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Martin on target for World competitionTara Bowie

Review Staff Sarah Martin’s journey to the

Worlds is travelling as straight as one of the 80 to 100 arrows she shoots each day.

The 39-year-old Cawston resident is the first Canadian female longbow archer to qualify for the World 3-D Archery Championships. The champi-onships are being held in Terni, Italy at the end of August.

Martin already has a gold win in her quiver for this season as she won an indoor 3-D archery competition in Abbotsford in mid-January. Her next competition is set to take place on Valentines Day in Cloverdale.

“It’s been quite an adventure so far. I would have never guessed it would turn out like this,” Martin said last week.

Because Canada has never had a

female longbow archer before this will mark the first time Canadian com-petitors can collect points individually and compete as a team against other countries.

Martin, an avid rifle hunter, started shooting longbow in 2013 after receiv-ing encouragement from friends.

“A lot of my friends shoot bow because it extends the seasons quite a bit. It all started from hunting basi-cally and I heard about this tradi-tional archery school in Osoyoos and I thought that was pretty close. I’d heard of Brock and knew he’d been to the worlds before so I started shooting with him to learn,” she said.

Martin’s natural talent shone through immediately and soon Brock Paton of the Osoyoos Traditional Archery School was asking if she’d

Bidding heated at Cawston Hall Cabin Fever Ball Tara Bowie

Review Staff Sean Hibbs and Kelly Terbasket

found themselves in the hot seat as they tried to outbid each other in the silent auction at the Cawston Hall Cabin Fever Ball Saturday.

The two Cawston residents both had their eye on the octopus inspired refurbished chair design of Yako deAr-burn.

“He outbid me in the last second,” a defeated but still smiling Terbasket said moments after the silent auction closed.

The final bid on the unique chair was $100, the highest any of the 19 chairs that were revamped by local art-ists to raise money for the hall.

“It’s for charity,” Hibbs said. “It’s for a good cause. I waste a lot of money on myself doing things and I thought why not spend a few bucks and support something in the commu-nity that means so much.”

Hibbs bought three chairs at the silent auction. One for each of his children. He plans to keep them in the house and then use them outside in the

warm months. “It’s something different for the

kids. I think they will really like them,” he said.

The annual Cabin Fever Ball brought in a crowd of about 150 people. The night included three bands.

“Tonight’s been above our expecta-tions,” Bob McAtamney, hall president said.

Money raised from the annual event goes towards maintenance and hall repairs.

Most recently new ceiling tiles were put up in a section of the hall. On the horizon is the need for a new roof that will cost anywhere between $5,000 to $10,000.

“There’s always something. The roof is definitely a priority,” he said.

McAtamney said the hall is fac-ing some financial uncertainty as the Lower Similkameen Indian Band pre-pares to open its new facility.

“The LSIB is our biggest renters,” he said. “We also have weddings, funerals, private functions. We’re not sure what the impact will be yet but there will

be one.” The Cawston Hall as it stands today

was originally made up of several build-ings. The main large hall was built in 1922. A second portion of the building was added in the mid 1950s when the community’s two-room school house was closed across the street from the hall. The school house was moved in two sections and attached to the main hall.

“It’s the focus point for the commu-nity,” McAtamney said. “I would say it’s the heart of the community.”

Tara Bowie Sean Hibbs and Kelly Terbasket duked it out over a Yako deArburn painted chair at the Cawston Hall Cabin Fever Ball Saturday night. Hibbs came out on top in the silent auction with a $100 bid.

Sean Hibbs won the right to pay for a Yako deArburn chair at the Cawston Hall ball Saturday. His bid was $100.

Submitted photo Sarah Martin is revving up for a new season of competitions, which will peak during the Worlds in Italy in August.Continued on page 8

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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.

HEDLEYTUESDAY: Once a month Soup and Sandwich - watch for posters.Hedley Seniors’ Center on Scott Ave.THURSDAY: Library 2 pm - 7 pm Hedley Seniors’ Center, free computer use.1ST MONDAY: Hedley Heritage Museum meeting, 6:00 p.m. at the Museum, Everyone welcome to attend.2ND SUNDAY: Pancake Breakfast, Hedley Seniors’ Center, 8:00 am to 10:00 am.3RD MONDAY: Monthly meeting at Seniors’ Center, 2 pm.3RD MONDAY: Community Club meeting at 7 pm at the Club.DAILY: Coffee & good conversation at the Seniors’ Center 6:30 am - 8 am. Every Mon./Wed./Sat. Exercise at 9 am. EVERY SUNDAY: Church Service at 9:30 am, Hedley Grace Church. EVERY SUNDAY: Hedley Farmers Market 9-1, July - Oct. DAILY: Hedley Heritage Museum open daily 9am - 4pm, Daly Ave.EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY: Exercise at 9:00 am.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGOfficial Community Plan & Zoning Amendment ApplicationLot B, District Lot 292, SDYD, Plan 44059

Date: February 18, 2015Time: 7:00 pmLocation: Okanagan Falls Community Centre, Meeting Room

1141 Cedar Street, Okanagan Falls

PURPOSE: to amend the Electoral Area “D” Official Community Plan (OCP) BylawNo. 2603, 2013 and Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008, in order to facilitate a three (3)lot subdivision.

Amendment Bylaw No. 2603.03, 2014: to amend the Official Community Plan Bylaw by changing the designation on the subject property, in part, from Large Holdings (LH) to Small Holdings (SH) and Agriculture (AG);

Amendment Bylaw No. 2455.17, 2014: to amend the Zoning Bylaw by changing the zoning designation on the subject property, in part, from Agriculture Three (AG3) to Agriculture One (AG1) and Small Holdings One (SH1).

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Tara Bowie Rick Luxon and Wally Reid, members of the Keremeos Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion recently presented certificates and prizes to the winners in the 2014 Legion Remembrance Day contest. Left to right, Sarah Hare, Riley Franklin, Mehak Mund, Ashley Mair, Zoe Vriends, Morgan Montgomery-Reid and Dayton Hockey.

Review Staff Increased hydro rates are helping lead the charge

in operating budgets for schools, medical centres, and municipalities across BC.

This means the increase at the metre will affect residents not only at home but also on their taxes.

Keremeos Mayor Manfred Bauer said increased hydro rates are definitely having an impact on the village’s budget. The budget process is ongoing but early projections suggest an increase, Bauer said.

The expected increase to this year’s taxes is about $2 a month ($24 a year) for the average ratepayer.

“Insurance and utility rates will have some impact on the operation of the municipality,” he said. “There’s no way around it.”

The Village has been so proactive with energy conservation efforts over the last few years it received the Fortis Power Conservation Award in 2012. The award was earned because the village was able to save over 100,000 kWh of electricity the first year after a new energy efficient heating system was put into the Village office.

A number of other energy conservation efforts have taken place over the last few years including LED bulbs in the decorative street lights down town.

Heating and air conditioning systems were upgraded in the village office and Victory Hall to energy efficient systems.

All light fixtures in the village buildings have also been changed to energy efficient and sensor lights were put in.

The blower on the compressor and pumps at the

sewer plant was even changed to an energy efficient model.

“We’ve done a lot,” Bauer said. Although hydro rates add pressure to the budget,

Interior Health is able to forecast its impact. At this point savings in natural gas has offset

increasing hydro rates. As the Keremeos Health Centre is a fairly new

building no major projects have been undertaken although lighting has been updated to more energy efficient standards.

“Interior Health experiences many budget pres-sures annually and prioritizes those pressures to ensure a balanced budget.

Electricity rates are currently being offset by lower than normal gas prices. Hydro usually pro-vides IH with rates well in advance (usually two years) with rates being forecasted out to 2019 to ensure rate adjustments are anticipated,” Patrick Gall, a spokesperson for Interior Health stated in an email.

Deb Sansome, facilities manager from the school board echoed Interior Health sentiments that increas-ing hydro rates would be offset at least for now as natural gas rates were low.

“It will definitely have an impact on the budget. To what extent is not known until I do a natural gas offset,” Sansome said. “I don’t expect it to balance but I think it will soften the blow at least but that doesn’t protect us for the years to come if natural gas goes up.”

Hydro rates zapping residents

Action was hot on the lanes this week as bowl-ers hit high scored in the Alley Oops, Goldenagers and Swingers leagues. For the ladies in Alley Oops Madeline Pruden scored 234, Pam Irwin, 211, and Irma Desjardins, 202.

For the men, Harold Desjardins bowled 238, 206 – 617, Norm Boucher, 211, 201, 209 – 621, and Wayne Ritchie 212.

In Wednesday’s action Pam Irwin bowled another high game with a score of 204. Other ladies bowling high scores were Brenda Schneberk, 206, and Gail Standberg, 203.

For the men Bruce Crossman bowled 246, 228 – 668.

In the Thursday morning Swingers league Dianne Predan bowled a 216, while Bonne McConnell bowled 213.

For the men Paul Meikle bowled 228, Wayne Ritchie, 252, and Clyde Morris, 206.

Hot week on the lanes


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VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark’s push to “re-engineer” the B.C. educa-tion system is moving ahead aggressively in B.C.’s 25 post-secondary institutions.

One of the first tasks for Andrew Wilkinson in his new role as advanced education minister was to outline the shift in operating grants for colleges and universities to in-demand occupations. By 2017, a quarter of the money for post-second-ary institutions will be directed to areas where labour force sur-veys forecast a need.

This was greeted with some alarm when it was announced last year. Simon Fraser University president Andrew Petter at first downplayed the coming skills shortage as “relatively small” and warned against pushing post-secondary institutions into a “zero sum battle for dollars.”

Petter has since come on board, as his approving com-ments were featured in the ministry’s Jan. 26 news release detailing the shift. He and oth-ers have been assured that in spite of Clark’s rhetoric, sug-gesting trades training is in and university is out, the news for SFU and other universities isn’t all that bleak.

Wi l k i n s o n is completing a province-wide tour of all post-sec-ondary institu-tions this week, and I reached him at his visit to Thompson R i v e r s University in Kamloops.

“ T h e response to this has generally been pretty good, because the students are put-ting this pressure on institutions themselves,” he said. “Some of the institutions are … shrinking things like teacher education and putting more effort into the science-based, quantitative fields that are often related to these in-demand occupations.”

The surplus of teacher grad-uates has been noticeable for some time, but that’s largely a function of oversupply, much of it in urban areas. In the Cariboo, for example, teaching jobs are projected to have the highest number of openings by 2022, followed by nursing and retail and wholesale trade man-agers. Then come heavy duty mechanics and electricians, but also paraprofessional jobs in

legal, social, com-munity and educa-tional services.

Province-wide, it’s part of a broader demographic shift to fewer children and more retirees. In fact the govern-ment started this targeted funding a decade ago with health care, forcing universities to pro-

duce more doctors, nurses, lab techs and so forth.

The retiring baby boom is expected to account for more than half of the openings in the next decade, which will expand the skills demand across most fields, beyond the trades train-ing for the anticipated liquefied natural gas industry and other high-demand industrial areas such as truck driving.

Wilkinson notes that of the ministry’s $1.9 billion budget, about 60 per cent goes into general post-secondary educa-tion, for introductory courses that students take when they are seeking a career path, through undergraduate studies to pro-fessions.

“So I think the idea that we’re going to somehow mini-mize or diminish funding in

that general education, arts and science category is just not true,” he said.

Key to this shift is measur-ing the performance of courses offered at colleges, universi-ties and technical schools. Each year, the ministry surveys about 30,000 graduates to find out whether their studies helped them find a related job.

The results are available on a website that breaks them out by institution and general study area. To find it, do a web search for “BC student outcomes” and select the “executive dash-board” to check the results for courses and schools in your region.

The site provides charts showing the percentage of stu-dents who land relevant jobs. Not surprisingly, it tends to be higher for technical programs and lower for fine arts.

It also shows grads’ average wages, a sobering but useful bit of information for high school students and their parents.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tom-fletcherbc Email: [email protected].

With Family Day activities a happy memory for most people in British Columbia there is no better time to consider Samuel Forrest and his infant son Leo.

Forrest, who lives in Armenia, made interna-tional headlines last week when he shared his story of refusing to give up Leo, who was born with Down Syndrome, even though his wife disowned the child and is suing for divorce.

The wife has been vilified on social media, and Forrest has established a gofundme page that has so far raised $479,000 that will enable him to be a fulltime father to his little boy.

It is a dismal commentary on the state of fatherhood today, that one fairly unremarkable act of committed parenting could generate so much attention and comment.

No question: if Samuel Forrest was a mom the personal struggle to care for Leo would be just that – a personal struggle.

Just look at the numbers.In Canada approximately 16 per cent of

families are headed by a lone parent, and eight out of ten of those are mothers.

British Columbia – while it puts on a good Family Day – has the highest single mother poverty rate in the country, with 50 percent of single-mother homes existing below the pov-erty line.

According to the Social Planning and Research Council of BC the average single parent family in this province lives on approxi-mately $20,000 a year.

Twenty per cent of children with disabilities in Canada live in a single parent home. Parents of those children – mostly mothers – face overwhelming economic hardship, emotional and physical stress, barriers to the workplace and career advancement, difficulties finding adequate childcare and patchwork support at best from social services and educators.

If they receive income assistance they also enjoy the stigma of “welfare mom” at the end of every month.

A 2013 Child Poverty Report Card made numerous suggestions to improve lives for moms and children living in poverty including increasing and indexing social assistance rates, investing in lower income housing, allowing parents on assistance to keep child support benefits and introducing a subsidized public child care plan.

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Celebrating Valentines with a simple love story

Art Martenslivingsignificantly.caAdvertising moguls

wouldn’t likely select Jim and Pat Melville of Hedley as their Valentines Day poster couple.

After the bumps and bruises that come with almost 45 years of mar-riage and raising two children, the Melvilles don’t have the sleek, unrealistic fashion magazine figures. They don’t exude the “over the top” glamour adver-tisers thrive on.

For me their life partnership provides convincing evidence that stability and faith-fulness in a relationship is more rewarding than the Larry King model of multiple failed mar-riages. I was interested in meeting with them because they are so thor-oughly untouched by the hype and values of the advertising gurus.

They grew up in a time when money was scarce. Recalling the day in 1960 when he went to a car lot, Jim said, “I told the sales-man I liked the 1949 Pontiac they had, but I could pay only three hundred dollars. He said he’d talk to the manager. A few minutes later he came back. The man-ager had approved my offer.” The first time he went to put in gas, he couldn’t find the gas cap. After hunting for some time, he found it behind one of the tail lights.

For Jim, meeting Pat must have been “love at first sight.” He still remembers the day and the precise time. “I was working at what is now the Weyerhauser Mill in Princeton,” he said. “Some friends came to give me and a co-work-er a ride home. They

brought Pat along. It was 6 pm on October 24th, 1969.” For him the timing was fortuitous. His father had been deceased for 13 years, and he had lost his mother 3 weeks ago. Pat was a ray of sunshine. The following weekend he took her to a movie in Oroville.

They had similar interests and values, and their relationship flour-ished rapidly. It may surprise younger read-ers that Jim asked Pat’s parents for “her hand in marriage.” At that time there was greater respect for societal values and institutions, including marriage. Her father liked him and jokingly said, “if you want her, take her.”

“We asked Reverend Derek Salter to marry us,” Jim said. “He took marriage pretty serious-ly. We had to go to his home and tell him about

ourselves and why we wanted to get married. I don’t remember what we told him.”

Apparently the Reverend was satisfied with their responses. He performed the cer-emony in Hedley’s United Church (now Hedley Grace Church) on March 28, 1970.

Pat and Jim share a lengthy history in Hedley. Her family arrived in 1951 and her father operated the tram that moved ore, supplies and people between the Nickel Plate mine, high on the mountain, and the town. “I attended school here,“ she said. “So did our children and grandchildren.”

Jim arrived some-what later than Pat. He is one quarter native and related to the well known Allison fam-ily. “My mom was half aboriginal,” he said. “My dad was Irish.”

Initially they rented. When they applied to rent a house owned by the Credit Union, the manager said, “Why rent? You should buy it. There is a grant avail-able.” They accepted his advice and it is their home to this day.

“There were large families living in small houses then,” Pat said. “People didn’t have much money to do things. We attended community events. There were dances at the Moose Hall and a big Robbie Burns cel-ebration each year. Also Boxing Day and New

Years dances. Groups of ladies met for cof-fee in their homes. Expectations weren’t as high as now.”

It has taken love, a sense of humour and commitment to get to where they are now. “If we didn’t agree about something,” Pat said,

“we talked about it. We always worked through the problems.”

When our coffee cups were empty and they were ready to leave, it occurred to me that throughout our conver-sation, their voices had been gentle and respect-

ful toward each other. At a time when 30 day Hollywood unions no longer surprise us, the Melville’s life long part-nership is inspiring and well worth observing.

Happy Valentines Jim and Pat!

Jim and Pat Melville

Art Martens, livingsignificantly.caPeggy Terry retired from the Royal Bank on

June 30, 1999. Last week the bank sent her a $500 cheque for the Hedley Cenotaph Renewal Project.

The money came out of a fund current and for-mer employees can apply to on behalf of a charitable organization in their community. Those making such a request must be actively volunteering in their community.

Peggy began working for RBC several years after completing grade 10. She started as a teller at the Main and 25th branch in Vancouver. From there she transferred to several other cities, including Richmond and Duncan. After receiving training in finance and administration at UBC, in 1975 she was assigned to the Visa Centre in Vancouver. Here she gained a breadth of experience in such departments as Collections, Security, Customer Service Audits and Bankruptcies. In time she was elevated to the position of Supervisor of Authorization.

Prior to her retirement, Peggy and her husband Bill, now deceased, searched widely throughout the Okanagan Valley, looking for a home in an area where it was quiet and he could fish. They bought a home just outside Hedley and moved in the day after she retired.

Peggy came to Hedley with much needed orga-nizing capability, a will to get things done, and plenty of energy. She also had experience in vol-

unteering, having begun as a member of the Legion Teen Auxiliary at age 15. Later she organized a Big Brothers bowling fund raiser each year . As a member of the Variety Club, she persuaded the organization to advertise the availability of Visa and MasterCard for donation purposes. This boosted the group’s income.

It was Mitzie Helmstead, now living in Princeton, who persuaded me to join the Museum Society,” she said. “Then the president, Harry Alton, also now in Princeton, talked me into becoming a Director.”

She joined the OAPO and when the local group decided to break away from the parent organization and become the Hedley Seniors’ Centre, she did the considerable paperwork to make this happen. Presently she is serving as Treasurer. She is also a board member and Treasurer at the Hedley Grace Church.

“I meet a lot of great people in my volunteer roles,” she said. “I enjoy having these people around me.”

The Cenotaph Renewal Project was initiated by local historical researchers, Jennifer Douglass and Andy English. It’s purpose is to remember those who served in the Armed Forces to defend our freedom. Anyone wanting to donate to the fund can contact the Hedley Historical Museum Society at 250-292-8787.

Hedley cenotaph gets donation

Electoral Area “G” - Keremeos Rural/Hedley/Olalla

Have you ever wondered what services you receive from the Regional District for the rural taxes you pay?

Come to a public budget meeting to find out.

The RDOS finance staff will be in Hedley and Keremeos to present the 2015 financial plan.

Thursday, February 19 - 7:00 p.m.Pensioners Hall - 789 Scott Avenue, Hedley, BC

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 7:00 p.m.South Similkameen Health Centre - 700 3rd St. Keremeos

For general inquiries please email [email protected] or call 250-492-0237 (toll free 1-877-610-3737)

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Communications CommitteeSimilkameen Watershed Plan

The Similkameen Valley Planning Society invites members of the Similkameen Valley community to apply for two at-large positions on the Similkameen Watershed Plan (SWP) communications support committee.

This is a volunteer position for a term of one year.

The SWP Communications Team is organized under the authority of the Similkameen Valley Planning Society (SVPS) Steering Committee. The Team’s primary function is to assist in planning communication-related activities to support the Similkameen Watershed Plan.

The watershed plan will deliver collaborative water management in the Similkameen Valley and foster water conservation as a permanent ethic among its residents.

The committee is expected to meet as needed, but no less than every two months. A time commitment of roughly two hours per month is expected.

Persons interested in the SWP communications support committee should deliver a letter of intention detailing interest, experience and other relevant information for the selection committee to review.

Materials can be delivered by mail to the attention of:

Andrew Stuckey StarNorth Communications c/o Box 516 Keremeos, BC V0X 1N0

Or by email to

[email protected]

The deadline for application is February 15, 2015 at 5 p.m. For more information, please contact Andrew Stuckey at 250-718-7908.


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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGOfficial Community Plan Bylaw &Zoning Bylaw AmendmentElectoral Area “D”

Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2015Time: 7:00 p.m.Location: Okanagan Falls Community Centre, Meeting Room

1141 Cedar Street, Okanagan Falls

PURPOSE: to undertake a number of textual and mapping housekeeping amendments to the Electoral Area “D” Official Community Plan (OCP) Bylaw No. 2603, 2013, and Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008.At its meeting of March 6, 2014, the Regional District Board adopted a new Electoral Area “D-2” Official Community Plan (OCP) Bylaw No. 2603, 2013. This OCP contemplates a number of changes to the Zoning Bylaw, including, amongst other things, the removal of references to the Okanagan Falls “Townsite” (as this language is no longer used within the OCP), as well as the introduction of “secondary suites” as a permitted uses “within all zones, where determined to be appropriate”.

A number of other amendments to the Zoning Bylaw that require attention have been identified,such as typographical errors, an oversight affecting the RM1 & RM2 Zones, formalization of the Okanagan Falls Landfill, re-designation of recently acquired parkland and addressing a remnant Large Holdings (LH) designation under the OCP Bylaw near the new sewage treatment facility.

Amendment Bylaw No. 2603.01, 2015: proposes a number of mapping amendments to the Electoral Area “D” Official Community Plan No. 2603, 2013; and

Amendment Bylaw No. 2455.16 2015: proposes a number of textual and mapping amendments to the Electoral Area “D” Zoning Bylaw No. 2455, 2008.

VIEW COPIES OF THE DRAFT BYLAWS & SUPPORTING INFORMATION AT:Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5J9

on weekdays (excluding statutory holidays)between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed bylaw amendments can present written information or speak at the public hearing. All correspondence for the public hearing to be addressed to: Public Hearing Bylaw Nos. 2603.01 and 2455.16, c/o Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen at the above address. No letter, report or representation from the public will be received after the conclusion of the public hearing. This public hearing has been delegated to a Director of the Regional District.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES:Telephone: 250-490-4107 Fax: 250-492-0063

Email: [email protected] Web: www.rdos.bc.ca

Donna Butler, MCIP Bill NewellManager of Development Services Chief Administrative Officer

Similkameen Minor Sports Association’s

—Annual General Meeting

February 19 @ 7pm at the Cawston Primary

School Library. —

Any questions, please call Chantal at 250-809-4428

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor:

We moved to Keremeos two years ago for a quiet retirement life. In that two years my house and vehicle have been egged repeatedly. We live on the 500 block of 3rd Avenue.

The egging is an ongoing thing along with a broken window in our motorhome and suspicious wieners left for my dog in our driveway, fortunately we found these before our dog did.

It seems now that this person is concen-trating on egging our home and vehicles.

If anyone should see this happening they should please notify the RCMP straight away as this person may have a mental problem and need professional help.

Ron Hazelton Keremeos

Letter to the Editor:

During the night a hard wind broke in waves over the rim of mountains to the south west, crested and then rampaged north east toward the peaks of the mountains on the other side of the Similkameen river, picking up ragged veils of dirt and grit.

The wind venomously hurled the grit against the town of Keremeos as though trying to wake the place from its deep slumber.

Stinging grit cartwheeled between the houses and rattled against the glass of windows, threatening to break them. Rust-hinged gates and signs squealed and slammed in the tempest, and the wind shrieked like so many demons after there prey.

The residents seemed oblivious to their surround-ings and slept through the winds that pounded upon the windows demanding entry. A stranger seeing this might think that the residents might be more than a little touched in the head for living here. But the people that live here, in a town named by the Indians

as the meeting place of winds, they know this is just a little Keremeos breeze.

Bob TerryKeremeos

Letter to the Editor: I am writing with regard to an incident

that my husband and I witnessed on the dyke yesterday Thursday, February 5 at 2:30 p.m. We were walking east along the dyke when we saw four dogs come charging from beside a parked vehicle up onto the dyke and were trying to attack an elderly woman and her small Pomeranian dog. These dogs were not leashed and the woman was trying to beat them back with her cane.

The dog owners were calling to their dogs but they were not responding! Finally, the dogs did retreat as we approached the scene.

The dog owners did not come to com-fort the woman but yelled out that they were sorry and proceeded to load the dogs into their car and drive off.

This poor woman was badly shaken and her small dog was trembling. She could have had a heart attack, a bad fall or so many other awful things happen to her.

We personally have had those same four dogs come charging towards us on the dyke twice in the past. The owners were able to control the unleashed dogs and no harm was done. We had talked to other dyke walkers and they to have been con-fronted by these same dogs. This has got to stop before someone or some beloved pet

is seriously injured. I say to the owners – SHAME ON

YOU! You know better than to let your dogs run free. There is a bylaw against such behaviour, with a fine of $50 per dog for the first offence. We encourage others that have seen these dogs to please report them to the town office.

We need to keep the dyke safe so please record and report these incidents to the town office.

Thank you for your help,

Janet WestKeremeos

Keremeos breeze inspires writer

Egging outrages resident

Dogs on loose pose danger

Rick Luxon and Wally Reid, members of the Keremeos Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion recently presented certificates and prizes to the winners in the 2014 Legion Remembrance Day contest. Left to right, Dayton Hockey, Mehak Mundi, Riley Franklin, Marc Peron, Ava Cottrill, Abby Lee and Ty Squakin.


RecReation education enviRonment aRts social seRvices

Since 2000, the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen

has been providing a bursary to students at Similkameen Secondary School

through the Pat Clark Memorial Bursary. The Pat Clarke Memorial Bursary was

set up by the Similkameen Public Health Society with the purpose of awarding

a bursary to a graduating student who is pursuing a career in nursing or other

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 53 (OKANAGAN SIMILKAMEEN)PARENTS OF GRADES 1 TO 12 STUDENTS

REGISTERING OR REQUESTING A CHANGE OF SCHOOLSEPTEMBER 2015

Parents or guardians may enroll their son or daughter in an educational program at any school in our district, as outlined in Section 74.1 of the School Act, and providing there is space available in the respective grade. Registrations prior to June 12, 2015 will be accepted on a first come, first served and availability basis. Beginning June 15, 2015, registrations will be accepted in the following priority order as per section 74.6 of the School Act:

(a) a catchment area child who, in the previous school year, attended the school at which the educational program is made available;

(b) a catchment area child;(c) a non-catchment area child;(d) a non-school district child

For further information, please contact your local school’s principal.

Cawston Primary 250-499-5617 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Okanagan Falls Elementary 250-497-5414 8:00 am - 2:30 pm Oliver Elementary 250-498-3468 8:00 am - 3:30 pmTuc-el-Nuit Elementary 250-498-3415 8:00 am - 3:30 pmOsoyoos Elementary 250-495-7248 9:00 am - 3:00 pmYouLearn 250-498-4597 8:30 am - 7:00 pm (Mon to Wed) 8:30 am - 1:00 pm (Thurs)

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 53 (OKANAGAN SIMILKAMEEN)NOTICE OF

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

January 12 - March 13, 2015

1. Children who will be five years old by December 31, 2015, may begin their first year of Primary (Full Day Kindergarten) in September, 2015. These will be children who were born in 2010.

Parents or guardians may register these new students from Monday, January 12 to Friday, March 13, 2015 at the following schools:

2. Please bring your child’s birth certificate and Medical Card with you. Should you require further details, please contact your local school.

3. Parents may defer the entry of their child into Kindergarten for one year but registration must occur in the following school year.

4. Early registration assists the district with plans for September, 2015. Also, Kindergarten spaces in a school may be limited and placement is done on a first come, first serve basis.

ever thought about shooting bow competitively. “I am a fairly competitive person,” she said with

a laugh. Before she knew it she was travelling all over

the countryside entering and winning 3-D archery competitions.

By the end of last summer she’d won gold in BC Provincials, Alberta Provincials and gold at the Indoor and Outdoor Nationals, which qualified her for the Worlds team.

“It’s been a bit of a whirlwind,” she said. After taking a few weeks off this winter, Martin

is back into her intense training. Each day the goal is to shoot 100 arrows. “It might not sound like much but when you con-

sider my bow is a 46-pound bow. Right now I’m up to about 80. I also shoot in Oliver a couple times a week because they have an indoor facility and in my yard as necessary,” she said.

Depending on accuracy and time constraints it takes about an hour to shoot the 80 to 100 arrows.

Martin compares 3-D archery competitions to golf.

“It’s a bit like golf if you think about it. There’s a 3-D foam animal and everyone takes turns and then you go up to it and you score how you did on a card and go to the next target,” she said.

The animal targets vary in size from large, bear, bison anteloupe to as small as birds.

“It’s really interesting the way these clubs setup the targets so it’s challenging. It takes a lot of work,” she said.

Martin said there’s a psychological element to shooting that she finds calming.

“So when I’m shooting it’s important to tune out stimuli. You focus on your muscles, your body, your breath, where you’re looking, where you want the arrow to fly. You try to have a calm consistent release,” she said.

Adding to the complexity of her archery, Martin chooses to use handmade instead of manufactured arrows. She also uses a bow handmade by a local artisan named Vlad and her arm guards are made by a local artisan as well.

“There’s a bit of an art to it. Every arrow is dif-ferent,” she said. “Every one fly’s a bit differently.”

A dozen arrows costs about $160. “They’re brilliant arrows. He does an amazing

job. I probably buy about a dozen bows a month and then while competing there’s travel and camping,” she said.

Currently Martin has a gofundme campaign going to help her raise funds to attend the Worlds in Italy this summer. Her goal is $3,500 at this point she’s received just over a $1,000 in pledges from friends and family.

Team Canada members are responsible for their travel, equipment, and uniform costs.

Anyone interested in donating can do so by going to www.gofundme.com/fggn84.

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Archery ‘whirlwind’ journey, Martin

Tara Bowie Review Staff

A managing partner of a communication com-pany hopes starting a volunteer committee will aid in the flow of information regarding a regional water plan.

At a recent meeting the Similkameen Valley Planning Society agreed to allow Andrew Stuckey of StarNorth Communications to start a communi-cations committee for the Similkameen Watershed Plan.

The committee will include Stuckey and two vol-unteer members from anywhere in the Similkameen Valley.

The team’s primary function will be to assist in planning communication-related activities to sup-port the watershed plan, Stuckey said during a phone interview.

“It’s mostly planning. What we want to do is get a sense from various sectors of the community about what’s the best approach to communicate to the community about the watershed plan,” he said.

The non-regulatory watershed plan is currently in its second phase.

A $500,000 grant was awarded to the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen (RDOS) on behalf of SVPS to create a watershed plan in 2012. The SVPS includes members from Area G, B, H, Lower Similkameen Indian Band, Princeton and Keremeos.

In phase one, completed in January 2014, avail-able data was compiled and several studies were completed.

Open houses held in Princeton and Keremeos were not well attended. Once formed the commu-nication committee’s goal will be to engage more

residents in the process. “Let’s be fair if everything is working well. If

everything is working fine they aren’t engaged in the issue,” he said.

“Essentially it’s (communications) on my shoul-ders as the communications professional. I can certainly do the work but I think it’s better for the community if we have the community involved,” Stuckey said of the importance of community engagement in the project.

The second phase of the water plan is underway and includes identifying gaps of information and continued research.

Phase three of the guiding document will deal specifically with water and agriculture.

Manfred Bauer, SVPS chair said it can be a chal-lenge to make residents aware of the importance of regional thinking.

“Quantity, quality and how the environment and human impact our Similkameen Valley watershed are some of the answers we are looking for in this non-regulatory water plan,” Bauer stated in a release issued the Review.

Once members are determined the communica-tion committee will meet as needed, no less than every two months. A time commitment of roughly two hours a month is expected.

Anyone interested in becoming a part of the committee can deliver a letter of intention detailing interest, experience and other relevant information for the selection committee to review.

Information can be emailed to [email protected].

The deadline is 5 p.m. February 15. For more information contact Stuckey at 250-718-7908.

Communication key for watershed committee

Wild Organic Humans revved the crowd up during the Cawston Hall Cabin Fever Ball Saturday night. Band members include lead singer and harmonica player Maggie Macdonald, bandleader Elam Wills, John Butcher plays trumpet and sings support vocals, Doug Vincent on drums, Brad Virtue on bass guitar and Cheryl Tarves, support vocals.


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Chocolate historically more than just foodMany cannot resist chocolate, that beloved creamy, sweet confection derived from cocoa beans, milk and sugar. All over the world people love to indulge in chocolate, especially come Valentine’s Day. According to data from Leatherhead Food Research, Switzerland consumes more chocolate per capita than any country in the world. Ireland, the United Kingdom, Austria and Belgium round out the top five. Despite its apparent popularity in Europe, chocolate was first popularized among the Olmecs of Mexico, who used the cocoa beans more than 3,500 years ago. However, it wasn’t until the last 200 years that chocolate turned into the sweet treat that is known and loved today.Aztecs believed cocoa had aphrodisiac properties, and chocolate contains a chemical called phenylethylamine, which is released naturally in the body when a person falls in love. The aroma of chocolate can induce relaxation, and chocolate also contains dopamine, a natural painkiller. While chocolate is now used primarily as a food, over the years it has had many other uses — some of which are quite unique. Here are some of the many ways people have used chocolate throughout history.• Money: The Mayans once used cocoa beans as a form of currency, as did the Aztecs. In this instance, money actually did grow on trees.• Dental health: Arman Sadeghpour, a researcher at Tulane University, says an extract of cocoa powder could be an effective alter-native to using fluoride. Chocolate-enhanced toothpaste may be the next big thing.• Fuel: Chocolate has been used to feed bacteria that produce hydrogen, which can be used as a clean power source.• Medicine: Chocolate is full of antioxidants, which serve all sorts of disease-fighting benefits in the body. Dark chocolate provides the greatest number of health benefits, as it contains flavonols, which stimulate the brain and support the circulatory system.• Fashion: Designers and chocolatiers worldwide collaborate to make sweet outfits at Le Salon du Chocolat’s fashion shows.• Special effects: Before the days of computer-simulated special effects, moviemakers had to employ other methods to produce realistic results. Legend has it that Bosco brand chocolate syrup was used as blood in the famed shower scene in the classic horror movie “Psycho.” Bosco was used because it showed up great in black and white.• Skin care: Cocoa butter, a component of chocolate, has long been used to moisturize and soothe dry skin. Many spas now incorporate organic chocolate into their healing and beauty therapies.• Perfume: Chocolate produces more than 400 distinct smells and has been used to make perfume more fragrant. • Mood enhancement: Chocolate may help to improve mood, as it is a mild stimulant and can af-fect serotonin levels, which govern those feel-good feelings, in the brain. • Postage: In 2013, Belgium’s post office sold limited-edition stamps that were varnished with 40 percent of a cocoa product. The stamps smelled and tasted like chocolate. Chocolate has been tempting taste buds for thou-sands of years. It’s also been used in some very unique ways, even if, come Valentine’s Day, the majority of people would be content just to eat it.

Resident hunter protest pays off in animals Tom FletcherBlack Press

The B.C. government has adjusted its plan to give guide-out-fitters and their non-resident clients a greater share of big-game hunting permits, after protests from resident hunters around the province.

When the plan was announced in December, the government cal-culated that it represented a shift of 168 animals in limited-entry hunt areas from resident hunters to guide outfitters. After listening to the protests, Forests Minister Steve Thomson announced Friday that is being adjusted to a shift of about 60 animals to guide-outfitters.

The changes affect bull elk and either-sex elk permits on Vancouver Island, moose in the Thompson and Omineca regions, bison in the Peace region and bighorn sheep and grizzly bear in the Kootenays.

“I made slight revisions to the hunts for moose, bighorn sheep, grizzly bear, Roosevelt elk and bison to address the concerns I heard after the decision was released,” Thomson said.

There are 34 limited-entry hunts in the province that are divided between resident hunters and guide outfitters, who typically guide cli-ents from the U.S. and Europe. Resident hunters enter a regional lottery for the available opportuni-

ties.Allocated hunting opportunities

represent about eight per cent of the 45,700 big-game animals taken by hunters each year in B.C. In most

areas, hunters can purchase a tag for each species that has an open season.

Thomson announced the policy change after more than 10 years of

consultation with guide outfitters and the B.C. Wildlife Federation and local rod and gun clubs that represent resident hunters.

He defended the shift to assist

guide outfitters as a trade-off that prevented them from using unoc-cupied guide territories around the province. Those areas are now left to resident hunters

Alan D. Wilson, Amateur Wildlife photographer Bighorn sheep in the Kootenays are among the restricted hunting species in dispute between resident hunters and guide outfitters.


FIGHT INFECTION AND BOOST THE IMMUNT SYSTEM WITH A HEALTHY DIET

Two recent studies support the increasing fruit and vegetable consumption to boost the immune system. In one study, older adults aged 65 to 85 who increased fruit and vegetable consumption to at least five servings a day showed a significantly greater response to a pneumonia vaccine compared to those in a control group.Participants were free to choose any fruits or vegetables but encouraged to eat a wide variety. This study is the first to show an immunity-enhancing effect from allowing study participants to choose fruits and vegetables. Why immunity was boosted is not clear, but one possible explanation is that they could be augmenting the function of infection-fighters called T cells. Another study involving older adults found both a supplement group (those who consumed a low-dose multivitamin) and diet group (those who ate at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily, fish twice a week and nuts at least weekly, and whole grain bread only) reported significantly fewer visits to the doctor or hospital and fewer weeks affected by illness when compared to a group who received a placebo. The number of infections was the same among the groups, but the diet group reported significantly fewer weeks of infections than the other two groups.A recent 2013 paper reported that overall, only 26% of Canadians met the minimum daily servings of fruits and vegetables for their respective age–sex group recommended by the Canada Food Guide. The current Canada Food Guide recommends 7 to 8 servings for women and 8 to 10 servings for men between the ages of 19 and 50, and 7 servings for both men and women 51 years and older. How can you increase your fruit and vegetable consumption?

• Plan ahead (pre-slice vegetables and fruits to take to school or work)• Eat seasonal produce (eating fruits and vegetables at their freshest)• Add vegetables to your favourite meal (add into salads and with entrees)• Go vegetarian at least once a week• Make it fun (make a family occasion such as “Monday Night Crudite”)• Get your children involved (make it a project you can share with them)• Journal your intake and monitor it, and try to add just 1 more serving a day for a few months

Another helpful resource is The Mix it up! campaign, a social marketing initiative aimed at helping Canadians of all ages eat more fruits and vegetables as part of a healthy diet and active lifestyle to better their health. The campaign focuses on simple and practical ways to add a variety of fruits and veggies to every meal and snack. They have a free App that provides useful storage tips, recipes, colour tracking, and a search function based on the 4 digit PLU number.Source: Health & Nutrition Letter, Tufts UniversityThis 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.OKin-Health.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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Enhancing communication with residents is one of the top priorities of this term of councillors.

Keremeos village council met recently for a full-day think tank ses-sion to devise its strategic plan for the next four years.

“We include staff in the strate-gic plan to discuss what is realistic and applicable and what’s not and use input from previous surveys,” Keremeos Mayor Manfred Bauer said.

“It’s a living document. You set some goals for the term and new issues arise as they arise.”

Some of the ideas to enhance communication included maintaining monthly coffee with the mayor ses-sions, improve quarterly newsletter, and look into an e-subscription email newsletter.

Continuing from last term’s strate-gic plan is the goal of a liquid waste management plan for the village.

“We accomplished most of our goals last term but a liquid waste management plan is quite large,” Bauer said.

Plans involving the public works and services department include developing longterm road and side-walk rehabilitation programs and tree

replacement programs including the downtown core.

Pursuing options for boundary expansions is one of the options to ensure orderly growth for the area. Staff will also review zoning bylaws and encourage green community planning where possible.

Welcome signs options at the west end of the village will be explored by council this term.

The village will also go forward in developing an age friendly com-munity plan.

On the block at this point for updating municipal legislation is the subdivision bylaw, reviewing the sign bylaw, and reviewing village policies.

The former council consisting of Mayor Manfred Bauer, council-lors Arlene Arlow, Gary Thielmann, Jeremy Evans and Charlene Cowling.

Some of the goals achieved during the Strategic Plan period of 2012 to 2013 included:

*enhancing the village’s website. The website went live in May of 2013. Improvements and additions are ongoing.

*implement quarterly newsletter. First issue was published Fall of 2014.

*take over operation of the leader board, which was unfortunately hit

by lightening in August 2013. The board became fully operational in early 2014.

*send out resident surveys with tax notice.

*completed new water reservoir with Keremeos Irrigation District. Funding of $300,000 was received through the gas tax program and in April 2013 the village held a ref-erendum to borrow the balance of the monies needed for the reservoir. Borrowing was defeated but in June KID held a special general meeting and the borrowing was approved by their ratepayers. Construction was completed in December 2013.

*Banner arms were put on the standard lights in 2014. Replacement banners are proposed for the 205 budget.

*Completed capital asset man-agement policy. The village now needs to buy an asset management program for forecasting future requirements. Sometime this year the village will apply for a provin-cial grant to continue work on the asset management plan.

*Developed succession planning policy.

*Creation of new Good Neighbour Bylaw, Building Bylaw and Reserves Bylaw.

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Phase two is looking at data gaps from phase one and phase three will be looking specifically at water and agriculture.

The second major project is a valley wide region-al tourism strategy. Getting all the businesses and organizations to buy in takes time. The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA), Black Press and Destination BC have been partnering with the SVPS in this endeavor and a website and a tourism guide was developed for the whole valley at www.similkameenvalley.com. The program is going into the third season. The SVPS is also a participat-ing partner in the ‘buy fresh – buy local’ program.

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It is with extreme sadness the family of Edward R. Pilkafski announce the passing of our dad, uncle, grandpa, great grandpa and friend. Our dad battled cancer for eight years and fought hard right up to his pass-ing on February 4th, 2015 in Keremeos, B.C. He was a very proud man and will be missed dearly. Dad enjoyed traveling and was thankful for the chance to drive across Canada, Alaska, Oregon and many other destinations. Dad is survived by his loving companion; Gayla Brigley who made his last years precious; daughters, Ida Peter-son, Iris Lorenz (Mike); sons, Dennis Pilkaf-ski and Danny Pilkafski; many grandchil-dren and great grandchildren; as well as his sister, Tina Henning; numerous nieces & nephews and great nieces & nephews; and beloved dog, Molly. Dad was predeceased by his parents, John and Bertha Pilkafski; and sister, Elly Kaut. No service will be held at this time, a cele-bration of life is planned for later in the year, to be held in Peace River, AB.A very special thank you to the doctors and nurses at Penticton Hospital, including Dr. Karin Kilpatrick in the oncology depart-ment. Thank you to the home care staff in Keremeos for all their compassionate sup-port. In lieu of owers, donations may be made to the oncology department at Pent-icton Hospital. Condolences may be shared with the family by visiting www.everdenrust.com

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And no man has the powerTo tell just where the hands will stop

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Pilkafski, Edward Rudolf1938-2015

The family of Doreen Armstrong is sad to an-nounce the passing of Doreen on January 31. Doreen was predeceased by her husband Vincent Armstrong, and her parents William James Harris and Mary Catherine Harris [nee Coffee]. Doreen was one of fourteen children and they all pre-deceased her. Doreen was born in Keremeos B.C. on October 23, 1925. She passed at Orchard Haven, which was the same property she was born on. During her life Doreen worked at the Keremeos packing house, even after her move to Hedley B.C. in 1955. Doreen is survived by her step-daughter Joyce Unrau of Prince George B.C., son Jack Armstrong [& Lorna Armstrong] of Maple Ridge B.C., and son Don of Hedley B.C.. She is also survived by nine grandchildren, Tim, Betty, Roy, Rhonda, Rick, Chad, Curtis, Kodie, and Alexan-dra. She is also survived by six great grand chil-dren, Hunter, Zachary, Maddie, Lennon, Ryan, and Nicholas. The family would like to extend a big thank you to Orchard Haven in Keremeos for all the wonderful support and caring that they gave to our mom and grandmother.

Doreen will be buried next to her husband Vincent at the Keremeos Cemetery on

Wednesday, February 11 at 1:00. A memorial service will take place later in the spring.

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7 Farm Workers required March - November for pruning, thin-ning, picking, packing & general farm labour. Work is in Kereme-os & Cawston. $10.49/hr. 250-499-6555 B&J Farm.

Honest Food Farm needs 4 F/T seasonal farm workers for the 2015 season, from April to October. Mostly work with vegetables: planting, weeding, harvesting. 40 - 50 hrs/wk at $11/hr. Please apply at [email protected] or Ph: 250-499-5381

Help WantedSMALL ENG/SAW/OUTBOARD

MECHANIC WANTED. Exp required. Wage/benefi ts negotiable. Send resume to

[email protected]

Medical/DentalMEDICAL Transcriptionistsare in huge demand! Train with the leading Medical Tran-scription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today 1-800-466-1535, www.canscribe.com or email: [email protected].

Services

Financial ServicesARE YOU $10K or more in debt? DebtGo can help reduce a signifi cant portion of your debt load. Call now and see if you qualify. 1-800-351-1783

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

Help Wanted

Services

Financial ServicesIF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

TAX FREE MONEYis available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mort-gage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

Home ImprovementsFULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

Painting & Decorating

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!

Merchandise for Sale

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all

sizes in stock. Trades are welcome.

40’Containers under $2500!DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

Ph Toll free 1-866-528-71081-778-298-3192 8am-5pm

Delivery BC and ABwww.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale1 Western 15” saddle, good condition, $150. 250-499-2847

2, 27” older TV’s, both work well, receiver and remotes $50 each. 250-499-2847

DOWNSIZING: For sale 1 large chesterfi eld and match-ing chair $100. 250-499-2847

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

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Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleSTEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Misc. WantedPrivate Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antiques, Native Art, Estates +Chad: 250-499-0251 Local

WANTED: An electric winch, 6000 lb pull, suitable for Jeep Cherokee. 250-499-2847

Rentals

Homes for RentCAWSTON - 3 bdrm house, large living room, dining room. Avail. immediately. No pets, large yard. $900/month + utilities. 250-499-0499

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FightBack.Volunteeryour time,energy andskills today.


1018 SPARKES DR., KEREMEOS

$239,000 * 2 bdrm w/drive-around parking,

detached workshop & carport!

* On demand hot water, fas f/p, easy to show w/appt.! MLS®

2108 MAIN STREET, CAWSTON $325,000 *5 bed, 4 bath home with 1 bedroom suite on almost 1/2 acre!* commercial size

garage, hoist, power, heat, Hwy access - wow! MLS®

10-2640 2ND ST., OLALLA $74,900

*2 bdrm, 1238 sqft home in quiet park.

* all re-done! Decks, kitchen,

fl ooring, A/C, sid-ing, shed and more!

MLS®

2640 10TH STREET, OLALLA $97,000*small 2 bed, 2

bath home on its own land! Lots of updates, very well

kept, move-in ready* garden shed - very affordable living! MLS®

1011 HWY 3A, KEREMEOS $279,000

* 3 bed, 2 bath, 2,055 sqft home w/stunning creek

views!* updates to fl ooring,

bathroom, outdoor space & more, worth

a look! MLS®

“NEW LISTING”

2-31 HWY 3A, KEREMEOS

$25,000* almost 1,000 sqft, 2

bdrm home in sm. park.* older home is

updated but needs some work, nice yard & close to amenities!

MLS®

523 6TH AVE, KERE-MEOS $209,900

*over 1,000 sqft, updated 2 bdrm

home!* Dbl. detached ga-rage, shed, fenced, close to everything.

MLS®

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Tara Bowie Cawston band Infusion brought down the house at the Cawston Hall Cabin Fever Ball Saturday night. Band members include Rob Robertson, lead guitar and vocals, James Duperron, rhythm guitar, and Cliff Frasier on drums.

Tara BowieThe silent auction was a popular part of the Cawston Hall Cabin Fever Ball Saturday night. Nineteen local artists used their skills to revamp old chairs that the hall once used. The highest bid was $100 for one chair.

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