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Skating with the Canucks

A Summerland Pee Wee hockey player recently had the opportunity to skate with the Van-couver Canucks.

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Increased risk for wildfires

Warm and dry conditions have resulted in an increased risk of wildfires.

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Fan support for band

A Summerland band received strong fan support at a recent competi-tion.

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Steam roster to change

The Summerland Steam will have some new players on the roster when the Junior B hockey season begins in fall.

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Cornett-Ching to compete for entire ARCA Racing season

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Racing driver Sarah Cornett-Ching of Summerland will compete in the full ARCA Racing season this year.

Last month, Cor-nett-Ching, 23, com-peted at the 3.2-kilo-metre Daytona track in Florida, in the

Daytona 200 stock car race.

“When we announced in Dayto-na that we would run multiple races with her, we didn’t believe the full season was an option due to fund-ing,” said Tony Blan-chard, owner of RACE 101 management.

“The right oppor-tunity developed and we are ready to tackle the full schedule.”

The full schedule has 20 races on a

variety of tracks and courses.

On Saturday, she competed in Mobile, Ala.

Early in the race, Cornett-Ching’s car was damaged after contact with another racer.

“With no out-side wall in the cor-ners I slid down an embankment,” she said. “It took three attempts to get back up to the track because the ground

was so wet from rain the days before. I could hear the crowd from inside the car when I finally made it back on track.”

Despite the set-back, she completed the race, finishing 14th.

“I am impressed by Sarah’s calmness in the car,” Blanchard said. “Her demean-our allowed her to lis-ten and try different techniques behind the wheel that helped the

handling of a dam-aged race car.”

Blanchard looks forward to Cornett-Ching’s racing season this year.

“Sarah is ready for the challenge,” he said.

“The team has been to these race tracks, and everyone here is determined as she is to support her success.”

Cornett-Ching has been racing since she was 12. She would

like to compete at the top level of Nascar, the National Asso-ciation for Stock Car Auto Racing, in the future.

She said the ARCA circuit will be a new experience for her.

“This whole year is going to be a huge learning curve for me, its a new style of car different from what I’m used to racing,” she said.

Driver races full seasonBehind the wheelSarah Cornett-Ching of Summerland will compete in the entire ARCA Racing season for this year. On the weekend, Cornett-Ching competed in Mobile, Ala., finishing in 14th place.

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Photo courtesy of ARCA Racing

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Steve KiddBlack Press

The Okanagan Skaha School District is planning to let local MLAs that Premier Christy Clark know she is wrong about there being any “low-hanging fruit” left in their budget.

On March 9, the board of trustees approved sending a letter to Pentic-ton MLA Dan Ash-ton and Boundary Similkameen MLA Linda Larson along with the ministers of finance and educa-tion, laying out the measures already taken in previous years to cut the local education budget.

The provincial

budget included funding to cover col-lective agreements negotiated with teachers last year, but also directed the 60 school districts in B.C. to slash $29 million this year and $25 million next year from their budgets for administration and related services.

“It’s low-hanging fruit and I know that they’ll be able to find it,” Premier Christy Clark told report-ers at a post-budget press conference.

The B.C. School Trustees Associa-tion requested each school district meet with their local MLAs to put pressure on the province to increase funding for schools.

Chair Linda Van Alphen noted that the board met with the MLAs prior to the BCSTA request and sent much the same message.

“One thing we say often and loud-ly is that we want fair and predict-able funding for the education system,” said Van Alphen. The board decided that a letter showing work already done would be more effec-tive, since they were unlikely to be able to arrange a meeting in the near future.

“We have done all kinds of things to create efficiencies in our district,” said trustee Julie Plan-iden. “To me this

means we need to get that down and then present that to our MLA, so they are not talking about that you haven’t picked all the, quote, ‘low-hanging fruit.’”

S u p e r i n t e n -dent Wendy Hyer described it as the province giving on one hand, but taking away on the other.

“We have made cuts every year I was here,” said Hyer. “Over the last years we have eliminated administrative posi-tions, we’ve reduced clerical hours, we’ve reduced custodial hours.

“To suggest that we haven’t cut the low-hanging fruit is an insult.”

School trustees say no room to make cuts

Continued from Page 1“Every track we

will compete on will be new, and my crew, crew chief and spot-ter are new.”

She added that the racing series is a higher profile than her past experiences and the cars are heav-ier and more power-ful.

“Racing in the ARCA series is a huge step in my racing career. With half the races televised it gives me the oppor-

tunity to show what I can do on a much l a r g e r s c a l e , ” she said.

“I am r e a l l y l o o k i n g forward to run-ning the w h o l e s e a -son with ARCA and gaining experience at tracks that the top level NASCAR series race on.”

Cornett-Ching’s

next competition is in Nashville, Tenn.

in April. Before this event, she must get her damaged car repaired, prepare back-up cars, redesign the team office and

work on public rela-tions activities.

Cornett-Ching has also been working on fundraising for her race efforts.

In 2013, she was given the opportun-ity to race in Day-tona, but could not compete because she did not have the necessary funding.

She spent the past year working as a welder in Saskatch-ewan and Dawson Creek, B.C. to raise money for racing.

“This whole year is going to be a huge learning curve for me, its a new style of car different from what I’m used to racing.”

Sarah Cornett-Ching

Cornett-Ching prepares for competition in April

Damaged carSummerland race driver Sarah Cornett-Ching suffered a setback on Saturday after her car was in contact with another driver on the Mobile, Ala. course.

Banner workJessica Lewis, 15, works on one of the many street banners. The ban-ner project is an initiative of the Summerland Community Arts Council. Banners will be displayed around the community later this spring.

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With tempera-tures well above sea-sonal norms, the risk of grass fires in the area is higher than usual.

“We are experi-encing above normal conditions,” said Kayla Pepper, com-munications officer with the Kamloops Fire Centre.

“For March, it’s unseasonably dry. These are conditions we’d normally be seeing in April.”

The regional fire centre manages wildland firefight-ing efforts in the Thompson-Okana-gan region.

She added that the unusually warm and dry weather now should not be seen

as an indicator of a significant fire season this summer.

“It’s difficult to predict what the fire season will look like,” she said, add-ing that wet weather in June could reduce the risk of fires later in the summer.

The dry condi-tions at present are a concern because the new green vegetation has not yet started to grow.

Rob Robinson of the Summerland Fire Department said residents need to consider the weather conditions, especial-ly during open burn-ing.

“People need to do their due diligence,” he said.

The open burn-ing season continues

until April 15. Those who are

burning yard wastes or agricultural wastes must check the venting index in advance.

Fire safety regula-tions are also avail-able on the bcwild-fire.ca website.

In addition to safety around open burning, Robin-son urges residents to keep their yards clear of pine needles and tall grasses in order to minimize their risk.

The fire risk was high last summer and Giant’s Head Park was temporar-ily closed to vehic-ular traffic in an attempt to reduce the risk.

While conditions have been dry in

Summerland, the latest snow mea-surements, taken on March 1, show the snow pack at Sum-merland Reservoir is

at 100 per cent of the normal level while at Isintok Lake the snow pack is at 94 per cent of the nor-mal level.

Chamber directorsThe Summerland Chamber of Commerce directors were sworn in at the chamber’s annual general meeting on March 10. From left are Jason Embree of Good Omens Coffee House, Erick Thompson of ET2media, Michael Hughes of Ripley Stainless Ltd., Christine Coletta of Okanagan Crush Pad, Kelly Marshall of Summerland Credit Union and Robert Hacking of Bad Robot Computers. Missing is Kelsey Van Alphen of Alder Street Auto Body. Thompson, Hughes and Hacking are new to the board, while Van Alphen will return for another term. The rest of the board members have one year remaining in their two-year terms.

Wildfire risk increases

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The new Summer-land library branch is expected to open its doors this summer.

The new build-ing, on Main Street at Kelly Avenue, will be more than twice the size of the exist-ing library building on Wharton Street.

The new facility will have an area of 743 square metres.

Earlier, officials with the Okanagan Regional Library had hoped to open the

facility in June, but a setback earlier in the winter has pushed back the timeline.

“We experienced a delay over the Christ-mas period,” said Stephanie Hall, CEO of the regional library system.

The need for a new Summerland library has been identi-fied for many years. The existing library space on Wharton Street is 316 square metres, less than half

the size determined by library system to serve the community.

The new building will be owned by the regional library and all construction costs are paid by the library. Under the library sys-tem’s agreement with Summerland, the cost of furnishings inside will be paid by the municipality.

“I think it’s going to help to revitalize Main Street,” Hall said of the new facility.

Summer opening expected for library

Playing golfKelly Dunn putts during a golf game at the Summerland Golf and Country Club. Golfers have been enjoying the unseasonably warm weather as they begin their season.

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VICTORIA – The annual ritual of declaring a crisis in health care is upon us, with the B.C. Liberal government boasting that we have the best system in Canada, while the NDP and the B.C. Nurses’ Union try to portray it as the worst.

The BCNU is the last big public sector union still to settle in the latest round of contract talks.

Feeding horror stories to the media is part of its strategy, and this time it was a patient at Abbotsford Hospital assigned a bed in a small shower room for a month due to chronic over-crowding.

Hospital officials said his care wasn’t compromised.

We’ve seen it in Abbotsford, Surrey and elsewhere: a new hospital or expan-sion is built and is immediately over-crowded.

We are reminded every winter that influenza season brings a wave of

people into emer-gency, expecting treatment for a viral infection that in most cases can only run its course.

Many people still don’t understand what “the flu” is, beyond the notion that it sounds serious enough to tell the boss you won’t be in to work.

And as fewer doc-tors choose the end-less demands of family practice, the expectation that all problems must be dealt with quickly and for free seems to grow as inexorably as the health care budget.

An emergency

physician of my acquaintance provid-ed a typical scenario for night shift at the ER.

Where once nights were quiet, now there are patients waiting for hours, around the clock.

Several are drunk, and one has urinated on the floor.

Surveys show as many as half of ER visits are alcohol-related, from over-doses to fights, falls, car crashes and chronic conditions.

Into this chaos comes a mother with her young child, who has nasal and chest congestion.

The child’s cough led her to throw up, so off to ER they went, blithely assum-ing that this is where you bring a kid with a cold.

This week’s B.C. budget brings us a step closer to the moment when half of all provincial rev-enues go to keep the health care system running.

In the legisla-ture, NDP health

critic Judy Darcy blasted Health Min-ister Terry Lake for the government’s failure to keep its 2010 promise to find everyone in B.C. a family doctor.

Lake allowed they’re still work-ing on that, and then plugged the latest Conference Board of Canada study showing B.C. ranks third in the world in health care out-comes, second only to Switzerland and Sweden.

Darcy, a former president of the Hospital Employees’ Union, was quick to respond: “This is surely a first in ques-tion period, the Min-ister of Health going back to the record of the NDP govern-ment in the 1990s, because we’ve had the best health out-comes in Canada since 1993. The fact is that we exercise more, we smoke less and we drink less, and that’s to the credit of British Col-umbians.”

We also have more

elderly people, as Premier Christy Clark argued in 2011 when the fed-eral government changed its finan-cing formula.

After years of increasing transfers by six per cent per year, the late federal finance minister Jim Flaherty announced that starting in 2014, increases would be tied to economic growth, but wouldn’t fall below three per cent.

This of course was treated as a cut, rather than continued increases above infla-tion.

But there it is, and all provinces have to deal with it.

Darcy is quite right that personal responsibility is the key, something to remember as the usual squabbling of special interests con-tinues.

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

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Summerland racing driver Sarah Cornett-Ching will compete in the ARCA Racing season this year.

The 23-year-old driver has been racing since she was 12, beginning at the Penticton Speedway. Her goal is to compete at the top level of Nascar, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.

There are 20 races on the ARCA circuit this year.

This prestigious agreement speaks highly of Cornett-Ching’s ability in auto racing. She has spent years learning the skills necessary to compete with some of the best race drivers.

Reaching this level has taken plenty of hard work, dedication and determination.

It has also taken plenty of money.Two years ago, Cornett-Ching was

given the opportunity to race in the pres-tigious Daytona 200 stock car race, but was not able to compete because of a lack of funding.

Since then, she has worked as a weld-er in order to raise money for her racing and earlier this year, she was able to compete on the Daytona track in Florida. In addition to her own efforts, she also set up an online donation campaign, with the goal of raising $16,000.

Cornett-Ching’s challenges are not unique to her sport. Other top-level Summerland competitors, including Olympic bobsleigh athlete Justin Kripps and former Olympic skier Kristi Richards have had similar stories.

Each of them have had to spend years in training, as well as efforts in promotions and fundraising efforts in order to reach their levels of competition.

Sport activities are seldom cheap and never easy, especially for those who are competing at the national or international levels.

Success stories such as Cornett-Ching’s recent contract are inspiring and encouraging, but it is important to remem-ber they do not happen effortlessly.

The opportunity to compete at a high level is the culmination of years of prep-aration.

EDITORIALThe cost of sport

Mud and stuffWhether it’s floating homemade boats, watching interesting bugs doing the backstroke, trying to catch frogs that stay one jump ahead of you or experiencing that wonder-fully squishy feeling of soft mud between the toes, there’s always something fascinating about mud puddles. In the spring of 1950 these three found lots of ways to have fun and get a little dirty where an irrigation ditch flowed across a tractor trail in the Tait orchard in Trout Creek. In all probability they spent hours outside and had to be hosed down before they were allowed into the house for supper. Kids, it’s Spring Break! Why not get outside and discover a good old-fashioned mud puddle?

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THE EARLY YEARS

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Legion received generous support

Dear Editor:To whoever took

the hockey net from 6407 Simpson Rd.: The net was at the end of our driveway to mark the location of a wind up party for my son’s minor hockey team.

I have two kids in hockey, one who is still practicing for her

provincial champion-ships next week. She would really like to have her net back.

If you took it because you thought it was for give away, it wasn’t and the kids would really appre-ciate if you would return the net.

Sandy AchesonSummerland

Dear Editor:We extend a huge

thank you to the mer-chants and business-es in Summerland and Penticton who contributed the most amazing prizes for

the Legion Funspiel 2015.

We were blown away by the gener-osity shown to us as we made our way around town asking for donations.

I had an encounter this week that really made me stop and think.

I asked a local business if they could manage a donation and they said yes.

When I returned to pick it up they said they had had second thoughts and would be contributing to a more worthy cause, one that involves local children.

To be honest I was quite confused and I told her the Summer-land Legion couldn’t be a more perfect choice.

I went on to explain that the Summerland

Legion donates bur-saries for students, supports the Cadets, Scouts, Girl Guides, sponsors local sports teams and hosts the annual Children’s Christmas party.

The Legion sup-ports the Food Bank, the Regional Hospital and numerous Fund-raisers.

They also offer affordable hall rental to many groups and families.

And all this, in addition to provid-ing aid to veterans and hosting Remem-brance and VE Day celebrations.

This person had no idea how important the Legion is to her community.

It occurred to me that if she didn’t know how valuable the Legion is maybe others didn’t either.

The Legion is a vital part of Sum-merland and they would benefit great-ly from new mem-bers.

Anybody can join so we urge you to consider filling out a membership.

It’s a wonderful organization.Jennifer Flanders-Rose

Summerland

Hockey net was taken

Banner paintingMary Nightingale, 14 years old, paints a street banner at the Summerland Art Gallery. The banners will be displayed around the community later this spring. /summerlandreview

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Supporting the DARE programOrv Robson of the Summerland Rotary Club presents a cheque to Cst. Janice Marsh, DARE coordinator with the Sum-merland RCMP detachment. The DARE program is a school-based drug prevention program, taught to Grade 5 students. Police officers provide information and social skills training to assist students in living drug- and violence-free.

Contest winner gives prize to sick friend

Carla McLeodSpecial to the

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Every young hock-ey player’s dream would be to skate with the profession-als.

Twelve-year-old Jack Edwards of Summerland found a way to make this dream come true for his friend, 11-year-old Brett Cerutti.

Both boys play minor hockey on Summerland Pee Wee teams.

Jack’s mom Karen Edwards told him he could enter a contest that the Vancouver Canucks and Save-on-Foods were pre-senting called Every Kids Dream. The con-test was open to B.C. Minor Hockey play-ers between the ages of eight and 13.

At every Vancou-ver Canucks home game, one lucky win-ner would lead the Canucks in their pre-game skate and stand with the players along the blue-line for the singing of the national anthem.

The winner and a guest would then be able to watch the rest of the game from their complementary seats.

Jack decided to enter the contest by writing a letter.

“My friend Brett was in Children’s Hospital at the time, and I was thinking about him every day,” explained Jack. “The letter basically

said that if I won, I would want him to take my place and be the winner.”

It was a couple of weeks before Jack heard anything back.

“I remember that afternoon like the back of my hand,” he said. “I was sitting in a chair eating tacos, watching America’s Funniest Videos. My dad started to film on his phone, so I knew something was up. Then my mom said that I had won the contest. I was pretty much overwhelmed.”

There was some doubt at first as to which of the boys would actually have the on ice experience.

The organizers of the event had to be

convinced that Brett was well enough to skate and was also a minor hockey player.

“In the beginning they just wanted Jack to go on the ice and not Brett,” explained Karen. “I said there was no way that was going to happen, because Jack didn’t write the letter with that intention. He wanted it for Brett.”

After much com-municating back and forth between Karen and the organ-izer, a plan started to unfold. Brett would be the one to skate. It would be a surprise for him and the cam-eras would be there to capture the moment.

“It was really hard to keep the secret for that long,” said Jack.

Brett’s mom, Cha-

rene Cerutti was also in on the plan.

“I brought Brett’s equipment over to Karen’s house the night before,” she explained. “They put it in Jack’s bag, so it would look like it was Jack’s stuff.”

She said that her son was excited to be going on a road trip and to be going to a Canucks game.

She was a little nerv-ous as to how he was going to react once the cameras were rolling and the sur-prise was revealed.

Jack happily relat-ed how the rest of the story unfolded.

“I had my hockey bag, filled with Brett’s gear,” he said. “We met at gate 16, where there was a hallway of famous dudes. We

were immediately taken in where it’s really comfy. We were sitting on the couches when two camera guys came out. Then I told Brett that he was going to be skat-ing with the Canucks instead of me. He asked where his gear was and I said it was in my bag!”

Jack described the experience as “heart-warming.” “Brett was smiling, so I was smil-ing too, because smil-ing is contagious,” he said.

Brett said hav-ing a friend like Jack was “awesome.” He explained that he had thought he was going along to just watch the game and then he ended up on the ice skating with the Can-ucks.

“It was like a dream,” he said.

Charene thought what Jack had done for her son Brett was amazing. “When it comes to the Canucks it really is every boy’s dream, so to give that up was really a big thing,” she said. “Jack is such a kind boy.”

Jack’s mom Karen agreed. “He wanted to do that for Brett. It’s amazing. He’s melted my heart,” she said.

Pee Wee player skates with Canucks

Hockey stickBrett Cerutti, 11, at left and Jack Edwards, 12, hold one of the hockey sticks they each received in the mail. The sticks are signed by all of the Vancouver Canucks.

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The District of Summerland is looking for a variety of representatives from the local community to serve as volunteer members of a Council Task Force on Community Culture.The mandate of the Task Force is to develop a Community Cultural Plan for Summerland within 12 months.The Task Force will be a working group and members will need to devote an appropriate amount of time to complete the task. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:• reviewing and analyzing documentation, written submissions, verbal presentations, and other public input.• arranging and attending face-to-face meetings, open houses and other community engagement events• identifying areas of need, setting priorities, and drafting a comprehensive “Community Cultural Plan” document

for presentation to Council. The selection of candidates will be determined by Council who will seek to balance various areas of expertise and involvement in Summerland’s cultural community.Candidates are asked to submit a letter of application summarizing their background experience, interests and availability, along with any additional information that will assist in the selection process to Karen Jones by email [email protected], fax 250-494-1415 or delivered to Municipal Hall, 13211 Henry Avenue, Box 159 Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0 by March 31, 2015.If you have any questions regarding the Task Force please contact Ian McIntosh at 250-494-6451

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When Erick Thompson of Sum-merland takes to the stage at Orchard House Theatre next month, it will not be in his role as an emcee.

Instead, the former broadcaster will host a multimedia show, Not Trying to be Funny, which fetters

a mix of stories, m u s i c and pic-tures.

I n a d d i -tion, the s h o w w i l l include i n t e r -views with three

guests, selected at random from the audience.

“This is a live talk show on the stage,” he said. “It was inspired by a friend whose tough-luck stories always make me laugh. He often says, ‘I’m not try-ing to be funny,’ but I find his delivery

hilarious. You can’t make this stuff up. As a reporter, I stuck to a script. This is my opportunity to be myself and say what I really think.”

The promotional posters for the show state that it includes some coarse language and is not intended for people who are

easily offended.Thompson said

the language in the show will be the way people talk normally.

While Thompson is talking, the Tavis Wier Group will pro-vide musical accom-paniment.

The band will also perform three origin-al songs in the first

part of the 70-minute program.

After an intermis-sion, the band will perform a full set of music.

Thompson said he has emceed for many years, but in that role he was not able to speak his mind.

Thompson is a for-mer television news

anchor and reporter. He has also emceed in British Columbia and Ontario for more than 20 years. He co-owns ET2media with his wife Erin Trainer.

Tickets for Not Try-ing to be Funny are available in advance at The Grooveyard, 239 Main St., Pentic-ton.

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Silent Alarm named fan favourite bandA Summerland

band has received fan support in a regional music competition.

Silent Alarm was named the fan favourite in the Off the Charts band com-petition.

The band con-sists of Kohl Finlay-son on guitar and keyboards, Daniel Raitt on lead guitar and vocals, Robin Andrews on bass and Adam Gamblen on drums.

They have been playing together since October, 2012.

While the judges selected a Kelowna-based band as the winner of the com-petition, Raitt was pleased to receive the strong support from the fans.

“It was a really good place for us,” he said.

“We have lots of support from the community.”

Gamblen and Raitt had been playing jazz together for several years before forming Silent Alarm.

They were then joined by Finlayson and later Andrews.

Their music was

influenced by clas-sic rock bands and a sound Raitt described as “party music.”

He has also been listening to and learn-

ing from more con-temporary Canadian bands.

Silent Alarm has performed at numer-ous concerts and fes-tivals in Summerland

and the surrounding area.

Raitt said the band will continue to perform, with two spots at the Fest of Ale in Penticton next

month.He added that the

future of the band

is uncertain, as the members will be scat-tered as they pursue university and col-

lege training in the fall. “I’m still going to keep playing every day,” he said.

Silent AlarmSummerland-based band Silent Alarm received recognition as the fan favourite band at the recent Off the Charts band competition. From left are Kohl Finlayson on guitar and keyboards, Daniel Raitt on lead guitar and vocals and Robin Andrews on bass. Adam Gamblen is on drums.

The Canadian Dia-betes Association is looking for some extra help as they return to the streets in May for their annual door-to-door campaign.

Lynn Kelsey, assistant campaign coordinator, said they are looking for about 600 volunteers to canvass homes in region.

“We need people who are willing to volunteer two to four hours of their time during the month of May,” said

Kelsey. She admits 600 people is a large number to recruit, but says that covers an area from Oliver to Summerland.

Kelsey said raising awareness is import-ant, that many people don’t realize diabetes is the world’s fourth leading cause of death. Kelsey’s sta-tistics are staggering, with an estimated 250 million people affect-ed around the world.

In North America, one in three children born in 2000 or later

will develop diabetes in their lifetime.

“That and grow-ing. It’s epidemic proportions. Ninety per cent of people living with diabetes have type two and it is mostly prevent-able,” said Kelsey.

“That’s why we are working on getting the education out there as well.”

There are a num-ber of ways to help out, said Kelsey. Vol-unteers can choose to canvass in their own n e i g h b o u r h o o d s ,

at their workplace, among friends and family or donate. Students may also qualify for volunteer credit hours through helping out.

The residential fundraising campaign runs from May 1 to 31, with money raised going both to research for a cure and to send kids with diabetes to camp.

For more informa-tion or to sign up, call 250-462-5582 or email [email protected].

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Expressions: Trav-el inspired paint-ings by Irene Gray is the new show at the Summerland Art Gallery.

Gray is a local art-ist, born, raised and schooled here in Summerland. Asked why she paints she responds, “I paint because that is what I do.”

She feels it’s healthy to have a pas-sion and that her pas-sion is painting.

She loves the chal-lenge painting offers and begins with a blank canvas and builds from there, attempting to capture

the essence of ani-mals and birds or to bring a landscape to life.

She states she is “constantly looking for shapes, lighting and finding some-thing unique or spe-cial in her subjects, not what the subject is.”

Gray recently spent some time in Africa sketching and photographing the animals in the natural environment.

She also spent many days on safari.

As anyone who has seen her work can attest Gray has a unique talent for

capturing the essence of wildlife and the beauty of the ever changing Okanagan scenery, both through her sketches and through the lens of her camera.

She is an active member of the Fed-eration of Canadian Artists and over the years has received many juried awards.

Gray works main-ly in pastels and acrylics and you can find her paint-ings in private and international collec-tions as well as in the homes of Sum-merland residents.

Her show will be

at the Summerland Art Gallery until May 2. She will be giv-ing an artists talk on Friday, March 20 at 2 p.m. at the gallery. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Sat-urday.

Ballet Kelowna returns to Summer-land’s Centre Stage Theatre on Friday March 27 with a per-formance entitled Forward: A Mixed Repertory Pro-gramme.

It will feature three premieres by some of Canada’s lead-ing contemporary ballet choreograph-ers, coupled with the introduction of Lee Dances – a pres-entation of excerpts from award-winning works created for the esteemed Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award at The Banff Centre. Tickets are available at the Sum-merland Visitor Cen-tre.

For more infor-mation about other upcoming concerts and events check the What’s Up column in the Review or the Event Calendar on the Art Council’s website at summerlandarts.com or subscribe to the weekly e-Palette. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

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

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Drop-in Centre directorsAt its Annual General Meeting on March 5, the Summerland Seniors Drop-in Centre elected its board of directors for 2015. From left are Paul Reinhardt, secretary Merna Wicker, treasurer Irene Sadler, first vice-president Ken Ball, Rhea Larson, president Sheila White, John Stringer, Opal Kenzle, second vice-president Gladys Schmidt, Betty Barnes and Roman Meinhardt. Missing is past president Geraldine Koropchuk.

This year spring will officially get underway with the arrival of the spring equinox on Friday, March 20.

To mark the event there will be a pub-lic pilgrimage to the Pen Henge standing stone array at the top of Munson Mountain around 6 p.m. on Fri-day in anticipation of sunset at 6.35 p.m.

The actual moment of equinox will be earlier at 3.45pm.

The gathering will observe the setting sun’s lengthening shadow extending from the equinox stone to the heel stone.

The Pen Henge stones delineate the sunset points on the four cardinal dates of the year.

Anchored by the Heel Stone, the equi-nox stone points to the sun’s sunset point at both the spring and fall equinoxes, while the other two stones mark the winter and summer solstice set-ting points respect-ively.

As with previous events, members of the Okanagan Centre of the Royal Astronomical Soci-ety of Canada wel-come members of the public to join them for the observance

which will mark the halfway point of the sun’s annual migra-tion.

The main attrac-tion is watching the shadow of the equi-nox stone slowly swing around toward the heel stone and lengthen as the Sun glides toward the horizon.

While the observ-ance will go ahead regardless of the

weather, clear skies would enable the tableau to be fully enjoyed.

Astronomical soci-ety members will be on hand with tele-scopes equipped with proper filters to allow views of the setting sun, as well as indi-vidual solar filters for a safe solar observ-ing.

The public is reminded that it is

unsafe to view the sun directly without proper eye protec-tion.

A brass plaque with a brief explana-tion of the array which was conceived in 2009 is permanent-ly attached to the top of the heel stone.

Photos of the array and earlier observ-ances can be viewed on the OC RASC website at www

ocrasc ca through the Image Gallery link

and the Pen Henge folder.

Spring equinox to take place at Pen Henge

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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.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 wel-come. For more infor-mation 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.

SaturdayAn upscale garage sale is being held at Penticton United Church, 696 Main St., Penticton on Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. Come and experience the vintage advantage – gently used items for very rea-sonable prices. Charity 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.Full Circle Outlet is hosting a garage sale fundraiser in support of SADI on Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donate your unwanted household and outdoor items as well as clothing, furni-ture, tools and more. Contact Jessica at 250-809-7897 or John at 250-462-4449 for drop off. Donations accepted at Full Circle.Saturday Mid-Month Market and Vendor Showcase at Summerland United Church on April 18, May 16, June 13, July 18, Aug. 15, Sept. 12., Oct. 17, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 16 and Feb. 16. The markets fun from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds will go to the church’s refugee sponsorship of a Syrian family.

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.

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.

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.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 meeting to explore how we can assist you. The meet-ings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland IOOF Hall, 9536 Main St. Call Laurie Myres at 250-493-8182 or email [email protected] Concert Band practices Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. New members wel-come. 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 cof-fee 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 B.C. Government Retired Employee Association monthly meeting Wednesday, March 25 at 10 a.m. in the Penticton Library theatre room. Guest speaker is Rene Goldman, author of A Childhood on the Move.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.Summerland Art Club meets every Wednesday, September to June, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the Summerland Library on Wharton Street. Painters of all levels are welcome. Workshops available. For information call Mary at 250-494-5851.Summerland ATV Club meets on the first Wednesday of every

month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland Library lower level. The club promotes 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.Summerland Scribes, a group for creative writers passionately engaged in works of fiction, creative non-fiction and playwriting, meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Summerland Arts Centre, 9533 Main St. Call John at 250-494-0460.

UpcomingInviting all bridge-playing ladies and gentlemen to a bridge social, Friday, March 27 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The venue is the Penticton United Church at 696 Main St. The cost includes coffee, tea and lunch. Registration in advance is necessary, by March 23. Call to reserve your spot to Norma Lippa at 250-492-7883, or the church secretary at 250-492-2684. Come, play, socialize and have fun!Summerland Bakers is a new, fun baking club where it doesn’t matter if it didn’t turn out perfectly; we’ll eat it anyway! We meet monthly to share our creations, eat, laugh and take home heaps of leftovers. Email Sophia at [email protected] for more info or join Summerland Bakers on Facebook.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 Penticton Tune-Agers look forward to welcoming you to their Spring Concert, Anything Goes, on Saturday March 28 at 2 p.m. at Penticton United Church, 696 Main St. Tickets are available at the Visitors Centre (corner of Eckhardt and Channel Parkway), at Dragon’s Den on Front Street, at the Shatford Centre and from mem-bers of the Tune-Agers choir and orchestra.

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Spring officially starts tomorrow! New beginnings are everywhere.

It’s a good time to re-evaluate what you are doing for your health.

Is your plan work-ing? Are you happy? Is there something more or better you could be doing?

Our Spring 2015 Recreation Guide came out on March 3 and you can view it online at www.sum-merland.ca or pick up your own copy at the Recreation Centre.

While browsing the Guide, see what programming catch-es your eye. Is there something you have always wanted to do

but haven’t yet?In choosing a class,

my advice is to pick something you’ll be committed to attend — because it’s fun or the challenge is attractive to you.

To add motiva-tion recruit a friend to take it with you. Goals are most often

attained when you enjoy the process, and friends help with the fun factor.

Remember, there’s no better time to begin than the present.

Here are five tips for improved health

o Diversify - Not just advice for finances. Our body can quickly adapt to a routine exer-cise regime. Switch-ing up your fitness class, trying a new activity, challenging your brain and body to grow stronger is the best way to cre-ate positive change. Try one of our new classes to expand your horizons: Fit and Fabulous, Pila-tes, Yoga, Zumba or

Guided Imagery.o Quality vs.

Quantity. The World Health Organization recommends adults get at least 150 min-utes/week of moder-ate intensity aerobic activity. However if your work-life sched-ule is too restrictive, know that working out in a higher inten-sity for whatever time you might have may be enough to create or maintain positive change.

o Add it up! You may find that you can get smaller bits of time for activity throughout a day – and it all counts! Leave the car in the driveway and enjoy the walk for your

errands. It may take much longer, but you’ll feel better for it. If possible, walk the kids to school and back. Sign up for a new class – it will help increase the commitment and fre-quency of your activ-ity.

o Improve your Flexibility. It is the key to injury preven-tion, range of motion and utilizing your full strength. Stretch-ing is one of the last things people make time for but it may be the difference maker in improving your quality of life and physical well-being. Try taking a Yoga class, Pilates class, or adding 15 minutes to

your workout specif-ically for flexibility work.

o Breathe. Often we focus so much on fitness and working out, that we forget that one of the big-gest health indica-tors is our level of stress. Breathing through your exer-cises is also import-ant. Breathe. Make the time. Enjoy.

Scheduling in more

“Me Time” is critical for your health. Try something new. Book a class you enjoy – dance, art, cooking, tennis, fitness or aqua-size to name a few.

Joanne Malar is the program coordin-ator for Summerland Recreation, three-time Olympic swim-mer, 2012 Olympic commentator, kinesi-ologist and holistic nutritionist.

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CurlingSummerland Curling ClubResults: March 9 to 13Monday senior men fun spiel: Eric John-

son defeated Jerry Lidin, Paul Cowen defeated John Nicolson, Bob Ezart defeated Diana Leitch, Hector Cartier defeated Diane Kran-cenblum.

Monday evening men: A winners Skip Steve Clement, third Glen Brennan, second Rick Sander, lead Mike Bevan. B winners Skip Jared St. John, third Kim Dixon, second Tyler Figgitt, lead Devin Jell. C winners Skip Rick Drewnisz, third Roland Dheilly, second Jack Fraser, lead Andy Sarglepp. D winners Skip Brian Hodgson, third Lyle Schiele, second Greg Lorimer, lead Brian Berekoff.

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

Tuesday evening ladies: A winners Skip Jodie Brennan, third Melissa St. John, second Janine Jell, lead Andrea Messing. B winners Skip Lil Blashko, third Cindy Curtain, second Lisa West, lead Sue Woods.

Wednesday senior men’s fun spiel: Eric Johnson defeated Paul Cowen, Jerry Lidin defeated Bob Ezart, Hector Cartier defeated John Nicolson, Diana Leitch defeated Diane Krancenblum. Senior Men second half win-ners Skip Stan Green, third, Dave Gartrell, second Ron Hack and lead Don Waldren.

Wednesday evening men: A winners Skip Gary Wingerak, third Daryl Wainwright, second Trevor Krentz, lead Andy Sarglepp. B winners Skip Louie Costa, third Tony Costa, second Mike Rudinski, lead Robert Frappier. C win-ners Skip Dave Gartrell, third Ron Mayne, second Ray Davis, lead Ron Hack D winners Skip Ken Rae, third John Gregg, second Brian Harris, lead John Dorn.

Thursday morning ladies: First half win-ners Skip Betty Raymond, third Ruth McPhil-lamey, second Nancy Mullin, lead Ruth Jenner. Second half winners Skip RoseMarie Fenrich, third Barb Ezart, second Nancy Mullin, lead Gail Ostaficuik.

Thursday evening open: A winners Skip Jared St. John, third Jodie Brennan, second Graham Lyle, lead Melissa St. John. B winners Skip Dale Abrey, third Cheryl Jaeger, second Steve Favel, lead Sue Favel.

Friday evening mixed: Fun night.Tip of the week: The person delivering a

stone must release the stone before the first hog line.

Another great season is winding down. Everyone had an enjoyable time on and off the ice.

Thanks to all the members and volunteers for making our curling season a success.

Watch for details, our season starts Octo-ber 2015.

There is curling for young, old, slide delivery and sticks.

Registration is the third Thursday of Sep-tember. Our web site is www.summerland-curling.org

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Organizers of this year’s Summerland entry in Kraft Can-ada’s Hockeyville competition plan to submit an entry again in early 2016.

“We’re going to be more organized for next year,” said David Gregory, a hockey enthusiast and local historian

who worked on this year’s entry.

He said a commit-tee will be formed to create a Summerland entry for next year.

Gregory and hock-ey fan Jason Smith worked together on this year’s entry. It focussed on Summer-land’s long hockey history. Two Sum-

merland pioneers, Henry Joseph and Edward Clouston, played in the first official hockey game in Canada, in 1875 in Montreal.

Joseph later became a trustee of the Allen Cup while Clouston was a trustee of the Stanley Cup.

This year, Sum-merland’s hockey tradition continued as the Summerland Steam reached the division finals in Jun-ior B action.

The Hockeyville competition provides funding and expos-ure for the winning communities.

From the entries

received, five com-munities in the west and five in the east are selected as final-ists.

Those on the short list will each receive at least $25,000 in arena upgrades, while the first and second place communities will receive $100,000 in arena upgrades.

Committee to form for 2016 Hockeyville entry

Spring a time to re-evaluate healthLEISURE TIMES

Joanne Malar

In the poolAquasize class participants Lynn and Anne are among the many Summerlanders enrolled in classes and programs through the recreation department.

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Golf seasonChristine Anderson gets out for a game of golf at the Summerland Golf and Country Club. The golf course has been open since early March.

As I have stated previously, there is no formal require-ment for Members of Parliament to submit reports to citizens nor are there guidelines as to what format or frequency reports to local residents should have.

From my perspec-tive, the primary reason why I submit reports is to pass on as much information as possible so that in turn I can hear feed-back in the form of comments, concerns and questions from the people of Oka-nagan-Coquihalla.

Although sel-dom a week will go by without hearing from citizens I have noted that some reports generate far more responses than others.

I am always extremely grateful for the efforts of citizens to pass on comments and questions.

At times these comments sometimes share deeply personal information that may help to better illus-trate a citizen’s per-spective on a certain area of concern.

Citizens should know that all per-sonal information provided to both an

MLA and an MP are protected with the strictest of confiden-tiality and are not subject to freedom of information laws.

Personal informa-tion is never shared without the consent of the individual in question. I raise this so that citizens can have confidence to freely contact their elected officials and share information in a secure manner.

Recently I out-lined proposed changes to life sen-tences to ensure that for extremely ser-ious and disturbing crimes (such as a crime involving hein-ous acts such as pre-meditated abduction, rape and murder), a life sentence would mean a life sentence without a formal par-ole process.

While the major-ity of the feedback I received was sup-portive of these pro-posed changes, some of the opposing criti-cism was also note-worthy.

One such criticism was the suggestion that parole is largely an infallible process.

As I was reminded this past week long time residents of Summerland will know this is not the case.

Citizens in Sum-merland will recall that in 1997 a criminal was released on par-ole only to promptly skip his curfew at a half-way house in Calgary.

Located in Sum-merland was the ex-spouse of this recent-ly paroled criminal. Like many victims of domestic violence this ex-spouse feared greatly for her safe-ty and had specific-ally requested to be notified if her ex-spouse was released from prison on par-ole. No phone call ever arrived from the National Parole Board upon release nor when the curfew was breached at the half way house.

Sadly what did happen was a par-oled criminal arrived at a Summerland motel where he locat-ed his ex-wife who was with her mother and the couple’s two children. In front of his own two children in cold blood he mur-dered their mother and grandmother in a truly disturbing act of violence.

These murders occurred while parole had been breached and also in spite of a no contact restraining order.

Further investiga-tion found no evi-

dence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the murder, no evi-dence of mental health disorders and without remorse, regret or responsibil-ity shown by the murderer.

It should also be pointed out this mur-derer (under the rules at the time of the sen-

tencing) is potentially eligible for parole in two years.

While these instan-ces may be relatively rare, this is one of several traged-ies I have encoun-tered in Okanagan-Coquihalla.

While the circum-stances may differ what remains con-

stant is that all too often the victims are forgotten.

Out of respect for the now adult chil-dren I have refrained from using names in this particular case however we should not overlook that vic-tims have rights and they should never be forgotten nor placed

behind the rights of criminals.

I welcome your comments and ques-tions on this or any matter before the House of Commons and can be reached at [email protected] or 1-800-665-8711.

Dan Albas is the MP for Okanagan Coquihalla.

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At least five mem-bers of the Summer-land Steam will not return to the Junior B hockey team when the next season begins in fall.

Nelson Hurry, Kendell Wilson and

Rylan Sideroff are moving on to play on Junior A teams while Brett Huber and Daylan Robert-son are aging out of the league.

Junior A and B hockey is for players

between the ages of 16 and 20.

Gregg Wilson, co-owner and general manager of the team, said all the 17- and 18-year-old players with the Steam have had multiple oppor-

tunities to attend Jun-ior A hockey camps.

While some play-ers on this year’s ros-ter will be absent next year, Wilson does not anticipate difficul-ties in bringing tal-ented players for the upcoming season.

“It’s easy to recruit when you have a strong year and a good coach,” he said.

Over the past sea-

son, the Steam fin-ished in second place in the Okanagan/Shuswap Confer-ence: Okanagan Div-ision of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.

In playoff action, the team defeated the Kelowna Chiefs and then faced the top-ranked Osoyoos Coy-otes, losing the best of seven series after the sixth game.

Steam’s roster to change in fall

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Diabetes currently affects more than two million Canadians and that number is forecasted to increase to well over three million by the end of the decade. Those being diagnosed with diabetes are younger now than ever.

The age group we are seeing the largest increase in is those between 35 to 45 years of age and over half of new cases are aged 45 to 64.

There is not just one cause of type 2

diabetes; it is based on multiple risk fac-tors.

Family history or genetics plays a large role but just as important are physic-al inactivity, poor nutrition, obesity and aging.

Adults who are obese are up to four times more likely to develop diabetes and rates have tripled over the past 30 years.

Almost half of Can-adians are not active enough and reported not eating more than

five fruits and vege-tables per day.

Smoking is a dan-gerous mix when someone has dia-betes.

The good news is that smoking rates across Canada have been declining over the past decade.

B.C. is mak-ing great strides in decreasing the rates but unfortunately, in the Okanagan we remain above the provincial average.

So what can we do?

Let’s start by increasing our physical activity. Even a few minutes per day will make a difference.

Adults should be striving towards 30 minutes of moderate activity per day such as swimming, brisk walking or biking.

Set a good example for your kids, increase your activity and decrease your screen and sitting time.

Children and youth should be aim-ing for at least 60 to

90 minutes of mod-erate and vigorous activity per day.

Examples of moderate activities include brisk walk-ing, skating, bike riding and vigorous activities include run-ning and playing soc-cer.

Fill up half your plate with vegetables and grab some fruit as a snack instead of processed foods.

If you are a smok-er, check out Quit-Now resources and the B.C. government

smoking cessation program.

Upcoming sessions at the Summerland Diabetes and Nutri-

tion Clinic include: Diabetes and your Eyes by Dr. Grant Goods (March 31), Foot Care (May 12), Diabetes Basics (June 2) and Goal setting (June 16.)

To learn more about these sessions or book an individual appointment with the nurse or dietitian call 250-770-3530

Carol Stathers is a nurse educator with Interior Health Sum-merland Diabetes and Nutrition pro-gram.

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Seeds, bedding plants and garden-ing resources will be available at a garden-ing show later this month.

S u m m e r l a n d Seedy Saturday will be held at the IOOF Hall on Main Street on Saturday, March 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

It will feature seeds from five independ-ent, organic seed growers, bedding plants and gardening books and informa-tion.

In addition, vend-ors will also have honey, organic juices, artisan cheeses, local-ly grown produce and more.

Laurel Burn-ham, organizer of the Seedy Saturday event, said there is a renewed interest in gardening and food.

“There’s a real interest in growing our own food,” she said.

“People don’t want to lose our genetic viability.”

While Seedy Satur-day events have been held in other com-munities, this is the first time it will be in Summerland.

Burnham said the sale will raise funds for Okanagan Upcycle ReSource Society, which resells discarded building supplies.

Show features seeds and plants

Providing fundsThe annual 911 and Friends Dinner and Dance raised $4,200 for the community. From left are Tammy Carter of the Sum-merland Middle School’s breakfast program, firefighter Rob Robinson, Mirjana Komljenovic of NeighbourLink, firefighter Rick Leardo, Val Wright of the Giant’s Head School breakfast program, Tom Ratcliffe of B.C. Ambulance, Sharon Morrow of the South Okanagan Women In Need Society and Cst. Jacques Lefebvre of the Summerland RCMP detachment. Missing from the picture are Chris Leardo, Merv Minty and Liz Minty who were involved in organizing the event.

The story of Sum-merland’s role in the sweet cherry indus-try will be told at a free presentation later this month.

Frank Kappel, a retired research sci-entist, will speak on Cherries: B.C.’s Cinderella Story, at the Summerland Seniors Village on

March 26.Sweet cherry

exports from Brit-ish Columbia have more than tripled in the last 10 years, from 2,031 metric tonnes in 2003 to 7,337 metric tonnes in 2014.

The value of B.C. cherry exports has risen from $11.3 mil-

lion to $41.7 million in the same period.

“The varieties that led to this increase in exports are all from the Summerland Research Station. Without the release of these high-qual-ity, late-maturing varieties the cherry industry in B.C. wouldn’t be where

it is today,” Kappel said.

Kap-pel led t h e s w e e t c h e r r y b re e d -i n g p r o -gram at the Sum-

merland Research Station from 1994 to 2011.

His presentation follows the annual general meeting of the Summerland branch of the Oka-nagan Historical Society at 7 p.m.in the Seniors Village, 12803 Atkinson Rd., Sum-merland.

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MCARTHUR, EILEEN MARY

NEE JEFFERYEILEEN MARY McARTHUR (nee Jeff ery) of Summerland, BC passed away peacefully aft er a brief illness on March 7, 2015 at the age of 98 years. Remembered and sadly missed by her daughter; Heather (Tony) Cottrell of Summerland, daughter-in-law Lynn of Victoria, daughter–in-law Dorothy of Surrey, grandchildren; Dani (Paul), Kristin, John (Denise), Heather (Glen), Collin (Kim), Emily, Nick, great grandchildren; Gage, Jenee, Tyler, Ryleigh, and Trever. Sadly predeceased by sons; Don (1996), Murray (2002) and husband, John “Mac” (2003). A sweet and kind lady with a deep love for her family. She loved gardening and passed on to her children and grandchildren a love of nature and the outdoors. Eileen and Mac travelled the world and had many great adventures. She was dearly loved by all who knew her. Memorial tributes may be made to Charity of your choice.

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ROHACHUK, SONIA

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sonia Rohachuk of Summerland at the age of 88, on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 at Moog’s Hospice in Penticton, B.C. Mourning her loss is her son Edwin (Linda) of Calgary, granddaughter Kimberly of Vancouver, grandson Kyle (Andrea) & great granddaughters Adelyn & Annalise of Calgary, sister Helen Bondaruk of Fairview, nieces & nephews. Sonia was predeceased by her husband Lawrence in 1978 & brothers Peter & Sam Stelmascuk.A Celebration of Life will be held in Summerland, B.C., a date to be determined.Memorial tributes may be made to the Moog & Friends Hospice House - Penticton & District Hospice Society or Heart & Stroke Foundation.

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The family of PAUL ROBERGE thank those who supported and comforted us in our loss.The many friends, neighbours, church family,

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meal, a song, has deeply touched us in return.

A truly heartfelt thank you.Maureen, Connie, Ken , Kirk, Kim

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Summerland Review, March 19, 2015

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