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Elderly woman injured in icy mailbox fallTara Bowie

Review StaffHer face is black and blue. Her

ribs are bruised.Patty Thornton, 82, went to

pick up her mail from her com-munity box on 4th Street and lost her footing on an accumulation of ice and snow.

“I went flat down and banged my head against the mailbox,” she said, when she stopped into the Keremeos Review office recently.

The lively woman came to the Review looking for an answer as to where the responsibility lies in cleaning the area around the outside mailboxes after see-ing an editorial in the paper just days before her unfortunate spill reminding residents to be good neighbours and take care of their sidewalks and driveways.

She claims she went to the vil-

lage office after her fall on Dec. 4 and was told it is not a municipal responsibility.

“I just want to know who’s responsibility it is,” she said. “I don’t want to get anyone in trou-ble but there are a lot of older people that need to get their mail from there and they can’t when there’s ice and snow. Someone is going to get really hurt.”

Laurie Taylor, the village’s CAO wrote this to the Review in an email: “Canada Post is respon-sible for keeping the access to their mailboxes clear of snow and ice,” she wrote.

After several calls and emails to the media department of Canada Post the Review received two short replies confirming Canada Post is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the property.

“The customer discussed the

incident with us on the weekend (she and her husband came to the post office). It appears the inci-dent happened on Thursday, Dec 4. There were no previous issues with this site, but upon hearing of the incident, we have reviewed the site to ensure it was safe for our customers,” Anick Losier, a spokesperson for Canada Post wrote in the email.

Because of warm temperatures recently most roadways have been cleared of snow and ice for several days.

“I assure you that we try and do our very best (despite the weather) and whenever our cus-tomers alert us of a site that might not meet standards, we have an immediate process to rectify the situation. We encourage anyone to let us know if anything is not as it should be with our sites,” the email concluded.

Tara Bowie“Someone is going to get really hurt,” said Patty Thornton, 82, after a fall in front of her mailbox.

No quick fix coming for rockslide area

Tara BowieReview Staff

It won’t be until at least summer of 2015 before a more permanent solution can be executed to hopefully prevent future rockslides on Hwy 3, west of Keremeos.

A spokesperson from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation told the Review in an email that work this summer is in the planning stages and “will include the excavation of the upper slope to create a wider ditch, a large rock catchment area and to re-establish the highway to four lanes.”

In the most recent slide, rocks began to fall Tuesday Dec. 9 at around 3 p.m.

The rockslide closed the highway for the night as rocks continued to fall

until 9 p.m. No injuries or damages to vehicles were reported.

As the slide happened just about an hour before school closed approxi-mately 25 students who should have been headed home to Hedley were left stranded at Similkameen Elementary Secondary School. Students from Cawston had already transferred to SESS by the time word had gotten out about the slide.

The roadway was littered with parked cars before RCMP officially closed the road around 4 p.m. Several other slides have occurred at the same spot during the last year.

In recent weeks the ministry estab-lished a multiple metre high concrete catchment wall at the site located

continued page six Extreme thaw-freeze cycles caused the rockslide that shut down Highway 3 West of Keremeos last week.

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OKANAGAN FALLSSECOND MON: Communities for Kids OKFalls Table Mtg., 2:45 pm at StrongStart Early Learning Ctr. at OK Falls Elementary, 250-498-8433 for more info.TUESDAY: South Okanagan Toastmasters 7 - 9 p.m. at Best Western in Osoyoos. Call 498-4412, 499-2144.TUESDAY: Bingo at the Senior Citizenís Centre on Willow St. 1p.m. (except last Tues.).EVERY 3RD TUESDAY: Legion Branch #227 Gen Meeting 7 p.m. Jack Hill Room, OK Falls.WED. & SAT.: Carpet Bowling 1 p.m. Seniorís Centre.WEDNESDAY: Join the Stroke Recovery Club for stroke survivors and caregivers, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society offi ce, #2-996 Main Street, Penticton..Call Tina at 490-0613. FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary General Meeting 1:00 p.m., Jack Hill Room, OK Falls.THIRD WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Womens Institute meeting at the Falls Community Centre busi-ness at 7, entertainment at 8 p.m. Call Betty for more info - 497-6665.THURSDAY: Bridge 1 p.m. Seniors Centre.THURSDAY: Crib 7 p.m. Seniors Centre.THURSDAY: Computer classes 9 a.m. Seniorís Centre.FRIDAY: Arts group painting 1- 3 p.m.FRIDAY: Whist 7 p.m. 2ND & 4TH FRIDAY: A Wellness Clinic is held at the Seniors Centre, on Willow Street, 9 to 11 a.m. Have your blood pressure, heart and weight checked by a retired registered nurse. Open to everyone.FIRST FRIDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary Dinner and Entertainment 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw.THIRD FRIDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion Ladies Auxiliary Steak Fry Dinner 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw.FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: The Okanagan Falls Legion Branch #227 has meat draws from 5:00 p.m.SATURDAY: OK Falls Legion Branch #227, Dinner and Dance 6:00 pm.FIRST SATURDAY: Ladies Auxiliary Branch #227. Drop in Bingo 1-4 p.m. Jack Hill Room. OK Falls.THIRD SATURDAY OF MONTH: Drop in bingo at OK Falls Senior Centre. 1128 Willow St.

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WEDNESDAY: Diabetes Clinic, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Similkameen Health Centre. RN & Reg. Dietitian in at-tendance. Dr. referrals or self referral. Appts. necessary. Phone 1-800-707-8550.WEDNESDAY: Yoga at Cawston Hall, 6 - 7:30 pm1st THURSDAY: South Similkameen Museum Society Meeting, 7 pm, at the Ecumenical Church in KeremeosTHURSDAY: Tumble Bumble, 3:00 - 4:30 pm upstairs at the Legion. Ages 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. THURSDAY: Positively Pregnant, 10:00 - 11:30 am at the Family Centre. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. THURSDAY: AA meetings at 7:30 pm Health Centre activity room. Info. call Eleanor 499-5982.THURSDAY: KCSA Monthly meetings the last Thursday of each month at clubhouse 7:30 p.m.THURSDAY: Afternoon dances at the Keremeos Seniors Centre from 1:30 - 4 p.m. Whist 6:30 pm to 9:00 pmTHURSDAY: Similkameen Adult Badminton Club, Oct. 16th to Dec. 18th, 7 pm to 9 pm, For more info call Manfred at 499-5290.THURSDAY: Weight Watchers, 5 pm, Elks Hall. More info call Sarah at 250-499-2878.FRIDAY: Keremeos TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 9:00 a.m. at the Health Centre. Visitors & new members are welcome. Call Georgina at 499-0202 for more info.FRIDAY: Elks and Royal Purple bingo. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY: Keremeos Seniors Centre Bingo, 1:00 pm.SUNDAY: KCSA Trap Shooting, 11:00 am to ?, Weather permitting.SUNDAY: AA Meeting at 10:00 am in the Health Center Activity Room. Info call Eleanor at 499-5982.3RD SUNDAY: Legion General Meeting. 2:00 p.m. Keremeos Legion Hall. 3rd MONDAY: Kars Under the K Meeting, 7:00 pm, Meeting Room at Health Center, Call Marcel Morin for info 499-7775.2nd TUESDAY: Can-Do General Meetings. Everyone Welcome. Phone 499-2420 for more information. 1ST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: Regular meeting of the Keremeos Seniors Centre, at 2 p.m. Keremeos.1ST & 3RD WEDNESDAY: Search & Rescue meet 7-9 p.m., 8th Ave. & 4th St. Call 499-6067 or 499-5429.2ND WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: The Similkameen Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Keremeos Seniors Centre, 2ND AND 4TH THURSDAY: The Royal Purple Lodge meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. Info: 499-7073.LAST THURSDAY OF MONTH: KCSA Club meeting.EVERY 1ST AND 3RD THURSDAY: The Keremeos Elks meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. 1ST SUNDAY OF MONTH: Jam Session. Keremeos Seniors Centre. 1 p.m. Everyone Welcome. 499-0112.1ST SUNDAY OF MONTH: Friends of Olalla, 4 pm, contact 250-599-9090.

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Keremeos council earmarked an additional $2,800 for bylaw enforcement to combat the transient issue along the village’s trail during a regularly scheduled meeting Monday night.

The money will allow for an additional 100 hours of enforcement between May and September, peak season for the problem that has plagued area residents for years.

“We would like to have our trail back and it’s going to cost some money,” councillor Jeremy Evans said before a vote was done on the bylaw.

Mayor Manfred Bauer said increased bylaw enforcement along with increased engagement with the RCMP should improve the issue.

“They can enforce whatever is in our parks bylaw,” Bauer said. “I think residents want us to do this.”

The increased bylaw enforcement was part of discussions about the preliminary 2015 operating budget.

Chief Financial Officer Rob Hager walked councillors through the preliminary operating budget, which is just one component of the village’s overall financial forecast.

Councillors heard good news to start delib-erations as although different components of the operating budget had changed, overall a projected surplus of about $3,000 was noted.

“That number will change as council makes decisions with this budget,” Hager said.

The good news was short lived as council heard there would be a decrease in the Small Community Grant handed out by the prov-ince. The decrease totals $8,000 over last year’s grant.

Council was told other small communities were also facing decreases in the grant.

Bauer said government lobbying groups would be talking to officials in the coming years about the struggles small municipalities are facing with cuts to funding.

“We can’t take anymore responsibility without enough funds,” he said.

At this point no changes to user fees are being recommended for 2015.

Hager reported to council that the increase to sewer user fees implemented last year enabled the Sewer Fund to be self supporting and even allowing for a small contribution towards a reserve account for future sewer expenditures.

Cemetery user fees covered costs for 2014.

Victory Hall rentals decreased over the last year and did not offset costs, but Hager’s report did not recommend any changes unless the trend continues and if an increase in rates would not affect the number of rentals each year.

Hager highlighted reserve transfers and impending problems as grants continue to shrink.

In previous years council has earmarked $75,000 of the province’s Small Community Grant to go to reserves.

“I just want to plant a seed for discussion. Tax rates can’t always be kept at or near zero

or we won’t be able to put money away in reserve funds,” he said.

The first draft of the capital and small project budget will be brought forward to council in February, a public input session is scheduled for March 16 before the budget is finalized.

Council commits new money for transient control

A unanimous vote by council Monday night opened the gates to additional bylaw enforce-ment along the riverbed and trail in the village to help stop the transient problem. Council voted to set aside $2,800 to allow for an additional 100 hours enforcement in the area during the peak time of the year.

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is slated to provide just under $8,000 in grants in aid and donations in 2015.

Councillors dis-cussed requests for funding thoroughly dur-ing a regularly sched-uled meeting Monday night.

The request for funds will not be completed until the budget process is finalized but council did assemble a prelimi-nary list.

Topping the list for donations was the South Similkameen Museum Society receiving a gau-ranteed $3,000.

The museum origi-nally requested $5,000, which would go to help-ing with operating costs and paint the several buildings. The museum also requested $5,000 last year and was grant-ed $3,000.

Council decided to

continue the grant of $3,000 and request the museum group to meet to discuss plans in depth.

“We haven’t heard anything about future plans and I think it’s time to discuss that,” Mayor Manfred Bauer said.

S i m i l k a m e e n Country received $1,600 as requested. The money is used in conjunction with Area G and Area B to help fund administra-tion.

The Garden Club will receive $1,400 as asked.

“For us to pay for what they do would cost us a lot,” Bauer said. “So the $1,400 is extremely reasonable. If they asked for $2,000 I would give it to them.”

The Keremeos Elks Rodeo is set to receive $1,000 as asked, while the Kars Under the K event will receive what they asked for with a

grant of $500. Council decided to

grant the Friends of the Keremeos Skating Rink $250 although the group asked for $700.

Council gave the group $250 last year as well, with the rea-

son being money can be raised through other channels and a shorter skating season is expect-ed.

The Okanagan Regional Library will receive $167 to buy new chairs.

Village grants range from $3,000 for museum to $167 for new library chairs

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Following are highlights from Tom Fletcher’s year-end interview with NDP leader John Horgan. For an extended version, see the Opinion section at keremeosreview.com.

TF: The B.C. Liberal government has given every indication they’re going to proceed with the Site C dam on the Peace River. What do you think?

JH: I’ve always maintained that it’s a good project, but it’s a question of when to add another $8-9-10-12 billion onto the backs of ratepayers.

First of all, go to the B.C. Utilities Commission and find out if this is the power you need and if this is the time to build it. The government refuses to do that, and I think that’s just an Achilles heel in this process.

TF: You voted for the liquefied natural gas income tax to pro-vide certainty, and then you immediately said you would work to increase the LNG tax in 2017, before any major project could be started. How is that certainty?

JH: I thought it was important that the investment commu-nity in this sector knew there was bipartisan support for LNG in British Columbia. But we went from a seven per cent [tax] to a 3.5 per cent because of a softening market.

If there is a decline in return to the province because of a soft-ening market, then surely over a 25-year period – not just between now and 2017, but if the market conditions change and prices go up – I think British Columbians would want their government to make sure they were getting a fair share of that benefit.

TF: Why did you vote against the LNG environmental legisla-tion?

JH: They said prior to the election that LNG would be the greenest in the world. And then when they tabled legislation they left out 70 per cent of the emissions from upstream activity.

TF: Gordon Campbell’s great goal for green-house gases, 33 per cent reduction by 2020, can that be reached assuming a substantial LNG develop-ment?

JH: I find it difficult to believe that they’re going to achieve those results. [Environment Minister] Mary Polak has a different point of view, and our job as opposition is to hold them accountable to the numbers that they passed into law, and we’re going to do that.

One of the three sectors, housing, energy and transportation, where emission profiles can be man-aged downward is transportation. And the govern-ment has wasted 18 months talking about a referen-dum on [Metro Vancouver transit.]

TF: What’s your top priority for 2015?JH: I think the public is going to increasingly find affordability

issues to be the challenge. We didn’t spend as much time as I had hoped to on hydro rate increases, ICBC. When the government balanced the budget, they did it by selling assets, and by increasing costs at their Crown corporations and then pulling that revenue in for budget purposes.

We’re going to have to use new technologies and means of communication to better explain to people what the government’s doing to them.

TF: What should happen with the agricultural land reserve?JH: I don’t think there was a groundswell of opposition to the

ALR, quite the opposite in fact, and the commission has in my opinion, infinite flexibility to meet the demands of development in northern areas as well as urban centres.

I’m going to make sure that [agriculture critic] Lana Popham, who as you know is fearless on this issue, is let loose on [Agriculture Minister] Norm Letnick, and we’re going to dog this issue up to the next election.

Horgan on LNG, climate and farmland

BC ViewsTOM FLETCHER

If Premier Christy Clark’s holiday card was anymore politically correct it would be blank.

The card features a photo of Clark with her son Hamish. It says “Season’s Greetings.”

The message inside reads: “From my family to yours I wish you the very best this holiday season. Peace on earth and good will to us all.”

It’s even printed on 100% recycled, 100% post-consumer acid free, processed chlorine card stock.

Nothing about Clark’s card addresses or even sug-gests Christmas. There is no baby Jesus, no Santa Claus, and nary a sprig of holly or a jingle bell. With a couple of tweaks it could be a Mother’s Day message, or a thank you enclosure.

It is completely inoffensive.So naturally people are going to take offence.Any regular user of Facebook understands what this

means. Right now there is so much posted and shared crap defending the one-God given right to say Merry Christmas, rather than season’s greetings or happy holi-days, a thinking person is left wondering if Christmas is under a massive attack that has so far escaped the atten-tion of traditional media.

It exists, this idea that if someone is “afraid” to say Merry Christmas he or she is by definition a namby-pamby communist bowing to the agendas of special interests and minorities.

It is practically, if not certainly, a racially-biased point of view, followed as it often is by a rant decrying western immigration policies.

There is no war on Christmas, despite the army anx-ious to defend it.

Take the American Family Association (please). It compiles each year a “naughty” list of national stores not using the word Christmas in their holiday advertising. In the past decade numerous chains including Walmart, Best Buy and the Gap have felt the wrath of right-wing consumer push back for testing generic holiday cam-paigns. This year the American Family Association is calling for a boycott of Petsmart.

Christmas is not under attack. Just look around you today at both the secular and religious imagery adorning homes, shops and streets.

For sure, every year there is a complaint from some school district, somewhere, about a nativity play or the lack thereof, or some well-meaning politician gets raked over the hearth for lighting a “holiday tree.” These sto-ries always make banner headlines for their inflamma-tory nature, and probably because the holiday season is traditionally a slow news period.

According to the Canadian Encyclopedia as of 2011 8.8 per cent of people in this country adhere to religious faiths other than Christianity – a fact that does not pre-clude most of them from taking part in some aspect of Christmas. According to Angus Reid 51 per cent of Canadians celebrate Christmas for religious reasons, but 94 per cent don’t mind enjoying a turkey dinner.

December is rich in cultural and religious holidays both in Canada and around the world. Christmas, Hanukkah, Ashura (Muslim), Bodhi Day (Buddist), Yalda (Zoroastrian), and Kwanzaa (modern African American) are but a few.

It’s worth noting for those who insist on defending the traditional stories and customs of Christmas that almost all of them have been lifted by the church from paganism and neighboring faiths as a way of drawing people together, making them feel comfortable and included in a sense of worship.

Sounds terribly politically correct, don’t you think?Thank you Christy and Hamish for the season’s greet-

ing card. Merry Christmas. – AD

Nothing wrong with

happy holidays

The Review Thursday, December 18 2014 www.keremeosreview.com A5 NEWS

Everyone knows to report an accident you call 911.

Unfortunately, for both police and taxpay-ers, a gross number of 911 calls are in them-selves accidents.

In southwest BC at least 10 per cent of emergency calls are accidental – pocket dials or mistakes – and across the province the problem has conservatively drained more than half a million dollars in resources over the past five years.

The problem is so widespread that this summer the Canadian Association of Chiefs called on cell phone manufacturers to remove single button calling features and put other safeguards in place to reduce accidental 911 calls.

I wish I could say when the DeMeer fam-ily has occasion to call 911 it is an accident. However in the past 15 years we have called 911 twice, and both times it has been com-pletely deliberate.

My oldest son is now18. Big, handsome and smart.

When he was three years old, however, he was small and not all that bright, and one day he raced into the kitchen, handed me the phone, ran upstairs and hid under his bed.

The 911 operator was on the line.She wanted to know the nature of my

emergency. How do I tell a 911 operator the nature of my emergency is I want to shake my three-year-old until his teeth rattle?

I put on my best hearty manner, explained my toddler had just learned about 911 in

preschool, and he dialed the number without understanding the seriousness of that action.

In British Columbia when this happens, or when an acci-dental call is made, it’s poli-cy for the operator to try and establish that there is no real emergency and no response is required. That’s not an easy task given the nature of cell phones, and how difficult it can be for even police to pin down the location of a cell phone number. If the call is clearly accidental or false, police are not dispatched.

At that time in Ontario, where people are just naturally more suspicious, the rule was every single 911 call must be followed up by a police visit. The operator explained I could expect that to happen in a matter minutes and while I was trying to figure out how to get the cowering child out from under his bed so he didn’t actually look like a little boy terrified of abuse the phone rang.

It was a police officer from the OPP detachment in the neighboring town and he wanted to know if he seriously had to drive all the way out to my house to make sure I wasn’t beating my kids. The officer’s name was Barry and we had been in high school together.

As our family was about ready to go to a friend’s house for dinner I offered to stop by

the police station and let Barry count and inspect my children. He told me not to bother but to keep the phone out of the nursery.

About four years ago, when my middle son was 11, we went through this again.

I arrived home after an afternoon of shopping and was met by three contrite and ner-vous looking children at the back door.

The police are on their way.It took only a nanosecond

to realize there was no genuine cause for alarm. There was much stuttering and finger pointing until it was revealed that Jack, in an attempt to show off and be amus-ing for his brothers, dialed 911. When the operator answered he panicked and hung up the phone. He was completley freaked out when 911 called right back.

It was impossible under those circum-stances to contain my ire. Eleven is old enough to know you don’t play with phones. It’s old enough to know that police are busy people with important jobs and as they stop to take the time to deal with an irrespon-sible eleven-year-old they may be desperately needed elsewhere, at the scene of a domestic assault or a car accident.

Unbelievably four officers responded to that 911 call and I was ready for them. I want-ed that child in the back of a cruiser. I wanted

him hauled down to the station and plunked in a cell for half an hour just to impress upon him the truly seriousness nature of his trans-gression. I briefly and pleasantly imagined him cleaning police toilets.

Despite the number of officers attend-ing the scene I was underwhelmed by the outcome.

A very nice constable gave all three boys a lecture about the proper uses of 911 and Jack nodded and said he was sorry and promised not to do it again.

WAIT. I hollered as the cops headed for the back door. Technically this must be a crime. Someone under the age of 12 cannot be criminally charged but they can surely be punished. I wanted to see some punishment.

The kind officer thought for a minute and then asked Jack if he liked hockey. (Not really an investigative stretch. The back room was littered with sticks, skates, goalie pads and Montreal Canadians merchandise.)

Jack admitted to being a Habs fan and the officer said then to teach him a lesson he was not allowed to watch the first ten minutes of that evening’s match between the Canadians and the Leafs.

This pretty much capsulizes what is wrong with our criminal justice system.

The boys didn’t look all that relieved as the police made good their escape.

Suffice to say we have not had to call 911 since.

If you are going to dial 911 you’d better be in trouble

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On a dark street near the out-skirts of a prairie community, at age 13 Janet Christie had her first taste of alcohol with a friend. It would be a life altering moment. At 21 she bore Cole. She didn’t realize at the time that because she had continued drinking during her pregnancy, her baby’s entire life would be severely impacted. Their story is one of tur-moil, trauma, terror, and ultimate victory. For anyone contending

with difficult circumstances, espe-cially alcoholism and its conse-quences , they are a beacon of hope. Janet is telling their story because she wants women to be aware of the crushing toll that may be exacted if they drink while pregnant.

In a phone interview from her home near Victoria, she permitted me to enter some of the dark inner recesses of a past that is not pretty. “After I had that first taste of alco-hol,” she said, “life was never the

same again. In the beginning it was fun. Then it was fun with problems. In the end, it was just problems.”

Janet grew up in a church going family. Photos indicate she had stunning looks. There were posi-tives, but they were over powered by her thirst for alcohol. Partying took over her life and Cory, her boyfriend, had a similar wild streak. He was 5 years older and had plenty of money. For them the well of alcohol had no bottom.

Janet was 18 when they got married. She became pregnant with Cole three years later. Intuition suggested to her alcohol might be harmful to the baby. “My doctor told me the placenta would not permit alcohol to pass through,” she said. “His words didn’t convince me entirely, but I had no control. Also, we were having serious dif-ficulties in our marriage. Alcohol helped me cope. ”

She experienced great relief when Cole entered the world with no apparent complications. “He appeared totally normal, a beautiful lovable baby. I soon decided he was very bright, maybe even a genius,” she remembers.

The marriage ended abruptly and suddenly she was alone with Cole and her addiction. Fearing he would be taken from her, she didn’t seek help. “I wished I had never taken that first drink,” she said, “but how was I to know it would rock my world and catapult me through the gates of hell?”

When he started school, Janet’s consternation level soared, but she didn’t understand yet that by drink-ing during the pregnancy, Cole had also been catapulted through those same gates.

“My son, who I believed was brilliant, had great difficulty learn-

ing the alphabet and numbers didn’t make sense to him,” she said, a tremor in her voice. “I knew some-thing was very wrong when he failed grade one. With each increas-ing grade, life became more dif-ficult for him. Other students told him he was stupid and he reacted by fighting. Teachers accused him of being lazy and not trying. Not being able to learn like the oth-ers, he became disruptive in class. Teachers made him sit on a chair in the hallway. He couldn’t tell time until he was 10, so frequently he was late for school. A number of schools expelled him.”

“At home it was equally dif-ficult,” she said. “He became so frustrated and angry, he punched holes in the walls. In one apartment his fists went through to the outside. We were evicted. He thought he must be stupid.”

Janet admits she was rarely in a state to give Cole constructive direction or provide supervision. By his 12th birthday, her life was rapidly spinning out of control and consequently so was his. “He was hanging out with older guys and doing drugs. I had lost my job and rarely left the apartment except to get basics, mostly cigarettes, milk and booze.”

One morning she awoke and the smell of cigarette butts and the empties scattered on the kitchen table made her stomach churn. In a rare lucid moment, she became frantic. “Suddenly I needed to know where Cole was. I wanted to know if he had come home last night. Was he ok? My son had become a crack addict. I knew I would lose him if I didn’t make a radical change. In desperation, I appealed to a recov-ery support group. That day my healing began.”

She hesitated, gathering cour-age. I wondered if there were tears. “For Cole it was almost too late,” she said. “A week into my sobriety, the phone rang in the darkness of the night. A voice at the other end told me Cole was in a closet in a crack house and the police had a gun to his head.”

Janet called government servic-es, institutions, universities, vainly seeking help. One worker told her, “you created the problem. You fix it.”

“Finally when Cole was 20, a paediatrician diagnosed him with partial FAS. I was then able to explain to him that his problems were my fault. He forgave me long before I forgave myself.” Her voice faltered for a moment as she recalled this scene.

“With the diagnosis, I had a bet-ter understanding of my son. He needed someone to believe in him, be patient with him, love him and help him.”

Now 36, Cole has a siding appli-cation business. He is in a relation-ship with a woman who is under-standing and helps him manage his affairs.

Janet finished by offering this advice, “I wish to say to women who have been drinking and find themselves pregnant, stop. The brain is vulnerable the entire 9 months of pregnancy, and the moment you stop drinking is the moment the damage stops. If you can’t stop, get help. Today. Contact your nearest alcohol and drug ser-vice (1.800.663.1441). There is no shame in asking for help. You have no idea the power each drink has to affect the rest of your life and your baby’s life. Forever. FAS is FOREVER.”

There are many ways alcohol can harm a life

Janet Christie and her son Cole – when she still thought everything was perfect.

A 6 www.keremeosreview.com Thursday, December 18, 2014 The ReviewNEWS

To the editor: On behalf of the Lubbers and

Susnjar families we would like to thank Dr. Partridge for beingour fami-ly doctor. He has always gone beyond, what we feel, is the required duties of a doctor.

He has never ceased to look into the health related issues we have expe-rienced until he is satisfied with the

results of his research. As my father once said, “If it wasn’t

for Dr. Partridge, I know I would not be here today.”

We will miss him but are happy too that he now will have more time to pursue his many other interests now that “retirement” is near.

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To the editorThe moon was still bright in the

morning sky, showing half of itself over the western mountain tops, them-selves already illumined by the sun’s early rays. My drive into town from the north revealed the amorphous forms of low clouds beneath a blue sky, and they also glowed, radiant with sunlight. In another minute at a slight turn in the road my voice let out an audible “Wow!” – complete with an exclamation point! How beautiful! In mid-December’s crisp-cold air, still frozen, my heart was warm, and light. I was enlightened; aware that all of This is Gift. Not earned. Simply Gift

from Holy Generosity – given to all of us equally, and known if we have the eyes to see. I received, and was grate-ful – knowing a great fullness, around me and within. Consider these words from the Hebrew psalmist: “The heav-ens declare the glory of God; the firmament shows God’s handiwork.” No wonder centuries later another Hebrew, from Nazareth, said (and embodied it in his own life), “God is Love”. To “understand” is not always an act of intellect, but simply to “stand under”. We are nearing the time of holy Holidays. Merry Christmas to all of my neighbours.

Ron Shonk

Feeling thanks for holy holidaysTo the editor

Each July, the Similkameen Wineries Association holds their annual signature event, the Similkameen BBQ King at the historic Grist Mill and Gardens in Keremeos.

The event, which showcases local Similkameen food and wine, is also a partial fundraiser for the Grist Mill. Based on the success of the sold out 2014 Similkameen BBQ King event, the Similkameen Wineries Association donated $1,660 to The Grist Mill Foundation.

“We are thrilled to hold our Similkameen BBQ

King event at the gorgeous Grist Mill and Gardens. This event lets us showcase the beauty of the Grist Mill as well as the amazing grape and fruit wines and local food coming from the Similkameen. To be able to also provide this donation is very rewarding to our winery members,” George Hanson, chair of the Similkameen Wineries Association said.

Mark the date now for the 2015 Similkameen BBQ King, which will be held on July 11, 2015 at the Grist Mill and Gardens. Tickets will be on sale soon.

Tickets on sale soon for next Similkameen BBQ King

Submitted photo The Similkameen Wineries Association donated $1,660 to the Grist Mill Foundation recently. The donation was raised through the Similkameen BBQ King event. Left to right, George Hanson, Chair of the Similkameen Wineries Association, Dave Cursons, Chair of The Grist Mill Foundation and Chris Mathieson, Operator/Manager of the Grist Mill.

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Penticton-area politicians now occupy three of the top four spots on two regional boards.

Mark Pendergraft was acclaimed last week as chairman of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. As the director for rural Osoyoos, he’s the sole person from outside the area picked to a leadership position.

Pendergraft’s vice-chairman is Penticton Mayor Andrew Jakubeit, who bested Keremeos Mayor Manfred Bauer in a secret vote.

Meanwhile, West Bench Director Michael Brydon was elected as chairman of Okanagan-Similkameen Regional Hospital District board, and Judy Sentes, a Penticton city councillor, was tapped as vice-chairwoman.

Despite the heavy Penticton presence at the top of both boards, Jakubeit pledged the groups will see beyond city limits.

“We’ve all been very vocal about our regional priorities or being regionally minded in our philoso-phies on how the regional district should operate,” he said.

Penticton is “the hub, but we’re still regionally minded that whatever happens in the region is going to be beneficial for all of us,” Jakubeit continued.

“Regional tourism, partnerships with the First Nations, they’re all sort of key strategies, at least to my way of thinking”

With nearly 40 per cent turnover on the RDOS

board following the municipal election, Pendergraft said a priority will be “moving forward with region-al perspective,” but it may take awhile to figure out where exactly the organization wants to head.

“We’ve started some strategic planning, but we haven’t really come up with anything yet. I guess because it’s a new board, I think we need to get down and meet and see where we want to go,” he said.

“Everybody seems good and interested, and I think it’s going to be a great board.”

Brydon, who replaced retired Summerland mayor Janice Perrino as the head of the hospital district, said via email that with construction of the new patient care tower at Penticton Regional Hospital expected to begin in 2016, his board’s job will transition from one of advocacy for the project to a “broader oversight role.”

“My hope is that we can leverage the OSRHD’s oversight role once again to gain a seat at the priori-ty-setting and decision-making table,” he said.

The boards of both the regional district and hos-pital district are composed of the same 18 directors elected in eight rural areas and member municipali-ties.

New RDOS board members this term include Terry Schafer (Area C), Elef Christensen (Area G), Bob Coyne (Area H), Andre Martin (Penticton), Peter Waterman (Summerland), Toni Boot (Summerland) and Sue McKortoff (Osoyoos).

Penticton politicians dominate regional boards

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FENG SHUI & CHRISTMAS

According to Chinese metaphysical studies, everything is connected within the whole universe…….between Heaven, Man/Human and Earth. The study of Feng Shui is the environmental examination of Chi/Qi between Heaven and Earth – Time and Space, and by incorporating the principles of Balance and Harmony.The Christmas celebration happens a few days after the Winter Solstice, when the Water energy is strongest – most Yin time of the year, which is reflected by the cold temperature outside, and the shortest daylight hours during the day. In order to maintain a balance, we would need to activate the Yang energy in the form of:Lighting – both for the exterior and interior of the house.Activities – good time to have family gatherings around the fireplace, in the kitchen, enjoying the warmth, good nourishing food and festivities. The Water element represents communication in terms of human activities, so this is the best time to convey the love and affection between family members, lovers and friends. Beware of intoxication due to too much alcohol consumption, as the negative side of the human activity will come out as being verbally abusive, argumentative and depressive.The Water element also represents love; this is a wonderful time for sharing with others. In our present world with the big gap between the rich and poor, the haves and have-nots, pressing environmental issues as a result of global warming, instead of catering to consumerism and commercialization, acts of compassion and kindness towards others in the form of kind deeds, volunteerism, donations in kind to charities in lieu of gifts, and a helping hand to those in need will exemplify the true spirit of Christmas.The Earth element controls the Water element, which can also bring in the balance as stability during the Christmas season; a stable home environment will provide the sense of belonging in everyone.As for creating Feng Shui harmony within a space during the holiday season, the most important points are still according to the basic recom-mendations:Maintain a free flow of Chi/Qi:The Christmas tree is not too big for the space.The Christmas tree is not obstructing the Wealth Chi/Qi in front of a window.No cluttering due to too many decorations.No obstructions in front of the doorways and within pathways. holiday decorationsPay attention to Colors & Shapes:As Chi/Qi is also manifested by different colors and shapes, we have to pay particular attention to the ornaments and decorations used in dif-ferent part of the building according to the flow between the Five Elements:Wood – Green in color; stripes, columns and cylindrical in shape.Fire – Red in color; triangular in shape.Earth – Brown in color; square and cubic in shape.Metal – White/metallic in color; round and ball shape.Water – Black/navy in color; wavy in shape.Beware of the possibility of real Fire hazards if a tree is placed within these sectors - replace lights with faulty wiring; avoid unattended candles and cigarette smoking.This article is of the copyright of OK in Health and the author; any reproduction, duplication and transmission of the article are to have prior written approval by OK in Health or the authorThese articles are provided by OK In Health eMagazine. To sign up for your free eMagazine go to www.OKinHealth.com for more great articles, events, recipes, and more. This column and articles are provided by OK In Health. Come visit HYPERLINK “http://www.OKinHealth.com” www.OKinHealth.com Your on-line community events and wellness magazineGet Connected! Sign up for your FREE monthly OK In Health’s E-Magazine.OK In Health - Your Wellness Community at Your Finger-Tips!

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ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT INSIDE EDITION CATCH A CONTRACTOR JEOPARDY! ELEMENTARY HOLIDAY FESTIVAL ON ICE NORTHWEST PROFILES ETALK TAKE ME HOME SPORTSCENTRE TOP 10 PIX11 NEWS AT 10 TWO AND A HALF MEN HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER MODERN FAMILY HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER THE BIG BANG THEORY GOLF HIGHLIGHTS MIKE’S ULTIMATE GARAGE AMERICAN PICKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED STORAGE WARS: NEW YORK MOONSHINERS THE BIG BANG THEORY BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT

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8:00 PM THE TASTE ELEMENTARY THE BIG BANG THEORY REPO GAMES THE BIGGEST LOSER PEOPLE MAGAZINE AWARDS MOVIE The Santa Clause 2 DEATH IN PARADISE THE FIRST MASTER CHEF: MICHEL ROUX ON ESCOFFIER THAT’S HOCKEY 2 NITE SEINFELD IHEARTRADIO JINGLE BALL RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FAMILY GUY MOVIE The Twelve Trees of Christmas THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART GOLF CENTRAL SPECIAL HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL CANADIAN PICKERS TRUE CRIME SCENE BORDER SECURITY: CANADA’S FRONT LINE INNERSPACE STORAGE WARS HOW IT’S MADE BONES BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT

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8:00 PM LAST MAN STANDING CANADA’S WALK OF FAME AWARDS THE AMAZING RACE COPS CAUGHT ON CAMERA WITH NICK CANNON MOVIE The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause DOC MARTIN CRANFORD SPORTSCENTRE TOP 10 SEINFELD HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FAMILY GUY CRIMINAL MINDS JUST FOR LAUGHS: ALL ACCESS GOLF CENTRAL SPECIAL HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL PAWN STARS SEE NO EVIL BORDER SECURITY: CANADA’S FRONT LINE INNERSPACE STORAGE WARS 24/ 7 RED WINGS/ MAPLE LEAFS: ROAD TO THE NHL WINTER CLASSIC MAYDAY MASTERCHEF JUNIOR CRIMINAL MINDS SAY YES TO THE DRESS

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9:00 PM SHARK TANK A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS DATELINE NBC FOOD FIGHTERS CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR THE SOCIAL THE INSPECTOR LYNLEY MYSTERIES SPORTSCENTRE FRIENDS PARKS AND RECREATION AMERICAN DAD HAWAII LIFE PAWN STARS FRIENDS BORDER SECURITY: AUSTRALIA CASTLE GHOST HUNTERS ALPINE SKIING FIS DAILY PLANET HELL’S KITCHEN CRIMINAL MINDS SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING NEW

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A local First Nations band is threatening to try and shut down work at Copper Mountain Mine unless its concerns about last week’s tailings spill are addressed.

“The Lower Similkameen Indian Band Chief and council are considering legal and direct action after a mine tailings spill at Copper Mountain Mine on Wednesday, December 10,” a release obtained Monday by Black Press said.

In an interview Chief Keith Crow said the band may decide this week to seek a court injunction closing the mine. A meeting with band lawyers was scheduled for Tuesday. “It really depends on the stance of the mine,” said Crow. “If they are willing to work with us and answer our questions we won’t have to…we are prepared to go the distance.”

A Copper Mountain Mine official declined Tuesday to comment directly on the Band’s press release or demands. “We will continue to work with USIB and LSIB (Upper Similkameen Indian Band and Lower Similkameen Indian Band)” said Don Strickland, vice-president of operations at Copper Mountain Mine. “We will continue our dialogue as we have been doing.”

In a press release issued last Friday, Copper Mountain released a statement confirming a slurry discharge box at the mill plugged and overflowed, and approximately 500 tonnes of slurry discharged past a primary and second-ary containment. The slurry made its way into a treed raven approximately 700 meters

from Wolfe Creek and some reached the creek’s upper portion.

The spill was contained within 20 min-utes, and operations at the mine were tempo-rarily suspended, the release said.

Don Strickland, vice-president of opera-tions, was quoted as saying “It was an unfor-tunate incident and both the primary and sec-ondary containment systems were breached…the mine operating crews responded quickly to minimize the situation. The safety emer-gency response and preparedness plan was effectively utilized to manage the event.”

Strickland said the company responded responsibly to the incident. “We’ve taken quick action and contained it [the spill] and controlled it and really done some great work on water sampling and controlling sediments. All water quality tests are coming back excel-lent,” said Strickland. “We’ve seen the sedi-ment level drop right off .”

The spill was first reported to the media by Interior Health, which issued a public advisory Wednesday afternoon and a Do Not Use order for water from Wolfe Creek imme-diately down stream from Copper Mountain. Residents were instructed to not drink or use the water for bathing or recreation. That advisory was lifted Tuesday December 16 for all areas except the Rock Ridge Canyon water system.

According to Crow there are too many unanswered questions about water safety and the effect of mining on the Similkameen River. He said there is concern for fishing, hunting and ranching along the Similkameen.

“It might not be the Mount Polley spill but there is still a spill and there still is an environmental impact there.”

In his release Crow stated: “The Similkameen River system is the life and heart of the Similkameen people. “We have used these areas for traditional purposes and depended on the clean water and grasslands for generations. Government and companies can’t just keep silent when they are allowing our lands and waters to be damaged and our people’s health to suffer.”

The First Nation’s Chief said the band is also concerned with the possible cumulative effect of contaminants in the water system, citing the 2013 Basin Coal mine spill that injected 65,000 litres of coal slurry wasted into the Tulameen River. He said the Lower Similkameen Council is calling for an inde-pendent inquiry to determine the cause of the Copper Mountain spill, as well as an environ-mental review of both the Coalmont and the

Wolfe Creek spills, and a review of plans for clean up and restoration.

According to the Copper Mountain release water samples taken shortly after the spill have shown all water leaving the proper-ty met drinking water guidelines and the more stringent Fresh Water Aquatic Life Guidelines, except for total suspended solids which were slightly elevated. Daily water samples continue to be taken.

Crow acknowledged a court injunction and possible mine shutdown would have an economic impact on the community. “Yes. I have workers there as well. Fourteen of my band members work there. I hate to say it but, economic impact or no, if we have no river we have nothing. If our river is gone and it’s polluted, what’s left in the valley? We are the stewards of the land and we have to take care of it.”

Local band threatens move to shut down Copper Mountain Mine after tailings spill

Lower Similkameen Indian Band Chief Keith Crow submitted this photo, which he report-ed was taken Friday afternoon by a band council member at the site of the burm breach.

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Review Staff Ron Shonk’s heart has led him

to open a business in healing. Well-known in the community

for his role with the RCMP victim services, Shonk said over the last six months something has been drawing him into opening a busi-ness in Keremeos.

“There’s just something telling me, Ron you are meant to be doing healing work,” he said during an interview at his office space at 706, 7th Street. “Usually when you go into business you’re work-ing from your head. I’m working from my heart on this.”

He decided to aptly call it The Healing Place.

The retired Lutheran pastor has spent a great deal of his life study-ing a variety of energy healing techniques including hypnothera-py, meditation, Reiki and others. He’s also a trained counsellor and hypnotherapist.

“Primarily it’s energy healing,” he said.

In recent years he’s specialized in reconnective healing, which is relatively new.

“It’s a new tool in the tool box and it’s really an all-purpose tool,” he said.

Shonk described the method as tuning into the source energy.

During a session, a client would lie quietly on the table fully clothed with no distractions.

The other part of the session is spent talking about the experience.

“Within three sessions if some-one doesn’t start feeling a benefit we do not continue. It’s obviously not working so we try something else or perhaps they come back another time,” he said.

Shonk learned the technique by studying with Dr. Eric Pearl who developed it.

The Healing Place is currently open by appointment and more information about any of Shonk’s skills can be found on his website www.ronshonk4reminding.com.

Winter meditation series announced

Shonk is offering free medita-tion for everyone again, beginning Sunday, January 11, from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. and continuing through eight Tuesday evenings, January 13 through March 3, from 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

All sessions begin promptly at Saint John’s Parish Hall, 5th Street at 6th Avenue in Keremeos.

As in the past, there is no cost for the 3-hour Sunday session. Donations (suggested $5) are accepted but not required for the Tuesday evening classes.

Open to anyone age 14 and older.

Shonk describes his unique method of teaching as “experi-ence- based, and not dogma-based”.

Newcomers to meditation as well as former and present medi-tators from any tradition are wel-come.

The first (January 11) session, Learn to Meditate in 150 Minutes, is foundational.

Participants will leave with a clear experiential understanding of how to meditate.

The eight weekly Tuesday eve-ning sessions will help to establish an ongoing meditative practice, and will enrich and deepen the basic instruction. Past participants uniformly report these sessions as highly valuable and enjoyable.

The measurable benefits of meditation to one’s physical and emotional health have been clearly validated by medical research.

Visit this website for more information www.ronshonk4r-eminding.com

Pre-register preferably by email at [email protected] (or by calling 250-499-0322) providing your name and contact information. Encourage a friend or family members to join you.

The Healing Place is a business of the heart

Tara Bowie Ron Shonk opened his new business in Keremeos recently called The Healing Place. He specializes in reconnective healing.

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If home is where the heart is, ours is certainly with the people we’ve had the privilege to serve this year. We’re proud to be part of this community and wish you all a very merry holiday season. Drive safely and have a safe and happy holiday.

Lee McFadyenCawston Bird Count

The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was started in 1900 by Frank Chapman, ornithologist and an officer of the then new Audubon Society. The count originated as a protest against a practice called the Christmas side hunt. It was a side hunt because folks would gather, and individually or as a group, see who could shoot the widest variety of wildlife, furred or feathered, at Christmas.

During this period many observ-ers and scientists were becoming concerned about declining bird pop-ulations and the CBC provided an alternative activity which reduced the annual slaughter. Fortunately, the signing of the Lacey Act in 1900 and the Migratory Bird Treaty in 1918 ended the side hunt.

Currently, habitat loss, mostly from various human activities, greatly contributes to declin-ing bird numbers. Studies by the World Conservation Union and the Stanford Center for Conservation Biology predict that in the next 100 years, 10 per cent to 25 per cent of all bird species will become extinct. For the latest information on the state of birds, visit: http://www.

stateofthebirds.org.Birds are important to the nature

of things; being parents of vora-cious eaters who require vast quan-tities of insects, weed seeds or rodents, a healthy bird population helps control many pest species. Yes, sometimes they eat a bit of fruit too, but this is mitigated by their beneficial habits.

If you are interested in birds join us on December 20. We need ‘spot-ters’, eyes to scan the landscape bringing birds to our attention. Inexperienced people will be pared with experienced birders who are willing to share their knowledge.

Participants are assigned a route, counting and recording the birds they see. This is an excel-lent opportunity to learn to bet-ter identify birds, get outside on a winter day, and enjoy the beauti-ful Similkameen while contributing important information to the study of bird populations.

Local CBC’s occur around Princeton, Hedley/Apex, Penticton, Vaseux Lake, Oliver-Osoyoos, Bridesville, and in many other communities throughout North America. The day’s sightings are submitted to Bird Studies Canada and becomes important information

in tracking the status of birds across the continent and around the world.

Upon completion we gather, enjoy a pot luck supper, share inter-esting happenings and report our

count.Meet at Cawston United Church,

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Birdwatchers needed for traditional holiday count

File photo The annual Cawston Christmas Bird Count is set to take place December 20 stariting at 8 a.m. at Cawston United Church. Experienced and novice bird counters are welcome to participate. A potluck will be held following the count.

Morris top bowler this week Clyde Morris clinched the bowler

of the week title for scores wracked up during Dec. 8 to 11.

Monday evening on Alley Oops three bowlers topped the charts. Harold Desjardins bowled a 208, Wayne Ritchie, 202 and Paul Meikle, 204.

In Goldenagers action on Wednesday morn-ing top Ladies bowlers were Madeline Pruden, 236, Pam Irwin, 202, and Ruby Cavenaile with 208.

Top bowlers in Mens

were Ron Blackmore, 217, and Norm Cole, 229.

In the Thursday morning Swingers league Wayne Ritchie bowled a 231, while Clyde Morris bowled an impressive 213 and 204.

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The concept of a national park in the Similkameen has surfaced once again, thanks to a recommendation in a provincial finance committee report.

The Report on the 2015 Budget Consultations recommends that the prov-ince work with the federal government and local stakeholders to assess the feasibility of and support for the establishment of a new national park in the South Okanagan-Similkameen.

“That was worded very careful-ly because of the input we got,” said Penticton MLA Dan Ashton, who chairs the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, which authored the report. As Penticton mayor and chair of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, he was a supporter of the park.

“My support is conditional and always has been,” said Ashton. His conditions include maintaining the rights of ranchers, farmers, those with mineral rights in the area and other current users.

That includes HNZ Topflight (formerly Canadian Helicopters), which uses the area for training flights.

“Their operations can not be affected and that also goes for the hunting and fish-ing,” said Ashton. “It’s not like a green-field park where there is nothing involved. There is a lot of activity in this area. This is a national park that is being dropped into a populated area.”

The report notes the national park con-cept is supported by the federal govern-ment but requires provincial support to proceed. But park supporters did not give up when provincial support was withdrawn in 2011, with then- environment minister Terry Lake saying the province was not convinced there was enough local support.

Several groups, including the South Okanagan Similkameen National Park Network, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – BC Chapter, and the Greater Westside Board of Trade and South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce, voiced support for the project in their submissions to the committee.

According to the budget report, the

South Okanagan-Lower Similkameen region has been described as one of the most important ecosystems in the world and home to nearly 60 federally listed endangered species. The potential eco-nomic benefits of the proposed park were cited as including new jobs, tourism, First Nations opportunities, and economic diver-sification.

“I know it has been quietly simmering,” said Ashton. “I know it is a hot issue.”

Mark Pendergraft, chair of the RDOS and representative for the Osoyoos rural area, said the board had previously passed a motion asking the province to reengage in negotiations about a national park and see whether outstanding issues could be resolved.

“I don’t necessarily say they were in favour of a national park, it was just they wanted the discussions to continue,” said Pendergraft, noting that new directors will be sworn in on Dec. 11.

“I think it is probably an issue that we will have to address again as a new board and see where we want to go with it.”

National park plan resurfaces

The Trauma Department at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) is reminding parents and families to take simple steps this holiday season to reduce the risk of ending up in the emergency room.

“Choking and swal-lowing small objects are frequent reasons for emergency room injury visits,” said Lisa Widas, Manager of the Trauma Program at BCCH. Widas says incidents of choking happen all year, but with the toys and decorations that come with the December holi-days, parents and other caregivers need to be extra vigilant.

“We see about 15 to 20 choking or acciden-tal swallowing-related hospitalizations every December, and they can have severe health impacts,” said Widas. “For example, if a child swallows button bat-teries, they can cause serious internal burns. Magnets will be attract-ed to each other right through body tissue and can cause severe internal injuries as well.”

Widas recommends parents and gift-givers carefully check safety labels to ensure appro-priate age recommen-dations, promptly dis-card of broken toys and popped balloons, and be sure to keep toys for older children away from their younger sib-lings.

Other holiday safety tips

Christmas trees: Keep trees well watered

and avoid fires by plac-ing far enough away from heat sources like fireplaces and heaters. Use LED lights which emit less heat and keep strings of lights away from children to avoid strangulation;

· Candles and match-es: Keep lit candles off of table cloths which a child could pull down. Place lit menorahs on a high surface and not too close to the edge of a table or shelf.

·Fireplaces: The glass of a gas fireplace heats up to 200˚C (400˚F) in just six minutes, and takes 45 minutes to cool down. Stay close when a

child is in the room and block the fireplace with a hearth gate or screen that bolts into or around your fireplace, or put a safety gate in the door-way to the room with the fireplace.

Dr. Ash Singhal, pediatric neurosur-geon and Director of the Pediatric Trauma Program at BCCH, advises using overall precaution during the winter season.

“We all want to enjoy the holidays, but make safety a part of your planning, whether it’s around your home, outdoors or on the road,” said Singhal. “At BC Children’s, we have

seen many holiday sea-son tragedies that might have been avoided with a little more patience

and caution. Planning ahead can help everyone enjoy this festive time of year.”

December a dangerous month for children

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8:00 PM SHREK THE HALLS MOVIE The Polar Express NCIS TATTOO NIGHTMARES ONE DIRECTION: THE TV SPECIAL MOVIE Scrooged SACRED JOURNEYS WITH BRUCE FEILER TUDOR MONASTERY FARM CHRISTMAS THAT’S HOCKEY 2 NITE SEINFELD THE FLASH HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER FAMILY GUY MOVIE A Christmas Carol GOLF CENTRAL SPECIAL FLEA MARKET FLIP ANCIENT ALIENS FATAL VOWS MOVIE Planes, Trains and Automobiles

STORAGE WARS 24/ 7 RED WINGS/ MAPLE LEAFS: ROAD TO THE NHL WINTER CLASSIC NEW GIRL STORAGE WARS THE LITTLE COUPLE

8:30 PM TOY STORY THAT TIME FORGOT TATTOO NIGHTMARES CORNER GAS BEST OF OFF THE RECORD SEINFELD HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER FAMILY GUY FLEA MARKET FLIP STORAGE WARS THE MINDY PROJECT STORAGE WARS

9:00 PM THE YEAR: 2014 NCIS: NEW ORLEANS TATTOO NIGHTMARES MICHAEL BUBLÉ’S CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK FOOD FIGHTERS FRONTLINE MASTERCHEF CANADA JOANNA LUMLEY: IN THE LAND OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS SPORTSCENTRE FRIENDS SUPERNATURAL RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AMERICAN DAD MOVIE Bad Santa GOLF Cadillac Championship PGA FLEA MARKET FLIP ANCIENT ALIENS FRIENDS DOCTOR WHO DYNAMO: MAGICIAN IMPOSSIBLE NHL CLASSICS GOLD RUSH NEW GIRL STORAGE WARS RISKING IT ALL

9:30 PM TATTOO NIGHTMARES FRIENDS RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AMERICAN DAD FLEA MARKET FLIP FRIENDS THE MINDY PROJECT STORAGE WARS

10:00 PM FOOD FIGHTERS PERSON OF INTEREST INK MASTER KELLY CLARKSON’S (CAUTIONARY) CHRISTMAS MUSIC TALE NEWS HOUR FINAL CBC NEWS: THE NATIONAL THE FAIRYTALE CASTLES OF KING LUDWIG II SPORTSCENTRE EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND KTLA 5 NEWS AT 10 PARKS AND RECREATION THE JEFFERSONS ALBERTA PRIMETIME FLEA MARKET FLIP ANCIENT ALIENS FRIENDS MOVIE National Lampoon’s Vacation DOCTOR WHO STORAGE WARS: NEW YORK SPORTSNET CENTRAL FOX 28 NEWS FIRST AT 10 STORAGE WARS THE LITTLE COUPLE

10:30 PM FAMILY GUY PARKS AND RECREATION GIMME A BREAK FLEA MARKET FLIP FRIENDS STORAGE WARS TEXAS 10:35 MODERN FAMILY STORAGE WARS

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ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT INSIDE EDITION JEOPARDY! FOOD FIGHTERS CBC MUSIC PRESENTS: 12 SONGS OF CHRISTMAS NATURE ETALK THE CANADIAN BRASS: A

CHRISTMAS EXPERIMENT SPORTSCENTRE PIX11 NEWS AT 10 TWO AND A HALF MEN 7:20 MOVIE The Family Man MODERN FAMILY DEGRASSI THE BIG BANG THEORY HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? THE BIBLE THE MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER MOVIE Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment THE LIQUIDATOR NHL COUNTDOWN BERING SEA GOLD: UNDER THE ICE THE BIG BANG THEORY DUCK DYNASTY INVASION OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

7:30 PM THE INSIDER ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT CANADA ACCESS HOLLYWOOD WHEEL OF FORTUNE SPUN OUT TWO AND A HALF MEN SEINFELD DEGRASSI THE BIG BANG THEORY HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? DOCTOR WHO THE LIQUIDATOR NHL SPECIAL THE BIG BANG THEORY DUCK DYNASTY

8:00 PM THE MIDDLE MOVIE The Smurfs TO BE ANNOUNCED BAR RESCUE MOVIE It’s a Wonderful Life MOVIE Scrooge NOVA THE KING’S SINGERS SPORTSCENTRE SEINFELD MR. MAGOO’S CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY GUY MOVIE Best Christmas Party Ever THE BIG BANG THEORY MOVIE Seven Days in Utopia HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? THE MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER THE LIQUIDATOR 24/ 7 RED WINGS/ MAPLE LEAFS: ROAD TO THE NHL WINTER CLASSIC BERING SEA GOLD: UNDER THE ICE BOB’S BURGERS DUCK DYNASTY CRAZY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

8:30 PM THE GOLDBERGS BEST OF OFF THE RECORD SEINFELD FAMILY GUY THE BIG BANG THEORY HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

DOCTOR WHO THE LIQUIDATOR BOB’S BURGERS

9:00 PM MODERN FAMILY CRIMINAL MINDS BAR RESCUE NOVA CHRISTMAS WITH JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH IIHF WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP: PREVIEW SHOW MIDNIGHT MASS AT ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL AMERICAN DAD THE BIG BANG THEORY HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL RENOVATION THE BIBLE MOVIE Forgetting Sarah Marshall MOVIE Police Academy 3: Back in Training THE LIQUIDATOR 24/ 7 RED WINGS/ MAPLE LEAFS: ROAD TO THE NHL WINTER CLASSIC BERING SEA GOLD: UNDER THE ICE BROOKLYN NINE-NINE DUCK DYNASTY INVASION OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

9:30 PM BLACK-ISH MERRY MADAGASCAR 9:55 PARKS AND RECREATION AMERICAN DAD THE BIG BANG THEORY DOCTOR WHO THE LIQUIDATOR BROOKLYN NINE-NINE

10:00 PM BLACK-ISH FOOD FIGHTERS STALKER BAR RESCUE BETHLEHEM JOURNEY CBC NEWS: THE NATIONAL THE FIRST SILENT NIGHT 10:15 GREAT PERFORMANCES SPORTSCENTRE KTLA 5 NEWS AT 10 THE JEFFERSONS ALBERTA PRIMETIME THE BIG BANG THEORY MOVIE Tin Cup HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL THE LIQUIDATOR TORONTO’S BASEBALL GIANTS BERING SEA GOLD: UNDER THE ICE FOX 28 NEWS FIRST AT 10 DUCK DYNASTY INVASION OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

10:30 PM BLACK-ISH 18TH CENTURY CHRISTMAS FRIENDS RULES OF ENGAGEMENT GIMME A BREAK THE BIG BANG THEORY HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL DOCTOR WHO THE LIQUIDATOR 10:35 MODERN FAMILY

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Greatest Precipitation(1941-2011)

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16.8 mm (2002)

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The grant is part of the age-friendly community planning and project grants to help support local strategies that aid seniors in staying mobile, physically active, socially connected and healthy.

These grants will help commu-

nity driven initiatives throughout the region improve the quality of life of seniors, so they can live inde-pendent, active and healthy lives close to home,” said Linda Larson, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen. “Congratulations to all of the recipi-ents helping make our communities in the Boundary-Similkameen more age-friendly.”

In addition to Keremeos the Kootenay-Boundary Regional

District will use funding to develop an age-friendly community report in Christina Lake, while the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District will support Okanagan Falls to put activ-ities recommended in the age-friend-ly action plan into practice.

The community of Oliver will use the funding to create an out-door fitness park to help encourage physical activity and fitness of older adults in the community.

Each project was allocated $20,000 in grants for the 2015 year.

The age-friendly community planning and project grant program is a partnership between the pro-vincial government and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM).

For the 2015 grants, local gov-ernments were encouraged to con-sider projects that complement Accessibility 2024 and other pro-

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Accessibility 2024 is govern-ment’s 10-year plan to make B.C. the most progressive place for peo-ple with disabilities in Canada. Of the 28 funded projects, 12 proj-ects include a focus on accessibil-ity. Other successful applicants will specifically address issues facing seniors in rural communities.

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Thank You From the Schneider Family

A simple “Thank You” does not begin to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and

everyone for the kind caring love extended to our family in the passing of our beloved

husband, Dad, “Poppa” and Great Poppa.Special Thank You to our relatives and friends

and especially to Pastor Rueben Schmunk; Cliff ’s cousin for the kindness from your heart;

Also thank you to the Ladies of the Royal Purple for the lovely lunch served as well as

their representation along with the Elks at the Celebration of Cliff ’s life.

Many thanks to Shannon, Pat & Jeff Rowe of Valu-Plus for the beautiful family dinner

provided for us.Thank you for all the food, flowers, visits, and

donations to the Alzheimer research. The Celebration of Life will be treasured in our

hearts and memory forever.From: Joyce

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Tara Bowie The musical sylings of the school’s choir delighted the crowds that attended Similkameen Elementary Secondary School’s Christmas concert last week.

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CAPRICORN: Capricorn, your love of travel continues this week, and you won’t be content until you hit the road. If you have the chance to travel, make the most of this opportunity.

AQUARIUS: Aquarius, now is a great time to aim for a promotion at work or make some changes to make yourself more marketable. It’s time to push ahead in your career.

PISCES: Pisces, this is an exciting period for you, as both personal plans and career goals come to fruition. Enjoy the ride in the days ahead.

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VIRGO: This is a week you are bound to enjoy, Virgo. The next several days will be full of structured fun, and that is right up your alley. Enjoy the company of friends and family.

LIBRA: Libra, you may prefer to keep to yourself this week, but you are more likely to be surrounded by friends and family. Make the most of this time with loved ones.

SCORPIO: Scorpio, things are set to go your way and you couldn’t be happier. You thrive on being in control, and that’s right where you will be this week. Good things are ahead.

SAGITTARIUS: Sagittarius, you tend to get restless with routine, so take some time to switch things up this week. Take a different route to work or school. Otherwise, make new friends.

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ORFORDGERALD, 1932-2014:Born in Blackpool, Eng-land March 24, 1932; passed away December 11, 2014 at Orchard Ha-ven Care Home in Kere-

meos. Gerald was predeceased by his wife, Margaret Joan Orford, in 2012. A burial took place at The Village of Keremeos Cemetery on Wednesday, December 17th where he was laid to rest next to Margaret. Arrangements in care of Everden Rust Funeral Services, Penticton.

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mail or visit a VAC or Service Canada office where staff will print out a form.

Most tribute lapel pins and certificates will be mailed to Veterans with a covering letter from the Minister of Veterans Affairs. In cases where certifi-cates are requested by a mem-ber of Parliament or other third party organization on behalf of Veterans in their community, pre-sentations will be organized.

Tara Bowie More than 100 students from Similkameen Elementary Secondary School wowed the crowds with their final number at the Band Christmas Concert.

Tara Bowie Some classes really got into the holiday spirit during the annual Christmas Concert at Similkameen Elementary Secondary School last Wednesday.

PLEASE NOTICE:The Review office will be

closed December 24th at 2:00 pm

and re-open Tuesday,

December 30th.

We will also be closed New

Years Day.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Christmas Tea.

Happy Holidays to everyone!Margerie Barker was the

winner of the plate of specialty cookies this year!

� e partners at Similkameen Pharmacy would like to congratulate Selena Despres for

achieving her Regulated Pharmacy Technician status. Selena has worked at Similkameen

Pharmacy since 2009 and became one of its new owners in 2012 when the previous owner,

Jenifer Liew, retired. Regulated pharmacy technicians have an expanded scope of

practice allowing pharmacists to be more involved in direct patient care. Regulated Pharmacy Technicians are licensed by the

College of Pharmacists of B.C. by authority of the Health Professions Act of B.C.

And the winners are:

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Okanagan Falls PharmasaveJW

Cawston MarketplaceCindy

Home HardwareDon Wyber

Similkameen AgenciesRick Kruger

Pharmasave KeremeosDebra Gilmore

HilltopRoss Dixon

Canadiana Spicery(Still to come!)

2nd Chance Winner:Shannon Putric

Thank you to all of our participating businesses. Winners are contacted by

the place of business in which they won!

Corcelettes Estate Winery is set to start the New Year off with a bang.

Having recently acquired Herder Winery and Vineyards, 2015 marks the start of a new era for Corcelettes Winery.

Early in the new year, the Corcelettes team will begin the move from their current location in Cawston to their new location, the previous home of Herder Winery in Keremeos.

“We are thrilled to announce that we will be moving our wine tasting experience and wine production facility to Upper Bench Road in Keremeos. From our passion to your palette, our new facility, which overlooks the beauti-ful Similkameen Valley will allow us to bet-ter serve our visitors,” Charlie Baessler, co-owner and winemaker of Corcelettes said.

“We are excited to soon offer a patio-style experience where we’ll encourage our guests to try their luck at the par three golf course or enjoy a walk through the vineyard while savour-ing our fine wines”.

Not only is their winemaking facil-ity expanding, but the Corcelettes family is also growing.

The Corcelettes own-ership team will now include Charlie, his partner Jesce, his par-ents Urs and Barbara, and their new partners, Gord and Diane Peters.

Longtime friends of the Baesslers, Gord and Diane have worked

many long nights crush-ing grapes with the Corcelettes team, which fuelled their own pas-sion for the wine indus-try.

Charlie, who worked at Herder Winery when it was first established on Upper Bench Road in Keremeos, was also pleased to announce that Sharon Herder would be staying on to help with the transition.

“We are excited to be working with Sharon as we continue the legacy started here many years ago,” Charlie said.

Jesce Walker, co-owner and sales and marketing manager explained, “Although we are in early days, we are in discussion to brand the infamous Josephine red blend and perhaps other Herder trademarks under our Corcelettes brand.”

They also aim to add some other new labels to the already familiar and notorious Corcelettes wine portfolio.

With their new winemaking facility, Corcelettes has a mod-est production goal of 2,500-3,000 cases in the years to follow. “Corcelettes will focus on producing premium, high-quality wines from a combination of estate grown grapes as well as grapes from our local growers. With both a meticulous viticulture program and a reac-tive cellar style, we aim to bring this already dynamic property to its maximum potential and express what is truly Similkameen in our wines,” Charlie said.

Jesce continued, “Also in the new year, we’re very excited to be joining the Similkameen Wineries Association. We look forward to partnering with the other wineries in the Similkameen to help highlight the great wines coming out of this gem

of a region.”In the days, weeks

and months ahead, the Corcelettes team will be busy working in their new winery and vine-yard as they prepare for their official opening in late spring/early sum-mer 2015.

Area vintners have reason to toast

Submitted photo Corcelettes Estate Winery recently acquired Herder Winery and Vineyards. New business partners left to right, Jesce Walker, Charlie Baessler, Sharon Herder, Barbara Baessler and Urs Baessler toast to their continued success.

Keremeos Review, December 18, 2014

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