Penticton Western News, November 13, 2015

Mark BrettWestern News Staff

Making a call that counts for kids is what organizers are hoping people will do during Sunday’s Shaw Share a Smile telethon for the OSNS Child and Youth Development Centre.

The 36th annual fundraising event begins at noon and can be seen live on Shaw, channel 11 and streaming on the centre’s website, www.osns.org.

In 2014, thanks to the generosity of people throughout the regions served by the non-profit agency, over $42,000 was raised to help keep the centre operating.

“The way we’re looking at it, is that any amount we receive is wonderful and very ap-preciated,” said Manisha Willms, the centre’s executive director.

In fact one component of the fundraiser, the online auction has already begun and can be ac-cessed by going to the website.

This year it’s even bigger and better accord-ing to the executive director.

“We are growing this idea and loving this idea and we have such generous partners in the South Okanagan Similkameen,” said Willms “Last year we had 30 online auction items this year we have 80 and they’re fantastic. Bidding will continue until 5 p.m. the day of the telethon.

“The telethon is important to the centre for two reasons, first of all it is our biggest fundrais-ing effort of the year and it literally does help us keep our doors open,” said Willms. “We do get money from government cover the cost of wages for our therapists, but everything we need in terms of materials and having the right equip-ment to do the therapy work we do comes from telethon.”

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One school, two campus options explored by School District 67Dale Boyd

Western News Staff

A suggestion from a member of the public has Okanagan-Skaha School District 67 ex-ploring options to turn Penticton Secondary School and KVR Middle School into a “one school, two campus” solution in the face of upcoming closures.

Two options suggested at the public meet-ing at the Shatford Centre on Oct. 26 were added to the seven prior options going for-ward in the consolation process.

Both of the new plans have the Pen High and KVR Middle School hosting Grades 9-12. According to a press release from SD67, senior staff have determined them to be a “vi-able alternative” with two possible courses of action.

“It’s certainly an option that couldn’t be denied and because we hadn’t thought of it the trustees said we’re talking about every-thing else, let’s talk about this too,” said Bon-nie Roller Routley, secretary-treasurer for SD67.

The first option would see Carmi, Park-

way and West Bench schools closing and has Princess Margaret and McNicoll Park schools hosting Grades 6-8. Skaha Lake Mid-dle School would become a K-5 elementary school, holding students from Carmi, Park-way and West Bench. All other elementary schools in this option would remain K-5 and McNicoll Park would hold French immersion students. The total estimated savings to the district would be roughly $757,000, accord-ing to the press release.

The second two-campus-one-school op-tion would see Princess Margaret and Skaha

Lake Middle School also joining and becom-ing a grade 6-8, two-campus middle school, with McNicoll Park and West Bench closing. This would save the district and estimated $825,000.

The projected capacity for the combina-tion of Pen High and KVR Middle School would be 1,875 students. Princess Margaret’s projected capacity as a middle school would be 650 in the first option, but would hold 1,150 students if combined with Skaha Lake Middle School.

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ExEcutivE DirEctOr Manisha Willms of the OSNS child and Youth Development centre surrounded by many of the special items donated as auction items that will be part of Sunday’s annual Shaw Share a Smile telethon which runs from noon to 5 p.m. Bidding on the auction items has already begun at www.osns.org.

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From TELETHON on PG. 1

She added the second rea-son is public awareness and education. To show people ex-actly how the kids are helped to move forward and improve their quality of life.

“It is so difficult those first years after a child is diagnosed with a difficulty when your little ones are so young,” said Willms.

Many people who have at-tended the centre in the more than three decades of opera-tion are very much active in the community.

Those services are not just for the children, but every member of the family.

“It’s critical to the success of the work we do here that the kids get that support from the parents in the home envi-ronment,” said Willms.

Every year the numbers of challenged children needing assistance with a wide range of emotional and physical is-sues grows.

In 2014 alone the centre saw more than 700 kids from over 300 families and many more on the waiting list.

During the telethon the Carmi Avenue location will be transformed into a television studio.

As part of the program there will be a number of fea-tures as well as a good repre-sentation of local talent as part of the entertainment.

There will also be testi-monials from those who have

benefited from the services and as well, a close-up look at the work involved.

During the broadcast the executive director will also be proudly unveiling the pae-diatric climbing wall recently installed the gym.

“We work hard to make sure every space in the centre is a space of learning, but also a space that’s fun and moti-vating for children to be able to just have more enthusiasm about learning something that

is difficult for them,” said Willms. So a paediatric climb-ing wall offers children an op-portunity to learn balance, to increase their muscle strength to think about sequencing and motor control.”

Custom-built, it was de-signed in co-operation with the OSNS physiotherapy de-partment for maximum ben-efit to all levels of children’s instruction.

Money for the project came from a variety of individuals, businesses and a KISU swim team swim-a-thon which raised $2,000.

“That’s a great story of kids helping kids and what a wonderful story that is,” said Willms who expressed her gratitude to the nearly 200 volunteers who give of their time to make the show a suc-cess.

Starting at noon Sunday those wanting to donate can call the centre’s regular num-ber 250-492-0295 or go online at www.osns.org.

Telethon all about helping kids

Surrendered dog snatched from SPCA

Taking care of the busy phone lines during last years’ busy OSnS Share a Smile Telethon, which raised over $42,000, are Mi-chelle Simonin (left) and roy colmer (right). The telethon takes place this year on nov. 15.

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RCMP are investigating the theft of a dog from the South Okanagan Similkameen BC SPCA branch kennels in Penticton.

Interim branch manager Carolyn Hawkins dis-covered the dog, a year-old whippet-cane corso-cross, missing when she arrived at the Dartmouth Drive shelter at about 8 a.m. Thursday.

“When I came in I checked all the dogs and one of the dogs didn’t come to the door of the kennel. I went outside and I found a big hole in the fence of that particu-lar kennel. You could see that it (fencing) was cut,” said Hawkins who then checked the perimeter fence on the property and found a large hole where it too had been cut.

“We just worry about the health and welfare of the animal, you never know what somebody would steal a dog for,” she said. “They (thieves) went to a lot of trouble just to take that particular dog. We have three other dogs.”

Hawkins added the animal was just surren-dered to the SPCA on Tuesday by person who was no longer able to care for it.

The theft is believed to have taken place some-time between noon Wednesday and Thursday morning.

Attempts to contact the person who surren-dered the dog have so far been unsuccessful, ac-cording to Hawkins.

According to Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth of the Penticton RCMP, police are currently checking leads and anyone with information is asked to call the detachment at 250-492-4300 or Crime Stop-pers 1-800-222-8477.

inTeriM branch Manger carolyn hawkins of the bc SPca holds a piece of the kennel fence that was cut to free a dog sometime between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.

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it is so difficult those first years after a child is diagnosed with a difficulty when your

little ones are so young.— Manisha Willms

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Winter’s first cold snapDale Boyd

Western News Staff

The cold bite of winter will blow through Penticton with high wind gusts this weekend, but the weather is going to be up-and-down going for-ward.

A winter storm arrived in the B.C. Interior Thursday and strong wind gusts over 70 km/h are expected to die down by Friday bringing wet precipi-tation and a brief warming before a cold snap is expected Sunday.

“We could easily see winds gusting from 70 km/h to 80 km/h (Thursday), decreasing somewhat (Friday), but the temperature is going to go up,” said Doug Lundquist, a meteorologist with Environment Canada.

There is expected to be a dump of snow in the mountains, but that pre-cipitation will turn into wet flurries Friday in Penticton.

Warm weather is in the forecast, warming up to 11 degrees Celsius Sat-urday, seven degrees above average, and cooling down Saturday night and

Sunday morning. Mountain roads will be hit hard-

est by the storm with a predicted 10-15 centimetres of snow, and the warm weather later in the weekend might make for the right conditions for a dump of snow on the Coquihalla Highway.

A cold front will drop the tempera-ture Sunday with a high of six degrees.

“Sunday into Monday morning as it calms down we might see minus six degrees, which would be pretty cool because we’ve barely had frost recent-ly,” Lundquist said.

The up-and-down weather is ex-pected to continue into next week.

“There’s another storm for next week that will really whip the wind up again and warm us up again, it’s just kind of an up-and-down for the next little while,” Lundquist said.

Highways around Penticton should be in the clear as far as driving condi-tions go, however those travelling to the Central Interior can keep track of highway conditions by visiting www.drivebc.ca.

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All the Grades 9-12 students in the district total to around 1,600 students, which Pen High in its current state is unable to take on its own while also main-taining the middle school model for students Grades 6-8.

“We needed to find an annex for Pen High and that’s what this particular option talks about,” Roller Routley said. “There are many, many ways to do this type of model. You could have one school with your English/sci-ence department and the other school with the other stuff, or you could do it by grade.”

The proximity of Pen High to KVR and of Maggie and Skaha Lake Middle School could work out favourably if this option is pursued, with students potential-ly not having to travel too far for their next class.

“Many districts have tried do-ing the two-campus model and our research suggests that the closer the two campuses the bet-ter,” Roller Routley said. “Those types of dual-campus schools seem to work.”

According to the report from SD67, McNicoll Park would re-quire an immediate HVAC up-grade over the next two to three years with costs coming from capital funding. KVR would re-quire renovation for primary lev-els with funding coming from the potential savings of either of two options. The first year savings would be an estimated $300,000 to $500,000 with those costs

taken out. In the years follow-ing, the savings would amount to $750,000 from the beginning of 2017 forward.

Closing of Carmi Elementary would save the district an esti-mated $193,476; the closure of Parkway Elementary would save $203,172 and West Bench El-ementary’s closure would save $360,239.

Carmi and West Bench were both graded “poor” on the facil-ity condition index, which is the total cost of fixing maintenance requirements divided by the total replacement value. Parkway El-ementary was graded as average.

The report notes that after a closure the land and buildings

could be leased or sold increas-ing the savings for the district in either an ongoing or “one time” deal. Parkway Elemen-tary’s assessed value for 2015 is $6,656,000, Carmi Elemen-tary is assessed at $5,301,000 and West Bench comes in at $2,541,000.

In the event of closures, the district will have the option to lease or sell its vacant property, however the potential revenues are not being considered in the decision-making process.

School District 67 will be deciding which public schools in Penticton and Summerland to keep open during a meeting scheduled for Jan. 20.

Dale BoydWestern News Staff

Now is the time for residents of the Regional District Okan-agan-Similkameen Area D to decide what services they want from their government.

The preliminary stages of the Area D governance study are un-derway with the next public meet-ing taking place Dec. 7 and once a month going forward through to the summer in the club room at the Okanagan Falls Community Centre Gym.

The first step in the process is getting the facts out to the com-munity relating to what services the RDOS is currently offering.

There is a portion at the end of each meeting for the public to put forward their input. As of yet the meeting on Nov. 2 had not heard any input from the public at the meetings, but governance study committee chairperson Bob Daly said the conversation is starting.

“People are starting to be aware of the process and we real-ly are going through a few phases with this and first was just an in-formation campaign,” Daly said.

The committee is putting that information out through a series

of “fact sheets” with the next one focusing on how the district handles solid wastes. The RDOS website features a series of these fact sheets about governance and local services including water, fire and emergency services, by-law enforcement, planning and building inspection, parks, trails and recreation, libraries, transit and electoral area governance.

“The cost to the taxpayer, that kind of thing,” Daly said. “As well as a number of other services the regional district provides.”

The next step starts in Janu-ary with two surveys planned for public comments and opinions on services and governance. Shortly following will be a series of pub-lic forums with the public given a chance to put forward submis-sions.

All the information will be taken into consideration by con-sultation firm Lefside Partners, who were award the $47,500 contract funded by the province in August.

“What the consultants will do is take all this information from that and put it together in some sort of a form so the regional district can have some sort of idea on how the public, in each

of the communities, feels about the services from the government they’re receiving,” Daly said.

Toward the end of the study the consultants along with the 10-person governance study committee will be putting for-ward recommendations for the various issues that could come up throughout the process.

Following those recommenda-tions will be further public forums to discuss the recommendations.

A formal report will be the end game of the process which will be put before the RDOS board.

“Then it’s in the court of the RDOS board,” Daly said. “It’s up to the regional district to de-termine how they proceed from there, what they feel they are able to deal with and what they may not.”

Communities in Area D in-clude Apex, Heritage Hills/Lakeshore Highlands, Kaleden, Okanagan Falls, Skaha Estates, St. Andrews, Twin Lakes, Upper Carmi as well as Vaseux Lake and surround areas.

“The public are going to be able to make, in their surveys, some very well-informed deci-sions on their opinions on the ser-vices,” Daly said.

School options examined

OK Falls governance study begins

AFter explAining the challenges of declining enrolment, members of School District 67’s senior staff fielded questions from the public after presenting the long range Facilities plan at the iMC building on Oct. 16.

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There’s been a lot written about the members of the new cabinet since they were sworn in a couple of weeks ago. Not surprisingly, not all of it is complimentary.

Trudeau has been questioned on everything from the experience of his new cabinet mem-bers — 18 of them are starting their fi rst term as an MP — to whether it really meets his goal of gender parity, or even if gender parity was desir-able in the fi rst place.

Pundits can pontifi cate all they want, but as the old saying goes, the proof is in the pudding; meaning that we won’t know how this cabinet is going to perform until they actually get going.

But what stands out for us in Trudeau’s choices is how often he chose real world ex-perience over political “experience.” A good case in point is Harjit Sajjan, a retired lieuten-ant-colonel, decorated veteran of three tours in Afghanistan and one in Bosnia, and a former police offi cer.

That’s a lot of practical insight he will be bringing to the job of Minister for National De-fence.

Like the balance with gender parity, the cabi-net balances the new faces with familiar ones, like Ralph Goodale; over the course of more than three decades, he has held major cabinet positions in both Jean Chrétien and Paul Mar-tin’s liberal governments.

Then there is appointing Jody Wilson-Ray-bould as Minister of Justice and attorney-gen-eral, perhaps Trudeau’s most inspired choice: the fi rst aboriginal federal justice minister and just the third woman to hold the job, with six years as regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, and street level experience with the justice system as a prosecutor in Vancouver courts.

It’s far too early to speculate on what Wil-son-Raybould is going to bring to Justice, but she is sure to bring a new perspective to one of the most important portfolios.

Likewise, we have to wait and see how this cabinet works together in running the country, but the potential is there for positive change.

Liberal promises about the environmentI wonder if anyone

ever reads the actual election platforms that the various parties put out during an election.

I know I never have in the past. For instance, the Liberal platform is 88 pages long — that’s right, 88 pages of prom-ises of what they intend to do over the next four years. Many of these promises relate to en-vironmental matters, so let’s take a look at a few of them and see what might be in store for us and the environment.

The new Minister of Environment and Cli-mate Change is Cath-erine McKenna. While she appears to have zero experience in environ-mental issues, she does have an impressive re-sume so let’s hope that translates into achieving good things for our en-vironment.

Under the Con-servatives there were signifi cant changes to the process of environ-mental assessments for both large and small projects. The Liberals have promised to “make

environmental assess-ments credible again.” A key factor here is that the platform states that “we will also ensure that environmental as-sessments include an analysis of upstream impacts and greenhouse gas emissions resulting from projects under re-view.”

I hope this means that cumulative effects will be taken into con-sideration. It is often easy to say that project X will have only a mi-nor impact on the envi-ronment and the same may be true of projects Y and Z.

But what happens if we build all three. Each of the three may be mi-nor in themselves but all three together may be very signifi cant. So far, in B.C. at least, I don’t think cumulative effects are given any weight in the decision making process.

Also found here is this important statement: “We will also do more to protect Canada’s endan-gered species. We will respond more quickly

to the advice and re-quests of scientists, and will complete robust species-at-risk recovery plans.” You might re-member that last month I wrote about the suc-cess that Ecojustice Canada lawyers had in suing the Federal Gov-ernment over its lack of timely species-at-risk recovery plans. Maybe these lawyers will now be able to move on to other things!

The section on water takes up almost a full page of the platform document beginning with this very simple statement: “We will pro-tect our freshwater and oceans.”

Under the UN Con-

vention on Biological Diversity (of which Canada is a signatory) we are supposed to pro-tect at least 10 per cent of our marine waters by 2020. Progress to date: we are just over one per cent as of 2014, ranking us 23rd amongst OECD countries. The Philip-pines, Indonesia, Rus-sia, the United States and many other coun-tries are well ahead of us. The United States and Australia have both protected more than 30 per cent of their marine waters. The Liberals have promised to get us to fi ve per cent by 2017 and 10 percent by 2020. This would be a huge step forward but would still leave us well back of the leaders.

Of course there is a lot more to protecting our waters than estab-lishing marine protected areas and the Liberals have outlined what they intend to do.

Another platform plank dear to my heart is this statement: “We will preserve and pro-mote Canada’s National

Parks.” Canada is justi-fi ably proud of our na-tional park system, but the Conservative gov-ernment cut more than $25 million from Parks Canada’s budget leading to program cuts and per-sonnel layoffs. Among other things, the Liber-als have promised to re-store that money which will be huge in terms of allowing our Parks to restore programs and maintain the personnel necessary for a world-class system.

I look forward to our new government imple-menting these and the other commitments they have made.

The next meeting of the South Okanagan Naturalists’ Club will be Nov. 26. Meetings are open to the public and feature an illustrated talk each month. Our website (southokana-gannature.com) has the details.

Bob Hand eld is president of the South Okanagan Naturalists’

Club but the views expressed here are his

own and not necessarily those of the Club.

Bob Hand eldNature Wise

It is really quite simpleOn Saturday, Nov. 7 some friends and I drove to

Skaha Lake Park to check out how many people had come to the rally that was so warmly recommended by our mayor .

We were pleasantly surprised when by 2 p.m. I counted only 48 adults. By 2:10 p.m. the group had grown to at the most 100 and by 2:20 p.m. it was all over. No helicopter, no pictures, no waterslides.

So there you are Mr. Mayor. The fact is that it looks like the vote was 100 to 6,000 signatures and hundreds of letters to the editor from the Save The Park supporters. Would you please tell us now why you still so stubbornly persist to get your way?

You still have not replied to our court challenge and continue to spend vast amounts of our tax money to fight a fight that you can not win. How many of your senior staff is working every day on this fiasco?

Think about it, the vast majority of Pentictonites opposes your scheme. Two waterslides in Penticton were not successful. We have a waterslide at the community pool which is very seldom used and it looks like Trio could not get the financing required in time. That’s why they asked for a postponement, is it not?

Mr. Mayor and council, would you please inform your “silent majority” that we are not against water-slides — build as many as you like. We are also all in favour of the renovation of the marina. We are just very much opposed to the destruction of our park and replacing it with a waterslide financed partly with our tax money. What part of our wishes do you not understand? It is really quite simple, 6,000 Pent-ictonites say — do not touch our park!

Bernie StrohmannPenticton

We all loseI offer this lament for times lost. For generations, Penticton has had the foresight

to enhance the natural beauty of this unique spot on the globe, dredging lake bottom to expand and form beautiful beaches, draining swamp lands and chan-nelling creeks to protect and recover fragile down-town real estate from swamp-forming floods, and assembling picturesque parklands on and between our two lakes.

We owe a great deal of gratitude to the vision-ary civic leaders who moved us in this direction.

Recently, however, our city representatives seem to have become myopic. The short-sightedness set in when the city failed to take action that would have prevented construction of a very ordinary hotel that blocks the world-renowned lake-view from Main Street, and permitted an ugly concrete garage and casino on the best waterfront in town.

More recently, we have covered great swaths of hard-won beaches on Okanagan Lake with cold and uninviting concrete, leased a large chunk of water-front park on Skaha Lake to private interests for con-struction of an ill-located waterslide, and enticed pri-vate investment for a new hotel off Power Avenue by offering, as a perk, rights to public land and facilities.

On top of all this, we are now entertaining a pro-posal to transfer more public land for use as a semi-private bike racetrack on historic Munson Mountain. How short-sighted!

Does the city have even a modicum of vision for this magnificent city? Have we totally lost apprecia-tion for the natural beauty of this fragile strip of para-dise — the appreciation that brought us all here in the first place? What a shame! By permitting short-sighted focus, we — to our collective detriment — fail to distinguish between private interest and public good. In the end, we all lose.

Ken JohnsonPenticton

As we approach the final hours of our na-tional Poppy Campaign, I want to thank all Canadians for your support and dedication for this campaign.

With every poppy worn proudly by Cana-dians today, we send a message of thanks and gratitude to our veterans, both past and pres-ent, and those who are still serving in the Ca-nadian Armed Forces, members of the RCMP and their families.

This year, Legion Branches across the country have reported outstanding results for their poppy campaigns. With more than 21 million poppies worn this year, the efforts of Canadians to remember the more than 117,000 servicemen and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice have been heard loud and clear.

Every year, funds collected through the Poppy Campaign are used to provide direct

assistance for veterans and their families who are in financial need. The Legion truly cares about all veterans. In fact, the 2014 Poppy Campaign provided more than $16.5 million in assistance to Canada’s veterans and serving personnel.

As President of the Legion, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to Canadians for your kind-ness and generosity. To those who gave of their time and their funds, your collective

contribution will ensure that our Veterans and their families will continue to receive the care and support they need, and that our children will remember the great sacrifices that have been made for the freedoms we all enjoy to-day.

We will remember them.Tom Eagles

Dominion PresidentThe Royal Canadian Legion

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Flag flap at city hallLouis Riel Day is a big deal in Vancouver, and

so it should be all over our province and country. The City of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson proclaims Nov. 16, 2015 Louis Riel Day.

Our mayor, Andrew Jakubeit, denied the South Okanagan Similkameen Métis Association’s request to fly our flag for 2015 Louis Riel Day. This despite the fact that our association started this tradition in Penticton a few years ago as well as the proclama-tion signing. It has become widespread across the province now.

The last two years our Métis flag flew at Pent-icton City Hall for the weekend of Louis Riel Day, and this year our illustrious mayor has said no, it will not happen. The reply from city hall said the policy had changed and the only flag the City of Penticton will fly will be the Canadian flag. Well, once again the mayor and council lost a great way to promote Penticton and the South Okanagan. Shame on you, Andrew and on the rest of council.

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On City looking for residents to roll out new curbside program:“Seems like back to the future. We used to have rollout containers, then the waste com-panies wanted them gone. Just another way to keep the system spending money!”

— posted by Jane Coady

On Affordable housing project planned for Penticton:“This needs to be x100 in all our communities- housing is an issue from Osoyoos all the way to Kamloops. Really the whole province is in desperate need of affordable housing stock!”

— posted by Emily Mayne

On Legion overhaul in face of closures:“Maybe have a few karaoke evenings. Quiz nights often do well. people can sit in groups and perhaps a free beer for the winners. Then there’s themes — Rolling Stones, Beatles, disco, country, Michael Jackson, Elvis. Darts, and pool nights. That’s my two Penneth for what it’s worth.”

— posted by Kay Illingworth

On Penticton school goes all out for Remembrance Day:“They fought for peace, so let’s give it to them.Love, peace and harmony for your every step. Much gratitude, honour and respect to all who fought and all those that support them. I vow to maintain the peace that was achieved, within myself, my home and community and World. Thank-you, Thank-you. Thank-you. God bless.”

— posted by Sunei Montgomery

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Amazing performanceLast night, Tuesday, Nov. 10, we experienced a

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A flute solo by Misty Rose Knol and a solo by Dave Ramey made the evening a true delight for those 300-plus people in attendance. It was a night of remembrance and perfectly timed with Nov. 11 ceremonies. The choir and its director are to be con-gratulated and I am sure many will look forward to hear more in the near future.

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Hyena Road opened my eyes and impacted my being as to Canada’s role in the Afghanistan conflict — the highs and lows of military life and sacrifice. Canada’s Paul Gross stands head and shoulders with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg for his total cre-ativity, contribution and commitment to quality cin-ema. I have always respected our nation and our mil-itary. Hyena Road should be a mandatory viewing in Grades 11 and 12, plus every college and university.

Revelation and reverence to all who proudly sup-port and honour the Poppy and Flanders Fields.

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Gang violence has shot up this year in B.C. after a two-year lull.

There have been 30 gang-linked murders and attempted murders as of June 30, nearly twice as many as the 18 in all of 2014 and up from 24 in 2013.

Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit Chief Supt. Kevin Hackett said many of the incidents were in Surrey or Delta, where B.C.’s anti-gang police unit worked closely with local officers to suppress conflict between rival groups.

“Street level drug traffickers brazenly shot at each other from moving vehicles and engaged in gun battles on our roads putting the community at risk,” Hackett said.

His comments were published this week in the CFSEU’s 2015 community report. It can be found at bc-anti-gang.com.

According to statistics released in the report, the average age of a gang violence victim is 25 years old, which is younger than in pre-vious years. The youngest victim this year was 15, while the oldest was 66. Over the past 10 years, there have been 15 female victims of gang violence and there have been 35 mass gang shootings (in-volving multiple victims of gun

violence at one location) claim-ing 85 victims. Significant arrests have been made this year. Two men face charges in connection with a series of arsons and shoot-ings in previous years targeting staff of the Justice Institute of B.C.

Hackett also cited the arrests of two extremely violent and pro-lific dangerous offenders from Edmonton in the Lower Mainland who were tied to crimes in B.C. and Alberta, including murders, attempted murders and violent home invasions involving the tor-ture and mutilation of victims.

Hackett said a joint forces op-eration led by the CFSEU was needed because the “brazen and transient” crime group posed a higher risk to public safety.

In the courts, the trial of three men for the 2011 murder of gang-ster Jonathan Bacon in Kelowna is expected to get underway next spring.

The community report features one young woman’s insider story of life within a gang – packaging cocaine for sale, acting as a cross-country drug mule and growing increasingly terrified as risks esca-late and drug deals go wrong.

Early on she had been seduced by the lifestyle, befriending gang members, including two young men who would later end up dead off Colebrook Road in Surrey. “That’s literally where gangster

dreams go to die,” she said..She was one of the lucky ones

who has escaped the life.Less fortunate was Brianna

Kinnear who once reassured her worried mom “They don’t murder girls.” The 22-year-old was found shot to death in a pickup truck in Coquitlam in 2009. Her murder is unsolved and her tearful mother is featured in a new CFSEU video.

Prevention remains a major fo-cus of the CFSEU, which contin-ues to press its End Gang Life ini-tiative with school presentations and emotional videos from former gang members or surviving loved ones. The province has commit-ted new funding for 35 additional presentations of the CFSEU’s End Gang Life presentation to school students in the Lower Mainland, the Okanagan and Vancouver Is-land. The sessions aim to demys-tify the tactics of gang recruiters and better equip kids to resist them. They’re led by former gang member Jordan Buna, who served time in jail before becoming a spokesman for the End Gang Life program.

“Even though I was lucky and got out, being part of a gang was a death sentence for most of the people I knew. That is the real-ity of gang life,” Buna said. “It robbed me of so many opportuni-ties and exposed me to horrifying scenes that I will never forget.”

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Man charged with arson releasedDale Boyd

Western News Staff

The man who admit-ted to burning the door of a suite at a local ho-tel was released on bail Monday.

Randolph Dionne, 57, is also facing an as-sault charge that predates the arson charge, which he admitted to commit-ting to police.

On Sept. 25 Dionne attempted and failed to burn the door to a suite at the Bowmont Motel in an effort to retrieve his stolen mountain bike which he believed to be inside. He poured gaso-line on the door and lit it on fire, though the gaso-line burned quickly and there was minimal dam-age to the door and suite.

Dionne was arrested afterward and admit-ted that he attempted to burn the door to RCMP officers, he was then re-leased on a promise to appear. Dionne ended up in custody after a strange series of run-ins with the police. Crown prosecu-tor Nashina Devji said Dionne attempted to intimidate the owner of

a store and called 911 numerous times via text saying that he was being followed and asking that they deliver him ciga-rettes. Dionne has a prior criminal record with the last charge occurring in 1998. He was released with routine conditions including keeping the peace as well as a no-contact order with the woman involved in the alleged assault.

Dionne is expected back in court on Nov. 18 to consult counsel.

Break-in while out on bail

A man was given 1.5 months in jail after he broke into a property while on bail for drug charges.

Shannon Lee Masus-kapoe, 34, pleaded guilty to three counts of posses-

sion including cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin and one count of breaching bail terms.

Masuskapoe was in custody 43 days and was sentenced to time served since his September ar-rest.

On July 14 around 10 p.m. an RCMP officer saw Masuskapoe riding his bike on Vermillion Avenue in Princeton and was aware of an out-standing warrant for the man and arrested him. The warrant was from the upper Fraser Valley for a non-appearance in court. After searching Masuskapoe, the officer found 0.9 grams of meth in the man’s pocket and a search of his backpack revealed 2.3 g of meth, 1.3 g of cocaine and 0.9 g of heroin.

Masuskapoe was re-

leased on a recognizance for those charges and on Sept. 17 a woman called the RCMP to report that she observed a man dressed in black enter a residence that was sup-posed to be empty, she said the owner had re-cently died.

Two officers attended and entered the garage where they found Ma-suskapoe with a few items including jew-elry and cufflinks. Judge Greg Koturbash said the break-in was not egre-gious as there was “no victim, so to speak other than the estate holders of the property.” Though he noted a break-and-enter can have an impact on the community at large feeling safe in their homes.

“Especially a place like Princeton, where break-and-enters are rare,” Koturbash said.

Masuskapoe, who has no prior criminal re-cord, said the experience was “an eye-opener” for him and apologized for his actions. He received 18 months probation upon his release.

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After spending decades explor-ing the many avenues of profes-sional music — writing, recording, touring and performing — per-former Jason Scott found his true calling while playing at a bar in the late 1990s. Just seconds after launching into a Neil Diamond tune with his back to the crowd, he was surprised to hear the crowd respond with a huge roar.

“I spin around thinking the Canucks just scored,” he said. “But the crowd was all on their feet screaming Neil Diamond. Neil Diamond had just fallen out of my face, and that’s when the light went on over my head. I thought, maybe there’s a few more laps for the old horse around the track before he has to go.”

One of those laps will be in Penticton at the Orchard House, where he’s booked to perform Diamond Forever.

Having been born into an en-couraging family, Scott has con-sidered himself a musician longer than he can remember.

“I basically always knew what

I was going to do for a living,” he said. “I didn’t really have a choice.”

Scott identifies as “the quintes-sential pop culture radio music kid.” While he was performing hits off the radio at a bar, an intense crowd reaction was able to shift the direc-tion of his career. When he began to sing a Neil Diamond tune with his back to the crowd, his voice drew a big roar from the audience only a couple seconds into the first verse, and that took a moment to sink it.

Having been a fan of popular music all his life, Scott remembers hearing new Neil Diamond hits on the radio throughout the years of his upbringing. While he was working as a paperboy, he recalled using his thumb to hold a transis-tor radio up against his handlebars, ensuring the maximum amount of time was spent listening to music.

“Neil was always present on the radio,” he said. “Every year there was another Neil Diamond hit, sometimes twice in a year there would be another hit. He was writing hits almost as fast as The Beatles.”

Scott has trouble taking count of Diamond’s entire repertoire,

though it’s easy to keep his material fresh by rotating the song selection. And he always includes “that song” on every setlist (Sweet Caroline).

“You can’t not do that one,” he said. “They’ll burn the place down if they don’t get to hear that once.”

That base of demanding Neil Diamond fans is growing, he said.

“Neil’s music is iconic and age-less. Every year there are more and more legions of Neil Diamond fans getting on board the bandwagon.”

Some of those new fans are re-cruited during Diamond Forever performances by Scott. Around a dozen times each year he said, parents tell him how their children have been converted.

“They’ll say, ‘I brought my kid to this show kicking and screaming all the way.’ These are the kids that are just getting out of the Beiber phase but haven’t quite discovered the Beatles and that formula of rock ’n’ roll,” he said. “By the end of the show their kids were like, ‘where can I get a Neil Diamond album?’”

Tickets cost $26 and are avail-able at the Grooveyard. The show starts at 8 p.m. on Nov. 21 and cocktails are at 7 p.m.

Diamond for Penticton

Dan WaltonWestern News

Naramata’s demonstrating the talents of its people again during the fourth annual Naramata’s Got Talent.

“There’s always new talent and a fresh new line-up,” said organizer Yanti Rowland. “We’ve got lots of locals that want to be a part of it and they’ve al-ways got new acts.”

This year’s show will open with a dance by Mrs. McMillen’s Grade 3-4 class, and followed by talents including a magic show, a Celtic dancer and new lyrical arrangements to songs in popular music.

Returning is last year’s winner Jessi Singleton, who’s now in Grade 8 and still playing guitar.

“Jessi’s going all the way that girl – she’s an up and coming start,” Rowland said.

It won’t be just the talents of school-aged children

who will seen be on stage as a number of grownups are also involved. Guitarist Bob Pereira will be play-ing a medley of his rock ’n’ roll favourites, and Bob Moss, who’s part of the Naramata Choir, will be per-forming a solo cover of John Denver.

Before the performing artists show off their tal-ents at 7 p.m., the audience will also have the chance to experience the visual artists, with a display of locally-produced paintings and photographs being presented from 5 to 7 p.m.

The event takes place at the Naramata school gym on Nov. 13 There are no requirements to at-tend, but performers must be Naramata community members. Admission costs $10 per person and $30 for a family of four. Real Things Pizza will be sell-ing pizza for $2.50 a slice and a silent auction will be active. All proceeds from the event are to sup-port the Naramata PAC.

Naramata’s bringing talent back

JASON SCOTT IS the star of Diamond Forever, a celebration of Neil Diamond. He’ll be performing at the Orchard House on Nov. 21.

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Tom Lavin believes blues to be the most sincere form of North Ameri-can music, and when played live, his music takes on new meaning at every performance.

“There’s deep blues when you’re really depressed and then there’s powder blues,” said Lavin, who will be performing in Penticton on Satur-day. “I look at our music as cathartic, this was not a music to get bummed out about, this is the music to be hap-py about. It’s sort of about looking up, we’ve always played very happy music.”

Since their inception, Lavin said the Powder Blue have always kept a busy tour schedule, performing at casinos and festivals around Canada and the United States, and they even performed for a sold out crowd at Massey Hall in Toronto last year.

By keeping the band constantly active, Lavin has amassed a sizeable repertoire of his ideal style of blues.

“We have wonderful soloists in the band so we get to stretch out a little bit and be creative with our live show,” he said. “At the same time, people are really interested to hear the tunes they’re familiar with so we make it a point to play all of our best known tunes every night.”

Lavin is approaching his 38th year as leader of the Legendary Pow-der Blues, and last time they were in Penticton, the band was in its 20s. He said writing new music is a con-tinually ongoing process, and with so many records under their belt, it’s often tough to play all of the music re-quested by the crowd. Whatever the selection though, Lavin’s music is al-ways easy to get into.

“I never wanted a band that you could dance to, I wanted a band that you had a hard time not dancing to, and I think that’s what we’ve man-aged to do.”

Lavin plans to continue making music until he’s no longer physically able.

“I don’t do this because I have to, I do it because I love to.”

The show in Penticton takes place at the Barking Parrot on Nov. 14 be-ginning at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $45 and

are available at Wentworth Music. Must be drinking age to attend.

Folk from ForgetBlues and roots guitarist Ken

Hamm has closed his music store in Forget, Sask. (population 40) to hit the road for a long-overdue tour.

The slumping price of oil caused Hamm to close up shop after seven years of operation.

“It’s time for a change, which isn’t such a bad thing,” he said.

Despite the recent deactivation of Hamm’s shop, he still feels at home in Forget, where the small population is rich in creativity. After some residents have succumbed to old age, “Younger folks have moved in and at least half of them are musicians,” he said.

Hamm became accustomed to small-town living having grew up in a mining camp that was a few hours drive from Thunder Bay, Ont.

So I grew up snaring rabbits and shooting things – it was wonderful,” he said. “The school I went to taught 12 students, eight grades in one room. It must have been a juggling act for the teacher as I look back on it now.”

Hamm knew he wanted to work as a musician upon reaching adulthood. He was fascinated by the blues, but the genre was very uncommon in North-ern Ontario at the time. Nevertheless he started a band that emulated the mu-sic of a few legends, namely Muddy Waters.

“We were one of the first few bands that tried to do any kind of blues in Thunder Bay,” he said. And for awhile we had a good run. We went from 1972 to 1978.”

But akin to his music store’s depen-dence on a healthy oil sector, Hamm’s band had to fold under uncontrollable economic factors.

“Eventually there was a big strike in the logging camps and pulp mills and almost overnight everything stopped,” he said. “We went to six gigs a week down to one. That was when I decided to hit the trail as an acoustic musi-cian and I put out my very first vinyl album. I try and stay true to an older form – I’m not trying to be a rockstar.”

Hamm will be at the Dream Café on Nov. 13 for his first-ever show in Penticton. Tickets cost $18 and can be purchased by calling 250-490-9012.

Powder Blues returns to city after decade of absence

Tom Lavin and the Powder Blues are scheduled to perform at the Barking Parrot on Nov. 14, their first show in Penticton in more than 10 years.

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Already on best-seller lists, The Illegal is every bit as engaging as the award-winning Book of Negroes. Hill twines his plot around a different set of social injustices, focusing on illegal migrants. It’s set in fi ctional Zantoroland,

a land with a corrupt, despotic government, rampant poverty, whose only claims to fame are a great recipe for French butter cakes and an abil-ity to produce world-class marathon runners.

Keita Ali lives in Zantoroland, and as a young boy has already witnessed much brutal-ity in his home state. Violent thugs murder a priest of the wrong ethnic origin before his eyes, and he hears the cries of his father, an outspoken journalist, as he is tortured in govern-ment detention.

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others, he must stay in hiding. And yet, strange circumstances lead to Keita becoming a pub-lic fi gure. Keita is a top marathon runner, and using an alias, runs some of the most high-profi le races in Freedom State. Winning is a mat-ter of survival. At every turn, Keita runs into more problems – in-volving brothel houses, heads of state, escapes from the police and much more.

This tale of high in-trigue, adventure and mystery unfolds around complex and pressing social issues. Although fi ctional, it is easy to make comparisons to the diffi culties migrants face trying to work in Canada, the humanitar-ian crisis at the Mexican border, and to xenopho-bic and racist attitudes

that greet Syrian refu-gees.

While tackling big issues, The Ilegal is above all a page turner – dynamic, with humor-ous and harrowing plot twists. Populated with colorful characters such as Viola, the wheel-chair-bound lesbian journalist, Jonathan, the 10-year-old genius from the ghettos, and Graeme Wellington, the brothel-visiting prime minister, some of the renderings may tend to be a little over-the-top.

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t.g.i.f.Nov. 13 — Western Canadian blues and roots mu-sic artist Ken Hamm has an international reputa-tion, and he’ll be performing at the Dream Café for $18. For tickets call 250-490-9012.Nov. 14 — To celebrate the Barking Parrot’s 37th anniversary, Tom Lavin and the Powder Blues Band will be at the bar to perform in Penticton for the fi rst time in ten years. Tickets cost $45 and are available at Wentworth Music. Nov. 17-18 — Folk trio the Good Lovelies will be performing at the Dream Café. Tickets cost $30 and can be ordered by calling 250-490-9012.Nov. 28 — With two pianos, two fi ddles and their voices, husband and wife duo Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy will be performing at the the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre.Nov. 19 — Beamer Wrigley will perform as the special guest for Thursday night throwdown at the Penticton Legion. Admission by non-perish-able food item for the food bank. Nov 22 — “Extravaganza” of choirs happens at Penticton United Church at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15.

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Scientists converge for out of this world projectSteve Kidd

Western News Staff

No matter how much communications technology you have at your disposal, it can’t always replace face-to-face meetings.

That’s one of the reasons behind a gath-ering of engineers and scientists from 20 coun-tries that took place in Penticton this week, all members of the global effort to design and build the Square Kilo-metre Array radio-tele-scope project.

“One of the big chal-lenges with a global project is communica-tions. No matter how much you put out in

terms of paper, emails, websites and that, noth-ing beats face to face meetings,” said the project’s director gen-eral, Dr. Philip Dia-mond. He notes that be-side the formal lectures and groups working on particular subjects, the informal meetings play a big role.

“The coffee breaks, the lunch breaks, the evenings sitting in the bar, these are all essen-tial tools for efficient communications,” said Diamond.

The SKA project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope, to be located in Aus-tralia and Africa. The

scale of the SKA rep-resents a huge leap forward in both engi-neering and research & development. The SKA will revolution-ize our understanding of the Universe and the laws of fundamental physics. When finished SKA will be more sen-sitive that any other ra-dio-telescope, and pro-duce a larger data flow from its receptors than the total global internet traffic.

The conference in Penticton this week was the third annual “all hands” meeting of the engineering team for the project. Previous meetings were held in Freemantle, Australia and Manchester, Eng-land, where the project has its headquarters.

“This is the engi-neering brains trust from around the planet that is designing the SKA. We have 11 de-sign consortia design-ing different parts of the telescope, the dish-es, the digital systems, the software, etc.,” said Diamond.

One of those teams is working out of the Dominion Radio Astro-physical Observatory, located at White Lake near Penticton. Canada is leading the consor-tium that is designing the digital signal pro-cessing equipment, working with engineers and scientists from oth-er institutes around the world.

“That builds on a huge strength that you have hear at DRAO, which is very skilled digital electronics en-gineers. Another area where Canada is very interested is the dish,” said Diamond, noting that 200 15-metre dish antennas will be built in the first phase, in the South African des-ert, noting that one of the prototype systems was being designed at DRAO.

“We have had the

opportunity to show-case the engineering, what we have been do-ing out at DRAO on the new dish design and on phased array feeds,” said Dr. Sean Dough-erty, the observatory director.

“We have also been able to showcase Pent-icton and I think all the delegates have really appreciated being here. I think it has been a success.”

Mayor Andrew Jakubeit welcomed the group to Penticton dur-ing a reception at Pop-lar Grove Monday. He said DRAO was one of the area’s lesser known treasures.

“I think people know that we have an observatory, but they really don’t know what goes on there and how cutting edge the tech-nology they have there is,” said Jakubeit. “The staff there has partici-pated in creating other elements of technol-ogy that has been used in other observatories around the world.”

Diamond said this kind of global coopera-tion is essential to build the next generation of radio telescopes. Over the last 50 years, he ex-plained, the astrophysi-cal community has built communication networks and collabo-ration because a single observatory finds it difficult to have all the skills available for all of the equipment. That sharing of skills and information has led to projects like the SKA telescope.

“It’s a model, really, for how to collaborate in these big science projects,” said Dia-mond, adding that it is not without challenges like communication, miscommunication and getting everyone mov-ing in the same direc-tion.

“It’s a lot of work by a lot of people, but the will is there,” he said.

ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS from the 20 countries participating in the project to build the next generation of radio telescopes, the Square Kilome-tre Array, were in Penticton this week for their annual working meeting.

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Christmas would not be the same for hundreds of children this year without the donations from the first Gateway Gives and LocoLanding Community Toy Drive.

People who bring a new, unwrapped toy to the Nov. 26 sit-down breakfast from 6 to 9 a.m. at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre will be doing something nice for kids from Summerland through to Princeton.

In total of 16 agencies will receive toys to distrib-ute to families whose youngsters might otherwise re-ceive little or nothing.

In fact, according program coordinator Traci Flad-ager of the Dragonfly Pond Society, without the toys, her Christmas party would have to be changed or cancelled altogether.

“Ever since we started Dragonfly Pond we’ve re-lied heavily on the breakfast to get toys for the party,” said Fladager, whose agency works with kids with disabilities throughout the South Okanagan and Si-milkameen. “We don’t get toys from anywhere else and it is just so important for the children and such a big part of their Christmas to have Santa call their name and to come and sit on his knee — even the older ones — and just to see the joy in their faces.”

Over the years the number of families helped by Dragonfly has grown to 74 and according to the coor-dinator, the Christmas event is one of the few where everyone can get together in a comfortable setting.

“Especially for those who have complex care needs, perhaps if the child is loud or perhaps un-able to sit through an event, it’s okay,” said Fladager. “There’s things for everybody to do. It’s in a large auditorium and there are quiet rooms, places where they can do crafts until Santa comes.

“It is so important for these children to receive something at this time of year because they are all dealing with disabilities so they all really believe (in Santa), every one of them believes.”

Tanya Behardian Executive director of the Pent-icton and District Community Resources Society is someone else who has experienced first hand a fam-ily’s happiness when getting a gift, no matter how small, to give to their children.

“Oh my goodness yes, I actually took some toys myself to a family, we arranged it at the time when the kids were not going to be at home,” she recalled.

“The mom answered the door and we started to bring the boxes in and she just burst into tears. She was just overcome and relieved that anyone was going to do that for her, that she could actually provide some-thing like that for her kids was really gratifying and relieving for her. You could see how much stress it really was.”

She added the number of families needing help continues to grow each and many of her agencies cli-ents are often working two or more jobs and still can’t make ends meet and that stress is only compounded at this time of year.

“So we’re just trying to give them an experience they can enjoy over the holidays and part of that is providing the toys they can give to the kids,” said Be-hardian. “Really special to be able to do that and I’m glad we will be able to do that again this year thanks to these people (Gateway Casinos and Entertainment and LocoLanding).

Her society helps over 115 families and last year gave out 450 toys in addition to the other services it provides year round.

“I’ve also been directly involved with distributing the toys to families who need them,” said coordina-tor Cheri Mitchell, of the Community Action Plan for Children program in Keremeos which operates under the umbrella of the Lower Similkameen Community Services. “What I’ve seen is that people are really touched that there are still people out there that are trying make things better for people who aren’t able to access things for themselves.

“Perhaps it’s your opportunity to pay forward a little bit of the gifts you have and that goes along with the spirit of Christmas.”

Empty stockings to be filled can be picked up and dropped off at Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce office at 553 Vees Dr. for those unable to attend the breakfast.

Giving the gift of Christmas

Diana Stirling, organizer of the gateway gives and locolanding Community toy Drive, hands one of the giant, toy-filled stockings to traci Fladager of the Dragonfly Pond Society holding two of her friends, Jolene amy and four-year-old addie McCormick. Dragonfly is one of 16 non-profit agencies that will receive toys from the nov. 26 donation breakfast at the Penticton trade and Convention Centre.

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What i’ve seen is that people are really touched that there are still people out there that are trying

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Popular pairs fill Snow Ball dance cardDan Walton

Western News Staff

The stage is set for the inaugural OK Tire Snow Ball, with some of Penticton’s business and community leaders pre-paring ballroom dancing routines for a new com-petition, and the stakes are high.

“I’ve always thought of dancing as a fun, wonderful expression of life,” said contestant Catherine McLean, who works as a paramedic in Penticton. “I don’t know why men stopped

teaching each other how to dance because there was a time in the 1940s and 1950s when everybody knew how to dance, men and women. What changed, I’ll never know, but it’s a shame. It’s a lost art, dancing.”

McLean is among seven pairs of dancers competing, all of which have had seven weeks to spend practicing with their assigned choreog-rapher. Each team is rep-resenting a local charity. All participants will see their charity win money, though the amount of

each prize is based on the position each team finished.

Along with her part-ner Wes Swaren, who’s a firefighter in Pentic-ton, they’re competing on behalf of the OSNS Child and Youth Devel-opment Centre.

With little experience dancing like profession-als, they both felt rusty in the beginning, but with help from choreog-rapher Louise Quandt, they’re finding their groove.

“Louise is a remark-able choreographer. If

you’ve ever danced, ‘left-right, left-right’ sounds easy, but it isn’t when you’re moving your hands and your feet at the same time” McLean said. “Mid in-struction, Louise can switch from the male’s position into the fe-male’s, which is using reverse foot movement. I find it amazing how she can do that so quick-ly and know what both of us are supposed to be doing, I can’t imagine how a dance instructors’ brain functions.”

Quandt said McLean and Swaren are mak-ing strong progress, but their biggest challenge seems to be scheduling conflicts.

“Our times together have not been lengthy,” Quandt said.

Both perform shift work as emergency re-sponders, both are par-ents and Swaren lives in Westbank.

“We’ve been danc-ing wherever we get a chance, whether it’s my house or his or the firehall – anywhere to practice some of these steps,” McLean said.

McLean feels slight-ly nervous. She said she will practice enough to feel confident, but is un-sure if it will be enough to impress the audience.

“I am going to be in complete denial and say ‘Oh my god we are go-ing to be so perfect and stun everybody and this will be the most amazing performance of a franti-cally nervous woman you’ll ever see.’”

“This is not some-thing I’m used to, so it’s definitely outside of the comfort zone which is going to be neat,” Swaren said. “Between Louise, Catherine and myself we figured out a dance we wanted to do and everybody had a part to play in it.”

Swaren has past ex-perience performing in musical theatre to draw from, but he’s expecting harsher critics under the scrutiny of the OK Tire

Snow Ball. “It’s an uncomfort-

able situation when you’re the centre of at-tention for sure, and ev-erybody’s picking apart your dancing, so we’re going to have to make sure we’re spot on,” he said.

Though it’s a step outside of his comfort zone, Swaren’s chief purpose for participating is to benefit the commu-nity.

“Our charitable so-ciety isn’t the only one that’s going to benefit from this so the more people to come out, the more support there’ll be for the charities in our city.”

“Everyone involved has little to no dance ex-perience,” said Wendy Goudie, who’s a co-organizer and one of the choreographers. “They all have seven weeks to learn how to dance, learn their dance, cos-tume it and then perform it.”

The event is a for-mal, black-tie affair with a three-course meal, a “really elegant, fancy dinner,” Goudie said. “To have people fairly prominent that are will-ing to get up and do this, it’s going to be an excep-tional show.”

The winning couple will be decided by mem-bers of the audience who will be casting ballots. There’s $10,000 that will be split between the non-profits that the teams are dancing for. Get Bent, will benefit from donations made at the coat check.

The OK Tire Snow Ball takes place at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre on Nov. 21. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $95 each and are avail-able through www.val-leyfirsttix.com and the SOEC box office.

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1. Which minor hockey coach made the biggest im-pact on you and why? All of them. Each one made an impact on me in a different way and I want to thank all of them.

2.What is your favou-rite hockey memory? Winning the Minnesota State tournament in 2014.

3. What age did you start playing hockey? I started playing at age 7.

4.Who is your favourite hockey player and why? Jona-than Toews. I like his intensity and he is always in a zone. I want to play with a competitive level.

5. What are some things you like doing in your spare time? Playing the guitar and read a book.

6. Along with hockey, what other sports have you played that you enjoy? Fast-ball, baseball, golf and tennis.

7. What do you consider your best hockey skill? My vision.

8. Why do you wear the number that you do? It’s somethng my brother always wore and I look up to him. My little brother wears it. Keep the tradition going.

9. What are your super-stitions if you have any? None.

10. Who has the best sense of humour on the team? Why? Mitch Brooks. He picks out the funny things in life.

Vees profile

Western News Staff

Vees alumni are performing well in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

The Quinnipiac Bobcats have had a terrific start with the help of Travis St. Denis (2012) and Mike Garteig (2012), both seniors, were given monthly awards by the Eastern College Athletic Conference Nov. 4. St. Denis was named the Player of the Month as he led the ECAC in goals and had two multi-goal games. He is 21st nationally with eight goals and 10 points in eight games. Garteig was named the goalie of the month after starting 6-0 with a .947 save per-centage and a 1.33 goals-against average.

Former captain Cody DePourcq (2012-2015) scored his first NCAA goal. DePourcq scored in Bentley’s 6-2 win over Army on Nov.1 in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center.

Penn State’s Curtis Loik (2011-2012) is 27th in NCAA scoring, with 10 points. The Onward State website wrote a story on Loik's success with the Lit-tany Lions. Coach Guy Gadowsky saw Loik’s poten-tial when he was with the Vees.

“He’s having a great start, his impact on the team is when he’s shooting the puck and when he’s a pow-er forward,” Gadowsky told Onward State. “When he plays the power forward game he’s really really effective, when he plays a perimeter game he’s not. His effect on the team right now is he is leading the team in shots. He has a very positive effect on the team. His challenge is going to be consistency in that way. He is a very powerful guy ... and he’s got a great shot, and when he does that, he’s really really good. When he starts to get perimeter…sometimes the more success he gets, the more apt he is to make fancy plays, and his challenge is to never forget what makes him really successful.”

Vees in NCAAThe Penticton Vees got more than a point producer when they

traded for Chris Gerrie last June.“He’s one of the better players in the league. He’s been a great

acquisition for us,” said Vees coach-general manager Fred Harbin-son, who picked up the Red Deer native for Jarod Hilderman. “He’s got a great stick.”

Harbinson said when Gerrie moves his feet, he creates problems for the other team.

“The biggest thing for him that he wanted, and we’re trying to help him, is be consistent,” said Harbinson.

Gerrie, who won the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s rookie of the year in 2013-14 following a season in which he put up 54 points in 60 games, felt he needed to move on to a stronger league, which led to him making the hard choice of approaching Olds Grizzlys’ head coach and director of hockey operations Dana Lattery for a trade.

Since coming to the BCHL and playing with the Vees, the Cana-dian Junior Hockey League’s top team, the transition has gone well. The five-foot-10, 175-pounder has been able to adapt to the quicker league, whose teams have more depth compared to the AJHL, he said.

“It’s making my game better. I’m just excited to be in this league. It’s a really good league,” said Gerrie, who next fall will make the jump to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Michigan Tech program. “I think going forward it’s going to be good for me and my future.”

In joining the Vees, Gerrie knew he was coming to a solid pro-gram with the chance to return to the RBC Cup. That excited him. Especially because his final season with the Grizzlys involved a short playoff run, in which he put up two goals in three games fol-lowing a campaign of 61 points in 59 games. That was tough on him.

The former Red Deer Chief said he feels he been playing better. He also cares about playing well in the defensive end and feels that is where the chances can start.

“Now I’m getting used to the speed. I’m starting to use my feet,” said Gerrie, who has has 17 points in 19 games and has been kept off the scoresheet in nine games.

At the start of the season, Gerrie played with captain Tyson Jost and Scott Conway and he said it was awesome, describing them as “two great players.”

“They are two great guys on and off the ice. It was really fun playing with those guys. It was really fast paced,” said Gerrie, who loves watching Chicago Blackhawk Patrick Kane and his wizardry.

Now playing with Nicholas Jones and Owen Sillinger to give the Vees balanced scoring, Gerrie feels they are developing chemistry. Gerrie was familiar with Jones having played one season against him in the AJHL in 2013-14.

“We have been bonding really well off the ice, trying to get chem-istry,” said Gerrie, adding that they play ping pong and watch NHL games. “We’re getting better every game. Had some talks about we they played against each other. Kind of laughed about that. Bonding off the ice is the best way.”

“Right now, I really like the line with Nicholas Jones and Owen Sillinger,” said Harbinson. “We don’t want to be a one-line team.

“We’ve seen in the past you need more than one line scoring goals if you want to win a championship,” he continued.

On Tuesday in Trail, Gerrie helped the Vees earn their 20th straight win. His goal in the first period gave the Vees a 2-0 lead in the opening six minutes and eventually was the winner in a 7-1 final. Gerrie also assisted on Domenic Masellis’ first goal as a Vee that opened the scoring 1:37 into the game. It was Masellis’ second game with the Vees after being acquired from the Langley Rivermen. He was brought in to fill the hole left by the injury to Seamus Donohue, who is out with an upper body injury for six to eight weeks.

Also scoring for the Vees was Demico Hannoun, Easton Brodz-inski with two, Jost and Desi Burgart. Conway racked up four as-sists to extend his point streak to 20 games. Zachary Driscoll made 26 saves.

On Friday, Gerrie and the Vees will travel to West Kelowna to take on the Warriors and aim for their 21st win. On Saturday, they host the Cowichan Valley Capitals at 6 p.m. at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

CHRIS GERRIE has been a great addition to the Penticton Vees as he provides scoring depth while also putting an emphasis to playing strong defensively. Gerrie and the Vees will host the Cowichan Valley Capitals on Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. in the South Okanagan Events Centre.

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Former Pinnacle makes adjustmentMarisa Mendonca

experienced big change making the jump from the Pinnacles Football Club to the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack.

“The competitiveness and commitment and speed of the game was all up a few levels com-pared to what I was used to back at home,” said Mendonca, whose season ended when she sustained a separated shoulder while being sandwiched in the box on Oct. 25 in a 2-0 win over the UNBC Timberwolves.

Coach Tom McManus said all rookies time to adjust to the speed and physicality of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

“I usually tell players if you think your fit, get 10 times fitter and then you will be almost ready to play,” he said.

She played in 13 of 14 games and started in the regular season finale. It took Mendonca nearly half the season to feel

comfortable. That came through hard work and being pushed by team-mates who put a game mentality into every drill.

“That really helped me. To be able to make the decisions faster and

know how quick I had to take my touch,” she said, adding that her develop-ment with Pinnacles FC helped with her transition to the university level.

The shoulder injury forced Mendonca out of

the WolfPack’s lone play-off game, a 6-1 loss in the CIS quarter-final against the UBC Thunderbirds on Oct. 30. Mendonca described missing that as “pretty heart breaking.”

“We all worked hard

as a team together, sup-porting each other,” she said. “Whether you are on the field or off the field, to have the final game … just because of a tackle in the box and you can’t have done any-

thing about it and then to have that taken away was pretty tough.”

What she enjoyed most of her first season was the new atmosphere and speed of play.

“There is a lot more intensity that came with it,” she said. “It was good to help me develop as a player.”

Whi le the WolfPack’s season has only been over for two weeks, McManus is already excited for next season. After using Mendonca as a striker with Jaydene Radu and Danielle Fauteux, a large opportunity opens up for Mendonca with three strikers graduating.

“It’s going to be wide open for her to take it by the scruff of the neck,” he said.

Mendonca, called Rees, by her teammtes, managed three shots on goal during the season and collected an assist.

“It felt really good. When I was put on the field, I accomplished what I was supposed to

do out there,” she said. “I helped the team get that extra goal.”

One of the things that McManus loves about Mendonca is how she gets the ball. She accepts it with her back to the goal, then spins and fires it. That is a skill he will continue to push with her. He also said she is very good to coach and described her as a “ happy go-lucky person.”

“Now she knows what I expect,” he said.

The highlight of Mendonca’s season was meeting new teammates and being able to play at the university level. She loved the team bonding and earned her nickname on the first day.

“It was really cool to be accepted like that right away,” said Mendonca, who responds naturally to Rees. “It was from the first game before the season even started. They were coming up with names. They are open to accepting new people. Make them feel welcome.”

Emanuel SequeiraWestern News Staff

MARISA MENDONCA in action against the UNBC Timberwolves in Canadian Interuniversity Sport action. Mendonca, a graduate of the Pinnacles Football Club in Penticton, collected one assist in 13 games for the WolfPack.

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BEN HOEFLER of the Penticton bantam Tier 2 Vees catches Spokane Chief Jeremy Headley going in the wrong direction during tournament action at Memorial Arena on Nov. 7.

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Offensive shortageA sluggish start hurt

the Penticton bantam Tier 2 Vees, who fin-ished sixth in their tournament on Nov. 8.

Coach Craig Finer felt that when his team found out they were playing for fifth, disap-pointment set in. The Vees finished the round robin with two wins in three games. Facing the Trail Smoke Eaters, the Vees got down 3-0 early in the first period.

“I think that prob-ably affected our jump. It can’t help but affect when you’re thinking you’ve done a good job and really turn the sea-son around,” said Fin-er, whose team is 1-7-0 in the Okanagan Main-line Amateur Hockey Association. “You’re hoping to come out and fight for a medal.”

The Vees turned things around in the second half and won the play in Finer’s eyes.

“We just couldn’t get the biscuit in the basket. Had chances. Did a good job of re-establishing focus and pressing the play,” he said.

Carson Shortreed scored the only goal in a 3-1 final.

The Vees opened the tournament with a 3-0 loss to the Semiahmoo Ravens, whose third tally was scored in an

empty net. Against the Port Coquitlam Pirates, the Vees earned a 4-2 win. Reid Bateman scored twice, while Matt Olsen and Nic Eacott scored the other goals. The Vees ended the round robin with a 3-1 win over the Spo-kane Chiefs. Eacott scored twice, while Ki-eran Mielke scored the other goal.

Nate Schofield and Caleb Rousseau shared the goaltending duties.

The Calgary Wran-glers defeated Camp-bell River Tyees for the tournament win.

Ice Dragons snatch victoryThe Penticton Atom

Ice Dragons won their first tournament in Mer-ritt over the weekend and coach Andy Oakes said it was exciting for the

group.“A majority of the

girls went through a sea-son last year where they only won the one game,” said Oakes. “To have the complete opposite ex-perience right at the be-ginning of this year was pretty special for them.”

Oakes received strong performances from all of his players and said at separate times, different girls shined.

“One of the most im-portant things is learning how to be good team-mates, they were very good with each other,” said Oakes. “Being positive with each other. Those sorts of lessons that hockey teaches these kids were prevalent over the weekend.”

Victory for Sherwood Trophies

The Penticton Sher-

wood Trophies Pee Wee Tier 2 Vees claimed a hockey tournament in Kelowna.

The Vees faced Boise and won 7-3. Levi Cart-er put the Vees on the scoreboard early in the first period with a short-handed goal assisted by Brennan Nelson. Jacob Obuck gave the Vees a 2-0 lead after being set up by Nelson and Chris Schulting. In the second period, Carter struck again with two more goals, one assisted by Nelson and Schulting and the other unassisted. In the third period, Cart-er scored a fourth goal assisted by Nelson and Ben Lefranc. Other third period goals were scored by Carter White, Obuck and Lefranc. Penticton worked hard and consis-tently played as a team to go 5-0.

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BCHL(As of Nov. 12)Interior Division GP W L T Otl Pts OtwPenticton 21 20 1 0 0 40 3 Salmon Arm 21 13 5 2 1 29 0 W.Kelowna 20 12 6 0 2 26 1 Vernon 23 10 12 0 1 21 1 Merritt 23 8 14 0 1 17 0 Trail 20 8 12 0 0 16 2

Island Division GP W L T Otl Pts OtwCowichan V. 20 11 6 1 2 25 0 Nanaimo 22 12 9 0 1 25 0 Powell River 21 11 10 0 0 22 2 Alberni V. 20 8 10 1 1 18 2Victoria 22 8 12 0 2 18 1

Mainland Division GP W L T Otl Pts OtwWenatchee 21 13 5 2 1 29 1 Chilliwack 21 13 5 1 2 29 0 Langley 21 12 9 0 0 24 1 Coquitlam 21 8 10 1 2 19 3 Prince G. 21 5 14 0 2 12 0 Surrey 22 4 18 0 0 8 1

League Leaders GP G A PTS PIMSheldon Rempal, NC 22 19 24 43 20Tyson Jost, PV 21 18 25 43 22Scott Conway, PV 21 16 26 42 24Devin Brosseau, NC 22 11 19 30 42V.Sukumaran, CC 21 17 12 29 33E.Brodzinski, PV 21 17 10 27 20Matthew Hoover, NC 22 15 12 27 30Liam Blackburn, WK 20 10 17 27 18Matthew Graham, LR 21 12 14 26 30Colton Kerfoot, CE 21 10 16 26 8Justin Fregona, LR 21 16 9 25 19Jackson Cressey, CE 17 11 14 25 28Nick Hutchison, SAS 21 10 15 25 28Colin Grannary, MC 23 12 12 24 16Dante Fabbro, PV 15 5 19 24 6Zak Bowles, MC 22 11 12 23 15Gavin Gould, MC 19 9 14 23 11J.Kawaguchi, CC 21 8 15 23 6Odeen Tufto, VV 23 8 15 23 2B.Gelsinger, VG 22 3 20 23 19

Goalies GP W L T GAA SV%Z.Driscoll, PV 7 7 0 0 1.57 .948A.Brodeur, PV 13 12 0 0 1.77 .933G.Nieto, WW 4 3 1 0 2.01 .921B.Kegler, SAS 5 2 2 0 2.07 .938

M.Esposito, CC 10 6 2 0 2.08 .916C.Perry, WW 17 10 5 2 2.33 .902Jeff Smith, PR 16 9 7 0 2.42 .927Bo Didur, LR 11 5 5 0 2.45 .927Aidan Pelino, CC 14 7 5 1 2.53 .916A.Shortridge, VV 14 8 6 0 2.59 .927

Vees Scoring GP G A PTS PIMTyson Jost 21 18 25 43 22Scott Conway 21 16 26 42 24Easton Brodzinski 21 17 10 27 20Dante Fabbro 15 5 19 24 6Colton Poolman 21 0 18 18 10Chris Gerrie 19 7 10 17 10Demico Hannoun 17 8 6 14 20Dixon Bowen 21 4 6 10 10Owen Sillinger 21 6 3 9 6Luke Voltin 18 2 7 9 23Nicholas Jones 5 2 7 9 6Domenic Masellis 19 1 4 5 40Seamus Donohue 18 0 5 5 16Mitchell Brooks 21 1 3 4 13Grif n Mendel 17 1 3 4 2Gabe Bast 6 1 2 3 2Benjamin Brar 21 2 0 2 2Desi Burgart 15 2 0 2 4David Eccles 20 0 2 2 6Taylor Ward 20 0 1 1 4Sam Jones 16 0 1 1 6

Vees Goalies GP W L T GAA SV%Zach Driscoll 7 7 0 0 1.57 .948Anthony Brodeur 13 12 0 0 1.77 .933

KIJHL(As of Nov.11)Okanagan Division GP W L T D Otl Pts OtwOsoyoos 19 14 4 0 0 1 29 0 Summerland 19 11 8 0 0 0 22 0 Kelowna 19 10 5 2 2 0 22 1 Princeton 19 5 13 0 0 1 11 1 N. Okanagan 21 3 14 1 0 3 10 1

Eddie Mountain Division GP W L T D Otl Pts OtwKimberley 20 16 2 0 0 2 34 2 Creston V. 19 12 6 1 0 0 25 1 Fernie 20 11 7 0 0 2 24 0 Columbia V. 22 11 11 0 0 0 22 1 Golden 21 0 19 0 0 2 2 0

Neil Murdoch Division GP W L T D Otl Pts OTWBeaver V. 20 14 4 1 0 1 30 3

Castlegar 21 14 6 1 0 0 29 0 Nelson 19 12 7 0 0 0 24 2 Grand Forks 22 9 11 0 0 2 20 2 Spokane 22 3 15 0 0 4 10 1

Doug Birks Division GP W L T D Otl Pts OTW100 MH 21 14 5 0 0 2 30 3 Kamloops 19 14 4 0 0 1 29 1 Chase 19 11 7 1 0 0 23 4 Revelstoke 18 8 7 1 0 2 19 1 Sicamous 20 4 14 0 0 2 10 1

League Leaders GP G A PTS PIMCole Keebler, FG 19 19 20 39 10Rainer Glimpel, OC 19 15 20 35 10Eric Buckley, KD 20 10 20 30 38Jason Richter, KD 18 16 13 29 2Alec Wilkinson, CVT 19 7 22 29 10Jordan Busch, KD 20 1 26 27 20Zach Befus, FG 18 12 14 26 21Jared Marchi, KD 20 8 18 26 12Jace Weegar, BV 18 9 15 24 16C.Cartwright, CVT 19 12 11 23 12Kurtis Redding, SB 21 12 11 23 66M.Cardinal, CBR 20 11 12 23 59Jack Mills, SS 19 9 14 23 48Justin Peers, FG 13 8 15 23 13Logan Mostat, CH 19 13 9 22 68Braeden Tuck, OC 17 9 13 22 20James Severs, CVT 19 8 14 22 60Tre Sales, KS 19 12 9 21 24Nathan Plessis, SE 20 10 11 21 8Darren Medeiros, CR 21 8 13 21 19

Goalies GP W L T GAA SV%B.Youngson, FG 3 3 0 0 1.33 .954Tyson Brouwer, KD 14 12 2 1.49 .946Brandon Wells, BV 4 4 0 0 1.50 .952Brett Soles, OC 13 11 2 1.54 .950Logan Sawka, CR 7 5 2 0 1.57 .947Tavin Grant, KS 10 8 2 0 1.79 .937Jacob Mullen, SS 6 4 2 0 1.81 .919Brock Lefebvre,CV 16 10 5 1 1.91 .946Aidan Doak, RG 9 5 3 1 1.95 .935Matt Huber, SS 10 6 3 0 2.07 .918

Coyotes Scoring — Top 10 GP G A PTS PIMRainer Glimpel 19 15 20 35 10Braeden Tuck 17 9 13 22 20Bobby LaRue 15 10 10 20 24Carter Shannon 18 6 8 14 15Colin Bell 19 5 9 14 8Daniel Stone 17 7 6 13 4

Judd Repole 18 4 9 13 6Jackson Glimpel 19 5 7 12 4Cody Allen 19 2 10 12 6Ryan Morrell 18 4 7 11 12

Coyotes Goalies GP W L T GAA SV%Brett Soles 13 11 2 0 1.54 .950Adam Jones 7 3 3 0 3.32 .867

Steam Scoring — Top 10 GP G A PTS PIMJack Mills 19 9 14 23 48Riley Pettitt 19 6 11 17 52Jarrett Malchow 18 5 12 17 10Paulsen Lautard 18 10 6 16 33Wyatt Gale 19 5 11 16 20Braden Eliuk 17 2 10 12 14Cole Williams 19 7 4 11 10Matthew Monk 17 2 7 9 16Cody Egilson 17 4 3 7 39Adam Jones 18 1 5 6 12

Steam Goalies GP W L T GAA SV%Jacob Mullen 4 4 2 0 1.81 .919Matthew Huber 10 6 3 0 2.07 .918

Dart AssociationWeek 9 Nov.9A-B DivisionRnk Team Mon Pts Ttl1 Smokin Aces 6 522 Allley Brats 5 513 The Elks Factors 6 474 Elks Crue 5 43 5 Anaf Wreckers 5 426 Clancey’s Snipers 3 417 Claney’s Dreggers 4 397 Dart Bags 5 399 Anaf A&H 4 3810 Alley Crushers 1 3310 Hand Grenades 3 3312 Legion DDT 2 2913 Anaf Vixens 6 2514 Clancey’s Arrows 1 2214 Shooting Stars 7 2216 Eagle Eye 2 2017 Eagles Outsiders 2 1818 Elks Bullits 1 1519 OK Falls Legions 2 1020 Elks Points 0 7

BC Girls High School Volleyball2A rankings (as of Nov. 10)

1 Paci c Academy (Surrey) (1)2. Langley Christian (2) 3. Surrey Christian (3)

4. MEI (Abbotsford) (4)5. Brentwood (Mill Bay) (5)6. Princess Margaret (Penticton) (6)7. St. Pats(Van) (7)8. St. Moore (Van) (8) 9. Woodlands (Nanaimo)(9)10. George Elliott (Lakes Country)(10)

4A rankings1 Handsworth (N Van) (1)2.Lord Tweedsmuir (Van) (NR)3.Riverside (Port Coquitlam) (5)4.Dover Bay (Nanaimo) (6)5.Kelowna Sec (Kelowna) (2)6.Mt. Douglas (Victoria) (10)7.South Delta (Delta) (7)8.Mt. Baker (Cranbrook) (8)9.Penticton Sec (Penticton) (9)

10.Oak Bay (Victoria) (3)

BC Boys High School Volleyball2A rankings (as of Nov.10)1. MEI2. Langley Christian3. Clarence Fulton4. Pacific Academy5. Langley Fundamental6. College Heights7. George Elliot8. WL Seaton9. McRoberts10.Pacific ChristianHonourable MentionLambrick ParkDP ToddMark Isfeld

3A rankings (as of Nov. 10)1. Kelowna2. Mt. Boucherie3. Dover Bay4. Moscrop5. Van Tech6. Penticton7. Earl Marriott8. Oak Bay9. Walnut Grove10. David Thompson

HMDeltaFraser HeightsGladstoneReynoldsRiversideSurrey ChristianCentennialMcMathPrince GeorgeNorth Peace

By The Numbers

Mustangs fi nish second in Vernon

The Princess Margaret Mustangs senior girls vol-leyball team took second in an eight-team Clarence Fulton tournament.

The Mustangs lost the championship to the Sa-Hali Sabres, ranked third in 3A provincial standings, in Vernon. Coach Shawn Lum said his team played very well.

“We maintained a strong defence,” said Lumn. “Our defence was exemplified by our power hitter Jordan Lilley who had many crucial digs on the weekend. Also, Courtney Olexa who had many digs, but also led the

team in stuff blocks.” This weekend the Mustangs host the

South-Central zones to determine the seeds for the Okanagan Valley championship.

The Mustangs and Summerland Rockets play at 4 p.m., then the Mustangs take on the George Elliot Coyotes at 6 p.m.

Penticton Men’s Rec HockeyEcoDry Ice Dogs: 4Dustin Johnson, Ryan Drew Scott,

Chad Kupczyk and Nick Riep.Broncos:4Jordan Moss (3) and Rob Burnett.

Biscuits: 7Jordan McCallum (3), Kevin Karlson,

Dan Wilson, Justin Martens and Dave Sandrelli.

Broncos: 3Doug Leitner, Chris Johnson and

Tyler Ehlers.

Broncos: 5Tyler Ehlers (3), Rob Burnett and

Taylor Cote.Wolverines: 2Dominic Aceto and Derek Grimm.

Bad Tattoo Brewery Men’s Soccer League

Round three resultsTC Auto Sales (2-1-0):9Brian Johnston (4), Peter Toth (3),

Joe Kandola and Shawn Goodsell.PLK (0-3-0):6Norman Peters (3), John Martin,

Gord McLaren and Derrick Webb.

Harvey-Lister-Webb (2-1-0):6Alan Clarke (3), Zico Pescada (2)

and Dave Crompton.Rona (2-1-0): 2Paul Borba and Mike Osland.

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Led by Sgt.-at-Arms Jim DeMarce the colour party marches to the auditorium of the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre where nearly 2,000 people gathered for Wednesday's Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Cenotaph party members from the BC Dragoons on guard during the Remembrance Day service.

President Ivo Jaager of the Penticton Royal Canadian Legion branch lays a wreath during the ceremonies on behalf of the legion.

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FRIDAYNovember 13

Friday Social dance with Vic and the Band Masters at the South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965 South Main St. starting at 7:30 p.m. $7 per person.SingleS lunch group for 65-plus seniors meets at noon. Meet new friends and chat. Call 250-496-5980 or 250-770-8622 for more info.eagleS club haS Friday Night Live dinner at 5 p.m. and entertainment at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome.South Main drop-in Centre has Tai Chi at 10:30 a.m. and Mah Jong at 1 p.m. [fr]

anavetS haS their kitch-en open from noon to 4 p.m., mixed doubles at 7 p.m. Karaoke with Candy at 7:30 p.m.royal canadian legion branch 40 has fish and chips lunch at 11:30 a.m. Steak or rib dinner at 5:30 p.m.the oliver Senior Centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo with a loon-ie pot every Friday at 1 p.m. Everyone wel-come.okanagan FallS legion has meat draws and 50-50 draws on Friday and Saturday at 5 p.m.[1017s]the oliver SeniorS’ Centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo at 1 p.m. every Friday and regular drop-in pool Monday,

Wednesday and Friday at 12:30 p.m.[0911c]elkS club on Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m. Funtime Dancers upstairs at 7 p.m.al-anon MeetS at the Bethel Pentecostal Church at 945 Main St. from 6 to 7 p.m. For info call 250-490-9272.alcoholicS anonyMouS haS Nooners meet-ings Monday to Friday noon at 1265 Fairview Rd. Call service 24 hours is 250-490-9216. Friends group meets at Bethel Church at 7:30 p.m., 945 Main St. The Summerland group meets at 7:30 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the basement.

SATURDAYNovember 14

holly tea and bake sale at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Martin St. and Wade Ave., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Speciality short-bread, Christmas crafts and jewelry.[1114p]the oliver SeniorS’ Centre, 5876 Airport St., has dancing at 10 a.m. to the Oliver Seniors Volunteer Band.[0912c]eagleS club haS mem-ber appreciation day, burgers and fries at noon, beaver races at 4 p.m.charity bottle drive with all money going to the Penticton Regional Hospital paediatric

ward, SPCA, Critteraid and the Summerland food bank. Drop off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays at Penticton and Summerland IGA stores.elkS club on Ellis Street has snooker from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., crib at 10 a.m., drop-in darts and early bird draw at 4 p.m., a meat draw at 4:30 p.m. and dinner at 5:30 p.m.royal canadian legion branch 40 has crib at 10 a.m., beef dip lunch at 11 a.m., meat draw and Ladies Auxiliary 50/50 draw at 2 p.m. anavetS haS the kitch-en open from 9 a.m. to noon, drop-in pool at noon, dinner by Stu at

5:30 p.m. Entertainment by Timeline at 6:30 p.m.alcoholicS anonyMouS haS daily meetings in Penticton and area. Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours).

SUNDAYNovember 15

oliver Senior centre, 5876 Airport St., has a potluck supper on Nov. 15 at 5:30 p.m. Bring a main dish, salad or dessert and pay only $1. Don’t forget to bring your own plate and cut-lery and a neighbour. Call 250-498-6142 for more information. [1115p]the oSnS, in conjunc-tion with Shaw, will be hosting their 36th annual Share a Smile Telethon and online auction from noon until 5 p.m. The event will be broadcast live on Shaw channel 11 and live streamed at www.osns.org.[1115p]coMe dance to the greatest dance music ever made with DJ Emil from 7 to 9 p.m. at the South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965 South Main St. $3 per person, all welcome.[su]royal canadian legion branch 40 has a branch buffet breakfast at 8:30 a.m., meat and 50-50 draws at 2 p.m. in the hall, 502 Martin St.elkS club on Ellis Street has dog races at 2 p.m., food draw and door prizes, Last Man Standing, pool and darts Crib tournament at 10 a.m., Elks House Shoot at 11 a.m. South Main drop-in Centre has R&R Rounders at 12:30 p.m., Acoustical Jam session from 2 to 4 p.m.[su] anavetS haS horSe races and meat draws at 2 p.m. Hot dogs and hamburg-ers for lunch. General meeting at 11 a.m.SurvivorShip’S Flea Market runs every Sunday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. weather permitting at Fairview Plaza, 1652

Fairview Rd. For info, call 250-493-6604.lakelandS church holdS Sunday services at 1265 Fairview Rd. (the Greek Orthodox Church) at 10:30 a.m. Everyone welcome. For more info contact [email protected].

MONDAYNovember 16

okanagan college SpeakerS Series pre-sents Scott McMillan, CEO of XCo, with Wearables: Indoor GPS and the Future of Health Care and Sport Technology in the lecture theatre at the Penticton Campus. Visit www.ocspeakers-series.weebly.com for more.[1116p]the penticton newcoMerS Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Drop-in Centre at 2965 South Main St. We will help you make friends and learn about your new home while indul-ging in a number of social activities.[1116p]Floor curling every Monday from 1:30 to 3 p.m., with coffee after, at the Seniors’ Recreation Centre, 439 Winnipeg St.[1102s]South Main drop-in Centre has a flu shot clinic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Scrabble and Mah Jong at 10 a.m., dupli-cate bridge at 1 p.m. Drop-in computer help from 1 to 3 p.m.[mo]anavetS have their kitchen open at noon. Pool and dart leagues at 7 p.m. elkS club on Ellis Street has American crib at 7 p.m. and pub league darts at 7:30 p.m.royal canadian legion branch 40 has lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., dart dolls at 11 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m., Fitness Friends Ladies Fitness class at 10:30 a.m. General meeting and executive elections at 1 p.m.

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ChrIstmas kEttlE vOl-untEEr orientation night on from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Salvation Army Church, South Main Street. As The Salvation Army embarks on its Christmas campaign, it counts on the goodwill of volunteers to make Christmas memorable for people who need care, two-hour shifts are available at various locations around town from Nov. 21 to Dec. 24.[1117p]WIlDlIfE ClOsE-up at the Penticton Public Library at 6 p.m. with filmaker Miriam Needoba and photographer Jim Lawrence, including a screening of Needoba’s short film Eyes in the Forest: The Portraiture of Jim Lawrence. Lawrence, whose pho-tography gained recog-nition with his image of a grizzly bear on its hind legs looking through a camera, will have some of his work on hand. The artists also wish to

engage the audience in a conversation about wildlife and habitats. For more informations, visit smalltownfilms.com.[1117p]BrOWn Bag lECturEs return every Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Penticton Museum Auditorium. This week’s lecture is by Pam Woolner of the Oliver Museum on Caring for Your Personal History. Suggested donation for admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children and includes include cof-fee, tea and confections. Everyone welcome.[1110c]anavEts has pOOl and dart leagues at 7 p.m., Wing specials from 3 to 6 p.m. fratErnal OrDEr Of the Eagles has drop-in euchre at 7 p.m.rOyal CanaDIan lEgIOn has lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., service officer at 1 p.m. and wings night at 6 p.m. Jam contest hosted by the Surf Cats at 7 p.m.Elks On EllIs Street has yoga at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday Dart League and 10-card crib at 7 p.m.yOga mEDItatIOn/vEgE-tarIan suppEr is upstairs in the Elks Lodge at 344 Ellis St. in Penticton on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Donations accepted. Everyone welcome.p E n t I C t O n tOastmastErs mEEt from 6 to 8 p.m. in room 200 of the Shatford Centre, 760 Main St. Have you ever want to improve your public speaking skills? More information at 2392.toastmastersclubs.org.[0915s]sOuth maIn DrOp-In Centre has ultra-beginner line dance at 9 a.m., social bridge at 9:15 a.m., sing-along at 10:30 a.m., lunch at 11:30 a.m., partner bridge at 12:45 p.m., knitting and crocheting at 1 p.m., improver line dance at 1 p.m., square dance sessions from 6 to 9 p.m.

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Health battles no stranger to donorsWestern News Staff

Jennifer Stewart lit-erally had to crawl on her knees in her fight against cancer.

Now Jennifer and husband Ray Stewart have donated $60,000 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s $20-mil-lion campaign to pro-vide the medical equip-ment for the new Patient Care Tower at Penticton Regional Hospital.

The couple, who own a picturesque ranch south of White Lake, have incredible stories to tell about their lives and their individual bat-tles with cancer.

Ray, 73, grew up in Port Arthur, Ont. (now Thunder Bay) and dropped out of school when he was 16 to work in a paper mill – earn-ing twice as much as his friends employed at a department store.

However, he soon realized the value of a good education and went on to graduate from university with an honours bachelor of commerce degree and later a master of busi-ness administration de-gree from Simon Fraser University. From hum-ble beginnings, a suc-cessful business career would follow, including years in forestry, min-ing, banking and ranch-ing.

Now retired, Ray continues to work as a business consultant. He is truly a self-made man.

“When you put pres-sure on (yourself), you just make life more in-teresting,” he remarked.

Ray wedded his high school sweetheart and they remained married for 26 years until her death in 1988.

He was later intro-duced by a friend to Jennifer and they have now been married for 26 years. Ray and Jen-nifer built their home on 160-acre Sweet Water Ranch in 1990.

But life hasn’t been without its difficulties.

Jennifer is recover-ing from breast cancer and a double mastec-tomy earlier this year, after previous bouts with ovarian and cer-vical cancer, and brain surgery.

When she was di-agnosed with ovarian cancer about 15 years ago, Jennifer was told by doctors she only had a short time to live. She then agreed to undergo

an experimental treat-ment at the B.C. Cancer Centre in Vancouver, which saw her battle her way through a regimen of drug treatments, re-turning home on week-ends.

While recovering, she struggled to get back on her feet. Ray placed a number of chairs outside between the ranch house and the barn so she could feed their livestock. Liter-ally crawling the 100 feet between each chair, she slowly regained her strength.

“A lot of the time Ray couldn’t be here. He was in Toronto, so I was alone,” she re-called.

After managing to sit up on each chair, she was quickly approached by their animals and talked to them while she

fed them. It turned out to be great therapy.

“It kept me going, it really did,” she said. “No one is going to tell me to stay in bed.”

Ray, meanwhile, has experienced his own battle with prostate cancer after being diag-nosed five years ago. He underwent radical pros-tate surgery in 2011.

Now the Stewarts are looking to help out the PRH tower cam-paign.

Their $60,000 dona-tion is being made in part to honour Ray’s first wife Rita, and their sons Rod and Ray, and daughter-in-law Lesley. Rod Stewart passed away in 2001 at age 35.

“It’s a legacy of Rita and Rod’s lives. It’s a tribute, reconfirma-tion and acknowledge-ment,” Ray Sr. said. “It’s something more than a gravestone. It’s something that’s going to last forever.”

The couple have five grandchildren and sev-en great-grandchildren.

Ray emphasized their donation is very important to the family, noting the hospital ex-pansion will benefit the entire South Okanagan-Similkameen.

“I just think it’s the greatest thing that could happen,” he said. “It’s what is needed now and we’re going to need more in the future.”

Construction of the Patient Care Tower at PRH is set to begin in the spring of 2016 and be completed by late 2019.

Jennifer and ray Stewart, owners of a white Lake area ranch, have donated $60,000 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical foundation. the money will help the foundation’s campaign to provide medical equip-ment for the new Patient Care tower at Penticton regional Hospital.

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Garden & Lawn

HandypersonsHandyman: Christmas light installation specialist, orchard pruning, yard maintenance. Call to book Terry 250-328-0713

Home Improvements

[email protected]

Specializing in New Construction• Renovations & Additions• Complete Paint Jobs• Landscaping• Construction Cleanups• Commercial & Residential Buildings• Specials, Decks, Fences• Mobile Home Reno Specialists • Total House Reno’s & Condo’sLICENSED & INSURED

Over 30 Years

Experience!

SENIORS DISCOUNT 15% OFF WINTER RATE

ARE YOU WANTING TO RENOVATE?

Framing, gyproc, painting, ooring, bathrooms, decks,

windows and doors, 35 years experience, home/business,

References AvailableLicensed, Insured,

Worker’s Insurance Ted Lund

(250)490-7991

Services

ASPEN CONSTRUCTION - Complete Renovation, - Home Maintenance, -Yard Mainte-nance, - Home Watch, call:250-809-4027

BELCAN Painting & Reno’slicensed, insured, WCB

roo ng, painting, tiling, ooring, kitchen/bath reno’s,

carpentry nishing,Len (250)486-8800

[email protected]

Misc ServicesSEEKING Professional Busi-ness Person to share in a well appointed downtown offi ce in Oliver, BC. We are four separ-ate professionals that share approx. 1200’ sq ft of offi ce space each with private offi c-es. Customer parking is available as well. $275.00 per month plus GST and 1/5 utilities and offi ce expenses. Please call Christine @250 498 7656 or Michelle @250 486 4673

Moving & StorageFAMILY Movers. Moving? Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance trips. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687

Painting & Decorating

HERE COME THE PAINT-ERS, 16 years experience, In-terior/Exterior, 250-486-2331

WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM (1) 250-899-3163

3 Rooms For $2992 Coats Any Colour

(Ceiling & Trim extra)Price incls. Cloverdale Premium

Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT, until job is completed!

Rubbish RemovalPENTICTON Junk Removal! Anything goes! Household waste, furniture and applianc-es to the dump 250-770-0827

Trainor Family Hauling. Will haul your junk, big and small, to the dump. Will also do small jobs. We’re here to serve you with a smile. Call Pat with your needs. 250-486-4867

Handypersons Handypersons

Services

A&C Security Systems Ltd. Alarm systems, CCTV, access control, enterphone/intercom. Monitoring. Call [email protected]

Pets & Livestock

LivestockKiln Dried Wood Shavings, 54, 60 and 110 cu. yd., bulk loads, delivered starting @ $200 load, (250)770-0214

Shavings & SawdustFriendly service from

Summerland since 1972 Les Porter

250-490-1132

Merchandise for Sale

AppliancesWasher & Dryer for sale, older but still works good, $100 for the pair, 250-328-8129

Farm EquipmentMassey 35 Tractor w/front end loader & implements, $3,500. 1-250-546-6212

MF 2135 Industrial Loader, gas, $3,500; MF 35 Front Blade, diesel $2,500. 1-250-833-1930

Free ItemsFREE; Chesterfi eld, good shape, no bugs, 250-497-8282

Fruit & Vegetables40-45LB Box Ambrosia apples for sale $30, 250-492-4717

Firewood/FuelA-1 Firewood, Fir, $250/cord, mixed, $225, Pine, $200, full cords split & delivered, 1/2 cords & 1/4 cords avail., Free delivery locally 250-770-0827, 250-809-0127 evenings.

FurnitureAPPROXIMATELY 400 Rooms of High End, 5 Star, Hotel Furnishings avail.Each Room sold with either 2 Queen Headboards OR 1 King Headboard & includes:2 Bedside-2 door, tables c/w glass tops, 2 Brass Table Lamps,1 Dresser, 3 drawers & 1 door c/w glass top, 1 Mirror, 3 framed pictures,2 Upholstered Arm Chairs,1 Round Pedestal Table c/w glass top,1 Desk c/w glass top, 1 Brass Floor Lamp, Upholstered Bench . Avail to preview in Surrey call 604-371-1190 OR Email [email protected] for pric-ing details and to book your room purchases.

Garage Sales

Moving Sale; Sat/Sun, Nov. 14 & 15, 11am-3pm, #27-2773 South Main St., Holi-day MHP, 2 loveseats, china cabinet, chest freezer, old wood cabinet Zenith TV, ap-pliances, garden tools, lawn-mower, all reasonable offers accepted, bring transport.

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated con-tainers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200DMG. Huge freezers. Experienced wood carvers needed, full time. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 or 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. De-livery BC and AB www.rtccon-tainer.com

Merchandise for Sale

Wanted:Will pay cash for construction equipment, back-hoes, excavators, dozers, (farm tractors w/loaders)1985 or newer. Skid steers, wheel loaders, screeners, low beds, any condition running or not. 250-260-0217.

Hobbies & CraftsLOOKING for a unique gift? Check out the art prints by Will Hoffman at: www.willhoff.ca

Misc. for SaleMoving Sale: Royal Albert China, electric bed, entertain-ment center, china cabinet, wall shelves, student’s desk, saws; table, mitre, jig, scroll, skill, sanders, drill press, rout-er w/table bits, hand tools & misc., Phone (250)492-7666

Misc. WantedCOLLECTOR BUYING coin collections, Royal Canadian Mint coins, US Mint coins, silver coins, antique coins, old money, antique silver & gold Todd - 250-864-3521

Private Coin Collector BuyingCollections, Olympic Gold &Silver Coins, Estates Jewelry+Chad: 1-250-499-0251 Local.

Real Estate

Acreage for SaleInvest in 20 or 40 AC in MB with services on the street. May take trade in Kelowna. For info call 250-899-1064

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent1bdrm & 2bdrm, close to Downtown, $800/mo., avail. immed., call (250)809-0276

1bdrm apt., furnished, 3rd fl oor, Strata, reno’d, ns, np, $690+ hydro, h/w, covered pkg. incl., a/c, coin laundry, bike room, park setting, lake-view, secure bldg., 1 block from OK lake, 922 Dynes, avail. now, ref req., (250)493-2377

1BDRM Apt., totally reno’d, 3 new appl., A/C, in-suite stor-age, N/P, N/S, clean, quiet, secure, on bus route, near Walmart. Call 250-493-8500

Apartment Furnished

Furnished 2bdrm, 285 Ed-monton Ave., s/f/m/dw/w, quiet, clean building, np, ns, avail. now, $875/mo., call Den-nis at 250-488-5678

Commercial/Industrial

APPLE PLAZA, Prime Central location in busy plaza; ample parking. 2300 SF build to suit; 220 SF shared offi ce space; 600 SF up 1100 SF, call Barb 250-770-0536

Penticton Industrial area, for lease, 3000 sqft., warehouse, shop or gym space, offi ce and washroom, high ceilings, 14ft o/h door, gated 3400sqft yard, call Syd at 250-493-5909

Rentals

2bdrm 2bath unit, laminate fl oors, central location, private parking, cat ok with deposit, $1050/mo., 250-488-7902

Homes for Rent

250.486.8532

CERTIFIED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT• No building too small or large• 20 - 500 suites in size• Cleaning, Painting &

Plumbing• Electrical Certifi ed & 5th

Class Engineer

[email protected]

Call us

20 years experience

2bdrm, 1bath, F/S, close to schools, shopping, avail. Nov. 15, (250)493-9357

3bdrm house on acreage, np, ns, ref. req., $1200+ util., 250-492-3593 or 250-809-6972

Suites, Lower1580 Holden Rd, 3bdrm, lake-view, n/p, n/s $2500/mo., 1bdrm also avail. $900/mo., Ref. Req., Avail. now, call 250-492-0724

Transportation

Used Tires, Huge Selection of used tires and wheels in stock.

We might have what you need. Prices vary according to size and quality. Starting at $25. Call us or drop in

to Larsens Excel, 555 Okanagan Ave East 250-492-5630 Penticton

Auto ServicesMotorcycle and ATV ServiceInsured Journeyman Tech

Certi ed Harley Metric and ATV

Nelson Ave., PentictonThe Shop for Mutts

and [email protected]

403-880-6994 call or text Cliff

Cars - Sports & Imports

AWD 2007 Mazda Speed 6, 295 HP, 4cyl, 6sp man, fully load, new clutch, breaks, etc. 2 sets of Mazda 18” wheels, $9,500 obo. 1-250-307-8601

Scrap Car Removal#1 GET the MOST for Your Junk Vehicle and scrap steel. A Portion of proceeds to your LOCAL FOOD BANK. Call 778-581-cars (2277)

Trucks & Vans2003 F350 6L Diesel Super-cab, well maintained, 6sp man, new winter tires, set of mounted summer tires, new windshied, injectors & starter. $7900 obo. 250-306-7447

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SystemsHeavy Duty Machinery

Duplex / 4 Plex Auto Accessories/Parts

Boats12’ Alum. Elec/gas Motors. With Batt., Oars, Gas Tank, Rod Holders & 2 Seats $1000ALSO Dovetail F/end Loader $1600 call 250-766-5458

Legal

Legal NoticesNOTICE OF SALE

Advantage Mini Storage440 Duncan Ave. West., Penticton, BC, V2A 7N1

Property stored by the following will be sold by on-line bid @ibidstorage.com starting Novevmber 18, 2015Tanner Jensen - Unit #205 tools, household, misc.Dan Dostalek - Unit #478 Bike car seat, misc.Than Zien - Unit #478 Tires, tools, misc.Leona Robertson-Unit #625 bikes, stereos, misc.

NOTICEPursuant to the terms of the Warehouseman’s Lein act, Protected Mini Storage, 275 Okanagan Ave. East, Pentic-ton, BC, will sell the contents of the following units to re-cover unpaid costs of stor-age (and additional fees as they are incurred): #5 Tanya Parkin. Sale to be held No-vember 23rd or thereafter at the above premises.

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MALE 4 Male Erotic Massage $95., Winfi eld, 9-9 Daily 250-766-2048

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on most cellular networks.

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ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the cash purchase of a 2015 Impala, Equinox, Traverse, Silverado LD Crew, Silverado HD with gas engine, Spark, Sonic, Cruze, Malibu, Camaro, Trax and Silverado Double Cab. License, insurance, registration,administration fees, dealer fees, PPSA and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer trade may be required. * Applies to oldest15% of dealer inventory on Impala, Equinox, Traverse, Silverado LD Crew and Silverado HD Gas models as of November 10th 2015 and all remaining 2015 Spark, Sonic, Cruze, Malibu, Camaro, Trax and Silverado Double Cab. Valid November 13 to 30, 2015 on cash purchases of select vehicles from dealer inventory. Not compatible with special lease andfinance rates. Credit is tax exclusive and is calculated on vehicle MSRP, excluding any dealer-installed options. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this cash credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Dealer may sell for less. Offer may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GM Canada may modify,extend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. See dealer for details. ** The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased or leased a new eligible 2015 MY Chevrolet (excluding Spark EV), with an ACDelco® oil and filter change, in accordance with the oillife monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. Fluid top offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc. are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combinedwith certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ^^ Whichever comes first. See dealer for details.

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Offer(s) available on select new 2015/2016 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from November 3 to 30, 2015. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing includes delivery and destination fees up to $1,715, $22 AMVIC, $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. Φ0% financing for up to 84 months or up to $7,000 discount available on other select 2015 models. Discount is deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Maximum $7,000 discount ($6,000 cash discount and $1,000 ECO-Credit) is offered on 2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) only. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2016 Sportage LX MT FWD (SP551G) with a selling price of $24,832 is based on monthly payments of $284 for 84 months at 0% with a $0 down payment and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Offer also includes $1,000 cash discount. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash Purchase Price for the new 2015 Optima Hybrid LX AT (OP74AF) is $24,752 and includes a cash discount of $7,000 including $6,000 cash discount and $1,000 ECO-Credit. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. ≠Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on new 2016 Sorento 2.4L LX FWD (SR75AG)/2015 Optima LX AT (OP742F) with a selling price of $29,332/$26,452 is based on monthly payments of $292/$298 for 60/36 months at 1.9%/0%, $0 security deposit, $500/$2,000 lease credit, $1,975/$500 down payment and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $17,520/$10,737 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $11,138/$13,215. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). °No charge all-wheel drive discounts of $2,300/$2,400/$3,000/$2,000 applicable on 2016 Sportage LX AT AWD (SP753G)/2016 Sportage EX AT AWD (SP755G)/2016 Sorento 2.4L LX AWD (SR75BG)/2016 Sorento LX+ Turbo AWD (SR75DG) models respectively. Some conditions apply. See dealer for details. §Open to Canadian residents who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence who take a test drive at a Canadian Kia dealership between November 3, 2015 and January 4, 2016. 10 weekly prizes of a $3,000 itravel2000 voucher available. Plus one $100 travel voucher per eligible test drive. Limit of one entry/test drive voucher per person. Skill testing question required. Some conditions apply. Go to kia.ca for complete details. ΩLease payments must be made on a monthly or bi-weekly basis but cannot be made on a weekly basis. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2016 Sportage SX Luxury/2015 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748F)/2016 Sorento SX Turbo AWD (SR75IG) is $38,495/$34,895/$42,095. The 2015 Optima was awarded the 2015 Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for model year 2015. U.S. models tested. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). The Kia Sorento received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among midsize SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.

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