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Recognizing heritage

A Main Street building has been a Summerland land-mark since around 1907.

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Man arrested for mail thefts

A Summerland man has been arrested in connec-tion with a rash of mailbox thefts in the region.

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Students will receive training in important first aid skills.

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Many years together

A Summerland couple have been committed to each other for the past 63 years.

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Several Orca swimmers will com-pete in the B.C. AA Championships in Chilliwack this weekend.

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Hockeyville title soughtDesignation would provide funding for arena upgrades

John Arendt

The long history of hockey in Summer-land has earned the community a nom-ination in this year’s Kraft Hockeyville competition.

Hockey enthusiast and local historian David Gregory sub-mitted a Summer-land nomination for the national compe-tition. Gregory and hockey fan Jason Smith have worked together on this year’s entry.

“The passion for the game of hock-ey has been closely linked to the found-ing of the community of Summerland Brit-ish Columbia. Sum-merland was found-ed in 1902,” Gregory said.

“Some of our first pioneers were prom-inent Montrealers. Two of these Mont-realers were play-ers in the first offi-cial hockey game in Montreal at the Vic-toria Skating Rink on March 3, 1875.”

The players, Henry Joseph and Edward Clouston, later became trustees of the Allen Cup and the Stanley Cup.

In Summerland, organized hockey began 1907, when the game was played at the water reservoir.

More recently, Summerland has become known for its

hockey schools.Others also posted

to the Hockeyville site, advocating for arena improvements.

“This area is still in the “dark ages.” I’d like to have some people, even wives and girlfriends out to watch the men’s league. But alas, not so many people dare,” said Blair Gill-ingham.

“A new look and comfortable seating will help attract new events to the arena,” said Jason Austen.

This is the second year Summerland has had a Hockey-ville entry. The first was in 2012.

Hockeyville nom-inations closed on Feb. 8. On March 14, the top 10 commun-ities, five in the east and five in the west, will be announced. On March 21, the public will vote for their chosen hockey community.

The winning com-munity will win $100,000 in arena upgrades and will have the opportunity to host an NHL pre-season game.

The second place community will win $100,000 in arena upgrades while the remaining eight will each receive $25,000 in arena upgrades.

Gregory said the roof, the seating and the external appear-ance of the building all need attention.

The Kraft Hock-eyville site is at khv2015.ca/en/.

DancingBeast (Rylan Hayter) and Belle (Mackenzie Vandertoolen) dance during a scene from Summer-land Secondary School’s production of Beauty and the Beast. The musical will be presented at Centre Stage Theatre Feb. 18 to 21 and Feb. 25 to 28.

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A 37-year-old Sum-merland man has been arrested in con-nection with a rash of mailbox thefts in the region.

On Feb. 2 at 10:12 p.m., Penticton RCMP were called about a man smok-ing drugs in a vehicle parked at the Lake-side Resort parking lot in Penticton.

Penticton RCMP later stopped the grey Subaru, travel-ling south on Gov-ernment Street in Penticton.

The Summerland man was detained for impaired operation of a motor vehicle.

When police

stopped the man, they noticed iden-tification which did not belong with the vehicle, said Sgt. Ste-phane Lacroix of the Summerland RCMP detachment. They also noticed keys which appeared to be for mailboxes.

A subsequent search of the man and the vehicle revealed keys which appeared to be for mailboxes and homes, as well as credit cards belong-ing to other people.

The man was arrested for posses-sion of a controlled substance and nine counts of possession of stolen property.

Following a region-al investigation,

Penticton and Sum-merland RCMP and members of the South Okanagan Regional RCMP General Inves-tigation Section exe-cuted a search war-rant on the man’s home on Tait Street in Summerland.

A large quantity of stolen mail and stolen property was recovered.

Among the items recovered were jewelry, tools and office equipment. Drugs and drug para-phernalia were also seized.

Lacroix said com-munity mailboxes in Summerland and around the Okanagan have been broken into since mid-December.

Police have received between eight and 12 reports of mailbox thefts and in some cases, the same com-munity boxes have been broken into more than once.

“In Summerland, we had a significant number of mailboxes being broken into,” Lacroix said. “Hope-fully we will see a decrease in these thefts.”

Police investiga-tors are now con-ducting their investi-gation.

Between 20 and 40 charges against the man are expected. “There’s going to be a lot of follow-up work that needs to be done,” Lacroix said.

Summerland resident arrested for mail thefts

Slip-sliding awayKieran Messier, 11, enjoys the slide at the free Family Day Swim at the Summerland Aquatic Centre on Monday. The swim was organized by the municipality’s parks and recreation department.

The latest snow measurements taken from Summerland’s reservoirs show lev-els slightly higher than normal for this time of year.

The measurements were taken on Friday.

At Summerland Reservoir, the snow pack was 113 per cent of the average reading, while at Isintok Lake,

the reading was 106 per cent of normal.

“We’re right on target so far,” said Shawn Hughes, water distribution chief operator for the municipality.

In spring, the melt-ing snow fills the municipality’s reser-voirs and provides domestic and irriga-tion water for the year.

Snow pack levels slightly above normal

An unlicensed marijuana grow operation with an esti-mated 20,000 plants was taken down on Tuesday mor-ning, following an RCMP investigation.

Sgt. Stephane Lacroix of the Summerland RCMP said

police with a search warrant entered the grow operation on Sinclair Road on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.

He said the operation was a cloning facility with around 690 mother plants and 19,200 smaller plants.

A 33-year-old Summerland man was arrested in the inci-dent.

Lacroix said police had received information about the grow operation and had been conducting an investiga-tion for the past four months.

Police take down grow op

A new chief admin-istrative officer with more than 12 years of experience in local government has been hired by the munici-pality.

Linda Tynan’s appointment was

approved at the Feb. 10 municipal council meeting.

“Council was looking for a strong leader with proven skills in munici-pal management,” Mayor Peter Water-

man said. “Ms. Tynan has a success-ful track record in small and medium sized municipalities in B.C. and we look forward to working with Linda to take positive steps for-ward in our com-munity.”

Tynan has worked in Nakusp, Nelson and the Regional Dis-trict of Central Koo-tenay. She has also spent five years as the executive director of the Kootenay School of the Arts.

She holds a Bach-elor of Business Ad-ministration degree from Simon Fraser

University and is a Certified General Accountant.

“I am excited to join the District of Summerland and I feel privileged to work with mayor and council,” she said. “I look forward to mov-ing into the commun-ity and getting start-ed.”

She will begin her role in Summerland on April 1.

Tom Day, Summer-land’s previous chief administrative offi-cer, retired at the end of 2014. An interim administrator has been in place since that time.

Chief administrative officer chosen

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Joe FriesBlack Press

People with heart trouble might breathe a sigh of relief know-ing upwards of 500 local students annu-ally will soon be receiving enhanced first-aid training that could save their lives.

Ten educators from high schools in Pen-ticton and Summer-land last week were certified to teach their students how to per-form cardiopulmon-ary resuscitation and use an automatic external defibrilla-tor, which delivers an electrical jolt to restart someone’s heart.

The training, plus AED devices and practice mannequins for each of the three local high schools, were funded by the TELUS Thompson Okanagan Commun-ity Board through the Advanced Coronary Treatment Founda-tion.

Instructor Colin

Fitzpatrick, an educa-tion officer with B.C. Emergency Health Services, said CPR and AEDs greatly increase patients’ odds of survival.

“There’s a lot of evidence to show that early CPR and early defibrillation make a huge difference in cardiac arrests,” he noted.

“Good CPR and how to use these machines is relative-ly easy to learn, and you absolutely will make a huge differ-ence” Fitzpatrick con-tinued.

“The only way that we have super-good

outcomes is if people in the public get involved, if people take CPR courses, know how to do it and are willing and able to get involved when they see some-thing happen.”

Tom Brickenden, a teacher at Sum-merland Second-ary School who was among the 10 who received training last week, had no diffi-culty catching on.

“It’s actually quite easy,” he said.

“There are defin-itely some things you need to know, but the machines are so high-tech now they sort of

talk you through the scenario. Really, it’s almost idiot-proof in some ways.”

The ACT Foun-dation is a national non-profit devoted to making free CPR and AED training avail-able at every high school in Canada. To

date, it claims to have helped nearly three million students learn those skills.

“It’s a fantastic program,” said Fitz-patrick. “The more people we train, the better off we’re all going to be.”

Students to receive first aid training

Joe FriesBlack Press

School days may be stretched by five minutes next year to make up for time lost

due to a community-wide sporting event and rescheduled pro-fessional-develop-ment days for teach-ers.

According to a

draft calendar pre-pared by staff at the Okanagan Skaha School District, class-es would begin Sept. 8, 2015, and finish June 29, 2016.

In between, there would be two-week Christmas and spring breaks, plus five pro-D days and a two-day break at the end of February

when local schools are turned over to the 2016 B.C. Winter Games.

Assistant super-intendent Dave Bur-goyne told trust-

ees at their regular meeting Monday the proposed calen-dar would require days be lengthened to meet School Act requirements for instructional time.

“That five minutes a day over and above this year is a total of 10 minutes (increase) from the 2013-14 cal-endar, when we had all five pro-D days in the summertime,” he said.

Teachers in past years agreed to undertake profes-sional development during the last week of August in order to get a two-week spring break, but have recently asked to take the time dur-ing the school year so their training is ongoing.

“Having the pro-D days spread out through the calendar makes a lot of sense,”

said Trustee Bruce Johnson.

“If you can sequence the pro-D throughout the year, it’s a big advantage to our teachers, our staff and ultimately our students.”

Okanagan Skaha Teachers’ Union president Leslea Woodward is also pleased with the draft calendar and said it matches a proposal she delivered to the district.

Partner groups, such as parent advis-ory committees, will now be asked to com-ment on the calendar proposal. The final-ized version must be completed by March 31.

A copy of the cal-endar and informa-tion about providing feedback is available on the school district website at www.sd67.bc.ca.

CPR trainingColin Fitzpatrick, left, guides Summerland Secondary School teacher Tom Brickenden through CPR training that he’ll now deliver to his students thanks to help from the ACT Foundation and Telus.

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ments were featured in the ministry’s Jan. 26 news release detailing the shift. He and others have been assured that in spite of Clark’s rhetoric, suggesting trades training is in and university is out, the news for SFU and other universities isn’t all that bleak.

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themselves,” he said. “Some of the institu-tions are … shrinking things like teacher education and put-ting more effort into the science-based, quantitative fields that are often related to these in-demand occupations.”

The surplus of teacher graduates has been noticeable for some time, but that’s largely a func-tion of oversupply, much of it in urban areas. In the Cariboo, for example, teach-ing jobs are projected to have the highest number of openings by 2022, followed by nursing and retail and wholesale trade managers. Then come heavy duty mechanics and electricians, but also paraprofessional jobs in legal, social, community and edu-cational services.

P ro v i n c e - w i d e , it’s part of a broader demographic shift to fewer children and more retirees. In fact the government started this targeted funding a decade ago with health care, for-cing universities to

produce more doc-tors, nurses, lab techs and so forth.

The retiring baby boom is expected to account for more than half of the openings in the next decade, which will expand the skills demand across most fields, beyond the trades training for the antici-pated liquefied nat-ural gas industry and other high-demand industrial areas such as truck driving.

Wilkinson notes that of the ministry’s $1.9 billion budget, about 60 per cent goes into general post-secondary edu-cation, for introduc-tory courses that stu-dents take when they are seeking a career path, through under-graduate studies to professions.

“So I think the idea that we’re going to somehow minimize or diminish funding in that general educa-tion, arts and science category is just not true,” he said.

Key to this shift is measuring the per-formance of courses offered at colleges,

universities and tech-nical schools. Each year, the ministry surveys about 30,000 graduates to find out whether their studies helped them find a related job.

The results are available on a web-site that breaks them out by institution and general study area. To find it, do a web search for “BC stu-dent outcomes” and select the “executive dashboard” to check the results for courses and schools in your region.

The site provides charts showing the percentage of stu-dents who land rel-evant jobs. Not sur-prisingly, it tends to be higher for tech-nical programs and lower for fine arts.

It also shows grads’ average wages, a sobering but useful bit of information for high school students and their parents.

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

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With a strong Junior B team, an active minor hockey association and vibrant recreational teams, Summerlanders have shown hockey is important to the com-munity.

Summerland has been entered into this year’s Kraft Hockeyville competition, a nationwide initiative for communities to demonstrate their love of the game.

More than 1,000 entries from across the country were received by the time nominations closed on the weekend.

The Hockeyville title, or even a place among the top 10 finalists would give the community a chance at national recogni-tion for its hockey culture.

Funding from a top ranking would help to pay for renovations to the 39-year-old arena.

The first-place and second-place communities in the nationwide competi-tion will each receive $100,000 in arena upgrades, while the remaining eight of the top 10 communities will receive $25,000 for upgrades to their arenas.

While the municipality has worked to keep up with the maintenance of the arena and other sports facilities, the cost of any upgrades and renovations are sig-nificant.

Any additional funding for the arena would be a benefit.

Throughout the fall, winter and spring, the arena has a busy schedule as it is used by minor hockey teams, recreational teams, the Summerland Steam, figure skating and more.

In summer, the arena is used by sum-mer hockey camps, drawing many aspir-ing players to the community.

Some players who have come up through minor hockey teams in Summerland have gone on to play in the National Hockey League.

Summerland’s hockey tradition is strong and deserves to be celebrated.

And as the Summerland Steam pre-pare for playoff action in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, a ranking among this year’s Hockeyville finalists would help to reinforce our love of the game.

EDITORIALThe love of the game

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That’s entertainment!In 1953 a princess, a castle, graduates, women with pointy hats and men in tights covered the stage in the high school auditorium when Summerland Singers and Players presented Princess Ida, a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. This year the castle, princess and men in tights will be at Centre Stage, when students from Summerland Secondary School present the musical, Beauty and the Beast. Summerland has always been home to a lot of talent—theatre productions began here in the early 1900s—and residents are always eager to enjoy the next showcase to be offered. Don’t miss this one!

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THE EARLY YEARS

Thank you to the community of Sum-merland for partici-pating so fully in the nomination process for this year’s Busi-ness and Community Excellence Awards.

All the nominees were celebrated on Jan. 30 at a nominees’ reception hosted by Nesters Market.

This past week a committee met to select the finalists based on their entre-preneurial spirit, their leadership in their business and sector, their efforts to grow their businesses in the past year and their contributions to the local economy and the local com-

munity.The two finalists in

each of the 11 award categories have been announced. Cham-ber members will be asked to vote on the finalists from Feb. 10 to 20.

This year all Sum-merland residents will have the oppor-tunity to vote in the Citizen/Volunteer of the year category.

This category, sponsored by Nesters Market, was formerly known as the Good Citizen Cup, and has been given out in Summerland since 1938.

To vote, go to www.summerland-chamber.com. There

will be a link from the home page for award voting. You can also vote in person at the Chamber of Com-merce office.

As it may be hard-er to find information about the wonderful nominees for the Cit-izen/Volunteer of the Year, we wanted to introduce them all to you here.

The two finalists are also indicated.Billy Boerboom (Finalist)

A member of the Summerland Fire Department for 25 years, and a regu-lar volunteer for the Summerland Sports-men’s Association, Billy is best known

as the co-owner of the Apple Barn, and an award winning grower. The Apple Barn’s ongoing com-mitment to the com-munity includes the donation of hundreds of pounds of apples each year, with much of the donations going to local school programs. Carleen Murray (Finalist)

Carleen is the co-owner of AlCar Stor-age with her husband Al. Carleen volun-teers at the Seniors’ Center, with the local school breakfast club, and supports local lit-eracy by making wal-lets for children to store their first library

cards. Children receiving treatment at Penticton Hospi-tal’s pediatric ward receive bright, hand-made pillow cases made by Carleen. Dave and Alison Carleton

Dave and Alison are dedicated to the success of the Sum-merland Sports-men’s Association. As the association’s President (Dave) and Treasurer (Alison), they are instrumen-tal in organizing key events such as the annual fishing derby, game banquet and the association’s par-ticipation in Action Festival. The couple is heavily involved with the British Col-umbia Wildlife Fed-eration and are mem-bers of Summerland Citizens on Patrol.Darlene Forsdick

As the Summer-land Sister City Coordinator, Darlene developed a Sister City plan that has strengthened the ties between Summer-land and the com-munity of Toyokoro, Japan. She has led important initiatives such as coordinating

an annual teaching placement of a Sum-merland teacher in Toyokoro, and organ-izing student visits to Summerland as well as government dele-gates. Carla Omenzetter

Carla has a long his-tory of volunteerism and giving back to the community. Carla has served as a city coun-cilor, as a volunteer director and Secretary on the Community Futures-Okanagan Similkameen Board of Directors, and is the past president of Agur Lake Camp. Carla also contributes her time to the Summer-land Rodeo Grounds Equine Development Committee and the annual Action Festi-val.Barbara Thorburn

Barbara plays a key role in the “Philoso-pher’s Cafe” and the Arts community and participates in grass-roots political activ-ism. She has been a tireless volunteer — planning, organ-izing and ensuring many local initiatives reach their respective potential.Terry Sedawie

Terry regularly goes above and beyond her work as a senior account manager with RBC in Summerland.

She was instru-mental in the coordin-ation and opening of the Artisans of the Okanagan, and regu-larly promotes cross promotion and advo-cates ways that local businesses can work together for greater

success. Terry also contributes her time with SADI.Henry Sielmann

Henry is the cur-rent President of the Summerland Trans Canada Trail Society, and has been instru-mental in promoting the trail, including the development of a dedicated website for the society. Henry is now also involved in the Trail of the Oka-nagan’s Lakeshore Pathway project. He is a member of the District of Summer-land’s Climate Action Committee, and has also served as a direc-tor for the Summer-land Fall Fair.

The Mayor ’s Award of Excellence continues to be an important acknow-ledgement of com-munity leadership. This award will be given at the mayor’s discretion at the gala to an organization that has made an out-standing contribution to Summerland.

All awards will be given out to the winners at the 77th Annual Awards Gala which will be held at the Summerland Waterfront Resort on Feb. 28.

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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Examining artKandace Zurowski, left, and Cheryl Zurowski look at some of the art at the Summerland Art and Trade Show on Saturday. The show, at the Summerland Waterfront Resort, included works by members of the DeVine Art Group as well as displays, information and samples from businesses and professional service providers.

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Kurodas have enjoyed a long marriage

Carla McLeodSpecial to the

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February is the month when thoughts turn to love and romance.

Many couples in Summerland have been together for more than 50 years. One such couple is Frank and Marge Kuroda, who have been married for 63 years.

Their love story started here, as they were both born and raised in Sum-merland. They had known each other all of their lives, but it was their interest in sports that brought them together.

“He played base-ball and I played softball,” explained Marge. “We both bowled and liked to go skating at Charlie Wharton’s rink.”

After dating for a number of years they married in 1951 at the United Church. Marge designed and sewed her own wed-ding dress and the dresses that her three bridesmaids wore. They had a fairly big wedding with many friends and the Japanese commun-ity all attending. The couple honeymooned in Seattle.

With the help of

relatives and friends, their first home was built on Hespeler Road, in 1953. A daughter was born in 1954 and a son in 1956.

Frank was an orchardist and fore-man for Milne Can-nery Orchards, where he worked until he retired in 1988. Marge helped in the orchards for many years and then took a job as a typesetter for the Summerland Bulletin. She spent 23 years working in an insurance office here in town until she retired in 1989.

“The time goes by so quickly,” said Marge. “Both of us worked hard most of our lives and you don’t know how quickly the time is going.”

The Kurodas did find time to travel together during their years of mar-riage, including trips to Disneyland, San Francisco, Hawaii, Japan and an Alaskan Cruise for their 50th wedding anniversary.

They also enjoyed golfing and went on many golf trips with their friends.

“Retirement for Frank was golfing, curling, fishing, gar-dening and making wine,”said Marge. “I was busy going to aerobics and going for walks, knitting, gardening and vol-unteering.”

The Kuroda’s only grandchild was born in 2001 and is the “light of their lives”right now.

Their story has also had its sad and difficult times.

“ A l l s e e m e d to be g o i n g w e l l until I had surgery for cancer in 2009 and our daughter was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2010,” explained Marge. “She passed away and our world seemed to fall apart.”

Frank was diag-nosed with Alz-heimer’s and the couple had to leave their home and move into the Summerland Seniors Village, two years later. Frank is now in the care unit. Marge is living independently and visits him each day along with their little dog Sophie.

Marge is trying to accept the situation, but it is not easy for her.

“I never thought it would end up this way,” she said. “These are things that happen in life that you don’t expect and you don’t plan on. I

thought in the golden years we could take off and do whatever we wanted, when-ever we wanted, but things haven’t

worked out that way.”

Her advice to younger folks is “Don’t wait! Do what you want to do if you at all can.”

Still, the Kurodas have had a long and mostly happy life together. Marge believes the key to a successful marriage is to think about the other person and not only about oneself and to accept each other’s differences.

She also attributes their 63 years of mar-riage to the way she and Frank were raised. They were brought up with the thought that they would stick by each other and do whatever they could to keep the marriage going.

“It wasn’t all a bed of roses,” Marge said, “but you manage to get by and to do your best.”

Together for 63 years

A lifetime togetherFrank and Marge Kuroda have experienced many changes in their lives during 63 years of marriage.

Wedding dayFrank and Marge Kuroda were married in Sum-merland in 1951.

“It wasn’t all a bed of roses, but you manage to get by and to do your best.”

Marge Kuroda

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Volunteers with NeighbourLink are looking for a car to donate to a man who is in need of reliable transportation.

Marj Ericson, an office volunteer with the Christian volun-teer organization, said the car is need-ed for a man who has suffered a brain injury. He needs the vehicle in order to get to and from work and therapy appoint-ments.

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Art exhibitTalking to Strangers, an art exhibit by Bill Edmonds, opened at the Summerland Community Arts Centre on Feb. 5. The show continues until March 14. The artwork was inspired by online relationships with strangers. Edmonds asked people he knew online to send him their photos so he could paint their image. “Often I suspected the image was not their own and if an image was sent to me there were frequent unseen conditions and agendas,” he said in his artist’s statement.

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Summerland has a strong hockey tradition, with an active minor hock-ey league, a Junior B team and players who have gone on to the National Hockey League.

In 1983, Summer-land acquired the Kelowna Buckaroos, a Junior A hockey franchise. The team folded after the 1988 season.

One of the players on the Buckaroos, Jeff Finlay, later went on to play in the Nation-al Hockey League.

The next junior hockey action in Summerland came 11 years later, when the Rossland Warriors, a Junior B team in the Kootenay Inter-national Junior Hock-ey League, played here in the 1999 to 2000 season, as the

Summerland War-riors.

In the 2001 to 2002 season, a new Junior B hockey franchise, the Summerland Sting, began playing out of the Summer-land Arena.

The team was sold to the Okanagan Hockey Academy in 2005 and in 2009 it was relocated to Pen-ticton.

In 2011, Jonathan

Bowman applied for and was granted a new hockey fran-chise, resulting in the creation of the Sum-merland Steam.

Several from the community have advanced to the National Hockey League.

Larry Hale played defense for the Philadelphia Flyers in 1968 to 1972. In addition, he played

for two teams from the former WHL. From 1963 to 1968, he played for the Seattle Totems and from 1972 to 1978, he played for the Hous-ton Aeros.

Ross Fitzpatrick was a forward with the Philadelphia Fly-ers from 1982 to 1986.

Shane Heyer has been a National Hockey League lines-man since 1988.

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A prominent downtown build-ing has been recog-nized for its historical value.

The Summerland Heritage Commis-sion designated the Summerland Supply Store building at the corner of Main Street and Victoria Road as this year’s historic-ally significant build-ing.

The original gen-eral store is still a fine example of boom-town architecture, built to accommodate a retail store at the

street level and liv-ing quarters on the second floor.

C o n s t r u c t e d around 1907, the building is historical-ly significant because of its architecture and its landmark status as the first building to be erected on the north side of Main Street, then called Granville Road.

First developed during the gold rush towns of the Amer-ican West and in early B.C. towns from the 1860s to 1930s, boom-towns were a row of false-fronted, hasti-ly-built commercial buildings.

They were erected during a transition phase of the down-town development which started with log buildings, fol-lowed by the frame structures of the vil-lage phase and final-ly the brick or stone buildings of the civic phase.

S u m m e r l a n d ’ s boom in 1906 was the development of Parkdale, later called West Summer-

land, orchestrated by James Ritchie of the Garnett Valley Land Company.

Almost all the businesses along the north side of Gran-ville Road (now Main Street) were initially boomtown structures. Key ele-ments which define the heritage character of the Summerland Supply Store include the raised front para-pet (false front) over a gabled roof, the original shape of the storefront windows and the second storey front window.

The building has been continually used as a retail store, and later housed the Laid-law and Co. General Store, followed by Laidlaw Men’s and Boys Wear, Haskins Men’s Wear, Mar-guerite’s Flowers, Art Knapp’s Flowers, Steele and Steele Pho-tography, the Sum-merland Flower Shop and ReMax Realty. At present it is home to Rock Star District apparel and accessor-ies.

The second storey of the Summerland Supply building had several uses over the years other than a residence.

In 1908, it was a classroom for high school students who were awaiting the construction of a new school building so they could move into Summerland’s first high school, the vacated elementary school.

The Heritage Tree for 2015 is the large maple in the front yard of the Wiersmas property at 14901 Dale Meadows Rd.

Its age is estimated at around 100 years.

The tree’s south side was subjected to the heat from a house fire on the former Hardwick property which also is home to the Rippin barn.

The commission also recognized the site of the former West Summerland train station for the Kettle Valley Railway as its heritage site for 2015.

This year marks the 100th anniversary

of the first passenger train of the KVR pass-ing through Summer-land.

The train station, at Simpson Road and South Victoria Road, was not built until 1916.

South Victoria Road was formerly called Station Road.

In the early 1900s, the Canadian Pacific Railway decided to build a line to connect the mining towns of the Kootenays with the coast.

Andrew McCul-loch was in charge of surveying the route.

The line ran from Midway, up the Ket-tle River to Hydraul-ic Summit and then down into Penticton, north to Winslow (the Experimental Farm,) across the bridge over Trout Creek, through Peach Val-ley and past the site of the West Summer-land train station on to Princeton. In 1916, the line through the Coquihalla Pass was completed with a trip to Vancouver taking about 10 hours.

The railway offered daily train service east and west. Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Nister, Mr. Mead, Mr. Riedel, and Mr. Thompson all served as station agents during the years of operation. Passenger service continued until Jan. 16, 1964.

The Summerland station served as home to the Summer-land Museum from 1976 to 1985. It was then dismantled.

The Kettle Val-ley Steam Railway is planning two trips on May 31 to com-memorate the 100th anniversary of the KVR passing through Summerland.


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A downtown landmarkThe former Summerland Supply Store building, at the left of this 1913 picture, was constructed around 1907 and has housed many businesses over the years. It is now the location of Rock Star District. This year, the Summerland Heritage Commission has recognized the building for its his-torical significance. It was the first building erected on the north side of what is now Main Street and it is an example of the boomtown architecture of the early 1900s.

Historic siteThe site of the former West Summerland train station, at the corner of Simpson Road and Victoria Road South, has been designated as Summerland’s heritage site for 2015. This year marks the 100th anniversary of rail service in Summerland.

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A painting of Olaf Norum, better known as Ollie, has been donated to the Sum-merland Museum.

Several years ago, Janice Mallory pur-chased the painting in a local shop as a gift for her husband, David.

The portrait was painted by Sum-merland artist Glen McQuirter.

Norum was part of Summerland’s iden-tity for many dec-ades. Many remem-ber him as having a smile or wave for everyone.

When Norum died on Dec. 31, the Mal-lorys decided that there was no better place for his portrait than the Summer-land Museum where everyone could see it and where Ollie would forever have a place in Summer-land’s history.

The painting can be viewed dur-ing museum winter hours, Wednesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.

Museum staff are working to prepare a permanent display for the painting dona-tion.

Painting of Ollie donated to museum

Recope fundingThe Summerland Health Care Auxiliary donated $20,000 to the South Okanagan Recope Society. Recope and the Health Care Auxiliary have had a partnership for more than 13 years. Holding the cheque, from left, are Health Care Auxiliary president Wess Campbell, Recope chair Vivian Beattie and Recope program manager and occupational therapist Jean Munro. Recope provides physiotherapy in and out of the pool at the Summerland Aquatic and Fitness Centre three times a week. Support includes training in balance, strength and range of motion.

Picture donationDavid and Janice Mallory donated a picture of Olaf Norum to the Summer-land Museum. The painting was done by Summerland artist Glen McQuirter.

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Thursday Al-Anon offers help to families and friends of alcoholics. Summerland Serenity Group meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in the United Church hall. Call 250-490-9272 for more information.Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers meet at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre on Thursday evenings. Beavers meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Cubs meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Scouts meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Venturers meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For details call Trent at 250-494-1990. Carpet bowling at the Summerland Seniors’ Drop-in Centre is held

every Thursday at 10 a.m. and every Sunday at 1:15 p.m.Euchre is played every second and fourth Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Lyme Disease support group meets on the first Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. at Theo’s Restaurant in Penticton. Everyone welcome.Poetry by the Books will be held at the Summerland Library. Residents of the Summerland Seniors Village have been invit-ed to listen in and share their love of poetry. The first meeting will be Thursday, Feb. 12 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. All are welcome at this poetry

reading.Recreational volley-ball for all. Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 10 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. Contact Frank or Jane at 250-494-4666Summerland 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. Now is the time to get in shape for the coming bathing suit season. 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 Traditional Rug Artists will meet every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Summerland United Church Hall. If you are interested in joining this fun group or seeing what this creative craft involves do drop in. Visitors always welcome. For more information about this time-honoured art

please contact Juliet at 250-494-1278 or Marilyn at 250-494-6434.

FridayBridge is played every Friday at 1 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St. Phone 250-494-8164. Cribbage is played every Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St.Pleasure Painters meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. Come and enjoy or check it out. Drop-ins welcome. The 890 Wing of the South Okanagan Air Force Association of Canada have a get-together every Friday night from 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. in Penticton. New mem-bers 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.

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. Learning About Stroke is a nine-week program for stroke survivors and caregivers Mondays at 2 p.m. at the con-ference room of the Summerland Health Centre, 12815 Atkinson Rd. Each session is 1.5

hours long and follows a small group format. To register, call the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society at 250-490-0613. The pro-gram is offered at no charge.Men — Love to Sing? Okanagan Christian Men’s Choir. This non-denominational choir invites you to join us, have fun, sing unto the Lord and enjoy the fellowship of other singers. Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Summerland Baptist Church, Fireside Room. For more infor-mation contact Hans at 250-494-7127. The South Okanagan Orchid Society meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Shatford Centre in Penticton. The group meets September to June. For more infor-mation, contact Joan at 250-494-4293.The Summerland Crokinole Club meets Monday nights at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Summerland Seniors Centre. Contact Darlene at 250-494-9310.

SundayThe Summerland Blossom Pageant Tea and Fashion Show will be held on Sunday Feb. 15 at 1:30 p.m. at the Summerland Waterfront Resort. Tickets are avail-able from the Blossom Pageant Candidates and Summerland’s Royalty.

TuesdayBridge games at St. Stephen’s Church Hall on Tuesdays beginning at 1 p.m. New players are always welcome. Refreshments served. Call 250-494-6116 or 250-494-5363.On Tuesday mor-nings, Robbie Shea BSW, Family Support Worker from the Mental Wellness Centre is at the Summerland Food Bank and Resource Centre. Creating a car-ing community when a person has a mental illness by support and education for family, friends, the commun-ity and the person. Coming for six weeks, Jan. 20 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. relaxation training. Call 250-493-7338 or register at the Resource Centre.Penticton Concert Band practices Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. New members welcome. Intermediate to advanced players. Call Gerald at 250-809-2087.Quest Society of Summerland meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the

meeting room at 9700 Brown St. (Parkdale Place). For more infor-mation phone Marilyn Topham at 250-494-6434 or Joan Lansdell at 778-476-0596. Email [email protected] Okanagan Genealogical Society is open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Penticton Library Museum building. Contact Nola Reid at 250-492-0751.Summerland Kiwanis Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Kiwanis Lodge on Quinpool at 6 p.m. New members are welcome. Contact Tom Jacques at 250-494-4339.Summerland VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) members and friends meet the second Tuesday of the month at Parkdale Lounge.Tai chi at the Summerland Seniors’ Centre, Tuesdays at 9 a.m. for beginners, 10 a.m. for advanced, and Fridays at 10:30 a.m. for beginner and intermediate. For more information call Nancy at 250-494-8902.The Mental Wellness Centre, Summerland Branch, will be open the first, third and fourth Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Summerland United Church. Inquiries wel-come.The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group joins the Penticton MS Group every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a coffee social at the Cherry Lane Mall Food Court. Whist is played on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St.

Wednesday Be.Free, a 12-step Christ-centred recov-ery program that is not addiction specific, meets every Wednesday at Summerland Alliance Church at 7 p.m. For more information con-tact the SAC office at 250-494-9975 and ask to speak to Pastor Rick.Did you know Summerland has a Garden Club? Meetings are casual. Gardening experience varies. All gardeners are wel-come. Meetings are the third Wednesday of the month. Contact Jan Carlson at 250-494-5112 for more informa-tion.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 informa-tion call Mary at 250-494-5851.Summerland ATV Club meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland Library lower level. The club promotes responsible ridership including registration, insurance, safety certification and scheduled pleas-ure rides. Membership includes orchardists, farmers, ranchers and fun seekers of all ages including those with disabilities.

UpcomingIndoor garage sale Saturday, Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. Tables available. Contact Carrie at Peanuts and Pumpkins, 250-488-4452. In addi-tion, 50/50 tickets will be sold with pro-ceeds going to the Summerland Food Bank, and a donation will be made to Big Brothers and Sisters.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. South Okanagan Immigrant and Community Services is putting on a one-act play by Beyond Theatre Productions called Respect Lives Here at the Shatford Centre on Friday, Feb. 27. Show times are 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for more information call 250-492-6299.Summerland Minor Softball practice nights are held at Giant’s Head Elementary school on Monday and Tuesday evenings. On Monday, the U8 and U10 players practice from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. while the U12 and U14 players prac-tice from 7:30 to 8:30 or 9 p.m. On Tuesdays, the U16 and U19 players practice from 7 to 8:30 or 9 p.m.The members of the Summerland Dance Club invite couples to dances at the Royal Canadian Legion. Dances will be held March 14, April 11 and May 9. Dances run from 8 to 11 p.m. For further information call Anne Ling at 250-494-7168 or Ron Hack at 250-486-6858.

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Swim clubThe Summerland Orca Swim Club has 108 members this year. This weekend, seven of them will compete in the B.C. AA Championships in Chilliwack.

Orca swimmers off to championshipsThe Summerland

Orca Swim Cub will send seven mem-bers to the B.C. AA C h a m p i o n s h i p s in Chilliwack this

weekend.Joanne Malar, co-

coach of the swim team, said this is the largest number of Summerland partici-

pants at the meet in recent years.

Attending are Haley Berrisford, 14; Connor Berrisford, 11; Holden Berris-

ford, 11; Ethan Sands, 13; Taylor Smith, 12; Brooklyn Parlia-ment, 12 and Keagan Ingram, 12.

Two other swim-mers, 16-year-old Annemarie Lang-Hodge and 11-year-old Heming Sola, qualified for the meet

but were unable to attend the event.

“In our last couple meets we have had an onslaught of swim-mers qualify for this championship meet,” Malar said. “We are so proud of them for all of the hard work. Their training is pay-

ing off and we are looking forward to more improve-ments and podium finishes at the B.C. championships.”

Co-coach Delano Ducheck said each swimmer will com-pete in four to eight individual events.

“We are fine-tun-ing their preparation and they look for-ward to racing the top summers in the province,” Ducheck said.

At present, there are 108 swimmers in the Orca Swim Club.

CurlingSummerland Curling ClubResults: Feb. 2 to 6Monday morning senior men: Eric John-

son defeated John Nicolson, Bob Ezart defeated Stan Green, Eric Williams defeated Hector Cartier.

Monday evening men: Gary Raymond defeated Stan Green, Jared St. John defeated Steve Clement, Brian Hodgson defeated Ken Rae, Dale Abrey defeated Rick Drewnisz.

Tuesday morning mixed: Jules Dore defeated Bill Penman, Marilyn Cahoon defeated Bob Ezart, Ev Gillespie defeated John Nicol-son, Hector Cartier defeated Jerry Lidin.

Tuesday evening ladies: Betty Raymond defeated Jodie Brennan, Lil Blashko defeated Wendi Archer, Diana Leitch defeated Gail Ostaficiuk.

Wednesday morning senior: John Nicol-son defeated Bob Ezart, Paul Cowen defeated Eric Johnson, Hector Cartier defeated Stan Green.

Wednesday evening men: Rick Drewn-isz defeated Gary Raymond, Gary Wingerak defeated Ken Rae, Dave Gartrell defeated Glen Brennan, Louie Costa defeated Doug Campbell.

Thursday morning ladies: RoseMarie Fen-rich defeated Marilyn Cahoon, Diane Krancen-blum defeated Betty Raymond.

Thursday evening open: Kevin Taylor defeated Cliff Rose, Dale Abrey defeated Clem Beaulac, Tony Blashko defeated Eric Johnson, John Egyed defeated John McKay.

Thursday late evening: Jared St. John defeated Glen Brennan, Russ Lemke defeated Ken Rae.

Friday evening mixed: Allen Tower defeated Linda Whittome, Armand Houle defeated Cliff Last, Louie Costa defeated Steve Callaghan, Ian Rogers defeated Sharon Boyles.

Friday late evening: John Fitzgerald defeated Tracy Waddington.

Tip of the week: If a player delivers a stone belonging to the opposing team, a stone belonging to the other team shall be put in its place.

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

Scoreboard

The Summerland Steam faced Kelowna and Princeton in a pair of home games in Junior B hockey action on the week-end, playing to one loss and one win.

On Friday, the Steam hosted the Kelowna Chiefs, playing to a 4-3 loss.

The chiefs started the game with two unanswered goals, just seconds apart, in the first period.

In the second per-iod, Rylan Sideroff of the Steam scored on a power play at 11:35. Riley Pettitt and Wyatt Gale assisted.

The Chiefs answered with a goal at 9:13

In the third period, the Chiefs began with a goal at 15:58.

Daylan Robertson of the Steam then scored at 8:46, assist-ed by Tyler Kling-spohn and Paulsen Lautard.

At 1:24, Braden Eliuk scored on a power play, with the assist by Michael McEachern.

On Sunday, the Steam played a home game against the Princeton Posse, win-ning 3-2.

Summerland dom-inated the first per-iod.

At 16:19, Gale scored the first goal for the Steam, assist-ed by Pettitt.

Robertson added a goal at 11:40, with the assist by Lautard.

The second period was scoreless.

In the third period, Lautard scored at 19:09, with assists by McEachern and Pet-titt.

Two Princeton goals, at 3:11 and 0:01, ended the game.

The Steam have two games left in regular season hock-ey action.

On Friday at 7:30, they will host the Osoyoos Coyotes.

On Saturday at 8 p.m., they will face the Chiefs in Kelow-na.

The Steam have secured second place in the Okanagan/Shuswap Confer-ence: Okanagan Div-ision of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.

The team will advance to the play-offs later this month.

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At the gameAdam Jones of the Summerland Steam and other members of the Junior B team watch the action from the bench during a recent home game. The team is in second place in its division and will advance to the playoffs.

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Daylan Robertson (Robbie) is 5’10” and weighs 170 lbs. He was born in Manitoba in 1994, and resides in Penticton. He started playing hockey at the age of five, and is currently in his second season with the Summerland Steam.

His favourite hockey memory is the World Sport School Challenge. His favourite pre-game meal is chicken parmesan and his favourite movie is The Dark Knight. His favourite saying is “Winning teams play like they’re in first, but practice like they’re in last. “Robbie” thinks the best thing about Summerland is the community support to the Steam.

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Discussing artArtist Fiona Neal listens to questions from Grade 1 students from Giant’s Head School during a recent event at the Summerland Arts Centre and Gallery on Main Street.

Funds for cadetsOn Wednesday, Feb. 4, Gary Smith of the Summerland Sportsmen’s Association presented Capt. Tyler Willis of the 902 Summerland Royal Canadian Air Cadets with a cheque for $800. The money will go towards the Air Cadet Squadron program which provides Summerland youth with a variety of opportunities, including gliding, marksmanship, physical fitness, first aid train-ing, effective speaking, survival camps and unlimited life skills. Information about the cadets can be found at 902aircadets.ca.

The Commun-ity Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen will award $20,000 more in bursaries than last year.

Two of the bur-saries will go to arts students and one is for First Nations stu-dents. The largest fund is open to any student in any area of study.

The application deadline for all four bursaries is March 20.

“We’re really excit-ed about the bursary program this year,” said Aaron McRann, executive director of the foundation.

“With the amount of money we have available to students we are anticipating even more applica-tions than in previous years.”

The Sharon Amos Legacy Fund for the Arts, established after the death of com-munity leader Shar-on Amos, provides bursaries to students pursuing education in music and the arts. Since its creation in 2010, it has awarded $6,400.

The Dr. John and Kathy Scarfo Bursary Fund is for students who live an active and healthy lifestyle

and are pursuing education to improve life for themselves and their families.

The fund will award bursaries totalling $23,000 to students in financial need.

The South Oka-nagan First Nations Education Fund was established in 2013 by anonymous donors. It has awarded $960 to First Nations stu-dents.

The Thea Haubrich Legacy Fund was cre-ated after the death of encaustic artist Thea Haubrich in 2013. The fund awarded $450 to students in 2014.

“We offer these bursaries because the donors want to support students of all ages who may be attending any number of different educational institu-tions not just the schools located in our immediate area,” added McRann. “As long as you’re a resi-dent with a perma-nent address within the boundaries of the RDOS you are eli-gible to apply.”

For more informa-tion, specific funding criteria and applica-tion forms, visit the foundation’s website at www.cfso.net.

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Curling

bonspiel

Teams from

around the region

competed in the

Summerland Ladies

Open bonspiel on

the weekend.Page 11

Honouring

nominees

Nominees for

the 77th Business

and Community

Excellence Awards

were honoured at a

reception on Friday.

Page 2

A permanent

space for arts

The Summerland

Community Arts

Council is asking for

a long-term space.

Page 3

Volunteer

commitment

A core of vol-

unteers have been

assisting residents

at the Summerland

Seniors Village.Page 6

Softball

training

A training pro-

gram is helping

young softball play-

ers as they continue

to develop their

skills.

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Steam set for playoffs

Junior B team

places second

in division

John Arendt

With four games

left in the regular

hockey season and

a spot in the play-

offs, the Summerland

Steam coaches and

players are gearing

up for some tough

competition.

The Junior B team

has earned second

place in the Okanag-

an/Shuswap Confer-

ence: Okanagan Div-

ision of the Kootenay

International Junior

Hockey League.

The Steam have a

record of 27 wins,16

losses, two ties and

three overtime losses.

The regular season

concludes on Feb.

14 and the division

semi-finals begin on

Feb. 20.

The Steam will face

either the Kelowna

Chiefs or the Princet-

on Posse.

Gregg Wilson, co-

owner and general

manager of the team,

is optimistic about

the playoffs.

“We’ve got a great

group,” he said.

“We’re very lucky

to have four good

lines.”Last year, the team

qualified for the

division semi-finals

and faced the North

Okanagan Knights.

The series went to

seven games, with

the Knights winning

and advancing to the

finals. This year, the

Knights will not be in

the playoffs.

Wilson said the

Steam has changed

considerably since

the end

of the

last sea-

son. Of

the 23

p l a y e r s

on the

S team’s

r o s t e r

this year, only seven

were on the team last

year.A significant num-

ber of former Steam

players have moved

on to other hockey

leagues.

“We really take

pride in moving our

players to a higher

level,” Wilson said.

He added that in the

last two and a half

years, nine players

have advanced to

Junior A or NCAA

levels of hockey.

Despite the player

changes, Wilson said

the team has become

a strong, cohesive

unit.“They’re a real-

ly tight group,” he

said. “They’ve stuck

together through

thick and thin.”

He added that

coach John DePourcq

has worked well to

develop the team.

At present, Sum-

merland has a strong

defence and ranks

third in the league in

goals against.

The team also

plays against some of

the strongest teams in

the Kootenay Inter-

national Junior Hock-

ey League.

“We probably have

the toughest division

as far as the strength

of the teams on the

ice,” Wilson said.

At the net

Members of the Summerland Steam stop the puck during a 2-2 game against the Princeton Posse on Sunday afternoon. From left are goaltender Brett

Huber, Cody Egilson and Kendell Wilson of the Steam.

John Arendt Summerland Review

“We’ve got a great

group. We’re very lucky

to have four good lines.”

Gregg Wilson

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Curling

bonspiel

Teams from

around the region

competed in the

Summerland Ladies

Open bonspiel on

the weekend.Page 11

Honouring

nominees

Nominees for

the 77th Business

and Community

Excellence Awards

were honoured at a

reception on Friday.

Page 2

A permanent

space for arts

The Summerland

Community Arts

Council is asking for

a long-term space.

Page 3

Volunteer

commitment

A core of vol-

unteers have been

assisting residents

at the Summerland

Seniors Village.Page 6

Softball

training

A training pro-

gram is helping

young softball play-

ers as they continue

to develop their

skills. Page 12

WHAT’S

INSIDE:VOLUME 68 - ISSUE NO. 5 •

Steam set for playoffs

Junior B team

places second

in division

John Arendt

With four games

left in the regular

hockey season and

a spot in the play-

offs, the Summerland

Steam coaches and

players are gearing

up for some tough

competition.

The Junior B team

has earned second


an/Shuswap Confer-

Hockey League.

The Steam have a

record of 27 wins,16

losses, two ties and

three overtime losses.

The regular season

concludes on Feb.

14 and the division

semi-finals begin on

Feb. 20.

The Steam will face

either the Kelowna

Chiefs or the Princet-

on Posse.

Gregg Wilson, co-

owner and general

manager of the team,

is optimistic about

the playoffs.

At the net

Members of the Summerland Steam stop the puck during a 2-2 game against the Princeton Posse on Sunday afternoon. From left are goaltender Brett

Huber, Cody Egilson and Kendell Wilson of the Steam.

has earned second


an/Shuswap Confer-

ence: Okanagan Div-

ision of the Kootenay

the playoffs.

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KWAK, CLARA BERNADETTE ALICE

Kwak, Clara Bernadette Alice passed away peacefully on January 28th, 2015 in Summerland, BC where she and her beloved husband Teunis of 66 years have resided since 1957. Clara was born in Esterhazy, Sk in 1928 to John and Mary Lippai. She was sadly predeceased by her parents, 3 sisters and 4 brothers. Clara worked here in Summerland at the local cannery as a supervisor for many years while she and Teunis operated an orchard. Clara will be sadly missed by her husband, family and friends and will be laid to rest in the Summerland’s Canyonview Cemetery.

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DANIELS (NEE Hillyer) MABEL EMILY died peacefully on the morning of Sunday, February 8, 2015 in the Moog & Friends Hospice in Penticton. Mabel was 102 years old and predeceased by her husband, John Edgar, some two decades earlier. She is survived by her son Mark, daughter-in-law Cindy, grandsons Ryder (Deborah), Gray (Florence) and Aeron (Jennifer) as well as her two beloved great-granddaughters, Hayden and Lane.Mabel was born in Revelstoke, B.C. on November 29, 1912. Her parents were William and Emily Hillyer and she was the eldest of three sisters, all now deceased. Early in her life the family lived in Solsqua in the Eagle River Valley and later found their way to Vancouver on the coast. Mabel graduated from Normal School (teachers’ college) in the late 1920s and found a job teaching in a one-room school in Malakwa, not far from her starting point in Solsqual. She went back to Vancouver to marry in the mid 1930s and later returned to teaching aft er WW2 ended. In fact, she was the fi rst married teacher to be hired on permanent staff by the Vancouver School Board which, until then, required full-time female teachers to be unmarried. She taught in Vancouver until 1974, fi rst at Renfrew School, then Osler and fi nally at the McBride Annex where she served as Head Teacher until her retirement.Th e family wishes to thank the staff and volunteers at Moog & Friends Hospice for their exceptional and compassionate care in Mabel’s last weeks. Th ere will not be a funeral service by request. Th ere will be a small, private reception at a later date. Anyone wishing to make a memorial donation may do so in Mabel’s name to the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation 938 West 28th Avenue Vancouver BC V5Z 4H4 or online at [email protected]

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BARON: JOSEPH ALPHONSE “ALF”

BARON: Joseph Alphonse “Alf” passed away peacefully on February 2, 2015 at the age of 90 years. Remembered and sadly missed by his loving children; Al (Janice) Baron of St. Albert AB, Fred Baron of Midway BC, Doris-Ann Burdick of Penticton BC, Dianne (Harry) Young of Richmond BC, Donna (Ken) Toews of St. Albert AB, 11 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren, plus numerous nieces and nephews. He was sadly predeceased by his loving wife of 50+ years, Doris, his brothers and sisters; Leo, Omer, Edward, Frank, Laurine, Evelyn, Jeannette, Juliette. Alf, as he was known by all his friends and family, was a Veteran, built model airplanes, followed astronomy, enjoyed wood working, model trains, and was a longtime member of MAC. He was generous, thoughtful, compassionate and had a wonderful sense of humour. Alf volunteered and was associated with numerous organizations. Along with his many hobbies, he also loved to travel. Alf had a full life and he befriended many people through the years. He will be greatly missed. A Celebration of Alf ’s life was held on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Providence’s Summerland Chapel, 13205 Rosedale Avenue, Summerland, BC.

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October 31 1947 - January 30, 2015Jim passed away peacefully surrounded by family after a hard fought battle with cancer at the North Okanagan Hospice House in Vernon, BC. Jim loved his family, his friends, the outdoors and all animals that came into his life.

Jim is survived and will be sadly missed by his siblings: Heather (Gordon); Alan (Dian); Dan (Rhonda); Bonnie (Doug) and many special nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family would like to thank Jim’s wonderful caring friends and the staff at the North Okanagan Hospice House for their excellent care and compassion towards Jim.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Vernon Hospice House.

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Once again stu-dents from the drama classes at Summer-land Secondary are hitting the stage with another musical extravaganza.

As usual this pro-duction will involve a large cast, an incred-ible set and great music and acting.

This year’s annual production is the clas-sic tale of Beauty and the Beast and will be at Centre Stage The-atre Feb. 18 to 21 and Feb. 25 to 28. Tickets are available at The Beanery Cafe and the Summerland Second-ary School office.

You can see photos of the set and get a glimpse of action beforehand by visit-ing their Facebook page.

Also on stage this month is the hilarious Getting Sara Married by Sam Bobrick.

This play by the Many Hats Theatre Company opens Thursday, Feb. 12 at the Cannery Stage in Penticton and runs until March 7.

Tickets can be pur-chased at the Wine Country Visitors Centre or by calling 250-276-2170.

If you missed the short clip of the per-formance on Go! Okanagan you can see it by visiting Face-book.com/manyhat-stheatre.

Shaw Television also interviewed Bill Edmonds whose show, Talking to Strangers, is at the Summerland Art Gal-lery.

This interview and some images from the exhibit is currently being shown on Go! Okanagan.

Saturday, Feb. 21 will see the popular Cafe Noir fundrais-er return to the Arts Centre.

This fundraiser for the arts will feature music by Almost a Few, speciality coffees provided by Darin Fair of Lone Tree Cof-fee and great local wine from Sonoran Estate Winery.

Your ticket will also give you an original clay mug thrown by local pot-ters to take home as well as a very sump-tuous dessert.

Two cultural organizations are holding their annual general meetings in the next month.

First up is the Sum-merland Community Arts Council whose annual general meet-ing is on Saturday,

Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. at the Arts Centre, 9908 Main St.

They are followed a couple of weeks later by the Sum-merland Museum who are holding their annual general meet-ing down the street at the IOOF Hall on Friday, March 6.

Both organizations invite you to join them for a review of their activities of 2014 and a look ahead at 2015 and beyond.

David Finnis is the publicity chair and president of the Summerland Com-munity Arts Council, P.O. Box 1217, 9908 Main St., Summer-land, B.C. V0H 1Z0.

High school to stage Beauty and the Beast

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Beauty and the BeastStudents at Summerland Secondary School will stage the musical Beauty and the Beast later this month. The play runs from Feb. 18 to 21 and Feb. 25 to 28. Tickets are available at The Beanery Cafe and at the Summerland Secondary School office.

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