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SUMMERLANDREVIEWVOLUME 68 ISSUE NO. 46 SUMMERLAND, B.C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2015 $1.15 INCLUDING GST
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Flagpole effortSignificant effort
was required in order to install a flagpole at Summerland Sen-iors Village.
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Collecting toysS u m m e r l a n d
firefighters are col-lecting toys and donations for their annual gift drive.
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Poppy driveThe Summerland
Legions annual poppy drive was a successful fund-raiser.
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Building work When the Jeho-
vahs Witnesses construct their new Kingdom Hall, the work will be done with volunteer labour.
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Winning teamThe Summerland
Steam continued their winning streak on the weekend.
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WHATS INSIDE:
Home concept soldBuilding which uses technology from ElectroMotion Energy will be constructed in Arctic community
John Arendt
A prototype house, using energy efficiency technology developed in Summerland, has been designed for the Northwest Territories.
ElectroMotion Energy, a Summerland-based company, designed and assembled an 84 square metre home to be built in Arctic communities.
The home design uses Elec-troMotions patented Revolution technology.
The Revolution replaces trad-itional heating, cooling and hot water systems with one com-plete unit that also generates electricity. This also provides backup heat and power to the home.
Jai Zachary, president of Elec-troMotion, said the home will result in energy saving of 30 to 70 per cent.
It pays for itself in 25 to 30 years because of the energy effi-ciency, he said.
At present, the Northwest Ter-
ritories Housing Corporation has a backlog of providing 2,300 homes.
Zachary said the home can be erected by unskilled workers in less than a week.
Six of the houses will be build in Paulatuk, a community of around 300 people, north of the Arctic Circle.
This is a great market for us, Zachary said. Its such a perfect match.
He said figures from the North-west Territories Housing Corpor-ation quote a price of $1.4 million for a house and its total costs over its 25- to 30-year lifespan.
The Revolution house would cost roughly half that amount, and result in significant savings in energy costs.
According to information from the Northwest Territories, energy costs in Paulatuk are estimated at $1,000 a month.
Zachary said the technology and design used for the Arctic climate could work in other areas as well.
Even though weve developed this for the harsh environment up north, for down here, its very applicable as well, he said.
The Revolution technology is now in its seventh generation.
Housing technologyPat Dheilly, left, Jai Zachary and Anita Huber of ElectroMotion Energy show a prototype of a house which has been designed for use in the Arctic. Because of energy efficient designs in the house and in its heating system, it will result in significant energy savings, Zachary says.
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Blowing in the windDan McCowan uses a leaf blower to unroll a roll of toilet paper at Summerland Celebrates Science. The demonstration of science at Centre Stage Theatre was organized by Kirby Sands, a science teacher at Summerland Secondary School.
Members of the Summerland Fire Department will begin their annual Toys and Toonies for Tots and Teens drive dur-ing Festival of Lights on Friday evening.
Firefighter Rob Robin-son said volunteers from the
department will be downtown during the festival to collect gifts and donations.
The following morning, at Santorinis Restaurant, fire-fighters will host a breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m.
New and unwrapped gifts,
cash donations and donations of Canadian Tire money are accepted.
Robinson said Summer-landers have generously sup-ported the drive in previous years.
People are awesome. They
always give us great gifts, he said.
Toys and donations for this years drive will be collected until Dec. 14, when staff from the Summerland CIBC branch will assemble the gifts and buy presents for older chil-
dren and teens.The gifts will be distributed
by the Summerland Food Bank in December.
Robinson said the need for gifts and the seasonal food bank hampers continues to increase each year.
Firefighters collect toys and donations
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A man has been arrested after the victim of a stabbing was found flagging down traffic on Highway 97 in Summerland.
Joshua James Doell, 40, has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault and is currently in custody. Summerland RCMP responded to several 911 calls regarding an injured man who was trying to flag down traffic on Highway 97 near Rosedale Avenue. Police found a 32-year-old Summerland man suffering severe facial injuries as well as stab wounds. The man was taken to hospital for treatment and has been released.
The investigation is ongoing according to the RCMP.
Doell consented to a 30-day remand last week.
Man arrested after stabbing
Food donationFlanked by members of the Summerland Steam Junior B hockey team, Colin Powell, manager and owner of IGA in Sum-merland, shows the food items collected during the Steams home game on Friday evening. The initiative brought in 130 kilograms of food and more than $100 in cash donations.
At the flagpoleMembers of the Summerland Legion held a Remembrance Day event at the flagpole at Summerland Seniors Village on Nov. 9. The flagpole had been installed just two days before the ceremony.
Flagpole installed at Seniors VillageResidents at the Summerland Seniors Village gathered
at the flagpole on Nov. 9 for a Remembrance Day cere-mony, but the flagpole had only been installed two days earlier.
Paul Kozjak, maintenance manager at the facility, said installing the eight-metre pole required plenty of effort.
The pole was constructed by Ripley Stain-less in Summerland. The concrete came from Oliver and the engineering work was done by a Penticton company.
Kozjak said Interior Ready Mix of Oliver was the only concrete company available to do the installation on the Saturday.
He added that the engineering work was required to provide certification before the
pole could be installed. The municipality does not issue building permits for flagpoles, but staff in the Develop-ment Services department were able to put him in touch with an engineer who could approve the project.
The work was completed on Nov. 7.
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Agriculture and growth. Two topics that mean a great deal to people here in Summerland.
We are just about a year removed from the municipal elec-tion that saw agricul-ture at the centre of a heated debate.
What is interest-ing to me is that no matter what side you found yourself on, the ultimate decision may not have rested with you or mayor and council for that matter.
The decision would be made by a provincial body known as the Agri-cultural Land Com-mission. Its mandate is to protect and pre-serve agricultural land.
While I think that is a worthy task, I think local govern-ment should have more power with respect to land with-in its boundaries.
In cases where agricultural land is in areas that no longer make sense, I think local government should be able to cre-
ate a plan to change that.
However, that is not the case and the voting public spoke loud and clear.
So, whats the new growth plan look like?
Im given to under-stand that the old plan, developed in conjunction with a paid consulting firm, was thrown in the bin.
So heres an idea from me, no need to pay me....
Urban sprawl has always been a con-cern of mine.
When I lived in Calgary, it would take me over an hour to drive across the
city. I was told that New York City, all five boroughs, could fit within Calgarys city limits.
With Summerland being surrounded by protected ALR land, it creates unusual groupings of hous-ing.
The problem with that, beyond the sprawl, is that those developments require services, roads, infrastructure etc. It means that
residents must drive a lot more to get around.
I would like to pro-pose something dif-ferent. I think Sum-merlands downtown should be classified for urban density projects.
I would love to see a few 10 to 12 storey mixed com-mercial/residential buildings line Main Street.
Some of the build-ings currently occu-
pying space, while nostalgic, are old and in need of serious upgrades.
Those upgrades might exceed the value of those build-ings.
By declaring the downtown density friendly, you are encouraging build-ing owners to think differently and see the value in investing in a new structure.
One of the topics
that came up in the recent Chamber of Commerce business walk report was the need for downtown revitalization.
If a few build-ing owners take the plunge, a new down-town could emerge. In my opinion, mayor and council should be encour-aging an open door policy to any multi-storey proposal downtown.
Density promotes
walkability. Density increases
our tax base without sacrificing that which is precious to us, agri-cultural land.
It also encourages business.
Think of the bene-fits of not having to drive down a hill to get groceries or grab lunch.
If there were more people living down-town, local busi-nesses could grow, expand.
New businesses would be encour-aged. Jobs created.
There is no doubt that Summerland is a desirable place to live.
We have options for those who want a farm or a big yard.
We dont have many options for those who want nei-ther.
For those who want a simple condo or townhouse, there is limited inventory.
Build it and they will come.
Rob Murphy is the Summerland Reviews sales man-ager.
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Considering the problem of sprawl
YOUR VIEWS
The efficient design elements incor-porated into Jai Zacharys Revolution unit will soon be demonstrated in the Arctic, under some of the most extreme climate conditions anywhere.
The Revolution replaces traditional heating, cooling and hot water systems with one complete unit which also gener-ates electricity.
The latest development incorporates the technology into a house which can be erected quickly and easily.
The simplicity of the house design is useful in places where additional housing units are needed.
The energy efficiency adds to the appeal, as it helps to cut costs for home-owners and residents.
For those in harsh northern climates, energy costs can be significant, with bills averaging $1,000 a month.
Even in areas such as the Okanagan Valley, where the climate is much less severe, energy saving technology makes sense. The improved efficiency and the resulting cost savings make sense whether one is heating a building in a cold climate or cooling a building during the hottest part of the summer.
While the benefits of the Revolution technology are obvious for the end users, there is also a benefit for the community.
The technology was developed in Summerland and at present, the proto-types have been built here. This results in local jobs producing a product for which there is an obvious need.
If the Revolution units can be con-structed locally, it will be an advantage for Summerlands local economy. The need for job creation has been stated repeat-edly, and the production of these units would bring jobs to the community.
As energy and heating costs rise and as the public takes a greater interest in reducing the creation of greenhouse gases, energy-efficient housing technol-ogy will become increasingly important.
Having this technology in Summerland will provide important benefits to individ-ual residents and to the community as a whole.
EDITORIALEnergy efficiency
I think local government should have more power with respects to land within its boundaries.
From here
Rob Murphy
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Just wait 100 yearsIn 1915 Summerland didnt have a festival of lights. We did have electricity by 1905, but Christmas tree lights were relatively new and not readily available. This decorated wagon, driven by Ralph Kent, won first prize in a parade in 1915 and while the decorations didnt light up, imagine the mobile Festival of Lights it could have been using todays technology. Come on downtown on Friday night for this years Country Christmas light up and see where progress has taken us. Then take a step back in time and drop by the Summerland Museum to warm up with hot chocolate and cookies. See you there!
Photo courtesy of the Summerland Museum
THE EARLY YEARS
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Green improvements are possibleDear Editor:The latest American National
Geographic Cool It: The Cli-mate Issue includes a world map of the binding pledges made by countries to reduce greenhouse gases over two dec-ades.
Canadas efforts have been judged as highly insufficient even lower than the US.
We could blame it all on Albertas tar sands, or B.C.s methane-producing cattle ranchers, or on all of the people who insist on taking vacations that require air flights, or even on most of us who refuse to give up our cars and pick-ups.
But we can make changes, like Germany has, by giving up all nuclear energy production (by 2022), and shifting to solar and wind energy sources.
That country is now getting one-third of its electricity from those two sources alone.
Although they still get 44 per cent of their power from dirty coal, their production from wind and sun is growing so quickly that coal production will soon become unprofitable.
In 1990 a bill was introduced and passed in Hamellburg, Bavaria, giving that town the right to produce their own electricity and feed it into the national grid and give the pro-ducers a feed-in tariff.
By 1993 small producers began to receive money to cover their costs of production. By 2000, new laws gave feed-in producers a 20-year guarantee of costs plus a good cash return on their investment.
No wonder, then, that tur-
bines on the land and photo-voltaic cells on homes have covered Germany.
Associations within com-munities are now investing in both forms of renewables, and are getting a healthy return for their money.
So heres a suggestion. Why cannot our towns and cities home/condo/store owners form associations which would see the installation of PV cells on their members homes, gar-ages, barns, stores which, when tied into our electrical grid, allow them, at the very min-imum to receive a rebate for the power they produce?
The next step would be a wind turbine or two, or three, built and maintained by an association (co-op) of owners. Land owners in Ontario who
have had these installed are making a good dollar simply by leasing their land to produ-cers.
There is no end to how green we could become.
Frank MartensSummerland
Dear Editor:Further to my recent letter
regarding Legion poppy trays, the head office of Dollarama in Quebec makes a substan-tial donation to the Domin-ion Legion Poppy Fund in Ottawa.
Donations collected in the Summerland Legion poppy trays placed in local business-es are used primarily to sup-port the needs of our local vet-erans.
John Dorn, past presidentBranch 22 Royal Canadian
LegionSummerland
Donation was given to Legion
Dear Editor:Prior to the call for the federal elec-
tion, the British Columbia Federation of Labour had begun a campaign to raise the minimum wage in B.C. to $15 per hour.
The South Okanagan Boundary Labour Council is wholly supportive of this initiative and will be working to engage all working people in this endeavour.
The provincial Liberals did, recently, increase the minimum wage by 20 cents an hour or a total of $1.60 per day.
The present minimum wage is now $10.45.
That daily increase in not enough
to buy a cup of coffee at most retailers serving coffee.
The government also said they would tie annual increases to the cost of living increases year over year.
Unfortunately, all this does is insti-tutionalize poverty in our province by ensuring that there will never be an opportunity for the minimum wage to actually become a living wage. In the central Okanagan a living wage for a family of four is in the $16 to $18 range.
A living wage is defined as a wage that would position working families at a level just above the poverty line.
It is time, here in the Okanagan, if we are going to attract and hold on to
young working families to increase the minimum wage closer to, if not actually to a living wage.
We are seeing student enrolments declining in Okanagan Skaha School District to a point where the Board of Education is discussing severe meas-ures to close schools.
The Okanagan is becoming a place that is hostile to young families due to low wages, high housing costs, and the high costs of living.
Now is the time for employers in our region to step up to the plate and recog-nize that having workers in servitude positions is unacceptable.
Usually their employment is only
part time and they have to work mul-tiple jobs just to survive.
If an employer is unable to afford at least the $15 minimum wage level then that employer should not be hiring workers but operating their businesses on their own.
The South Okanagan Boundary Labour Council invites workers in our region who are not earning a living wage to work with us to convince the provin-cial government to make this necessary increase to the minimum wage. We can be contacted at [email protected].
Brent Voss, PresidentSouth Okanagan Boundary Labour
Council Penticton
Higher minimum wage needed
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Thanks for help with fundraiser
Dear Editor:I am writing to thank a
great number of people who helped me put on the dry grad 2016 fundraiser, Nightmare on Nixon.
First of all, thanks so very much for the kind business-es who donated products for building the maze.
Next, my thanks go to all the parents who spent so many hours helping me build the maze that took me a year to plan out.
Also helping on the nights of the maze, to keep every-thing organized and every-one happy, as well as all the parents and students that came to take it all down, thank you.
I do apologize to my neigh-bours, who probably had to buy more candy for the extra visitors who came to their doors.
Also for putting up with all the spooky music, air raid sirens, and screaming.
Next year will be much quieter, probably...
Thank you Raja Gupta, the amazing physics teacher from Summerland Secondary School, who came all nights to help with crowd con-
trol, cleaning up, and counting the money.
He came and supported us without us even asking.
Now, to the grads of 2016. You students did such an awe-some job!
Most of you that could, showed up for all three nights, wore the greasy makeup and had blood splattered on you.
You froze your feet and were probably hit a few times by startled guests, but you still stayed in character and totally made the event hap-pen.
I could not have done it without you.
People came from Pentic-ton, Kelowna and Vernon to see you because they heard what a great job you did. Well done!
I think we made 1,200 peoples Halloween, very scary but fun at the same time. And we had a blast doing it!
What other fun way can you raise more than $5,500 for your grad?
Thank you everyone who took the time to come to our fundraiser, we hope you had as much fun as we did!
Heather PescadaSummerland
Building projectHawk Colquhoun, four years old, builds a marshmallow boat during Summerland Celebrates Science, an introduction to science held at Summerland Secondary School on Nov. 19.
N ow into its 44th year. Operation Santa Claus is directing its focus to support residents of Summerland. Your thoughtful and heartfelt support is once again appreciated.
In the next weeks we hope you will take a minute to bring in a small gift or gifts for a child, teenager, adult or senior and bring it to the Reviews office. Some suggestions are puzzles, toys, touques, mittens, scarves, games, books, socks, quilts, shampoos, toiletries and stocking stuffers.
The Summerland Review, in cooperation with McBain Insurance and with the kind support of the Summerland Food Bank will be distributing the gifts to local summerland families.
Please drop off your
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Nresidents of Summerland. Your thoughtful and heartfelt support is once again appreciated.
In the next weeks we hope you will take a minute to bring in a small gift or gifts for a child, teenager, adult or senior and bring it to the Reviews office. Some suggestions are puzzles, toys, touques, mittens, scarves, games, books, socks, quilts, shampoos, toiletries and stocking stuffers.
The Summerland Review, in cooperation with McBain Insurance and with the kind support of the Summerland Food Bank will be distributing the gifts to local summerland families.
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CounCil reportThe regular meeting of Summerland muni-
cipal council was held on Nov. 23 in council chambers.
The mayor and all councillors were present.Variance permit approved
A development variance permit was approved for 6104 Hespeler Road.
The variance increases the maximum allow-able height of a retaining wall from 1.2 metres to 3.0 metres.Discussion paper received
Council received the document, Discus-sion Paper and Proposed Ministers Bylaw Standards, as marked up by the Agricultural Advisory Committee and forwarded to the Ministry of Agriculture for information.Support letters provided
The municipality will provide two letters of support for Community Gaming Grant applications.
The letters are to the Summerland Asset Development Initiative and the Agur Lake Camp Society.Zoning change adopted
Council adopted a bylaw to amend the zon-ing at 5818 Nixon Rd.
The zoning changes from RSD2 to RSD1.Sewer area bylaw adopted
A bylaw for a local sanitary sewer service area at 6003 Dale Ave. was adopted.
The Summerland-based Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society has received provincial funding for its education and coordination program.
The $10,500 Community Gaming Grants funding was announced last week.
In addition, Alleycats Alliance Society of Penticton received grant funding of $10,000 for its rescue, rehabilitate, release or adopt program and its spay-neuter program.
This funding will help these two great organizations continue their very important work, said Penticton MLA Dan Ashton.
I would like to thank the volunteers and staff of these groups, who do so much for our communities and the region.
The grants were awarded under the environ-ment category of the Community Gaming Grants program.
The grant program allows nonprofit organ-izations to apply for provincial gaming rev-enues.
Each year, the province approves $135 mil-lion in gaming grants for more than 5,000 non-profit organizations throughout the province.
Organizations interested in applying for grant funding can find further information and applications online at gaming.gov.bc.ca/grants/.
Funding provided for invasive species society
Dan Ashton
Discussing environmental issuesParticipants at a public input session last Thursday talked about environmental concerns. The meeting was one of the many consultation sessions the Community Cultural Task Force is holding. Once the consultation process is completed, the task force committee will present a report to municipal council.
A 300-page anthology will feature fiction, true-life stories and poetry about the B.C. Interior.
Voices from the Valleys, edited by Jodie Renner, features works of 51 B.C. writers.
The anthology includes stories about experiences in remote areas, encounters with wildlife, childhood memories, stories about relationships and family bonds and more.
Contributors are from around the province, with 21 living in the South Okanagan.
From Summerland, contributors are John Arendt, Keith Dixon, Dianne
Hildebrand and Anita Perry.Renner said she wanted stories
with a uniquely B.C. flavour.I had envisioned a maximum of
about 20 contributors and up to 200 pages, but the contributions kept pouring in. I also wanted to represent every region in B.C.s Interior, which was another factor that led to the expansion of the book, she said.
All proceeds after production expenses will go to Doctors Without Borders Canada.
I have admired their generous efforts around the world for many years, and felt that, as the worlds
leading independent medical relief organization, focusing on emergency medical and humanitarian relief around the world, they were a highly respected, very worthwhile charity to support, she said. They offer help in third-world countries and war-torn areas where no health or sanitary sys-tems exist, or where the current infra-structures have been overwhelmed by health needs.
A virtual book launch for Voices from the Valleys will take place on Facebook this Sunday afternoon from noon to 5 p.m. at facebook.com/events/1531096483856907/
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Summerland wel-comes our new mem-bers who come to share their services and expertise in a variety of areas.
Paws N Hooves for Half-Pints pro-vides animal facili-tated wellness and therapy, horseman-ship and riding les-sons to children of all ages.
On Main Street Hawt Dawgz Gour-met Burgers and Dogs provides a new twist on old favour-ites. If youre look-ing for convenient fresh food to eat at home Local Motive Organic Delivery is a farm based company striving to help con-sumers connect with
local and B.C. farm products.
Cartwright Moun-tain Construction works in new build residential construc-tion. Taking on the job of municipal plowing for the season OHHC Holdings Ltd. will provide snow remov-al services.
For painting and decorating work Quality Painting can provide that service.
Edgewater Plumb-ing and Heating is a full service plumbing, heating and drain cleaning company that provides servi-ces for commercial, residential and strata customers. S.C. Res-torations Ltd. DBA Stutters DKI will offer
all disaster clean-up and restoration needs in Summerland and throughout the Oka-nagan Valley.Cidery opens tasting room
Dominion Cider Co. is a new craft cidery in Sum-merland that just launched their first batch of cider: a dry, English pub-style cider made with local heirloom apples. If you werent able to catch a tasting dur-ing B.C. Craft Cider Week at events in Summerland and on Vancouver Island, you can sample at their cidery during Bottleneck Drives Light up the Vines event on Nov. 28 and 29.
Their cidery tast-ing room will be open to the public from 3 to 7 p.m. both days with some great cider, snacks and friends.
The tasting room will be officially open after the weekend of Nov. 28 and 29.
You can drop by the farm most days to sample and buy some cider, but call first to make sure someone is available to help.Business anniversaries
Beauty Box Studio
Inc. celebrated their first birthday yester-day. But instead of getting presents they were giving out priz-es to their customers. Cherry Tree Quilts Quilt Shop and Stu-dio were also feeling generous on their birthday.
They celebrated three years in busi-ness this month with a sale and in-store giveaways.ElectroMotion solution
E l e c t r o M o t i o n Energy has unveiled a remarkably cost effective and energy-efficient Revolution Home designed specifically for the NWT using their patented Revolu-tion Electro Motion Revolution Home technology.
The Revolution replaces traditional heating, cooling and hot water systems with one complete unit that also gen-erates electricity and when the power utility fails auto-matically switches to provide backup heat and power to the home.
The entire system is designed to be effi-cient and environ-mental ly- f r iendly by reducing diesel
fuel consumption by some 30 per cent and carbon emissions by approximately 50 per cent.
A Revolution homes initial cost is comparable to a trad-itional wood frame home, but because it generates electricity and provides huge savings in energy and maintenance costs it essentially pays for itself.Open houses
DeLong Studio hosted their annual open house this month to showcase their new products.
If you missed the event they are open daily from 10 am to 5 pm until Dec. 22. Continuing the cre-ative theme, Will Enns hosted his annual art party at his home and studio at the beginning of the month.
Always a fun occa-sion, the event pro-vides Will with the opportunity to enter-tain his patrons and show them what he is currently working on.
Last month, Sum-merland Berryland hosted their first end of season celebration with refreshments and, of course, rasp-berries.
Signwave shows services
Signwave Signs have had a great month celebrating their second anniver-sary with the launch of their new website. The website showcas-es their products on a user friendly and modern new site.
Signwaves new marketing strat-egy also includes an enhanced listing on the Chamber website that highlights their key services.New faces and new places
After 14 years in business in Sum-merland, RE/MAX Orchard Country has been sold.
Youll continue to see the familiar faces of the realtors there but under the new ownership of Deb-orah Moore, owner of Re/Max Penticton Realty.
Looking for more space Beauty and the Brit is moving to a new location on Dec. 1. Her services will now be located in Summerland Reflex-ology on Henry Avenue, behind San-torinis.Winery gains exposure
TH Wines was showcased this month across Can-ada. The first feature was a video made by the Okanagan Wine Club, which features local Okanagan win-eries paired with chefs. The second was in a feature in the Mercedes-Benz Can-ada Magazine called
Toast to Coast. The article looks
at the changing land-scape of Canadas wine regions and say that The TH Wines that we sample inside the tiny 42-square metre tasting room, ...blow me away.Festival of Lights
On Nov. 27, the Festival of Lights lights up the town. This years Country Christmas couldnt have happened with-out the support of our sponsors: the Summerland Credit Union, Nesters Mar-ket - Summerland, IGA Summerland, the District of Sum-merland, Progressive Waste Solutions, RBC Royal Bank, Sum-merland Motel, Sum-merland Waterfront Resort, Tim Hortons, True Grain Bread, Country 100.7, the Summerland Review, Castanet, the Pentic-ton Herald, FortisBC, Shoppers Drug Mart, TAC Solutions, Bank of Montreal, Bartlett Tree Experts, Cherry Tree Quilts, CIBC, Local Lounge Grill, Nigels Electrical Ser-vices and Design, Pet-kau Infotech, Source Graphics and Print and the Summerland Dental Centre.
There will be a number of great activities put on by our downtown mer-chants and associa-tions with welcoming decorations, refresh-ments and offers for everyone.
As well as hosting their own venue on Victoria Street during light up our Bottle-neck Drive members will be hosting their annual winter event, Light up the Vines, on Nov. 28 and 29, with prize draws, sampling and enter-tainment.
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B.C. oil refinery proponent David Black says his $22-bil-lion proposal wont die with the apparently thwarted Northern Gateway pipeline he aims to bring oil sands bitumen across northern B.C. by train instead.
The Victoria businessman, who is majority owner of Black Press and this news-paper, spoke Wednesday at a Rotary Club meeting in South Surrey.
Blacks Kitimat Clean proposal calls for a refinery between Terrace and Kitimat that would process bitumen into gasoline, diesel and other refined fuels for Asian mar-kets.
He said the federal Lib-eral governments move to formally ban crude oil tank-ers from B.C.s north coast means the Northern Gateway pipeline plan is pretty much dead but that shouldnt block tanker exports of refined fuel, which would be less damag-ing than a spill of crude or bitumen at sea.
Black said his plan to carry oil by rail will be far safer than the crude oil trains that have been vulnerable to fiery disasters elsewhere.
He said hes in talks with CN Rail to load rail cars with undiluted bitumen, which would be much thicker vir-tually solid compared to the diluted bitumen that moves through pipelines or the light oil thats often carried by train.
The bitumen would be heated at the beginning and end of each rail trip to make it flow for loading and unloading from tanker cars. Black argues it would be unlikely to leak or burn if a train derailed.
Its safer and way easier, he said, estimating six trains a day would run every four hours.
Black continues to pursue environmental approvals, and believes that with green lights from regulators and first nations, oil shippers and financiers will come on board.
But his is not the only such proposal.
Pacific Future Energy, led by a Mexican conglomer-ate, initially tried to buy Black out and has since proposed a similar refin-ery with the
same technology. Its back-ers include SNC Lavalin and prominent aboriginal advis-ors.
Pacific Future initially pro-posed a site in Prince Rupert but Black said that firm is try-ing to strike a deal with the Kitselas band for the same site Kitimat Clean had chosen.
There are other poten-tial sites with different first nations, he said, but theyre less suitable.
Black also criticized the provincial governments focus on liquefied natural gas projects.
He said his refinery would generate more permanent jobs and taxes for govern-ments than even an optimistic number of LNG plants.
Government really dove at this, he said, adding the province rolled over in guaranteeing generous tax treatment to get the industry on board, leaving little future revenue to government.
The Summerland branch of the Royal Canadian Legion raised more than $11,000 during this years poppy campaign.
The poppy fund, from the sale of Remembrance Day wreaths and col-lections from poppy trays, provides money to be used for the benefit of veterans or to promote remembrance in their memory.
The attendance at this years Remembrance Day ceremony indi-cates the high level of appreciation by Summerlanders of our veterans, past and present, said Mike Brazeau, president of the Legion branch.
It is gratifying to see the increasing number of youths participating at the Memorial Park service.
He added that David Gregory and Dave Hill deserve thanks for their initiative in creating the remembrance street banner project.
The banner project has a goal of cre-ating a banner for each of the people listed on the cenotaph in Memorial Park.
There is a banner for every name with a photograph available.
Those who have pictures of veter-ans named on the cenotaph are asked to drop them off at the Legion, to the attention of John Dorn. All photo-graphs will be returned.
Poppy campaign raises $11,000
Breakfast funding Summerland Legion representative Mary Barkwill presents Tammy Carter with a $500 donation for the Summerland Middle School Breakfast Program.
Black promotes safer oil-by-rail plan for refinery
Seasonal craftsNaomi Akutagawa and Jason Smith of Summerland Community Sup-port show some handcrafted items for sale at the Christmas Presents Summerland Holiday Market on the weekend. The market drew around 750 people over the two days. Food donations were collected and around $280 in cash was raised for the Summerland Food Bank.
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Carla McLeodSpecial to the Review
For roughly 60 years the local congregation of Jehovahs Wit-nesses has been meeting at their Kingdom Hall on Julia Street. In the near future they hope to be worshipping in a brand new building on Biagioni Avenue.
In the spirit of an old fash-ioned barn raising, the brother-hood is coming together to build the new Kingdom Hall in a matter of eight weeks.
Jehovahs Witnesses are a worldwide, non-profit reli-gious organization, engaged in Bible education work.
An arm of that organization, called JW Congregation Sup-port, provides the construc-tion and management services for properties that need to be built, renovated or maintained. They have their own national data base called Builder Assist-ant, where hundreds of trades people have registered, offering to volunteer their services.
The volunteer Construction Management Team, for B.C. is made up of 10 individuals, five
couples, who travel from site to site working with the local congregations. This team is not only responsible for the legal-ities involved at each work-site, acquiring permits and purchasing materials, but also for organizing and scheduling the local volunteers and trades people.
Everyone involved, from the design team to the structural and electrical engineers and all of the trades workers are vol-unteers drawn from the Builder Assistant data base.
Having completed other building projects in the prov-ince, the building management team has finally arrived in Summerland and the construc-tion of the new Kingdom Hall has begun. While they are here, they will be housed with local Witness families.
Members of the Summerland congregation are preparing and serving lunch to all the volun-teers working at the construc-tion site.
The teams field representa-tive, Scott Dickson, explained
that the new hall will be approximately 344 square metres with seating capacity for about 160 people. It will be an Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) building.
There is two inches of Styro-foam on either side of concrete that fills the centerkind of like a cookie and cream filling sort of thing, he said. Its very efficient energy wise. It will have radiant in-floor heating, so again very efficient because we want to be environmentally conscious.
Dickson also explained that even though the building will be built by volunteers, the workmanship will be of excel-lent quality with a careful eye to detail.
The management teams goal is to hand over the keys to the local congregation in approxi-mately eight weeks.
Typically what we try to do is to have an eight to nine week construction schedule, said Dickson. That is our goal, because we have multiple pro-jects scheduled for the rest of
the year.Kingdom Halls throughout
the world are financed from a pool of money made up of voluntary donations from the members of each congregation.
We call each other brother and sister. We really do feel like we are part of a worldwide family, explained Dickson. Its not just us here that want to have nice places to meet and to worship in. We want our brothers and sisters in Africa or Asia to have that same ability.
Dickson reported that there was a need for 14,232 new King-dom Halls to be built world-wide, due to the growth of the organization. He also explained that Jehovahs Witnesses view their Kingdom Halls as bible education centres, where fam-ilies can come together to learn about God, life skills and how to deal lovingly with each other.
Because we view the build-ings in this way, we are thrilled, honored and privileged to have a share in their construction, he said.
Comparing the building of
the Kingdom Hall to that of a Mennonite barn raising, Dick-son said,
The difference is that our barn has heating, air condi-tioning, carpet, tile, wallpaper, paint, bathroom fixtures, land-scaping and fencing.
Once the construction of the new building is completed there will be an open house held.
We hope that the commun-ity will come and see what will-ing hands and warm hearted volunteers can do, said Dick-son.
Jehovahs Witnesses meet weekly on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. and Sunday mor-nings at 10 a.m. Their meet-ings are open to the public and no collection is taken. To learn more about their activities, go to JW.org.
If you know a positive story about someone in our community, contact Carla McLeod at [email protected] or contact the Summerland Review newsroom at 250-494-5406.
Kingdom HallThe new Jehovahs Witnesses Kingdom Hall will use a pattern similar to other Kingdom Halls elsewhere. The building will be constructed on Biagioni Avenue and will be constructed by volunteers. The new building will have seating capacity for around 160.
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Douglas Paton
Its Festival of Lights time here in Summerland and, much like there is every year, theres no shortage of cultural things to do around town.
The big, hard to miss thing, to do this weekend is the Light Up event on Friday night. Main Street floods with people, families, vendors and music to celebrate the holiday season. With all the merry chaos, it can be hard, especially if youre new to Sum-merland, to figure out any one thing to do.
The main stage is always a great place to start. Start-ing at 5:15 and going through until the end of the night, music will be featured here
with performances by the Trout Creek Elementary School Choir, Robyn and Ryleigh and head-liner The Chris Buck Band.
If music isnt so much your thing, ice carvers will be doing their thing in the Nesters parking lotwhich is always amazing to watch, especially consid-ering I can barely get the cubes out of the tray without destroy-ing at least one.
You can also take some time to visit downtown vend-ors or stop by and visit the Summerland Art Gallery, whose 12 Gifts of Christ-mas Sale starts that night and runs until December 24th.
Of course, you cant go downtown during this event without enjoying the official Light Up cere-mony at 7 p.m., when the Christmas lights come on downtown. And you also cant miss the fireworks, which start at 8:30 p.m.
For a complete schedule pop over to www.summerland-lightup.com and plan your night.
If youre looking for something a little different to do this weekend, but youre
still in the holiday frame of mind, then Light Up the Vines is for you. Now in its fifth year, Light up the Vines is a great excuse to get out and enjoy one last tour of Summer-lands wineries and cideries and see our local vineyards lit up like, well, Christ-mas trees. There are food and wine pairings on offer, as well as other excit-ing things like music to be enjoyedlocal duo Timbre Wolves are playing at Saxon
Winery on Nov. 28 starting at 4 p.m.
You can tour around on your own, meandering self-guided tour for the event or get involved in one of the many guided tours that are offered on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
Please remember to stay safe if youre out on your own and dont drink and drive.
For more infor-mation visit: www.bottleneckdrive.com.
The great thing
about events like these is the way they not only bring the community togeth-er, but bring people
to Summerland to explore and get to know our arts and cultural scene a little better, from helping people discover a new favourite band to helping someone find that perfect little gift for the art lover in your life, so get on out there and enjoy three days of fun here in Summerland.
Douglas Paton is a Summerland writer and musician. If you know of a local arts and culture event, contact him at [email protected].
Plenty to do during Festival of Lights
An annual celebration of Christmas carols will be held on Dec. 6, a week later than usual this year.
Celebrating Christmas, an interchurch event with a seasonal theme, will be held at St. Johns Lutheran Church. It will feature choirs and performers from several Summer-land churches as well as a time of singing from those in attendance.
Michael Colbeck, minister at St. Johns Lutheran Church, said the celebration this year will replace the community carol festival, which had been held on the Sunday of the Festival of Lights weekend.
Celebrating Christmas begins at 4 p.m. Later, at 6 p.m., a family-oriented time of Christmas music will be held outside. Hot chocolate and popcorn will be available.
A free-will offering at the event will go to support the Summerland Food Bank.
Carol celebration set for Dec. 6
Festive scarvesJanet Cornett-Ching of Jaynes Treasures shows some colourful scarves at one of the tables at Christmas Presents, a craft fair held Saturday and Sunday at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre.
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PLUS A deluxe one night stay at the Summerland Waterfront Resort, a $100.00 Gift Certifi cate to Nesters Market,
a $100.00 Gift Certifi cate to Summerland IGA and a $100.00 Gift Certifi cate to Zias Stonehouse.
Sponsored by:
You could
WINa $30.00
Gift Certifi catefrom the
participating businesses.
ENTER AT THESE PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES:
Summerland
COUNTRY CORNER
SUPPLIES
Contest closes December 12, 2015
2015
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To be spent with the local participating
merchants.
Plus You WIN A deluxe one night
stay at the Summerland Waterfront Resort,
A $100.00 Gift Certifi cate to Nesters Market,
A $100.00 Gift Certifi cate to Summerland IGA
And a $100.00 Gift Certifi cate to Zias
Stonehouse.
An evening of pampering and caring
For every $25 spentFrom Nov. 30th to Dec 19th, 2015
(excluding Tobacco products)
You Earn ONE Santa Buckto be redeemed towards your food bill
(excluding Tobacco products) in the store the week of December 20th - 24th, 2015
Open 7 days a week 7:30am - 9pm13604 Victoria Rd.
SANTA BUCKSat
STARTS NOV. 30TH
2015
Protect your eyes from the sun and snow with
fashion sunglasses from Summerland Optometry
Dr. Grant GoodsDr. Kimberley Goods
(250) 494-926613225 Victoria Rd. N.
Summerland, BC
Come In Light Up Night For A Glass Of Wine!Browse our beautiful selection of
Local Art & Jewelry $5 Wine Tastings & Complimentary Hot Apple Cider! Proceeds to the Summerland Food Bank$5 Wine Tastings & Complimentary Hot Apple Cider!
250-494-69219310 Jubilee Road, Summerland Free Estimates Delivery Available
Warm Up After FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
Honeywell Energy SmartTM Heater
Simply Set & Save EnergyDigital Control, Cool Touch Grille
$59.95
250-494-6921
Digital Control, Cool Touch GrilleDigital Control, Cool Touch Grille
250-494-6921
10108 Jubilee Road 250-494-3155Open Mon. - Fri.: 8:30 am - 9 pm, Sat: 9 am - 6 pm & Sun: 10 am - 6 pm
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Locally owned and operated!
SUMMERLANDWe Make It Easier For You
Valid Nov. 22 - Dec. 19, 2015 Redeemable until Jan. 19, 2015
7519 Prairie Valley Road - Summerfair Plaza
HOLIDAY ENTERTAININGHOLIDAY ENTERTAININGHOLIDAY ENTERTAINING
EARN $1 WITH EVERY $25 GROCERY PURCHASE*
THE MORE YOU SPEND, THE BETTER IT GETS...SPEND $50 = EARN $2
SPEND $75 = EARN $3 AND SO ON
COUNTRY CORNERSUPPLIES
13008A Victoria Rd. North
250-494-3063
Visit Us at Light-up for
Super Sale Deals!! First 100 Customers Receive a Surprise
Gift Bag.
Summerland
Great Gift Ideas for him or her this Season!Mon. - Sat. 9-5:30 PM ~ Sun. 10 - 4 PM
250-494-HOME (4663)Main Street Summerland
KIDDE Carbon Monoxide
Alarm10 year life with battery backup
Reg. $34.99
SALE $17.97
Contest closes December 12, 2015
GRAND PRIZE $1000 Shopping Spree
Enter At These Participating Businesses
Luxury Spa Manis...$65 & Pedis...$75 Both with moisturizing soothing paraffin dips.Signature Facial...$100 Signature Massage...$110
Sea Salt & Loofah Glow...$113 Aromatherapy Body Wrap...$98*Taxes not included. Free GC will be equal to the least amount purchased. *Minimum Purchase $60.
Buy 5 Get 1 FreeThis Christmas treat your loved one to some well deserved relaxation
with a Beyond Wrapture Gift Card at the Summerland Waterfront Resort.
250.448.8899 www.beyondwrapture.com 1.866.548.8899
Monday to Thursday 9:00am - 7:30pm, Friday - 9:00am - 7:00pm Saturday & Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm
#100-13009 Rosedale Avenue Ph: 250-494-3422
Summerland Medicine Centre
10% OFFDec. 1 to Dec. 31st,
2015
Lift Chairs & Sleep Chairs
Come Out This Saturday & Support Summerland Fire Departments Annual Toys & Toonies for Tots & Teens Lets Fill The Boots! Bring your toys or cash donation
Breakfast by Donation 8 am - 11 am
13229 HENRY AVE. 250-494-7811
Warm Up With Our Specials During Festival of Lights
A $100.
A $100.
2015Your Chance to Win!
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To be spent with the local participating
merchants.
Plus You WIN A deluxe one night
stay at the Summerland Waterfront Resort,
A $100.00 Gift Certifi cate to Nesters Market,
A $100.00 Gift Certifi cate to Summerland IGA
And a $100.00 Gift Certifi cate to Zias
Stonehouse.
An evening of pampering and caring
For every $25 spentFrom Nov. 30th to Dec 19th, 2015
(excluding Tobacco products)
You Earn ONE Santa Buckto be redeemed towards your food bill
(excluding Tobacco products) in the store the week of December 20th - 24th, 2015
Open 7 days a week 7:30am - 9pm13604 Victoria Rd.
SANTA BUCKSat
STARTS NOV. 30TH
2015
Protect your eyes from the sun and snow with
fashion sunglasses from Summerland Optometry
Dr. Grant GoodsDr. Kimberley Goods
(250) 494-926613225 Victoria Rd. N.
Summerland, BC
Come In Light Up Night For A Glass Of Wine!Browse our beautiful selection of
Local Art & Jewelry $5 Wine Tastings & Complimentary Hot Apple Cider! Proceeds to the Summerland Food Bank$5 Wine Tastings & Complimentary Hot Apple Cider!
250-494-69219310 Jubilee Road, Summerland Free Estimates Delivery Available
Warm Up After FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
Honeywell Energy SmartTM Heater
Simply Set & Save EnergyDigital Control, Cool Touch Grille
$59.95
250-494-6921
Digital Control, Cool Touch GrilleDigital Control, Cool Touch Grille
250-494-6921
10108 Jubilee Road 250-494-3155Open Mon. - Fri.: 8:30 am - 9 pm, Sat: 9 am - 6 pm & Sun: 10 am - 6 pm
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Locally owned and operated!
SUMMERLANDWe Make It Easier For You
Valid Nov. 22 - Dec. 19, 2015 Redeemable until Jan. 19, 2015
7519 Prairie Valley Road - Summerfair Plaza
HOLIDAY ENTERTAININGHOLIDAY ENTERTAININGHOLIDAY ENTERTAINING
EARN $1 WITH EVERY $25 GROCERY PURCHASE*
THE MORE YOU SPEND, THE BETTER IT GETS...SPEND $50 = EARN $2
SPEND $75 = EARN $3 AND SO ON
COUNTRY CORNERSUPPLIES
13008A Victoria Rd. North
250-494-3063
Visit Us at Light-up for
Super Sale Deals!! First 100 Customers Receive a Surprise
Gift Bag.
Summerland
Great Gift Ideas for him or her this Season!Mon. - Sat. 9-5:30 PM ~ Sun. 10 - 4 PM
250-494-HOME (4663)Main Street Summerland
KIDDE Carbon Monoxide
Alarm10 year life with battery backup
Reg. $34.99
SALE $17.97
Contest closes December 12, 2015
GRAND PRIZE $1000 Shopping Spree
Enter At These Participating Businesses
Luxury Spa Manis...$65 & Pedis...$75 Both with moisturizing soothing paraffin dips.Signature Facial...$100 Signature Massage...$110
Sea Salt & Loofah Glow...$113 Aromatherapy Body Wrap...$98*Taxes not included. Free GC will be equal to the least amount purchased. *Minimum Purchase $60.
Buy 5 Get 1 FreeThis Christmas treat your loved one to some well deserved relaxation
with a Beyond Wrapture Gift Card at the Summerland Waterfront Resort.
250.448.8899 www.beyondwrapture.com 1.866.548.8899
Monday to Thursday 9:00am - 7:30pm, Friday - 9:00am - 7:00pm Saturday & Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm
#100-13009 Rosedale Avenue Ph: 250-494-3422
Summerland Medicine Centre
10% OFFDec. 1 to Dec. 31st,
2015
Lift Chairs & Sleep Chairs
Come Out This Saturday & Support Summerland Fire Departments Annual Toys & Toonies for Tots & Teens Lets Fill The Boots! Bring your toys or cash donation
Breakfast by Donation 8 am - 11 am
13229 HENRY AVE. 250-494-7811
Warm Up With Our Specials During Festival of Lights
A $100.
A $100.
2015Your Chance to Win!
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NOVEMBER 27th, 2015Well be serving:
CHICKEN FAJITAS
Open 7 days a week 7:30am - 9pm13604 Victoria Rd.
Festival Of LightsCome on in and warm up with us during
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Choral soundsChildren from Trout Creek Elementary School were among the musical entertainers at last years Festival of Lights. An assortment of music will be presented once again this year. The annual festival will be held on Friday evening.
FireworksA fireworks display will be held on Friday at 8:30 p.m. during the Fes-tival of Lights.
Kids! come to
in the Credit Union building
from 5:15 - 8:00 to make a
Cool Christmas Craft!
Santas Workshop
proud sponsor
of the
fireworks
display!
Festival of Lights
November 27, 2015
An evening of pampering and caring
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2013 BUSINESS OF
THE YEAR!
Locally Owned & Operated by Colin Powell
... while also having a sense of accomplishment for supporting YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
SUMMERLAND
Bring down a cash donation or purchase a pre-packed bag of food for a chance to
Join IGA and the Summerland Community Food Bank at the 28th Annual Festival of Lights with a Fundraising BBQ! All proceeds going to the Summerland Community Food Bank.
OPEN DAILY from 8am - 9pm
7519 Prairie Valley Rd. 250-494-4376
Festival of Lights
2014 CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE RETAIL EXCELLENCE
AWARD!
$200 IGA Gift CardWINaDrop off location
Corner of Victoria and Main...Across from The Beanery Caf and the Summerland IGA
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Thursday Al-Anon offers help to families and friends of alcoholics. Summerland Serenity Group meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in the United Church hall. Call 250-490-9272 for more information.Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers meet at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre on Thursday evenings. Beavers meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Cubs meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Scouts meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Venturers meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For details call Trent at 250-494-1990. Carpet bowling at the Summerland Seniors Drop-in Centre is held every Thursday at 10 a.m. and every Sunday at 1:15 p.m.Euchre is played every second and fourth Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St. Lyme Disease support group meets on the first Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. at Theos Restaurant in Penticton. Everyone welcome.Recreational volley-ball for all. Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 10 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. Contact Frank or Jane at 250-494-4666.Summerland Caregiver Support Group meets the second and fourth Thursdays of every month from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Summerland Health Centre lower conference room. For more information call Cindy at 250-404-8072.Summerland Masonic Lodge meets at the IOOF Hall on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. and meets for coffee every Wednesday at 9 a.m. at Santorinis Restaurant. If interested in learn-ing more, drop by or call Craig Brown at 778-479-3795 or Orv Robson at 250-494-1504. Summerland Material Girls Quilt Guild meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from September to May at 9 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. For more information call Cathy Patterson at 250-494-8274 or Annie Smirmaul at 250-494-2286.Summerland Sports-
mens Association meets every third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Summerland Legion. The SSA focuses on fishing, shooting, hunt-ing, archery and con-servation and is affiliat-ed with the B.C. Wildlife Federation. New mem-bers welcome.Summerland TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Thursday at 5:30 p.m., lower floor of Summerland Seniors Centre. For info call Vicki at 250-494-5484. The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group meets on the first Thursday of every month at 10:30 a.m. at the MS office, 3373 Skaha Rd., Penticton. Everyone welcome. For more information call Sherry at 250-493-6564.The Summerland trad-itional rug artists get together at Summerland United Church every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. New members and visitors are always wel-come. For more infor-mation phone 250-494-1278.
FridayBridge is played every Friday at 1 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St. Phone Irene at 250-404-4562. Cribbage is played every Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St.Ladies Drop-in Volleyball every Friday, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. Everyone welcome. For more information call Donna at 250-494-9718 or Debbie at 250-494-7733.Pleasure Painters meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. Come and enjoy or check it out. Drop-ins welcome.Rebekah Annual Chilli Night during Summerlands Festival of Lights, Nov. 27 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the IOOF Hall on Main Street. Enjoy a big bowl of chili and a bun with a cup of hot chocolate or apple cider.Tai Chi beginner and intermediate, at the Summerland Seniors Drop-in Centre, Fridays 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. For
further information call Susan at 250-494-3370.The 890 Wing of the South Okanagan Air Force Association of Canada have a get-together every Friday night from 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. in Penticton. New members are welcome. For more information, phone Fred Monteith at 250-497-8490.
SaturdayCharity bottle drive at Summerland IGA each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds from the collections will go to support the Summerland Food Bank and Critteraid.Cribbage wil l take place at the Summerland Seniors Drop-in Centre every fourth Saturday until June, beginning at 1 p.m. Singles welcome. Refreshments will be served.Summerland Ladies Hockey takes place at the Summerland Arena Saturdays at 8:30 pm. All skill levels welcome. Contact Judy Beck at [email protected].
SundayDivorceCare, Single and Parenting, and DivorceCare for Kids (ages five to 12) will be offered Sunday even-ings at Summerland Baptist Church, Oct. 18 to Jan. 24. The sessions start with dinner at 4:30 p.m., followed by the courses from 5 to 6:45 p.m. Call 250-494-3313 for more information or to register.Vintage Car Club, South Okanagan Chapter, meets the last Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. in the Youth Centre on Peach Orchard Road. Anyone interested in vintage cars (those 25 years or older) is invited to attend. For more infor-mation on the club phone 250-494-5473.
MondayBirthright, serving the South Okanagan, has Monday drop-in from 10 a.m. to noon at 200 Bennett St. in Penticton. This week-ly program provides light snacks and an opportunity to build friendships, share life skills and participate in baby item swaps. Please contact Sandy Mikkelsen at 250-492-4901 for more info.Dabber Bingo is played at the Senior Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St., every Monday at 1 p.m. 16 regular games, Lucky 7, Odd/Even, Bonanza. Everyone is welcome. License #832873.
Men Love to Sing? Okanagan Christian Mens Choir. This non-denominational choir invites you to join us, have fun, sing unto the Lord and enjoy the fellowship of other sing-ers. Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Summerland Baptist Church, Fireside Room. For more infor-mation contact Hans at 250-494-7127. The South Okanagan Orchid Society meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Shatford Centre in Penticton. The group meets September to June. For more infor-mation, contact Joan at 250-494-4293.The Summerland Crokinole Club meets Monday nights at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Summerland Seniors Centre. Contact Darlene at 250-494-9310.
TuesdayContract Bridge is played at St. Stephen Anglican Church in Summerland every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. Everyone is wel-come to join in the fun. Refreshments available. For more information, please call Sheila at 250-494-8996.The Quest Society of Summerland is seek-ing new members who are interested in help-ing others in the com-munity. Quest Society of Summerland meets at 9700 Brown St. (Parkdale Place meet-ing room) on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. For further infor-mation contact Marilyn Topham at 250-494-6434 or Joan Lansdell at 778-476-0596 or email [email protected] Kiwanis Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Kiwanis Lodge on Quinpool at 6 p.m. New members are welcome. Contact Tom Jacques at 250-494-4339.Summerland VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) members and friends meet the second Tuesday of the month at Parkdale Lounge.Tai Chi at the Summerland Seniors Drop-in Centre, Tuesdays at 9 a.m. for beginners and 10 a.m. for advanced. For more information call Nancy at 250-494-9802.The Mental Wellness Centre, Summerland Branch, will be open the first, third and fourth Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Summerland United Church. Inquiries welcome.The Summerland
Multiple Sclerosis Group joins the Penticton MS Group every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a coffee social at the Cherry Lane Mall Food Court.Whist is played every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St.
Wednesday Be.Free, a 12-step Christ-centred recov-ery program that is not addiction specific, meets every Wednesday at Summerland Alliance Church at 7 p.m. For more information con-tact the SAC office at 250-494-9975 and ask to speak to Pastor Rick.Did you know Summerland has a Garden Club? Meetings are casual. Gardening experience varies. All gardeners are wel-come. Meetings are the third Wednesday of the month. Contact Jan Carlson at 250-494-5112 for more information.South Okanagan Genealogical Society is open Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Penticton Library Museum building. Contact Nola Reid at 250-492-0751.Summerland Art Club meets every Wednesday, September to June, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the for-mer library building on Wharton Street. Painters of all levels are welcome. Workshops available. For information call Mary at 250-494-5851.Summerland ATV Club meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the lower level of the former Summerland Library building on Wharton Street. The club promotes respon-sible ridership including registration, insurance, safety certification and scheduled pleas-ure rides. Membership includes orchardists, farmers, ranchers and fun seekers of all ages including those with disabilities.S u m m e r l a n d Badminton Club plays every Wednesday at 7 p.m. For information call Shaun at 250-494-1513.
UpcomingChristmas Time is Here time to enjoy this years Christmas concert being offered by the The Penticton Tune-Agers choir and orchestra at the Summerland United Church, Sunday Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. and at the Shatford Centre in Penticton, Sunday Dec.
13 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available in advance at either location and from members of the Tune-Agers. Summerland tickets are also avail-able at the Beanery and Penticton tickets at Dragons Den on Front Street. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information call 250-494-9700.Pickleball begins Wednesday, Jan. 6 and continues to April 27 at Trout Creek Elementary School. The game is held Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. All are wel-come to participate. A small drop-in fee will be collected.St. Stephens Anglican Church will hold its annual Snowflake Tea on Dec. 5 from 1 to 3 p.m. The tea includes selling cookies by the pound, candy, baking and a gift and jewelry table.Summerland Singers and Players have post-
poned their production of The Butler Did It until April 21 to 24, 2016. They are still looking for an actress tofill the role of Vickie, who is in her 20s. Rehearsals begin in the spring. Contact Bob Read, at [email protected], if interested in trying out.The Penticton Constituency NDP Association is holding its annual Christmas Fundraising Party on Friday, Dec. 4 at the Days Inn Banquet Room, 152 Riverside Dr. No host bar at 5 p.m.; buf-fet dinner at 5:45 p.m. Tickets must be pur-chased in advance from Jeanette Wood, email [email protected] or phone 250-493-4341.The Summerland Museum has resumed its fall and winter hours. The museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.
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anglican church of st. stephen 9311 Prairie Valley Rd. (Stone Church in Summerland)
Sunday Services - 8:30 am & 10 amOffice Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday - 9 am - 1 pm
250-494-3466The Reverend Rick Paulin
www.summeranglican.camodern clean banquet facility available
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