Summerland Review, October 22, 2015

Conservative MP re-elected while party will become Official Opposition

John Arendt

MP Dan Albas will return to Ottawa fol-lowing a close win in the riding of Central Okanagan-Similka-meen-Nicola.

Albas won his seat with 24,425 votes, just 1,397 more than his nearest rival, Lib-eral candidate Kar-ley Scott, with 23,028 votes.

New Democrat-ic Party candidate Angelique Wood received 11,939 votes while Green candi-date Robert Mellalieu received 2,428 votes.

Voter turnout in the riding was 71.81 per cent.

“We had many great candidates across Canada and running locally,” Albas said.

“I will continue to represent all citizens in this riding to the best of my ability.”

Albas said the results of the elec-tion with his win locally and with the Conservative losses nationally are the result of a democratic election.

“I’m a big believer in democracy, and the people are never wrong,” he said dur-ing a celebration in West Kelowna on Monday evening.

Meanwhile, at her campaign headquar-

ters, Scott and her supporters watched as the close race con-tinued to unfold.

“We ran a cam-paign nationally and locally based on optimism and hope,” she said. “I think Canadians rewarded that.”

She said the nation-al outcome was posi-tive, even though she was not elected locally.

“We have a major-ity government with Justin Trudeau as our Prime Minister,” she said. “We have done so well.”

Wood was dis-appointed with the results for the New Democrats, locally and nationally.

“I thought the NDP was going to do a lot better, nationally and in this riding,” she said.

Support for Wood

was at 19.3 per cent, while nationally, the party received 19.7 per cent of the popu-lar vote.

The number of New Democrat seats in Parliament dropped from 103 after the 2011 election to 44 on Monday.

Mellalieu said the low number of votes for himself came as a surprise.

His support repre-sented 3.9 per cent of voter support, com-pared with 3.4 per cent of the national voter support for the party.

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Vehicle accidentEmergency crews were called early Friday afternoon following a single-vehicle accident off Highway 97. A vehicle travel-ling north crossed the highway and crashed into an embankment near the intersection with Prairie Valley Road, below Summerfair Mall. Police said there were no serious injuries.

The regular meeting of municipal council was held on Oct. 13 in council chambers.

The mayor and all councillors were pres-ent.Variance permits approved

Council approved two development vari-ance permits for properties on Rutherford Avenue.

The first permit, for 10806 Rutherford Ave., varies the rear setback from 7.0 metres to 1.5 metres to allow for an accessory build-ing.

The second permit, for 10811 Rutherford Ave., varies the rear setback from 7.0 metres to 2.7 metres for an accessory building.Accessory building allowed

Council approved a development variance permit application for 4217 Williams Ave.

The variance allows for a proposed acces-sory building in the front yard.Crown land license supported

Council gave its support to renew the lix-wnxw for the Brigade Trail Park crown land license.

The application by the municipality ia for a licence for a 30-year term from the province.

The licence covers 2.7 hectares of crown land for walking trail purposes.Grant application supported

The municipality’s Union of B.C. Munici-palities Fuel Management Prescription Grant application received council support.

The municipality will provide overall grant management for the fuel management pre-scription.Skateboard design contract awarded

A contract was awarded to New Line Skate-parks Inc. for design services for a new skate park in Summerland.

The amount of the contract is $41,895.right of ways granted

The municipality will grant a statutory right of way to the Provincial Rental Housing Corporation on district-owned property at 9511 Wharton St.

The right of way is for a proposed sanitary sewer line.

The housing corporation will grant a statu-tory right of way to the municipality on its property at 9700 Brown St. for all existing municipal utilities.

Parkdale Place Housing Society will reim-burse the municipality for all direct costs related to the creation and registration of the statutory right of ways.enforcement bylaw read

Council gave first three readings to a bylaw enforcement bylaw amendment.Smoking bylaw adopted

The municipality’s outdoor smoking regu-lation bylaw received final reading.

Council gave third reading to an amend-ment to the animal control bylaw. The bylaw regulates backyard chickens in Summerland.

The bylaw has received 68 responses from the public. Most of the responses have

been about noise, unsightliness, vermin and pests resulting from backyard chick-ens.

Speaking to the bylaw at the public comment earlier in the evening, Christo-pher Boisvert-Gilman said a non-protein

bedding, such as straw instead of hay and wood chips, would not attract vermin. He added that he would like to see the maximum number of chickens allowed under the bylaw increased to six from five.

Linda Tynan, chief administrative officer for the municipality, said the bylaw could be tweaked and adjusted if necessary.

Coun. Janet Peake suggested chickens should be allowed on larger properties rather than residen-

tial areas.Coun. Doug

Holmes said back-yard chickens are already allowed in urban centres in other parts of Canada and the United States.

The bylaw requires a final reading before it is adopted.

Animal control amendment read

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Dan WaltonBlack Press

Low enrolment and bleak projec-tions have prompted School District 67 to consider closing some of its schools.

The district’s Long Range Facilities Plan was presented to the public during a pre-sentation on Oct. 14 at the Shatford Cen-tre.

“At the end of the day, offering the best educational opportu-nity that we can for our students should be our goal,” said Dawn Renaud, for-

mer chair of the Dis-trict Parents Advisory Council (DPAC) who attended the meeting. “It’s nice when we can keep them at a school that’s close to home, but sometimes we just can’t do that.”

A total of 16 of the 19 schools are oper-ating under capac-ity. Overall enrolment has dropped from 7,894 in the year 2000 to 5,842 as of Septem-ber 2015. Because of this, over $3 million in cuts are expected over the next three years, with aAt least an additional

$750,000 each follow-ing year if numbers do not increase.

The possibility of closures previously became a concern while Renaud was serving as chair, and the end result was the closure of Nkwa-la Elementary – the school her husband and daughter once attended.

S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Wendy Hyer said no closures or reconfigu-rations will be made before consulting fully with communi-ty stakeholders.

During the presen-

tation it was pointed out how students at Princess Margaret Secondary School are subject to fewer educational offerings than their Penticton Secondary School counterparts. And among the district’s middle and second-ary schools, there are only 3,404 students, but there is capacity for 4,650.

Hyer said no target for the reduction of enrolment capacity has been set — only enrolment numbers have been laid out and numerous other

factors still have yet to be considered.

“Shutting a school down will affect everybody that works in the build-ing,” said Leslea Woodward, presi-dent of the Okana-gan-Skaha Teachers’ Union. “They might have work, but as the superintendent stated last night, it might not be full-time work.”

School District 67 will be collecting input during a public meeting on Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Shatford Centre.

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Celebrating a winDan Albas speaks to Conservative supporters in West Kelowna on Monday evening, following the federal election. Albas was re-elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament and will represent the newly created riding of Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola.

It was a win for Lib-eral candidate Karley Scott as middle school and high school stu-dents chose her in recent mock elections.

At Summerland Secondary School, more than 60 per cent of the 425 stu-dents participated in a mock election on

Monday.Scott received

53 per cent of the vote, while incum-bent Dan Albas of the Conservatives

received 22 per cent. Angelique Wood of the New Democrats received 15 per cent support while Green Party candidate Rob-ert Mellalieu received eight per cent of stu-dent support.

Two per cent of ballots were spoiled.

At Summerland

Middle School, a recent mock election saw Scott emerge with 123 of the 277 valid votes cast. Albas received 59 votes, while Mel-lalieu received 61. Wood had 34 votes in that election. A total of 14 ballots were rejected.

Students choose Liberal candidate

Students’ choiceLiberal candidate Kar-ley Scott emerged the winner in a pair of mock elections in Summerland schools. In the federal election on Monday, she fin-ished second, less than 1,400 votes behind incumbent Conserva-tive MP Dan Albas.

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Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau extended his major-ity government even into the B.C. Inter-ior Monday, as Lib-eral Stephen Fuhr knocked off Conserv-ative incumbent Ron Cannan in Kelowna-Lake Country.

Trudeau thanked supporters in his Montreal riding, and began preparations to implement his new

government policies after nine and a half years of Conservative rule in Ottawa.

“For three years we had a very old-fashioned strategy,” Trudeau said. “We met with and talked with as many Can-adians as we could, and we listened.”

Major commit-ments by the Liberal campaign include legalizing recreation-al marijuana sales and running three years of deficits to

build infrastructure across the country.

Trudeau has also promised to scrap the Conservative govern-ment’s approval for the Northern Gate-way pipeline and enforce a ban on oil tanker traffic on B.C.’s north coast.

The Conservative Party issued a state-ment that Stephen Harper would resign as leader but would stay on as MP in his Calgary riding, where he won a seventh term.

“While tonight’s result is not what we had hoped for, the Canadian people are never wrong,” Harp-er told supporters, adding his congratu-lations to Trudeau.

On Vancouver Island, seven-time Conservative MP John Duncan was knocked off by NDP challenger Gord Johns in Courtenay-Alberni, one of the new seats created for the 2015 election.

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als picked up sev-eral Lower Mainland seats, traditional voting patterns held up in much of the province. Conserva-tives Cathy McLeod (Kamloops-Thomp-son-Cariboo) and Mel Arnold (North Okanagan-Shuswap) won their seats.

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the B.C. coast, with Rachel Blaney win-ning North Island-Powell River and veteran North Coast NDP MP Nathan Cul-len re-elected in Skee-na-Bulkley Valley.

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After three con-secutive terms as the governing party, Ste-phen Harper’s Con-servatives have been ousted.

The federal elec-tion on Monday saw the number of Con-servative seats tum-ble from 166 down to 99.

This federal house cleaning has hand-ed the reigns of our country to Justin Tru-deau’s Liberals.

With 184 of 338 seats in the House of Commons, the Liber-als have a majority government.

From the start, the election was Harper’s to lose as much as it was Trudeau’s to win.

A strong anti-Harp-er sentiment, which had grown over the past four years, played a large part in Monday’s outcome.

Canadians were determined to ensure the Harper Conserva-tives would no longer have the same degree of power they had enjoyed previously.

Long before the writ was dropped, a growing degree of

polarization of Can-adian politics had already ensured the outcome would not be good, no matter which party formed the next government.

While the Liber-als won a majority of seats, they did not have a majority of voter support.

Of the ballots cast, 39.5 per cent were for Liberal candidates, which means 60.5 per cent were for repre-sentatives of other parties.

And if the eli-gible voters who did not cast ballots are included, the number becomes even more telling, with just 27 per cent of eligible

Canadian voters casting ballots for a member of Trudeau’s Liberals.

Canadians may have rejected Harp-er’s Conservatives, but the outcome is not exactly a ringing endorsement for the Liberal Party, despite the majority outcome.

This puts the newly elected Liber-als in much the same position as the Con-servatives they have replaced.

In the May 2, 2011 federal election, the Conservatives received a majority of 166 seats of the 308 in the House of Com-mons, but of those who voted, only 39.62 per cent chose a Tory candidate. If all eligible voters were counted, then only 24 per cent of Can-adians cast a ballot for a Conservative in

that election.This is an unenvi-

able position for the newly elected Liberal government.

It is possible that by the time of the next federal election, four years from now, the tide will have turned once again and voters will want an “Anyone But Tru-deau” outcome.

Whether this hap-pens is up to the fed-eral Liberals.

Not all Canadians

support the platform and position of the incoming Liberals. In fact, a majority of vot-ers in this year’s elec-tion chose something else.

This is a time for the newly elected major-ity government to act as if the outcome were a minority instead.

This is a time to listen to the views of all Canadians and

to make decisions respecting a variety of views.

In short, it’s a time for humility and dia-logue.

The day after his win, Trudeau greeted people in a Montreal subway station. This is a great start.

Canadians have elected a new gov-ernment, or more precisely they have replaced an old one.

The fact that the Liberals are not Tor-ies may have helped to put them into power, but it will not be enough to keep them there.

Trudeau’s challenge now is to show him-self and his party as worthy of the respect and admiration of the Canadian public.

Now it’s time for the Liberals to estab-lish themselves as more than the party that replaced the Conservatives.

And it’s time for the Canadian pub-lic to let them prove themselves.

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

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YOUR VIEWS

Now that the dust has begun to settle following the 42nd Canadian federal elec-tion, it is time to move beyond replaying the campaign and on to the future of the country.

While it is easy to revisit the lengthy build-up and consider strategy changes and tactics which could have affected the outcome, such discussion will not change the final results.

The election on Monday has resulted in a Liberal majority government, with Conservative MP Dan Albas repre-senting the riding of Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola.

The outcome will not change, no mat-ter how many times we study the num-bers.

While not all are pleased with the final results of Monday’s vote, there are some positive outcomes.

Every vote mattered in this election, and voters seemed to understand the importance of casting their ballots.

The overall voter turnout, at 68.49 per cent, is higher than it has been since the 1993 federal election.

In this riding, the turnout was higher than the national average, at 71.81 per cent.

The race locally was a close one. Albas won his seat by a margin of just 1,397 votes over Liberal candidate Karley Scott. A total of 61,820 ballots were cast, mak-ing this an extremely close contest.

While Albas is not a part of the gov-erning party, he has been able to work with politicians of all affiliations in order to represent his riding and this region.

This skill will be necessary in the future as a new government takes the helm.

And most importantly, no matter what anyone thinks of the outcome, it is import-ant to remember that the Canadian public has the opportunity to make a choice and select the direction for the country.

This is a freedom which does not exist in some parts of the world, and it is a free-dom we must never take lightly.

The choice has been made, and it has been our choice.

Now it’s time to more forward.

EDITORIALMoving forward

Canadians may have rejected Harper’s Conservatives, but the outcome is not exactly a ringing endorsement for the Liberal Party, despite the majority outcome.

Dear Editor:As a business

owner in Summer-land, never have I held the District of Summerland in such contempt as I do now.

Back in 2006, as a condition of grant-ing us a development permit to extend our motel in Trout Creek the District of Sum-merland insisted that we become part of the sewer district which necessitated the build-ing of a substantial and expensive sewer link under Highway 97 to a specification that ensured that in the future, the whole sub division of West Trout Creek could eventu-ally take advantage of the municipal sewer by utilizing the link we built.

Should this hap-pen within the speci-fied 15 year window we were told by the District that we would be eligible for “latecomer fees.”

That day has now come, but no late-comer fees are forth-coming, no doubt it is politically embar-rassing for the district to go back to the resi-dents after they have already announced publicly the amount that each household has to pay to join the sewer district, so instead they bob and weave, hiding behind one bylaw or another to try and get out of collecting latecomer fees.

To make mat-ters even worse the mishandling by the district of the sewer pipe laying project

presently going on in Trout Creek has led to a three week delay, when no work took place at all and after nearly two months, we are still driving on dirt roads still suf-fer restricted access to the motel and have suffered a number of interruptions to our water supply caus-ing our guests a great deal of dislocation.

The complacency

at municipal hall is mind blowing, to be told by a coun-cillor that I would have been treated the same, I assume he meant equally badly, by any other com-munity is not a com-forting thought.

October is small business month and no doubt the polit-icians will be out glad handing at a few business sites to

try and show some interest, however, it is obvious that city hall and the business community are on divergent paths, this town is in dire need of investment both pub-lic and private, when we need a structured investment plan to replace aging water lines to prevent the numerous break-ages that occur and replacement of our

crumbling road sys-tem, what do we get?

A tax hike and colourful crosswalks which look more at home in a Kindergart-en playground and must seem incredibly patronizing to the community they are meant to reach out to!

It’s no surprise that no one wants to invest in this town.

John LatheySummerland

A chainsaw would be handyClearing the land for farming is a great way to lay in a supply of firewood for the winter. Mr. Tweedy probably would have liked to trade his axe for a chainsaw to make the job a little easier, but in 1915 that wasn’t an option. At least the tree was on his own property in Prairie Valley so he didn’t have far to haul it; plus he had support and encouragement (if not help) from the family dogs.

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Complacency evident during sewer expansion

Dear Editor:On Saturday, Sept.

19, the Friends of the Summerland Research Station Gardens hosted an autumn garden tour of Penticton gardens as a fundraiser for the Ornamental Gar-dens.

The focus of this year’s tour was sus-tainable gardening practice as well as food growing, with detailed gardening notes placed in each

garden.The tour provid-

ed a wide variety of gardening types from vegetable gar-dens including val-ley View Farms and the Penticton Indian Band garden to back yards with bees, chickens and a swim-ming pool converted to an aquatic wildlife habitat.

There were some wonderful examples of small backyard gardens with both

vegetable and annual and perennial beds, and a large acreage hosting a stunning array of flowers, vegetables and views.

Huge thanks go out to the many vol-unteers who helped with planning the garden tour as well as hosting the gardens as representatives of the Friends of the gardens and the mas-ter gardeners.

We so appreciate the garden owners

who willingly opened their gardens to more than 200 visitors that day.

The feedback from the attendees was that not only were the gardens beautiful, they were also very informative.

Thanks also to our

visitors who contrib-uted to our fundrais-ing efforts on behalf of the Summerland Ornamental Gardens.

Bev KriegerFriends of the Summerland

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because he comes from “a broken home.” Many people come from broken homes but do not go on to a life of crime.

Another issue is Ronald Teneycke. As far as I am concerned, he is a prime candi-date for “dangerous offender” status. He

has proven time and time again that he is a high risk to re-offend, yet the system keeps letting him back out onto the streets.

But if you grow six pot plants in your basement, you are going to the hoose-gow for six months mandatory senten-

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Way to get tough on crime, Mr. Harper.

Mark BillesbergerPenticton

Time for our legal system to get tough on crime

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ON SUMMERLAND’S CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT The Cultural Plan Task Force is accepting written and video submissions from organizations and individuals who may wish to make specifi c comments or recommendations on how best to shape Summerland’s cultural development.Topic areas may include, but need not be limited to: • municipal support for culture, arts, and heritage • local cultural events and activities • cultural facilities • creating a vibrant downtown • future cultural opportunities for Summerland

There is no set format for submissions. Written contributions can take the form of a letter, discussion paper or report. However, all submissions should have a clear structure and be as short as possible. Video submissions should be no longer than 5 minutes duration. Written submissions of more than 1000 words should include a summary of key points.

Submissions to the Task Force will be accepted until 3:00pm Friday, January 8th, 2016.

Please deliver your written submission by email to [email protected], by mail to Cultural Plan Task Force, District of Summerland, Box 159, Summerland BC V0H 1Z0 or drop it off to Municipal Hall, 13211 Henry Avenue, (Mon - Fri 8:30am - 4:00 pm).

For complete submission details, please visit our website www.summerland.ca.

2016 GRANT-IN-AID2016 Grant-in-Aid applications are now available. The deadline to submit completed applications with all supporting information is November 16, 2015. Please visit the District of Summerland website for complete details of the Grant-in-Aid policy and qualifying information. Any further questions can be directed to Renée Belyk, Manager of Financial Services, at 250-404-4041 or [email protected].

IRRIGATOR METER RATES OPEN HOUSEWednesday, October 28th 2:30pm – 5:30pm Arena Banquet Room, 8820 Jubilee Road E. Everyone is welcome to attend an open house to gather information concerning irrigator meter billing models and rates. We would like your input on who should be eligible to receive irrigator rates (which are lower than domestic rates), and how rates should be applied (base rate, consumption rates, penalties etc). Please note that a separate open house will be held in the future to deal with unmetered second connections on properties under two acres. We hope to see you there!

NOTICE OF 2016 PERMISSIVE TAX EXEMPTIONMunicipal Council of the District of Summerland will consider adoption of Bylaw No. 2015-029, “2016 Permissive Tax Exemption Bylaw”, at their Special Meeting of Council on Friday, October 30, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. Upon adoption, Bylaw No. 2015-029 will grant exemption from Municipal Property Taxes for the organizations/churches listed below. The estimated value of each exemption is provided based on 2015 property assessments. Copies of the bylaw are available at the Administration Department at Municipal Hall, 13211 Henry Avenue, Summerland, BC.

Notice of 2016 Permissive Tax ExemptionMunicipal Council of the District of Summerland will consider adoption of Bylaw No. 2015-029, “2016 Permissive Tax Exemption Bylaw”, at their Special Meeting of Council on Friday, October 30, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. Upon adoption, Bylaw No. 2015-029 will grant exemption from Municipal Property Taxes for the organizations/churches listed below. The estimated value of each exemption is provided based on 2015 property assessments. Copies of the bylaw are available at the Administration Department at Municipal Hall, 13211 Henry Avenue, Summerland, BC.

Owner/Occupier Property Address Purpose Duration of Exemption Estimated Value for 2016 Estimated Value for 3 Years

The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada 14820 Victoria Rd. North

Land and improvements surrounding a charitable religious organization

1 year 4,396.18 13,588.15

South Okanagan Montessori School Society 10317 Prairie Valley Rd. Not for profit organization 1 year 1,045.73 3,232.24

Okanagan Hindu Society 2706 Johnson St.Land and improvements surrounding a charitable religious organization

1 year 1,445.10 4,466.65

Summerland Pentecostal Church 9918 Julia St.Land and improvements surrounding a charitable religious organization

1 year 1,906.06 5,891.43

Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson – Church of the Holy Child

14010 Rosedale Ave.Land and improvements surrounding a charitable religious organization

1 year 4,439.75 13,722.82

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Summerland 15244 Victoria Rd. North


1 year 2,399.59 7,416.90

St. Stephen Anglican Church 9311 Prairie Valley Rd.Land and improvements surrounding a charitable religious organization

1 year 661.38 2,044.26

Summerland Baptist Church 10318 Elliott St.Land and improvements surrounding a charitable religious organization

1 year 1,706.52 5,274.69

Summerland Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses 9514 and 9518 Julia St.


1 year 2,443.76 7,553.42

Summerland United Church 13204 Henry Ave.Land and improvements surrounding a charitable religious organization

1 year 855.77 2,645.11

Kettle Valley Railway Society 18404 Bathfield Rd. and Kettle Valley Right of Way Not for profit organization 1 year 21,301.48 65,840.73

South Okanagan Sailing Association 11619 Lakeshore Drive S. Not for profit recreational

building 1 year 8,033.19 24,829.77

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22 Summerland 14205 Rosedale Ave. Not for profit organization 1 year 1,516.60 4,687.65

Summerland Chamber of Commerce 15600 Highway 97 Not for profit organization 1 year 3,200.08 9,891.13

The Summerland Golf Society 2405 Mountain Ave. Not for profit recreational building 1 year 17,538.22 54,208.89

Summerland Recreation Society 13607 Lakeshore Dr. South Not for profit recreational building 1 year 12,051.38 37,249.62

Summerland Senior Citizen’s Drop-In Association 9710 Brown St. Not for profit organization 1 year 3,354.19 10,367.46

Summerland Yacht Club 13209 Lakeshore Dr. South Not for profit organization 1 year 12,114.59 37,444.99 Summerland Youth Centre Association 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. Not for profit organization 1 year 10,606.01 32,782.12

Summerland Athletic Club 9450 Prairie Valley Road Not for profit organization 1 year 1,978.20 6,114.42

The past month in Toyokoro has been really busy and a lot of fun.

I had my first Taiko drum performance in September at one of the biggest festivals in Toyokoro.

I am very grateful that I have been wel-comed onto the Taiko drum team and have gotten to learn how to play a traditional

Japanese instrument as well as experience another aspect of their culture. I also had the opportunity to perform for and teach Taiko to the vis-iting high school stu-dents from Summer-land and Penticton in October.

It was fun to show off my new skills and get to have a fast paced conversation

with native English speakers from my own community.

Earlier this month, the Toyokoro Junior High School held their annual school festival. The festival is held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on a Saturday and all parents, sib-lings, and citizens are welcome to attend.

At the festival, the students show off

their many talents and display their pro-jects and all their hard work from the year thus far. There were many performances in the school gym throughout the day including brass band, talent show, and a chorus competition.

I was absolutely blown away by the singing ability of all of the students at the

school. Each grade (7 to 9) practices and performs two songs for the competition and they were all amazing! In addition to the performances, students’ art projects, woodwork, sewing, and writing is dis-played throughout the classrooms for everyone to view.

The students pre-pare for approxi-mately three weeks in advance of the festival and it was really excit-ing to watch them put so much effort into their work and then enjoy showing off their hard work on

the day of the festival. As for the weather

in Toyokoro, it is start-ing to get a little cold.

Since I last wrote, we’ve had another minor earthquake

and a typhoon. I have never experienced a typhoon before, and I just happened to be teaching at the elementary school in Otsu that day, which is a town right on the ocean, so the wind and rain was very intense.

The snow will begin to fall in about a month, and I’ve heard that Toyokoro gets a lot of snow, so hopefully I can stay warm and dry over the next month.

Alyssa Hooper is in Summerland’s sis-ter city of Toyokoro, Japan as the assistant English teacher.

As the dust settles from Monday’s fed-eral election, to para-phrase former prime minister Kim Camp-bell, it’s time to talk about serious issues again.

The Conservatives were hoping to make 2015 a free trade election, by sign-ing onto the world’s largest trade deal at the end of July. But things didn’t go as planned at the talks in Maui, and Canada was among the play-ers that walked away from the Trans-Pacif-ic Partnership table at that time.

Then came five days of round-the-clock negotiations in Atlanta, with the U.S. pushing for a deal with Japan, Korea, Australia and other Pacific Rim power-houses to normalize trade in 40 per cent of the world’s economy. And the TPP came together at the end of September.

Canada and B.C. essentially got what our governments were demanding, which was broad access to Pacific Rim markets and con-tinued protection for nearly all of domes-tic dairy, poultry and egg markets. Also preserved was B.C.’s regulated market for logs and U.S. lumber

sales.The 200-kg gorilla

of the TPP burst out in the heat of the elec-tion campaign, and the Kim Campbell rule was demonstrat-ed again. Much of the discussion revolved around alleged secrecy, as the legal text of the deal won’t be out for some time to come. Protected farmers downed their pitchforks, count-ing their blessings, and their guaranteed compensation.

The NDP was forced to come out against the TPP, as it was against trade deals with the U.S., Mexico, Europe and others. But it’s get-ting lonely for them as the rest of the world moves on.

Within days of the TPP deal, the World Bank issued one of its periodic reports on “extreme poverty,” which it defines as an income of less than $1.90 U.S. a day.

And 2015 is the first year when fewer than 10 per cent of the world’s people remain below this global poverty line, down from 12.8 per cent in 2012.

It’s easy for com-fortable First World folks to protest con-ditions in running shoe and cell phone factories in India or

China, but the graph of extreme poverty in those countries shows steep decline since 1990. Trade and technology are lifting up the poorest of the world.

For B.C., with-drawing from Pacific Rim trade is unthink-able. We worry a lot about lumber and cop-per and natural gas, but the TPP also opens up huge markets for services, where much of our economic future awaits.

The question for us is simple. Can we compete in health sciences, engineering, architecture, digital media, and informa-tion technology? Do we want to?

The TPP doesn’t change B.C.’s dependency on the United States. As with NAFTA, our vital lumber trade remains under a separate agreement, which expired on

Oct. 1.I’m told by fed-

eral and provincial officials that at this stage, the U.S. isn’t even taking our calls on the softwood lumber agreement, which Canada and B.C. want extended. Americans are pre-occupied with the TPP and domestic politics.

After decades of bitter legal actions from the American industry, the latest softwood deal has provided a rough peace. It set a floor price for B.C.’s allegedly subsid-ized lumber exports, with an export tax collected by Can-ada when the price went below the floor of $355 per thou-sand board feet. That money went back into our government general revenue.

Higher prices meant no export tax was collected through 2014 and early 2015, and only five per cent as of September. Now that the agreement is expired, by default we have actual free trade in lumber for up to the next year.

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

Notes from toyokoro

Alyssa Hooper

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Learning Taiko drumming in Toyokoro

Let’s get real about trade deals

DrummingAlyssa Hooper of Summerland has been welcomed onto the Taiko drum team in Toyokoro, Japan, where she is learning to play a traditional Japanese instrument.

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Car show donationsThe Apple Valley Cruisers presented $3,418.35 to community groups and organizations. The money is proceeds from the Endless Summer Show and Shine. From left are Shawn Carter representing the Giant’s Head School and Summerland Middle School breakfast programs, Apple Valley Cruisers treasurer Bob Dalflyen, Mary Barkwill of the Summerland branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, Bob Kelly of Apple Valley Cruisers, Tom Jacques of the Summerland Kiwanis Club, Tara Hollas of the Summerland Food Bank, Alyson Lindsay of the Summerland Asset Development Initia-tive, Jacques Lefebvre of the Summerland DARE program and Dale Hooper representing Toys and Toonies for Tots and Teens. Other organizations benefitting from the donations included the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, the Summerland Girl Guides, the Summerland Arts Council and a bursary for Summerland Secondary School.

South Okanagan residents will have the opportunity to expand their under-standing of the intrinsic connection between creativity and spirituality fea-tured at the Shatford

Centre in Penticton on Oct. 23 to 25.

Bringing together artists and members of faith traditions, this symposium will offer workshops exploring creative potential.

Registration infor-

mation is available at inSpiritfestival.com.

The weekend will begin on Friday with a full day seminar, Celebration of Liv-ing and Possibility, featuring Canadian artists Anne Mortifee

and Sherrill Miller.An evening gath-

ering Friday, Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. will fea-ture Mortifee as the keynote speaker and exhibits of visual art from various facilita-tors.

A series of 12 experiential work-shops will be offered on Saturday facilitat-ed by talented, spirit-ually inspired artists from throughout our area and other parts of B.C.

The workshops, range in length from one and a half hours to a full day.

Even if you don’t consider yourself an artist, come and explore your creative potential by select-

ing a workshop of painting, writing, drumming, fibre arts, calligraphy, sacred dance, hatha yoga and writing or under-standing dreams.

Saturday evening will feature a multi-cultural buffet dinner.

The keynote speak-er will be Swami Jyotihananda from the Yasodhara Ash-ram.

Sunday’s morning program will provide a variety of forms of meditation and con-templative practices.

The afternoon will feature a round table discussion of the nature of creativity in faith and spiritu-ality. Faith lead-ers and practition-ers not practicing a faith tradition will be invited to offer their perspectives on crea-tivity and spirituality.

The Inspirit com-munity will be encour-aged to participate in this discussion.

The Okanagan School of the Arts received an Inter-Action Multicultural-ism Grant from the Government of Can-ada for this event. Plans are in place to hold this festival as an annual cross-cul-tural event.

For more infor-mation, visit www.inspiritfestival.com. To register, visit www.osarts.com.

Symposium held at Shatford Centre

A Summerland church will host a ser-ies of speakers from different faiths in the Okanagan Valley.

The series, Build-ing Peace Through Understanding, is offered through Summerland United

Church.“The goal is to

learn about some of the religions other than Christianity who are making their home in the valley,” said Armand Houle, minister of Summer-land United Church.

“We live in Canada where we find many different religions living side by side, yet they can remain a complete mystery to us. “We also realize that just as in Christi-anity, there is variety and difference with-

in faith traditions,” said David Sparks, a member of the plan-ning committee.

Speakers from the Penticton Sikh Tem-ple, the Hindu Cul-tural Centre in Sum-merland, the Islamic Centre in Kelowna and the Okanagan Jewish Commun-ity Association in Kelowna will speak.

“Our hope is that by learning more about our neigh-bours, we will build a more peaceful and respectful commun-

ity,” said Peggy Bar-nett, a member of the planning committee.

The presentations will be held at the church on four con-secutive Monday evenings, beginning Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. with a presentation on Islam.

The next presenta-tions, in order, will be on Hinduism, Sikh-ism and Judaism.

Each presentation will last 30 to 45 min-utes, followed by a 15-minute question period.

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The Insurance Corp. of B.C. has decided to raise basic auto insurance pre-miums by 5.5 per cent, driving up the annual cost by more than $44 for the aver-age driver.

And a further jump in optional pre-miums for coverage like third-party lia-bility will add nearly $16, for an annual increase of about $60 on average.

The basic premium increase is less than the 6.7 per cent jump ICBC had warned in August might be required as a result of rapidly rising injury claims and the resulting payouts.

The hit is lower in part because the prov-ince has approved an unusual $450-million transfer of capital from ICBC’s optional insur-ance business to the basic insurance side.

There’s been grow-ing financial pres-sure on the basic side, while ICBC has had more wriggle room in recent years to actually decrease rates on its optional side, where it does not hold a monopoly and competes with private insurers.

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Forgoing the annual dividend to government would have only trimmed the basic rate hike to 5.2 per cent, Stone said.

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There is a very important round of discussions happen-ing in Summerland these days and there’s a pretty good chance at least one of them is going to involve something you care about.

The Summerland Cultural Plan task force is hosting a ser-ies of conversations in and around Summer-land to help shape the cultural landscape of our town and they’re seeking input from the community to help figure out the strengths, weakness-es or even areas that you feel have fallen by the wayside or are simply not present.

This is a great opportunity for those who have no vested interest in a part of Summerland’s cul-tural scene beyond being patrons to speak up and let their voices be heard about how they feel about the cultural scene in Summerland today and where they would like to see it grow.

The working defin-ition of culture being used by the task force is, in their own words, pretty broad, which is a great thing to see.

It’s provid-ing Summerland a chance to not just talk about culture from an artistic point of view, although that opportunity is being provided, but also a chance to talk about things that fall out-side of the normal conversations that surround culture.

C o n v e r s a t i o n topics include: multi-culturalism, visual and performing arts, literary arts, youth, seniors and festivals and events among other things and more sessions will be announced down the road.

The conversa-tions will be focused around three ques-tions: 1. What is working well as part of the cultural fabric in Summer-land? What needs to be improved? 2. Where do we want to go with culture in Summerland? What would make a dif-ference? 3. How do we get there? What resources do we need to achieve our goals?

I think this is a unique opportun-ity for the people of Summerland to help shape the culture of their town.

I’ve lived in quite a few places over the years and not once have I ever seen an open invitation go out to the general pub-lic like this. There’s certainly a few dis-cussions I plan on sit-ting in on, not just as someone with a vested interest in the arts, but also as some-one who likes to see cultural things hap-pen around me. It’s great to think that, by answering a few sim-ple questions, I can help guide the direc-tion of arts and cul-ture in community.

I encourage any-one who feels that something is lack-ing, could use some tweaking or is per-fect the way it is, to get out there and let your opinions be known.

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

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Really Good F Words: Your Inter-active Guide to Self-Care, by Lorrie Forde, will be launched in Summerland early next month.

Forde describes self-care as a life in b a l -a n c e , includ-ing a w o r k -life bal-a n c e , health, w e l l -n e s s a n d g o o d relationships.

“How do we, in our own unique cir-cumstances, find that sense that all is right with my world?” she asks.

Forde draws on her personal experi-ences and her 25-year career as a program

administrator in con-tinuing studies at Okanagan College.

She said the book was written as a guide for young mothers, trying to juggle busy schedules with many demands. However, preliminary materi-al is being used by organizations such as South Okanagan Victim Assistance Society and the South Okanagan Women in Need Society.

It is an interactive coaching tool for those pursuing self-care.

“This book is a way to make coach-ing available to the masses,” she said.

Really Good F Words is published by Influence Publish-ing and is available through the pub-lisher, through Ama-zon.com and from book stores. It will be launched at the Sum-merland branch of the Okanagan Regional Library on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 5 p.m.

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Fest-of-Ale contributionsMembers of the Okanagan Fest-of-Ale Society donated $35,000 to the region earlier this month.The donations included a $10,000 gift to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation, the first contribution to a five-year pledge of $50,000. The Agur Lake Camp Society and School District 67 were among other organizations benefitting from the dona-tions.

The Westbank Country Opry will be dedicating their Oct. 25 show to the mem-ory of former presi-dent, Bud Brown.

Brown was a vet-eran, a member of the Summerland Legion and a supporter of the Opry.

The concert will feature an afternoon of country music with a five-piece band,

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The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra opened its 2015-2016 season with a literal bang of brass and percussion.

Featuring works by Finnish compos-er Jean Sibelius and C z e c h o s l o v a k i a n composer Antonin Dvorak, the even-ing’s fare was at once rousing, intro-spective and inspir-

ing.The evening began

with Jean Sibelius’s Finlandia.

It remains argu-ably his most popular piece and one which evokes the images of pine forests and snow-capped moun-tains in the wood-wind lines, cool crisp mountain air in the soaring violin mel-odies and the dark-ness of snows in win-ter in the brass choir sections.

The next work on the program was Sibelius’s Violin Con-certo in D Minor fea-turing Canadian vio-lin sensation, Martin Beaver.

Beaver soared his way up and down the violin, nimble fingers tossing off runs, daz-zling the audience with sizzling double-stops and rapid string-crossings.

He more than merited the standing ovation he received.

After intermis-sion, the orchestra played “Nimrod” from Elgar’s Enigma Variations, in tribute to the memory of for-mer orchestra mem-ber and symphony administrator Laurie Henderson.

To conclude the evening, the OSO performed Dvorak’s

Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” which he wrote during a sojourn in the United States.

A work in four movements, the music was inspired by the melodies, har-monies and rhythms of spirituals and First Nations music. Laura Davis’s Eng-lish Horn rendition of the ‘Goin’ Home’ theme in the second movement was exquisite.

Altogether, well-deserved congratu-lations go out to Maestra Rosemary Thomson and the Okanagan Sym-phony Orchestra for starting the season off with such style and panache — clearly it is going to be a great year.

Symphony season opens with brass and percussion

Supporting Search and RescueStaff at the Summerland Credit Union donated $798 to Penticton Search and Rescue during their quarterly Comfort for a Cause donation. Each week staff members contribute $1 to a fund, which is matched by the Credit Union, to be able to wear jeans to work on Friday. The money raised goes to a local charity or organization, of the staff’s choosing. Herlinda Burt of the Credit Union, second from left, presented the cheque to Dale Jorgensen of Search and Rescue. At left, holding the Comfort for a Cause sign is Randy Brown. At right is Ian King of Search and Rescue.

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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 250-494-4666.Summerland Caregiver Support Group meets the second and fourth Thursdays of every month from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Summerland Health Centre lower conference room. For more information call Cindy at 250-404-8072.Summerland Horse-shoe Club is look-ing for new members. Practices are held in Memorial Park on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Call Ron Moser at 250-494-0450.Summerland Material Girls Quilt Guild meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from September to May at 9 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. For more information call Cathy Patterson at 250-494-8274 or Annie Smirmaul at 250-494-2286.Summerland Sports-men’s Association meets every third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Summerland Legion.

The SSA focuses on fishing, shooting, hunt-ing, archery and con-servation and is affiliat-ed with the B.C. Wildlife Federation. New mem-bers welcome.Summerland TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Thursday at 5:30 p.m., lower floor of Summerland Seniors Centre. For info call Vicki at 250-494-5484. The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group meets on the first Thursday of every month at 10:30 a.m. at the MS office, 3373 Skaha Rd., Penticton. Everyone welcome. For more information call Sherry at 250-493-6564.The Summerland trad-itional rug artists get together at Summerland United Church every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. New members and visitors are always wel-come. For more infor-mation phone 250-494-1278.

FridayBridge is played every Friday at 1 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St. Phone Irene at 250-404-4562. Cribbage is played every Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St.Ladies’ Drop-in Volleyball every Friday beginning Oct. 16, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. Everyone welcome. For more information call Donna at 250-494-9718 or Debbie at 250-494-7733.Pleasure Painters meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. Come and enjoy or check it out. Drop-ins welcome.Tai Chi, beginner and intermediate, at the Summerland Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, Fridays 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. For further information call Susan at 250-494-3370.The 890 Wing of the South Okanagan Air Force Association of Canada have a get-together every Friday night from 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. in Penticton. New members are welcome. For more information, phone Fred Monteith at

250-497-8490.

SaturdayCharity bottle drive at Summerland IGA each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds from the collections will go to support the Summerland Food Bank and Critteraid.Cribbage wil l take place at the Summerland Seniors’ Drop-in Centre every fourth Saturday until June, beginning at 1 p.m. Singles welcome. Refreshments will be served.Pancake breakfast, all you can eat, Saturday, Oct. 17, 8 to 11 a.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre.Summerland Ladies Hockey takes place at the Summerland Arena Saturdays at 8:30 pm. All skill levels welcome. Contact Judy Beck at [email protected].

SundayDivorceCare, Single and Parenting, and DivorceCare for Kids (ages five to 12) will be offered Sunday even-ings at Summerland Baptist Church, Oct. 18 to Jan. 24. The sessions start with dinner at 4:30 p.m., followed by the courses from 5 to 6:45 p.m. Call 250-494-3313 for more information or to register.The Trail of the Okanagans Commitee welcomes all to the unveiling of a new sign depicting the Summerland Hike and Bike Master Trail Map Sunday Oct. 25 at 12:15 p.m. Bike, walk or drive to the unveil-ing at the south end of the pathway, off Landry Crescent in Trout Creek.Vintage Car Club, South Okanagan Chapter, meets the last Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. in the Youth Centre on Peach Orchard Road. Anyone interested in vintage cars (those 25 years or older) is invited to attend. For more infor-mation on the club phone 250-494-5473.

MondayBirthright, serving the South Okanagan, has Monday drop-in from 10 a.m. to noon at 200 Bennett St. in Penticton. This week-ly program provides light snacks and an opportunity to build friendships, share life skills and participate in baby item swaps. Please contact Sandy Mikkelsen at 250-492-4901 for more info.Dabber Bingo is played at the Senior Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown

St., every Monday at 1 p.m.. 16 regular games, Lucky 7, Odd/Even, Bonanza. Everyone is welcome. License #832873. In the first of a four-part series, Building Peace Through Understanding, Summerland United Church is hosting a representative from the Kelowna Islamic Centre on Monday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. Refreshments to follow.Men — Love to Sing? Okanagan Christian Men’s Choir. This non-denominational choir invites you to join us, have fun, sing unto the Lord and enjoy the fellowship of other sing-ers. Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Summerland Baptist Church, Fireside Room. For more infor-mation contact Hans at 250-494-7127. The South Okanagan Orchid Society meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Shatford Centre in Penticton. The group meets September to June. For more infor-mation, contact Joan at 250-494-4293.The Summerland Crokinole Club meets Monday nights at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Summerland Seniors Centre. Contact Darlene at 250-494-9310.

TuesdayContract Bridge is played at St. Stephen Anglican Church in Summerland every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. Everyone is wel-come to join in the fun. Refreshments available. For more information, please call Sheila at 250-494-8996.Dementia Caregiver Support Group — Are you providing care or support for someone dealing with Alzheimer’s or another dementia? Please join us at our Summerland meet-ing to explore how we can assist you. The meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland IOOF Hall, 9536 Main St. Call Laurie Myres at 250-493-8182 or email [email protected] 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 Wednesdays

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’ Drop-in Centre, Tuesdays at 9 a.m. for beginners and 10 a.m. for advanced. 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 welcome.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 every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St.

Wednesday B.C. Ret ired Government Employees monthly meeting Wednesday, Oct. 28, 10 a.m. at the Penticton Library theatre room. Speaker topic: Travel insurance information.Be.Free, a 12-step Christ-centred recov-ery program that is not addiction specific, meets every Wednesday at Summerland Alliance Church at 7 p.m. For more information con-tact the SAC office at 250-494-9975 and ask to speak to Pastor Rick.Did you know Summerland has a Garden Club? Meetings are casual. Gardening experience varies. All gardeners are wel-come. Meetings are the third Wednesday of the month. Contact Jan Carlson at 250-494-5112 for more information.Summerland Art Club meets every Wednesday, September to June, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the former library build-ing on Wharton Street. Painters of all levels are welcome. Workshops available. For informa-tion call Mary at 250-494-5851.Summerland ATV Club meets on the first

Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the 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.

UpcomingHave you ever want-ed to try badminton? All playing times are free for the month of October. Bring clean indoor shoes. Racquet and birds are available for use. For playing times, visit summer-landbadmintonclub.com or call Audie Yastremski at 250-494-1872.Monday, 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.Summerland Singers and Players have postponed their pro-duction of The Butler Did It until April 21 to 24, 2016. They are still looking for an actress to fill the role of Vickie, who is in her 20s. Rehearsals begin in the spring. Contact Bob Read, at [email protected], if interested in trying out.The Summerland Museum has resumed its fall and winter hours. The museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.

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Carla McLeodSpecial to the

Review

When a local women’s fitness cen-tre closed its doors in January of 2012, many of the mem-bers wanted to keep it going.

After holding a meeting, a ‘ran-dom self-selected group’ of six women stepped forward to work towards that goal. In June of that same year Summer-land Women’s Fit-ness opened up at the Summerfair Shop-ping Centre.

“We decided that we wanted to be a co-operative, so we registered as a non-profit society and went through all the hoops in order to do so,” explained Betty- Ann Xenis.

Exercise equip-ment was purchased at an auction and donated to the group and once they found a location to rent they went to work on fix-ing it up.

“The place was a disaster,” said Pat Mayne.

“Our husbands did all the work, dry walling, paint-ing, cleaning, putting up baseboards and renovating the bath-rooms.”

Soon they were done and the place was furnished with donated furniture and equipment. Once everything was set up, the six women got the word out and started to sell mem-berships.

“We started with 18 members, which was very scary for us,” explained Mayne.

“It didn’t cover our rent and insurance or our lights and heat.”

Today they have

over 50 active mem-bers, ranging in age from late 20s to mid-80s, with the aver-age being that of m i d d l e a g e . M e m -b e r s h i p fees now c o v e r all the e x p e n s -es.

From among the membership comes a

pool of 15 dedicated regular volunteers along with 12 who

are willing to act as spares.

Mayne, who acts as the volunteer coordinator, sched-ules the volunteers so as to have some-one on duty during the hours of oper-

ation. They greet the members, man the desk and answer the phone.

The fitness cen-tre has 12 hydraulic resistance machines as well as two tread-mills, exercise bikes, an elliptical and whole body vibration machine.

The machines are designed to work on the principle of resist-ance, so the faster one goes or the harder one pushes the more resistance there is.

This allows women to work at their own pace with little risk of doing any harm to themselves. Most members complete

the circuit in under an hour.

“We emphasize that it is flexible and for women of all ages and fitness lev-els,” said Xenis. “You don’t have to be fit to start. You can come in at whatever level you are at.”

Interested women are offered a free trial before signing up as a member.

Katherine Beat-tie services all the machines regularly and orientates each new member on the proper use of the machines.

Cleanliness is also a priority.

“We have had many comments on how clean we keep this place,” said Beat-tie. “We are probably obsessive. Everyone is so conscientious about keeping things clean.”

One of the goals of the society was to provide a place for women to come together and be com-

fortable and have fun while getting fit. They have accom-plished that.

“It reminds me of ‘Cheers, where everyone knows each other’s name’, said Xenis. “I really like that it is all women.”

“I like it because I don’t have to buy workout clothing,” explained Mayne. “I just come in my com-fortable clothes and my inside shoes and I don’t worry about how I look.”

“I hate exercising,” said Debbie Farrow. “If someone else is exercising I am more apt to do it.”

As the society’s bookkeeper, Farrow pointed out that the group is very com-munity minded and supportive of Sum-merland.

A food bank drive is held once or twice a year and they offer a $300 bursary to a high school student who plans on a career in health care.

The success of this society has been because of their abil-ity to come together as a group to work towards a common goal.

At their annual meeting members are able to have input and to vote, thus making everyone feel as if they belong.

“It really is amaz-ing how the group came together,” said Mayne. “We all use our expertise at dif-ferent things.

Farrow summed things up by saying, “It’s been an interest-ing journey.”

If you would like to find out more information visit www.summerland-womensfitness.ca or call 778-516-2001

If you know a positive story about someone in our com-munity, contact Carla McLeod at [email protected] or con-tact the Summerland Review newsroom at 250-494-5406.


Women stepped up to fitness goal

Fitness directorsThe directors of the Summerland Women’s Fitness Centre, from left, are Linda Lumsden, Betty-Ann Xenis, Carol Patane, Katherine Beattie, Pat Mayne and Debbie Farrow.

“We emphasize that it is flexible and for women of all ages and fitness lev-els. You don’t have to be fit to start. You can come in at whatever level you are at.”

Betty-Ann Xenis

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Summerland Sec-ondary School’s 2016 graduating students are hosting a spooky spectacular for Hal-loween.

On Oct. 30 and 31, the graduates will be at 6024 Nixon Rd. from 6:30 to 9 p.m. for A Nightmare on Nixon.

The event takes participants into an orchard full of raven-ous zombies, through the disorienting maze, past the terrifying scarecrows and into the eerie, hair-raising haunted house.

On Halloween, the graduates will host a family-friendly hour from 5 to 6 p.m.

This is intended for those who are easily frightened, especially nervous or under 10 years of age.

Those with photo-sensitive epilepsy or other medical condi-tions provoked by strobes or flashing lights are advised to

avoid the maze.Proceeds from A

Nightmare on Nixon will go to this year’s dry grad fund.

Graduates will also collect donations of non-perishable food items for the annual Halloween for Hun-ger campaign.

Further informa-tion is available on the A Nightmare on Nixon Facebook page.

Grads to host spooky Halloween

Dan WaltonBlack Press

Dozens of car seats have been made available for Okanag-an families that are in need of keeping their young passengers safe.

As part of a Child Safety Initiative pilot project, the United Way Central and South Okanagan-Similkameen took a road trip on Oct. 16 to deliver new car seats to community organizations in six communities – Pen-ticton, Peachland, Summerland, Oli-ver, Keremeos and Princeton.

The five seats delivered to Sum-merland were among more than 80 that each cost $165 from Costco, though the retailer assisted the United Way by shaving $1,000 off the bill. Also sup-porting the initia-tive is the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation and the Central Okanagan Foundation, as well as Budget Car and Truck Rental, which donated the use of one of its trucks for

delivery.“When you think

about how hard fam-ilies are working and they’re really try-ing to pull different aspects of their life together and take care of any variety of needs, car seats aren’t cheap, they can expire and some-times you have one that fits your child and then they out-grow it,” said Tanya Behardien, executive director of Penticton and District Com-munity Resources Society.

To alleviate the costs associated with growing children, the United Way donated car seats that can be adjusted.

“They’re convert-ible car seats that are good basically from birth to the time they weigh 65 pounds,” said Marianne Dahl, marketing and events coordin-ator for United Way Central and South Okanagan/Similka-meen.

Dahl, who was part of the team to deliver the equip-ment, said statistics on poverty are diffi-cult to measure, but

recalled hearing that 22 per cent of fam-ilies living in Central

and South Okanagan are considered low income.

“There’s a great need in our region, so those that donate to

the United Way and other foundations want to give where

they live, and this is one way we can give back.”

Car seats distributed in region

Car seatsMarianne Dahl, left, marketing and events coordinator of the United Way Central and South Okanagan/Similkameen, presents five car seats to Tara Hollas and John Bubb of the Summerland Food Bank and Resource Centre. The five seats are part of a pilot project, a joint venture with the Central Okanagan Foundation and the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation.

Jeff NagelBlack Press

Canada’s top court has upheld B.C.’s tough system of roadside penalties for impaired drivers, including vehicle impoundments, stiff fines and immediate 90-day licence suspensions.

The Supreme Court of Canada handed down twin judgments Friday that back key elements of the provincial government’s policy after it was challenged by motorists.

Justices said there was “no doubt” automatic roadside prohibitions are within the province’s jurisdiction and a valid regulatory measure.

They rejected the argu-ment of opponents that the penalties effectively create an offence that requires a right to a fair trial, not an instant deci-

sion by police after a failed blood-alcohol reading on a portable device.

The court found the prov-ince’s “pressing and sub-stantial” goal of enacting the scheme “was not to oust the criminal law, but rather to prevent death and serious injury on public roads by removing drunk drivers and deterring impaired driving.”

Roadside penalties have largely supplanted criminal investigations and prosecu-tions for impaired driving in B.C. The amount of time and money expended on drunk driving cases in the courts and by police is down because of the nearly 70 per cent drop in impaired charges.

Police still pursue criminal charges in cases of injury or death due to drunk driving.

Defence lawyers have criti-cized the immediate roadside prohibitions as a de facto decriminalization of most cases of impaired driving.

Although drivers who are caught and punished at roadside face stiff sanctions, they do not usually risk an impaired driving conviction and criminal record.

Also before the courts was the constitutionality of the compulsory demand to pro-vide a breath sample or face roadside penalties. A major-ity of Supreme Court justices said the original 2010 provi-sion did violate the Charter of Rights protection against unlawful search and seizure.

About 18,000 roadside pro-hibitions are issued each year and about two per cent are successfully challenged.

Impaired driving penalties upheld

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GolfSummerland Senior Men’s Club

On Oct. 15, the Summerland Senior Men’s Club had a one gross/three net scores event.

Alf Vaagen fired a two over par 74 to take low gross honours while Barry Wicker was the best low net with 68.

Wicker, Sandy McDowell, Reg Crane, Gul-bag Hans and Vaagen with three Deuces shared the deuce pot.

First Flight: First low gross Alf Vaagen, 74; first low net Barry Wicker, 68; second low net Steve Clement, 69 cb; third low net Bryce Parker, 69.

Second Flight: First low gross Ken Bridge-man, 86; first low net Reg Crane, 69; second low net Terry Steinke, 70; third low net Peter Schnurr, 75.

Third Flight: First low gross Gulbag Hans, 93; first low net Herb Williams, 73 cb; second low net Moe Mellow, 73; third low net Ken Robertson, 75.Summerland Ladies Club

There was a good turn out and the weather was excellent for the last Ladies Day event of the season on Oct. 13.

The game was low net winners only as the members played the nine holes and then doubled it to achieve the final score.

First Flight: First Gwen Redfern, 68; second Helen Pybus, 75; third Amanda McConaghy, 77.

Second Flight: First Anka Manders, 71; second Ev Crane, 72; third Joanne and Pat Gartrell, 79.

Third Flight: First Lynne Karaim, 68; second Janis Goll, 73; third Hedy Sewell, 74.

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After two consecu-tive losses last week, the Summerland Steam rebounded with a strong shut-out win in Junior B hockey action.

On Oct. 14, the Steam faced the Osoyoos Coyotes on the road, playing to a 7-2 loss.

An early Osoyoos

goal set the tone for the rest of the game.

At 17:57, the Steam responded when Cole Williams scored, assisted by Matthew Monk and Raphael Bassot.

In the second period, the Coyotes added three unan-swered goals to dom-inate the game.

In the third period, the Coyotes added another three goals before Summerland managed to score once more.

The Steam goal came at 7:06 when Jarret Malchow scored, assisted by Wyatt Gale and Mat-

thew Sokol.On Friday, the

Steam lost to the Storm in Kamloops, playing to a 2-1 deci-sion.

The first period was scoreless.

The two Kamloops goals came in the second period.

Summerland’s sole goal came at 11:00 in the third period when Malchow scored, assisted by Williams and Adam Jones.

On Sunday, the Steam hosted the Princeton Posse, playing to an 8-0 shutout victory.

The Steam opened scoring in the first

period at 8:11 when Malchow scored, assisted by Braden Eliuk and Gale.

At 5:02, Williams scored, assisted by Malchow and Alex Williams.

Calvin Hadley then scored at 0.14, with Braden Eliuk assisting.

In the second per-iod, Jones scored at 11:20, with the assist by Riley Pettitt.

Williams added a goal at 8:44, assisted by Gale and Mal-chow.

In the third period, Gale scored at 16:38, with the assist by Malchow.

Cody Egilson scored at 14:07, assist-ed by Hadley.

The final goal came at 9:30, when Williams scored, with assists by Gale and Keenan Scott.

Summerland is in second place in the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference: Oka-nagan Division in the Kootenay Inter-national Junior Hock-ey League.

The team has seven wins and six losses.

The next action for the Steam is on Friday, Oct. 23, when the team will host the Kelowna Chiefs.

Steam lose twice, win once

Summerland driver finishes season with highest number of points for female rookie

S u m m e r l a n d racing driver Sarah Cornett-Ching fin-ished the 2015 ARCA Racing Series with the highest number of points for a female rookie.

Cornett-Ching, a commercial welder, worked and saved money to compete at the competition in Daytona this year.

In March, she was signed to compete in the full ARCA Racing Season for this year when she was signed by Tony Blanchard, owner of RACE 101 management.

“Sarah is ready for the challenge,”

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

Cornett-Ching has enjoyed some good success during the past racing season.

On Oct. 16, at the Kansas Speedway, Cornett-Ching fin-ished in seventh place.

Challenges during the season included an engine disadvan-tage in Daytona, a first-lap crash in Mobile and a colli-sion in Nashville.

“It was a bit over-whelming the first few races we ran this season,” said Cor-nett-Ching. “We had crazy things happen and a bunch of bad luck, but I believe that helped me to gel

that much quicker with the team and to get comfortable faster than maybe I would have otherwise.”

Despite these challenges, Cornett-Ching also set the record for the highest finishing female in an ARCA road course event in New Jersey.

She also captured top 10 finishes at some of the most diffi-cult tracks on the tour.

Cornett-Ching excels in auto racing season

Outstanding driverSarah Cornett-Ching of Summerland finished the 2015 ARCA Racing Series with the highest number of points for a female rookie. The final race was in Kansas on Friday.

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LOEFFLER, WILFLOEFFLER, Wilfred Alois passed away with his wife Muriel by his side on October 15, 2015 at the age of 89 years Wilf will be lovingly remembered by his wife Muriel of 62 years, children; Ric (Kathie) of Lacombe, AB, Colleen of Abbotsford, BC., Ron (Jill) of Calgary, AB, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren as well as other family members. Wilf was always the fi rst to off er his help and opinion to anyone in need. His hard work and loyalty won him a special place in the hearts of all who knew him A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, October 24 2015 at 10:00 am from the Holy Child Catholic Church, Summerland, BC 14010 Rosedale Ave. Summerland, BC. with Father Gerald, Celebrant. Interment to follow at Canyon View Cemetery. Memorial tributes may be made to Moog and Friends Hospice House, 1701 Government Street, Penticton, BC. V2A 8J7.

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Evans, GriseldaJuly 30, 1927 - October 9, 2015

Survived by Wilford Evans, her husband of 67 years. Also by her 4 children: Diddy, Katy, Clau-dia and Jim (Marie), 9 grandchildren; Matthew and Michael Evans-Cockle, David, Stephanie, Susan and Allison Edgar, Will Evans and Dustin and Jessica Evans. Also her 7 great grandchildren; Gillian, Christopher, Evan, Benjamin, Rorie, Ayla and Avina. She had many loving nieces and neph-ews from the Evans and Gordon families.

Griselda was born in London, England, the 6th of 7 Gordon girls. She came to Canada as a war evacuee in 1940. She attended Croft on House School in Vancouver and went on to become a nurse at VHG where she met Wilf. Th ey married in 1948 and moved to Summerland in 1958 where she lived until her death. She volunteered tire-lessly for the Hospital Auxiliary, Brownies, and St. Stpehen’s Anglican Church and was awarded Summerland’s Citizen of the Year for all her ef-forts. She loved to entertain and made everyone who walked through her door feel welcome. She looked aft er all her family with dedication and devotion. We couldn’t have felt better cared for and loved. Oh, she will be missed.

In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to St. Stpehen’s Anglican Church Parish Hall Mortgage Account. Details of a Celebration of Griselda’s life will be announced at a later date.

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The Works and Utilities Department is requesting quotes from qualifi ed Contractors for Snow Clearing from Municipal parking lots. Snow Clearing RFQ – deadline 2pm Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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Full Automotive Mechanical ServicesLicensed Government Inspection Facility

“Getting It Right” Since 1989

Remember 7 degrees.That’s when it’s time to put on your winter tires.

106-15803 Logie Rd., Summerland 250-494-5066

Services we provideTop Quality Service & Repair

• Winter Tire sales and installation

• Gov't approved inspection facility

• Fuel injection diagnosis & repair

• Maintenance and repair to all makes and models of vehicles

• Transmission flush & service

2015

933 Westminster Avenue West, Penticton, BC V2A 1L1 phone: 250.493.2333 fax: 250.492.7850

NOTICE TO ALL VENDORS

Sentes Chevrolet Ltd has been sold effective June 4, 2012.

And will be....

HUBER BANNISTER CHEVROLET LTD

Send ALL invoices and correspondence to:

933 Westminster Avenue West Penticton BC, V2A 1L1

Phone: 250-493-2333

Fax: 250-492-7850 Email: [email protected]

Contacts:

General Manager: Ken Huber Controller: Michelle Bush

Accounts Payable: Patty Daechsel

HST#: 842043689RT0001

ALL TIRES AT COST!




And will be....




Phone: 250-493-2333


Contacts:



HST#: 842043689RT0001




And will be....




Phone: 250-493-2333


Contacts:



HST#: 842043689RT0001




And will be....




Phone: 250-493-2333


Contacts:



HST#: 842043689RT0001

www.huberbannister.comToll Free: 1-888-857-8536

933 Westminster Avenue West DL #31208

CALL TODAY TO ORDER YOUR TIRES!1-888-672-1764

No Gimmicks, No Hidden Charges!Tire Levy, Mount and Balance Extra

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