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Preservingheritage

A house in Prai-rie Valley has been selected as Sum-merland’s heritage house for this year.

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Considering school uses

The Okanagan Skaha School Board would like input on future uses of some of its school build-ings.

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Science fairSummerland stu-

dents will show their scientific research at the upcoming dis-trict science fair.

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Providing helpA generous dona-

tion by the Abou-goush family will help a newly arrived family of refugees.

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land Steam remain in second place in Junior B hockey action.

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WHAT’S INSIDE:

New arrivalsThe Al Sheblaqe family of Syrian refugees were welcomed at the Penticton Airport on Sunday evening. Mohammad Ali and Eklas Al Sheblaqe have two daughters, Nebal, age eight and Eman, age seven, and a son Eklas, age three.

Jana Dinsmore Special to the Review

اهال و سهال WelcomeSummerland’s second family of Syrian refugees, the Al Sheblaqe family, arrived in Summerland on Sunday evening. The family of five are being sponsored by the Summerland Refugee Sponsorship Group, a community organization which was formed in December. Please see full story on Page 3.

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The Okanagan Skaha School Board is asking for input on future uses of some of its school buildings.

The meeting will be held on Mon-day, Feb. 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Shatford Centre, 760 Main St., Pent-icton.

The purpose is to consider alternate uses of six school buildings consid-ered for closure.

Schools considered for closure in Penticton are Carmi Elementary School, McNicoll Park Middle School,

Parkway Elementary School and West Bench Elementary School.

In Summerland, Giant’s Head Ele-mentary School and Trout Creek Ele-mentary School are both considered for possible closures.

The school board has not yet decid-ed which schools to close in order to trim its budget. That decision is slated for Monday, March 9.

Bonnie Roller Routley, secretary-treasurer of the school district, said the board would like input on the closures before making its decision.

Once school buildings are closed, the school district may choose to sell them, lease them for long-term or short-term leas-es or keep them unoccupied for a time.

Roller Routley said the maintenance costs of an empty school building have

been factored into the total costs of school closures.

The proposal to close Giant’s Head School and reconfigure the remaining schools in Summerland — Option E on the school district’s list of options — has been projected to save the school district $510,862.

The option to close Trout Creek Elementary School and reconfigure the remaining schools — Option I — was forecast to save $423,882.

The closures have been presented in an attempt to cut costs for the school district.

“Financially, it is becoming more and more difficult to balance the bud-get and still maintain the number of programs and services that we cur-rently offer,” a school district docu-ment from October, 2015 states. “In the next fiscal (school) year, the dis-trict will be required to cut the bud-

get by approximately $1,025,000. Future years will require further budget reduc-tions of a minimum of $750,000 per year, every year until such time as our enrol-ment decline stops.”

The school district has capacity for 7,561 students, but the present enrolment is 5,661 students. Of the 19 schools within the district, 16 are below capacity.

In Summerland alone, there are 465 open classroom spac-es.

While Giant’s Head School is at capacity, Summer-land Secondary School and Summer-land Middle School are both below capac-ity.

School board seeks input for future use of buildings

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School closure optionsOptions considered by the Okanagan Skaha

School Board could result in the closure of one of Summerland’s two elementary schools.

Either closure would affect all remaining Summerland schools.Giant’s Head School option

The proposed closure would see students from Kindergarten to Grade 7 attend school in the Summerland Middle School building or Trout Creek Elementary School, while students in Grades 8 to 12 would attend Summerland Secondary School.

The school, on a two-hectare property, is 3,350 square metres. It was built in 1974 and has received renovations and additions until 1984.Trout Creek School option

Under the Trout Creek closure, students from Kindergarten to Grade 3 would attend Giant’s Head School, students in Grades 4 to 7 would attend Summerland Middle School and students in Grades 8 to 12 would attend Summerland Secondary School.

The school has an area of 2,471 square metres. It occupies a two-hectare property. It was built in 1956 and has undergone renova-tions and additions until 1970.

Preparing foodMohammed Hussam Albetar, Bayan Albetar and Nadya Alsagher, members of Summerland’s first Syrian refugee family, prepare a meal at Summerland United Church on Sunday evening for a fundraising dinner.

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A warm welcomeMembers of the Summerland Refugee Sponsorship Group were at the Penticton Airport on Sunday evening to welcome the Al Sheblaqe family. The Syrian refugee family arrived on Sunday evening. They are the second refugee family in Summerland.

John Arendt

A second family of Syrian refugees arrived in Summerland on Sunday evening.

The family of five are being spon-sored by the Summerland Refugee Sponsorship Group.

Mohammad Ali and Eklas Al She-blaqe have two daughters, Nebal, age eight and Eman, age seven, and a son Eklas, age three. The mother is expecting to give birth to another child in May.

The sponsorship effort began in early December.

At that time, Coun. Doug Holmes held a public meeting to discuss the plight of Syrian refugees and ways the community could respond.

A week later, the refugee sponsorship group met for the first time.

The group consists of 26 members who served on subcommittees to take care of housing, transportation needs and schooling issues for the family.

Earlier this year, the Summer-land United Church sponsored a family of five Syrian refugees. The family arrived in late March.

Holmes said the work done with the first sponsorship effort benefitted the sponsorship group in their endeavours.

“David Sparks and the church have helped us a lot,” he said. “The fact that it was done before made a difference.”

More than nine million Syrians have fled their homes since civil war began in March, 2011.

According to figures released late in 2015, nearly 4.3 million

people are registered as refugees with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Syrian refugee family welcomedArabic phrases

The following are a few basic Arabic phrases to use when speaking with newcomers from Syria who have limited English skills.

Hello ......................... MarhabaWelcome ................... Ahlan wa sahlanHow are you ............. Keef halak or Keefak

(slang) (male)Keef Halik or Keefik (slang) (female)Keef Halkom or Keefkom (slang) (a group, family)

Good morning .......... Sabah il khairGood evening ........... Masa il khairThank you ................. ShokranYou are welcome ...... AfwanPlease ....................... Lao samaht

The municipality of Summerland has received $372,000 from the fed-eral government for its integrated asset management and infrastructure investment plan.

The money comes from the federal Gas Tax Fund.

Linda Tynan, chief administra-tive officer for the municipality, said around $125,000 of the grant funding will go to creating an inventory of assets and infrastructure owned by the municipality, and putting together a funding plan.

Another $50,000 will go to a liquid waste management plan.

The planning will also include a sewer plan and a trails and cycling master plan.

“It’s all about the planning so we can manage these things,” Tynan said.

On Friday, Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, announced more than $73.3 million in funding for 57 capital and capacity

building projects in British Colum-bia.

The projects were selected through the application-based Strategic Prior-ities Funds. A total of 222 applications were received.

“Through the federal Gas Tax Fund, the Government of Canada is allowing communities in B.C., and all across Canada, to make informed decisions about their infrastructure investments and how best to spend federal dollars.

Community officials are best positioned to identify their specific needs, and the federal Gas Tax Fund sup-ports them in making those strategic investments,” Sohi said as he announced the funding in Surrey.

“These 57 projects will contribute to building the strong, inclusive and sustain-able communities Canadians desire to live in.”

“Local governments around B.C. are looking for ways to finance the replacement of aging infrastructure. The federal Gas Tax Fund is provid-ing much needed long-term support for the upgrading of core facilities in our communities,” said Al Richmond, president of the Union of B.C. Muni-cipalities.

Because this money comes from the Gas Tax Fund, the municipality does not have to match the amount received.

Summerland receives funding to create management plans

I was five years old the last time I saw my Dad.

That’s an amazing sentence to write.

I don’t have many clear memories of him but I do remem-ber the last time I saw him.

He picked me up to go to a theme park for my birthday.

We were late and the theme park was closed so we went to McDonald’s.

All I have left is speculation after that.

A few years ago, I decided I need clos-ure on this chapter of my life, so I began to search.

Many times I decided to look for him but I always lost the nerve.

Becoming a father made me realize I needed to follow this through.

I had many ques-tions at the beginning

and most of them started with “Why?”

The hardest one was ‘Why didn’t he maintain contact?’

This mystery has given me many sleepless nights and is a gnawing hole in my heart.

Every time I see a TV show or news story about a family being reunited, I wondered if I would ever be reunited with my Dad.

I started with what I knew about my Dad.

His full name is Michael Peter Mur-phy and he was born and raised in Ontario.

In the early 1970s he moved to Kelow-na and worked as a morning show host at CKOV-AM.

At some point, he loved my Mom enough to marry her and I was born short-ly after.

I have quite a few

pictures of my Dad holding me, feeding me and generally being a good father.

We lived in Kelow-na for a time and then Kamloops, where he was in a local TV show for kids.

Things didn’t work out for my Mom and Michael, they separ-

ated and eventually divorced.

That’s where the details got sketchy.

I was able to piece together that he moved to Regina and took a job at a local radio station.

He met and mar-ried another woman and built a life.

Then I discovered the worst possible news.

My dad passed away in 2005.

So much for clos-ure.

Looking back now, I don’t know that get-ting closure would have been realistic. I don’t think closure is a real thing.

That’s the thing with life, everything that happens to us

makes us who we are.

Right or wrong. We are shaped by our past.

There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of my dad and knowing what I do now doesn’t change that fact.

I really enjoy being a father and my past influences how I par-ent.

I want to be there for my son in a way that wasn’t my real-ity.

I can’t imagine leaving him behind and not being involved in his life.

My dad made a choice when I was five.

While I may not know why, I do know that I would not be able to make the same choice.

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YOUR VIEWS

It was a joyful and emotional time as Summerlanders welcomed the Al Sheblaqe family on Sunday evening.

The family of five Syrian refugees are being sponsored by the Summerland Refugee Sponsorship Group, a commun-ity organization which was formed in December.

The Al Sheblaqe family are the second refugee family to arrive in Summerland in the past year. In March, 2015, the Summerland United Church sponsored the Albetar family.

Sponsorship is a significant undertak-ing. The fundraising alone is significant, with an estimated $30,000 needed for the Al Sheblaqe family.

In addition, refugees arriving here need housing, medical care, language train-ing and the help of an interpreter as they adjust to life in a new country and a new culture.

Sponsorship is a one-year commit-ment, but the transition to Canadian life will likely take much longer than one year.

Language training alone presents a significant challenge, but without the necessary language skills, it is difficult for refugees to find work once the sponsor-ship period has ended.

Transportation needs also present chal-lenges for the family and the sponsoring organization. This is an important element as health care services and provincial and federal government services often involve travel outside the community.

And in addition to those needs and others, the newcomers will need the ongoing support and acceptance of the community as they cope with the many changes they will experience.

The people of Summerland have shown their willingness to support those who are in need. The community’s gener-osity has been impressive.

This generosity must continue as refu-gees adapt to life in a new country and a new culture.

EDITORIALWelcomingrefugees

Looking back now, I don’t know that getting closure would have been realistic. I don’t think clos-ure is a real thing.

From here

Rob Murphy

Lesley Vaisanen

I did not know what to expect when I decided several months ago to travel to Lesvos, Greece.

Like many others, I had been watching stories about refugees struggling to make their way to Europe via a dangerous cross-ing from Turkey to Greece and wanted to do something to help.

Before and after I arrived, I started to contact various agen-cies, both NGO and small independent ones, to see where my services could be used.

One group I had correspondence with, called “I Am You” formed by a Swedish lady, works in one of the refugee camps in an area called Moria.

I joined them and have been spending my days there. At the camp we act as assist-ants to a larger NGO called Danish Refu-gee Council.

Our daily routine starts at 9 a.m. This is when, weather per-mitting, we have the refugees who spend the night in the camp clear out of the huts

to allow for the clean-ers to come in.

We ask if the occu-pants plan to take the ferry that day, if it is running, and see what else we can do to help them out.

Many times this requires the assist-ance of translators. Conversations range from needs of food, clothes, shoes, boat times, etc. But always these end with smiles and thank yous.

The day goes on until 5 p.m.

At times new people come in and need assistance find-ing doctors, huts to warm up in, clothes, tea and more.

The evening is when we bring donated items such as backpacks, shoes, jackets and food to the ferry port to top up their needs.

This is where a lot of hugs, pictures and hopes travel onto Athens for their next leg of the journey towards the Mace-donian border.

At times this bor-der closes for days and people are left out in the cold with very little to no local assistance.

They are full of hope so I can only share the same notion and pray for the best for them and their families.

In the early mor-nings, from 4:30 to 8 a.m., I am at the shores doing what I can to assist with arriv-ing boats. Depending on the weather up to 1,500 people can arrive in one day.

The days are long and we all feel like there is so much more that needs to be done.

We are one big team here and people just do their best to work together; even through the differen-ces no one can over look the purpose of why we are all here.

The locals are of two minds and sadly, the supporters are in the minority. Police are overheard talking how they wish they never came and make little attempt to help even on the shores as they look on.

Corruption is ram-pant with rumours of Turkish coast guards taking pay-ments from smug-glers to ensure “safe” passage. Meaning, if they pay off the

coast guard then they won’t sink boats.

I watched a video of this very act filmed by one of the refu-gees. Two boats sank that day, killing more than 70 people.

This on a calm, perfect day to make the trek.

The Greek side is no better with Mafia standing by at the shores alongside rescuers. They take

the wood out of the boats used for mak-ing them more rigid as well as the motors. These are the same people at many land-ings. Their trucks are full of these items.

The Greek police are right there when they do it as well and Frontex. None of us say a word in fear of what would happen.

There are wonder-ful reunions that hap-

pen at the camps and that is what I try to focus on when I am feeling overwhelmed.

This issue is not an easy one to solve I know, but I still think we can do better.

Fearing these people is a non-issue for me. I fear them no more than any other stranger.

The world will always be full of those who commit hor-

rible acts on others. Thankfully, as I have seen here, there are always more of those who allow love, kind-ness and compassion to rule their lives in spite of that fact.

Lesley Vaisanen of Summerland is working on the Greek island of Lesvos, providing assistance to Syr-ian refugees as they come ashore.

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Distinctive Destination: that heavenly Summer landIt’s Heritage Week in B.C. and to celebrate this year’s theme, Distinctive Destinations: Experience Historic Places, this photo seemed appropriate. Taken around 1890, the first known photograph of Summerland showcased the beautiful landscape that may have inspired the name. “There shall be no grief or gloom in that morning land of bloom, in that heavenly Summer land. O, the Summer land, the beautiful Summer land, There no cloud shall dim the sky in that happy home on high, In that heavenly Summer land.” Excerpt from the Summerland Hymn, often sung at séances.

THE EARLY YEARS

Photo courtesy of the Summerland Museum

Caring for refugees on their journey

Scientific researchMarina Eisner of Summerland, a Grade 6 student at Holy Cross School in Penticton, shows her science fair project, Do Plants Need Fertilizer? Students have been preparing science fair pro-jects for school, district and regional fairs.

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Parker KarnishSpecial to the Review

Around 75 students will participate in Summerland’s district science fair early next month.

Not only will they get to present a project of their choice but they may also get the opportunity to show their work to the region and possibly the country.

The district science fair will be held at Summerland Sec-

ondary School on Wednesday, March 8. The judging begins at 4:30 p.m. The public may view the projects beginning at 7 p.m.

Then the 75 students who continue on past the districts head to the regional science fair in Kelowna at K.L.O. on Satur-day, April 9.

The ones selected by the judges will head to Montreal for the national science fair at McGill University. It will be held on May 14 to 21.

Raja Gupta, one of the teach-ers from Summerland Second-

ary School putting the district fair together said science fairs are important.

“They allow students to learn about following the sci-

entific process and explore the ideas that they are inter-ested in,” he said.

“These sci-ence fairs give stu-

dents opportunities to do their own research and see science as more than just memoriz-

ing facts,” said Shona Becker, another teacher from Summer-land Secondary School organ-izing the fair.

After the national science fair students who have attended one national science fair before may be chosen to represent Canada at the international sci-ence fair.

In past years, students from Summerland Secondary have been sent to Taiwan and Aus-tralia for these fairs.

A researcher studying bobcats and lynx would like photographs of the large cats.

T.J. Gooliaff, a student at UBC Okanagan, is ask-ing for pictures of bobcats and lynx, captured by trail cameras or conventional cameras, from around the province.

“The photos do not have to be great photog-raphy,” he said.

“They just have to show a bobcat or a lynx, or even just a

part of one.”Gooliaff asks those send-

ing the photos to include the date and location of each one. Locations listing the latitude and longitude coordinates are preferred.

If that information is not available, the information should include the name of the nearest road or land-mark, as well as the dis-

tance and direction from that unit.

Photos should be emailed to [email protected].

Lynx have long legs and large snowshoe-like paws, making them well adapted for traveling across deep snow.

They are found in the boreal forests across Can-ada and Alaska, as well

as the mountain ranges extending to Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.

Bobcats are heavier, have small feet, and sink into the snow.

They are found through-out the deserts and grass-lands of the contiguous United States, as well as southern Canada.

Researcher seeks photos of large cats

Students to show work at science fair

Searching for large catsT.J. Gooliaff, a student at UBC Okanagan, is asking the public to send pictures of bobcats and lynx

from around the province. The pictures will be used in a research project on the cats.

“These science fairs give stu-dents opportunities to do their own research and see science as more than just memorizing facts.”

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For reasons I can’t really figure out, I’ve had failure on my mind a lot lately.

It’s not because I feel like a failure, I really don’t, but the thought of it is in there somewhere, ticking away like a little clock I can’t seem to find.

I suspect I’m not alone in this, either. Failure is something that haunts most people, regardless of whether or not you find yourself in the arts, but for the cre-ative types out there, it’s always sitting right there with its friend, doubt, and is always willing to cause grief, whether you’re failing or not.

This is probably because so much about art — the pro-cess that’s used to create it, the hours and hours and hours it takes to create it, the skills you’ve worked on to be able to create it, everything, really — comes from a very personal place for a lot of people.

I don’t write a lot of material that would be considered auto-biographical, but that doesn’t mean I’m not putting everything I have into what I’m creating. You’re also going to hear the word no a lot during your career.

The hardest thing most creative indi-viduals have to do is go through years and years of people say-ing no to them and what’s even harder is realizing that hearing

the word no isn’t fail-ure, you just didn’t reach that person.

Not everything we create speaks to every person out there and that’s a hard thing to deal with for some people, but think about it, not every-body likes the same kind of music or even the same artists if they do like the same kind of music as you and you shouldn’t expect them to.

Most people never truly fail when it comes to art. You might not think you’re doing something that’s any good, especially if commercial success is your goal, but take a look back at what you’ve been doing.

If you’re in the visual arts, look at your first attempts at painting. Don’t go as far back as your

finger painting days, but back to when you decided this was the thing for you.

Odds are, you’re going to be surprised when you look at it and realize how far you’ve come and you’ll walk away impressed at how much you’ve suc-ceeded in getting bet-ter at what you do.

I know I do it all the time, especially when I look back at

things I’ve drawn.Failure is a state of

mind more than it is anything else.

Personally, I think if you’re able to sit down and create something, from beginning to end, you’ve succeeded. Not counting the busi-ness end of things, that’s the hardest part. The commit-ment to sit down and then to see it through to the end means that you’ve found a way to silence the voice of failure long enough to succeed in creating something.

That’s harder than selling a piece of art any day of the week.

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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Health Auxiliary donationVal Carriere, at right, shop convener at the Summerland Health Care Auxiliary, presents a cheque for $3,900 to Tyrion Miskell, office manager for Agur Lake Camp Society. Wess Campbell, president of the auxiliary, and numerous auxiliary volunteers gather for the presentation. Janice Mallory, (front centre) is a dedicated volunteer at the Agur Lake office and patron of the thrift shop. One of the purposes of the auxiliary is to support health care services in the community. Agur Lake Camp Society has a wilderness campground for families with a familial member who faces physical, emotional or mental developmental challenges. The camp, open in the summer months, is located 20 kilometres west of Summerland.

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Both Ministry and school district policy indicate that the Board of Education, as part of its school closure consultations, shall consider alternate potential uses of the facility. The Board will hold this meeting to receive input for alternate uses of the facilities being considered for closure: Carmi Elementary, McNicoll Park Middle, Parkway Elementary, and West Bench Elementary in Penticton and Giant’s Head Elementary and Trout Creek Elementary in Summerland.You are cordially invited to participate in this consultation process either by presentation or a written submission by email of interest in the buildings or properties noted above. Emails must be submitted by February 21 to [email protected] and will be shared with the public. Questions may be directed to Bonnie Roller Routley, Secretary-Treasurer, by email or 250-770-7700, ext. 6104.

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The third week in February has been designated Heritage Week.

This year Canadians are encouraged to celebrate their rich and diverse heritage by commemorating distinctive historic destinations in their communities.

Summerland has many his-toric artifacts and destinations marked and preserved for us.

The Summerland Museum and Heritage Society have pre-served the rich history of our town through the many indoor and outdoor exhibits on display at the museum. For those unable to visit the museum in person, their website features a brief his-tory of Summerland and a photo gallery of these exhibits.

Heritage sites with sign-age in Summerland include, the Priest Camp, Millionaires’ Row, Granite City Wagon Trail, Aeneas Creek, Lower Town, Centennial Trail, Brigade Trail

and Peach Orchard Cemetery.A list of heritage buildings

and trees can be viewed on the District of Summerland’s website. The Bank of Montreal, St. Stephen’s Anglican Church and the Lakeside Presbyterian Church are among those listed.

One popular heritage des-tination to visit is the Trout Creek Bridge on Canyon View Road. It spans the Trout Creek Canyon and was built in 1913, being one of the largest steel girder bridges of its kind in North America.

On the other side of the can-yon is what use to be called the Dominion Experimental farm, which was established in 1914 to assist the fruit industry. Now called the Pacific Agri-Food Research Station, the lawns and gardens are open to the public and are tended by the Friends of the Gardens Society.

Summerland also has several historic parks.

The Priest Camp Historic Park is a 50 acre park on the shores of Garnett Lake. It was

the first non-native settle-ment in the Okanagan Val-ley and was first identified on maps in 1846.

E x t e n d i n g from the Priest Camp to the northern bound-ary of Summer-land is the Oka-

nagan Fur Brigade Linear Park. It was created for Summerland’s Centennial in 2006. This 4.1 kilo-metre linear park follows a trail that is estimated to be 6,000 years old. It was first used by the Interior Salish peoples, who were hunters and gatherers.

Fur traders trekked the Brig-ade Trail through the Okanag-an Valley from 1812 to 1846 and later it became a thoroughfare for miners and cattle drivers heading to the Cariboo Gold Rush, in the 1860’s. This trail also leads to the Lone Tree Lookout, which offers one of the most spectacular views of

Okanagan Lake.Summerland is also

privileged enough to have the only preserved por-

tion of the Kettle Valley Steam Railway. The line was engin-eered by Andrew McCulloch, who was hired to build the 500-kilometre line of rail for the Canadian Pacific Railway. This Coast to Kootenay connection went over and through three mountain ranges.

Historian and author Joe Smuin, will give a talk on the centennial of the Kettle Valley Railway, with a question and answer period to follow, this Saturday at 2 p.m. The presen-tation is being sponsored by the Summerland Heritage Advisory Commission and will be held in the basement of the old library building on Wharton Street.

Some of those who have been long-time residents of Summer-

land or those who grew up here, bemoan the fact that we have lost many of our historic buildings over the years.

The “House on the Hill” and MacDonald School are the two most often mentioned.

While these have been lost, we can treasure those sites we still have and work hard to keep them for future genera-tions.

We in Summerland have many historic places to visit, thanks to the many people who have worked so hard to pre-serve them for our enjoyment.

Heritage Week is a great opportunity for us to celebrate these historic treasures and per-haps take time to visit these special sites.


Buildings and sites reflect heritage

Respecting heritageThe sign at the Okanagan Fur Brigade Trail is one of many showing Summerland’s heritage sites. In addi-tion, a list of heritage buildings and sites can be viewed on the municipality’s website.

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Water and roads were improved during reeve’s time in office

This week, the province of British Columbia celebrates Heritage Week from Feb. 15 to 21.

For the past 29 years, Summerland has chosen a heritage home, a heritage site and a heritage tree.

This year the selected heritage home is the C.J. Thompson home in Prairie Valley. This home is located at the southern end of Had-drell Avenue.

Summerland was incorporated at the end of the year 1906 and Thompson was on our first Council from 1907 until 1914.

Those last two years, Thomp-son served as Reeve (Mayor).

His home was one of the first houses built in Prairie Valley in 1904 to 1905.

The Thompson home is noted for its uniquely shaped roof.

From the founding of Sum-merland in 1902 until 1910, the community’s utilities were developed and upgraded by

Lord Shaughnessy’s Summer-land Development Company.

In 1910 Shaughnessy sold the utilities to the Corporation of the District of Summerland.

A major task of Thompson’s term on council was to con-tinue to improve and expand the road, water and electrical systems.

Summerland was the first municipality in the Okanagan

Valley to have an electrical sys-tem in 1905.

Summerland’s first electric-al system used Shaughnessy Springs in Lowertown as the water supply to power the elec-trical generator.

To improve and expand the electrical system, Thompson’s council considered expanding the sources of water for the electrical generator to include

the water from Prairie Creek and Aeneas Creek.

Water from Prairie Creek was to be stored near the Angli-can Stone Church and Aeneas Creek water stored near the present day Legion.

The 2016 selected Heritage site is the bridge over Aeneas Creek in Garnett Valley. It is located at the southern end of Garnett Valley.

This bridge con-sists of large stones in Aeneas Creek.

It was used by fur traders and gold min-ers from 1826 to 1864. First Nations people used this crossing for thousands of years.

Each year a pen and ink drawing is completed of the selected heritage building and that drawing is posted at the Summerland Museum.

The theme of Brit-ish Columbia’s Herit-age Week is “distinct-ive destinations”.

For Summerland, this selection is an easy task. Summer-land’s Kettle Valley Steam Railway is the most successful and most popular herit-age attraction in the Okanagan Valley.

To celebrate the railway, the Heritage Advis-ory Commission will host railway author and historian Joe Smuin this Saturday. Joe will present the ”History of the Kettle Valley Railway” on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 1:30 at the old Summerland Library basement.

The public are welcome and admission is by donation.

Heritage houseThis year, the C.J, Thompson home in Prairie Valley was selected as Summerland’s heritage home. Each year, Summerland selects a heritage home, a heritage site and a heritage tree. This week is designated as Heritage Week in British Columbia.

Thompson house chosen for heritage value

This week is a con-stituency week, when the House of Com-mons is not sitting after having been in session for the previ-ous two weeks and the house will resume next week for a three-week session until the next constituency week.

For the sake of interest, between now and the House adjourning on June 23 for the summer recess, there will be a total of six constitu-ency weeks and 13 sitting weeks remain-ing.

What happens during a constituency week? Contrary to the opinion of some, a constituency week is not a holiday for MPs or MLAs.

Constituency weeks provide opportunities to meet with local cit-izens as well as other groups and organiza-tions in a member’s home riding.

C o n s t i t u e n c y weeks also provide opportunities for government minis-ters as well as oppos-ition critics to travel into different regions

of Canada to attend similar meetings and in some cases govern-ment may also make announcements rel-evant to certain areas.

As we also learned this week, the gov-ernment may also choose to announce a major policy change during a constituency week as was the case when Prime Minis-ter Trudeau finally announced a new policy on Canada’s mission against the terror group ISIS.

As was promised by the Liberals dur-ing the election and also announced this week, our CF-18 fighters that have been part of the allied air coalition against

ISIS will be with-drawn and returned to Canada.

However these will be the only aircraft withdrawn as our Polaris refuelling and Aurora surveillance aircraft will remain in the region to assist the continued bomb-ing operations by our coalition partners.

In addition the cur-rent 69 members of our armed forces who are on the ground providing training and assistance with bombing activities will be increased almost three fold to 230 soldiers.

Another change is that small arms and related ammunition will also now be pro-vided to Iraqi secur-ity forces along with the deployment of Canadian helicopters to provide medical evacuations.

Over and above these changes, the current humanitarian aid being provided in the region will also be increased.

The total cost of the new mission is estimated to increase as a result up to $1.6

billion in total over the next three years.

My thoughts? It is disappointing the Prime Minister did not make this announce-ment in the House of Commons where the original mission was announced on March 24, 2015.

An announcement in the house allows the opposition to directly question the govern-ment and an oppor-tunity to respond while at the same time also ensures the Prime Minister’s comments are on the official rec-ord.

Why is this import-ant? During his response speech to the current mission announced last year Justin Trudeau, then leader of the third opposition party stat-ed, “We can and we should provide that training far from the front lines.”

In reality, and as confirmed by Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance, our training soldiers will be continue working near the front lines “painting targets” that in turn will be

bombed by our allied coalition partners under the new Lib-eral announced plan.

This also raises another point of con-cern I have.

The fact that Can-ada will continue to provide reconnais-sance aircraft to locate targets, as well as to provide aerial tankers so allied bombers can reach those targets, and finally troops on

the ground to paint the targets to be bombed demonstrates the critical importance of aerial bombing to this mission.

Yet while Canada remains implicitly and actively involved in the bombing of ISIS the withdrawal of our CF-18s in essence suggests we support our allies doing this heavy lifting but no longer stand shoulder

to shoulder carrying an equal load as has always been the Can-adian way. I welcome your thoughts, ques-tions and comments on this or any sub-ject before the House of Commons. I can be reached at [email protected] or toll free at 1-800-665-8711.

Dan Albas is the MP for Okanagan Coquihalla.

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Summerland dentist Mike Abougoush, his father Jamel Abougoush and his uncle Methal Abougoush have donated money and sup-plied a van to help a family of Syrian refugees.

“We’re in a position where we want to give

back,” Mike Abougoush said, reflecting on his family’s journey to Canada from Lebanon.

In 1951, his grandfather left his home coun-try of Lebanon, looking for a place to raise his family.

He came to Lac La Biche, a small commun-ity in northern Alberta, where he set up a barbershop.

In 1953, he brought his wife and six children into the country. Their journey from Lebanon to Canada took two months.

At first, the family lived in a small 28-square-metre shack.

“They had no money and no language skills, but they had an opportunity,” Mike Abougoush said.

His father, Jamel Abougoush became a teacher and later went into business. One of his uncles became a lawyer.

Methal Abougoush is the owner of Boyd Autobody and Glass in Kelowna.

Mike Abougoush said he and his family wanted to help the Syrian refugees who were coming to Summerland.

One family, sponsored by Summerland United Church, arrived in late March.

A family of five, sponsored by the Summer-land Refugee Sponsorship Group, arrived in Summerland on Sunday evening.

“I look at this young family and they remind me of where our roots are from,” Mike Abougoush said.

In addition to the money and donation of a van, Mike Abougoush is providing dental care to the refugee family.

Family donate funds to help Syrian refugees

Providing supportMethal Abougoush, left, Jamel Abougoush and Mike Abougoush donated money and a van to help a family of Syrian refugees.

Painting a pictureEvelyne Turner from Penticton paints a picture of mushrooms. She has been a member of the Pleasure Painters since 1994.

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Conducted by the undisputed heroine of the baton, Maestra Rosemary Thomson, the Oka-nagan Symphony Orchestra’s Masterworks concert featured guest appearances by clarinetist James Campbell and the Okanag-an Youth Symphony Orchestra.

The concert opened with Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 op 72b. and featured excel-lent work in the OSO woodwind and brass sections with some especially tight playing on the timpani by Dominique Bernath. The orchestra ably conveyed the emotional sense of the opera: love, freedom and the strength of human determination.

Next on the program was clarinetist extraordinaire, James Campbell performing Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Op. 74. His musical phrasing illustrated an understanding of the compos-ition’s subtext while executing all virtuoso pyrotechnics with a twinkle in his eye.

After intermission, Campbell

performed Canadian Alan Gilli-land’s jazz concerto Dreaming of the Masters for Clarinet. From low, sweet melodic lines to frenetic vir-tuoso passages, his playing was nothing short of heroic. It was espe-cially gratifying to have a Canadian composition so well received.

The final number for the even-ing, Gershwin’s An American in Paris, was a joint venture with the combined youth and profession-al orchestras. One would think it would be a challenge to keep such a massive ship afloat, but Thomson handled the helm with confidence. Constantly changing key signa-tures, time signatures and complex cross rhythms came off effortlessly — one would never have guessed students were playing.

The enthusiastic standing ova-tion demonstrated the audience’s conviction that the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra hit the mark with its Heroes and Heroines con-cert: an exceptional performance of heroic proportions.

Anita Perry is a Summerland music teacher.

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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. 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 learning 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 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.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] Ryga Festival Society organizers are having an Open House at the Summerland Library on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 2:30 p.m. Come and find out about the Marginal Arts Festival’s music, liter-ary, and performance events planned for this Festival, Sept. 2 to 4, and how to get involved right now. For more information, call 250-494-8533.The Summerland Dance Club will hold a dance on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion. Dance to the music of Destiny. For further information con-tact Ann Ling at 250-494-7168 or Ron Hack at 250-486-6858.

SundayVintage 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 weekly 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] o t h e r- t o - m o t h e r breastfeeding sup-port — the Penticton/Summerland chapter of La Leche League Canada meets on the third and fourth Tuesday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon. Please call 250-494-1894 or email [email protected] for the loca-tion of the meeting. All mothers and babies are welcome. Find out more information visit www.lllc.ca.Penticton 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 [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 at 1:30 pm. Contact Donna at 250-494-4206 for more information.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 cof-fee 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 B.C. Retired Gov-ernment Employees’ Association monthly meeting Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. in the Penticton Library theatre room. Jerome Abraham, executive director of Discovery House, will be the speakerBe.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.The Heritage Advisory Commission meets the third Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m. in Council Chambers of the Municipal Hall. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

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the other volunteers, will as well. Please call Diane, for more informa-tion, at 250-494-5304, or e-mail [email protected] support of anti-bulling week, the Summerland Steam in association with SADI. are going to be selling T-shirts at the Steam games. From Feb.19 to 21 the T-shirts will be available for $10 . Hot dogs and pop are by donation. Please come out and show your support for anti-bulling week.On March 6 at 7:30 p.m., Ballet Kelowna will stage Boundless at Centre Stage Theatre. Tickets will be available at kelownatickets.com.Shoppers Drug Mart in Summerland will host a Digital Mammography Coach Feb. 26 and 27. Appointments can be made by calling 1-800-663-9203.

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SUMMERLANDMinisterial Association

Church Pageanglican church of st. stephen 9311 Prairie Valley Rd. (Stone Church in Summerland)

Sunday Services - 8:30 am & 10 amOffice Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday - 9 am - 1 pm

250-494-3466The Reverend Rick Paulin

www.summeranglican.camodern clean banquet facility available

Julia street coMMunitY church 9918 Julia Street

Worship with us, Sunday at 10:00 amwith Kids Shop during the service

Loving God, Loving PeopleLead Pastor: Rev. Don Huston

250-494-8248 [email protected] Affiliated with the PAOC

suMMerlanD allianceReal Life... Right Now!Morning Worship: 10:00amChildren's Church & Nursery

Be.Free Christ-centered 12-Step: Wed. @ 7 pmPastor: Rev. Rick Gay

Church Office: 250-494-9975

suMMerlanD baptist10318 Elliott Street

Two Services each Sunday 9:00am & 11:00amSBC Kids In Both ServicesLead Pastor: Larry Schram

Associate Pastor: Del Riemer

For info or help call 250-494-3881

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Minister: Rev. Armand Houle

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The Summerland Steam fin-ished the weekend with a win and a loss in Junior B hockey action.

On Saturday, the Steam shut out the North Okanagan Knights 3-0.

The game was held at the Nor-Val Centre in Armstrong.

After a scoreless first period, Jack Mills scored for the Steam at 14:28 in the second period. Paul-sen Lautard and Braden Eliuk assisted.

With six seconds left in the period, Josh Pilon scored, with assists from Cole Williams and Jack Mills.

In the third period, Keenan Scott scored on a power play, with assists by Mills and Lautard.

On Valentine’s Day, the Steam lost a home game to the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in a 4-3 deci-sion.

Beaver Valley opened the first period with two goals.

Calvin Hadley of the Steam then scored on a power play at 10:27. Michael McEachern and Josh Pilon had the assists.

The second period was score-less.

In the third period, the Steam struggled to catch up.

At 4:21, Jarrett Malchow scored for the Steam on a power play. Williams and Mills assist-ed.

The final goal came at 1:45 when Lautard scored for the Steam, with assists by Adam Jones and Hadley.

The Steam will host the Princet-on Posse on Friday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

On Feb. 20, the Steam will trav-el to Armstrong to face the North Okanagan Knights. The game begins at 7:30 p.m.

The final regular season game for the Steam is on Sunday, Feb. 21 when they play the visiting North Okanagan Knights.

The game will begin at 2 p.m.At present, the Steam have 31

wins, 16 losses and two overtime losses in regular season play. This puts the Summerland team in second place in the Okanag-an/Shuswap Conference: Oka-nagan Division in the Koote-nay International Junior Hockey League.

Has this happened to you?

You hear a close friend has the chicken pox and you sudden-ly get itchy.

You’re stressed out for a presentation or exam and you start sweating and your heart races.

Someone you have a crush on walks into the room and your face goes beet red?

These are all exam-ples of psychosomat-ic responses which is the interaction of the mind and body.

Science now recog-

nizes how the mind works seamlessly with the body.

We don’t even have to think about breathing, the body takes care of it.

However, if you decide to slow your breathing down, your body responds immediately and you accomplish this task. If you ask your body to lift up your right arm, you can see your arm responding to this command as your arm lifts. There is no debate.

However, if see-

ing is believing, it’s no wonder why it’s difficult to fathom that our thoughts and demands could impact our internal physiology that we cannot see.

Researchers are studying how through the use of meditation, guided imagery and consciously focus-ing on specific areas, subjects are able to change their brain waves, brain chem-istry, and ultimately measurable physical results are occurring.

The placebo effect is a phenomenon that was coined in 1950.

Defined as “a beneficial effect in a patient following a particular treatment that arises from the patient’s expectations concerning the treat-ment rather than from the treatment itself.”

Psychology Today explains, “the pla-cebo effect is no small or insignificant statis-tical aberration.

Estimates of the placebo cure rate range from a low of 15 per cent to a high of 72 per cent. The longer the period of treatment and the larger the number of physician visits, the

greater the placebo effect.”

The placebo effect makes it more diffi-cult for pharmaceut-ical companies to prove their effective-ness.

For example, if during testing a drug is found to be 70 per cent effective, yet the placebo effect is measured to be 35 per cent, the actual drug effectiveness is no more power-ful than the placebo effect – the power of the subjects mind and expectation.

Harvard Health Publications states, “more important is the growing recog-nition that what we call the placebo effect may involve changes in brain chemistry

— and that the pla-cebo effect may be an integral part of good medical care and an ally that should be embraced by doctors and patients alike.”

What should we take home from these findings?

o Stay positiveo Get the support

you need from your

doctoro Find treatments

you believe ino Know that what

you think and feel matters

o Try new tech-niques like Guided Imagery, Meditation, Yoga, or simply try to be more aware of your own mindbody connection and be present in your daily activities

o Great reads - Biology of Belief by Bruce H. Lipton PhD. You Are the Placebo by Dr. Joe Dispenza.

Joanne Malar is the program coordin-ator for Summerland Recreation, three-time Olympic swim-mer, 2012 Olympic Commentator, kin-esiologist and holis-tic nutritionist.

CurlingSummerland Curling Club

Feb. 8 to 12Monday morning senior men: Paul Martin

defeated Warren Parker, Paul Cowen defeated Eric Johnson, Dale Abrey defeated Hector Cartier, Stan Green defeated Bob Ezart.

Monday evening men: Stan Green defeated Don Lawrence, Dale Abrey defeated Mike Rudniski, Rob Robinson defeated Gary Wing-erak, Rick Drewnisz defeated Steve Clement.

Tuesday morning mixed: Ev Gillespie defeated Bob Ezart, Marilyn Cahoon defeated Barb Ezart, Hector Cartier defeated Bill Pen-man, Jerry Lidin defeated John Nicolson.

Tuesday evening ladies: Diana Leitch defeated Bev Skinner, Jodie Brennan defeated Jackie Clement, Judy Beck defeated Wendi Archer, Lil Blashko defeated Gail Ostaficiuk.

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

Wednesday evening men: Gary Wing-erak defeated Rick Drewnisz, Doug Campbell defeated Bruce Dacre, Glen Brennan defeated Louis Costa, Ken Rae defeated John Fitzger-ald.

Thursday morning ladies: Marilyn Cahoon defeated RoseMarie Fenrich, Ev Gillespie defeated Barb Ezart.

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

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

Friday late evening: Arnie Young defeated Ian Rogers, Armand Houle defeated Brian Harris, Steve Penich defeated Cliff Last, Brian Budzinski defeated Linda Whittome.

Tip of the week: When it is the skips turn to deliver their stone usually the third holds the broom in the house.

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

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Housing Minister Rich Coleman was flabbergasted at the angry response to his solution to the Victoria courthouse “tent city,” the latest tarp-covered camp to spring up in southern B.C.

C o l e m a n announced two tem-porary shelters with three meals a day and medical supports. One is a former nurs-ing home close to the courthouse squat, conveniently located near panhandling and drug dealing spots as well as taxpayer-funded services. The other offers indoor or outdoor tent space at a former youth cus-tody centre, with a dedicated downtown shuttle bus so these “victims” of “home-lessness” don’t have to endure B.C.’s most generous transit bus system.

We weren’t con-sulted, said the indig-nant spokespeople for those bringing new-looking tents to take advantage of food and other hand-outs, offered in B.C.’s warmest climate by the province’s most naïve local govern-ment.

But this was just a show for the media by our resident pro-fessional protesters,

some of whom aren’t really “homeless.”

After the reac-tion, which Cole-man described as “bizarre,” the com-bined 88 housing opportunities are being snapped up. Those on welfare will have to fork over their $375 monthly hous-ing allowance, as the province continues to convert more hous-ing and offer more rent subsidies.

It’s no wonder that southern B.C. is the destination of choice. Coleman said it’s always been a seasonal thing, but this winter has been the highest in a decade, largely due to an exodus of economic migrants from the downturn in Alberta, naturally heading for B.C.’s most desirable real estate.

I asked him about two other homeless hotspots. In Abbots-ford, campers have ignored a city dead-line to take down structures in a three-year-old camp, after temporary shelter and costly provin-cial supports were brought on. A court-room and street con-frontation looms with self-styled “drug war survivors” and their Vancouver legal help.

In Maple Ridge, a

tent camp sprang up next to the local Sal-vation Army shelter, with people cycling through the shelter’s 15-day limit, camping and being fed until they could go back in.

Mayor Nicole Read, who has worked in Vancouver’s Down-town Eastside, said Maple Ridge took on its own outreach, shelter and housing effort because the province’s $1 mil-lion-a-year Salvation Army operation isn’t working.

Coleman is not amused. He said he’s had no complaints about Abbotsford’s Salvation Army shel-ter, and Read is the only one griping. And no mayor is going to tell him how to spend provincial dollars. Maple Ridge now has two shelters with accompanying

street drugs, prostitu-tion and crime.

I asked Coleman about the 10-year-study led by Simon Fraser University researcher Julian Som-ers on the housing, outreach and services in Vancouver’s Down-town Eastside. This is the heart of B.C.’s “housing first” strat-egy, where the prov-ince has bought and renovated 30 “single room occupancy” buildings, built another dozen and poured in every pos-sible support, includ-ing the buyout of high-living executives at the Portland Hotel Society.

The study found that the hardest cases are worse off than ever, based on court, hospital and other service records, while the influx to the notorious Vancouver drug ghetto have tri-pled in 10 years.

“I haven’t had a chance to go over that report yet, but I disagree with the assumption I’ve heard already, because I walk the Downtown East-side,” Coleman said. “I don’t know if they do every few weeks to a month, but I’ve been doing it for about nine or 10 years and I can tell you it’s a whole lot better down there.”

The question is whether problems are being solved, or just better hidden

from view.Tom Fletcher

is B.C. legislature reporter and colum-

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Children grow and develop their person-alities in various ways. While many youngsters are teased or receive some good-natured ribbing at some point in their school careers, some teasing can eventually turn into bullying.The National Edu-cation Association estimates that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. Fur-thermore, more than 70 percent of students report incidents of bul-lying at their schools. Although children in lower grades have reported being in more fi ghts than those in higher grades, there is a higher rate of violent crimes in middle and high schools than in elementary schools. According to the asso-ciation Make Beats Not Beat Downs, harass-ment and bullying have been linked to 75 per-cent of school shooting incidents.Bullying can take many forms, and learning the warning signs as a parent can help pre-vent harassment and potentially dangerous situations.

Verbal: If your child reports being called names, being the recip-ient of racist, sexist or

homophobic jokes, or being spoken to in an offensive or suggestive way, this can be a form of verbal bullying. Cyber: Social media, email and text messag-ing has become a way for bullies to spread malicious messages or photos. In the era of digital media, this type of bullying has increased considerably.

Physical: Some bullies engage in physical at-tacks, including hitting, kicking, spitting, or other forms of physical confrontation. Destroy-ing personal prop-erty also is considered physical bullying.

Indirect: Gossiping and spreading nasty rumours about a per-son is another form of bullying. This type of bullying may go hand-in-hand with cyber bullying.Signs your child is be-ing bulliedParents can recognize certain signs that their child is being bul-lied at school. Bullied children frequently make excuses to avoid going to school. While the desire to stay home is something many children may express, those who are bullied may do so much more frequently. Bullied children tend to avoid certain places and may

be sad, angry, with-drawn, or depressed. They may have trouble sleeping or experience changes in appetite, and bullied youngsters’ academic performance may suffer. Also, par-ents may notice that children return from school missing some of their belongings.

Signs your child is the bullyParents may not want to imagine their chil-dren bullying other students, but bullies do exist. Children who bully other kids have strong needs for power and nega-tive dominance. They may fi nd satisfaction in causing suffering to others. Some signs that your child may be a bully include:

• easily becoming violent with others• having friends who

bully others• blaming others quickly• comes home with belongings that do not belong to him or her• getting in trouble with teachers or school administrators• picking on siblings• not accepting responsibility for actions

There are ways parents can teach their chil-dren to act properly

when faced with a bul-

ly. First, parents should

explain that bullying

is not the child’s fault

and he or she does not

deserve to be picked

on. Next, parents can

let children know that

being assertive but not

violent with bullies

may diffuse the situ-

ation, as some bullies

thrive on the fear of

their victims. If

the bullying

behaviour

continues,

the student

should speak to an

adult or authority

fi gure.

Parents of bullies

may need to be

especially mindful

of their children’s

behaviour. Counsel-

ling could be necessary

to determine what

is compelling kids to

bully other students.

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