Summerland Review, May 23, 2013

by John Arendt

A new community resource centre, coordinating social ser-vices in Summerland, will open later this month, providing access to information and servi-ces for those in need.

John Bubb of Summerland

United Church, who has worked with the project, said it will not be an additional social service for the community.

“We’re providing information and space for professionals to use,” he said.

“The only direct service we

provide is the food bank.”Mary Ellen Thompson,

administrative assistant at the centre, said the service is one of advocacy for those in need and coordinating information about the various social services which are available.

“If they’re having problems, this could be a good place to start,” she said.

The renovation work to the church’s basement includes a main reception area, office space and an expanded food bank.

Board accesses reserves to cope with funding shortfall of $1.5M

by John Arendt

In order to cope with a $1.5 million funding shortfall, the Okanagan Skaha School District dipped into accumulated savings and reserves and made additional cuts to the budget.

The preliminary operat-ing budget for the 2013 to 2014 school year was

approved at a public board meeting earlier this month.

The board used $900,000 in accumulated savings and reserves.

The remainder, $600,000, comes from numerous reductions.

“Our long-term plan-ning strategy has again allowed us to mitigate the effects of a funding short-age; however reductions to services and programs are still necessary this year,” said Ginny Man-ning, chair of the school board.

The $600,000 in cuts came from a number of measures. The reductions include cuts to the gifted program, the deaf and hard of hearing teacher, helping teachers, the behaviour program and administration.

Other efforts include clerical reductions worth $70,000, maintenance and custodial reduc-tions worth $88,000 and a reduction in school and district supply, equip-ment and travel budgets to trim $190,300 from the

budget.Summerland school

trustee Linda Van Alphen, who is also the chair of the school board’s finance and management com-mittee, said enrolment in the school district is fore-cast to drop by 200 to 250 students.

The declining enrol-ment is at the high school and upper middle school levels.

According to school district information, ele-mentary enrolment has shown signs of levelling

off, but future enrolment drops in higher grades are anticipated.

“It will be harder for high schools to provide different programs to the students,” she said. “Our high schools will have to get far more creative.”

She said methods including video confer-encing and other techno-logical measures could be used to provide edu-cation to students at the various high schools in the school district.

Vintage vehiclesRestored and modi-

fied cars and trucks were on display at the annual Blossom Run Show ’n’ Shine on Sat-urday.

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Voter turnoutNearly half of regis-

tered voters did not cast ballots in last week’s provincial elec-tion.

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Ready for actionThe 31st annual

Summerland Action Festival will feature plenty of sports and entertainment.

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Rabies warningPrecautions are

urged to reduce the risk of exposure to rabies this summer.

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Soccer actionSoccer teams in

the region continue to face each other in league action.

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First aidKyra Soo, left, and Rayman Klar learn the basics of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during one of the sessions at hearts@school on Tuesday. The one-day event for Grade 6 students was held in Penticton.

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The Interior Health Authority offers the following suggestions to prevent rabies:

o Do not touch live or dead bats. Parents should tell their chil-dren not to play with or touch bats.

o Make your home or cabin bat proof. Keep doors and win-dows closed, make sure window screens don’t have any holes, and keep the attic area free of bats by keeping all vents properly screened and by closing off other openings.

o If you find a live bat in a room of your home, open the window and close interior doors until the bat leaves.

o Seek professional bat-con-trol advice (from a pest con-trol or wildlife specialist) if your home or workplace is inhabited by bats.

o Avoid locations or activities where bats are likely to be found (e.g., caves).

o If you have a pet dog, cat, or ferret, make sure they are vaccin-ated regularly against rabies. Pets that were born and raised in B.C. pose a very low risk of transmit-ting rabies to humans; however, vaccinating your pets will protect them from rabies.If you have been bitten or scratched:

o Thoroughly wash the wounds

with soap and water. o Contact your local pub-

lic health unit or family doctor immediately.

o Call a wildlife or pest control company to capture the bat. If trying to capture the bat yourself, avoid contact by wearing leather gloves, a hat, long sleeves, and pants.

o Safely contain the bat in a secure covered container to prevent others from being exposed. Keep the bat in a safe location until Public Health can arrange to pick it up and test it for rabies.When traveling abroad:

o In B.C., bats carry the rabies virus and other animals are only rarely infected. In other parts of the world rabies can be carried by other species. Be aware of the risk of rabies in the country you are visiting.

o If you were bitten by an ani-mal and started on the rabies vac-cine, keep all documentation you were provided. It will need to be reviewed by Public Health when you return home.

o Note the type of clinic or hospital you visited. This infor-mation will be used by Pub-lic Health to determine if you received the same standard of protection that you would have received at home.

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9-1-1 Emergency Service Loan Authorization Bylaw BYLAW 2623, 2013

Notice of Alternative Approval Process

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 86 of the Community Charter, that the Board of Directors of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen seek the approval of the electors within the boundaries of the Regional District for the adoption of the 9-1-1 Emergency Service Loan Authorization Bylaw 2623, 2013.

In general terms, the bylaw is to authorize borrowing upon the credit of the Regional District a sum not exceeding one million six hundred and forty thousand ($1,640,000) for the purpose of completing upgrades to the 9-1-1 Emergency Services system for the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen.

The alternative approval process applies to qualified electors within the entire Regional District which comprises the City of Penticton, the District of Summerland, the Village of Keremeos, the Town of Princeton, the Town of Oliver, the Town of Osoyoos and Electoral Areas “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”, “E”, “F”, “G”, and “H”.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Regional District may proceed with the approval of the 9-1-1 Emergency Service Loan Authorization Bylaw 2623, 2013 to borrow the specified funds, unless at least ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors (those meeting the criteria below) within the Regional District indicate their opposition by signing the Elector Response Form.

The Regional District has estimated the total number of qualified electors in the service area to be 68,635 and that 10% of that number, or 6,864 qualified electors, must submit signed Elector Response Forms to prevent the Regional District from adopting the bylaw without the full assent of the electors by referendum.

An elector response form must be in the form established by the Regional District. Elector Response Forms are available from the Regional District office, including by mail, fax, or e-mail, on request or on the Regional District website at www.rdos.bc.ca. As well, copies may be obtained at the office of the participating municipalities, upon request.

The deadline for delivering the original signed Elector Response Form to the Regional District is 4:30 pm on Tuesday July 2, 2013.

The only persons entitled to sign an Elector Response Form are those who meet the following criteria:

Resident electors must:(a) be 18 years of age or older;(b) be a Canadian citizen;(c) be a resident of British Columbia, for at least 6 months;(d) be a resident of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen for at least 30 days; and(e) not be disqualified by an Provincial enactment, or otherwise disqualified by law, from voting in an election.

Non-Resident property electors must:(a) not be entitled to register as a resident elector of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen(b) be 18 years of age or older;(c) be a Canadian citizen;(d) be a resident of British Columbia, for at least 6 months;(e) be a registered owner of real property in Regional District for at least 30 days;(f) not be disqualified by any Provincial enactment or otherwise disqualified by law, from voting in an election; and(g) only register as a non-resident property elector in relation to one parcel of real property in the Regional District.

The bylaw is available for public inspection at the Regional District Office 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5J9, during regular office hours, or alternatively, on our website at www.rdos.bc.ca.

For more information on the alternative approval process please contact:

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As the weather warms up, officials with the Interior Health Authority are urging the public to take precautions to reduce the risk of rabies.

While the chances of contracting the dis-ease are low, it can have serious conse-quences.

“Once you notice the clinical symp-toms, it’s almost uni-versally fatal,” said Dr. Rob Parker, a medical health officer with Interior Health.

Rabies is a serious disease which affects the nervous system, but if it is treated early, it can almost always be eliminated,

he added.In British Colum-

bia, rabies is spread from contact with bats. Between four and eight per cent of the bats which are tested after coming in contact with people are found to have the virus.

“Anyone who has come into contact with a bat should call the local public health unit or their doc-

tor right away even if you can’t see bite marks or scratches,” said Jennifer Jeyes,

communicable dis-ease specialist with Interior Health.

“Bats have tiny sharp teeth and claws, so scratches or bites may not be vis-ible but could still be there. People should not wait for symp-toms to appear. Get checked out as soon as possible — early treatment is crucial to prevent the disease from progressing.”

Parker said the dis-ease is not common in the province.

In the past 50 years,

two people have died from rabies. In 1979, a man died following a bat bite which had occurred out of the province.

In 2001, another man died from rabies.

In addition, an unimmunized cat in the Maple Ridge area was infected with the virus several years ago.

In 2003, a family of five skunks in the Stanley Park area were found to be infected.

“We don’t have a huge risk,” he said.

Still, the rabies virus was offered to 39 people last year, following potential exposure to the virus.

Of the cases affect-ing British Colum-

bians, one-third to one-half were con-tracted during inter-national travel.

While bat-strain rabies is found in British Columbia

and throughout North America, other strains of the disease can be found else-

where, Parker said.C a n i n e - s t r a i n

rabies, transferred

from dogs, has not been observed in the province for many decades.

In Eastern Can-ada and the eastern United States, rac-coons are rabies car-riers, but this is not the case in Western Canada.

Skunk-strain rabies can also be found in some areas, but it has not been in Alberta or British Columbia for decades.

Precautions urged to prevent rabies

“Once you notice the clinical symptoms, it’s almost universally fatal.”

Dr. Rob Parker

“People should not wait for symp-toms to appear. Get checked out as soon as possible — early treat-ment is crucial to prevent the dis-ease from progressing.”

Jennifer Jeyes

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Lawyers and Family Court Judges know that a certain small percentage of files take up an inordinate amount of the courts time. These high conflict cases are continuously back in front of a Judge because the parties refuse to co-operate with each other even over the smallest detail. As reported in the January edition of the Canadian Lawyer, there now appears to be help for these cases. The use of a Parental Co-ordinator was developed from the child-centered style of alternate dispute resolution which has existed since the mid 1990's. The goal of the system is to provide assistance to the parties in keeping their minor differences from becoming all encompassing battles fought in the court system. This process is still very new in Canada, however any program which reduces the strain and stress of constant court applications would be welcomed wholeheartedly.

Continued from Page 1A separate Learn-

ing Improvement Fund will be avail-able again this year. This fund provides additional resources to support challen-ging learning condi-tions.

The spending plan must be completed by Oct. 15 and will be focussed on teach-ers, support staff and

other resources.“I am pleased

that the Learning Improvement Fund will again be avail-able this year and we will be able to add staffing and resour-ces to educationally challenging areas,” Manning said.

Van Alphen said the board was able to meet its budget for this year, but might

not be able to cope with another fund-ing reduction in the future.

“If we have cuts next year, I don’t know where we’re going to go,” she said. “This was the most difficult year we’ve had. We’re doing the very best we can.”

Unlike munici-pal governments, school boards may

not adjust tax rates. Instead, funding for a school district is dis-tributed by the prov-ince, based on enrol-ment figures.

School boards are not allowed to oper-ate deficit budgets.

To bring in addi-tional funding, Van Alphen said the school board is look-ing at ways to market its technology and to

attract international students.

She added that while the budget cuts are made carefully, with an attempt to minimize the impact on families and stu-dents, the board is not able to offer everything it would like to provide.

“Our hearts go out to the parents,” she said.

Future school budgets uncertain

Continued from Page 1Bubb said the com-

munity has been sup-portive of the centre.

“Everyone thinks it’s a great idea,” he said.

The larger food bank space enables

the food bank to assist a growing number of people. Last year, 390 people used the food bank, up from 361 a year earlier.

While the facility provides informa-tion and resources for

those in need, it is not accessible to those in wheelchairs.

Bubb said fund-ing for an elevator or wheelchair lift was turned down when the construction grants were sought

last year.The space for an

elevator is ready, but the cost of the struc-ture and the elevator is estimated to cost at least $50,000. “We need a rich benefactor for the elevator,” he

said. “We’re hoping the community will see this as important enough to support.”

The official open-ing of the centre is on Tuesday, May 28 from 4 to 6 p.m., with a rib-bon cutting at 5 p.m.

Elevator needed for centre

Coordinating informationMary Ellen Thompson, administrative assistant at the community resource centre, will coordinate information about various social services for those in need. The centre will officially open on Tuesday afternoon.

tractor and trailer stolenOvernight on May 13, a tractor and trailer

unit was stolen from the entrance at Sunoka Beach. The tractor, a 2000 Kenworth, was recovered the following day in Langley.

The trailer is still missing. It is a 2000 Peer-less trailer with the license 02275Y.Golf cart found

On May 13, a golf cart was turned in to the Summerland RCMP detachment.

It has not yet been claimed.The owner of the cart is asked to go to the

RCMP detachment and describe in to claim it.Bicycles stolen

Police were called on May 13 following the theft of two bicycles on the weekend.

A red, black and white Next youth BMX bicycle and a black men’s mountain bike were stolen.Mailboxes opened

On May 14, police were called after mail-boxes at Giant’s Head Road and Conway Crescent were pried open.

It is not yet known if mail has been stolen.Suspension issued

On May 18 at 5:50 p.m., while patrolling in Giant’s Head Mountain Park, police noticed a man in a parked vehicle smoking marijuana.

A 54-year-old Naramata man was issued a 24-hour driving suspension.Vehicles entered

Overnight on May 19, vehicles at a business on Bentley Road were entered. A Furuno fish finder and four tires were stolen.

VICTORIA – One benefit of the surprising fourth term for the B.C. Liberal Party is that the provincial government won’t be subjected to another big, expensive ideological remake.

Taxpayers are spared a bill of millions in sev-erance pay for deputy minis-ters and other senior staff who would be purged in large numbers in the left-right lurch that has defined B.C. politics for a generation.

BC Ferries will continue as an arms-length operation, with ferry commissioner Gord Macatee in charge of service levels as well as fare caps. The service rationalization that the government set out in the past year will continue.

The NDP platform vowed to “position BC Ferries as an integral part of B.C.’s transpor-tation infrastructure.”

Freely translated, that means “suck BC Ferries back into gov-ernment,” as one of their stri-dent supporters likes to say.

That would conceal the growth of the subsidy and facilitate the kind of political and union interference that resulted in the current struc-ture.

There will be no $10 million rehash of the BC Rail sale and subsequent seven-year trial, to enrich elite lawyers once again.

The NDP promised an inquiry for strictly political rea-sons, to drag their opponents

through the scandal one more time. It was not a prelude to “nationalizing” the province’s train service, dream scenarios of the NDP provincial council notwithstanding.

Costly legal confrontations over development projects have been avoided.

The Jumbo Glacier Resort proponents finally won a 20-year fight for permits, and the NDP promised to take them away.

A larger ideological battle over private power contracts has also been avoided.

The B.C. Liberals have been caught by a sudden shift in power markets caused by cheap, abundant natural gas, but the billions in commit-ments to independent power producers isn’t the fiasco that critics have described.

If all those privately developed run-of-river hydro projects were owned and oper-ated by BC Hydro, the Crown corporation would have to staff them and maintain them all for the next 40 years.

There are differing views about the future demand for electricity in B.C., but it can only rise with industry and population growth.

A decade of federal and provincial work to end dupli-cation of environmental assess-ment won’t be undone.

NDP leader Adrian Dix’s promise for “made in B.C.” reviews was a strategy to choke resource projects to death under endless proced-ure, which may yet be the fate the Jumbo resort.

We will have a Seniors’

Advocate office, but it won’t be staffed up to duplicate the Ombudsperson’s role of taking complaints.

That’s good, since the Ombudsperson has become ineffective, labouring for years over a massive seniors’ report with so many recommenda-tions it sank like a stone.

We have 85 seniors’ advo-cates now. They’re called MLAs, and they definitely take complaints.

They have staffed offices in their home communities and in Victoria.

When they’re not doing political work that everyone denies is going on in constitu-ency offices, those office staff-ers try to help people through the labyrinth of seniors’ at-home and institutional care.

A new seniors’ advocate can offer advice at the management level to help the health care system evolve, but only elected politicians are positioned to tell individuals they can’t have what they are demanding.

The government should be adding more direct services, not more bureaucrats.

There will be many argu-ments about the failure of the NDP to win against an unpopu-lar B.C. Liberal government that is still weighed down by the harmonized sales tax and other heavy baggage.

This election could be the beginning of the end for the old left-right model for B.C. politics.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. [email protected]

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

We are dismayed, disappointed and disgusted by the low voter turnout in the recent provin-cial election.

Nearly half of those eli-gible to vote did not do so.

Whether this low turnout speaks to voter apathy or to a disillusionment with British Col-umbia’s political system, some-thing needs to change.

If a government is to represent the wishes of the public, members of the public have an obligation to make their wishes known.

bad apples

On Tuesday, Grade 6 students attended hearts@school, a day of instruction and activities to promote healthy living.

In a soci-ety where obesity and inactivity are on the increase, any attempts to encourage good health should be applauded.

If the students can develop good healthy habits now, they will be able to avoid many lifestyle-related health problems in the future.

ourpickCuts to

educationThe members of the

Okanagan Skaha School Board have made some deep cuts in order to address a $1.5 mil-lion budget shortfall this year.

The board has dipped into $900,000 in accumulated sav-ings and reserves and has cut another $600,000 from the budget for 2013-2014.

Such measures are dis-turbing and should serve to show the problems faced by the school trustees.

Using reserve funds and accumulated savings to bal-ance a budget is a risky gam-bit. Reserves and savings are for capital projects or for expenses outside of the stan-dard operating budget.

Dipping into these funds in order to meet the budget is akin to a family withdrawing from a retirement savings fund in order to pay the day-to-day expenses. Such a move may work for a year or two, but it is not sustainable.

When any government has to use reserve funds in this way, it is a sign of financial trouble in the near future.

The $600,000 in budget cuts is equally disturbing. No matter how much the board attempts to streamline oper-ations, cuts of this amount will have an effect in the classroom.

If the school district was able to set its own tax rate, the problem would be easy to solve. The rate would increase slightly and the budget could be met without making cuts or dipping into reserves.

School boards are not able to set their own tax rates and as a result, the boards are left with the money handed to them from the provincial government.

After using reserves to balance this year’s budget, we wonder if the school board will be able to find ways to handle its next budget if the funding trend continues.

Unless changes are made at the Ministry of Education level, the school board will have to take drastic measures to balance the books — even if such measures affect the quality of education for stu-dents.

Polarized politics a costly system

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The early years

Summerland artistryCharles P. Nelson was a talented Summerland photographer who loved his work. In fact, many of the photos featured in Early Years were taken by Nelson with his Sanderson camera. This display and sale at the Fall Fair in 1911 showcased his excellent photography skills. On May 25 and 26, some of today’s talented artisans will be showcasing their skills during the 2013 Studio Tour. Visit their studios and see how they do what they do—including woodworking, pottery, jewelry, metalwork, fibre arts, paintings, photography and more. For more info, visit studiotour.wordpress.com or call the Chamber office at 250-494-2686.

Photo courtesy of the Summerland Museum

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Fire left burning at campgroundDear Editor:I would like to make

note of some irrespon-sible activity that I wit-nessed while camping on the weekend. The campers that spent the night of Saturday, May 11 at the Crump camp-

ing grounds outside of Summerland (you know who you are) left Sunday morning with their fire burning away.

There was no attempt made to extinguish it.

Lucky that me and my group followed shortly after to find it and put it out.

This time of year the land is becom-ing very dry, as we all know, and a wind could have easily

picked up and start-ed one of those life-changing forest fires that we see on the news every day.

Crump is located very close to the com-munity of Faulder out-side of Summerland.

These people’s houses and even lives were in danger and they didn’t even know it, not to mention the wildlife that have made the surrounding mountains their home.

If you are camp-

ing out in the bush this summer, please make sure you bring along plenty of water, a shovel, and a con-science to make sure that your fire is out before you leave.

I know that I want

to keep the fires away this summer and enjoy our beautiful B.C., untainted by careless campers and back-country travellers.

D. Bennison, K. Bennison, D. Blystone

Summerland

Voting is important

Dear Editor:I am very happy

with the results of the B.C. election last week.

At the beginning of the campaign I didn’t think it would happen, but as the campaign drew to a close and Adrian Dix was receiving a lot of criticism for never answering any straight questions with straight answers, flip-flopping on the Kinder Morgan pipe-line, and providing no solutions to any of our problems except tax increases, I started to think it could happen.

Congratulations to Dan Ashton for becoming our new MLA. I know you will not disappoint and you will work hard for us.

I also want to thank all the candidates who put their names forward, and who put their opinions out there for all to see and hear, and to have them accepted or rejected. It’s not easy and depending on how people react to you and your ideas it can be very uplift-ing, but it can also be somewhat demoral-izing. It takes guts to run for public office and no matter your political stripe, I respect you all.

It can be especial-ly tough to run for office when 48 per cent of registered vot-ers don’t even vote. That is the one thing I

am very disappointed with. Voter turnout was horrific.

All those that didn’t vote should be ashamed. I have voted in every single election since I turned 18. I couldn’t wait to turn 18 and vote. I looked forward to it as much as I did to getting my driver’s license.

My kids already know the importance of voting and they’re just eight and five.

They even go to the voting booth with us, and we explained to them why it’s import-ant to vote and what it means to live in a country where we have the right to vote.

We also explained to them that there are countries all around the world where people are killed for wanting to vote and sometimes just for waiting in line to vote. Yet here in Can-ada, half the adult population doesn’t even care enough to exercise their demo-cratic right to cast that ballot and to have their say.

To all those that didn’t vote, I say this: As far as I’m con-cerned, you lose your right to complain about legislation, tax policy, or the govern-ance of our province in general. If you don’t like what is happening here then do something about it and vote next time.

Craig BloomSummerland

Dear Editor: S u m m e r l a n d

Asset Development Initiative (SADI) has undergone changes and shifts over the 15 years of our existence, but one thing has not changed: The tre-

mendous support we receive from organ-izations and service groups who want to support the young people of Summer-land to become suc-cessful, responsible adults.

SADI would like to thank our community for the generous sup-port that we receive from the citizens of Summerland.

For those who are not aware, Sum-merland mayor and

council, have been tremendously sup-portive in a multi-tude of ways — and have just signed a lease allowing SADI to operate in our facility at a cost of $1 per year for another

five years. Thank you to our

community, and to Summerland coun-cil for your ongoing generous support!

Anke Smit,Chair, SADI board

Summerland

Agreement signed to benefit youth

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Aboriginal voice needed to protect B.C.Dear Editor:An open letter to all

chiefs, grand chiefs, and aboriginal leaders in British Columbia.

The last election has cemented our government’s view that the resources of our province are up for sale.

I am one of many who believe the polit-ical process meant to oversee the balance of nature and economic activity has failed.

The aboriginal peoples may be this province’s last line of

defence. Your steward-

ship of this land has never been abdicated and your voice may be that small sound of sanity in a world gone mad for pre-cious resources.

You understand that our waters are a life blood to the land and have no business being sold to a high-est bidder.

You have a pres-ence powerful enough to stop the bulldozers, save our waters and protect

our land. I hope you raise

your voices to the sky; I hope you are heard around the world.

History has separ-

ated our voices for a very long time.

One day our chil-dren could speak together but to do that they need your leadership now.

It is your leader-ship that must inspire our children and motivate a somnolent public into action, before all is lost.

We currently have

a government that has no ears to hear, no eyes to see, no interest to protect, and a public that is disassociated.

British Columbia

needs your leader-ship now and you shouldn’t have to do it alone. How do we add our voices to yours?

Vicki LightfootSummerland

Dear Editor:As says Sebastian

in Act III, scene 2 of Twelfth Night, to the good citizens of Sum-merland I say:

“I can no other answer make but thanks. And thanks, and ever thanks...”

On behalf of every-one who attended this year’s mar-vellous Good Will Shakespeare Festival, thank you.

I offer thanks because you opened your homes to us.

You picked us up and dropped us off at all sorts of inconven-ient hours.

You made us meals and made us wel-come.

You lent us halls and let us into your work spaces.

Hardest for anyone to comprehend, you charged us nothing.

This incomparably valuable event could not have happened without you.

Students are in a very obvious funk today and the root of it is that they all miss Summerland and they are sorely grieved that the event is over for another year.

The interesting shops, the picturesque décor, the manner in which locals greet us

— and the way driv-ers stop for us to cross the street — is all part of the inimitable lure that Summerland has on us.

We are indebted, and though the gift you made to our stu-dents will never be repaid to you dir-ectly, I hope you can be satisfied with my students’ gratitude and the expectation that your benefaction

will somehow and ‘somewhen’ be paid forward.

Whoever said “It takes a village to raise a child” has probably seen Summerland in action.

Thank you all for your investment. Long live the little hamlet that could.

Mike AllenVernon Secondary

SchoolVernon

Community made festival a success

New developmentThe developers and builders held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday as they launched the first phase of The Shores of Summerland. The 28-hectare development touts 762 metres of waterfront along the shoreline of Okanagan Lake, in the Trout Creek area. A natural wetland reserve has been built and dedicated to the city of Summerland as a public park, with a public walkway along the shore. A total of 10 future phases are also planned, along with a marina and pool. During the celebration visitors were invited to tour one of the units and to guess a seven-digit code in order to win the show home. Donations were collected for the Kidsport charity. Pictured from left are: Glen Vause, Colleen Rolston, Ken Tremblett, Mayor Janice Perrino, Bill Park, Anne Goulbourn and Barry Jackson.

Carla McLeod Special to the Summerland Review

Dear Editor:Canadian taxpay-

ers are now paying more for less thanks to MP Dan Albas and the Conservative Party’s costly chan-ges to our national census.

The results are in and their decision to eliminate the manda-tory long-form census has produced much lower-quality data that will often not be useable at the local level. In fact, Statis-tics Canada withheld data on over 1,100 Canadian munici-palities, including Tofino, because the numbers were just too unreliable.

The government spent an extra $30 million to collect this inaccurate data com-pared to the trad-itional, proven cen-sus. What a waste!

How will a com-munity know where a food bank is need-ed if we don’t know which neighbour-hoods have the most

poverty? How will school

boards know where adult language train-ing is most needed without knowing where immigrants are settling?

We just don’t know.

The errors in the data will only get worse over time. At least this time Sta-tistics Canada can use the last full cen-sus as an anchor to correct some of the problems. Next time, that option won’t do much good.

Mr. Albas and the Conservatives are asking us to start making big, expen-sive decisions blind-ly, without the basic data that is essential to good planning. And they’re char-ging us more to do it. It’s irresponsible and we’re paying the price.

Geoff Regan, MP Liberal Party of

Canada Industry CriticOttawa

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CANYON VIEW CEMETERY SPRING MAINTENANCE

INVITATION TO TENdER OPERATION Of CONCESSION STANd ANd PublIC SkATING

NOTICE Of PublIC HEARING

MAYOR: Janice Perrino COUNCILLORS: Lloyd Christopherson, Robert Hacking, Bruce Hallquist, Orv Robson, Marty Van Alphen, Peter Waterman13211 Henry Avenue 250-494-6451 • www.summerland.ca

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We wish to advise the public that the District of Summerland will commence Spring Maintenance at Canyon View Cemetery on June 1, 2013. Part of the maintenance work will be the removal of offerings that do not meet the requirements of the District of Summerland Cemetery Bylaw 2012-016 as outlined below. The public is requested to remove any offerings that do not meet the following guidelines by May 31, 2013.

Offerings that will be removed include:• any offering that is not entirely on the concrete base and at least 50 mm (2 in.) away from the edge of the concrete base;• offerings that are unsightly, creating a safety hazard, or interfere with the maintenance of the cemetery;• small offerings, such as necklaces, small stones, or marbles, that may become entangled in the maintenance equipment;• anything that extends or grows into the landscaped area surrounding an interment site or anything that encroaches into a neighbouring interment site; • any offering that is made of, or contains, glass or any other easily breakable substance; and• pointed or sharp offerings that may present a safety hazard if someone falls.

Offerings that are removed will be photographed, tagged, and stored for sixty days at the Engineering and Public Works Department. Flowers or floral arrangements that have wilted or have become unsightly will be removed and discarded. Although care will be taken removing offerings, the District will accept no responsibility for lost, stolen, or damaged offerings.For more information call Engineering and Public Works at 250-494-0431.

The District of Summerland is seeking tenders for the operation of the Concession Stand and Public Skating at the Summerland Arena.Tenders for the operation of this Concession will be accepted until 12 noon on Monday, June 10th, 2013 at the Municipal Office.Copies of the terms of reference are available at the Municipal Office between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm all working days until June 10th, 2013. The highest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted.If you have any questions, please contact Dale MacDonald at 250-494-0447.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Municipal Council will hold a Public Hearing to hear representations of interested persons who deem their interest in property affected by the below mentioned amendments to District of Summerland Zoning Bylaw No. 2000-450 at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 27th, 2013 in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Office, 13211 Henry Avenue, Summerland, B.C.:a) Bylaw Number 2013-012Location: 10918 Rennie StreetOwner: Classic VenturesLegal: Lot 2, DL 1178, ODYD, Plan 10022Present Zoning: A1-Agricultural Small AcreageProposed Zoning: M1-A Business IndustrialPurpose: To create the M1-A Business Industrial Zone

and to rezone property located at 10918 Rennie Street to the new M1-A Business Industrial Zone

Inquiries relative to the above proposed bylaws should be directed to the Municipal Office, 13211 Henry Avenue, Summerland, B.C. Copies of the bylaws and related correspondence are available for inspection at the Municipal Office during normal business hours (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), Monday to Friday inclusive (excluding Statutory Holidays), up to and including Monday, May 27th, 2013.

Please note that all correspondence submitted to the District of Summerland in response to this Notice will form part of a public record and will be published in a meeting agenda when this matter is before the Council or a Committee of Council. The District considers the author’s address relevant to Council’s consideration of this matter and will discuss this personal information. The author’s phone number and email address is not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence if the author does not wish this personal information disclosed.

Council will receive no representation after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

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Significant changes to census

Dear Editor:In last week’s

Summerland Review (May 16, 2013) an article stated that Summerland is not using reserves to “pay our bills.”

I’m sorry but I can not let that statement go without challenge. Municipal govern-ments have both monetary reserves and land reserves. Perhaps with some manipulation of numbers we may not be using our monet-ary reserves this year but we clearly have used significant land reserves.

In 2006 at an open council meeting, when municipal staff first proposed the idea of selling off our Wharton Street lands to pay for a new museum and library, I challenged staff to provide an example of another commun-ity in British Colum-bia that had done the same thing — ever.

To date staff have been unable to come up with a comparable example.

In fact when these lands were appraised, no comparable prop-erty could be found as central as the Whar-ton Street lands and certainly no property

could be found that was comparatively zoned.

Monetary reserves can eventually be replenished. With

respect to these land reserves we will never get this one

back — ever.David E. Gregory

Summerland

Municipal land sales are permanent

Dear Editor:Once again, close to half of

the eligible voters of B.C. exer-cised their right not to vote in the past election.

This large group of people are often harshly criticized by those who do get out to cast their ballot.

Rather than being critical, perhaps it would be of some benefit to analyze some of the reasons why so many people choose not to vote.

I know of some people who

do not vote because of religious reasons. They take a neutral stand when it comes to pol-itics and believe that it is only God’s government that will solve mankind’s woes. These folks are happy to abide by the laws and conditions of any governing party in the mean-time.

Other would be voters are very cynical. They feel there are no politicians that really repre-sent or listen to the people, but rather only leaders that have

their own agendas.Some feel that politicians are

crooked. They see them as tak-ing from the poor to pay for the rich.

Another common attitude is thinking that the party that one believes in has no chance of forming government. One might think that they are just throwing their vote away any-how, so why bother voting at all?

I am sure there are also a small number of people who

are actually sick or faced with some unforeseen circumstance that keeps them from the polls.

What ever the reasons, I am very grateful to live in a coun-try that allows us the freedom to choose whether we will vote or not. I would never want to see people forced to participate against their will. Nor would I want to see bullying tactics used to shame people into vot-ing.

The NDP have mentioned low voter turnout as one pos-

sible reason for their defeat. It will be interesting to see how they plan to reach out to this large portion of the population to encourage them to become involved in the democratic pro-cess during the next election.

I believe it may take more than talk to overcome voter apathy. Respectable, reli-able, open and honest actions on behalf of government will speak louder than words.

Carla McLeodSummerland

Many reasons for low voter turnout

Thanks to all for supportDear Editor:I want to thank family, friends

and all of the people that helped me throughout my election cam-paign. Your support was appreci-ated.

I also want to thank all of you who took the time to listen to my ideas and opinions and voted in favour of them.

It was rewarding to receive almost five per cent of the vote in this riding and many individ-uals encouraged me to continue to promote the changes necessary to restore democracy in our prov-incial government.

I will continue to voice my concerns on the issues I presented

during the campaign as I believe they are for the good of British Columbians.

I will press our elected MLA to follow through with the prom-ises made regarding free votes for party members, open govern-ment, help for the truly needy, real debt reduction, the Penticton hospital expansion, and the fight against GMOs just to name a few.

I need to thank my wife Pat for encouraging me, my mother Bev Jones for guiding me and my children for allowing me to spend a portion of their inheritance towards something I believe in.

Doug MaxwellPenticton

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by John Arendt

Business and com-munity leaders in Summerland are pre-paring for the after-effects of last week’s provincial election.

Provincially, the B.C. Liberals were elected to their fourth consecutive majority government.

In the riding of Penticton, newly elected Liberal Dan Ashton will replace retiring Bill Barisoff.

Arlene Fenrich, president of the Sum-merland Chamber of Commerce, said

the Liberal victory is good for the business community.

“The elected gov-ernment platform of responsible spending, a balanced budget, debt reduction, and improving the econ-omy while sup-porting job growth is very promising for Summerland, the Okanagan and B.C. businesses,” she said.

“Every region shares similar eco-nomic concerns and all levels of gov-ernment have the responsibility of doing their part to

improve their local e c o n -o m i e s . The vot-ers have w i s e l y m a d e t h e i r choice for p u t t i n g the econ-omy first.”

Mayor Janice Per-rino said Ashton, who was in his second term as mayor of Penticton, has a strong back-ground with the needs of local governments.

“Dan Ashton understands munici-

pal work and region-al work,” she said. “I think he understands how the majority of the people feel about fiscal management.”

Perrino said the four candidates were all good people who worked hard during the campaign.

She added that the municipality will continue to peti-tion the province for funding for various Summerland projects and initiatives.

“We’re going to be in front of our MLA as much as we ever were,” she said.

Nearly half of all registered voters did not participate at the polls

by John Arendt

Nearly half of eli-gible voters in the

provincial election last week did not cast ballots.

According to infor-mation from Elec-tions B.C., 1,692,502 of the province’s 3,116,626 registered voters cast ballots in the election. This works out to 54.3 per

cent turnout.In the Penticton rid-

ing, which includes Summerland, there were a total of 22,953 votes cast out of 42,651 registered vot-ers, for a turnout of 53.81 per cent. In the 2009 election, 55.14 per cent of registered

voters cast ballots.The percentages

are based on the number of registered voters, not the num-ber of eligible voters, since some who were eligible to vote were not on the lists.

From 1928 until 2001, at least 65 per

cent of registered voters cast ballots in each provincial elec-tion. In many elec-tions, the figure was past 70 per cent.

Estimated numbers

of eligible voters are not yet available for the 2013 provincial election. That infor-mation will not be available until after the final vote count,

later this month.Prior to the 1983

provincial election, Elections B.C. does not have estimates of the number of eli-gible voters.

Voter turnout low in B.C. election

If last week’s prov-incial election had been in the hands of the students at Sum-merland Secondary School, New Demo-cratic Party candidate Richard Cannings would have been elected.

A mock election organized by the Civ-ics 11 class drew 254 out of the 460 stu-dents at the school.

“I hope for the sake of this project that students made an informed decision when voting. I think our election forum last month helped some students with

t h e i r cho ice ,” s a i d N i c o l e Fofonoff, one of the students in the class.

V o t e r t u r n o u t in the mock election was 53 per cent. This is close to the voter turnout percentage in the rid-ing of Penticton.

Cannings received 92 votes or 38 per cent of the bal-lots cast, while Lib-eral candidate Dan Ashton received 86

votes or 35 per cent support. Conserva-tive candidate Sean Upshaw had 33 votes or 13 per cent support while Doug Maxwell of B.C. First had 25 votes or 10 per cent support.

“It will be interest-ing to see how our school compares to the real election,” Kassandra Planiden said after the votes were counted.

In the provincial election, close to 46 per cent of voters in the riding of Pentic-ton voted for Ash-ton, while Cannings received 40 per cent support.

Upshaw received just over nine per cent support, while Maxwell had just under five per cent support.

There were 13 spoiled ballots.

“I was surprised how few spoiled ballots there were because the students seemed uninterested and not very edu-cated about the mock election,” said Faith McDonald, one of the students in the Civics 11 class.

Students choose Cannings in school’s mock election

Richard Cannings

Arlene Fenrich

Voting dayLiberal candidate Dan Ashton, accompanied by his children Chantal and Coleton, casts his ballot at Trout Creek School in Summerland early on the morning of May 14. Nearly half of all eligible voters did not cast ballots in this year’s provincial election.

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S u m m e r l a n d ’ s business community is growing as small businesses are setting up in the community.

At the municipal council meeting on May 13, Summer-land Chamber of Commerce manager Christine Petkau said 33 new businesses have joined the cham-

ber since January.She added that

13 of these joined in April alone.

“They are covering a multitude of indus-tries,” she said.

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Businesses added

by Jeff NagelBlack Press

Kinder Morgan’s proposed twinning of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline through the Lower Mainland looks more likely with the B.C. Liberals staying in power than if the NDP had won Tuesday’s election.

NDP leader Adrian Dix had vowed to block a big increase in oil tanker exports from Metro Vancou-ver. His reversal of a previous pledge to wait for a formal project application became a major cam-paign issue.

Speaking to repor-ters Wednesday, Pre-mier Christy Clark said she believed the

TV debate was the turning point of the campaign for the Lib-eral rebound and that the NDP’s Kinder Morgan position was a factor.

Clark said voters weren’t impressed by “the idea that you’re going to say ‘No’ to economic develop-ment before you even see it.”

She stressed the province will put any Kinder Morgan proposal to the same requirements as the planned Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline to Kitimat, including world-leading safeguards against ocean and land spills as well as a substantial share of benefits for B.C.’s risk.

“The five condi-tions aren’t going to change,” Clark said. “Any expansion of heavy oil is going to have to meet those five conditions.”

The Trans Moun-tain pipeline from northern Alberta to

Burnaby has oper-ated for more than 50 years but Kinder Morgan wants to nearly triple its flow to 890,000 barrels per day, resulting in many more oil tank-ers plying Vancouver harbour.

Pipeline pivotal, Clark says

Thousands expected for Action Festby Carla McLeod

Get ready for another action packed weekend with the Summerland Action Festival set to go on May 31, June 1 and 2.

An expected crowd of 15,000 will come to our town to take part in the festivities.

The festival is built around the Man of Steel Triathlon and Giant’s Head Run and the Slo-Pitch Ball Tournament, with 72 teams competing.

This year’s head-liner will be the Led Zeppelin Show spon-sored by the Sum-merland I.G.A.

The band will appear on the Timbermart Enter-tainment Stage at 9 p.m. on Friday even-ing with the fire-works brought to you by H and M excavat-ing, going off as the band plays on, some-time after 10.

Saturday activities include the Fortis B.C. Action Festival Parade at 10 a.m. and dancing the night away to the ever

popular March Hare, at the Summerland Arena.

A change from last year will be no free taxi rides after the dance.

“ U n f o r t u n a t e l y it was to difficult to organize and co-ordinate,” said Pat Bell.

Sunday starts with an 8 a.m. Kiwanis Pancake Break-fast followed by an Interdenominational Church Service. The Kids’ Fishing Derby, sponsored by the Summerland Sports-man’s Association will be held at Gar-nett Valley Dam at 11 a.m.

The feature per-formance on Sunday afternoon will be the Abba Again tribute band starting at 3 p.m.

Along with these highlights there will be lots of other enter-tainment on stage and in the park each day. Funtastic Inflatables will keep the children busy, with the Bever-age Gardens spon-sored by the Kinsmen

and K40 Clubs draw-ing an adult crowd. Food and craft vend-

ors will also be in attendance.

All in all, if the

weather co-operates, expect to see another successful Action

Festival in Summer-land.

For a full list of

events go to www.summerlandaction-festival.com.

Pedal powerCyclists compete in the Man of Steel Triathlon during last year’s Summerland Action Festival. The triathlon, open to individuals and teams, will be part of the Action Festival once again this year.

Summerland Review file photo

On May 9 Sum-merland businesses were well repre-sented at the annual All Chambers Valley Wide Business after Business event.

Our participating businesses were Dirty Laundry Vineyard, Okanagan Crush Pad, Words Work Publish-ing (Tidbits News-paper), Summerland Hunter’s Hill, Valley Wide Home Improve-ments and True Grain Bread.

It was also great to see our corporate members ABK Res-toration and Brown Benefits. Entertain-ing the crowd for the evening was Sum-merland jazz trio Soul Power.

Chamber board members and staff were there and Sum-merland Mayor Janice Perrino also attended. Many more of our business members purchased tickets for this great networking event.

At the Hunter’s Hill booth, developer Patrick Murphy was sharing some of the reasons why Sum-merland is a great place to invest.

He also points these out at huntershill.ca. Local infrastructure

improvements have been extensive over the past few years and include: stor-age capacity at the dam that has been more than doubled, a new water treat-ment plant, twinned pipes for orchards and vineyards, a new RCMP building and both the main entrances to town rebuilt and street-scaped. Substantial street improvements are occurring at another major inter-section. A new much needed industrial park is coming on stream. Recent chan-ges to zoning bylaws are also important. This spring the Dis-trict installed electric vehicle charging sta-tions and a compre-hensive town wide free WiFi system will soon be available.

When we walk down Main Street we automatically see the gaps from closed storefronts and believe that this is indicative of where our town is headed.

Certainly these are a great concern. But consider a home renovation. Before the granite counter tops are installed, you have to replace

the furnace, the wir-ing and the roof. The District has been attending to these much needed improvements.

Last week the chamber hosted a meeting of individ-uals who work in economic develop-ment throughout the region. They came together to hear about the Summer-land Capital Fund and also listened to the experiences of business owner Todd Laidlaw, of True Grain Bread. Laidlaw shared the importance of busi-ness owners hav-ing highly detailed information about their customers and the community they were joining.

Around the table there was discus-

sion about the cul-ture and values of our community and how Summerland is uniquely placed to attract new Main Street businesses that are ‘refreshingly rel-evant’.

In the coming months we will be continuing with this discussion and deter-mining how we can reach and attract this new breed of retailer.

Ultimately, our downtown – our equivalent to the granite countertops of the home reno – will again be a vibrant and beautiful destination.

At the chamber, we firmly believe that our commun-ity is unique and is well positioned for growth.

We always appre-ciate your feedback. Please contact me at [email protected] or Christine Petkau at [email protected].

Arlene Fenrich is President of the Summerland Cham-ber of Economic Development and Tourism. All of the members of the board of directors serve as volunteers.

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Draw winnerChris Proust, left, receives a hanging basket from Robert Beers of the Summerland Kiwanis Club at the club’s Mother’s Day Breakfast earlier this month. Two hanging baskets, donated by Windmill Garden Centre, were won by Proust and Marg Holmes.

Tae kwon do stepsCalum Bird, a Summerland Middle School student, learns some tae kwon do moves during a workshop at the hearts@school event in Pen-ticton on Tuesday. Students from Summerland and Penticton attended the one-day event to promote healthy lifestyles.

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Lisa Jepsen and Roger Patterson enjoy looking at this 1926 Model T Ford five-window coupe.

This 1934 Ford 3 window coupe has caught the attention of Mirko Zotta.

Sam Elia looks at an old 1916 Dodge belonging to Ken and Corinne Helm from Cawston.

Jonathan Cochlan admires this 1932 Ford 3 window coupe. The owner, John Foxley from Maple Ridge, built this car complete and it was named “Coupe de Soul” by Gene Winfield, an icon in the rod industry. This car won the People’s Choice award.

Tom Masuk explains to Mary Dunsdon, left, and Barb DeRosier how he built this car himself out of things he found lying around, in order to “have fun on a budget.” Recycling at its finest.

Ed McEvoy has a look at this old 1928 Ford “Rat Rod,” one of the numerous vehicles on display.

Celebrating CARS

Auto enthusiasts gathered for the Blossom Run Show ’n’ Shine in Summerland on Saturday. The event featured a wide array of restored and customized vintage vehicles.

Photos by Carla McLeod

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 DeeDee at 250-404-0406. Come try your hand at an old art made new. The traditional Rug Hookers of the South Okanagan meet every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Summerland Art Gallery on Main Street. Visitors always welcome. Lots of sup-plies available. Try your hand at this timeless art. For more informa-tion phone Marilyn at 250-494-6434 or Juliet at 250-494-1278.Euchre is played every second and

fourth Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Peach City Toastmasters meets Thursdays noon to 1 p.m. in Penticton at the United Church on Main and Eckhardt, Room 202. Call 250-486-5313. Seniors’ volleyball at the Youth Centre begin-ning at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. For additional informa-tion call Jane or Frank at 250-494-4666. S u m m e r l a n d Horseshoe Club is looking for new mem-bers. Practices are held in Memorial Park on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. Call Laura Williams at 250-494-3094.S u m m e r l a n d 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 Doris Flynn at 250-494-7262.S u m m e r l a n d S p o r t s m e n ’ 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.TOPS BC #725 Summerland meets every Thursday in the lower level of the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Weigh-in is from 5:30 to 6 p.m. and is fol-lowed by a meeting. For more information call Irene at 250-494-5484. The Rug Hooking Circle meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month from noon to 3 p.m. at Leir House Arts and Cultural Centre, 220 Manor Park Ave., Penticton. Practice a traditional Canadian art form in a group set-ting. Host is certified teacher, fibre artist and published contribu-tor Angela Possak. 250-767-0206 or online rug-hookingteacher.ca.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.

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.Tai Chi at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. and Tuesdays at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Contact Nancy at 250-494-8902. The Summerland Pleasure Painters will present their Annual Spring Show and Sale on May 24 to 26 at St. Stephens Anglican Church hall. Hours will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday. All are welcome to view the results of our pleasur-able pastime. Stop in during your Art Studio Tour. Tea and refresh-ments will be available during the church open house, as well as tours of the historic Anglican Church. Phone Ruth at 494-7627 for more information.

SaturdaySpring sale at Summerland United, 13204 Henry Ave., Saturday, May 25 from 8 a.m. to noon. Come and enjoy coffee and muffins and browse the garage sale, baking, and plants.Summerland’s art studios will open their doors to wel-come visitors in to see how they make their magic happen. The

Summer l a nd /Trou t Creek Studio Tour 2013 will be held May 25 and 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit www.stu-diotour.wordpress.com for more information.Yard sale Saturday, May 25 at Angus Place, 9302 Angus St. Doors open at 8 a.m. Come one, come all. Proceeds to senior programs and activities.

SundayDivorceCare is for all who are suffering from the difficulties resulting from separation or divorce. Meeting at Summerland Baptist Church just inside the Victoria St. entrance on Sundays 5 to 7 p.m. A free course is offered. Please call 250-494-3313 or just walk in. Jazz Vespers at St. Saviour’s Anglican Church in Penticton are held through the fall and winter on the third Sunday of each month at 4: 30 p.m.Vintage Car Club, South Okanagan Chapter, meets the last Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. in the Youth Centre on Peach Orchard Road. Anyone interested in vintage cars (cars which are 25 years or older) is invit-ed to attend. For more information on the club phone 250-494-5473.

MondayDabber Bingo is played at the Senior Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St., every Monday at 1:30 p.m. 16 regular games, Lucky 7, Odd/Even, Bonanza. Everyone is welcome. License #832873. Men — Love to Sing? Okanagan Christian Men’s Choir. This non-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 Okanagan College 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 6:30-8:30 at the Summerland senior 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. Call 250-494-6116 or 250-494-5363.Cycle down to Municipal Hall on Tuesday, May 28 between 7 and 9 a.m. for coffee and goodies. Talk with other cyclists and enter to win prizes. Bike to Work Week in Summerland is May 27 to June 2. Visit www.biketowork.ca for more information.Penticton 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. South Okanagan Genealogical Society is open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Penticton Library Museum build-ing. Contact Nola Reid at 250-492-0751.S u m m e r l a n d Caregiver Support Group meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Summerland Health Centre. Call Cindy at 250-404-8007.S u m m e r l a n d Farmers’ Market in Memorial Park, Wharton Street, every Tuesday April through October, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For information call Paul at 250-494-0540.S u m m e r l a n d Kiwanis Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Kiwanis Lodge on Quinpool. New members are welcome. Contact Robert Beers at 250-490-9645 or 250-488-6491. Summerland VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) members and friends meet the second Tuesday of the month at Parkdale Lounge.The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group joins the Penticton MS Group every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a coffee social at the Cherry Lane Mall Food Court. Whist is played on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St.

Wednesday Summerland Air

Cadets parade Wednesday nights, 18:15 to 21:30 hours at Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. All youth aged 12 to 18 welcome. Call the Air Cadet office at 250-494-7988. Summerland Art Club meets every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the Summerland Library on Wharton Street. Painters of all levels welcome. Workshops available. For info 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 respon-sible ridership includ-ing registration, insur-ance, safety certification and scheduled pleasure rides. Membership includes orchardists, farmers, ranchers and fun seekers of all ages including those with disabilities. The Summerland Badminton Club plays every Wednesday at 7 p.m. all year. Shaun at 250-494-1513.

UpcomingMonday, Wednesday and Friday of each week, Recope Society of Summerland offers medically supervised water therapy and land exercise programs helpful to clients with various medical con-ditions, such as joint replacements, stroke, back problems, arth-ritis, to name just a few. A medical referral is required. Call Maureen at 250-494-9006. Okanagan reunion for former Kitimat resi-dents at Cousins Park in Peachland, Thursday, May 30 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Coffee pro-vided. Bring your lunch, chair and hat. Call Dina Tremblay at 250-494-7069.SADI Drop-In Program Monday to Thursday 3 to 6 p.m. for students in Grades 6 to 12. Play pool, ping pong, chill out or chat. Summerland Art Club Annual Show and Sale Saturday and Sunday June 1 and 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the lower floor of the Summerland Library on Wharton St. More than 20 painters will be presenting new, original works in watercolour, acrylics, oils, pastels and pencil. Complimentary refreshments will be served. Free admission. Meet the artists on Sunday at 3 p.m.

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Firefighters skills training will include strategy and tactics, force-

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Toolbox presentationOkanagan Rodtiques, sponsors of the Blossom Run, donate toolboxes, complete with tools, to a couple of students who are enrolled in a mechanics course and plan to make that their career. Making the presentation on behalf of the club are Frank Kinney, centre, and Jim McK-elvey. Receiving the toolboxes are Clayton Leardo of Summerland, left, and J.J. Gordon of Penticton.

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The number of high-paid regional district employees increased in 2012, although pay for top managers increased only slightly.

A total of 14 employees of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similka-meen earned over $75,000 in 2012, up from 11 people the previous year.

P u b l i c - s e c t o r organizations are required to issue an annual statement of financial informa-tion that contains the names and pay for all employees who exceeded the $75,000 salary benchmark.

The RDOS board on Thursday accepted the 2012 edition with-out comment. Three of the new names on the $75,000-plus list this year are building inspectors.

Chief adminis-trative officer Bill Newell remained the top-paid employee. He collected a salary

of $130,893, up $583 from the previous year. Next was public works manager Doug French, who earned $101,728, a $2,753 bump from 2011.

Chief water dis-tribution operator David Carlson took home $85,865, up $987 from a year earlier, while com-munity services man-ager Mark Woods collected $85,431 in 2012, a decrease of $480 from 2011.

A freeze on man-agement wages has been in place at the RDOS for several years, although the board re-examined the issue behind closed doors earlier this year.

Compensation for the board itself last year cost taxpayers $398,746, plus $73,769 in expenses. That was up from $379,865 and $69,694, respect-ively, in 2011.

The highest paid among 18 directors and their alternates was Penticton repre-sentative and chair Dan Ashton, who

collected $41,563 and billed $4,611 in expenses.

Vice-chair Mark Pendergraft, the dir-ector for rural Osoy-oos, was next on the list with pay of $35,902, plus expens-es of $10,585.

The high-est expense claim belonged to Princeton Director Brad Hope, who billed $12,224, in addition to pay of $27,398, followed by Pendergraft, then rural Oliver Direc-tor Allan Patton at $9,997 in addition to remuneration of $28,360.

Ashton, who was elected as MLA last week, is on a leave of absence from his job as mayor of Pentic-ton and chair of the RDOS.

His leave from the RDOS is good until June 7.

He’s expected to formally resign after being sworn in as MLA in mid-June. Once his resignation is received, the RDOS board will elect a new chair and vice-chair.

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It was a celebration of fitness and health as Grade 6 students from Summerland and Penticton par-ticipated in the 11th annual hearts@school event on Tuesday.

The event, at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, drew 430 Grade 6 stu-dents.

Melissa Stathers, one of the organizers of the event, said the purpose was to pro-vide students with better knowledge and understanding of health and to teach them how to achieve a healthier lifestyle.

Throughout the day, the students stopped at education stations for informa-tion about the health risks from smoking, how to eat nutritious-

ly, sun safety and the importance of physic-al activity.

There were also activity stations including hip hop, jazz and belly dan-cing, yoga, zumba, gymnastics, golf, tae kwon do, judo jiu-jit-su, first aid, skipping and more.

Stathers said it is important for stu-dents to develop healthy habits early on rather than to cor-rect poor habits later in life.

“Part of this is encouraging kids to develop these habits at a young age,” she said.

“We’re trying to show the kids being active can be fun.”

Around 100 volun-teers from the com-munity and high school students were involved in the event.

Golfing practiceSimon Paul, a Summerland Middle Scholl stu-dent, works on his golf swing during one of the sessions at the hearts@school event.

Cheerleading poseTiana Ferlizza, left, Ruth Kast and Cassandra Herman of Summerland Middle School work on an ending pose during a cheerleading ses-sion at the hearts@school event on Tuesday morning.

As we get closer to Action Festival 2013 and the five- and 10-kilometre Giant’s Head Run and Man of Steel Triathlon, I want to say a huge thank you to our volunteers!

In the months before our races, the staff at the Recreation Department work hard with planning and organizing the biggest special event for our department. We have close to 1,000 race participants each year. One of the big-gest challenges is the recruiting and train-

ing of our volunteers. Volunteers give out race packages and administer registra-tion; they marshal the race routes and co-ordinate the safe-ty between vehicles and athletes. Volun-teers time the bike, swim and the three chutes at the run fin-ish line. Volunteers are out on the race course at the aid sta-tions with water for all the athletes and they are at the fin-ish line announcing racers names and giv-ing out awards.

The Recreation Department staff work with over 100 volunteers that make these events happen. We truly appreci-ate their time, com-mitment and smil-ing faces. Many volunteers have been assisting at the Giant’s Head Run and Man of Steel Triathlon for many years and some have watched young chil-dren participate that are now adults and bringing their own children to continue the tradition.

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Saturday, June 1, 2013 is race day and registration forms are available at the aqua-tic centre, www.sum-merland.ca or www.runningroom.com

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Brenda Ingram is the programs and facility manager for the District of Sum-merland and proud to be a long-time resident of this great community.

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Results: May 16.The Summerland Senior Men’s Club played

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Three players shared the deuce pot.First Flight: First gross Garth Humphreys,

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Second Flight: First gross Neville Crane, first net Nick Coe, second net Don Michel, third net Dave Hellard.

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The Summerland Golf and Country Ladies Club hosted the annual Heritage Day on Tuesday, May 14. Past members of the club were invited to play a round and join present members for lunch. A total of 30 guests attended. The competition counted low gross and low net scores: The winners are:

First Flight: First low gross Doris Tower and Lil Smith, second low gross Linda Brus-see, first low net Joanne Gartrell, second low net Gwen Redfern and Doreen Butterworth.

Second Flight: First low gross Ruth Daviduk, second low gross Linda Palmer, first low net Ev Crane, second low net Julie MacAulay.

Third Flight: First low gross Jean Walker, second low gross Hedy Sewell, first low net Ellen Clay, second low net Sheila Westgate.

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The second week of Penticton Men’s soccer, held on Thurs-day May 9, saw three well fought games.

Double D Tours FC edged Beercelona FC 3-2.

Ben Chau netted two while Daniel Alleyn sunk one for Double D.

Adam Vallis and Jan Lamarche on a PK scored for Beer-celona.

Sunrunners FC managed to tally eight goals against Kondolas’ three.

Neil MacDonald, the injured Sunnrun-ners Captain, said the score line didn’t reflect Kondolas fine play.

“Kondolas has one of the best teams

we’ve seen them have in many years,” MacDonald said. “They’re going to do pretty good with all the young guys they have.”

Mauricio Cepeda scored four goals for the Sunrunners with a total of seven goals in the last two games.

The third game featured the young Summerland Gun-ners FC winning 2-1 against Oliver FC.

Oliver was sty-mied by stellar goal-tending, several posts and crossbars until Tyler Machial rattled a penalty kick under the Gunners goalie.

Week three of Penticton Men’s Soc-cer saw three games

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behind to beat Double D Tours 2-1.

Oliver goals from Tim Grimard and Jeff Nice with Eric Pick-ett notching one for

Double D Tours. Sunrunners con-

tinued to show their prowess by over-whelming Beercelona 5-1. Cepeda got two while Donnie, Bruce and Mike Belleveau

got one each for Sun-runners. Tim Bum-stead knocked in Beercelona’s consola-tion goal.

Kondolas won their first of the year beating the young

Summerland Gun-ners 2-1.

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Soccer team continues to perform

Zumba timeSummerland Middle School students take part in a Zumba session during the hearts@school event in Penticton on Tues-day. From left are Calista Stafford, Avery McKelvey, Ally Handfield and Zaria Jenkins.

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Non-profit housing provider in Summerland requires reliable, flexible person for 83 unit Supportive Living complex. You will be responsible for all aspects of providing weekly housekeeping services, including laundry. You will be required to work Monday to Friday. Previous experience working in a senior’s facility setting is an asset. To obtain an information package & job description, email us at [email protected] or call (250) 494-1161, Monday to Friday between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. Please submit a cover letter, resume and references to 100–9302 Angus Street, Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z5; fax: (250) 494-1137 or email: [email protected].

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OVER 90% Employment rate for CanScribe graduates! Medical Transcriptionists are in demand and CanScribe graduates get jobs. Payments under $100 per month. 1-800-466-1535. www.canscribe.com. [email protected].

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Help WantedAgur Lake Camp Society is looking to fi ll an On-site Super-visor Contract for the 2013 season. Please visit www.agurlakecamp.ca for a list of contract duties and re-quirements, and reply by email to [email protected] stat-ing your knowledge, skills & experience together with con-tract price for this 4 month contract. Closing date is May 28, 2013.

An Alberta Oilfi eld Construc-tion Company is hiring dozer, excavator, and labourer/rock truck operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction (780)723-5051.

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS Licensed, 4th year & 3rd year Technicians required. Sign-ing/moving allowance, full company benefi ts, very ag-gressive bonus/pay plan. Ford experience preferred, but not required. Denham Ford, We-taskiwin, Alberta. Email re-sume: Attention: Dean Brack-enbury;[email protected]

HARTLEY’S AUTOBODY in Sechelt, BC has a vacancy for a Journeyman Automotive Painter. Please fax resume with references and contact in-formation to: 604-885-7454.

Required immediately jour-neyman Truss Designer for busy plant in 100 Mile House. For details phone Richard @ (250)398-0008 or [email protected]

The Summerland Chamber of Commerce is seeking a p/t bookkeeper/administrator for a 16 hr/wk position. Please visit summerlandchamber.com for a complete job description lo-cated on the Chamber tab. Deadline for applications is May 30. We thank all appli-cants; however, only qualifi ed candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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SOFTWARE Developer for Engi-neering Applications Lucidyne Technologies, an industry leader in Automated Lumber Grading is seeking an experienced & talented person to join our software/engi-neering development team. We of-fer rewarding challenges, a stimu-lating work environment, 401K with employer contributions and the col-lege town amenities of Corvallis, Oregon. Our scanning systems in-clude multiple cameras and sen-sors, electronics, multiple PCs and network equipment. The mechani-cal and electrical components of the system are highly integrated into the customer’s production fl ow and equipment. Software developers must understand the underlying technology and also appreciate the perspective of end users (opera-tors, technicians, etc.), to develop effi cient applications. We’re looking for a person that will take pride in their work and will help us make our product the best it can be. Job De-scription Implement and test ma-chine vision algorithms to classify defects in lumber with our senior image processing staff. Validate code changes using regression testing against an archive of cus-tomer data Verify sensor perfor-mance using custom calibration software and analysis tools Interact with customers to capture require-ments for software upgrades Main-tain and update C++ code for image processing improvements and com-putational geometry extensions Ex-perience Must have 3-5 years expe-rience with C++ and a degree in either engineering or computer sci-ence. Good mathematics and trou-bleshooting skills are required. Vi-sion to see big picture and problem solving ability are also a must. Addi-tional desired experience in: Real time systems, Subversion, Xml, Windows OS, PC troubleshooting, and basic electronics skills. This is a real-time software coding posi-tion. Your code will control our cus-tomer’s production lines so errors are expensive. Please use your cover letter to describe what mod-ern software engineering principles you have used to help you write bug-free code while holding to on-time delivery schedules. Applicants must be fl uent in English and have the energy to produce results under time constraints. Salary commensu-rate with experience and education. Email cover letter and resume to [email protected].

Trades, TechnicalGUARANTEED JOB Place-ment: General Laborers and Tradesmen For Oil & Gas In-dustry. Call 24hr Free Re-corded Message For Informa-tion 1-800-972-0209.LOCAL Logging Co. looking for a qualifi ed hydraulic loader operator. Must have minimum 5yrs exp. Malakwa area. email [email protected] Logging Co. looking for certifi ed heavy duty [email protected] Logging Co. looking for qualifi ed fallers or falling contractor Malakwa area. [email protected]

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Trades, TechnicalLUMBER Inspectors - Supervisor required (CMSA). BC Central Interi-or Locations. Excellent salary, benefi ts and potential for advance-ment. Please submit your resume to [email protected]

SYSTEMS Software Developer Lu-cidyne Technologies, an industry leader in Automated Lumber Grad-ing is seeking an experienced & tal-ented person to join our soft-ware/engineering development team as a Systems Software Devel-oper. We are looking for a person to design and program GUI and soft-ware components that acquire and visualize electronic, scientifi c and production data. Must have 3-5 years experience with .Net frame-work and ADO.Net. Experience with many of the following: NET VB/C#, Subversion, SQL Server, Xml, Win-dows OS, PC troubleshooting, ADO.NET, user-interface design, MS Report Viewer, networking, ba-sic electronics skills, PLC systems. Good mathematics and trouble-shooting skills. Vision to see big picture and problem solving ability a must. Requires degree in engineer-ing or computer science. Our scan-ning systems include multiple cameras and sensors, electronics, multiple PCs and network equip-ment. The mechanical and electri-cal components of the system are highly integrated into the customer’s production fl ow and equipment. Software developers must under-stand the underlying technology and also appreciate the perspective of end users (operators, techni-cians, etc.), to develop supporting applications. We’re looking for a person that will get a kick out of joining our team and help us make our product the best it can be. Ap-plicants must be fl uent in English and have the energy to produce re-sults under time constraints. Salary commensurate with experience and education. Email cover letter and resume to [email protected]

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Home ImprovementsBrick & Cobblestone, Retain-ing Walls, driveways, con-crete. Also renos to patios, decks, fencing etc. Call Garry at Edged in Stone. 778-476-1997. Excellent references.

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Fruit & VegetablesRobert’s Fruit Market “on the highway” will be opening on Friday, May 31st. The Robert family will be here to serve you.

FurnitureFOR SALE: Queen Mattress Set

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Garage SalesBeach front multi-family gar-age sale. Sat, May 25, 8am-3pm, 4809 Woods Avenue, Trout Creek, Summerland.

Moving/Garage Sale. Sat, May 25, 7am-2pm, 9011 Gil-man Rd. Lot of goodies. 3 spotting scopes, 6 rifl e scopes & mounts, 1 transit level, 1 arm saw, 9.5hp O/B motor, Honda lawnmower, 3 4-wheel walkers, 1 chainsaw, & more.

Multi-family yard sale. Sat, May 25, 9am-1pm. 916 & 918 Powell Beach Rd, Trout Creek. Lawn mower, bar stools, tables, bike, pictures, apple boxes, telescope, jewel-ry and more!

Saturday, May 25 at Angus Place, 9302 Angus St. Doors open at 8:00 am. Come one, come all. Proceeds to Senior Programs and Activities.Spring Sale at Summerland United Church, 13204 Henry Ave, Saturday, May 25 from 8am to noon. Featuring gar-age sale items, baking, plants, & coffee and muffi ns.

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This weekend we are truly surrounded by art. Of course, we are every week-end, however, it is just more obvious this weekend thanks to the Summerland Pleasure Painters, the Summerland Studio Tour and the South Okanagan- Similka-meen chapter of the Federation of Can-adian Artists.

Beginning this Fri-day, May 24 and con-tinuing through Sun-day afternoon is the Summerland Pleas-ure Painters Annual Spring Show and Sale at St. Stephens Angli-can Church hall.

The community is invited to view the results of the pleasur-able pastime of the 27 members of this painting club.

The hours for the annual show are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sun-day.

Tea and refresh-ments will be avail-able by the church ladies, as well as tours of the historic Anglican Church.

Also opening Fri-day evening is the Great Moments In Art show featuring works from the stu-dios of many local artists, all of them members of the Fed-eration of Canadian Artists.

You’ll see a range of styles and media, from acrylics and oils, to watercolours, encaustics, pastels and mixed media. The opening recep-tion is Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.

The show, which is full of energy and col-our and is designed to welcome the return of spring, will stay at Leir House, 220 Manor Park Ave. in Penticton until June 21.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sat-urday.

Back in Summer-land residents and visitors alike also have the opportunity to visit and tour 15 of the many artist stu-dios in our town.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday, 15 stu-dios will be opening their doors to visitors.

In addition to painters you can see two potters work-ing in very different styles, visit a forge where a blacksmith creates beautiful sculptures with red hot iron, or visit a clothing designer or photographer. Not to mention a wood turner, jewellery maker and a person painting with hot wax.

Bring the kids and learn together about

the fascinating world of art.

Ask questions, try your hand at some-thing new. There will be demonstrations, explanations, draw prizes.

Brochures and maps are available at participating studios, the Summerland Arts Centre, the Visitors

Centre and the library or download from www.studio-tour.wordpress.com

o o oIf you know of an

event you feel should be included in the Arts Palette or on the Arts Council’s online calendar, please email: [email protected] or call: 250-494-8994. http://summerland-arts.com and http://twitter.com/artspal-ette

The Arts Palette is written by David Finnis, publicity chair and president of the Summerland Community Arts Council, PO Box 1217, 9533 Main St., Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z0

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Surrounded by artJapanese cultureBernice Shiosaki introduces the new exhibit at the Summerland Museum. The exhibit features Sum-merland’s Japanese community. The museum is open Wednesday to Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.

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