Summerland Review, December 17, 2015

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Classroom support

Grade 6 stu-dents at Summer-land Middle School have made the effort to support a local family this holiday season.

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AccidentsEmergency crews

have been called to several vehicle acci-dents over the past week.

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Cadet trainingMembers of the

Royal Canadian Air Cadets 902 Night-hawk Squadron took part in survival exercises.

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Counting birdsBird watchers will

participate in the 115th annual Audu-bon Christmas bird counts.

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Basketball action

A Summerland basketball team has had a strong start to this year’s season.

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WHAT’S INSIDE:

Refugees supportedCommittee formed to sponsor displaced family from Syria

John Arendt

A committee has been formed to bring a Syrian refugee family to Summerland.

The Summerland Refugee Sponsorship Group, a commun-ity-based committee, was formed last week, following an earlier

meeting to discuss the need for sponsorship during the Syrian refugee crisis.

Following that meeting, 25 people expressed interest in mov-ing forward to sponsor a family. Most were also present at the Dec. 8 meeting when the sponsorship committee was formed.

More than nine million Syrians have fled their homes since civil war broke out in that country in March, 2011. According to figures

released last month, nearly 4.3 million are registered as refugees with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

The steering committee con-sists of Doug Holmes, Ayman Kanaan, Dan Dinsmore, Mary-Anne Smirle and Al Christie.

The committee is looking at private sponsorship.

This effort will involve raising close to $30,000, but Holmes said the cost is manageable.

“Fundraising is doable,” he said. “The more difficult prob-lems are with housing.”

Other challenges include trans-portation, finding an interpreter, health care, English language instruction and counselling.

The committee will work with South Okanagan Immigrant and Community Services, since this organization has resources to help those settling in Canada.

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Three injured following two highway accidents

Police were called to two highway accidents near Summerland on the even-ing of Dec. 9.

At 4:50 p.m., emergency crews were called to a head-on collision on Highway 97 near Arkell Road.

A motorist travelling south collided with a motorist in the oncoming lane travelling north.

An 83-year-old Sum-merland woman had to be extracted from the vehicle. She was then taken to hos-pital in Penticton.

The driver of the other vehicle, a 31-year-old Sum-

merland man, received minor injuries and was taken to hospital. The acci-dent is under investigation.

The second accident occurred at 6:20 p.m. on Highway 97 near Lakeshore Drive when two pickup trucks, both travelling south collided when one veered into the other.

A Kelowna woman in her mid-20s was taken to hospi-tal.

A Summerland man in his mid-70s was issued a ticket for driving without due care and not having a proper driver’s license.

Sgt. Stephane Lacroix of the Summerland RCMP

detachment said driving conditions were good on Wednesday evening.

“Road conditions were not a factor and alcohol was not a factor in either acci-dent,” he said.

Single-vehicle accidentEmergency crews responded to a single-vehicle accident on Prairie Valley Road on Friday morning. Police say a 50-year-old Summerland woman, possibly experiencing health issues, lost control of her vehicle and struck a tree. No one else was in the vehicle at the time of the collision. The woman was taken to hospital for a checkup following the collision.

A photo caption on Page 7 of the Season’s Greetings supplement in the Dec. 10 edition of the Summerland Review had a misspelled name. The correct spelling is Brian Filipenko.

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The potential clos-ure of Giant’s Head School, along with other possible school closures within the Okanagan Skaha School District should not come as a surprise to anyone.

For years, staff and administrators at the school district have watched as enrol-ment has been on a gradual decline.

It was not too many years ago that the schools in Sum-merland were full and at times, port-ables were needed to house additional classes. Today, there are not nearly as many students.

At first glance, the declining enrolment trend seems puzzling. Summerland has seen slight increases in its population over the years. If the increases were evenly distrib-uted throughout all age demographics, school enrolment numbers should increase slightly, or at the very least, remain stable.

A closer look at census data tells a

different story.The population of

Summerland — and the population of Canada — is aging.

Earlier this year, for the first time in Can-adian history, there were more people 65 and older than there were 15 and younger.

Against such a backdrop, if a com-munity’s population remains relatively stable, the number of retirees will increase while the num-ber of children will decrease.

This is exactly what has happened in Summerland.

In 1996, there were 1,919 Summerland residents 14 years

of age and younger. The latest Statistics Canada census data, from 2011, showed just 1,440 children 14 and younger.

During this same time, the total popu-lation in Summerland grew from 10,584 to 11,280, an increase of 696 people.

Summerland has long identified itself as a small community and many who live here speak of “small-town charm” as one of the qualities they value most highly.

The importance

of this small-town atmosphere is men-tioned every time a growth plan is pre-sented and every time a large-scale development propos-al is brought forward.

Even if other issues are raised during discussions about growth, many will speak out about the importance of preserving Summer-

land’s character as a small community.

Those who moved here from elsewhere often say they do not want to live in Van-couver, Calgary or another large centre.

At the same time, the possibility of a school closure is deeply disturbing.

A school is part of a small town’s iden-tity, and the closure of a school alters that identity.

The school board has not yet made a decision on whether Giant’s Head School

will be closed. That won’t happen until January, and it is pos-sible that Summer-land will retain all its schools.

However, if Sum-merland does not experience school closures, it would likely be just a tem-porary reprieve.

As long as the board has to cope with limited fund-

ing from the province and a declining stu-dent population in Summerland, school closures will remain a serious possibility.

This leaves our community with a difficult choice.

If we want to choose no growth or limited growth in order to preserve our small-town atmos-phere, school enrol-ment numbers will continue to dwindle.

If we want to retain the present educa-tion model of ele-mentary schools, a middle school and a high school, then we need to attract fam-ilies with school-aged children. Should this happen, Summerland would see a noticeable change in its demo-graphic makeup.

Those are the two options. Either one would have signifi-cant implications and trade-offs for the entire community.

What choice would you like to see for Summerland?

John Arendt is the editor of the Sum-merland Review.

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EDITOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Arendt

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YOUR VIEWS

Summerland’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis has been impressive.

One church has already brought a family to the community and another is working with two Penticton parishes to sponsor a family to the region.

A community committee has also been formed, to work on sponsoring another refugee family.

This response shows Summerland as a passionate, caring community, a place where people will help those in need.

Sponsorship is a huge challenge for any organization.

The fundraising, estimated at close to $30,000, is just one factor to consider.

Much more is involved when spon-soring refugees.

Providing housing is a challenge, espe-cially in an area where house prices and rent rates are high.

Other needs include finding an inter-preter, providing English language instruc-tion, arranging health care and providing transportation.

Because there are many aspects involved in sponsorship, it would appear to be a perfect fit for a local government to coordinate. However, this is an initiative which is best done by volunteers.

If the costs of sponsorship were to be added to the municipality’s budget, it would require a tax increase of a little less than 0.5 per cent. This is in addition to any other tax increases.

A request for voluntary donations to cover the costs of sponsorship or other humanitarian aid will be received far bet-ter than if the costs are simply added into the municipal budget.

Voluntary support also connects the community with the sponsored family. The sponsorship effort becomes personal for those who have chosen to provide assistance to this project.

The individuals and families coming to Canada as refugees are in need of our support and help.

As the fundraising efforts and calls for assistance begin, take time to consider how to provide help to those who need it the most.

EDITORIALProviding support

Many who live here speak of “small-town charm” as one of qualities they value most highly.

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Rapt readersSince the future of our schools is a controversial subject at the moment, we thought we’d take a break and ponder the past. This photo, taken in 1967, only shows 24 of the 36 students in Mrs. Toevs’ grade one class. Classes were bigger then, and everyone had his/her own desk, some complete with a hole for the ink bottles of the even more distant past. Out of consideration we’re not going to list the names of these industrious students, but if you’re curious, drop by the museum. We know who they are.

THE EARLY YEARS

Photo courtesy of the Summerland Museum

Dear Editor:I’d like to take this oppor-

tunity to bid a very fond farewell as I retire from my position as a director of Critteraid.

It’s never easy to say good-bye, especially when you are dealing with ani-mals that you have loved and received love in return. But I have simply became too tired.

Critteraid is truly a remarkable undertaking.

The volunteers who have

risen to their challenges are all people that stand tall, work hard and define dedi-cation.

What a privilege it has been for me to work along-side these special beings for so long.

They, and the animals they care for, need the con-tinued support from the local communities.

Please consider adopting some of the special cats who now call Critteraid home.

And a good resolution

for 2016 is to get involved and volunteer. My good-ness, there’s a lot to do.

For me personally, I thank so many of you for your human kindnesses over all these years.

I am lucky to count many of you as friends met through rescue.

I am so very blessed to have become acquainted with the animals that need-ed human help at a critical time in their lives.

What a pleasure it has

been for me to bring you news of Critteraid as well as animal welfare issues that are significant to many of us.

I have enjoyed my time learning with you, crying with you, getting angry with you, teaching with you, rejoicing with you and laughing with you.

Thank you for the sup-port and encouragement all these 24-plus years.

Deborah SilkPenticton

Silk stepping down from role at Critteraid

Dear Editor.Someone wrote a fine

article in defence of immi-grants, pointing out that we are all either immigrants or the offspring of them,

with the exception of First Nations people.

I would like to add that we all have a large over-abundance of creature com-forts.

Even the folks who depend on the food bank have more than those who are seeking refuge in Can-ada.

Is it not an obligation

for those of us who are so blessed to be a blessing to others?

Emma GuySummerland

Dear Editor:The Summerland Food Bank and

Resource Centre would like to acknow-ledge a generous donation of $2,500 from the Summerland Rental Centre.

Owners Dallas Bradner and Kim Kothlow received the Summerland

Chamber’s Young Entrepreneur Award this year and we are privileged and proud to have them as successful business leaders and citizens in our community.

This year the food bank expects to distribute 140 Christmas hampers and

is very appreciative of all the support it receives from so many in our com-munity.

John Bubb, presidentSummerland Food Bank

and Resource CentreSummerland

Food Bank received large donation

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Every year the Summerland Cham-ber of Commerce has the privilege of recog-nizing and honouring our local businesses as well as those who have made a differ-ence in our commun-ity.

This year will be the 78th anniversary of the awards event.

Last year we talked about how connected our community is between business-es, individuals and organizations.

Our buying habits and practices make a tremendous differ-ence on a very local level since the busi-nesses we buy goods and services from locally are then able to support the organ-izations, clubs and service groups who are so active in Sum-merland.

Part of being con-nected is knowing where those goods and services can be found.

In fall the chamber launched a new web-site with a compre-hensive new business directory that pro-vides this informa-tion.

At this year’s gala we particularly want to celebrate those companies who incorporate com-munity support into their plans for busi-

ness excellence.And in 2016 we

will be encouraging you to discover all the products and services you can find right here at home.

Thank you for con-tinuing to support Summerland busi-nesses.

Nominations in the following award cat-egories will open on Dec. 14:

o Business of the Year

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o Technology and Innovation

o Professional Ser-vices Excellence

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teer of the YearThe Mayor ’s

Award of Excellence continues to be an important acknow-ledgement of com-munity leadership.

This award is given at the May-or’s discretion to an organization that has made an outstanding contribution to Sum-merland.

Nominations can be made by the pub-lic and by businesses. Chamber business members (both local and corporate mem-bers) are eligible to be nominated.

A business may also nominate them-selves for an award as we have many businesses in Sum-merland that are not visible to the gen-eral public yet they play a vital role in our economy and are doing excellent work.

Nominations will be open until 5 p.m. on Jan. 20.

Please plan to join us at the annual Nominees Reception, on Jan. 28 to con-gratulate all the nom-inees.

A nominations committee will shortlist finalists and from Feb. 3 to 18, Chamber of Com-merce members will have the opportun-ity to vote for the winners.

The general public is invited to vote for Citizen of the Year.

The awards will be given out at the gala on Feb. 27.

For online nomina-tions and informa-tion about the awards and Gala, please visit www.summerland-chamber.com.

We always appre-ciate your feedback. Please contact me at cpetkau@sum-m e r l a n d c h a m b e r.com or our chamber president, Kelly Mar-shall, at [email protected].

Christine Petkau is the executive dir-ector of the Sum-merland Chamber of Commerce.

Nominations now open for business excellence awards

Chamber Corner

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Muscular Dystrophy assistanceMembers of the Summerland Firefighters’ Association presented a cheque for $565 to the South Okanagan chapter of Muscular Dystrophy Canada. The money was raised at a barbecue and silent auction. It will be used to help those with muscular dystrophy in the region. From left are Allana Gould of the Summerland Fire Department, Daniel Cunningham of Muscular Dystrophy Canada and Billy Boerboom of the Summerland Fire Department.

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Please note utility bills will be due on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015. For utility reading purposes, please advise Municipal Hall in advance if you are moving before the end of the year by visiting our website or coming into the office to provide details.

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Thank -You & Merry Christmas

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Community supportMembers of the community have stepped forward to form a committee to sponsor a refugee family. The committee was formed following a public information meeting, held earlier this month. In the back row from left are Eric Tait, Gary Hansen, Al Christie and Doug Holmes. In the middle row from left are Mary-Anne Smirle, Brenda Mack, Jan Schu-macher, Dawn Richards, Ayman Kanaan, Dan Dinsmore, Bev Johnston, Louise Doell, Wanda Tait, Christine Millar and Dorthea Atwater. In the front row from left are Jean Munro, Barbara Doherty, andPeter Hay. Missing are Jeremiah Giuliano, Patsy O’Sullivan, Pam Hinchliffe, Terry Green, Chris Beaton, Bob Mack, Andy and Lisa Burt.

Continued from Page 1Holmes said the response

to the sponsorship initiative has been mostly positive, but there has also been some negative backlash.

“There’s a lot of misunder-standing about this, a lot of fear,” he said.

Earlier this year, the Sum-merland United Church sponsored a family of five from Syria.

The family arrived in late March.

Since that time, other churches and organizations in the Okanagan Valley have also sponsored refugees from Syria.

Last week, a family arrived in Oliver.

Three Catholic parishes in Summerland and Pentic-ton are also in the process of bringing a refugee family

to the region, although that family has not yet arrived.

On Monday evening, Sum-merland’s municipal council passed a resolution to provide administrative and technical support to the group.

Holmes was appointed as the council liaison to the group.

Anyone who would like to help out is asked to contact [email protected].

Response to sponsorship has been mostly positive

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Giving back is not new to Rick Thorpe and Yasmin John-Thorpe.

The high-profile Penticton couple have added Penticton Regional Hospital to their list of community support initiatives by donating $30,000 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation.

Born and raised in Trinidad, Yasmin recalled charitable gestures from her childhood years.

“My parents raised me on the principle of giving back,” she said. “I can remember my father bringing homeless people to our home, where they would be given a shower, clean clothes and a meal my mom had spent all day cooking. My siblings and I were given coins to gift to each person before they left.”

Rick also had a generous family back-ground. Growing up in Southwestern Ontario, he was told by his mother to always help those who truly need help.

“She told me when I was 12 or 13 years old, ‘We help the needy not the greedy,’ and I have remembered that my whole life,” he said.

Rick and Yasmin met in Trinidad. They married in 1973, moving back to London, Ontario in 1975 with their first-born daughter, Richa, as Rick continued his career with the Labatt Brewing Company.

In 1977, the family was transferred to Israel where their second daughter, Ranette, was born. The Thorpes later moved back to Can-ada, residing again in London and various other cities in Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Ontario.

Life changed in 1988 when Rick suffered a heart attack at age 42. In 1989 after recovering, Rick received a call from his long-time friend, Don Triggs (of Jackson-Triggs fame).

“Don was putting a small group together to buy the wine assets from John Labatt Com-pany, as the Free Trade deal was coming to Canada,” Rick recalled.

In 1989 Rick arrived in Penticton where the Cartier Casabello winery was located and the rest of the family followed in August 1990. Rick went on to become a shareholder, direc-tor and vice-president of Cartier Wines (Vin-cor) until his retirement in 1994.

However, politics soon beckoned. A group of friends convinced Rick to seek

the B.C. Liberal nomination for the Penticton/Okanagan Valley riding. He won the nomina-tion in May 1995 and in the 1996 provincial election, he was elected as MLA.

Following a boundary change, Rick opted to become the MLA for Okanagan-Westside, which included Summerland, leaving the Pen-ticton area riding for his close friend, Bill Barisoff. After three terms in office, which included three cabinet positions, Rick retired from politics in 2009.

Meanwhile, Yasmin had joined four other creative writers to form Penticton Writers and Publishers.

“We had no idea how many other local writers were seeking guidance,” she said. “So we used the group to host monthly meetings, which continues today, assisting others to hone their creative talents.”

In 2006, the Thorpes established the Rick and Yasmin Thorpe and Friends Scholarship Fund. To date, $125,000 has been awarded to local students attending Okanagan College and UBC Okanagan.

Thorpes support hospital expansion

Hospital supportersRick Thorpe and Yasmin John-Thorpe have donated $30,000 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation.

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A Penticton woman has won a roof make-over through SIS/Vista Roofing.

Regine Siemons of Penticton was chosen by the judges to be the recipient of the 2015 Extreme Roof Makeover Giveaway.

“Wow! Thank you so much, SIS Roofing, for this amazing gift. I had no idea I was even nominated,” said Siemons on winning the giveaway.

The new roof comes at a time when Siemons needed it.

“I called SIS Roofing just under a year ago when, after a long period of rain, I slipped on a puddle of water in the hallway. I said to myself, there is no way I can afford to ever fix this. What am I going to do? SIS did a great job coming over and giving me a very fair estimate, but because of life circumstances, I decided to get a friend to just come and patch it up in the meantime”, Siemons explains.

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“Three years ago, Regine was suddenly diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer. This came as a shock to everyone,” the nomina-tion letter said. “In her 15 years of service in teaching it was very rare for her to use a sick day. Regine, her children and her family have needed to make powerful life changes to sup-port her in fighting this disease. Despite this and multiple challenges Regine has faced, she

has remained hopeful, joyful, courageous and active. She is a warrior!”

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Toy driveStudents at Giant’s Head School collected toys and donations for the Summerland Firefighters’ annual Toys and Toonies for Tots and Teens drive. In the back row from left are Kailee Mah, Aiden Corkle, Alex Widdis, Sydney Wilson, Isabelle Porter and Rob Robinson of the fire department. In front from left are Trey Allen, Lauren Bitte, Isabelle Pastulovic, Sara Bremmer and Addison Knowlton.

The 115th annual Audubon Christmas bird counts are back.

The Audubon Christmas bird counts are the oldest wildlife cen-sus in North America.

The annual count is the source of much data on bird numbers, movements, range, affects of weather on birds in the winter, feeding habits, feeder activity and so on.

These counts cover North and South America, the West Indies, Bermuda, Hawaii, Guam and the Commonwealth of North Mari-ana Islands. All the data, includ-ing the names of all participants is published in the Audubon Soci-ety’s “Field Notes”.

The Penticton count is on Dec. 20. The count circle is divided into 20 areas, with 13 in Penticton and

seven in Summerland. The count day goes from about

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Teams for the count are led by

experienced birders, so one does not have to have any expertise in order to participate. Those who prefer to count birds at their feed-er from the comfort and warmth of their homes, as “feeder watch-ers” need to be able to confidently identify the local winter birds.

At the end of the count day there will be potluck supper and count up at the United Church on Main St. in Penticton at 4.30 p.m.

After supper, team leaders will recap the birds seen and the events of the day in their area.

To participate, contact Laurie Rockwell for the Summerland por-tion of the count at 250-494-7558.

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Carla McLeodSpecial to the Review

The ability for children to use their creative imagina-tions is evident in Tracy McElhinney’s Grade 6 class. Even though they will not meet the family they are sponsoring this Christmas, imagining their joy has motiv-ated them to give.

“Miss McElhinney asked the class who would be interested in raising money to sponsor a family in need and right away all the hands went up, the smiles went on the faces and the excitement started,” explained Teaching Assistant, Lorie Blake.

The first fundraiser the class held was a bake sale and a total of $267 was raised over the course of one lunch hour.

Spurred on by their success and enthusiasm they began to brainstorm on how they could raise more money.

“We came up with a movie buy out,” said Blake. “We offered all the grade sixes an opportunity to buy out of their afternoon classes to come and watch a movie that our class was going to host.”

Tickets to the movie were sold for $2 and candy and pop-corn could be bought for $1.

The students had man-aged to raise a grand total of $502.75 as a result of their fundraising efforts.

McElhinney contacted the South Okanagan Women in Need Society, who provided the class with the wish list of a single mom and her eight year old son.

As part of a math lesson, McElhinney had the students

go on-line to price out the items on the list. They figured out how far their budget would go in fulfilling the wishes.

Due to the students care-ful budgeting and the wise shopping of McElhinney and Blake, nearly all of the items on the list were purchased.

“When Ms. McElhinney and Mrs. Blake showed us all the stuff they had bought it kind of made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, knowing that we were giving a family a nice Christmas,” said Makenna Kunka.

Mekenna Quinton said “I think Ms. McElhinney and Mrs. Blake did really good on helping our class do fundrais-ing. They did donations of their own and they spent a lot of time going out and finding stuff,” she said.

Fredo Monaghan noted the help the two women had received from their significant others when he said,

“I’m giving a big shout out to Mr. Blake and to Sean because they helped out a lot with the donations.” He also pointed out, “Even if we didn’t get everything on the family’s list, you still feel good because Christmas isn’t really about giving presents, but it’s more about the love and joy that you get from each other.”

Blake explained that the goal had been to show the students what it feels like to give to others.

Judging by the comments made by some of the stu-dents, it would seem that they had been successful.

“It feels good to be able to help and know that they will

have a good Christmas. I like spoiling them,” said Micheal Schramm.

Kenya Vandelft said that she would think of the family when she woke up on Christ-mas morning. “I’ll feel happy because I’ll know they will be just as happy.”

“It felt really good just knowing that we’re going to help that family put stuff under their tree” said Haley Graham.

Noah Rich explained it by saying, “I’m really happy because we get to make two more people happy!”

Haley Wiens said, “I feel really good that the family is going to have as good of a Christmas as we are and they will be really happy when they wake up.”

“I’m more excited to know that someone else is going to be happy and get to open gifts and not to just get gifts for myself,” said Kira Nilson.

The teacher had also talked to the students about how the family would feel when they received the gifts.

Tyler Algar had no trouble imagining this.

“They’re faces are just going to light up when they see all their presents that we got them,” he said. Also by using his imagination Aidan Evans said, “In my mind right now I can see their faces just lighting up and they will probably feel pretty blessed.”

If you know a positive story about someone in our community, contact Carla McLeod at [email protected] or contact the Sum-merland Review newsroom at 250-494-5406.

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Members of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets 902 Nighthawk Squadron participated in an aircrew survival exercise earlier this month.

The exercise, on Dec. 4 to 6, was held at Camp Boyle, a Scouts Canada facility west of Summerland. A total of 20 Cadets partici-pated.

Cadets were given instructions on how to build shelters, start a fire, construct ground-to-air signals and other survival skills.

In addition, Eclipse Helicopters Ltd. from Penticton donated the use of an AStar 350-BA helicopter to give the cadets a briefing on helicopter use during search and rescue operations.

Each cadet was taken flying to survey the terrain and spot a signal fire.

The Royal Canadian Air Cadets is a national program for youth aged 12 to 18.

It works to develop in youth the attributes of good citizenship and leadership, promote physical fitness and to stimulate interest in the aviation and aerospace industries including the air element of the Canadian Forces.

The 902 Nighthawk Squadron parades on Wednesday evenings beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd., Summerland.

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Cadet trainingMembers of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets 902 Nighthawk Squadron participated in search and rescue training during recent survival exercises earlier this month.

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Sue Kline

My husband and I have been empty nesters for quite a few years already but several years ago, all of our grown chil-dren brought their partners to Summer-land for the holidays.

It was the first time in many years that our house was full and noisy.

As the decorations began going up and the Christmas tree was

dragged inside, the house filled up with laughter, stories from past years and child-hood memories. What an idyllic moment.

Until, someone said “That’s not how you put lights on the tree!” “Wait! The stockings don’t get hung until Christmas Eve….” “No presents yet. They don’t arrive until Santa brings them” and “Don’t

you know the sol-diers must be on the branches just below Esmerelda?”

When we moved to the Okanagan in 1980, we left all of our family behind. We decided our young family would be just fine, creating new traditions as we went.

For many years we built holiday favour-ites, based on our val-ley lifestyle: Going behind town to the hills to find the per-fect tree, allowing everyone their ‘num-ber one pick’ from the cookie recipe book, playing Rummoli on Christmas Eve and watching to see that there actually was “magic dust” on the hearth indicating the big man himself had really made his visit.

Fast forward 35 years and to my hor-ror, there were my adult children argu-ing the finer points of Christmas traditions with their siblings and partners.

How did this hap-pen? When did our lovely traditions become a “right” or “wrong” way to cele-brate?

Who knew the importance of ensur-ing our treetop angel, Esmerelda had all the tin soldiers sur-rounding her on the lower branches – to ‘guard’ her of course. (From who? Might she be invaded by the cowboy or bears in the branches down below?) I didn’t real-ize the tree wouldn’t be “magical” if the lights are turned on before the very last ornament is hung and Essie was on her top branch throne.

I had no idea my adult children were so ensconced in holi-day traditions. At that moment in time I was thinking “Oh No! What have I done?”

I then realized all the young adults in my house had their own idea of how Christmas should be celebrated – the ones I raised and the ones I didn’t.

When I asked them all, “How important is this to your Christ-mas experience?”

they were able to pri-oritize the traditions.

It was an interest-ing experiment. The thing I heard over and over was “It’s just not Christmas without ……….!”

Now that we are grandparents we are eagerly watching as new traditions are being created and enjoyed by a lovely, rosy-cheeked toddler.

I guess the real question is “What makes Christmas special for you?”

Everyone will have a different answer but the beauty of tradition is they can be recreated, upheld or just plain stopped when they lose their ‘magic’ power.

Several books that speak to the wonder of tradition can be found at the library. Great ideas for new ways with trees in “The New Christ-mas Tree” by Carrie Brown, “A Christmas Tree for Pyn” by Olivi-er Dunrea reminds us that celebrations bring us together and “The Smallest Gift of Christmas” by Peter H. Reynolds is my newest favourite that illustrates the true meaning of Christ-mas. (at least for me)

(The library will be closed for the holi-days from Dec. 23 to Jan. 1, reopening on Saturday, Jan. 2. The book return bins will be closed as well although no library materials are due during the closure.)

Sue Kline is the Community Librar-ian at the Summer-land branch of the Okanagan Regional Library. Her holi-day celebration will include some time-tested traditions and some new ones. (what, no turkey?)

Tinsel, trees and tiresome traditions

Gift driveStudents at Trout Creek Elementary School collected gifts for the Sum-merland Fire Department’s Toys and Toonies for Tots and Teens drive. From left are firefighter Rob Robinson, Fynn Nield, Kylie Lund, Charlie Susheski, Everett Miller, Keyera Smith and Tanesha Smith. Behind them is Jeff Redden, principal of the school.

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Arrest made in Penticton on Tuesday

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A Saskatchewan man was arrested in Penticton on Tuesday morning, just hours

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The mail theft was reported to the Summerland RCMP detachment early Tuesday morning, after mailboxes on Happy Valley Road were pried open dur-

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Following a search of the vehicle, some of the mail stolen from

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As a result, one of the men in the vehicle was charged with possession of stolen property. He was also facing outstanding warrants from out-of-province.

Theft of mail has been an ongoing prob-lem in Summerland and the surrounding area over the past year.

Last fall and win-ter, Summerland mail-boxes were targeted during a rash of mail thefts in the area.

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and the surrounding area over the past year.

Last fall and win-ter, Summerland mail-boxes were targeted during a rash of mail thefts in the area.

officer stopped a vehicle with Saskatch-ewan license plates.

Summerland was recovered.

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Theft of mail has been an ongoing prob-lem in Summerland

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Mark BrettBlack Press

Unlike many abused animals, Maddy’s tale has a happy ending.

Now living with her caring family in Sum-merland, it wasn’t that long ago the golden retriever-poodle cross

had no life, no future and no love.

When she and the other 15 dogs were seized from a Clear-water breeder they were in terrible con-dition according to branch manager Corinne Ross of the South Okanagan Similkameen SPCA

where 10 of the canines were taken initially.

“They were matted and filthy probably the saddest ones were the golden retrievers (including Maddie) they stuck their noses into the corner and didn’t come out, it was the saddest thing, it was heart break-

ing, I can cry think-ing about them now,” said Ross. “They were mostly terri-fied of people and we called her Mad-die because she had this big matting on her back. She was in rough shape and had lots of health issues but she was probably the most friendly of all of them.”

Enter the Tiessen family, Christy, Ed and their daughters Megan, 10 and Ash-ley, seven, who had been on the SPCA’s waiting list for a non-shedding breed.

When Maddie was well enough they decided to provide foster care for her at their home and not long afterwards adopted the four-year-old as their own.

“Maddie was so skinny, you could actually see every sin-gle rib,” said Christy. “Just with her lay-ing there which she did most of the time because she didn’t have enough energy, you could see her

heart beating from across the room.

“Maddie didn’t wag her tail at alI when we first saw her, don’t think she had any reason to, she didn’t understand what happiness was but when we took our girls in (to the

SPCA) and they got down on their knees and hugged her she wagged her tail, it was very sweet, she knew these are ‘my kids.’”

They got the new family member on Valentine’s Day last year and there was still snow on the ground. Christy still remembers the dog’s reaction when she believes Maddie saw grass for the first time in her life.

“She was afraid of it, she didn’t know how to step on it and when she finally stepped on the grass she just start-ed rolling on it and to this day she rolls in the grass every time she’s out, she runs and rolls on it,” said Christy. “She’s had a lot of

challen-ges and e v e r y -body says she is so l u c k y she has you as a f a m i l y, but no, no no, it’s the other

way around, she is an amazing dog.

“She still has a sad face sometimes but when you see that dog smile you know she’s smiling.”

Maddie’s health issues, likely due to malnourishment included sight and digestion problems and she also had to learn about walking on floors and to nego-tiate stairs.

A good student,

the dog soon accom-plished those feats and much more.

“We had to change the handles on our doors from levers to round door knobs because she can flip the dead bolt lock and unlock the door, flip the lever and leave anytime she wanted,” said Christy. “It’s like once she got a taste of freedom that was it she didn’t want to be locked up anymore..”

Maddie now trav-els just about every-where with her folks, including back to the SPCA for visits and also took part in last year’s Paws for the Cause Walk fundrais-er for the shelter.

For the Tiessens, they cannot thank SPCA enough for bringing them togeth-er. “If it wasn’t for the SPCA she wouldn’t be with us today,” said Christy nodding in the direction of the rolling dog on the grass at Orchard Lake Park.

As for Maddie, she just smiles and wags her tail.

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Abused dog’s tale has happy ending

At the shelterMaddie just after her arrival at the Penticton shelter.

A home for a dogAshley Tiessen, seven, at left, and her sister Megan, 10, chase after Maddie at Peach Orchard Park in Summerland this week. Since her adoption last year Maddie has become a very important family member.

Mark Brett Black Press

“Maddie didn’t wag her tail at alI when we first saw her, don’t think she had any reason to, she didn’t understand what happiness was.”

Christy Tiessen

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Christmas has an interesting effect on people. I’m not talk-ing about how much more cheerful people are or a sudden love of holiday sweaters. The effect I’m talking about is how the sea-son has a tendency to turn otherwise non-artistic people into full-blown artists.

All you have to do is walk outside and take a look around your own neighbour-hood to see what I’m talking about. Now that you’ve got out and had a look out-side, you probably know what I’m talk-ing about. It’s kind of hard to miss, espe-cially as you cruise around the streets of Summerland doing whatever errands keep you busy. I’m talking about the light displays that spring up all over not just Summerland, but most of North Amer-ica this time of year like little green vines covered with glow-ing berries.

You might not think of something like this as an artis-tic endeavour—and that’s fine, art is a very subjective thing—but to me, there’s no denying the talent and thought that is required to put some of these displays together.

It takes a certain kind of eye to look at several hundred light bulbs of varying col-ours and to be able to pair them with another several hun-dred light bulbs of a different set of vary-ing colours and then deciding what the best way to arrange all of that around a garage, two sets of shrubs and the front windows of your house. It’s no differ-ent than staring at a blank canvas, looking down at some of the colours you have to paint with and turn-ing it all into a land-scape painting or a duck or something to that nature. It’s just painting with light

instead of paint.I mention this

because I love seeing the somewhat hidden talents of people on display at this time of year—I love hidden talents at any time of year, really, but they’re more often on display at Christmas. It’s incredible to see what people come up with especially, when you think about it, considering that everybody is essen-tially digging around in the same tool box to put together their creations. That there can be so much var-iety from all those

strands of lights says a lot about the dif-ferent ways people view, celebrate and interpret the holiday season.

The best part about all of this is that all these displays are put out for all the world to see and there are probably as many people who have formed traditions around viewing these temporary displays of art as there are those whose trad-itions involve cre-ating them. I know I’ve certainly altered some usual routes a little bit in the last few weeks to check out these displays and I encourage everyone who hasn’t yet taken the time to see them, to get out and just have a look at what Summerland is creating these days.

Douglas Paton is a Summerland writer and musician. If you know of a local arts and culture event, contact him at [email protected].

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Artistic talent shines at Christmas season

Heritage conservation will be recognized at a provincial awards ceremony and gala in February.

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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 information.Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers meet at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre on Thursday evenings. Beavers meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Cubs meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Scouts meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Venturers meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For details call Trent at 250-494-1990. Carpet bowling at the Summerland Seniors’

Drop-in Centre is held every Thursday at 10 a.m. and every Sunday at 1:15 p.m.Euchre is played every second and fourth Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St.Lyme Disease support group meets on the first Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. at Theo’s Restaurant in Penticton. Everyone welcome.Recreational volley-ball for all. Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 10 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. Contact Frank or Jane at 250-494-4666.Summerland Caregiver Support Group meets

the second and fourth Thursdays of every month from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Summerland Health Centre lower conference room. For more information call Cindy at 250-404-8072.Summerland Masonic Lodge meets at the IOOF Hall on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. and meets for coffee every Wednesday at 9 a.m. at Santorini’s Restaurant. If interested in learn-ing more, drop by or call Craig Brown at 778-479-3795 or Orv Robson at 250-494-1504. Summerland Material Girls Quilt Guild meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from September to May at 9 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. For more information call Cathy Patterson at 250-494-8274 or Annie Smirmaul at 250-494-2286.Summerland Sports-men’s Association meets every third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Summerland Legion. The SSA focuses on fishing, shooting, hunt-ing, archery and con-servation and is affiliat-ed with the B.C. Wildlife Federation. New mem-bers welcome.Summerland TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Thursday at 5:30 p.m., lower floor of Summerland Seniors Centre. For info call Vicki at 250-494-5484. The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group meets on the first Thursday of every month at 10:30 a.m. at the MS office, 3373 Skaha Rd., Penticton. Everyone welcome. For more information call Sherry at 250-493-6564.The Summerland trad-itional rug artists get together at Summerland United Church every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. New members and visitors are always wel-come. For more infor-mation phone 250-494-1278.

FridayBridge is played every Friday at 1 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St. Phone Irene at 250-404-4562. Cribbage is played every Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St.Ladies’ Drop-in Volleyball every Friday, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Harold Simpson

Memorial Youth Centre. Everyone welcome. For more information call Donna at 250-494-9718 or Debbie at 250-494-7733.Pleasure Painters will resume Jan. 8, meet-ing every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. Come and enjoy or check it out. Drop-ins welcome.Tai Chi beginner and intermediate, at the Summerland Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, Fridays 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. For further information call Susan at 250-494-3370.The 890 Wing of the South Okanagan Air Force Association of Canada have a get-together every Friday night from 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. in Penticton. New members are welcome. For more information, phone Fred Monteith at 250-497-8490.

SaturdayCharity bottle drive at Summerland IGA each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds from the collections will go to support the Summerland Food Bank and Critteraid.Cribbage wil l take place at the Summerland Seniors’ Drop-in Centre every fourth Saturday until June, beginning at 1 p.m. Singles welcome. Refreshments will be served.Summerland Ladies Hockey takes place at the Summerland Arena Saturdays at 8:30 pm. All skill levels welcome. Contact Judy Beck at [email protected].

SundayDivorceCare, Single and Parenting, and DivorceCare for Kids (ages five to 12) will be offered Sunday even-ings at Summerland Baptist Church, Oct. 18 to Jan. 24. The sessions start with dinner at 4:30 p.m., followed by the courses from 5 to 6:45 p.m. Call 250-494-3313 for more information or to register.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.

MondayBirthright, serving the South Okanagan,

has Monday drop-in from 10 a.m. to noon at 200 Bennett St. in Penticton. This week-ly program provides light snacks and an opportunity to build friendships, share life skills and participate in baby item swaps. Please contact Sandy Mikkelsen at 250-492-4901 for more info.Dabber Bingo is played at the Senior Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St., every Monday at 1 p.m. 16 regular games, Lucky 7, Odd/Even, Bonanza. Everyone is welcome. License #832873. Men — Love to Sing? Okanagan Christian Men’s Choir. This non-denominational choir invites you to join us, have fun, sing unto the Lord and enjoy the fellowship of other sing-ers. Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Summerland Baptist Church, Fireside Room. For more infor-mation contact Hans at 250-494-7127. The South Okanagan Orchid Society meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Shatford Centre in Penticton. The group meets September to June. For more infor-mation, contact Joan at 250-494-4293.The Summerland Crokinole Club meets Monday nights at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Summerland Seniors Centre. Contact Darlene at 250-494-9310.

TuesdayContract Bridge is played at St. Stephen Anglican Church in Summerland every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. Everyone is wel-come to join in the fun. Refreshments available. For more information, please call Sheila at 250-494-8996.Dementia Caregiver Support Group — Are you providing care or support for someone dealing with Alzheimer’s or another dementia? Please join us at our Summerland meet-ing 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. Intermediate to advanced players wel-come to audition. Call Musical Director Dave Brunelle, 250-497-7180, or email dbru-

[email protected] Kiwanis Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Kiwanis Lodge on Quinpool at 6 p.m. New members are welcome. Contact Tom Jacques at 250-494-4339.Summerland VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) members and friends meet the second Tuesday of the month at Parkdale Lounge.Tai Chi at the Summerland Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, Tuesdays at 9 a.m. for beginners and 10 a.m. for advanced. For more information call Nancy at 250-494-9802.The Mental Wellness Centre, Summerland Branch, will be open the first, third and fourth Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Summerland United Church. Inquiries welcome.The Quest Society of Summerland is seek-ing new members who are interested in help-ing others in the com-munity. Quest Society of Summerland meets at 9700 Brown St. (Parkdale Place meet-ing room) on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. For further infor-mation contact Marilyn Topham at 250-494-6434 or Joan Lansdell at 778-476-0596 or email [email protected] 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 every Tuesday evening 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 information.South Okanagan Genealogical Society is open Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Penticton Library Museum building. Contact Nola Reid at

250-492-0751.Summerland Art Club meets every Wednesday, September to June, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the former library build-ing on Wharton Street. Painters of all levels are welcome. Workshops available. For informa-tion call Mary at 250-494-5851.Summerland ATV Club meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the lower level of the former Summerland Library building on Wharton Street. The club promotes respon-sible ridership including registration, insurance, safety certification and scheduled pleas-ure rides. Membership includes orchardists, farmers, ranchers and fun seekers of all ages including those with disabilities.S u m m e r l a n d Badminton Club plays every Wednesday at 7 p.m. For information call Shaun at 250-494-1513.The Heritage Advisory Commission meets the third Wednesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in Council Chambers of the Municipal Hall. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

UpcomingMonday, Wednesday and Friday of each week, Recope Society of Summerland offers medically supervised water therapy and land exercise programs helpful to clients with various medical con-ditions, such as joint replacements, stroke, back problems, arth-ritis, to name just a few. A medical referral is required.Oldtimer Hockey Group for ages 55 to 85+ plays Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8 to 9:30 a.m. For registration and details contact Wayne at 250-494-7460. Pickleball begins Wednesday, Jan. 6 and continues to April 27 at Trout Creek Elementary School. The game is held Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. All are wel-come to participate. A small drop-in fee will be collected.Summerland Singers and Players have post-poned their production of The Butler Did It until April 21 to 24, 2016. They are still looking for an actress to fill the role of Vickie, who is in her 20s. Rehearsals begin in the spring. Contact Bob Read, at [email protected], if interested in trying out.

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The Summerland Secondary School senior boys’ Rockets basketball team has had a good start to their 2015-2016 season under new coach, Andrew Baron.

They recently took third place at a tournament at Kelowna Christian that was held on Dec. 11 and 12.

The Rockets beat Osoyoos in the their first game, 75-73, in an exciting last second victory as Jared Breit-kreuz drove to the hoop and scored a layup with 0.3 of a second remain-ing.

In that match, Spencer McIntosh was chosen as Player of the Game for his 34 point effort and Scott

Richards was chosen for the Hus-tle Award due to his outstanding rebounding.

In the second game, Scott Richards was chosen Player of the Game and Jared Breitkruz won the Hustle Award in a losing effort against host Kelowna Christian.

In their final game of the tourna-ment, the Rockets went up against Okanagan Mission.

The Rockets had a slow start in the first half, but managed to turn it around in the second half to win the game and earn the third place trophy.

Landon Brickenden was named Player of the Game due to his 23-second half points and Geoff Stathers was given the Hustle Award for his excellent effort in the game.

Earlier, on the weekend of Dec. 4 to 6, the team travelled to Osoyoos and came home with a 1-2 record.

The first game of the weekend pitted the Rockets against Similkameen Ele-mentary Secondary School in Keremeos.

The first three quarters were a back and forth bat-tle until some timely shots helped Keremeos pull away for a final score of 64-55.

McIntosh and Brickenden paced the Rockets with a combined 42 points and 24 rebounds.

McIntosh picked up player of the game honours.

The second game saw the Rockets battle it out in an overtime thriller against Regent Christian Academy.

The Rockets maintained a double digit lead for most of the game until Regent Chris-tian Academy hit a three with little time remaining to send the game to overtime.

In overtime, Brickenden took over the game, scor-ing eight consecutive points while the Rockets outscored the Royals 11-0 in just a five minute period.

Brickenden earned player of the game honours with a 66-54 win.

In the final affair of the weekend, Sum-merland endured a short handed game against Aberdeen from Kelowna.

With only six players available, the Rockets took the game tied into the fourth quarter before finally run-ning out of gas,

ending the weekend with a 62-44 loss.

Jared Breitkruez tallied 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Scotty Rich-ards pulled in 14 points and 18 rebounds.

The two shared player of the game honours.

The team next plays in the Pen-Hi Tournament on Dec. 17 and 18, and will also take part in the entertain-ing Summerland Secondary School Alumni Tournament which will take place on Boxing Day this year at the high school gym.

Overall, Coach Andrew Baron is pleased with the Rockets start to the season and is looking forward to con-tinued individual development and team success in the New Year.

CurlingSummerland Curling Club

Results Dec. 7 to 11Monday morning senior men: Hector Car-

tier defeated Paul Martin, Bob Ezart defeated Stan Green, Dale Abrey defeated Paul Cowen, Warren Parker defeated Eric Williams.

Monday evening men: Rick Drewn-isz defeated Mike Rudniski, Rob Robinson defeated The Keens, Steve Clement defeated Stan Green, Dale Abrey defeated Don Law-rence.

Tuesday morning mixed: Barb Ezart defeated Hector Cartier, Jerry Lidin tied Mari-lyn Cahoon, John Nicolson defeated Bill Pen-man, Bill Moffat defeated Jules Dore.

Tuesday evening ladies: Wendi Archer defeated Lil Blashko, Judy Beck defeated Bev Skinner, Jackie Clement defeated Betty Raymond, Jodie Brennan defeated Gail Osta-ficuik.

Wednesday morning senior men: Stan Green defeated Paul Cowen, Dale Abrey defeated Eric Johnson, Warren Parker defeated Paul Martin, Hector Cartier defeated Bob Ezart.

Wednesday evening men: Gary Wingerak defeated Gary Raymond, Doug Campbell tied John Fitzgerald, Bruce Dacre defeated Dave Gartrell, Ken Rae defeated Rick Drewnisz, Glen Brennan defeated Louie Costa.

Thursday morning ladies: Marilyn Cahoon defeated Barb Ezart, Gail Ostaficuik defeated RoseMarie Fenrich, Diana Leitch defeated Ev Gillespie.

Thursday evening open: Dale Abrey defeated Gary Raymond, Tony Blashko defeated John Egyed, Glen Brennan tied Russ Lemke, Louis Costa defeated Jodie Brennan.

Friday evening mixed: Brian Har-ris defeated Colleen Deleff, Armand Houle defeated Ian Rogers, Arnie Young defeated Linda Whittome, Brian Budzinski defeated Cliff Last.

Friday late evening: John Fitzgerald defeated Al Tower, Jerry McKenna defeated Doug Patan, Cliff Rose defeated Dan Laktin, Dave Hood defeated Steve Callaghan.

Tip of the week: When the opposition is delivering their stone, it is courteous to be still and quiet, the opponent sweepers stand between the hog lines.

Junior curling is Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. after school.

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Rockets enjoy strong start to season

Basketball teamMembers of the Summerland Secondary School senior boys basketball team have had a good start to their season. In the back row from left are Coach Andrew Baron, Jared Breit-kruz, Landon Brickenden, Scott Richards and Punit Sharma. In the front row from left are Geoff Stathers, Spencer McIntosh, Ryan Antonovich, Rakesh Sharma Missing is Rylan van Der Meulen.

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PAULSEN, GORDONGordon Victor Paulsen passed away with his family by his side on Sunday December 6, 2015 at the age of 49. He is profoundly missed by his loving wife Carol, his parents Ray and Barb, and siblings Marnie (Brad), Suzy (Nik), Shauna (Andrew), and Geoff (Jackie). Mother-in-law Margaret Minty, brother-in-law Mervin Minty (Liz) and predeceased by his father-in-law Merv Minty. Gord is also survived by his grandmother Ann Paulsen. He had many nieces and nephews; Dustin, Megan, Riley, Jesalyn, Parker, Kaden, Logan, Riley, Brennan, Xander and Elizabeth as well as numerous aunts and uncles who will miss him dearly. Turbo was a very talented hockey player, a skilled motorcycle enthusiast, and he was a highly sought RV Technician who took great pride in his work and treated each job as if it were his own. A heart-felt thank you to the ICU staff at Penticton Regional Hospital for their compassionate care. Special thanks to Dr. John Surkan for his years of care of Gord and his on-going support of both Gord and Carol in these last three months during his illness. There will be a Celebration of Life on Saturday December 12, 2015 from 11am - 3 pm at the Summerland Legion on Rosedale Avenue. In lieu of flowers, donations of monetary value or time, to your local food bank in honor of Gord’s memory.

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SEWELL, JAMES HORACEJames Horace Sewell, born on August 11, 1942, sadly passed away peacefully with his family by his side on December 6, 2015 at the age of 73 years. Forever loved and sadly missed by his loving family: brothers and sisters: Ruth, William, Norman, Ann, sister in law: Hedy; nieces and nephews: Cliff (Patti), Cathy, Loretta (Lorne), Patricia (Stan), Ken (Lana), Cameron (Raedeen), Shannon, Nicholas, Melissa (Pat), Michael (Jen), Adam (Michelle), Robynne (Matt), Teressa (Jessy), Robert (Pamela), Steven (Damaya), Jennifer (Wayne), Christopher, Carmen as well as many other relatives and friends. Sadly predeceased by his siblings: Frank, Agnes, Edward, Albert, Irene and Art.

A Celebration of Life will take place on Saturday December 19, 2015 at 2:00 pm at the Julia Street Community Church at 9918 Julia Street, Summerland BC with Pastor Don Houston officiating.



Cantwell, Winifred Margaret nee Harvey

August 1, 1923 - October 31, 2015The last daughter of a West Summerland Pioneer

The William Harvey Family came to west Summerland in 1907. William and Annie Eliza had four children: Herbert William (Bert), Frederick Thomas (Fred), Marjorie and Caroline Alice (Carrie). William built their family home, now called Heritage House, on Jubilee Road. Son Bert, a carpenter, started a business called the H.W. Harvey Lumber Co. He built a number of homes and commercial structures in the Summerland and Peachland area. Including, the Bank of Montreal, the girls college on Giant’s Head Mountain and the roof on St. Stephen’s Anglican Church.Bert built his own home on Harvey Hill. His sweetheart, Bertha Orchard, came out from England and they were married in May of 1915, in St. Stephen’s Church. Bert and Bertha had three daughters: Iris Vivian (Parker), Winifred Margaret and Marcia Carol (Marks).On completion of high school, Winifred went to Vancouver and enrolled in secretarial courses at Sprott-Shaw College. She then joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and was eventually stationed in Ottawa. After the war, Winnie returned to Vancouver and obtained positions at Fairbanks Morse, Canadian Forest Products (Eburne Division) and, eventually, retired after many years at B.C. Sugar.Win is predeceased by her husband, Paul, whom she married in 1977. They continued to live in Vancouver making many trips to Summerland to visit Aunt Carrie Harvey and many friends.Winnie leaves seven nieces and nephews and their respective families: Vivian’s three daughters: Louise MacDonald, Heather Yates and Carole Procknow. Marcia’s four children: Kenneth Marks, Kevin Marks, Barbara Marks and Alison Marks.

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With the federal election now over I was reminded on the importance of cam-paigns, the messages sent by voters and the promises made by newly elected pol-iticians and candi-dates.

This reminded me of the last prov-incial campaign and one message I heard loudly was the need to take action on affordable housing. For close to two years since I was elected as MLA, affordable housing is some-thing I have worked on with local mayors and Minister Rich Coleman along with senior ministerial staff.

Affordable hous-ing projects, I have

discovered, involve many years of plan-ning and require a strong working rela-tionship between a variety of organ-izations. Fortunat-ely, I am also proud to announce this hard work produces results.

It was an honour to announce in Pen-ticton a few weeks ago that 70 new units of affordable rental housing will soon be built on city-owned land. These afford-able rental units will be the first built in decades that will accommodate low- to moderate-income families and individ-uals and will comple-ment other affordable housing projects cre-ated in the past five

years that provided accommodations for seniors and those who are at risk.

This affordable family housing pro-ject will be built on Brunswick Street with a request for propos-als being issued from BC Housing later this month. Also being added are eight new housing units for people with disabil-ities that will be oper-ated by the Penticton and District Society for Community Liv-ing, at 180 Industrial Ave. W.

Another exciting announcement made in Peachland last month is that an RFP from the Peachland Seniors Support Soci-ety has been accepted by BC Housing to build 68 units for sen-iors at the 4400 block of Sixth Street that will be financed by the Province of Brit-ish Columbia. This is a very exciting announcement for Peachland as this pro-ject has been identi-fied as a critical need as far back as 2009 to

create much-needed affordable housing in the community.

One more project I would like to men-tion is the now-com-pleted walking and cycling trail between Summerland and Trout Creek.

It is very reward-ing to see this unique project now available for citizens to use. On that note, I would also encourage cit-izens to make use of it.

If demand is strong it will help to make a stronger case to ensure this trail is extended into Pentic-ton in future phases. My thanks to the many citizens who

helped to make this project a reality.

On behalf of the citizens in my rid-ing of Penticton, I would also like to congratulate our local members of Parlia-ment Dan Albas and Richard Cannings, who were elected on Oct. 19. I look for-ward to continuing our work that serves the needs of citizens in our region.

A final reminder: As winter driving conditions are soon to appear throughout many parts of B.C., do not forget that the Drive BC web-site (drivebc.ca) has online road reports including live online web cameras. Please slow down and drive safely this season.

My Penticton office is located at 210–300 Riverside Dr., in the Riverside Plaza.

For appointments in Peachland and Summerland please contact 250-487-4400 for further informa-tion.

Dan Ashton is the MLA for Penticton.

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AMUNDSEN, PATRICIA ELLENPatricia passed away peacefully on December 12, 2015 at the age of 89 years. Patricia is survived by her children Linda (Ted) Pepperdine of Summerland BC, Larry (Beverly) Amundsen of Vancouver BC, Patrick Amundsen of Summerland BC, Beth Amundsen of Calgary AB, Gail (Murray Church) Amundsen of Tsawwassen BC; grandchildren Michael, Je� rey, Scott, Christy, Clea, Briac, Roger, Jordan, Dawson and Hailey; sister Jan Robinson of Calgary AB, sister-in-law Wilda Burbidge of Hedley BC. Sadly, predeceased by parents Septimus and Jean Burbidge, husband Arthur Wayne Amundsen and brother Donald Burbidge. Patricia was born in Winnipeg MB in 1926, the oldest of three children. She spent her childhood in Point du Bois and moved in 1943 to Winnipeg to � nish high school and continued on to receive a BA at the United College. She then went on to the University of Alberta where she got her certi� cate to become a teacher. Her summer job at Lake Louise led her to meet the love of her life, Arthur Wayne Amundsen with whom she remained happily married for 61 years.Wayne and Pat moved to Summerland from Calgary in 1980. Patricia was loved by her family, friends, community, and throughout the world. She had a wonderful life and was an inspiration to all. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, December 18, 2015 at 11:00 at Summerland United Church, 13204 Henry Ave. Interment to follow in Canyon View Cemetery, Summerland. Memorial tributes in Patricia’s honour may be made to the Summerland United Church.



Premier Christy Clark sat down with Tom Fletcher for a year-end interview at her Victoria office Dec. 9.

Here are excerpts. For the full version, see the Opinion tab at summerlandreview.com.

TF: At the UN cli-mate conference in Paris, did you speak about natural gas as a transition fuel, and did you find support for that idea?

PCC: Yes and yes. The new govern-ment in Ottawa is a big supporter of our LNG plan, and part of the reason for that is that they also see it as a way forward for Canada to make a huge contribution to fighting global cli-mate change.

There are 150 coal plants on the books in China today. The only way that those plants and the ones that come after will be stopped is if they have a transitional fuel to move to.

TF: B.C.’s 2020 greenhouse gas tar-get, reduction of emissions by a third, is another target that isn’t going to be met. Why?

PCC: When the

government brought in the carbon tax, it was based on the assumption that other jurisdictions around us were going to eventually catch up. And none of them have.

There comes a point where the car-bon tax can only get so high before we start chasing all those jobs out of the prov-ince.

TF: Your advisory committee says the carbon tax needs to go higher starting in 2018 if it’s going to have an effect. Do you have any other choice?

PCC: Let’s figure out what the national goal is going to be, which we don’t know yet.

TF: On a related topic, transit spend-ing. Your new minis-ter Peter Fassbender has talked about a “new day” in Ottawa and he’s down-playing the idea of another referendum for new funding sources. Is that off the table now?

PCC: It may be possible that the federal government wants to invest more in transit, and take up some of the slack

from the local gov-ernment level.

TF: On LNG, oil and natural gas prices continue to go down, and supply continues to go up around the world. Did you see any positive signs this year?

PCC: What I saw this year was devel-oping countries, especially China, making a firm com-mitment to reduce their emissions. The only way for them to do that is to move to

a greater degree to natural gas, and the bulk of their indus-try is still located on the east coast of their country, a long way from Russia and close to B.C.

TF: Are we going to see some policy action on high hous-ing costs in 2016, and will there be some relief from the property transfer tax?

PCC: You’ll see in the February budget, but we are looking for ways to provide some relief for home buyers.

TF: We’re starting to see government advertising ramp up. We saw a lot of Jobs Plan advertising before the 2013 elec-tion, we saw the fed-eral government do it with their Economic Action Plan, which was very expensive, and to most people’s eye self-serving or

political in nature at taxpayers’ expense. Is that what we’re going to see in the next year and a half?

PCC: It won’t be political. I think some of that was, really, political. You will see more information-

based advertising out there, talking to people about for example, the Regis-tered Education Sav-ings Plan.

TF: Not Jobs Plan 2.0?

PCC: I don’t think that’s in the plan. I

wish I could say to you no, never, but I, you know….

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


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