Hallquist, Orv Robson, Marty Van Alphen, Peter Waterman

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but when we have a full upper denture we push our food onto the denture instead of the roof of our mouth. This can change how we “taste” our food and lessen our enjoyment of it. Some of my patients cannot tolerate a plate over the roof of their mouth, while others adapt very easily and don’t seem to have a problem.

Since this is a concern for you, here is one option to consider. The purpose of the plate on the roof of your mouth is to “seal” the denture in place. How-ever, I could replace the seal of your denture in a different way---by us-ing dental implants under your den-ture. On the upper, we can secure a denture very well using as little as four implants. We could then convert your full plate into a small denture that just keeps the denture teeth and a little pink so it looks nice and works well. This will help you to once again enjoy the taste of your food and, as an added bonus, improve the way your dentures chew and stay in place.We’re here to help in any way we can. Feel free to call, stop by, or send us an e-mail message. We are always accept-ing new patients and I’d be happy to answer your question in the next ar-ticle (anonymously if desired). Have a great week!

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Making musicGuitarist Kirk Dixon provided musical entertainment at a barbecue on Saturday to celebrate the completion of extensive renovations at the Summerland Credit Union.

by Kristi PattonBlack Press

A breach of condi-tions charge against convicted murderer Keith Wiens has been dropped.

“This is a slap in the face. He com-plains long enough and then they do this?” said Donna Irwin, sister of the victim, Lynn Kalm-ring.

Wiens, former-ly a member of the Summerland RCMP detachment, was arrested Aug. 16, 2011 in the common-law couple’s Penticton home.

Days later he was permitted bail with a list of conditions to abide by, including having his brother reside with him in Penticton.

RCMP arrested him in January 2012 for allegedly not complying with that term, putting him back in jail.

Wiens has been fighting the breach of conditions charge from behind bars at a federal peni-tentiary after being sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years for the second-degree mur-der of Kalmring.

Over the past two years Wiens has made a number of applications.

During his last court appearance, Wiens told the court he intended to file a Charter of Rights

complaint, and request that Crown counsellor John Swanson be removed from the case. He has also filed an official complaint with the B.C. Law Society.

Crown counsel spokesperson Neil Mackenzie said they are not pursuing the charges anymore out of public interest.

“We are taking into account a couple of factors. Bail was revoked on the mur-der charges and he was subsequently held in custody. He is now convicted and serving a life sen-tence. Even if he was convicted of a breach offence it would be concurrent to the life sentence. Taking into account the various factors, we conclud-ed that the breach of conditions charge was not required,” said Mackenzie.

Wiens, a former RCMP officer, also has put forward an appeal on the murder conviction, arguing his sentence is exces-sive among other things.

Irwin said lawyers told her last week Wiens is still pursu-ing the appeal.

“He shot my sister in the face and killed her and he thinks his sentence is excessive? When will this be over?” said Irwin.

It was only within the last few weeks that Kalmring’s family received access to the home she was murdered in.

Irwin said they have been fighting for years to get in to the house to gather her sister’s things.

“Lynn’s daughter finally got to go inside there. It was pretty hard for her. Every-thing was cleaned out of the kitchen drawers but one of them. Inside that one was a Mother’s Day gift bag. I said it was probably a sign Lynn was there with her,” said Irwin, who has an ongoing civil suit against Wiens.

Kalmring’s family continues to fight for improved victims’ rights since her mur-der. They petitioned for Lynn’s Law, which calls for new restrictions on bail for violent crimes and other charges.

“I don’t think this will ever be over, not just for us either. There are a lot of other people and families going through this. I think we need to have a bigger say. Every time (Wiens) appears in court it is like get-ting victimized over and over again,” said Irwin.

“We need to keep fighting in the pub-lic eye because if we don’t it will just dis-appear.”

Irwin said she has been working with a number of charities including the B.C. Homicide Society hoping to brainstorm ideas to take to the justice minister and Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper.

Crown drops breach charge against Wiens

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the change of venue will allow more people to appreciate Summerland talent.

Local entertainers will perform begin-ning at 1 p.m.

Donations will be accepted at the site by the Summerland

Legion to defray the cost of the event.

A complete sched-ule is available at the Legion’s website at summerlandlegion.ca.

The Royal Can-adian Legion is the largest service club in Canada.

Membership is open to Canadian citizens who have reached the age of majority.

The Legion’s man-date is to ensure vet-erans are cared for and to contribute to the well-being of the community.

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The Summerland Legion’s colour party will be part of the celebrations in Memorial Park on July 1. Once again, George Ferguson, the oldest member of the Legion, will raise the flag.

The Summerland Legion will host plenty of events to mark Canada Day on July 1.

There will be a pic-nic in Memorial Park, with entertainment at Spirit Square at Peach Orchard Beach in the afternoon.

The day begins with a Kiwanis pan-cake breakfast at 8 a.m.

The flag-raising ceremony will be at 11 a.m.

Once again, George Ferguson, 103 years old, will raise the flag.

A free barbecue, Canada Day cake and ice cream will follow the ceremony.

The Summerland Museum will be open with separate events throughout the day.

Traditional picnic games will run from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Summerland Girl Guides and Summer-land Asset Develop-ment Initiative will assist.

For the afternoon entertainment, the venue is Spirit Square at Peach Orchard Beach.

Canada Day events planned

The Legion will hold a free barbecue, with Canada Day cake and ice cream.

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The Summerland Legion will host plenty of events to mark Canada Day on July 1.

There will be a pic-nic in Memorial Park, with entertainment at Spirit Square at Peach Orchard Beach in the afternoon.

The day begins with a Kiwanis pan-cake breakfast at 8 a.m.

The flag-raising ceremony will be at 11 a.m.

Once again, George Ferguson, 103 years old, will raise the flag.

A free barbecue, Canada Day cake and ice cream will follow the ceremony.

The Summerland Museum will be open with separate events throughout the day.

Traditional picnic games will run from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Summerland Girl Guides and Summer-land Asset Develop-ment Initiative will assist.

For the afternoon entertainment, the venue is Spirit Square at Peach Orchard Beach.

Canada Day events planned

The Legion will hold a free barbecue, with Canada Day cake and ice cream.

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Happy Canada Day!Canada Day. A time to celebrate our birthday. A time to be thankful for all who have gone before us, our seniors and our veterans.

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nation which we embrace today. Happy Birthday Canada

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Phone: (250) 770-4480 Toll Free: (800) 665-8711 [email protected]

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Mayor Janice Perrino, Council and Staff

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On July 1st, let’s celebrate our continued success for

Canada and a bright future for this great nation we are all fortunate to call home.

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Phone: 250.487.4400 Fax: 250.487.4405

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CELEBRATECANADA DAY

Join the Rebekahs on July 1st from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. After the fl ag raising in Memorial park join us for cupcakes and refreshments in the

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summerland Kiwanis Club

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CANADA DAY PICNIC

Ceremony & Picnic 8 am to 1:30 pm- Memorial Park Entertainment begins 1pm – Spirit Square at the beach

Presented by

with partners• Legion Ladies Auxiliary • SADI• Summerland Girl Guides• Advanced Audio• Summerland Museum• Your Dollar Store with More• Summerland Fire Dept.• Summerland Parks and Rec. Dept.• Summerland & District Credit Union

Kiwanis BreaKfast at 8aM flag raising CereMony at 11aM

free Canada day CaKefree BBQ/iCe CreaM/PoP

traditional Kids gaMes & PrizesClown & faCe Painting

Funded in part by the District of Summerland

Summerland Legion Branch 22

visit www.summerlandlegion.com for the Canada Day program

Bring your own chairs

to enjoy the entertainment


by Carla McLeodSpecial to the

Review

Summerland and the Japanese city of Toyokoro officially became Sister Cities in 1996, but some still wonder what pos-sible benefit there is in having a sister city agreement.

Lorrie Forde, the public relations per-son for the Sister City Committee, said there are cultural and economic benefits to Summerland in hav-ing this relationship.

“It’s an opportun-ity to grow as a per-son. That’s the cultur-al element of it. I see an economic benefit to the community, because when people from Toyokoro come here, they spend money in Summer-land and they order product from here to sell in Toyokoro,” she said.

Toyokoro also employs a Summer-land youth each year, in a very well paid position, as an assist-ant English teacher.

All the people serv-ing on the Sister City Committee have vis-ited Toyokoro, some, several times.

“It is such a rewarding experi-ence. I would call it life changing for many people,” Forde said. “The commun-ity of Summerland is enriched through

the perspective that people bring back. They come back with new ideas, new energy, enthusiasm and they come back stimulated.”

Forde also explained how the committee has grown.

“When people return from their trip they often want to serve on the com-mittee as a way to give back,” she said. “Everyone on our committee is com-munity minded. That is one of the common denominators that pull us all together.”

Forde became involved after her 15-year-old daughter

went to Toyokoro as a student delegate.

“She came back with this new out-look, this new per-spective that in my opinion was life changing for her, so I will be forever grate-ful. She grew a new level of confidence,” said Forde. “For me when I saw that hap-pen for her, I said, I want to support this for other kids.”

A delegation of adults and students from Summerland visit Toyokoro every two years. Everyone pays their own way. The delegation is led by the mayor or someone from muni-cipal hall.

The committee works with a local travel agent to book the flights. All the arrangements for a c c o m m o d a t i o n s and meals are made ahead of time.

“We get a pack-age price so people aren’t paying for any-thing once they leave home,” said Forde.

A much larger task for the Sister City Committee is mak-ing the arrangements for hosting the dele-gations coming from Japan. A student dele-gation is coming in August and an adult delegation is coming in October.

The screening pro-cess for host families

is underway. Each of the five students from Toyokoro will stay with a Summer-land family who has a teen of the same age and gender.

“It’s an opportun-ity for them to see what a Canadian family lives like, so the home stay experi-ence is huge for them. They want to prac-tise their English and have their world view affected in a positive way,” said Forde.

The students are accompanied by two chaperones, usually teachers, one male and one female. They will also stay with a Summerland family and will be avail-

able to the students if need be.

The young people coming to Summer-land will have earned the right to come here through an academic selection process.

When the adult delegation comes, arrangements are in place for them to be “toured from dawn to dusk,” visiting local businesses, schools, public services, city buildings, winer-ies and parks. They stay at a local motel and eat their meals in local restaurants.

A welcome at municipal hall and a farewell party is held for both delegations.

Transportation to

and from the airport is also looked after by the committee volun-teers.

“There is a lot of behind the scenes work, but the reward is of such significant benefit to the people that experience it, that it makes it all worth-while,” Forde said.

If readers would like to find out more about the benefits of the Sister City experi-ence, they are invited to call Lorrie Forde at 250-494-9644. If you could host a Japanese student in August call Karen Hooper at 250-490-6514. To find out more about Toyokoro, visit www.summerland.ca.

Committee fosters ties with Japan

Strengthening Sister City connectionsFrom left, the members of the Sister City committee are Karen Hooper, Sharon Marchant, Rebecca Cogill, Jamie Embree, Council Representative, Orv Robson, Chair Person, Darlene Forsdick and Lorrie Forde. Missing from the photo are Chico Inaba, Gail Ostaficiuk, Basil Cogill and Leanne Sieben. Forsdick has served on the committee since its inception.

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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. 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 opportunity to build friendships, share life skills and partici-pate in baby item swaps. Please contact Sandy Mikkelsen at 250-492-4901 for more informa-tion.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.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.

SaturdayThe Summerland Radio Control Flyers’ annual fun fly will be on June 28 and 29, half a kilometre past the KVR station. The public is welcome. Concession stand and raffles.

SundayDrop-in co-ed beach volleyball begins at the Peach Orchard court in Summerland Sunday, June 29. Warm-up begins at 3:30 p.m.; games begin at 4 p.m. Continues 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 information on the club phone 250-494-5473.

MondayBeginner Tai Chi on Mondays at 2 p.m. at the Summerland Legion. Continuing classes at 2:30 p.m. All proceeds go to the Legion.Dabber Bingo is played at the Senior Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St., every Monday at 1:30 p.m. 16 regular games, Lucky 7, Odd/Even, Bonanza. Everyone is welcome. License #832873. Men — Love to Sing? Okanagan Christian Men’s Choir. This non-denomin-ational choir invites you to join us, have fun, sing unto the Lord and enjoy the fellow-ship of other singers. Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Summerland Baptist Church, Fireside Room. For more information contact Hans at 250-494-7127. The South Okanagan Orchid Society meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Shatford Centre in Penticton. The group meets September to June. For more 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 informa-tion phone Marilyn Topham at 250-494-6434 or Joan Lansdell at 778-476-0596. Email [email protected] youth, July 1, Canada Day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the park, fol-lowed by Osoyoos fire-works, 4 p.m. to mid-night.South Okanagan G e n e a l o g i c a l Society is open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Penticton Library Museum building. Contact Nola Reid at 250-492-0751.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 C h r i s t - c e n t r e d recovery program that is not addic-tion 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 infor-mation.SADI youth, July 2, Skaha Beach, 1 to 5 p.m., followed by Spontaneous Adventure night, 6 to 10 p.m.S u m m e r l a n d Art Club meets every Wednesday, September to June, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the Summerland Library on Wharton Street. Painters of all levels are welcome. Workshops available. For information call Mary at 250-494-5851.Summerland ATV Club meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland Library lower level. The club promotes responsible ridership including registration, insurance, safety cer-tification and sched-uled pleasure rides. Membership includes orchardists, farm-ers, 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.

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. 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.One-to-one dietitian and nurse appoint-ments at Summerland Health Centre, 12815 Atkinson St., are avail-able for people with diabetes or heart dis-ease. The sessions can provide extra help with issues including learn-ing about diabetes or heart health and how to manage the condi-tion; understanding medication and start-ing or adjusting insu-lin; meter certifica-tion and how to use meter results; setting small, specific goals; tobacco dependence counselling and sup-port in quitting; and solving problems with

chronic conditions. To make an appointment call 250-770-3530 or 1-800-707-8550.SADI youth, July 3, movie making day.SADI youth, July 4, Taco Picnic in the park all afternoon, followed by Laser Tag in Kelowna, 6 to 11 p.m.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 information or join Summerland Bakers on Facebook.The African Children’s Choir will be at the Summerland Baptist Church, Sunday, July 6 at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome.

The Penticton Writers and Publishers group announces an exten-sion of the deadline for The British Columbia Youth Writers Camp 2014. There are still a few spaces left. Camp runs from Sunday, June 29 to Friday, July 4 at Okanagan College, Penticton Campus. Details at penwriters.com or phone Yasmin at 250-492-0629.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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Lend a helping handVolunteer your time with one of Summerland’s many community service organizations.

On the evening of June 14, the Summer-land Baptist Church opened its doors to the piano students of Jean Boothe.

A benefit recital for the Summerland Food Bank, more than 80 audience members brought gifts of food to be

distributed to those in need.

Giving their gift of music, 16 tal-ented and inspiring young musicians

performed 35 pieces ranging in style from Bach to Newman, Handel to Rodgers and Mrozinski to Lennon and McCart-

ney. In addition to solo

pieces, the audience also enjoyed Latin duets, a jazz piece for three players and a

poem entitled Dear Music written and recited by one of the performers.

Playing with excitement and

flair, these dedi-cated young pian-ists energized the room resulting in an enthusiastic response from all present.

Fundraising concertOn June 14, Summerland music students held a recital to benefit the Summerland Food Bank. In the back row from left are Emily Moseley, Elia Rodriguez, Rachel Shanner, Cole Piche, Jaedyn Foley, Megan Rogall, Ryann Buckingham, Cavan Slade. In front from left are Owen Moseley, Becky Rodriguez, Kate Piche, Kayla Rogall, Ada Nield, Kieran Noseworthy and Noah Russill. Not pictured is Natalie Tremblay.

Recital benefits Summerland Food Bank

thAs part of the celebration of our 70 year and the Grand Re-opening of our new building, a special

presentation was made to five of our Summerland Secondary graduating members: Nicole Fofonoff, Shannon Clarke, Emma McDowall, Jacob Lusted

and Beth Thomas. Each student received a $1000 bursary. Congratulations and best wishes to our recipients and the entire 2014 graduating class.

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The Summerland Community Arts Council office has moved and is now at a new location — 9908 Main St.

If you wish to register kids for the Summer Art Program please drop by the new location to see SAP Coordinator Car-men McDowell. Don’t delay as these courses for children three to 12 fill up quickly.

Now that the Frieze of the Arts and furniture and office supplies have been moved to the new Arts Centre, staff and volunteers are busy

preparing the Cen-tre for the start of the Summer Art Pro-gram, the opening of the first show in the new gallery and the grand re-opening planned for Saturday, July 12.

Have you got your tickets for the annual Garden Tour?

This Saturday, June 28 will be the ninth garden tour featuring 10 different gardens.

The tour is self-directed with a map and brief descrip-tion of each garden. Tickets are available at The Beanery and at the Summerland

Visitors Centre on Highway 97.

Not only will you be able to enjoy gar-dens that have been lovingly tended and designed by their

owners the but the ticket proceeds will go to improve the lives of deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired as well as contributing to spe-cial needs in the com-munity.

Summerland artist Irene Gray will have a selection of her pastels and oils at the Front Street Gallery from June 27 to July 10.

Her subject is mainly animals and local scenery.

Also in Penticton, the Artists of the South Okanagan-Similkameen have

a show, Colour and Harmony, at the Shat-ford Centre from June 25 to July 30.

The Arts Palette is written by David Finnis, publicity chair and president

of the Summerland Community Arts Council, 9908 Main St.

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The African Chil-dren’s Choir will perform a variety of songs at a concert in Summerland in early July.

The 18 members of the choir, all between the ages of nine and 11, are from Uganda. They are performing across North America as part of a one-year tour.

Nate Longstaff, chaperone for the choir, said the concert will include African dances, traditional gospel songs, songs in African languages and some music writ-ten for the children’s choir.

Music for Life, the parent organization for the African Chil-dren’s Choir, works

in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. More than 52,000 children have gone through the Music for Life program.

The choir is a faith-based nonprofit humanitarian and relief organization.

Longstaff said the tour benefits the young musicians by exposing them to opportunities around the world.

“It is a truly once-in-a-lifetime experi-ence for them,” he said.

For those in the audience, Longstaff said the choir will provide an unforget-table performance.

“People don’t go

home the same after they’ve gone to the performances,” he said “It provides a new perspective on life.”

The concert will

be held at Summer-land Baptist Church on Sunday, July 6 at 7 p.m.

There is no admis-sion fee, but dona-tions are welcome.

African choir to perform

Memorial CupSummerland Legion President Mike Brazeau and Past President John Dorn show the Memorial Cup at the Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Convention in Edmonton last week. The Memorial Cup is dedicated to all those service personnel who have perished serving Canada. The Cup is awarded to the top junior team in the Canadian Hockey League. This year’s winner is the Edmon-ton Oil Kings. At the convention, delegates of the Legion recognized the dedicated service of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. All serving and retired RCMP members can join the Legion in the same category as veterans.

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Helen has seen a lot of change in her 90 years… from being born on the farm in

Fairlight, Saskatchewan, to driving to school in a horse and buggy with a hot brick at her feet

to keep them warm, to taking a secretarial course during the 1940s (one of the few options available to women at

that time), to the nursing career that led to her meeting Bob! Helen recently had a visit with her 22 year old grandson, who is now a

nursing student, and they reflected on the changes in nursing (and the world) over the 67 year difference in their graduation dates! Here’s an

example - when Helen’s kids were young, the family rented a black and white television in the winters… to watch Bonanza and the Ed Sullivan show! Now her grandson carries a computer in his pocket!

Helen has lived in seven different homes during her 63 years in Sum-merland, from a tiny, coal-heated house in an orchard to a very mod-

ern home she and Bob built up on the hill, to the run-down 5 acre farm she and Bob bought and restored when they saw an empty nest ahead!

After that, it was a house with less yard-work, then a condo, and now a lovely apartment at Angus Place.

Over the years and changes that Helen has lived through, however, some things have remained the same; Helen has been a tireless volunteer with a number of organizations: the United Church, Meals on Wheels, and the Hos-pital Auxiliary, frequently bringing home treasures from the Thrift Shop and sometimes creating amazing outfits from the old sheets she found there! In fact, sewing and quilting have given her much pleasure over the years and she continues to thread the handles through book bags for kids in underdeveloped countries.

Helen has always had a playful spirit and been willing to laugh at herself, in-cluding the family story about her playing the drums at a bar in Vancouver when she was a young nurse dating Bob – we still aren’t sure if that story is true or not! With her grandchildren, Helen is always willing to be part of their games – to get down on the floor to have tea, garb herself in the dress-ups clothes, or play cards at the kitchen table.

Communication has always been important to Helen, in her 63 year marriage to Bob, with her three children, and with her friends. It has been important to her to say the things that need to be said, including telling friends how import-ant they are to her and what they mean to her. I think that’s a gift we could all learn from!

So, Helen, on the occasion of your 90th Birthday, may you relish the many changes you have seen in the world, continue to see the humour in life, and know how much you mean to us!

Happy Birthday, Helen! We love you!

Happy 90th Birthday!

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GolfSummerland Ladies Club

Due to bad weather The Review Cup Sen-ior Ladies Championship 50+ was shortened to 18 holes.

The Review Cup Low Gross Overall win-ner was Lil Smith with 86. The runner-up low gross by retrogression was Gwen Redfern with 89.

First Flight: First low gross Doris Tower, 89; first low net Doreen Butterworth, 76 by retrogression; second low gross Vijai Vaa-gen, 94; second low net Vi Ward, 78.

Second Flight: First low gross Linda Palmer, 97; first low net Helen Benallick, 77; second low gross Pat Gartrell, 102; second low net Ev Crane; 79.

Third Flight: First low gross Julie Mac-aulay, 102; first low net Hedy Sewell, 75; second low gross Monique Sadler, 111; second low net Marion Enns, 76.

K.P. Hole #2 Amanda McConaghy, K.P. Hole #4 Hedy Sewell.

Longest putt Hole #9 Vi Ward, longest putt Hole #18 Amanda McConaghy.

Deuce pot winner Lil Smith.The Summerland Timber Mart Senior

Ladies played at the Summerland Golf and Country Club on June 19.

Liz Nisbet was the winner and Norma Chambers was the runner-up.

Gwen Redfern, Jean Walker, Ruth Daviduk and Sheila Westgate won door prizes.Summerland Senior Men’s Club

The Summerland Senior Men’s Club played a one gross, three net scores event on June 19.

Bob Fortune had the low gross of the day while Garth Humphries and Bob Tamblyn shared the low net honours with net 70.

Five players shared the deuce pot this week.

First Flight: First low gross Bob For-tune, 77; first low net Garth Humphries, 70; second low net Ken Bridgeman, 71; third low net Dwain Sandrelli, 72.

Second Flight: First low gross Larry Tish, 89; first low net Ron Unger, 74; second low net Neville Crane, 74; third low net Nick Koe, 75.

Third Flight: First low gross Al Thomas, 97; first low net Bob Tamblyn, 70; second low net Stuart Scott, 77; third low net Wayne Statham, 79.

SCOREBOARD

Beginning with a first place finish at the season-opening Icebreaker Tourna-ment in Osoyoos, the Summerland U11

boys soccer team – the Tigers – had a successful season that ended with a second place finish at the Pin-nacles Football Club

Cup tournament held this past weekend in Penticton.

Following a 4-0 shutout of Pentic-ton #2 on Saturday

that was anchored by a strong defen-sive effort put forth by Sam Hume, Matt Lowery, Kieran Messier and Brett

Cerutti on the back line and solid goal-tending by Cooper Cowles, and goals by Zachary Boerboom, Kieran Messier and

Jacob Mullin. They met a strong Pentic-ton #1 team on Sun-day.

The Tigers put in a strong effort but came up short, even-tually losing 4-1.

The lone Summer-land goal was scored by Josh Montgomery.

William Rod-

riguez and Kurtis Marsden contributed to a strong offence throughout the sea-son.

Individual skills and team play improved throughout the season. Coaches and organizers look forward to a strong team next year.

Strong soccer season for U11 boys

Soccer playersThe Summerland U11 boys soccer team have enjoyed a strong season this year. From left are Cooper Cowles, Matthew Lowery, Jacob Mullin, Zachary Boerboom, Kieran Messier, William Rodriguez, Josh Montgomery, Brett Cerutti, Sam Hume and Coach Tom Lowery in back. Missing are Kurtis Marsden and assistant coach Ross Montgomery.

Two athletes and a coach from Summer-land will be on Team B.C. 2014 in the Spe-cial Olympics next month.

The Special Olym-pics Canada 2014 Summer Games will be in Vancouver July 8 to 12, with 360 members of British Columbia’s prov-incial team taking part.

There are 276 Brit-

ish Columbia ath-letes with intellec-tual disabilities, 70 coaches and 14 mis-sion staff.

In five-pin bowling are Summerland ath-lete Carl Richard and coach T.J. Fleming.

In Bocce is athlete Ida Rebagliatti.

This is the first time since 1990 that the games have been held in B.C.

“Our athletes are

going to be ready to dominate on home soil,” said Shawn Fevens, Team B.C. Chef de Mission. “Team B.C. has a dedicated and tal-ented group of ath-letes and coaches who have been working hard for three years to reach this level.”

The 11 sports in the Special Olympics are 10-pin bowling,

five-pin bowling, aquatics, athletics, basketball, bocce, golf, powerlifting, rhythmic gymnastics, soccer and softball.

Athletes quali-fied for the games through their per-formances at the 2013 Special Olympics B.C. Summer Games in Langley.

The competi-tions are held on a four-year cycle for

summer and win-ter sports. Athletes compete region-ally and then at the Provincial Games to advance to the National Games. The Special Olym-pics Canada Games are the qualifiers for the Special Olym-pics World Games.

The 2015 Special Olympics World Sum-mer Games will be held in Los Angeles.

Athletes qualify for Special Olympics

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NEARY, Joseph WilliamJuly 7, 1926 - June 15, 2014

Father’s Day June 15, 2014 Joe passed away at Penticton Regional Hospital. Joe is predeceased by his wife, Marjorie Neary of Summerland in 2005 and is lovingly missed and survived by his three children Pamela MacDonald (Penticton), Michael Neary (Vancouver), and Eric Neary (Vancouver).

Joe has seven grandchildren, Ross Neary, Tashi Neary, Meaghan Meyer (nee MacDonald), Richard MacDonald, Breanna MacDonald, Spencer MacDonald, Landon MacDonald-Gabriel. Joe, born in Liverpool, England, served as an RAF glider pilot during World War II.

He is now free to soar the skies once more but this time in the company of angels.

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OTTAWA REPORT

Dan Albas

Last week the gov-ernment of Canada accepted the recom-mendation from the Joint Review Panel regarding the North-ern Gateway project.

What this deci-sion means is that the proponent must now demonstrate how and if it can meet and satisfy the 209 conditions that were identified from the National Energy Board JRP review process.

Based on some of the feedback I have been hearing in response to this decision there are in some circumstances a misunderstanding on this process and what this decision really means.

I believe it is important to recog-nize that last week’s announcement does not mean shovels will soon hit the ground with construction getting underway to build the Northern Gateway project.

Ultimately last week’s decision is another step in a very lengthy and detailed process that will now see the proponent attempt to establish and identify how the 209 conditions will be met.

Additional consul-tations with Aborig-inal communities will be required where many (but not all) have established con-cerns and in some cases outright oppos-ition to this project.

There are also additional conditions that have been put forward from the B.C. provincial govern-ment as well as liti-gation pending and in some cases already underway.

Aside from those challenges for greater context of some of the regulatory require-ments that also remain in place from the various levels of Government the fol-lowing acts apply: authorization under the Fisheries Act; Approval under the Indian Act to cross Reserves, authoriza-tion under the Feder-al Real Property and Federal Immovables Act, Authorization under the Canadian Transportation Act, Approval and licens-ing issued under the Explosives Act; per-

mits and authoriza-tions under the Water Act, Environment-al Protection and Enhancement Act, Public Lands Act, Alberta Forests Act, Historical Resources Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Public Health Act, Alberta Weed Control Act, and the Public Highways Act.

Some of the Brit-ish Columbia per-mits and authoriza-tions include the For-est Act, Forest and Range Practices Act, Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act, Weed Control Act, Land Act, Agri-cultural Land Com-mission Act, Fish-eries Act, Fisheries Protection Act, Water Act, Environmental Management Act, Wildlife Act, Herit-age Conservation Act, Transportation Act, and Industrial Roads Act. In total between the Federal, BC and Alberta prov-incial Governments there are more than 100 different regu-latory obligations involved.

The above list is only a sample of some of the many acts involved that would require approval and authorization over and above the 209 conditions estab-lished by the Joint Review Panel.

Assuming all of these conditions can be met and satisfied

(including regula-tory compliance), like most projects of this magnitude a right of way would need to be acquired that would potentially involve further pub-lic hearings and deal-ings with affected landowners.

This is only a brief overview highlight-ing some of the many conditions and chal-lenges that remain for the proponent to satisfy.

Why not just reject Gateway outright? This is a question I receive often from opponents of the Gateway project.

Ultimately as Can-adians we need to recognize that cur-rently bitumen is increasingly being shipped by rail.

Rail as we know is a less safe form of transporting oil com-pared to pipelines which are safer and more efficient.

We also have to recognize that there is only so much rail capacity and if rail capacity is overtaken by oil, it will dis-place other import-ant commodities and adversely affect other

sectors of our Can-adian economy, most likely agriculture.

I think most would agree that is not acceptable.

We should also recognize that Can-ada has the third largest oil reserve in the world, but that is only if you consider 97 per cent of that oil is in the oil sands.

We have also learn-ed that our economy and our future can be threatened if we do not diversify and expand our trading partners — to do that we need internation-al market access and that in turn means infrastructure and access points.

Gateway may or may not turn out to be the solution but ultimately we need a transparent process that determines how we can safely and responsibly secure Canada’s energy future.

Where do I stand? I support having an independent scien-tific process that will handle the expected $650 billion of invest-ment over the next ten years in develop-ing Canada`s natural

resources. While some

would prefer that elected officials take a “just say no” approach to resource development in my view a balance can be achieved with responsible resource development which creates jobs and sup-ports our local com-munities.

To arbitrarily abandon develop-ment without due process through pol-

itical intervention will ultimately chase investment away; this not only negates the well paying jobs, but no investment means no innova-tion in cleaner or more efficient meth-ods.

If we do not have new pipelines, we will have old ones, plus rail cars and truck transport carry-ing our product.

How we secure and maximize the

best possible return for Canadians on our energy future is part of an important dis-cussion on how we can build a stronger Canada.

I welcome your views on this or any subject before the House of Commons.

I can be reached via email at [email protected] toll free at 1-800-665-8711.

Dan Albas is the MP for Okanagan Coquihalla.

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