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COMPOST GROUP MEETSThe Compost Site Select Committee met for the first time on January 14 2

CLUBS HOPE TO FINISH PIERThe wheelchair-accessible pier the service clubs hope to build may be finished this summer 3

HAIL TO THE HAGGISThe legion paid tribute to Scottish poet Robbie Burns on Jan. 25 with the traditional annual event 12

ART IS WHERE THE HEART ISArtist Amy Modahl explores the idealized notion of home in her exhibition 19

ERIN CHRISTIE

TEN-YEAR-OLD CARLIE DIONNE and her friend, Anna Ayling, 10, enjoy one of their favourite books during a Family Literacy Day event at the Okanagan Public Library’s Peachland branch on Jan. 26. Since 1999, Jan. 27 has been ABC Family Literacy Day in Canada. As an early celebration of the the occasion, several branches of the Okanagan Public Library held “Unplug And Play” events to kick off a week-long series of literacy events designed to bring families together, by cutting down on recreational screen time for kids.

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Expedited fire hall roof replacement OK’d by councillors TREVOR NICHOLS REGIONAL REPORTER [email protected]

Council gave early budget approval of $20,000 to replace the fire hall roof, after Director of Community Services Cheryl Wiebe warned the roof had “reached a state of critical failure.”

According to Wiebe, snow melting off the roof has lead to visible leaks, and an assessment conducted Jan. 12 revealed evidence of ongoing leakage. Some of the leaks are happening near electrical wiring.

“This is urgent. If we get a signifi-cant rainstorm or another significant snowfall we’re at risk of serious issues,”

she said, saying further water damage could impact the integrity of the build-ing.

At the Committee of the Whole meet-ing Jan. 26, Coun. Peter Schierbeck asked if it was possible to “put a band-aid on this broken elbow.” He said since the current fire hall might not be in use for that much longer, a temporary solu-

tion could save the district money.Wiebe said temporary patches have

already been added to critical areas of the roof, and that more temporary solutions will not be sufficient. She said she has taken other roof replacement projects out of the 2016 budget consid-erations to offset costs of the fire hall replacement.

Committee members meet to make inroads on compost site issueERIN CHRISTIE EDITOR [email protected]

A possible visit from the regional district’s waste reduction man-ager, a closer look at Urban Systems’ July 7 report and the extension of the pro-verbial olive branch

are all byproducts of the first meeting of Peachland’s Compost Site Select Committee, held at the Peach-land Historic Primary School on Jan. 14.

The committee, formed in the wake of a well-attended pub-lic meeting regarding the site’s closure this

fall held on Dec. 2, comprised of Couns. Mario Vucinovic and Pam Cunningham, four members of the increasingly active residents’ lobby group, and two members se-lected by council.

The members in-clude: Dora Stewart, Eric Hall, who was

named Chairperson of the committee on Jan. 14, Graham Todd, Wayne Power, Rick Kaminski and Taryn Skalbania.

Director of Corpo-rate Services Polly Palmer said the two d ist r ic t-appoi nted members were select-ed by secret ballot vote

in accordance to the Community Commit-tee Policy, based on the four applications the district received after advertising for the positions.

The two-hour meet-ing, which was also attended by Chief Ad-ministrative Officer Elsie Lemke and Di-rector of Operations Joe Mitchell, was intended, according to Lemke, as an op-portunity to elect a chairperson, review the background in-

formation and discuss steps forward.

After months of pub-lic outcry and friction between the residents’ group and the district and council, com-mittee member Dora Stewart said she felt like some progress might finally be made.

“It’s nice to see a glimmer of hope in our operations direc-tor,” Stewart told the group, nodding to Mitchell.

“I think so far, we’ve been victims

of succumbing to the complexities of life. But I think we can move forward now. I hold that community input and participa-tion are indispensable to finding solutions. “

The committee is expected to meet with the regional district’s waste reduction man-ager, Peter Rotheisler, before the end of Jan-uary.

The committee will hold its next public meeting in early Feb-ruary.

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DISTRICT OF PEACHLAND Operations Director Joe Mitchell was one of four representatives present at the first meeting of the compost site select committee, which will meet regularly until March.

ERIN CHRISTIE

COMPOST SITE SELECT committee members Graham Todd and Dora Stewart raise concerns during the committee’s Jan. 14 meeting held at the Peachland Historic Primary School.

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Heritage Park pier could be finished by end of summerTREVOR NICHOLS REGIONAL REPORTER [email protected]

The wheelchair-accessible fishing pier Peachland’s service clubs hope to build on the lakefront off Heritage Park could be finished by the end of the summer.

The pier – which is being pushed for-ward by the Peachland Lions Club, The Rotary Club of Peachland and the Peach-land Sportsmen’s Association – will stretch about 127 metres along the shore from behind the Rotary Pavilion towards the south end of Heritage Park.

According to Brian Junnila of the Rotary Club, it will be the first wheel-chair-accessible, multi-purpose public pier on Okanagan Lake. He thinks that, as well as being a striking addition to the town’s waterfront, the pier will also put Peachland on the map as a disabili-ty-friendly destination.

Once it’s finished, the service clubs will donate it to the District of Peach-land, and on Jan. 26 Junnila updated the

Committee of the Whole (COTW) on the project’s progress.

He said that, after an unexpectedly quick response from the government on the environmental assessment, the clubs plan to have the pier finished by the end of the summer. If all the proper permits are in order, construction can begin on June 1, which Junnila pointed out is only 125 days away.

“We understand that we’re in a com-pression zone here, and I think we’re going to be able to make it through with-out too many hitches,” he said.

Junnila said the total cost of the proj-ect will be around $160,000 and that he is confident enough money can be raised in time for construction to begin in June.

The Rotary Club, Sportsmen’s Asso-ciation and Lions Club have all already pledged $10,000 each, and there are sev-eral grants Junnila said they should be able to get.

“I’m not 100 per cent sure we’re in any kind of funding crisis,” he said, pointing out that since the pier will be wheelchair

accessible the clubs will be able to apply for grants from several different places.

Junnila also stressed that the pier should have minimal impact on Heritage Park itself. It will be on the lake, and ac-cessed via three ramps coming off the lakefront sidewalk in the park.

“We’re building a wharf, we’re not re-furbishing Heritage Park. We want to have minimal impact on the park,” he said.

At the COTW meeting on Jan. 25, council expressed overwhelming support for the project. Coun. Terry Condon said he was “really excited” by the progress that has been made on the project, and Coun. Mario Vucinovic called it “a win-win.”

However, Director of Planning Cory Gain did have some words of warning for council.

She told council the project was “com-plicated,” because “there are a number of different things involved.” She point-ed out that the pier isn’t imagined in the official community plan, so the district

needs to be careful to ensure it is built fairly, especially since the community hasn’t had a chance to directly give input on the project.

She told council the district needs to think very carefully about what they are taking on in terms of asset management. Connections from pier to park will im-pact the rest of the park programming, and things like parking, washrooms, trash receptacles and more will have to be taken into account during the permit process.

“We’ve looked at very big things here, but we haven’t talked a lot about impact on other park uses in the future,” she said. Nevertheless, council assured Jun-nila it was on board with the project.

“If we approach this on the basis of we will do what we can to make this project happen, rather than we’ll read what ex-ists and use whatever we can to obfuscate the project, I think that we’ll come up with a different solution. So I’m hoping to see continued support for this project moving forward,” Condon said.

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“ There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”- ALBERT EINSTEIN

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For the past six years, January 27, otherwise known as Bell Let’s Talk Day, has become a significant day to me. It’s the one day celebrities, athletes, politicians and a plethora of other public

figures talk, extensively, about one of Canada’s most used, yet, se-verely underfunded systems: our mental health care system.

If you think I’m exaggerating, consider this: one in five Canadians suffer from mental illness. According to a 2011 report commissioned by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), this costs approximately $50 billion to the health care system annually, yet funding of the mental health sector currently makes up about seven per cent of Canada’s health care spending.

But because of the stigma associated with mental illness, initiatives having to do with mental health are, for the most part, either ignored or underfunded.

Let’s Talk Day started in 2010 as an effort to challenge that stigma by creating a forum for public discussion about it. Each January, Bell donates five cents for every call and text made on its network on Let’s Talk Day, as well as for each Facebook share that promotes the cause and every tweet that uses the #BellLetsTalk hashtag.

Though I am in no way a proponent of the telecommunications gi-ant – I am not even a Bell customer – at this point I am convinced that this is more than a PR stunt, and more importantly, pretty sore-ly needed. In this week’s edition I wrote about local mental health initiatives that received substantial funding through a Let’s Talk Community Fund grant.

But for me, it’s not just about the money. It’s about the conversa-tion.

Eight years ago one of my closest friends since we were kids, Peter, was suffering from depression and no one knew about it. I knew he was having a rough patch; his mom had recently died and he was having some health issues, but I didn’t know how bad he had been feeling until one freezing cold Eastern Ontario night, at about 2 a.m., my phone rang and it was him.

He did not sound well. His speech was slurred and he sounded faint but he asked me to come. As it turned out, he had come home from work and consumed a bottle of prescription sleeping pills and chased it with an entire bottle of whiskey. He got that much out before his speech dissolved into nonsensical muttering. All I heard was “help.”

And for the first time in my life that I can remember, I didn’t care

what I looked like when I ran out the door. I got dressed, put my glasses on and got in the car. The problem was, it was practically a blizzard and a thin layer of ice had frozen over my windshield, mak-ing it difficult to drive the twenty minutes to his house.

I scraped as big as hole as I could so that I was able to see and tried not to speed on the icy roads – if I end up in a ditch trying to get to him, I’m not much help, I reminded myself.

When I arrived, thankfully, he was alive, but not really coherent – he did ask me not to call an ambulance though, because he didn’t want his neighbours to see him get “taken away.” Too many ques-tions, he said.

It was a terrifying ride to the hospital. Again, the highway was icy so I had to drive slow, and he had begun to vomit all over the car, which, though gross, was a good sign. It meant the drugs and whiskey were being purged from his system.

We got lucky when we reached the hospital because they took him right away and pumped his stomach. While I watched from the door-way of the room, so as not to impede the nurses’ work, I spoke with the doctor, who told me he saw this at least once a week.

“My Lord!” I said. “Why?”He said my friend, though he had come close, did not truly wish to

end his life, he needed help and just didn’t know where or how to find it. Obviously there is a lot more to it.

After 24 hours Peter was released. I insisted that he needed more care. He needed somewhere to sort though all this, where someone could help him.

He went to a psychiatric hospital for one week, and while there was set up with a counselor and given some tools to cope with the things that had driven him to take those pills that night.

That was almost a decade ago, but he and I remember it like it was yesterday. Five years ago, Peter was diagnosed with bipolar illness and he sees a therapist; less and less as the years go by. And he does take an anti-depressant. These things are not magic. They will not “cure” him. Just like insulin doesn’t cure a diabetic. It’s just part of his treatment so he can live his life. It’s that simple. He’s not scary or crazy. And he is the same person he has been our whole lives.

Sometimes I think about what would have happened if he hadn’t called me. Surely he would have died. I am so grateful that he called. That he started the conversation that led to a better life.

So here’s my message – we don’t have to wait until Jan. 27. Keep your ears and hearts open because you can start the conversation anytime.

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Interested proponents may obtain a copy of the Proposal Specifications and the Contract Requirements from either the District of Peachland website at www.peachland.ca/bids or at the District of Peachland Office at 5806 Beach Avenue, Peachland, BC, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays.

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Okanagan winemaker tells his story TREVOR NICHOLS REGIONAL REPORTER [email protected]

After initially set-ting off in 1992, working for the Jap-anese government, surviving the tech bubble collapse and selling wine in Italy (among other things), Jan Nelson has finally returned home.

The Okanagan na-tive moved from the bustle of Tokyo to the relative calm of the Okanagan late last year, to begin work as Tinhorn Creek Vine-yards’ new sales and marketing manager.

“It’s refreshing, but all of a sudden you have six or seven hours of the day to fill,” he said recently, referring to the near-ly endless work week expected of him in Japan.

Sitting in his bare-walled office at

Tinhorn Creek in Oliver, Nelson wore a stylish wool sweat-er and jeans. He answered questions about the last two decades of his life without hesitation, occasionally gesturing for emphasis.

He explained how Japan has been a ma-jor part of his life, ever since it captivated him when he won a stu-dent exchange there in the late 90s.

Nelson said the stark difference be-tween that country and the Okanagan Valley struck him so profoundly as a 15-year-old boy he never really shook it. So he studied Jap-anese in university, and by 1998 was work-ing for the Japanese government helping with international ex-change programs.

Before long he was recruited by a tech

firm, where he was tasked with taking talent into ballooning companies. But that job started “right the year the bubble burst,” and within months he was clearing out whole departments instead of bringing people into them.

His cushy tech job non-existent, Nel-son headed back to the Okanagan for the winter, where he de-cided to study wine at Okanagan College.

Nelson grew up on a farm, and by the early 2000s was see-ing more and more grapes planted every year. His decision to study wine was part-ly to pragmatically

take advantage of a growing trend in the Okanagan, and part-ly because he loved drinking the stuff.

“I think I was a little naive when I got into it. I had a romantic vision of what sell-ing wine was like, but what I didn’t realize is that so much of the wine business is mov-ing boxes from A to B,” he said with a chuckle.

He decided to open up his own company importing B.C. wine to Japan. Nelson said his response from winemakers were less than encouraging.

“They said ‘it’s in-teresting that you want to do this. You

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MEMBERS OF THE Peachland Community Arts Council welcomed a “surprise special guest” to the opening of Exhibit Two presentation of Our Valley – Artists of the Okanagan, held at the Peachland Art Gallery on Jan. 23. From left are PCAC president Deb Livingstone, artist Susan McCarrell, Masterchef Canada contestant Travis Petersen, gallery coordinator Janet Hornseth, Peachland Art Group president and PCAC director Dian Tompkin and PCAC member Joan Dupuis.

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GILLIAN EVANS PRESENTS Royal Canadian Legion branch #69 vice president Jean Saul (left to right), with a hand-made poppy she purchased from ceramic artist Paul Cummins of Derbyshire, UK. The poppy, which Evans has donated to the local legion, where it will be mounted by the cenotaph in the building’s entryway, is one of 888,246 planted during a ceremony at the Tower of London during a ceremony held in Nov. 2014. Each flower represents a British and colonial soldier who died during the First World War. It is thought about five million people have visited the massive display, which is entitled Blood-Swept Lands and Seas of Red, The title of the work was inspired by a line from the will of a Derbyshire serviceman who died in Flanders.

Evans donates ceramic poppy from Tower of London display

Continued from page 5don’t have any expe-rience, why do you think you would be successful in this?’”

It didn’t take him long to figure out they were right, so he want to work for a small operation in Washington, do-ing “basically what I wanted to do with someone else’s mon-ey.”

He recalls carrying around topographical maps of Washington to explain to Japa-nese sommeliers why his product was worth buying.

That was his foot in the door of the in-

dustry, where he has been working ever since. But it wasn’t until 11 months ago, when his daughter was born, that he eventually turned his thoughts back to his childhood home.

Nelson said he wanted to be able to spend more time with his family, and that simply wasn’t going to happen in Japan. So he started looking for work, and it just so happened Tinhorn Creek was hiring

Now, he said, he is moving to the Okana-gan with his infant daughter, exactly like his parents did when

he was still in diapers.For Nelson, who is

now in charge getting

Tinhorn Creek wines into people’s hands, it’s an exciting time to

be working in Oliver.He said the B.C.

wine industry isn’t yet

tied down to expec-tation built up over centuries of wine-making history, and that means people have the desire and freedom to try any-thing and everything.

“There’s a lot of different place where when you go there’s an expectation of what’s done there,” he explained. “If you’re a winemaker in Bur-gundy, you make Pinot Noir or you make Chardonnay. If you want to make Sangiovese there, you

can, but it’s an uphill battle the whole time.

“Everybody is locked into that im-age, that way of doing things, that flavour, that expectation. We don’t have that.”

In B.C., he said, the industry has only been active for about 25 years, and that means winemakers are still, to a degree, figuring things out. It’s exciting to be a part of, he said, and to be a small part of the changes that will no doubt be coming.

Wine maker excited about the changes coming to the industry

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UBC has long used vid-eoconference technology to train its medical stu-dents. In a unique move, the Faculty of Medicine’s admission office decided to use the same technol-ogy as a recruitment tool — offering its first-ev-er virtual info session to students in the South Okanagan via the Kelow-na campus.

Dr. Bruce Fleming, associate dean of Admis-sions for the Faculty of Medicine, says the tech-nology plays a critical role in the delivery of academ-ic sessions and connecting

students, faculty, and staff across its four academic campuses and 100-plus clinical teaching sites throughout the province.

This technology is now being used to connect re-motely with prospective medical students in small or rural communities. In an innovative approach, students from Pentic-ton, Princess Margaret, and Summerland Sec-ondary Schools recently participated in a medical admission information videoconference from a lecture theatre at UBC Okanagan.

“While there is no short-age of applicants, there is

a continued focus on in-creasing the number of northern and rural stu-dents and those from remote communities ad-mitted to our program,” says Fleming, explaining that the admissions office sees roughly 2,000 appli-cations to the program each year.

In collaboration with career counsellors and staff from School District 67, the event was led by Warren Brock, South-ern Medical Program communications manag-er. Christina Mitchell, a Grade 12 Penticton stu-dent, admits that applying to medical school is daunt-

ing at first with so many unknowns.

“This conference was able to provide us with a plethora of information, as well as many answers to our queries delivered in a simple and accessible for-mat,” says Mitchell.

“I feel it will make the upcoming years, while I will complete my under-grad, a little less stressful just understanding the road I’m taking.”

The admissions office is now exploring the poten-tial to host more of these sessions for other academ-ic institutions and school districts across the prov-ince.

Funding designed to help young entrepreneurs reach their potentialVIEW STAFF

The B.C. govern-ment is investing in emerging business leaders with new funding to expand a successful Futurpre-neur program that offers business skills and coaching for young entrepreneurs launching new small businesses.

The province is providing $50,000 to Futurpreneur so it can expand its reach by offering “Rock My Business Plan” workshops in Prince George, Nanaimo and Kelowna. The curric-ulum of the one-day sessions will be tailored to the partic-ipants with personal coaching for business planning and market-ing.

F u t u r p r e n e u r , formally known as the Canadian Youth Business Founda-tion, is the primary, national non-profit or-ganization providing

financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring small-busi-ness owners and entrepreneurs aged 18 to 39 years.

The province pro-vided $75,000 in funding to Futurpre-neur in 2008 through the Partnership Funding Program for a pilot project aimed at expanding the organization’s rural outreach. This funding was used to develop training materials, events, workshops and mar-keting, resulting in 27 new business startups in rural B.C.

To date, Futurpre-neur has invested in 1,066 new businesses in B.C., resulting in 5,117 new jobs and an estimated $32 mil-lion in tax revenue. Futurepreneur rais-es approximately $2 million to $3 million annually from pub-lic- and private-sector organizations, to leverage federal gov-ernment funding.

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WARREN BROCK, COMMUNICATIONS manager with UBC’s Faculty of Medicine Southern Medical Program, leads an online information session with students in the South Okanagan, demonstrating UBC’s videoconference technology as a way of delivering lessons across the province.

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Students learn that computer coding isn’t just for schoolDay-long programming workshop at UBC Okanagan introduces computer coding VIEW STAFF

More than 100 elementary and high school students are one step ahead of their counterparts after spending a day of computer coding at UBC’s Okanagan campus Satur-day. Coding, Premier Christy Clark announced last week, will become part of the overall K-12 curriculum redesign being phased in over the next three school years.

Saturday, UBC Okanagan, in partnership with Codecreate, hosted more than 100 students in an effort to promote an Hour of Code — a grassroots glob-al science and digital literacy awareness campaign aimed to en-courage students around the world to try computer coding. Events happened simultaneously across the province, creating the largest province-wide youth coding event that B.C. has seen to date.

The event was supported by Premier Christy Clark, Steve Thomson, MLA for Kelowna-Mis-sion, and Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran.

“Kelowna’s technology sec-tor is booming, and it’s never too early to start learning the basics of coding,” says Clark, MLA for Westside-Kelowna. “Events like Codecreate help students explore computer programming, and may-be start them on a path towards a

great career.”During Saturday’s event at UBC

Okanagan, high school and ele-mentary students were tasked with basic computer coding activities. Curriculum and instructions were provided by Lighthouse Labs, and tasks were completed with support from volunteer coding mentors

from the university and the com-munity.

“Coding is quickly becoming an essential skill, alongside read-ing and writing,” says Deborah Buszard, UBC deputy vice-chan-cellor and principal of the Okanagan campus. “Codecreate is an outstanding example of Okana-gan communities coming together with UBC to position the next gen-eration of learners for success in the economy of the future.”

Tyler Peatland, UBC elementary teacher candidate and event volun-teer, sees the benefits of teaching coding to students.

“Understanding the deeper meaning of how coding relates to everyday life will be beneficial to any student trying to grasp how

the world works,” says Peatland.The UBC event follows similar

workshops that have taken place in Vancouver, Victoria, and Prince George, where up to 400 students have learned to code.

“Events like these help spark students’ passion and interest in computer science and tech-related career options, which are so sig-nificant in our region,” says Steve Thomson, MLA for Kelowna-Mis-sion. “A big thank-you to UBC Okanagan for hosting such an in-formative and engaging event for our young people.”

Mayor Basran, a champion for the growing Okanagan technology sector, offered opening remarks to the students and volunteers.

“It is so important in this ev-er-changing world to maintain a commitment to innovation and life-long learning,” he says. “We’re fortunate in Kelowna to have a world-class institution like UBC Okanagan bringing innovative teaching opportunities like Co-decreate to our entire community.”

The introduction of coding to school curriculum and the pro-motion of its importance through Codecreate is supported by a number of community members, including Norm Letnick, MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country.

“When I took my B.Comm from 1977-80, we were required to take five courses in computer science – and those programming skills helped me launch two successful businesses and a career in com-puter sales, custom programming, and support,” says Letnick. “By adding computer coding to B.C.’s K-12 curriculum, we hope to get more young people interested in careers in technology.”

For more information visit co-decreate.ca.

PATTY WELLBORN

ABOUT 100 SCHOOL District 23 students, aged eight to 18, spend Saturday at UBC Okanagan learning how to code. The event took place on the heels of Premier Christy Clark’s announcement last week stating coding will become part of the overall K-12 curriculum redesign.

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ON SUNDAY THE PEACHLAND STRUMMERS were treated to a special event by having renowned musician and teacher Yanti Rowland (right) come to their session. The Peachland Strummers are about 25 members strong and meet every Sunday at 1 p.m. in the 50+ Centre.

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UBC’s creative studies program brings kid-friendly show to KelownaQuirky stage comedy Vu steeped in tradition of French CircusSPECIAL TO THE VIEW

The world of circus artist Étienne Manceau is a strange, funny, and sometimes spooky place.

It’s a place where newspapers can become claws; where small obsessions like a proper cup of tea can make you crazy; where common objects appear in a new light as they’re touched, moved, transformed.

This weekend Manceau will bring his whimsical show to local audiences.

Manceau will perform four shows of Vu this week as part of the FCCS Performance Series, presented by UBC’s Department of Creative Studies. Manceau worked for years as a juggler, and has had deep in-volvement in circus culture.

The one-man show applies the comical ethos of the circus world to a story about a sensitive, meticulous man and his relationship with everyday objects.

Manceau’s performance is wordless, a blend of Object Theatre, clowning and what the artist calls “miniature circus.” It’s a mix that could only come from the mind of an eccentric. The creator shows wit, wonderful dexterity, and small-scale ingenuity in his comic mugging – precise physical feats and sheer wackiness that call upon the tradition of old-fashioned physical comedy.

Created in Toulouse, France, Vu is an internation-ally celebrated, non-verbal performance, which UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS) presents for audiences ages age seven and up.

Vu takes place at the Black Box Theatre (1375 Water Street, Kelowna) on Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. and Jan. 30 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

All shows are $25; $15 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at the door and online at theatre26.ok.ubc.ca.

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CIRCUS ARTIST ÉTIENNE MANCEAU stars in the family comedy Vu, January 29 and 30.

Early bird rates available for business expoVIEW STAFF

The Peachland Chamber is currently accept-ing vendor applications for its annual Pet, Wine & Business Expo, which will be held on Sat. April 9 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Peach-land Community Centre.

After the success of last year staff decided to keep the same concept. There will be a pet sec-tion, wine tasting section with food court and a business expo section.

To get the early bird booking rate download the registration form on the chamber’s website www.chamberpeachland.com and e-mail it to [email protected].

Rates are:• Members of the Peachland Chamber: early bird rate is $119 and after February $149.• Non-members pay $139 early bird rate; after February, $169.• Community Service Groups pay $39 early bird rate; after February, $59.

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The tradition began in 1796, as a way to celebrate a friend after his death. But rather than celebrate on the day of his death, July 21, Robbie “Robert” Burns’ friends chose to commemorate the 18th century bard on his birthday, Jan. 25. So began the Burns Supper, and more than two centuries later it is has be-come a popular annual event with recitals of the poet’s works and a haggis dinner held in legions and halls around the world.

Burns, who is widely regarded as Scotland’s national poet, is best known for his poem (and song) Auld Lang Syne, which is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year).

He is also often considered as a pro-to-Romantic poet, who influenced William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Percy Bysshe Shelley.

In Peachland, the event has been marked with celebrations at the 50+ Activity Cen-tre and the Freemason lodge. This year the Peachland branch of the Royal Canadian Legion held their own event, complete with readings of Burns’ infamous Address to the Haggis, as well as the Selkirk Grace, A Toast to the Lassies and its reply and The Immortal Memory.

This was a precursor to the star of the eve-ning: the haggis, which was piped in by David Cramer.

For those unfamiliar with the Scottish delicacy typically served at Burns’ suppers, haggis is a savoury pudding made of sheep’s heart, liver and lungs, minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and simmered in the animal’s stomach for approximately three hours.

The evening was a sold-out event and con-sidered by legion president, Patricia Day, to be a big success.

GREAT SCOTT!Peachland legion celebrates Robbie Burns night

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FRED OSBORNE PERFORMS the Address to the Haggis during the Burns Supper and celebration at the Peachland branch of the Royal Canadian Legion on Jan. 25.

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DAVID CRAMER PIPES in the haggis, o� cially kicking o� the Burns Supper at the Peachland legion on Jan. 25.

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Stronger dog laws are needed to protect the communityLORI WELBOURNE COMMENTARY

Jeff Clarke’s first day of retirement began peacefully on January 1, 2015 when he took his dog Char-ley for a leashed walk in their quiet Peach-land neighbourhood.

The morning took a horrifying turn after they encountered two canines on the loose without their owner: Buddy, a pit bull, and Jake, a Perro de Presa Canario.

Jake sniffed the 30 pound Llasa Apso/Wheaton cross and without any warning, bit him on his side. Clarke kicked Jake’s head to force him off, and as Charley lay on the ground whimper-ing, Buddy attacked his face and neck and wouldn’t let go. Jeff pounded on Buddy and screamed at him as a neighbour tried to pull him off.

The men managed to release Buddy’s powerful grip, and Clarke covered his dog with his own body un-til he was able to rush him to a veterinarian. Tragically Charley’s injuries were so se-vere he could not be saved.

A responsible own-er who cared about public safety would have agreed to euth-anize the killer dogs he’d failed to contain.

Drew Panton did not do this. Instead he le-gally fought to keep them alive at the emotional expense of the Clarkes, and the financial expense of taxpayers.

Judge Wallace came to two different decisions on July 31 regarding their fate after reviewing tes-timony, case law and expert assessment. Buddy’s behaviour was attributed to anxiety and it was determined he was aggressive only while in the company of Jake. Panton could get Buddy back with con-ditions such as having to leash and muzzle him in public, and ensure an enclosed back yard with a five foot fence. This was an unsatisfactory pro-vision, given the fact pit bulls were bred for bloodsport and Buddy had already acted on his genetic instincts. Pit bulls are also ex-ceptionally athletic and many of them can easily escape en-closures much higher than five feet.

Jake, on the other hand, was considered a “grave threat to oth-er dogs” and the order for him was humane euthanization.

Panton disagreed with the ruling and appealed. He said a dog with no history of aggression should not be put down after one dog fight. His belief that a violent attack on a passive pet could be considered a dog fight is disturbing.

The Supreme Court of British Columbia upheld the decision to euthanize Jake on January 19, 2016. The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) requested Panton pay for its le-gal costs as well as the impound fees which totalled $22,216. Jus-tice Barrow declined, saying they were costs the local gov-ernment incurs on behalf of the citizens in discharging its obligations towards their safety.

Panton wasn’t hap-py he couldn’t save his dog’s life, but he didn’t appear both-

ered taxpayers would be picking up the tab.

“I may have lost the battle but I won the war against the regional district,” he told the press.

“The Supreme Court has told them they don’t care what the bylaw says, they care what the judge says. Somebody had to stop the regional district from empow-ering themselves.”

The RDCO was right to try and pro-tect the community from his canine kill-ers. What truly needs to be stopped is irre-sponsible and entitled owners having a say in the fate of their vi-cious dogs they don’t control. Both Buddy and Jake should have been euthanized after their deadly attack.

Owners of pit bull type dogs only make up one per cent of the population, yet this vocal minority has effectively bul-lied the majority of lawmakers, members of the media and the general public into al-lowing their desire to

own bred-to-kill dogs take precedence over public safety.

It’s not just victims that are negatively affected, it’s every-one. The extensive number of attacks takes a significant toll on taxpayers, the health care system, animal control ser-vices, police staff, fire departments and emergency respond-ers.

I m p l e m e n t i n g breed specific legis-lation (BSL) for pit bull type dogs is more cost effective, saves lives and cuts down on the number of dev-astating assaults on

humans and animals. Rather than a reac-tionary measure, its goal is to be preventa-tive by implementing reasonable regu-lations to create a safer community. It would also include a mandatory six figure liability insurance for the owners of in-herently dangerous dogs. The financial responsibilities of pre-ventable dog attacks should never fall on the victims and tax-payers. Without BSL it almost always does.

Pit bull type dogs are not the only dan-gerous canines, but they are dispropor-

tionately responsible for the vast majority of killings, mutilations and severe injuries. With an increase in unregulated backyard breeding and impor-tation of them into Canada and the U.S., attacks will continue to escalate and irre-sponsible owners will keep pushing their weight around. It’s important we don’t let them.

For more in-formation: www.NationalPitBullVicti-mAwareness.org

Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be found at LoriWelbourne.com.

“ A responsible owner who cared about public safety would have agreed to euthanize the killer dogs he’d failed to contain.”

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PANTON’S SEVEN-YEAR-OLD PRESA CANARIO, Jake, left, has been ordered to be humanely destroyed after a Jan. 1, 2015 attack on another dog, while his five-year-old American pit bull, Buddy, was released to Panton under Judge Anne Wallace’s conditions.

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Theme for Jan.31“Watercore Theology”

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Prepare to take the pledge for Peachland and be more waterwise MAYOR CINDY FORTIN COMMENTARY

Clearly we experienced an eye-open-ing event last year, both locally and in the greater region surrounding us. That is, se-vere drought conditions.

Why bring this up while it is still early in the new year and we are surrounded by an abundance of snow? Because not only it has been predicted that in 2016 we’ll see anoth-er drought, it could be even worse.

While our snow levels are currently well above normal it is expected that warmer weather will kick off the snow melt early again, as occurred last year.

This may mean that the growing season will also begin early, and many commu-nities will have to balance agriculture demand and maintaining stream flows, in addition to residential usage.

That’s why as part of the Mayor’s Task Force on Climate Change (MTFCC) 2016 Drought Awareness Campaign, members of the Task Force will be asking Peach-

land residents to take the “Make Water Work Pledge” – an initiative of the Okanagan Ba-sin Water Board (OBWB). Taking the pledge is part of the OBWB’s Okanagan Wa-terWise outreach program and will run from May to

mid-September. Each year a community within the OB-

WB’s area of focus, which encompasses the valley’s three Regional Districts, is recog-nized for their combined community effort of taking the Make Water Work pledge.

The results are calculated on a per capita basis. Last year the recipient was the City of Armstrong.

Residents can also win prizes on an in-dividual basis. In 2013 Peachland’s own

Don and Lynda Grant were the recipients of a $5,000 prize toward Waterwise yard improvements, that can include water-sav-ing irrigation products, and an array of drought resistant plants.

Why take the pledge? While the commu-nity recognition for the greatest number of water wise residents is a motivator in itself, even more important is the demonstration of the sincere commitment of our citizens when it comes to water conservation and management, both for now and for future generations.

It’s still early, but a good time to start to get the word out, and consider ways to conserve water. I will be writing more on taking the pledge and the MTFCC’s Drought Awareness Campaign in future columns.

For more information on the pledge you can visit makewaterwork.ca. Other sites of interest are okwaterwise.ca and obwb.ca.

On another subject, I’d also like to re-mind residents that the district still needs your input on your street lighting prefer-

ence as part of the District’s LED Street Light Pilot Project.

Four of the decorative lamp standards along Beach Avenue – in front of the Dis-trict offices and the Gasthaus restaurant – have been retrofitted with lower energy LED lights. The lamp standards are clear-ly marked with coloured signs. The red marked post has a 100 watt white LED light, the blue post has a 100 watt warm light, the yellow post has a 60 watt white light, and the green post has a 60 watt warm light. The 100 watt LED lights have a potential 47 per cent energy savings, and the 60 watt LED lights a 68 per cent savings.

The district is asking the public to check out the lighting in the evening and let us know which type of lighting you would like to see illuminating the streets of downtown Peachland in the future. To submit your comments you can drop by the Planning Department at 5806 Beach Avenue, or call 250.767.2647 or email [email protected].

We look forward to hearing from you.

Mayor Cindy Fortin

How can we build a stronger Canada in the face of terrorism?MP DAN ALBAS COMMENTARY

Last week the world was horrified to learn of yet another terror attack, this time in Burkina Faso where roughly 30 citizens, including six Canadi-ans from Quebec, were brutally murdered in a senseless act of vio-lence.

What is particularly disturbing is that these Canadians were all serving in the region as humanitarian workers helping those who are less fortunate.

This terror attack has again renewed calls on the Liberal govern-ment to state a clear and coherent position

on the allied campaign against terrorism.

As many citizens will recall, the Liber-als made a promise to immediately withdraw Canada’s CF-18s from the allied aerial cam-paign against ISIS if they were elected.

With the election over last October the

Liberal government has stated it will hon-our this promise, however to date our CF-18s continue to be a valuable part of the coalition air campaign against ISIS.

There was recently a meeting of our allied defence ministers in Paris specifically on this subject where it has also been widely re-ported that Canada has not been invited.

Although the Liberal government has been clear it intends to with-draw our CF-18 aircraft, the government has also stated it will in-stead implement other measures that have yet to be announced.

The Official Op-

position believes that Canada should contin-ue to stand with our allies in the war against terror, as it has long been a Canadian tradi-tion to stand with our allies to fight for those who are less fortunate or unable to stand against tyranny and oppression.

This remains a chal-lenging subject and one that can be divisive, as I hear frequently from citizens who strongly support the mission but I also hear from those who are upset that our CF-18s are still active-ly bombing in spite of promises they would be withdrawn.

I will continue to provide updates on this subject as they become available.

On an entirely dif-ferent subject, late last

week the Supreme Court announced that it will extend the dead-line for parliament to provide a legislative response to the assisted suicide ruling from last year.

Although the gov-ernment requested a six-month extension, the Supreme Court granted four months to reflect the time parlia-ment was dissolved as a result of the recent election.

There is rough-ly twelve weeks the House of Commons will be sitting over the next four months so this will be a subject that will likely feature prominently once the House of Commons resumes sitting next week.

Although much of my time will be spent

in Ottawa over the next few months I welcome your comments, ques-tions and concerns.

One of the high-lights of my time in Ottawa is hearing di-rectly from citizens throughout Central Okanagan-Similka-meen-Nicola on issues of importance to our local communities.

In turn I am often able to share this in-formation in member’s statements, speeches and question within the House of Commons. I am truly excited for this next parliament to get underway and to begin raising issues of concern in Ottawa. Ultimately this is how we help build a stron-ger Canada. I can be reached at [email protected] or by phone at 1-800-665-8711.

Dan Albas, MP

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“Rotary, Rotary: wherefore art thou Rotary?”Well, Shakespeare would never have penned those exact words – but he might have. He was pretty well read, obviously had feelings about politics and royalty and his country. He also knew his countrymen and what made good sense – and what didn’t! He wrote about what he knew.

February is coming up: the month of lovers, which brings me back to Romeo. Ro-tary Club of Peachland is a group of people who have decided to give something back to this community of Peachland because we love it.

• NEW! The third Thursday at 7:00am in the morning at the Legion, where the food is inexpensive and everybody knows your name. The food is also very good! Next one is February 18th. You buy your breakfast and we are done in an hour or less.

• NEARLY NEW! February 12th we are holding our second, by Invitation only, “Drop In” at the Visitors’ Centre. If you like the idea of a free glass of wine and “appies” talk to a Rotarian you know – or just phone Louise at 778-479-6630 and ask for an Invitation. We have room for about twenty people, so don’t pro-crastinate!

• NEW! April 30th we are putting on a Murder Mystery Dinner at the Fifty Plus Centre: tickets will be on sale soon! Will you be a new Hercule Poirot, hot on the murky trail of the dastardly murderer? You will have to come to find out!

• NEW: Hot off the Press, so to speak! At Council Meeting this morning, our Di-rector of Projects, Brian Junnila, presented The Peachland Pier Project to Coun-cil. This is a joint endeavour of The Sportsmens’ Club, The Lions’ Club and The Rotary Club of Peachland. Council were enthusiastic in their support. The Pier Project has received environmental approval, and a stunning 3-D drawing and brief video “flyover” have been produced. Hopefully we will be able to share these with you soon, through our FaceBook page or website.

As you know if you read these “pieces” of mine each month, I can go on and on ... so I think this is as good a place as any to stop.

Happy Valentines for February 14! As you can see: Shakespeare I am not!

See you at one of our events? We encourage you to attend any of our fun events or our weekly lunches, held each Thursday at Gasthaus. You will be most welcome!

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You too can be a Peachland princessBIANCA MACDONALD PEACHLAND AMBASSADOR

As a Peachland ambassador there’s a responsibility, and a commitment, you promise to hold as soon as that crown touches your head.

You are given the responsibility to rep-resent Peachland and be able to tell tourists all the won-derful things about our community and the things they can do when visiting.

You are given a commitment to do both of these as well as you can.

On Feb. 9 we will be having a recruitment meeting to search for new candidates.

During your can-didacy you will be taking classes such as automotive, etiquette, hair, makeup, fire and rescue, and a course called toastmasters. Toastmasters is about a six-week program where you will learn how to write speech-es and present them in front of a crowd of people.

This course is an amazing opportuni-ty for those who are quite shy, and maybe

not the best at public speaking.

During your can-didacy you will make friends that will last you a lifetime and even more during your reign at pag-eants.

During your candi-dacy and your reign you will be involved in community events and parades.

When I first moved to Peachland my fam-ily and I went to a lot of the communi-ty events, I saw the Peachland ambas-sadors at the time

and knew that was something I wanted to do when I was old enough.

My brother Billy and little sister Syeria both took the little buddy program and my family got very close to Linda Sar-sons’.

I watched my sib-lings grow with the little buddy program.

Last year in Febru-ary I got a phone call from Linda asking if I was still interested in doing the program and I said yes and I’m very glad I decided to do so.

So I encourage the youth of Peachland to try the program, even if you don’t think you want a title, it will give you new opportunities and confidence that you may not have had be-fore!

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WEEKLY EVENTS

SUNDAYSBREAKFAST 8-11 am, Peachland Wellness Centre. Everyone welcome

PEACHLAND UNITED SERVICE 10 am, Unit-ed Church

ST. MARGARET’S ANGLICAN CHURCH WORSHIP 10 am, St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

EMMANUEL CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 10 am, Emmanuel Church, Westbank

PEACHLAND BAPTIST SERVICE 10:30 am service fellowship 11:30 am, 4204 Lake Ave.

UKULELE 1 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

MEAT DRAW 2-4 pm, Royal Canadian Le-gion Branch #69

PEACHLAND COMMU-NITY CHURCH Sunday worship at 3 pm, Meeting at St. Marga-ret’s Anglican Church

MONDAYSFITNESS ROOM 8 am-8 pm, communi-ty centre

YOGA (ADVANCED BE-GINNERS) 8 am, 50+ Activity Centre

INDOOR WALKING 8-9 am, community centre

PICKLEBALL 9:05-11:05 am (3.0-4.0), community centre

VARIETY SINGERS 9:15 am, 50+ Activity Centre

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY 9:30 am, 50+ Activity Centre

LADIES MONDAY MORNING COFFEE 10 am-11am. Peachland Wellness Centre. Drop in any Monday.

TAI CHI 12 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

NEEDLE ARTS/QUILT-ING 1 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

PICKLEBALL 1-3 pm (1.0-2.75), community centre

AFTERNOON BRIDGE 1:30-3pm, 50+ Activity Centre

DROP-IN TIME 1:30-3 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

SPIN, SCULPT & STRETCH 5:15-6:15 pm,Community Centre

YOUTH BOXING CLUB 6-8 pm, 4th St Place

WOOD CARVING 7 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

SPIN XPRESS 7:40-8 pm, community centre

TUESDAYSFITNESS ROOM 8 am-8 pm, community centre

FLOW YOGA 9-10 am, 4th St Place

MID-WEEK STUDY AND CONVERSATION COFFEE 9:30 am, St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

CARPET BOWLING 10 am, 50+ Activity Centre

DROP-IN VOLLEYBALL 10 am-12 pm, commu-nity centre

COMPUTER LITERACY 10 am-noon. Peach-land Wellness Centre

BREASTFEEDING CAFÉ 11 am-12:30 pm, Peachland Wellness Centre. Every 2nd and last Tuesday.

AA 12-1 pm, 50+ Ac-tivity Centre

MEN’S COFFEE & CRIB 1-2:45 pm. Peachland Wellness Centre.

PICKLEBALL 1-3 pm, (3.75+), community centre

TWEEN DROP IN & MULTISPORTS (ages 9-12) 3:05-8 pm. Meet at Peachland Elemen-tary School

TWEEN DROP-IN & MULTI-SPORTS 3-8 pm, meet at Peachland Elementa-ry. Ages 9-12

YOUTH DROP-IN 3:30-8 pm, Peachland Youth Centre. Grades 7+

PEACHLAND SPARKS AND BROWNIES 5:45-7 pm, community centre

BRIDGE (EXPERI-ENCED) 7 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

WEDNESDAYSFITNESS ROOM 8 am-8 pm, communi-ty centre


YOGA (BASIC BE-GINNERS 8 am, 50+ Activity Centre

AEROBICS AND MORE 9:30 am, 50+ Activity Centre

PINCUSHION HIKE AND YOGA 9:30 am. Call Dawn 250-878-6342

WELLNESS CIRCLE second and fourth Wednesdays, 10 am-12pm, Peachland Wellness Centre.

BEGINNERS ART CLASS WITH ROBERTA FARRELLY 1-4pm, 50+ Activity Centre

CHESS 1:15 pm, 50+ Activity Centre

AFTERNOON BRIDGE 1:30-3 pm, 50+ Activi-ty Centre

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SUNSHINE SING-ERS 2-3 pm, Peach-land Wellness Centre.

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Kathleen Janet Elizabeth Pallett (née Macdonald)

Kathleen passed away peacefully surround-ed by family on Sunday January 17th, 2016. She is survived by her 3 children, Alan (Alice), Bruce (Jeannie), Mary Lynn (Keith), her grandchildren, Ben (Yasmine), Jen (Raph), Chrysta Lynn (Don), Kathleen (Chad), Charles, Alex, and Mathew, and seven great-grandchildren. She was prede-ceased by her loving husband Charlie (2000) and her grandson John (2012).

A funeral service will be held at St. Mar-garet’s Anglican Church in Peachland on Saturday February 13th at 10:30 am with re-ception to follow in the church hall. She will be interred in her family plot in Earl Grey, Saskatchewan later in the year.

The family wishes to thank the loving, car-ing staff at The Village at Smith Creek, West Kelowna for giving Kathleen great care with lots of smiles and chuckles. Also The Central Okanagan Hospice Association for their support in her last few days. In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made in Kath-leen’s memory to the Village at Smith Creek, West Kelowna, towards the purchase of a much-needed blanket warmer for their res-ident’s comfort.

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Modahl’s exhibition, entitled Where the Heart Is, explores the notion of home as presented in décor magazines and books.

On entering the exhibition space gallery-go-ers will see a wall lined with identically-sized, closely hung, framed works on paper. These works depict various household scenes that are commonplace, for example a dining room table carefully set for guests, a neatly tidied living room, an organized bookshelf, and an or-derly kitchen. The works all illustrate a spare and clean version of the home to which we are meant to aspire.

On the opposite side of the gallery space Modahl has created a large drawing directly on the wall. It is skewed at quite an angle and depicts a kitchen countertop stacked with dirty dishes – all waiting to be washed.

Modahl was born in Minnesota and raised in Wisconsin before coming to Vancouver in 2000. In 2010 she relocated to the B.C. interior. As well as having degrees in fine art, she is a linguist, and teaches in Linguistic Anthropolo-gy and Anthropology at the UBCO in Kelowna, and Okanagan College in Vernon.

Where the Heart Is will be on view until March 27. The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street in downtown Kelowna. For more information visit the Kelowna Art Gallery or call 250-762-2226.

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