keremeos review, february 11, 2016

Tara Bowie Review Staff

For many families in the area it was a Family Day filled with fun as volunteers from the Keremeos Search and Rescue and the Keremeos Elks held the first event to mark the holiday.

Family Day in BC started in 2013. “There wasn’t anything going for the

families so we decided we would make something happen,” Darrell Taylor, presi-dent of the Keremeos Search and Rescue group said.

And make it happen they did. With help from the Keremeos Elks,

who cooked a lunch of hotdogs and rodeo burgers for a donation, well over 200 people attended the day-long event at the Similkameen Recreation Centre.

Dave Barker, an Elks member helped cook and when his job was done he went out on the lanes to enjoy the rest of the day with his daughter and granddaughters who were visiting from Vernon.

“It’s been a great day. As the Elks we tried to find out how much food to bring but we really didn’t know what the turnout would be. We sold out and that’s good. Everyone’s had a really good time,” he said.

Children and their families spent the day bowling at the recreation centre’s four-lane alley, climbing the rock wall, and using some of the exercise equipment.

They also had a chance to check out the search and rescue truck, which was parked outside, and ask members about the organization.

“Some asked but what we heard a lot was that people didn’t realize we had a bowling alley or a rock wall. So it’s been a big win-win for us and the recreation centre,” Taylor said.

The Search and Rescue crew hope to hold a similar event next year and are already working on plans to make it bigger.

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Families get hooked on Yellow Lake ice fishing Tara Bowie

Review Staff They might not have a caught a fish

but they’re now hooked on the sport of ice fishing.

“We didn’t catch one yet but we’re having a lot fun,” dad, Delano Ducheck said Saturday nearing the end of the day of the family friendly fishing event at Yellow Lake.

Ducheck along with his wife and three-year-old son Ary came from Summerland so they could learn about the sport of ice fishing.

“Our friend is a conservation officer so that’s where we heard about it. We thought it was just a great thing to do on a Saturday. There’s been food, hot chocolate and it’s been informative. We’ll definitely come back,” he said.

The Ducheck’s and their friends were among 200 other people who went out to

the lake to partake in the annual fishing derby.

By 10 a.m. all 80 rods that the Fresh Water Fisheries Society brought to the event were in use.

A group of volunteers from the Keremeos-Cawston Sportsmen Association cooked up lunch for the fami-lies and kept a steady flow of hot choco-late on tap.

“It’s a great event. We’ve been involved since it started. It gives grandpa a chance to take the grandkids fishing. They don’t need the equipment or to pick up bait. We have all that. They just need to come and try their hand at it,” Kathaleen Gibbs of the sportsmen association said of why the club remains involved in the event.

By Gibbs estimation more fish were being pulled out of the water than last year.

Tara Bowie Akaya Harker, 6, had her facepainted by Cassie Leake during the Family Day event at the Similkameen rec centre. The event was organized by Keremeos Search and Rescue.

Tara Bowie Members of Keremeos Search and Rescue guid-ed young climbers up the rock wall on Family Day.

Tara Bowie Three-year-old Ary Ducheck looks seriously down the ice fishing hole in hopes he’ll spot a fish while dad Delanao Ducheck sets the line at the family derby at Yellow Lake on Saturday. Continued on page 8

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OKANAGAN FALLS2nd MON: Communities for Kids OK Falls Table Mtg., 2:45 pm at StrongStart Early Learning Ctr., 250-498-8433 for more info.TUESDAY: South Okanagan Toastmasters 7 - 9 p.m. at Best Western in Osoyoos. Call 498-4412, 499-2144.TUESDAY: Bingo at the Senior Citizenís Centre on Willow St. 1p.m. (except last Tues.).3RD TUESDAY: Legion Branch #227 Gen Meeting 7 p.m. Jack Hill Room, OK Falls.WED. & SAT.: Carpet Bowling 1 p.m. Seniorís Centre.WEDNESDAY: Join the Stroke Recovery Club for stroke survivors and caregivers, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the South Okana-gan Similkameen Brain Injury Society offi ce, #2-996 Main Street, Penticton..Call Tina at 490-0613. 1st WEDNESDAY: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary General Meeting 1:00 p.m., Jack Hill Room, OK Falls.3rd WEDNESDAY: OK Falls Womens Institute meeting, Falls Community Centre. Call Betty for more info - 497-6665.THURSDAY: Bridge 1 p.m. Seniors Centre.THURSDAY: Crib 7 p.m. Seniors Centre.THURSDAY: Computer classes 9 a.m. Seniorís Centre.FRIDAY: Arts group painting 1- 3 p.m.FRIDAY: Whist 7 p.m. 2ND & 4TH FRIDAY: A Wellness Clinic is held at the Seniors Centre, on Willow Street, 9 to 11 a.m. Have your blood pressure, heart and weight checked by a retired registered nurse. Open to everyone.1st FRIDAY: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary Dinner and Entertainment 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw.3rd FRIDAY: OK Falls Legion Ladies Auxiliary Steak Fry Dinner 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw.FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: The Okanagan Falls Legion Branch #227 has meat draws from 5:00 p.m.SATURDAY: OK Falls Legion Branch #227, Dinner and Dance 6:00 pm.1st SATURDAY: Ladies Auxiliary Branch #227. Drop in Bingo 1-4 p.m. Jack Hill Room. OK Falls.3rd SATURDAY: Drop in bingo at OK Falls Senior Centre. 1128 Willow St.

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It will be early spring before the province releases a summary of comments received about the new proposed guidelines for a National Park in the South Okanagan and Similkameen.

Only when pressed by the Review did a spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment reveal those interested would have to wait at least another month if not several before any information about the data collected is released.

“I don’t have a date. I only know that they committed to early spring,” David Karn, of the MOE wrote in an email to the Review.

More than 400 responses were received from an online survey about the proposal the province quietly released in August 2015.

Deadline for the online survey was October 31, 2015.

In addition to the online survey,

several hundred letters and emails and more than 800 postcards were received by the ministry.

“The results of the consultation will inform recommendations on what, if any, new land protection measures should be undertaken in the South Okanagan,” Karn also wrote in the email.

MLA Linda Larson for Boundary Similkameen attempted to strike a separate committee to go through the correspondence received. After public outcry regarding secrecy surrounding the identities of those on the committee, Larson folded the group just shortly after it was formed.

The province’s intentions paper detailed policies related to three distinct areas in the region. The province proposes a

large area, west of Osoyoos and south of Highway 3 to the U.S., be considered by Parks Canada

for inclusion in a South Okanagan National Park Reserve.

Likewise, part of the White Lake basin and extending down past Willowbrook, west of Hwy. 97, is also being put forward for national park status. Between

them, the two cover several pro-tected areas, including the White Lake Grasslands, Spotted Lake, the Osoyoos Desert Centre and the South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area sites of East and West Chopaka.

A third area, covering west of Oliver towards Cawston, and north of Highway 3 to the southern bor-der of the White Lake Grasslands, is being recommended as a conser-vancy under the B.C. Park Act.

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Parents or guardians may enroll their son or daughter in an educational program at any school in our district, as outlined in Section 74.1 of the School Act, and providing there is space available in the respective grade. Registrations prior to June 10, 2016 will be accepted on a first come, first served and availability basis. Beginning June 13, 2016, registrations will be accepted in the following priority order as per section 74.6 of the School Act: (a) a catchment area child who, in the previous school year, attended the school at which the educational program is made available; (b) a catchment area child; (c) a non-catchment area child; (d) a non-school district child

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File photo Interested parties have a little longer to wait for the results of public consultation on the province’s inten-tions paper regarding a possible National Park in the South Okanagan Similkameen.

National Park report not expected till spring

Review StaffThe 2016 Grad Class is thanking the commu-

nity for its patience and promises someone will be around soon to pick up bottles for a late winter bottle drive.

Volunteers from the grad class have tried several times to pick a date and go out into the community and pick up bottles but at this point have not been successful.

Vera Roberts, one of the parent volunteers on the grad class committee said in an email to the Review that she really appreciates everyone’s cooperation.

“If people can bare with us we are trying to come up with a date. People can still call 250-499-2593 to arrange for pick up,” she said in the email.

If you don’t have any bottles to donate there are other ways to help support the grad class.

On March 12 the class will be holding its annual Grad Class meat draw at the Legion.

Funds raised will go towards the grad class trip and cap and gown for graduates.

Check back with the Review when a date is selected for the bottle drive.

Grad class still working on bottle drive date

Review StaffIt’s time to get to know your

Chamber of Commerce. On Feb. 15, in recognition of the

kick-off to Chamber of Commerce week, Similkameen Country, the Keremeos and area chamber of commerce is holding a Business after Business networking event at the Grist Mill and Gardens.

Similkameen Country is one of more than 125 provincial cham-

ber’s that will spend time recog-nizing the efforts of the business community on all levels during that week.

Members and non-members interested in learning more about the Chamber activities are encour-aged to come out to the Grist Mill on Feb. 15 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

During the networking event everyone will have a chance to introduce themselves and talk about

what’s new at their business. “A lot of the time we are so busy

working on our own businesses we don’t have the time to get out and hear what everyone else is up to. We, as a chamber, want to provide more opportunities for that kind of networking in 2016 and beyond,” Chris Mathieson, presi-dent of Similkameen Country said during a recent chamber of com-merce meeting.

Owners and operators of home businesses are encouraged to attend the event and promote their endeav-our.

During the evening light refreshments will be available and Mathieson will provide a brief update about work that’s been com-pleted at the Grist Mill historic site over the last year.

The Feb. 15 Business after Business is the first one planned for

2016, but other networking events are in the works for spring and early summer.

WHO: Similkameen Country, Keremeos and Area Chamber of Commerce

WHAT: Business after BusinessWHEN: February 15 from 5

p.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Grist Mill and

Gardens This event is free to everyone

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BC ViewsTOM FLETCHER

Protesters fear peace in forests After 20 years of represent-

ing B.C. coastal First Nations to negotiate what U.S.-directed activists labeled the Great Bear Rainforest agreement, a weary Dallas Smith expressed his relief and frustration.

At a ceremony to sign the final agreement in Vancouver last week, Smith, president of the Nanwakolas Council of remote Central Coast commu-nities like Bella Bella, joked that he’s finally out of a job. Then he got serious.

“My communities still aren’t better places to live yet,” he said. But the land use agree-ment with the province and forest companies over a vast coastal area up to the Alaska border means the years ahead will be better.

He said when he started it was like being caught in a divorce between the B.C. forest industry and international envi-ronmental groups. Dutch-based Greenpeace, its California off-shoot ForestEthics and others moved on from their Clayoquot Sound battle to the B.C. coast, looking to continue the block-ades against logging.

“It’s the First Nations of the Coast who stood up and said ‘no, this is how it’s going

to work’,” Smith said.

How it’s going to work is that logging will con-tinue on 550,000 hectares of coast-al forest, with a greater share for First Nations, and with 85 per cent of the region preserved after a century of logging that began with sailing ships.

Aside from a few diehards who are either paid to protest or can’t get past issuing demands, B.C. aboriginal people have grown tired of being used as props in global de-marketing campaigns directed from San Francisco or Amsterdam. The protesters’ tactic of organizing customer boycotts that dam-age far-away economies might be good for international fun-draising, but it’s bad for poor people.

Formally begun 10 years ago with $30 million from Ottawa, $30 million from B.C. and $60 million from a group of wealthy U.S. family founda-tions with a larger anti-devel-opment agenda, the land use plan remains under attack.

Among the many protest outfits is Pacific Wild, which has specialized in Great Bear Rainforest cam-paigns and now needs a new enemy. Their credibility was d e m o n s t r a t e d recently when

potty-mouthed U.S. pop star Miley Cyrus decided to speak out against B.C.’s wolf kill.

Typical of celebrities, Cyrus had no idea about the struggle to preserve dwindling herds of mountain caribou. She barely knows where B.C. is, a fact made plain when Pacific Wild toured her around the North Coast, far from the Kootenay and South Peace regions where the wolves in question actually roam.

Cyrus’s handlers spoon-fed video and statements to urban media, who were so anxious to exploit her global popularity that they played down the fact she was at the wrong end of the province spouting nonsense.

After periodically attacking their own B.C. agreement as inadequate, Greenpeace and

ForestEthics have moved on to what they call the “boreal forest,” which we like to call northern Canada. The same bully tactics with forest prod-ucts customers and producers have been featured.

This time, a Quebec com-pany that signed an accord in 2010 is suing Greenpeace for “defamation, malicious false-hood and intentional interfer-ence in economic relations.”

Aboriginal companies on the B.C. coast will continue to log, including areas of old-growth forest and secondary growth. They will continue to export logs as economics dic-tate. They will continue to har-vest animals, including grizzly bears.

And, I expect, they will continue to be subjected to attempts to supervise and direct them by members of urban society’s new religion, environ-mentalism.

The leaders of this move-ment don’t like peace. It’s bad for their business.

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

Though it was an election promise, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals aren’t going to be able to legalize marijuana overnight.

In fact, the legalization of pot might take longer than the four years they are guaranteed before the next federal election in Oct. 2019.

Undoubtedly, the federal government would like to get started on this promise, since it’s worth millions of tax dollars every year. But when you consider what they already have on their plate, what with ISIS, Syrian refugees, assisted dying and, oh yes, the economy, it’s understandable that legalizing pot might not be the top item on the Liberals to-do list.

Still, the promise was made, and with pot already legalized in Washington and Colorado, there is a certain expectation that it is a prom-ise they will follow through on. That leaves our police and justice system in a bit of a legal limbo.

All the existing prohibitions are still in force, but police have had a hard enough time enforc-ing those and getting punitive judgments without the concept of legalization hanging over their heads, in addition to the limited legalization of medicinal marijuana.

And where there is a crack, there are oppor-tunists looking to take advantage.

Unregulated compassion clubs and dispensa-ries are springing up everywhere. A dispensary is rumoured to be opening up in Hedley, several have opened in Penticton, in Vernon, Nanaimo and other communities.

Medicinal marijuana is legal. But the inter-pretation of that law, which has seen marijuana storefronts open up across the country, needs to be clarified. Legalization and setting up the associated processes may take years, but in the meantime, the RCMP, courts and even munici-palities need to know how to proceed.

And this has to happen before more dollars are spent on what may prove to be unnecessary enforcement.

Is a crackdown at this stage an effective use of resources?

Instead, let’s set out a timeline of how this is going to happen and set some preliminary regu-lations for licensing and regulation of sales.

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1834The City of Toronto

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The Heart is the hardest working muscle in the body. The average person’s heart will beat 2.5 billion times in his or her lifetime.

You can’t tell to look at us today, but at one time the DeMeer family was very involved in the local church.

Hmmmm. Thou shalt not bear false witness.

So it looked like it did in most house-holds. Mom went to church every week, dragged the kids kicking and screaming to Sunday school. Mr. DeMeer….well….he knew where the church was – right across the street from the liquor store.

Taken individually, if pinned down in their own front parlors, the members of St. James Anglican in Burford, Ontario were good, solid, well-meaning people.

Get them together around a coffee urn, however, and a pack mentality quickly developed. These were mostly women of my mother’s age. They could freeze you with a glance, silence you with a sniff and their unwritten mission statement was this: a place for everyone and everyone in her place.

For the first two years my place was hovering in the background, ready to clear away coffee cups, paper plates and crum-pled napkins caked with cerise lipstick.

Despite the fact there were many jobs to do, and only a few volunteers willing to do them, the ladies guild had a pecking order that was positively paramilitary in nature.

The new kid cleans up after coffee. She will not be asked to make coffee, cut squares, or arrange cutlery. Ideally she is seen and not heard. Any complaints will be dealt with by permanent reassignment to the nursery, supervising teenagers who are supervising toddlers.

Since one of the great attractions of church attendance at the time was a guar-anteed 45 minutes each week to sit down and think without somebody crawling up

my leg, it was advisable to learn the rules and follow them religiously.

Special church functions were an opportunity to shine a bit. Spent those same first two years serving pies at the annual turkey dinner (there was never enough elderberry) before being presented with a ladle and promoted to gravy production.

No vat of gravy was ever so scrutinized.An ad-hoc committee meeting was

quickly organized near the stove – half a dozen blue-haired dears all stirring the pot and asking the same questions.

Is it too thick?Is it too thin?Lumps! Lumps are the important thing!

Are there any lumps?Episcopalianism is not for the faint of

heart.On St. Patrick’s Day Stew Night a new

woman from the congregation fled the church kitchen in tears after being told her meat chunks were too big.

Couldn’t make this up. It is the stuff of Canadian sitcom dreams.

My big break came one Friday after-noon. An emergency call was placed to the DeMeer home and the convener of the weekly euchre games was in a panic.

One of the members of the sandwich brigade had fallen and broken her hip and they needed a tray of cheese and onion sandwiches in just a couple of hours.

Everyone else – including, it turned out later, some of the women from the United Church plus a couple of Baptists – had been petitioned with no luck

It was an opportunity to finally make an impression.

It anyone could get to heaven on the strength of a platter of cheese and onion sandwiches it was going to be me.

Marble rye, ciabatta, baguettes and croissants were hastily filled with Havarti, gouda, Swiss and 5-year-old cheddar, topped with shallots and sprinkled with chives.

The whole presentation probably cost a hundred dollars and it was borne with great pride to the back door of the church hall.

It was returned at 10:30 that same night, untouched except for whoever picked off the dill pickles.

Euchre night was ruined when the much-anticipated cheese and onion sand-wiches turned out to be unrecognizable. When Anglicans say cheese and onion sandwiches they apparently mean Wonder Bread spread with Cheez Whiz and diced up cooking onions.

It was back to coffee cup duty for the duration of our time in Burford.

It’s easy to think fondly of those church folk today. Well, most of them are dead, they are three thousand miles away in any case and they left a legacy.

With women that strong, that inflexible and that fearless running the show it is no surprise at all the church has endured for more than 2,000 years.

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“We were still in the dating stage when Doug asked if I wanted to go to Africa with him,” Michelle told Linda and me recently. “I agreed immediately, but had no idea what I was getting into.”

I had invited Michelle and Doug Nimchuk to our home for tea. Valentine’s Day was approaching and I wanted the perspective of a couple that had progressed beyond the euphoria of a spicy romantic relationship.

Listening to their account of travelling 13 months in Africa, I decided their story was worth tell-ing.

Doug and Michelle are wonder-fully different. He’s pragmatic and not given to hyperbole. In response to my question about early thoughts concerning Michelle he said, “she was pleasant.”

Michelle is endowed with a delicate sprinkle of effervescence. “An ex-boyfriend introduced us,” she said.

“Doug was handsome, very fit and he’d been to Asia for a year. Also, he owned a two-seater sports car.”

She reflected for a moment then continued with a smile, “He wasn’t a good dancer, but he liked to dance. I liked it that he was very attentive and wanted to dance only with me.”

They began their odyssey in Durban, South Africa, equipped

with a tent, sleeping bags, mosquito netting, camp stove and other items. When I asked how they got along, Doug replied, “we got along fine.”

Michelle’s recollection was less rosy.

“We had a spat in Kenya. Doug wasn’t living up to my expecta-tions. I told him I was leaving. Then I looked around. We were in wilderness.”

She paused for a moment, her face serious.

“In Canada I’d probably have got in my car and left. That would have been the end of the relation-ship.

“In this wilderness though, it wouldn’t have been safe to leave. I began to understand that one of us would have to initiate dialogue to make this trip work. It wouldn’t be Doug.”

“Communication definitely wasn’t my strong area,” Doug admitted. It was intriguing to observe them now calmly sorting out their, at times, differing memo-ries.

“I began to vocalize the issues,” Michelle said. “I encouraged Doug to also talk.” They had learned some things about communication.

Michelle’s brother Darryl joined them in mid trip. In a remote area of Burundi they encountered a crises of another kind.

“The people told us they had not seen a tourist in two years,” Doug said. “They urged us to leave because it was too dangerous.”

This advice proved correct when three men accosted them and grabbed for Doug and Darryl’s money belts.

Doug thwarted one assailant physically, but received a hard head butt that broke his nose. Darryl’s belt was taken. It held his plane ticket and passport so he and Doug gave chase.

Doug’s nose was bleeding pro-fusely, but with the help of con-struction workers they did recover the money belt.

Still in Burundi, Doug contract-ed malaria and Darryl had a serious bout of diarrhea.

Michelle nursed them back to health. Before they were out of Burundi, she came down with malaria.

“The men weren’t as compas-

sionate or attentive as I was when they were sick. I told them they were poor nurse maids.”

Back in Canada, they agreed the Africa experience had brought them closer together.

“I felt we were compatible”, Michelle said, “and I was ready to get married.” But Doug, always wanting to get things right, needed more time.

When they tied the knot a couple of years later, they continued to focus on communication.

“We realized we’d been raised in very different families. In both cases, our parents stayed together, but through some difficult times,”

Doug said. “We were respond-ing to troubling issues the way they had. We found a small neigh-bourhood church where we learned

more productive strategies for deal-ing with disagreements.”

Today the Nimchuks have four children.

Michelle is Assistant Director of Immersive Technologies at the Heritage Christian Online School.

She is also a board member at the Hedley Grace Church.

Doug drives school bus part time and does renovations as well.

He has been chairman of the Hedley Improvement District and is a firefighter and first responder with the Hedley Fire Department.

At the end Michelle said, “ I wouldn’t recommend 13 months in Africa to test a relationship.” For them it worked though, and they have been Valentines more than 18 years.

Danger and disease cement loving relationship

A 13-month trip to Africa was the beginning of a beautiful romance for Doug and Michelle Nimchuk.

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Similkameen Pharmacy’s new location on 7th Avenue boasts more space so staff can serve customers better.

The independent pharmacy, which is owned by multiple partners, made the move on February 1.

The new store offers about four times the floor space as the old store, which was located just around the corner.

“Our old place was smaller in size,” Connie Chan, the pharmacy’s man-ager and co-owner said. “We wanted to move somewhere we could provide more services and have room for addi-tional staff if needed.”

The new space has a room that can be used for clinical care in the future.

Chan said the uses could vary from being able to hold vaccination clinics to health related workshops or it could be used as a separate consulting area.

The larger store also allows for a change in workflow for the staff and the client.

Now when a person comes to drop-off a prescription the client’s first

interaction will be with a pharmacist. “The goal is for them to have time

to get the information they need about what they’re taking and ask the ques-tions they need answered,” she said.

With the extra space the Similkameen Pharmacy can now offer an enhanced product line.

“All the products are health related. We can just offer more variety of what we have,” Chan said.

Products vary from over the coun-ter medications like Tylenol and cough and cold medication to a wide range of vitamins to bandages and tensor bandages and much more.

The new building is wheelchair accessible for those that have mobility issues.

Although the Similkameen Pharmacy is an independent pharmacy it does operate under the Medicine Centre network of pharmacies.

“We are true to our values and we’re staying independent,” Chan said.

An open house is expected to be held at the pharmacy for existing clients and the public sometime in March.

Provincial Throne speech focuses on fuel, foodTom FletcherBlack Press

Premier Christy Clark has doubled down on her election promise to pay off B.C.’s debt with revenues from liquefied natural gas exports, despite delays in pro-posed projects in the face of a global glut of oil and gas.

“Success is not for quitters,” declared the government’s speech from the throne, delivered Tuesday by Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon to open the spring session of the B.C. legislature.

“It is not a choice between keeping B.C.’s natural gas industry stable or decid-ing to grow it,” the speech said. “We must begin to export, or the 13,000 people who depend on this industry today will be out of work.”

NDP leader John Horgan said B.C. Liberal losses in two Lower Mainland by-elections last week show the public isn’t

buying Clark’s promises of prosperity.“The premier said three years ago she

was going to create 100,000 jobs with an LNG industry,” Horgan said. “Today she said she hopes to save 13,000 jobs if an LNG plant takes place.”

One new initiative in the speech is a renewed focus on food production, includ-ing an expanded “buy local, grow local” effort involving local governments and community organizations. Farmers are to be offered a tax credit for donating food to non-profits, and an agrifoods conference is to be held in Kelowna in November.

Touting B.C.’s economic performance, the speech includes unusual criticism of Alberta, saying it “lost its focus.

“They expected their resource boom never to end, failed to diversify their econ-omy and lost control of government spend-ing.”

The speech restates the government’s

intention to implement recommendations from former deputy minister Bob Plecas to hire more child protection social workers and modernize the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

“That work must begin with ending the culture of blame that exists for those public servants with the most difficult role,” the speech says.

With an election scheduled for 2017 and the last full budget before it to be presented Feb. 16, the speech repeats the phrase “stand up for B.C.” that could emerge as a re-election slogan. It also refers to “getting to yes,” a phrase Clark has used frequently in relation to LNG and other resource developments.

As it did before the 2013 election, the government has resumed jobs-themed TV ads focused on skills training and technol-ogy incentives.

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In 2015 the event was plagued by freezing rain and families didn’t stay as long.

“There’s families that have been here all day. I think they’re pulling out more fish,” she said.

The lake is stocked with rainbow trout, Kokanee and brook charr.

Derbies like the one held at Yellow Lake over

the weekend are held throughout the province with partnerships between Fresh Water Fisheries Society and area members of the Wildlife Federation.

Jssica Yarwood of the sport fishing division of Fresh Water Fisheries said a summer derby is expected to happen at Yellow Lake later this year.

“It’s a great location. We’re working on it now,” she said. “To check and see where family derbies are being held visit gofishing.com.”

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Tara Bowie Atticus Brummitt, 9, holds up two Kokanee fish he caught at Yellow Lake on Saturday. Brummitt and his family travelled from Abbotsford to take part in the free family derby.

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It would not be an exaggeration to say last Friday was a Red Letter day for Ruth Woodin. The people of the community arrived in droves to celebrate her 20 years as Hedley Postmaster. The town’s organizations and many individuals brought cards and stayed for coffee and cake. Her body may have been sore at the end of the day from numerous warm hugs. It was the cul-mination of many years of smiling at customers and providing efficient, courteous service.

“I’m really fortunate to have so many nice customers,” she said. “A lot of people are very loyal to their local post office. They won’t buy their stamps anywhere else. They know that helps keep the service in town.”

The importance of supporting the Post Office is a message she feels everyone needs to be aware of. Occasionally she reminds a local citizen of this. “Several years ago a man came

in with 75 Christmas cards,” she said. “They already had stamps affixed to them. I mentioned I didn’t recall him buying the stamps here. He told me he had bought them in Princeton. I explained to him it’s important to support the Hedley Post Office so the service isn’t discon-tinued. He understood immediately and prom-ised me it wouldn’t happen again. A number of people in town have committed to buying stamps and other services here.”

At this time Ruth is Hedley’s second longest serving Postmaster. She hopes to overtake and pass the 22 year record held by highly respected Thomas (T.C.) Knowles. Knowles was a deco-rated member of the Canadian Armed Forces and served in World War I. Although no longer living in Hedley, his daughters Bev and Ann have valued roots and friendships in Hedley. The Knowles family sent Ruth a congratulatory card.

The Hedley Post Office was opened in 1903,

initially located in Schubert’s General Store. Ruth said it is one of the oldest in the province. For years the Postmaster’s first duty in winter was to get a fire going in the wood stove. She is grateful she doesn’t come into a frigid office in the morning.

Canada Post provided several door prizes for the occasion, including a 2011 book containing every stamp issued that year. Fittingly, this was won by local historian, Jennifer Douglass. The chocolate cake was baked by T.J. Bratt of the Hedley Country Market and received numerous positive comments.

Local MLA Linda Larson sent a letter con-gratulating Ruth on 20 years of serving her community faithfully as postmaster. Pat, who works in the constituency office had read about Ruth online. She spoke with a local citizen and said, “It sounds like a very friendly Post Office. I wish I could pick up my mail in Hedley.”

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Water and the Similkameen River will make a splash on Leap Day this year.

The Friends of the Similkameen group is holding a night of presentations and dis-cussions at the Cawston Hall from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on February 29.

Water and The Similkameen River will be the focus of the evening with atten-tion to wildlife ecology, the geology of our aquifers, history and future of devel-opment, agriculture, recreation, industrial pollution and global warming.

“It’s an opportunity for interested neigh-bours to celebrate the richness we enjoy and to share views around common con-cerns,” said Donna Stocker of The Friends of The Similkameen.

About 100 people turned out to see the South Okanagan Organic Producers’ sponsored presentation of ‘This Changes Everything,’ a film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein.

Organizers of the Leap Day event at the Cawston Hall consider their event a follow-up and hope for a similar sized crowd if not more people.

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Sobering reality of impaired driving

A 50-year-old driver in Cawston was one of many motorists charged with impaired driving over the weekend in the South Okanagan.

The man was pulled over at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. In addition to being impaired behind the wheel, he was also found to be an unlicensed driver.

His criminal behaviour was mild compared to other drivers that were found impaired behind the wheel over the weekend.

Staggeringly, more than 18 charges were handed out to those deemed to be impaired or suspected of being impaired between Friday and Sunday.

The stories of drivers under the influence that were charged happened in all corners of the region with two charges in Penticton, five in Okanagan Falls, three in Oliver, five in Osoyoos, two in Cawston and one in Princeton.

“South Okanagan Traffic Services would like to thank the citizens that reported some of these impaired drivers. Fortunately no one died on South Okanagan roads this past weekend,” Sgt. Harrold Hallett stated in a press release. “This was just one weekend in the South Okanagan.”

Reports of impaired drivers came in from con-cerned citizens while others were found after a col-lision occurred.

One of the impaired drivers had collided with a parked vehicle and a fence on their way to a liquor store to purchase alcohol. The 50-year-old woman allegedly impaired driver was later arrested leav-ing that Penticton liquor store in her pyjamas. The incident occurred on Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m.

Another of the impaired drivers was reported by a citizen as an erratic driver after driving into the oncoming lane. This 56-year-old woman was located seated behind the steering wheel in a parked idling vehicle in Okanagan Falls. This occurred on Saturday night at 10:30 p.m..

Yet another impaired driver was observed swerv-ing on Highway 97 in Okanagan Falls and travelling in the oncoming lane towards Oliver at a high rate of speed. This 28-year-old driver was almost three times the legal limit for alcohol and was found to be in possession of cocaine. This occurred Saturday evening at 8 p.m.

File photo Friends of the Similkameen River are holding a water forum on Feb. 29 at the Cawston Hall. Everyone welcome.

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I’m the Only Celiac in the House By Cathy Lauer Part III

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Next you may want to provide your family with a list of things they can do to help eliminate the risk of cross contamination such as “only use a clean knife or spoon to get spreads out of shared condiment jars”. Some fam-ilies find squeeze bottles are a good way to eliminate “double dipping”. Just be sure to wipe the tip before you use it in case it touched their glutinous product. For the first little while you might even want to put up remind-er notes until everyone gets the hang of the new system. Soon it will become second nature to everyone and you may even find them being extra careful not to do anything to make you sick.

Be sure you wipe your counters regularly. In our house the gluten-free eaters NEVER let their food touch the counter. We put it on a clean plate or the designated GF cutting board. Pots that contained wheat pasta are always washed last, well scrubbed and double rinsed.

A good resource to help you through this process is “Living Gluten Free for Dummies.” It is a humorous book with practical advice from a Mom who has been there. She gives some great tips on how to make this pro-cess work smoothly for everyone. Sharing a kitchen with wheat-eaters can be a bit of a challenge at first but with a respectful attitude from both sides and a well laid out plan both wheat eaters and gluten-free eaters can live in safety and harmony.

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Local skier places in top half during national competitionEmanuel Sequeira

Black Press Current and past members of the Apex

Freestyle Club enjoyed strong performances during the WIN Canada Cup Series at Apex Mountain Feb.6-7.

On the first day which featured single mogul competition, Mason Barzilay, Jamie Rykuiter and Kassidy Todd all reached finals.

Barzilay finished fourth and missed the podium by six points, behind Ontario’s Mikela Bergevin, who scored 67.5. Barzilay liked her final run after having some trouble during her finals training.

“I was excited to pull it all together. I had a good placing coming into finals,” she said. “I push myself really hard so I expect the best from myself. I feel pretty good.”

Taking gold was Ontario’s Sofiane Gagnon, while AFC grad Mackenzie Schwinghamer earned silver. Barzilay said the field is stronger this year as females are coming up with more skill.

“It gets tougher every year,” she said. “The 12 year olds are skiing amazing.”

As for the course conditions, Barzilay found it to be soft in some areas, but firm underneath, which is how she likes it. In dual moguls on Sunday, Barzilay finished sixth.

Rykuiter was right behind Barzilay in sixth in moguls, scoring 53.5. Before completing her final run, Rykuiter was worried and excited, but said it was just about pushing herself. The Vernon native felt good about what she did and was happy to reach the finals. Her goal on the weekend was to

ski her best and have fun.“It’s pretty competitive,” Rykuiter said of the

field. “It really pushes you. It’s humbling.”Rykuiter placed 11th in dual moguls.Keremeos’s Kassidy Todd finished seventh

with 50.69 points. She said her last run was good and was happy with the finish.

“In my qualifying runs, my first run I did really good on my airs, and my second run I did good on my turns,” she said. “This time I feel like I kind of put it together, which is kind of awesome.”

Qualifying for finals was a big deal for Todd, who competes for Team B.C. Todd placed sev-enth in dual moguls.

When it comes to competing in dual moguls, she stuck with the same tricks, especially those that are easy to go into fast. She finished seventh among the top 16. She has competed in four events this season and has done well.

Anna Spence of AFC placed ninth in moguls and dual moguls while AFC’s Shaina Finlayson finished 10th in moguls and 12th in dual moguls.

On the men’s side, Alberta’s Davis Clement won gold, Ontario’s Ryan Portello took silver and Alberta’s Julian Kapronczai earned bronze. Hayden Person of B.C. placed ninth. Pentictonite Noah Spence was 13th, while Brayden Kuroda of AFC was 15th.

For dual moguls the top placings were nearly identical, though Ben Pratt took silver. Kuroda was seventh, Person 12th, Koleton Phipps 14th, Kyle Parker 19th and James Naude, 20th. Naude is the brother of Canadian national team member, Andi Naude.

Emanuel Sequeira Keremeos’s Kassidy Todd finished seventh with 50.69 points at the Canadian Freestyle Canada Cup Series at Apex Mountain Saturday.

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Dogs, drones and DNA testing are emerg-ing as new tools to detect invasive species and keep them from becoming entrenched in B.C.

The new tactics were described by experts at a recent conference of the Invasive Species Council of B.C. in Richmond.

Trained sniffer dogs have proven much more effective than human teams, particu-larly at night, in detecting tiny invasive zebra mussels that can cling to boats and then infest new lakes, according to Cindy Sawchuk, who heads Alberta’s Conservation K9 program, they help inspect water craft arriving in that province from the east and south.

Most of the 11 mussel-infested boats inter-cepted last summer entering Alberta from other jurisdictions were ultimately destined for B.C. lakes. Sawchuk’s superiors had dis-missed her proposal for dogs as useful only for public relations, so she designed a trial in 2014 to test them.

“The dogs were 100 per cent accurate in detecting the mussel-fouled boats and our humans came in at 75 per cent,” Sawchuk told delegates. “The dogs were also much quicker at detecting it. They averaged 2.3 minutes. And that included their play time for their reward.”

Speedier inspections also mean less resis-tance from boat owners, some of whom had told Sawchuk they’d taken to entering the province in the dead of night to avoid incon-venience.

The three highly trained dogs — Hilo, Seuss and Diesel — cost $25,000 each but Sawchuk said they’re cheap compared to an estimated $75 million a year Alberta esti-

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The Okanagan Basin Water Board are supporting the province in recent efforts to control invasive mussels for the 2016 boating season.

The Okanagan Basin Water Board was updated on a provincial staff proposal Tuesday to have eight full-time inspection stations to be set up at key crossings to combat invasive mussels. Five on the B.C.-Alberta border and three along the B.C.-Washington border.

“The proposal is consistent with what we have been requesting since 2012,” said Corinne Jackson, communications director for the Okanagan Basin water Board.

She said the directors agreed to send a letter to government officials supporting the proposal and urging it be adequately funded and staffed.

“It’s great that the staff have put this proposal forward and fully support it. We just want to see that it’s actually adopted and funded properly. Funded, but also staffed,” Jackson said.

Delegates also heard from Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientist Davon Callander who is using DNA testing of water samples in the B.C. Interior to quickly determine if a given lake has a particular invasive fish species.

Drones are being used near Creston to aerially map infestations of yellow flag iris, an invasive plant, in hard-to-reach wetland locations.

Catherine Tarasoff, a researcher with Thompson Rivers University, hopes the rap-idly evolving technology will soon allow scientists to program drones to fly autono-mously at high speed, scanning large areas

and stopping only to alert their operators when a suspect patch of vegetation matches target images. Technology may be helping thwart alien invaders.

But Gail Wallin, executive director of the Invasive Species Council of B.C., says the best prevention rests in better choices by people, whose decisions in the past ushered in many of the species now disrupting ecosystems in B.C.

The release of pets into the wild — rab-bits, goldfish, koi and even the bizarre snake-head fish found in a Burnaby pond in 2012 — are yet more examples of where people could do better, Wallin said.

B.C.’s costs of dealing with invasive plants alone is estimated to hit $139 million a year by 2020, twice as much as in 2008.

-With files from Jeff Nagel/Black Press

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